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Evening star., 1915-04-22
FOREIGN BANKS.
Bank of England Statement,

LONnoN. April 22-The weekly
statement of the Bank of England
shows the following changes:
Total reserve increased. $3.50 900: cir
culation. decreased. 1854, 900; bullion
increased. 1925. .399: other securities in
creased. fS.5o9.0o0; other deposits de-
creased. f14,2l9,000; public deposits in
creased Eel .25s.000 notes reserve in
creased. f5S9.00 government securi-
lies decreased, $4,000.
The proportion of the banks reserve
o liability this week is 1886 per cent:
iast week it Was 1891 per cent. Rate OF
discount, per cent
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CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.

10000 head: steady: buik 74sa7ss
light: 74oa7-ss; mixed. 730a7.75; heavy
SsoaL65: rough. 6.s0a7.15: pigs, 5.75a
Cattle--Receipts. 1000 head; steady:
native beef steers. 6l5aS7o: western
steers. 6.s5a7.5o. cows and heifers, ooa
8.35: calves. 600as75.
She eep-T. ceipts. $4,000 head. weak
sheep. 5fa 60. lambs, S4na1o.75.
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weather bureau for the twenty-four hours
beginning at pm. yesterday:
Thermometer-Iesterd p.m.' ~ ;
s pm, 61; - midnight, 81; today. am.
As; am, 40; IL noon, 81: 2 pm. 81.
Maximum, 10, at pm. yesterday; min
imum, AZ, at am. today.
Temperature same date last year
Maximum, Sc; minimum, 43.
Barometer pm. 1923
8 pm. S0.s1; IL midnight. 30.3s: today,
am, 30.3S; am, BOAT; IL noon,
30.45; 2 pm, 30.43.
Weather in Various Cities.
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NEW ORLEANS.

NEW ORLEANS. April 22-cotton lost
to points in the early trading today
as the result of selling stimulated by
the good weather conditions over the
belt Liverpool was a good seller on
this side, and its offerings helped the
decline.
Futures opened steady. May, s.7o:
July, 1908; October. 1929: December,
1O.47; January, 1887.
Sudden improvement in the Liverpool
market was followed by general buy
ing for long account on this side, to
which the market quickly responded.
Prices bulged sharply.
At noon the market was 15 to 10
points over yesterdays close, with July
at 1927, new high record for the
season for that month.
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Bank of France Statement.

PARIS, April 22.-The weekly state
ment OF the Bank of France shows tho
following changes:
Gold in hand decreased 26,s27, 900
france. silver in hand decreased 446, 900
francs. notes in circulation increased
77.S47.00O francs, general deposits de-
creased s4.o48.oo0 francs, bills discount
ed increased 4.169,000 francs, treasury
deposits increased 37.955.o00 francs, ad-
vSnoss decreased 6.078,000 francs,
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DAIRY MARKETS.
CHICAGO,

CHICAGO. April 22.-Butter-Lower;
creamery. 22a27la.
Eggs-Lower; receipts. os.17o cases;
at mark. cases included 1sa19A: ordi-
nary firsts. 1sA a1S12; firsts, 1eAa191a.
Potatoes-Receipts, % cars; un-
changed.
Poultry-Alive. lower; fowls, 15h;
springs, IS.
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New York Sugar Nominal,

NEW YORK. April 22.-Raw sugar
nominal: centrifugal, ATT; molasses,
400; refined steady.
Sugar futures were steadier on COW
ering and little trade buying. Prices
ct noon were to points hlGhAN
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Germanic Subjects Recalled,

GENEVA. April 22.-AN German and
Austrian subjects in Switzerland, even
those who never did r.ilitary service,
were recalled yesterday by their re-
spective governments.
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TRADING BUSINESS
WITHIN NORMAL BOUNDS
Standards Make Some Recovery
From Opening Declines,
Coppers Leading.

