Evening Star Newspaper, August 31, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER. Fair tonight and probably tomor- row; mild temperature. Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 83, 4:40 p.m. yesterday: lowest, 65, at 5:30 a.m. today. Full report on page 19. No. 28976. + Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, D C, ~ @he WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Foening Star. “From Press to Home Within ‘he Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes .as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 87,907 WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 1923 -TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES. P TWO CENTS. MINERS QUIT, COAL PEACE HOPE DIM OBREGON RECOGNIZED ‘AS U. S. RESUMES FULL ~UNION AND OPERATORS ‘LEAVE SMALL LOOPHOLE REFUSING PINCHOT OFFER ! Thousands of Workers Drop Tools in Anthracite Field as Negotiations Falter. { OWNERS OBJECT TO INCREASE; ACCEPT IN MINOR DETAILS 10 Per Cent Raise and Check-Off Substi- tute Offered Are Found Unsatisfac- tory to Workers’ Leaders. By the Associated Press. WILKES-BARRE, Pa., August 31.—Thousands of miners in the Wyoming valley quit work today in obedience to the suspension order issued by the United Mine Workers be- cause of the failure of the union leaders to work out a new wage scale to replace the one which expires tonight. HARRISBURG, Pa., August 31.—Anthracite operators and, mine union officials today returned answers to Gov. Pinchot’s peace proposals for averting mining suspension, the miners. ac- cepting them as a basis for continuing negotiation, and the opera- tors, while objecting to the flat 10 per cent wage increase, ac- cepting it on condition that an agreement putting it into effect over a long term of years be effected. Arguing against the governor’s offer of a 10 per cent wage' increase the operators sait it would add $30,000000 per year more to the wage bill of the industry, and that “any favorable consideration of it by us must be conditioned upon a durable agreement covering a period of years, with a provision for annual _revision.” On all points except the 10 per cent flat increase Gov. Pinchot sug- gested. the joint answers from both groups in the industry indicated a § degree of satisfaction, though the union again asked the “check-off” and the operators demanded that the union abandon this and all other demands in consideration of the long-term wage agreement. The union offered renewed negotiations between the parties, without mentioning the sus- pension orders which have been issued by its officials to become effective tonight. See Basis for Feuce. While the union answers criticized Gov. Pinchot's sugsestion of arbitra- tion arrangements in working out the application of his settlement pro- posals, it said in general his offer d paved the way joint wage negotiations between £ anthracite operators and the rep- Tesentatives of the mine workers.” The union committee would ac- cordingly hold itself in readiness to pro- cced with such joint discussion. The response took up one by one the four points of the governor's peace offer. The grant of the eight- hour workday, it was said, the opera- tors had already made in provisional fashion. While the 10 per cent wage in- crease was said to be “a step in the right direction” for coniract miners, it was declared also “insufficient for their needs. Claim Inequality. For the 65 per cent of employes In anthracite paid by the day a per- entage increase was declared .to “accentuate existing Inequalities 'in rates which. constitutes a source of bitter complaint among the men affected.” An increase in cents per day for day workers equivalent to that sug- gested for contract miners was asked Expressing regret for the refusal of the governor to offer the “check- oft” system of dues collection, the union response said this “would not in _any manner add to the cost of fanthracite”; that for a quarter of a ntury this arrangement has ex- isted in bituminous districts where collective bargaining is recognize that some of the anthracite operators having bituminous operations as well had accepted it in those districts; and, finally, that rallroads had in- stalled it for collecting dues of “com- pany unions.” With the recommendation of the governor tha® collective- bargaining be recognized and that the anthracite oard of conciliation be required to ke a complete revision of wage rates, the. union answer expressed satisfaction. “In consideration of these several, matters, including the remaining number of the eleven demands of the United Mine Workers," the response concluded, “we feel your action has paved the way to a reopening of joint | wage negotlations between the an- thracite operators and the representa- tives of mine workers. Such a confer- 4ence could take your wage Sugges- tions for contract miners as a basis, and by diligent application could probably make substantial progress in working out a new agreement. We accordingly advise your excellency that the Tepresentatives