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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-07-02
u. S. WILL LOOK INTO
NEW LUMBER TRUST

lumber manufacturers will study
how to reduce the cost OF produce
ton. Everett Griggs and j. T.
Gregory of this city will be delo-
gates.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-07-02

LONDON, July with the
most reliable reports indicating
that the Teuton advance toward
Warsaw by way of Lemberg is
proceeding more rapidly than was
expected, British military author
tiles for the first time are ed-
mittedly worried for the safety
of Russia.
Petrograd continues to issue
optimistic accounts, but German
and private advices are that o.
100000 Teutons have penetrated
at least 25 miles into Poland from
Galicia, and are proceeding rap
idly toward Brest-Litovsk, 100
miles north.
This fortress is due east of
Warsaw. and provides an ap-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-07-02
A. s. RUTH DEAD

News reached Olympia yesterday of the
of
Ruth time connected
will the stat Lar
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-07-02
NAVAL MILITIA
OFF FOR CRUISE

Delayed for several hours, be-
cause Of engine trouble, the y.
s. cruiser Albany did not leave
until last night. Different divis-
ions of the Northwest naval mill
tia are on board. The cruiser will
remain off Port Angeles for a few
days target practice. Then she
will leave for San Francisco, rs-
turning to Tacoma July 10.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-07-02
SUSTAINS ASSESSOR

The first of a number of inn
portant tax suits was decided in
favor of Pierce county yesterday
by Judge yesterday. He decided
that he had no right to change
the assessment figures of former
Assessor Cook. who fixed the as
sessment on the land of Sam Lund
on the theory that coal was to
be found there.
AS yet, the land is undeveloped.
The N. P. railway has 100000
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-07-02

of property of the same descrip-
ton, and SO interested was 1t in
the decision that its attorneys
conducted Lund's case.
Judge yesterday ruled that
when an assessor had placed mis-
valuation on piece of land, 1t
was presumed to be correct. lie
said he would not presume to put
the Judgment of the court in op-
position to the Judgment of the
assessor in this matter.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-07-02
SOUTH>END, NOTICE

The n R. Co today announced the following temporary
routing July South Tacoma will
Pacific starting Seventh and Pacific Point Defiance
operate
Get off at Steilacoom Junction
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-10-15
PRESIDENT WILSON TO WED
Formally Announces His Engagement
to Mrs. Norman r. Gait.

Woodrow Wilson, the president OF
the United States, announced his en-.
gagement TO Mrs. Norman r. Gait, of
Washington.
The date of the wedding has not
been fixed, but it probably will take
place in December, at the home of
the bride-elect.
Mrs. Gait comes from widely
known, old Virginia family. She is
daughter Of the late DR.. George Boil
ing, and lives with her mother, on
Twentieth street. Mrs. Gait is a per.
sonal friend of Miss Helen Woodrow
Bones, a cousin of President Wilson,
and has attended the majority of the
White House receptions and parties
within the past year.
Members of the presidents family
have known for months that Mrs.
Gait and President Wilson were con-
templating matrimony and the affair
is acceptable to them.
Mrs. Ellen Louise kxsen Wilson,
he presidents wife, died August 6,
1914. She was 1ifty-four years old,
and the mother of three daughters,
two of whom are married.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-10-15
JOHN D., JR., RUNS FOR LIFE
Financier Nearly Walks Into Blasts
Ehout TO EXplode.


About to Explode.
John p. Rockefeller, Jr., ran foot
race with death and won at Sunrise,
Wyoming.
He had insisted on going directly
Tito the heart OF the open face work
;ngs where a whole mountain is be-
ing blasted away. The dynamite c"eW
not knowing the visitors were near
lighted fuses OF nearly fifty enormous
blasts.
The New Yorker was almost into
the pit when the miners hiding in
their bomt-proof shelters saw him
and shouted fTantica!ly for him tn
run. Rockefeller, with his secretary,
Charles O.. Heydt, AMI ". L. Macken.
zie-King at.his heels feI at top speed
backward across tie steep mountain
side. He had barely crawled under
meath the trucks Of steel car Whe..
the blasts went Off. The car was
heavily bombarlcd.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-10-15
Auntie Gibbs Dies st 1877

"Auntie" Mahaley Gibbs, 1877 years
old, according to Memphis, Tenn,
health statistics, is dead here.
She is said to haove been the
oldest colored person in the United
States. Her granddaughter, with
whom size lived, and who is more
than seventy years old, said she has
often heard the old woman speak of
the Indian wars, the war of 1912, and
events since that date.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-10-15
Wi1eat at Billion Mark

