St. Louis Post-Dispatch
August 4, 1913

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tch “Wants” rg nag Advertising—Ex- Two or Three and Often ALL of Its Competitors Combined. LOUIS POST-DISP Only Evening Paper in St. Louis With the Associated Press News Service. ae P.-D. Want Ads Bring Answers. VOL. 65. NO. 349. OT: LOUIS, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 4, 1913-14 PAGES. a va [FAIR AND NOT MUCH CHANGE IN TEMPERATURE a. m, csoescrecsee 2p ™m. eee eee eeeae Yesterday’s Temperatures. High. .06 at 5 p. m. Low. .74 at 6 a. m. “Are you going to turn out and help en Good Castro has come back, a la Napoleon. Ss. Osgood Pell, | Pell, His. Chauf- feur, and William Laim- beer Meet Death on Long Beach’ Road; Mrs. Laim- beer, Former Nathalie Schenck, Is Seriously Hurt. ACCIDENT DESCRIBED BY W. K. VANDERBILT JR No Gates, No Bell, Watch- - man Off Duty, Electric Coaches Without Lights, When Crash at Crossing Is Heard in the Dark. By Leased Wire From the New York reau of the Post-Dispatch. NEW YORK, Aug. 4.—S. Osgood Pell, & millionaire real estate operator and’ socief¥Y man, and his chauffeur, Charles : Gambean, were killed; William Laim- _ Ybeer, a broker and society man, was so badly injured that he died today, and Mrs. Laimbeer, who was the beautiful Nathalie Schenck Collins, was serious- ly but not mortally hurt, at Long Beach, last nigny, when an eight-car electric rain struck the Pell automobile. William K. Vanderbilt Jr., driving a roadster, with Mrs. S. Osgood Pell at his side, was behind the Pell-car. He and Mrs. Pell heard the crash. He alighted in the dark, ran forward, saw aa " dead bodies of Pell and the chauf- _ feur, then returned to his automobile i eee “and took Mrs. Pell to the Hotel Nassau _ lobby where she learned what had hap- pened and swooned in Vanderbilt’s arms. Despite the fact that daily and espec- flally Sunday thousands of motor cars _ @roess the tracks at Long Beach road about ea mile from the Long Beach sta- tion of the Long Island, there are no “gates and there is no bell to give warn- , pwaerpeoning reine. The single ad gov ‘el off ‘duty’ apett' fils abes when the tragedy oc- the man frem Ca- rondeiet,. “What's that?’ said the Walnut Park mah, “Why, haven't you read hew the Governor has called on all the men in the State to get out and work on the roads, and has called . the Governor of Kansas over to help him run a4 drag?’ **‘Doesn’t interest 4 = |}eme, When we men in Walnut. Park oat a day off, we'd rath- er turn out and help the United Rail- ways Co. finish fixing the Union line, We are riding on three dinky cars now to get to where the regular car starts.” Official forecast for . Loufiaz and vicinity: Fair tonight and Tuesday; not much change in temperature. Migsouri—Fair tonight and Tuesday; warm- er in extreme north portion tonight. Iilinois—Fair tonight and probably Tues- day; slightly warmer in north portion: Stage of the river: 8.7 feet; a fall of .1 of a foot. PRESIDENT IN WHITE SETS CAPITAL FASHION Cabinet Members and Other Of- ficials Follow Wilson’s Lead in Hot Weather Attire. WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.—President Wilson recently wolked from the White House to his office, dressed in a pair ef white canvas shoes with rubber soles, white duck trousers, a white crash coat, white shirt, white tie and a white straw hat. The next day three of the Cabinet officers— Secretary of State Bryan, Secretary of Navy Daniels and Secretary of War Garrison—appearing in white or light brown, almost white. And the a as either duck, “ rer, » A few days later one or two. other Cabinet officers appeared in tropical climate attire. . Postmaster-Geneéral Burleson did not wear white exactly; he got himself three or four suits of blue and white striped seersucker. Secretary of Labor Wilson called -t the White House in a crash suit. Now nearly all the men in Wash- ington wear either white suits or white trousers and darker coats, but it is all lightweight material. WASHINGTON HAS ITS FIRST JAGLESS SUNDAY "Sey utatie Heard in Dark. E FR der of the accident say that the cars of the train were unlighted ' The sound of a whistle blowing was heard, but it is declared that the train - eame along in absolute darkness and - ould not be seen. It is the habit of gt * members of the crew, as the train ap- \# proaches the end of its route, Long : switch out the lights In the a peda have emptied. Some witnesses - ay one or two cars were ‘ighted; oth- ers deciare that all the cars were in @arkness. None could say positively _ Whether the headlight of the train was Not an Arrest Made for Drunk- eness as Result of Rigid New Excise Law. WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.