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TO SELL DUP POINT CO..
FOR $12O,OOO,OOO
Financial Reorganization
Planned, With the Present
Officials to Remain.
WILL INCREASE CAPITAL

WILMINGTON. Del. Aug. ia plan
involving the sale OF all the properties
of the T.. I. du Pont de Nenours
Powder Company for $40. 10000 TO a
new company TO be known as f. I. du
Pont de Nemours & Co, was announced
to-day.
The new concern will be Incorporated
under the Delaware laws. The purchase
price will be partly In cash. partly IN
debenture stock and partly in common
stock OF the new company. which will
have no bonded Indebtedness or other
fixed charges.
The development Is due to the growth
of the powder industry OF which war
orders form a considerable part. There
will be no change in the personnel OF
the officials, Pierre s. du Pont contlnu-
ing as president. with the same direc-
torate and AGENT
All contracts that the Du Fonts have
with foreign Governments and all other
obligations will be assumed by the new
concern.
Tho work of carrying out and full
filling the obligations OF these con-
tracts II Is officially announced, "will
he guaranteed and insured in every way.
The change Will not affect the business
or the company. the plan In 10 way In
Nolving practical operations. but dealing
principally with a financial ~reorganisa-
ton OF the company"
In "A letter sent the stockholders Of
the present company to-day by Presi-
dent du Pont, 1t IL set forth how the
100000, 900 will be expended In the pur-
chase. namely s1,4si,t0O In cash. $50
66l,70o par value In debenture stock :.
s5S.S5i,20 par value in common stock.
The total stock Of the present COM
pany nount to s45. I95, 700.
The president also says: The BUSH
ness of u company has greatly in
creased in volume So that II has become
necessary to Increase our capital ma
terially 10 provide FOR proper and
economical operations.
Upon the Consummation of the sale al
offer will he made to purchase the out
standinw bonds and preferred stock.
The outstanding common stock Of the
present company. par value. Ia s29.f27,-
100. All the common stock of the new
company will he distributed to the pres
ent common stockholders As a dividend
"1n other words" the presidents state
ment says. ~ person holding II share
OF common stock in our company will
continue to hold 1t and In addition will
receive two shares NJ the common stock
of T.. !. du FONT de Nemours n Co"
The name, T.. |. du Pout de Ncmours
& Co. was the first corporate title of the
organization formed here by ancestors OF
the present du Points in iSo2. II vas de-
cided to return TO the old name. The
growth Of the du Fonts interests has ex-
tended from powder To the manufacture
of fabrikoid and TO tho acquisition o.
nitrate properties In Chile. The latter
is a principal ingredient in the making
of explosives.
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GONZALES G u. S.
TO
Would Bring Peace Within
Two Months, Says Mexico
City Leader.
sbeciai Cable Despatch 10 Tnr suN.

Special Gable Despatch 10 Tn suN.
MEXICO CRY, Aug. is. via Colon,
19.-Gen. Pablo Gonzales. military
Governor Of the Federal District, in an
Interview with THE Sun correspondent
to-day, gave II as his Arm belief that 10
the United States would recognize the
Carranza government Mexico would be
paciied within two months.
The policy of the Cons,itutionalists."
he said, Us to grant absolute pardons to
all Mexlans who come in and surrender
Internationally But Of one thing you
may be assured, n that is that there
will be no compromise on our part with
the enemies OF the Government.
we w determined In the new era
of peace which Is dawning to see that all
foreigners n all legitimate property m
terests are given the fullest protection.
Full protection viii also be given TO the
members OF religious orders OF the Cath
ole Church n the priesthood.
81 wish to deny that there have been
any general confiscations OF private prop
erty. and for the information Of the
people OF the United States | can say
that from this time on traffic between
Vera Cruz and Mexico city will be main-
tained."
The General asserted that many Of
those opposed to IN, C~arranzistas had
already embraced the offer of amnesty
and had laid down their arms. He added
that Gen. Carranga in a snort time Will
take measures to differentiate I'm his
treatment between those who are active
n opposition to the Consitutionalist Gov
ernment and those who are merely pas
sive followers OF Huerta n Diaz and
who have taken no active part in the
revolution.
The pan American note which was
addressed to Gen. Gonzales has been
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BRINGS STORY OF
OUTBREAK IN HAYTI
William II. Blythe Says L. s.
Marines Will Be Needed
for Three Years.
JAIL SURVIVOR ARRIVES

