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II was feared that a rearrest OF the Amer.
lean Vlce-Consul. which was perslstently
reported In unofficial dispatches from Sal
tillo. would have the effect Of sevcrng all
pretence OF dealing with tho Huerta Gov
eminent through diplomatic channels and
would seriously threaten the mediation
proceedings.
sllllman's passage through the Con-
stitutionalist lines was expedited in every
way by the commanders OF the reoels
through the efforts OF Con6ul Hanna.
Gen. Antonio Viliarcal. Consttutlonalis,
Governor OF the State OF Nuevo Leon.
truce would be respected at all times and
at any place and placed an automobile at
the service of Silliman.
The reason for Sillimans long silence
IL unknown. The telegram from senior
Cardoza Is the only official communlcst ton
which has been received. 1t says:
Very happy 10 advise Department that
Vice Consul Silliman reached this city this
morning carly and is at present In the le-
CATION. lie made his trip TO this city ac-
companiei by a representative Of the Brit
ish Vice-Consul nj Saltlllo. and will to-
morrow sail for the States via Vera Cruz
duly protected"
II is understood that armed guards from
the legation. carrying the brazilian flag,
Will accompany Sillman to Vera Cruz.
John Il. Silliman, Vice-Consul at SAL
lilo. a clsssmate al Princeton of President
Wilson. was arrested April q by Gen.
Joaquin Maass, Jr. on orders from Mex
leo city which have since been repudiated
by the Huerta administration. He was
charged with espionage ana giving aid
to the Constitutiorai'Sts. Virtually the
charge was that he was "A rebel SPY. Eight
other Americans were arrested and Mrs.
Silliman was detained for a time. The
men were thrown into the ponitent!ary at
Saltillo, where they were threatened with
instant death. They were robbed OF their
money and clothing. The United States
N!cc-Consul was robbed OF all papers. Sc
crct codes and reports.
The cas-. 81 the Vice-Consul did not at
tract particular attention until some OF
the released Americans reached Mexico city
Upon their report Washington made rep
RESERVATIONS TO Mexico city through the
brazilian Minister. who could give no In
formation. After the appointment OF me-
diators the state Department comrnuni.
Gated through them and on May IL Il was
announced by Foreign Minister Esteya
Ruiz that the Nicc-Consul had been re-
leased ana WAS on his way 20 Mexico city.
Vie was reported to bc AT san Luis Potosi,
but there all trace OF him was lost until
yesterday, although assurances were made
daily at Mexico city that he Was all ,.ght.
Mr.. Sillinan's home Is ut San Antonio.
Tex, where his family resides
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SAYS REBELS WON'T MEDIATE.
Jose VasconceIOs Sees Peace OnI,
by Force of Arms.

Jose Vasconcelos. whose name has been
mentioned as a representative OF the Con-
stitutionalists at the med alton conference
at Niagara Falls, Is now In this city. He
Is quoted as saying that the rebels will
never consent to take part In the confer
ence and that peace will come to Mexico
only when Huerta and all for whom he
stands are driven out by force OF arms.
~ have no instructions about this
rumored participation OF. the Constitu-
tionalists In the mediation conference"
Senior Vasconcelos Is said 70 have de-
clarcd. II Will accept any mission that
the chief Of the Constltutlonalst party
may confer upon me
THE questions relating to our internal
conflict should not be discussed in the
Niagara meetings. / am sure the Con-
stitutlonalists win not be party to such
violation OF our sovereignty. As TO
meeting the Huerta delegates. I d. not
see what We could possibly talk about"
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WIFE HAS C. H. TABOR ARRESTED
Real Estate Man Taken on broad
way ON $40 AIImony Account.

Clarence II. Tabor, head OF the Tabor
Land and Development Company. who
was directed a year ago TO pay alinuny
to his wife. Mrs Nellie j. Tabor. under
a decree Of separation and who now owes
his wife $40 under that order. wits ar
rested on upper Broadway yesterday
through the prompt action taken by a
clerk In the office of Mrs. Tabor's at
torney. George r. Walker.
The arrest was made by policeman
attached to the West Thirtieth street sta
ton. who was instructed by the lawyers
clerk to hold Tabor until deputies from
the Shcrifr's ofHcc could get up there with
an order OF arrest issued by Supreme
Court Justice Benedict IN Brooklyn.
The Tabors were married III Michigan
In 1854 and have married son aud
daughter. Tabor says his wife became
Interested in Christian Science In 1905
and told him that In order TO achieve II
high state of spirituality she could not
live with him AS his wife.
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BANDITS RELEASE AMERICAN,
Get Ransom From Gilbert Duthie,
who Was Held Two Da,s.