—The national capital awakened today to find that in the 31 hours from midnight Saturday to 7 o’clock this morning it had been a ‘“jagless’’ town. Not one arrest for drunkenness had been made in that time and the Police Court docket was a lonesome sight. The new and rigid ex- cise law passed by Congress was re- sponsible for the wave of Sabbath purity. ‘‘Where are the prisoners?’”’ demanded Police Judge Pugh when he ascended the bench today. “There ain’t none, yer Honor,” said the bailiff, almost sadly. “We ain’t got geo much as a plain drunk.” The record, so far as the police have been able to ascertain, is unparalleled. _ Mr, and Mrs. Pell motored over wen! their country home at Westbury to the ' Laimbeer home early in the day and ' took Mr. and Mrs. Laimbeer and the ps 2 children, George, 8 Laimbeer by a . former marriage; Nathalie, two and a “ balf years old, and Josie, four months ' Toward evening they returned to the | Laimbeer home, at Hempstead, left the - children, and motored over to dinner at _ the Trouville at Long Beach, where they Were joined by William K. Vanderbilt Jr. Just before 10 o'clock Pell and Van- de ordered their cars. Mrs. Pell 4 Peli and the Laimbeers got in the Hmousine with Gambean, the - Parade of Motor Curs, ihc. was a big parade of homebound motor ears along the Long Beach road, and one or two cars got in between the and Vanderbilt cars, the Pell car ing. in front. There is evidence that the whistle et; the approaching train was heard, BAND CONCERTS TONIGHT Benton Park, Poepping’s Band. Hyde Park, Vogel’s Band, 7 to 10 o'clock. Reads day? asked | Palm EA. —- ROMANCE IN BANK STEALS HEART OF WIDUWED JANITOR Fair Depositor, 35, and War Veteran, 74, Have a Story- Book Courtship. OFFICIALS OUTWITTED When They Object to Woman’s Calls on Phone, the Two Get Married. Officials of the First Nationa] Bank of Jerseyville have been taught once and for all that practice in clipping coupons does not at all qualify them for clipping the tender shoots of romance, most especially those burgeoning in the bosom ; T0 NEW YORK 10 Declares Missing “Jimmy” Hur- ley, Rich St. Louisan, Is Await- ing Her There. DENIAL FOR M. J. HURLEY Her Brother, Baron Kalinowski, Who Is With Her, Likens Re- porters to Mosquitoes. The Baroness Ursula Barbara von pursuit of her mysterious fiance, James’ MELT HIER FIANCE ‘ BARONESS STARTS barsoeie Who Asserts She Is to Wed ‘Jimmy’ Hurley of St. Louis Kalinowski of Wiesbaden, Germany, in, ‘ Hurley, packed her trunks and grips at ' the Jefferson Hotel Monday and started : for New York! on a noon train. “It is all right now,’’ said the Baron- ef a man of 74, who has once been &@!ess through an interpreter, just before soldier. The teacher is Eli Walker, the bank’s janitor. Eli allowed, by jimminy Christ- mas, he’d show them they couldn't in- terfere with the heart affairs of a man who fought and bled for liberty when the officials were packing around nur- sery bottles. And he did. Romance From the Start. If the beginning of Eli’s romance had been planned by a best-seller fiction, | The identity of the Hurley in search | writer it could not have been done more happily. The lacerations of widowerhood had begun to heal in his breast when, ‘one day as he was at work in the bank, Mrs. Edith Mason came in to make an addition to her savings account. Mrs. Mason, 36, handsome. and a divorcee, Was employed as househeeper for Wal- ter Leigh, head clerk in the postoffice. Eli cleared a desk for her, or brought a chair, or did some similar service, and Mrs. Mason flashed a smile of gratitude at him. The veteran's shoulders straight- ened, his heels clicked at attention and he acknowledged the smile with a court- | ly bow ofthe. early ’60s. It began just thet way. But Eli was not one of those impetuous wooers who deprive themselves of the joys of a courtship which flows along placidly, ever growing deeper, sweeter, as winter laughed and said: ishe departed. “I have found him. He is in the Holland House in New York, and I am going there to marry him.” The happiness of the Baroness was in striking contrast to the indignation of her brother, Baron Heinrich Eidmann von Kalinowski, who waved his arms ‘when reporters appeared, and said: “In ' St. Louis and reporters who are like mosquitoes.” Identity of Fiance in Doubt. of whom the Baroness and her brother came to St. Louis has heretofore been a mystery. On her arrival in New York about a month ag», the Baroness said that the man she was to marry was James Hurley, a wealthy railroad pro- moter in the Third National Bank Build- ing, St. Louis. Michael James Hurley, a bachelor, agent for a paint company, is the only man of that family name who has an’ office in the Third National Bank Build- ing. When asked if Michael Hurley was her fiance, the Baroness, dropping for a mo- ment into English exclaimed: “What is that—Michael?’’ When the name was repeated to her with its German pronunciation she “No, the name of the merging into spriny and spring ripening man I am to marry is Jimmy.” into full summer. He took his time. Wooing in the Gloaming. Every evening when done he went to his home, put on_ his "started out to visit the ‘object of ‘his affections. He invariably made two stops on the way. The first was to get a bunch of flowers. The second was to get a bucket of ice cream. At the gate of the Leigh home, Mrs. Mason would meet him. hand her the flowers with a bow and she would receive them with a smile. When the weather was pleasant, they would find a certain bit of Jawn under | a huge elm tree. There they would smell the flowers and eat the ice cream and converse, unmindful of neighbors who occasionally smiled at them from. beyond the hedge. Bank Officials Object. Things might have gone on this way indefinitely, but for the officers of the bank. One day, after Mrs. Mason had telephoned twice or three times to her admirer, one of them curtly notified her she could not use the bank phone ex- cept for matters of business with the in- stitution. When Eli went to see her that night, he carried the customary bouquet and ice cream. But his face was stern, he looked neither to the right nor left, his whole bearing betokened determination and defiance. What he said to Mrs. Mason is not Known, but the result of it is: Saturday night he and Mrs. Mason called on Judge Pogue and were married. | about her his work was | Then in German she told a few things *“Jimmy.’’- He is rich—yes—very rich, and the rea- gon she did not meet him in New York When she arrived there was that there was some—what you call it?—mix-up in telegrams. She left New York Friday night, not knowing that he had sent ‘her a message that he was on his way there. He would | Walker took his bride to his own home. Lightning Hits Ducks in Pond. WILMINGTON, Del., Aug. 4.—Lfght- ning hit a pond at the Zoolpgical Gar- den and sent such a charge of elec- tricity into the water that eight ducks that were swimming in the pond were killed. The ducks on the shore wore not injured. a arena ES but apparently the Pell chauffeur got : odio of the train. The car moved @irectly in the way of the train. The Bpeed of the train was so great that, when it struck the big automobile, it garried the c: ished and wrecked ma- ' chine along the track for 150 feet be- fore the motorn.1n was able to stop. For over 6 full years 331 consecutive Sundays All four persons in the car were flung the air. Pell and the chauffeur _ ‘Were tossed nearly 20 feet. Mr. and Mrs. -. Laimberr were found unconscious. Pell’s head was crushed. and his limbs were ». The chauffeur was nearly de- ‘tated. Laimberr suffered a frac- of the skull, and w s taken to the f Hospital a* Hempstead. Mrs. Laimbeer’s injuries were a broken lar bone, a fracture of the right leg and a depression of the skull. Her phy- ‘sician said he believed she had a good ee fighting chance for her life. Bet Vanderbilt Heard Crash. William 4, Vanderbilt Jr.. after the Sunday newspaper in proached it. ng. Pa the Sunday POST-DISPATCH has led all other St. Louis newspapers in the volume of business carried. This is an unparalleled record. No other metropolitan nited States hag ever ap. On last Sunday, aenibe! 3d, the count was as follows: pasi-lispaich, 224 Cals, Globe-Democrat, 169 Republic ... on 186 THE REASON: + leeletzt if | — Ser ; ay é' b3 y F “ Aa ft Average circulation first seven months, 1913: 192,670 ca a iy | |} with any business of any kind.” At Michael J. Hurley's office surprise, Narrowly Explains Failure to Meet Her. The Baroness also explained why Hur- ley did not meet her in New York when she arrived there from Germany a month ago. ‘He was very ill in the Mullanphy Hospital in St. Louis,”’ she said. ““‘When he got well he wrote letters and sent telegrams explaining it all. He got out of the hospital last Tuesday.’’ At the office of Michael James Hurley, in the Third National Bank Building, a Post-Dispatch reporter was told that Hurley was in the Mullanphy Hospital a month and was discharged as cured last Tuesday. His ailment was diag- nosed as a nervous breakdown. The first symptoms were noted a short time after the Baroness and her brother land- ed in New York. It was also learned that Hurley was in Europe in July, 1912, at the time when the Baroness says she met her ‘“‘James.’’ Since the arrival of the Baroness in New York, Hurley has added to the mystery by making evasive answers to all questions touching on rumors of his engagement to her. As to her meeting with her “Yimmy’”’ in Paris, the Baroness is equalty reti- cent. Tells About Courtship, ‘‘We were stopping at the same ho- tel,” she said. “We met. He was very nice. He asked me to marry him, and I said ‘yes.’ Now, I‘have come across the ocean to be married.”’ The Baroness says her “Jimmy’’. told her that he was the promoter or owner of big railroad systems in South Ameri- ca, and that they would go there for their honeymoon. now,” | to Buenos Ayres. | we shall live in America, ‘No! “But I shall not go to South America said the Baroness. “I ghall re- main in New York and Jimmy will go When he comes back | In St. Louis? Here it is too hot and the rooms are too small.” The Baroness refused to go into de- ‘tails as to her family or the proofs of ‘her title. When questions along this line were put to her, she seemed un- ‘able to fully understand them, but she ‘pointed to letters scattered over a dress- ‘ing table. were addressed to the Most All Baron or Baroness Kalinowski. are two nuisances—the heat —— ; THE BARONESS URSULA BARBARA YON pee GIRL BETS ON A BALL GAME, LOSES; MARRIES WINNER Pittsburg Rooter Keeps Vow to Chicagoan When Team Is Defeated. “i CHICAGO, Aug. 4.—Paul Pickard Jr. bounced in on his parents at the Vir- ginia Hotel Saturday night and intro- duced them to his wife. His parents were astonished, For several years his escapades, wine suppers and attendance a* stage doors, furnished amusement to his friends. Two months ago Picard Sr. decided his son had his full fling and sent him to New York to forget ‘‘peacock alley”’ and its environs. Hgre is Picard’s story: “A week ago I met a crowd of good fellows at the Knickerbocker in New York. We went to see the Giants pla, the Pirates. I was introduced to the prettiest girl I ever saw. She was root- of them bore foreign stamps and post- SEVEN-TON GRADER RUNS marks. Asked if she had ever been on the stage, the Baroness replied: “No, never. I have nothing to do was expressed at the Baroness’ state- ment that Hurley was in New York. The St. Louis Hurley’s employes un-. business. He ‘as on an early train Monday, but had not arrived up to the time the Baroness de- parted. The description of her Jimmy given by the Baroness was said to fit the St. Louis Hurley in several details. U. S. JOB FOR MEXICO MAN WASHINGTON, Aug: 4—Senator ; cone and Speaker Clark called at the White House today and recommended to President Wilson the appointment of nm P. Warden of Mexico, Mo., as Min- ister -to Bolivia. | | derstood that he was in the West on. .xpected to return) _ urday and ran wild down a hill a quar- ing for the Pittsburg and in fun I said: ‘If the Giants win will you marry me?’{? She said ‘Yes,’ and the game went on. | GIRL HURT IN AUTO. {SUES HOST, LEARNS}. NAME AFTER YEAR Katherine Barry, 18, Says She Was Injured for Life in Acci- dent in County in 1912. Miss Katherine Barry, 18 years old, of 3414 Clark avenue, through her attorney, George D. Little, Monday filed suit for $15,000 against Benjamin F. Aufderheide Jr., a 20-year-old Washington University student, and his father, Benjamin F. Aufderhelde, a wealthy resident of Dav- enpofty¢' Io. Miss Barry alleges that she. was maimed for life in an automobile acci- dent when she and a girl friend were riding in an automobile driven by young Aufderheide in St. Louis County at 1 a. m. June 21, 1912. She says the ma- chine was owned by the elder Aufder- helde, and lent by him to his son for his use while a student at the university. At the time of the accident the name f the driver of the machine was not learned, and his identity was only. dis- ‘“Marquard was pitching and New York ; ©°Vered recently by Attorney Little after won, 2 to 0 Then we all went to the College Inn for dinner. I ordered wine an investigation of more than a year. In her petition Miss Barry sets forth for the last toast, and then I asked them} that as a result of the accident the liga- all to drink to my bride-to-be. The funny part of it was I had to ask her name, but I was determined-that I was going to get married. ‘Stella--I was calling her ‘Peggy’—said it was all a joke, but I insisted. She had made a bet and lost and she was too good a fellow to