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The Washington times., 1913-06-14
HUERTA.D||Az PACT
IS NOW'D|SSOLvED
Leading Supporters Of Old Re-
gime Have withdrawn From
Cabinet Posts.

MEXICO CITY, Mexico. via CALVES
ton. Tex. June 1.-THE Huerta-Diaz
compact is terminated The leading
Diaz supporters have withdrawn from
the cabinet. Elections have been called.
President Huerta has assumed un-
trammeled direction of the government
and Is facing 4 situation far worse than
anything that confronted the late Fran
cisco j. Madero or General Diaz.
Gen. Manuel Mondragon has resigned
as minister of war and has been re-
placed by Gen. Aureliano Banquet.
The minister of education. Jorge Vera
Estanol. rGAires and Manuel Cara Al
dape takes his place. DR.. Aureliano Ur-
rita is minister of the interior.
1t is the common belief that other
ministers known as Felix Diaz support
ers Will resign soon and be replaced by
men In whom General Huerta has per-
sonal confidence.
Prizes and Diplomas.
The developments have been forecast
in political circles for several days past.
The open rebellion of the governor Of
Campeche with 400 troops adds to the
already grave problem that General
Huerta has to face.
There is not state in the republic,
with the exception of Colima and Lower
California, untouched by revolt. In the
states along the American frontier the
revolution has a definite political aim.
This is also true in the south, where
Chiapas and Tabasco wish to unite with
Guatemala and Yucatan and the Cam
pecbes wish to form an independent re-
public.
Elsewhere there is brigandage. From
the heart of the republic two great
slices have been cut by brigands. the
first comprises the great states Of San
Luis Potosi, Zacatecas, and Durango.
The other is composed of Morelos,
Guerrero. Michoacan, and parts Of the
states of Mexico and Puebla. Here the
insurgents number thousands of bands
of poems. who find loot easier and more
profitable than work with inscriptions
leaders, intent on lining their own pock-
Huerta To Direct War.
1t is believed President Huerta hence
forth will direct personally the depart
ments of war and the interior. General
Banquet is a practical soldier and real
fighter, but has had little technical
training. DIR. Urrutia, the new minister
of the interior, is famous surgeon, but
is impractical in politics.
Well informed foreign observers be-
lieve President Huerta has a fighting
chance. which he will play with dogged
determination. His chances Of success
will be shown in the next four to six
weeks.
The Washington times., 1913-06-14
KOEHLER DIVORCE
SUIT IS SURPRISE
Former Alma Portner Makes
No Specific Charge in
Western Action.

Mrs. Alma Portner Koehler, daughter
of the late Robert Portner, millionaire
brewer Of this city, and one of a family
Of four beautiful sisters, who has sued
her millionaire husband, Julius Koehlcr,
st. Louis brewer and capitalist, for d.
vorce. makes no specific charges in her
petition.
The action for divorce, as announced
in The Times yesterday, came as a sur
prise to everybody in this city who
knows the plaintiff. The suit was aled
at Clayton, st. Louis suburb. Mrs.
Koehler is staying at the old Portner
family home, Annaburg. near Manassas.
Va.
No specific reason for the bringing of
the suit is mentioned by Mrs. Koehltr
in her petition, which follows the set
legal form and states only that the
Koehlers were married in Washington,
April l6. 1903 and that the wife had
that the husband had Offered such in
dignities as to render her condition in
tolerable."
This phrase in divorce petitions is
usually followed by "to wit and list
of allegations. There are no such alle-
cations in Mrs. Koehler's petition, ex-
cept that 1t asks that the child OF the
couple, Robert Portner Koehler, seven
and a half years old. be given into the
custody of his mother
Mrs Koehler at the time of her mar
riage to the st. Louis brewer was re-
ported to have received LOO, 900 as a
wedding gift from her father. She Is
one of seven heirs to the vast Portner
estate. the others being her brothers
and sisters, Mrs. Lorimer Graham and
Misses Anna and Hildegarde Portner
and Oscar, Venus. and Paul Portner,
who are in business In this city.
The Washington times., 1913-06-14

CHICAGO, June I4-Chicago women
were jubilant today over the granting
to them Of the vote by the Legislature.
More than 100 leaders in the suffrage
movement will 60 to Springfield tomor-
row to attend the dinner to the Leg.
islature given by the Illinois organi.
zation.
Jane Adams is in Europe, and q
cable message has been sent to her.
As some one once called her "Chicago's
best citizen" it is not unlikely, the
women say, that she may be compelled
to run for mayor.
The Washington times., 1913-06-14
CHURCH NOTICES
STUDY YOUR RIBL

