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MEXICO IS "ONE OF FINEST AND MOST
PRODUCTIVE COUNTRIES IN WORLD"
Party of Eoselrorf Citizens Enjoy Trip to Sister Republic and Believe With Cessation of Wu Great Progress Will
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That Mulro I one of the nnest
and m't productive countries In
the worl-L and Is !cstinel to bwome
the niecca of the American Inventor.
U the declaration of W. L. Cobb, one of
Itoseburc's best-known capitalists, who
recently returned from that country
after an extended vlelt. While In a
turmoil at tie present time. Mr. Cobb
predict that the ni!ln difficulties In
Mexico will non be settled, whereupon
tie country will come Into lt own.
SKJkmc of hl Mexican trip Mr.
Cobb
fir party landed In rebel territory,
which Includes the whole State of Chi
huahua, and arrive! In Juarez April
11.
"idir first experience en to be thor
oughly tnepectiM bv American aoWlera
In orOer to see that wo carried no
arm or ammunition from the I'nlted
States Into Mexican territory: follow
ing which we were Inspected by the
aoldlem to see f at we had na letter
or docurrents that would be of any tie
or information to tne ieterai aoioiers.
yroi thl point, we took the train ta
r Into the Interior of the State of
Olhuahua. T?-e rule and rerulatlon
allowing foreigners to pass Into the In
terior are very atrlct.
C.mm ftew 0 IVIthsat lajary.
"While beln examine! and our belonging-
Inspected, one of the Mexican
aruarda. or soldier, accidentally dis
charged Ma Winchester Into the crowd
of about 404 Mexican and Americana,
but no one was Injured.
"At the first station, about 13 mile
out, where the train stopped for water,
we had our llrat experience with the
rehel soldier away from the Ameri
can border. At first they appeared
Terr timM and auspicious of us but
after we had been able to make them
understand that our mission wa a
friendly one. they became Tery cordial.
"At this place there waa a large set
tlement of peoca. or laborers. They
were all Tery anxious to hare their
pictures taken. After a. few minutes'
stop, we proceeded to Candelarla.
where one of our Ponclas County citi
zens Is operatlr.r a hotel. He Is known
In Mexico as 'Mexican Pill' and was
formerlT known I while In Oregon) ss
Ttller Bill." We were shown about the
country by "Mexican Pill. the mode of
transportation being a Mexican auto
mobile, which was four mules and a
Mead axle' Mitchell wagon.
X ilal "Bill's" MHfksir.
Vi the first day oat. we visited one
of 'Bill's' nearest nels-hbora, which waa
about seven miles away. On arriving
there we were met by the owner of
the premises, who was a typical Mexi
can. After cur party bad been intro
duced to Mm. he proceeded to call his
entire family from the adobe hut. This
fsmily consisted of seren or eight boys,
five or six ctrls sod a balf dozen or
more "youngsters.' The women all
greeted us with a hearty handshake:
the men and boys took off fhelr bats
In a manner that would make the
American 'd'lde' blush. The greeting
oxer, they all lined up and the father
c!iappeared for a moment In tlie adobe
house; a few second later he appeared,
callinr all the family Into the parlor,
and Inviting us to follow. The parlor
consists,! cf a rude mud er adobe room
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home; the carpets being dressed cow
skins and the chairs blocks of wocl.
This room Is very prlvsle and It is
considered by Mexicans the height of
hospitality to Invito strangers Into It.
The doge, cats and chickens are per
mitted to stay In this room, but the
calves and donkeys ars excluded from
the parlor, while the farm animals are
allowed In the other rooms of the
house. The house and cow corral were
all In one enclosure.
..fter we had been invited into the
parlor and went through their regular
form of hospitality, we asked for per
mission to take their pictures.
We BeeelTS Babetaatlal Preaeat.
"On preparing to leave, we were
much surprised to receive as a gift a
quarter of beef, which was put Into
our wagon with a very cordial Invita
tion to again visit them.
The dreas of the Mexican people of
the middle or common class, consists
principally of a hat with a rim large
enough to cover several people.
"We desired to mall some letters one
day to the fnlted Ststes and hired an
American to carry them to Juarez by
train, not knowing that there were
very 'strict orders thst all Americans
desiring to cross the border from Mexi
co Into the I'nlied Ststes had to have
letters of Identification or an order
from some Mexican authority. -Our
carrier proceeded to Juarez without
difficulty, but on alighting from the
train at that point was taken In charge
by the Mexican guards snd placed un
der arrest and for several hours he was
held on suspicion of being a spy. With
some difficulty he secured a Mexican
soldier, whom he had met at Candel
arla. to Identify him. and he was ac
cordingly released. The letters that
he carried on his person were not dis
covered. The reason that we did not
mall our letters In Mexico was due to
the fact that there seems to be some
difficulty In getting them through Into
the t'nlted Statra.
