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Tobacco Growing Discussed.

Conditions Of tobacco growing and
marketing were subjects of further testi-
mony today before the congressional joint
committee which Is studying internation-
al tobacco trade conditions. Alfred q.
Preston of Amsterdam, Va. told the COM
mittee that he had given up raising to-
bacco a number of years ago because
prices to the producers did not pay for
the labor of production. Donald McRae
Of Cumberland, Va, was heard by the
committee this afternoon.
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Quorum Finally Obtained.
Double Tragedy in Detroit.

DETROIT. Mich. July c5.-Dean David
son. a paving foreman employed by the
department Of public works. today shot
and killed his mother-in-law, Mrs. Caro-
line Bittner; shot and wounded his wife
and then fired two bullets into his own
head, dying an our later. 1t is believed
his wife will recover. A divorce suit in
stituted by Mrs Davidson Ii pending In
the local court The shooting occurred as
Mrs. Bittners home.
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WILSON AT NEW YORK.
Ambassador Opposed to Sending
Mediators to Mexico.

NEW YORK, July 25.-Henry Lane
Wilson, American ambassador to Mex
leo. arrived today on his mission to dis
cuss Mexican conditions with President
Wilson and the Department Of State.
The steamer Mexico. on which he sailed
from Havana July %, was Off Sandy
Hook at the entrance to New York har-
Dor at 10 o'clock this morning. Mr.. Will
son Is expected to reach Washington to-
night
Ambassador Wilson said that he was
opposed to sending q commission to Mex
leo to try to mediate between the warning
factions.
He did not say what remedy he had to
offer for the situation. He declared that
he must reserve any opinion of this kind
until he reached Washington and saw the
President
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NAMESAKE
Wins BEAUTY PRIZE
Senator Smith of Arizona Re.
ports Youngsters Well Be.
ing at White House. |

Senator Smith Of Arizona was At the
executive Offices this morning to an
nounce to the President the we'll being
OF an AriSona namesake. woodrow
Wilson. now eight months old.
The youngster was born election day.
last year. and named after the sue
cessful candidate by Its fond parents.
Mr. and Mrs. ]. A. Wilson OF Douglas,
Ariz The baby won prize for beauty
at a recent baby show In Douglas
A dozen men and women. on tour
from Indiana to Cape Cod. were pre-
scented to the President this morning
by Representative Cox. The tourists
were all from the third Indiana dis
trict. represented by Mr.. Cox In Con.
gress.
Other Congressional Visitors.
Other congressional visitors were Rep.
resentative Bothermel Of Pennsyl.
vafia, Kennedy McKeller Of Tennessee
and William Gordon OF Ohio.
President Wilson has made no week
end arrangements. and will probably
make Saturday moro Of q work day than
usual His Sunday. II is expected. will
free Of the cares Of , ,u,nninE nation
this afternoon to Join his family at the
seaside. He expects to be back at his
desk Monday.
Framing Antitrust Plan
President Wilson will present q iegis-
lative antitrust plan to Congress at
its next session. He considers IL pre-.
mature to talk about It. The program
is said to contemplate additional stat
utes defining monopolies. but does not
necessarily involve an amendment Of
the Sherman antitrust laws. He de-
clines to discuss his ideas until tho
tariff and currency programs are dis
posed of.
The project OF raising fund In Balti-
more for present to Miss Jessie Will
son on the occasion of her wedding has
been headed Off from the White House.
In q letter to Mayor Preston, Secretary
Tumuity. referring to the gift OF $50
made by Ernest Il. Nordenholz. and
expressing the Presidents apprecia-
ton Of the generosity that prompted
It, asks that no such fund be raised.
The letter says:
MY Dear Mayor Preston: The Presi-
dents attention has been called to an
article in one of the Baltimore papers
concerning a contribution made to you
by Ernest Il. Nordenholz toward a fund
for a present to Miss Wilson on the
occasion of her marriage.
while the President deeply apprect-
ates the generous spirit which prompt
ed Mr.. Nordenholz to make this con-
tribution. he greatly prefers that no
fund be raised for this purpose"
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Hawaiians Oppose Pinkham.

