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HUERTA FLATLY DECLINES TO SALUTE AMERICAN FLAG
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War Department Works Out Plans
for Issuance of Call for
Volunteers.
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WASHINGTON, April 18.—The|
War Department has worked out!
plans for the issuance of a call Forl
volunteers for invasion in Mexico if |
necessary. It is understood the first
call will be for 230,000 men. This
will include the military reserves. |
Authorization for the call is neces
sary from Congress under an act to
provide for temporarily increasing the
military establishment of the United
States in time of war. The President
is expected to ask authorization to
raise a volunteer army if he is forced
to appear before Congress on Monday,
The volunteers would be appor
tioned, so far as practical, among the
several States and Territories and the
District of ©r'olumbia according to
population, and will enlist to serve
for a period of ten years unless soon
er discharged.
Urder this call, each State's share
of the volunteer army of 250,000 will
be as follows:
Alabama, 5,000; Arkansas, 4,050
California, 6,474; Colorado, 2,648;
Connecticut, 3,214; Delaware, 700;
Florida, 1,500; Georgia, 7.428; Idaho,
464: Illinois, 16.086; Indiana, 8,640;
lowa, 7,544; Kansas, 5,564; Kentucky,
6,814; Louisiana, 3,880; Maine, 2,512;
Maryland, 3.884; Massachusetts, 9,442
Michigan, 8,738: Minnesota, 5,746
Mississippi, 4.314; Missouri, 10,822,
Montana, 1,046; Nebraska, 4,882: Ne
vada, 474; New Hampshire, 1,054;
New Jersey, 549: New York, 25,049;
North Carolina, 5,168; North Dakota,
522: Ohio, 14,496; Oregon, 1,568; Penn
sylvania, 21.538; Rhode Island, 1,429
South Dakota, 2,700; South Carolina,
1,494; Tennessee, 6,120; Texas, 8,453:
Utah, 950; Vermont, 1.266; Virginia,
3.000; Washington, 2.356; West Vir
ginia, 2,778; Wisconsin, 6.548: Wyom
ing, 462; Arizona, 362: New Mexico,
660: District of Columbia, 898; OKkla
homa, 500,
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To Secure $lO Loan
POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., April 16—
As security for a $lO loan, Edwin Small
ey put his wooden leg in pawn with
Y.ouis Petche and went home on a
crutch.
STEAMER IS SUNK.
BALTIMORE, April 17.—The
steamer Gratitude, of the Baltimore,
Chesapeake and Atlantic Railway
- Company, was sunk to-day after a
collision at Wade Point with the
steamer Cambridge, of the same line.
The Cambridge was also badly dam
aged. There was no loss of life,
The collision is believed to have
been due to a misunderstanding of
gignals. The Gratitude was struck
amidship and sank ‘in tern minutes.
Both vessels were heavily loaded with
freight and carried a number of pas
sengers.
Jollowing the crash, Captain Stew
art, of the Cambridge, realizing that
the Gratiude's condition was critical,
fmmediately set about to take off !.he
passengers and crew of the sinking
ship. This was accomplished with
out much difticulty, and all were
hauled safely aboard the Cambridge.
Captain Stewart then beached ais
vessel,
CAN'T STAND DRUDGERY.
BOSTON, April 18.—Miss Helen
Cudahy, daughter of the multi-mil
lionaire meat packer, Patrick Cuda
hy, of Chicago, 1s going to quit nurs
ing at the end of her probationary
period three months hence.
She says she took up nursing be
cause s hebelieved she could aid suf
fering humanity. She found in ac
tual hospital practice that three
fourths of her time was taken up in
dusting, sweeping, making beds. As
she says, “‘just household drudgery.”
WHOLE “FORCE” LOST.
CHICAGO, April 16, —William Maro
nev, chief of police of Mount Green
wood, is worrying over the disappear
ance of his police force—Joseph Shan
pahan—who left early yesterday to in
vestigate' the first police case reported
in six months and who has not reported
since.
Would Kill Anybody.
A local band was one day playing
fn Scotland. when an old native came
un and asked the ban@master whnat
the piece was they were rendering.
“That's ‘The Death of Nelson," re
plied the bandmaster,
“Aye, man,” said the native, “ye ha=
given him an awful death!”
Drat the Bird!
Mother—Tommy, a little bird tells
me you helped yourself to cake while
1 wag out.
Tommy (aside)—~l'l wring that
bloomin’ parrot's neck!
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Dancer in ‘Kismet
Atianta society folk will find a Keen
personal interest in at least one figure
in “Kisme:,” which comes this week.
