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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-15
BUILD AN EMPIRE

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bill has been introduced in the senate
by Doerr providing for the creation of
a new irrigation department. and a
measure drawn by Wilson is now be-
fore the house providing farmers with
authority to create irrigation districts
and enter into an arrangement by
which they can get community power
to operate their pumps.
The Doerr bill provides for the es-
adjustment of a departm ent of irri-
CATION under the supervision and di-
rection of the state board of agricuI-
ture. 1t also provides for a commits
sioner of irrigation whose duty shall
be to collect data and information
about irrigation and who shall be
civil engineer of the qualifications to
give advice. 1t is proposed that this
commissioner make a study of local
conditions and whenever a farmer
wants to put in a plant to water a
patch of land to give him the correct
information about the kind of equip
ment he needs and the cost of install
ing it.
At present it is asserted that great
many farmers who realize possibilities
of land under irrigation spend large
sums buying and installing equip
ment that is not suited to that locaI itv
because they did not have expert adj
vice Under the Doerr bill this advice
would be furnished them by the sta tie
at actual cost.
The bill also provid for the leas-
ing of the present experiment plants to
Individuals so that the state may de-
rive at least a small revenue from
them. 1t is estimate that there is
practically enough land in Kansas
that could be made productive under
proper irrigation to give every re-
turned soldier a farm and by putting
the state to work in the right direction
it is hoped that a large part or this
land can be made available in a short
time.
Irrigation Is Practical.
/ The practicability of irrigation in
| southwestern Kansas has long been es-
tablfshed but under the methods that
| have been used it has only been pos
| sible for the large corporations and
the farmers particular, ia -ored in the
| matter of location to take advantage
/ of the vast underground water supply
| furnished by the Arkansas river un-
derflow and other sources Making
these supplies available to men OF
| moderate means is the principal OBJ
/ ject of the Doerr bill and also of he
/ Wilson bill providing for power dis
tricts.
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merit combined with extensive short COW
ering on the 1dvan.e Of 13Ac from the low
there is the heaviest trade, Traders gem
orally look upon the coarse grain market
as more two sided for the present and SUD
ject to wide price swings without any
particular news. The disposition In GER
tain quarters Is to buy ON sharp breaks
while others who are bearish are disposed
largest locals sold out a good sized long
line of corn on the bulge and took the short
side of both corn and oats. pressing sales
at times. Big buying of May oats at 60
cents by commission houses who led the
they were soon filled up. Traders regard
ed the action Of the cash corn market here
extent early and breaking to a full. de-
livery basis No. selling cents under
february a as good feature: There were
mixed corn Thursday and 5000 bushels
were withdrawn from. store. The corn is
purchases by cash handlers to deliver OH
February sales Traders are looking or
NEW o' revenue bill III Becomes e S effectiT s Il
awaits the signature of the president. Sea-
board reported purchases of corn in In
| cago prices. Commission houses bought
offers on corn las night. while local trad
of the local sho9s. sd ha5
bought. The February--May corn spread
| which was more .han 10 cents difference
few days ago was only 6 cents at the
I close yesterday. Nay having gained on
| the February. February here is almost 5
cents under Kansas City. Provisions ad-
| vaneed to the maximum early with renewed
\ buying by shorts. There has been cover
| ing all week and the market is said to be
| about evened up. Cash lard was In de-
mand and one million pounds sold late
Thursday at s26. Shipments of cured meats
| and lard were large and in excess of last
| year.
New York. Feb. 15.-The Financial News
Bulletin: STOCKS-A continuation Of tine
bull trading position is favored by the
| latest Developments. The undertOne is
good. shortage large and offerings light.
Advice is given to buy U. S. rubber. Some
| say the oil shares were the leaders and
further substantial gains were recorded
by Mexican Petroleum. Texas OIL and Il.
| Il: strength in Mexican Petroleum due To
efforts being made by Carranza to improve
| relations between this country and Mexico
! while trying to place Mexican credit on
q good basis.
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FOR SENATE TALK
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the executive council will designate
the nation to have command of any
punitive force which it may be neces-
sary to call out. Some provision
should be made, it is argued, for unity
of command and the assumption in
the minds of most senators is. that
such was the intention of the trainers
of the constitution
On the second point, many senators
are critical and more are skeptical
of its acceptance by the American peo-
pie and those of other countries. The
size of Americas army and navy
should be left to the American peo-
pie, these senators say, but they in
common with all others are withhold
ing final judgment on this point until
it has been explained a little more
fully.
Points Are Closely Related.
Both the first and second points are
closely related, senators said, to the
third, which they regard as most i'm
portant Senators Lewis and Hitch
cock, Democrats, ardent friends OF the
league, declared today its success, from
Americas point of view. at least, De
ponds largely upon the Interpretation
of the various articles in the league $
constitution and their administration
In the hands of European states
men. welded to traditional old meth
DDS. the same provisions might be-
come dangerous, it was pointed out
But the fact that President Wilson is
to call the first meeting and actually
get the league under way. and the
probability that for some years. ne
will have an active part in its work,
were held to insure the operation
along Democratic American lines.
Senator Hitchcock, chairman or the
foreign relations committee. devoted
Friday to careful study of the consti-
tuition and was prepa red today to meet
inquiries, should they be put.
Senator Lewis, who has kept In
close touch with President Wilson'S
ideas on the league, also was pre-
pared to enlighten the senate either
! ON the three points mentioned or on
the many others expected to be raised.
Upon request of Minority Leader
Lodge, the proposed constitution of the
lea que of nations was put into the Con-
gressional Record today and ordered
printed as a senate document.
Senator Pittman. of Nevada, Demo-
crat. asked, and Senator Lodge agreed,
that President Wilson's address in
presenting the constitution be included.
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HUNS TAKE ERFURT
Government Troops Occupy City and
Disarm Spartacan Forces.