JUAEEz, May 22.-Gllbert Duthle, the
American from Pearson who was seized
mt Colonia Juares by the Quevcdo bandits
and taken to the Booker construction
camp, fourteen miles up the mountains
from Pearson. and held two days, was re.
leased last night on payment OF a ransom
and returned to Pearson.
The bandits have been conducting q
systematic ransom business upon Anleri-
cans and others who are known TO have
money.
Reports from Pearson and Casas
Grandes say that Duthie was the prisoner
OF the band IN command OF Silycstrs
Quevedo and Jose orozco. which num-
bered seventy-nve men.
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Mining Engineer Killed.

Positive and first hand Information of
the murder OF Dick Urbain. an American
mining engineer, In the mountains eigh.
teen miles west OF Nacozari has been re-
ceived. George Cooper. also an American.
escaped and detailed the circumstances 70
Consular Agent Montague AT Cananea.
URBAN. acco' ding to Montague report
made TO the State Department to-day
through Consul Bowman at Nogales, was
shot by Constitutionalist soldiers am
pushed in a house. Several shots took eff
feet. II was evidently the intention OF
the soldiers TO shoot Jroain only, as
Cooper was with him at the time and
might have been slain quite as easily
Cooper declared that the attack was
entirely unprovoked and that both he and
URBAN we're unaware that the soldiers
were near until the rifles rang out,
The state Department has taken no ac-
ton In these reports. but Il IL known that
the matter was discussed at the Cabinet
meeting. No announcement of the occur
rences was made by the State Depart
ment until after Secretary Bryan had seen
the President this morning
The fate OF three employees of a New
York newspaper who have disappeared
Is causing the State Department anxIety
The latest lost Americans for whom OF.
hcial search has been begun are Wink'cy,
wallace and Merrsler. correspondent
photographer and motion picture man re-
spectively for the newspaper. First In
quiries made by the state Department to-
day were directed 10 the auihoritieI at
Tainpico. as 1t Is understood the Contti-
tutlonalists are aware Of thu whereabouts
OF tn. men.
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2 MORE AMERICANS
SLAIN BY MEXICANS
Son Of Friend Of Secretary
Daniels Murdered by
Federal Soldiers.
DISTURBED ABOUT VILLA
Reports Of Butchery Of Officers
Cause Fear That Peace
Work Is Hopeless.

WASHINGTON. May 2e.--Reports OF the
murder OF two more Americans In Mex
leo received at the State Department to.
day were disconcerting TO officials of the
Administration who are hoping for some
real accomplishment by the mediators at
Niagara Falls. Both reports are eppar-
emily authentic.
Consul Miller reported from Tampico
that while 1t has been impossible for him
to obtain absolutely positive evidence OF
the shooting of Weston Burwell, a young
American engineer. yet all information he
has collected tends to corroborate the re-
ports OF the murder.
Burwell, who is said to be the son Of
". II. Durwell Of this city and friend
OF Secretary OF the Navy Daniels. was
Killed near Ozuluaria In the State OF Vera
Cruz. He was in a boat on Lake Tamaihua
AND was ordered to stop by Mexican SOL
dicrs. Burwell refused and was shot
dead. At the time OF this occurrence. ac-
cjrdinK TO Secretary Daniels, the Federals
were In control OF this district.
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STARVING, STAND BY LIGHT.
M~xicans Have No Food, but Keep
BcacOu for Mariners Burning.

WASHINGTON, May 22.-Mexlcan light.
house keepers at Campeche Bank have
been without food for several days ow-
ing 10 the suspension OF the regular light
house service. The despatch boat Yank-
ton has been sent at full speed 70 the
relief Of the starving men. The light
has been kept burning
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Decoration Day Outinks.

