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showers ; WEATHER. Cloudy tonight and Tuesday, fresh FULL REPORT ON PAGE SIXTEEN. south + Ghe About every one in Washing- ton who reads at all reads The sTOCK @ CLOSING NEW YORK PAGE 16 UOTATIONS — Obed. No. 19, WASHINGTON, D. ©, MONDAY, MAY 4, 1914.—TWENTY PAGES. * ONE CENT. NEWMAN'S ANSWER TO FRIZZELL SUNT IS AFLAT DENIAL Never Claimed Residence Else- where Within Three Years of Appointment. ACTION OF SENATE FINAL, COMMISSIONER INSISTS Holds Nomination and Confirmation Legal Determination of His Qualification. ATTACKS RIGHT OF ACTION Denies Petitioner Ever Made Re- quired Demand on U. S. District Attorney to Begin Quo War- ranto Proceedings. NEWMAN'S DEFENSE. ims he had been a legal rest dent of the District of Columbia | | | for three years prior to his ap- 26, 191 her residence, tn he had temporary business addrenses elsewhere. Insints his appointment by President and confirmation bs | the Senate constituted final and | conclusive determination, under the law, of his qualification for | the office. | Denies petitioner ever made | legal application to the United | States district attorney to bring quo warranto proceedings, or that the United States district attorney ever refused to institute the same. is for proof that William J. sn itl zen of the United States and « taxpayer im the District of Co- lumbta. Oliver P. Newman, president of the board of District Commissioners, filed answer today to the writ of quo war- ranto issued against him last September by Justice Wright of the District Su- preme Court. The delay in responding to the writ has been caused by litiga- tion following a demurrer and motion to Quash interposed by the Commisioner. Mr. Newman's motions prevailed be- fore Justice Anderson of the lower court, but were denied by the District Court of Appeals last month. The appellate tribunal directed the filing of an answer. Mr. Newman denies he ts in any way ineligible to hold the office of a civil Commisioner. He declares that at the time of his appointment by the Presi- dent and confirmation by the Senate he Was qualified under the law, as he had been an actual resident of the District of Columbia for three years next before his appointment. He denies that during that time he had ever claimed residence elsewhere than in the District of (o- lumbia. Had Other Business Addresses. Commissioner Newman admits, how- ever, that at various times during the three years indicated he had other tem- porary business addresses. These, he says, were not “residences,” and he tells the court he expects to verify these averments and is ready to verify them. The answe: of Mr. Newman demands strict proof that William J. Frizzell, who instituted the proceedings to test the mmissioner, is a citi- ‘ates and a taxpayer t in the District of Co- eligibility of the ¢ zen of the United b in his own ri lumbia. ‘The answer questions the statement of the petitioner that he made application to the United States attorney for the District of Columbia to institute the pro- geedings before filing the application. ‘The claim fs renewed by Mr. Newman in his answer that the action of the Presi- dent in appointing him and the Senate's confirmation of his appointment are fina and conclusive in law, and may not be reviewed by the courts. To Move for Jury Trial. Issue will probably be joined on the answer by Attorneys Joseph W. Batley, A. A. Birney and W. J. Neale, represent. ing the taxpayer. Application will then be made to the court to set a date for @ trial before a jury as to the eligibility of Mr. Newman. The jury will pass on the question of whether Mr. Newman was &n actual bona fide resident of the Dis- trict for the three years preceding his appointment, as required by anic aaa a y the organi It is expected Attorneys Ralston & Richardson for Mr. Newman will not op- pose a jury trial. The shortness of time before the retirement of Justice Barnard, however, may operate against a trial b tore the summer recess. Counsel for th taxpayer will endeavor to have the trial set for the third week of May. If the crowded condition of the docket should prevent this date being selected it 4s more than probable that the trial will xo over until October. Newman's Answer in Detail. Vhe answer of Mr. Newman follows in detai “Now comes the said Oliver P. New- man into court, by Ralston & Richardson, his attorners, and protesting that said informatio: hot sufficient in the law So that he is not bound to answer th to. Says that the United States ought not to implead him by reason of ments in said information conta the wheth J. Frizzell is it cit States and is a tax- ; ht in the District of Polumbla, aud if deemed important prays Wriet proof thereof, although he ad tee Mae eu he admits ‘That he admits that on, to wit. Tune the President of the to the Senate respondent herein, oners of the L ted from ety s there- of es his nomin same ualitied in appointment, and that b assumed and usurped th is not lawfully entitled to the sam has unlawfully emoluments thereof. He