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NO. 203
BRITAIN PLEDGES STRONG SUPPORT OF
PRESIDENT WILSON'S POLICY IN MEXICO
A,
NO INTENTION
INTERVENTION
DECLARES GRAY
Forclfin Minister In Sneech In Parlia
ment Outlines British Policy
Benton Case Not to Be Dropped,
But Reparation to Bo Demanded.
England to Lcitvc Matter With
Washlnuton, But Latter Not Held
Responsible for Outcome.
LONDON', Mnrch :i. I'ughiiul Iiiih
iik notion of Intenculug foreihl) in
Mexico.
Nccrihi'lc, It doc not intend l
let tin lleiitwi cnin drop.
If ilm Wiihiuglnu inliiiinitralion
IllliMigutiM I lie illi'lili'llt to lllo hot
tout Kuglnml will ho glad to leave it
to the Wufthmgtou nilinlnilrntiou to
ito. Olhcrwixo tint Ilntixli goicru
nirnl will lUelf exurt reputation
ti miuii ii it run.
Tliit-t concerned In tlu Hcnlnu n f
fiifr nhmv im-ry Indication of n iln
hire to liiilf tlii I rut li.
l.'rH)' Aiiuoiiiirt'iiicut
Tin1 nhmn was tlm gist of a Mate
incut by I'nrelgii Sci'rclnry Sir IM
ward (tray in tin' limine thin nltcr
noon, Ilo xoki in icply lo lulrrio
nation liy a iiU'inhcr cimccniiug lht
Miitus of tint I ten I on ono.
"Thus far lh 1'nilcd HtiitH gov
eminent hit 4 liiiwu us iniirli intercut
III tilt' lll'lltll Otj lijtilill Mlhjei't IIH
it doe in tin' dentil of'ltn own oili
ni," Sir Kilwnnl mid. "It Iiiih in
ilii'iilcil everv desire to hcciiio pro
tection for KiikIUIiuicii in Mcvicuu
Icnilorv under lliu couxtilutinunl
iftn' control.
"Il effort haw ax cl failed to
ohlaiii all iuw'iligutiuu of thu llculoii
I'lmo ami thn peridxtcnl illflieullies
iutcrpoM'il by lh eontllutinuulits
ii) I In' way of Midi nn invoMigulion
errata the ireninilion of a desire
ami an intention to conceal the
linlh.
Atocilrit .Vol lleNiiiNltiln
"t'oiiiinnnlealioiiH with thn I'uiteil
Slate m ornincnt am Mill proceed
ing, lint I repeat what I miltl laxt
week that thexa ciminuiiilciitloiis ilo
not imply that (lie I'liiled SIiiIck
gn eminent hat any responsibility
lor what him taken ptaee.
''I wonhl Mini np tho hitnation liy
snxhig that, if the I'liiteil Stalen
thinks it proper lo take further steps
in hehalf of tin own citizens ami of
this llrilUh hiihject, we will gladly
nwai Ilm rehiilt. lint if, for iU own
icasous, the I'liiteil Kind's duos not
(Continued on pe S.)
EOF
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IN WHEAT PITS
' WASHINGTON, Mar. 3. Charg
lug Hint Hpoculuturn jugk'lo prices ami
that ulointors "doctor" low grade
wheat ho as to mnku It pasa for
IiIkIi grade, Htiprcsontutlvo Mannhan
of .Minnesota toilay urged tho Iioiiho
ruli'ri rommlttco to InvcHtlgatlgatu
tho ullogod control of whoiit prions
hy tho Chleugo, .MIniiuaiolU unit l)u
luth vrnla pltH.
"Men a ro tonitoil to ruin, fniut
IIchiiio wrecked anil would-bo spocu
latorH not Into Jail for uinhuzxluuumt
bocauso ot tho grulu uxchiingo'H
luro," said tho congressman, "Wlunt
pilces nio not logulutud hy thn law
or Hiipply ami demand hut hy trad
era' futures,"
Ilo Introduced figures to show (hut
prices went up with Increased sup
pllim ami iliielarml that Ilm market
oionitorn wmituil mi luvektlKutlou
ami laiumllul legislation iwrtipl In
Chicago,
AK
B
GRAIN
BROK
RE
BRITISH FOREIGN MINISTER
SUPPORTS AMERICAN POLICY
ELLIS BLACKENS
E
T
CIIICAdO, March :i. William
Cheney Kill, formerly a wealthy
iarnct monufaittlirfr of (.'jucinunti.
wiih fitiickcu uflh un epitcptii) ill
heie today while li'Htii'iii in hit own
ilrfi'iiM' nl lii" trial for wife munler.