Interesting short tours for Memorial
Day have been arranged by Marsters
Tours Of 1246 Broadway. Itineraries arc
offered covering all expenses OF transpor-
tation and hotels. booklet giving de-
tails IL distributed free.
The Parker post., 1914-11-07
GERMAN TROOPS HURL
BACK FRENCH FORCES

BERLIN, Nov. 2.-Distinct German
successes in the west and satls-
factory outlook in the eastern theater
of the war were announced by the
German war Office here.
Especial emphasis was laid on
claims that the kaiaser's troops were
making material progress with their
attack on the Toulon-Verdun forts.
Operations were said to have been
extended north and south of Saint
Mihiel. The repulse was reported OF
all French attempts to recapture the
defenses there and the early fall OF
Verdun and it's protecting fortresses
was predicted.
1.-THE opening of naval activities by
Turkey" said the official report
promises to divert Russian attention
and forces from Poland, where the
czar has been able to concentrate nu-
merically superior armies against the
Germans and Austrians."
Messages from the Servian front
told of the capture of Servian regi-
ment under Colonel Ivanoff, which,
led to believe that it's own forces held
the town Of Vizograd, was trapped
into entering and then was sur
rounded and compelled to surrender
The Parker post., 1914-11-07
VIOLET RAY PLAN
TO BE TESTED BY U. S.

SCHENECTADY, N. Y, Nov. g.
War department officials are planning
to conduct experiments at the war
fleets new arsenal with a new war
device, the mine and bomb destroyer,
invented by William Burr Gibson of
Schenectady.
Gibson maintains he has solved the
problem of destroying mines and also
that with his device he can wreck
aeroplanes laden with bombs, destroy
bridges which have been mined, and
in an instant demolish train trans
porting ammunition to an army.
Gibson says he has harnessed the
mysterious ultra violet rays. He dis
charges these invisible light waves
through a machine of the most deli
cate mechanism, directing the rays on
hidden mines or ammunition. Terrific
explosions must follow from the chem
ical reactions which will be caused.
Experiments conducted on small
scale have proven the worth of the
invention, Gibson asserts. Actual
usage of full-sized machines against
hidden powder traps of modern war
fare must bring the same result, he
maintains, because the invention is
based on chemical and physical laws
which are constant and Interchangeable.
The Parker post., 1914-11-07
LAST YEAR
THIS YEAR
rs CTS. PER HUNDRED
SHIP RATE FOR FRUIT

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 3.-The first
water rate on citrus fruit from Cali
fornia to New York has been quoted
to the California Fruit Growers Ex-
change and Independent shippers by
local agents of the Atlantic and Pa
cifc Steamship Company.
The rate has been set at IS cents
per hundred weight, including refrig-
Grafton, with the understanding that
the entire refrigeration space of the
steamship must be utilized if the icing
is to be done. This would require a
consignment of about twenty-six aver
age carloads at one sailing.
Several of the leading citrus ship
pers have expressed themselves to the
effect that they expected much lower
rate, and that the steamship com,
panies must offer to carry fruit for
less if they expect much business.
The Parker post., 1914-11-07
REPORT SHOWS STATE
BANKS PROSPEROUS

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 3.-"The
condition of the state banks of Cali
fornia is one of the most satisfactory
in the United States"
That was the declaration of W. R.
Williams, State Superintendent Of
Banks, in his Introductory letter to
Governor Johnson, prefacing his an
nual report.
''This condition. he continued, ''is
representative of prosperity far in
excess of what might be expected
from the population Of the State. The
combined assets of the State banks of
California on June 80 last we're $745,
221,70O, an increase over the previous
year of an aggregative of $39 9,404,358.
This advance Of assets as represen-
tative only of one of the elements of
the banking power of the State, proves
the marked prosperity which Califor-
MIA has enjoyed under conditions
which have been recognized as not the
best.''
The Parker post., 1914-11-07
CHICAGO HOTELS CUT
OUT FOREIGN DISHES

CHICAGO, Nov. 3.-The leading
hotels and restaurants of this city, in
order to observe strict neutrality,
have eliminated from menus French,
German and Russian names Of popu-
lar dishes. The Hotel La Sale started
the movement and others followed
The Germans have been boycotting
French and Russian dishes, While
"goulash" and Wiener schnitzel'
found no favor with English, French
and Russian guests.
Under the new rules of civilized
eating as applied to peaceable Chi
cago restaurants where 'canape
russo" led Off for luncheon, caviar on
toast is the new appetizer
''Wiener schnitzel, Holstein,' has
been given it's passports and veal cut
lets with fried egg and vegetables
rushed into it's place.
"Filet mignon" is no more; it is
plain tenderloin steak. Chicken broth
zen gelee" is just plain chicken
broth in jelly.
IRIS devau aux petits pois'' is
nothing more nor less than sweet
breads with new peas. Chicken
"sous cloche'' is the same bird under
glass;
The Parker post., 1914-11-07
WINTER GARDENING BRINGS
$5,OOO,OOO into STATE
RESIDENTS OF U. S. AND CANADA
PAY TRIBUTE TO GROWERS
Will Pay About Three-quarters of a
Million Dollars for Winter Celery
AIone-CoId Weather Holds
Off Other Competitors.