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train, which was In charge of tha 'Red
Daggers' of Insurrectos, who hold the
whole State of Chihuahua and control
the Mexican Central Railroad Company
from Juarez, about 400 miles south to
ward Mexico City, for Ahuraada. a town
about 60 miles south of Candalerla.
whfch Is one of the strongholds of the
Insurrectos. or "Red Flaggers.' On ar
riving at Ahumnda we had some diffi
culty In making our mission under
stood. We first visited the barracks
and asked for the commandant. We
were told to call again In about three
hours and we might be able to see him.
In the meantime we began looking over
the town, which had a population of
about soo people. We had not gone
far before we were aware that we
were attracting considerable attention,
and as all Americans are looked upon
with more or less suspicion at this
time, we soon ssw that It ' would be
necessary to make our mission known.
We had been told before we reached
Ahumada that there was a Mexican
In the merchandise business there who
was a graduate of a Denver college.
We proceeded to hunt him op, and
after locating him. It was with some
difficulty that we Induced him to talk
In ELgilsh. We bought a few cigars
and continued conversing with him un
til he became very sociable and In
formed us that If we wished to ba
treated without suspicion or aa in
truders It would be a wise plan not to
speak about the war or the trouble
that the Mexican government was ex
periencing. "In a very short time some of ths
beet-appearing citizens were following
and wstchlng us. and they became
quite friendly. Soon we were advised
by one of their leaders that ws were
to be entertained, and If at 1 o'clock
we would go to the railroad station,
which seemed to be their placa of en
tertainment, they would meet us. At
1 o'clock sharp we were at the depot,
and found the city band had been
caUed out. After preparing high seats
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for our -party the band proceeded to
play Mexican tunes, and some of our
latest American music for two hours.
The CelOBel Is Pcaeecfc.
"Before the entertainment was over
the Colonel appeared on the scene. We
were Introduced to him. with the aid
of an Interpreter, and he treated us
very eordiany. We then asked permis
sion to take his picture, which favor all
Mexicans seem to be very glad to
grant. He rigged up in his best, with
guns, pistols and swords and broad
brimmed sombrero, and posed for the
picture, after which he Invited us to
take a picture of his army, which he
proceeded to call from the barracks
and line up in full parade, with him
self at the head of the line. As soon
as this picture had been taken he asked
us to wait a few minutes, as he would
like to have another picture taken. He
sent a messenger to the camp, and a
guard soon sppeared on the scene with
a large tow sack filled with Mexican
silver dollars. He said he wished to
have their pictures taken ss though It
was "pay dav. as he wanted to show
that the 'Red Flaggers' had plenty of
money to pay their soldiers. We sft
erwards learned that the report waa
rife that the Insurrectos were desert
ing because of non-payment. He also
voluntarily gave us a document which
he said would protect us. providing his
ruralrs should arrest us through mis
take, but, so far as we knew. It might
haye been an order to hang us.
"As soon. as these people became
aware that our mission was In no way
connected with their troubles, and that
we were friends. t5ey seemed to de
light In showing us every civility wlth-
n their power. I can say inn we mn
never treated better by any people or
country than we were by the Mexican
I neonle.
"We had a wait of about three hours
! for our trsln. and as far as we could
determine the entire population of the
town waited with us.
Army Has Varied Equipment.
"As to their army and equipment,
they had arms of every description,
from prehistoric times down to the
present day. However, their most ef
ficient soldiers are equipped, so far as
we could see. with the lstest and beat
guns, and I am convinced that there
is a mistaken Idea about their bravery
and daring. While some of the Ignorant
classes are Inefficient, both In dis
cipline and In use of arms, the aver
, ire Tied Klagger' feels that he Is de
fending a Just cause, and from what
we could learn that cause Is to secure
a portion of land for each of their citi
zens, which has been snd Is at the
present time, controlled by a few rich,
aristocratic Mexicans.
"My observation as to the actual con
ditions of the country and government
Is that It Is a very, undeveloped state
nf agriculture, and" the people as a
whole are very Illiterate and Ignorant.
-While we were In Ahumada. Unn
Perdue, of Perdue, Or., suggested that
we eat a Mexican dinner. After some
investigation we were directed to what
was known as the 'Ahumada Restau
rant.' This was located In a very rude
adobe hut, with dirt floors, having
boxes and blocks of wood for chairs.
