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Sun. WEATHER FORECAST. ,IT SHINES FOK ALL Partly cloudy to-da- y; rain or snow and warmer; moderate winds. Highest temperature yesterday, 34; lowest, 35, Ketulled weather reports on editorial put, m' 111 . ., !!,'!\'-'-'-- '! IV.... . ...... \ \' TPMrt v mwvsv DECEMBER 6, 1919. cowieht. m9-l- ihe Bm pwmnt Aociauon. JPK1UU TWU UHiiNTo, VOL. 1XXXVII. NO. 97. NEW YORK, SATURDAY, WILSON SEES SENA TORS ON MEXICO; MIND CLEAR, SA YS FALL; TAKES SITUATION UNDER ADVISEMENT; JENKINS LIBERATED; BURSTING MANHOLES HURT 20 AND HALT THE 6 DAY RACE r FLAMES AND SMOKE SWEEP UP STREETS; GARDEN IS EMPTIED Hundreds of Blasts Be- lieved Due to Gas Startle the City. WW, PLOT RUMORED Jlundreds of Windows on j Broadway and 27th St, Are Broken. f fcllDEKS BESUME CONTEST ppeciators Quit Arena Quietly lint Arc Allowed to Bccntcr ! Short lv Before Midnight. Ths six day bicycle race in Madis-o- fquaro Garden was stopped by the po- ller shortly before 10 o'clock last night (nil 'very onfe ordered from tho build- ing as a result of n widespread series 9: explosions In that section of the City which ssnt scores of manhole Covers flying through JUe .air,. injured bout twenty yTSar.:ihcL lof t the Itreets in darkness. \ Tho raco itself t7s resumed after forty-fiv- e minutes nd the spectators were \allowed to re- enter tho Garden at 11:20 o'clock. The first explosion came at 8:15 'dock, when the underground cable System of the New York J3dlson Com- pany either became short circuited or fas choked up the mains. With a roar which could be heard for block? a het of flame shot up level with the lecood story windows from a man- hole In front of tho company's sub- station on Twenty-seven- th street soar Sixth avenue. Fof over three hours the volcano blared forth, threat- ening tho nearby buildings, while emergency .crows from the Edison Company and the Consolidated Gas ..... Company worKea vainiy to snui ou the electric current and the flow of T I as. Brought Into Floir. At U :I5 o'clock Fire Chief Kenlon tliat sand poured into the man-kol- es had 3sffectuall smothered the James. At OUtriftnrctjto Broadway ad Sixth\ aynue surfaoeTcars, which kid been stallod since the first explo- sion, began running again. Edison Company officials doubted, they laid. If the generating plant on Twenty-Seven- th otrcet would be able to resume Service to-d- as a big feed cable had teen badly burned. Relay cables aro be-fr- ig connected. The station serves the dis- trict bounded by Fourth and Seventh venues, Twenty-thir- d and Thirty-fourt- h Streets. Tho initial explosion .ras followed by .ores of others, the first doaen coming 1th great rapidity. Within two hours til the manhole covers had been blown eft along Fifth avenue from Twenty-lair- d t; Thirty-secon- d street, on Broad- way from Twenty-fourt- h to Twcnty-Jjlnt- h street and on Twenty-sevent- h Street from Third to Seventh avenues. 'ot a street light was burning within these boundaries and scarcely a window was left unbroken along Broadway and tn Twenty-sevent- h street. Ordered Race Stopped. As time went on and it became Im- possible to tell how widespread the dan- ker would become Fire Commissioner Prennan ordered all manholes removed trom the vicinity of Madison Square Garden and that the six day bicycle race be stopped until morning. An- nouncement was made Inside that \the thole West Side Is In darkness\ and the iudlence was asked to leave quietly. There was no sign of disorder as the throng filed out. although there was omo shouting. At tho northwest corner of Broad- way and Twenty-sevent- h street nearly a fccien persons were knocked down when jhe manhole there exploded, shattering ihe pavement as though an earthquake tad swept through the solid rock foun- dation of Manhattan Island. Men and Ivomen were thrown to the pavement nd eat and bruised. This was true Isewhere In the section affectett and a Store or mors were injured in all. They Vers treated by ambulance surgeons trom New York Hospital and most of them left for their homes without giving jhtlr names.. Showers of glass deluged pedestrians from sltattered windows and Suts were numerous. ' Firemen Are Busy. ' An alarm of fire was turned In Im- mediately after .the first explosion In front of the Edison As soon as Deputy Chief Roan arrived he r'aliied the danger and called for addi- tional apparatus. Tho firemen tool; Mmt precautionary measures they could gainst the geyser of flame which Sjurted upward and they were aided by fhe fact that there was but little