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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-16
Refuse to Surrender Arms

The disturbance in the state of Vera Cruz was occasioned by small body of insurrectos who declined to give up their arms and return to their farms. They are reported to have taken possession of southern border. No casualties are re- ported. The federal government has is sued orders to the former rebel leader, Tapia. to proceed against them.
 In the state of Tabasco no violence was reported. A plot of revolutionary char
 acter was discovered in the town of Co.,
 malaeo. It was reported to tfe authori- ties by prisoners who declared they had
 been asked to join ill a new movement
 against the government The local au- thorities state they gre in control of the situation.
 Declaring that neither he nor his men were satisfied win the choice of governor in the state of Mexico, Vera, the rebe- Header, who is said to have in his com mand more than 1000 men. has boasted that he would lead his for ce upon Toluca, the state capital and reors sanize the state government in accordance with his own liking. His boast is not taken seriously at the department of war.
 With a view to abolish!,li; the system of
 peonage existing in the state of Yucatan. A committee of planters arrived here to-
 day to discuss cor 1tions with officials or
 the department Of the interior. These
 men are authority .or the statement that | inc property owners in Yucatan would | be glad to do away with the system of
 loans which results in practical slavery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-16
1900 Laborers Strike

Havana, June l5.-Fifteen hundred la borers employed by the Cuban Engineer ing Construction company oni the new sewer system, struck today for an in- crease In wages.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-16
BAR MONOPOL|ES
 BY AMERICANS New Era for Foreign Inter-
 ests in Mexico RUMORS DISQUIETING From Four Widely Separated Points Trouble Is Reported But Official Circles Attach Small Inn
 portance to Them
RUMORS DISQUIETING

Chihuahua Mexico, June 15.-Reforms immediately affecting millions of dollars worth of American property in Mexico were announced tonight.
 Gov Abraham Gonzales said under the new regime, foreign concessions which might be considered monopolies would not be extended or renewed and every legal effort would be made to restrict foreign monopolies. Chihuahua is one of the rich est states in minerals and timber and is practically controlled by Americans, Brit ish and German interests. The Ameri- cans are the largest holders.
 All Americans who grieved at the downfall of the Diaz administration will find that their grief was we'll founded, ' said Governor Gonzales. ''We do not in tend to take away the riches of any for eigner who legally holds them, but we realize that under the Diaz system the granting of concessions, with their ruin ous payments of large sums of money to Mexican politicians was a virtual sell ing-out of Mexico
 For years Mexico has been exploited by foreigners until the great body of the ptOplc nave IlOlIlil6 NC "OAO Oti NiiS verge of becoming a nation of paupers Now all special privileges shall cease if we can accomplish 1t.
 No More Selling Out
 "we hope to maintain the friendliest re- lations with Americans and we shall in vite foreign capital to come in, but there will be no more selling-out of the country by piece meal. We will invite competi- tion, but not monopoly. If American cap ital wishes to come here it must be pre- pared to compete with Mexican capital.
 What is known as the company stores in towns where many men are employed will be abolished. This will mean that working people will have the benefit of buying from whom they please. Of course we do not intend to question the right of concessions legally held, but we shall refuse to encourage or extend unjust ones.
 Undoubtedly the foreigners, including Americans who profited so greatly under the Diaz system, will be hard hit by the new era but the determination to upbuild Mexico and to improve the conditions of her poVerty-strlcNeh peOfle "hi' sih sure receive the hearty support of the great body of the people of the United States"
 Governor Gonzales stated that begin ming today the export duty on cattle shipped into the United States would be removed. It also has been decided by the government to allow General Orozco to bring his insurrecto army into the 1..i. hn ntf fu xU the insurrectos are here, will be pro- tected by a commission of public order, with which the federals will have noth- ing to do.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-16
Disturbances Rumored