denies that Oliver | ed by th and that July took the upon the ve. and yet was law to receive such an said office, and or to exercise the functions and enjoy the at ‘OLNEY 1S SELECTED FEDERAL BANK HEAD Former Secretary of State Of- fered Governorship of Reserve Board. HAS NOT YET ACCEPTED. | | BUT EXPECTED TO DO SO | Paul Warburg of New York to Be; Member—Three Others to | Be Named. RICHARD OLNEY. President Wilson has selected Richard Olney, former Secretary of State in the Cleveland administration, to be governor of the federal reserve board, and Paul Warburg of New York to be a member of the board. Although the President has offered the governorship to Mr. Olney, word of his acceptance is being awaited today, but friends here are inclined to believe he will not decline. Mr. Olney was offered} the ambassadorship toe Great Britain by President Wilson early last year, but ex- pressed an unwillingness to leave the country on account of his business in- terests. He is being strongly urged by friends of the President to accept this place, which the President has spoken of as equa! in importance to a place on the bench of the Supreme Court of the United States. Mr. Olney, though seven- ty-eight years old, is active and has had a long experience in the business and financial world, which the President and his advisers believe would especially be adapted for the head of the reserve board. Mr. Warburg Accepts. Mz. Warburg, who was connected with | Kuhn, Loeb & Co., has been offered membership on the board and has ac- cepted. Formal announcement of his} selection as well as the other three mem- bers of the board, besides the governor, fs expected to be made within the next two or three days, as offers are being made to the men whom the President has selected. It is understood that a| southern banker is to be one of the three, | but no intimation has come as yet as to his identity. Official Washington as well as banking circles generally. are awaiting the an- nouncement of the full personnel of the federal reserve board with intense inter- est, as it formally will set in motion the new currency law which was signed December 23 last. With the selection of the twelve regional reserve banks th organization of the bourd has been the most vital step in the operation of the new currency law. The banks are being | organized and the ctation of ofti- cials is that within another month the entire system will be in full swing, al- [though there are certain transitions | Which will eccupy a greater length of tume Salary to Be $12,000. The complete board will consist of seven members at salaries of $12,000 a year each. The Secretary of the Treas- ury and the controller of the currency are ex-officio members, and the five other members are to be appointed by the President. The law stipulates that the members should be appointed with refer- ence to the “geographical, commercial and financial divisions of the country.” With Mr. Olney representing New Eng- land nd Mr. Warbu! New York, it Was expected that the other members to be selected would represent the south, | the middle west and the far west. The | appointees will serve ten years. | Senator Owen, who piloted’ the .cur- }reney bill through the Senate, conferred | with the President today about selections for the beard. He said that he did not discuss individuals, but rather talked over th ‘al banking viewpoint he | believed should be held by the men to be ator Owen said that the re- | ng appointments would be made | « list of 147 men now before the | ident. ‘These were taken after con- ation of a much larger list. Two other names which, it is report- re to appear on the federal reserve list are I A. Wheeler, vice president of the on Trust. Company of Chicago and president of the _N tional Association of Commerce, and W. Al: republican and it is President intends bipartisan one. Mr. Olney Simply Smiles. |G_P. Harding of Birmingham | Mr. Wheeler ts understood that the |to have the board ON, May 4.—Richard — OIne smiled when tnformed today that Pres- }ident Wilson had selected him for gov ernor of the federal reserve board, but declined to comment on the announce- ment or indicate whether he would ac. Mr. Olney is in his seventy-ninth and, though vigorous and activ: uenced by his advanced years well as by his business interests to de- | cline the diplomatic office tendered him | a year ago. Mr. Warburg Accepts. NEW YORK, May 4.