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VOL. XXXIV.
CANCER WINS
OPPOSED TO
MEXICO CITY
IMMIGRATION
THE WEATHER
OVER RADIUM
OWEN BILL
QUIET TODAY
BILL PASSES
Measure Now Goes to
6
the Senate.
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WAS SHOCK TO FRIENDS.
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ROBERT G. BREMNER
HUERTA ANNOUNCES
ASIATIC EXCLUSION
GETS FINAL CALL
RENEWED ACTIVITY
WAS STRICKEN OUT
MUNITIONS ACROSS BORDER.
TO DEVELOP
P
U. S. TRADE
MUNITIONS AT BROWNSVILLE.
LITERACY TEST INCLUDED.
ALTER STATE BANKING LAWS.
DE LA LAMA TO RETURN.
HUERTA INCREASES ARMY.
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fully Studied.
AMUSEMENTS
CARRANZANITES TAKE MAZATLAN.
BRYAN OPPOSED TO MEASURE.
NORMAL CONDITIONS
RESTORED IN PERU
PRICES—50c to $2. Seats Ready Friday.
WAR MUNITIONS RELEASED.
NOT ALLOWED TO LAND.
POLITICS NOT A FACTOR.
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arrest.
Ferro
under
close
was
a
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DALLAS LEADS ALL.
IN FAVOR OF RATES.
REFUSE TO IMPEACH BORDAS.
TO PROBE MINING STRIKES.
REBELS CREDIT WAS HELPED.
the house mining committee who will
COUNTY OFFICIALS GATHER.
KILLED BY FALLING TREE.
each of the
AMUSEMENTS.
Crystal Majestic Theatre
TO COMBAT TYPHOID FEVER.
MANDAMUS WRIT REFUSED.
TODAY
RANGERS WILL REI AIN.
CAN HEARING POSTPONED.
Be
tained there for
an indefinite period,
ALSO PATHE WEEKLY
A
Peculiarities of Foreign Cus-
tomers Must Also Be Care-
19
a
Coming February 23d:
“THE PINK LADY.”
$727,635
316,765
302,124
179,265
145,950
109,300
81,468
43,055
30,966
Fight to Save Victim Is
Futile.
Secretary Redfield Makes
Suggest on.
SPECIAL ORCHESTRA.
60—PEOPLE—60
president, Guillermo Billinghurst, and
was the leader of the revolt against
President Leguia, id 1911.
Van Antwerp Testifies at
Hearing.
Refusal of Prefect to Recognize
New Government Results
in Arrest.
At a hearing of the question it devel-
oped that the judge of this court had
not as y’et taken any action looking
to the ignoring of the appellate court’s
opinion.
Final Vote Comes After a Day
of Vigorous Opposition and
Debate.
Federal Officials Appear
Confident.
POLITICIAN GIVES
UP TO AUTHORITIES
Points Out Dangers Which Are
Contained in the
Measure.
Dies After Spectacular Strug-
gle Against Disease Was
Made.
Charged With Attacking and
Beating a Woman Political
Worker.
HIGH GRADE GOODS
ARE AN ESSENTIAL
LISTING CONTROL
BY U. S. FAVORED
Orders Have Been Issued From
Mexico City to This
Effect.
Date for New York Session Will
Fixed Later, Is Report.
Arms Manufacturers From All Parts of
World Ready to Supply Them.
By Associated Press.
Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mex., Feb. 5.—As a
Feature Photoplay House.
TODAY:
By Associated Press.
New York, Feb. 5.—Taking of testi-
mony in the government dissolutions
against the American Can company,
which was to have begun here today
before Edward Hacker of Nashville,
Tenn., as special examiner, was pos-
poned to a date to be fixed later.
here was flooded today with telegrams
from arms manufacturers in many
The January totals for
nine cities are:
Dallas ...................
San Antonio ............
Houston ................
Fort Worth .............
El Paso ................
Galveston ...............
Waco ...................
Austin ...... ’
Beaumont..............'
Corn Products Manager Has No Objec-
tion to Raise.
By Associated Press.
Washington, Feb. 5.—The first testi-
mony by shippers favoring an increase
in freight rates was developed today
before the Interstate commerce commis-
sion at .its hearing on protests against
the five per cent advance asked by the
eastern railroads.
