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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-06-19
AMERICAN NOTE
REPLYING TO THE
HUERTA AGENTS
U. S. Delegates to Niagara Falls "Repud-
late" Suggestions Made Wednesday by
Mexicans-=A Complete Answer

fst as provisional President and pc
cause, among other things and election
conducted by such a provisional gov
eminent would not represent the will
of the Mexican people, it has been
thought necessary to give part of the
answer to the letter written by Mr..
Rabasa.
In that answer the American rep
resentatVes utterly repudiate any
suggestions that the American Presi
dent has any intent of destroying the
electoral liberty of Mexico and in
sist that the Mexican representatives
entirely misunderstood the motives
and objects of the President who rec
ognizes the facts and principles in the
past success of the Constitutional
army indisputable evidence of the APP
prevail of the Mexican people. But
he also sees that the full triumph OF
that army means an indefinite contin-
uance of the war with the suffering
and bloodshed and death which ev-
cry war involves.
These consequences the President
seeks to prevent through mediation,
but we greatly fear that the language
of the Mexican note implies that his
efforts may be thwarted because of
the unwillingness to have a Constitu
tionalist as provisional president, even
though that promises the only practi-
cable means by which the horrors Of
war can be prevened.
Hope is expressed that the Mexican
representatives will not further oppose
the only plan which promises peace when
it's rejection means suffering and death
to so many. We are convinced that your
objections to the plan itself and your
fear of I'll consequences that may fol-
low its adoption are not well founded and
that in attacking the details you lose
sight of the large and controlling motive
which from the beginning of this trouble
has been in the mind of the President
and which has influenced the American
representatives in all that they have said
or proposed to the mediators.
Continued on Page Column q
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-06-19
District Commission
ers Wouldn't Abolish
1t but Have Made 1t
A Be auty Spot
How Fourth District Man Works,
And Gets What He Is After

Washington, D. c., June 1S-(Spe-
ciaD.-There is a new and pleasing
chapter in the history of Maine ave
nue. in the city of Washington, and
Representative Guernsey of Maine, Is
the hero of it, The Congressional
Record contains evidence that several
times in the last two or three years
Mr.. Guernsey has made great eHorts
to have the name of Maine avenue
abolished for the particular thorough
fare, which runs from the Botanic
Gardens (Which are close to the Capt.
toll grounds) on a few blocks into the
slums of South Washington. By way
of explanation it might be interposed
that deferred streets are east and west
in Washington with numbered streets
north and south. The avenues, one
for every state in the Union, are di-
agonally across these squares. Len
FAINT, a French engineer whom Wash
ington employed to lay out the city
plan, conceived these avenues with
military view. Cannon planted in the
avenues could command the streets
and play havoc with hostile armies
And these avenues are, on the whole,
the most beautiful and popular thor
oughfares in the Capitol City. Penn
sylvania avenue, for instance, Massa-
chusetts avenue, Connecticut avenue,
and New Hampshire avenue traverse
the most popular residential sections
Vermont and Rhode Island avenues.
less pretentious names to the social
world. are none the less well known.
But Maine avenue is in a neglected
portion of the city. although almost
within a stones throw of the dome
of the Capitol When Mr. Guernsey
was newer as a member of Congress
than he is now, one problem he tack
led was how to have a Maine avenue
that would rank with the other New
England avenues in Washington. He
introduced a bin to accomplish that
Congress after Congress. The COM
missioners of the District of Columbia
did not care especially about the Pine
Tree State. They reported unfavor-
ably on the Guernsey bills. Accord
ingly the District of Columbia com
mittess refused to report them. Mr.
Guernsey tried to have the Maine ave
niue bill put on as rider but the
House voted him down. He sought
to have the name of Maine avenue
given new thoroughfare leading from
the pretentious new Union station. In
that he also failed. He had made
most valiant fight which seemed to
have been to no purpose. He yielded
finally, and was so disconsolate that
he kept far away from Maine avenue
in fact and in his thoughts.
Senator Burleigh of Maine, while
member of the House was aware of
what his colleagues had been doing.
The Senator and Mrs. Burleigh some
years ago took a ride into that sec
ton of the city. They motored up and
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-06-19

