Morning Oregonian., November 01, 1913, Image 1

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VOL.- NO. 1G,o17.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 1, 1913.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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INDICATED
BI BANKS' FIGURES
I n m A - y-v r f "f Ma 4 L-v
I OlCUl d 1 1 UC O Ul 1TIUI1 LI I
$63,727,569.
OTHER INDUSTRIES FLOURISH
Postal Receipts Show Extra
ordinary Gain.
1 LUMBER TRADE IS BRISK
.Movement of livestock at Portland
Yards in October Records In
' crease of 3 793 Head, With.
Heaviest Ran in Hogs.
jBank clearings, -which always are
onsldered a fair Index to a city's busl-
ess condition, show that Portland at
alned a new high-water mark la Octo.
ber.
Clearances for the month aggregated
$63,727,569.15. which is over $4,500,000
more than the figures for March this
year, which held the previous hlg
record. It Is more than $3,500,000 In
excess of October, 1912, which reflected
the biggest business done in the city
up to that time.
The notable upward trend of business
as Indicated by tho bank figures 13 em.
hasized further by returns from other
Industries. Postal receipts again
showed a remarkable Increase, lumber
shipments advanced and receipts at tho
stockyards continued to gain in vol
ume. A study of the banking figures pre
sents the most illuminating composite
answer to the question, "How's busi
ness?" October Clearing Heavy.
October usually is the "big month"
ro far as bank clearances are con
rerned. TUs Is duo, doubtless, to tho
movement of the grain and fruit crops
;n the Northwest. The following Oc
lobor clearance figures for the last five
years show how business In Portland
--is increased:
$41,808,548.21
48,344.509.35
65,133,183.44
58.087,012.82
63.727 BB9 IK
1: 10
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Tills shows an increase of more than
bO per cent in four years. The in
crease has been steady and consistent
from year to year.
Clearances for the 10 months of the
present year show the same ratio of
advance over the corresponding period
of last year. Indicating that prosperity
IS not confined to any one month.
Since the beginning of the year the
l:;nks of Portland have cleared an ag
gregate exceeding $520,000,000, dis
tributed through the several months as
follows:
January ; 49,271.242 2S
Mbrr,hai"y 42.833 876.14
7,h B9.U8.7R9.41
W"1 54.916. SOS. 84
ylay 61.467.133.27
, ,le 49.346,905.36
J"lv 49.674.240.41
Auirust 45,501.368.66
.September 64.S37.S98.36
October 63.727.509.15
Total $520,696,827.15
S"our-Year Gain CO Per Cent.
To show how these annual figures
serve to emphasize the business devel
opment of Portland, the following addi
tional grand totals of preceding years
are necessary:
I557.464.S48.17
llt 517.171.867.97
391.02S.S90.61
Since 1909 or in four years the an
nual clearings of Portland have in
creased more than 60 per cent.
PoBtofflce receipts again showed an
increase over the preceding month.
Itevenue from stamp sales aggregated
approximately $102,000, which Is more
than $6000 in excess of September. Com.
nared with October. 1912, the figures for
ihe month ended vestprflav hm.-,i
decrease which Is due. It is pointed out,
10 me lact mat in October, 1912, much
money was expended in mailing docu
ments and letters to voters interested
tn the election last November.
dumber shipments also reflect the
upward trend. For the months of July,
August, September and October the off
shore shipments were 51,944,053 reet In
oxcess of the same four months of 1912,
vriile the domestic trade was 10,381,592
feet greater than in July, August, Sep
tember and October of 1912.
Livestock ShoMH Gain.
The movement of stock at the Port
and Union Stockyards continues to
j how an Increase over last year.
In the past month, a total of 49,828
head were received at the yards, an
f. Increase of 3793 head as compared with
October last year.
Hogs led with a gain of 2582 in the
month's run. Receipts of the different
classes of stock compare as follows:
October October
i'.H3. mi;;.
at'le O.R.'.S
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3 0j
1j.H0,"
23.10;'
018
1 Calves
Tr Hogs
f tl-on
j HoiHes and mules
f Oils
1S.4S7
23.743
154
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Grain Arrival Heavy.
' Portland wheat receipts in October
vere not equal to the unusually heavy
lovement in the same month last year,
ut barley and oats arrivals were larger.
