p—————
Army Looks Certain.
MEDIATORS TO 60 AHEAD
Monitor Ozark Ordered To Tampico.
Carden Again Warns the Brit.
ish To Leave Mexico
City.
Mexican Developments,
Sir Lionel Carden again advised
British subjects to leave Mexico
City. There are about 600 Ameri-
cans remaining.
With the departure from Mexico
City of Huerta's representatives,
the mediators’ gathereing at
Niagara Falls May 18 is assured.
Military energy was again de
voted to making ready for sending
reinforcements to Vera Cruz. In
the absence of any warlike de
velopments, it was apparent that
efforts are being made to keep
down military excitement so that
nothing will happen to embarrass
the mediators
Private Parks, the American
soldier who disappeared with two
horses, said to be within the
Mexican lines. Parks is called
“apparently in an official
report
Secretary Bryan announced that
the complication over shipment of
arms to Huerta had been settled.
Nothing landed the
Kronprinzessin Cecilie at Puerto
Mexico.
Three newspaper correspondents
and a photographer
of Washingt
Mexico
They
is
insane”
was from
named Sutton,
on, were arrested
ar taken t
were released after protest
in
City 1d o jail
of
at
date,
he
DD The
COni
Washington,
the
Niagara
May
1 of the
received i
pening
Mexican mediation
Falls
Was assur
rence
on the scheduled
word was
Mexi
for the
18, ed when
departure of the
can delegates from Mexico Clty
conference
Preparations
dispatch
nforcements to General
should such a
ruz
» NECcCessary, work on
to carry
is being pus!
pparently is being
avoid
mM negotiations
ng cloud di
liplometic horizon
Kronpri
be carrving
Huerta
witha ut
t Puert
was announced
from
the Germar
Cecilie,
steamer
rted to
for
debarki
Mexico
itions on
the
was stores a 0 and it
that the mun
this and a second German steamer,
be
possibility
(er
Bn
Mexico
would wed to
many. The
seizure of Blockade of
or of an act perhaps interpretable as a
Bavaria, return
either
Puerto
violation of the military status quo in
Huerta eli
favor of thereby
minated
With possible hindrances to media
tion from the Puerto Mexico incident,
the delay in the departure of the
Huerta delegates and the protest of
General Huerta about alleged viola
tions of the armistice understanding
cleared away or in process of disap
pearance, the South American media
tore, it is understood, see nothing on
the horizon to check the beginning of
the mediators’ formal proceedings
May 18.
was
test and the actual departure of the
hig serious intention to proceed with
to come to
West or Galveston. They, of course,
will have safe conduct through
American lines at Vera Cruz
WOMEN SEE HUSBANDS KILLED,
Couples Were Walking On Tracks;
Men Struck By Train,
Roanoke, Va.
24, were run down by a train at Thack-
er, W. Va,
The Ratcliffes were returning from a
party and the men were walking ahead
of the women on the track. A freight
train was passing, going West, and the
noise of the train confused the men
and they were struck by an eastbound
grain. The women escaped injury.
MAY CONSIDER PROHIBITION.
House Lays Itself Open Also To Suf.
frage Question,
Washington, D. C.--The caucus of
House Democrats Tuesday evening, in.
stead of being limited to anti-trust leg.
{slation, rural credits and the appro
priastion bills, has been technically
thrown open to any question in the
legislative category. The formal call
for the caucus states its purpose to be
to decide what bills shall be passed
during the remainder of the session.
FOREIGN STUDENTS
Increase of 557 During the
Last Two Years.
CANADIANS ARE IN THE LEAD
lca, Europe and Even Anti.
podes Are Well Repre.
sented,
HaHa
Washington, D. C.— There were 4,222
leges and universities in the United
vear 1913, according to]
compiled at the United
of Education. This is
an Increase of 677 in two years,
These students are not concen
trated at the larger and better known
institutions, as might be expected, but
over 275 different col
leges, universities and schools of tech
The number given includes
regular students of college or
graduate grade; if students enrolled
preparatory departments, short
term courses, summer schools and
figures just
in
schools were
be
dependent professional
included, total
much larger
Canada has the largest
tion-—-653 students are from
minion. China and Japan are not
behind were 554
dents and from Japan
colleges in the United State
Of the other i
ples, India is
key 143;
21, and Siam by 13
Latin-America |
very
the would 3
enta
Do
repre
the
far
there Chinese
358
Oriental
repres i
Korea
Or
nted
by by 10
i
ed. Cuba sends 208
Guatemala, 1f Honduras
ragua, 18; Par 2
18. Mexico heads the v
students. From America
tine sends 43 students to our
Brazil, 143; Bolivia, 3; Ct
lombia, 37; Ecuador
Peru, 25: Us
Even Australia an
dents at colleges |
There a:
land. Africa is
Egypt tw
ama, £8, And
South
IRUay
are 56 8
KILLED BY POLICE CHIEF.
