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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-26

let the photosraphers alone, and said
tAat lac would Investigate every man
who had iuterfered with them
Then, without warning. the prisoners
turned on the guards and stoned them
instead Three or four We're hit. But
they hourished their arms and soon
restored order
Slowly the troop scuned down the
a.uty road 10 the train platform, all the
time hurting vile threats at the keen
ers and every one in sight
lust as they left the crest OF the hin
where they had = fun view OF The cell
house, they waved their hats TO their
old prisonmatcs
SO long, old scouts; see YOU on Broad
way some yelled.
See YOU in " shouted o,hers
Prime a drink
Keep things hot" sang stilI more
When the iron gang" reached the
platform and they were lined up with
q row of deputies on either side and
the hot sun streaming down on them,
they cursed ana jccred
Try to Kill Deputy.
Jus, as the Empire Express APP
preached several CouVicts stepped close
TO a deputy that they disliked
The great mogul engine, at the rate
or hity miles an hour tore past them
Just as the tender wheels nashed pas.
two coAVlCtS lUngcd against the deputy
RE caught himself Just In time 10 cs-
cap" being ground under the wheels
When NE Albany special TO which
the convict car was attached. came up
IL the prison siding there was again
pandemonius. All the hatred pcut III
asainSt the keepers for months burst
iorth as they left them for the last
time ana stumbled up the steps OF the
coach.
They screamed their curses in lam
suaee SO foul that a few curious women
VINO had gathered on tho opposite side
81 INC trac% turned their heads in
Shame and fed
IA. Es.sa H.
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Mr.. Mnchcn's Ansuer.
y. TINHEH, ESQ, IitSIuent OF {
Eirs MIA Ant-Saloon League. No


Dear sir.-I have received your cour-
teous letter requesting my views on
the liquor question and my probable
action regarding the so-callcd EN-
aiding act In the event OF my election
as L!eutenant-GoVcruo
have not heretofore made any pub-
lie statement OF nay position upon this
measure, because the likelihood that
the presiding officer OF the Senate
would be required TO vote upon IL in
the case OF n tie vote is so remote as
10 make that officials opinion matter
OF comparatively slight Importance
however. since you ask me the qucs-
ton. must say candidly that / have
never been prohib!tionist have
thought that local option Was the more
advisable method OF dealing with the
!.quor question, so that whatever re-
striction was sought TO DC applied
would rest upon the majority sentiment
or the RESPECTIVE localities.
law and the Byrd Law were measures
OF rural PROHIBITION. and that they have
worked we'll, yet have been inclined
10 believe that the people OF Alexan-
dria, Richmond. Norfolk and the other
cities could regulate the liquor traffic
better by themselves than by outside
d!ctation. and that the temperance PEG
Pile IN those communities could II they
chose. achieve more satisfactory re
suits by gradual restriction leading
perhaps to ultimate elimination rather
than by the sudden abolition OF the
legal!zed sale OF Liquor
Prohibitionist. have always been
Democrat Having spent the twenty
one years Of my life that have elapsed
since becoming OF age IN advocating
the placing OF greater power in the
hands OF the people, | cannot hesitate
10 apply that principle TO tho liquor
question any more than TO other cues
lions OF similar Importance
The right OF the people TO vote as a
whole upon questions OF State policies.
in my opinion, Is a fundamental popu-
lar right which ] think no true Demo
crat should deny. Therefore. II a bin
should pass tho House OF Delegates
properly submitting the license ques-
ton 10 the people of the state. and
should come TO q tie vote IN the Senate.
while I was the presiding officer OF
that body. I would undoubtedly cast
the deciding vote in It's favor. should
The question be submitted to the people
OF the state, would reserve The right
10 vote upon IL might seem more
expedient AT the time.
j do not know that | can say any
thing else that would be Of interest In
this connection, except that person
ally do not use any alcoholic liquor
a q beverage.
Respectfully yours,
(Slgned) LEWIS II. MACHEN.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-26
STRIKE STORM CENTRE,
STILL ABOUT CALUMET

