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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-23
At PUBLIC EXPENSE
Proposed Purchase of Homes
for Cabinet Members.
MATTER up TO CONGRESS
Representative Ayers to Introduce
Bill for Purpose.

The fight that has been made in Con-
gress the past few years in favor of pur-
chasing homes for American ambassadors
and ministers abroad is soon to present a
new phase. An effort will be made during
the approaching special session of Con-
gress to have the government furnish
residences in Washington for members of
the cabinet. Representative Steven B.
Ayres of the eighteenth New York dis
trict is fathering the project He is pre-
pairing bill, which he plans to intro
duce in the House before this session
closes. carrying sufficient money to en-
able the government to purchase hanes
for cabinet members.
1t has generally been conceded that only
the very rich men can afford to accept
positions as ambassadors and ministers
from this country to foreign nations. The
amount of entertaining expected of them
and the various social duties they must
perform compel them to go far beyond
the $1,000 paid them for their services
as United States representatives. The
same sort of argument is now being used
to further the plans for providing suit
able homes for cabinet officers during
their residence here.
Salary Regarded as insufficient
The salary of cabinet officer is So OO0
a year ago. Up to within a few years ago
these officials of the government received
only $1,000 per annum. Representative
Ayres does not believe that this is suffi-
cient sum to enable a member of the
cabinet, without other means of support,
to discharge his official and social duties
without mourning obligations which he
must otherwise meet.
Il have been working on a plan to
have the government appropriate half a
million dollars, to be used in the pur-
chase of homes for cabinet members"
said the New York member of Congress
to Star reporter. ''Only this week the
House passed bill carrying appropri
ations over $25,OOOOOO for the purchase
of sites and erection Of federal buildings
In various sections Of the country This
government is big enough and rich
enough to provide homes for cabinet off,
GERS The amount of money they receive
as. salaries is not sufficient to meet all
the demands made upon them. Every
member Of the cabinet Is required to do
a good deal of entertaining. He must
give a dinner to the President at least
this dinner alone will eat up at least
one twelfth of his annual salary This
is but one of the items of expense which
Il cabinet officer must bear, and it seems
to me that Congress should not hesitate in
making the necessary appropriation in
order that our cabinet ministers may be
spared the expense of renting or purchas-
enforced residence at the National Capt.
tai
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-23
YESTERDAY IN CONGRESS,
Senate:

Met at II am.
Senator Brandegee read WaSh-
ington'S farewell address
Tributes paid to the late Senator
ISador RaynOr.
Took up river and harbor appro-
priation bill.
Adjourned at 40 pm until 10
am. Monday.
Met at 1870 am.
Washington's farewell address
read.
Renewed economy fight on the
naval bill.
Appropriations committee began
consideration of general deficiency
bill. carrying about 1000 600.
Adjourned at 6:57 pm: until noon
Sunday. for eulOgies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-23
Suffragettes Howled Down.

LONDON. February 22.-Mrs. Despard
and other militant speakers were howled
down by the audience at a suffragette
meeting at Thornton Heath tonight. The
police were compelled to intervene to
protect the women from violence. They
cleared the hall.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-23
Elected Because Of Noise.

Anagnostis Chipouras. father of the
wounded man, was in the restaurant.
visiting his son, when the trouble hap
pened. Payne, who is about twenty-five
years old, it is said, was served in the
restaurant and later the cook elected him
because he was noisy.
Payne, it is charged. turned upon the
cook as soon as the latter's back was
turned and jabbed him in the back with
the knife and fled from the place. The
wounded mans father and others tried
to remove the knife, but when it was
found to have become SO deeply imbedded
in the backbone it was deemed best to
have a physician remove it.
Chipouras remained in shopping posi-
tiOn in the restaurant until the arrival of
Dr. Boyce with the ambulance. He was
hurried to the hospital, where the knife
was removed and turned over to Detect
ives Weldon Burlingame O'Brien and
Springman.
Payne Under Arrest.
Payne was arrested by Policemen Ira
Sheetz and A. l. Gibbon. who found him
at the Western market, which adjoins
the third precinct police station.
Payne. who is an oyster shucker and
resides in rear of 113O 2oth street north
west. the police say, admitted having
stabbed Chipouras. He was slightly under
the influence of liquor, the police report
although he was not drunk.
The police obtained a statement of the
affair from the wounded man to use in
event of his death. A charge of assault
with a deadly weapon was preferred
against the prisoner. and he was held
without bail to await the result of Chi
pOuras wound.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-23
Cherokee Has 100000 Fire.

