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RAILWAY STRIKE NOW DEFERRED Engincnicn Accept Roads' Offer of Mediation. Managers Dcnu lie fusing to Abide by AwardsFederal Hoard Will Now Take Cane. Chicago Danger of a ntrlko of tlio engine crowH of Western railroads wan deferred Saturday night when tho rop rcHontatlvon of tho men accepted an offer of mediation by William L. Cliarnboni, chairman of tho Federal Hoard of Mediation and Conciliation. The meeting with the full board will begin hero within a few dayu. The olfer of mediation by Mr. Cham bora caino an a remilt of a request by A, W. Tronholm, chairman of tho com mittee of general manager, which wan made in Hpite of a formal an nouncement that the employed would decline to accept mediation, and charges that the rallroadn had hereto fore rofuncd to abide by the findings of arbitration hoardtt. The mcBHtigu of acceptance wan sent by Warren 8. Stone, grand chief engi neer of tho Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, and W. S. Carter, prcnl dent of the Hrothorhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginomen. I Tho rallroadn committee, in a letter to the men, denied they had refused to abido by arbitration awardn, an charg ed by the men. Mr. Carter nald that tho chargcA of repudiation had been the result of tho Interpretation given awardn by tho roiulii, and not becaune they had actu ally ignored tho findings of the arbitra tion board. Ho wild, also, that tho Eontorn rather than tho Western roads, had been In mind when theso char gen woro made. "Tho findings of tho mediation board are not mandatory," he said. Both Germans and British Offer Gen. Hucrla Asylum Puerto Mexico General Vlctoriano Uuetra, who recently resigned an pro visional president of Mexico arrived hero shortly after 9 o'clock Saturday night, lie wan accompanied by Gen oral Hlanquot, his minister of war. When he expects to leave hl coun try and share tho oxllo of General Por flrio Diaz, whom he escorted to tho coast three years ago, Is yet unknown except perhaps to himself. " Captain Kohlcr, of tho German cruher Dresden, offered him his ship "for any use ho cared to make of her," but General Hucrta merely thanked him, adding that ho would return his call. Tho trip to this port was without in cident or unpleasantness other than that caused by tho terrible heat of tho tropical lowlands. With Hucrta and Hlanquot wcro tho general Btaff. Tho party occupied a train of nine sleeping cars, four of which wore given over to troops. Two other trains, with nothing but troops, preceded General Huertas' train and arrived here an hour boforo tho Huerta train. Behind him camo another train, also loaded with soldiers, to guard against any rear movements. Captain Kohlor and Btaff, In formal dress uniforms, wore at tho station and woro olllcially presented to Gen eral Huerta. Ho thanked tho captain for his call and for tho offer of his boat. British Vice Consul Gommill also officially called on Huerta and present ed him a message, presumably an offer of rofugo on tho British cruiBor Bris tol. Huorta read it and expressed pleasure- at tho consideration being shown him. Strikers Use Dynamite. Fort Smith, Ark. Aftor a pitched battlo between sovoral hundred strik ing coal miners and sympathizers and 100 guards stationed at tho Prairio Creole mines of tho Mammoth Vein Coal company, near Fort Smith, Sat urday which ended in tho rout of tho guards, tipples of three mines woro destroyed by flro and dynamito. Tho proporty damage is estimated at $200,000. So far as can bo ascer tained no one was killed or wounded in tho fighting, which began shortly aftor daybreak. Tho rlotors hold possession of tho mines sovoral hours, wrecking tho plants With torch and explosives, Child Escapes Narrowly Klversldo, Cal. Mary Sobdo, 2 yearn old, dropped hor rag doll into an irrigation atandplpo near hero, and, reaching after It, foil In herself and floated along in an 18-inch main. Ef forts to fish her out at two ntandplpes farther down failed, but at tho third, an eighth of a mile away, James Ktngo, u rancher, caught her, uncoil Melons, and resuscitated her, Tho loll wan nut recovered, NEW PRESIDENT OF MEXICO TO RESIGN TO CARRANZA Washington,. D, C Francisco Car bajal, successor to General Huerta as provisional president of Mexico, has idvlscd tho United Statcfl- government Informally that ho intended to retire In favor of General Carranza, tho con stitutionalist chief. Mr. Carbajal wishes only that a general amnesty bo proclaimed and protection given to tho property of thoso who opposed tho conntilutlonalintH. This statement of tho attitudo of Iluorta'a successor, together with tho announcement from Saltillo that Car ranza was willing to enter into nego tiations with Carbajal rclativo to tho transfer of authority at Mexico City, wan regarded hore as practically assur ing cessation of hostilities and tho restoration of peace in Mexico. Monterey, Mox. "General Carranza will not recognize the validity of the debts of Huerta after ho enters Mexico City and establishes a constitutional government," was tho statement made here by high constitutionalist officials. It wan in answer to questions con corning a statement said to have been published in tho United States that foreign nations had mado a demand through Washington that Carranza agree to recognize tho legality of tho debts of Huorta and