This is Miss Rosa Coates, a young
woman of prominent family of Mo
bile, who is well known here because
of numerous social visits. She is the
premier dancer with Otis Skinner and
his company.
Miss Coates first displayed in the
drawing rooms of her own city and of
Atlanta her unusual ability to dance,
and stepped as easily from her sta
tion as society bud to a stage suc
cess as if she had glided into one of
the ballroom figures of which she was
so fond. The road to stardom was
one of roses for her.
Miss Coates first learned of her skill
in dancing from the compliments of
her friends in her own home circle.
Then, for their private delectation,
she essaved a few original steps. Then
the ambition came to her to under
take a course in special dancing, and
she became the pupil of the famous
Madame Bonfanti in New York.
Stole It.
When Mr. W. D. Howells was edit
ing a magazine, a young man called
on him at the office and offered him
a poem. Mr. Howells read the poem
and thought it was good, but som:-
how it seemed rather familiar.
“Did you write this unaided?” he
asked.
“I did,” replied the youthful poet
“1 wrote very line of it.”
“Then, 1 am very glad to meet you,
Lord Byron,” said Mr. Howells. “But
I was under the impression that you
had died some years ago.”
Something Harder,
“There's nothing so hard to ride as
a voung broncho,” said the Westerner.
“Oh, 1 don't know,” replied the man
from back East. “Did you ever try
the water wagon?”
Disappointing.
Pastor—l hea’ we got a diamond
pin in de collection plate this morn
in’, sah.
. Treasurer—You are mistaken, sah.
Jt was a dime an’ pin.
Queen Victoria's |
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Prince Revealed
. “The Married Life of Queen Vic
toria,” which has been compiled by
Mra. Jerrold, carries a stage furtker
the study of the Queen which she be
gan in “The Early Court of Queer
Vietoria,” and many interesting littie
anecdotes she tells which have never
been published before. A
She prefaces her work by saying
that had the Prince Consort lived
long enough the history of England
j would have been very different. There
'would have been, she says, no “great”
‘Queen Victoria, for by 1860 the Queen
‘had so entirely transferred all work
'to her husband that, excepting as an
appearance and a signature, the
Queen Regnant might almost be said
not to have existed, and it woull
have been on that point that an Eng
lish revolution would have occurred.
Many of the stories of court ife
told in the book will cause a smile
in these later days. For instance,
it is narrated how the Queen ardently
desired that® Albert should be made
King (onsort, which caused Lord
Melbourne to respond impetuously:—
“For God’'s sake, say no more abou:
it, ma’am, for those who can un-make
kings can make them.” ‘
Here is another. Echoes of quarre!s
between the roval couple got abrouad
and on one occasion the Queen rushel
from the room. Returning after a
time she found the door locked and
knocked imperiously for entry.
“Who ie there?” ealled the Princez.
“The Queen of England!” was the
haughty reply, and all remained quiet
behind the door. Again and again
Victoria knocked, and again and
again came the same question and
answer, till at length the ctonquered
Queen responded: ——"Your wife, Al
bert.” The door was opened and the
weeping Queen was comforted.
Another time the disagreement was
over the tea table, with “the result
that she-of-the-passionate-temper
flung the contents of a cup into her
lord's face.”
In 1847 there was a famine in Ire
land and the Queen wished to exercise
economy in her hoasehold. Two kinds
of wheat, known as “firsts’” and "sec
onds,” were in use, the firsts being
Essex white and the seconds Baltie
red. Naturally the residents in th 2
palace were fed on the best wheat,
which cost twenty-five per cent more
than the other. But now that the
time of stress had arrived a royal
order was issued that no description
of flour except seconds should be used
in Her Majesty’s household and that
the daily allowance should be re
stricted to one pound per head for
every person dieted in the palace.
The result was that the price of
second flour rose till it equalled that
| 5f the best, and the want grew more
bitter. The Queen's economic ex
ample, savs Mrs. Jerrold, was much
commented upon at the time.
Hard Up.
Talking about a shortage of food
at one period during his last expedi
tion, Sir Enrest Shackleton tells an
amusing story of one of his compan
jons. On his return to England nis
bootmaker met him, and asked:
“How did you find those boots 1
made for you?”’
“Best 1 ever tasted!” was the
prompt reply.
Not Meant That Way.
A nponconformist mipister wrote to
ask leave of a Lancashire vicar to
hold a funeral _service in the church
xard. The courteous vicar wrote
-back by return post:
“Dear Mr. Smith, please understand
that I shall be delighted to see you in
our churchyard at any i{ime.”
Slightly Mixed Metaphor.