Harrison Kendall Shot While Resisting
Arrest
nd four
Northview and
Nicholson, pol
caused the deat
a coal
Mary's
Mason,
case, but
thus far in
declares the five Kendall
tacked hi and another
a hatchet, clubs and
miner {
Hospital Dh
corones ig investigat
has been
regard to Nicholson
no action agen
who
brothers
officer
sfones
m with
CALLS FOR CONSUL'S RELEASE.
United States Urges Huerta To Free
Silliman.
JC
made
through
Washington
tations
partment
Urgent represen
by the State De
the Brazilian Em
were
ing the release of Vice-Consul John R
Silliman, who is reported held by the
Mexican Federals at Saltillo. Consul
Silliman was reported taken by the
Huerta forces while on a trip to San
Luis Potosi and all efforts of the State
Department to locate him so far have
been futile
$500,000 TO P. E. CATHEDRAL.
New York Woman Will Erect Wash.
ington Sanctuary.
New York Announcement was
of New York, will erect «the
in connection with the Na-
Cathedral of the Episcopal
The cost of the sanctuary, it was
WEEKS TO GET REFUGEES QUT.
Badger's Estimate To the!
Navy Department. i
Washington, DD. C.- Rear-Admiral
Badger estimated in a dispatch to the |
Navy Department that it will probably |
be several weeks before all American!
refugees are out of Mexico. He re |
ported that the steamer Esperanza left |
Puerto Mexico with 634 refusees |
oboard.
KILLED AT THE MINES,
One American and Two British Sub.
jects Victims Of Bandits,
Washington, D. C-—-One American
and two British subjects. have been
killed at mines in the vicinity of
Guadalajara. A Mr. Russell, presum-
ably a British subject, and 7 Ameri.
cans are cut off by bandits in the
THE CENTRE REPORTER, CENTRE HALL, PA.
MEDIATORS OF THE MEXICAN TR
(
~
w £. DUARDO
ROMULO S. NAON NS SUAREZ MUJICA
CLE Der
Domicio D
These are the three South American diplomats who are acting as med
tors in the Mexican embroglio. They are Ambassador da Gama of |
Ministers Mujica of Chile and Naon of Argentina
a
FaZii aug
NEW HAVEN STOCK FROM BIPLANE
Road Deals. at Mazatlan.
A STORY OF HIGH F.NANCE REBELSDROP THE EXPLOSIVE
Makes a Statement General GQGuerrera, the Rebe Ce
mander, Drives a Portion Of the
Of His Transactions, Claiming He
Considered Himself Entitied
the Big Profit
wv
Federal Garrison Right Up To
To the Water Front
pect :
' ’ al faders
and General irGETR
$itasd
sent word to the cons
he
netting 2 rif
could do nothix but
road
the
Boston ft
organized by
fighting
fatal work
Washington The
Mazatlan, with the
the rebel biplane
New Haven subsidiary
by
kB
r gone
b
Both in urchase and resale of
this stock.” Billard
tintions between
the ig in continuance of
the
free
said neg:
railroad the fighting already reported here from
two sources, Admiral Howard and Gen
eral Carranza
Admiral
the constitutionalist
Piedra Island the har
fire from and
the federal gunboat
me and
company were absolutely from
any secret arrangement or understand
described
as en
n Howard's report
NE
forces
in
rifles
ey trenched on
THE GREATEST WHEAT CROP, bor and
field guns sgainst
Gorelos The latter was retur
the fire, supported by the land
teries still held by the federals
General Carranza’s report, telegraph
ed to Rafael Zubaran, has confidential
agent here, said the federal gunboat
Morelos had grounded on Piedra Is
land and had been put out of commi
sion by artillery fire
pouring
One.fifth Greater Than Previous Rec.
ord Winter Wheat Harvest.