The 1915 American wheat crop
will total 1,C02,G29,OOO, according
to Octcbe~ crop estimates of the de-
partment CT agriculture. This esti'
mate is al Increase o. 22,700,000 bush
els over tie September estimates.
Details OF the report were as fol-
lows:
Corn con iition on October l was
1911: month ago, TS.8; year ago, 1873;
ter yea average, rs.
III iicstel corn crop, 3,O26, $4,000
bushels: month ago, 1885, 100000;
year ago, 2,675,O00,O00; 1914 final,
2,G73, 100000.
Spring wheat crop preliminary es'
innate, 345 10000 bushels; month
ago, 222,O00;N50; year ago, 217,OOO,,
OC0; 1919. fnal, 206,0G0,000.
Preliminary estimate all wheat
crop, 1,VC" ,G29,000 bushels; month
ago, 9S1 ,0Oo, 300; year ago, &92,OOO,'
600; 1914, final, S91 CQ0,O0G.
Preliminary estimate OF oats crop,
1,517,47S,O0O bushels; month ago, l.
40S,00G,000; year ago, $4,000, 900;
1914, iral, 1,141,000,000.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-10-15
RUSSIANS GIVE WAY
Petrograd Comedies Advances
German Invaders Before Dvinsk.


There is renewed military &C.
tivity on the northern end of
the Russian front, from Dvinsk
to the south OF which the Germans
have had some success. On the whole,
however, the Russians have been able
to Withstand their assaults,
The Germans have. succeeded in
crossing the Viliya, north of Smorgon.
enabling them to coordinate their
forces north and south of this point.
Concentration of considerable Ger
man forces in the vicinity of Tarno-
pol, in Galicia, about twenty-five miles
south Of the frontier, is believed here
to be due to political conditions in the
Balkans, rather than to an intention
of menacing I<iev. Comparative quiet
prevails throughout the southern
fighting area.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-10-15
FRENCH FIGHTING HARD
Artillery Engagements Indicate Pre-
paration for Fresh Assaults.


paratior for Fresh Assaults.
The French have been obliged
to fight continuously to hold the
positions they captured at Tahure,
but they are holding on and keep
ing up an active cannonading that
presages fresh operations against the
German line which they are biting
desperately to cut.
North of Arras the cannonading
continued, with both sides taking
part. There was also artillery activ'
ity in the region of Roye and to the
north of the River Aisne, the French
war office reports.
In the Champagne district there was
violent bcmbardment on the part Of
the German artillery with very ener'
getic replies from the French cannon.
There was also active fighting in the
trenches southeast Of Tahure.
Soldiers wounded at the capture OF
Tahure, now arriving in Paris, all are
OF the opinion that the French a~e
gaining the upper hand, not or y
through their artillery, but because OF
the gallantry and dash of the in
fantry.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-10-15
LIVED 7 DAYS ON
BONES AND OIL
Six. Men and Three Boys
Are Rescued From Mine.
ALL ARE VERY WEAK
They Chewed Wicks in Lamps to Get
the Oil and Finally Gave up Hope
of Rescue.

The six men and three boys en-
tombed in the Coaldale mine, near
PotrSyille, Pa, last Monday morning
were rescued alive and in good con-
dition Sunday afternoon. They were
taken to tie Panther Creek hospital,
where their families were forbidden
to see them.
They kept alive by eating chicken
bones and chewing the oil from the
wicks of their miner lamps. Of the
eleven men imprisoned when rush
of water blocked them, all have now
been rescued alive.
The rescued men, all of Coaldale,
are: Elmer Herring, Michael Gutody,
Peter Lohanhich, Joseph Ludgin1,
Charles Matocka.
The boys saved are: Joseph Muir
ply, of Tamaqua; John McAndrew
and John Bonner, of Coaldale.
The accident occurred in the Foster
tunnel of No. II mine Of the Leh1gh
Coal &c Navigation company colliery.
A blast released water from an aban-
doned working, and the food rushed
into the gangway, where the eleven
men were working and blocked the
gangway distance of more thanl2OO
feet. William Watkins and George
Hollywood escaped on Tuesday alter
noon, by making their way from
chute through various air ways, until
they fipdliy reached the surface.
The other nine were caught farther
back in the gangway and so found
their escape cut off. They made their
way UP a chute, where they huddled
together almost seven days. Several
of them were able to save their din
nor pails and the contents were appor'
toned out sparingly, while the lights
Of their miner lamps were eXtlngulsn
ed to keep the air pure and to nus
band the oil for nourishment.
Thursday the last drop Of oil was
CONSUMED and also the last of the
chicken homes which two of the men
had in the,r pals, and not until then
did they give up hope. They had
heard the rescuers working at times,
and they feit themselves growing
weaker and weaker, they abandoned
hope of being taken out alive.
When the last barrier was broken
through the gangway was found to
be filled with water and it was neces.
sary to use the electric pumps to
clear it ont before the rescuerS could
get to the chute. In the meantime,
word had been sent to the surface and
ambulances were brought to the mine
opening, and crowd quickly gather
ed. 1t was not known until the en-
tombed men reached the surface
whether they had been found dead or
alive. A number of physicians were
in the mine at the time the rescue
was made.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-10-15
Train BANDITS
Get 100000
Two Masked Men Hold UD
b, & 0. Express,
RoEBEa ,.tjAS The ENGINE
Cut Off Nal. Car. They Loot 1t COM
pleteiy-,. osses in Pursuit OF the
RoabcrS.