STUDY YOUR BIBLE.
Pastor +. F. Cook discusses The Lords
400" Sunday p. m, New Masonic Tenn
pie. Washington Temple Congregation. CNon-
sectarian). Come out No coIlection.-Advt
The Washington times., 1913-06-14
Queen Of Belgium Ill;
Is at Medical Institute

MONTREUX, Switzerland. June a.
The King and Queen Of the Belgians,
travelling incognito, arrived at DR.. Wild
mers medical institute two weeks ago.
The Queen is seriously Ill. and will be
unable to attend the fetes at Client,
Liege, and other places. which will be-
gin on June %. She will not be able
to return home before July. or perhaps
later.
DIR. widmer will say nothing except
that the Queen must have long rest
and quiet.
The Washington times., 1913-06-14
TIDE TABLE

TIDE TABLE.
High tide a. m. and 4:35 p. m.
Low tide-10:4s a m. and 1888 p. m.
SUN TABLE.
Sun rises....... 4:4 Sun sets. 7:2f
The Washington times., 1913-06-14
Special Census Report
Shows Cotton Status

A special census report today showed
510.41s running bales Of cotton con-
sumed during May. The cotton IN
manufacturing Establishments on May
II was estimated at 1.506.2 81 bales, and
In Independent warehouses there were
were equivalent to 1880 5oo-pound bales.
And exports to 468. 80 running balea,
Cotton spindles active during the month
were 0.E59.0ts
The Washington times., 1913-06-14
Reaches Lowest Level.

BERLIN. June A.-Emigration from
Germany has reached it's lowest level
since the foundation of the empire, the
number for the past year being 1885. Of
whom Is. 7O6 went to the United States.
The Washington times., 1913-06-14
WEATHER REPORT.

The forecast for the District of Co.
llmbia-Fair tonight and Sunday; not
much change in temperature.
For Maryiand-Fair tonight and Sun
day, not quite SO warm in east portion
tonight; light west and northwest
winds.
For virginia-Fair tonight and Sun
Gay; not much change in temperature;
light west winds.
The temperature today as registered
At the United States Weather Bureau
The Washington times., 1913-06-14
Accused of Sinking Duty.

McKEESPORT. Pa. June IA
member of the city fire department is
accused of shirking work at $4,000
fire because his trousers had Just been
pressed and creased. 1t is a paid de-
partment.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-12-01

portntion across this mountain bar
rier. II is crossed at present by a
road 200 miles long, wonderful
piece of engineering, completed in
1887. Fifty-four men were killed by
falling boulders during its construc-
tion, and owing to the presence of
these hugh loose rocks in the soft
soil, the building of railroad-even
light electric road-has been pro-
nounced impracticable. There is
nothing for it but to swing a cable
high in the air over the treacherous
mountain-chain. Writes Consul Bak-
er In substance:
"The galloway will be constructed
in big spans Of about 300 yards each
with fixed cables upheld by iron pill
lars or towers of latticework, some of
which will have to be 100 feet high.
There will be separate sections every
five miles and separate cables, of
course, for outgoing and incoming
freight, which will be about nine feet
apart and with a diameter of about
one and half inches each. From
these cables steel cars will be sus-
pended and conveyed, about 80 to
every mile, and holding 1896 to 450
pounds each of freight. These cars
will be carried over great gorges and
precipitous hills, and in some in
stances there will be a sheer drop
underneath them of 1900 feet. The
transfer of cars from section to sec
tion will be automatically accomplish
ed by revolving drums which will ef
feet release of the cars and their re-
newed gripping to the hauling ropes
of the next section. On account of
the difficulty of expansion and con-
traction from heat and cold, the cab
les will be equipped with a compli-
Gated system of springs anchored
with tremendous weights to make
them of the same length all the year
round. 1t is anticipated the cost will
amount to about 81 100000.
"It will not be the intention at
first to use the aerial galloway for
transport of passengers, but only for
freight. However, if the galloway is
found to work with perfect safety and
no accidents occur, it is likely that
within year or two it will be equip
ped with cars suitable for passeng-
ers."
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-12-01
A MINING EXHIBIT.

