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The Alaska daily empire., 1916-03-14
GOES IN WAR, FORCED
 BY TIE BRITISH

WASHINGTON March t4. - Portugal has entered the Europe an war because Great Britain re- quested that nation to do 60 in fulHllment Of the treaty oblisa- tions dating back to 1873. This announcement wac made here to- day by the Portuguese legation. Hundredo of reservists arc report ed to be enroute Co New York from various parts of the United States to take the first available steamers for home Co enter tho army.
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AMERICAN WAR ORDER
 COMPANIES coLLAPsiNe UNDER FoREle CONTRACTS

WASHINGTON, March h. Many American war order companies arc collapslng under the burden Of Eur opean contracts, because of the in- crease in the price Of raw materials. according to reports Go the Treasury Department One bonding house TO- ported that it has Q list of 400 com panies located in and around New York city and working on war orders, which had failed
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vllla Rsported surrounded.

FL PASO. March 1f.-Francisco VII Ia Is heading south from Galena and is now encircled by Carranza troops ac- cording Go advices received here to- day from General Luis Gutierrez, commander-in-chief ct Chihuahua. Fifteen thousand men arc In Chihua. hua and heavy endorsements arc on their way from the division of General Gales in the state of Sonora.
 Gen. Gutierrez. in his advices, states that Villa has small chance of es- caping
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Loss suprposs Records.

PARIS, March 14. ~ The German losses around Fort vaux last Friday, Saturday and Sunday surpass all pre- vious records of this war, according to officers who have returned from Yer dun. Time and time again, with most extraordinary courage, the Germans in columns Of four deep would melt away under the fire Of 75.. 15O- and 21o-mil- limeter guns. When the smoke and dust cleared away, nothing was to Do seen but heaps of dead bodies.
 AeropIanes Winged.
 BERLIN, March 14.-Today's state ment by the German army officials at headquarters say: "The weather has been uniayorable for observation pur- poses but there has been lively artil- iery activity on both sides over a great part of the front around verdun and along the Mouse.
 Several minor French attacks in To Pretre forest failed. Our alrmen attacked enemy railway stations and military depots especially on the cler- mont and Yerdun railway line with success. Three enemy aeroplanes were destroyed in the Champagne dis trIct and one in the Mouse region"
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NINE MILLIoN sTArg rAx

BOSTON. March 14.- Members of the Massachusetts House ways and Means committee hope to make the state tax this year an even S9,000.O0O, a reduction from 1915 of S750,o0O Es- inmates for regular appropriations have been cut approximately Sl0O0'- 900. to about S1S.OO0.OO0.
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tion. This feeling is also manifested in military circles. The army officials admit that they are seriously puzzled by the attitude of the Carranza forces and the distrust of the Mexicans is so great that army officers have re- fused to permit Americans to cross the border to palomas.
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WicKERsHAM FAVORED
 FOR THE NOMINATION

PETERSBURG. March 14.-The Re publican delegates elected Saturday to the Seward convention favor the nomination Of Delegate Wickersham. The delegates elected were c. D. Clure. K. J.. Steberg and Lynn W. Mil- Ter, the latter being publisher of the Petersburg Report
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NAVY TOUCHED ITS HIGH MARK WHEN lT
 ciRcLED THE GLOBE

BOSTON, March 1i.-An elaborate summary Of the navy's position, pub lished in the Globe. reaches the fol- lowing conclsions: The navy touched its high mark when the Atlantic fleet clrcled the globe Then It was the second naval power; now it has l2 capital ships, against 14 for France, 29 for Germany and 50 for England. The following Of Roosevelts state. ment to Congress, el do not ask that we continue to increase our navy" the building program was allowed to decline relatively The navy is now more efficient. per unit than 1t has eyor been before. Its greatest weak ness lies in the shortage of officers. men and engineers. or the Atlantic fleet fighting ships, 40 per cent, are not fil for war. half-the dostroyers arc not manned, and the entire submarine notilia is in imperfect condition. 1t is the only navy without trained en- gineer corps. and it lacks aviation Ia. ciHtles and battle cruisers
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BELIEFS FOR ITALIAN
 GOVERNMENT GOING
 TWO CARLOADS DAILY

FL PAso, Tex, March 14. - Tho Monterey Steel & Iron Co.,, of Monter- ey, Texas, is filling large war order for steel bnlets for the Italian govern ment, Shipments are going forward at the rate of about two carloads Q day.
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TITANIC AWARD FOR wIpow