Niagara Falls, Ont, June 1S.-The
American delegation to the mediation
conference tonight made public
statement issued with the consent of
the Washington government in reply to
the statement given out last night by
the Mexican delegation. criticising the
American plan for the establishment of
a provisional government in Mexico
with a Constitutionalist at its head.
Suggestions that President Wilson
had any intent to destroy the electoral
liberty of Mexico are utterly repu-
dated" by the American representa-
tives. The statement covers the whole
range of criticism made by the Huer-
ia, delegates. Coming on the eve of the
next full conference of mediators and
delegates which may be postponed I'M
til Saturday and at which there is
any chance of an agreement through
mediation for a settlement of the
Mexican problem the statement stirred
the mediation colony. 1t was interpret
ed as foreshadowing the unalterable
position of the United States in future
parleys.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-06-19
HEARING OF WATERVILLE
WOMAN'S SUIT AGAINST
PROF. BRENTON RESUMED
DR.. Waterman Concludes Testimony Alleg=
ing Mental Disorders

Hartford, Conn, June 1S.-The hear
ing of the $4,000 damage suit of Mrs
Elizabeth Curtis Holman of Water
vile, Me, against her former hus-
band, Prof. Cranton Benton, and Doe
tors Paul Waterman and o. c. Smith,
was resumed in the federal court to-
day. DIR. Waterman concluded his tes-
timony. He said in his opinion Mrs.
Holman, during the time with which
the suit deals, before and when she
was confined in the Brattleboro, VT,
retreat for insane, suffered from two
abnormal mental disorders and there
was strong presumption that she was
a moral imbecile and to that had been
added a transient condition of iasan-
ity to which he could not give a def
mite term.
In the course of cross examination
Mr.. Fitzgerald, counsel for Mrs. Hol-
man, asked on what DR.. Waterman
predicated his opinion of Sept s. 1912,
that she was insane. The answer was:
Il found a woman whose sense of
truthfulness was markedly defective;
whose sense of shame was markedly
defective, whose sense of duty TO hus-
band, mother, her child and society
defective; woman whose maternal
instincts were defective, one VINO had
suicidal and homicidal ideas, one who
had exaggerated sexual impulses, who
was selfish and showed self-aggran-
dizement and cunning. These charac-
teristics tended to an insane value.
She showed no appreciation of the
crime which she planned or commit
ted against society, or IL committed
showed no repentance of it"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-06-19
Miss Pankhurst Released

The victory is distinct, because Syl
via Pankhurst was arrested about a
week ago for attempting to lead
procession of East End women to
Westminster to demand the audience
which Mr.. Asquith has now promised.
Jail opened it's doors tonight to re-
lease Miss Pankhurst, who was weak
and pale after her eight successive
hunger strike, but still determined.
She drove to Westminster immedi-
ately in a motor car with a woman
chauffeur and rebuffed Mr.. KirH ar-
dies efforts to persuade her to go
home She was sitting on the steps
of the central entrance to Parlia-
ment House. propped up with cush-
ions and supported in the arms OF
friends, when Mr. Lansbury came out
with the news that Premier Asquith
had surrendered.
Awaiting Their Leader
The militants' plans, as usual. were
effectively arranged When their lead
er emerged from Holloway jail on
the arms of two attendants motor
car was waiting, filled with cushions
Continued on Page 12-Coiumn y
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-06-19
SHOW ERS

Washington, June 1S.-Forecast for
or Friday night and probably Saturday;
probably cooler Saturday in interior;
moderate to fresh south to southwest
winds. Southern New England In
creasing cloudiness Friday. showers at
night or Saturday; cooler Saturday;
south winds, becoming northwest and
fresh Saturday Eastern New York:
Showers Friday or Friday night and
probably Saturday; cooler Saturday;
moderate south winds, becoming north
west and fresh Saturday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-06-19
Official Statement

1t was officially stated today that
the wrecking of a postal train at
Tschudnow, while preceding the i'm
perial train bearing the Emperor and
the imperial family from Kishinev to
st. Petersburg was due to a defect in
the locomotive.
The published reports that the ac-
cident was brought about by an at
tempt on the members of the Russian
imperial family was officially declared
unfounded
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-06-19
Condition. ard General Forecast

