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American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1913-01-23

ORE than 5000 years ago there were
gathered at the command of Moses.
on the plains Of Assemblage in the
valley of Mount Sinai, all Of the
children Of Israel to listen to the
reading of the laws that were re-
vealed to Moses during the forty
days and forty nights" he spent in
the midst of a cloud communing with
the God of the chosen people,"
Since that momentous and epoch
making event nations have risen to
mighty power. only to go down to
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Expect No Intervention.

The rank and file of Mexieans cannot
bring themselves to believe that the
United States will go to the extent of
intervention.
Official Mexico is reticent on the SUBJ
iect and General Huerta is concerned,
today. about his family affairs, for his
daughter Luz, married, this forenoon
Captain Luis Fuentes, the Presidents
a!de-de-camp.
Manuel Calero. former Mexican
ambassador at Washington. expressed
the belief, today that any act what
ever of Intervention would precipitate
q war. He continued:
Il know by Personal experience the
sound judgment of the American peo-
ple aud of the American Senate. do
not think they would act In such an un-
justifiahle way as to bring about war
between the two countries.
I'VE Mexieans believe that any steps
taken to intervene in our internal af-
fairs VIII cause war. Neither -Ameri-
cans nor Mexicans want war, which is
absolutely unnecessary.
Il still have hope that we will be
able 10 settle our difficulties. 1t is only
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Chas. Hamlin for
Sec'y. of Treasury.


Washington. July 23.-Charles sum
ner Hamlin of Boston has been select
ed as assistant secretary of the treas
ury in charge of the customs service
to succeed James f. Curtis, who will
retire, on August. l. Secretary Nc
Aldoo, today, formally recommended
the appointment to President Wilson,
who is expected to send the nomina-
ton to the Senate within a few days.
Mr.. Hamlin occupied the same posi-
ton during the second administration
of President Cleveland. He has not
been an applicant for the place and is
understood to have declined it early in
the Wilson administration but will
now be urged to accept because Of his
intimate knowledge of customs ques-
tons.
In view of the pending enactment
of the tariff bill Secretary McAdoo
has been seeking as successor to
Mr.. Curtis n man of wide customs eX-
perience to handle the vast admins
trative problems involved in a sweep
ing change in tariff policies. Mr. Ham,
lin has represented this government
at various international conventions.
He was special commissioner of the
United States to Japan in 1897; com
missioner at the convention between
Russia, Japan and the United States
the same year, and commissioner be-
tween Great Britain and the United
States to consider the fur seal fishery
also. in 1897
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Coal Price to
Be Investigated

Philadelphia, July 23.-District After
ney Samuel p. Rotan of this city said,
today, that he would investigate the
raising of the price of anthracite coal
by retail dealers iT Philadelphia. a
state law enacted, this year. ievies "a
tax Of 215 per cent. on the value of each
ton of anthracite coal mined or APP
proximately five cents a ton. The coal
operators Immediately raised tbs
price of coal at the mines to cover the
tax and. yesterday, Philadelphia re-
tailers announced that. beginning Aug.
l. they would add 10 cents to each ton
of coal used for family purposes and
five cents for steam purposes. Tie
Philadelphia coal exchange COM
posed of retail dealers, passed resolu-
lions, yesterday. declaring that the
price of coal will have to be increased
because of the tax and requesting the
public to join with it in testing the
constitntionality of the tax or to have
the tax repealed by the Legislature in
1915.
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REPORTS EXAGGERATED,
Tuxpam Not Taken but Thre atened--
Views Of Mexican Rank and File.

