St. Louis Post-Dispatch
May 11, 1916

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OAS #h ew | a a of the Service in .- Next Sunday’s Post-Dispatch 8000 offers of Employment, More | Bee " For Rent, For Sale, ant rectors Sunday. United ‘States Secret | Only Evening Paper in St Louis With Associated Pies News Service. Business etc., in the Big VOL. 68. NO. 265. ST. LOUIS, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 11, 1916—24. PAGES. BERLIN’ RESENTS TONE OF NOTE, BUT TENSION [5 PAST Crisis Regarded as Being Over for Present, and Situation . —losed. NO REPLY TO BE MADE, Declared That Germany Did Not Intend to Attach Condi- tions to Its Concessions. By KARL H. VON WIEGAND. A staff Co ndent of the Post- Dispatch and om New York World. (Copyright. 1916, by Press Pub. Co.) BERLIN, May 10, via Amsterdam and London, May 11—President Wilson’s prompt reply to the German note was delivered by Ambassador Gerard per- sonally to Herr von Jagow at 1 o’clock today. The Ambassador and the For- eign Secretary talked over it for half an hour. Germany will not answer or formally acknowledge its receipt. It is not un- derstood that any answer is required, fn view of the tone of the note. With the admission and acceptance of responsibil- ity for the attack on the Sussex, the immediate crsis created by President Wilson's note is considered here as being ended. The public already is aware of the contents of the note from a Reuter text published in the press this morning. At the same time Germany’s admission of blame in the Sussex case was made known through the press. U. 8S. Note to Be Ign The tone of the American note is deep- ly resented in many quarters, but will be ignored. The tone ts regarded as being unnecessarily and deliberately ‘harp and brusque, to a point almost of being offensive to the sense of pride of a nation. It is declared that the tone manifested in President Wilson’s last two notes is not such as generally is used by one great nation to another, and that it has confirmed in the minds of the Ger- man people that President Wilson and Secretary Lansing are hopelessly un- just and one-sided in their standpoint of the European war; intensely preju- diced and an hte Ge ; and that the German people can expect neither justice nor fair treatment from the Washington Government: Not a few see in the last notes a tone of “self-constituted supreme judge of the world.”’ These are the views expressed today in quarters high and low. It is stated that the expectation ex- pressed in German notes that Wash- ington would be consistent and proceed impartially against all warring powers in insisting upon respect for the rights of Americans and the observance of international law, was not a condition ‘* Ge>:-any’s concession, nor intended to be construed as such, but that the German people did have the moral right in the bitter struggle for existence to expect from the neutral Washington Government’ the same consideration as accord England. British Note Cited. Stress is laid upon the statement in the British answer to President Wil- son's protest on the violation of Amer- man rights and the nonobservance of international law in the mail blockade questions, to “‘methods of warfare have changed,’’ which, it is declared, ap- pears to find acceptance with Presi: dent Wilson and Secretary Lansing, but for which no hearing or understanding is found when advanced by Germany. Newspaper comment up to noon showed restraint and reserve. Despite the deep undercurrent of re- sentment there is much satisfaction ti.at the crigis is ended and the situation closed. Many who profess to see in President Wilson's two notes a provoc- ative tone, however, are not quite easy in their minds about the future. Both consolation and satisfaction are found in the bitter disappointment seen in the French and English press over the outcome. There were some anxious hours yes- terday when the first news of the Cym- ric was received, briefly stating that it had been torpedoed and sunk. There were no details. There was great relief today when dispatches came quoting the Journal of Commerce that no lives had been lost. Vive lives were lost on the Cymric. No passengers were carried and n> American was on board. BERLIN’S LATEST NOTE EXPECTEDTO END SUSSEX CASt Ries REE WASHINGTON, May 1—It is indi- cated at the State Department that the statement in the German note received yesterday that the submarine command- “es who torpedoed the steamer Sussex nad been punished would be accepted and the Sussex case considered closed, except for arranging for the payment of indemnities of the several citizens of the Unjted States who were hurt. There probably will be no attempt to negotiate for the indemnities or for final settle- ment of the Lusitania and other cases pending, however, until sufficient time has elapsed to indicate how the American note was received in Berlin and whether the new submarine = : mn ne lived up to. INSETTLED TONIGHT AND TOMORROW; TO BE COOL THE Seo anenligee gale ama .. 