tho appointment of a trtpartite com
mission, Mr.. Wilson tonight explained
why he considered tho plan for a tri-
partite committee not feasible ono
III we are to consider such plan,
we may rs well abandon the Monroe
Doctrine entirely" he said. The Mon
roc Doctrine pledges the United States
to take care OF the interests of Amer
lean governments without tho aid of
any foreign country. Consequently. un-
a asT the M TO PoctTIne esnHot
through tho services OF such body as
the proposed tripartite commission.
ernments to help"
Mr. Wilson was rcticent when ques-
n9ned on his policies on American
by the United States. These views. he
said. lie felt he must reserve for his
conference with President Wilson and
Il have been blamed for 4 great
oeal, the ambassador commented. as he
discussed his administration In Mexico
City. On everything he has done. he
Stands, pat" however. he said and
believed. rs he hurried on To Wash
t,hhg s taking train late tonight.
ton and sent back to Mexico.
Explains One of Ills Acts.
;, me ambassador,s silence regarding
MS opinion as to American recognition
was broken tonight long enough for
him TO comment on one of his acts lust
SUBSEQUENT to the overthrow of AIadcro
MI wilson recalled that this act was
interpreted IN many quarters as virtual
rccog milton OF Mexico, notwith standing
the refusal of his government al
Washington to admit the republic on
n diplomatic footing common With other
governments.
In February. when Huerta became
provisional president, the ambassador
instructed American consuls in Mexico
IN the interests OF Mexico TO urpe
general submission and adhesion to tbe'
government. which will be recognized
pN an foreign governments TO day
Mr. wilson said a wrong conStruc.
ton would be placed upon this advice
10 consular officers by any person who
o.lieNed 1t meant that he recognized the
Huerta government or that he had
desired to conflict in any way with tha
pohGies OF either Mr.. TAFT, as President,
or president Wilson.
1T was the de facto government ONLY
that recognized" MIR Wilson ex
planned. The de facto governr,ont
was the only government that nos
sessed the power to offer protection for
american lives and property and for
the lives and property OF other for
cigncrs. acted as any am bassador
mad The right to actin the interests
OF my countrymcn. The government
recognized was the only existing one
of law and order | believe aid right
at that critical time"
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Neither Miners Nor Employers
Show Amy Signs of
Yielding.

t. that Governor ": y. Ferris would come
TO l afo,1Ishton to;night to help @rTaI a;e
copper mine employees, brought out an
unofficial statement from the mine
Governors presence. Any plans for ar
bitration under tho direction OF the
Governor were soon dispelled, however,
had no present intention OF coming or
of withdrawing the militia which is
protecting tip mipoY against any fur
Disorders occurred systematically. In
the outlying districts OF the mining
country to-day. call for troops came
from the south range when union sym
pathizers drove away the shcrirs depu,
ties at the Baltic. Tri -Mountnin and
other mines. but. an investigation by
militia commanders convinced them
that the situation was not serious
enough to require the presence OF State
soldiers
officers of the three companies now
here are agreed that the storm centre
Will remain in and about Calumet. Ac-
of the Calumet and Hecla tonight cleo
tricians hnve strung wires with sixty
candlepower lamps suspended every SIX
convinced that the illumination would
prevent any possibility of planting
of explosives about the arnory or NINE
The union officials held conference
this afternoon and tonight Issued
statement celebrating one given out
earlier in the day. ReiteratinG that
the strike was not called until peace
able means had failed" and that TO re-
quests for a conference not even the
courtesy OF a reply was extended to-
nights statement continues:
The only statement that we have
seen from the company's standpoint
was to the effect that they have never
treated with the Western Federation Of
Miners and did not feel that II was
necessary to do 80 now. The worker
has at least as large q stake In the
management OF the industry in which
he is employed as he has In the conduct
OF government. local or national. His
citizenship gives him voice In gov
eminent; his employment should give
him a voice as TO hours, wages and the
conditions obtaining in the Industry in
which he is employed. That Is what is
meant 10y recognition Of the union and
constitutes the longest step Yet taken
towards the establishment OF justice
and Industrial peace.
The wages of the underground
workers throughout the copper mines
OF the country, with the exception Of
Michigan. average $3.50 per day. II
would take several increases for them
10 reach that figure here"
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not favorably received. il is expected
that the Washington government would
thercupon pronounce itself on the sub
jet OF arms and ammunition, in all
probability lifting the embargo so that
al! sides can buy munitions OF war.
such n development. II is believed, in
many quarters here. would strengthen
the Constitutionalist cause so as to
bring matters speedily to a crisis and
possibly result in quick overthrow
OF the Huerta government. a contin-
gency which many Washington OH
cials believe is inevitable. though re-
ports OF strengthening OF the Federal
armies are being promulgated con
stantly By officials OF the Hucrta adj
ministration
IN the face OF the strained situation
in Mexico. concurrent resolution
strongly reaillrming the Monroe Doc
trinc was introduced IN the House to-
day by Representative Clark. of Flo
rida The resolution. which was re-
icrred TO the Foreign Affairs Commit
tee was directed particularly against
people with whom tho Caucasion
cannot and Will not assimilatc"
we hereby rea!lirm what is known
as the Monroe Doctrine IN each and
every essential" the resolution read.
and declare our unfaltering allegiance
thereto"
In rcahirming tho Monroe Doc
tr!nc.'" concludes the resolution. we
do so with tho earnest desire TO main
tain peace and friendly rotations with
every nation upon earth. but We can
not permit the further extension OF any
colonization systems OF European ma p
lions upon any territory Of this hcmi-
sphere, and particularly shall we OBJ
icct 10 such colonization by peoples
with whom the Caucasian cannot ana
VIII not assimilatc'
admiral Cowles. at Guayamas. in
formed the Navy Department to day
that Thomas Hinch, the American rail
Itad man reported held at Guayamas.
Mexico, for ransom. was not pris-
oncr lie said that Hinch went out OF
The Federal lines near Guayamas. and
the insurgents would not allow him 10
cross back
/ Manuel Garcia. of San Antonio. Tex.
an American citizen who was held in
Tampico on political suspicion has
been released through the efforts of
4 Consul General Miller
( l. IL Morrison. who was held under
suspicion hy Federal authorities at
/ Guayamas. IS to be delivered into the
custody of Admiral Cowlcs. ON tho
cruiser Pittsburgh. for transportation
/ out OF Mexico.
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Committee Members in Turmoil,
and Bill May Go to Demo
cratic Caucus.