Mexico City, July 23.-Unofficial re-
ports from Vera Cruz Indicate the sit
uation less critical than was first re-
ported at Tuxram, to which port the
United states Dattleship Louisiana was
sent under rush orders to protect
American citizens whose lives and
property We're said to be endangered
by the fighting between the federal
troops and the rebels.
According to the latest information
Tuxani was not taken, but had been
merely threatened by a rebel force in
the vicinity.
All the newspa pers, this morning,
display prominently the account of
yesterdays debate in the Senate at
Washington on Mexican affairs with
out. however. making any comment. In
FL Pals it appears under the heading
General Hucrta insulted again by
American senator's.
The same newspaper in commenting
on the Nicaragua incident solemnly as
sures its readers that in the Colonia
de la Bolsa, the most disreputable
quarter of Mexico City, there are men
of more judgment and greater honor
than the majority of American sena-
tors
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Swiss Guards Furnish a
Surprising Scene.
Three Of Leaders Expelled and
Are CheeTed by Comrades.
Rifles Are Taken from Them.- Zen.
darmes Held In Readiness.

Rome. July 23.-Throughout the day
the Vatican was in a veritable state OF
siege. This was the outcome of the
mutiny of the Swiss guards, whose
demands, in the form OF memorial
relating their grievances and citing the
conditions on which they would re-
main in the service. We're fatty re-
jected, today
Three of the leaders in the move
ment We're expelled from the Vatican.
Four others left, tonight. and II have
requested leave to depart for Their
homes in October. Those who left
were accompanied to the gates of the
Vatican by their comrades. At the
moment of separation they cried Viva
Garibaldii" Some of them joined il
singing the Marseilase. Never be-
fore was such scene presented in
front of the Vatican.
Yesterday the guards We're relieved
of their cartridges and. today. even
their rifles were taken from them as
it was discovered that they had sue
ceeded in concealing cartridges. Coun.
Ceccoyieri, commander of the gem
darmes, has been ordered to hold his
men in readiness for emergencies.
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Strike Called by Western
Federation Responsible.
The Companies Refuse 10 Deal
And Prepared for Idleness.
Prices Of Stocks GO Down When
News Reaches Boston.

Calumet, Mich, July 23.-Twenty
copper mines in this and neighborinS
counties We're closed. this morning, o"-
ing To strike called by the Western
Federation of Miners. only from n
fifth to q quarter of the miners be-
long to the Union, but it has been
found impossible to work the proper
ties with these men out.
The men demand recognition of the
Western Federation of Miners, an
eight hour day. abolition of the one
man drill and better working eondi-
lions.
The mining companies are deter
mined not To deal with the Fedora
ton and are prepared for a long pc
Rod of idleness.
The mines shut down are the Calo-
met and Reela, Tamarack, Osceola
Wolverine, Centennial, Mohawk, Al
meek, Champion, Baltic. Quincy. Isls
Royale, Superior Franklin. LaSalle
and various department properties.
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INVESTIGATE HIND REPORT.
Rear Admiral Instructed by Acting
Secretary Roosevelt.

Washington. July 23-Acting Sec
rotary Roosevelt of the Navy today
called upon Read Admiral Cowles at
Guaymas TO investigate the report
that Thomas Hind, assistant general
superintendent of the Southern Pacl-
fic in Mexico, is held for ransom by
Ne&ican federals there. The state
department was without information
on the Incident.
TIE supply ship Buffalo h's gone
from Guaymas to Topolobampo and
reported conditions quiet at the lat
ter port, and the battleshfp LOUISIANA
which went to TuXpam. has returned
to Vera Cruz This latter movement
leads navy department officials TO
conclude that a measure of order mas
been restored at TuXpam, relieving
Americans of the danger they were IN
when the battleship was sent there
undr rush orders.
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Foreign Sneers
At Wilson Stand.

Berlin, July 2S.-The proposed treaty
between the United States and Mica
ragua evokes a few sarcastic COM
ments from the German press on
President Wilson's return to the sys-
tenn of dollar diplomacy" Govern
ment circles, however. epress them
selves as perfectly satisfied that if the
proposed protectorate over Nicaragua
should be established. it will diminish
the chances of internal disturbances
and the possibility of disputes arising
in regard TO injuries to German resi-
dents there and also will improve tie
business conditions and financial sta
bility of the country.
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New
Colonial Theater
FOR
Wednesday and
Thursday
"Ths Tangled Webb"-Reliance.

