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SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1911.
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REBELS
MAY
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MEXICAN
IIM
IF MEDIATORS FAIL
Overthrow of President
Huerta Would Simplify
Matters Greatly
VILLA HOLDS ENTIRE
NORTHERN COUNTRY
Dissention Among Constitu
. tionalists Only Fear of
Foreign Oficials
By John Edwin Nevis.
Washington, May 6.-y:The Washing
ton administration -,va: relying on the
rebels to save- the Mexican situation.
That President Wilson nud Secretary
of State Bryan believed the constitu
tionalists would overthrow President
Huerla beforo the "A. B. C."" mediat
ors could accomplbu anything tangi
ble, was learned definitely. This was
why the president was willing to have
the start on formal negotiations de
layed until Mny 18, when they were
scheduled to begin at Niagara Palls,
Canada.
Oenernl Villa has assured George
('arothers, the state department's spe
cial ngent in northern Mexico and that
he and his ineu- will occupy Saltillo,
Han Luis Potosi and Tampi''o within 10
days, clinching the rebel's hold on the
north and opening to them two direct
routes to the capital.
The only thing which worried ad
ntliiKrfr'atiori otticinls was the fear of
dissension among the . rebels. There
were minors that Villa and other con
stitutionalist leaders were quarreling
mid tome observers of the situation
were afraid n split might occur, one j
rebel taction joining Huerta. "Never
theless, the administration was hope
ful. ' No Definite Plans.
In the meantime Secretary Bryan
said tlio mediators had submitted' no
definite plans. It was considered cer
tain that the United States would re
ject any proposition disposing merely
of the Tampico incident, on the ground
that that" involved a question of na
tional honor, and that questions of na
tional honor are not subject to media
tion. On the other hand, it was under
stood Huerta would not consider any
suggestion involving his own retire
ment. General Funston reported from Vera
Cruz that the Mexicans were concen
trating at the most favorable points
for attacking the city. Major Butler,
of the Vera Cruz force, was authority
i'or.the statement that not only was
the track itself but the .bridges on the
Vera Cruz-Mexican City railroad wero
mined.
Mexicans Guard Railroad.
General Funston notified the war
department today that the Mexicans
were gathering at various points "to
guard the railroad in case we ad
vance." Garrison intimated that Funston had
been with discretionary powers.
Consul Boney and his wife of San
Luis Potosi were reported sai'e at Mex
ico City and preparing to leave for
Vera Cruz tonight. There were still
rumors, however, that Consul Silliman
of Saltillo was in jail at San Luis
Potosi.
AdmiralBadger reported from Vera
Cruz today that the rebels attacked a
federal force in the northwestern part
of Vera Cruz state V-stelay, but that
the engagement was indecisive. Bad
ger also forwarded a dispatch Bent
from Tampico by Admiral Mayo relat
ing a rumor that General Villa was
inarching to take and bum the town. '
Eecruitlng Militia.
Jefferson City, Mo., May 6. Adjut
ant General O'Meara, of the Missouri
National Guard, received ordeis today
from the war department to recruit the
' militia of the state to five full regi
ments of 12 companies each and with
150 men to a company.
t .
L. W. Keenan, of Portland, was hail
ed before Justico of the Peace Web
ster this morning on the charge of giv
ing liquor to Stella Wisncr and Gladys
Hathorn, two minor girt? of this city,
ness again. O. E. Hathorn, the father
over to await the action of the next
grand jury under 250 bonds. The
bonds were furnished by a local busi
He waived examination and was bound
of one of the girls, appeared as private
prosecutor.
Infested with the fanr.-Iife genu and
spring notions, Attorney John D. Tur
ner, of thii city, is' putting in sonic
good licks ou his farm a few miles
north of here at present. Attorney
Turner states that he has harvested
several bushels of gooseberries and 13
upending his spare time brightening np
the plow bandies ani hoeing tardea.
Increase of Ten a
Is New Forecast
' Portland, Ore., May 6. An increase
of about 10,000,000 bushels in the
wheat erop alone is the forecast fn the
Pacific northwest at this time, accord
ing to reports received by The Journal
from over 200 special crop correspond
ents located in the various districts of
Oregon, Idaho and Washington, Pres
ent prospects are for a total of 8(5,
000,000 bushels of wheat for the three
states."
The condition of the winter wheat
crop today in the three states is suffi
ciently good to enable growers to har
vest an average of 25 bushels per acre
while the spring showing is at least 20
bushels average.
