HUERTA'SCAPITALFACINGSIEGE

Zapata Sends Courier toMexico City Demanding

Immediate Sur-render

BULLETIXPARIS, Dec. 18.?The effort* of

the Mexican governmert to raisemoney in Europe in order to meetthe interest on its obligations fallingdue in January have thus far beenfutile. The Paris and London banks,which took $20,000,000 of the loanauthorized by the Mexican congressin the spring and an option on theunissued remainder, decline to exer-cise their option even for a fewmillions.

MEXICO CITT. Pec. IS?EmilioZapata today demanded the surrenderof Mexico City. The message wasbrought here by a courier under coverof darkness and taken to the ministerof war.

It la believed that la< k of artilleryfiione prevents tfie Zapatistas fromattaxkimx the capita: The govern-ment has at last awakened to theseriousnes of the situation, and asmany of the capital troops as canspared have been rushed out to the de-fense of the threatened suburbs.

The town of Los Reyes oa the In-teroceanic railway. 14 miles SOtUheadMof the capital, was looted by Zapa-tistas yesterday. The town waspartly destroyed. Twenrj -six . '.x-,7. -is

who rwwted the "bandits were killt*i:iIn an attempt to win support froils

his bitterest enemies Huerta ptajM fhrelease on Christmas day many depu-ties who were Imprisoned when hedissolved congress. This move is alsobelieved to be due to representationsmade by the American governmentasking that justice be done the pris-

oners.FEDERALS THHE.tTEX VIM.A

By Associated Press.O.TTXAGA. Mex., Dec. 18. ?The dis-

patch of large quantities of rationsacross the border from Presidio to-day, following the recent receipt ofurgent messages from the war de-partment at Mexico City, orderingGeneral Salvador Mercado to take theoffensive against the constitutional-ists, gave rise to a belief that thefederal troops which have been en-trenched here since their retreat fromChihuahua were preparing to attackthe Villa forces.

Mercado had previously stated thatunless the rebels attacked Ojinagasoon the federals would leave for theinterior. He then announced that hewould try to recapture Chihuahua,but it is believed here that should heactually assume the aggressive hewould more likely move * towardJuarez, \u25a0 which Is less strongly de-fended than it w-as before Villa tooka large part of his army to Chihuahua.

Some of the federal officers todayexpressed the belief that the captureof Juarez would be more advantage-

ous to the federal cause than that of''hihuahua on account of the im-portance of the former place as a port

of entry.

Assaulted in Street;Police Search for Two

street a feu- feet off Market, and solseriously, injured him that he was]taken to his home at 1356 Ninth ave-jnue. He was made unconscious by Iblows by brass knuckles. All Klliottremembers of the affair is that twoown came up behind him and one jstruck him. Th.-n both ran. The ipr« ssmen formerly employed by the I.company are out on a strike. .

VERMONT NEARS PORT. NEW YORK, Dec. 18 ?The disabledbattleship Vermont, in tow of thebattleship Delaware, both returningfrom a Mediterranean cruise, willprobably reach Norfolk early tomor-row morning, according to wirelessmessages received early today atSandy Hook.

LECTURE ON HERCULANEUMA lecture on "Herculaneuru and Its

Treasures" will be given by Prof. H.Rushton Fairclough of Stanford uni-

ty before the San Francisco soci-ety of the Archaeological institute atS:i.r ,

o'clock tonight at the San Fran-cisco Institute, of Art. California and.\ia--on streets.

WATER RATES INCREASEDThe water rates of Eagle Kock. Los

.vsgeles county, are today materiallyIncreased over the former rates, theMate railroad commission having or-dered the Increase.

I'hone Kearny 56, Want. Ad depart-

"PLASTIC POSES" IN PARISABOVE CENSURE, SHE SAYS

Mrs- Natalie C. Barney ofWashington Lauds New-

est SensationPARIS. Dec. 18.?"Plastic poses such

as were given by Mme. Valentin deSaint Point not only are perfectlyproper, but they are educational andInspiring. It is absurd to criticise."

Thus did Miss Natalie Clifford Bar-ney of Washington declare herself to.day in discussing a party given byMme. Saint Point, which has causeda social sensation in Paris. MissBarney is looked upon In the Latinquarter as an art connoisseur of thehighest qualities.