"The Tangled Reliance.
This powerful drama which marks
the event of Rosemary Theby as a
Reliance Star was written by Gar
field Thompson to display the ex-
eeptional talents of this clever ae-
tress, late of the Vitagraph company.
Every emotion from devotional love
10 insane jealousy and deep hatred
is masterfnlly portrayed by Miss
Theby in this unusual three reel fea-
ture production.
Mutual Weekly of Current Events.
Gives you all the latest and most
interesting happenings Of the world
at glance.
"A Child Of the Hilis"-Pilot.
powerful heart interest drama
of the mountains.
"Tbe Song Of the Soup"-American.
A hearty laugh is assured TO all
who witness this screaming Western
comedy.
Matinees 230, evening 100 and s.45,
Saturday evening 6.30.
july23,dtf
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The Hanks Races
Advertising Trip,

Lewiston, Me-, July 23.-The Hanks
Grand Pine Tree Circuit Races advance
car passed through here, today, arriv-
ing from Augusta, at 8 A. NJ. The Au-
gusta party was joined here by an
enthusiastic party, all Of whom help
ed boom the great meet, to be held,
July 29-Aug. 1, in Lewiston. Aug. SIS.
in Bangor and Aug. 12-15. in Augusta.
The entries for these big races, the
largest ever offered in the State of
Maine, will bring some 400 horses to
the circuit to contest for 100000 in
purses.
The trip was planned to connect,
for the night with Old Orchard, but
owing to derailed car near Lisbon
Falls, which delayed traffic for al
most seven hours, change in plans
had to be made by w. P Perry, in
charge of the party.
By several cases of transferrence. II
was made possible for the party tc
connect with cars through to New
Meadows Inn. where they had dinner;
with side trips along the line.
The change of program necessitatet
cutting out Old Orchard, but Mr.
Perry balanced that by arranging fol
the trip to Mechanic Falls.
lie lost no time in keeping the mem
bers of the party busy. from Augusta
over the route to home, busy, quite
busy.
When the Hanks races start in Au-
gusta, they will have the people OF
the section visited. Wednesday. by the
Hanks Races car with them.
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committee insurgents today sue
eeeded in forcing into the bill, tenta-
lively at least, the much discussed
and once rejected scheine for prohi-
biting interlocking directorates in the
banks to be included in the proposed
federal reserve system. BY a vote of
seven To five. Chairman Glass was in
strueted to prepare such an amend
ment as separate paragraph of the
bill. The instructions were included
III resolution presented by Repre-
sentative Wingo and were not definite
The conference again reconsidered
its action in regard to the term of
maturity of commercial paper re-dis-
countable by the reserve banks and
placed the term at eco days instead
of 45. The conference adopted an
amendment authorizing the board to
require or permit a reserve bank TO
re-discount the paper of any other
federal reserve bank
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The COnStitutionalist representatives
here had protested to the state de-
partment that inasmuch as the Huer-
ia government had not been recog-
niZed it ought not to obtain arms.
There is, nevertheless, a firm feeling
in Congress in favor of lifting the
embargo on arms and giving both
sides an equal opportunity to equip
themselves. This sentiment finds fav-
or especially among those who believe
that the Carranza rebels have pub
lie sympathy behind them in Mexico
and If given arms the hostilities would
end shortly in their favor. Although
the Constitutionalists hold no seaports
of consequence they have demoralized
the railroad systems and it would be
difficult for the federals to get mu-
nitions transported into the interior
after importing them from Europe.
Acting Secretary Roosevelt confer
red at length on the situation with
Rear Admiral Frank E. Beatty, COM
mander of the fourth division of thu
Atlantic fleet, who has just returned
with his flagship, the Minneapolis,
from tour of duty in the Gulf of
Mexico. Admiral Beatty is here on
leave to visit his family.
State department reports, today,
said that the demonstration in Mexico
City as a compliment TO the new Jap
anese minister was attended by about
$4,000. The laboring class was said TO
be conspicuous by its absence. 1t was
stated that only one anti American
speech was made and that the police
were under strict orders to suppress
any anti american demonstration. It
is said a movement is progressing in
Mexico City to raise funds to defray
the expense of deporting destitute
Americans in the capital to Vera Cruz.
For several weeks the government and
the Red Cross have been bringing in
dignent refugees from Mexican ports 10
Galveston, Texas. Already several
hundred who were without means have
been brought To the Texas port
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Threat of Indefinite Extension
OF the Currency Reform Bill.