NEW YORK. April %. 1880 am
were lower almost to the point of
operations.
U. S. Steel. Union Pacific. Amalga-
mated Copper and other issues which
form the bulk of each sessions busi-
ness declined from material fractions
to point.
Rock Island and the southwestern
railway shares added to yesterday 8
losses and Bethlehem Steel also went
a point lower.
strength was the tobacco issues. which
gained from 3 to 16 points.
Trading Lacks Spirit.
Trading lacked the furious activity
of recent openings, all offerings being
in moderate amounts.
For the first time in over a fortnight
business in the early session held with
in normal bounds.
Standard shares made some recovery
from opening declines. but coppers
gamated, Utah, Inspiration and others
of that group going above yesterdays 8
high quotations.
Steel continued under pressure. but a
number Of industrials and equipments
rose 2 to points.
Rails Almost Neglected.
Further additions were made to gains
in tobaccos. which seemed to be based
primarily on sentimental considera-
tions.
Railways of the higher class were al
most neglected, but toward midday
Union Pacific and Reading rose on re-
newed inquiry.
Bonds were firm.
Total Falls Below Million Mark.
For the first time in more than a
week the total shares sold on the stock
exchange yesterday failed to exceed
the million mark, and there were signs
of q temporary slowing up OF specula-
ton.
Yesterdays trading was a f1ve-hour
battle between buyers and Sellers
which threatened three or four times
There was heavy selling in the early
dealings for foreign account. which was
followed by realizing by some Of the
large traders caught in the Rock Island
drop and compelled to sacrifice their
holdings in other issues.
The market at one time was in
highly nervous condition and apparent
ly ready for downward dip, but great
strength in the copper stocks held the
situation and encouraged buying
movement which gave a firmer tone in
the late dealings. Pittsburgh houses
became large buyers of steel common
within the last hour, carrying the
stock up point and strengthening the
other Industrial issues
Dealings Diminish in Volume.
Interest continued to center mainly
around the metal shares with some
temporary improvement in the lower
grade railroads. particularly Rock Is
land and Missouri Pacific
Dealings were on steadily diminish
ing scale.
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new YORK METAL MARKET.

NEW YORK, April 2s.-Lead-Easy,
%.15a4.25: London, ego It's Sd,
Spelter-Spot steady. IL bid: Lon.
don, 46l
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NEW YORK COTTON.

Quotations furnished by W. B. Hibbs Co..
members New York Stock Exchange New Yorf
Cotton Exchange and Chicago Board Of Trade.
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WASHINGTON GAS STOCK |
DEVELOPS F|RMER TONE.
Sales Made at Sharp Advance Over
Recent Best Bid Price.
Bonds Firm.
New York Regional Bank Plans for
1ntra-District Collections.
Financial News.
BY I, A, FLEMING.

The feature of interest on the local
stock market was the better sentiment
developed n Washington Gas. shown
more in the advance of the hid prce
than in actual action, although tho
sale of twenty shares at 697s was 4
positive Improvement. az compared with
the best bid obtainab1e a few days ago.
The secret publication III this col
umn of the earnings of the corporation
for the first quarter of the current
year. showing a surplus of $4,000 over
and above fixed charges and dividend
requirements. seemed to stimulate the
interest of buyers.
At TO- the stock pays fraction under
Z per cent on the investment, and the
officials of the corporation do not think
that there will be any need of cutting
the dividend.
Bonds were in good demand and
strong, 104is for Capital Traction aS,
104A for Washington Gas % and So for
Railway As.
Capital Traction sold at S6a,. little
easier tone prevailing; Railway pre-
ferred steady at SIS.
I.anston moved quite freelv at 60.
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LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL. April 22.-wheat-Spot
No. 2 Manitoba. 13s 1Od; No. 3. 13s Sd:
No. hard winter, lbs sd: No. . red
western winter. lbs AID.
Corn-Spot American mixed, new, Ss
Sd; American mixed, old, IS kd; La
Plata mixed, SIS lid
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NEW YORK.

NEW YORK. April 22.-Flour-Firm
Pork-Quiet
Beef-Steady.
Lard-Barely steady.
Molasses-Steady.
Hay-Steady.
Hides-Dull.
Leather-Eirm
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England Controls Copper.

The Boston news bureau declares that
England now controls the entire copper
production of the United States, some
thing that France could not do twenty
seven years ago, and that II. II. Rogers
and his Standard Oil associates could
not do. A hundred million dollars in
vested in copper has heretofore been
the limit, but in war costing $4,000,
600 day the control of the worlds
copper supplies is a mere incident, as
RESPECTS costs"
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Washington Stock Exchange.