She is better known among artists

here than in the United States, al-though a nymph statue for which sheis said to have posed, and whi< h wasshown in the yard oi' tiie Barney

Sioine in Washington U.ree. years ago,caused mv' h discussion and brought

forth a police order that the statue

"When a person with an artisticMature wants to uplift an nowadays,there is a great hue and cry frommoralists.' s.iid the young woman,continuing her remarks concerningMme. Sam: Point's party. I attendedthe party. I consider that it was per-fectly proper in every way.

"Other Americans also were there,

and they were delighted with theposes."

Mme. Saint Point, the divorced wifeof a French cabinet minister, grand-daughter of the Marquis dcs Gians deI'essiat and a defendant of I,atnar-tine. historian anc poet, gave the un-usual party in her home. 19 Avenuede Tourville. in the Champs de Marsquarter.

Three hundred invitations were is-sued, and all of those who were in-vited attended, because they knewMme. Saint Point well enough to besure that she would supply somethinglntenseiv Interesting for them in theway of a diversion. She did.

She gave undraped plastic pose*.One American guest?a Chicago mil-lionaire ? who was present said thatnever again did he want to view a"draped pose." Explaining that state-ment, he said the poses of Mme. SaintPoint were so artistic that they madeeven the idea of a draped figure seem? ake L,it>by prison looked during theworld's fair."

The Americans were enthusiastic

over the idea of "nndrap' ,d plasticpose parties." One of then' is said tohe contemplating giving a "modestlydraped tango tea."

Mrs. Natalie C. Barney of Washington, noted as the model for thenymph statue appearing in the garden of her home, who defends"Plastic Pose."

Rybitski Gets a NewPlane for Sunday Meet

Notwithstanding the fact that hehas narrowly escaped death In thewrecks of two aeroplanes since theSunday aviation meets have been heldat the exposition grounds, Arthur Ry-bltski has obtained another machineand will be among the starters at themeet Sunday afternoon.

Another flyer who is expected to

startle the crow.] Is H. W". Blakeiey.Roy Francis and Harry Ch istoffer-

son are also preparing new feats,Frank Bryant will make a high flight,descending in a .winding spiral. The"death dive" by Silas Christoffersonwill again be one of the features.

Miss Hortense WhiteStar at Graduation

Miss Hortense White, daughter ofthe late Stephen M. White, will beone of the stars at the graduationexercises of the TJutler-Xelke Aoad-emy of [>ramati>: Arts at Golden GateCommander y hall tomorrow after-noon. Miss Edna Ftlese will appearIn *"Op o' Me Thumb."

DEMOCRATSHOLD STAGEINPOLITICS

Mine Candidates in BourbonRing for Governorship Al- I

ready; Others Waiting

While the progressives are mark-ing time and the republicans are try-ing to amalgamate, the democrats to-day are making big preparations for \u25a0the 1914 gubernatorial and senatorialcampaign. Already they have out-stripped their opponents: they havenine names up for the governorship jalready, and the primary election la Inine months away.

Those mentioned are: Anthony |Oamlnettl. commissioner general of :immigration: Ix>rin A. Handley. presl-. jfl' in mt the Lob Angeles board of pub- jlie work*; M. F. Tarpey of Fresno; jFred Hall of Bakersfield: Senator ,T.K. Sanford of T'kiah; Senator Curtlnof Tuolumne; Sydney Van Wyck ofSan Francisco; William J. White ofWatsonviiie. brother of the late Ste-phen M. White, and B. Del Vallo ofLos Angeles.

AWAIT PHELAS'S RETCRN?Tames D. Phelan and Thomas Grif-

fin of Modesto have been mentionedas senatorial candidates, and WalterMacar.thur is a possibility for lieu-tenant governor.

The democrats will meet as soon asPhelan gets back from the east.

The progressives' affairs won'treally warm up till Governor Johnsondecides which he is to run for ?gov-

ernor or senator. Chester H. Rowellhas announced that he will not be acandidate, but Francis J. Heney andJohn- M. Eshleman are still in thering.

Meanwhile, William Kent is tellingthe progressives they are retrogrades,and trying to form a body of his own. jThe progressive republicans are look-ing over 'the situation keenly. Ofthe latter A. M. Drew, former SpeakerHewitt and E. O. Larkins are* sizingup material In preparation for their jmeeting-, to be held next month.

