San Antonio Light and Gazette (Newspaper) - March 26, 1911, San Antonio, Texas Dull nm lot jn mr km la m H C m OPTICAL CO 242 W ST TONIO LIGHT RELIABILITY COUNTS Wnen your tja neM lum aik atoot us hire hid excellence to tw inn of Uu work we do VOLUME 32 No 64 44 PAGES SAN ANTONIO TEXAS SUNDAY MARCH 26 1911 44 PAGES FIVE CENTS H C REES CO 242 W COMMERCE SI Naming of New Mexican Cabinet May Be Followed By Reforms 175 DIE IN BLAZING NEARLY ALL VICTIMS WOMEN Diaz Names New Cabinet Dela Barra Gets Portfolio By E M Editor El Special Dispatch Mexico March Diaz selected his new cabinet today but announced late he would not make Its personnel known until Monday owing to the fact that some of the have ndt been finally accepted by those to whom they were and there were some minor difficulties which would be disposed of conference It is likely however that more than one or two changes will be made in the cabinet as ft stands tonight In this cabinet Francisco de now ambassador to the United States is secretary relations replacing'Enrique Creel Jose Ives Limantour remains secretary of finance Cosio remains secretary of war and navy now chief justice of the supreme court replaces Justino Fernandez as secretary of justice Norberto general postmaster becomes secretary of communications and public works Manuel the engineer who directing the construction of the City of Mexico secretary of agriculture and developments in Molina the new secretary of public instruction Is Jorge Vera the young lawyer who recently defended the government in the suit brought by Cotton Raising company of The selection of secretary of the interior to succeed Ramon Corral Has not been The new of the cabinet are all Limantour men which where the strength of the new government lie Ruler of the Japanese Say 4 War Scare Not Justified PEOPLE'S PARTY IS ORGANIZED BY t Message to the Governor of California Believed to Have Followed Diplomatic Note SECRECY IS OMINOUS Special Dispatch Washington March is a Washington tonight that Japan has protested to the United States against impending ese legislation in California It is known absolutely that urgent dispatches were sent yesterday from the state department to Governor of California that these dis- patches to Japan and that were Sent at the consent and of President Taft Dispatches from California state that the communications from the state department to Governor Johnson were In the nature of appeals against any anti-Japanese legislation or tation at this time In California ernor Johnson was reported as having declared that he would willingly make public the communication If dent Taft consented At the white house today it was declared that It was not desired to havo the dispatches made public at this time Secretary of State Knox will be back In Washington on Monday when he and the president will confer on tho situation Some statement may then be made The fact that Baron the Japanese called on tho president on Wednesday that two days after his these dispatches were sent is what leads to the broad conjecture that Japan has at least laid before the administration representations re- garding pending measures In nia The secrecy that Is being observed to the affair in the ent Instance Is regarded here as more or less significant At the state de- today all questions with re- gard to the dispatches to Governor Johnson were studiously Ignored or dismissed with the stereotyped Administration Forces to Hold Mass Meeting d Name Candidates TO MEET AT TURNER HALL Mayor Call Head the Wthe Others Are Not Named There is nothing to be said about Finally Baron saw President Taft today again and showed to him a politely worded note from the anese emperor thanking the president for his peaceful assurances of a few days ago and assuring him In return that Japan Had the most peaceful In- tentions in regard to the United States JAPAN Is New Arbitration Treaty and Wants Amity United States Special Dispatch Tokio March is con- carefully the arbitration plan proposed by President Taft and seconded by Sir Edward Grey The authorities here consider It the most practical method possible of allying the United States Britain and most friendly to them The Japanese deny emphatically that this country has any ment in Mexico and assert that anese interests in that republic are not to be compared With those of the United States It Is the fervent desire of the government here to maintain end develop friendship and It that so long as the two countries respect established rights and inter- ests there will never be any trouble between them DESTROYED BY FIRE Tlic Party was organized at a meeting at 8 last night In Hie council chamber at tile city hall This political by the friends and importers of the present administration will Issue 11 ticket next week hooded by Bryan Callaglian ns a candidate for of mayor of San Antonio One hundred and twenty were present An executive committee of the People's party was elected with H B as chairman the bers being a citizen from each of the eight wards of the city A call was issued for a mass be held tomorrow night March 27 at Turner hall when candidates for the various offices of the city government will be nominated for the different of- fices The meeting was called to order by J Hart who announced that the purpose of the gathering