An increase acreage is shown both
for winter and spring planting. The
great increase in the winter acreage is
one special reason for the unusual
bumper outlook in the three states.
The conditions of corn is much Ices
favorable than had been forecast.
The cool weather has kept the plants
backward and while there is still much
time for the crop to recuperate, it. is
fearod that the output will be below
expectations.
MISTERS TEAR THAT OWNERS IN
TEND TO OPERATE WITH NE
GROES AND JAPANEaxi.
Denver, Colo., May 0. Troublo over
the surrender of arms in the mine strik
ers hands was threatened in the Colo
rado coal fields today.
That the strikers suspected the own
ers planned to operate their mines with
negro and Japanese employees, protect
ed by federal troops, was plainly inti
mated in a telegram Bent by Secretary
William Hickey, of the Colorado Feder
ation of Labor, to Congressman Keat
ing in Washington.
L'nion lenders here agreed that their
mica were the strikers lndividufl prop
erty, and if they declined t" surrender
them thero vas .air-way in which the
leader -raoia compel them., to do so.
They did say, however, that they would
advise disarmament.
Governor Ammons also announced
that Captain Dorn, commanding the
militinmen, who reached Oak Creek
last night, had reported to him that
conditions were bad and he feared an
outbreak.
"It is impossible to convince the
striking miners that they will get a
square deal," telegraphed Secretary of
the State Federation of Labor William
Hickey to Congrcssan Keating in
Washington today, "with the coal com
panies importing negroes and Jnpancse
under armed guurd. We take this to
mean they have the protection of the
federal troops."
Washington, May 6. "Absentee
ownership is the underlying cause of
tlio Colorado coal mine war," was the
stntement here today of Hywoll Davis,
the eastern mine owner chosen by Sec
retary of Labor Wilson as one of the
conciliators in the struggle in the west
ern state.
"But it is unfortunnto," he added,
"that criticism has centered on the
Rockefellers. I do not think they own
more than a tenth of the Colorado
mins.
"Wo conciliators intend to seek
facts first and then a working basis
will be arrived at. .-e mean to inter
view everyone, from the governor
downwards." 'r
REBELS WIN VICTORY
AT ACAPONETA CITY
Nogales, Ariz., May 6. Details of a
decisive rebel victoiy over the Mexi
can federals at Acaponeta, an import
ant city on the border of the states of
Tepic and Sinaloa, were received today
by the constitutionalist junta at No
gales, Sonora.
A message direct from General Al
varez Obregon, commanding the rebels
in tiiat section, said that his men had
dispersed a Btrong federal commanfl un
der General Solarcs. capturing 1,600
men, three cannon, 2,000 rifles and a
million rounds of ammunition. Obre
gon has under his standard the troops
of the rebel Generals Blanco, Diegucz
I'U'i Buelna.
A later message from Obregon, dated
Ht noon yesterday, slid that the rebels
nail plrnost entirely . surrounded the
pot of Mazatlan and that its fall was
but a mat tor of days. ,
Rebel artillery had exchanged shots
with ths federal gunboat Morelos in
Mazatlan harbor, it was stated, and so
badly damaged it that it was grounded.
. Ic was also claimed that the rebels
have taken the Isla de Picda, com
muuding the harbor of Mazatlan, and
are mounting cannon there.
HAITI MOST PAY FOR
SAWMILL BURNED IN WAR
Port Au Prince, May 6. The British
diplomamtic representative today gave
the Haitian government nntil ti p. m.
to pay $'1:2,000 to an Englishman who
hi.l a sawmill burned during the Le
eorte revolution.
ANOTHER AVIATOR KILLED.
Tangier, May 0. Lieutenant Lague
was killed here today when his aero
plane turned turtle at an altitude of
1500 feet.
GGS TESTIFIES III
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IN
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Says Girl Called Him "Mr.
Diggs, the Lady Killer," '
and Drank Toast
AFRAID TO GO HOME
AS RENT WAS DUE
Testimony Introduced to
Show That Pearring Girl
Smoked Cigarettes
San Francisco, Mav 6. Former Stale
Architect Maury I. Diggf, accused of
criminally attacking Miss Ida Tear
ring here New Year's ovo, took tho
stand today in his own defense. At
torneys for the defenso promised that
his testimony would De sensational, it
was expected the case would be ar
gucd this afternoon and probably would
reach the jury bcloro noon tomorrow.
"1 met Ida May Pearring," sail
Diggs, "on the of to; noon of December
2:i, 1013. I was with 1'lorian Fischei.