grant amnesty to all political prisoners. Big Alaskan Railway Tax Is Repealed by Congress Washington, D. C. In less time than it taken to tell it, tho United States senate, following tho lead of tho house of representatives, tore up "I. O. U.'b" representing something liko $20,000,000 technically duo tho government, but not recoverable, be causo of tho inability of certain rail road companies to pay fines that legal ly rested against them under an old law paused in 1899. This big wad of money, stago or otherwise, wan thrown away when tho senate passed a house bill repealing tho act of 1899 imposing an annual tax of $100 a milo on all railroads in Alas ka, and remitted all penalties that may havo accrued under that statute. In lieu of that tax, tho repealing law, ninco signed by the President, imposes a tax of 4 per cent per annum on tho gross receipts of all privately owned railroads in Alaska. Uno oi tho tn teres tea spectators in tho senate gallery when tho repeal bill wan paused was Falcon Joslin, repre senting tho Tanana Valley railroad, a 45-mllo road running out of Fairbanks. This road, ono of tho first built in Alaska, has never paid and has never been able to pay the old tax, especial ly since that law was cumulative in character, doubling tho penalty tho first day of delinquency, quadrupling tho pcnlaty for tho second day and so on ad Infinitum. Mr. Joslin estimated that at the time tho senate repealed tho $100 tax, his railroad owed tho government something more than $10,000,000, and tho full penalty earned tho day tho bill passed waB exactly $13,000. Thoro arc about 200 miles of rail road in Alaska that havo been effec tively put out of business by the old $100 tnx, as nono wcro ablo to operate and discharge their obligation to tho government. Senator Jones, of Wash ington, who, wan instrumental in hav ing tho law of 1899 repealed, informed tho senate that tho repeal would give incentive to theso roads to begin oper ation immediately. General Villa Sorry That President Huerta Resigned Juarez, Mox, "I would much pre fer that Iluorta had remained in tho chair, or , in Mexico City, until wo could got our hands on him," General Villa said In Juarez, when ho learned of Huorta's reported resignation. "That is tho only comment I caro to mako on tho subject," ho added. "I am a soldier of my country and do not caro to oxprcss my opinion of tho traitor's resignation." A military band played martial airs outsido Villa's headquarters aa tho news of Uuerta's resignation was spread about. Villa will remain on tho bordor two or threo days, it was said at his headquarters hero. An in formal request has been mado that ho visit El Paso on tho American Bide, but while noither army nor civil offi cials havo any objections, tho matter was dropped. Tho sudden, but not unexpected turn of affairs at tho national capital led to speculation regarding what troops of the constitutionalist army would bo tho first to enter Mexico City. Tho forces under Gonorabt Agullar and Obrogon are tho nearest tho goal of tho Carranza revolution, but Villa offi cials expressed tho beliof that troops of all tho divinions would bo ropro uentoil in tho triumphal entry. Villa's army cannot bo moved nouhtward for several weeks, Engjinemcn of 98 Roads Favor Strike if Necessary Chicago Only tho hopo that tho managers will yield to tho demands of 55,000 cnglncern and firemen stands between 98 roadn west of Chicago and tho greatest striko in tho history of American railways. With tho statement that tho men had voted nearly unanimously to strike, union officials announced that arbitration under tho Federal law would bo refused, on the grounds that tho railroads havo not lived up to pre vious arbitration awards. Tho railroads, through their general managers' committee, contended that to grant the employes' demands would mean an increase of $33,000,000 an nually in wages. Tho engineers and firemen assorted that their requests were fair and equitable. It is expected that further confer ences will bo held. Should the negoti ations fail and tho employes stand by their announced refusal of arbitration, the resulting striko would, it is de clared, almost completely paralyze traffic in tho Central WcBt. Some of tho principal requests made by the em ployes of tho roads were: Increuses in tho rates of pay of en gineers and firemen in all classes of Bcrvice. That the number of hours after which overtime will bo paid in freight service bo reduced from 10 to 8 hours, and in passenger service from 10 to 5 hours. That ovcrtimo bo raised to a basis of time and a half in freight service and double timo in passenger service. That engineers and firemen be paid an abritrary 30 minutes' preparatory timo for each trip, instead of comput ing service continuously from actual timo of reporting for duty. That allowances bo made for termin al delays in addition to payment for the miles or the hours of the trip. That the differentials paid for run ning Mallet engines bo increased. That the differentials between local and through freight service be in creased. Virtually all lines west of Chicago, tho Illinois Central and lines in Canada weBt of Fort William, except the Can adian Grand Trunk Pacific are affected. Bungalows on lop of Sky scrapers is Prediction Duluth, Minn. That tho skyscrap ing office building of tho near future will contain many now features is the