HONOLULU, July 25.-Political OPP
ponents to L. e. Pinkham. appointed
yesterday by President Wilson as Gov
ernor Of Hawaii, have begun a campaign
against his confirmation by the Senate
Besides sending numerous cablegrams in
the effort to prevent his confirmation,
lengthy protests were forwarded today
through the mail.
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TO Raise Money for Ireland.

BOSTON. July 25.-"To devise means
of sustaining financially and morally the
Irish party during the last stages Of the
struggle Tor Irish home rule" a special
meeting OF the national executive COM
mittee OF the United Irish League OF
America has been called in this city for
August B. Friends of the Irish move
ment from all parts of the country and
from Canada will be here. according t.
Ionn ~ 80, anashan' national secretary OF
probably will 10 raissd. V's'>
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Schooner Doering Reaches Port.

BOSTON. July 25.-Uncertainty as to
the identity and fate of the vessel
which collided with the Holland Amer
lea line steamer Sloterdyk in the fog
on Nantucket was ended last night
when the four-masted schooner Gard
liner 6. Doering came into port. badly
damaged by impact with another boat.
The story told by the men of the Slot
erdyk was almost paralleled by that
reported searching Ave hours for the
boat which rammed her.
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Democratic Plurality in Arkansas.

LITTLE ROCK. Ark, July 25:-with
scattering returns in from all sections
OF the state and approximately. two
thirds OF the vote at Wednesdays cleo
ton accounted for. Indications are that
George w. Hays. democrat. for gov
ernor, win have q plurality OF about 3s,-
600 votes. Meyers republican; Murphy,
progressive. and Weber. socialist. ran In
the order named.
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Daniels in San Francisco.

SAN FRANCISCO. July 25.-Secrctary
o: the Navy Daniels arrived today
from Los Angeles on his tour OF the
ports of the Pacific coast. He will be
entertained a: a banquet tonight by
The chamber OF commerce. at which
wornen will be In attendance. Mr..
Daniels speech win deal with woman
suffrage
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ROCKLAND. Mass. July 25.-Twenty.
ave men who quit work at the E. T.
Wright shoe factory here yesterday
gave as the reason for their strike the
fact that their view OF the scenery
surrounding the shop had been cut on
by cheesecloth screens which had been
tackled over the windows.
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LEGUIA SENT TO PRISON.
Former President Of Peru and Son
Arrested.

LIMA, Peru. July 26.-Augusto B.
Leguia. former President Of Peru. and
his son. were arrested At Q o'clock this
morning and sent to the penitentiary.
Their arrest followed q riot last night,
during which six persons were wound
ed by shots fred from the windows
and roof Of the Leguia residence The
crowd had threatened to attack the
mouse.
The affair has caused q great sensa-
ton here, and will probably bring
about a ministerial crisis.
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mendous proposition. In view OF the
vast extent Of its territory. Whether.
In the event that such miIeAry euaIu
of eleetton places was exercised. Mexl.
cans would view 1t with tranquility,
| would not entertain the normal. nat.
| ural suspicion that the forces would
fneyor be ousted except by force. anu
would not In many instances attempt
to apply that force is also problem
to be considered.
In view of recent rumors OF the ap-
preaching downfall of Huerta, the SIT
uation that would follow. should the sue
in the Mexican constitution. would not
be intrinsically conducive to strengthen
the situation. There is no vice president
and no secretary of state in line OF sue
cession to the president. The next rank
who would constitutionally succeed him
In the absence Of a regularly elected
president. is the minister Of the interior
The incumbent of that Office is DR..
Aurelianno Urrulia, well known as sur
geon. DR.. Urrulia has small political ex-
perten"e. He Is full-blooded Indian, and
1t Is believed that he would be likely to
tail OF the confidence Of the ruling ele-
ment.
1t is regarded as hardly to be expected
OF so nntried a factor that he would be
competent to suppress disorder or to hold
the nation together even to the extent
that now prevails
Opposes Intervention.
Although owning extensive property in
Mexico. Representative William Kent Of
California Is absolutely opposed to armed
Intervention by the United States and in
statement to each member Of Congress
declares that the Monroe doctrine is an
obsolete shibboleth:
LAS one financially interested in Next
co.., says Mr.. kent, 'inasmuch as
would not jeopardize my own life nor the
lives Of my sons to protect my property,
l would be a coward and q murderer IL
! should send my countrymen to death
In behalf of that property.
i fear that we are altogether too
prone to talk about national duties and
national honor In careless terms. We
cannot afford to set up controverted
doctrines to be needlessly fought over
Many a man entitled to life will lose
1t II we heedlessly and unnecessarily
adopt or uphold theories and policies
that others feel justified in resenting.
For my part. l would go all lengths
to sustain our right:
ITO name the qualifications for citi-
zenship:
ITO declare who should own tho soil
'To protect the integrity Of the race,
and to avoid the troubles certain to
arise by the introduction Of those who
cannot be assimilated.
But the lives Of American soldiers
should not be sacrificed. the peoples
treasure should not be wasted in pro-
tectihg the property rights Of those
Of our citizens. who. having gone be-
yond our borders. have taken a chance
on the laws and conditions OF peoples
beyond our control"
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HUERTA RULE PRAISED
BY YUCATAN PLANTER
Senior Enrique Camare. Sur
prised at Views Expressed
in American Papers.