The wilucM ilroppeil uui'oneiouN
fiom the hliiinl when an attorney in
troiliieeil a copy of u telegram the
munlerril woman is nllcircil to have
hint to I'reil Caiihlwell at llrautfoiil,
Out. It nkctl t aiihlwell to meet her
in Chicago.
Kllis cnufcHM'il to the police that
he iiiurilereil hin wife here after wit
uenhiu a performance of "DiiiiuiK'eil
Oooils" at a local theater. He a!o
ailmitleil on the wilue-x Htaml tlutt
he wart iueiirahly ilixeiiM'il when he
marrinl.
I'lIU wiin reiiil, hut luokc. ilowu
arter leailui); the Ifhnim oer apiin.
'l knew it was true," he moaueil.
"Ilow'eouhl thev ilo it 1 I am fihl
Iiik now for my hahiex, o they will
not he fatheiliwrt ax well an mother-
IcNrt."
Tlie itcfciihC ivk lei after uitioilue
UK the Caulilwell teli')ram. Itoheit
llortca, the np'il father of the iniir
ileieil woman, unit Mrs. Iloseu weie
axloiimUit hv the content of the
mfMHiiKU ami left the couttioum in
teairt,
.lul hefore rcHtliitf their case, tie
feiin uttorueyrt chaiKeil that wealthy
Ciuciiumtiaiw hail coiiNpireil to Iiiiii'
Klllrt in onler to cae hht wife'i name.
MRS. FRENCH GRANTED
DIVORCE FROM RICH BANKER
NKWI'OKT, W. I., .March SI. Su
perlor .IiiiIko llarrowH toilay Kiontnl
Mirt, I'auhue l.eioy French u ilivoiee
from Amos Tuck Flench, tho New
York hanker. Mi. French iillt'itt'tl
nejjlect to proViilu ami no tl'efeiixo
was offercil hv Ilm haukur. Tim cou
ple have five children.
I.OS ANdKLKS, Cal., Mar. 3
Thirty year In Han Quoutlu poalton
llnry, That ui tho tieutonro iiroaouiicod
toilay ujiou Clmrk'H II. Clu ton, who
held up Ming DulHy HtiiKwall, IS,
rohhod hor or a dime, utolo a 1Uh
ami returned to her tho coin, ro
uiarkliiK that tho Mini wna worth thu
prli'i).
(liOlon'nadveutiiro with MU BIiik
wmII occiirrod at pecumliiir, and ho
wiih urruMoil ami cIiuikucI with IiIkIi
wuy rolihery. Ilo way round BUllty
hy a Jury, and Inouuht huforo Hu
erlnr .IiiiIku WIIIIm for unntcnre
(lu)ton iniidu a leiirful plea Iu hv
DEAD W NAM
0 SAVE HIS NECK
30YEARSPRIS0NF0RST
BRYAN
PLEASED
BY ATTITUDE OF
GREAT BRITAIN
State Department Officials Satisfied
hy Statement of Gray Carranza's
Attitude Regarded as Crux of Sit
uation Support of Great Nations.
Carden and Sprlng-Rlce In Confer
ence With Bryan and Shlvely
Anxiety 0ver Fate of Bauch.
WASHINGTON, March II. Slate
department officialx cxpreHeil Mit
irtfiii'litni hy the statement hy HriW
Mi Foreimi Miultter Sir Kdward
(Irey concerning the Mexican situa
lion. Secretary Hryaii rt'ceivfd a
copy of it from I'uiU'il Stall's Am
hashndor I'aK'e in London ami rend
it to thn eahiiiet. Hv pivu out no
Intcniew coneerniin; it, hut it wiih
t'MiUut that it plcithfil him. Other
oflieialrt of his deiiarlmcut haiil it
auiounteil to a pledge of even htronff.
er htipport of tho ndmiuiMrntion'rt
policy than hail hoen expected.