—Mr. Warburg is \regarded as one of the foremost bankers lin this country He is a brother-in-law jof Jacob H. Schiff, senior partner of Kuhn, Loeb & Co. Mr. Warburg's ap- |pointment was received with general sut- {tage for which it was sold, is in [wrong a NO BIRTHRIGHT SALE BY 1878 LAW Municipal Voting a Privilege From State; National Repre- sentation American Right. RENDER POTTAGE DUE; RESTORE BIRTHRIGHT Pottage Is Nation’s Century-Old Pledge of Capital Development; Birthright Is National Representation. BY THEODORE W. NOYES. The only intense local enemies! of the half-and-half provision are} those who look upon it as the pur-j chase price in pottage of the Dis trict’s political birthright. Repre- sentatives Johnson and Prouty and some of the most radical and strongest of the local suffragists construe the act of 1878 as in es- sence such a transaction. The privilege of voting in municipal elections for all or part of the city officials is viewed by them as an American birthright. The price of the birthright, the mess of pot- their opinion the national contri- bution toward capital upbuilding under the half-and-half pro- vision of the organic act. Mr. Johnson has expressed on the floor of the House his right- cous indignation over this trans- action and has vented his with- ering scorn upon Washington as a greedy, shameless, modern Esau, and upon the Washing- tonians who prefer “gold” to “liberty” and who “put the dollar | above the man” by defending the half-and-half provision against his assault But ‘the voting privilege in municipal elections is, as we have seen in a preceding letter, not an} American birthright at all, but al privilege to the municipality by grace of the state, and a privilege so abused in the United States as to cause the municipal govern- ment of large cities to depart far more widely from the principie which couples representation and taxation than municipal govern- ment in Washington under the half-and-half plan. The real American right sur- rendered by the community is} that of representation as Ameri-! cans in Congress and the elec- toral coilege. This surrender,} either temporary or permanent,} was made at the birth of the city, | and the mess of pottage was the; pledge by the nation of capital maintenance and development and the peculiar privileges sup- posed to be enjoyed by the capital community against which protest in the carly days was made by| many, including Patrick Henry.| The promised mess of pottage| was withheld for three-fourths of! a century. It has been one-half} tendered and received since 1878. The Johnson proposition is now to withdraw this half portion of pottage, but not to restore the} birthright. With a flourish of| trumpets he makes pretense of re- storing this birthright by pro- claiming his willingness that the District shall enjoy “self-govern- ment” in municipal affairs and a voteless delegate in Congress. Since Congress is, under the John- son proposal, to retain its consti- tutional exclusive power of legis- lation in respect to the District, and since Washington is to have no effective constitutional repre-; sentation in Congress under it, the practical effect of the John- sonian readjustment is to bunco Washington out of both birth- right and pottage. The Washingtonian is cheated out of the “gold” which pays a just national debt and also out of his political “liberty That Mr. Johnson je of the alleged trens: birthright for po d that he tn to stitutes the American birthright thus bartered, and ax to the monopolistic enjoyment by} the community of any mess of pottage whatsoever in demonstrated by the evi- dence of all local history. ing, the legislation of 1878 » not the sale by Washington of its hright for a mens of pottage: (1) The transaction involved no sale of thing by the District. The latter 1 no part whatsoever in the deal. It wan not consulted at any stage. It not anked if it asnented or object- itn assent wan neither requested nurrender of in 1878. only partial fulfillment of = national obligation of capital maintenance and upbuilding, incurred for a valuable consideration three-fourths of a cen- |ixfaction in the financial community, ‘Other than to confirm his acceptance Mr. Warburg declined to discuss his appoint- ~(Gontinaed on Twelfth Page.) ment. tury earlier at the very foundation of the city. (3) The privileze of which ceed on Fifth Page.) j signed to the FIVE FLAGS HONOR VERA CRUZ DEAD Foreign Warships Join Salute as Funeral Vessel Begins Voyage Home. BY WINGROVE BATHON, Staff Correspondent of The Star with the Unite States Forces at Vera Cruz. VERA CRU May 4—From half-mast on thirty United States warships floated the Stars and Stripes as the bodies of the sixteen marines and bluejackets killed in the occupation of Vera Cruz were started homeward yesterday on the battl Montana for honored burial in home. All hands on these thirty ships were piped up and stood at attention as the Montana steamed seaward between a dou- ble line of war craft, gnd the ship bands | played a funeral dirge. Other Nations Pay Tribute. Honored not alone by the flag of their own country at half-mast were these young heroes, for the emblems of five na- tions were dropped as their funeral ship passed. Spain, Cuba, France and Great Britain joined in this highest tribute to a soldier and sailor. Washington officiated at the requiem service here in the person of Chaplain G. Livingstone Bayard, chaplain of the Washington yard, who was the first chaplain ever assigned to the hos- pital ship He conducted the funeral service as the sixteen leaden coffins were placed in state aboard the Montana, mute testimony of a devo- tion to duty that wavered not