The
grown
Erown
bat
D C
ever
greatest
one-fifth
that in 1912,
and more than half
again as large as the record crop
indicated by statistics announced
by the Department of Agriculture
In all, 630.000.000 bushels will
Washington,
crop of wheat
again aes large as
grown last year,
in
be | YACHT REPORTED CAPTURED.
gince the crop was
planted last fall continue until harvest
The acreage abandoned through
unfavorable conditions of the winter
amounted to only 3.1 per cent. of the
area planted, an unusually low area
Mexicans Said To Mave Seized Party
Of Californians.
San Francisco Reports received
here that the yacht lola,
Arthur Payne, of Menlo Park
35.387.000 captured by Mexicans, caused Payne's
relatives to ask the aid of
Department. The lola was bound for
the Tiburon Islands and touched
San Diego. April §,
harvested a record one of
acres
Indications Kansas will
are that
U. 8. FLAG ON MEXICAN ISLAND.
Area ——————
{Californians Claim Coronado Group By
“Right Of Conquest.”
San Diego, Cal Several wealthy
Condition 96.9
35.387.000
Winter wheat
remaining to be harvested
acres, or 1.119.000 acres less than |
planted last autumn, but 3.688000 |
acres more than harvested last year men from Colorado Springs and Coro
Indicated yield per mere, 17.8 bush: nado, Cal, went out in a yacht to the
els. Indicated production, 630,000,000 | Coronado Islands and scaled one of
bushels. | them, raising the American flag on a
These figures compare with cond! | 500.-foot pinnacle. They
tions of 85.6 on April 1, and 81.9 on | islands "by Jight of conquest.”
May 1, 1913. y islands are Mexican territory.
TESTING INCOME TAX LAW,
{First Case Filed In United States Su.
preme Court,
¢ . | Washington, D. C-—The first case
Washington, D. C.~Joint resolutions ‘to reach the Supreme Court involving
proposing amendment to the Federal |g actly the constitutionality of the
Constitution to extend the right of sul |p qual income tax was docketed
frage to women and for nation-wide | py reddy. It was an appeal from the
pruiiiition Whaling a eed eparted. | refusal of the Federal District Court
or » TOR ouse | »
without, p g Lhe *® ‘in Southern New York to enjoin the
by the Judiciary Committee. The vole | {yyi0n Pacific Railroad at the instance
viva voce and carried over op, gockholder, Frank R. Brushaber,
from vaying the tax.
House,
A
50,000 Men May Be Called To Rein.
force Regulars Along the
Mexican Border,
of
rein
being
An
troops
Washington, D. C at
least 50,000 State
forcement of the
planned by the War
Categorical denials of
any marked activity in this direction,
but it is kpown in Washington that the
General Staff of the recom
mended that no time in con
centrating and equipping such a force
with which to meet possible eventuali
ities
To this end
Affaire of the
municated with
number of
definitely many
could furnish upon
for the Mexican campaign.
army
the
regulars Is
for
Department
were jssued
army bas
be lost
the
Aes v
Wa
of Militia
Department
Division
com
the adijutant-generals
of a States 10 ascertain
of
notice
how troops each
them short
Governors Applied To.
In the of three of the States
Ohio
it
ged of the acuteness of the
to in
many
Case
New York, Pennsylvania and
the Governors were,
stated, appri
Mexican situation
the War
ily equipped
themselves is
and requested
i
{ form
y
how
of
Department
i troops each
could
ther
put into the field
recruiting
{ Latest inquirer oj
were directed toward ascer
Pennsylvanis
iid be put ir
oon the New York
i
{Ohio troops o«
thelr present condition, without
by
strenyg
that would be necessitated
ng them up WHY
e theoretic
%
A
NO FORMAL ARMISTICE
Only An Assumption That
/ ded Exc
Attack
Fighting
Would Be Susper t To
ep
Repel
rOETeRS
ment to the contre
MAKES NO MOVE TO QUIT
Huerta Credited With Saying He
Would First See City In Ashes.
Zapatistas Still Fight Him.