prediction of C. A. Patterson, secre tary of tho National Association of Building Owners and Managers, in ad dressing that body here. "Innovation," Baid Mr. Patterson, "is tho middlo name of tho modern skyscraper. It will bo only a short timo when big office buildings will havo elevators running not only up and down from the street to 'tho top of the building, but running horizontally on different floors. Furthermore, patrons will pay fares to ride on these ele vators and get transfers from the ver tical lifts to tho horizontal, just as wo get them on streetcars. "They will pipe puro air from the country right into tho big city build ing, just as they pipe puro water, and bungalows on top of tall buildings will hoiiso the owners in summer. A building permit for such a bungalow already has been taken out in Chi cago." Biggest Gun is Shipped. Washington, D. C When its breech-locking devico has been per fected, tho great 16-inch gun, tho big gest piece of ordnance in tho world, which has just been shipped from Sandy Hook proving grounds, will bo practically ready for servico in tho Panama canal fortifications. Tho carriago for this giant gun is now under construction at tho Water town, Mass., arsenal. It probably will bet aken back to Sandy Hook for tests after bolng mounted, and will not bo shipped to Panama before next spring. Some idea may bo gotten of tho tro mondouB power of this gun, destined to protect tho Pacific entranco to tho canal, by tho fact that it is 60 feet long, weighs 142 tons and fires a pro jectile about six feet long. Tho pro jectile itself weighs a ton and is dis charged by GG5 pounds of powder. This gun has a maximum rango of from 22 to 23 miles. Tho elevation permitted by its carriago will cnablo tho gun to firo a, projectllo about 11 miles across tho Pacific ocean. It has sufficient power, theoretically, to pierce two feet of the best armor plato at tho muzzlo. At 11 miles the gun is caltulated to pierco at 12-inch armor plato, or any Bido armor afloat. Owl Snooze a Before Senate. Washington, D. C -Roosting high on a ledgo on a Bonato gallery corridor Wednesday, a Hcrecch owl peacefully snoozed whilo tho senato was in Bes bIoii. Through an open door tho Btrango visitor was in palln view of Vice President Marshall. Tho bird showed ono Interest in the nntl-trtiHt legislation or tho introdcution of bills and resolution, but Just kept on imposing, Family of Huerta Leaves Mexico Under Heavy Guard Mexico City At 10 o'clock Wednes day night tho family of' President Huerta and other relatives and close friends left tho capital for Vera Cruz aboard a special train. The train was composed of thrcd sleepers and a bag gage car. Running ahead of it wcro two military trains carrying 800 men. .Following camo another military train with COO troops aboard. Tho family of General Blanquet, minister of war, also left on tho spe cial. Tho party boarded tho train at Villa de Guadalupe, a railroad station about five miles from Mexico City. Only a few persons were aware of their de parture. Washington, D. C. Although the resignation of General Huerta is con fidently expected by the State depart ment and Washington diplomats to be presented at any moment, the consti tutionalists, unaffected by the news, are pressing hard their military cam paign on Mexico City. Official dispatches revealed that Gen eral Villa, with 15,000 men, was ready for a rapid advance on the Mexican capital and that General Obregon's forces at Guadalajara were prepared to sweep onward within a few days. Diplomats arc working hard to pre vent fighting in tho capital and still hope that the transfer of power to the constitutionalists may be effected without further bloodshed. General Huerta's resignation, it is realized, would not immediately compose the situation, but it would make possible parleys with tho constitutionalists through which a change of government could be accomplished peacefully. The numerous official advices saying Huerta would resign in a day or two, including messages from the Brazilian minister in Mexico City and other diplomats, have raised the expectations of official Washington that his exit from power also would mean his flight from the country. 1 rust Program Delayed by Absence of Senators Washington, D. C. The administra tion anti-trust program has struck some more snags. Absenteeism is one of the causes of delay, differences between Democrats as to important points both in the Clayton bill, pending before the judi ciary committee, and the measure to regulate securities of common carriers before the interstate commerce com mittee is another, and a desire on the part, of many senators to have all the pending bills consolidated into one measure is a third cause. Many senators are declining to par ticipate in discussion of the interstate trade commission bill, which is al ready before them, because they are not awaro of the provisions of the other measures. When asked how soon the securities bill would be ready, Senator Newlands, chairman of the interstate commerce committee, said it would bo perfected at tho next meet ing of the committee. He was unable to specify tho day of the meeting on account of the absence of several mem bers of the committee. That the com mittee is far from an agreement on the bill was admitted by one of the members. The judiciary committee met Wed nesday and endeavored to perfect the