when they were called to face an unseen, treacherous foe to whom they were bidden expose themselves with no chance of returning fire. Another Washingtonian has been in- scribed on the honor list for stffer- ing in his country’s cause at Vera Cruz. William O. “Keas, chief turret captain on the South Carolina, had his arm shot away during the attack on the naval college. Ship surgeons who have been attending him on the Solace promise that he will recover. In fact, they now say that ev operation aboard the Solace will be successful. Made Target for Criticism. navy Solace Chaplain Bayard, mentioned in the above dispatch as officiating over the bodies of the men killed in Vera Cruz, was criticised in the House by Repre- sentative Tribble of Georgia, Saturday, during a discussion on the naval appro- priation bill. William U. Keas, chief turret captain of the battleship South Carolina, who was wounded in the attack on Vera Cruz, was a student under Instruction at the Seamen Gunners’ School, at the Wash- ington navy yard, from August, 191: until February, 1913, when he was as- ‘outh Carolina of the At- lantic fleet. He was born in Plainville, ‘ober 3, 1888, and enlisted in the . 1907, while a resi- Mich. He showed spe- jal aptitude in gunnery and made a good record in all classes of heavy n: hance, with the result that he moted, until he r was pro- ached his present rat- ing as a chief turret captain, a position of honor and responsibility. Administration to Pay Tribute. Highest honors of the United States will be paid at the funeral services for the bluejackets and marines who fell in the occupation of Vera Cruz. President Wilson and Secretary Dan- jels expect to go to Brooklyn Monday to meet the Montana, which is bringing their bodies home for burial with the greatest honor and elaborateness of cere- mony. ‘This announcement was made at the White House this morning following a conference between the President and the Secretary of the Navy. In case public business makes it im- possible for the President to leave Washi- Mexicans Again Demand Surrender of Outposts Another fruitless demand by | Mexican soldiers for surrender of the waterworks just outside of Vera Cruz wax reported to the War Department by Gen. Fun: ston. The report said that Mexican officers called upon an American outpost to surrender, but made no Vigorous effort to enforce their demands. The Mexicans re- fired and no shots were fired. Funston has asked for in- structions ax to contemplated steps. i ington he will send a personal representa- tive with a letter from him to welcome the funeral ship, but he hopes and ex- pects that he will be able to personally pay this tribute to the dead. As Impressive as Possible. cretary Daniels said today that it was planned to have the services at the navy yard as impressive as possible, and that the details of the arrangements had been placed in the hands of Capts. Gleaves and Hunt of the navy, now at As the battleships Massachu- ‘a and Indiana Philadelphia navy yard, will not be or service as convoys to the Mon- bearing the dead home from Vera , the armored cruiser Tennessee, now the New York navy yard, and the aval yacht Mayflower at the Washington yard have been assigned to that They will meet the Montana somewhere off the Virginia capes and convoy her into New York harbor. retary Daniels and a ends will make the trip from here to New York on the Mayflower, leaving here next Saturday evening. He stated today ready | tuna, that the bodies of the sailors and ma- rines had been claimed by relatives, and will be buried at their home cities. None will be brought in the Arlington of the bodies, he said, to this city for burial national cemetery. After the funeral services at the New York navy yard the Montana will con- tinue her voyage to Boston, bearing the body of Daniel A. Haggerty, private, Ma- rine Corps, which, at the request of his next of kin, is to be buried at Cambridge, Mass., his former home. ———_—_-—_—_<—§— CREPE-SLEEVED PICKETS KEEP SILENTLY ON GUARD 4. sW YORK, May ent picketing crepe-sleeved men and women who hold John D. Rockefeller and John D. Rockefeller, jr.. responsible for condi- tions in the Colorado mine war was re- sumed today in front of the Standard Oil building here and outside the gates of the Rockefeller estate at Pocantico Hills. The younger Rockefeller did not come to his offices today. His seclusion was due to a cold and not to the demonstration, his secretaries said. Upton Sinclair, who first conceived the idea of picketing Rockefeller’s office, to- day sent a telegram to Walter Lanfer- sick. national secretary of the socialist party in Chicago, asking that “mourning pickets” be placed before every branch office of the Standard Oil Company in the United States. The telegram was as follows: Sannot the socialist party initiate a wide movement in ald of the Colo- tre trikers to bring home to the mas- ters of the Standard Oil the intense ab- with which the American peo- ple regard their crime? Scores of tele- grams from all over the country have