wind lo blow it against the facades of nearby Structures. N'o flr anneared as a result of the Succeeding explosions, although smoke fccurfd up through ths openings in great Volume. One of the manholes was dl- - iictly in front of the Hotel Brealln. at Broadway and Twenty-nint- h street, and there was much, excitement among the guests for a time. Proctor's FlfOi Avo- - nue Theatre was filled, but the mem fcers of tho audience remained quietly k. their seats, oblivious of the turmoil Sulfide. The box office sale- - of tickets stopped, however, and no one was CnnHmttd on Fillh rage DAY RAIDS OWN-FILE- S F0RPR00F Arrives With Grand Jury Sub- poenas and Gets Data on Army Food Sales. O'MALLEY BBOTEST TAILS Hirshfield, After Visit, Ex- presses Confidence Doctor Will Bo Indicted. Dr. Jonathan C. Day yesterday re- turned to the office of Commissioner of Public Markets, whence Mayor Ilylan had hoisted him by tho nape of his political neck on Tuesday. He came armed offensively with the subpoma duces tecum of the Extraordinary Grand Jury. His defensive armor con- sisted in his quality as special process server to the Extraordinary Grand Jury which ho had earned during a day of testimony before that body-testi- mony to such good effect that about the middle of the afternoon the Jury gave him letters of marque to descend into the placo which he said had been filled with several hundred thousand dollars worth of Iniquity in connection with the surplus funds from army food sales, thero to dig out tho documents which he told the Jury would substantiate hla story. Then Jonathan fell eleven stories onto the neck of David. He took his subpoenas from tho twenty-thir- d floor o tho Municipal Building to tho twelfth floor and- - the office of David Hirshfield, Commissioner of Accounts. From both offices, after some dispute. Dr. Day sent to tho Grand Jury ull a .1,1.. wo letters, reports, pay ments relating to the sale of foods and tho transactions of the Department or Markets for the Just expiring calendar year, and tho correspondence of each with Mayor Hylan and each other. The Extraordinary Grand Jury de- voted, most of the day to the of Public Markets. Neither he nor members of the Jury would dis- cuss what he had to Mil. But the Jury gave Indication that It would give up everything else for a tlmo and run Dr. Day's story to tho bottom. He has charged that Edwin J. O'Malley and W. V. Smith, formerly deputies under him, conspired with Mayor Hylan and Com- missioner of Accounts Hirshfield to get him out of office. He has also charged that there were Irregularities In the handling of' the surplus from the aale of army foods. But it was his removal of Deputy Smith that brought Mayor Hylan's axe singing about his own head, and no sooner was he well out of the office than the Mayor named O'Malley, whom Day had fired In October, to suc- ceed him as head of the department. His recital of his story to the Grand Jury brought no expressions of worry from those whom he has assailed. \He's digging his own grave,\ was Commissioner CMalley's comment. \If the Grand Jury's on the level It will Indict Day,\ remarked Commis- sioner Hirshfield. Mr. O 'Mailer Protests. Dr. Day arrived about 3:30 at the Department of Markets, accompanied by James A. McNamara, warden of th Gran J Jury, and James Breen, a regu- lar process server from the District At- torney's office. He went, straight to the letter flies In the outer office with which he had been so lately familiar.- - No sooner had ho opened the first drawor. However, than out of the door marked 'Commissioner. Private,\ popped Com- missioner O'Malley. One glance at tho back of his late chief bent over the letter flies brought from him the remark, \Not on your life I\ Day handed him the subpoena of the Extraordinary Grand Jury. \Bubpcena or no subpoena,\ remarked Commissioner O'Malley, \nothing goes out of this office unless on the advice of my legal adviser, the Corporation Coun- sel.\ Whereupon Dr. Day sprang to a tele- phone and soon had on tho wire Ray- mond F. Almlrallr foreman of the Ex- traordinary Grand Jury. Ho induced Mr. O'Malley to get on tho other end and Mr. O'Malley says that Mr. Almlrall told him unless he delivered to Special Process Server Day the documents called for he would be sent for with a body warrant. \Body or no body warrant,\ Mr. O'Malley replied with some heat, \a man's entitled to counsel even If he commits murder and I won't do It unless the Corporation Counsel says so.