Wo were going to tho St. Francis hotel
and met Miss Pearring and Miss Sulli
van. We went at onco Jo a cafe and
there Fischer asked Miss Pearring 's
age. She snid sho was 21 years old on
December 9 last.
"When Fischer introduced me as
Mr.-Diggi both girls said they thought
he was joking. I reached in my pock
et and showed them A letter from W. J.
Smith, of Oakland, hoping to prove my
ideutity beyond a doubt.
"Later I met Mrs. Pearring and at
tended a turkey dinner given in the
Pearring apartrrjt ou the nieht of De
cember 30. At the fable rcfereneo to
myself and my identity was agniu
made and 1 told them again that I was
Maury Dlggs. Miss Sullivan then
said, 'Hero's a toast to Mr. Diggs,
tne lady niuer.' Then she read a toast
from a card.
Met Miss Pearrinir.
"Last New Year's eve 1 met Miss
Pearring in Miss Su!livans apartment
about "J o'clock, ibo came in with
Walter Gilligan, Wo remained at tho
apartment until about 11 o'clock and
then went out to get something to eat.
Miss Pearring did not ask to be taken
home. We left tho restaurant about
11:45 and about midnight passed the
iioiiann notei.
" 'This is where you live, isn't it,
Mr. Gilligan?' asked Miss Pearring.
'Let's go in and have, a drink. I'm
thirsty.'
"We went into the hotel and Gilli
gan rang for a drink. It was served
by a bellboy. Later we rang for an
other drink and the bellboy refused
to serve it, saying it was too "late.
"Miss Pearring then asked to stay
at the hotel, saying that if she went
home so late the landlady would ask
then to move as her mother had not
panl the rent; that she had noskey
and would have to wake the landlady
to get in. She asked me to get her
a room, but I told her I didn't have
the money to pay for it. Then Gilli
gan volunteered and got Miss Pearring
a room. I told Gilligan I had missed
the last boat for-Oakland and asked
if I could remain in the hotel with him.
We then wont into the elevator and
went to Gilligan 's room.
"Gilligan said he would give Miss
Pearring a pair of his pajamas. She
looked around and said: 'Why can't 1
have this room, so 1 can have a brush
and comb in the morning' Gilligan
turned the room over to her and we
engaged a room on tho tenth floor.
Door Was Unlocked.
"I romaincd with Gilligan all night.
We got up at 10 o'clock in the morn
ing and had a few drinks. About 2
o'clock Gilligan said he had an ap
pointment with Fischer and we went
back to his room. The door was shut
but was unlocked. Wo walked in and
Miss Pearring was btill in bed.
" 'My goodness, girl,' I said,
havn't you gone home -yet V
" 'No, and I am not going homo,'
she answered.
" 'Have you had anything to eatf
I asked.
"I told her that I wanted to change
my shirt and she told me to go right
ahead. I said all riuiit. that I cnnld
j stand it if she could. I took my shirt
off and was sitting on the edge of
the bed when Fischer came in. He
rang for a drink. After we had the
drink Gilligan and I left. Fischer re
mained in the room. Thon we visited
another saloon and met Paul Spott.
Wo remained there until 3 o'clock and
then returned to Gilligan 'a room. Miss
Pearring was fitting on the edge of
the bed, still wearing Gilligan 's pa-,
jamas. Fischer wu reading a maga
zine. We had several drinks and sep
arated. "January 7 I found a message at a
San Francisco faloon asking me to call
up Mrs. Pearring. I did.
, " 'This is Mother Pearring,' she
! raid. ' I want vou to coma un hero
land brinff some Dinner. It van Ann 't
ASSAULT
Views of Battleship New York,
Greatest In World, and Captain
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Photos by American Press Association.
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TUB battlesh'lp New York, which recently went into servlte and which,
with Its sister ship, the Texas, Is the greatest battleship In the world
In actual (,'oinniistdou, was prepared to tuke part In the Mexlcnu sit
uation. The top picture In the Illustration shows tbe Ung raising ou
the New York at the time It wna put Into service. The lower view allows two
of the great fourteen Inch guns on the New York. Both the New York and
the Texas carry this size caliber of cannon. They are the only battleships
of the world thus equipped. Cuptaln Thomas S. Kodgers of the New York Is
also shown. ;
Mexican Senoritas Smile
and Smuggle Cartridges
El Paso, Texas, May 6. The federal
outposts at Saltillo had already been
engaged early today by General Pablo
Gonzales' Mexican rebels, according to
a dispatch received here from Torreon.