72 Tt a, m oT 12 (noon, Humidity at 7 a. m. today, 34 per Official fore- t for St. Louis and vicinity: Un- last | ? NE REE NR RE TENE ECE RE A ETN Ce I TONE eR ~~ eettled weather tonight and Fri- jimys continued cool. Missouri — Un- isettled weather tonight and Fri- day; probably showers in south and west central portions; contin- ued cool. Illinois — Partly cloudy tonight and Friday; probably showers in extreme south portion; continued cool. Stage of the river: 21.9 feet; a fall of .6 of a foot. WASTE PAPER IN SCHOOLS BRINGS ABOUT $200 A WEEK Sale of Discarded Publications Col- lected by Pupils Goes to Teach- ers’ Pension Fund. The high price of waste paper, caused by the general rise recently in price of Paper stock, is adding substantially to the funds of the Board of Education and of the Teachers’ Benevolent Association. The teachers’ fund is being added to from the sale of old newspapers’ brought to school each day by the children, while the Board of Education gets the pro- ceeds of the sale of the waste paper picked up in the schoolrooms at the close of each day. Since April 27, the date when the chil- dren were asked to begin bringing a newspaper a day to school, the schools have sold 40,000 pounds of old newspa- pers at an average price of 47 cents a hundred pounds. This would make the value of the paper sold approximately $188. Superintendent of Instruction Blew- ett said this morning that reports from the schools indicated there is at least 40,000 pounds more paper in the schools which has not yet been sold. At this rate the value of the paper collected in about two weeks would be nearly $400. This money is added to the fund from which the Teachers’ Benevolent Associa- tion pays $15 a month to —— retired because of age. LINEN SHOES VIENNA FASHION Leather Supplies Are Confiscated for Military Purposes. VIENNA, May il.—lLinen shoes have become the fashion for spring and sum- mer in Vienna this year on account of the confiscation of the leather supplies for military purposes. The linen shoes are being made in lMght colors, white, light brown and :rown, and a variety of other shades. They are said to be strong and com- fortable and cost but $3.00 a pair, as compared with the $8.00 at which leather shoes are priced. WHITE WHALE SHOES FOR WOMEN Beluga Skins Being Used in the New Styles. SEATTLE, May ‘i.—Ven tons of skins of the Beluga, or white whale, received from Bering Sea are being shipped from Seattle to Eastern shoe factories t>» be made into the white shoes now sO popular among young women. The Beluga abounds in Bering Sea and Cook Inlet and the new fashion has stimulated the hunt’ ; of the ani- mal. Only the inner skin ic used, but it is so thick that four sheets of thin leather may be obtained by splitting. Glove factories als“ are seeking Beluga ekins. VAUGHAN WILL NOT TAKE PLACE ON POLICE BOARD Virtually Refuses Appointment in Letter; Major Announces He Will Not Insist. WILLIAMS STILL MEMBER, Resignation Not Yet Accepted, Governor Says, and Will Not Be for Present. eemeemmmcee: gael By a Staff Correspondent of the Post- Dispatch. JEFFERSON CITY, May 11.—Gov. Major told newspaper correspondents today that Norman Vaughan had writ- ten him a letter in which he practically ceclined to accept appointment as Po- lice Commissioner of St. Louis because of tre publication in the newspapers of the fact that he had been convicted of rransiaughter for the killing of Hayden Loring. The Governor said the resignation of Commissioner Charles P. Williams had not Leen accepted and that the situs- tion would remain as it is at present. “IT think the chances are 100 to 1 that Mr. Vaughan will not accept,” Gov. Major said. “In fact, I have a letter from him, written after the publication of the facts in connection with the manslaughter case, in which Mr. Vaughan expressed the fear that the publicity given the matter might affect his efficiency in the Police Department, Land I have decided to let the matte: rest where it is.. The resignation of Commissioner WilHams is on my desk, but has not been accepted. Even if he should refuse to act, there are four commissioners left who are able to take care of the work.” Gov. Major reiterated the statement which he made to a Post-Dispatch re- porter in St. Louis Tuesday night, that he did not know of Vaughan’s convic- tiot for manslaughter when he an- nounced that he would appoint him to the Police Board. “T had an idea—I don’t know where I got it,” said the Governor, “that Veughan had killed a man years ago, but the fact that he had been indicted ane convicted was news to me when published in the newspapers.” That the Governor adheres to his pol- fly of appointing “original Major men orly,”” and will ‘select one of his po- litical friends to fill the vacancy on the Police Board, was indicated in his interview on the Vaughan appointment, wien he said: ‘‘When I learned of Williams’ resig- nition I began casting about among my friends in St. Louis for a suitable man to fill the vacan *. I remembered Vaughan's able service as a member of the Panama Exposition Commission and I decided to surprise him wiih the ap- pointment."’ Gov. Major also said Williams wanted to resign from the Police Board two years ago, but agreed to continue in the office at the Governor’s personal solict- tation. Vaughan Tells What He Wrote to Governor in His Letter. Vaughan told a Post-Dispatch re- porter he had written a letter to tue Governor, in which he said he did not care to take the place if the publishing of a misstatement as to his record in the Post-Dispatch would embarrass ‘ne administration. The Post-Dispatch in one edition erroneously said that Vaughan was serving time in the peni- tentiary when pardoned by Gov. Folk. rie was at liberty under an appeal and never entered the penitentiary. The popular investment—the double flat—ih any part of town you may choose to live, is among the Home of: fers in the Post-Dispatch real estate columns - 7 = earried but alone, 50 Cols. bl Al Last S New Foreign Record Yesterday (Wednesday) the POST-DISPATCH estab- lished a new week-day record when it carried 49 Cols. ‘of Foreign Advertising. All 4 of the other St. Louis newspapers added together 44 Cols. POST-DISPATCH alone beat the Globe-Democrat, Re- public, Times and Star combined 5 Cols. National advertisers, as well as St. Louis advertisers, are fully cognizant ‘of the Pulling-Power. of the POST-DISPATCH in its territory. Count of the Home Merchants’ space bought yesterday : POST-DISPATCH _ Three out of all of the other papers combined, 54 Cols. The POST-DISPATCH is the logical choice for both Foreign and Home advertising. CIRCULATION: pede esicun sil siuses iss BOB OI0 | unday o. Average Daily Last Week............215,229 | PANAMA CANAL SUBMARINE BASES ASKED FOR AT ONCE Congress Requested to Appropriate $2,955,306, to Be Available Immediately. WASHINGTON, MAY 11 desierarien Daniels and Baker and the Panama Canal authorities have joined in a rec- ommendation to Congress for an ap- propriation of $2,955,306 for submarine bases at the Panama Canal, to be im- mediately available. “The Secretary of the Navy thinks it most important that these submarine bases be established at the earliest practicable date,’’ Secretary Baker ad- vised the House. OR. LIEBKNECHT I$ DENIED POSTPONEMENT OF HIS TRIAL Reichstag Committee Says Socialist Arranged Demonstration When Crowd Cried “Down With Kaiser.” BERLIN, via London, May 11.—The Business Committee of the Reichstag has declined to consider an urgent mo- tion by the Socialists to postpone the trial of Dr. Kar] Liebknecht and to sus- pend his arrest until after the ad- journment of the Reichstag. The Social- ists claimed parliamentary immunity for Dr. Liebknecht. Herr von Payer, the reporter of the committee, read official documents in which Dr. Liebknecht admitted partic- ipation in a peace demonstration, but denied that he was guilty of treason. Herr von Payer gave the following ac- count of the arrest: “On May 1, Dr. Liebxnecht partici- pated in a peace demonstration in Pottsdamer Platz. The population be- came excited and shouted: “*Down with he war! Down with the Kaiser’ “Dr. Liebknecht had erranged the en- tire demonstration through his pamph- lets. When arrested he resisted violent- ly, but at last he was knocked -down and overpowered by the police. The ex- cited command threatened to lynch the police, but was dispersed by the mill- tary. There is no doubt that Lieb- knecht by his attitude assisted the enemy.” PLAN BY WHICH BRITISH SOLDIERS MAY PAY DEBTS Advances Will Be Made Up to $10 a Week to Meet Pressing Obligations. LONDON, May 11—The long awaited Government plan for assisting married soldier- to meet their household ex- penses while in the army will soon be made public. According to the morning newspapers, any man, single or mar- ried, will be pérmitted apply for grants. to enable him to meet such liabilities as mortgage, interest, build- ing or furniture installments, rent, taxes, insurance and in the case of married men, expenses of educating children. The assistance granted will in no case exceel $10 weekly. Each application will. be investigated locally by a law) r who will decide on the merits of the case. The Times Says it believes the number of imme- diate ~~-lications will exceed 200,000. GERARD’S SECRETARY WILL RETURN ON “PRIVATE BUSINESS” One Dispatch Said He Was to Report on Ambassador’s Conference With Kaiser. BERLIN, May 11, by wireless to Say- ville.