There should be hearty response
to the effort to have the mineral re-
sources of the state properly and in
telligently represented at the San
Francisco exposition. This can best
be done through the exercise of un-
selfish energy and patriotic devotion
The greatest industry of Colorado
should have a prominent place with
that of other mining states and coun-
tries, if only for the advantage of
the advertising the state will receive.
Ample space has been allotted so that
an exhibit in every way worthy of
the state can be displayed
The exposition will be record of
the history of the worlds progress in
all the arts and industries. It's ex-
hibits, gathered from all over the
world, will tell the casual observer,
the student, the thinker, by object les
sons instead of by words, what man
kind is, does, and seeks to do. 1t will
be a living picture illustrating and
interpreting the cold and bare sta
ticstics which, without such interpre-
tation, are incomprehensible and
meaningless to the average mind. 1t
is, therefore, the privilege and the
duty of each industry to properly rep
resent its activities, each industry be-
ing in turn the host to all others. In
addition to exhibiting the worlds nat
ural mineral resources, including the
metallics and non-metallics, it is
hoped to fully illustrate the technique
and the industrial side of mining ant
metallurgy. This can only be done
through hearty cooperation.
The chamber of commerce COM
mittee on mines and mining has TAX
en- hold of the movement which, with
the cooperation of the mining men OF
the state, cannot fail of success
Denver News.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-12-01
oREGoN's NEW PENSION LAW

There is so much debate about
mothers pensions that the first defi-
mite report on the Oregon law will .,e
Of interest. Four months operation
has produced certain unanticipated
results. The first is the encourage
ment to fraud, so per cent Of the ap-
plications having been refused "In
many cases." according to the local
investors, perjury has been commit
ted, and false affidavits as to finan-
cial status made" On the other hand,
deserving widows have shrunk from
the publicity of asking state aid. "In
the mass of inquiries confronting the
pension officers it has been felt that
there may be many needy and proud
mothers whose wants are not even
known" But a graver fault is at
tendant upon the stoppage of the old
local aid within struggling families.
Says the Seattle Post-lntelligencer:
"The law has filled the children's
homes very nearly to capacity thru
the giving up to institutional charge
of the children of unsuccessful appli-
cants. Prior to the taking effect of
the law, mothers made every effort
to hold the children of the family to-
gether. When it was discovered that
absolute penury is a condition pre-
cedent to the granting of a pension,
families began to break up"
If not characteristic faults, these
may at least be said to be fundament-
al difficulties in scheme the objects
of which all applaud. The scope of
the Oregon law may be gathered from
the fact that in the average county
are sixty pensioners, costing $1,200
monthly, and that the state outlay
for the year is estimated at 5000, 900.
New York Post.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-12-01
FLEEcING BIG RAILROADS.

From testimony being brought out
the Frisco railroad, now in the hands
of receivers, Jared rather bad at the
hands Of its officers, who formed syn
dicates to build side lines and then
unloaded them on the Frisco at i'm
mense profit. There should be law
placing men of this stripe behind
prison bars. No wonder there are
multimillionaires when honest invest
ors are defrauded out of their money
as vide the following special dispatch
to Chicago paper:
ST. LOU1S--Chairman Clark and
e. E. Brown, examiner of the inter-
state commerce commission, left for
Washington today following the in
quiry into the Frisco receivership.
The official report to be laid before
congress next month will show the
following cause of the roads fail
ure:
The Frisco was compelled to carry
and pay interest on fictitious in
debtedness of $4,000, 900, created by
enormous commissions paid to bank
eis and brokers for the sale of Sc
curities and profits to promoters OF
feeder lines in the southwest.
The chairman of its board of dir
ectors, b. F. Yoakum, made huge
profits for himself and associates
by trading with himself in the ca
pacity Of promoter and builder OF
Texas roads which he caused to be
sold to the Frisco at prices in excess
of their value.
Approximately $32,OO0,OO0 figur-
ing in the Frisco's total funded in.
debtedness of $244.000,000 was paid
TO bankers and brokers in commits.
sions and more than $7,00O,00O te
Yoakum and his associates as profits
on their feeder lines. The average
bankers was 1908 per cent, while the
profits of Yoakum and his associates
in the promotion Of the feeder lines
sold to the Frisco ranged from Il
per cent to more than 100 per cent
These facts, in the opinion of Mr.
Brown, who conducted the investiga-
ton for the interstate commerce
commission, show clearly why the
road was forced into the hands OF
receivers. The company was COM
PEELED to pay interest charges aggre-
eating more than $l,6OO.O0O a year
on this fictitious indebtedness, repre-
senting money which never went into
the Frisco treasury.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-12-01
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE ON
PETITION FOR SALE OF
REAL ESTATE

