Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, August 6, 1913, Page 3

DIPLOMAT WILL LEAVE SERVICE Resignation of Ambassador Wilson Accepted. BRYAN MAKES STATEMENT Part Taken by United States Repre- | sentative in “Earlier Stages of Re. | cent Mexican Revolution Makes It | Difficult for Him to Represent Views of Present Administration. Washington, Aug. 5.—Secretary Bry- an has announced the acceptance of the resignation of Henry Lane Wilson as ambassador to Mexico. The secre- tary made the following statement: “Ambassador Wilson’s resignation has been accepted to take effect Oct. 14. The part which he felt it his duty to take in the earlier stages of the re- cent revolution in Mexico would make it difficult for him to represent the views of the present administration in view of the situation which now ex- ists.” Armed intervention in Mexico is neither a probability nor a possibility, for a peaceful solution of the problem is becoming more practicable. This is the view taken by President Wilson. He let it be known, too, teat he would make a brief announcement of the first step in the policy of the United States toward Mexico. While no inkling of what it would be came from the White House it was expected that the president formally would an- mounce his decision not to recognize the Huerta government. Bacon Confers With Wilson. Shortly after Ambassador Wilson called Senator Bacon, chairman of the foreign relations committee, went into eonference with the president. The president gave him to understand that be would consult the chairman of the two congressional committees on for- eign affairs before taking any action. It also was suggested that the presi- dent’s announcement might formally express a determination to treat the Constitutionalists and the unrecog- nized Huerta administration on an equality with respect to the exporta- tion of arms from this country. When Ambassador Wilson was leav- ing the White House he gave out a copy of a letter he received from for- mer President Taft on June 29, 1913, approving of his course in Mexico. The letter, in part, follows: “My Dear Mr. Wilson: You were ambassador of the United States to Mexico during the most trying times that the people of Mexico have passed through, and during a period when the relations between us and Mexico were constantly being subjected to a gerious strain. I have great pleasure in expressing my high approval of your zealous and courageous efforts in the protection of American interests.” Provisional Government, “Father,” said the small boy, “what 4s a provisional government?” “Well, my son, my impression in a general way is that a provisional gov- ernment is one that has to keep hus- tling from day to day for provisions.”— ‘Washington Star. The Best of Friends. “Are you good friends of the Browns?” “I should think so. We're taking are of their canary, bulldog and gold- fish while they’re abroad.” — Detroit Free Press. |eral E. A. Forbes expressed the be- YUAN SHI KAI. Adherents of Chinese President Ask Him to Found New Dynasty. President Yuan Shi Kai’s adherents express much elation over the suc- cesses gained by the loyal armies in the present rebellion and advocate the introduction of a dictatorial form of government. It is said that they hope for the ultimate establishment of a Yuan dynasty, under which they would share in the spoils of office. They contend that any compromise at the present time would place China in a chronic condition of revolution, which, they argue, would be most dangerous owing to the territorial as- pirations of Russia and Japan. NATIONAL GUARD IS NOW ON THE SCENE Fatal Clash Between Strikers and Sheriff's Poss Sacramento, Cal., Aug. 5.—Five com- panies of the California national guard are policing the hop fields of Wheat- land, in Yuba county, where four men met death and eight were badly wounded in a clash between striking hop pickers and a sheriff’s posse. The strikers, led by Industrial Work- ers of the World organizers, still are in an ugly mood, but Adjutant Gen- lief that if he could prevent a meet- ing of the strikers and some of the bands of armed citizens who were in- tent upon vengeance there was not likely to be further demonstration. The news of the death of District Attorney E. T. Manwell and Deputy Sheriff E. Reardon and the wounding of Sheriff George Voss and others of his posse spread rapidly through the farming country and volunteer posses hurried from every community to take a hand. The militia did not reach the scene until nearly daybreak and in the meantime several hundred armed civilians had poured in from every di- rection. Generous. Father—I want to tell you this, my son. The secret of success is hard work. Son—If it’s a secret, dad, you shouldn’t have mentioned it. For- tunately. I'm too much of a gentle man to take advantage of information gained in that way.