welch, so next morning we went to the little church around the corner and then Mr. and Mrs. Picard Jr. went back to the Knick- erbocker. “Papa is all right. He’s a brick. Moth- er is still a little surprised, but she’ll like her new daughter-in-law, all right. I have send word to the bunch that I’m through and I’m going to work.” Young Picard recently inherited a for- tune from his grandparents’ estate in France, but the balance is said to be small as a result of trips about the country with various musical comedy companies. The bride is Miss Stella Griffin, said to be a niece of E. J. Higbee of Lake Geneva. WILD DOWN ALTON HILL Misses Street Car, Wrecks Lamp Posts and Nearly Hits Two Buggies. A seven-ton steam grader got beyond the control of its engineer in Alton Sat- ter of a mile. Before it stopped it nar- rowly missed striking a street car filled with passengers, wrecked several lamp posts and trees and came nvar colliding with two buggies, occupied by women and children. | The grader is owned by Riley Wolf, and had been used at the Od Ridge Cemetery. When Wolf guided the ma- chine out into the road, preparatory to taking it to Granite City, the clutch failed to’ work. Wolf stayed on the machine until it came © a standstill at the bottom of the bi" ments of her left leg were so badly torn ‘that it will be necessary for her to use , crutches for the rest of her life. She is the daughter of Thomas Barry, a paver. Miss Barry and three girl friends were at West End Heights on the night of the accident, she alleges, when Aufderheide and two other young men drove up in a Seven-passenger touring car. Two of the girls with Miss Barry knew the young men with Aufderheide, and intro- ductions followed. Aufderheide offered to take. the girls to their homes in his machine. Afte: two of the girls, one living on King’s highway and the other on Rutger street,’ had been taken home, Aufderhelde and the other young men, according to the petition, proposed a ride through St. Louis County. Miss Barry says she objected and begged them to take her home, but that she and her girl com- panion were prevailed on to take the county ride. When the machine was running west on Olive street road near Chesterfield it capsized. In her petition, Miss Barry Says the machine turned over . three times and that she was pinioned under it in such a way that the frame of the wind shield cut the ligaments of her left lee just above the knee. After spending six months in a hos- p:.al, she says, she had to return there and remain an additional five weeks GIRL RUNS AN ELEVATUR PITTSBURG, Pa., Aug. 4—Residents. of the Forbes Apartments in Oakland discovered today when they entered the elevator that a woman was at the lever. Miss Jeanne Beatte, a Forbes employe, had assumed the duties of elevator oper- ator. A man who entered the car and was at first considerably perturbed, showed re- lief as he left the car at the first floor. and remarked as Miss Beatte took the car up: “Another exampie of the upward trend of woman.” ye Sere ge Oe gars PRM OB BOR OM eee Ser ey CMBR Wh) 8, he eT + PRICE ONE CENT EDITION ¥ SPORTS PRESIDENT EIS ENVOY WILSON OUT pe Rl steels, te & a ‘\ ~ 3 1 ge y al %, ad ¥ . Wag Hut. 1, Sas e) ‘ ' wn may oa ie ‘4 A amr Me) BAe ote : = MR se OR ae " 4 ry f ‘* " . Oe ae we ‘ ” 3 } (ax OU Pe ty 4 § ap E> st Se rise iy 7 Pe >. ie aie eeaiieiaah ‘ 4 ‘é . ey ae My at pt aon ¥ he eee ee. ~ aE ae Aaiiie 4) 7 oe Pee. a ee eS wie DP det ’ “_ o » . sf p A on re } G "% WP ae & é : ‘ Tats ee r . i ¢ rede ae ‘ = a p > «e edn Fa . ta A, 58 oe eee *) ‘ « é - hy +i pape’ > Se > e w ef 2b Phe ig as S stake ee han 2. “3 Re jen i z ee * 4 } ¥ ¢ d pe s* i " WITHOUT PRAIS ie i: Secretary Points Out Ambassador, Out of Sympathy With Administration, Hardly Could Be Sent Back. - ENVOY, REFUSED PRAISE, ~~ CLASHES WITH SUPERIOR ‘Bryan Goes to President With Such Request, | but Returns Without Comfort for Ambassa- . dor, Who Then Says Administration Is Actuated by Highest Motives. By Associuted Press. ~“h, WASHINTON, Aug. 4.—Secretary Bryan today announced the acceptance of the resignation of Henry Lane Wilson as AG bassador to Mexico. He made the following statement: a ‘‘Ambassador Wilson’s resignation has been accepted, to effect Oct. 14. The part which he felt it his duty to take in ‘ earlier stages of the recent revolution in Mexico would make’ ft difficult for him to represent the views of the present administra- tion, in view of the situation which now exists.”’ The Ambassador in the ordinary prac- tice is entitled to_60 days leave exclusive of Sundays, which accounts for the fix- ing of the date of Oct. 14, in the an- nouncement. Meantime no appointment can be made of a successor, a8 a vacancy will not exist until that date. Conse- quently, the American Embassy in Mex- ico will remain in charge of Secretary O'Shaughnessy, corresponding in status with the Mexican embassy in the City Aue Washington, which is now conducted STP asia Ex The announcement sawaua a cong geo erice -with Secretary Bryan to which Wilson had been called from New York by telegraph. Earlier Wilson broadly in- timated that he expected his resignation would be accepted almost any time and pointed out that he had tendered it three times since March 4 The resignation will be followed by an announcement of policy toward Mexico, by President Wilson. No intimation of what the announcement would be was permitted to leak out, but there were assurances that armed intervention was out of the question, and there were rea- sons for believing the announcement would deal with this Government's at- titude toward exports of arms to Mex- ico. , Ambassador Wilson, after a short con- ference with Secretary Bryan, said he had not finished discussing the subject before them, and would resume later to- day. He had expected, he sald, that the resignation would be accepted, but in such a way as to not constitute any reflection on his diplomatic record. Served in Other Countries. H. L. Wilson became Ambassador to Mexico in 1900, after diplomatic service in Chile, Bélgium and Greece. He for- werly had been engorged in law and LDanking in Spokane, Wash. Whiie Am- bassador to Mexica he was surrounded by a succession of stormy political events, beginning with the abdication of Porfirio Diaz, and in the uprising againet Madero which resulted in that rule:’s death: née took a prominent part as dean of the Mexican dipiomatic corps in Lringing about peace between Felix Diaz and Hueta. He was alternately praised and condemneu for his part in that. Charges of partisanship were made ugainet hum to the State Departmen: When the Ambassador was recalled frrm Mexice City, less than a month aze, fur consultation,’ as the officia: anrouncement went, it was predicted freely that he would not return. There r edictious were strengthened in diplo- matic circles by the free manner 'n which he publicly discussed political conditions in Mexico. In his confer- ences with President Wlison, Seretary Bryan and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Wilson openely advocated at least a restricted recognition of the Huerta Government and other measures to which the administration was op- posed unalterably. When that became known it was certain that the accept- ance of his resignation was only @ mat- ter of time. “I belleve the President and the Sec- retary of State in the consideration are actuated by the highest patriotism, and with the best- intentions to both coun- tries. I am unaware what solution of the existing situation is proposed, but I trust it will be found satisfactory. ee tt oe ig tf er ‘ 3) SSF 2 ter H. L. WILSON SHOWS RECENT LETTER TAFT, INDORSING HIM WASHINGTON, Aug. 4: bas ENRY LANE WILSON . today gave out the fol . lowing letter which he had received. from former Pres: | 1 ident Taft, June 29, 1913: ; ‘“My Dear Mr. Wilson—You were Ambassador of the Unit- ed States to Mexico during the most trying times that the peo- ple of Mexico have passed through and during a period — when the relations between us | and Mexico were ¢o tly being subjected to a serious strain. I have great pleasure in expressing my high approval * of your zealous and courageous © efforts in the protection of © American interests, and, in- — deed, the interest of foreign . governments generally during the critical period of Mexican ~ disorders. No one can under- — stand the difficulties of your position and the exceptional excellency of the work you did, © who is not familiar with the | constantly changing circum- ~ stances of the situation and ~ the variety of the ae : om ; which you had to meet, : ‘*You have my full sion to publish this rane Sincerely yours, ‘*‘WILLIAM H. TAFT.’’ his post on the occasion of various emergencies, and that some mention should be made approving his Secretary Bryan carried the suggestion to the President, but on returning further conference with the am dor, announced the resignation in tually the same form as agreed early in the day, though special pro- vision was made for the protection of the Ambassadors personal effects in Mexico City during his absence. 4 & When Ambassador Wilson was leaving the White House on his way to the dtaw —