No rcplv had heeu roceiu'd from
the heeond eomumuication M'Ut to
(leiieral Carranxa, iirtkhiK him to
modify hit refusal to treat A'itli the.
I'lnted States vum-cruinc the llentou
cahe.
Aiulely Orrr llautli
Ansiely conerrniu the fate of tho
(lenaau-Americaii, Climtnvo Hniieh,
wan al-o lucrenrtitiK. Oeaeral Villa'rt
remaik that the man prohahly had
heen "killed hy liirt euemiert," wan
coiiHidercd nmiunus and the opinion
wan freely t'xpreed that the eane
would develop into another Kenton
incident.
(leneral Carraiia's altitude wiih
rccoKuifd here toilay art tho crux of
tho Mexican Hituatiou.
If the WiiNhluton ailmiuixtrntiou
can jret pledKi'rt of Hiipport from the
world'rt jiowcm in its uVuling! with
the rehel leader hefoie the latter it
aide to execute Mich a coup art will
foreo hirt reeof-nitiou, it was n'reed
tlial thn outlook would ho consider
ahly clarified. To Imvn outrtiderK
enter into uepdinliou with him, on
the other hand, it wax admitted,
might mean complication.
(Contlnuoa ou puga 3.)
BY
I'OHTIiANI), Or., Mm eh :. In a
mixup iu l'oitlaud haihor this aft
ernoon the eruUer Hoiton was htruek
hy the ftoiulit and imitrtfiijjvr liner
Yucatan of tho North l'ncifiu team
hhip't'ompauy. Tho Yueatan, heariiiR
down on the warship, Miwohed in' one
of Ilm hix-hii'h Kiuih, torn the Hteam
launch fiom tho duviU and did other
damage.
Tho Yucntan had hoen taklnj;
carpi for Sail I'edro and Captain
Pniilrtcu rttarted to xhift to another
dock. The vi'-ool failed to answer
her helm promptly.
E
court for leniency. Ilo has a wlfo
and baby and a lltllo homo at (lion
dalo, JiiiIko WIIIIm listened dlnnui
utonatoly when ho nebbed:
"J mine, I sweur to God I didn't
do thly. I'm Innocent."
Tho court thou mild thu words that
will Heart (Iu) ton to prison for all tho
iohI of hi no UBoful yeum. Ho U
Jiut 10 now,
(luytou iHilliiiminl and wait carried
moiinlnu from tho courtroom,
In pnmilnK noulunco JiiiIko Willi
lemarked that tho prlHouor wami't
fit to ho at lure, Ho had bcon ac
ciiHcrt bufore or trjhiK to kl other
womvu,
AUNG K SS
SOCIKTY AND STAGE QUICKLY ADOPT
UUROPIHAN FASHION OF COLOR IJD WIGS
. MlSIi WNtty MWetiftJFP AND MI&&-UUUETTC UIPPE WtAHIMO COLORED
SooiTtder the new of Kit niKanincc In I'.irl and London linit been riaotieo
by cable under tiie mm, the roloml wis wan accepted hy New York Jlen and
women of Hoclety nnd the ntuco li.iio taken advantage of the blrine oppor
Utilities which It orfern. mid wlc mnkers mnl ileiilRiierM of ct.rfure are lm.i
prepnrliiR to meet the deninud for lirllllnut heml eovermes u til. li proinle to If
n frnturu of eutertnlutaents during the remnlader of I lie mm son The nbove pln
tORniph nlnnr.1 MIm 1'nnny Mnrluoff and .Miss Juliette I.lpc, of .New' York
wearing colored wlpt while out .shupplng.
LUIS
ILL
NEW PRESIDENT OF
GREAT NORTHERN
ST. PAl'l.. Minn., March It. I.mii
W. Hill was tlecled pie-ident today of
thu (treat Northern, nieeeediii); Carl
dray, resifjiied to heiomo preMilent of
tho Western Marland railroad.