From conditions OF tranquility and pros
perity In Yucatan under the Huerta ad-
ministration Of the Mexican government
in marked contrast he claims. to the indus-
trial depression under the Madero regime
Senior Enrique Camare. q hereditary
landowner and Agricultural, comes to the
UnitSa states to ana Ill his conceived
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|, the Cornell widow.

From the Cornell Widow.
r. A. de Gree-My stomach's out OF
order. doctor.
Doc shipp-Have you tried home cook.
Il A. de Gree-No that's not the rea-
son.
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notions regarding the benefcence Of the
Huerta rule at variance with the viswl
held by the American people.
It II q surprise to him, he frankly says
The contentment Of: his fellow-planters In
Yucatan and the betterment Of conditions
there under the present administrator
have produced a confidence in the wisdom
Of Gen. Huerta and in the stability of his
government that he is startled to find as
sailed by the doubt Of Huerta's lons
tenure Of Office SO apparent in pubiica'
tons In the American press.
81 am not a poli,ician-no. Politicians
are tr0ublemakers and evil men, he says
Nor am partisan. But am sympa-
thizer with President Huerta. for he has
shown his capacity in dealing with our
problems in Yucatan. And l believe II
he should be swept from power anarchy
would follow
Speaks for other Planters.
This epitomizes the view of Senior Ca
mare, who is sure that he speaks not
only for himself, but for all Yucatan
planters. He is himself the descendant
of original Spanish pioneers in Yucatan
scion of perhaps the only such family
extant. The family controls large land
interests, and Senior Camare calls him.
self hemp farmer.
Under the Madero administration tai
on hemp imposed to be controlled by the
planters for their general benefit was
taken over by the government, and ap-
piled to it's own purposes outside OF the
benefit OF conditions in Yucatan. TINS
was highly resented by the Yucatan
planters. and worked to the destruction
of the farming Industry. Under President
Huerts the control Of the hemp indus
try has been restored to the planters
Prosperity and content have followed tc
such an extent that the entire territory
Is tranquil and loyal to the Huerta gov
eminent.
The absence Of rebellion, brigandage OF
government oppression had brought the
jewellers in Yucatan to the conclusion
that all was well, generally, throughout
the republic.
Here to Study Agriculture.
Senior Camare comes to the United
States primarily on private business. He
IL. however. commissioned by the agri-
cultural chamber OF Merida, Yucatan, to
study agricultural conditions in the
United States. He proposes to see the
Secretary of Agriculture. and also to
make inspection Of the agricultural sta
lions and big farms in the United States
before returning home.
He arrived in Washington yesterday
morning and 10 stopping at the Raleig n
Hotel. He will depart tomorrow for
Philadelphia
mot only is there no political disturb
ance Of any sort In Yucatan," he says,
"but there Is no idleness-and hence no
provocation to trouble. The condit. ons
are peaceful and entirely favorable to in
dustrial development. I cannot believe
that conditions in Mexico agree with the
ideas prevailing in the United States as
to what is going on there"
WILSON AT NEW YORK
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Grand Circuit Races Of.

BUFFALO. N. Y. July 25.-The grand
circuit races. postponed yesterday on
account OF rain. were declared of at
noon today by Secretary II. S. Neatly.
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Old Saw Relied.

From the Dsllas News.
One good way for q man to get ahead
and stay ahead is to use a head.
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American Refugees From Mexico.