Capital Traction 6s, $1,000 at 1o4x
Washington Railway As. 81 COO at s3, 81 900 at
50. 81 900 at SO.
Capital Traction, at seA. 10 at ssX.
Washington Railway pfd., 25 at IS.
Washington Gas, 20 al 69Ts.
Mergenthsler. at 1893.
Lanston Monotype, 3 at 60.
After call-Washington Gas bs, s.. 500 at 1041A.
Lanston Monotype, 100 at 90.
Washington Gas, at So / at 80 2 at 69K
Lanston Monotype, 10 at 60, 10 at 60.
Rid and .lral
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LONDON MONEY.

LONDON, April ss.-Bar silver,
ss lS-16d per ounce. Money. " per
cent. Discount rates-Short bills, 2Z
per cent: three months. 2 1s-16a3 per
Evening star., 1915-04-22
Intra-District Clearings.

Tho New York City Regional Bank of
the federal reserve system will be the
first of the twelve regional banks to in
augurate the collection of checks be-
tween member banks in the district at
par. 1t will be entirely a matter of
choice whether member banks partici-
pate in the movement or not, but par
ticipants will be required to subscribe
to formula agreeing to sufficient
credits with the reserve institution to
prevent the impairment of its required
reserve with the reserve bank Au-
thortzation Is given to the regional
bank to charge Immediately all checks
and drafts on it's account, subject to
nnal payment by the member bank at
Its banking house, but collections on
member banks that have not agreed to
the collection provisions will not be
accepted.
All items sent before / o'clock will be
credited on the day received. save Sat
urdays, when 12 o'clock will be the
limit. The system probably will be in
working order by May Is. The regional
bank acts only as a collection agent
and checks and drafts should be in
dorsed "collectible at par through the
FEDERAL reserve bank of New York"
and members will be permitted to with
draw from the collection system on
thirty days notice in writing.
Evening star., 1915-04-22
BALTIMORE.


BALTIMORE. April 22.-Wheat-
Easier; spot No. 2 red, 1884,; spot
No. red western, 1.62A: April No. .
red, 1881; May No. 2 red. 1851: re-
ceipts. 110,731 bushels; exports. 10000
bushels: southern. by sample. 1.40al.50;
southern, on grade, 1.60.
Corn--Easier; spot contract. 83as
April, s33s; May, S3h: steamer, mixed,
1875; receipts. 5000 bushels; exports,
327,S9S BUSHES.
Oats-Steady; standard white. 63 ::
sales; No. 3 white. 62has2A; receipts.
,241 bushels.
Rye-Firm; No. western export, 1.22
a123; receipts, 1885 bushels; exports,
171,329 bushels.
Hay-Firm; No. 1 timothy. unchanged; !;
No. clover mixed. unchanged.
Grain freights-Ffrm steam to Liver
pool, per bushel unchanged picked ports,
per quarter, unchanged.
Evening star., 1915-04-22

W IUyS-OVtlLanI COIL II5TB l.U ITS III
W oolwurth Stor com. 1851 108B 10715 1914
Hourly Sales of Stocks To-day.
To II am. 232,300 To II m.... $4,000
To l pm. 4S3,200 To 2p.m.. $40, 100
High Low
Call money today.
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NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.
Received by private wire direct to
The Star office.