4 description OF the recent revolution
in UaytI and the landing OF 45O United
States marines In Port au Prince wal
given yesterday by william II. Blythe,
"A awyer who was a passenger by the
rrins der Nederland, n Royal Dutch
liner, which arrived from West Indian
ports.
MIR. Blythe said IL would be lmpossi-
bic. in his opinion. to withdraw the
marines from Port au Prince for at
least three years. Withdrawal OF the
forces. he said. would mean the early
outbreak OF another revolution.
THE present trouble in Port au
P-incs,'' he said, started on july -
about I a. NJ. waen ffty-two armed
men, lid by Charles Delva, a partisan or
Dr. Bobo and Charles Lamar. crept 81
leuIly up the bed OF d. ravine toward the
palace, where President sam was sleep
ing. In response to the challenge OF the
sentries-for trouble had been In the air
for some time-Delva shouted that the
Minister OF the Interior demanded adj
mission. When the gates were opened
the party rushed in and ovt rpowercd
the outside sentries without firing a shot.
Then the raiders turned the field pieces
toward the palace.
Aroused by the noise President SAN
came out on the porch. His appearance
resulted In a fusillade, during which he
was shot I'm the leg. with thirty men
he rushed back into the palace and held
il against assaults until 8 A. NJ, when
he escaped next door to the French
Legation. A mob of 4.O00 negroes got
him and literally slashed him to pieces.
at is said that Sam had ordered the
Sheriff Of the district TO execute all po-
litical prisoners in the Jail the moment
the conspiracy he anticipated hould ma
terialize. At any rate every one OF the
1853 men in jail. with one exception. was
butchered at the same time the palace
was under fire.
sheriff oscar. who was afterward
killed, accompanied by "A director II
public safety and several soldiers OF the
so-called Reformed Guard, went to tn.
Jail at 4 in the morning. and by $3.50
only one prisoner was left alive. The
prisoners were hetdcd five or six in A
cell in the small Jail. and when the jailei
unlocked the door Of a cell the soldiers
killed all In the cell with guns AMI
machetes and then passed on to the
next. Many of the prisoners were mem
bers of the best families In Hayti. who
had been arrested simply on suspicion"
There IL at present a force under one
of Sans former Generals in the north
near Monte Cristi II opposing II is
another force under DR.. Robo. Both
parties have refused to lay down arms
and the only way To repress them Is to
send a force of marines after them"
Tn election of Sudre D~artiguenav as
, President was "A cut anr dried certainty,
Mr.. Blythe said. which had been ar
ranged by the two houses of the Haytian
Congress, which opposed Or, Bobo,
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Nitrate Plant u sold To n Du Font
SubsIdIary.

louisville. Pa, Aug. l9.--The plant
OF the Nitrate Products Company located
at Mount Carbon, n suburb Of this city.
was sold to-day to the Atlas Powder
Company of Wilmington. Del, "A sub.
Sidiary OF the Du pont Powder Com.
pany.
The Mount Carbon plant viii 10 on.
tinued under the name OF the Atlas Nj
trate Products Company and will also
be enlarged n its output greatly IN.
creased. High grade explosives have
been manufactured in the plant for 'he
French Government. hut the plant has
been partially die for several days. tho
acid rooms having been closed.
1t is said that the sale price was
500. 600.
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MANHATTAN DAY AT THE FAIR.
BOROUGH President MARKS Makes
Address In san FraUciscO.

SAN Francisco. Aug l9-Marcus NJ.
Marks, Borough President Of Manhattan.
represented the city to-day at the Man
haitian Day exercises at the Panama
Pacific Exposition. In reply To "A speech
by N. n. DE Young. vice-president of
the exposition, welcoming Manhattanites
to the fair, MIR. Marks said I'm part:
I'VE d. not consider the Panama
Pacific Exposition a local affair. New
York Joins with San Francisco in deep
interest In its success. For my part I
shall ask every woman II child
whom | am able to reach to strain every
nerve to see San Francisco and the
wonders of the West In the spirit OF your
cordial welcome to-day"
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SIX MEXICANS
Mob Takes Them From .-aiI-vIc-
tins Had KILLED American M.