Clayton bill. Some changes already announced aro again under considera tion. Alaskan Trade Growing. Seattle The report issued by the customs collector of Seattle shows that the shipments of freight to the North for tho past 10 months havo totaled $14,000,000, an increase of $1,500,000 over that of last year for the corres ponding period. Alaskans here say that the passage of the bill for a gov ernment railroad already has started tho trend of freight northward, and that next year will show a greater in crease when actual construction work Btarts. Suffrage School Opens. Kansas City Tho necessity of votes for women and how to get them were tho subjects taken up at tho first ses sion of the Kansas City Suffrage school, which opened hero Thursday. Thirty-five women wcro in attendance, representing tho four suffrage leagues of the city. Sessions are to be held threo times a weok preliminary to tho campaign to be conducted this summer for tho suffrago amendment to bo voted on at tho fall election. Clubman Shot tor Deer. San Francisco Mistaken in the thick underbrush by his hunting com panion, Elmer Cox, Jr., as a deer they had run to pover, A. J. Fancis, a-well-known clubman of this city, was shot and dangerously wounded. As sisted by their hunting guldo, Cox and a follow hunter succeeded in getting Francis to m hospital 27 mallei from their camp, tho trip occupying more than 80 hour. HUERTA IS OUT; CARBAJAL IS IN Resignation Accepted by Mexi can Congress, 121 to 17. New President Assumes Control Immediately Late Dictator Pays His Respects. Mexico City General Victoriano Huerta resigned from the provisional presidency of tho Mexican republic Wednesday night, and his resignation was accepted by the senate and cham ber of deputies by a vote of 121 to 17. The resignation was accompanied by the announcement that it was actuated by highest motives of patriotism and complying with supremo duty to his country. Francisco Carbajal was then ap pointed president and took the oath of office at the joint session of deputies and senators. Huerta's resignation was submitted through the department of foreign re lations. It was read in the house and was greeted with cries of "viva Huer ta." It was then referred to the joint committees of governacion. After brief consideration, the committees reported accepting the resignation in the following terms: v "Article 1. We accept the resigna- t tion presented by General Victoriano Huerta as president of the Mexican United States. "Article 2. We call Licentiate Francisco Carbajal, minister of foreign relations, to assume the presidency." Quick Solution of Mexicos Troubles Seen by Officials Washington, D. C. News of Gen eral Huerta's resignation as provis ional president of Mexico was hailed by official Washington as the first practical step toward a quick solution of the Mexican problem. Constitutionalists, diplomats and officials of the United States govern ment did not conceal their satisfaction over the fact that General Huerta at last had voluntarily eliminated himself from the situation and pointed the way to an era of peace in his country. Although the constitutionalists have declared they would not recognize FranciBco Carbajal as provisional pres ident any more than they did his predecessor, and the United State3 government likewise will refuse to recognize him, the understanding here is that the new executive will hold office for only a short term only until satisfactory arrangements can be made for the entry of General Carranza, the constitutionalist chief. General Huerta's retirement came just as the constitutionalists were pre paring their formal answer to the South American mediators rejecting the invitation for formal conferences with representatives of Huerta for the discussion of internal Mexican ques tions. - Huerta and Blanquet on Journey Out of Country Mexico City General Huerta and General Blanquet left the capital im mediately after the resignation was accepted. They boarded a train on the Mexican railway a few miles be yond the city. It is, thought they are going to Puerto Mexico. Admiral Badger also announced that two British cruisers sailed from Vera Cruz for Puerto Mexico. Before his departure Huerta went to the palace to pay his respects' to Pres ident Carbajal. Vera Cruz The Mexicans of Vera Cruz received the news of Huerta's resignation without manifestation of excitement. 'Apparently tho officers in the field have been kept in the dark as to Huerta'8 .intention to resign. Com manding ruralea about this city, while discussing the subject with American officers at tho gap, offered to wager that Huerta would remain at his post for many months. The American officers think it possi ble tho next day or two may see many Mexican officers seeking safety within tho American lines. They believe it is even possible that virtually the wholo federal force near Vera Cruz may offer to surrender to the Ameri cans rather than seek to join tho con stitutionalist causo at this late hour. Disease Menaces Rebels. Washington, D. C. Famine and disease threaten to drivo tho Domini can rebels from their stronghold in Puerto Plata, from which President Bordas has been endeavoring to dis lodge them In h campaign of several months. Captain Eborlo, of the cruiser Washington, reported that food and wator were scarce and that tho death rate was Iricreanliig dully ti eoiutequonce.