Arer. Can I'D.
Ar. ar Z Fdv com.
Amer. Cities pfd.
sm. Goa rod. % n.
Am. Coal Prod. pfd.
A.
Am. Cotton Oil pfd.
! y --"n ica.
/ ,re-. .insaeri con.
+ m. 7 coTt'e CON.
w. ! locomotive of 4.
Am. Malt com.
Am. Malt pfd.
An. SIN. {, Rel. con-,
An. Sme't.k p,ef. .pfd.
| Arer. Snuff com. >.
! Am. Steel I iv. com.
Amer. Sugar com.
Amer. Tele,. & Tels.
Amer. Tobacco CON-.
Am. Tobacco new pf.
I Amer. " oo!en COM.
| AT N,ooIen pfd.
| Anaconda Copper..
| A., & Sarte +. com.
| stch., T., { S. E'e DID.
/ Atlantic Coast Line.
; baldwin Loco. com. ;.
! Patio. I; Ohio CON.
alto. & Ohio pfd..
| Batoplis Mining.
| pethlehen Steel com.
bethlehem Steel pfd..
nroo!,'vn RAJ t-.1..
Brunswick Terminal.
!! ! utterick Pub. Co..
aIiiornia Oil con. ;.
Canadian Pacic.. -.
Central Leather CO. n.
Central Leather pfd.
Chesapeake l. Ohio.
Chi Or. West. com.
Chi. CIR. West. pfd. :.
Chi, NJ. & st, P. com.
Chicago & NV. com.
Chi, R. l. 4 Pacific.
Chino Copper
Col. Fuel & Iron com.
Consol. Gas Of N. Y.
Corn Products com.
Cuban-Am. Sug. com.
Cuban Am.Sugar pfd.
Delaware & Hudson.
Den. L Rio G. com.
Den. l. Rio. Or. pfd..
Dist. Securities. .....
Erie Railroad com.
Erie Railroad lst ptd.
Erie Railroad I'd pfd.
Fed. Min. & SIN. pfd.
Gen. Chemical pfd...
General Electric. 80.
Gen. Motors com.
Gen. Motors pfd.....
Geo. Helme com.
Goodrich, B. F. COIL.
Great Northern pfd..
Great Northern Ote..
Guggenhein Expior..
Hide L Leather com.
Hide Il Leather pfd..
Eomestake Mining.
Inspiration Copper.
Interboro.- Met COM
Interboro.-Met. pfd..
Inter. Agi. Cor. com.
Int. Har. Of N. J. com
Int. Paper com.
Int. Stn. Pump com.
Intet. Stm. Pump pfd
Kansas City Sou.eom.
Kansas City Sou. pfd-
Keyser Julius conn.,.
kresge Stores com.
Laclede Gas Of st. L..
Lake Erie & W. COM.
Lake Erie 4 W. .pfd..
L@high Valley.
Light & Myers com.
Lorrillard com.
Louisville l. Nashville
Maxwell Motor com.
Maxwell Motor lst pI
Maxwell Motor ID pt.
May Dept Stor. com.
Mey.Petroleum com.
Mex. Petroleum pfd..
Minlia Coppe.......
Mo, Kan. & Tex.com
Mo-. Kan. & Tex. pfd.
Missouri Pacific.
Montana Power COM
Nat Biscuit pfd. go.
Nat. Cloak 4 Suit.
Nat. Enam. 4 S com
Nat. Lead com.
Nevada Copper.
N. Y. Air Brake.
New York Central. =.
N, Y, N. H & Hart.
N. Y, Ont. & West..
Norfolk l. Western.
North Amencs......
Northren Pacific.
Ontario Mining......
Psc. Tele. & Teleg....
Penna- Railroad.
Phils- Company com.
Pittsburgh coal con-.
Pittsburgh Coal pfd..
Pressed ST.. Ca, com.
Public Ser. Cor-NJ..
Pullman Car Co.
Quicksilver Min. com.
Railway Stl Spr. COM
Ray Con. Copper.
Reading com.
Reading Ry. I'd pd..
Rep. L. Steel CON-.
Rep. L. & Stsl pfd...
Rock Island eom.....
Rock Island dd. ....
Rumley com-........
Rumley pfd.
Seaboard Air [. com.
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LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL, April 22.-cotton-spot
easy: good middling, 602: middling,
bales; for speculation and export. 5000
bales. Receipts, 28,400 bales. Futures
steady. May and June. 6.64: June and
July, 5.71: July and August. 5.79: Oc-
and February. 6.o2; March and April.
6.07h
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Corn Gives Way With Wheat.