pleteiy-+ osses in Pursuit OF the
Roabcrs.
Two masked men held up and ROB-
bed BaitiiIore,S Ohio express traln
OF S5Uy, ,JUvi.. unsigned bank notes and
iGU re- sisteTeu packages near Cehtral
Staten, w. Va. A hastily organized
sneri.i's posse was sent in pursuit OF
the bandits and is reported to nave
SigLted Jour suspects in the foothllls
near the scene OF the robbery.
the train was nearly an hour late
wnel Iran: I1eims, the engineer was
attracted W noise from the tender'
L0oniGg over mis- shoulder he saw t"o
masned men climbing over the coal'
eacn carrying an automatic shotgun
One OF the men ordered Helms TO
cut off tne enSine- and through mall
from the remainder of the train, ana
then stoou by Helms directing the dis
tance he should run it. When two
miles to the west had been covered,
the hignwaymen ordered Helms to
stop and climb down, while the fire
man was compelled to do likewise
lne other masked man then took tne
throttle, and ran the train a nile or
two farther west. Here the robbers
went through the mail car, paying
particular attention to the registered
mail which they looted completely
and they then deserted the train, go
ing across the hills in the direction
OF the Ohio river.
Meantime the crew left with the re-
mainder OF the train had been trying
to find the engine. They knew moth
ing OF what nad happened except that
tie engine and mail car had disap
peared toward the west, no attempt
having been made by the highway
men to disturb the sleeping passen'
gers. Men were sent forward and
soon located the fireman Fastening
back to give the alarm. Engineer
Helms having gone in search OF his
engine He found the locomotive on
the rails, with the fire drawn from
under the boiler and the valves so ar
ranged as to prevent any accident be
cause OF increasing steam pressure.
More than two hours elapsed from
the time of the robbery until the news
could be sent to division headquarters
at Parksburg, and to Grafton, the
other nearest town with telegraphic
communication at that hour. But i'm
mediately railroad and county officers
were active. Messages were sent in)
all directions, a special train carrying
detectives was sent to the scene OF
the robbery, and posse aggregating
more than a hundred men were scour
ing the country before daybreak in
Harrisburg. Doddridge nd Peasants
counties.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-10-15
Bishop Goldman Dies

The Right Rev. Robert Codma' -
Maine, died at a hospital i'll B>s'"...
He had been unconscious since IN -:
going an operation last Monday.
On September 16 Bishop Co.iman
married Miss Margarctta Biddle Tor
ter, of Philadelphia.
The hospital authorities stca1f 90 y
refused to divulge the nature lie
bishops illness. Friends %: &C biah
op suggested that he suffered fr-m a
tumor on the brain.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-10-15
MRS. DANIELS ROBBED

Wife of Secretary Of the Navy and
Friend Lose Jewels.
Mrs. JoseJhus Daniels, wife Of sec.
retary of the navy, and Mrs. Page,
wife of congressman Pays, were vic.
tins of robbers while attending the
United Daughters of the Confederacy
convention in Charlotte, N. C.
Mrs. Daniels lost a silver purse and
valuables; Mrs. Page diamond
brooch.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-10-15
GENERAL MAn,M,EfG5

PHILADELPHIA TL0Ur quiet;
winter clear, $4,000 80; Cit mills,
fancy, S6.90@7.2O. , o.
RYE FLOUR-Quiet; per barrel. s.
Wheat firm; No. red, new, sl.oS
y CORN weak: No. 2 yo!,ow. 7SG79".
OATS quiet; No. white, &c; low.
q PS61ULTRY: Live stes y; hens, Ii
m17c': old roosters, 12I 3. D essed
Steady; choice fowls, 1879; old roos.
BUTTER quiet; fancy eamery,
EGGS steady; selected, 35Gl37c.;
nearby, &c.,; western. 33c.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-10-15
Plan S17,ooo,ooo Crui>er