LOS ANGELES, Nov 3.-Residents
of the United States and Canada pay
a tribute of more than $5,000,000 a
year to California vegetable growers,
for the privilege of having the finest
celery, tomatoes, fresh asparagus,
lettuce, artichokes and cauliflower, at
times when other vegetable growing
communities are unable to compete
because of cold weather.
About Nov. Is the famous California
celery will be ready for shipment,
and from that date until just before
the holidays carload after carload will
be shipped each day. For celery
alone the East will pay to California
growers about three-quarters of a mil
lion dollars this year.
To prove that California is rapidly
becoming as famous for it's vegetables
as for it's incompatible fruit, the fol-
lowing figures are given:
Acres of celery this year, 5000; let
tuce, 1000; caulif1ower, $500; tcma-
toes, 15OO artichokes, 5000; aspara-
gus, 10000; potatoes, $4,000.
''The Eastern man accustomed to
seeing such things grown in gardens
Or small fields, is amazed when he
sees thousands of acres devoted to
vegetable growing. Every thing is
done on such large scale, because
of the soil and climatic conditions,
that California ships carloads where
Eastern growers ship truckloads, and
where they ship carloads we ship
trainloads.
every year the Eastern markets
are looking more and more to Cali
fornia for celery, artichokes, cauli-
flower, lettuce and green asparagus.
Of course we have to compete with
Texas and other Southern states, at
times, but we can produce at time
of the year when they cannot, and
this gives us big advantage. By
having an expert visit all of the COM
peting states and communities, to as
certain the acreage and crop condi-
tions, we can generally tell what to
expect for our crop before it is ready
to Ship"
The Parker post., 1914-11-07
SUBMARINE STRIKING
lat BATTLESHIP SUNK

LONDON, Nov. "A German sub
marine which attempted to torpedo
the British battleship Venerable off
Ostend, is reported to have been sunk.
The press bureau is unable to con-
firm this report.
Disasters caused by mines are Of
such frequent occurrence that the fear
is developing that sea traffic will have
to be greatly curtailed.
The situation is particularly bad in
the North Sea, where German, Dutch
and English mines have been laid.
The steamer Manchester Spinner,
from Manchester to Montreal, is re-
turning to Queenstown. 1t is reported
by wireless that she needed medical
care for two wounded sailors. 1t is
believed the ship struck a floating
mine. The vessel is sister ship of
the Manchester Commerce which was
sunk by mine off the Irish coast
Tuesday.
The Parker post., 1914-11-07

President Wilson issued the annual
Thanksgiving proclamation, setting
Thursday, November 26, as the day
of Thanksgiving and prayer" The
proclamation follows:
"It has long been the honored GUS
tom of our people to turn in the fruit
full autumn of the year in praise and
thanksgiving to Almighty God for his
many blessings and mercies to us as
nation. The year that is now
drawing to a close since we last OBJ
served our day of national thanksgiv-
ing has been-while year of disci-
pline because of the mighty forces Of
war and changes which have dis+
turbed the world-also year of spe-
cial blessing to us.
"It has been vouchsafed for us to
remain at peace, with honor, and in
supply the needs of those who are in
want We have been privileged by
our own peace and self-control in
some degree to steady the counsels
and shape the hopes and purposes of
a day of fear and distress. Our peo-
pie have looked on their own file as
nation with a deeper comprehen-
sion, a deeper realization of their re-
sponsibility as we'll as of their bless
ings, and a keener sense Of the moral
and practical significance of what
their part among the nations of the
world may come to be.
Food for All.
"Our crops will feed all who need
food; the self-possession of our peo-
pie amid the most serious anxieties
and difficulties and the steadiness and
resourcefulness of our business men
will serve other nations as we'll as
our own.
''The business Of the country has
been supplied with new Instrumental
tiles and the commerce of the world
with new channels of trade inter
course. The Panama canal has been
opened to the commerce Of the ma
tions."
Foodstuffs Decline
Financially speaking, the Thanks
The Parker post., 1914-11-07
SANTA MONICA WILL
REGULATE AUTO BUSES