Hill's election had heen eeheduled
in advance and the tonnal hallot oe
eupied hut a few iuiniite. It with the
main hiiKinev, how cut. tif the re:
ulnr weekly meeliur of the (Ireat
Xortheru'i. honid ot direetorc Hill
was at Del Monte, Cal., hut was e.x
iKjfled hack i-hortl. lhidos imiiu.
in tho itiPMtlfiifx, he will retain the
chninniuishi of the hoard of direct
ors. The rumors, nlmo-t always current
when nu impoilnut (treat Northern
official letire-,, that (tiny hud rt'Mjjn
e'l his pont hecau-e of friction with
tho Hills, were in circulation this
time. Oray Iiuum-H" however, reiter
nted his pievioiin t-lntement that the
relations between hmiM'lf and the
Hills weie, both per-onally nnd from
n business standpoint, of tho heft.
He had accepted In- new position,
ho explained, Milel heeiuiM) ho
thought it afforded him u hroader
field, hut ho did not conceal that ho
felt somo ri'Kict at leuying liis old
one.
(Ira.v will lako un his duties as
prcMiient ami ehaiimun of tho hoaul
of diieetoih of the We.-tein Mainland
hitwcen Maich 10 and March lo.
Hit IS ENDORSED
WA8IUNUTO.V, Mar. 3. ProsL
dent Wilson today endorsed tho
Hmlth Irrigation hill, which would
give lirlKatoiu ou yovcrnnieul pro
Jcrtit 30 cars lo pay fur Iholr water
rights,
NO VIOLATION OF
8-HOUR
AW
NSANE
ASYLUM
.S.l.l-:.r, Or., March . Without
par.-iiif; ou the iiuetiou of law in
volved, the Miprcme court here toduy
ruled that eniiloyes of tho ho-pitul
lor the itixaue and penitentiary are
not working more than eight hoiu
per day and m theie i no violation
of the eight-hour law. The opinion,
handed down hy Juotice -Moore, cover-
the cum' brought by Labor Com-mi-oioner
Hoff agaiu-t tho governor,
M'eretary of tato and xtato treas
urer, eoiiKtituting the hoard of con
trol. Thoi.e oflieiaU, theoretically
iu j.il ami seeking rvleuxo on tin
bean corpus were ordered releusal
from eu-itody.
FEDERAL WARNING
3ENI OLD LEAGUERS
CHICAGO, March II. James A.
Oihnoiv, piv!.ident of tho Federal
league, scut this afternoon tho fol
lowing telegram to John IC. Tenor,
president of the 'uthuinl league, and
Han It. JoIiiim)!!, jirildeut of tho
Anurieanjk'agiui: . ,,...,
WAS1UNCITON, Mar. 3. Promt
limit woman suffragists from thu
t'ougrenH Union tlueatouod dlro
things before tho house Judiciary
committee today. Defeat for Presi
dent Wilson and democratic federal
officeholders generally the next tlmo
their candidacies wero before tho
people was declared certain iiulesi
tho women got what they wanted.
At thin point (hoy broke Into n
dlnpiile among thomselvcK to what
the)' did want, They ijuurrollod
SUFFRAGETTES QUARREL IN HOUSE
GOTHAM SLOWLY
RECOVERS FROM
I
Death List From Blizzard Exceeds
25 Meagre Reports on Account of
Prostrated Wires 14,000 Men
Shoveiinrj Snow.
Railroads Still Badly Hampered
Underground Construction Pro
tects United Press Wires.
XBW YOKK. Mar. S. Greater
Now York was ilotrly recovering to
day from tho moxt destructive storm
since the blizzard or 1SSS. Meager
reports filtering in over disrupted
telegraph and telephone wires indi
cated that at least Zj persons met
death. Twelve deaths wero causoJ
In and around New York City alone.
The city was stilt buried today un
der IS Inches of snow. Fourteen
thousand men were put to work by
Street Cleaning Commissioner Feath
urstone. but ho admitted It probably
Would require at least ten days to
clear away the snow.