CHEROKEE. Okla, February o.
Flames destroyed one of the principal
blocks here today. The loss is estimated
at $1OO,O0O.-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-23
Dedication of Lighthouse"

The lighthouse" which the President
dedicated is the new club building of the
New York Association for the Blind on
East J9th street. of which he laid the
sorner stone a year ago. Miss Helen Kel-
Ter sat at the Presidents right. Joseph
II. Choate. former ambassador to Great
CONTINUED on Seventeenth Page.l
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GETS KNIFE IN BACK
AS RESULT Of QUARREL
CoIored Man Accused of Hav-
ina Stabbed Cook in Greek
Restaurant.

With the blade of an oyster knife i'm
bedded in his back. and moaning he was
going to die Sorantos Chipouras was
taken to Emergency Hospital early last
night from zoos l. street northwest
Chipouras. who is the father of FIVE
small children, and resides at 223 Jack
son Hall alley northwest. was stabbed. it
is said. by John Payne, coiored. during a
quarrel i'm the Greek restaurant Of Speros
]. Drakontis at the l. street place, where
he was employed as cook
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Tribute to "old North State.

"And 50 it was thrown open. Then
afterward. there was the Flathead reser-
walton and the Crow reservation, TO be
thrown open. and they were, and IL there
were any other reservations out that way
that we're not thrown open it was simply
because Dixon did not discover them. He
n q bright man. and he ought to Get,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-23

Fair and colder today.
Monday fair, with brisk
west winds.
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Vera Cruz officials in Line.

VERA CRUZ, Mexico. February %
The reported antagOnism to the new fed
eral administration on the part Of officials
Of the state of Vera Cruz was disposed
of today at a conference here between
Enrique Copeda, the governor Of the fed
authorities.
Enrique COpeda arrived here from
Mexico City this morning on special
train. He was met by Gen. Nelasco.
the military commander of Vera Cruz,
and the civil authorities of this state.
Continued on Seventeenth Page)
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CONTINUED on Second Pase.l
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1913-07-21
GET CANAL IN PAYMENT
THIS GOVERNMENT is TO BE CIV
EN- THE RIGHT TO BUILD COM
MERcIAL DITCH
BOTH PARTIES FAVOR IT
THE PLAN, IT APPEARS, WILL
MUSTER ENOUGH VOTES TO
BECOME A LAW

Washington, July 21-Strong sup
port has developed in the senate for
President Wilson's policy Of protection
for Nicaragua. An informal poll of
the committee on foreign relations to-
day indicated that the treaty proposed
Saturday by Secretary Bryan will be
endorsed with safe margin of votes
and come into the senate with the
backing Of influential members Of both
parties.
It became known definitely today
that the proposal does not bind the
United States to any obligation for
the outstanding debts of Nicaragua.
The rehabilitation Of the republics
finances is expected to come about
through the stability that would be
given to future operations through the
control to be exercised by the Uni
ted States Nicaragua would agree to
make no debts in excess of her cur
rent resources, and the United States
would be given the right to intervene.
With troops at any time to insure.
independence or to pro
tect life and property. Nicaragua
would agree to make no foreign trea-
ties which would threaten her indie
and the United States would
pay Nicaragua $S.OOO,OOO for an exclu-
sive right to build a canal route and
for a naval base in the Bay Of Fon-
SEGA.
"The proposed control by the United
States over the financial operations Of
is virtually enforcement Of
the Monroe doctrein in advance said
one member Of the senate foreign re
lations committee today.
Senators Hitchcock, sutherland,
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1913-07-21
FUKlEN IS The LATEST
WILL SUPPLY IT'S QUOTA OF SOL
DIERs TO FIGHT YUAN sHI
KAPs FORCES
Big ARMY Being RAISED.
PEKlNG DISTRICT WILL SEND 49,
900 TROOPS AGAINST THE
NORTHERN DISTRICTS

Washington, July 21.-F'ukien prov
ince has seeded from the Chinese
republic, according to dispatch tc
the state department today from Con
sui Fowler at Foo Chow. Ful1ien
borders on Kiang and Kwank Tung,
the two provinces which already have
thrown off allegiance to the Picking
government
The legation at Peking reports that
the local government of Canton in
Kwang Tung province proposes to
send $4,000 troops north within a
week to engage the government
forces. The provincial assembly has
confirmed Chen Chieng Ming as mill
tary governor of Kwang Tung prov
ince and appointed him commander
in-chief of the army which is to pro-
ceed against the northern forces.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1913-07-21
CRISIS is EXPECTED in MEXICO
ACCORDING TO UNOFFICIAL NEWS
Within SUCCEEDING FEW DAYS

unable to get a comparative view Of
the situation in the whole country,
their Judgment being affected by pure
ly local events.
From the Mexican capital come re-
ports that have turned every engage
ment into a federal victory, and so
far the administration has heard abb
solutely nothing except through the
press reports from the constitutional
lists side of the case. This has led to
an intimation that information of re.
liable character from that source
would be welcomed by the administra-
ton. At the request Of Secretary Bry-
an, Surgeon General Blue, Of the pub,
lie health department, has ordered
quarantine officers at Havana and Key
West to expedite the passage of Am
bassador Wilson
The suggestion from Consul Lespi-
.nasse at Frontera, Tabasco, that a
United states gunboat there would
quiet fears Of Americans who are ap-
prehensive because rebels have threat
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1913-07-21
klnNApEn rs sen

