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DISABLED VET HOSPITAL AID WAfTSFUNDS Treasury Department Ready to Launch $18,000,000

Hospitalization Expansion Program. PLAN 5 "NEW PLANTS fBy Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Feb. 17. Preparations are underway by the treasury, Assistant Secretary Laporte said today to launch the proposed f 18,000,000 hospitalization expansion program for the benefit of disabled war veterans immediately the funds are made available by congress. Proceeding on the plan now before the senate for adoption, Mr. 'Laporte explained the treasury is making ready for the expansion of fifteen ex isting hospitals and the erection of five new plants in order that the work can start on short notice. Completion of the program, he said, would provide accommodations for treatment on about 30,000 patients which is the average daily number expected during the coming year. Has 10,000 Beds. At present Mr. Laporte said the government has about 10,000 beds of its own for the treatment of service men; another 12,000 are cared for in private hospitals and an addition of 8.000 beds to the existing federal facilities is planned. The five new hospitals, Mr. Laporte explained, will cost about $2,500,000 each and three of them will contain 1000 beds each if the present plan is carried out. Consideration now is being given to the choice of sites for these institutions, he said, which means a careful study of the facilities in various locations and their location as to centers of population for disabled veterans. Expansion Absorbs Funds. Expansion of existing public health service hospitals and army forts now used for that purpose and increases in medical personnel, Mr. Laporte sa'd. would absorb tha rest of the funds now contemplated These hospitals, i he paid, are located at Boston. New York. Perrvville. Md.: Norfolk Whin-1 pie barracks, Arizona: Chicago, Lake

City, Fla.; Atlanta, Louisville, Fort ! a responsible task. The soviet repubPavard, New Mexico; Evansville, Ind., j lie sends you to garrison the posts on and Pittsburgh, while the army forts i the Pamir on the frontiers- of the are Fort Mackenzie, Wyo.: Fort Wal-1 friendly countries of Afghanistan and Ja Walla. Wash., and Fort Logan II. f India. The Pamit.ble and,, divides Roots. Ark. -. ,v j revolutionary . Rusla from India. Efforts he report stated to have the i hich with Its S00.000 inhabitants Is

hospitalization program in operation 1 within a year COUNTER PROPOSALS loicn nr nrniimv AulVClJ III UCnlflulil ; , 'Bp s'c la!fd PrpB8 PARIS, Feb. 17. Germany has been asked by Great Britain and France to communicate to them the counter pro - posals of the Berlin government be- , . " iore me opening or tne ixroaon Terence, which is fixed for March 1, says the Journal. The newspaper adds it "would not be surprising if the conference should become unnecessary because of the derisive character of the German offers". In this case, it i8 said,. the allies will notify Germany of their decisions and give the German cabinet a few days to make known if it accepts or refuses to execute them. A Mayence despatch to the Echo de Paris says the German proposals will be "intentionally derisive" to influence the plebiscite to be held in Silesia. Rumors that Charles Laurent, French ambassador to Germany, will leave the Berlin embassy after the London conference are denied. COUNCIL OF DEFENSE ENDS RESEARCH WORK fBy Associated Tress) WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 Immediate abandonment of research work of the council of national defense was an - nounced today following action of con - gress in voting against appropriations for the council's support during the next fiscal year "Because of this action," said a statement issued by Emmons K. Ellsworth, acting director of the council, "it is considered that the interest of the government will be best served by discontinuing at once the research work of the council." The Daily Information Digest distributed as a part of the research work, ended with today's issue. CONSIDER PROTECTION FOR CROPS OF HAWAII CRy Associated Prpssl i WASHINGTON. Feb. 17 Consider-1 ation of measures to protect Hawaii j irom certain insect pests which are j damaging crops in the United States ! will be given by the Department of Agriculture at. a hearing, set for April 15. in Washington. The department in a statement today said it had been informed there was danger of the sugar cane and corn-moth borer, the Avocado weevil, the Papava fruit fly, the Alfalfa weevil and the cotton boll weevil being introduced into Hawaii through plants and fruits from the United States. It has been proposed that a quarantine be imposed on the transportation of s-uch plants as are liable to act as instct carriers.