—Joseph C. Grew, secretary of the American embassy in Berlin, will depart shortly for New York on private busi- ness, the Overseas News Agency says. Grew’s father died recently. 7 ~~ The London Daily Express said yester- Gay that Grew had been sent to Copen- hagen by Ambassador Gerard to tele- graph to Washington a report regarding the Ambassador’s recent conferences with Emperor William. It was said un- usual importance was attached to this fact on account of the recent rumors that Germany was considering the initia- tin of peace negotiations, HOW UNITED STATES REGULAR ARMY FORCE IS DISTRIBUTED Mexico and Border Account for 34,. 000; Others in Philippines, Hawall, Alaska, Panama and Porto Rico. WASHINGTON, May 11.—The pres- ent disposition of the United States army is as follows: Continent# United States and Mex- ico—Mobile army, 1923 officers and 34,510 men; Coast artillery corps, 568 officers and 14,775 men. The Philippines—47l’ officers, 13,078 men; Philippine scouts 182 officers and 6933 men. Hawali—299 officers and 9352 men. Panama—189 officers and 6100 men. Porto Rico—38 officers and 683 men. Alaska-—238 officers and 759 men. The concentration in Mexico and on the border accounts for about 34,000 men. There are left in the forts in the United States 13,775 coast artil- lerymen, ohne regiment of cavalry and one company of engineers. MEXICO TO SEIZE PROPERTY OF PRIESTS IN PRIVATE HANDS Receipts Will Be Used to Pay Interter Debt and Guarantee New Paper Moacy. MEXICO CITY, May 11.—A decree will be issued soon previding for the de- nouncing of property belonging to the Catholic clefgy which apparently is in private hands. It is calculated that more than 1,000,000,000 pesos is the value of the properties of priests. The Gov- ernment will use this money to pay the interior debt and to guarantee the new paper money of 600,000,000 pesos that Is beginning now to circulate. All kinds of grounds and buildings belong- ine to the nation that’are not being veed, amounting in vaive to about $4,000,000 in Mex: an gold, will be sold for the same purposes | | i4of the Republican party, HUGHES APPEARS AS PROGRESSIVES HOPE FOR UNITY His Nomination, Bull Moosers Believe, Woulc Bring Har- mony Into Republican Party. ROOSEVELT FIRST CHOn Executive Committee Holds All Day Session—‘“Peace, but Not at Any Price.” By Leased Wire From the New York Bureau of the Post-Dispatch. NEW YORK, May 11.—A majority of the leaders of the Progressive party believe the nomination of Charles £E. Hughes by the Republican national con- vention at Chicazo next month, will be indorsed by the Prug:assives and unite the two parties. if Justico Hughes de- clares his intention to accept and make a statement of principles acceptable to the Bull Moose men. This was the unrecorded conclusion of the leaders of the Progressive par- ty who met yesterday at the national headquarters as the Executive Commit- tee of the organization. There was an all-day discussion of candidates and it was apparent that Justice Hughes, ex- cept only Col. Roosevelt, was the only man all could agree to support. Those present were George W. Per- kins, William Flynn, Walter F. Brown, Harold L. Ickes, William H. Childs, Matthew Hale, Horace S. Wilkinson, E. A. Van Valkenberg, E. H. Hooker, Herbert Knox Smith, William Draper Lewis, Clarence P. Dodge, H. P. Gard- ner and B. F.. Harris. Discussed the Candidates. George W. Perkins was asked whether candidates had been discussed. ‘"Yes,”” he replied, “‘we discussed the relative strength of candidates.’’ When asked who would be acceptable to the Progressives if Col. Roosevelt is not named by the Republicans, and in reply to a specific question in which Elihu Root’s name was mentioned, Perkins said: “IT must decline to answer that ques- tion or to discuss candidates. It would complicate matters for me to do so. ‘We are going to Chicago 1000 strong as are the Republicans. Of course, Col. Roosevelt is our first choice. Talking for myself only, let us suppose he is not acceptable to the Republicans. Then we will ask them who thelr first choice is, en whom they are nearly unanimous. If their man is not agreeable to us, the Republicans will be in a position to men- tion their second choice, and so on. We are willing to be reasonable for the sake of harmony.” It appeared from what Perkins and others sald that the Progressives will mark time until the Republicans nomi- nate. It may be that the nominations will be made simultaneously after an