Mexico City, June 15.-From four widely separated points in the republic came news today of disturbances of revolu- tionary character. This information, taken with that of the dissatisfaction said to exist in Chihuahua, has served to em- barrass slightly the federal government. coming as 1t does at moment when every effort is being made to restore normal conditions.
 At the National palace the importance of the events were minimized, but there is no doubt that they reflect a spirit of unrest and the return of Madero will be welcomed. It is thought he will be able to assist materially m pacl1ylng the disaffected clements.
 The disturbances reported were in the states of Gebasco, Jalsco, Vera Cruz and Mexico. There appears to be no connection whatever one with another. That in the state of Jalisco was due to dissatisfaction on the part of the Indians living near Lake Chapala. It is a minor anti-foreign movement directed against German and American farmers. Since the Indians were conquered by the Span ards in 1918 they have nurtured a spirit of resentment against the whites and now appear to regard Francisco l. Madero as their emaneipator With this realiza- ton of their newly acquired liberty they have threatened to expel the foreigners and resume control of the lands they at first held
 | Certain of the foreigners were notified yesterday by a body of 50 armed men that they would be given three days to yacate their properties and that if they remained at the end of that time they would be driven out by force. Alarmed by this threat, few have sent their families to Ocotlan, where they will re- main pending developments.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-16
Smith Demands Explanation

MT. Smith was not satisfied and de- handed from Chairman Penrose an eX- planation of the disappearance of that feature from the bill. MT. Penrose had adopted the policy of allowing the op- pcnents of the measure to do the talking and reluctantly he arose to reply.
 ''The change" he said occurred in the ways and means committee of the House, and the senator from Michigan knows as much about it as l do.'
 '"rhe effect, then, is to give the Canad- ians free trade in paper and pulp and not give it to us." commented MT. Smith. And yet he continued, I've are told by the House that we must not change a ord in the bill, and it was passed there for fear of impairing it..
 MT. Nelson said the Canadians had out witted the United States.
 The Canadians not only fooled us into putting their agricultural products on the free list" he said, but they actually fooled the President as to his treaty. making power He was mislead, and he is as much at sea on that point as he Is as to what is in the interest of the American farmer"
 Senator Cummins suggested the Presi- dent had no power to enter into treaty affecting tariff duties.
 MT Nelson declared the treaty to be entirely for the benefit of the 'big in- terests.
 "Give us reciprocity he pictured them as saying to the agriculturists, give us reciprocity; you can go to the devil" The reciprocity discussion will be re- tsumed at 12 o'clock tomorrow if any sen ator is prepared to speak, which seemed uncertain tonight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-16
NELSON ATTACKS
 RECIPROCITY BILL Much Debate Over Root
 Amendment SAY TAFT WAS FOOLED Senator Nelson Says Big Interests Say to Farmers Give Us Reci-
 procity; You Can Go to
 sthe Devil
SAY TAFT WAS FOOLED

Washington, June 15.-The second day of debate on the Canadian reciprocity bill proved a field day for those opposed to the measure Led by Senator Knute Nell son in a prepared speech, a number or senators took part in running debate that marked the closing period of the ad- dress At adjournment Senator Penrose. in charge of the bill, felt this had cleared the atmosphere considerably and he ex- pressed the opinion that the general de- bate would not be of such great duration as had been predicted
 Senator Nelson was radically antagonis- tic to the bill. He occupied the floor most of the day, but explained that this was only the first of several installments of his views of this subject.
 A spirited debate among republican sen- ators was precipiated over the effect or the Root amendment dealing with paper and wood pulp. Senators Lodge, Clark of Wyoming and Shoot all were on the floor and talking simultaneously They agreed that that provision only restored the terms of the treaty as submitted to Con gress.
 HOW then did that feature of the agree ment dlsappear?r asked William Alden Smith of Michigan.
 Ask the whispering winds, responded MT. Clark.
 Appatently pleased with the poetic char acter of his response the Wyoming sen ator first seemed disposed to leave it there but later added that the amendment was rot only in harmony with the original compact between the two countries but in consonance with the Canadian bill carry ing the agreement into effect.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-16

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Evening journal., 1911-09-08
:: Personal and Pertinent ::