Washington, July 23.-Indefnite ex-
tension of the troublesome admins
tration currency reform bill by the
Democrats of the House banking and
currency committee was forecasted.
today Representative Bulkeley of
Ohio gave notice that he was not yet
prepared to decide his position in re-
lation To the policy of placing the en-
tire financial system of the country in
the hands of government-controll
hoard as proposed by the Glass bill
and asked that the question OF the
powers and makeup of the proposed
federal reserve board be re-opened fer
general discussion. This is a basic
point in the administration bill and
one which President Wilson had
championed in no uncertain way. In
addition to threatening an intermin-
able discussion of the measure which
Chairman Glass and President Wilson
are endeavorng to hurry along the
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Boston Report Tells Of
Startling Conditions.
Board investigates Following
Lawrence Horror.
Finds Accident Of Greater Proper.
tions Is Threatened.

Boston, July 23-Piers, floats and
runWays in use by thousands of per-
sons IN this city each day are rotten
and otherwise unsafe and are a con-
slant peril to all using them, accord
ing report made to Mayor FitZ-
gerald, today, by the board of street
commissioners.
The report followed an investigation
by the board, at the direction of the
mayor following the accident in Law
renee recently when IL boys were
drowned by the collapse of a runway
leading to a municipal bath house.
An accident of greater proportions is
likely in Boston at any time should
present conditions be allowed to con-
tinue the report says. Runways of
municipal bath houses in this city
were found to be in a greatly weak
ened condition and in some cases TO
be partially submerged The gang
ways and piers of five steamship lines
now regularly in use We're unsafe.
because of rottenness and lack of
proper repairs. Other defects noted
were decayed planking. loose boards.
flirisy construction floats partially
submerged, bolts missing In important
spots and absence of guard rails. AL
together, the board found % places
which were declared To be a menace
to the lives of the thousands who use
them.
Mayor Fitzgerald ordered that all
the city owned property which was
criticized in the report be repaired
Immediately and gave orders TO have
the proper steps taken to compel the
owners of other faulty places to have
their property put in safe condition at
once.
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DEATH LIST so.
CONTINUED from Page One,