Albuquerque, N. M, July 2f.--Walt-
er Graham was arrested last night BY
Captain Pat o'Grady on a warrant
charging him with kidnapping his son,
Harry, 12 years old The warrant
was issued at the request Of Mrs.
Lucy Graham.
Mrs. Graham, 1t was reported to the
police last Wednesday night, had
taken poison at the Paris hotel, s15
South First street. DR., l. G. Rice,
city physician, who was called By the
police, gave her an emetic. She de
MED afterward that she had taken
any poison.
Graham told the police last nfght
that Mrs. Graham had gone to Belen
leaving their two children. Harry and
baby. The baby died Mrs, Sra
ham, when she learned that the baby
had been buried, borrowed a knifs
from Fred Crollott. but when she at
tempted to strike herself he srabbet
her arm.
Mrs. Graham has the boy at the
Pari hotel, according to Captain
O'Grady. who interviewed her afte
the arrest Of Graham last night
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1913-07-21
no go couNrRY cHuRcH

Manhattan, Kas., July 21-Many
rural pastors, educators and others
assembled at the state Agricultural
college here today to discuss the i'm
portant problem Of the country church
and it's future. It is dec ared there
are upward of 1000 country
in Kansas abandoned and
deserted because Of lack of interest
in church work. The problem is one
that is common to all of the middle
western states. The automobile is
declared to be chiefly responsible for
the decline of the church in the small
community. Owing to the coming of
the motor car to the farm, distance
has become such small factor that
the farmer who owns a machine is
tempted to leave the little church
in the country and take his family
to the larger house of worship in
town, where he will hear pipe or
gan and better choir and where
the pews are a little more comfort
able. AS a result. many rural con-
gragations have dwindied and the
churches have been deserted
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1913-07-21

Washington, July 21.-Alarming re.
ports Of approaching crisis in Mexico
have been received here by high gov
ernment officials. It was authorita-
lively stated today on unimpeachable
authority that the developments Of the
coming two weeks are regarded as
fraught with tremendous importance
to the Huerta government. So deli
cate is the information that an intima-
tion Of the advices became known to-
day only with the stipulation that it
was unofficial and that it should not
be reported as being the view Of any
official Of the United States govern
ment.
Authoritative publication of the ma
ture of the advices, it was said, prob
ably would precipitate the very crisis
the dispatches forecast The means
by which the predicted events were
to be brought to pass or what was TO
follow were not limited at in the re-
ports, which so far have found no re-
Election in the military OF naval pre-
parations by the United States.
Meanwhile the administration is
marking time on the Mexican problem,
pending the arrival Of Ambassador
Wilson from Mexico City, which is ex.
pected by Thursday or Friday
President Wilson finds himself in
the same state Of doubt as to actual
conditions in the rebellion torn re-
public as he did when, in the hope Of
getting at the facts, he summoned the
ambassador to the capital. He realiz-
es that even the Americans scattered
throughout Mexico, individually are
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1913-07-21
TEXAS LAWMAKERs MEET

Austin, Texas, July IT. The Texas
Legislature corge era session
today to take up a number of matters
that were left over from the regular
session. Governor Colquitt Las sub
mitted three subjects for the consider
alton of the lawmakers One is the
making Of the biennial appropriations
for the maintenance of the state gov
ernment; another, the enactment Of
a law putting into effect the amend
ment to the federal constitution pro-
viding for the election of United
States senators by direct vote of the
people, and the third the passage Of
an amendment to the law governing
the operations of the state peniten-
tiary system.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1913-07-21
WILL RUIN The NATION
GOODS WILL COME IN FROM THE
OTHER COUNTRIES, SWAMP
ING UNITED STATES
BURTON EXPECTS TROUBLE
THINKS PROSPERITY WILL BE
THROWN AWAY If DEMO-
CRATIC ACT PASSES