A battle cruiser that viii make
thirty-fve knots an hour and which
will cost S17,O00,000, he's 'een "H'ign'
ed by naval experts. 60 rc.a"' ~ nie's
announced. 1t is lli,E''v :r hH ha
said, that the adm .i>tra TO- n'val
program will call fc:' sevcr1! ss2ls
of this type.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-10-15
Rich woman Found Dead

The body of Mrs. Bowdoin B.
Crowninshield, wife of the yacht
designer. of Marblohead, was found
in a bath tub filled with hot
water in a Boston hotel. The
cause Of death, according to George
B. McGrath, medical examiner, was
drowning. He said it was accidental,
but an autopsy will be held.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-10-15
Mrs Georoa y. WiHnrer H'ra )

Mrs. George D. Wiener, OF
Philadelphia, whose husband rer'
ished on the Titanic three ynars
ago last April, was marrei in
Boston to Dr. A'ev2nder ".'1 lton
Rice, Boston physician ~ 'orer.
The ceremony was perforG'". - En-
manuel Episcopal church Ly 2 $, OF
Lawrence.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-10-15
Champ Clark Helps Save Negro

Speaker Champ Clark ard his son
were in a posse that dispersed mob
of twenty men which attempted to
lynch Harrison Rose, co'ored, charged
with numbering farmer near Bow.
ing Green, Mo-, The mob att ,cl,ed
the Jail, broke the cutter doors and
were pounding with sic Ice hammers
on the inner door when the sheriff ap'
peared with his posse.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-10-15
CoIored Woman caves g.. 20

Mary Jane ReedeY, pcoh@h the
wealthiest colored w"'~a1 ! May
land, died in Ha ~or"t~w7 @"e |
ninety-one years. Sc ow"cH rrop.
erty valued at about $1,000. Her
home was on the finest RS. 'eItial
street in the city.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-10-15
Pew. John a. CONWAY Dies

Rev. John A. Conway, S. j., sixty
two years cid, of Georgetown UniVer'
sity and former president of the Cath
olic Educa onal association, in Wash
lngton, die suddenly, after an attack
Of heart d ease.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-10-15
Greece to Protest

The official News agency in Ath-
ems announced that there was no
foundation for rumors circulated in
some quarters that the new Greek
cabinet intonded to protest against
the landing of allied troops on Greek
soil.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-10-15
Wilaon for Votes for Women

President Wilson will vote for the
woman suffrage state constitutional
amendment in New Jersey, his home
state, at the special election, October
10.
He said lie would vote, not as the
leader of-t:e Democratic party, but
as private citizen.
Mr. Wilson said he believed the
question should not be made party
issue and should be decided by the
states, not the national government.
Secretaries Garrison, McAdoo, Red
field and wilson, who will also vote
on the question in the near future,
have declared in favor of equal suf-
frage.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-10-15
Florist Dies From Pin Prick

George G. Goldbach, forty-one
years old, for twenty-four years
florist in 7 ancaster, died at st. Jo.
seph's hospital from blood poisoning,
superinduccd by the pricking of a
pimple with pin.
Sailor Kills Wife, Servant, Himself
Charles Hansen, sailor, of Erie,
Ja., shot and killed his wife and
their servant, Theresa Simms, and
then killed himself. Domestic difficult
ties, which eliminated recently in the
arrest of Hanson at the instance Of
his wife, is said to have precipitated
the crime.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-10-15
Italian kinu Nearly Killed

King Victor Emmanuel recently
had a narrow escape from death
or serious injury by shell fire
while close to the firing line.
His horse was wounded by splinters
of shrapnel, but the king was unhurt.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-10-15
BERLIN PROTESTS GREECE

Objects to Landing of AneIo-French
Forces on Hellenic Territory.
Germany has protested to Greece
against the landing of Anglo-French
troops at Salonika. No reply has
been received. .."..f.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-10-15

8 Killed When Building Collapses
Three workmen were almost in
stantly killed when part of the new
public school building at Park avenue
and st. PapI's place, in New York,
collapsed. y
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-10-15
Live Stock Price.
mixed

CHICAGO-HOGS-Stea y; mixed
and butchers, $6.75@S.40; - 4 heavy,
s6.9O0S25; rough heavy, $500 $50;
light, -$7.35@8:4C; pigs, S;.25G7.5o;
CATTLE-Weak and 15r. lower;
beeves, $5.25@10.50; cows and he'll.
ers, S3.2569; Texans, S;.?oWS.4o;
calves, S950M11.50.
SHEEP-15c. Iower; native AMI
western, $39G.10; lal lbs. S. DU9.l5.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-10-15
October o2 Will BE frto3 ay