BROWNSVILLE, Tex, Aug. 19.-It was
learned automatically hero to-day that
At San Bcnito yesterday two Mexicans
were taken from the city Jail by a
small number OF Americans and shot TO
death. Their bodies afterward were
burned on the roadside.
-Four other MeXicans held in Jail at
Mercedes were taken out ard also killed
Tho two Mexlcans at San Benito had
participated in the murder OF the Aus
lin brothers two weeks ago near Saba
tan, The four others were held for talk
INK part in the attack on the ln.t'd
: ,'os soldiers, ono OF whom, Private
W dhouse, was killed, No details have
been learned. There have been 10 ar
rests.
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All Of Villas associates in the cause
OF the convention government viii make
replies ~ like import.
CarranZa IL expected either to reject
the proposal or to propose conditions
impossible Of acceptance by the other
faction. 1t Is understood he may de-
mand hat his government he recog-
WED. The indications are that for the
present at least Carranza's Generals
will stand by him.
So far nothing has been heard from
Cen. Zapata although no doubt is ex-
pressed by officials here hat he will
make 4 response substantially in accord
with that forwarded by his ally, Gen.
villa.
Following The receipt OF all the re-
sponses from the Mexican chieftains II
Is understood that the Pan-American
conference will reassemble In New York
10 determine pon a future course OF
action. II is known, of course, that IL
Carranza fails to assent to the v
Non plan the conference will give its
support 10 a government TO be set up
by the opposing factions.
A bulletin was made public by the
Carranga agenc to-day In which
another series of victories for the First
Chief was claimed. Gen. villa for
~'arded n despatch to his agency in
which he expressed hopes for Victories
IN the field in the near future. II is APP
rarent that there is to be no immediate
suspension of military operations in
Mexico. even though a peace programme
is helng proposed by the United States
and the other six American republics.
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Pence In Viercck's once.

George sylvester Viereck, editor Of
Tho Fdfhcridnd. denied yesterday that
there wa any disagreement between
him and any member Of his STAFF. There
was y report that the business manager,
Mr.. Stack, ana Mr., Niereck had had a
quarrel, Mr.. Viereck said thai, every
thing was lovely and MI. stack said
that a personal difference between him
self and Mr.. viereck had been adjusted
most satisfactorily.
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MARINES IN ST. MARC, HAYTI.
Control Ia Guard Food Sup
ply Of Capital.

WAsHINGToN. Aug, l9,-Admiral Ca
perton has reported to the Navy De-
partment that the L., s. =, Cnstne landed
one company of marines at st. Marc.
Hayti, and has assume control of that
town. The occupation VI ST. Marc will
serve to guard the food supply for the
city OF Port au Prince,
Among the dissatisfied residents OF
81. Marc an attempt was made to or
ganize an armed opposition to the land.
ing force. hut this effort was not sue
cessful and some dissatisfied Haytians,
with arms. left for the mountains before
the landing took place.
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10000 Men on Border.

AT this time the United States Governs
ment had 81, 900 soldiers strung along
the northern boundary of Mexico. Their
officers. mp To the incoming of the Wilson
Administration. had been cooperating
with the United States attorneys In en-
forcing the amended neutrality laws. The
slant of the Government mind from Tia
Juana Cal, to brownsville, Tex,
through army, Treasury II Depart
ment of Justice officials. was TO see that
no guns and explosives of any sort went
across the line.
II took eleven months to break down
this barrier. Under the spoils system,
the old United States attorneys were
s%upplanted one by one by men who did
not feel the necessity OF aggressively
supporting the policies OF "A former Ad-
ministration New customs collectors
were put into office at the twenty-odd
ports OF entry n departure, Judges
were Teappointed under circumstance
that tied them to the plans of their ben
e~factors. II IL not strange hat the sue
cccding officials took their cue from
Washington and relaxed the vigor of the
embargo until its teeth had been drawn
through "A policy of nOn-enforcement.
All through the summer OF 1919 Mex
lean bulletins from the Southwest, both
private and official, kept arriving In
Washington telling that rifles and am
munition In large quantities were slip
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The Jollotoino article on the Mer-
icdn situation is the sirh Of a
series by Raymond q. CdrroH,
,ohich ,ciH appear daily In THE
SuN. Mr. Carroll has made a
thorough Investigation Of the sitn-
alton as regards the revolution, ITS
ia aud result thus far. and the
effect Of the policy Of the wilson
Administration on the ciutl a
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forwarded by him to Carranza. rhe
terms of the note have been published
here, and that portion which conveys
the idea that there will he no interview
ton has caused much favorable com
ment.
The local authorities announced to-
day that they will begin again the dis
tribution of food TO the Dor which has
been interrupted for several days be-
cause OF delay In the train service be-
tween Vera Cruz and this city.
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ny RAYMOND q. CARROLL.