RACINE, Wis., March 1f.-Mrs. Jeu- nie L Hanson wife Of Peter Hanson, who lost hss lie on the Titanic, re- ceiYed notice she had been awarded sii.0o0 by tke New York courts in her .suit for damages against the owning steamship company
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srocK oUoTATloNs

NEW YORK. March lf - Alaska Gold closed today at 2oN, Butte and Superior at s3Z, Chine at 551k, Ray 24il, Utah Copper sS.
 Copper closed at 2S.
 MONDAYS QUOTATIONS. Alaska Gold closed yesterday at 21%s Butte and Superior at 95A, Chino at 56. Ray at 24K and Utah Copper at S8%.
 Copper metal was quoted ct 2s.
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rEAcHgRs MN UNIoN FIoHT

COLUMBUS. O.. March 14-- Ohio school teachers won a vicotry in their campaign for organization Of unions when the state Supreme Court declin- ed to dismiss a Cleveland case lnvoiv- ing tho question of their legal right to affiliate with labor bodies.
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PRINCESS wENATcHEE
 DIES OF PNEUMONIA
WnNArcH

WENATCHEE. Wash, March 14. - Mrs Clifford Chase, presiding as prin- cess Wenatchee at the Panama Expo. aition, died suddenly this morning ot her homs here Of pneumonia.
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cANNERY CREWS BOUND
 FOE NORTH ON SPOKANE

SEATTLE, March 14.-Three differ ent canuery crews are on the Spokane which sailed last night for tho north. The crews are for the Astoria & Pm. get Sound cannery at Excursion Inlet, and for Funter Bay and Hawk Inlet
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FIREMAN CHARGED WITH SETTING OWN HOUSE ON
 FiRE-ss UNDER ARREsT

SEATTLE. March 14.-oscar wolb. a fireman, was jailed early this morn ing charged with having set his own house afre. The authorities claim that he destroyed bis house in order to set insurance money.
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MINE;
 SINKS QUICKLY,
 FOURTEEN DEAD

LONDON, March t4.-The naval auxiliary Fauveste has been suns oif the east eoast of England ae. eording to announcement made thls nfternoon by the admiralty. Fourteen Of tho 24e aboard perish ed. otheea wore sayed by craft In the vicinity which went to their assistance,
 The Fauvetto ia believed to have atruek @ mine.
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FRESH CROP OF FOREIGN LOANS IS
 NOW HAPPENING

NEW YORK. March 14 The American says A fresh crop of for elgn loans here Is ripenlng. Russia has been negotiating for S100oOo,Ooo, 1t is understood, but may be given only S50,00O0OO now. France is dick ering for S2oOOOO,OOo, but may get lass
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euLL MOOSE To MEET

COLUMBIA, S. C., March 14.-rhe South Carolina Executive Committee Of the Progressive party decided to- day to hold a state convention here May 2 to select delegates to the na- boDal convention.
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GERMAN COAL OUTPUT
 NOT FALLING VERY SHORT

BERLIN. March H. The produc- tion Of coal in Germany in 1915 total. ed 1i6.712,OOO tons. or only 14,S0O,00O tons less than for the year 1913, and 4ASO0,0O0 less than for tho record wear. 1913.
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KANsAs coRPoRATIoN rAx

WASHINGTON. March 14. - The Interstate railroads Incorporated un- der the laws of Kansas are subject to the Kansas corporation tax act, the Supreme court has decided.
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DUTCH TO TAX PROFITS

LONDON, March 14.-According to a Reuter- dispatch from The Hague 1t is stated that the Dutch govern. ment shortly will introduce Q bill pro posing 25 per cent tax on war prof It's.
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rRoops GATHERING.

El paso. March 14. - Troops are gathering from ali parts Of the eoun- try here today. Fifteen thousand Ann erlcan soldiers arc between here and Nogales, Ariz. The first dash across Che border Is expected this afternoon.
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FIVE MILLION POUNDS OF LARD HAVE BEEN
 SHIPPED TO BELGIUM

CHICAGO. March 1f-Packers re- port that 5.OOO,OOO pounds of lard has been shipped to Belgium during the past fortnight.
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WASHINGTON, March 14-in keep Ing with the Presidents desire tc have preparedness measures rushed through Congress tho House rules committee today appointed a subcom- mlttee to confer with Speaker Champ Clark for the purpose Of sidetracklng an other business after tho passage of the free sugar repeal, in favor Of the army bili lt was stated at noon today that very probably Speaker Clark will readily agree to this pro gram.
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c-rr7nr1 A1recmcnE on.