Washington. June 1S.-Conditions have
become much unsettled with falling
pressure over the north and east portions
of the country Heavy thunder showers
have occurred in the Lake region, while
to the eastward the weather was gener-
ally fair. In the Middle Atlantic states
and from the Upper Mississippi valley
eastward the weather will be unsettled
with showers and much lower tempera-
lures Friday night or Saturday from the
Lower Lake region eastward
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-06-19
Complete Statement
ne Statement follows

The statement follows:
1.-THE American representatives do
not think II is conducive to the inter
est of mediation to publish during its
tendency the various plans or the con-
tentions of the parties. but as the Mex
lean representatives have given out
a formal statement of their objections
to the appointment of Constitutional
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-06-19
Villas Notice to Chief

While not declaring that he is not
under Carranza's orders, Villa is
known to have told his chief that he
will take the central strip of country
leading to Mexico City, while Carran-
za's other divisional commanders can
do likewise down the east and west
coasts. According to this arrange
ment, there would be two distinct gov
ernments, both military and civil in
the northern half of Mexico held by
the revolutionists. One would be Viii
las where not only his military lead
ers but his own appointed civil off,
cials would hold office. The other would
be that directed by Carranza in his
capacity as military and political chief
of the movement from his capital at
Saltillo. It is not doubted that Gen.
Obregon, commander of the western
military zone, and Gen. Pablo Con-
zales in the east. will remain firm ad-
herents of the Carranza party.
Villa already is reported to have
taken over some of the petty leaders
of the central zone territory to the
south of Torreon.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-06-19

lion. r. E.GUERNSEY,
~ ~ Names Fourth Dis
frict Congressman and
Who Has Transformed
Maine Avenue, i'm Nation
al Capital
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-06-19
Bozt.r Forecast

Boston. June 1S.-Forecast for Boston
and vicinity: Friday fair; Saturday un-
settled probably with local showers;
warmer: moderate south to southwest
winds
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-06-19
Chao Joins Villa

II also was learned today that Gen.
Chao, who some time ago joined with
Villa with a column of troops from
Parral, although having been ordered
by Carranza to proceed TO Saltillo.
The authoritative narrative of what
Continued on Page 12-CoIumn ~
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-06-19
Gen. Carranza Humbled by His Army
Leader Submits and Publicly An
nounces His Permission Despite the
Claims of Gen. Natera at Zacatecas
Gen. Villa Will Take Central Strip Of the Country
Leading to Mexico City

Taking of Carranza Offices Rumored Only Stepin Claim
ing Charge ofA Territory Possible determination Means
Two Distinct Governments in Northern Mexico hao
Comes Villa but Obregon and Gonzales Remain with
Carranza
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-06-19

before the national capital. In the
meantime Gen. Villa will run his own
military and civil offices in his te1'i
tory. =
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-06-19
FEDERAL

Kansas City 2; Baltimore 0
Brooklyn 6; ST. Louis q
Chicago 8; Pittsburgh 40 ins.)
indianapolis 5; Buffalo 8
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-06-19
1904

loc. Cigar. Thirty mine years continc-
Gus increased sales tells its own story
Factory. Manchester. y. n. DIFF
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-06-19
NATIONAL
NEW ENGLAND

Lewiston 5; Fitchburg I
Lowell 10; Lynn S.
Lawrence 8; Worcester 9
HaverhiIl 6; Portland 5
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-06-19
Yesterday Scores
In Four Leagues
AMERICAN

AMERICAN
Boston g; Chicago o
Cleveland New York postponed.
Detroit 4; Washington 2
ST. Louis 6; Philadelphia 5
RATIONAL
ST. Louis 6; Boston 5
Cincinnati q; Brooklyn I
Pittsburgh 4; New York 8
Philadelphia IL; Chicago q
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-06-19
THE WEATHER