Before the Wilson Administration
opened Wide the gates for the unhin-
dered sweep OF munitions OF war into
Mexico holdover United states Attor-
neys along the Southwest frontier were
vigorously enforcing the embargo of the
Taft Administration which prohibited
the departure for Mexico Of American
made arms and ammunition from any
place In the United States. The penalty
for each violation was two years I'M
prisonment, or a &c., 900 fine. or both.
The Taft Administration was behind
the prohibition OF arms and munitions OF
war to Mexico because the proof was in
controvertible that such weapons and
explosives in the Latin American repub-
lie could be used for only a single pur-
pose-the oppression Al m~altreatnent
of a partly civilized people. an oppres-
sion taking the form Of arson, assassina-
ton. torture robbery and the other ele-
ments OF a Wholesale reign Of anarchy.
There also was lodged in the far
sighted intelligence of United States
Senator Elihu Root, h drafted the
joint resolution passed by Congress CIV
ing President Taft authority 10 declare
the embargo, the possibility Of this CON
ungency. IL the United States should
ever be compelled to invade Mexico In
protection of American lives the guns
which would be used against our soldiers
would be the guns the Government or
the United States permitted to pass into
the hands OF the Mexicans.
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GEN. VILLA HAS
NO CANDIDATE
FOR president
Wants Provisional Rule
Strong Enough to As
sure Fair Election.
Urges L. S. TO CHOOSE
4 DETERMINED MAN

w.sHiNGroN. Aug. 19.-Formai ac-
ceptance by gen. villa OF the peace
overture Tor the bene1t OF Mexico put
forward by the Pan-American confer
.nce was presented to Secretary Lansing
late this afternoon by Enrique c. Llor-
.n,e. villa $ agent here.
The only word on the subject so far
heard from First Chief Carranza was a
curt message received by Eliseo Are
dondo. agent of the Constitutionalist
Government in Washington, in which
Carranza acknowledged receipt OF the
peace note.
The text ~ Villas response follows:
as General in Chief of the Conven-
ton army have been informed with
satisfaction OF the friendly note which
your ENcellencies have advanced to
me and which received. the night OF
August ..
Not Beaten Yet,
In replying | have the honor to in
form you that the Convention Govern
ment Is strong enough through its own
force and power to continue the fight
defending the institutions belonging to
the Mexican people until such a time
as the high ideals OF the revolution
which guarantees "A solid and stable
peace are realized, but, taking into
consideration the friendly and
brotherly attitude of the United STATS
OF America and our sisters, the Latin
American republics of Brazil. Chile,
Argentina. Bolivia. Uruguay and Qua
temala. with the end that the peace in
Mexico must he an immediate fact
and constitutional order duly estab-
lished. we are ready TO accept. n
cordially We do accept. the good offices
OF Your Excellencies toward calling a
reunion of delegates OF the contending
parties recognized in Mexico.
It vii lhe possible for them to reach
Q satisfactory agreement, thus saving
tho national honor, we'll understanding
that the Convention Government is
willing to make all kinds OF efforts to
correspond to the good will expressed
BY your ExCellencies
want to state clearly that all mill
mry chiefs as well as the civilians at
hched to the Convention army are
willing to establish In Mexico a pro-
Vsional government that will guar
antce the elections to which people
will he cunvocated to elect with liberty
It's officers. as we have no further de-
sire except that the nomination will
b. in favor OF a determined man. /
have the hunor TO reiterate to your
ENcellencies the sincerity OF my high
O., esteem. Francisco VILLA.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-01-09
TIE faturist Palmer.