 WASHINGTON. March "A. - Last night Secretary of state Lansing an- uounced that be had reached an agree ment with the Carranza government regarding the American troops enter ing Mexico. and also with regard to the military reciprocity" proposition made by Carranza.
 Carranza's manifesto. in which he breathed defiance against the propos- ed American invasion" unless the Carranzasistas were permitted by President Wilson to cross into the United States in pursuit oi bandits was regarded here as designed to meet Mexican popular opposition to invasion" or intervention and giv- ing Carranza legal and moral grounds for consenting to the American move.
 Nose Of Aeeeptaey.
 The note of the acceptancy of the terms weer dispatched to General Car ranza at Queretaro late last night Secretary Lansing issued the follow ing statement regarding the note:
 -In order co remove any apprehen. sion that may exist either in the Unit ed States or Mexico. President W.T. son authorized me to give, in his name. public assurances that military operations now in contemplation by this government will be scrupulously confined to the object already an- nounced. Tn no circumstances will they suffer infringement in any degree in internal affairs of our sister repub- lie. On the contrary, what Is now being done. is deliberately intended to preclude the possibility of interven- llon"
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WASHINGTON. March i4.-At four o'clock this afternoon the War De- parsment was awaiting word that the Hrss expedition to cross the border in- to Mexico had done %.
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WIRE BEING
 SENT TO THE ALLIES

BOSTON, March h. The British steamer cayo Domingo will take out of Boston this week 43,00O reels of barbed wire for the Allies.
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WAGE ADVANCES

CHICAGO. March 14.-The Chica- 30 & Eastern Illinois advanced the pay of 5000 unorganIzed employees s1O,000 per month.
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Merlcana Aro Puzzles.

COLUMBUS New Mexico March A.. The unfriendnness manifested by the Cauanza forces. which have ar rived south os here. has isd to great
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KILL TWO BIRDS
 WITH ONE STONE

-l.t--
 'Kul two birds with one stone" tomorrow. Go to the polls at the City Hall and vote on both City Charter proposi- tions; and then FORE LEAVING the City Hall. REGISTER and thus become qualified to vote at the regu- lar election in April.
 The Empire believes that that you should vote "YEs" on both of the charter propo- sitions. but it knows, whether you vote "yes' or mo- you should vote, and you should REGISTER before leaving the city hall.
 It IS not necessary that you be registered 10 vote ct the special election tomorrow, but it will be necessary to REC  ISTER before you can vote at the regular election in April
 TAKE AN INTEREST IN YOUR CITY TT IS WORTH IT.
 All American citizens and ali those who have declared their intention Co become such, male and female. who have lived In Alaska one year and in Juneau six months aro Qualilled to vote tomorrow alld Co regl5ier for the regular municipal cleo ton.
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PIG IRON OUTPUT
 GAINING IN GERMANY

BERLIN. March 14.-The German output Of pig iron during January was 1.077.o46 metric tons, as against 1.029.144 tons during December.
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PORTLAND. March ll.-The Nor wegian bark Silius, which was sup. posedly torpedoed at the entrance of the English channel last Saturday and sunk, was loaded with Oregon barley which was shipped overland to New York by Strauss G Co.,, Of this city. The cargo was Q valuable one.
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PREPARE FOR
 DASH--- VILLA
 SURROUNDED

PAso March 4Fteen sodlers in Mexico They Ave ates the movements Of the troops, only but the entire Mexican border
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hsa iargosl eircu- ialon of any Pa
 per In AIaoka
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UNITED STATES HAS GUN WITH
 24 MILE RANGE

. PITTSBURGH. March H.
 , The Midland Crucible Steel Co. , officials say the United States
 . now has gun with range of
 . a miles which has proved its . ability to penetrate armor that . has previously withstood an proiectlles.
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AMERICAN RED
 CROSS ARE BEING
 EXPELLED NOW

NEW YORK, March 14.-A Bucharest dispatch says that German authorities are oxpell' ing American Rcd Cross mis- sions from Serbia.
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TORPFD0FD BARK HAD A CARGO OF
 OREGON BARLEY
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GERMANY WILL
 MAKE AMENDS

WASHINGTON. March 14.- Unofficial advices received here late this afternoon indicate that Germanq win make complete amends to the United States # it is found that 8 German sub- marinie torpedoed tho bark si. lius
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Martial Law Next.
RIehardson May Go.