Active in Suffrage

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Miss Eleanor Anthony Miss Eleanor Anthony, daughter of l Representative Anthony and great

niece of Susan B. Anthonv. will leadui- i,

the processional of women who bring I their tributes to the suffrage memorial ! statue to be presented to the capital during the convention of the National I Woman s Party. Descendants of each of the three pioneers honored take part In the ceremonies. Will INVASION OF INDIA PLANNED BY REDS, ACCORDING TO ORDER (By Associated Press! LONDON, Feb. 17. Armed invasion of the Pamir region of Central Asia, on the thresholds of India and Chila, was begun by Russian Bolshevik troops last October it. is indicated by a communique just issued by the India office. The communique gave the text of an "order of the day" sent out on October 10, by M. Sokolinkow, chief commissar on the Turkestan front, to a soviet division ordered into the Paniir. It is stated the men should "make themselves at homo", and carry on Bolshevik! propaganda with a view to influencing the people of India to revolt against the British "Comrades of the Pamir division. said the order, "you have been given! enslaved by a handful of Englishmen On this table and you. the signallers nf 41. mxmliit.'nn nm.l Knicit Vo -A flag of the armv of liberation. May the peoples of India, who fight against their English oppressors soon; i-nnn; thaf frior.iiv hoit to not fa- off ', iMake yourselves at home with the ... ..vt- www v.". i liberty loving tribes of northern India, !

j promote by word and deed their revo-. were adopted to the tax bill, and durjlutionary progress, refute the mass of ;ing the house session, the Republicans , calumnies spread about soviet Russia overwhelmingly defeated an attempt ; by ihe agents of the British princes, j by Representative Barker of Posey, : Lords and bankers. Long live the al- the Democratic floor leader, to curtail iliaT1ce of tne revolutionary peoples of the state board's appellate power over ! purpose and Asia. Long live the; local bond issues.

con-;world liberation of the workers DUTCH AUTHORITIES WOULD REVIVE TRADE

The Ratts bill would permit county 4WOTm"ph 17 q, t 'Griffs to appoint an unlimited numAMSTERDAM. Feb. 17.-State an-b f deputles in any emergency. Dethonties were' instructed to invest!-1 bate 0Q e bm waa bmer but much gate industry and attempt to bring ; f fa e dIscussion wa8 directed toward about normal conditions by a the constabulary whose opponents nVbfreV "P a P11UCaI

! lod rejection of a plan for pay-t

menu, iu uurmyw, u, wWch increases fees on high powered i scnooi m conjunction with the towngovernment, truste' punting to approxi!Dg I hhV H wn "Vo the 20 cent was passed by the house, mately $4500. Is the assistance of ies had been shut down was not the . , than 40 horse power are tw men worth that much to the corcancellation of orders, but. merely a. 'e" J6 ftre poration of Hagerstown?"

causeless panic among industrial in terests. J "Manufacturers in many cases are; getting only what they deserve," says, me leiegraai, wmcn, iu uistusfiug the situation, cites the clothing industry as an example. "The people of Holland are now turning to Germany for clothes. Dutch manufacturers have for a long time j sold goods of a bad quality at high 1 prices, but theyare now reaching the 1 end of their rope. Importation from I Germany gives guarantees agalnft j fresh impositions." r Why Richmond is the Best Place in Which to Live Fwch day a Palladium reporter trill Interview ptrana at random lo find out -n by they like t lira bere. "The character of a town is reflected in its lighting system, said a stranger who stopped off ia Richmond recently for a short stay. "Too many towns in the middle west and in the east as well, have neglected thi3 phase of their development in their eager chase after more factories. As a lesult, they have actually outgrown their old system of lighting without realizing it. Dark streets, and shadowed corners contribute to the crime that is always a factor in the life of any community." "The downtown section of Richmond is exceptionally well lighted in my estimation, he continued. "The wide, well kept streets not only help in this matter, but they contribute to the making of a favorable impression on the 'stranger within your gates."

FORDNEY OFF TO FIND OUT HARDING IDEA Leaves for St. Augustine to Seek Approval of PresidentElect on Second Emergency Tariff.

