fc MEDIATORS TO
NIAGARA FALLS
A Believed That Not Much Time
H Will Elapse Before Under
k standing Is Reached.
jg. United Press Dispatch.
Washington, D. C., May 19.—
The interest in the Mexican sit
uation shifted to Niagara Falls,
Ontario today. The American
commissioners, who will repre
sent the United States at medi
ation, left here early today ex
pressing hope that the mission
may succeed. It is nowr believed
that it will be known in a week
whether hope of ultimate suc
cess will be sustained. The cab
inet was informed by the presi
' ^ dent that mediators in sympa
thy with general contentions of
the United States and probably
will try to influence Huerta rep
resentatives to ♦nake necessary
concessions.
* Meanwhile the attitude of the
Constitutionalists here continu
ed defiant and asserted that no
compromise will be made with
Huerta, High officials are wor
ried becaose nothing is known
positively regarding the fate of
'** Silliman. The diplomats here
’ refuse to accept Bryan’s opti
mistic views held that interrupt
ed traffic is responsible for no
£ word being received. It is learn
ed from the Texas border that
f trains have passed between Sal
. tillo and Mexico City since the
w release of the ultimatum.
FIGHTING AT SALTILLO
^ United Press Dispatch.
Juarez, Mex., May 19—The
battle that has been on the
w verge of beginning at Juarez, is
believed to be on today. Very
little information as to condi
tions there can be obtained, as
Villa has established a strict
censorship. Nothing has been
received since yesterday from
correspondents on the scene, and
it is remembered that when the
battle of Torreon opened Villa
held all press dispatches until
W' the fighting ceased and it is be
lieved that this is the reason
nothing has been heard from Sal
tillo.
y General dhao has deposed the
military governor of Chihauhua
and is now in Parole conferring
with General Herrera. Villa
has ordered Chao to Saltillo.
£ It is rumored that jealous re
i * bel officers are plotting to over
throw General Villa, thus de
priving him of the prestige he
would gain by the capture of
Mexico City.
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MANY WERE EXECUTED.
V United Press Dispatch.
Vera Cruz. May 19.—“I didn’t
keep count of them” answered
Dr. Aureliano, Urrutia refugee
j from Huerta’s wrath, when ask
ed how many men were execut
j ed in Mexico City last year. He
/ admitted many Mexicans of high
and low degree, were summarily
killed while he was minister of
A Moving Pictures
i the Opera House
THE AWAKENING OF
1 SNAKESVILLE.
A good two-reel comedy, featur
ing Sophia Clutts and Victor Po
tel.
(S. and A.)
THE TITLE DUEL.
(An excellent drama—LUBIN)
ADMISSION 5 and 10 CENTS.
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the Interior, but denied person
al responsibility.
He said he came inside the
American lines to save himself
and place his family under FAl
ston's protection from resentful
Mexicans here. He said there
was a plot to take his life and
that Huerta’s cabinet and the
whole government is breaking
down. The people will rise soon
he thinks and kill all the Huerta
leaders and that they cannot
get away.
He admitted that Senator Do
minguez criticized Huerta as in
senate, saying last will and tes
tament was killed by dictator’s
orders.
When asked if one hundred
political opponents of Huerta
were shot he insisted he did not
keep count, but admitted that
Senator Rendon was shot.
Says Morgan Ruled New Haven.
United Press Dispatch.
Washington, D. C., May 19—
Mellen today testified before the
Interstate Commerce Commis
sion that Morgan ruled the New
Haven railroad.
In a letter written by Mellen
in 1907, regarding West Chester
when $35,000,000 was paid for
26 miles of track, he said,
“Many reputations are likely to
be damaged ni the end; I’ll be
the goat”. Files of his corres
pondence indicate that Tammany
took care of the West Chester
deal. Mellen declared that Mor
[gan and Rockefeller approved of
the deal. They believed West
Chester valuable. He thought
ten cents a pound a fair price,
and said he was not proud of his
part in the transaction.
U. S. Healthy Country.
Washington, D. C., May 19. —
The United States has better :
health than ever before and the
inhabitants are living longer, ac- j
cording to figures of Nineteen j
Thirteen made public by census 1
Bureau. Washington is the,
healthiest state, death rate be
ing 8.5 per thousand. North ;
Carolina has highest mortality,
10.8. Memphis apparently is t
the unhealthiest city, death rate J
of 20.8 being given. Seattle is i
the healthiest, 8.4. New York 1
showed biggest death rate but a
reduction for five years, 24.7 i
drop.
| Nation death rate 14.1 reduc- i
tion, one in eight compared with
1 average of ten years ago.
Teddy Arrives At Oyster Bay.
T Tvn’t-A/l Proco Tlionofpll
1 New York, May 19—The
townspeople of Oyster Bay are
polishing the antique cannon
Imd raising flags for Col. Roose
j velt due to arrive late this after
! noon from South America. The
I cannon will bark 21 times when
! he lands at Private Pier.