The dining-room and kitchen were to
gether, as the restaurant consisted of
but one room. The cook was a woman
of some 40 Summers, and from the ap
pearance of the surroundings, our ap
petites began to fall us. We could see
seven or eight cats, half a dozen or
more chickens and four or five young
sters, which were so poorly clad that
we failed to see the clothes. Imme
diately we began to wonder what was
to be the bill of fare. In a few minutes
the cook rook a few green leaves, which
appeared to be something of the nature-
of" alfalfa. This she began to roll
In her 'unwashed hands, and with a
bucket of hog lard, mixed the leaves
and lard and put It In a frying pan on
the stove. This, It seemed to us .would
be our main diet, and, in fact, all we
could see. Mr. Perdue suggested that
we excuse ourselves and pay the bill
for the trouble of preparing what was
to have been our dinner, and this we
did. .
"From here we went to Juarez ana
found some difficulty in getting a per
mit to cross Into the United States.
M ex lee Is Laad of PromUe.
"As a country. I believe Mexico Is
one of the greatest lands of promise to
the American people, and the best that
has ever been given to any people.
"Pn account of Its proximity to the
great markets of the world, after the
completion of the Panama Canal, I be
lieve that Mexico will be one of the
most densely populated and Intensely
farmed districts of any place of Its size
on the American continent. In my
opinion, however. It will be several
years before peace will be restored,
owing to the disposition of the people.
"American Interests, outside of the
old Spanish grants, seem to predomi
nate, and will eventually mould the
destiny of the Republic. As for the
Intervention of the United States. It is
the opinion of both Insurrectos and
Federalists that Uncle Sam will not.
and cannot force his laws upon the
Mexican people, and It is common talk
among both parties that should the
t'nlted States send her troops Into that
country they will both unite and whip
her, or any other country that may
interfere."
Mr. Cobb says the fertility of tha
Mexican soil is equal to that of the
United States, but that development
and enterprise is lacking. "The Amer
icans will supply the means for the
development of Mexico." says Mr.
Cobb, "the people of that country be
ing of a slow and easy-going class
who have little conception of prog
ress." 1
being so well known throughout
Douglas County. Mr. Cobb and his
associates hsve been compelled to re
late their experiences while In Mexico
upon numerous occasions. In fact, they
have even received letters from a dis
tance asking general Information re
garding the Mexican country and Its
people.
IRISH GAME IS SUFFERING
Protective Society Soys Magistrates
Encourage Law Breaking.
DUBLIN, May 18. (Special.) Lord
Massey presided at the annual meet
ing of the Irish Game Protection So
ciety held In Dublin this week. The
report msde reference to the number
of prosecutions during the year, and
stated that In many of these utterly
Inadequate fines were Inflicted, while
In certain districts the magistrates. In
stead of discouraging the poacher and
assisting to foster and build up a
valuable National asset, appeared to
show a marked tendency towards the
offenders.
Dissatisfaction was also expressed at
the way in which the Inland Revenue
"neglects Its most elementary duty to
enforce the laws made for the pro
tection of game license holders." Year
by year there was a decrease In the
number of game certificates Issued,
while the number of 12.60 gun licenses
continued to Increase.
The chairman said it was very hard
to get the excise authorities to take
up cases for prosecution, and Sir Fred
erick Shaw, in moving a resolution
of protest on the subject, said that the
enormous sale of cheap arms was abso
lutely fatal to the existence of game
In the country. These weapons could
only be used for poaching or a worse
purpose. Most of the people who had
these guns paid no license. This was
a matter which, from a different point
of view, bad been protested against
by nearly every Judge of Assize and
County Court judge. Tha resolution
was carried.
FINANCIER WARNS OF EXPORTING GOLD;
PROMINENT MEN SEEN IN WORLD NEWS
London Capitalist Declares Metal Is Being Hoarded in India Governor-General of Philippines Arrives on First
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Moreton Frewen Is one of the
world's authorities on finance. He
Is a resident of London, but Is well
known In New York, where he has been
a frequent visitor. He married one of
the daughters of Leonard Jerome, of
New York. air. Frewen has been
quoted recently as saying there Is great
danger to the financial world In the
exportation of gold to India. The na
tives of India have been hoarding silver
for many years, but the high silver
duty has now discouraged the importa
tion of sliver and the result Is that
they are hoarding gold, thus causing a
shrinkage In the circulation.