Friday, October %, was five rs fall
Arbor day in Pennsylvania ~ Hr2cla'
nation of Nathan c.. Schae"p uper'
intendent of public irstrucu Il.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-10-15
kipIinc's Son Believed Slain

John Kipling, of the Irish Guards,
only son of Rudyard Kipling, is ra-
ported in the latest casualty list as
f'missing and believed to have been
killed" - Y
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-10-15

/ Are you ready for that stationery
fSr YOUR business THAT you have
Saao tolI,;pr aL,,te Aolr ht.sin ess
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-10-15
Perfect Tee Shot Kills caddy

Struck on the head by golf
ball driver by DR.. Joseph M.
Douthett, Herbert ]. Karia, ten
years old. o. Sharnsburg, Pa, caddy
on the links 0f the Pittsburgh Field
club, sustained injuries from which
he died an hour later According to
witnesses, the drive was perfect tee
SHOT.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-10-15

How about a little want ad to
y your neighbors or Others know
ahat YOU want. You'll>fnd it is a
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-10-15

;emands it. Send in1
Jet us fix it ur1
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-08-06

mltted In a Western state. The -
lice refuse to diyulge the name &
the suspect.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-08-06
TO WORK ALL WINTER
ON ALASKA RAILROAD,
SAYS JOHN BALLAINE

rain along the northern mountains.
"Oid timers in Alaska are pre-
dieting an unusually severe winter.
which they say always follows n
mild summer. Last summer was
rainy, Last winter WAS mild. This
winter It liz believed the rivers at
Cook Inlet may close as early as
October.
despite indications OF a severe
winter. the government plans TO
push work on the new railroad
turnout the year.
There are about 1000 men at
work now on the section from
Anchorage 10 the Matanuska river.
About 40 miles Is completed.
when Ice closes Cook inlet.
about November I. all these forces
will be transferred from the south
10 the north end OF the Alaska
Northern railway. Already a gang
OF 200 to 800 men are at work on
the Alaska Northern. repairing fl
so construction trains may run
over II this winter II II planned
10 reduce this road TO a one per
cent grade 80 coal can be hauled. :"
Ballaine will speak ut the King
County Democratic club luncheon.
at Good Eats cafeteria. Saturday
noon. lie win discuss the bene.
fetal effect Of President Wilson 8
policies on Alaska and Seattle.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-08-06
SOLDIER TELLS
OF A FIST FIGHT
AMONG CORPSES


LONDON. July 23.-(By MaiD-
How bury Scot at Givenchy
fought a German adversary with
bare fists and won was told in a
letter received today from the
front. The Scot wrote:
II got my eye on a big German
and we had real duel. The more
thrust M him with my bayonet
the more he SPARED and Rrinped at
me We SPARED with steel for half
an hour. and neither would give in.
It's no good Scotty. he said, why
don't you chuck it?' I'm damned n
I will,' said I. and we kept on
slashing until the bayonets dropped
from our hands
Then We had 20 with the
fists. and we fairly walloped each
other among the corpses on every
side. He got me down. but Mt the
finish got the better OF him.
grabbed my bayonet again. but I
could not XIII him for he was n bit
of sport. He gmade good
prisoner"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-08-06
TO ELIMINATE
FIRST Chief?
BY c. p. STEWART

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6.-see-
rotary Lansing and the South
American ENJOYS who opened a
series OF conferences as 10 the
future Of Mexico yesterday are
unit In favor Of recognizing
Gen. Csrranxs N he will agree
to call an election within a stat.
ed period and eliminate himself
a. candidate for permanent
president, II was widely report.
ed In official circles today.
Carranza must be recognized or
fought.
Upon this point Secretary Ian.
sing and the South American en-.
voys are understood TO have agreed
from the outset.
Some expressed the opinion that
Carranza Il not impossible. even as
provisional president.
II was pointed out that none OF
the factional leaders are qualified
for this office, but the sooner some
picked candidate Is fought for the
better II will be for all concerned.
Yesterdays conference was
taken up mostly with preliminary
exchanges OF ideas by the various
Central and South American diplo-
mats and Secretary Lansing
During the conference this after.
noon. It is believed tentative pro.
gram will be mapped out.
The South American diplomats
viii then submit this 10 their gov.
ernments for approval and early dl.
rect action will follow.