Showers Friday or Friday night
and probably Saturday, cooler
Saturdays. to S. w. winds.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-06-27
BANK GUARANTY DEFEATED
Unfavorable Report by House Com
mittee on Schwing Bill.
per rnIon News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Baton Roughly a to vote the
House Committee on Ways and Means
brought in an unfavorable report on
the Schwing bank deposit bill.
The vote on the proposition fol-
lows: Yeas-Clayton, Roberts and
Bryant. Nays-Gay, Generally, Fried
richs, Anderson, Kantz, Jahncke, Fer
guson, Gordon and Keith.
Senator J. E. Norwood of Magnolia
Miss, who was one of the crusaders
who succeeded in getting a bank de-
post act through the Mississippi leg
islature, spoke in favor of the meas
ure.
The Schwing bill won't hurt any
one" he said. 1T makes it optional
with the banks of the state whether
they will enter the bank guarantee
iecting? Because they know a small
bank with its deposits guaranteed will
4ave equal prestige with them"
l.. Nj. Pool and E. T. Merrick of
New Orleans spoke against the meas
ure. The contribution of IL of l
per cent required of banks by the bill
would raise only $4,000 per year in
the State, and this fund would be
inadequate to do any good. One bank
failure in a year would wipe out the
whole guarantee funds. The whole
system, as provided for by the Schwing
bill, was futile, they said.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-06-27
U. S. GOVERNMENT LOSES S70O,OOO,OOO CASE
Supreme Court Decides Petroleum
Lands in California Are Prop
erty Of Railroads.

Washington.-Title of transcOnti-
mental railroads to some 500, 100000
worth of petroleum lands as against
other private claimants, was upheld
Monday by the supreme court in test
suit brought by Edmund Burke OF Cal
ifornia against the Southern Pacific
Railroad Company. At the same time
Justice Vandeventer, for the court,
stated that seemingly the govern
ments right TO attack the railroad
title for fraud or error had expired in
1900 or 1901. 1t was made plain, how
were not involved in the case before
the court, and there was no mention
Of the recent suit brought by the GOV
eminent against the Sauthern Pacific
to regain the lands in question.
Since the government began to
grant lands to transcOntineutal rail
roads in 1866 every patent issued 10
the roads has contained a reservation
or exception to the effect that lands
in the patent later found to be mineral
lands should not pass to the railroads.
Such a reservation was contained in
patents to the Southern Pacific for
California lands. in later years found
to be rich with oil wells. Burke claim
ed the land did not pass to the rail
road and sought to enter it as mineral
lands.
The court held that the land office
officials could not perform their duty,
imposed on them by congress, Of not
patentirg mineral lands By merely in
sorting the reservation or exception
1t held the officials were bound to de
termine whether lands were mineral
before issuing the patent, and that the
patents were binding unless procured
by fraud or error. Justice Vandeyen-
ter stated that the patents were is
sued in 1894 and apparently the gov
eminent had not proceeded to set W
any claim of fraud in obtaining them
before that time, although the rail
road had presented an affidavit that
fore, he added, seemingly the right tC
the lands were nOnmineral There
make the attack had expired in 1906
or 1901
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-06-27
Events i'm Louisiana
WOULD ABOLISH
TIE LEGISLATURE
PROPOSED ACT TO PROVIDE FOR
A STATE COMMISSION OF
EIGHT FOR LOUISIANA.
Western ~ .N'ggspapor Union New, scrvics.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
BATON RouSe.-Nh hat is in practical
erect commission form OF govern
ment for the state OF Louisiana will
DE proposed in a bill Of which Senator
George Wesley Smith Of Richland
parish is the author. The bill pro-
yldeS for the abolition of the General
Assembly and the substitution of a
council OF state OF eight members, one
from each congressional district. SEN
ator Smith some days ago prepared
a preliminary bill, which he circulated
among members of the legislature and
asked for criticisms Some OF the sug.
gestions will be embodied in his bill
IL Is said the measure will have the
support of number OF legislative
leaders.
The plan Of Senator Smith is a bold
bid for solution along lines strongly
advanced by great leaders of progress
slVe though in this country, but as
yet, untrled in any state. The scheme
in brief follows:
Abolish the General Assembly.
Confer all OF its power on a coun-
Gil OF state, which shall have as many
members as there are congressional
districts, one member to be elected
from each congressional district.
Members OF the council to receive
salaries of $4,000 a year and to devote
their entire time 10 the office
The council to remain in session
the year around; IN no case to adjourn
for a greater period than 80 days.
The Lieutenant Governor to receive
a salary of $4,000 per year; to devote
his entire time to the office; 10 be
presiding officer OF the council and to
have a vote in case of a tie.
|. The governor to retain the power
of veto.
The recall, the initiative and the ref
erendum to be guaranteed to the peo-
pie by the Constitution in self-opera-
tive clauses.
Definite percentages have not been
fixed, but ii is probable that recall
petitions will be required 10 contain
% per cent of the registered vote; in
itiative petitions, 90 per cent, and the
referendum Is per cent.
The terms of office would be the
same as at present, four years. The
salaries of the eight members and the
Lieutenant Governor would be S45, 900.
A session of the Legislature now costs
about $4,000.
Senator Smith calculates that the
plan proposed by him would cost very
little more in the way OF actual outlay
of money and would give the state
many times the service.
with modern demands upon gov
eminent, new conditions constantly
arising, and legislation being asked
affecting a multitude OF interests in a
thousand different days, the utter in
adequacy of our present system is
apparent" Senator Smith said, speak
ing of his plan. Nothing short of the
commission plan with a single iegisla-
tive house of small membership will
meet the demands of the day"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-06-27
IMPROVEMENT OF COTTON CROP IS OBJECT
Federal Bureau Urges More Careful
Methods, and to Secure More
Staple in Shorter Period.

