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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-04

Everybody cannot into the armies but practically
every one irrespective of SEX be of direct service
the country by joining the Red Cross.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-04
Mnr Eihln

Eir. AID Mrs James Gwynn and chill.
rcd Won the Bible nc the ralutine Bap
list church last night for having the
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-04

What American wants today fewer wild-eyed pa
trots and ranng pacifsts and patriots who know
that patriotism is of the mind and heart and of the
mouth.-Uniontown Evening Genius.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-04
SHORT AND sNAPPY.

It is not the size of the flag counts Just thu flag
Put up in your place OF business in your home
Wellsburg Herald
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-04

Meanwhile the Hindenburg line becomes more and
more untenable
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-04

For the next day or so abusing poor old obstinate
LaFollette will be the prevalent national pastime
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-04
TERRIBLY
SICK WOMAN
Surgical Operation Thouaht
Necessary, but Lydia E. Pix
hams Vegetable Com
pound Saved Her.
Madison, wis.7-I was terribly sick
woman for over fhree years. | Allfered

with terrific pains
in my back 9hd was
about to hye an OPP
tioH when n
friend SD to me,
Before living that
operation Just try
Lydia EPmkham's
We eMble Com
poind So ] let
the onration waitA
an d my husband
bpu&t me me Veg
ct able C,omu6unfl
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-04

Mr. and Mrs. Jess Rex have moved
from Guffey street, East side, to wal,
nut avenue
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-04

largest family present. Eight members
CT the Gwynn family attended the ser.
vice.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-04
America
(By Julia Ward Howe.)


My country, It's of thee,
Sweet land Of liberty,
OF thee ! sing;
Land where my fathers died,
Land Of the pilgrims pride,
From every mountain side
Let freedom ring!
My native country, thee.
Land of the noble free.
Thy name | love;
! love thy rocks and rills.
Thy woods and tempted hills.
My heart with rapture thrills
Like that above.
Let music swell the breeze.
And ring from all the trees,
Sweet freedoms song;
Let mortal tongues awake,
Let all that breathe partake.
Let rocks their silence break.
The sound prolong.
Our fathers Godg to Thee,
Author of liberty,
To Thee we sing;
Long may our land be bright
With freedoms holy light;
Protect us by Thy might.
Great God, our King!
Samuel F. Smith.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-04

and it ilas made me q Yell ,woman and
we havk a lovely baby firl.f We cannot
praise lydia +. PM am Negotiable
Compound enough, ai|d f-hope this let
ter will lead other Sfffering women to
try it. f-Mrs. BsfJAMN +. BLAKE,
R.F d. No. 5, Bo9sE2, Madison, Wis.
Therd tmust be fore than hundred
THOUSAND womeI In this country who,
like Mrst Blake have proven what won
ders LYDIA E#Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound caI do for weak and ailing
women. Tgyit and sec fO- youfse;:.
All women are invited TO write for
free and helpful advice toll ydia Z.
Pinkham Medicine Co. (c6nfdentisD,
Lynn, Mass.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-04-05

UP to the time he was created baron
in 1902. He was formerly Financial
Secretary of the Treasury and was
Chief Secretary for Ireland in 1891.
1892.
A man supposed to be Thomas L.
Rose, indicted in Hagerstown, Md.
in 1913, for the murder of James De-
launey, an aged umbrella member, was
arrested last night at the Cumber-
land Valley Railroad station at that
place by Sheriff Isaac S. Long. The
man at first denied that his name was
Rose, but when confronted with let
tiers and papers found in his pockets,
he admitted his identity, but denied
being in Hagerstown when Delaney
was assaulted. He said he could cas-
ily prove an alibi. Sheriff Long and
Lieutenant of Police Thomas n.
Barber both identified Rose.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-04-05
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Mrs. John E. Mason, of Freder-
icksburg, announces the engagement
of her daughter, Miss Flora Randolph
Mason, to George Burton Nicholson,
of Pittsburgh, Pa. Miss Mason is the
only daughter of the late Judge John
E. Mason. The wedding will be
soIemnized at st. Johns Episcopal
Church in Washington.
The defense at Bristol, in the case
of James Canter, alleged accom-
plicc Of his late brother in the MUIR
der of Mrs. Maude Wilson, concluded
it's testimony yesterday with the
stories of the prisoner and his par
ents. The defendant chung to former
declarations of his innocence and
few new facts came to light.
Virginia coal will be mined by the
Raven Red Ash Coal Corporation,
chartered at Tazewell, Va, with $780,
900 capital.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-04-05
Wealth In Potatoes.

