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TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, 'APRIL 19, 1920- CHIHUU1S BALK AT S0N01 ATTACK Mexican Secessionists Re port Cities Taken. MICHOACAN JOINS REVOLT I'ro-Obregon Governor Flees to Hills Willi State Funds; Fed eral Troops In Command. AOUA fRIETA. Sonora. Mei., April IS. (Hy the Associated Press.) Chihuahua state troops and members of the "defense soclales" or home guarda. included ,1n the federal force 6cnt against Sonora have refused to attack that state, according to de serters from the federal troops who arrived here today. The deserters, five in number, made their way through the mountains from near Casas Grandes, 200 miles over rough country to this town. Two were said to be officers. They were questioned by General J. M. Pino, Sonora commander,, and his staff, and later it was announced that they had declared others were on the way. According- to their story, the Carranza force which started from Juarez to attack Sonora has not left Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, where it detrained. Officers said it was (.waiting- reinforcements and trans portation equipment to move its sup plies over the long and difficult march through Pulpito Pass to So nora territory. Villn Reported Active. The deserters brought word that Francisco "Villa, whose field of activ ities for many months has been the state of Chihuahua, was Increasing his activities in sections whence Carranza officers had drawn garri son troops for the march on Sonora. Meanwhile reports from the Sonora state forces operating aga'lnst Car ranza garrisons in Sinaloa were of an optimistic nature. Announcement of military plans made by Sonora of ficials here was that Mazatlan, an important seaport in Sinaloa, the cap ital of which state, Culiacan. was captured yesterday, was expected to . be taken this week. Plans also in clude capture of Tepic. capital of -Nayarit. In Sinaloa and Nayarit ac cessions of men who deserted from the Carranza to the Sonora standard were reported yesterday, and in Nay arit an actual revolt, in sympathy with Sonora, was reported. Details of the capture of Culiacan have not been received here official ly, but it was said the battle for pos session of he town was short and that in its capture the Sonorans had gained large quantities of arms and ammunition. Kedrral ANsmalta Anticipated. Movement of troops to withstand the anticipated assaults by Carranza forces, either through Pulpito pass from Chihuahua or from across the American border, should the United States permit troops to be moved in bond through that country from Juarez, opposite El Pasp, continued today. Colonel J. M. Aguirre arrived from Nogales today at the head of &00 cavalry, i The camp of 435 Yaqui Indians, members of the Sonora force, here, today attracted hundreds of visitors from Douglas, Ariz., directly across the boundary line. Many had their first view of the famous Indian fight ers. The, camp, with many of the Indians in their native garb, present ed a picturesque scene. The Sonora soldiers here, compared with a mod ern army such as has been known the last few years, presented a motley appearance. However, General Pino, as the 400 passed before him in re view, said with evident pride: "How can we lose with such fine soldiers as these?" I'niforma Are Varied. Some of the marchers wore federal uniforms, others parts of federal uni forms and portions of civilian attire. Many were barefooted except for na tive hide sandals. Mounted men sat on big mules or little burros, work liorses or small saddle ponies. Another point of similarity was the -almost universal possession of fire arms and plentiful supplies of ammu nition. The weapons themselves were of varied types shotguns intended" to fire buckshot, modern military rifles, snorting rifles of various models, Mausers, old and new type American Springf ields and, according to some, late models of American army rifles. AXOTHEK STATE IX REVOLT Alicliocan Governor Engineers Move and Flees With Money. MEXICO CITT. JIcj., April IS. A revolt in the state of Michoacan, en gineered by General Pasqual Ortiz Hubio, governor of the state, and a strong supporter of Lieutenant-Colonel Alvaro Obregon,- is announced in the government's second war bulletin, issued early today. Governor Rubio. the bulletin states, has fled from Morelia, the state capital, with 100 men, accompanied by Major Jesus Millan, with a command of 50 men. General de la Torre, who came to the capital to confer with President Carranza, has been ordered to proceed immediately to Acambaro, and report to General Bruno Neiro, who has sut stituled in the Acambaro region for - General Jose Rentera Luglano, sent to take charge of the Sonora campaign. According to tile bulletin, Governor Rubio has fled to the hills, taking with him the contents of the state treasury. It