\ During all this telephoning and while Mr O'Malley was sending down to the sixteenth floor for-th- Corporation Coun- sel Dr. Day, quite naturally, of course, slipped into the door marked \Com- missioner. Private.\ \I put him out again,\ remarked Mr. O'Malley In telling of the Incident Then Aaolstant Corporation Counsel Charles J. Druhan arrived on the scene and advised Mr. O'Malley to comply with the subpoena. While he was adylslng Mr. O'Malley again observed the door marked \Commissioner Private\ swing- ing on its hinges. \I put him out again,; he said In Lontmu il o .VHfi 1 RAIL MANAGERS ORDER CUTS IN TRAIN SERVICE Federal Administration to Bednce Schedules Be- cause of Strike. \20TJI CENTURY\ OFF Drastic Measures to Bo Im- posed to Save Dwindling- - Coal Supply. Wholesale reductions in train service, passenger, and freight, including the elimination of the famous twenty-fou- r hour trains between (New York and Chicago on both tho New York Central and Pennsylvania lines, woro ordered yesterday by the United States Hall-roa- d .Administration to reduco coal consumption at once to tho minimum. They will take effect at midnight De- cember 9. Tho cuts in service are more drastic than those in effect during the war. According to the anouncemont made hero yesterday by A. T. Hardin, al Director of tho Ilollroad Ad- ministration, tho reduction wilt bo general on all roads and will be made as far as practicable on tho lines having common termini to support each other and afford tho maximum of service to the travelling public. In other sections of the country there was less optimism In tho statements of ofliclals of the Railway Administration. In Boston a straight 33 per cent, cut in botli passenger and freight schedules on all the New England lines was an- nounced. In Chicago P. S. Eustls, chair- man of tho Western Traffic Commlttoe, predicted further reductions in service, which might be made, he said, without previous warning. \I advise people to travel as little as possible and to tako their lunch along, because dining cars may be taken off unexpectedly and without notice under the new schedulo,\ said Mr. Eustls. \The travelling public must not get aggra- vated with the ticket agent because he does not know how trains are to run. not bo disappointed If Chrlstmas packages do not arrlvo on time. They will have to get used to this thing as long as the coal strike lasts.\ Aid Movement of Coal. An additional reason given for the re duction in passenger service, besides the immediate savings effected, is the greater facilities offered for quick move- ment \of coal to points where emergencies may arise during the continuance of the strike. Tho changes announced yesterday are far moro drastic than those In effect during the coal shortage occasioned by tho war and the severe winter of 1917-191- 8. At that timo freight service was not Interfered with In fact It was in- creased. Passenger schedules wcro deranged to some extent, but the reduc- tions were largely theoretical, as addi- tional sections of the trains which re- mained on the schedules praotlcally took the place of trains eliminated. Not only Is a vigorous pruning of all passenger schedules provided for in the orders issued yesterday but the running of additional sections of the remaining trains is expressly forbidden except In case of coach travel between large cen- tres of population, and then only when absolutely necessary. The Twentieth Century Limited, ordered discontinued by yesterday's ruling, has been operated continuously ever since It was Inaugu- rated more than twenty years ago. The text of Regional Hardin's state- ment wsb as follows: \For the purposo of conserving fuel available and to protect nnd provide es- sential transportation, an order has been given for a reduction in passenger train service effective 12:01 A. M. Wednes- day, December 10, on all railroads In the eastern region. \This Is necessary not only to con- serve fuel but also to afford the freest facilities for the expeditious movement of fuel where there may be acute short- ages, especially In the West, at the pres- ent time. Passengers who have ob- tained reservations upon the Twentieth Century Limited for dates after lte sus- pension will, so far as practicable, be accommodated on other through trains upon application to the ticket agent \The revised schedules are now being prepared and will be posted In all sta- tions, and information will be furnished to all agencies and to the press as quickly as possjble.