reached me suggesting this. There are branch offices of the Standard Oil Com- pany in every town. Cannot you or the national executive committee recommend that ‘mourning’ pickets appear before these offices SS Crane Defeats Miles at Court Tennis, LONDON, May 4—In the semi-final round of the British amateur court ten- nis championship, played at Queen's Club today, Joshua Crane, jr., of Boston beat Eustace H. Miles, the English player, 6-3, 6—5, 6-0. Mr. Crane will meet E. M. Baerlein, the former champion, in the finals. ‘Victory in the finals will give him the title, as the present champion, Neville S. Lytton, is not going to appear in defense. x 1 being titted out! FLOWER BEARERS IN BRIDAL PARTY Sallie McAdoo and Nancy Lane to Participate in White House Wedding. Miss Sallie McAdoo, twelve years old, daughter of Secretary McAdoo, and Miss Nancy Lane, young daughter of the Secretary of the Interfor, have been added to the bridal party which will attend Miss Eleanor Wilson and Secretary McAdoo at their wedding Thursday afternoon at 6 o'clock, in the blue room of the White House. These interesting little girls, who will take !part in a historical event, are to be flower bearers. The members of the cabinet and their wives have united In a gift to Miss Wil- son and Secretary McAdoo. It consists of a dozen silver service plates and a large silver platter. The Senate is also preparing to send to Mi Wilson a handsome wedding pres- ent. Already nearly a thousand dollars has been collected by the committee in/ charge and a present will be selected probably either flat silver, cr jew- The committee consists of Senators | Martine, Overman, Saulsbury, Colt and Townsend. Gift From House Received. The gift from the House of Repre- sentat a silver tea service, can- delabra and tray. was selected last week and has been sent to the White The collection of there ady a very imposing one. as val- articles are of course much more numerous than the more per- sonal things sent the bride-to-be. Nearby resorts, inland and seaboard, suburban homes of friends and fam- ily connections and even a three-week trip to Europe are discussed as prob- able places for the honeymoon of the couple. Good guegsers, though, think that the couple will not be absent from the capital long enough to take a trip to Europe. When Miss Eleanor Wilson was at| Paxton, Mr. and Mrs. John Skelton Wil-| liams’ country place near Richmond, last week, a pretty compliment was paid her by the local chapter of Secretary Mc- Adoo’s fraternity. Kappa Sigma. The young men at Richmond College pre- sented her with a handsome box of lilies | of the valley, the fraternity flower, in| the center of which was a beautiful cor- | sage of the same blossoms, tied with the fraternity colors—scarlet, white and emerald green. Mr. McAdoo was initiated into Kappa| Sigma at the University of Tennessee in| 1x81, and has filled the most important | offices in the supreme executive commit- tee. FIFTY LIVES LOST IN FIRE. Commercial Section in Valparaiso, Chile, Badly Damaged. VALPARAISO, Chile, May 4.—More than fifty lives were lost early today in a fire in the commercial section of this Several buildings were destroyed flimsy construction rendered the ehortaion the fire fighters virtually use- jess. | THE DAY IN CONGRESS. House: Met at noon. Miscellaneous bills requiring unanimous consent considered. Representative Goulden of New York delivered a speech in tribute to the late Gen. Daniel E. Sickles. Representative Witherspoon of Mississippi culogized seamen of the Atlantic fleet who fell at Vera Cruz Public lands committee continued hearings of bills for regulating water power on public domain. Senate: Met at noon. Senator Townsend spoke against | Wara | Stronger Defense Force COL.E.H. PLUMMER IS NOW IN CHARGE As Provost Marshal Assumes Duties as Military Gov- ernor of Vera Cruz. ARMY AND NAVY MEN AS DEPARTMENT HEADS Much Speculation as to Disposition of Customs Revenues of $1,000,000 a Month. VERA CRUZ, May 4.—The administra- tion of Col. Edward H. Plummer, the Provost marshal, began this morning al- most at the point where the civil xo’ ernment, under Robert J. Kerr had car- ried it when ended by orders from Wash- ington. Col. Plummer has been given wide latitude by Gen. Funston, who wants to devote as much of his own time as possible to military duties, although al cases requiring his personal attention will be carried to the commander-in- chief of the land forces. Col, Plummer had assigned to him army and navy men for heads of all departments and several enlisted men to be used in clerical work, but these will be added to by civilians. Piummer’s government starts with 320,000 pesos worth of revenue stamps and 70,000 in cash recovered by C. H. Stewart, treas- urer. under Kerr's administration. List of Officers Assigned. The officers assigned to special duty in connection with the military govern- ment of Vera Cruz are Col. Edward H. Plummer of the 28th Infantry, who will act as provost marshal, to whom all the other officers must report; Maj. Edward