Total receipts of wheat In the past
nonth were 2510 cars, as compared with
811 cars In October, 1912. Barley ar-
lvals were CIS cars, as ugainst 318
cars a year ago. Oats receipts were 27S
:ars as compared with 257 cars; flour,
1 0 5 cars, as against 34S cars, and hay
',8 cars, a gain of 133 cars.
Building permits for October provided
or 626 new buildings, costing $677,760.
Electrical permits Involved expeiidl
.ures of $102,845.
HORSES EAT APPLE
TREAT ON WOMEN
AXTI-CRUELTY SOCIETY "SETS
'EM CP" IX CHICAGO.
Bushels of Fruit, Speared on End of
long Stick, Dished Tip to Work
Animals at Fountains.
CHICAGO, Oct. 31. (Special.) To
better acquaint humans with horses,
their habits and sufferings, today was
designated by the Anti-Cruelty Society
as equine "apple day." The society
urged every person In Chicago to give
some horse at least one apple.
Women of the society were at tho
chief watering fountains for horses
early In the day. They guarded bush
els of. rosy apples, which were given
to the horses. Cards urging kind
treatment of horses also were handed
to drivers.
South Water street merchants fur
nished the apples and the society dis
tributed them from Its fountains all
over the city. A barrel of apples was
placed at each' fountain and every
horse driven up received one from tho
end of a stick.
"We are doing this to attract the
attention of people to horses," said Mrs.
Hugo Krause. "They work all day and
part of the night for us and we never
notice them. They work without re
ward and we don't appreciate It. So
every year on this day we are going
to give every horse an apple. Just to
show him what we think of him. That
will attract the people's attention and
make them think more of the horse."
As tonight is Halloween, It was sug
gested that an apple bobbing contest
be staged for horses. Several dozen
apples were tossed into the fountain
and a hook-beaked gray won easily.
The gray nose would stab an apple,
force it to the bottom of the" granite
bowl and bring it to the surface In the
white teeth. Back would go the head
of the gray and he would laugh long
at the efforts of the two little sorrels,
whose necks were not long enough to
permit this feat.
RAIN KEEPS GOBLINS INSIDE
Halloween Pranks Reported to Po
lice Are Few and Insignificant.
One lone false firm alarm and the re
porting of several "kid" pranks marked
the otherwise uneventrul passing of
Halloween. Tho steady downpour of
rain drenched the enthusiasm of those
destructively inclined and even the
street-car company reported "all well"
when questioned as to greased rails or
barriers to interfere with car schedules.
A milk wagon full of bottles left on the
car tracks by a band of boys was de-;
molished by a Russell-Shaver car.
Gates and fences suffered lightly at
the hands of the younger generation
and the extra police relief held for spe
cial patrol beats returned with but one
report and that was "rain." .
MRS. ASTOR IS VIRGINIAN
"It Is Only You Yankees Who
Change," Says W. Waldorf's- Wife.
NEW YORK, Oct. 31. (Special.)
Mrs. W. Waldorf Astor and her 6-year-old
son, "Bill," arrived today from
England on the Lusitania for a stay
through the Winter. Mrs. Astor was
formerly Miss Nannie Langhorne, one
of the beautiful Langhorne sisters of
Virginia.
"Bill" has one consuming ambition,
and that is to be a baseball player and
get on one of the big league teams.
When an immigration inspector asked
Mrs. Astor what her nationality was
she responded promptly and proudly:
"I am a Virginian, and once a Virgi
nian always a Virginian. It's only you
Yankees who change."
M'MANIGAL MAY BE FREED
Accomplice of McXnmara Brothers
Likely to Regain Liberty.
LOS ANGELES. Oct. 31. Ortie Mo
Manigal, whose confession as an acT
complice of the McNamara brothers
largely was responsible for the convic
tion In Indianapolis of the union labor
ers whose appeal was taken under ad
visement today after arguments in the
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
in Chicago, may be a free man in six
days.
County Attorneys tonight said that
with a decision on the appeals, McMani
gal probably would be released from
the Los Angeles County Jail.
CHILDREN CHEER MIKADO
Observance of Emperor's Birthday
General Throughout Japan.