of the mine workers will hold themselves in readiness to enter such joint confer- ence.” SEES ALL HOPE LOST’ , TO PREVENT A STRIKE IN ANTHRACITE MINES BY ROBERT T. SMALL. Special Dispatch to The Star. HARRISBURG, Pa., August 31— Open covenants of peace openly ar- rived at got another body blow here today when Gov. Gifford Pinchot sum- moned the anthracite miners and operators into what was ‘designated as an “executive session” to hear their replies to his compromise pro- posals of last Wednesday evening. It was apparent, therefore, even efore the meeting behind close doors began, that the Intervening governor. fohehead and throat, and |alsé fame in'¢ m to a reopening i was prepared for an adverse decision from either or both sides and was also prepared to argue the matter out with the recalcitrant ones—even if it should take all winter. The executive sesslon also was an indication that all hope of preventing a walkout in the mines had been abandoned and that the negotiations were to pass from the phase of pre- venting a strike into the realm of settling one, if possible. The mine workers officlals refuse to consider suspension of work in the mines as a strike. They say simply that the old agreement with the op- erators expired today and the men naturally are unwilling to continue their labors in the absence of a new one. “There is no strike” said a resentative of the miners today miners do not £o back on their con- tracis. No strike orders have been {ssued. The men have been notified tlat no new contract has been signed. Until it is signed there will be no further production in the anthracite mines. | The operators have had plenty of time and plenty of opportunity to negotiate a new contract. = They have not done so. They have wanted us to leave our case in the hands of disinterested persor Why should we do that? We aro the interested parties, we rep- “the have got to do the work and we have ; got to make operators. When two nations get together to make a treaty of peace or a treaty of commerce and amity they do not ask a third nation to come in and tell them what to do. If they cannot agree be- tween themselves as to what they want to do they agree to disagree. That is the case with the miners and the opera- tors today. They have agreed to dis- agree until such time as they can agree. “The miners sald in Atlantic City that they would not accept arbitration. They have not changed their minds since coming to Harrisburg. They will not accept arbitration today—no matter how the lady may be dressed. And thus, in the absence of any completed the contract with the GREEK REPLY FAILS 10 SATISFY TALY; MUSSOLINI ORDERS STRICT_CENSORSHIP Newspapers Requested to Keep Silent on Movements: of All Military and Naval Units—Penalty Threatened {EACH DIVERTS VESSELS FROM OTHER’S SHORES Fascisti Carry Out Hostile Out- breaks in Front of Hellenic Con- sulate in Rome—British Gov- ernment May Intervene Individ- { nually in the Crisis if Ambas- sadors Fall Down as Mediators. By the Associated Press, LONDON, August 3L.—Martial law was proclaimed throughout Greece today, says an Athens dis- patch to the Central News. ROME, August 31L.—The Italian | cabinet meeting today found the Greek | reply to its ultimatum to be unsceept- able, the Stefani Agency gays. The ahnouncement made by~ 8tefini, which is the semi-official news agency, says that certaln declsions were reached at the cabinet councll, none of which was disclosed in statements issued by {the ministers of marine and war after the meeting. Two hostlle demonstrations were carried out today by fascisti, says the Corriere D'Italiano, in front of the Greek consulate, the Italian demon- strators carrying away the shield bear- ing the Greek arms. The Belgrade correspondent of the Corriere D'italiano says that the Greek charge d'affaires there has conferred with the acting foreign minister of Jugoslavia. presumably about the con- troversy between Italy and his country. The Itallan government, in a semi- official statement today, urges the news- papers not to publish the movements of Itailan military or naval units, threaten- Ing sovere measures against those who o so. The newspapers learn from Brindisi, a southern Italy eeaport, that the Greek steamer Utromlides, which was scheduled to leave for a Greek port last evening, has been stopped in the i harbor. The press dispatches add that the Italian steamship Adria, which had cleared for the Levant, was ordered later to go direct to Constantinople without touching at Greek ports, The newspaper Messaggero ludny‘ says it Is reliably informed that Greece's refusal to pay an indemnity of 50,000,000 lire for the slaying of the Italian boundary mission and her request for modification of the Italian demand regarding the saluting of the | Itallan flag are considered by the Italian government as absolutely un- satisfactory. Constder Reply Inadequate. The Greek note Is considered general- ly here as totally inadequate. In part, it states that the Greek govern- ment, “considering the fact that the