Corn gave way with wheat. At first
however. prices showed little strength
owing to further damaging rains in
Argentina. The opening here, which
varied from a shade off to "a advance.
was followed by a moderate setbock all
around
Oats weakened as result of the
plentiful moisture supply. Rural offer
ings were larger
Steadiness characterized the provision
trade. What little selling there was
came mostly from pit speculation.
The Kansas state crop report. which
was construed as decidedly bearish,
brought additional pressure on the wheat
market. but active foreign demand led to
subsequent upturn. The close was un-
settled. Is to 1ac under last night.
Longs taking profits made rallies some-
what difficult The close for corn was
nervous at a shade 70 Lc net decline
Evening star., 1915-04-22
REPORTS OF RAIN OFFSET
BULLISH CABLE EFFECTS
Market Scores Slight Gain After
Opening, Then Recedes to Below
Last Nights Level.

CHICAGO. ILL.,, April 22.-Rains tend
ing to relieve drought conditions east
of the Mississippi more than Offset in
the wheat market today the effect Of
bullish cables Liverpool sent word
that shipments to Great Britain threat
ened to be light and that other Euro
pean countries were bidding freely for
cargoes on passage On the other
hand. in addition to the improved out
look in the winter crop belt. there
were unexpected assertions that wheat
seeding in the Dakotas and Minnesota
was 80 per cent completed.
After opening unchanged to 1ts high.
the market scored little further gain
and then receded to below last nights
level.
Evening star., 1915-04-22
CURB STOCKS.

Quotations furnished BY W. B. Hibbs A. Co.
members New York Stock Exchange.
Evening star., 1915-04-22
Bond Issue or Note

bono Issue or Note
The statement is made, with at least
suggested authorization by the Treas
ury Department, that there will rot be
an issue of Panama bonds. Bankers.
even those in full sympathy with the
administration. cannot understand how
the Treasury can rehabilitate itself
otherwise than by a bond issue,
At the present time the balance l.,
the general fund is down to 1924. $50 ee1
and the payments are exceeding the re-
cefpts with each succeeding day.
The Treasury officials are coun,,,e
on big income tax in June, $50, 900 oo0
to $4,000. 900. and they may or NAV NOT
be right IN their anticipations.
The Wall Street Journal, giving caro-
Iuu consideration to the matter, decla res
that 1t cannot see how the government
can avoid an issue of at least $50 0r0 :
900 Panama canal bonds.
Bankers, with a full realization o-
the reduced incomes of men of millions
ana OF great corporations, feel that the
estimate of income tax payments is
excessive. -
The condition Of the United States
Treasury at the close OF business yes
tercay was:
se1. -1Au' s-1'@oo'-
Total payments, S2.1S9,37s.
Inc deficit this fiscal year is s9s,674,-
al. against deficit of s3o,421,4l3 Ia st
year, exclusive of Panama canal and
public debt transactions.
Financial Notes.
The General Electric Company earn
ed 11.12 per cent on its stock in 1914 as
compared with 1872 per cent in 1913.
The profit and loss surplus of the cor
poration Is now s20,0s4.s7s.
Reading has declared the regular
quarterly dividend of per cent on first
preferred stock. payable June 10. to
shareholders of record May 25.
Bank clearfngs of New York c,ty IN
creased yesterday ss5.1as. 900, due al.
most entirely to the activity In secur-
tiles
Copper continues to advance day nv
day and stock Is showing excellent
strength on 4 market that acts =. h,t
tired
Tne American Woolen Company has
orders for S7.6oo.ooo war matertai- for
France. England and Russia
HOOK Island shares are to be assesssd
;or. @ tn. New s1ape Yort 1noda In days Of old be-
started to issue wads Of securtttes ,h,s
system was one Of the best payino raiI
road properties in tho country. So wa.
the Chicago and Alton system
New York national banks r.nor.1
$1sb, 1888 overdrafts. in their last state-
nent to the controller of the currency
Pennsylvania banks reported 5000 337
overdrafts. '""'
The federal reserve board ba. s,v.,
the right to transact a trust comnann snn
business to a score more nationaI
banks. ioiai
Evening star., 1915-04-22
Dealings Diminish in Volume.