M. Lewis of the 19th Infantry, treasurer; Commander Herman O. Stickney of the transport Pratrie, administrator of the customs; Paymaster David Potter of the battleship Minnesota, fiscal officer; Naval HUERTADESIGNATES SENORD. E. RABASA FORPEACE COUNCIL He Also Will Send Augustine Galindo and Another Yet to Be Named. REPRESENTATION FOR U. S. HAS NOT BEEN APPOINTED Tampico Incident Alone Probably Will Be Considered by the Three Mediators. THREE SESSIONS LISTED TODAY Carranza Sends Further Telegram to Envoys Inquiring Regarding Ex- tent of Functions of Spokes- man Requested. Huerta has named two men who will Tepresent his side of the in a conference between Stetes and the Huerta factions in Mexico to be held with the trio of South American mediators.» has selected D. Emilio Rabasa, a fa: mous Mexican jurist, whom he had previously delegated to come to Wash- ington as his personal representative when mediation was first proposed, and Augustine PiJindo, under secretary of justice. He has promised that he will name a third representative tomorrow. This announcement was made by S tary Bryan following a conference at State Department with the mediat! board. He sald that no one bad y ntroverss the a and Carranza Constructor Richard D. Gatewood, in charge of the dry dock and machine shops at San Juan de Ulua. Others who have been summoned for special duty and who probably will be definitely assigned as heads of depart- ments are Maj. Paul A, Wolf of the 4th Infantry, public works; Capt. Frank E. Bamford of the 28th Infantry, .pub- lic safety; Capt. Harold B. Fiske of the 28th Infantry, finance; Maj. Harry A. Smith of the 2sth Infantry and Maj. Charles Miller of the 7th Infantry, edu- cation, and Lieut. Stanley L. James of the 28th Infantry, communications. Speculation as to Receipts. There {s speculation in official circles regarding the disposition of the customs revenues of this port, said to aggre- gate more than $1,000,000 in gold a month, The federal officers who fled in- land took important papers from the customshouse files and it is difficult for the American officials to clear up busi- ness in the warehouses or to ascertain the exact distribution that has formerly been made of the revenue. Mexican custom receipts are pledged in part as security for the old national loan and the remainder was pledged by Huerta for the recent French loan. For the present ali the customs re- ceipts will be impounded to await instruc- tions from Washington. Several cargoes have been unloaded during the last few days and more ships are reported as cleared for this port from the United States and Europe, so that the accumu- lated receipts will soon reach a con- siderable amount. The demand for fractional American currency was suddenly increased today, when H. M. Robinson. superintendent of the United States railway mail service. who arrived yesterday and has taken charge of the post office, placed Ameri- n postage stamps on the market and ipulated that they must be paid for American money. i Conditions in Tampico Daily Growing Worse, Steamship Captain Says VERA CRUZ, May 4.—Conditions in Tampico are daily growing more serious, according to Capt. Blackadder of the liner Camaguay, which arrived here yesterday, flying the Cuban flag. He said the water supply had been en- Uirely cut off and that conditions in the} city were filthy. The inhabitants were bordering on famine and prices were con- tinually increasing, eggs costing sl apiece, potatoes and tomatoes. # cents a pound, and other foods in proportion. With the exception of Consul Clarence A. Miller and his assistant, there are probably not half a dozen Americans in Tampico, according to the captain. He said the captain of the British cruiser Hermione had chartered the British steamer Antillian to take off refugees, and among those who had gone on board were a few Americans. He added that the barge Oswald Boyd had been char- tered by the Spanish authorities to take up refugees who were waiting in the “Rear Admiral Mayo of the American flect remains on board the Dolphin, out- side Tampico harbor, but the American destroyers have gone to Tuxpan for fuel. The rebels remain in possession of ali the river towns !n the vicinity Federals Are Reinforsed. Gen. Zaragoza, federal commander at mpico, Friday night received rein- foreements numbering 1,300 men, prac- tically doubling the strength of the| garrison. The newcomers were all in-} fantry, but are understood to have some field pieces with them. There has been much night fighting of an indecisive character and the federal gunboats continue to shell the rebels No reports of damage to the com- panies’ pwperty have been received. The only communication between Vera Cruz and Tampico is by means of the naval wireless instruments, and | through these Rear Admiral Badger is Keeping in close touch with the situa- tion there. All was reported quiet in that port yesterday. The German liner Ypiranga is pre- paring to sail for New Orleans, but in- tends to stop at intermediate points along the coast to pick up German