WASHINGTON. March l4.-Indica- lions are that Col. W. P. Richardson chairman of the Alaska road commis- sion may be ordered into the Mexican
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 TO SPEED
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PRESIDENT URGES
 ACTION IN HOUSE

WASHINGTON. March h. President Wilson called Chair man Lemuel U padgett of Tennessee to the White House this forenoon and impressed up- on the latter Che necessity Of burrying the admlnistration's navy bill in Che House
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WASHINGTON. March 1i.-secre- tary of State Lansing is anxiously awaiting Q full report of the torpedoing of the bark Silius. The Americans aboard were only Q lit,le the worse for their experience in the water lt is believed heer that a German sub marine did the deed. but possibly through error
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The Rev. Joseph A, Moran.

A. Moran. o. A. S., who died yesterday
at Villanova College, Pa, aged nifty
one years, will be held at Villanova to-
morrow at 10 o'clock. Interment Will
be made at Vilianova.
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c. 0. r. STATE BODY 4
. TO keep OPEN HOUSE
Committee Quarters VIII Be
Kept Open Until Elections.
Funds Being Received.

New permanent headquarters Of the
Republican state committee for the Dis
trict, open a few hours yesterday. were
opened today, to remain continuously
open throughout business hours hence
forth.
In charge Of the headquarters Is G.
Lincoln Townsend. as president OF the
League Of Republican Clubs. and Il. y.
Coiiaday, as acting chairman OF the
state committee. In the absence Of Will
lam T. Galliher. chairman.
Many responses already have been
made to the appeal for subscriptions to
tho Republican campaign fund made
yesterday.
Checks are being forwarded directly
to Cornelius N. Bliss. Jr.. national treas
urer Of the Republican national COM
mittee.
The campaign for funds will be mark
cd by the sending out OF letters TO every
Republican known In the District.
But this does not mean that Repub-
licans we do not know OF who live
here should fail TO contribute" said Mr..
The campaign will be carried on
through personal solicitation OF members
of the State committee for tho District
Mr.. Colladay said today that the Re-
publican State committee for the Dis
trict In the official permanent organiza-
ton OF the Republican party here. II
In working In cooperation with Re.
publican clubs. and all bodies seeking
the election OF Charles Hughes.
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courts In an.t,r. .,,,a -. 80.
ii has b"sn FIN ss;
that when =. r.ts aysa ~, Idle
as 4 Railroad ratn or a. ,aIs,,ham,
rate, and IN sis alta cked as mnconstIo
tutionai bsra,,ss cond.cai ory that
the Supreme Court ~ the 'tfnttsh
States has stated that n could Mt
declare the measure unoonstitutiotai
until the effeot on the operation
OF the rate had been diso,osed
II has been .ousht 10 draw an
analogy between s,,ch case ana
Legislation In advance Of ino.Iry
Now, our system on government 70.
quires the ',carefil ,study OF facts
OF n full underata ndinS ana n IL
OF the utnfort imnortArce that the
thought OF our rco,ie should he kent
clear with respect 10 tho tyorkinss
OF the various depsrtmenta az the
government, Tho courts have moth
Ing 10 do with the wisdoro or Motley
OF ferfsiation.
Questions OF COnstitutionality.
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Washington. Members to Go in
Body to Baltimore for Mass
Meeting.
PREDICTS SUFFRAGE HERE
President Harr Says Republican
Victory Would Mean Votes
for District.

The Hughes Club OF Washington. or
ganized to further the election OF tho
national Republican ticket, plans to
wage an active campaign In Maryland.
II 10 now arranging to begin It's endeav-
ors In that field with a mass meeting in
beltimore which the washingtonIans
VIII attend In body.
Last night the club held a house
warming to mark the opening OF its
needquarters, at Fifteenth and r. streets
northwest. Tho rooms were taxed to
tneir capacity and more than 100 enthu-
s'ssoc Hughes supporters had to be
turned away because OF a lack Of ac-
commodations.
President William r. Harr reviewed
the objects Of the club and dwelt at
i ,;e,hiSth upon the night to be made for po-
District. He assured his auditors that
the election OF Charles r. Hughes and
a Republican Congress would mean suf-
rage for Washington.
Inc immediate activities OF the club
VIII be centered on campaigning in
maryland and the District Speakers,
MT. Harr said, will be sent into Mary
land to work both for the national ticket
ana ana the local Republican candidates.
Inc club Is now in correspondence with
the Republican State Central Committee
OF maryland. arranging for the Balti-
more meeting.
Weekly meetings will be held at the
elubrooms and a series OF public meet
mgs Will be arranged so soon as an
auditorium can be obtained,
Those who addressed the meeting last
night were Senator Borah. John O. Ca
pers, Judge A. A. Freeman. OF New
mexico; DR.. LeGrande Powers, former
commissioner OF labor Of Minnesota, and
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Hughes Answer To
President Wilson