T. A. Grant, traffic manager of the
Corn Products Refining company, tes
tified that his company had' no ob-
jection to the increase if the rates
made no discrimination in favor of com-
petitors.
The newspapers 1 Nacion, Accio and
Popular, semi-official organs of Presi-
dent Billinghurst’s government, were
suppressed today and will not be al-
lowed to reappear.
In Lima and Callao, normal condi-
tions were restored today.
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due to
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friend and supporter of the deposed Wish of the secretary that action in
the matter be indefinitely postponed.
Others readily agreed that nothing
should be done which would in any
way embarass the administration.
NOW OFFERS
HIGH CLASS MUSICAL COMEDY
BILL CHANGED SUNDAY AND
WEDNESDAY.
Matinees Tuesday, Thursday, Sat-
urday and Sunday. Night shows 7:30
and 9. Sunday matinees, 2:30 and
4 p. m.
Commencing Wednesday:
“THE CITY EDITOR.”
Extra Attractions
LEWIS ST. FIBRE,
Magic Act.
— Tuesday and Thursday._
LADIES’ SOUVENIR MATINEE.
Over Niagara Falls
A four-part feature with many
thrilling and exciting moments.
See the Girl Put in a Barrel and
Sent Over the Falls.
ADMISSION—5c aud 10c.
Grand Opera House
MONDAY NIGHT, FEB. 9.
Happy Return of the Most Beautiful of
All Musical Organizations,
THe
R96
mu
By Associated Press.
Chicago, Feb. 5.—Joseph McDonough,
a fifth ward politician who, Miss May
Walsh, one of the women election
clerks who served at Tuesday’s regis-
tration charged, attacked and beat her
last night while she was canvassing
the ward in her official capacity, sur-
rendered to the police today.
Miss Walsh declared that McDonough
struck and injured her after ordering
her from his house. McDonough denied
that he struck the woman. Friends of
Miss Walsh believe that the attack was
prompted by McDonough’s resentment
of the entrance of women into politics.
/1 D6MT NOTICE'
AN BAD BUSI-
NESS AFFAIRS^
—--4 UP TO DATE
I Mo VIES
WIIMJWUWIIB
44th Convention Held at Dallas With a
Good Attendance.
By Associated Press.
Dallas, Feb. 5.—Addresses and dis-
cussions on good roads were the prin-
cipal featur’es today at the forty-
fourth convention of the County Judges
and Commissioners’ Association of
Texas, which opened a two days’ ses-
sion at the court house here today.
.More than 250 members from all parts
of the state are in attenance. A ban-1
quet and theater party have been ar-
ranged for the members tonight.
was learned from the Adjutant Gener-
al’s department as a result of the visit
here of Captain J. J. Sanders. com-
Mary Fuller
—IN—
“The Perfect
Truth”
18 Wagons Carry More Than 600,000
Rounds to Matamoros.
By Associated Press.
Brownsville, Tex., Feb. 5.—Accom-
panied by a Mexican brass band, eigh-
teen wagons bearing more than 600,000
rounds of ammunition left Brownsville
in a parade line for Matymoros this
morning to make the first large expor-
tation of ammunition on the lower
border. As the parade passed through
the business section of this city there
were shouts of “viva Huerta” by many
of his smypathizers.
UEEN THEATRE
Confers With Comptroller Lane—Says
Galveston Well Regulated.
Special to The Tribune.
Austin, Tex., Feb. 5.—E. R. Chese-
boroug of Galveston, is here today
conferring with Comptroller Lane. MA
Cheseborough said his mission here had
nothing to do with enforcement of the
liquor laws, as Galveston is now prob-
ably the best regulated city in that
line in the state.
Crystal
No. 1.
TODAY:
A Kentucky Romance
Kay Bee production, telling a pretty
love story.
“THE POWER OF MIND,”
Majestic film, with an all-star
Majestic cast. Another good film
is also being shown here today.
TOMORROW:
“Divorce,” in two parts.
To Stay at' Laredo Indefinitely On Ac-
count of Mexican Trouble.
By Associated Press.
Austin, Tex., Feb. 5.—Th'e company
of state rangers now being temporar-
ily quartered at Laredo is to be main-
W. W. Collier Urges Changes in the
State Laws.
By Associated Press.