number of employees, the precautions
taken against fire and any other de-
tails which may shed light on tie
great catastrophe"
Mayor Irving says he will issue a
proclamation calling upon the citi-
zens of Binghamton for a general OBJ
servance of a day to he set apart for
the funeral Of the victims. As MANY
of the bodies are unrecogniZable, a
public funeral will be conducted BY
the city and the unknown dead will
be buried in plot upon which a shaft
will be erected.
Frank s. Nash of Binghamton, an
inspector for the State labor depart
ment, says the fire escapes on the
building were of a type approved by
the state regulations.
"On Oct. /, of this year." said Ne
Nash. new regulations governing the
construction of fire escapes will go
into effect which will add to their
efficiency"
Heroism Of Girl.
The story of the heroism of Nellie
connor forewoman and sydney DIM
mick, foreman in the burned factory,
who gave their lives that those under
them might be saved, was heard on
every hand, today. Miss Conner was
one of the first to reach the door Of
safety when the alarm of fire sounded
throughout the building. Back of her
was a throng of excited girls, hesti-
tating to make the dash through the
thick smoke. Hurry girls" she cried,
III is all right if you hurry" Than
standing aside she urged girl after
girl through the doorway down the
stairs until 1t was too late. and then
waited until those on the stairs above
her had returned to the upper floor to
fight for life on the fire escape or to
plunge through the windows to the
ground.
Mr.. Freeman, president of the compa
ny. said, today. that Nellie Connor died
as she had lived for many years, eneour
| aging and helping the girls in the fac
tory.
Sidney Dimmick had been foreman 10
| u years. He was in charge of the ma
| chine rooms where most of the girls wer
| employed. lie directed the fire drill
When the bell rang, yesterday, he stoo'
| at the top of the upper fight of stairs
| ciappinS his hands sharply and urginl
| the girls TO move faster. He was III
| last to leave the top moor When h.
reached the lower floor many of the girl
turned back. Two girls he carried safe
! ~ TO the sidewalk. A third time ne re
4 turned to the blazing building and wa
! lost IN shroud of smoke.
Nearly thousand relatives and friend
Of missing girls visited the morgue, TO
day. Covered with white sheeting, Tn
bodies of the unidentified victims reste
on rough boxes as the throng filed past
Only three Of the bodies in the mo gu
have been identified.
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EXPECT SPEEDY ADJUSTMENT.
Officials of Companies Optimistic but
Slump Follows.

Boston, July 23.-The strike at some
of the copper mines in Michigan
caused a decline in several local min
ing shares, today. Calumet and Hecla
dropping, Is to Al. Copper Range and
Oseeola were also weak.
Afternoon adviees from the mines
were to the effect that the Winona
mine was working and Quincy expect
ed to resume operations, this evening,
while the Hancock mines We're expect
ed to shut down.
Officials of the Calumet and Heela.
this afternoon, expressed the BELIEF
that the difficulties would be adjusted
speedily.
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Seryia and Greece
Reach Agreement.

Sofia, Bulgaria, July 23.-Servia and
Greece. today, agreed to the proposal
that peace negotiations with Bulga-
ria should take place in Bucharest. An
armistice is being arranged in Nish,
and it is hoped that it will be conclud-
ed within a couple of days.
Greece insists that the armistice and
tie agreement for peace negotiations
he signed simultaneously.
Roumania has refused Turkeys re-
orest that she be allowed to partici-
pate in the peace conference. The Pow
ers have consented to the conference
plans.
Liutenant General Nelson A. Miles.
L. S A., Oretired), has made an APP
peal to the American Red Cross So
elcty for funds for the relief of the
Macedonia refugees.
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NEARLY HALF THOUSAND
MULHAlL LETTERS ENTERED.
Continued from Page one.)

man it would not be hard to get the
Knights of Labor and the American
Federation of Labor to fight to the ad-
vantage of the manufacturers.
In November. Muihall wrote Schwedt-
man complaining that Bird was more a
boss of the organization than Charley
Murphy is in Tammany. Hail." Mulhall
added that in the days of Van Cleaye
things We're done in the open ana that
when Bird came he noticed a return TO
the "secretive" methods that preceded
Van Cieave.
What do you mean by secretivey
asked Chairman Overman.
No letter writing-gum shoeing
around and keeping everything under
cover" replied Mnihall.
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Bandits Besiege
Dying Americans.

Ell Paso, Texas July 23.-Huddled in
two houses on the main street of Made
ra, Mexico the Americans who are be-
sieged by bandits had been reduced prac-
tically to starvation when a messenger
left there IA days ago. He arrived here,
today, after a hard trip overland through
mud. He said the bandits are bent on
numbering the Americans for protection
given some cowboys who attacked and
killed two bandits who were stealing; cat
tie. and are firing into the settlement al
intervals.