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. , s * a 1 f . . l 5 * ,. * of de of ,1 ; ,j I Id ,1 - [j ,,i the ie i i iv •n it GENERAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY. Tale kea.1 Harvard by inches in the annual race 6 at New Loadoa yesterday. The degree of master of arts has been conferred 1 i H.n Wilton Lackaye, famous actor, by Georgetown 1niversity. Queen Victoria of Sweden lias gone to Baden Bade a to be operated on for a cataract of the led e -. in svliich she is booming blind. That mediation in the effort to effect peace in Mexico has failed is tin- general belief. Only con cessions by President Wilson or Huerta can save It. William C. Nihlaek. vice president and trust otlicer of the Chicago Till.- and Trust company, was appointed receiver of the La Salle Street Trust and Savings hank. The Mexican congress, in extraordinary session in Mexico City, yesterday passed a vote of confidence iu the Huerta administration and refused to accept General Hoertas resignation as president ad interim. To free the north Atlantic of derelicts, the revenue cutters Seneca and Miami early in July will establish an Internationa] patrol In those waters as authorized by the international maritime conference in London last year. The Urst privately owned ship entered the Panama Canal when the Santa Clara of the Iacitic Atlant 1c Steamship Company passed through the Miratl ores and Pedra Miguel locks, carrying nieinlRrs of the diplomatic corps and other prominent persons. Tin- interstate commerce commissions decision in the eastern advance rate case will not be anil. .unced today, as expected. Some of those beat Informed of the commissions procedure would not be surprised if it were not announced for at least two weeks. Berlin has warned the Porto that she would not be able to remain on friendly terms witli Turkey iu the event of a war with Greece. It is believed that this warning will have a calming effect on the extremist parties which are urging the Turkish government lo hostilities. Six estahOahed steamship lines already have ser red notice uir u the Panama canal management ot their intention to make regular use of the waterway, line vessel I loin the west coast ports of South Anieri ea will 1«- at the Pacific gates of the canal July ::. seeking to make its way lo Liverpool by thai route. Two hundred mi n arc believed to have been trap In-d and killed as a result of an explosion in the llitlcrest mines at llillcrest. near Frank, on the Crows Nest line, in western Canada. Alx.ut BOO ""ii went into the mine before the explosion occurred. Mote than 400 escaped, but 210 were left, ami it is said there is no hope for them. Premier Asquitb has capitulated to the Lnglish suffragists. He has consented to receive a deputa-t Hon of women in Downing street this morning. Miss Sylvia Paiikhiirsts at tempt to carry out her threat of a banger strike at the entrance to the bonne of commons until the pussier yielded to the demand that he listen to a delegation of women was largely responsible for the prime ministers decision. Secretary McAdoo sent to the house a proposed amendment to the income tax law which would en large and make more specific the power of the Internal revenue commissioner to compel corporations to furnish the nanus of stockholders and slate incuts of the dividends they receive and would re quire persona and evaporations subject to the tax to give free access to their books for investigation of returns. A n.ilional movement for uie collection of a fund to ereci a mem. .rial in Nashville in honor of Andrew Jackson was lauuehed at a banquet given by the executive c. Ittee •! the Andrew Jackson .Me mortal Association. Five thousand dollars was siib- s-libel as a nucleus of a ..r»0tUMJO fund. A pub licity committee has been appointed and it was announced that work will start at oaee to place the project before the people of the United States. To friends wh. have tried to induce him to con- tinue in public life Llihu Root has renewed his refusal to stand for re election to the Senate next fall. His reason is the satin- that he advanced re rently, when, after on • of his masterful speeches iu the Senate, he was proposed as the Republican candidate f. r the presidency in 1016. lie Ihen de dared that be was t.*, ohj — he is sixty nine — that his health was breaking and thai he needed a r. st. That the proponed treat v with Nicaragua which entails tin- p. .yiu. nt of $:!.iKH.KK by the United States for Interoceanlc .anal rights and naval bases. is being pushed by American financiers in an effort to recoup what would result iii a loss of millions should il not be ratified, is the charge made to the foreign relations c ininrittee by Secretary of slate Bryan. A thorough investigation of relations be tweeii the Nlcaraguan government and American bankers is planned. General Carraaza announced that the difficulty between himself and Villa had been adjusted hv Carramm giving permission to Villa to proceed south to Mexico City i •■•.aidless of the appointment of Genera! Satera as bead of the new central zone, Cariai./ is message said the forces of General Ohre- fe.ni iii tl.e west and ieneral Gonzales, iu the east. would work independently of General Villas troops, it concluded by saying "that the ■ Isnnderstandtng between Carranza and Villa and any future misunderstanding between any leaders would be left for adjustment when the three armies should meet before the national capital. Meantime Villa will run his own military and civil otlices in his territory.