Dallas, Feb. 5.—Texas banking laws
may undergo a radical change, follow-
ing the speech of W. W. Collier, bank-
ing commissioner of the state, made at
the fifth district bankers’ convention;
in session here today. Mr. Collier’s
endorsement of the new currency bill
and its relation to the state bank
brought out a motion, which) carried,
that the convention appoint a com-
mittee to begin an active campaign
before the legislature of Texas to
amend the state banking laws in every
way possible to make th’em co-operate
and conform with the national cur-
rency law just passed.
The meeting was called by the fifth
district bankers to study the new
banking law and the changes it would
bring in the business of handling
money. It is considered the most im-
portant meeting of years.
In an address before the meeting
Nathan Adams of Dallas, president of
the State Bankers’ Association, de-
clared the new law would make easier
financing of the cotton crop move-
ment.
Dominican Senate Rejects Resolution
From Lower House.
By Associated Press.
Washington, Feb. 5.—Dispatches to-
day from Minister Sullivan and from
naval officers say the Dominican sen-
ate has rejected the resolution of the
lower house for the impeachment of
President Bordas.
Important Sea Port on West Coast is
Taken by Eebels.
By Associated Press.
Nogales, Ariz., Feb. 5.—Mazatlan, an
important seacoast port in the state of
Sinaloa, fell into the hands of General
Carranza’s rebel forces today, accord-
ing to information received in Nogales,
Sonora, from rebel sources.
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Stands First Among Texas Cities in
Building Operations.
Special to The Tribune.
Fort Worth, Tex., Feb. 5.—Building
permits issued during January in the
nine principal cities of Texas, popula-
tion basis, aggregated $1,936,528, ac-
cording to reports filed with the Texas
Business Men’s association by the com-
mercial organizations in these cities.
The total for January, 1913, was
$2,225,196 and $1,657,355 for the same
month of 1'912.
Dallas leads in amount of permies
issued, having granted more than dou-
ble the amount of any other Texas
city.
By Associated Press.
Lima, Peru, Feb. 5.—Greste Ferro,
prefect of the important inland city of
Cuzco, today announced his refusal to
recognize the new government of Peru,
brought into power by yesterday’s sud-
den revolution.
The garrison of the town, incensed
at the prefect’s attitude, marched
forthwith to his office and placed him
Declares He Will Immediately Begin an
Active Campaign.
By Associated Press.
Mexico City, Feb. 5.—President Hu-
erta last night issued a decree autho-
rizing an increase in the army of 50,-
000 men.
Including irregularies, according to
official figures this will bring the
available fighting force of the army to
239,000 men.
President Huerta declares he will
begin an active, campaign immediately
in all parts of the country.
colder tonight
in north portion; colder Friday; cold
wave in northwest portion with tem-
perature about 20 degrees.
For Texas, west of 100th me-
ridian: Tonight and Friday, un-
settled; colder; cold wave except in
southeast portion; temperature will,
be 10 to 14 degrees in north portion '
and about 20 degrees in southwest
portion.
For Oklahoma: Unsettled tonight
and Friday; probably snow; colder;
cold wave, except in southeast por-
tion, with temperature 18 to 24 de-
grees.
Winds on Texas coast: Moderate
to brisk westerly to northerly.
Shippers’ forecast: Thirty-six
hour shipments northward will meet
with temperatures of 18 to 20 de-
grees.
‘ed by Representative Taylor, will go
to Hancock, Mich., and begin the in-
vestigation there Monday morning.
Representative Foster and the Color-
ado sub-committee will proceed to
Denver and arrange its program after
arrival.
mander of this company. Captain San-
ders conferred with Adjutant General
Hutchings on the subject. The regu-
lar headquarters of Captain Sanders
is at Del Rio, but it was deemed ad-
visable by the governor some time ago
to have the company at Laredo.
sequel to the lifting of the embargo on . . - - - -----
exportation of arms from the United J investigate strike conditions in the
States, General Carranza’s headquarters Michigan copper field and the Colorado
' coal fields will leave Washington to-
night.
The Michigan sub-committee, head-
2,000,000 Rounds Will Be Exported to
the Constitutionalists.
By Associated Press.
Brownsville, Tex., Feb. 5.—Ammuni-
tion now here or expected within two
days for export to constitutionalists at
Matamoros totals two million rounds.
Movement of this equipment into Mexi-
co is waiting on orders from local mil-
itary authorities permitting exportation
of arms. It is said the Brownsville
supply will be sufficient for revolu-
tionists of all Northeast Mexico.