GALVESTON, Tex, July 25.-One
hundred and eighty-five American
refugees arrived here last night on
board the steamship Texas from Vera
Cruz and Tampico. The passengers will
be held in quarantine until July 20.
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KAHN AGAIN ATTACKS
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
introduces Resolution in the
Diggs-Caminetti Case, Say
ing Delay Began in May.

That Attorney General McReyncldD
started to interfere with the prosecution
in the Diggs-Caminetti cases one
month before Secretary Wilson Of the
Department Of Labor spoke to him about
it IL charged today by Representative
Kahn OF California, who introduced a
House resolution on the subject.
Mr.. Kahn's measure provides that the
Attorney General be required to send
to the House copy Of a telegram dated
May Is. directing United States Attorney
McNab to take no further Affirmative ac-
ton against Digggs and Caminetti, I'M
der white slave indictment. until fur
Their directed by the Attorney General.
Mr.. Kahn also asked that the Attorney
General furnish the House with a copy
Of any memorandum placed in the files
of the office of the Attorney General
relating to that telegram.
Mr.. Kahn explained personally that the
telegram was not sent from the Depart-
ment of Justice, but from the Attoraeg
Generals hotel.
Meantime the House of Representadv
has been tied up in a tiresone hliblster
because Representative Byrnes q Ten
nessee would not let Mr.. kann 1eiivei
mis- Caminetti speech. Under the iactfui
leadership of Representative MAnn OF
Illinois the House spent nearly two hours
this afternoon doing nothing out answer
ing roll calls to approve. journals, which
had not been approved because Of lack
of q quorum.
Quorum Finally Obtained.
The democrats of the House gath
cred their forces and at last began q
fight today against the republican fill
buster which has tied up business I'm
the House all week.
For four days the republicans have
forced adjournments OF the House with
out approving the journal Of the pro-
ceedings of the last session. and Ma
jority Leader Underwood In order to
clear up the record and journal finally
rounded up q quorum.
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Defeat Of Two Pleasing.

Alfred e. Cox. treasurer. Mu!hall swore.
Of the Massachusetts republican state
committee for twenty years. wrote the
lobbyist about the result Of democratic
primaries in several districts. expressing
pleasure over the defeat Of former Rep
resentatives OConnell and Keliher Later
he replied. expressing the belief that these
two districts could be won by the repub-
licans.
writing to Henry b. Joy. 4 Detroit
manufacturer. Mulhall said: I'VE have
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Tells of Luncheon.

IT met McMichael and McDermott down
in an Avenue hotel" he swore. Il set
up the lunch and told McDermott I had
been out in his district feeling things
out"
The witness said that after his first in
terview he had been against McDermott
strongly and had wished to have the Ma
tional Association of Manufacturers fight
him for reelection. He said that after
the first meeting he often saw McDer-
mott and talked with him about labor
bills and other matters 'of that kind
Ibid you give him any funds?" asked
Senator Nelson.
Il didn't have q chance" said Mulhali.
He borrowed it and kept borrowing it /"
mo, SIR
How much did you loan him3.'
Il can hardly tell
PARTY Workers. Paid.
Late in the day many Of Mulhalrs *.
pense accounts showed items Of $50 per
week paid to two party workers' in
the second New Jersey district, where
he said the association was fighting to
re-elect John ]. Gardner.
Senator Nelson wanted to know who
the workers were, and finally pinned
Mulhall down to an acknowledgment that
he haO given Inc money 10 .Mr. F0eny
of Philadelphia" and he didn't Know
where 1t had gone beyond that. The
witness said he might have used some
of the money put under this head to
loan to McDermott and then made It up.
re said many of the loans were made
out of his own pocket, and Complained
that he had been a good thing'' down
on Pennsylvania avenue.
Insane From Campaign.
In speaking Of his expense accounts
Mulhall said they were made out by
Katie NJ. .Aulhall. who accompanied him
nm all his trips. He said she was ..in
one sense his wife, ana that she had
been driven insane by the campaign in
the sixth New Jersey district.
Iune 4, 1910. MulhalI wrote to Kirhv
about an effort he said was to be made
In the House to put an eight-hour rider
said william Hughes, now senator from
New Jersey. was back OF the rider, and
that John Dwight. republican whip of
the House. and James A. Tawney. chair
man Of the finance committeS2 were
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-09-13