STATE OF COLORADO, County OF
La Plata, IS.
IN THE COUNTY COURT IN PRO
BATE.
In the matter of the Estate of Vic
lettie M. Scouton, Deceased.
This matter coming on to 6e heart
on this goth day of November A. d
1918, upon the petition filed herein by
Henry R. Scouton, administrator Of
said estate, for the sale of the fol
lowing described real esate, or a por.
ton thereof, to-wit: SEA of Sec
l, in Township 32, N. of Range T
West of the New Mexico Principal
Meridian, in La Plata county, Colo.
RADIO, consisting of 100 acres more oil
less, for the purpose of paying the
claims allowed and to be allowed
against said estate, the costs of ad-
ministration and for the best inter-
est of said estate.
And it now appearing 20 the Court
from said petition that proper and
legal grounds exist for the sale of
all or portion of said real estate;
NOW, THEREFORE, it is ordered
by the Court that all persons who are
legatees or devisees of said estate,
or any part thereof, or heirs of said
decedent. be and appear before said
Court at the Court room OF said
Court, in the city of Durango, Coun-
ty and State aforesaid, on the 2znd
day of December, A. D. 1918, at the
hour of 10 o'clock in the forenoon of
said day, then and there to show
cause, if any there be, why an order
should not be made directing the said
administrator to sell the whole or SO
much of said real estate as may be
necessary for the purpose specified in
said petition.
1T is FURTHER ORDERED that
this order be published for at least
four successive weeks in the Du-
range Weekly Herald, weekly pub
lie newspaper, published in said
County.
BY the Court:
(Seal) RICHARD McCLOUD,
County Judge.
First publication Nov. 27, 1918.
Last publication Dec. 70, 1913.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-12-01
WHAT IS CHICKEN INSPECTOR

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo, Nov.
28.--Just what is chicken inspect
orr" And what are his duties?,
Whoever can answer these quest
ions will earn the gratitude of Ted
Powell, brother of Buckskin Charlie
Powell.
Opening a small parcel received by
mail, Powell received silver shield
emblazoned: "Chicken Inspector
49,"
Ted decided it was a joke and wore
the emblem proudly on his breast
until he received a telephone mes
sage.
"Hello, is this Mr.. Powell" the
voice asked.
yes"
"Well, I'm Mr.. Blank. l have a
number of fine white Orpingtons at
my place. Recently they have be-
come dull and listless and refuse to
scratch. wish you would come up
and inspect them. You are chicken
inspector, you know.
Mr.. Powell angrily hung up the re-
ceiver. A few moments later anoth-
er call, another and several more. He
muffled the telephone but messeng.
ers began to arrive begging him to
inspect poultry.
Ted has threatened to appeal to the
police to decide whether he really is
chicken inspector or is just the
victim of joke. And if chicken in.
spector, what is it
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-12-01
HINTS FOR BUSY HOUSEWIVES

The man who brags about what he
can do usually contradicts himself
when he comes to do it.
Don't worry if there isn't bit of
pie or cake in the house, as long as
you have good bread and butter.
If little cream is put on onions
il will remove much of the strong
flavor, and they will be less likely to
injure weak stomachs.
When you open bottle of glue OF
mucilage grease the cork so it will
not stick.
Frosting for cakes can be colored
pink by simply adding little syrup
from canned berries.
Girls, while you are playing on the
piano don't let mother play on the
washboard; help her out Then your
tune will sound so much better on
the piano!
1t is best to buy fresh meat and
vegetables. A can of salmon costs
as much as beef stew and is not
half as nourishing.
To clean brass plat without soil
ing the woodwork around it, cut a
piece of cardboard the shape of the
plate and place it around it when
cleaning it.
Fur coats should be packed on thei,
hangers; it is mistake to put them
back in their boxes. Don't use
wood padded hanger; stout wire or
wooden one is best.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-12-01
PARCEL POST EARNINGS.