refugees. Officials of the line, as well as the German consulate, disclaim uny intention of an attempt to be made to land at Tampico the war munitions whose arrival here brought about the seizure of the Vera Cruz customhouse. selected to represent the United Statex in such a conference. Asked how many representatives each faction is to have in this meeting, Secretary Bryan said the mediators had suggested no specific num ber nor had this point been discussed with him. The fact that no determination has been reached regarding the number is taken as an indication that the United States has not vet come very close to accepting part in such a conference, and opens up the possibility that this gov- ernment js reluctant to enter into such debate with the Huerta faction as would be involved in such a conference as has been proposed. Indicates Huerta Seeks Terms. Huerta’s prompt acceptance of a voice in the mediation conference is taken here in official circles as an indication of his eal to come to terms with the United States. A general understanding after the State Department conference was that the me- diators had decided to limit thelr activi- ties at this time to a settlement of the Tampico incident solely, and that the ap- pointment of the Huerta delegates was made on that basis. This would consti tute the mediators an international cou: of honor to decide on whether the Unite States was entitled to reparation for the “insult to the flag” at Tampico, and what form that reparation should take After that point had been settled they would be confronted by the question of indemnity, which probably would ve claimed by the United States for its Vera Cruz expedition, and the other ex penses Incident to the present difficulties. in considering indemnity the ques- tion would again be raixed as to whether not recognized be held the Huerta government, by this country, could properly responsible for indemnity. Confer With Secretary Bryan. The mediating envoys reached the Sta Department and went into with Secretary Bryan shortly before noon. Ambussador da Gama of Brazil and Min- ister Naon of Argentina arrived first. A few minutes later the Chilean minister, conference Mr. Suarez, joined them. ‘They sought a reply to their request for the appointment c delegate from the United States, with his name if the ap pointee had been determined upon. It was learned from an authoritative source that Cai sent a further telegram to the me inquiring as to their request f tment of a Carranza delegate, the extent of bt functions and whether would be limited to the controversy between the United States and Huerta, beyond which Carranza has shown no signs of nego- lating, Seek to Avert Skirmishing. Meantime, the mediators were chiefly concerned in not having any untoward wartare by advance posts and skirmish- ers to cause complications in the nego tlations. Besides the actual steps thes have taken, they view thelr largest work thus far as being a suspension of a con- dition of war, and the time this has giv- en to consider the possibility of finding some middle ground of adjustment They were now reasonably hopeful that an open rupture and warfare were put ff, except for the movement the arranza forces. The tense at Mexico City as ft was realized a from that quarter at of situation also gave some concern, crisis might come any time. But with these two dangers avoided for the pres- ent—warfare and a possible catastrophe at Mexico City—the m ors Were de- termined to £o steadily forward in sha inz the procedure for their meeting with the delegates from the three parties Sessions Continue ‘Their sessions continued to be most in formal, no vote having been taken up to this time and all decisions having been reached by unanimous agreement. They began late this morning, having been together until near 1 o'clock this morn- ing. Three sessions were expected for the day, morning, afternoon and night. In circles close to the Huerta repre- sentatives the news of Carranza’s flat refusal to agree to an armistice was not taken as final. It was pointed out that it would have been surprising if + the constitutionalists had accepted the armistice on the eve of getting posses- sion of Saltillo. Once in the possession of that federal stronghold the attitude of the constitutionalists toward the armistice might be modified. Gen. Huerta’s reported utterance that he will never resign ts not taken seriously in Huertista circles here. He Informal. is sald to. be sincerely desirous to bring the whole controversy to # speedy end. Placed at Waterworks Result of Mexican Attack VERA CRUZ, May 4.—After Saturday's acute alarm all was quiet here yester- day. Many of the American soldiers at- toll exemption repeal. (Continued on Eleventh Wige.) Hopeful, Despite Carranza’s Action. Despite the refusal of Carranza, the constitutionalist chief, to agree to an armistice with the Huerta forces, the South American envoys today resumed their sessions, still hopeful that events of the next three or four days might broaden the sortaon We their &