\ New York city had'lts first exxperienco with heatlcss cars during the rush hours yesterday evening, and apparently emerged none the worse. At any rate, few complaints were heard. Public Ser- vice Commissioner Lewis Nixon an- nounced that further action looking to- ward an additional saving of electrla current was contemplated, but would await the obtaining by tho Commission of additional information. Besides the reduction In service and the discontinuance of heat In the cars he Instanced as possible economies tlit reduction of light in cars and stations, tho reduction of lighting In hotels and residences and the conservation of gas through the Introduction of regulations as to the hours of cooking. He said, however, that he believed that users of gas were, as a rule, much mora cart- ful than those who used electrla current, and that on account of the great hard- ship that would be placed on many per- sons In the use of gas this would not be done except as a last resort To Stop Electric Leaks. The commission has also under he announced, the possibility of controlling the leaks from electrlo transmission lines, but this problem re- - CoslMi(d on Fourfn Pops. Manufacturers Boycott Striking Coal Miners .QHICAGO, Doc, 5. John M. Glenn, secretary of tho Il- linois Manufacturers Association, announced y that members of his organization had begun n boycott of clothing, food, fuel and other necessities against the striking coal miners of the State. He said members of the as- sociation are conducting tho boy- cott as individuals as retaliation against the strikers who are re- sponsible for tho fuel famine which has paralyzed the business of the country\. (Secretary Glenn received a let-t- or from one of his members to- day which read: \t have held\ up every order that comes from a mining com- munity and I will continue to hold up such orders so long as the 'strike is on and they are prevent- ing coal from coming to us.\ HARD COAL MEN AGAINSTSTRIKE Anthracite Miners Prove Cold to Talk of Sympathetic Walkout. TO STAND BY CONTRACTS Huge Demands on Poniisyl-vanin- . Field Indicate Criti- cal. Situation. Sptdal Dopalch lo The Sc Reading, Pa., Dec 6. A canvass of tho anthracite area of eastern Penn- sylvania indicates, almost to a cer- tainty, that there will bo no strike In sympathy with the soft coal miners. The canvass reveals the anthracite miners aa. determined to make, good, the terms of contracts with the oper- ators, which have until March 21, 1920, to run. Production of anthracite is showing n. regular Increase, a natural response to the situation created by tho soft coal strike. Every mine Is being worked to its capacity. The mines of the Reading Coal and Iron Company aro working with full crews and the men appear to be wholly satisfied with conditions. The company received a telegram to- day to Increase an order for 200 cars of rice size anthracite to 300 can'. This order was from tho Akron Rubber Com- pany of Akron, Ohio, atld will bo filled. Dally shipments aggregute 60,000 toils. There Is a tremendous demand for all sizes of anthracite. Appeals vthat Indicate a serious situation havo come from Chicago and are being answered ir the largest available quantities. Taken as a whole, the situation In the Pennsylvania anthracite area reveals no basis for the declaration of Frank n, president of the Illinois district of the United Mine Workers, that the hard coal miners are willing to declare a sympathetic strike if asked to do so. The coke supply ' necessary in this territory for a score of blast furnaces has not been seriously affected up to this timo. JAPAN SAYS U.S. MUST AID IN RESTORATION Nation Keenly Interested in Senate's Treaty Course. Bv tht Mtoctated Prett. Tokio, Dec. S (delayed). Responsi- ble Japanese circles are keenly Inter- ested In peace developments In the United States, believing a settlement of the matter, even with reservations, es- sential to world reconstruction. The conviction is growing in Japan that the United States, whom the war left with fewer wounds than the other nations, must\ cooperate in the readjustment of international affairs. Whatever the American Senate's ultimate action on the provisions of the peace treaty deal-ln- u with Shantung, Japan, It is believed here, Is prepared to carry out her an- nounced project of restoration. Japan It now preoccupied with Inter- nal social problems, the eastward spread of Bolshevism and general relations with China. The recent disturbances at In which Beven Chinese stu- dents were alleged to have been killed and three wounded by Japanese, have led to an exchange of notes between the Chinese and Japanese Governments. HOME RULE FOR INDIA PASSED IN COMMONS Montagu Sees Old JSra's End and New One Begun. LoNDOK.jJPec 5. The House of Com- mons to-n- U passed ths .third reading of the IndlauNlll giving India a measure of William A6?Vison, Laborlte, and Sir Donald MaeLei?', Liberal, while compli- menting the Government on what the) declared was a long step forward, ex- pressed regret that In a larger measure had not been given India. Edwin 8. Montagu. Liberal, the sponsor of the bill, said the proudest moment of his Ufa had armed. The mere passage of ths bill, he declared, ended tn old era and started a new one. -- nuDnnts.