Mayor Gaynor at dinner in Brooklyn, condemned
certain ideas of civil service that German visitor from
Berlin had recommended "Those ideas may do well in
We are opposed TO freaks and this new sort civil
service examination is frealSish Old Seuts Old
Sleuth. the detective chief, examining
applicant for the detective bureau He hroust into the
young mans hand pale mass of rufies and lace and
camhric-a womans skirt-and: Find the pocket in
that he said. But the applicant shook his head No
chief. he admitted frankly. That's beyond me- Then
smart enough, my boy. he cried to know it's no
to look for the pocket IN a womans skirt you're
enough TO be detective Here's your star"
Having vouched tho honesty of the who de-
sired situation scrubwoman the good natured
subjected to severe examination by the super
intendent Of the building the New York sun says.
There are degrees of honesty said the superntend-
How honest is she?"
The good 'natured man reflected.
WELL" he said. "I tell you. She is honest that II
throw anything that loks 10 he worth copper
the waste basket you have TO tag Il Destroy this
she will fish and put It back your desk night
after night matter how badly want to rid
It. | don't know that say anything more"
mo more is necessary said the superintendent and
he proceeded 10 hire the woman.
.-.-.-.
John Kirby Jr the president the National Associa-
ton of Manufacturers said about certain ten
denotes of modern life: "These tendencies look very
stood them They really evil tendencies, and in
indulgent outlook them deluded as little
Dayton girl know. She took up. July morning,
muf that sadly motheaten Moths, she said, are
nice II is 10 feed them. They eat nothing
but holes"
Evening journal., 1911-09-08
DR.. MOORE LEFT
A BIG ESTATE

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
DOVER. Del, Sept s.-When DR..
John A. Moore, of FELTON,. whose es-
tate was today valued at 100000, died
on Monday, a diligent search failed to
reveal any will John Bassett Moore,
of Columbia University, and Thomas
C. Roe, of Dover, his son and son-in-
law respectively, came before Register
Spruance and took out papers as ad-
ministrators, and were required to
bond for $4,000 Immediately on
presenting their papers as admins
traitors at the Farmers Bank, the
bank turned over the keys to a safe
deposit box and in THAI box was a
complete and lawful will. made while
DR.. Moore was in good health.
Messrs. Moore and Roe returned to
Register Spruance,. they having been
named IN the will as executors OF the
testator's choice and they were ac-
cepted as executors and the bond
changed to a nominal sum.
Evening journal., 1911-09-08
ANDREW. .SNOBLE.

HURLOCK. Nd, Sept. S-Afiss Grace
Andrews, daughter of State Senator
and Mrs. Joseph b. Andrews of Hur-
lock and the Rev. Wilbur +. Noble,
of Stockton, n. j., were married here
yesterday at the home Of the brides
parents by the Rev. Wilbur f. Corkran
of Union NJ. Y. church, Wilmington,
assisted by the Rev. NJ. ID. Nutter Of
Washington NJ. r. church of this town.
Miss May Andrews, sister of the bride,
was bridesmaid. The Rev. J. w. Hol-
lingshead of Newark. n. j.. was best
man. Miss Edith Andrews, another
sister Of the bride, played the wedding
march.
The bride wore marquisette over
white satin and carried bridal roses
The couple left for an extended tour
of New England. They will live at
Stockton.
The bride was for several> years a
teacher at the Wilmington Conference
Academy, Dover. Subsequently and
until recently she was a preceptor
near Stockton The out-of-town
guests at the wedding included Mrs.
w. n. Andrews and Miss Lottie Smith
of Cambridge, Md; Mr.. and Mrs j.
H. Loux, Mrs. G.. w. Dawson of Will
mington and others.
Evening journal., 1911-09-08
RECREATION CENTER.

II HE playground and municipal recreation
4 movement is growing, as it should do. Phil
adelpha has established a department which is
termed the Bureau of Recreation. A recreation
center" as a beginning is to be located in West
Philadelphia at an expense Of 100000
II will be for the of men and women as
we'll as children, and will be central meeting
place for residents of that part of the city. The
building will have a spacious assembly hall, which
will have a stage, and may be used for neighbor-
hood meetings and for other purposes.
There will also be community building, which
will have rooms for sporting and social clubs,
teaching rooms and large gymnasium together
with. swimming pool. There will be ground for
outside sports
The Philadelphia plan is the outcome of the
play ground movement That such recreation
center will be of great benefit TO the community
is obvious. II will keep people off the streets and
out Of undesirable places and will do much to add
to the tone of the general life of the community
Evening journal., 1911-09-08
MARYLAND NEWS NOTES