II 10 said 10y the Presidenp that
the principle tthe eisht-hour law)
was not arbitrable. II Is n very
extraordinary statement, for eight
een years ago, believe. In the
passage Of tho act 10 promote con"
cillaton and arbitration with re-
spect to Disputes between inter
state commerce employees and car
riers. there was provision made Tor
arbitration with respect to hours OF
labor. conditions Of employment. q
well 90 Of wages.
And. In a bill. which I believe was
signed during this Administration In
July. 1913. the same provision, IN
believe. substantially the same Ian
guage. was re-enacted In the law
providing for arbitration with re-
spect to wages. conditions OF en-
ployment and hours Of labor.
OF course. the question whether In
a particular case that condition ex-
ists which should provide for GER
tain number OF hours OF labor -
question requiring the most earnest
consideration. 't
But no one. in this controversy to
which 1 am now referring. had any
idea OF establishing an eight.hour
work day. The principle OF tns
eight-hour work day is not IN any
way involved.
I protest against any endeayor to
confuse the thought OF America "
Ssy When sog nothing of the Sort has
been enacted, nothing OF the sort
has been proposed and the only thing
that was propoed or enacted was a
change in the schedule OF wages
Stands for Reasonable Service.
I have stood, from the time en-
tered upon my public career. for
reasonable hours OF service. and no
one more than desires to see ev-
cry opportunity TO every working
man to escape an undue severity OF
strain and for the opportunity
which American manhood should
have.
When legislation Ia hastily enact
ed some unpleasant difficulties oc-
cur. When Il In said that eight
hours shall be the standard. what
becomes OF the man who doesn't
work eight hours? How Is he left!
HOW uOcb Uo tstV 49,
ments which formerly existed with
respect to working less than eight
hours II he made his run within
that time?
OF course. the matter of wages
in the case Of our carriers is OF the
most important confederation. IL
was desired that men should be
we'll and properly paid, but when
YOU charge TO the expense OF car
riers the additional burden of hum
drcds Of millions OF dollars you must
consider what you are doing, for
these charges must be met by rates.
It was proposed In this connection
to give a sort Of guaranty 10; an
increase OF rates. That means a
burden upon the public. that means
a burden upon Industry. upon agri-
culture. That means that every one
has got to calculate with respect to
ENLARGED charges who comes under
the rates that may be increased.
Now, that is not a matter to be
entered upon without suitable In
quiry.
II there 10 anything more remark
able or rcgrettable than the effort
to have II appear that an eight-hour
work day IL Involved. II Is an at
tempt Co draw! an analogy between
the case OF legislation OF that de-
scription and the action OF our
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not In selhshness. but In brains,
Another eye created 70 zee the
factsi And 1 am hopeful that I can
find the men who VIII see the facts
and state them, no matter whose
opinion those facts contradict.
duced In the House of Representa-
tlves recently a bill commonly called
the Webb bill, for the purpose OF
stating II as the policy OF the law
Of the United States that nothing In
the ANTITRUST laws now existing
with the proper sort OF cooperation
among exporters.
Latin. American Relations.
II is absolutely necessary now TO
make good our new connections
with the great and rich republics
to the south OF liz. For the FIRST
time In my recollection they are be-
ginning TO trust and believe IN US
and want US, and one OF my chief
concerns has been to see that moth
ing was done that did not show
friendship and good faith on our
part.
The mission OF America In the
field OF the worlds commerce Is to
be that when an American comes
into that competition he comes with
out any arms that would enable
him to conquer by force. but only
with those peaceful influences Of in
teliigence., a. desire to serve.
knowledge of what he. 10 about, for
which every thing softens and
Yields and renders itself subject.
That IL the mission OF America, and
my interest, so far as my small
part in American affairs IL con-
cerned.--From President Wilson's
speech to grain dealers at Baltimore
yesterday.