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* GENERAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY J I Count Shigeiiol.ii Okuma. former Japanese foreign minister, has completed hi new cahinei. Sir William Wli.vt-. owe of Ihe pioneers ., the Canadian Pacifle Railroad, died at Coronado Beach, Cal. i agrees has perfected the passage of a bill to raise the ArgeaUae legation of the 1 aited States to an easbasay, Hobart C. Cbattield Tavlor of hieago has ben knighted by the Italian king for his "Life of Gol-doni." noted Italian dramatist. The National Oetuocratte Clvrt" of -New York has reinstated Charles !• Murphy, whose expulsion not long ago aroused quite a furore. Charles 11. Craves. United States minister to Swe den. has resigned oa account of ill health, aud his resignation has beea accepted by President Wilson. it is not laaarobable thai the lower boast of Congress will reach a vote oa the Bobson prohibitory amendment resolution before the present session ends. H is suni tii.it tin wedding of Secretarj McAdoo and Miss Kleaaor Wilson will be witnessed by not more than tilt.-, gaesfs and will be notable for its exclusivem ss rather than display General Villas amy has defeated the combined federal forces fort miles east of Torreoa in i battle that has Peon raging for nine dav s. It is dollar* d to have been the hardest fought eaagiet of the present revolution. London. Lug.. April 15.- The appoiatmeot of sir Lionel Caruen as British Minister t" Brasil was announced officially today. it is understood Sir Lionel Will l0 direct to Rio de Janeiro from Mexico Citv. to which place be is OB his way, Boberi 1.. Lee, of North Carolina, a grandson of General Boberi B. I.e.. was dismissed from the United states Miiitm Academy at West point !«■ cause of deflcteucy m mataaanath s. Leo played shortstop on the eadet nine. The laker part] In Kngiaud has htstmcted Its representatlvea In Parliament to stand by its policies and Premier Asquith may thereby lose the support of thai pan ii the lo.iiition which placed him in power. If so. the ministry st;in,|s ju ;, precarious position. The students Honor Commission al the Uaiver-sity of chicauo. a court in which ail students charged with dishonesty connected with examinations are tried by fellow students, reported on thirteen cases. The ttiiisl severe poatlty Impose 0 was six months college work in tlie ease ol ■ student found guilty of chaathag in the aaudical department. A tetised administration trust bill, which tones down some of the provisions of existing fata to which organized labor objects, has bean Introduced in Congress with the approval of President Wilson, it is announced. Unions are not to he exempted from prosecution for illegal acts, but the powers Of ihe courts in dealing wuii lack -asrs are to be curbed. era Cruz, April 15. — Uenera! hfaasa, commander of Ihe port, today refused to release three Ameriean women brought Here under arrest from Alexico City on the charge of lieiug spin. Halted States Consul Canada requested that they he freed, but the Mexican genera! declined to grant the request, aayiag that action would be taken only on oi ders from the Minister of War. New York. April to. — Diredors of the We-iein I ii i* ii Telegraph company today elected Neweomb Carlton president of the company in place of Thee dole M. Vail. Mr Vail remains president of toe American Telephone and Telegraph company, from which the Western nion was recently divorced. Mr. Carlton was for many years vice-president of the Western DslSB. Lima. Pent, April 15. — official saaoanc, enseal has been made ol a mutiny which occurred In the Iqui-tos regiment, some time auo. owing to the failure of the goveramenl to iu. the mea. The mutineer* were swapreased bj the officers of the regiment and the prefect of geadarmn. Presideat Beaavidet has ordered that the mutineers he punished with the utmost severity. Iekin. China. April 15. — Jhe Japanese government today expressed its regret lo the Chinese government tor the Changti incident. Which occurred iu Sep tcinber. 1913, when several Chinese soldiers were killed by Japanese troops who were occupying a section if the Mukden railway. Japan also agreed to pay 8,000. Mexican, iu compeusatlsa to the families of the soldiers killed. Leeds, Bag., April IS.— A Mtttesnaal ol the York shin coal miners ~liike was leached today when the men voted to resume work. The strikers, numbering I7n.tiui . left work on April "J. demanding the introduction of a minimum wage scale. A con cilia l ion board was appoiuted to discusa ihe points I l isMic ami succeeded in obtaining the mens con .