\ It'i the spirit of the holidays la play form. Stlwyn Thtitrt. Adv. EUROPE GIVES UP HOPE OF TREATY IN WILSON FORM Realizes at Last America Befnses a Blank Check to Enter Foreign AVars. rilAXCE ASKS B1UTISII AID President's Failure to Mention Peace in His Message Ends All Illusion. My L.VTJIIE.N'CK HILLS. Blaff Ctrreiponitnt of Tils Sux CopvrioM, aa, all rightt rttcrvetl. Paius, Dec. 5. Underlying the un- easiness here over tho crisis caused by Germany's refusal to sign tho protocol is the feeling, now become a convic- tion, that the United States will not sign tho peace treaty without material modifications and that this situation la primarily responsible for tho changed attitude of the Germans. It was the reassembling of Congress and tho failure of President Wilson to mention the treaty in his message that completed the disillusionment of Europe regarding the President's abil- ity to make good tho promises and commitments ho made at tho Tcace Conference. Newspaper comment here now Is MM!nn!1v iinnHmnm In thft view that'i the only hqpo for the treaty lies In the acceptance of the Republican res- ervations. Such unanimity Is in marked contrast to tho comments printed before the Scnato had refused to approve the treaty and even after tlic end of tho session. Hopes for Treaty A,e Ihed. - Event . of the last fw days largely havo dashed tho hopes tlwt had been railed for quick action on the treaty and have led to these developments here: First. An energetic campaign, evi- dently Inspired, launched by tho French newspapers to induce Great Britain to modify the Anglo-Frenc- h ngreemcnt so that. Its effectiveness will not depend upon the ratification by tho United States of tho bhnllar alliance with, the latter. Second. A demand that Europi now readjust lta political conceptions of the groupings of States 011 the old principle of equilibrium, which the idealism oc President Wilson prevented, but which practical statesmen Insist was a better safeguard for peace than those based on a false hypothesis. Third. A renewal of the demand that the Republican reservations be accepted with the view solely of obtaining the support of U10 United States in keeping the Germans to their obligations and not with the Idea of keeping tho United States involved generally In Europe, as was contemplated in the Wilson plan and accepted by a large part of Europe, be- cause ot his assurances, as something practically accomplished already. Several Influential newspapers here announced yesterday that negotiations with Great Britain for a modification of the Anglo-Frenc- h pact wero undeq way, but tho Foreign Office refusos to con- firm these statements. Howover, thoro is good reason to suppose that since Great Britain needs the support of France because of troubles In Egypt she will not refuse the French request when the tlmo comes. Mny aa Well Submit to Inevitable. Accepting an a fact a statement by the Washington correspondent of the London Times that European nations had better make up their minds that there Is ta bo no treaty without Re- publican reservations and that the treaty and the league, as they now stand, aro beaten. Lit Liberie declares it would bo better for Iresldent Wilson to accept them and for the Allies to declare themselves satisfied, adding: \For after all It Is bettor to have some- thing than nothing at all.\ he Oauloit says It Is not explained why the diplomatic agents of the En- tente Powers In Washington, better sit- uated than their chiefs here to ascer- tain the intentions of the American Con- gress, should not have advised their Governments of what was bound to hap- pen In America while the Peace Con- ference still was at work. It continues: \This incomprehensible negligence calls for explanations, but this Is not the hour for recriminations. It is Indispen- sable to obtain u modification In the text ot the British treaty, and we are convinced that our British ally will not hesitate to sustain us In case of Ger- man aggression, whether or not our American friends are with us.