attempt occurred on Greek territory on citizens of a great and friendly power carrying out an international mission, offers: “First, an expression of the Greek government's regret in the largest and most official form, viz., the Ital- {an minister to receive a visit from the commander of the Athens garri- son, “Second, the Greek government to celebrate a religious function in hon. or of the victims in the Cathollc Church In Athens, In the presence of all_the members of the government. “Third, the same day the Itallan flag to be honored by a detachment of the Athens garrison going to the (Continued on Page Z, Column 5.) Pastor and Merchant in Court (Continued on Page 4, Column 2 | i In Wrangle Over Lameé Bulldog.I While a crowd in Police Court today eagerly awaited the greeting bark which would indicate which of the two wit- nesses, Rev. Dr. Freeman W. Anderson, assistant pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, or Willlam M. Sacks, head of a local turniture store, was its owner, a large Boston bull terrier bounded| in canine merriment past both men to Judge Gus A. Schuldt, who was sitting In Solomon-like judgment to hear the strange case. Rev. Dr. Anderson claimed that the dog was “Pal” missing from his home since August 3. Mr. Sacks, with just as much certainty, asserted it as none other than “Dan,” which disappeared from the Sacks home about the same time. Finally the court continued the case indefinitely and the dog was turned over to Dr. Anderson. Dr. Anderson, residing at 1724 Web- ster street, was the owner of a bull terrier marked with a white streak across its forehead and throat, with a | lame right hind leg. Mr. Sacks, living at 1513 Webster street, was also the owner. of a bull terrier, about the same and size, marked with a white streak across its the right hand leg. atfectionace” and. o dispiay The’ semn | nd to display the same tricks and habits. il On August 3, Pal, Dr. Anderson's, dog, disappeared. On August 24 dog. bearing every resemblance to Pal. was discovered at the home of Mr. Sachs. Dr. Anderson called at the. home and stated that the dog was his. Mr. Sachs stated that he was ! certaln the dog was Dan, his own ' dog, which had disappeared about the same time as Dr. Anderson's terrier. Examination of the dog showed that attached to his collr was a tag bought by Dr. Anderson. Sachs, on | refusing to give the dog up, was charged by the police the next day with petty larceny. Today in Police Court Dr. Buck- ingham, a _veterinarlan, who had treated the dog of Dr. Anderson, and who had originally sold the dog to Dr. Anderson, testified that he was | positive the dog taken by the police | was Dr. Anderson's and that he had treated the dog for a broken le . Sachs, in taking the stand, claimed that his dog, before it had become loat, had been treated for a broken leg. Dr. Buckingham stated that the break was not in the same place on beth dogs, although on the R 3 | miles an_hour. COOLIDGE ASSENTS Death of Baby Starts Move 10 SHIP OPERATION ONSUBSIDIARY PLAN. Gives Approval to Board’s Policy, Which Is Expected to Save Millions. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. President Coolidge has given his approval to the policy of the United States Shipping Board to split up its present operating system into sub- sidiary companies analogous to the United States Steel Corporation. Not only will millions of dollars be saved annually through the new plan, but the entire fleet will be put | into such organization units as to make the whole enterprise saleable when the time comes for private interests to take it over. The President made clear to-the members of the Shipping Board when he received in his study In the Execu- tive Mansion that he belleved whole- heartedly in a merchant marine. He pointed out that not only did Amer- ica need her own ships as a measure of economic protection in time of peace, but as an indispensable aux- iliary to the Navy in time of war. Mr. Coolidge realizes that while the present situation means that the fed- eral treasury must annually the few millions involved are a small sum compared to the protec- tion to American shippers against ar- bitrary raises in freight rates, which would inevitably occur if shipping were a monopoly held by foreign countries. If the government's fleet is ever turned over to private interests, the latter must !'be in a position first of all to guarantee the maintenance of certain trade routes as well as rates that are equitable and must also be ready to pay the govern- ment a good price for the ships. Ofters Unsatisfactory. The offers received thus far for ships have not commended themselves to the (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) 160 FISHING CUTTERS MISSING AFTER GALE Farm Lands Damaged and Cattle Drowned by Floods Off Coast of Jutland. COPENHAGEN, August 31.