HUTCHINGS, SEALY & CO.
Estaklished BANKERS Estaklished
(V nincorporated)
For
Banks, Individuals Corporations
American Bankers Association Trav-
elers Cheques for Sale.
FORECAST.
For Galves-
ton and vicin-
ity: . Tonight
and Friday
u n settle d;
probably rain.
Colder Friday.
Winds shifting
to brisk north-
erly.
For Texas,
east of 100th
meridian: Un-
settled tonight
and Friday;
probably rain;
Health Officers Throughout State Are
Advised to Be More Active.
Special to The Tribune.
Austin. Tex., Feb. 5?—Health officers
throughout the state are today being
advised by the state health depart-
ment to take interest in preventing ty-
phoid fever in their localities. This is
the result of the announcement that
during 1913 there were 659 deaths from
this disease reported which is preven-
table and reportable this number state
register of vital statistics, Babcock,
says, represents 80 per cent of the total,
deaths from that fever.
By Associated Press,
Washington, Feb. 5.—With a provis-
ion barring illiterates, said to be the
most drastic legislation of its kind for
many years, the immigration bill of
Representative Burnett was before the
Senate today where the literacy test
will be threshed out. It passed the
house yesterday.
Many expect the senate to pass tho
bill as it stands, but President Wil-
son’s attitude is the subject of much
speculation. Some of those who claim
to be informed say the president is
opposed to the literacy test.
Before Mr. Wilson signs the bill,
however, he will give public hearings
upon it, as former Presidents Taft and
Cleveland did on similar bills.
tion and who frequently sent him
messages of sympathy and encourage-
ment accompanied with flowers.
The dead man’s election to congress
was accomplished while he lay in bed
ill. He did not mak'e a speech. The
election is said to have been a tribute
to his pluck. The night before the
election, President Wilson, then gov-
ernor. of New Jersey, visited Passaic
and made a speech for Mr. Bremner.
Mr. Bremner was a native of Keish
Caithness, Scotland, whence his fam-
ily emigrated to Canada when h’e was
a youth. His mother, Mrs. Alexander
Bremner, is living in Camilla, Canada.
Urges House Committee to Take No
Action On Raker Bill.
By Assbclated Press.
Washington, Feb. 5.—Secretary Bry-
an urged the house immigration com-
mittee today to take no action on the
Raker bill for the exclusion of Asiatic
immigration.
Diplomatic negotiations between the
United States and Japan over the Cali-
fornia anti-alien land laws and the
whole question of the Asiatic exclusion
was discussed at length behind closed
doors.
The secretary bound Republicans and
Democrats alike to secrecy and told
them the administration needed to be
free from legislative embarrassment in
dealing with the situation diplomat-
ically. _
It was generally understood that th‘e
wishes of the State Department would
be respected and that no effort would
be made to press the bill before the
committ’ee at this time.
Secretary Bryan told the committee
than unless some untoward circum-
stances arise he hoped for an amicable
adjustment of the Japanese question.
An asitation in congess at this time,
he declared, would be ■ most unfortu-
nate.
Representatives Raker and Hayes of
California were the only members of
the committee inclined to oppose the
Many Thousand Rounds Are Being
Turned Over to the Rebels.
By Associated Press.
Washington, Feb. 5.—Hundreds of
thousands of rounds of rifle and ma-
chine gun ammunition under seizure
along the Mexican border are being
turned over to the Mexican rebels as
fast as they prove ownership.
During the two years that the em-
bargo on arms has been in force agents
of the department of justice have ar-
rested hundreds of men in the act of
transporting arms across the border
and have seized carloads of ammuni-
tion. In many cases the ammunition
so seized was turned over after it had
been used as evidence.
Such arms as may be needed as evi-
dence against persons still under in-
dictment will not be released for the
present. It was said today, however,
that the department of justice probably
will not attempt to prosecute all the
cases against arms smugglers.
The FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF GALVESTON
Southeast Cor. Strand and 22d Sts.
UNITED STATES DEPOSITARY
Depositary of the State of Texas
the Mexican situation. This
By Associated Press.
Baltimore, Feb. 5.— Thorough ac-
quaintance with the peculiarities of
foreign customers and a maintenance
of a high grade of goods sent into
those countries was urged by Secretary
of Commerce William C. Redfield at
the seventh annual convention of the
National Canners association here to-
day.