Vera Cruz Mexicans arriving here
from Mexico City that General
Huerta shows no intention of abandon.
ing the presidency Mexico. The
President, ascert, popularly
credited with having made the state
ment that he would see the capital in
ashes before he left it
Private Parke, orderly for Lieut -Col-
Elmore F. Taggart, Twenty-eighth In-
fantry, and two of the officer's horses
{disappeared beyond the American lines
land into the lines of Gen, Gustavo
| Maas, where the soldier and the ani
{mals presumably are being held.
General Maas released G. H. Cox
ion, manager of the Vera Cruz Street
| Railway Company, whom he had held
as prisoner at Soledad. Mr. Coxon,
{who i= a British subject, arrived here.
Several Mexicans, alleged snipers,
arrested by the American naval forces
iat Vera Cruz during the fighting and
{after its conclusion, will be tried by a
| military commission, after the disposi
tion of five South Americans
Even if the guilt of the South Ameri
lcane be established, there is no dis
| position on the part of the judges to
impose the extreme penalty. It ie un
{derstood the men are to be placed on
{trial more for the purpose
lishing the cause for their arrest in
cage their governments fle claims
against the United States,
say
of
they in
250 REPORTED CRUCIFIED,
Church Then Burned.
Durazzo, Albania. Two hundred and
fifty Mohammedan Albanians, captured
by the Epirote invaders at Hormova,
were crucified in the Orthodox Church
at Kodra, according to information re.
ceived by the Albanian Government.
The Epirotes are said to have set fire
to the church afterwards and allowed
the bodies to burn.
IN QUAKE
NEAR MT. ETNA
Sicilian Villages Destroyed By
Seismic Disturbance.
350 PERSONS ARE INJURED
Peasants Working In the Fields Saw
Their Mouses Collapse, Burying
Wives and Children—Work
Of Rescuers.
Catania
brought death and de
villages near Mount
ber of far is
at 182
yet
territory bas not been i
The , affected
Zaflarana
Etna
the south
includes Li
RBiclly.—A grea! earthquake
wt
ruction to many
num
placed
Eina The
officially
£ Injul
of
dead so
with about ? ed, but as
a large portion the devastated
nspected
from
M1
Reale on
north. It
the is
zone extend
highest on
Villiage
Aci
the
10 the sea Delwesn
and Gisrre on the
of
nera, the center
turbance. Pisano and Santa Venering
In linera alone
killed
of Bongiardo
bave
Cosentini
and 300
been taken
1¢ WET
jured
rpmaller
leveled
At
ed
Collapse
dn mm a
- Pow
Rie l
beneath it his accounts for the fact
at Linera were
The wild
dttacked the
in an ef
women and children
with and grief
debris with their bare hands
fort to save their wives or children
Trabuechi and Moccagatia
command of work of rescue
men
error
Generals
are iv
which is being expeditiously
by soldiers, fi policemen
Red Cross volunteers. It is expected
however, that weeks will pass before
the extent of the disaster can be
ascertained, as it iz believed many
peasants are buried under their homes
in the isolated country districts
the
performed
and
aInen
full
sui
CHARLES W. POST ENDS LIFE
Millionaire Shoots Himself With Rifle
At Santa Barbara.
Santa Barbara, Cal-—-Charles W
Post, wealthy cereal food manufactur
er of Battle Creek. Mich, shot himself
to death with a rifle while temporiraly
insane, according to the testimony of
his physician, Dr. J. C. Bainbridge, of-
fered at the inquest held shortly after
| the tragedy. The verdict of the cor
| oner's jury was non-committal, bold
ing simply that Mr. Post had died from
the effects of a gunshot wound.
Mr. Post had suffered ill health for
| pome time. Recently he made a bur
ried trip to Rochester, Minn. to under.
! go a major operation to save his life.
| He had been in a nervous state since
| his return to California and had fought
| against an inclination to suicide for
| some time, according to the testimony
| given at the inquest by Miss Ella
| Benson, his nurse.
FOUR PERSONS DIE IN FIRE,
{ Clergyman and Three Women Serv.
ants Victims Of Blaze.
| Newark, N. J~Four persohs were
| burned to death in a fire which swent
| through & large brick and stone apart.
| ment house on Broad street. Three
of the victims were servants, all wom-
en: the fourth was Rev. Dr, A. H.
Young, a retired Presbyterian clergy.
man, who was gotten out of the build
ing, but who died later in the hospital.
|