—Be- tween sixty and seventy fishing’ cut- ters are missing in consequence of the fierce gales which swept the coast of Jutland yesterday, Many have been wrecked. Extensive tracts of agricultural land were flooded by the storm and many catile were drowned. The corn crop was badly damaged. An express train from Varde en- countered a wind so violent that the train was_able to cover only four Little damage was done in Copenhagen. Telephone lines are down in many places. WOMAN’S SPEECH IS HELD TO HAVE CAUSED RIOT Nine Persons, Including Speaker, Arrested at Socialist Meeting in Kansas City. KANSAS CITY, Mo, August 31— Nine persons, including the speaker, were arrested at a meeting here last night when police were summoned to prevent a riot following a speech by Mrs. Esther Freedman of New York in the interests of the socialist party. Her auditors resented her remarks. Mrs. Freedman is quoted by the po- lice as saying that she “pitied the or German soldiers because the nited States used poison in its fightin and urged the isbanding of the Army and placing the social- jsts in contfol of the nation's affairs. All were Te.emsd on $25 bond =aca lake up the losses | You Jysy UGHY Yo EE WHAT LUToCRACY - HAS BDONE ToMY COUNTRY! i i NOW CHEERING EUROPE. For Contagious Hospital Here} ! Have Been | | While a coroner’s jury was deliber- lating upon the cause of the death of eight-months-old Lorraine Mothers- vheid at Garfield Hospital Wednesday night, after two hospitals had failed to receive the case because of fear of contagious consequences of whoop- ing cough, steps were being taken to- day by officials in charge of the pub- lic health of the District to see that such an incident will never happen again. The verdict of the jury was as fol- Jows: “Lorraine Mothershead came to her death at Garfield Hospita from pneumonia and whooping cou URGES IMMEDIATE Wharves Declared in “De- plorable” Condition by Re- i port to Commissioners. Characterizing the present condition jof the water front of the National “apital as “deplorable.,” the Commis- sioners’ wharf committee today urgea | that its rebuilding “be no longer de- ‘layed.” In his annual report to Engineer Zommissianer Bell, Roland M. Bren- nan, chief clerk of the engineer de- jpartment and chairman of the com- | mittee, sata: “The wharf committee is of the opinion that the development and improvement of the water front along jthe Washington channel of the Poto- {mac river between Washington bar- racks and 14th street should be no longer delayed. Found Wharves Rotten. “It is obvious to any one who has Seen our water front that existing conditions are deplorable. Many of the old timber wharves and sheds are in arrotten and dilapidated condition. “A more noteworthy project than one which wouid give the National Capital a useful and attractive water | front could not be Initiated. Civic or- ganizations, municipal officlals and others have been advocating an im- provement in Washington's water front for many years, and, notwith- standing the announced policy of economy in_governmental expendi- {tures, it is belleved that appropria- | tions for this purpose should be made progressively each year until the project has been completed.” In this connection there is a pos- sibility that a small sum may be sought from Congress at the next session to begin technical surveys. Made Tentative Plan. “Mundcipal officials’ have not been unmindful of the importance of this project,” continued the report. “Capt. John E. Wood,’ assistant engineer commissioner, has ‘prepared a tenta- tive plan for the development and Improvement of the water front along_the city side of the channel. The general features of this pla; have been approved by the Commi sion of Fine Arts, but no doubt some revision must be made before it can be adopted as an approved project. The plan should be carefully studied by some eminent authority on harbor and water front development, and ecured from Congress for such seryice. Commissloner Oyster has been one of the strongest advocates of a ren- ovated water front since he took office more than two years ago. Con- tinuing its discussion of the question, the whart committee sal “In developing the plan, preparatory to its transmission to the chiet of nd to Congress for ap- . tull recognition should be iven_to_the interests of navigation VERFRONT WORK| ! Embassie MEXICAN RELATIONS s in Both Capitals Offi- cially Restored for First Time Since 1920. ACCORD RESULT OF CONFERENCE HELD BY WA Charges d’Affaires RREN AND PAYNE to Furnish Contact Pending Appointment of Respec- tive Ambassadors. By the Associated Press, | diplomatic relations. | Formal announcement of t Iby the State Department. The restoration of relations carries with it full recognition Jury Exonerates Hospital Authorities, But Officials Believe Child Should Admiitted, on August 29, 1923. We believe that in no way was the child's life jeop- ardized by visiting various hospitals to be admitted.” Should Admit Patients. Health Officer William C. Fowler today expressed the belief that all hospitals should take in suspected contagious cases when they are brought to the doors and kept until the health department decides where they should be sent for permanent treatment. “In my opinion,” said Dr. Fowler, “the diréctors of all hospitals should instruct the superintendents to place such patients in the isolation room provided for that purpose and notify (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) GARRETT VERDICT 1S DUE TOMORROW Closing Arguments on Today. Jury Expected to Retire in Morning. By the Associated Press. CUMBERLAND COURT HOUSE, Va., August 31.