Washington, July 21-Asserting
ihat foreign lobby had influenced
the democrats in the framing of the
Underwood tariff bill, Sen
ator Smott, republican member of the
finance committee, today delivered a
vigorous attack on the measure.
He painted a picture of mills shut
down. workmen unemployed, invest
ors ruined and an era of general fl
nancial depression as the result of
the levelling of the tariff walls.
There has been a lobby here in
behalf of foreign manufacturers he
charged, "such as was never before
witnessed in the history of the ma
ton,
The Italian chamber of commerce
of New York asked for certain reduc-
tions and the democrats in every case
have given more than was asked.
The senator assailed the increases
in the free list, especially with ref
erence to sugar, wool. pig iron and
textiles He charged that the sugar
of Hawaii and Porto Rico would be
ruined with consequent benefits to
the so-called sugar trust, and that
China, with its great steel plants,
would capture the steel business of
the western hemisphere.
"All the world knows how this
country suffered as a result of the
Wilson tariff law in 1896" he con-
tinued, "but theaverage of duty is
over 2 per cent lower than was the
case under the last democratic tariff,
when the business Of the nation was
paralyzed and three million people
we're thrown out of employment"
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1913-07-21

Ell Paso, Tex, July 21.-Federal ad-
vices to Juarez from Chihuahua state
that Pascual Orozco's force Of fed
eral irregular troops, repairing the
railroad north Of Chihuahua from Tor
reon, encountered an defeated Man
uel Chaos rebel band south Of Chi
huahua Saturday, killing 80. In the
first engagement rs rebels were kill
ed. They returned to the attack and
lost IS more.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1913-07-21
IN slnrA NEw JERsgY DIsTRIcT

I'M SIXTH NEW JERSEY DISTRICT
Hackensack, N. J., July 21.-The
campaign in the Sixth congressional
district of New Jersey closed today,
preparatory to tomorrow's election of
a successor to the late Representative
Lewis ]. Martin. The contest IS at
tracing wide attention from the fact
that it is regarded as the first real
test of public sentiment on the demo-
cratic administration and the tariff
measure since President Wilson took
Office and the democrats came into
control Of both houses Of congress last
March.
Normally the district is strongly
democratic. The late Representative
Martin. democrat, was elected last No
vember by plurality Of nearly 1000
votes over his republican and pro-
gressive opponents. He received 1926
votes, which was almost equal to the
votes cast for both Of the other can
didates
The candidates who will be voted
for tomorrow are: Archibald G. Hart,
democrat; Steven w. Mcclave. repub-
lican; Herbert N. Bailey. progressive,
and Henry NJ. Dutt, prohibitionist.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1913-07-21

Mrak Smith, O'Gorman and Stone ez
pressed approval of the general prin
ciples Of the proposal.
! Chairman Bacon of the foreign re
lations committee, who was strongly
opposed to the original Nicaraguan
treaty, said he believed the new pro
posal by Secretary Bryan greatly
char4rsd the situation and entitled the
treaty ito the most careful considera
tion."
The proposed treaty will be attack
ed in some quarters on the ground
that it would put a moral obligation
on the United States to see that Mica
ragua refunds and repays her old
debts, even though the treaty does not
make this country responsible fcl
them. Whatever the actual result
may be, the underlying purpose Of the
administration in framing the agree
ment with Nicaragua was to secure
the concession for canal route, and
the extension of the Platt amendment
was merely an incident, in the minds
of the negotiators.
This was developed in the course Of
a conversation between the president
and the White House correspondents
In the administration view the scope
of the plan was not intended to be
laid down as a general policy for all
Central America, but the affairs of the
little republic are to be dealt with
separately as they may require atten-
tion.
The attitude of the administration, it
was said, is one of extreme friendliness
and there is no disposition to force
On them any such plan unless it is
acceptable. The admins
ration knows nothing Of the attitudes
If the governments Of Costa Rica and
as no representations have
is yet been made.
"This is no dollar diplomacy, it is
yood sense,' said Senator Lodge, in
general support of the plan.
Senator Borah, also member OF the
oreign relations committee, attacked
he policy of the plan.
"This means the going up Of the
american flag all the way to the Pan
ma canal he declared in a state
nent. 1T is the beginning Of that
,ole2 whose irrefutable logic j. com;
,lete dominance and control and own !
rship by the United States from here
o the Panama canal. It is not exactly
a accord with either the contempla
ions Of those who formed the repub
c or our own present professions of
hat it ought to be-"
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1913-07-21
want Americans proteoted.

Mexico City, July 21.-The Amerf-
can embassy. acting under instTuc-
tons from washington, today made
representations to the Mexican for
eign office relative to the danger in
which a number Of Americans in the
town Of MADEIRA, in the state Of Chi
huahua, were placed. The embassy
urged the dispatch Of troops for their
protection.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1913-07-21
Wilson Is DELAYED

Havana, July 21.-The arrival Of
Henry Lane Wilson, United States
ambassador to Mexico, was awaited
at sunrise today, but the steamer
Mexico was delayed on its voyage
from Vera Cruz and is not expected
until late this afternoon
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1913-07-21

ened to attack that port and already
have occupied a few American-owned
plantations near the city is being con
sidered, but no request has yet been
made to the navy department for ad-
ditional warcraft in the Gulf of Mex
leo.