The trustees OF Pilot public
school, Cecil county, have appointed
Miss Elma Smith principal.
The Eastern Shore Sabbath Schol
Convention will be held at EastoE,
September % and 2S.
Miss Blanche Ford of Elkton, has
been appointed principal Of the new
school at Providence. Cecil county.
DIR. Hampton Richards Of Port
Deposit, will go to a Minnesota medi-
cal college to pursue a special course
in surgery.
The Prohibitionists Of Wicomico
county have issued a call for con-
vention to be held in Salisbury next
Wednesday TO nominate a county
ticket
James F. Evans, who for ten
years has been practicing law in Sa-
vannah, has returned to Elkton and
associated himself with George A.
Blake.
"A can exploding while she was
putting up tomatoes at her home in
Cecilton, yesterday, Mrs. George
Pierce was scalded about the face.
Evening journal., 1911-09-08
Peoples Column
aOnR FAsrINArING pRIsnNs.r

"OUR FASCINATING PRISONS
To the Editor of the Medical Times
New York.
/ note what you write in your edt
torial in the August issue in regard ro
Mr.. Schrainieck's report of the con.
dition of our prisons. In it you write
that "our prisoners are looked upon
as wanderers from the right road, who
may by kindly methods be induced u
return to it from devious byways.'
Would indeed that such were the View
point of manyl If 1t we're, / am con.
vinced that there would be fewer
criminals, courts. judges and police.
men-and also fewer prisons-on the
one hand. read the letter published
August 10, 1911, in the EVENING
JOURNAL, Wilmington, Delaware. i'm
which Upton Sinclair writes among
other statements Of the great iniquity
of enforced silence. To fully realize
the horror Of it and especially for long
term prisoners, one must absorb with
mind and heart what It means. II
can not possibly serve any other pur-
pose than to further degrade and bru-
talize men and women and should be
forbidden absolutely by law, and yet
such is true Of more than one penal
institution, doubtless, as it is af-
firmed by Sinclair to be true Of the
New Castle county workhouse in
Delaware.
As a most hopeful and splendid au-
thithesis to such treatment, let your
readers know what exists at the Mont
pelier Jail, Vermont. As the writer,
Morrison /. Swift, of "Humanizing
the Prisons" states: The inmates
ARE trusted and treated like
other human beings" so far
as possible whatever suggests
punishment OF disgrace is banished; !;
and they are made to feel that their
Imprisonment is designed to improve
them as men" All honor TO 'the
sheriff Of Washington county. in
which Montpelier is located, Frank H..
Tracey, who was moved to apply the
law to large purpose, not merely to
save money for the state, but to re-
generate the prisoners who came un-
der his cares
Would that everyone could and
would read what has been accom-
plished by Tracey's system in REFORM
ing the lives and characters Of the
prisoners. If it were so, and If after
reading there resulted an earnest re-
solve to do away with the old system
absolutely, what untold service TO hu-
manity would be the outcome.
Beverly Robinson, M. d.
sThe Atlantic Monthly, August. 1911,
p. no
Evening journal., 1911-09-08
FRIDAY. SEPT. 8. 1911
DUPONT BOULEVARD.

TT WOULD be much better and more creditable
4 for them if those who indulge in snarling crit
icisms of the DUPONT road project and Mr.. dupont
himself, would wait to see what the developments
will be.
The local article The Journal prints today should
be good news to those who have all along believed
that the DUPONT road is splendid thing for the
development of Delaware, something that the peo-
pie of most other states would jump at with ap
pause.
If the opposition which has continually and per,
sistenty been voiced by one of our city papers
really represented any considerable part of the pop
ulaton of the state it would be a bad omen foE
the future of Delaware. But that sentiment doesn't
exist to any serious extent 1t is hardly worth
mentioning.
Mr.. dupont is securing the services Of the best
engineers in the world to help construct the
road 1t will therefore be one Of the finest roads
in the world, This means something to many peo-
pie in Delaware if not to the captious critics.
1t is repeated that there is nothing about the
dupont road in the nature OF gift There is
harping about the two hundred feet width and the
alleged valuable franchises. The two hundred
feet of land for, say one hundred miles would ap-
proximately amount to between 200O and 5000
acres. The value of that land is not more than
500 on an average, not that in fact. If the road
we're looked upon business bargain Mr. du-
Pont, receiving 5000 acres for a road that is to-
cost between one million and two millions of dol
lars, would be getting the short end of the bar
gain.
The Journal doesn't know of any other man in
Delaware who is anxious to make a similar bar
gain, who is desirous of securing valuable fran
chses. The valuable franchises of the Delaware
City Trolley Company, by the way have been
drug on the market
Then, again complaint is made because public
sentiment in some communities makes it uncom-
Portable for a man who does not give his land for
the road The Journal does not approve and has
mot approved of condemnation by public sentiment
Of people who refuse to part with their land 1t
readily sees why some people might object, but
that is a question for them to decide The Journal
knows how easy it is for people who give nothing
themselves, and are not personally affected to urge
other people TO give their property
The DUPONT boulevard, we believe, will be Of
inestimabe value to the state and every person
whose land it touches will find that the value of
that land will be much increased. Instead of
loss by the withdrawal from cultivation of the land
taken for the road the state will be richer by far
with the completion of the boulevard In the flu
ture Delaware farms will be spoken of as on the
Boulevard or so many miles from the boulevard
Evening journal., 1911-09-08
SMYRNA COUPLE WE'D
IN PHILADELPHIA. A.