TOKIO, Nov. 1. An impressive out
burst of patriotism attended the cele
bration of the first birthday of Emperor
Yoshlhlto since his ascension to the
throne. In Toklo 150.000 school chil
dren marched to the palace and cheered
the Emperor.
There was a military review, lantern
processions and a brilliant ball last
night. The celebration was general
throughout the empire.
AYRESHIRE COW CHAMPION
Wisconsin Carries Off Honors at Xa
tional Dairy Show.
CHICAGO, Oct. SI. Kilnford Bell, an
Ayreshlre cow. owned at Waukesha.
Wis.-, was declared today the queen of
the National Dairy Show and the best
milch cow on exhibition.
Crescent Beauty Butter Maid, owned
at Algonquin. 111., was declared the
grand champion Holstein cow and Paul
Calamo Korndyke grand champion Hol
stein bull.
SOCIETY FETED If
HONOR OF
Japanese Consular Re
ception Dazzles.
BRILLIANCY IS UNSURPASSED
AN Nations Represented in
Ballroom Decorations.
ELITE STUNNINGLY GOWNED
Portland Smart Set Responds With
Enthusiasm at Opening- of Social .
Season by Sir. and Mrs. Ida
With Elaborate Affair.
The reception and dance given last
night at the Hotel Multnomah by the
Japanese Consul and Mrs. M. Ida in
celebration of the birth of His Imperial
Majesty, the Emperor of Japan, was
one of the most brilliant and elaborate
affairs ever given In Portland. Society
responded with enthusiasm, turning out
en masse for the first large and formal
affair of the season. The elaborate
decoration of the ballroom, augmented
by the florist's art, scintillated with
the gorgeous gowns and Jewels of the
fair wearers.
Flags of All Nations Displayed.
Myriads of tiny flags emblematic of
all the nations of the world, with the
National Japanese flag predominating,
and with the Stars and Stripes shining
resplendently above the flags of all
other nations, hung from the center of
the room to each corner and to the
sides.
The Japanese flower, the chrysanthe
mum, was massed In all the windows
and along the sides of the ballroom,
yellow and white predominating. Oth
er flowers served merely to bring out
the beauties of the huge chrysanthe
mums, of which there were hundreds
on hundreds.
The delicate shading of the lights
was due to the fact that Japanese lan
terns hung from end to end of the
room, easting -a -softening' light -which
brought out the beauties of the dresses
to perfection.
Colors Are ierfeet Riot.
In the supper room much the same
system of decoration was In evidence,
only here the flags were smaller and
still more numerous, while a pleasing
and unusual feature was the manner
in which evergreen was used to form
a green background for the walls.
Here, too, there were ' Japanese lan
terns by the score, and the scene when
the huge room was filled for dinner
formed a riot of color, with the floral
decorations, the brilliancy of the gowns
(Concluded on Pace 4.)
INDEX CF TODAY'S NEWS !
The Weather.
TESTE RDATS Maximum temperature. 84
decrees; minimum, 49 degree.
TODAY'S Rain; southerly winds.
Foreign.
British policy toward Mexico criticised at
home. Page 1.
National.
Investors all at sea over income tax. which
goes Into effect today. Pare 1.
Mrs Wilson's lulls dlsoharsed bv Publls
Printer, but Lane seta his Job back for
romestic
Women treat Chicago horses to apples.
Page 1.
Mexican deputies saved from arrest by Mrs.
John Llnd. Page 1.
Portland to receive pari of consignment of
antipodean butter Page 1.
Wll.'tam Bramwell Booth arrives on firsf
visit to United States. Page 2.
Carnegie hero fund commission distributes
nearly $100,000. Page 2.
Hcnnessy details charges that Murphy plot
ted Sulzers Impeachment. Page 0.
Sports.
Three recruits added to Beaver squad.
Page 7.
Heavy Bremerton team reaches Portland.
Pag 6.
Big nine clashes may eliminate two from
finals. Page t.
War on organized baseball expected. Pare .
Washington High School defeats Jefferson
High at football. Page C.
Pad fie Northwest.
Programme is set for Washington Good
Koads meet at North Yakima. Pace In
jury finds Silverton editor libeled Mount
Angel Convent. Pae 10.
Kisser Jailed at Oregon City. Page 12.
State hangs two murderers, convicted of
Medi'ord crime. Page 10.
Teachers will meet at La Grande Novem
ber 24. Page 13.