Only preliminary skirmishing waa go
ing on, howover, it was stated, the
main- attack not having been begun.
General Villa expected to join Gon.aies
this afternoon.
That numbers of senoritas from the
other sido of the border have been
smuggling cartridges from ill Pobo to
Juarez wholesale leaked out today.
There was nothing complicated or
mysterious about it. The young women
simply looked so innocent and smiled
Japanese Customs May, Be
Cause of Rice
Yakohama, May 0. Political and
court circles at Tokio are much exer
cised at present over the question
whether or not to postpone the new
emperor's coronation.
The intention had been ot hold the
ceremony this falll but in Borne quar
ters the objection has been raised that
this would be too soon after the late
Dowager Empress' death.
As against this the opponents of de
lay argue that a postponement until
1915 means a postponement until 1916.
This is because rice planted during a
period of national mourning will not
do as an offering to the imperial ances
tors. bring 4,.)00 I will cause troublo in your
federal case, and have yon arrested.'
" '-I haven't done anything to get
into trouble about,' I answered, ana'
then left the phone. Then the warrant
was sworn out for my arreBt. "
REBELS POUR STEADY
FB3E UPON GUNBOAT
Washington, May 6. Admiral How
ard reported to the navy department
from -the Mexican west coast this
afternoon that rebels, entrenched on
Piedra Island, Mazatlan, poured a
steady rifle and field gun fire all day
yesterday upon the federal gunboat.
Morelos, aground in the harbor.
The Weather
Fair tonight
and Thursday;
light frost east
portion; winds
mostly northerly.
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so prettily at the customs guards and
soldiers on the international bridge
that it never occurred to anyone to
ask them embarrassing questions.
Finally, however, Un infautryman in
1 Paso happened to hear a jingling
sound as a pretty young Mexican girl
boarded a Juarez bound street car ami
followed. He was rewarded by sooing
a cartridge or two drop from the sus
pect's blouse beforo she reached the
Mcxicaln side of the Rio Grando.
Accordingly Customs Collector Cobb
has stationed woninn inspectors on the
bridge to interrogate suspected women
ammunition runners and, if necessary,
to search them.
Famine in 1915
The dowager did not dio until after
the current year's crop was planted
but if tho coronation Bhould go over
until next year tho seasons of na
tional mourning and of rice planting
would overlap.
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ctilious concerning anything li
cration of the period of m
( ourtiers generally, being very pun-
ke deso-
penod of mourning,
favor postponement until 1916, Politi
cians, on other hand, are worried by
the growth of an anti-MJiiiBTcliistic
spirit throughout the country and are
anxious for a great pageant of royalty
as soon as possible in the hope of
counteracting it.
No decision is yet In sight.
BECKER IS DENIED
A CHANGE OF VENUE
Attorney for Defense of Ex-Policeman
Moves that Whitman be Declared In
Contempt of Court for Prejudicial
Interviews.
New York, May 6. Application by
attorneys representing former Police
Lieutenant Charles P. Bcckrer, recent
ly granted a new trial on a charge of
slaying' Herman Kosenthal, for a
change of venue was denied here today
oy Justice Heabury.
Defense Attorney Martin Manton
moved that District Attorney Whitman
bo declared in contempt because of al
leged interviews given to newspapers
prejudicial to Deckel-'s cause. The
court will rule on Manton ' motion
this afternoon.
Mrs. Becker, the defendant's wife,
was tho only woman in the courtroom,
Bourke cockran is assisting the de
fense. District Attorney Whitman
denied that he had given improper mat
ter to the newspapers. He said that
Becker, both in the Tombs here and
in Hing Sing prison, had given out
statements prejudicial to the people's
case.
The court refused to postpone the
trial and ordered the' examination of
talesmen to proceed. . . ,
23 Counties Fail
to Send in Lists
LAST DAT TOR MAILING OUT
PAMPHLETS PA8SES AND LAW
NOT COMPLIED WITH.'
Under the law, today is the. last on
which the secretary is supposed to mail
pamphlets to the voters, but that it will
not be done is a certainty, for the sim
ple reason that the office is not able
to send mail to unknown persons or
addresses. Of the 34 counties in the
state only 11 have complied with the
law and sent in the full and complete
registration list. The 23 failing to
comply with the law are: Benton,
Clackamas, Coos, Crook, Jackson, Jose
phine, Klamath, Lake, Lane, Linn, Lin
coln, Malheur, Marion, Multnomah,
Polk, Tillamook, Um.Cia, Union, Wal
lowa, Wasco, Washington and Yamhill.