“Spend freely upon the foreign field
in demonstrating and distribution,”
said Secretary Redfield. “Put the best
men available on the job, and back
them up by the continuous production
of good food articles attractively
packed, and marked with truthful and
explicit labels, and you cannot keep
your sales from growing.
“The department of commerce will
help you so far as it lies in its power
by the gathering of information, by the
making of suggestions, and by doing
all it can to remove unnecessary re-
strictions and arbitrary tariffs in
which latter work you may rely upon
the fact that the department of state
will cordially co-operate.”
parts of the world. The propositions
Committees Will Leave Washington.
Tonight for Fields.
By Associated Press.
Washington, Feb. 5.—Members of
Fight for Life Had Been Watched With
Much Sympathy.
By Associated Press. -
Washington, Feb. 5.—Representative
Bremner’s death, though not unexpect-
ed, was a shock to his friends' in con-
gressional circles, where his fight for
life had been watched with much sym-
pathy.
After conferences between Speaker
Clark and Democratic Leader Under-
wood, it was determined not to adjourn
the house at once because of the great
pressure of business but a resolution
was agreed upon for adjournment as
soon as the business arranged for the
day had been disposed of.
Another resolution was drawn to ex-
press the sympathy of the house and a
committee was appointed by Speaker
Clark.
Mr. Bremner was last in the house
the day congress adjourned for the
Christmas holidays. While he chated
freely, and was smiling, he was in much
agony.
While he was dying last night the
house was discussing his bill for a bu-
reau of labor safety. It was his hobby.
Representative Bremner’s wife, three
of his seven brothers, and a sister were
at his bedside when death came. The
patient had been practically uncon-
scious since Monday.
Among his last requests was that his
brother, Leith, should take over the
business of the Passaic Herald, of
which he was owner as well as editor,
and also that he should look after the
interests of his wife.
The funeral services will be held at
Mr. Bremner’s late home at Passaic,
where the body will be taken, possibly
today.
GALVESTON TEXAS: THURSDAY, URBBUA RY 5, 1914. TEN PAGES.
Court of Appeals Found No Evidence
Against District Judge.
Special to The Tribune.
Austin, Tex., Feb. 5.—The Third.
Court of Civil Appeals has refused a
petition for a wit of mandamus in
the case of C. L. Witherspoon against
H. B. Daviss, district judge of the
Thirteenth District Court at Corsicana.
The mandamus was sought to compel
the district judge to carry out the de-
cision of the Third Court of Appeals
in the case of Witherspoon vs. Staley.
CHESEBOROUGH AT AUSTIN.
offered in these messages showed that
the action of President Wilson had
aided the credit of the rebels.
Delivery by the United States of the
arms and ammunition confiscated
along the border since the beginning of
the rebellion will give the rebels the
elements necessary for an aggressive
campaign. It is estimated that about
one million cartridges and nearly 3,000.
rifles have been confiscated by Amer-
ican authorities within a year.
Mexican Finance Minister Reconsiders
His Resignation of the Post.
By Associated Press.
Paris, Feb. 5.—Adolfo d’e la Lama,
who in January resigned his position
as Mexican minister of finance as a
protest against Provisional President
Huerta’s decree suspending the pay-
ment of interest on the Mexican na-
tional debt, decided today to return to
Mexico to serve again as minister of
finance. He will leave Paris for New
York on February 11, accompanied by
Salvador Ech'egaray, an official of the
Mexican finance department.
Provisional President Huerta, after
De la Lama’s. resignation, sent him a
long friendly cablegram expressing his
confidence and reliance upon Senor
de la Lama and urging him to con-
tinue as minister of finance.
Senora de la Lima with her five sons
will remain at Lausanne, Switzerland,
where two of the boys are at school.
The interest due in April on the
Mexican debt is said to be already in
hand. It amounts of $750,000. Senor
de la Lama has also begun negotia-
tions to raise $5,000,000 to meet the
July interest payments.
Provisional President Huerta’s de-
cree. according to information ob-
tained in Mexican circles here, was an
expedient to release the Mexican cus-
tom house receipts from being held for
interest payments on the Mexican debt
due in April. It is explained that as
cash was being raised by other means
for these payments there was no in-
tention on the part of the Mexican
government to default th'e interest.
