Lower coast gazette., 1913-11-01
NATIONAL NOTES,

NATIONAL NOTES.
A battle between strikers, mine
guards and deputy sheriffs was wag.
ed for thirteen hours at Hastings
near Ludlow, Colorado. The firing
started at 3 o'clock on the morning
OF October 26th and lasted until 4
o'clock in the afternoon of chat same
day. More than 700 armed strikers
are reported to be in the field against
the mine guards. Numerous other
less lengthy fights occurred at differ
ent points within the strike zone after
this first battle.
President Wilson spoke at Mobile
on Monday. He arrived in the morn.
ing and left in the evening. He was
only six hours in the city. His speech
was not specific but was generally a
Latin-American address and an expires.
sion of the administrations policy
with regard to Latin-American loans
and revolutions.
He said that he took this occasion
to say that the United States will
never again seek to obtain n add.
tional foot of territory by conquest.
He said "the dignity, the eeuagr,
the se~lf-possession, the respect OF the
Latin-American states, their achieve
ments in the face of all these adverse
circumstances, deserve nothing but
the admiration and applause of the
world.
The estate Of Adolphus Busch the
dead st. Louis brewer Is valued at
about $50, 100000. A trust company
will be formed to handle the large in.
terests. Charles Nagel, former Secre-
tary Of Commerce and Labor will head
the trust company.
Fifty members of the crew of the
battleship Oregon, when that boat
made a forced run in 1898 from the
Pacific to the Atlantic, and arrived off
Cuba in time to help destroy the Span
ish fleet, have petitioned the Secretary
of the Navy for permission to enlist
for 60 or 80 days when the ship Is
sent through the Panama Canal in
1916.
Governor FeIker at Rochester, New
Hampshire, granted the request of
Harry X. Thaw for a further contin-
I'M in the e%xtradition proceedings
setting November 18th as the date for
the filing of supplementary brief relat.
Ing to the conspiracy indictment TN.
der which he may be e%xtradited.
Mr.. Jerome said that Thaw's coun-
sci wanted to keep Thaw in New
Hampshire as long even as the Thaw
coal and coke mines hold out to burn.
Ex-Governor Stone Of Pennsylvania,
leading counsel for Thaw, called Je.
rome "the Hound of the Baskervilles.r
John A. Hennesy, former Governor
Suffers graft investigator in New
York. has been summoned by District
Attorney Whitman of New York City
because of his statements alleging bri.
berry attempted by Edward 3. Mccall,
democratic candidate for mayor oil
New York.
John Lind at Vera Cruz, Mexico
sent a cipher message to Secretary Of
State Bryan. The message has not
been made known.
Secretary of the Navy Daniels was
ordered to return to washington al
midnight of the 9th from Mobile. Il
was planned that he should remain IL
Mobile until after the 18th.
President Wilson in a speech a
S%warthmore, Pa, declared that no
where can any Government endur'
q what is stained by blood or supporte,
by anything but the consent OF tn,
governed" He said that as friendshi]
and good will had secured peace wit
the savage in the early history Of thi
country he hoped "our American tres
sure need never be dipped in blood t
secure the peace that guarantees poll
teal liberty to u dependents. gu
neighbors and our own"
It is said that Mayor Carter Harr!
son of Chicago will appoint Mrs. Gel
trude Howe Britton, chief of police t
succeed Chief McWeeny. Mrs. Bri
tor is now a member Of the police e,
aiming board Of the City Civil Sc,
vice Commission.