W. Cameron Forbes, Governor-General
of the Philippines, arrived In New
York recently, coming home for his
first vacation In four years. He bringrs
encouraging news about the Industrial
condition of the Islands, whose pros
perity he attributes to the Payne tariff
law. Contrary to expectation, the isl
ands have not had to call on the United
States to assist in the cost of admln-
NEW YORK WANTS 100,000 WOMEN TO
DO HOUSEWORK; NEW RULES TRIED
"Saturday Night and Sunday Off" Is Latest Edict of Wives Who Exhaust Every Means to Keep Domestics.
Girls and Ifeedy Mothers Prefer Factories and Smaaller Wages Lonergan Tells Oddities of Gotham.
BY LLOYD F. LONERGAN.
NEW YORK. May 18. (Special.)
In NeAv York City there are posi
tions waiting for 100,000 women
to do housework.
This statement.. Is made on the au
thority of City Superintendent of Li
censes Robinson, who has Just made
an exhaustive report to Mayor Gay
nor. Mr. Robinson, under orders of
his chief, has made a careful study of
conditions, and Is able to talk authorl
tlvely concerning them.
"The prevailing rate of wages paid
servants In 111." Robinson- says, as
shown from the books of East Side
agencies, are cooks, $25.50 a month;
waitresses. $22; general houseworkers,
J18.50. The figures In the Fifth and
Madison avenue agencies are much
higher.
65,000 Italians Available.
"There are In New York City," con
tinues the Commissioner, "between 60,
000 and 65.000 Italian women of work
ing age who are free to work. Half of
them are In factories and the other
half live at home. The latter half would
be available for domestic service If
they would ever consent to try It, but
the Italian family instincts are so
strong that all the members of a fam
ily must live In the same house. Italjan
parents want their daughters to marry
young and will not permit them to
leave their homes until they are mar
ried." Proprietors of employment agencies
believe that conditions are worse in
New York thad in other cities, .and de
clare that the apartment houses com
plicate the problem. In most flats and
apartments there Is really no- place
where a girl can entertain her relatives
and friends. This, together with the
long hours which many employers in
sist upon, makes the girl's life an un
happy one, and she speedily hunts up
a Job In a garment factory, where she
has some time to herself.
Hundred of Vacancies Exist.
"I have hundreds of vacancies on my
list at $6. S and 110 a week, with
board and lodging free," declares the.
matron of one of the largest of the
East Side agencies, "but I am simply
unable to supply the demand for girls.
The trouble Is that the work Is too
confining, and the women can have a
better time, even with less money, in
offices or factorles.-
"I know Just one woman who seems
to know how to keep her help. She
told me while engaging a parlor maid
recently, that she gives her girls Sat
urday night and Sunday off. and eats
with her husband and guests at a res
taurant while they are away. Then she
added that she always lets them go at
a specified time is ths evening and
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istration and the progress upward
seems to be steady.
General Brayton Ives Is one of the
foremost figures of the financial world
today. He is president of the Metro
politan Trust Company. Born in Farm
lngton. Conn., in 1840, he graduated at
Yale and served in the Union Army
from 1861 to 1S65. He was for many
years a stock broker and has been pres
ident of the Stock Exchange. He Is
director of many railroads and of some
of the greatest industrial corporations.
Emll Boas, managing director of the
Hamburg-American Line, and a director
in many public bodies In New York,
died in that city May 3 of pneumonia.
Mr. Boas had been the general agent
and afterward director of the Hamburg-American
Line since 1892. Dur
ing a period of 20 years he had built up
the business of his company to huge
proportions. It was under the au
spices of Mr. Boas that the company
purchased the Atlas Line and opened
up business from New York to the West
Indies. Mr. Boas had been decorated
by the Sultan of Turkey, the Emperor
of Germany, the President of Venezuela,
the King of Sweden, the Emperor of
never keeps them an lntant over the
hour fixed.
"The trouble Is that most employers
believe that a girl should work early
and late; and never have a moment off
except the 'every other Thursday af
ternoon,' and even that Is encroached
upon at times."
Recruiting In at Low Ebb.
These afe unhappy days for the local
militiamen, or rather for their officers.
Recruiting is at a low ebb, andi despite
the efforts of the officers, it is mighty
hard to get "rookies."
The powers that rule the Forty-Seventh
Regiment, a Brooklyn organiza
tion, decided to try novel tactics to
bring the enlistments up to a higher
figure. On a recent evening, the regi
ment. In full regalia, had a night pa
rade about the neighborhood of the
armor-, and appeals were made to
spectators to "come in, the water is
fine." The band played, fhe soldiers
marched and countermarched, and
everything possible was done to arouse
the enthusiasm of civilian spectators.