Copenhagen, Feb. 15.-German gov
eminent troops have re-occupied Err
furt and disarmed the Spartacans
there, according to advices received
here today.
Spartacans are reported to have
captured the prison in Wesel and to
have liberated all the inmates.
Erfurt, situated west of Weimar was
recently seized by the soldiers coun-
Gil, cooperating with the Spartacans
as one of the first steps in an attempt
to overthrow the national assembly
and government at Weimar.
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New York stock Market.

Wall ST., New York, Feb. 15.-STOCKS-
Stocks opened with a firm tone today, the
market soon becoming active and decidedly
stronger on another broad demand for oils.
shippings and some of the motors. Rails
moved contrary to the general trend for
a time because of pronounced weakness in
st. Paul issues, but made appreciable gains
later. Features of the oil group were Pan
American Petroleum, common and prefer
red, at gains of to points respectively,
and Mexican Petroleum and Royal Dutch.
Marine preferred and American interna-
tional corporation rose points. each. Gen
eral Motors 4 and Stutz motors 3. Leading
steels and equipment advanced 1 to ~
points. The close about strong, sales APP
proximated 100000 shares.
Bonds were steady.
Representative shares again gave way to
speculative issues in the first half hour of
today's stock market, investment rails and
industrials recording no material changes.
while oils, shippings, motors and several
miscellaneous ISSUES made extreme gains
of to 5 points. Foremost in the advance
were Pan-American. Petroleum preferred
ROYAL Dutch oil. Mexican Petroleum and
sues also indicated further pool activity
The steadiness of U. S. steel and related
leaders probably resulted from covering
of short commitments over the weekend.
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WIVES GET TOGETHER
But They just Plan To Feast Hus-
bands Who Play in MarsiiaIFs Band.

The wives of the members of Mar
shall's band have organized social
auxiliary that will meet every two
weeks and that will give social for
the members of the band once every
month. The next regular meeting will
be held Tuesday week. The officers Of
the organizations arc: Mrs. J. 3. Mar
shall, jr., PRESIDENT Mrs Chas. d.
HaaE, secretary: Mrs. Theodore Sage.
treasurer. Mrs. J. r. Marshall, ST.,
.u.cS elected life honorary member.
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Kansas City, Feb. 15-HOGS-Receipts
100: Market strong. Bulk of sales, $1I.25
@11,I5; heavy, $17.J0@: packers and
pigs, S12.OO6l16.OO
CATTLE-Receipts 200. Market steady.
Prime fed steers, $1S.O0@19.00; dressed beef
steers. $12. 0OG1SOO: western steers, $12OO6
100; cows, $7.M@14.O0; heifers, $1,000
400; stoekers and feeders, S7.5Od 1900;
bulls. $500 HOO; calves, $7.O0G14.OO.
SHEEP-Receipts none. Market nominal
" steady Lambs, $1665@17.1O: yearlings,
$1050Q 300; wethers, S9.00d12J0; ewes,
S1o50Q11.20; stockers and feeders, $4,000
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GIRDER INJURIES MANY
Huge Steel on Freight Car Tears Side
Out of Passenger Coaches.