When the parcel post was estab-
lished January last it was estimated
that the profits of the first years
operation would be about $l5, ,000, 900
This estimate was too low by half,
according to \ Washington dispatch
to the New York Times. Atcual fig
ures now in possession of government
officials convince them that the pro-
fits will not be less than $50 ,000, 900.
The total income from the pracel
post will be around $80,000,0 900. This
is a remarkable exhibit for the first
years business. and 1t demonstrates
the great popularity and possibilities
of the system. In the accounting OF
the profits for the year, however, it
must be taken into consideration that
the railroads have received no addi-
tional remuneration for carrying the
mails, despite the great increase Of
matter due to the parcel post and de-
spite the fact that some of them have
been contending for extra pay for the
extra work they have been compelled
to do.
1t is expected there will be com
plete REIMBURSEMENT next year Of the
whole question Of railway mail pay.
A new bill for that purpose is being
prepared, and it will take into con-
sideration the increase Of matter and
oprbably will be so drawn as to be
fair alike to the railroads and to the
government. There is justice, of
course, in the contention that the
roads should have more pay, and If
they had been paid this year for their
extra work the parcel post profits
would nave been several million
smaller.
1t seems probable that the devel-
opment Of the parcel post will, in &
few years, put the express business,
as now conducted, out of commits
sion. The postoffice department is
operated for service rather than for
profit, and there will be, doubtless, a
public demand for parcel post ex-
pansion that cannot be resisted.
There is no need that the parcel post
should make $30,000,000 a year,
though it is well that it should be
conducted at profit, and when it is
generally understood that the first
years business has been SO success
full there will be clamor for lower
rates and larger packages.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-12-01
SULZER WILL LECTURE ON
"TREASON OF TAMMANY'

DENVER, Colo, Nov. 2S.-At the
Auditorium tonight William Sulzer,
deposed governor of New York state
will deliver lecture telling how he
was thrown out of office at the be-
hest of Tammany because he tried
to enforce the state laws. "Treason
of Tammany" will be his subject and
he is expected to tear few chunks
of hide from the Tiger
This is one of twenty lecture en-
gagements Sulzer has. The publi-
city end of Sulzer's tour is being
handled by James Garrison, the news
paper man who was jailed for saying
things about members Of the New
York legislature.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-12-01
AERIAL CABLE.

The far-famed Vale Of Kashmir, in
northern India. is to be brought into
touch with the outer world by means
Of the longest aerial galloway In the
world--75 miles across the Hima-
lays, United States Consul Henry D..
Baker. an special commercial service
n India. writes from Simla, the sum-
mer capital, TO The Daily Consular
and Trade Reports, Washington, that
engineers have long tried in vain to
aslxs ~ probisn Of adequate trans
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-12-01
MAYOR OF DENVER WILL CON-
TINUE HIS PRACTICE AS DOCTOR

DENVER, Colo, Nov. 2S.-Mayor
doc" Perkins will not give up his
private practice as a physician to re-
main city commissioner, even If il
costs him his public office, he said
today.
When told that public sentiment
demanded that the matter be decided
by the courts he said he would well
come such action.
"If it is decided that cannot keep
up my private practice while in an
official capacity, l will resign as COM
missioner" he said.
Commissioner Thum insists that
Perkins is not living up to the spirit
Of the city charter.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-12-01
KAsrEsN KANSAS rAa,a.

On account Of lung trouble wish to
exchange well improved farm l6d
acres practically all tillable and in
high state Of cultivation, go miles
south Of Kansas City, for good stock
ranch near mountains in southern
Colorado. Give full descriptions in first
lsttsr.
B. T. NEwBALD. Owner.
Parker, Kansas.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-12-01

PARIS, Nov. 2S.-Prefect of Police
Hennion today notified all motion pie
ture manufacturers, dealers and the
ater managers, that within a short
time he will permit no more inflam-
mable films, such as are now in uni
versal use, to be manufactured or ex-
hibited.
His circular states that experiments
conducted before him have proved
that fireproof films can now be made
and are perfectly practical. The time
limit will be fixed as soon as it can
be found out what delay manufactur-
ers need in order that no hardships
may result.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-12-01
LAWYERS KEEN PRES. WAITING

WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. 2s.--
When Francis B. Sayre, the presi-
dents son-in-law, conferred in drug
store the midnight before his we'd
ding, with New York lawyers con-
corning hangover" case left from
his experience as assistant district
attorney Of New York, white house.
auto chug-chugged outside the door
and . shivering figure, muffled to
ths ears, waited patiently. The law