\ A writer In L'Avetfr says it is neces- sary for the European nations to or- ganize their own peace and to depend no longer on Washington. He adds: \The withdrawal of the United States Is a fact; It Is for us now to take cognizance of It and to safeguard by proper means the results of our victory and the tranquillity of the ancient con- tinent. We made war without the aid of America ; now we must accustom our- selves to the idea of making peace with- out her.\ VAction Francoite says: \What Is clear In the reservations of the Senate Is that tho United States will not sign a blank check requiring It to guaran- tee a world system which Is personal to Mr. Wilson but not Interesting io them at all, or certainly not to the extent of sending soldiers to Europe each time the frontiers of Cxecho-Slovak- or Jugo- - are In danger.\ \nCDDIEC\ Mke rounilf a prettnt by aelnc it at bo Selwjn Theatre any n'ght Adc. Wilson Decides Not To Withdraw Treaty WASHINGTON, Dec. C Presi- dent Wilson has no intention if withdrawing tho peace treaty from the Senate for the present, Senator Hitchcock (Neb.) an- nounced y after his visit to tho President. Ho discussed the treaty question with tho President briefly after the conference on tho Mexican situation. The President thinks the failure of the Sonnte to act on tho treaty at the special session shifted tho responsibility to \other shoulders,\ Senator Hitch- cock said, adding: \He is just going to let it stay .vhore it is at present.\ COL GREEN IS ROLE OF PRINCE He Meets Little' French Cin- derella With a Big limousine. TO PAY FOR EDUCATION Mile. Jenny, War Orphan of 12, Ninth to Be Adopted by Capitalist. Col. E. II. Green, son of the late Hotty Green, entertained in his sulto in tho Waldorf-Astori- a last night Mile. Jenny Turpaud, formerly of Paris, whose Christian name is not really Jenny, but something of loss vivacious flavor and a bit polysyllabic But nobody, after looking at the little lady's dancing eyes and regular Carpentlerlsh method of gesturing, would think for a moment of calling her by a long front name. Anyhow, the Colonel could not, and he spent several hours making an effort to Understand her French, while com- -, pletely fathoming what She meant by her interpretative pantomlne. The Celonel had a hard tlmo getting Mile. Jenny to the Waldorf, spending \the greater part of a whole day In ne- gotiation with Ellis Island officials, who did not want to let her In because she had mislaid, or tho lady who had ac- companied her In the first cabin of the French liner La. Lorraine had mislaid, her passport. But tho Colonel stuck to the Job until after sundown and finally the passport was found and Mile. Jenny was whisked up to the hotel In a limou- sine, feeling like Cinderella in her mag- nificent coach except she had no pranc- - I Ing and plunging horses galloping be fore her. You might as well know that Mile. Jenny Is only 12, otherwise there might seem to be ground to suspect that the Colonel might be going to play Prince to her. He has, it is eaid (he refuses to say so himself), jtcted in the same princely fashion with eight other little girls of France, but never rode in n. fine car with them to a shining inn as he did with Mile. Jenny. Wiien she comes to understand the American language Mile. Jenny may tell how she felt when she took that ride and landed in that towering Inn. She wa unable last night to express herself In French. She has started In on Amer- ican and hopes to achieve fluency soon after she gets to the Wllkesbarre Tech- nical School. She' expects to go thero Mile. Jenny Is exceptionally bright, but she was not picked out for a flno all around American education because of her Intellectual sparkle or her comeli- ness. She Is a French war orphan, and Col. Green, who Is doing his post-w- bit taking care of some French orphans, was persuaded to see that Mile. Jenny takes a course that will make her eventually a happy American citizen. One ot the native American citizens- - who will help her Is Miss Anna Olcott prin- cipal of the Wllkesbarre Technical School, who, with Col. Green, met Mile. Jenny at the French lino pier and rode with her to tho Waldorf. Mile. Jenny's father wns a pollu, Roger Turpaud, and was killed In the early part of the war after receiving about all the decorations there were for gallantry and super-gallantr- Her mother, who works In a factory In Paris, was glad to let her little girl go to America to be