No official statement has been made as
yet as to how the plan worked out.
For some reason or other, the grow
ing generation does not take the In
terest in National Guard matters that
was displayed by its fathers. Further
more there is a constantly decreasing
number of re-enlistments, the majority
of the young soldiers seeming to be
satisfied with one term with the colors.
The leaders of the Guard are work
ing desperately to combat this condi
tion, and the city regiments are stead
ily adding tcf their attractive features.
In many cf the organizations the mem
bers have all the comforts of a first
class club, at practically no expense,
but even this does not seem to be able
to keep them In uniform. They just
simply do not want to be heroes and
that is all there Is to it
Ask old officers of the Guard and
they will tell you that the young men
of today are lacking in patriotism.
Converse with some of the aforesaid
young men and they will tell you that
discipline Is too strict, there are too
many parades and besides life Is too
short to march around In uniform, with
the chance of being called out on
strike duty and losing their civilian
Jobs.
The case of James llonahan, police
patrolman, retired, has aroused much
Interest and the chances are that un
usual action will be taken In his case.
Monahan was 35 years on the force,
and from January, 1898, until be was re
tired a few weeks ago, had the same
beat, a stretch In Far Rockaway. When
Monahan was put on the pension list,
he told his friends that he did not
know what to do, as had been so ac
customed to police life that anything
else seemed unnnatural. He bought a
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He was a public-spirited citizen of
New York and was Identified with
many public movements. It Is thought
his successor will be Julius P. Meyer,
the general passenger manager of the
line for America.
Rev. Karl Relland has been elected
pastor of St. George's Church, New
York. He succeeds Rev. Hugh Birck
head, who goes to Baltimore. J. P.
Morgan 'Is senior warden of St.
George's. Dr. Reiland la a native of
Brooklyn and 39 years old. His par
ents were German. He studied at Mld
dletown and elsewhere and took a
theological course at Alexandria. He
was ordained In 1901 and for three
years was stationed at Wethersfleld.
Then he came to Grace Church as as
sistant to Dr. Huntington. His work
there attracted much attention. In
1910 he was transferred to Yonkers,
where he has remained until the pres
ent. Fred M. Smith is to be the head of
the Mormon Church when its present
President dies. He is a son of the pres
ent leader, Joseph Smith, who has
designated him for the succession.
hack and ran that for a time, but dally
grew more nervous, and finally was
sent to the Kings County Hospital.
On two occasions since then he haa
made his escape, and been picked up
later, patrolling his old beat. When
taken back to the hospital he becomes
violent, and insists that he must go
back to his post.
While on His old post, Monahan is
seemingly rational in every way. He
has no uniform, but carries an old
club, tries doors, and attends to duty
with all his old time skill. In fact he
simply adds another man to a station
that is and always has been short
handed. Old Beat Mar Be Returned.
Relatives of Monahan are trying to
have him released and permitted to
enjoy himself as, a volunteer patrol
man. They believe that if this course
is followed he will live happily
for a number of years, while if he is
kept in the hospital for any length of
time he will go raving mad. The
matter has been put up to Commission
er Waldo, and the chances are that
If the doctors agree It Is advisable,
the Police Commissioner will co-operate
with the family of the old tima
patrolman.
The following communication, type
written on a postal card, seems to ex
plain Itself. It might be added that
the dignified Board has taken no ac
tion whatever In the matter, but has
simply filed the cummunication In its
archieves:
"Gentlemen We. to our surprise,
notice a long article that by your
board a contract being awarded to a
women, which looks very queer to us,
for any architect or builder as the
building progresses ought to go there
and see for themselves of what is be
ing done and when the building gets
about three or four stories high they
have to climb a ladder to enable them
to look on the Inside of the mason
work. This Is to our opinion a nice
how do you do for a woman to exercise:
even if hobble skirts are the fashion.
It does not look proper to us. Respect
fully. "Citizens and Property Holders."
An Alpine Panorama.
London Echo.
The Jungfrau tunnel, which pierces
in a semi-vertical direction one of the
highest mountains in Switzerland, has
been carried up to the site of another
station, the Jungfraujoch, 11,400 feet
above the sea. It is hoped that the
tunnel will be finished in 1914. One
of the most magnificent panoramas in
the Alps, heretofore seen only by the
expert mountain climber, will then be
brought within reach of the avera
tourist-