Paintinc 20 liz Futlrist j. 70 pretty
a.i soo,...g art 20 II hung in a room
All discusSel Il discreet dinner ,ar-
lias Like all Fltur.sr NON i j. in,
s?.-ed by adventure and discovery 1t
is violent st;mulant TO be taken only
20 ard then. deadly as whisky. II too
often repeated but never an opiate.
never mar ~otic with sleep The Futur-
ist destroys everything soft, gracious,
ei.eminate, subdued and moribund He
works with brilliant colors and sharp
angles He strives TO find plastic
equivalents for all appearances OF our
actual lfe-its noises. smells. music
halls. factories. trains and harbors. He
tells US that noises and smells may be
in form concaye or convex, triangular.
elliptical. ohlone conical. spherical.
spiral; and as Tor their color. he says
tie smell OF machinery and sport for
instance, is nearly always red. the
smell OF restaurants End cafes is sill
WY. yellow or vioie, the smell OF
arimals yellow or blue Let US not
!aas i too soon Noises and sme',s are
=, y state. Of mind. and We talk of
Jealous" which is a state of mind as
- or Grsen-syed II anger We say
Sc q Te'srCholy We
have ~ S.iar-lr Monthly
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-01-09
IN SEARCH Of A wife
By ELMER 3. WARRINGTON.

Copyright. Ia,4. BY W G. Chapman
Now, Ezra. remember. you are
making a brand new start in life"
Yes. maam, assented Ezra in his
usual homely, old-fashoned way.
He regarded his mother in a wistful
n--nner. For the first time in his life
she did not seem TO him like his
mother The old familiar dimi,y gown
had given place 10 snowy brocade.
The iron-gray hair showed traces OF
walnut stain There was even a sus.
picion Of powder about the sunken
faded cheeks.
Then. too. the meal on the table
Mrs Rachel futile had hired a serv.
ant girl only that week
Now In going 70 enjoy life" she
had declared with vim. Il never saw
Niagara falls. nor the White House,
nor the ocean. I'm going on tour,
Ezra, and take in some relatives in
New Hampshire and sort OF spread
myself on all the money In going 10
get You say you don't want 10 jine
me, that you don't ike rummaging
around. All right, Ezra. you've been
a good son and you shall have your
own way. Make yourself comfortable
and have a good time. Here's some
money. and spend i freely. suppose
when brother William estate is set
tied UP there i be big plum for Us
And nov, Ezra. remember you're max.
Ing a start in lie You went be plain
plodc.ng Ezra Tuttle any more You re
4 gentleman OF means now.
Yes ma an, sad Ezra. more de-
press than ever with a longing
glance at his discarded honespun
hanging o. the clorhesl;ne
Immediately -Foa hearing that she
vas az he.ress. Ms. Turtle had drawn
scod!y amount .-om the bark and
hat planned out Ter grand tour.
III have oce grand breathing SPELL
a.-s- ali ny years OF drudgery. she
declared. and Ezra was silent. bc.
he Eourred il spirit Three days ot
Re slat;erL,y Lsw cock had given hin
Indigestion Certainly his mother had
been model housekeeper. How he
missed the homemade sausage and
buckwheat cakes. and neigh 5orhood
pure maple strip. the nectarlike COT
fee for breakfast
y an lonesome and ont o. sorts"
he -uninated, and il will be an ex.
perience, anyhow, and IL mother is
going 10 wander about and break up
the home why not a wifef Maybe
I'll find one in my travels-who can
tell" and he smiled quantity.
Ezra was no clod. only homespun.
He knew fully how TO conduct himself
in company and made good impres-
sisn with the Mantells His runored
fortune it was, however. that made
4 better one He was soon Aysre Of
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-01-09
with Bob Hawthorne after a swim

with Bob Hawthorne after a swim
IN the Sound.
Il wouldn't have believed it,
laughed Hawthorne as be eyed with
amused glance the pink painted cot
tage the pink flower gardens. pink
gate posts and outbuildings. i sup
pose she has pink bows on all the
live sock" he commented
she surely has" chuckled Jimmy,
every living chicken in the barnyard
has a pink bow on his neck"
II was not until few days later
that Hawthorne, lolling in Jimmy
Rogers hammock looked up TO see
a lone chicken clucking away and
pecking contentedly for vermin in
Rogers well-kept lawn. The chicken
had a more or less bedraggled pink
bow on its neck that sadly intertered
a, times with the capturing Of dain.
ties from the soft sod
And because Bob Hawthorne was a
triae bored with his own society and
more or les curious regarding the
eccentric Miss Perkins. he decided 10
make a martyr OF himself and take
the strayi1g bird home.
He had little difficulty in catching
the chicken. Evidently Miss Perkins