Fund for Columbia River improvement
considered certain by Representative.
Page 0.
v Commercial and Marine.
Hop buying la active with 22 cents paid
for best. Page 17.
Wheat firm at Chicago, due to lighter
world's shipments. Page . 17.
Stock prices not affected by flurry in call
money rate Page 17.
Mercantile trade is good with steady buying
by Jobbers. Fags 17.
Damage to steamer Beaver may cause delay
in arrival. Page 12.
Portland and Vicinity.
Women Its wards, contends state defending
minimum wage. Pago 10.
Great gains shown in all lines of trade dur
ing October. Page 1.
Judge Lovet't, of Union Paciflo, arrives in
Portland. Page 4
Charles A. Co pey leses suit for real estate
commission. Pago 4.
Schoolchildren chafe under "highbrow"
music at . colu "audttorlnm." Page &.
Interstate bridge fete is on today, rain or
sun. Page 10.
Attempted bribery by Von Klein told by
Detective Day on stand. Page 12.
Methodists' troubles will be aired In court
next Friday. Page 11.
Califomian saved once from swindler by
police, succumbs to aamo operator. Page
10.
Weather report, data and forecast. Page 11
Portland society feted by Japanese Consul
and wife. Page 1.
MAROONED SEAMEN SAVED
Two Days Passed on Wave-Lashed
.. RocU..prr California. .Coast-. .-" -.
EUREKA, Cal., Oct. ' 31. Six mem
bers of the crew of the lighthouse ten
der Madrona were rescued today from
a small rock 18 miles north of Trin
idad Head, on which they had been
Isolated for two days and a night.
The Madrona went to Redding Rock
to establish a light, A southwest wind
came up suddenly and the men were
marooned. They were finally rescued
by Captain Sellman, of the Madrona,
who manned a whaleboat and ropes
were thrown on the rock. After tyins,
them about their waists the men
leaped into the sea and were drawn to
the boat.
FUNERAL NOTICE LATER.
INVESTORS AT SEA
OVER INCOME TAX
New Law Ushered In
Amid Confusion.
MANY ISSUES ARE RAISED
Dividends Will Be Deferred,
Pending Decision.
LITIGATION IS CERTAIN
Most Trouble Arises Over Provision
for "Collection at Source."
Appeals to High - Priced
Lawyers Unavailing.
NEW YORK, Oct. 31. That part of
New York which is referred to vaguely
as "Wall street" is In a state of con
fusion for once In Its career. The new
income tax law becomes effective to
morrow and some of the highest
priced lawyers, bankers and corpora
tion officials In the world confessed
that they were at sea as to Its meaning.
Thj chief source of trouble is that
portion of the law which provides for
the collection "at the source" of tho
t?T on income derived from Interest on
bonds, mortgages and certain other ob
ligations. Banks and corporations are
required to withhold this tax, in mak
ing payments of interest due to holders
of securities. More than $80,000,000 is
duo tomorrow in November interest
payments in New York.
Great Confusion Ensues.
The ruling in question has given
rise to endless confusion. In cases In
which bonds are not registered, the
names of their owners often are not
known to the banks or the fiscal
agents to whom coupons are presented
for payment. The identity of the own
ers must be established to determine
whether the tax Is to be deducted.
Certain exemptions are allowed under
the law. Six classes of exemptions
have beefh defined. Every lawyer and
bank officer-In. New York, Ima life, made
a burden by clients who wish to know
which of the six forms of exemption
apply to their particular cases. There
ire no - precedents to apply and it
is a foregone conclusion that payment
of a large part of the $80,000,000 in
terest due tomorrow will be deferred
pending a solution of the riddle.
Lltlsrntion Certain to Koliovr.
Whatever the outcome It la iredlctej,
many suits will be instituted with the
Government to test the law.
For tho last two weeks Wall street
has been flooded with booklets, dia
grams, charts and pamphlets purport
ing to summarize and clarify the law.
(Concluded on Page 2.)
PORTLAND TO GET
COLONIAL BUTTER
MORE THAN" 100 TONS COMES TO
SAX FRAXCISCO.
Shipment From .Antipodes, Where
Seasons Are Reversed, Depends
on Flavor for Success.
BAN FRANCISCO, Oct. SI. (Special.)