—Boston Transcript. The Pioneer Store Grocery Hi See eeeeteeteeeed te Setetets See fontoateRoadontoeteeteetoetoatonteateeteetoetoeteateateeteet Sets Department... Seeing is Believing. Proof of the Pudding is in Eating it. Our Home Brand and Hia- watha Brand Groceries——for First Grade can’t be beat. Try them. Price, of course, is a little higher on First Grade goods than on Standards-—— We also have Standards. Seeaeets ABoeeondondeetoesessondendoetonteetoetotondontonseegeseatonton John Beckfelt Grand Rapids, Minn. HEAVY SLASH IN EXPRESS RATES Sweeping Order of Interstate Commerce Commission. COMPANIES MAY CONTEST | Declare They Cannot Stand an An- nual Reduction of Fully $26,000,000 in Their Gross Revenue and Pre- dict Death to the Business. Washington, Aug. 5.—Reductions in express rates which will cost the com- panies fully $26,000,000 a year—ap- proximately 16 per cent of their gross revenue—were ordered by the inter- | to be- | state commerce commission, come effective on or before Oct. 15, 1913. also were ordered. The most important change pre- | scribed by the order is by way of modification of the present gradu- | ated scale of parcel rates. For pack- ages more than four pounds going more than 200 miles and less than | 2,000 the new express rates are gen- erally lower than the parcel post rates; for more than 3,000 miles the rates are practically the same. The report and order of the com- mission, prepared by John H. Marble, are a virtual affirma- tion of the findings of former Com- missioner Franklin K. Lane, now sec- retary of the interior. Prescribes Block System. By prescribing a so called block | system, dividing the United States into 950 blocks, averaging 2,500 square miles, 900,000,000 different rates now published by the express companies will be reduced to less than 650,000, and the interstate commerce commis- sion believes that the system points the way to a solution of the existing maze of freight rates. The general impression in official quarters is that the express com- panies will attempt to test by legal means the constitutionality of the commission’s order. The express companies had filed statements indicating that the losses of revenue under the proposed rates would be intolerable and argued strenuously that the establishment of the parcel post had deprived them of quite 30 per cent of the revenue they | formerly received from parcels of eleven pounds or less. ed that the express business could not survive the losses from both sources. < “This is equivalent to saying,” com- ments Commissioner Marble in his re- port, “that the commission is called upon to take from the shippers of the country all the benefit that they re- ceive from the parcel post and give it to the express companies in the form of higher rates upon the remain- ing business.” Paper Charges Unchanged. The rate for newspapers and pe- riodicals, as well as for bread and such articles for which specially low rates now are charged, are substan- tially the same as the present rates. In connection with the parcel post and its effect upon express companies the report says: “With regard to the small package business of the parcel post, it should be stated that it still will be carried upon the railroads of the country. The express companies, moreover, will not experience a gross loss of their earnings upon these small par- yels, but only of the net difference be- tween their earnings heretofore and the cost to them of furnishing termi- nal service upon these parcels. “The commission's conclusion is that the establishment of the parcel , post is not a justification for any higher scale of rates than the one here shown to be reasonable. “The commission’s order is for two years only. That period will give abundant opportunity for a test of these rates under varying conditions amounting to a normal average. In no other way can the absolutely proper rate basis for respondents finally be determined.” FOUR MOTORISTS DROWNED Auto Driven Upon Cable Ferryboat Goes Into River. Winnipeg, Aug. 5.—Four lives were lost in the Red river opposite Joliet, N. D., when an automobile with the top up rolled .off a cable ferryboat. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart of Drayton, a Mrs. Anderson and her twelve-year- old son were those drowned. Stewart saw his wife dragged into the current and leaped after her as the auto top disappeared beneath the surface. He did not reappear. The chauffeur also went down with the car, but managed to extricate himself and swim ashore. COLLIERY SURVIVOR DYING Will Increase Pennsylvania Mine Ex- plosion Toll to Twenty. Pottsville, Pa. Aug. 5.—Harry Schoeffstall, the only survivor of the East Brookside colliery accident, which resulted in the death of nine- teen persons, is in a dying condition at his home in Orwin. Daniel Farley and John Fessler, fire bosses, are still missing and the the- ory is that they were blown to pieces. Notable reforms in practices | Commissioner | They contend- | | | MRS. EDWIN GOULD. t Not Wear Slit Skirts. LADIES BAR SLIT SKIRTS Mrs. Edwin Gould Says They Are Not Worn in Her Set. Chicago, Aug. 5.