A dealer in Presque Isle, Me-, one
of the settlement centres of the
Aroostook potato-producing region,
has paid by one check $67,336 for a
stock OF automobiles of one make
this spring Profits on potato fields
in the last year are to pay for these
machines and many hundred more of
TIE luxury speeders. There are many
other auto dealers in that section close
ND under the shadow of the great
Maine forests. 1t is told Of one young
man who desired to become a patoto
farmer that he borrowed d year ago
$500 to buy farm in Aroostook
county and then $4,000 more 20 stock
the place. And late in the fall, after
selling the potatoes he raised, he
paid the lender the entire $4,000 OF
the debt and showed him $4,000
more he was taking to bank to save,
all made in one season on his new po-
tato farm. And there are 100000 able
young men in New England who would
rather go to war or work in fac
tory for SO week than farm it any,
where among the hills of this rich
section, even if farms were given to
them and stocked.
Worcester Mass Telegram.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-04-05
-..F- = ~ I,NCEI - ~ :. -"
TO STOP GREED.
Government InYekss Law to End Ex-
horbitant Charges for War ,snp.

Government Iny6kss Law to End Ea-
horbftant Charges for War Sup
plies.
Washington, D. c., April 5.-The
Government has invoked for the first
time its drastic powers to strike a
, deathblow at exorbitant war profits
Under authority of the last Naval APP
preparation bill, a manufactures was
directed to furnish a large order of
war supplies at prices fixed by the
Government, far lower than the figure,
voluntarily submitted. IF the order
is not obeyed, the plant will be taken
over and operated by the Government.
Officials would not disclose the
name of the manufacture, nor the
agency through which the order
was given. 1t was admitted, how
ever, that the action had been taken,
and that President Wilson and his
advisers were firmly resolved that
only fair and reasonable charges
should be paid by the nation to its
citizens for the things that are neces-
sary to make ready for war.
European Governments are paying
an average of 10 per cent. profit on
war materials purchased in the
United States. 1t was asserted au
thoriatively that the Government of
the United States intended to buy
its own supplies at less than that
rate of profit to the seller.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-04-05
NEWS NOTESOF THE DAY
Told in Short Paragraphs Picked Up
All Over the Country.

Twenty girls, engaged in filing caps
for 3-irch shells were burned, four OF
them probably fatally, by a flare up
Of smokeless powder in the plant OF
Detwiler and Street, Jersey City, N.
j., late yesterday. There was no ex-
plosion. and how the powder became
ipnited has not beer determined.
The mems ticket for mayor and
councilmen at Mondays election IN
Vallev Center, Kans., was defeated by
the women by large majority. The
new mayor is Miss Avis Francis. Mrs.
Roxana Blaylock was elected police
Judge at Desoto, Kan.
NJ. Littman and NJ. Seeley, Ger
mans of S. Berwick, Me-, were sum-
moned to the Portsmouth navy yard
for = hearing today as a result OF the
seizure Monday by government Of
ficers of radio outfit discovered
unon their farm. The seizure was
made by an officer and four marines
from the navy yard, a secret service
agent and two deputy sheriffs. Lit
man and Seeley moved to that section
two years ago and have lived since
upon their small farm. The contis-
Gated apparatus, it is stated, had
been strung from barn to tree.
Biltmore, the estate of the late
George w. Vanderbilt, near Asheville,
N. c., has been offered by Mrs. Edith
Vanderbilt to the War Department as
a mobilization camp site, it was an
nounced today. The offer came to
State officials late Monday and was
forwarded to Washington.
An official communication issued
by the Serbian War Office received in
London reports that enemy aviators
bomharded Monastir on Sunday with
asphyxiatiRg gas bombs. Forty
seven pcrs0ns were killed and 90
wounded. The killed and wounded
consisted mostly Of woracn and child
rcn. Many houses were destroyed.
Tic 0ig meat packing corporations
at the Union Stock Yards at Chicago
have granted increases in pay rang
ing from = l-2 to u per cent. effcc-
tive as of April 1, it was learned to-
day. Armour and Company announ-
ced that because of "the oppressive
high cost of living a bonus of $780,
600 would be given to 5000 salaried
employees, principally office help who
draw $1,000 or less year. A bonus
Of $l,000,O00 was distributed last
November.
Baron Allcrton, Of Chapel Allerton
(William Lawies Jackson), died in
London yesterday Born in 1910, he
was member of House of Commons
for Leeds for more than 20 years
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-04-05
SETS WILSON AS EXAMPLE