adds that General Neiro has arrived at Morelia to take charge ' of military operations there and that a detachment of state troops had left he capital for Acambaro to pursue trie outlaw governor and reinforce the Morelia garrison. While the revolt of pro-Obregon authorities in Michoacan had been expected. It was considered officially as a purely local uprising. The re mainder of the state is reported quiet. A dispatch to El Universal, from Its correspondent at Morelia, claims that Colonel Obregon is there. It is stated t: a he is in open revolt. It is stated that this is not confirmed. POINDEXTER'S HOME LOYAL Continued From First Page.) man is selected by the state delega tion to the national cnvention it is probable that, if Guj Kelly of Pierce shows any strength outside- of his own county for committeeman, he may seek a place on the delegation to Chicago. Primary Hepeal Fight Loonu, A fight for a platform declaration In favor of the repeal of the direct primary law is promised by Austin Mires, elected to the state convention and selected as a member of the plat form committee by Kittitas county. Repeal of the direct primary law also is urged in a resolution adopted by the Grays Harbor' county convention. Efforts to repeal the law were Hirer t- ened at the special session of the leg- i islature last month and only demand 1 by the people of the state for a brief session prevented its materialization at that time. Whether the party will be willing to go on record as opposed to the law ifc seriously questioned and it is more likely that the state convention will be content to recommend legislative amendment to cure defects in the ex isting system. Governor Kira Dark. . Leaders, regardless of personal in terest or preference in the national committeeman fight, are agreed that settlement of the issue prior to the meeting at Bellingham has done much to clear the political sitration and pave the way for harmony at the state convention. ' So far as apparent at this time actions taken by county, conventions have had little effect oir the situation as applied to the cam-' Paig-n for the gubernatorial nomina tion, a possible exception being the evident setback received by Senator Coman of Spokane in his home county as indicated by .the defeat in the county convention of E. E. Flood, manager of Coman's campaign. Colo nel Roland H. Hartley received an in dorsement of his candidacy for gover nor from Snohomish county, his home. PACIFIC DELEGATES ELECTED H. W. MacPhatl Cliosen Member of PlatfofSn Committee. RAYMOND, Wash.. April 18. (Spe cial.) Pacific county republicans had their county convention Friday night at Raymond and elected the follow ing delegates to the state convention to be held in Bellingham April 27: H. W. MacPhael, M. C. Welsh, Edward Connley, Stanley Bell, E. C. Lawler. Warren Cressy, F. A. Hazeltine, Alex McDonald, Ernest Seaborg. P. L. Sin clair, Dan Williams, W. M. Rounds, H. P. Espe, L. E. Loomis, E. W. Lilly and S. A. Houle. H. W. MacPhael. who Is a candidate of southwestern Washington as dele gate to the national convention, was elected as member of the platform committee from Pacific county. The delegation will go to Bellingham un instructed, but will cast its 16 votes for Miles Poindexter. The large ma jority if not all the delegates favor Leonard Wood as second choice. FUGITIVE DUE AT SALEM A. B. Foster, Caught at EI Paso, in Custody of Officer. SALEM, Or., April 18. (Special.) A. B. Foster, who escaped from the state tuberculosis hospital here sev eral weeks ago and later was cap tured by the police at El Paso, Texas, is expected to arrive here in custody of an officer Tuesday. Foster was convicted of murdering I-awrence Goddell, a Portland hotel clerk, last September and was sen tenced to an indeterminate term of from, one year to 13 months in the state penitentiary. In March Foster displayed symptoms of tuberculosis and was transferred to the hospital for treatment. He twice escaped from the latter institution and upon his return here it was expected that he would be reconrtnitted to the penitentiary. Baby's Skull Fractured. Earl Pickens, 18-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. E." D. Pickens, 1184 East Irving street, was in St. Vincent's hospital with a fractured skull as a result of a fall from a second-story window at the family home late yes terday. It was believed the little boy could not live. With two other chil dren, he was playing in an upstairs room of the home, when he became overbalanced and fell out of the wlndw. , Papers Refused Russian. DALLAS. Or., April 18. (Special.) David Reimer, a Polk county farmer and a native of Russia, was refused citizenship papers this week when he stated that he would refuse to take up arms for the protection of this country against an enemy. Rfeimer's investigation was conducted by V. W Tomlinson, a naturalization