More than 100 tons of Australian and
New Zealand butter went on the mar
ket In San Francisco today. This Is the
first of the shipments stimulated by the
reduction of the duty by the Underwood
bill to 2 i cents a pound. The butter
was brought in cold storage on board
the steamship Tahiti, which arrived
from the colonies yesterday.
The exact amount was 208,000 pounds.
The total receipts of the butter in San
Francisco for the day were 231.000
pounds, ten times as much Australian
butter coming in as California butter.
There Is a great deal of curiosity
about this Australian butter. Dealers
and grocers are desirous of knowing
Its flavor, because on this depends the
extent to which it can be sold. All ad
mit that it can be produced In the colo
nies and shipped here, paying the small
duty, more cheaply than the California
article.
The heaviest shipments are expected
in the Winter months, not only because
butter is then higher In California, but
because production is at full swing in
the colonies, the seasons being1 reversed
and prices being lower in Australia be
tween September and March than at
any other time of the year.
Part of the present shipment has been
apportioned to Portland as an experi
ment. AIRSHIP FRIGHTENS HENS
Chickens Go Up in Air When Hoy
Knabenshuo Hovers Xear.
PASADENA, Cal.. Oct. 31. (Special.)
Industrious hens in the vicinity of
the Hotel Raymond have quit laying
eggs since Roy Knabenshue started
making flights in his big dirigible bal
loon. C. H. Regan, who owns a chicken
ranch on South Marengo avenue, pro
tested to the police today that ever
since Knabenshue had been making
flights a, majority of his finest egg
producing fowls refuse to lay. Other
chicken owners are making siihllar
complaints.
According to Regan, the chickens be
came panic-stricken at the appearance
of the big airship and are unable to
lay. The police have the question un
der advisement.
ALBANY AIDS SALEM FIGHT
Visiting Business Men Make Talk for
Prohibition.
SALEM. Or., Oct. 31. (Special.)
Thirty business men of Albany came
to Salem tonight to aid in the fight to
make the town "dry." A big mass meet
ing was held at the Armory, over which
Mayor Steeves. of this city, presided,
all the SDeaKers predicting that the
capital city after next Tuesday would
be arrayed with the prohibition cities
of the state.
Mayor Gilbert and other residents of
Albany who spoke declared that putting
the licensed saloon out of business had
been of great benefit to the municipal
ity. They denied that prohibition had
mado taxes higher and Insisted that the
people had been more prosperous than
ever since the city voted out saloons
seven years ago.
CHINESE BARSJSREEN CAP
Oriental Says Freshman Badge Is
China's Emblem of Disgrace.
MADISON. Wis., Oct. 31. A Chinese
student, John Young, was before the
student court at the State University
today for failure to wear the green cap
for freshmen. He gave the following
defense:
"The green cap ii a token of disgrace
In China. When a man's wife Is un
faithful to him, people point to him
in scorn and so he has to wear tho
green cap."
Young said that although his coun
trymen don the green cap here to show
their desire to live up to the Wiscon
sin customs. It is nevertheless with
some qualm. His case was dismissed.
LAUGH WILMWEAN DEATH
Woman With Broken Back to Die If
She Couglis or Sneezes.
BOSTON. Mass., Oct. 31. A sneeze,
a cough or a laugh will cost the life
of Mrs. Mary McCormick, a patient at
tho City Hospital, physicians said to
day. The woman suffered a broken
back in a fall from a third-story win
dow, and any movement, however
slight, may snap the weakened spinal
cord.
Thomas Wilson is held in bonds of
$5000 pending her recovery or death.
The police charge him with having
thrown the woman from the window.
NAME BROADWAY REMAINS
Xumbering of Street to Be From
Ankcny Xorth and South.
Meeting with strong opposition lu
their proposal to change the name of
Broadway on the West Side back to
Seventh street, members of tho City
Commission yesterday dropped the
plan. An ordinance providing for the
change, fathered by Commissioner
Brewster, was voted out.
All of the buildings south of Ankeny
street will be numbered on the basis
of Broadway South, while all north of
that street will be Broadway Morto. ,
MRS. LIND RESCUES
MEXICAN DEPUTIES
Fleeing Legislators
Hide in Stateroom.