An eloquent Irish candidate, speak
ing of a certain eminent statesman,
said:
“His smooth tongue is that of a
serpent which lures but to destroy,
and which holds out sugar-plums in
one hand, while in the other it holds
an unsheathed dagger behind its
back.”
There’s the Rub.
The Old 'Un—Pluck, my boy, pluck
—first and last, that is the gne essen
tial to success in business.
The Young 'Un—Oh, of course, I
quite understamd that. The trouble
is finding someone to pluck,
Ameri i
merican Armada Is Steaming for
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Mexican Waters to Carry Out
Instructions.
WASHINGTON, April 19.—Huerta
has refused to accept President Wil
son's demand for a salute to the
American flag. In his refusal he coun
tered with new conditions. Officials
said these would not be accepted, and
that the program of reprisals would
be carried out.
Secretary Tumulty announced that
President Wilson had instructed him
over the long-distance telephone to
call a specia! meeting of the Cabinet
for 10:30 o'clock Tuesday morning.
~ Mr. Tumulty announced that the
il’r(-xiden( was preparing to deliver a
isp(-viul message to Congress and that
"l joint session would be held at the
}p:nli('st hour the Congressional lead
ers could arrange for it, probably 3
‘ o'clock.
Secretary Bryan, in conference with
‘Sm‘rmur)- Daniels, Secretary Tumulty
and Boaz Long, chief of the Latin-
American Bureau of the State De
partment, prepared to issue a state
ment outlining. the outcome of the
negotiations and explaining the posi
tion of the United States.
It’s All Over, Says Shively.
About 11:30 o'clock Senator Shive
lv, acting chairman of the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee reached
the White House and joined the con
ferees.
“It's ‘all over,” said the Senator, “I
can have nothing more to say until
after 1 have conferred with the lead
ers.”
Messengers were sent for Senators
Kern and Gallinger, the Democratic
and Republican leaders in the Scnate,
and Representatives Underwood and
Mann. the House leadcrs, who are to
arrange for the joint session of C'on
gress to be addressed by the Presi
| dent.
J Representative Raker, one of the
many members of ('ongress waiting
at the White House offices for news,
said President Wilson's action in this
erisis would *clarify the whole situa
tion.”
“It will show Mexico and the world
that the United States means busi
ness,” he added, “and will have a
good effect on our foreign relations
generally.”
Bryan's Statement.
Just before midnight Secretary
Bryan issued this statement:
“A little after 11 o'clock last night a
brief dispatch camé¢ from (Charge
O’Shaughnessy at Mexico City saying
that the President’s demand of yes
terday had been communicated to the
Foreign Minister and was being car
ried by him to General Huerta. The
Foreign Minister asked O’Shaugh
nessy whether in case General Huer
ta acceded to the demand, a protocol
would be signed |-rug§:iinu for a re
turn of the salute. The following
dispatch was sent to Charge
O’'Shanghnessy, in substance:
« ‘President Wilson is out of the
city. Impossible to reach him before
8 4. m. to-morrow, Am certain he
would not consent 1o have vou Bign
the protocol mentioned in vour tele
gram. The salute should be fired
withcut any agreement as to its re
turn. The United States of America
can be relied on, according to inter
national custom and courtesy, to do
its duty. The signing of the protoecol
would be objectionable, in addition to
other reasons, because of the fact
that it might be construned as recog
nition of the Huerta government,
whereas the President has no inten=
tion of recognizing that govern
ment.' "
How It Finished.
A tourist recently stopped for a
drink of milk at an Irish cottage. He
noticed on a dresser a brick with a
faded red rose on the top of It
“Why do vou keep these?”
“Sure, sir,” was the replv, “there’s
memories hangin’ about them. Do
vou see this big dent in my head?
Well, it was the brick done it, sir,”
“But the rose?”’ asked the tourist,
His host smiled quietly.
“The rose, sir, is off the grave of
the man what threw the brick.”
Her Sacrifice.
The divorce had been granted.
Their only child had been given to
the mother, but after the final decree
they met and the young woman said:
“] am willing to let you have the
baby half of the time.”
“Good!” cried the father, with sat
isfaction. “That's fine!”
“Yes,” resumed the fair, vet unfair,
divorcee calmly, “you may have him
nights.”
A Little Slow.
“Professor, | know my son is rather
slow, but in the two years that you
have had charge of his education he
must have developed a tendency in
some direction or other. What occa
pation do you suggest as a possibia
outlet for his energies, such as they
are?’
“Well, sir, 1 think he is admirahly
fitted for taking moving pictures of a
glacier.”
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