FIRST TARIFF IS PASSED (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Feb. 17. Chairman Fardney of the house ways and means committee, left today for St. Augusline, Fla., to seek the approval of President-elect Harding to a plan to rut through at the extra session of ihe new congress this spring a second emergency tariff to provide protection for all products of American industry. The measure, Mr. Fordney has in mind, would be designed as a stop gap until a scientific tariff law could , be framed in tlie lie-M nf after the war FacYnTthe of VeSng an Sreemet oTne ten ate amendments to the measure as' passed by the hous. senate and house j conferees on the Fordney emergency tariff bill n9SSPH hv the eenato late yesterdny, were expected to get down to work today in an effort to com plete the leeislative enactment of the bill as speedily as possible. Veto Looms Larqe. Probability o' a presidential veto, however, loomed large in the situation as a result of the reoent declaration on the floor by Senator Underwood, i minority leader, that he had received ( positive, though not direct, assur- i ances that the president would take tliPt course More than a. score of amendments had been added to the bill as it. left the house when the senate passed it by a vote of 43 toi SO. Nine TVmo. crats voting for it and four Republicans against it, broke their party alignment on the measure. Two Republican senators. Moses, of New Hampshire, and Edge, of Nw Jersey, took the floor aerainst Ihe bill, bitterly assailing it and its Republican supporters. BUDGET BILL PASSES; TAX MEASURE SENT TO SECOND READING . wi ."-"" I5y" Associated ; Press) INDIANAPpLIS. Feb. 17 Administration measures won approval today in the state legislature, the senate pasCinC th Ptt hill. Bt hl ifiYl 1 11 tC SL hllfl'get system for state expenditures, and i i the house advancing to final passage the tax bill, vesting control on bond j issues nnd tai levies in the state taxi , board. j amendments ! Only administration Divides Into Factions Besides passing the budget bill the senate divided into factions and delayed the noon adjournment in order to discuss the Ratts bill, designed to head off favorable action on the proposed establishment of a state conautomobile license bill. INDIANA JOINS WITH 19 STATES IN FIGHT fBy Associated Press WASHINGTON, Feb. 17. Nineteen states will Join with "Wisconsin, in challenging before the supreme court. Feb. 28, the right of the interstate commerce commission to regulate railroad rates under the transportation act, it was announced today after a two days' conference here of the attorney generals from 12 states. INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 17. Indiana will be represented before the supreme court when the Wisconsin case testing the authority of the interstate commerce commission to raise state fixed railroad rates Is presented for argument. Attorney General Lesh -will appear for Indiana, but he was unable to participate in the Washington conference ending today, because of the press of other duties, largely, connected with the session of the state legislature. However, he informed the Washington conference of the intention of Indiana officials to join with them in the fight before the supreme court. BROADWAY MANHOLE BLAST CAUSES PANIC: KILLS MAN NEW YORK, Feb. 17. One man was killed and thousands of persons crowd ing lower Broadway during the noon hour were thrown into a panic today when a manhole blew up. The cover, shattered by the blast, was hurled high in the air. raining fragments of iron and breaking a twelfth story win dow in a skyscraper.

May Direct Railroads

James Davis. James 13. Davis is being prominent-. jy mentioned as new director general i m i, . ... , . . . i Ul. lroaa3 UQaer ine tiaramg aa.Aprernt he ift ge; S'laSSid? LnZnpLS 1 ranroada- John Barton Payne, ,, . n-nnrniiiii ..m, . U AHi-KvTllWfJ WflfvSFrJ llrlUUIlU I U II II IIUlIflll ISSUE STATEMENT ON SCHOOL CHANGE PLAN HAGERSTOWN. Ind., Feb. 17 Women residents or Hagerstown residents of who have been agitating the question of better schools here for the past two years, issued a statement today setting forth their stand. They allege the school equipment and property is falling below the proper standards, and. that tax rates may be materially reduced by adoption ! of their plan of turning over the con trol of the schools to the township trustee. A petition to abandon the school corporation and turn tho management and control of the schools within the town over to the township trustee is ' now being circulated. Text of Statement The statement of the women in part is as follows: "The women of Hagerstown have been investigating the school question for several years. Last year they tried to hold an open meeting to talk it over, but were intercepted by the school board which circulated a petltloa ta i61t. tl jecJUtev 4-4lid.e o-f a Consolidated" school. For want of enough signatures the petition was laid down. "Last week the women started again determined to get something done as he school property and equipment is w below the standard because of lack ot4I"nas- .... A financial statement compiled J ... ... , , uuiu lutr I nui ua Ul lu-i scnooi snow that at the end of this term there will be an indebtedness of several thous and dollars. This will be paid off with funds received later, but the town cannot build a building nor finance the school without a higher rate of tax. Would Abandon Corporation "Therefore the ladies have circulated a petition to abandon the school corporation and turn the school over to the township trustee, working under the county superintendent of public instruction and the state board of public instruction. In two years we have the privilege of electing our township trustee, who in turn helps to elect the county superintendent. This is the only plan by which the tax rate is equal in both town and towaship. "By the plan advocated by the school board the tax rate in town will be over twice the rate of that in the township and this difference will be the price of the two men appointed by the town board to control the i Members of the committee who signed the statement are: Mrs. E. E. , Root. Mrs. Raymond Small. Mrs. Ethel n.iUpaiu, irs. u.air naruey. mrs. win Porter. Mrs. Will Abbott, Mrs. Wil - Ham Dingworth, Mrs. Charles Smith, Mrs. George Canaday and Mrs. Oscar Eox.