WOMAN SITS UP ALL NIGHT
Envoy's Wife Cannot Bear to
See Men Hanged.
VESSEL IS LONG DETAINED
Sentiment of Other Passengers on .
Morro Castle, Just Arrived in
Xew York, Is Against
Policy of AVIIson.
NEW YORK, Oct. 31. Tho steamer
that arrived tonight from Vera Cruz
with Mrs. John Lind. wife of President
Wilson's special envoy, brought also
two Mexican legislators who owe their
liberty, if not their lives, to her gener
osity. To save the two Mexicans from
arrest at Vera Cruz Mrs. Lind hid them
in her stateroom and sat up all night
on deck until the boat left port and
the officers of the Huerta government
had gone ashore.
A week ago the cables brought word
that the Ward liner Morro Castle had
been detained at Vera Cruz, while Hu.
erta's agents searched for eight rebel
lious members of the Legislature of the
State of Vera Cruz. Until the Morro
Castle arrived here tonight only those
aboard knew that two of the eight
deputies had escaped arrest. These
two, Adolfo Dominguez and Miguel A.
Cordora, say they will stay in New
York until Mexico becomes a safer
home for the opponents of Huerta.
Husband's Keturn Drlnyed.
Mrs. Llnd said that her husband, the
special envoy, had expected to comu
home after the Mexican election. Now
she did not know when he would come.
"We expected that the Morro Castle
would sail from Vera Cruz," said Mrs.
Lind, "at 4 o'clock on the afternoon of
October 23. Then Captain Huff was
subpenaed te t testify 'regarding- the
flight of Dr. Francisco Vasq;ez Gomez,
who had sailed on the Morro Castle
three months before. Later we learned
the real reason for our detention was
that the government wished to search
the ship for eight state legislators from
Jalapa. They arrested six of these men,
but they didn't find the others, and
I'll tell you why.
Men Hide In Stateroom.
"While the search was going on the
friends of these two men learned that
I was aboard and they came with tears
In their eyes begging me to help them.
I said. 'Here's the key to my stateroom.
Take it-'
"That was all they needed. I spent
the night on deck and the two men hid
in my room until the detectives gave
up the search and went ashore. The
ship was released and we sailed at 5
o'clock the next morning."
The wife of the special envoy Is a
house-wifely little woman, with quiet
manners and a low voice; but her eyes
flashed as she said:
"I couldn't bear to think of those
men being taken ashore and hanged.
I Just had to do something for them."
Soldiers Krmaln on SIilp.
Two other Americans aboard the
Morro Castle, George Hebron and John
Kane, employes of the American Enam
eling & Refining Company, also had
an experience with Domingues and
Cordora. There were rumors that
Huerta's agents stayed aboard until
the ship reached Progresso, October
25. The first night out of Vera Cruz,
Mr. Hebron said, Dominguez burst into
their stateroom yelling in Spanish,
"They're after me. They're after me."
Hebron ran on deck and into the
arms of a squad of Mexican soldiers.
"Are you an American?" they de
manded. Hebron said he was and they made
no attempt to detain him.
Deputies Oppose Intervention.
The deputies insisted that, while
conditions in Mexico were chaotic, in
terference by the United States would
only make matters worse. They be
lieved the quickest way to restore
peace in Mexico would be for the gov
ernment to grant amnesty to all rebels
and hold a free election.
Mrs. Lind was the only person
aboard, so far as known, who approved
President Wilson's Mexican policy.
William Blair Flandreau, an American
mining man, expressed disapproval of
President Wilson's attitude. Mr. Flan
dreau and his wife are bound for their
home in St. Paul. Mrs. Lind went to
spend the night with them at a lmtil
here and will accompany them tomor
row as far as her home in Minneap
olis. Mrs. Lind said that she and her hus
band had had courteous treatment
everywhere.
"Wo had a pleasant trip," Ehe said.
"I do not remember any time when wo
feared for our safety."
Captain Harry A. Huff, of the Morro
Castle, made light of the alarming
reports that reached this country when
the steamer was detained.
"We were supposed to be in a lot
of trouble," he said, "but we weren't."
Italy to Consult United States.
ROME. Oct. 31. It is understood here
that Italy will not adopt a programme
concerning Mexico witnout first having
entered Into a friendly exchanse of
Ideas on the subject with the United
States Government,
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