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GENERAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY. Gen. Villa is converging his entire army at Lagos, midway between Aguas Callentes and Quere-taro, accordiug to Gen. Pablo Gonzales, commanding the Mexican forces at Queretaro, who Is loyal to Geu. Carrauza. Gonzales stated his own force now numbers 40,000 men, while reinforcements were arriving from other places. It is believed a decisive battle Will be fought iu the vicinity of Queretaro within a few day, as the concentrating of Villas troops at Iigos is said to be the replv to Gou-zales recent ultimatum to Villa that hearid other antl-Carranza generals resign their commands and leave the country Immediately. Not until it is determined which of the contending Mexican factions can exercise control of Vera Cruz and execute the guaranties requested by the United States will American trodps be ordered from the southern port. That decision bv President Wilson and his advisers stands as the American attitude toward the tangled Mexican situation which threatens a renewal of civil strife. Coupled, with it is the desire not to interfere in the controversy among the military leaders of the republic. The New York cotton exchange will reopen for unrestricted tradhig next Monday morning. The New York stock exchange probably will resume regular business with the beginning of the new year, unless unexpected obstacles are encountered. This statement is made ou high authority arid is the result of a series of- conferences recently held lietween officials jot the exchange and the leading financial interests of the country. Cablegrams direct -from the commanders of the cruisers North Carolina; arid Tennessee brought word to the navy department-that all was Well aboard these two American warships In the Mediterranean. The dispatches denied that Iilatines or bluejackets had been landed by the North Carolina at Beirut, Syria. The Chinese foreign office has notified the Japanese legation that" It now expects the removal of the Japanese military railroad and the telephone and telegraph lines In" Shantung province in the vicinity of Klao-chau. Tslng-tao having fallen, they are no longer needed. The Chicago Clearing. House Committee has voted to call in .for cancellation the 2,355,000 clearing house certificates .which have been in use since the money crjsjs at the outbreak -of the lCuropeaii war. Washington learns that Gen. Villa is preparing to attack Tamplco. He is -making his base at San Luis Potosi, which was occupii-d -without the firing of a shot. The populace welcomed-Villa with open arms. Three hundred ostriches stampeded from an ostrich ranch JiCar Phoenix, Ariz., and swarined over a carriage driven by- Mrs.-L. D. -Rbsseau, instantly killing the wonian and both of the horses she was driving. Eight hundred thousand dollars has been spent by the federal government in fighting the foot and mouth, disease, .according to dispatches from Washington. The appropriation has been exhausted. Despite the profit-sharing plan, the Pord Automobile compauy surplus increased from 8,000,000 to 8,000,000 during the last year. Cash ou hand increased from 3,000,000 to 7,000,000.