Washington. July 95.-ln another stormy
fGSSioh to.Gay Democratic members OF The
t1".se ha"KIn6 and Currency COMMITTEES
on t"e administration currency bill. Thcv
aujourned until Monday. when, after Presi-
u'Nt " lIson has conferred with Representa-
i've R"gsdalc, OF South Carolina. who YES
tsI"aS presented To tho committee the So
.a!'eu ihsurEent amendments" to the bill
WY .uuEeie 10 reach some sort OF an agree
;nent VIII be resumed
ME the committee marked time to-day
curing session az the House which do
manded tho presence OF its members ON Tho
moor PRESIDENT Wilson had conferences with
NtPfeSeh'aNNe WiuEo who has opposed s@v-
tt"i parts OF the administrator bill and
WIN Ncpreseuiattve Glass. chairman Of the
committee following which II was planned
'!4t Inc OIL be taken ont OF the hands of
the Democratic members OF tho com,nI,,nc
ana be sent To "a House caucus. II vote
cehonsttat"d they were unable 10 ucrce
Accordingly when the conference me.
HiieF the House adjourned Representative
N'nS" oHeTed a motion that the bin he
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-26
-FOUR BUSHELS OF
WEAPONS FOUND
Curious Collection OF Dangerous
Implements Taken From
Sing Sing Prisoners.
GREAT DELIVERY FRUSTRATED
Cursing and lccring, Sixty Con
picts Are Transferred
10 Auburn
Special to I'hc Tlmes-Dispatch.l