—Women who dis- | play themselves in slit skirts and skirtless bathing suits are not “ladies,” according to Mrs. Edwin Gould of |New York. At least such things are ‘not done in her set, asserts Mrs. Gould. Mrs. Gould, who is regarded as one of the best dressed women of New York, wore a gown which, by its sim- plicity, emphasized her attack on the freak creations of the year. “Most of these garish costumes are | born in the belief fostered by the | newspapers that they are the mode among well dressed Eastern women,” she said. “They are not.” “Do ‘real people’ back East wear slit skirts?” she was asked. - “My friends certainly do not,” she replied positively. “Ladies do not. Indeed, nice people are not apt to go to extremes in fashion, or to do im- modest things.” MANY MILLIONS T0 AID IN MOVING GROPS ‘Secretary McAdoo Preparing to Distribute Treasury Funds, Washington, Aug. 5.—Secretary Mc- Adoo has prepared to distribute the Promised $25,000,000 to $50,000,000 of government funds to the agricultural regions of the South and West. The secretary is collecting informa- tion as to the relative needs of each section where harvesting is now un- | der way or soon to begin and expects to have the money in the banks in ample time for the movement of crops. Treasury officials were confident that the secretary’s plan would be a powerful factor in averting or reliev- ing the prospective tightness of money characteristic of the crop moving sea- son. | Much interest was manifest in the secretary’s declaration of willingness to receive prime commercial paper as security for the deposits. This innova. ‘ion marks the government’s first par- dicipation in the commercial market. | eee oe ob de cde be oe de ob oh che he oe + jt NATIONAL CAPITAL HAS + TIGHT-FITTING LID. + Washington, Aug. 5.—Dur- ing the thirty-one hours from midnight Saturday to 7 o’clock Monday morning the national capital was a “jagless” town. Not one arrest for drunkenness had been made by the police in that time. The new and rigid law passed by congress was re- sponsible for the wave of Sab- bath purity. ERE EEE EE CREE EEE EEE EEE EES HOUSTON EXPLAINS INQUIRY Tour of Meat Producing Countries Not to Encourage Importation. Washington, Aug. 6.—Cattle grow- ers and fatwers throughout the coun- try having misunderstood, in the opinion of Secretary Houston of the | department of agriculture, the real object of the visit of inspection of department officials to the meat pro- ducing countries of the world, the secretary declared that the tour was not being taken to encourage the im- portation of foreign meat. Secretary Houston declared the trip is being taken for the purposes of investigation solely. Inquiry into the slaughtering, packing and shipping of meats in various coutries will be made. Bequeaths Nurse $100,000. Providence, R. 1, Aug. 5.—Public gifts aggregating $645,000 and a be- quest of $100,000 to a nurse in her ‘| employ were contained in the will of. Mrs. Jane F. Brown, which was filed || for probate here. ii day and Everyone. ees) an, WORLD'S GREATEST STATE FAIR 300 Acres of Instructive and Educational Exhibits World’s Most Famous Frontier Days Show A trainload of champion rough riders, bucking Ng oy a EVERY NIGHT IN FRONT OF THE GRAND STAND $27,500 Worth of Champion Horse Races for five afternoons. World’s Famous Speed Demons in Seven Bands and Three Orct.estras, rendering the best music, every Baby Health Contest, Farm Boys Camp, Boy Scouts, Bench Show. Most Gorgeous Display of Fireworks ever seen in the Northwest. Grand Society Horse Show five nights, in the Coliseum. Shows, Vaudeville and Free Acts. Something to suit the taste of A Vacation, Recreation, Inspiration, for all the People, From Monday Morning to Saturday Night. Minnesota State Fair Grounds Salis Tr RUMI. se ional A bile R. DENIES CHARGES OF LOBBY AGENT Senator Townsend Calis Mulhall a Corruptionist. IDENTIFIES $500 CHECK Star Witness in Present Probe Makes His Last Appearance Before the Senate Committee But Will Be Questioned by House Investigators. Washington, Aug. 5.—Senator Town- send of Michigan was the first wit- ness before the senate lobby com- mittee. Testimony of Martin M. Mul- hall had been finished and that wit- ness was waiting to be questioned by the house committee about his lobby- ing activities for the National Asso- ciation of Manufacturers. Senator Townsend flatly denied Mul- hall's testimony that he had talked with him and characterized Mulhall as a “self-acknowledged corruption- ist.” i Emery and Mulhall, when Town- send was a member of the house, came together to his office, and Mulhall made an argument about la- bor legislation. “When he paused, I asked him if he was through, and when he said ‘Yes’ I said, ‘Well, this is my busy day, you’ll have to excuse me.’ Therefore, it is an unqualified falsehood when he says he talked with me confiden- tially.” The senator went through the rec- ord and picked out letters in which | his name appeared, denied in detail Mulhall’s testimony that he had con- ferred with him. “This man was personally offensive to me,” said the senator in conclusion, “therefore, I could not fail to remem- ber if he had talked to me confiden- tially.” Mulhall took the stand to identify a $500 check he said he drew April 7, 1909, to be turned over to A. H. Miles i of Racine, Wis., for a retainer for for- | mer Congressman James E. Watson, when the manufacturers wanted Wat- son to work for a tariff commission bill. Chairman Overman announced that former Senator Foraker would be heard shortly. TO POPULARIZE PARCEL POST Weight Limit Will Be Raised to Twenty Pounds Aug. 5. Washington, Aug. 5.—Further to popularize the parcel post system Postmaster General Burleson has an- nounced that after Aug. 5 the weight limit on packages would be placed at twenty pounds (it now is eleven pounds) and that a sharp reduction in charges for the transportation of packages would be made. He an- nounced also that on the same date the “banking by mail” feature would be introduced into the postal savings system. The reduction in charges on parcel | post matter for local delivery is from the present rate of 5 cents for the first pound and 1 cent for each addi- tional pound to 5 cents for the first pound and 1 cent for each additional two pounds or fraction thereof. For. the first zone the rate will be reduced from 5 cents for the first and 3 cents for each additional pound to 5 cents and 1 cent; for the second zone the rate will be cut from 6 cents and 4 cents to 5 cents and 1 sent for each additional pound. ‘Twenty-two Scottish Miners Die. Glasgow, Scotland, Aug. 5.—Twenty- two coal miners perished in a fire in the Mavis valley pit of the Cadder col- hery near here. The bodies were re covered. Dr a ii a i i i i di AGED CAPITALIST ENDS HIS LIFE. Los Angeles, Cal., Aug. 5.— Edward Schmidt, an aged cap- italist, sought to hang himself but died of a fractured skull instead. The rope broke and Schmidt fell to the cement floor, striking on his head. Schmidt, who was seventy- one years old, is said to have been worth half a million. His wife and daughter are in Eu- rope. EERE EES EEE hh CO i aie A A i a SI SA oe A a a EEE EEEEEE EEE EES SEVEN PERSONS MEET DEATH Two Women and Five Children Die in Fire. Quebec, Aug.5.—Seven lives were lost in a fire which destroyed the home of Joseph Paquet at St. John parish, Isle of Orleans, fifteen miles east of Quebec. The dead include Mrs. Paquet, her five children, thre girls and two boys, and an unidentified woman. Mr. Paquet, who was terribly burned, and one child were rescued. EXTEND BALKAN ARMISTICE Peace Delegates Given More Time to Reconcile Differences. Bucharest, Roumania, Aug. 5.—A three days’ extension of the armistice between the Balkan states was agreed to by the peace delegates of Rou- mania, Servia, Greece, Montenegro and Bulgaria. This action was taken to enable the plenipotentiaries to endeavor to reconcile the differences and claims of the various states. STAFF GUILTY OF SLAYING Dakota Farmer Who Killed Wife Is Convicted. Towner, N. D., Aug. 5.—After being out thirty-six hours the jury in the tral of John Staff for murder brought in a verdict of guilty of manslaughter in the first degree in connection with the death of Staff’s wife. GRAIN AND PROVISION PRICES Duluth Wheat and Flax. Duluth, Aug. 4—Wheat—On track and to arrive, No. 1 hard, 90%¢c; No. 1 Northern, 894%c; No. 2 Northern, 874%4@88c; Sept., 89%c; Dec., 91%@ 9144c. Flax—On track and to arrive, $1.41%; Sept., $1.42%; Oct. $1.42%. South St. Paul Live Stock. South St. Paul, Aug. 4.—Cattle— Steers, $6.50@8.25; cows and heifers, $4.50@7.00; calves, $6.00@9.25; feed- ers, $4.30@7.25, Hogs—$8.30@8.60. Sheep—Shorn lambs, $4.00@7.00; shorn wethers, $4.00@4.50; shorn ewes, $2.00@4.50. Chicago Grain and Provisions. Chicago, Aug. 4.—Wheat—Sept., 8814c; Dec., 9144@91%c. Corn—Sept., 6914 @69%c; Dec., 6644c. Oats—Sept., 5256c; Dec., 44%c. Pork—Sept., $20.- 90. Butter—Creameries, 254% @26tec. Eggs—lic. Poultry—Hens, 13%c; springs, 17c; turkeys, 19c. ‘Minneapolis Grain. Minneapolis, Aug. 4.—Wheat—Sept., 87% @87%c; Dec., 90%c. Cash close on track: No. 1 hard, 90%c; No. 1 Northern, 88%@89%c; to arrive, 89%c; No. 2 Northern, 86% @87%c; No. 3 Northern, 84%@86%c; No. 3 yellow corn, 68@68%4c; No. 4 corn, 66@67c; No. 3 white oats, 40@40%6c; to arrive, 40%4c; No. 3 oats, 37@38c; barley, 44@57c. Chicago Live Stock. Chicago, Aug. 4.—Cattle—Beeves, $6.90@9.10; Texas steers, $6.75@7.80; Western steers, $6.40@7.85; stockers and feeders, $5.30@7.80; cows and heifers, $3.50@8.00; calves, $8.00@ $10.75. Hogs—Light, $8.90@9.35; mix- ed, $8.40@9.35; heavy, $8.25@9.15; Tough, $8.25@8.45;