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Ascension Day.
Thursday being the day on
which the ascension of Christ
into heaven has been memoral
jized since the earliest day of
Christendom, there will be a cel
J ebration of thq Holy Communion
at St. Paul’s church, at 10 a. m.
This is one of the five great
feasts of the Christian year, and
should be observed by all church
' men and church-women. There
! will be a short address by the
Rector on the meaning of the
doctrine of Ascension.
On account of the California
Expositions and the attractions
of the West for 1915, it is antic
! ipated that many people will de
cide upon a trip to the North and
East for this summer.
CAN’T UNDERSTAND
U. S. OCCUPATION
( ANT UNDERSTAND
U. S. OCCUPATION
Mexicans Thought Our Troops
Would Surely Coot Vera
Cruz.
United Press Dispatch.
Vera Cruz, May T9.— Mexi
cans still are puzzled over the
attitude of the United States
troops here. They can’t quite
figure the answer. Not a man
jack of them but was certain
that with the occupation of this
seaport by hostile troops would
come pillage and looting that
generally marks the capture or
taking of a city or town by Mex
ican soldiers. They have become
used to this proceedure during
the four or five years of revolu
tions and uprisings. They were
vastly amazed, therefore, when
the American trodps not only did
not follow up their occupation
with disorders, but actually
made Vera Cruz sale and more
pleasant to live in than at any
time in the city’s history.
These Mexicans down here
simply could not understand it
v hen the American troops car
ed for the wounded Mexicans as
tenderly as they cared for their
own wounded. They could not
understand when, after a real
ly wonderful exhibition of two
handed fighting prowess, the
youthful marines and Jackies, as
soon as some semblance of ord
er was established, went calmly
about the work of feeding the
women and children of the men
at whom they had so recently
been shoot oing.
The Mexicans laughed scoff
ingly when told that the marines
and sailors would not immediate
ly attack General Maas, the Fed
eral general, and march on Mex
ico City, When the American
didn’t again they could not quite
get it.
“Oh, but wait until the regu
lar troops arrive under your Gen
eral Funston,” they then said.
“When your General Funston
comes, it will be different. A
mericans merely have been wait
ing to go into aeiton until the
regular soldiers come.” Every
one was firmly convinced this
would be the program, and the
ultimate limit of astonishment
was reached after the regulars
had been here a week without
the expected advance toward tin
capital
It is only now that Vera Cru
cuno ova Konrirtnimr tr» /»'
that American soldiers are giv
ing them the best city govern
ment they ever had. Some o!
them, still with hatred rankling
in their hearts against the
“Gringoes”, may not admit thi
aloud, but nevertheless .Mexi
cans from the capital and otikT
interior cities have Mocked to
Vera Cruz for safety.
All this, of course, has bred
great respect and no little wel
come toward American fighting
men, and American fighting
methods. But there still is an
other feature that these Mexi
cans like about the situation.
The American marines, jack
tars and regulars, not to men
tion the great influx of refugees
form an army of buyers who
have caused intense'delight to
merchants. The be3t of it is
that the money the 10,000 or
more Ameircan troops spend in
j local shops, is good, United
States money, and not depreci
ated Mexican coin. All the
shops are open again and today
the native dealers, caterers, res
taurateurs and the like are en
joying such prosperity as they
never enjoyed before- The great
demand for food stuffs to say
nothing of clothing has sent the
prices sky high.
Peons are being given regular
work on the docks and other
points on the waterfront, and
on the streets. They are paid j
at the rate of sixty cents gold
per day, an unheard of laborer’s ,
wage in Vera Cruz.
All of the native enterprises, |
characteristic of Mexico are |
flourishing. The burro peddlers j
corresponding to the push cart 1
venders of New York’s lower j
East Side, are out en masse. On
all the streets donkey loaded j
down with chickens may be j
seen. The fowls—mainly of the
■ dominecker variety—alive, aite
swung heads down, from all
sides df the saddle and across
the neck of the burro- The ven
;der sits in the saddle, and thus
’rides through the residence dis
tricts, where the housewives
come into the street and bargain
ifor the fowls.
Milk, ice, mineral water, fresh
fruits and beef and mutton are
an over nis oeast, me uuimey ui
horse, as the case may be. The
sight of such a vender never
fails to excite the interest ar.d
mirth of the bluejackets and
i the American colony.
All of the shops along the
Avenida Independencia —the
Fifth Avenue or F Street of
Vera Cruz—and around the Pla
za. are open again and doing
a thriving business. Vera Cruz,
never before saw such a run on
picture post cards and souvenirs
of all kinds. And the haber-!
dash’eries, the tailor shops and
other retail shops, are doing a
thriving business. American re
fugees from Mexico City were
'forced to flee with only the
clothes on their backs and had
to stock up on their arrival And
the army of correspondents and
photographers from the United
'states who came down on war
ships. had barely time enough to
get away with the clothes they
wore. All these people are buy
ing outfits of every description.