«. O. P. MEM MENTIOXEDThe regular republicans mentioned

Ifor the gubernatorial nomination are:| District Attorney J. D. Fredericks ofLj.< Angeles; Phil Stanton, formerspeaker of the assembly; Motley Flint

lof Lo.s Angeles and Charles Belshaw.Samuel Shortrldge has announced

his candidacy for the senatorship.Other names put forward are FrancisV. Keesllng. Congressman JosephKnowland and E. A. Hayes.

C. M. Hammond is said to have leftfor the east to help the pl*n of theregulars, under Gustave Brenner, tosolidify the party In this state.

iDANK AND FILE1\ WITH ME?HENEY

"I am more convince dthan ever,jsince my trip to southern California,jthat the majority of the rank and tileiof the progressive party will support

?me for the nomination of either of| the. two offices for which I shall be aicandidate."i This statement was made by Fran-| els J. Heney today, following his re-| turn last night from Los Angeles andother title sin the south.| He reiterated his announcementmade last week that, he would be acadldalte for either the nominationfor United States ,-enator or governor,that his decision as to which office hewould seek rested entirely upon whataction Governor Johnson took. He

Iwill not contest a nomination withthe governor.

Eggless MenusFriday's Are Here

EGGLESS menus for thethree daily meals are be-

ing given this week, whichwere prepared especially forThe Call and Post by Dr.Caroline Cook Coffin, statesecretary of the Housewives'league.

The following is for Friday:BREAKFAST

Sliced Oranges and Banana*Oatmeal and Cream

Creamed Dried BeefBaking Powder Biaculta Coffee

LISCHBOSMacaroni with Cheeae

I-ettuce with French Dressing;Canned Peaches Tea

DIXXERLentil Soup Crouton*

Baker Rock Cod, White SauceLyonnatae Potatoes

String- Beana, Butter SauceTomatoes and Lettuce

rironn Hcitj. Hard SauceBlack Coffee

CALIFORNIA PIONEER DIESColonel John Miller Drake, Califor-

nia pioneer and old time railroad man,is dead at Portland, according to wordreceived by his friends here, today. Hewas born in 1830. One of his sons, R.M. Drake, is district engineer for theSouthern Pacific railroad.

DID ROBBERS'DRUG CAUSE

SUICIDE?Working on the theory that Krnest

Modeen, former Oakland undertaker,who killed himself yesterday in Ala-meda, was drugged and robbed aweek ago while on a ferry boat andthat the effects of this drug led finally

to suicide, Olaf Houge, the father ofModeen's fiancee. Miss Emily Houge,

has asked the police of Oakland to in-vestigate.

Houge told the police today thatModeen had met three men on theferry boat; that he had taken a few-drinks with them; that he remem-bered nothing more until he awakenedthe following day in a vacant housein Sausalito. He had been robbed of$48 and his gold watch.

Miss Houge, who nursed him backto life last spring, is prostrated bygrief. She says Modeen spent severalhurs during the night wading in thewater. When she left to go to herwork at the telephone switchboard inthe Hotel Oakland she bid him good-by. Later he dressed himself In anold suit, slashed his wrist and leapedinto the surf tank.

CAUCUS TODECIDE ONU.S. PHONE

By Associated Brass.

' WA SHIXGTON*. Deo. IS.?Postmas-ter General Burleson's declaration forthe principle of government owner-ship of telegraphs and telephones, asoutlined in his annual report, justmade public, undoubtedly wjllbe fol-lowed by a democratic caucus in thehouse .In January which will decidehow far the project is to be made anadministration policy In congress.

President Wilson has been giving theproject careful study, and administra-tion supporters say he has not pressedit on congress at this time because ofthe neormous expense involved. Apar-liamentary move will be congres-sional authorization to the postmastergeneral to make a report on the feasi-bility of acquiring the lines for agovernment monopoly.

Representative Lewis, who wasforemost among the. congressionalleaders who worked out the parcelpost, has prepared a bill on the newsubject, but will give way to an ad-ministration measure hacked byChairman Moon of the house post-office committee.

TrrelaKrsds

b,. PRICE ONE CENTPAGES 9 TO 16SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1913PART TWOCALL A.\[i POST, VOL »4 NO. H7SAS FRANCISCO CALL. VOL. 115. NO. 16.

TH EWIII^CALLA Clean,$

Wholesome Paper for______ California Homes

The Knit Shop.