-■ui ro the taking of ■ bailor. New fork, April 1". —Wednesday, May t was tentatively fiviii for the beginning of the second trial of Charles Becker, former iK lice lieutenant sentenced U die for instigating the murder of Herman Boseiithal, hut saved by a Court of Appeals ; decision. Becker appeared in court, brought over from the Tombs, while District Attorney Whitman 1 asked that the new trial be called as soon as possible It was announced that M. T. hfaaton had sue ceded Joseph A. Shay as chief counsel for Becker. Uio Janeiro, BraxU. April i." . -The goveramenl of the State of Asaaaonas has arranged to send a i steamer to meet Colonel Boost vait and his com patuolls at the month Of the Ariparana Btoer, down i which the ex-President is proceeding on Lis way lo , Manaos. All the mesaben of the second section ol the BooaeveM expedition have arrived at Manaos in goid health. They will continue on to Bio lai eiro. Among other things the expedition discovered I among the volcanic rocks at the source of the Para guav Btoer were the bones of gigaati animals. Washington, D. • .. April 15.- Proposed iacreasee j of two per cent, ju class and commodity freight 1 rates between points in the midde west and the Atlantic seaboard have been suspended by the inter-state commerce casnmlssioa ptadliur investigation until Vitgiist 13. Other increases iu so-called proportional rates between ihe east and west also . were suspended fo- Ihe same period. A proposal | by the Pennsylvania railroad to withdraw a charge of ." Cents I toll for handling lake cargo from yes-sels to cats -,t Cleveland, Ashtabula, Sandusky and Erie also wen. susIK.n,te,l for the same time. ".lack" Johnson, negro pugilist, is to return to B Chicago and face trial again on some of the counts . of the indictments charging violation of the Mann act, on which he was convicted in .June 1813, Be cording to an Associsated Press dispatch from Paris The iic.-isj,,!, ot Johns. ,n to return to the Cnited I States was reached after lie hud received word of ,■ the action yesterday of 1he United States Court Of j Appeals in reveraiag .he lower court on certain , count* and remanding these for new trial. The c. case, [evolving other counts of the indictment, was R remanded to the lower court for resentence. New York. April 15. The condition of Vtnceul ; Asti r. who became suddenly ill Monday at Hope-land house. Staatslrurg, N. v.. that home of nis - ti.-incee. Miss Helen Itinsimire Huntington, daughter r ■of Mr. and Mrs. Boberi P. Huntington, wi- t ported improved oday. Until rarlj yesterdaj * ; 1 i i , I 1 j . | morning Mr. Asters condition wa- coasidsred dan- I garous by the four physicians In attendance. Whether plans for the wedding of Mr. Astoi ami Miss Hunt ington on April Sf will have to be changed depended, M was announced at the Hun ringtoit home today, upon the rapidity of the pa Gents lecovery. William s. Shallenberger, member of the fart] , titth. forty-sixth and orty-seveatb coagresi from Pennsylvania and for ten years second assistant postmaster trite ial. was found dead in bed al ,u- Washiugtou iiom yesterday. He was born at Mount Pleasant Pa., was a civil war Veteran and w as 73 years old. si. Louis, Mo.. April 15. Tb Mississippi river commission, in session here, agreed to recommend thai congress appropriate 2,000,000 for the im -provemeni of the river next year. The meetiug was held on hoard the steamer Mississippi. t Its cog •luslon the commission departed for New Orlesa 1 n its semi annual tour of inspection. Plan- wen discussed for the improvement of banks end levees between St. Louis and New Orleans, and also he tween si. Louis sad llock Island. 111., which stretch of the river recently was added fed the Jurisdiction ol the commission. Tin movement of United States warships agalasl Mexico will include, besides the demonstration u Tampico. on the ess coast, the assembling ot tin-Pacific fleet at Acapulco, a west coast i ort that Ii connected with Mexico City by rail. It ;- said that ihe action decided upon by President Wilson and his advhjen to compel Mexican n-spcer for the American dsg includes the blocking of various Mexican potts, the seizure of custom houses and the occupation of Tampico by the American forces unless Buerta compiles with the demand that the American tag be hoisted in the public square sf the town and honored with a salute of twenty ouc -guns. Americans sun remaining in Mexico are being urged to quit the country with all possible dispatch. Buerta. according to dispatches fi i the Mexican capital, is disposed to view with un concern the preparations of the American govern-meal to back up its diaitml tor reparation