Pittsburgh, Pa. Feb. 15.-Fourteen
persons were injured, several seriously,
when a steel girder protruding from
a flat car of a westbound freight train
early today tore one side from three
parlor cars of the eastbound Cincin-
nati-Pittsburgh express on the Penn
sylvania railroad at Oakdale, near
here. The injured, some of whom
were women were brought to Pitts
burgh hospitals.
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More Kansans Coming.

Washington. Feb. 1.-THE trans
port Huron. st. Nazaire- for Newport
News, is due February %, with 64th
regiment. coast artillery, for eastern
camps and Camp Grant; casual COM
panies including 159th (Kansas) and a
Wisconsin casual company, as well as
about 400 eonvalescents
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Morning Grnin Gossip.
FURNISHED by the Topeka Board of Trade }

Chicago, Feb. 15.-The Tribune: GRAIN
An immense evening up has been on in
corn the last two days. The big eastern
shorts have covered millions of bushels
getting it from local and outside longs and
from traders who covered on Thursday and
took advantage of the rist early yesterday
to reinstate part of their lines. There has
been liberal mixture of sentiment and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-15
WIRELESS CRAFT SUCCESS
Hammond Radio Device Approved by
Army-Navy Experts.

Washington, Feb. 15.-Army and
navy experts have reported the device
of John Hays Hammond, jr., for radio
control of surface craft to be sent
laden with explosives against enemy
ships success, and predict similar re-
suits with submerged craft showing
above water only wireless antennae..
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Chicago Produce Market.

Chicago, Feb. 15-BUTTER-Marke
higher Creamery, 4Od51c
EGGS-Market higher. Firsts, soc; ordi-
nary firsts. 3TQ 3Sc; at mark, cases includ-
ed. 1563oc.
POTATOES-Market unchanged.
POULTRY-Alive, unchanged.
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New York Money Market.

New York. Feb. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
paper, 5@5A per cent. Sterling, 60 day
banks. 4.73s commercial, GO day Bills,
4.721a: demand, 4.75A; cables, 4.76 ZIG.
Francs, demand. 5.A55s cables, 5.45. Mexi-
can dollars, 1IMc. Government bonds,
steady; railroad bonds, steady.
Final prices on liberty bonds today were
313's. 9SS6: first convertible As. 92.S0: sec
ond As, 3d. first convertible AIS. 81 Sc
second convertible Ans. $500; third IA s.
95.12; fourth AS, 93S6.
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Necessarily Not Final.
ROYALISTS LOSE OUT
Leaders Try To Flee From Portugal
Into Spain.

Vigo, Feb. 15.-Royahst leaders
have fled from Oporto and are trying
to cross into Spain. it was reported
here today. The Portuguese republi-
can flag has been raised again in Va
lencia.
Oporto and Valencia were the CEN
tiers of the Portuguese moharc hist re-
volt
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FORM HERlNGTON CLUB
Kansas Town VIII Go In for Hard
Roads and Civic Bettcrment.

Roads and Civic Betterment.
Harrington. Feb. 15.--The Herring
ton club, with $50 members. was or
ganized here Friday night to carry out
reconstruction work following the
slackeningy of war activities.
An executive committee, with
branches for civic betterment, the Sc
curing of wholesale and manufacture
ing conventions and to promote hard
surfaced highways was organized. The
committee included the following:
c. E. Edlin, Rev. Father Glynn. D
E. Lamb, Paul Knuth, superintendent
Pratt of the Rock Island railway, E.
G. Reese. L. H. Heath. ". H. Mott
and V. w. Huffman.
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TIMMONS HEADS ROTARIANS
Wichita Man Elected Governor of
Seventeenth District.

Oklahoma City, Feb. 15.-Robert H
Timmons of Wichita, Kan, was elected
governor of the Seventeenth district
Rotary at the election held in the
afternoon sessions of the annual con-
yention here
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NO RUSSIAN CHANGE
Allied Armies Find the Situation on
That Front the Same.

Archangel. Feb. IS delayed. The
situation in all sectors of the front in
northern Russia is unchanged, accord
ing to a statement issued at the head
nna IT erS TODAY.
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Chicago. Feb. 15.-CORN-Close: Febru-
airy. 81 2s1s; March, $125%; May, $1.23A@
1-233s: July. 81 19Ss@1.9SA.
OATS-February and March, Coo; May,
COZ @d01sc; July. 5S@5Ikc.
PORk-May, $4l05; July, $685.
LARD-May, $500; July. S24.10.
SHORT RIBS-May, $e2.72; July. $500.
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Chicago, Feb. 15-HOGS-Receipts 81
600. Market Hoe to 15c lower. Bulk of sales
$11.5oM17S0; butchers, S17.65M17.35; light,
SE.00@11.15; packers, $16.I5@1760; pigs,
SIS. 00d IL. 90.
CATTLE-Receipts LOCO. Market 25c to
soc lower.
SHEEP-Receipts 1000. Market 15c to
25c higher.
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New York Cotton Market.
New York. Feb. 15.-COTTON-Spot
steady; middling, $3.50.
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Take LAXATIVE BRoMo QUININE Tab
let's. Look for E. w. Groves signature
the box. 30c.-Adv.
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DAILY WEATHER TABLE.