VILLA WAS MISUNDERSTOOD.
He Referred Only to Spaniards Who
Had Broken Their Paroles.
By Associated Press.
Washington, Feb. 5.-—Roberto V.
Pesqueira, confidential agent of the
Mexican constitutionalists here, in a
statement declared that a published re-
port attributing to Gen. Villa, a state-
ment that he would execute summarily
certain Spaniards when he took Torreon
was misunderstood.
“When Gen. Villa last took Torreon
he captured a large number of Span-
iards who had been fighting in the
ranks of the enemy, but subsequently
released them on parole,” said he. “Re-
cently, however, he learned that these
same Spaniards had violated their pa-
role and had again taken up arms. If
captured again, Gen. Villa merely ex-
pressed the opinion that he would be
justified in applying the penalty fixed
by military laws and usage for the of-
fense, namely, death. Gen. Scott in 1847
executed a large number of Mexican
officers who had violated their pa-
roles., so surely Gen. Villa has an illus-
trious precedent for his guidance.”
Aliens Will Be Compelled to Read Syme
Sort of Language.
By Associated Press.
Washington, Feb. 5.—The Burnett
bill prescribing a literacy test for ap-
plicants for admission to the United
States was passed by the house by a
vote of 241 to 126. All proposed
amendments to the exclusion of Asiatic
immigrants previously had been elim-
inated.
The bill as passed provides that
every immigrant admitted to the
United States must be able to read “the
English language or some other lan-
guage or dialect, including Hebrew or
Yiddish.”
It provides the method of testing im-
migrants, providing that each applicant
for admission .must read a slip on
which is printed between thirty and
forty words.
Opponents of the literacy test fought
strenuously to the last, but on a last
effort to eliminate the test from the
bill they were defeated, 140 to 239. The
final vote came at the end of a day of
vigorous debate which at times threw
the house into confusion and on sev-
eral occasions threatened to cause se-
rious trouble.
Choice of Bank Districts Strictly Non-
Partisan. Says Houston.
By Associated Press.
Los Angeles, Feb. 5.—Secretary
Houston, in a banquet speech at Pasa-
dena. defined the policy of the admin-
istration regarding the establishment
of federal reserve banks.
“No politics,” he said, “shall be per-
mitted to play any part in the com-
mittee’s decision in the districting of
the country. While apparently there
is no lack of material for membership
on the federal reserve board or on the
board of the federal reserve banks I
trust no man will be presumptuous
enough to become an applicant for one
of these positions.
“I sometimes wish it were possible
to pass a constitutional amendment
making any man who applies for an
office ineligible for that office.”
Secretary McAdoo did not discuss
politics, but he said it was remarkable
that the Democratic party, always re-
garded as the arch enemy of business,
had proved itself the best friend of
business, as it had dealth only with
business problems since coming into
power.
Haitian Presidential Candidate is Re-
fused Admission to Island.
By Associated Press.
Washington, Feb. 5.—Montplaisir,
one of the several candidates for the
presidency of Haiti has arrived at Cape
Haitien on the German steamer Sa-
vora, but has not been allowed to land,
according to Navy Department dis-
patches from Commander Bostwick of
the Nashville, today. Montplaisir tried
to disembark at Port Au Prince several
days ago, but was refused permission.
State dispatches confirm the news
that Davilmar Theodore has pro-
claimed himself president and appoint-
ed a cabinet.
Desormes is repoited at Plaisance,
marching on Cap'e Hatien.
Louis Klemitschek Meets Death While
Clearing Land.
By Associated Press.
Hallettsville, TeX., Feb. 5.—While
clearing land yesterday afternoon
Louis Klemitschek, fifty-three, a well-
to-do farmer, residing fourteen miles
south of town, was killed by a portion
of a tree falling on his head.
By Associated Press.
Baltimore, Feb. 5.—-Robert Gunn
Bremner, member of congress from
the seventh New Jersey district, and
'editor of the Passaic Daily Herald,
died today of cancer at a local sani-
tarium where he had been undergoing
rarium treament since last December.
He had been suffering from the dis-
ease for four years. Mr. Bremner was
39 years old and married, but child-
less.
Mr. Bremner came to a sanitarium
here to try the radium 'treatment after
physicians in this country and Europe
had vainly tried to cure him. It was
found that the disease had made such
inroads upon him that little could,
be done to help him and that the
fight against death would be mad’s
with all the odds against him.