Parents Oppose Bill Regulating

Children s Physical Education

PAI,tADH'JI NEWS niRBlU WASHINGTON, Feb. 17. Protests against the passage of the CapperFess bill, now pending in both branches of congress, have been submitted by a number of Richmond, Ind., peo ple recently. The bill in question provides for the promotion of physical education in the United States by the co operation of the federal government with the various state governments. One Richmond man writes: "The bill takes away the rights of parents to choose for themselves the kind of treatment they desire to have for their children, and It places them under the regular schools of medicine." Mother Opposes. A Richmond mother writes: "If this bill passed it would impose on the citizens of the United States a method prescribed by law which would be contrary to the best .interests of thousands of people, and deprive them of preventative and curative methods which have proved most effective to them." At a recent hearing of the CapperFess bill before the committee on education of the house the chairman of the committee, Representative Simeon D. Fess, of Springfield, O., one of the authors of the measure, made the statement that the American Medical . t.n 1 1.1 At i.iti , t ; association was uucmug me uui. nis j statement followed general criticism I

NAVAL POST IS REFUSED BY10VVDEN Former Governor Declines Definitely to be Considered Will Not Be Appointed to Any Place. DAUGHERTYGONFERS

(Bv Asanrtated Press) ST. AUGUSTINE. Fla.. Feb. 17 Former Governor Frank O. Lowden. of Illinois, has definitely declined to be considered for secretary of the navy and will not be appointed to any post in the initial make-up of the next j aaminisirauon. A variety of problems that must be solved before inauguration day were pone over by President-elect Harding today with Harrv M. Daueherty. of Ohio, who managed his campaign for the nomination last spring, and he m r . . . rxpeciea to fii in nis caDinei aa aitorney general. The final make-up of the cabinet itself occupied first place in thfir consultations. Mr. Diughcrty laying before his chief a budget of information and advice- gathered during a two weeks' trip to New York, Washington and other eastern cities. The only cabinet posts not yet virtually assigned are the secretaryship of the navy, commerce and labor, r-ach of which involves consideration that, makes a choice difficult. It was understood that Mr. Dauglierty alFo outlined to Mr. Harding what l:o thought should be ihe general principles of the inaugural address and the initial policies of the new administration. Considerable date on these subjects, too, was gathered during his eastern trip. Mr. Daugherty ione of Mr. Harding's oldest political friends and during the campaign was in consultation with him more often than anv other political adviser. He accompanied the nominee virtually on all his campaign trips and was one of his companions on the houseboat cruise down the Florida coast. TOLEDO POLICE FIND AUTOMOBILE USED IN POSTOFFICE THEFT TOLEDO, O., Feb. 17. Police have recovexed a stolen automobile U6eL by bandits tn holding up lour employes of the Toledo postoff ice early this J morning and stealing nine sacks of . 1 . K . 1 A 1 .1 . vaiuauie man. xo ciuo as iu lue meiii.Ity of the robbers has been obtained. The mailsacks, four of them containing registered mail amounting in value to hundreds of thousands of dollars, were thrown into the stolen car after the bandits forced the postal employes to He down on the floor. The mail had just arrived at the loading platform when the bandits drove alongside the truck. Two of them covered the employes while the others obtained the loot. The men held up were Charles Mllroy, postoff ice clerk; Paul Weirich and Joseph Hughes, railroad postoffice driver and clerk respectively. Make Quick Getaway. The mail had just been removed from an incoming train at Union station and was about to be carried into the postoffice a mile distant when the robbers drove up In their automobile and forced the clerks to He face downward on the pavement. Four minutes elapsed from the time the robbers drove up to the postoffice until they had seized the sacks and were on their way. The stolen mail was from eastern points and Cleveland, according to Postoffice Inspector Blake who took personal charge of the investigation. The robbers are thought .to have been at the railroad station when the train bearing the mail sacks arrived and followed the truck to the postoffice. Postmaster George W. Lathrop this j morning was unable to give an estij mate of the value of the mail stolen. but said he believed it would reach ja large sum. He asserted that it ; may be two or three days before the j source of the mail and the contents of i the sacks can be checked up. I rf tha kill nn V.A i , WV" 1 "umu" Ul Objects To Text. Miss Julia Hinaman, representing the National League of Women Voters, Indorsed the principle of the bill, but objected to its text because It provided a duplication of government service in Its administration. The purpose and aim of the bill, as set forth in its second section, is to "more fully and thoroughly prepare the hoys and girls of the nation for the duties and responsibilities of citizenship through the development, of Doany vigor and endurance. ... The facilities for securing these enda shall be understood to include com prehensive course of physical training activities; periodical physical examination; correction of postural and other remedial defects; health super vision of schools and school children; practical Instruction in the care of the body and in the principles of health; hygienic school life; sanitary school buildings, playgrounds and athletic fields and the equipment thereof; and of such other means as may be conducive to theee purposes." Provides Appropriation The bill provides a $10,000,000 fed eral appropriation for the year ending June SO, next, and thereafter an ap- ',' (Continued on Page Eleven)