Furnished by the weather bureau office
Topeka, KAN. for the twenty -four hours
ending mt Z a. m. Saturday.
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Poultry and EgKs.
FURNISHED By the Tapeka PsckinG Com.
pany. corner Laurent and Aadisonl

Topeka Kan, Feb. Is.
Springs over lbs. 24c: old ROSTERS lie;
hroiiers. lbs. ant uufef Biz: mems uvef
3Ia lbs, 23c: hens under 81 Ibu.. zoe:
springs over 2 lbs. PIE: stays. l9r
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ToDAY'S MARKET REPORTS

Chicago. Feb. 15--CORN-Active buying
on the pars Of houses with eastern contec-
tious sent the corn upgrade today after
some display Of weakness at the outset: In
itfal deciites were due to scattered selling
There was decided bearish pressure tho
broadene.f OUT. Opening quotations. which
ranged from 14c to kc lower. with May
81 191l to SI.2n and July S11G14 To S1161a,
were followed by risc to web above yes
ter1ay's finish
Strength of the stock market end CT for
eicu bords had a stimulating inf pen"r. In
the last half hour. however. be IRISH ru,
mors about the Argentine strike unsettled
pfices The clnsa was ueryorS. &c to CSC
net higher. with May 81 .2ssS to s1.235s aud
July s1.19st tc 81 1914.
OATS-Chanees in the oats market de-
rendrd On the action of>rorn. After o1'en-
ing &c TO &c off. with May 5s%c to ''s*4c
the market sagged n little further and then
scored moderate gain
PEOvISIoNS--Lower prices on hogs
weakened provisions.
The upturn was unchecked until lard had
risen to the days maximum limit
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Sew 0rIeans Cotton Market.

New Orleans, Feb. 15.-COTTON-Spo
steady, 80 points Up; middling, 2675.
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Topeka Market Report.
prices furnished by Wolff Pa King Col
Topeka Grain Market.

FURNISHED by Derby Grain Co. corner
Kansas Ave. and Curtis ST.
YELLOW CORN-S1. 40
WHITE CORN-S1.30
OATS-fOc.
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Kansas City Grain and Provision Market.

Kansas City, Feb. 15.-WHEAT-Cash :
Market unchanged to 1c higher No. l
hard. $3.50: No. .. s2.2J@o2 Is; No. 1 red,
S2.32: No. = $3.50.
CORN-Market unchanged TO &c higher.
No . mixed. S1.346I1. 3G: No. =. $500 1 &;
No. white. s1.3TM 1.39: No. >, 81 .31G1 "a j:
No. yellow. 81. 36G 1.3s: No. g. s.. 356I 1.37.
OATS-Market 1ke to lie higher. No. .
white. 63M63Hc: No. 2 mixed, 11adGac.
. RYE-s1. a3GI 1.25.
KAFIR AND MILO MAIZF--S2.55d2.1 ~.
HAY-Alfalfa. higher, $50 Goa 32.50; other
unchanged
SHORTS-S2 10.
BRAN-S1 S5M 105.
WHEAT-I'ece1pts Al ears
BUTTER-Market 1c up. Creamery. 44c
firsts. 42e: seconds. 40c: packing. 2Se.
EfIGS-Mgrket &c higher. ~Firsts, &c.
POITLTRY-Market unchanged.
CoRN-Close: February, s1-33: March,
S1.321.: May. S1.2S14 July. s1.245k.
The daily morning oasis., 1919-12-10

get employees, therefore it is not
good for business. 1t is a poor
place to do business, there is no work
and it's no place for either working
man or merchant or professional
man."
The business man who is not en-
rolled in the Chamber of Commerce is
a community slacker-unless he is
exempted because of financial disa-
bility The man who pays into the
Chamber half what he should is worse
yet; he's comparable only to the able
bodied eligible who exerted pull dur
ing the War to get himself swivel
chair job in Washington He does
just enough to get the glory of serv-
ing without actually doing his duty.
Those who pay more than their share
without kicking are the fifst-1ine men
that go over the top.
JOIN THE CHAMBER OF COM
MERGE NOW. REINFORCE
MENTS ARE NEEDED BADLY 10
KEEP NOGALES ON THE MAP.
The daily morning oasis., 1919-12-10
A BRILLIANT PAGE