was to a political party to conform to the Terrell election law and put a ticket in the field to be headed by Mayor Bryan Callaghan He gave a brief outline of what was proposed to be done at the saying that It was the desire to select an executive committee Consisting of a chairman and one members from each of tho eight wards of the city A call for a mass convention Mr Hart announced should be Issued and a platform or rather a preamble adopted The first order of business he said was the election of a permanent chairman On motion of T D Cobbs the name of H E was put In nation and duly second Mr brand was unanimously chosen In accepting the chair Mr Hildebrand said that the political party to be was to be In sympathy with the present administration Chairman Hildebrand then called for tions for a secretary and on motion of James Routledge duly seconded Ed Lyons was selected for the place Continued on Page Column Emperor of Japan Special Dispatch Washington March lowing message from emperor of Japan to President Taft was made public today at the White To the President of the United States of I was greatly pleased to receive your very kind message conveyed to me through my ambassador Ington and I thank It I already convinced that you have given no credence to the false and reports but wicked It was especially a source of profound faction to me to receive from you the assurance that the relations of amity and between our two was never bettor or more cordial than at this time Lam HELD FOR TRIAL IN DEL and Comrades Re- leased Under Appear Monday APPEAL TO WASHINGTON rear They Will Be Taken to Mexico and on the Way to Border Dispatch Del Rio Tex March and chained together the een blockade runners by officials last night at ion were brought to this city o face the charge of violation of the States neutrality laws L A Guajardo the leader and some of he others were released on uico bonds of their ion before a United States to be had Monday When the prisoners wore brought every man among them believed hat they were to bo turned men to the Mexican authorities and Unit would bo Khol as soon ah they tho other side With most happy to be able and this Idea they sent frantic telegraphic do reciprocate that assurance was Signed MUTSUHITO NOT SHOT Wellesly Mass March 26 Dock a well known school for on Cliff Road Hill was burned today The loss Is mated at The sixty-five pils were In the clam rooms when the fire broke out in upper probably from a defective flue The assorted the In the Chun room from building but were unable to their which part of Special Washington States D C March Consul Edwards M Juarez reported to the state ment this afternoon that there is no truth in the report that John wity and his three American comr panions had been executed by Mexican authorities the PERFECT Harrison Fisher Says Miss ton Is Ideal Southern Girl Special New York March 26 In Miss Lucy Cotton of Houston Tex son Fisher the famous Illustrator has found his type of Southern Girl and she has just been secured to serve as his model In the series of types ho Is engaged upon Miss ton is tall slender with the grace of neck the lambent dark eyes and soft drawling voice be found among fair women close to the borders of Mexico has a dimple in her soft chin that responds to every emotion she takes a vivid and childlike Interest H development of her pictures on canvas She Is waiting with even more breathless Interest than tho ist who Is launching hit southern typo to how that will be received by a ever critical of as It Is Francisco I Madero provisional president of Mexico under the flap of rebellion Is believed to be making his way to San Antonio to attend a family conference which is be held here in San Antonio early this week If ho cannot attend personally will have a representative present From Washington and New York Francisco Madero father and tavo Madero rebel representative at Washington are coming from terey Ernesto Madero Is said already arrived but this could not be confirmed all members of the family denying knowledge of his presence In tho city there are already here three Gabriel and a younger brother all sona of Francisco Madero My father and brother are coming on secret said dero yesterday I cannot divulge the object of their trip but It is not con- In any way with business 1 will let my father speak for himself when he reaches here Tire possibility of Francisco I dero the rebel leader being present at the conference Is heightened fact that for the last few days the telegraph has carried no of his whereabouts except in a general way It Is entirely possible say those who know for such Information to be given out concerning him although he himself may not be with the troops now In the field When Alfonso Madero was concerning the report that the family conference was being hold to consider the fortunes of the family which are now threatened by the of Diaz he repudiated the idea It was suggested that possibly the family would meet to discuss the proposition Involved in the embargo recently placed against El Modelo the department store at Monterey PEACE IN IS HOPE for ft which is harassed by the government because as alleged It is one of the properties of the Maderos not tied up with a foreign alliance in such ner that any Interference would bring a