London Star Wants King George to
Greet Russia.
London, April 5,-The Star sus.
gests that "King George ought to fol,
low the example set by the Presi.
dent of the United States, and send
greeting to the Russian people and
the American people in the name of
the British Empire.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-04-05
Classified Advertising

WANTED Ten girls at Klots Silk
Mill, Wages $3.50 per week while
learning; experienced hands can
earn from $500 to $500 per week.
Steady week guaranteed. Apply
at mill, corner Pitt and Wilkes
street. 54-35t.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-04-05
Constipation

is permanently CORRECTED by
the celebrated Shivar Mineral Water. Pos
itivcly guaranteed by moncy-back offer.
Tastes fine; costs trihe. Delivered any.
where ly our Aicxandria DISTRIBUTE, i.
S. Harper, Inc. phoac .:c:l
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-04-05

WINDOW SHADES-Made to or
der; paper hanging and decorat-
ing. Phone or send postal and l
will call and give estimates. Fl.
F.. Webb, 200 south Fairfax ST.,
Leave orders at 1877 south Fair
fax street. 76-3t.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-04-05

REMOVAL NOTICE-Having rented
the entire building at 303 Cameron
street, will, without doubt put
us in better position to handle your
work. See us first. The Herbert
printcry. 1886.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-04-05

FOR SALE-Incubato in first class
condition. Capacity 240 eggs. Will
be sold at bargain. no reasonable
offer refused. Apply $50 north
Henry street. 8O-3t.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-04-05

WANTED-A farm laborer at Brad
dock Heights. Apply to vi. L.
Homer, Roscmont, in person or by
telephone. T8-3t
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-04-05

ROOMS FOR RENT Being unable
to run two houses at present, will
rent rooms cheap, either as furnish
cd bed rooms or as flat-Sccond
floor. Apply 220 north Columbus
street. 1886.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-04-05
WILSON'S MESSAGE BY AIR
British and French Aviators Trans
lation Over Germany.

London, April 5.-Presidcnt Will
sons address to Congress translated
into German, is being distributed lib
orally over the German lines by Brit
:sh aviators 1t is understood the
same thing is being done by French
aviators.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-04-05

FOR SALE "A four piece set Of
mission furniture, consisting of
table and 3 chairs. Apply to Mrs.
C. C. Crump, 500 Oronoco st, S0-S
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-04-05

l HAVE MONEY TO LOAN - to
Railroadmen and Housekecpers in
small or large amounts. Address
P. o. Box 392, Alexandria, Va, TO-
24t.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-04-05

WANTED-Room and board in priv
ate family by young couple. State
terms and other particulars. Box
so this Office. 80
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-04-05

FOR RENT -6 room and bath brick
house; modern improvements; large
cellar and pantry, $1,000. Apply,
w. P. Graves, 635 south Fairfax
street. 90-3t
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-04-05

PARLOR WANTED - A physician
from Washington wants the use or
q parlor for consultations, 2 days
each week, with privilege of phone.
State terms. Address, Physician,
care Gazette. 1886
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-04-05
FOR RENT
JOHN d. NORMOYLE
Realty and Investments,
Cor. King L. Royal Sts.,
Bell phone Sol.

COZ Cameron street,
10 rooms, bath, ....... Soo.00
sos Prince street,
10 rooms, bath, ........ $500
1901 Fling street,
Store and dwelling, ...... S35.o0
325 y. Fairfax street,
Store and dwelling, go. Sz1.00
large lot.
1901 Cameron street,
s rooms, bath, .......... S22.50
1907 Prince street,
7 rooms, bath, .......... $4,000
! 1914 King street,
rooms, bath, .......... Slo.oV
l1S North Fayette street,
6 rooms, bath, .......... Slo.oV
431 North Columbus street,
6 rooms, bath, garage -. slo.oo
S23 Duke street
rooms, bath, End floor :. sl'.oo
513 South Lee street.
rooms, bath, .......... Slo.oe
1918 Queen street, -
Z rooms, .............. SI1'oo
Al South Lee street,
rooms, bath .......... sl6.6
413 north ST. Asaph street,
6 rooms, bath, ........ slo.o'
312 rorlh Pitt street,
6 room frame, ....... $3.50
726 north Columbus street,
6 room frame, .....:.... so.iJ
517 Oronoco street,
5 rooms, bath, 80. s1lo.''
514 Queen street, .,,o,
7 rooms, frame, $4,000. sio'o'
2Oo South Fayette street
6 rooms, frame, ........ sie'o'
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-04-05