Yesterday the Rev. Father George
Van Goetthem, parish priest of Sacred
Heart parish, in Nogales, who had
been engaged in his prfest1y office
with the American armies in France
and Belgium-first in the Knights of
Columbus service and afterward as a
chaplain in one of the fighting regi-
ments of the American line, returning
home to Nogales, to the great delight
of not only all of his parishioners, b.
to the delight and satisfaction of ali
people of the line city all of whom
are justly proud of his splendid ser
vice.
To the local history of participation
in the great world war Father Van
Goetthem added most brilliant page,
which will be held in sacred rever-
ence by all the people of Santa Cruz
county through many years. He will
never be forgotten.
The daily morning oasis., 1919-12-10
WHY is A CHAMBER OF COMMERCE :?

The Nogales Chamber of Commerce
has a membership campaign on. Now
is the time to join, if you don't be-
long On December 18, the annual
meeting and election of directors for
1920 will be held. If you live in No
gales, if you work in Nogales, if you
do business in Nogales-you owe it
to your city and to yourself to be-
long to and support the Chamber of
Commerce. You are interested in
the personnel of that 1920 director
ate and in any changes in the by
laws or fundamental workings of the
organization that may come up for
consideration December 18.
Don't hang back because someone
else does. There are ITO members
in the Chamber now, and you're one
of the minority if you aren't a men,
ber. The more members there are
on election night, the greater are the
chances of getting wholly satisfac-
tory directorate. Everybody has an
equal vote. If you don't join now
The daily morning oasis., 1919-12-10
REVIVAL OF old
DIPLOMACY Seen
IN CONFERENCE
At | 0 N D 0 n
UNITED Press Service)
Italian Foreign Minister
Meets With French And
British Premiers With
Consideration of Grave
Problems in View

LONDON, December 9-Political
observers see in the conference an
nounced between Premiers Lloyd
George and Clemenceau with the
Italian Minister Socialicia, resump-
tion of the old diplomacy of secret
conclaves and alliances.
The Italian Foreign Minister met
Premier Lloyd-George here this after
noon, and Premier Clemenceau arriv-
es tomorrow. The three will go into
conference over the Adriatic situa-
ton and other problems vexing the
Allies, that have been brought up by
failure of the United States to ratify
the peace treaty.
With sections of the French press
pleading already for a Franco Brit
ish-Italian alliance, this meeting of
the three leaders is considered of the
greatest Importance.
"America still seems determined in
her opposition to Italy's aspirations
in the Adriatic," declared Minister
Scialocia in an interview today.
The daily morning oasis., 1919-12-10
DIABOLIC SUBMARINES SHOWN

At the Nogales Theatre today, in
lieu of the usual news reel there will
be presented a film that has beer
brought from England, received in
that country from Germany, where it
was exhibited to the great delight
of thousands when they thought Ger
many was winning the war It is a
most remarkable and accurate reel
production of sinking of a British
steamer by a German submarine.
Every detail of the great sea tragedy
is presented from launching of the
torpedo at the fated vessel to her fl
nal plunge beneath the waves. It is
a most remarkable production.
1t will be recalled that some ten
days or two weeks ago "The Oasis
presented in it's news illustrations
some few of these views. At the No
gales Thearte today all these will be
shown, life size, with many more.
The film is we'll worth seeing.
The daily morning oasis., 1919-12-10
j { N K ms CASE
REMOVED TO The
SUPREME COURT
OF N { X | C 0
Constitution of 1917 Said to
Provide That Supreme
Court Only Shall Have
Jurisdiction in Cases In
vOlving Diplomatic and
Consular Officers
Omitted Press, Service)

WASHINGTON, Dec, 9-Accord-
ing to advices received by the State
Department from the City of Mexico,
the case of perjury against William
o. Jenkins, American Consular Agent
at Puebla, has been transferred from
the state court at Puebla, to the fed
eral court of the republic, at the City
of Mexico.
The new federal constitution of the
republic specifies, so it is related,
that federal courts only can have
jurisdiction over foreign diplomatic
and consular officers.
The State Department is also adj
vised that Mr.. Jenkins has arrived at
Mexico City to confer with the Am
erican Charge dAffaires, Secretary
Alexander Benson, on his recent inn
prisonment at Puebla.
$ At a late hour today Secretary
Lansing had received no new indi-
cation when reply would be forth
coming from Mexico to the last AM
erican note demanding release of
Jenkins from prison.