Interest continued to center mainly
around the metal shares. with some
temporary improvement in the lower
grade railroads. particularly Rock Is
land and Missouri Pacific
Dealings were on steadily diminish
ing scale.
Evening star., 1915-04-22

The following were the readings Of tn
Ithermometer and barometer at tn
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-04
FREES ROCKERS OF
 BLAME FOR DEATH
Coroner Finds Chauffeur Was Driving Cautiously
 When Fatality Occurred

Coroner Phe1an will exonerafe Jesse Yockera of Noroton from any blame in the death of Arthur Gardner of Stamford. who was killed at 12:2o the night of January 2e, when an au- riding skidded and turned turtle in Darien. The coroner held an inquest in the latter town yesterday after noon. Rockers is a chauffeur for c. M Baker of Noroton and has been driving automobiles for the past IA years. Gardner was bartender at the Hotel Chamberlain, Stamford. He wanted to go to NorwaIk on the night on which he met his death.
 Rockers had been at the Stamford railroad station waiting for his em- p1oyer whom he expected home on a late train from New York His employer did not come and when the road he agreed, but said he could not drive him to Norwa1k as the sleet made the roads too slippery. He consented to carry Gardner as far as Noroton and the latter was to get a taxf-cab from that point to his destin- ation.
 While on the brow of a hill near St. Luke's church, Darien, Rockers saw another car approaching from the opposite direction and because of the icy condition of the road, the other car skidded from side to side He turned out to, give the driver of the other car pIentX of room and as he did so the car he was driving, a big powerful seven passenger Locorno- bile, began to skid and slide sideways down the hill at terrific speed. Near the foot of tn hill and directly in front of the residence of Postmaster Charles Bent of Darfen, the ear struck a tree, rebounded, and struck another tree and then turned over.
 Both Yockers and Gardner were thrown clear of the car but Gardner was pinned beneath 1t and his skull crushed. He sustained other se- were injuries. Postmaster Bent heard the crash when the automobile over turned and rushed from the house. William Strangward who lives in the house with Postmaster Bent, reached the scene shortly afterward. They found Gardner dead. They teIephon- ed to the Hotel Chamberlain, Stam- ford, and Howard Chamberlain, the proprietor, and Patrick Burke a driver, arrived on the scene afterward in a taM-cab. They testified yester- day to the icy condition of the roads and the difficulty they had in reach ing the scene.
 Theodore l.. Barrett, a wealthy res- ident of Stamford. testified that he had driven many miles with Yockers and always found him 9 careful driv- er So did George W. Gregory of the New York Athletic club. The tes- timony all tended to show that Yock- CTS was always a careful driver and that at no time on that night in question had he been going over 20 miles an hour
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-04
VILLA EXPLA ANS HIS ASSUME ION
 OF PRESIDENCY
Is Also Military Chief And Creates Three Depart
 ments With Heads

EI Paso, Feb. 4.-General Francisco self provisional president of Mexico as Villa, who yesterday proclaimed him well as military chief in a telegram to the Associated Press today declared the activities of his forces against Carranza troops.
 The message declared that the troops near San Luis Potosi had cap tured more than 800 prisoners, three trains and other equipment. It added that Lieut. Colonel Verduge and Oren- dain had Joined the Villa forces with a command of 400 men. General ESs- trade in Jalisco state was reported ac- tive.
 villa gave as his reason for assum- ing the presidential office that, his forces had been separated from the convention government headed by RoQue Gonzales Garza as provisional president who left the Zapatas forces when they departed south from Mex ioo City at it's occupation recently by Obregon's Carransa troops. Villa tel egraphed from sAguascalientes under date of yesterday the following:
 ssOn account of communications hav- ing been cut off between the conven- tion government and the division un- der my command and as public scr vice cannot be interrupted on the ex- tensive zone which I control, I have found myself compelled to assume the presidential authority, creating three political adminiatrative departments, the foreign affairs and justice depart ment, in charge of Attorney H. Diaz Lombardo; state and communications, General Luis De La Garza Cardenas: treasury and industry. Attorney Fran cisco Escudero.'
 Francisco Escudero served in the original Carranza cabinet as secretary of foreign affairs before the first ch1efs break with the villa faction. In that capacity he condHcted the negotia-s lions with William Bayard Hall, Pres ident Wilson personal representative at Nogales. Shortly afterwards Els cudoro was dropped from the Car ranza portfolio. Lonnbardo at one