—
Two New Hanks for ( ity (Xf
Roses.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, May 19.—Two new
| banks are to be opened up in
Little Rock in the near future,
and these will make a total of
twenty financial institutions In
the city
One of the new banks is the j
Bankers Trust Company, organ
ized by H. L. Remmel, Chas.
McCain, and associates, who j
are erecting a handsome new. j
j three story building on the j
southwest comer of Main and
Second, to be occupied early in
•Tune.
j The other bank has just been
organized, and is to be known as
the Lasker and Morris Bank and
i Trust Company. It will open on
June 15. The promoters are
Harry Lasker, who has had ex
tensive wholesale liquor inter
ests, and Emmett Morris, and
Robert W. Newell, who have just
resigned from the Mercantile
Trust Company to become vice
president and secretary-treasur
er of the new institution, res
pectively.
English Discuss City Planning.
London, May IB.—For the
purpose of exchanging knowl
edge ygSMieHtiona of national
R^j^h HH social conditions, del
egates from all British “domini
ons beyond the seas” met here
today with representatives of
the British Isles in general con
ference at the Imperial Institute.
This conference, which will con
tinue in session for three days,
is to be divided into two main
sections, to discuss housing and
town planning, and the care of
child life. Committees will for
mulate reports on garden cities
and suburbs, workmen’s houses,
and model dwellings, infancy
and health, the school child, and
the child as a wage earner.
An interesting exhibition is
being held in conjunction with
the conference to illustrate the
subjects under discussion, at
which are shown models, plans
and diagrams of real industrial
towns, clothing, systems of diet,
plans of schools, safety applian
ces, health statistics, kindergart
ens and nurseries. Lord Robert
Cecil presided at the opening ses
sion of the conference and the
chairmanship of later sessions
will be taken in turn by Sir Ed
ward Cook, Prof. Michael Sadler
and Henry Vivian.
Barn Burned At .Jacksonport.
The large barn of Rufus Ste
phens at Jacksonport was burn
ed to the ground Monday night
about 10 o’clock with no insur
ance.
Mr. Stephens had a big lot of
hay and corn also harness, which
is a total loss. He was fortun
ate however, in being able to
save several head of horses that
were in their stalls. It is be
lieved that the barn was set on
fire, as it was a considerable dis
tance from the house and no one
had been near it since before
dark.
Cel This Free Booklet On North
ern and Eastern Resorts.
T have just received from
headquarters a supply of hand
somely illustrated booklets on.
Vacation resorts of the North
and East, Minnesota and Wis~
consin lakes region, the Great
Lakes, Niagara Falls, New En
gland and Atlantic Coast. EF
you are planning a vacation for
this summer this booklet is just
what you want. Call or write
for a copy and any travel m?~
formation desired.
G. P. COFFIN, Agent
The Proper Pronounciations
Pronounce it Oo-er-tah whew
you see it printed Huerta. Also
Vee-yah when you see the word
Villa. That is, if you can re
member the pronounciation
Ilere are some more: Coatulila,
Co-a-wee-lah. Chihuahua, Cliee
wah-wah. Torreon, Tor-roy-onL.
Oaxaxacha, Wah-hah-ka. Hidal
go, Eedahlgo. This will do far
one lesson.—Yellville Mountains
Echo
Log Teams Wanted At Once.
Have a large amount of tim~
; ber cut in the woods and musfc
move. Will pay good price fort
moving same. It*will pay y©ra
te come and investigate- Foir
particulars call 'Newport phone
1608-5 or write Muirhead Lum
ber Company, Weldon, Arkan
sas. 0bt£»
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i All pupils who wish to work
(with me, please see me this
i week. My classes will begin
(June 1st. Alice Erwin Gibson.
; 42d3. *
rvrj Close evenings 6:30 except Saturday. - ll|f
1 “Good Shots” i
m __-_s ;;
| , v !B
m No doubt you’ve read how, at g*
pi the seizure of Vera Cruz, the keen eyed jug
l]q tars of a Yankee ship shot out the win
^ dows oifcd h ling a mile away, one by ®
jjjj! one. iyg
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lye1
Turning from war to
jucj clothes you’ll notice the
M same accurate long-range C
marksmans hip in our
| KUPPENHEIMER
^ young men’s clothes.
!ani 1 hey always hit the good
^ style mark six months a
|| head of the common run
of clothes.
This is Young Men’s Week at the
jani Live Store, and we’re showing everthing
cl from English models of “cornstalk” slim
□ness to more conservative American ideas.
* $20.00 to $30.00
1 BergeR'S
gjj=j "STSKR CLOTH IMG HOUSE:'