agreement is reached. Some Objection to Hughes. In the discussion objections were raised to Hughes, based partly on the belief that in keeping still he Is playing politics and hurting the Colonel's chances while privately asserting he favors Roosevelt. The Executive Committee met in the Hotel Manhattan and there Col. Roose- velt joined the party. He impressed on his leaders that they must keep faith with the rank and file, who look to them to uphold the principles indorsed in 1912 and at the same time keep faith with these who took literally the Chicago atatement in January that the party will seek peace with honor. Col. Roosevelt refused to make any statement about the meeting. George W. Wickersham, former Attor ney-General, made this statement when asked why he did not sign the indorse- ment of Root: “Tf my signature could make Mr. Root President I would gladly give it, as I regard him as the ablest living Re- publican. However, I do not think that he possesses the confidence of the whole and without that confidence he cannot be elected. “Justice Hughes has that confidence and he appears to be the man who can unite the Republican party and be elect- ed. I deprecate the necessity of going to the Supreme Court for a candidate, but under the circumstances it appears necessary.”’ Want Unity Candidate. Wickersham said the Republicans must nominate someone who can unite all fac- tions, and Hughes appeared to be the only man who could do that. “Tf the nomination is tendered to him at Chicago,” said Wickersham, “I do not see how he can possibly refuse it. His attitude thus far has been scrupu- lously correct. A’‘Justice of the Supreme Court cannot appear as a candidate, but neither a Justice of that court nor any vuther citizen can say that if within a great emergency the people call him as a standard bearer, that call.” A statement issued by the executice committee said: “If the Republican convention is re- sponsive to the patriotic spirit that brought it into being and made it dom- inant for half a century, it will meet this crisis in a spirit of broad pa- trictism that rises above partisanship. Shold the effort fail, responsibility for the result will not rest on the Progres- sive convention, but will rest on other shoulders than ours. “In this turning point in world his- tory, we will not stick on details. We Will lay aside partisanship and preju- dices, but we will never surrender the principles for which we stand and have stood and will follow only a leader who he will not heed/ Continued on Page 4, Column 32, Jot the ‘Céesiiciale of Russians Sent to France on Arrival at Marseilles GEN. been sent to France, arrived with the first contingent. on the quay at Marseilles just after leaving his ship. The officer in the military cloak is Gen. Messonier, the Military Governor of Marseilles. LOCHWITZKY AT THE LEFT. G» LOCHWITZKY, who is commanding all the Russians who have Copyright by Underwood & Underwo-x! He is shown WOMAN RUNNING DETECTIVE SCHOOL BY MAIL ARRESTED Mrs. Addie E, O’Hara Held Aft- er Negro ‘‘Graduate’’ Applies to Carry Revolver. Mrs. Addie BD. O'Hara, about 35 years old, was arrested in her office, S07 Chemical Building, this afternoon on a Federal charge of using the mails to defraud in the conduct of a corre- spondence school for detectives. The complaint against Mrs. O’Hara was made by Will Carey, a negro, ‘of 114 South Eleventh street, after he had gone to Police Headquarters and asked for permission to carry a revolver be- cause he had been graduated by the de- tective school. He was sent to Steve Connell, Chief Secret Service Operative, who aided Postoffice Inspector Price in making the arrest. Carey had a bright star at the top of which weer the words “U. S. De- tective.” At the bottom were the words “And Adjusting Agency.” He also had a card containing his description and a request that police- men should not arrest him “except for violation of law or ordinances.” Among the papers shown by the negro was a certificate that he had been grad- uated from the school with a percentage of 9%. He also had a list of slang words used by criminals. He told Connell the — of the school were required to arn all these terms. One of the things they were taught was that criminals, when speaking of the moon, always called it “Oliver” Arother piece of information was that a “mush stick’ is an umbrella. Some of the other slang expressions taught in the correspondence school ecurse were: “Irish Clum,”’ a police station; ‘‘Croaker,’’ a doctor; ‘‘mouth,”’ a lawyer; ‘“‘green shoes,” a private de- snithlies 59 UNARMED SHIPS TORPEDOED WITHOUT WARNING IN A YEAR LONDON, May l1.