—Owing to the presentation this morning of a new instruction that both sides desired to argue, opening trial of R. O. Garrett, charged with the murder of Rev. E. S. Plerce, was and it was apparent at that hour that a verdict in the case could not he looked for until late tomorrow. When Judge B. D. White left Cum- berland for Farmville last night, it was stated arguments on instructions were complete and the judge over- night would decide the form in which they would be given to the jury. However, when he returned this morning a new point was brought up and more discussion became neces- sary. For the convenience of the attor- neys the argument on instructions were held in a bullding next to the {office W. M. Smith, where law books were available. A crowd larger than any that has (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) SMOKE SCREEN LAW IS SULLIVAN’S PLAN Penalty for Use to Escape Police Favored After Experience With Rum Cars. Maj. Daniel Sullivan, superintend- ent of police, today declared himselt in favor of specific’ legislation to deal with persons who use smoke screen de- vices on automobiles. It is possible the major may touch on this subject in his annual report to Commissioner Oyster this year. On several occassions recently motor cycle police have been thwarted In the pursult of automobiles by dense clouds of smoke emitted from the ex- haust "pipes of- fleeing machines. Commissioner Oyster today com- mended Motor Cycle Policemen W. L. Hunt and E. A. Skinner of the tenth precinct, who rode through a blanket of smoke on Georgia ave- nue yesterday to capture an automo- bile containing a load of alleged liquor. Maj. Sullivan also complimented the officers, The police chief did mot belleve to- ] day it was necessary or advisable to cquip motor cycle officers with gas masks. of arguments before the jury in the | delayed until after luncheon today | of ' Commonwealth's Attorney | by the United States of the go It results from the negotiation: The American embassy at the first time since the collapse and all pending claims will be commissioners for settlement. It follows: ican-Mexican conferences held matic relations between them, MOB ROUTS KLAN, 100 ARE INJURED Police Force Beaten as En- raged Crowd Breaks Up Perth Amboy Meeting. By the Associated Pres PERTH AMBOY, N. J.,, August 31.- - Battling between Ku Klux Klansmen and mobs was resumed on the streets of Perth Amboy this morning as mem- bers of the order tried to escape from |Oda Fellows' Hall, where they had ! sought refuge during an attack on a |Klan meeting last night, in which { more than 100 persons are reported to have been injured. A hundred men, armed with clubs {ana stones, attacked thirty klansmen who dashed from the hall this morn- ing. i The klansmen were severely beaten hefore they escaped their pursuers. Seweral injured Klansmen were treated at hospitals and later sent to their homes. The police sald that the majority of the klansmen who assembled to hold the meeting were from other New Jersey cities and towns. A group of twenty-five, who refused to try driv- ing their cars homeward, after being sheltered for several hours at police headquarters, returned to Asbury | Park and Belmar by train. The city settled back to normal con- ditions during the forenoon and police said they anticipated no further trouble. All Policemen Out. Perth Amboy resembled a com- munity under martial law today as the town's entire police force, a large i detachment of state policemen and {150 firemen doing duty as special of- fcers patrolled the streets to quell any possible renewal of clashes be- tween members of the Ku Klux Klan and the mob which throughout the night held the city in a grip of riot. It was impossible early today to ascertain the number of persons on both sides who had been more or less severely injured in the night's fight- ing. Every physician in the city had treated one or more cases, while a considerable number of injured’ had been attended to in hospitals. The battling started shortly before midnight when & crowd estimated at more than 5,000 men broke up a Widely advertised Klan meeting in the Odd Fellows' Hall. The entire police force of seventy-five, with drawn guns and clubs and reinforced by the entire fire department, made a desperate effort to protect the 500 klansmen whose meeting had been surrounded by the clamoring mob. Tear Bombs Used. Tear bombs and well directed streams from fire hose dispersed the surging thousands after a first at- tack, but, returning with renewed fury, they swept the force aside, hacked the hose to pieces and charged into the meeting hall. Klans- men