FOR SALE-One horse, 6 years old.
w. NJ. Priest, 800 north Patrick
street. 82-3t
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-04-05

WAiNTED-At l.. Glassrnan's Groc-
cry store, an experienced clerk.
Must be able to drive truck. Apply
$50 north Henry street SO-lt
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-04-05

A BIG SALE OF WALL PAPER
and Picture Frames. Six day
4 specials wall paper: ftbfh, two cents
up. Pictures and frames five cents
up. 3o4 King street. 82St.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-04-05

LOST = Collie puppy, reward if re-
turned to 32l south washington
street, SILT
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-04-05

ROOMS FOR RENT - Apply 303
Cameron street. 80-3t
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-01-04
Germans Wanted to
Ship Fruit to Slav
Soldiers AS Charity

San Francisco, Calf, Jan. Sym
pathy for Russian soldiers in the
trenches-not plots to dynamite ships
bound for Russia-led Charles Z
Crowley, chief of the San Francisco
German consulate war deliveries tc
seek information from the Russian
consulate as to fruit shipments to
vladivostok, Crowley testified TO-DAY
on cross-examination in the u. s. dis
trict court. Consul General Franz
Bopp, e. III. Won Setback and others
besides Crowley are In the fifth week
OF their trial for dynamiting con
~spiracies to destroy allied munition
shipments in violation of United
States neutrality.
w. Preston, Unitec States district
attorney, confronted Crowley with O
letter he had written to the Russian
consulate here asking sailing date oil
ships which could carry dried fruits
to Russia.
"And you say you really wanted to
send fruit to the Russian soldiers out
Of pure charity?" asked Preston.
I'm always doing CHARITY work, Mr..
Preston" replied Crowley.
Crowley said he might have made
a slight commission from intended
fruit shipments.
"would tho Information you might
have gained Of ships sailing for Rus
STA have been Of any use To the Ger
man consulate?' asked Preston.
We'll, It might not Fave been
'amiss," said Crowley.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-01-04
HIGH EXPLOSIVE MINES
AT ENTENTE HARBORS

New York, Jan. 3.-~Passengers ar
irving here on the Holland7American
line steamer Nieuw Amsterdam say
that German mines containing excep-
tionally high explosives have been
planted close to all the large har-
bors in England, Scotland and Wales,
They point to the experience Of the
New Amsterdam and their own mar.
row escape as confirmation.
On~her arrival off the harbor oil
Falmouth, England, from Rotterdam,
a British trawler was sent out of Fall
mouth to sweep the channel for the
entrance of the Dutch steamship. The
trawler struck a mine and was blown
to bits, and seven of her crew Of IL
men being killed. The trawlers then
proceeded the Nieuw Amsterdam,
dragging the channel. The ~wreckage
of the trawler that was blown up was
scattered about the harbor mouth as
the steamship passed IN. Captain
Baron said the mines were laid only
half a mile off the actual entrance to
Falmouth harbor.
The passengers heard that the mine
planting was started two weeks ago,
prior to the order Of the admiralty
forbidding the announcement by Brit
ish firms in this country of the sail
ing and arrivals of vessels.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-01-04
NATIONAL DEFENSE
COUNCIL MEMBER
IS CHARGED WITH
WALL STREET LEAK
Barney Baruch Let Cat
Out of Bag, Claim Of
Congressman
RESOLUTION TO
PROBE REFERRED

(By Leased Wire to New Mexlcan.)
Washington, Jan. 3.-Representa-
tive Woods resolution for a special
investigation of charges of a leak
on President Wilson's peace note, was
held privileged by the house today
and it was referred to the rules com
nlittee with instructions to report
within ten days.
During the debate On the resolution
Representative Bennett, Republican,
of New York, declared rumor had 1t
that Bernard Baruch, of New York,
was responsible for the information
regarding the note getting into Wall
street, and that it was also said
Baruch sold short on steel shortly be-
fore it was made public.
BENEFITS declaration followed a
question by Representative Garrett, Of
Tennessee, as to what the rumor was
regarding the leak.
'The rumor is" Bennett said, that
Barney Baruch, a member of the
council of national defense, was the
man who was responsible for this in
formation getting to Wall street and
that 80 minutes before the presidents
rote was made public he sold on q
rising market in steel, by the way,
5000 shares of steel common short.
That is the rumor in New York City,
IL the gentleman wants names"
Chairman Henry, OF the rules COM
mittee, vigorously opposed holding
the resolution privileged.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-01-04
MURDERED WOMAN
HIT ON HEAD BY
ASSA|LANT While
RAISING WINDOW
Window-Sill and Shirt
OF Criminal Found
Stained
STRUGGLE MUST
HAVE BEEN SHORT