The patient was optimistic, however,
and tubes containing $100,000 worth of
radium were applied to the growth.
For a time the patient seem’ed to im-
prove and members of his family fre-
quently expressed the belief that he
would r’ecover. They clung to this
hope until a few days ago, when the
sick man was seized with a sinking
spell. From that time on Mr. Brem-
ner grew steadily weaker, although he
several tim’es rallied in a surprising
manner, aided by his strong vitality
and powerful will.
In the last days Mr. Bremner still in-
sisted that he would get ’well. He de-
clared that he wanted to go back to
congr'ess to fight for a bill tp have a
government owned radium institution
so that this mineral could be at the
disposal of the rich and poor alike.
Mr. Bremner was a close personal
friend of President Wilson, who was
kept constantly advised of his condi-
By Associated Press.
Washington, Feb. 5.—W. C. Van Ant-
werp, a governor of the New York
Stock Exchange, told the senate bank-
ing committee today that the bill of
Senator Owen for government regula-
tion of stock exchanges would do more
harm than good and that, enforced in-
corporation would destroy America’s
primary market place.
Disciplinary power of the New York
exchange over its members, based upon
“just and equitableprinciples of trade,”
he said, “was a stronger restraint than
could be provided by any law.”
He pointed out that to incorporate
the exchange would transfer the power
of government into the courts, wh'ere
judicial reviews would1 displace the
arbitrary powers of the governors.
Mr. Van Antw'erp declared the New
York exchange applied the layman’s
view of what was just and 'equitable,
and was governed more by moral than
legal considerations.
If the exchange were to adopt the
regulations of the Owen bill, he de-
clared, thirteen billions of stocks and
thirteen billions of bonds would be
immediately withdrawn from lists and
the exchange would cease to be a mar-
ket of importance.
Mr. Van Antwerp added, however,
that the listing of securities and that
organization, capitalization and flota-
tion of securities was a matter for
government regulation.
“It is a duty that clearly belongs
to the government,” he said, “and the
stock exchange will rejoice when the
government undertakes that .responsi-
bility.”
The stock exchang'e rule against)
manipulation, he said, was more
sweeping and was administered in a
far more effective manner than any-
thing that could be done by the post-
master general. Mr. Van Antwerp d‘e-
dared that the Owen bill would only
paralyze exchanges in the United
States and leave those in Canada and
Europe free to carry on business.
He discussed at length the technical
Provisions of the bill relating to mar-
ket practices and spoke of the provis-
ion that would bar from the mails any
newspaper containing a report of stock
exchange transactions.
“If congress may exclude from the
mails newspapers containing perfectly!
truthful (although prohibited) reports
of transactions upon an exchange,”
said he, “there is no reason that I can
see why congress cannot similarly exe
elude newspapers containing comments
on the doing of the minority political
party or any other matter which the
majority in congress might wish to
withhold from th'e public. Fancy how
pleased Col. Roosevelt would be with
that prohibition!
“It is a mistake to suppose that we
of the stock exchange are here in op-
position to anything that you may do
to help us or to help the public with
which we deal. We are not in oppo-
sition. We are here to assist in any
such good work and especially we
want to put and end, as you do, to all
forms of manipulation on the stock)
exchange.”
NO. 61.
By Associated Press.
Mexico City, Feb. 5.—Provisional
President Pluerta today issued a circu-
lar of instructions to the chiefs of all
army divisions and governors of states.
It recites that the government has
begun a more active campaign against
the rebels and urges that extreme dili-
gence be observed in giving possible
protection to non-combatants foreign as
well as native, removing them when
necessary from the zones of operations.
Dr. Ignacio Alcocer, acting minister
of the interior, in commenting today
on the raising of the embargo on arms
by the United States, said it was proof
of the sincerity of President Wilson,
since for a long time nobody had been
ignorant of the fact that there had been
undisguised tolerance in the matte of
Introducing arms and ammunitions
across the border. He said it would
not aid the rebels, but that on the other
hand the Mexican government would
profit by it, “since it presents a happy
opportunity to make known the power
which it really possesses.”
Dr. Alcocer said he hoped in the near
future that Mexico would have amicable
relations with the United States be-
cause right and justice were bound to
prevail.
The federal capital was quiet today.
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