for tin-recent Insult at Tampico. !! • is Inclined to believe thar the action of Ihe Washington government wil tend to harmonize the waning factious [n Mexleo and unite them for the defense of the country ■gainst foreign invasion, li is known that he re gards the apology he has already made on account Of ihe Tampico episode as ample. The navql force that xviii be available tor the Mexican movement under orders tiiHt have been Issued embraces 15,000 men. The fleet will be the largest assembled by this government since the Spanish American war i he Mexican foreign minister. Be nor Portttlo y Bojas. is said to have transmitted to tin- Amerinn charge daaTaira, Nelson OShanghnessy, .i note dealing with the arrest of the assistant payaunter and a detaehmenl of bluejackets from the Cnited States gunboat Dolphin at Tampico and the demand ol Admiral Ma.o thai the American ring be saluted. In effect the note says that the Mexican government cannot see wherein, under International law, the Federals have Indicted any iustilr on Hie American nation; tli.n its orderiag the army publicly to salute the American lag under the circumstances would be an admission that the United states is exercising undue Influences over Mexicos free action, and that the president is disposed to uphold the honor .md sovereignty of Mexico at any net. Washington. D. C. April 13.— Following is an of lieial statement issued today as representing the iows ,,f President Wilson and the administration on Mexico: •iii discus-ion in official circles in Washington of the present Mexican aitnatioa the following points bai ■ been very much dwell upon: "It has been pointed out that. In considering tie present somewhat delicate situation In Mexleo, th unpleasant Incident at Tampico must not be thought of alone for some riuie past the defacto goven meal of Mexico has seemed to think mere B| sufficient when thi rights of American citterns or the dignity ot the goverBmeat of the Called States were Involved and bai apparently made no attempt at either reparation or the effective correction of Ihe serious derelictions of its civil and military otln t- immediately after the incident at Tampico an orderly from one of the ships of the United States, it. the harbor Of Vera Cruz, who had been - at ashore lo the postoance fur the ships mail, and who wm in uniform .and who had the official mail bag OB his Pack. w.i- arrested and put into jail by the bxal authorities. He was snusequently released and a nominal punishment was Inflicted upon the officer who arrested him. bui it was significant that an orderly from the fleer i»f the United States was picked out from the many persons constantly goinjffl ashore on various errands, from the various -hips 6 the harbor, representing several nations. ■■Most seriou- of all, the officials in charge o the telegraph office at Mexico City presumed to withhold ui official dispatch of the government ol the I Bited Slates i,, its embassy at Mexico City until ir should have been sent to the censor and J his permission received to deliver it and pnv fan dispatch Into the hands of the charge daffairs »f the Caited Stotn only ipion his personal ami i n pontic demand, he, having in the ■aeaattoM bain. through other channels that a dispatch had been sen him which he bad not received. it cannot Put strike any one who Iihs wati ■ ■ Ihe course of events in Mexico as signiBcanl that untoward Incidents such a these have not occurred in any case where representatives of other go-, rn meats wer - concerned, but only in dealings with representatives of the Cnited stales, ami that there has lx-eu no m-caskm for other governments to call ittentbjn i" Buck matters or to ask for ■pakigli n "These repeated oflennos against the rights ami dignity of the United Slates, offenses u 4 duplicated with regard lo the representatives of ether goven meats, have necessarily made the impression that the government of the United states was singled out for manifestations of ill will and contempt. "The authorities of the stale department I I confident that when the seriousness and the en ma lative effect of these Incidents is made evident to the goveramenl of Mexico, that government will sei the propriety and the necessity ol g ring men evidences of its desire to repudiate and correct these things, as wHI be not only ■atisfact irj to the goveramenl of the United States, bui ilso an evl denee to the rest f toe world as an entire change ■ • :,t i Itnde. ••Then- caa be no loss t« the dignity of the de facto government in Mexico ha recognising lo the fullest degree the claim of a great sovereign -;ov eminent to Ita respect."