educated. DOUBTS AN ALLIANCE TO PROTECT FRANCE Lord Robert Cecil Sees Fail- ure Ahead for Proposal. Liverpool, Dec. 5, Lord Robert Cecil, In a speech said he did not think tho sugcstod alliance between the United States, France and Great Britain guaranteeing assistance for Franco In case of future aggression by Germany would materialize. Such alliances. Lord Roberts declared, always broke down Just when they were wanted. PANIC ON VIENNA BOURSE, Znrlch Itnmor Caaaca Value of Crown to Tumble. VirtJNA, Deo. 4 (delayed). A report that the Zurich exchange had ceased quoting ths Austrian crown caused wild scenes on the stock market here y. Some rail and Industrial shares ad- vanced 2000 to 2,800 crowns a share owing to the depreciation of the value of the crown causid by the rumor J AGENT SET FREE AT NIGHT AFTER $500PAYMENT J. Salter Hansen Deposits Check Drawn Against New York Bank. JENKINS NOT CONTENT Wants to do Back to Jail Un- less His Bclease Bo' Made Unconditional. Bv tKe AtnciaUi Ttnt. Mexico Citt, Doc. C William G, Jenkins, thp American Consular Agent at Puebla, was released at 10 o'clock last night by order of the judgo nt Puebla, according to a 'despatch from that city filed there at 2:30 o'clock this morning. Consul Jenkins retired Im- mediately to his home, the message added. Advices to El Vcmocrata state that Consul Jenkins was sot freo after a' check, for $500 (American) signed by J. Salter Hansen, drawn on the Guar- anty Trust Company of New York, had been handed the authorities. It Is asserted that Mr; Hansen conducted all the negotiations for, tho release. The freeing of Mr. Jenkins came as a surprise to him, tho despatch oddn, Ha won awakened from his night's sleep by Chief of Police Zav-alc- ta and at once dressed himself, gathered together his few belongings and was convoyed to his home. His release, is was said, was not unex- pected In Puebla. Jenklna attempted to procuro his relmprlsonment y, according to special despatches received here late the .Excelsior. Judicial authorities at Puebla refused to allow the consular agent to reenter the prison. Mr. Jenkins's move, according to the despatches, was prompted by a desiro to- - obtain unconditional liberty, Mr. Jenkins being quoted as asserting that ball was furnished by his friend J. Salter Hansen, without his knowledge nnd that ho refused to accept condi- tional freedom. Hilarlo Medina, Under Secretary of Foreign Relations, Is quoted by the .Bxccfalor as stating that the release of Mr. Jenkins had ramoved all cause for friction between the United States and Mexico, The Guaranty Trust Company said yesterday that J. Salter Hansen had an account at Us Fifth avenue branch which had been inactive for some time. No further Information concerning Mr. Hansen was avallablo at the Trust com- pany. At the apartment house here In which Hansen lived for two years It was said that he had gone to Mexico fast June, returned In September and on October 5 had given up his suite, asking, how- ever, that his mall bo held. No furUier word had been received from him. Hansen probably Is the theatrical man of that name formerly of Chicago. This Hansen was Involved In a dispute with the British authorities in 1913 over in- cidents in connection with tho produc- tion of the play of f'Croesus,\ Involving an alleged threat against Arthur Bour-clile- r, ttje Englhjh r. The depatchej from London at that period stated that he had been bound over in 110,000 sureties In that city to keep tho peace for a year, and that ho shortly afterward left England for France. RELEASE OF JENKINS NOT TO END CRISIS U. S. to Continue Investiga- tion of Kidnapping. Special DtiptUch to Tns Sv. Washi.vcjto:, Dec. 5. With the re- lease of Consular Agent Jenkins from the Puebla penitentiary, as reported to- day by the State Department, the Mex- ican crisis has not passed. This was made evident y when ofliclals again declared that the Jenkins case wan only one of the most recent offences against the United States. It also was stated that the Investigation Into the kidnap- ping would be continued and that Jen- kins's release would not halt discussion. Secretary Lansing late this afternoon announced that a despatch from the American Embassy at Moxloo City stated that Third Secretary of Embassy Ilanno, who was sent to Puebla in connection with the .State Department's repeated representations for the Immediate release of Jenkins, had reported that Jenkins had been released from the penitentiary last night State Department officials had no in- formation concerning the