protest No that is not the object of the conference said Mr Madero We are not afraid of anything that Diaz or his tools may do When the rebels they are going to every act of the present government of Mexico from Dec 1 on will be scrutinized to ascertain If it was legal or not Dec 1 Is the date on which President Diaz assumed power for an- other term and we declare his tion and inauguration Illegal Hence wo have tho right to Investigate all things done subsequent to that date as soon as the revolution Other than that Mr Madoro would not talk of tho coming family ence would hardly admit that such a meeting of the family was con- saying that his father and brother were coming on a secret sion When he asked If his er the rebel leader would also attend he but would not By Stevens Special Cable Mexico City March behalf of Americans in Mexico our ment should be Impressed with tho necessity of patience and tho ance of precipitate or Irritating ures I can say positively that ister policy Is Ing with a very fair chance of peace resulting Any Interference on out part now would ruin for peace and probably bring ex- treme peril The new cabinet which Is to be formed tonight or tomorrow is certain to be progressive and devoid of ob- ministers President Diaz In i message to congress next week will announce the government's pose and there is every reason to be- lieve that these will be such as to Im- press the people with the advance principles on a sincere basis The program will include electoral reform election by states of governors and reformation of Jefes There will be no render to armed revolutionists but the program form an appeal to well citizens I believe there is a good chance o the avoidance of civil war by the gen eral public accepting the intention o he government to advance In keep ng with public opinion today belief that all les will solved to the satis action of patriotic citizens He said that the administration is prepared to take such measures anc Implant such reforms as will satisfy the best public opinion and that while meeting force with force It will leave nothing undone In the present appeals to Alfonso at Sim An- tonio and to Dr Vazquez Gomez tho rebel representative at Washington Two Thousand New York Factory Workers Panic Stricken and less Trapped In High Building MANY JUMP TO THEIR DEATH Firemen Unable to Save Workers Who Rush For Single Fire Escape Iron Door Bars Way to Life NEGLECT BLAMED FOR TRAGEDY Associated Press NEW YORK March fire that spread like a spark in powder train trapped 2000 employes of the Triangle Shirtwaist conn parry on the eighth ninth and tenth floors of the Loft ing at Washington Place and Greene street at 5 o'clock this evening More than one hundred and seventy-five lives were lost The police figures at midnight were 150 dead and too injured The dead are chiefly women and young girls some of them pitifully young to take tvp the of wage some of them old that an unkind fate kept in the battle for daily bread when their years should have won them a peaceful life The cause of this frightful calamity was official neglect the busy hours of the day thousands and high pleading with them to do all In their j power to prevent them leaving reaching building was equipped with but one narrow iron fire country The telegrams were signed by Guajardo and during the evening a reassuring message was received from Madero By that time however tho had ascertained that their tears were unfounded nnd that they were not to be turned over to Mexico eral had been released bonds and these busied themselves In trying to procure bonds for the ones still de- Guajardo was among those released first several prominent friends going on his bond without hesitation Monday afternoon tho hearings of tho men before a United States com- missioner are scheduled to take place This official bus the power to order Continued on Pago 4 2d Column TO TIE NEW OFFICE Mexican Minister of For- eign Affairs Has Perfect Un- Taft to unite all good cans Activity of the continues to emphasize the necessity of prompt action by the government but tho formation of the new cabinet and tho departure for on April 12 of Vice President Ramon Corral and his implied abandonment of his official position together with the removal of Senor Enrique Creel from official life make a strong probability of the mass of the people being ready to abide by the promises of the ment Rightly or wrongly Senor Creel anil Senor Corral are tho most government officials on the part the progressive group and a ment of the trouble which would In- clude them in power would be Im- practicable The statement of is tile most flat-footed unequivocal an- of government's poses yet made It Is considered tain hero that It will quiet for the those inclined to take action against the government and If followed as It to be by and con- vincing pledges of of re- forms outlined will create a modus Vivendi which can load to peace If t falls a pitiful must be Washington March or de la Barra who has been foreign affairs by President Diaz will leave Washington to take charge oi hat post According to tho ambassador hi eaves here with a perfect under- standing between him and President and Secretary Knox who re- turned opportunely tonight from the south The ambassador received his by telegram this