withstood the onslaught untit greatly outnumbered, when many fought thefr wayv to doors, windows The United States and Mexico have agreed to resume full he agreement was made today vernment of President Obregon. s recently concluded in Mexico City by Charles B. Warren and John Barton Payne. EMBASSY STANDING RESTORED. Mexico City and the Mexican embassy here are to be restored at once to official standing, for of the Carranza regime in 1920, submitted to specially appointed Acting Secretary Phillips announced the resolution “to renew | diplomatic relations” in a formal statement issued at noon today. “The government of the United States and the government of Mexico, in view of the reports and recommendations that their respective commissioners submitted as a result of the Amer- in the City of Mexico from May 14, 1923, to August 15, 1923, have resolved to renew diplo- and, therefore, pending the ap- pointment of ambassadors, they are taking the necessary steps to_accredit, formally, their respective charge d’affaires.” | In Line With Pelicy. Recognition of the government of President Obregon is regarded here as in |line with the American policy, stated | through_successive administrations, of giving disinterested help to a friendly ,country s0 long as the rights of Ameri- | cans are properly safeguarded. The an- { nounced aim of the Washington govern- ment has been directed consistently to such a course, although often with diffi- culty, because of outrages upon the per- sons and properties of American na- tionals in Mexico, and of discouraging international complications incident to a condition of revolution and civil war running over more than a decade. The questions arising under this policy have been among the most delicate with which the United States has had to deay, and have involved military patrols along the border, naval and military expedi- tions in Mexico, embargoes upon the ex- portation of munitions, and a succession of international conferences touching in- directly on the broad question of rela- tions with Latin America in general. Recently the principal question at is- sue has had to do with the interpreta- tion of article 27 in the Mexican consti- tuolon of 1917, now satisfactorily adjust- ed throuzh definite understanding of its retroactive features reached in the recent Mexico City conversations. Treaty Plan Rejected. This question was regarded as of primary importance by the administra- tion of President Wilson, and later the Harding administration suggested to Mexico City a treaty of amity and com- merce as a_means to a definite unders standing. The treaty plan, however, proved unsatisfactory to President Obre: gon, and in time the adjustment was reached through conversations, the American government making clear that it was interested in the substance rathet than the form of accommodatis ‘The story of the present American-Mexican relations has its real beginning in the outbreak, in 1910, of the military revolution led by Francisco 1. Madero against the long-established regime of President Porfirio Diaz. A policy of non-interference was adopted by President Taft, who soon mobilized units of the Regular Army on the border to guarantee neutrality and protect American interests. Thereafter, extri troops were stationed there in greater or less force until 1919, by which tims the general situation had eased con siderably. Huerta Takes Power. Because of sporadic _revolutionar movements which arose almost immedi ately upon Madero's entrance into Mex- ico_ City and eldction to the presidency, a definition of American policy in the i matter of recognition did not develop until the early part of President Wil- {sons first term. By this time Madero had resigned, been imprisoned and assassinated, and his chief military officer, Gen. Huerta, who had gone over to the revolutionists, had assumed the presidency. President Wilson demanded as a condition of recognition a real elec- tion under due_constitutional au- ithority, with the elimination of | Huerta as a candidate. This was re- fused, and President Wilson ed his historic policy of * waitin, Disagreement with this ! policy resulted in the recall of Henry Lane Wilson, who had been appoint- ed ambassador to Mexico by Presi- dent Taft, and President Wilson re- | sorted to ‘the use of personal agents in_seeking a_ solution of the diffi- {culties, but these missions resulted in_few tangible developments. It was during the Huerta regime that American marines in 1914 were seized at Tampica by a Mexican Army officer, and although released with an apology, a salute to the flag was de- manded by Rear Admiral Mayo. It was refused, and President Wilson ordered the American naval forces to seize Vera Cruz in order to prevent the landing of a cargo of arms by the German steamer Ypiranga. The order had been carried out and war seemed imminent when the servic of Argentina, Brizil and Chile were accepted us mediators. A conferemce (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) ¥ (Continued on Page 2, Column &3