statement that J. Slater Hansen had deposited )G00 ball for tho rolcaso of Jenkins. It was suggested that the name \Hansen\ may have been confusod with that of Third Assistant Secretary Matthew E. Hanna, at the American Embassy at Mexico city, thmugh whom negotiations for the re- lease of Jenkins have been conducted. There was nothing to Indicate, however, that Hanna had furnished bait In the official .statement Issued by the State Department on the case It is said: Tho release of Cbnsular Agent Jen- kins was brought about by urgent diplomatic representations made by this Government and the resulting Investigation by Gen. Pablo Gon- zales, who was sent to Puebla by Ihe Mexican Government to Invcsti- - CoNtinued 6s Sevotul Vast. Foreign Relations Sub- committee Finds Presi- dent Well Informed, I1IS SPEECH IS THICK Asks for Memorandum and Promises Early Decision as to Break. SITUATION LESS ACUTE Bclease of Jenkins Canjuft Democrats to Counsel De lay, but Fall Insists. Special DetvatcS to Tnm So. Washington, Dec. 5. Lying la Iwd In his room at the White House, his head nnd shoulders slightly propped up, President Wilson rocolvod thin afternoon Senators Fall (N. M.j and Hitchcock (Neb.), and for forty-flT- minutes discussed tho Mexican crisis with them. Most of ihe talking was dons by tho callers. The President spolco In- frequently and, as Senator Fall de scribed It, with a noticeable thickness In his voice. \Hut that,\ Senator Hitchcock said afterward, \might have boon due to the fact that he had caught a slight cold yesterday. told us he had taken a cold from exposure.\ At this point there was a sharp divergence as to recollections. \I was present during all of tho conversation between Dr. Grayson nnd Senator Hitchcock and Dr. Grayson did not mention a word about the President taking cold yesterday,\sald Senator Fall. Perfectly Able Mentally. The Senatorial observers .were agreed that the President's mlntj was perfectly clear, that he plainly was better Informed about Mcslco than they had expected to And him, and took tin animated Interest in what they had come to tell him. \He looked physically as well a could be expected of a man after it severe illness of nine or ten weeks,\ Raid Senator Fall. 'U wonld not question that mentally he Is'perfcctl.v able to copo with tho Mexican question.\ \The President 1ms been very 111.\ said Senator Hitchcock, \but he 1 recovering nnd looked much better than when L last saw him two weeks ago. Ho was shaved nnd slightly propped up In Uic bed. He is galnlns, but must be careful not to attempt too much. His doctors find It diffi- cult to restrain him in this.\ When the Senators entered the White House they met Hear Admiral Grayson, tho President's personal physician, nnd asked how long they might remain with the President. He said he would not place nuy limit on the Interview. Jlmnae to \Dr.\ .Ioica. All amusing lucident of tho visit was that the President, after he had received his visitors, turned to them and with a grim suggestion of a smile said: \I hope you will deliver a :newge for me to Dr. Moses that will tend to contrndlct his diagnosis of my case.\ Ho alluded to the fact that about a month ago a private letter of Sena- tor Moses (N. H.) found Its way Into print, In which the Senator said It had been rumored that the President was suffering from a brain lesion. \Please tell him.\ continued the 'resident, \that I will lie up In a few days anil ablo to attend to Imslne.-- s In the same old way. It may reas- sure, though possibly II will disap- point him.\ The President shook hands with his callers, both of whom noted particu- larly that ho offered his right hand. It also was observed that he was carefully covered with the bed clothe- upNo the neck and that although he turned his head and used his right hand there was no movement dUrln.e the entire forty-flv- e minutes of the Interview of body or legs. Object of the Vtnll. The Senators hud been sent by the Foreign Jtelatlons Committee to learn the President's wishes as to the dis- position of the Fall resolution on Mexico, which declares approval of the State. Department's conduct of matters and Indicates support of the President If It be determined neces- sary to withdraw recognition from the Carranzn Government nnd sever dip- lomatic relations. The President did not express hlf opinion about the resolution, but listened to n recounting of our grievances ngainst Carranza by Sena tor Fall, and then asked that a memo- randum of It be sent lo him. Senator Fall prmnK'd to do this, and later
