Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-01-22 | Page 2 | Local News

MEXICO CITY, Jan. 21. The assistant manager of the Bank of London and Mexico denied today that the bank had arranged to loan to the government 3.-000,000 3.-000,000 pesos, as had previously been announced an-nounced by the treasury department. The department later announced that the deal had virtually been closed and that the papers probably would be signed tomorrow. tomor-row. American gold coins, it is announced, will be accepted by the government on the basis of one peso (95 cents Mexican) per dollar, or a discount of 2 per cent, but that the rate on American paper money will continue to be a peso and SO cents, or 10 per cent discount. There are few, if any, American gold coins In Mexico. Walter C. Thurstdn, who has been in charge of American affairs in the capital during the absence of Charles B. Parker, charge d'affaires, has been ordered to Washington by the state department. He will leave hero tomorrow. Mr. Parker has returned to the capital from Quere-taro Quere-taro to take charge of the embassy.