Washington.-A system of cotton
culture which aims to secure the pro-
duction of more staple in a shorter
period is being urged by the United
States department of agriculture as
means of circumventing the ravages of
the boil weevil Shortening of the
growing season has for some time
been recognized as one of the best
methods for insuring protection
against the pest, and to promote that
idea the department is urging a new
system of culture.
The boil weevil does best where the
growth is most luXuriant in young
plants and where there is a large
presence of vegetable branches, and
the control of the branches. the de-
partment says, is the keynote of the
new system, which also avoids injuri-
Gus crowding OF the plants. and makes
it possible for more plants in a row.
In many sections of the South cot
ton is termed a sure CROP and is
grown under the most careless meth
DDS. which is one of the chief reasons
for the backward state OF the indus
try. A department bulletin calls at
tention to the fact that under the past
system cotton is becoming less OF a
sure crop each year, and for this rea-
son, as well as the rapid increase in
the growth of the staple in foreign
countries, there are additional reasons
why more careful methods should be
employed to attain the maximum re-
suits. This is one of the reasons, also,
that the department is combating the
close planting theory with that of
wider planting. The latter, however
has its disadvantages, since liberal
spacing in the rows means longer Pc
Rod to produce a crop. 1t may seem
logical that the plant making the most
rapid growth must produce the ear
Hest and largest crop, but this is not
true, the department says.
Suppress the vegetable branches"
is the advice given to farmers desiring
to experiment with the new system.
How long the thinning system should
be delayed to suppress the vegetable
branches and how close the plants
should be left in the rows are ques-
lions he must determine for himself,
since the acturi conditions are to be
taken into consideration in securing
the best results. The two prime fea-
lures OF the new system-deferred
thinning and closer spacing-must be
properly combined" the department
says, in order to insure them.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-06-27
GETS A BELATED DEGREE
Louisiana Man Who Quit Princeton in
1861 Receives His Diploma.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Princeton, n. 1.-THE 18th CON-
mencement of Princeton University
was held Tuesday. Degrees we're given
to a class OF 232.
The honorary degrees of Doctor OF
Science was conferred upon Surgeon
General William c. Gorgas of the
United States Army. President -Hib.
ben announced that gifts TO the uni.
versity in the last year amounted to
S614,624. 1t also was announced that
the time limit on the conditional gift
OF $500 900 by Mrs. Russell Sage had
been extended from July l to Janu-
airy /, 1915.
Dudley Avery of Avery's Island,
La, received his degree OF A. B., as
with the class of 1862. He left Prince
ton when the Civil war broke out and
never returned.