4
CsSu.Ug. y J.. July 35.-A cunning
IS conceived plot for Wholesale jail
delivery nj sing Sing this morning
WAS frustrated In a highly dramatic
MANNER by Warden CLANCY.
Nearly 900 men had prepared TO
oyerpoweI The guards in the mess
rooms II breakfast. while the majority
ot th kcepers were busy manacIlns
,n, sixty men who Were transferred
20 AuhWu today The warden learn
ia % this new conspiracy while II
was stii brewing Instantly, nc or
dcr,G the guards on duty 10 assemble.
Search every cell" he said. III
there is anything like weapon take
II away by force II necessary"
us m.ln.sht enough weapons had
be,u found 90 i'll three or four bushei
BASKETS Thrre were daggers, dirks
and saw-iikc knives. fashioned from
knives stolen from the shocshop.
Th,r, were stockings stuffed with
crushed stone Billos fashioned from
hel posts Even rims had been torn
.rom the cover Of the pals, and the
tin mace into peculiar d!sc-l!ke
Wthout weapons Tho prisoners were
rs p w,-l,ss as children And TO-
GAY, broken In spirit. apparently com
pistely mastered, they acted like tired
boys HoN.Sc from the al-night YELL
ms. and weary from their three days
mutiry There was barely a sound from
them Tonight
Many Of the Villagers still slept.
however with guns under their pill
lows or beside their beds. in fear of
another uprising.
Bcdlnm Is Loose.
Gedlam was loose, however. this
morning when the sixty convicts. many
OF whom had been ring leaders in the
strikes. We're transferred from the
prison 10 the car which took them TO
Auburn
Mnnacled in pairs. their legs chained
ty ankle irons. the sixty marched out
shortly after o'clock in a wild chorus
Of bowls. jcers and cheers from the
other conNicts crowdinG against their
bars IN the dollhouse, past which they
lad 20 he taken 20 the railroad plat
form. The transferred men were. for
tie most part sullen. leering and mis-
y score of photoeraphers and moving
picture men fronted them at the prison
gate with battery OF cameras
1t was like the waving OF a red
naG
VIVA, in are YOU going to
plaster our faces all over the country
for" shouted one There was an angry
snarl OF protest from the rest
The conVicts strained At their chains.
They stopped In pairs and picked up
stones from the road and threw them
al the photosraphevs.
All the missiles flew wild. but the
onloolting VILLAGERS fed pnnic-striclien
To make matters worse several Of
the forty guards rushed a the pho
toeraphcrs with their clubs and slasheG
right and left until one phoiogra pher
neatly lifted one with an uppercui
Warden Clancy sent out an order 10
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-26
OBITUARY
Matt ii. White.
Especial TO The T!mes-DisE

fSpecial 10 The Times Dis patch.l
Elizabeth City, N c.. July 25.-Matt
H White. of Hartford. ono or tho
wealthiest men in Eastern North Caro-
lima. died suddenly day at Mays Head.
where he was spending the summer
The remains will be brought here to-
morrow morning on the steamer Hat
tie Greet, and then taken to HEREFORD
for interment.
Mr. White was about Sixty years
old. He had been in poor health for
several months, yet his death was UNI
expected and great shock TO his
friends. He was one of the most prom
inent business men CT Eastern North
Carolina, was a great lover of horses
and racing. and owned and maintained
one OF the finest stables in the coun-
try He was well known at all Of the
race tracks.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-26

Lansing. Mich. July Ex-Governor
Ferris. who returned here this after
noon. said he would not order the re-
moVal OF the state troops from the
copper country until he is assured posi-
lively that lives and property are not
in danger. He believes an early set
Element will be brought about. and
that the labor troubles in the upper
peninsula Will be ended in a compare
lively short time. Martial law VIII
not he declared in the copper country
until the Governor and his advisers
are positive the situation demands it
The Governor. however, is fortified
with an opinion from Attorney Gen
cral Fellows that IL will be possible
for him TO take such action If the civil
authorities are unable TO preserve or
der and protect life and property.
Governor Ferris probably Will go to
Big Rapids late tonight. as his Wife
is seriously Ill at their home in that
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BUSINESS PLACED
ON HIGH ST|LTS
BY REPUBLICANS
(cortinued From First PagcD