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Mrs. Irvine L. Lenroot. Mrs. Irvine L. Lenroot, wife of Senator Lenroot of Wisconsin, has been elected president of the Congressional club of Washington for the coming year. The annual election of officers was held recently and Mrs. Lenroot won by a great majority. She is one of Washington's most charming matrons. HONORED BY FRANCE, BELGIAN WOMAN SPY , ASHAMED, RILLS SELF CBy Associated Press) PARIS, Feb. 17. Madame Louise Thulier, a Belgian school teacher, who was awarded the insignia of the Le gion of Honor and the war cross during the great war, has chosen suicide rather than face exposure as a spy and a betrayer of patriotic friends, it is declared by today's newspapers. The woman, about whom revolved one of the most stirring tragedies of the war. swallowed rat noison at her home in the village of Wiberies, near Mons, yesterday when called to ap pear before a magistrate. Madame Thulier was associated with Edith Cavell, the English nurse, who was executed by the Germans in Brussels on Oct. 15, 1915, and with Countess Johanna De Belleville, commuted through the intervention of President Wilson. She herself was taken prisoner by the Germans and was sentenced to death, but King Alfonso of Spain made a plea in her behalf, and she was reprieved. During an investigation of espionage operations at Mons evidence was found, it is declared by newspapers here, that Madame Thulier had betrayed a number of companions, one of whom was Phillip Baucq, an architect, who was executed the day Miss Cavell faced the German firing squad. He summoned the woman to appear before him, but she is alleged to have swallowed poison rather than obey. CARUSO HOLDING OWN IN FIGHT WITH DEATH (By Associated Press) NEW YORK. Feb. 17. Enrico C ruso, celebrated grand opera linger. held his own during the ntght in his valiant battle against disease, his physicians announced today. An official bulletin, issued shortly before noon by his staff of physicians, said: "Caruso is still severely ill. There is no material change in his condition for better or for worse." While not minimizing the gravity of his illness, the physicians indicatid that if he passed the crisis today he had a fair chance of recovery. The tenor was able to sleep some last night and his temperature wa lower than at any time since he suffered the serious heart attack, following pleurisy late Tuesday night. He also was able to take light nourishment. His grim determination not to die, aa expressed to those at his bedside, is helping prolong life, the physicians declared. His lapses into unconsciousness became less frequent as the night wore on and the anxious watchers thought they detected a steady although slight change for the better. This was reflected in the statement at 5 o'clock this morning that no further bulletins would be issued until 10:30 a. m. MODERATOR DIES RACINE. Wis.. Feb. 17. Dr. Joseph Roberts, who served as moderator of the general assembly of the Welsh Presbyterian church of the United States and moderator of the New York and Wisconsin syncds, died last night here following an operation. He retired in 1916 after a ministry of several years in New York. Weather Forecast Moore's General Forecast Fair and co'd tonight and Friday, with diminishing westerly winds. Forecast for Wayne County, by W. E. Moore Fair tonight, Friday and Friday night. Considerably below freezing tonight. For Indiana, by the United States Weather Bureau Fair tonight and Friday, except snow flurries near Lake Michigan tonight; colder tonight. Temperatures Yesterday Maximum . 62 Minimum 40 Today Noon 27 Weather Conditions The Rocky mountain storm is now moving down the St. Lawrence valley. It was the cause of Wednesday's rain and strong wtnas. it reacned blizzard propor tions in North Dakota, Minnesota and the upper lake regions. . ;