from Minister Creel whom he succeeds The ambassador immediately canceled all his engagements and called upon the president with whom he had an Interview and Immediately thereafter called on the secretary of state at his house The telegram from Minister Creel was urgent the dor to come on at once The appointment makes the sador the head of the Mexican net and puts him in position for tho highest possible honors of the re- public cape and that 10 Special Dispatch Mexico City March might have caused a terrible scene of terror was averted by the tf discovery into lost of a plot to liberate tho 6000 ate prisoners confined in Belem prison The matter was discovered last evening nnd fifty men concerned in tho scheme were arrested and placed in jail The government signs the plot to the who nre said to hare promised the ers to enroll them in the Insurrecto forces the rear and leading into an almost blind court Tho firemen searching for bodies on tho ninth floor o'clock ered body No 131 in the canvas bag and when It had reached the street they That's all on the per floors Chief said that his men hact mado as thorough an inspection aa possible of the basement and areaway in both of which there were eight of water and that they had found I only four or five bodies This part cs I the building however was as black us night and even with the aid of lanterns the firemen had not been able to make a complete examination H was difficult they said to between burnt wood charred bodies A more careful search will be made at daylight Show Girl Wants Young New Yorker to Pay Her Heart Balm York March son of Michael ami Brooklyn is named ns in a suit for for broach oC promise ot in tho supreme court today by Miss playing With Bessie McCoy in Echo Scores of love hitters in which to his j waist company t my and Wallach SON OF AMBASSADOR BE WED Special Dispatch New York March Bacon and his family are In New York for the wedding of their elder son Robert Bacon Jr a secretary In he state department to the Cecilia Jacqueline May of on daughter of Colonel Henry May ind niece of Mrs who lied as tho second Mrs William C Whitney MBS March society a eagerly looking forward to the urn of Mrs James an American hostess who achieved great hore two seasons ago A form of entertainment with ler It to cive a monster garden party n the delightful In the UPS figure in the case Miss met Daily in Havana he was playing In vaudeville there In lid summer of Dady was some operations in Havana for father it time According to Deutseh she was only 17 yean old then and Dady showered her with his attentions sent her flowers candy and within two weeks after their proposed marriage to her six I told him each said the young to wait until wt: to i York On 15 1908 Miss re- turned from and she declared It was Oie and would marry tho lowing year when his work in would he completed Soon after tier arrival here Miss said Daily to write the many letters upon she hones to money damages for her wounded Miss declared Hie first she knew of her lover's unfaithfulness was when she read in a York newspaper in her that ho was to Miss Vern ramphell then a ot the Parisian This she said was just One week the date on which Datty hail promised marry her Miss said to as soon as sho read tne an- of his to Miss hell mistake Ven made He admitted he was suld is hut lold tc sorry stUl did morrow One Estimate 200 Dead Chief said that a Uve estimate of the number of dead would be 160 When tho reports came In from the hospitals he the number might go even higher than that He said that at least sis of the injured had already died and that probably others would With the dead at hospitals what the cellar may reveal the list of victims will possibly reach Coroner Holtshauser believed that the final roster would total between 200 and 250 but the police estimate 175 The property loss is variously estU mated at from to the damage to the York university buildings The cause of the nre has not yet teen discovered and even Chief would advance no theory of Its origin at midnight Lower Doors Closed The building In which the fire curred Is a brick structural m the northwest corner of on place and Greene street It ex- ends half way to placai street There is an alleyway it and the next place and is used in irt by the law school of the New York university The upper doors of the building vere occupied by the Triangle waist company Below them Meyer huve a tory The first flonir Is the Fur ex- change Meyer cloaks and suits have they second ris Bros clothiers tho third and Morris Bloom clothiers the fourth All these had closed today when the fire occurred on the eighth floor where the Triangle company was rushing full time and where the operators were to have reported morrow for work Will Do Attorney Whitman ati early arrival at the scene He de- clared that he would conduct nn in- and if any violations of the law were shown he would cute the persons responsible for tha loss of life An official of the Tire department declared that two months ago a cial order was sent OIK by WaMo requiring every captain to make n renort of he tory buildings In his district with to lire exits and that ports were submitted n ago The building which wna today was criticised for Its lack of esca pes to men realized that a pitiful af fort and aa It looked M 1