CONTINUED From First Page
reduce the proposed duty on deXtrine
made from potato starch. from l2
cents n pound 20 ! cent, was rejected
by a vote of % 10 40. Senator'S Brande-
gee. Oliver and Lodge. OF the minority,
voted with the Democrats. Amend
rnents by Burton to strike off tho du-
ties on gentian, licorice root and sar
saparilla root. were also rejected. a
roll call was demanded on Burton
amendment to strike off the duty OF
cent pound on nitrate OF lime on
the ground that it was a raw material
The amendment was rejected 30 10 ~.
Senator Borah voting with the Demo
Gratis.
Senator Borah also voted with the
senator Norris, OF Nebraska, 10 strike
off the duty Of 80 cents n pound on
mcnthol; The amendment was rejected
that menthol should be on the free
list because II is used for medicinal
purposes. Senator Shoots amendment
grease. OF cent a pound to half cent
a pound, also was rejected. Senator
Rristow wanted to know why, with
wool on the free list, the Democrats
began 10 tax the by-products as soon
as the wool left the sleeps back
Senators Brstow and Reed had a
wordy conflict over the tariff on wool
grease. which extended into PARTISAN
argument. The Senator from Kansas
asked Senator Smoot if he believed in
free lead and zinc. which come from
Missouri.
II voted for it In tho caucus" said
Senator Reed.
Are YOU going to vote for 1t now p"
a skcd Bristow
No. because l am going to support
the view Of the majority" sud Reed
Then YOU believe In caucus legisla-
tom
"Cnucms of interests"
No" Senator Reed replied, but do
believe in supporting policy which all
have agreed upon. If would vote for
nothing except what ] favored ! would
have 10 write the whole bill. But, there
Is a caucus that is far more binding
than any other, and that is the organ
iZation of the interests which have
controNad and financed and for years
made a catspaw OF the Republican
party"
And your party has written bill"
Senator ISristow holly rejoined, which
Is more FOR tho benefit of those In
tercs;s than any tariff bill ever pre-
scented II places on the free list ar
ticles of independent manufacture. and
protects those manufactured by the
trusts"
When the Senate adjourned. hours
of argument had delayed progress In
tho chemical schedule. so that less than
ten paragraphs had been approved dur
Ing the day.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-26

New York, July % Pausing here
for half day on his hurried Mexico
to Washington trip In response TO n
summons from President Wilson. Henry
Lane Wilson. American ambassador TO
Mexico. announced his emphatic opDo-
sition 10 several plans under consid-
Grafton by the State Department for
bringing about peace In tho troubled
Mexican republic.
experimenting statements no made
earlier in the day, disappointing the
suggestions OF American mediation or
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-26
TRAVELLING lNCOG

Spnnish Sovercigns Reach Paris on
Way TO Coyvcs Regatta.
Paris. July 25.--Kine Alfonso and
Queen Victoria. of Spain, arrived here
to-day, travelling incognito on their
way TO the CoWcs regatta. and they
were accorded an enthusiastic recep-
ton by a crowd which recognized them
while they were out shopping together.
Their Majestics were the guests OF
President Poincare at luncheon at the
Palace OF the Elysee
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-26
Elections Abnndoucd.

Douglas. Ariz., July 25.-The Consti-
tutonalist committee here announced
today that no elections would be held
In sonora state i'm August. II is planned
TO hold elections only after peace is
restored. The state Legislature would
dissolve automatically. il was said
leaving Governor Pesquiera in absolute
control.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-26
American Held Prisoner.

Ell Paso. Texas. July 25.-Informa
ZION reached here o-day that Charles
hieie! manager of the Mines Company
OF America. is held prisoner by tho
Mexican Fcderals at Chihuahua lie
Was arrested by Orozco at Santa Rosa
ma lie is New York man. and the
nome Office OF his company is in New
York.
Tomas Urbina, a Mexican rebel lead
er tc!egraphed his wife in FL Paso
today that the rebels had taken Tor
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-26
DEATHS

in Richmond, July %
1913, w. HENRY SHIELD. son of tho
late Robert and Eugenia SHIELD. OF
Newport News. Va. He leaves a wife
and oQe son.
lnterment in Riverview SATUR-
DAY, June 26.
Newport News, Charlotte, N. c., and
New Orleans papers please copy.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-26
Nils. Cora Epperiy.
Especial to The Times Dispatch

Especial 10 The Times Dispatch.I
Salem. Va, July 25--Miss Cora Ep-
perly, aged about thirty-fivc years. died
last night at 1870 o'clock at her homo
on Market Street. after few days Ill
ness.
Miss Epperly had been very delicate
for the past several years she was
devout member OF the College Lutheran
Church. and is the daughter OF Mrs.
Malinda Epperly. who. with one sister,
Mrs. Frank Hatcher. Of Illinois. sur
wives her