—Thirty-seven un- neutral vessels were torpedoed without warning, between May 7,.1915, and May 7, 1916, Thomas J. MacNamara, finan- cial secretary to the Admiralty, said in the House of Commons today. He said he understood these figures were known to the American Govern- ment. 35 ‘SOCIALISTS REPORTED SHOT Germans Were Said to Be Circulating Literature in Trenches. GENEVA, Switzerland, May i1— Swiss Socialists report they have re- ceived information that three German officers and 32 soldiers, all Socialists, have been shot for distributing in the trenches a pamphiet concerning the sec- ond Socialist peace conference at Zim- merwald, near Berne. At this conference protests were made by Socialists of many countries against | his methods of warfare which the delile- gates said had been adopted by the Germans. DEVILS LAKE, N. De May lle Hua- dreds of acres of wheat will have to be ré-seeded in the lake region of Nor‘a Dakota, as a result of three days of »- mile wind. Sand or dust storms have FATHER SENT 10 JAIL FOR CUTTING HIS SON'S HAND Fine of $100 Also Imposed and Justice Longs to Sentence Him to Whipping Post. Antone Skrivan, 50 years old, of 6610 Bartmer avenue, University City, a la- borer, was sentenced to jail for six months and was fined 3100 by Justice A. A. Ladd of University City this morning for cutting the right hand of his 12-year-old son, John Skrivan, a week ago yesterday, with a pocket knife. Skrivan cut the skin of the boy’s knuckle, between the index and mid- dle fingers, to keep him from playing marbles. In imposing the fine and jail sentence, which were the limit of the law on the charge of common assault, the Justice told Skrivan that he wished Missouri had the whipping post for such cases as his. “‘You ought to have 18 lashes on the bare back,” the Justice said. Boy Tells of Catting. John Skrivan, on the witness stand, said the cutting took place early one morning, while he and his little broth- er, Mike, were washing dishes. After showing the cut to the Court, he said: “I was washing the dishes and Mike was wiping them. My father was sit- ting in a chair watching us. Then my father called me and looked at my hand. My knuckles were dirty and he scratched them with a knife to get the dirt off, and cut me, He said that would keep me from playing marbles.” Prosecutor Wolff thought the boy was trying to shield his father by re- ferring to the cutting as scratching,’ and he asked him if a deep scar could be made that way. “First he only scratched like this,” the boy replied, indicating a scraping side-to-side movement, “but then he cut down hard.” He said his hand bied for about 10 minutes, after Which he wrapped it up and went to school. Prosecutor Wolff brought out that the cutting was done in an angry mood, In answer to questions, thé boy said his father had been drinking that morning. He Said his father often beat him and his brothers when he was mean, and that he and his brothers were afraid of him when he was mean. The moth- er of the children is dead. Brother Admits Story Is True, ther. he told how, John “were washing dishes, their father called were to him and drew. the knife blade slong his knuckle, saying: keep you from playing marbles.” Mrs. Sue Barge, Assistant Probation Officer. took charge of the three boys, Court to make some arrangement for their care while Skrivan is serving a jail sentence. The oldest son, 18 years old, was not In court,” : mately 100 has been orderec guard the line of communications. “Now, that | and said she would ask the Juvenile} Service for Terms of Enlistment. MARATHON, Tex., May iL— Eighth Cavalry crossed the Rio ey into Mexico last night and are m 3 their way rapidly southward today. — They have with them the three can bandits who were captured by t employes of the Porto Rico de & quillas Mine, to guide thé column . It is reported that J. Deemer is : prisoner at this camp. Coast artillery numbering appro ie here w- WASHINGTON, May 11.—Further | dications that American army tions on the Mexican border are indeterminate as to time were given t ; day in official quarters. it was am nounced at the War Department that the National Guard of Texas, 3 and New Mexico will be mustered im the army for the period of their s listments and with no specific time 4 Ae Federal service stipulated. | ee Secretary Baker said mustering : ee cers in charge of the militia mobilis tan had inquired whether Ff by the State Department weeks ago showed fewer than 307 eee were authorized to leave posts and return to the United if they deem it necessary for safety. Line officers assigned to various ice schools, including the Army College, have been graduated far of time and will hurry back to commands, either in connection i the training of national guardsmen <« with their regiments. 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