agent from Portland. Several other appli cations for final papers were refused for various reasons. Ruslan Reply Vague. LONDON, April 18. Russia's reply to the request of Great Britain for amnesty for the soldiers In the army of General Denikine. who, until re cently commanded the anti-bolshevik forces in southern Russia, is vague, the government not committing itself more than to say it will adhere "to the mandates of humanity." Read The Oregonian classified ads. Attractive Catering Proposition on COLUMBIA HIGHWAY There is not on the entire Columbia Highway such an attractive proposition as this: Beautifully situated on the banks of the Columbia river, with miles of view up and down the river. Towering mountains and beautiful scenery to attract the trav eler. Large plot of level ground on the most traveed part of the most scenic highway in the world. Buildings already erected sufficiently large to accommodate many hundreds of guests. Parking grounds for hundreds of cars. Bathing beach and shade treees for recuperation and rest. Bearing orchard and acreage ready for cultivation. An ideal spot for catering to, the wants of. hungry and pleasure seeking motorists. Railway, steamboat and highway busses bring you to the door. Who wishes to examine this with a view of establishing the most profitable catering proposition in Oregon. Terms you will say they are right. Immediate possession given can be made ready for this season's business. Owner will be glad to show it to you. Addresss Owner, D 120, Oregonian. V PERFECT PENCILS American Lead Ftencal Beware of Cheap Substitutes In these days of keen competi tion it is important that the pub lic should see that they get Cham berlain's Cough Remedy and not take substitutes sold for the sake of extra profit. JAPANESE TROOPS CLASHWTH CHINESE Battle for Railway West of Harbin Reported. SOME STATIONS SEIZED Remnant of Kolcliak Army Joins With Nipponese Evidently With Intent to Attack Reds. HARBIN, Manchuria, April 18. (By the Associated Press.) Fighting Is reported between Japanese and Chi nese troops on the railroad to the j west of Harbin. South of this city Japanese have occupied several sta tions on the railroad to the north of Chang Chun. General Voitzehavsky, with a rem nant of the Kolchak army. ' has joined forces with General Semenoff and is co-operating with the Jap anese, evidently with the intention of establishing a new antl-bolshevik front beyond Manchuria station, on the trans-Siberian, road near the trans-Baikal border. It Is believed here that the Japanese Intend to oc cupy the line as far as Lake Baikal. The committee of railway employes recently formed here, which sought to seize control of the Chinese East ern line, was temporarily suppressed by General Pap. The present control board consists of five Chinese and five Russians under the management of M. Lachinoff, but there have been no noticeable effects of the Chinese par ticipation in the management, regard ing which there are innumerable com plaints of graft and defective control. The inter-allied technical commission, of which John F. Stevens, American engineer, is the head, is powerless to do anything to improve the railway situation and it is expected that it will leave the country shortly, home ward bound. CHEHALIS BOOSTS PAY Xew Salary. Schedule for Teachers Adopted by Board. CHEHALIS. Wash., April 18. (Spe cial.) An Increase of $350 to $550 a teacher is assured the Chehalis teach ing force for the coming year, accord ing to a schedule adopted by the local board. The minimum is $1080 a year, with annual increases up to seven years of $60 to a $1400 maximum for elementary instructors. Two years' normal work is required of such teachers. The high school minimum is $1250, with annual in creases of $75 for six years, with $1700 the maximum. Chehalis Licenses Issued. CHEHALIS, Wash., April 18. (Special.) Marriage licenses issued yesterday by the Lewis county audi tor follow: John Fletches of Centra lia'and Dotty Bishop of Raymond; J. W. Kirk and M. E. Donahoe, both of Tacoma; Worth Stone and Sophia Simmons, both of Pe Ell: Fuccy Cutlip and Irene Pearsall, both of Pe Ell; George Street, Grand River, Idaho, and Bertha Cook, Tacoma; Austin E. Duncan and Hazel A. Roundtree. both of Klaber; George E. Wallet and Nell Nickell, both of Raymond; Leroy J. Brown of Chehalis and. Albertina Shiminiski of Pe Ell. Bill Boosts Tobacco Market. WASHINGTON, April 18. To stim ulate a market for natural loose leaf tobacco, the house yesterday passed and sent to the senate an amendment to the 1918 revenue law which places a tax of 7 cents a pound on the tobacco sold by retail dealers and provides that the loose-leaf product, except when sold by growers, shall be packed in three, six, nine, 12. 15 and 18-pound lots. Bulgarian .perioral Degraded. SOFIA. April 18. 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