JlallroaiM ItcMiinlng Operations
Railroads resumed a' semblance ot
normal conditions today hut they
were still badly hampered. Only a.
few telegraph wires were working
out of Now York aud up state points
wero still Isolated. One of tho big
telegraph companies estimated its
loss at $200,000 for New York and
adjacent territory.
lUllroad service between New
York and Philadelphia was resumed
this morning after 25 hours or inter
rupted service. Tho Now York Cen
tral and other linos with terminals
hero also reported improved condi
tions. The Job of clearing the snow from'
tho street here was a stupendous un
dertaking. Drifts around flro plugs
were bolnp cleared away first. Then
tho snow about tlrehouses was shov
eled away. Business firms owning
nutomohllo trucks aided tho' street
cleaning department by tendering
these vehicle for uso In romovln,;
the snow.
Wires Storm Proof
Although tho commercial wires on
tho Atlantic seaboard wero pros
trated by tho storm of Sunday night
nnd Monday, tho United Press report
was not delayed.
ASKED CONGRESSMEN
WASHINGTON, Mar. 3. Admit
ting that he tried to get $100, fruru
each senator and representative for
general campaign purposes, Chair
man Doromus or tho democratic con
gressional campaign commltteo nev
ertheless denlod today before tho
house elections commltteo that ho
was subject to criminal prosecution
for his activities. Tho corrupt prac
tices act, he argued, does not prohibit
such contributions. Tho charge that
lie had violated tho penal codo wna
mado by Congressman Mann, repub
lican Door leader.
openly in tho commltco's presonco
Tho only contingent which seemed
united was the ouo opposing tho Iran.
chlso ror women.
Mrs. Medlll McCormlck said wom
en wanted a statu referendum. Mrs.
Mary Heard declared they wanted a
constitutional amendment. A third
faction demanded a national refer
endum. "The fart Is that they da not want
tho vote," said Mrs. Arthur Podge,
"nutl nuffrnKctte.''
WO
STORM
PRESIDENT TAFT'S BROTHER,
SAVED NATIONAL LEAGUE
wrrm
Charles V. Tnft, brother of for
mer I'reMileut Tnft, has unveil the
National league in it:, most danger
ous eri-iis in many yciirs hy purchas
ing tho interest of Chnrles W. Mur
phy in the Cubs of Chicago. Mur
phy him?el ha Mthl his own sharo
was 53 per cent and that Mr. Tuft
paid him on n bRsi-jf n valmr' of
more than $1,000,000 fo?''air the
stock.
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FAKE PLANT TO
SKATTI.i:, Wu-li., March 3. -Investigations
of comity officers into
the tlixeovery of n dynamite cache ut
llll SturgU Way brought out tho
emphatic declaration today that thu
icuxo is n rank faku and that tho
twelve .tiek if high-grade explos
ives and n bomb were ''planted" with
the intention of discrediting striking
teamsters mnl causing tho nrret-t of
two innocent men.
Two union tcntnstcr are known to
hae lived at 111!) Sturgis Wuy. Of
ficers now declare that the men who
planted the ciideuco had planned to
expose the deal aud work up n plaus
ible ease against lliu two men. They
mi-ed tho house, hiding tho dynamite
iu a barret and htiryiii" the bomb in
the rear of Jill .Stprgls Way.
After the cache wits "tipped off" lo
county officers, Churlo-. Kilmuti,
n strikebreaker, was' introduced u
tue man with iif-itle knowledge of tho
job. His extreme nsMiruuce in un
covering the cliche caused his nrrcft
hy Deputy Sheriff John HoherU and
J. .1. Sullivan, iho nro handling tho
county probe.
Kilinun claimed he was ft deteetivo
working on the ciwo for Seattle l'iriiio,
hut officers declare ho i a notorious
(.trikebreaker aiul rough They ehurge
that ho offered to "turn tho trick"
ugiiiiist union men if ho wero paid
.f 11)0 for tho job. Ilo is toduy locked
u in the county jail. Another urivnl
is expected to follow.
TO
TO
WASHINGTON, Mar. 3,CSoveru.
meat exports and utockmon today
urged the house lands committee to
opun tho public domain to stocK
rulsors as a panacea for the high soot
of living. This, 11 was predicted,
would cheapou the cot of meat.
"Tho number or food uulwaU In
the west," said ltprlatlv Knt
of California, will, kt iicrUl U
imhlli lands were itHtfwi and
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