(By Leased Wire to New Mexican.)
Philadelphia, Jan. 3.-The mystery
surrounding the murder Of Maize A.
Colbert in her apartment here last
week became deeper today with the
announcement that a wealthy young
man who had been under suspicion
had cleared himself to the satisfac
ton Of the detectives.
Many prominent young men &C,
quaintances Of the victim were ques'
toned today by the police, who still
persisted in their theory that a degen.
crate had killed the former manicur-
ist. Captain of Detectives Tate said
the woman had been hit on the head,
apparently, as she tried to raise a win.
dow in her living room to shout for
help. The window sill is stained with
blood. The man't shirt, found In the
bedroom was blood-soaked on the
right side as IL the wearer had car
Tled the woman. There is other evil
dence to bear out the theory that the
woman was assaulted, Captain Tate
said.
I'm not SO certain that there was a
desperate fight preceding the muir
der" the captain said. ut is evident,
in any event, that the fight did not
last long because the janitor's wife
and persons living directly opposite
her apartment heard no noise"
One OF the theories discounted by
the police was that the murder may
have been the result of an attempt to
blackmail one of Miss Colbert's adj
mirers.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-01-04
'CARRANzA CONSUL
GENERAL PLOTTED
TO VIOLATE j. S.
EMBARGO, CHARGE
Mexican Official Under
Arrest in New York,
Result Of Raid
DE FACTO BUYING
ARMS IN JAPAN
(By Leased Wire to New MexIcan.)

(By Leased Wire to New MexIcan.)
New York, Jan. 3.-John T. Burns,
Carranza consul general here was to-
day arrested charged with being con-
cerned in a conspiracy to ship arms
and ammunition to Vera Cruz in vio-
lation Of President Wilson's embargo
proclamation of October, 1915.
The arrest, made by special agents
of the department of justice, is the
outcome of a raid on the offices Of an
importing and exporting company
operated here recently by Mexicans
and of the arrest, subsequently, OF a
man named Reuben Mier, at Houston,
Tex. Mier was formerly employed
here in the Mexican consulate.
Three indictments have been
brought against Burns, it was learned.
Aside from the alleged conspiracy to
violate the presidents proclamation
the defendant is accused also, of de-
ceiving the customs authorities by
falsely manifesting American ammu-
milton shipments as hardware.
Burns, prior to coming to New York
about mi year ago as consul general
for the Carranza government, vas
representative of General Carranza
and consul for his government at Gal
weston, Tex, having been sent there
from Ell Paso. Burns, who was ar
rested as he was leaving his home,
was taken to the federal building and
held in $4,000 bail. He denied any
knowledge Of a plot.
The arrest of Burns came after evil
dence was uncovered indicating, 1t is
said, widespread plots to smuggle
arms and ammunition to the aid of
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-01-04
OF MEXICAN
CONFAb LIKELY
TO Be DECIDED
THIS. AFTERNOON
End Of Negotiations
Now Believed to Be
In Sight
PERSEIING MAY
BE WITHDRAWN
(By Leased Wire to New Mexican.)

(By Leased Wire to New Mexlcan.)
Washington, Jan. 3.-President Will
son will confer at 5 o'clock this after
noon with Secretary Lane and the
other American members Of the Mex
ican-American commission. 1t was
announced that the American com
missioners, would make a statement Of
their position to the president and in
some quarters that was taken to fore
cast an end of the commission nego-
~tiations. An answer is being prepar-
ed to Carranza's plea for modifica-
lions in the protocol but 1t was said
that was not to be discussed today
with the president.
The end Of the commission negotia-
,tions was considered by other Of
ficials to be preliminary to a new line
of procedure In Mexican relations
which is expected to begin with the
sending Of Henry P. Fletcher to his
post as American ambassador at Mex
leo City and the withdrawal OF the
American military expedition.
Queretaro, Mex, Jan. 3.-Felix Pal
avacini, former secretary Of public IN
struction. who often has spoken for
General Carranza, declared before the
constitutional assembly late last night
the International situation was grave.
Carranza, said the speaker, had re.
fused to resume conferences with the
United States representatives until
the American troops were withdrawn
from Mexico Internationally, and he
declared that the assembly must rush
the work on the constitution and pro
claim the rights Of the people, while
General Carranza and the constitu-
tional forces we're battling against a
dangerous enemy to save the national
honor and integrity.