JS£hSALE\ For Men and Women

Bath andLounging

jw RobesI OT Men and Women

?N no domestic andU_j js Imported Robes?th c

HI! wtfilSl largest and most eom-if JL<!ifiJ[^^^iJ-, piete assortment in the

city?specially priced for the Holiday Trade.

Regular $S:OO?HOLIDAY SPECIAL $3*85

Regular *6.SO?HOLIDAY SPECIAL $4 85

Regular *S.So_HOLIDAY SPECIAL 35All Others Up to $25.00 Specially Priced

StoreOpenEveningsUntilXmas

In line with thebest practices ofthe better grade ofstores everywhere

j the following will1 close promptly

at 6 o'Clock|j up to and including I

jj Christmas Eve |

D. Samuels Co. I1 The Emporium I

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I. Magnin &. Co. IGrant Avenue at Gearp

SHOP EARLY INTHE MORNING

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San Francisco'sFirst Great Daily

Founded 1856

I! at 6 o'Clock Up to and Including Christmas Eve.Manufacturer's Samples of Wool Dress GoodsWeaves of every description in samples of half yard or more each; special, 10c to 50c«

I Children's and Misses' Trimmed Hats at 48cJjj Including many pretty soft felt and corduroy hats in blocked

'n (faSr and collapsible styles, trimmed with ribbon bands, stick-ups, etc.

I uy a Marabou Trim-I mcd Hat of Exceptional ValueJ Neat velvet toques and turbans, prettily trimmed with marabou fancies, quills, wings,

jjI aigrettes and ribbon bands in colors of black, brown and navy. Exceptional values.

The Wonderful Bargains These II Coats $12.95I AreProclaim Themselves at First Sight ?mill Unusually attractive chinchilla, boucle, Persiana and zibeline coats with|J| brocaded satin linings, handsome collars and cuffs, either of self-trimming

or plush; in plain or tailored styles with button trimmings; come m black.ijj; navy, brown and gray; full range of women's and misses' sizes; special.

1 Not Only Bargains But GarmentsJ That WillLook Well on Any Man

$11 75 Mens Suits- $ 1 J. 50j * and Overcoats &j A large assortment of natty suits in the fancy mixtures and plain blueI serges, in styles to please the man "who is well dressed." Good look-|Jj ing overcoats in three-quarter lengths or long, with or without belts andj convertible collars. The popular gray, tan or brown mixtures, as well| as plain colors, are included. Sizes 34 to 42. Exceptional values.

New 1914 Ginghams Yd. 9c 20-In. Hemmed Napkins 10cVery pretty showing of dress ginghams, in Heavy weight mercerized, size 20x20, in 1stripes, checks, plaids and plain colors, assorted patterns, hemmed ready for use.

ill New Percales Yard 8c c , SilKFJoss Cushions 23cii. ij.j i i? i . -i Soft and nufrv cushions, size 16x16 inches,Light and dark colors; good weight; special. , , ? , ? . , I 1; j covered with white cambric; extra value?. } .Colored Flannelette Yd. I2l/2c Arcadia Silk, Yard 18c

ijj! Pretty stripes, light and dark colors; heavy. Fine silk and cotton fabric, stripes, etc.

Curtains and Draperies at These Bargain Prices IPrincess scrim, 36 in.; large Portieres, green and brown Nottingham curtains; 37 in.

II assortment patterns; 95c shades; special, at $2.70 long; white, Arab; pr, 88cPlain Sunfast draperies, 32 Bed sets, in double bed Net curtains, 2Vi yds. long;

ill J n> 'co^ors

'yc^- 42c size; Arab colors; $3.55 Arab lace edge, etc.s2.4B

Q"U A Stock of Them AsrVieil S OnOeS! Large As That Carriedby the Average Shoe Store to Go on Sale Starting 1

\u25a0jj Friday Morning at Nine o'Clock at the Following Prices:

J $1.10, $1.48, $1.79, $1.98, $2.48, $2.98jJJ Boys' gunmetal button and 800 pair men's shoes; in all Thousands of pairs of men's

I shoes $1.19, $1.48 styles and leathers, $1.98 holiday slippers ,n everyMen s dress shoes, newest

Boys'work and dress shoes; English and "hi toe" styles: wanted style; every pair a |J|||

excellentat $1.79 pair. and $2.98 at 69c to $1.98 |jj