EMIGRATION MEETS BAR INJUROPE Suspend Emigration .From Central Europe Pending Cleaning up of Insanitary Conditions. TO CONTROL TYPHUS

fBy Associated Press) TRIESTE, Feb. 17. Emigration from Central Europe to the United States has been suspended and the eastern frontiers of Italy have been closed, pending the cleaning up of the unsanitary situation here. Italian authorities have forbidden railroad or sea passage to emigrants from Poland. Czecho Slovakia and Jugoslavia as a result of the discovery that travelers from those countries were in some cases suffering from typhus fever. After that no emigrants will be allowed to embark until regulations prescribed by the United States government have been carried out. PARIS, Feb. 17. Dr. Rupert Blue, assistant surgeon general of the United States army met representatives of steamship companies here today todiscuss methods of meeting American restrictions on immigration. NEW YORK, Feb. 17. The rigidity of inspection of all immigrants from the typhus infected areas of Europe was demonstrated today when 650 Immigrants from the steamship Finland arrived bere on a special train from Boston. Sixty-two men, 12 women and 15 boys were held for delcusing at a local hospital. A Tigorous inspection of all Incoming crowds by railroad and steamboat from New Kngland, is conducted by health department officers. May Use the Police. Dr. Royal E. Copeland, health commissioner, in an address at the Hotel Astor. said before he would permit New York .and the remainder of the country to be placed in danger, he 'would throw a police cordon around the entire city to halt the unclean and the germ carrying immigrant. Mr. Copeland feared "cases springing up in the most unsuspected quarters," adding: "Responsibility for the dreadful situation rests on the federal government. It seems to me that every citizen ought to rise in his wrath and demand action be taken to keep out of this t country lice infected persons." . WATER PUMP BIDS . UNDER ADVISEMENT Bids on a feed water pump for the Municipal Electric Light and Power company were opened at the meeting of board of works Thursday morning. Five companies bid on the project, a larger number than ordinarily competes, members of the board stated. All the bids were taken under advisei ment by the board and George M. Coughlin. assistant engineer to J. D. Lyon will take the bids to Cincinnati to analyze them. The companies bidding for the contract were the MidrWest, Wortbington Pump, Beedle Equipment, Allberger. Pump and Condensor and Kerr Turbine companies. The bids ranged from $2,339.10 to $4,047.30. difference in pressure and tanks causing the variations in price, it is said. Representatives from the various companies were on hand and gave explanations of their particular bids. The city clerk was ordered to make up the assessment role for the widening of the Commons road, also known as the Peacock road. The final hearing on the widening of the road was i held Thursday and no objections were raised. MEXICAN OFFICIALS BAR LABOR INFLUX (By Associated I'ress? MEXICO CITY. Feb. 17. Mexican consuls in the United States have been ordered by the foreign office not to vise the passports of laborers coming into Mexico, and border officials have been instructed to be extremely igilent in preventing such workmen from crossing the Rio Grande. This action was taken in an effort to' utop the tide of American workmen towing into Mexico, to the alleged detriment of native laborers. Announcement is made that the government has appropriated 250.000 pesos to alleviate the distress of Mexicans now in the United States, many of whom are said to be in straightened circumstances. Alleged Riot Leader at Cincinnati, Released (By Associated Press) CINCINNATI, O.. Feb., 17. Herbert Seal, who is said to have led the crowd that sought to break into the roomu of the Woman's City club, while Os wald Garrison Villard was fpeaking last Saturday, was dismissed in police court this morning, where he was arraigned on a charge of assault and battery, preferred by Attorney Guy Mallon. The attorney withdrew the charge and said he did not wish "to prosecute because he believed Seal and his companions bad been misled by. a mistaken idea of patriotism. SHELVE BANKING LAWS. By Associated rressi MEXICO CITY, Feb. 17. Baaiing legislation before the chamber of deputies has been shelved ' for 15 days pending the introduction of a new bill which is being prepared by the treasury department.' , i