What IS the obstacle in the way Of
beginning work Immediately on the
Bridge street overpass and continuing
it in connection with the work of re-
moving the Vernon street ledge? The
Reformer understands that this would
be feasible from an engineering stand
point, but that the delay is due to the
failure of the Central Vermont 5 con
struction department to formally APP
prove the overpass plans which have
been submitted to it by the Boston <
Maine. There should be no further
delay along this line The railroad en-
gineers ought to get together at once
so that the overpass plans may be sub
mitted to the public service commits
sion for final approval and actual con
struction begun Immediately thereaf-
ter Now that Brattleboro 5 long
looked-for railroad improvements are
under way work upon them should be
prosecuted as rapidly as possible
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-09-13
For Republicans to Ponder.
CRandolph Herald and News J

(Randolph Herald and News)
In Vermont, too, the Republican party
has its problems Its state committee is
composed OF men who have labored long
and earnestly for the party, but they UNI
doubtedly feel that they should make one
more sacrifice by retiring in favor of a
new set of men. Nothing would contrib
ute more to see hope of future ascendancy
IN Vermont, for reasons that need not
be urged at length and which do not re
feet on the loyalty and fidelity OF any
of the committee. There Is no way now
LOT choosing a new committee until the
next state. convention itself something
of an uncertainty \ special convention.
like that contemplated by the national
party, to consider this and other matters
apart from nominations may seem war
ranted by another spring In any event.
every Republican should be thinking of
these things, vitally important a. they
are to his state
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-09-13

1t Is rather a curious turn of fortunes
wheel that now makes a Republican the
executive head Of Our greatest municipal
ty Probably when he was elected to the
board OF aldermen two years ago hardly
any Office, big or little, seemed to Colonel
Adolph l.. Kline more remote than the
mayoralty OF New York Then followed
ms election as vice-president Of the
board, the selection of Mr.. Mitchell for
the colectorship and now the death Of
Mayor Gaynor, which by the rule of sue
eession puts him in the first place True.
he will have only few months to serve.
but a man may do much for good or III
with hls opportunities in that time The
Boston Transcript says his antecedents
have been highly creditable and probably
few are worrying lest the interests of the
Icity suffer from his direction Of them
until its more permanent fate is decided
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-09-13
Boatman Has Saved II Lives.

A small boy was struggling help
iessIy in the swirling waters below the
Cedar river dam at Waterloo, Iowa
\ cry for help had gone forth. but
no one yentured to the rescue Sud-
denly a gray haired man was seen to
push a boat from the shore above the
falls. aud before the crowd realized
what was happening he had sent the
tiny craft with a few powerful strokes,
over the dam. The boat landed in
the turbulent. waters below. and was
quickly righted by the strong arms at
the oars. The boy was gathered iii
and revived, and the gray-haired man
returned quietly to his work. The
Waterloo Reporter states that to this
humble hero, Edward Chapman, a
boatman, at least II people owe their
lives, for this is his life-saving record.
What splendid contribution to human
happiness
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-09-13
Former Burlingtonian Appointed.

James ID. Brennan. formerly OF Bulling
ton, has just been appointed by the secre-
tary OF the treasury the national bank Elk
aminer for the district Of Boston This
viii require the examination 81 Mr. Brcn-
nan OF all Massachusetts national banks
in the counties Of Suffolk Norfolk. and
Essex, The banks IN those counties are
the largest in the New England states
lie has been appointed sole examiner and
he takes the place OF the two examiners
who have refined He win have a force
Of assistants to aid him in his duties
For the past three years. Mr.. Brennan
has been bank examiner for the com
monWeaith Of Massachusetts, He has been
greatly interested in the school savings
feature Of the banking business and drew
up the details Tor IT. use IN the various
Massachusetts banks
This appointment is one Of the most
important Of its kind in the United
States
Nh Brennan was educated IN the public
schools Of Burlington, where he took hal
rank as student During his course al
the high school he was manager of tn,
high school register. and was much in
tereSted in school athletics He ATTENDED
the University of Vermont and was
member OF the class of 1903 While
there. hc va, "a member nj the Lambd.
| lota fraternity lie has heen .secretar,
1 of the Boston Alumni ASSOCIATION. an or
Iganization of Vermont graduates IN an,
about Boston. He Is married and live
IN Dorchester, Mass