SANTA MONICA, Nov. 3.-There
are over fifty small buses plying be-
tween the beach cities and the Sol
diers' Home at Sawtelle. This city
is trying to have them placed in the
class with common carriers so that
there will be some way to regulate
them. At present they all pay small
annual license, but outside of enforc-
ing the traffic ordinances governing
automobiles the city has no control
over their movements. Some of the
buses are operated by women and
others by youths.
The Parker post., 1914-11-07
GIVE ITALY LAND
TO STAY NEUTRAL

LONDON, Nov. 2.-The Stockholm
correspondent of the Daily Telegraph
has sent in a report from Austrian
sources to the effect that AUSTRIA
Hungary and Italy are on the eve of
concluding an agreement under the
terms of which, in exchange for the
maintenance of Italian neutrality in
the war, Austria-Hungary will cede
Trentino Ga district in the Austrian
Tyrol, bordering on Italy, and in which
is the city of. Trent) to Italy and per
NIT a permanent Italian occupation of
Avalona, the seaport on the Adriatic.
The Parker post., 1914-11-07
EUROPEAN NATIONS PLACE
ENORMOUS ORDERS IN US.
ECORD-BREAKING BUSINESS BE-
ING DONE BY MERCHANTS
Estimate That Past Three Weeks
Sales to BelIigerent Nations Will
Total 100000, o,OOo-DupIicate
Orders Are Expected

NEW YORK, Nov. Sit is esti'
mated by New York bankers that in
the last three weeks orders have been
placed in the United States for about
$200,000,000 worth of American prod
ucts by the belligerent nations.
From New Orleans recently 1048
horses we're shipped for the French
army aboard the British teamer An
gelo Bolivisn. Horse dealers in the
Middle West report big demand for
horses.
The Straus Saddlery, in st. Louis,
is filling a big harness order, and one
for $4,000 saddles from the allies.
These last sell for $50 each.
A train of eighteen cars, filled with
100000 pairs of shoes, has left Bing-
hamton, N. Y, for the Greek army. A
representative of the French Govern
ment is seeking to place an order for
100000 pairs of army boots.
The Russell Uniform Company is
delivering 10000 army overcoats to
England each week.
The Durham Hosiery Company, the
Lackawanna Mills and the Superior
Manufacturing Company have taken
orders for underwear and sweaters
amounting to 100000.
France has ordered 1000 motor cars
to be used as ambulances, from the
Ford Motor Company. The Packard
and the Federal companies are to.
gether supplying $50 motor trucks for
the armies. Also three firms in
Springfield, Mass, havee booked i'm
portant orders for Europe.
The Colt Arms Company is busy
turning out $4,000 revolvers for the
British government. The Pratt &,
Whitney Company is running full
time to complete a 100000 arms
order from China.
In addition to French, Russian and
British commissioners now here on
buying missions, cables tell that Italy
is sending on a military commission,
headed by general from Rome, to
begin a buying campaign for army
supplies and remounts. 1t can be
predicted that every other country
that has modified will be forced to
take the same course.
Orders from abroad for tools and
machinery have been received by the
Reed Prentice Machine Tool Company
Of Worcester, Mass, and by the
-Blaiasdell Company. Both
these concerns are nearly sold out
of certain lines. Single orders have
been sent on for $4,000 and $4,000
worth of lathes.
AS duplicate orders are expected
from the same sources, the factories
will be forced to work double time
with extra hands.
Export merchants have been sur
prised at the source of orders, indicat
ing that they must take a new view
of the world
The Parker post., 1914-11-07
$135, 100000 LOAN
FUND TO AID COTTON

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3.-Dixies
cotton problem seemed nearer a So
luton with the announcement of Sec
retary McAdoo's cotton loan fund"
of $135, 100000, to be subscribed by
banks or other corporations, firms OF
individuals located in the north and
south.
The fund is to be administered by
a cotton loan committee to be named
by the reserve board. Southern bank
ers will subscribe $35,O00,000 and
bankers outside the cotton states
$100,000,000. The loans will bear six
per cent interest.
When loans to cotton men have
been approved by several committees,
notes evidencing the loans will be for
warded with collateral to the cotton
loan committee.
The Parker post., 1914-11-07
BALLOONISTS TELL DAMAGE
DONE BY ENGLISH WARSHIPS

& LONDON, Nov. 2.-The Times cor
respondent in Belgium wires the fol-
lowing:
"Observation from a captive British
balloon has revealed how effective has
been the fire of the British warships
on Ostend, Middlekerke, Lombaertz-
yde and other coast villages.
mot single wall remains standing
in the villages of Westkerle, Slype
and Movie. Several other villages also
are in ruins. All this damage was
caused by the artillery of the British
ships.'