SMYRNA. Del. Sept. S.-Mrs. Mar
garet c. Bailey and r. Hopper Smith
went to Philadelphia Thursday Of
last week and were married at noon
IN the parsonage OF the Rev. Harry
w Myers. a Methodist Episcopal min
lister on Montgomery avenue. Mrs.
Grace n. Smith, daughter of the
groom was among those who wit
messed the ceremony. Mr.. and Mrs.
Smith returned on the late train that
evening and took up residence I'm
their beautiful home on east Com
merce street The next evening they
were given a serenade Mrs. Bailey
was the widow Of John c. Bailey.
Evening journal., 1911-09-08
GOVERNOR NAMES
NEW GAME BOARD

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL
DOVER. Del, Sept. 8.-Governor
Pennewill appointed the new Board
Of Game and Fish Commissioners to
serve the state in an official capacity
for the first time IN her history in the
restocking, conservation and propaga-
ton of game and fish. The board will
be composed as follows:
Edward G. Bradford, Jr.. New Cas-
tie county, (six years)5 William H.
Reed, Kent, (two), and H. Clay Da-
Wis of Laurel, Sussex. (four.)
II is believed that after organ
izing and placing the game conditions
and this seasons regulations in force
and under a system the board will
begin TO restoch the state with pleas
ants. grouse, partridges, woodcock,
snipe. squirrel and other running
game.
Evening journal., 1911-09-08
/: With the Paragraphers ::

Coatesville just furnished Of the most powerful
arguments that could be presented why would be
wise to establish the recall Of judges-Chester
Times.
The father OF fifteen children has gone into bank
ruptcy It certainly does look if marriage fail
ure at tmes-Chester Times
The report that there be a wide-awake investi-
cation Of municipal graft in Philadelphia e interesting
but incredtble-New York World.
When woman Is a thousand miles away from her
husband visit she lie awake all night guess
lug what time he will come home.-New York Press.
Evening journal., 1911-09-08

Despite so-caled dull times, prices of commod-
ties are maintained The total value of the cotton
crop of the south, according to the secretary OF
the New Orleans exchange, is ST 030 900 900. With
100000 bales less than contained in the bumper
crop Of i9os-09, the crop just marketed netted the
south $25400O000 more. The 1851 900 bale crop
Of 9O6-O7 brought S222 100000 less than the sea
which ended September T. 1911. With the
country yielding so much natural wealth. the ques-
ton that puzzles most people is why manufacture
ing and other kinds Of business dependant ultimate
ly on the wealth that comes from the earth do not
hum
Evening journal., 1911-09-08
FIFTY CONVERSIONS.
AT LITTLE CREEK.

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
DOVER, Del, Sept. S.-Fifty CONVEX
sions are reported by Or. r. S. Ste
phens, pastor of Little Greek church
for HIS early fall revival being held
in the church and in which he is as
sisted by the Berge sisters, singing
evangelists. The sisters sing and the
preacher invites at the same time and
several times the altar has been lined
with seekers and inquirers.
Evening journal., 1911-09-08
CHARTERS GRANTED.
Special to THE EVENING JoURN

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
DOVER. Del, Sept. S.-The State
department issued certificates of I'm
corporation to the United Telephone
Company to establish and operate tel
ephone and telegraph lines and trans
NIT messages. The incorporators are
John w. Long and Lester S. Smith Of
Boston and William NJ. Pyle of Will
mington and the capital stock is $5,-
100000.
The Motion Poster Company OF
America was chartered to engage in
the business Of manufacturing and