The secretary of state got busy this
morning and called the nearby counties
by phone and wired the others. Ben
ton, Polk, Yamhill, Clackamas and
Multnomah answered that lists would
be forwardod today. The Lane county
clerk said he was "busy with court
work but would attend to it when he
got time," and the Washington county
clerk Baid he "was busy in court but
would attend to it as soon as possible.'
it will he seen from tins the secretary
cannot finish sending the pamphlets as
required by law. He will howovor keep
mailing them until all aro Bent, if the
lists get here before eloction day. Most
of the pnmphlets have boon mailed, as
all the counties have sent in the larger
part of tho lists.
INVITATIONS SENT
OUT BY TELEPHONE
White House Wedding Marked by In
formalities Gift of U. a Senate
WiU Probably be a Diamond Stud
ded Gold Bracelet.
Washington, May 6. Invitations
sent out tor the wedding here tomor
row or Miss tlcanor. Wilson, daughter
of President and Mrs. Wilson, to Secre
tary of the Treasury McAdoo were not
even engraved, and tho bride seemed
to be inviting many of her friends
over the tolephono. Numerous gifts
fiavo been weived nt tho White Hous
Tho gift of the United States senate
probably will bo a diamond studded
gold brncelot and will be sent to Miss
Wilson either tonight or tomorrow.
It was understood horo that the
couple will leavo on a sea trip im
mediately after the coremony.
OIL LANDS FOUND IN
JOHOAY VALLEY
Prof. Alfred Collier, of University of
Oregon, Makes Report on Researches
Carried on During Search for Coal
Lands.
Eugenie, May 0. Asphaltum, indi
cating the presonce of oil in larger
quantities than in other places in Ore
gon which have been dovolnpod, exists
around ('ovo Creek noa rClarno, John
Day Valley, Oregon, according to a re
port mndo public today by Professor
Alfrod (Joiner, head of the department
of geology Ox tho University of Oregon
In the employ of the Orogon bureau of
mines and goology Professor (.'oilier
headed a party last summer. Though
commercial coal was tho object of the
search, none was found of sufficient
value to warrant development.
Spring seems to have arrivod at last
GR
IIS REPUTED TO
VILLA
Oakland, Cal., May 6. Captain John
T. Novillo, war correspondent abid
former officer on the personal staff of
the late Governor Gonzales of the
state Chihuahua, deniod today the ac
curacy of General Villa' biography as
published In the London Tolegrapb and
read yesterday in the United States
senate by Senator Lodge of Massa
chusetts. "I was with Villa almost daily from
tho beginning of the Madero revolu
tion in 1110 until after he took the
field last year against Huerta," Nev
ille saiiL "To my certain knowledge
e.nil from socrot service representatives
which I received while in the secret
service of Presidont Madoro, Villa has
never outraged any woman and has
never claimed to have but one wife.
This woman is constantly by his side
when his military movements will per
mit and ho has shown great devotion
to her.
"The stories that Villa is a deserter
from the United Statos army, that he
has with him at all times a number of
women of ill fame and that he kept
an American girl a prisoner at Mon
terey for many months are wild fabri
cations. Villa has never been at Mon
terey, 'no has always treated Ameri
cans with deference.
KilU Federal Oficar.
"While young man Villa killed a
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CAPITAL
PLOTS RIFE
Administration . Torn by In
trigues Among Officers
v of Influence ;
HUERTA'S OVERTHROW :
SEEMS INEVITABLE
City Is Certain to Be Looted,
But Villa Is Prefer
red to Zapata
By William Q. Shepherd.
Vera Cru, Mex., Mny 9, Utter
chaos reigns in Mexico City, according
to refugees from the capital who still
continue to reach here a fow at a time.
An anti-liuerta revolt at the capital
unquestionably is iuimineut, the refu
gees say. Tho dictator was declared
to be drinking heavily again and in
an irresponsible and dangerous condi
tion. The peoplo aro beginning to realize
that the city's capture by Goncral
Villa is seriously threatened. But what
they fear still more is that Oenernl
Zapata will capture it first. Of Villa,
and his men they are afraid. Of Za
pata and his infinitely more crnel fol
lowers they are literally in abject ter- .
ror.
The police aro another source of wor
ry. Huerta is said lo know that there
are Villa agents among them but to
hesitato at an attempt to disarm them,
lost he precipitate an outbreak on their
part. In tho meantime there are ru
mors that the Villa agents among them
fare planning to -scire tho capital.-" -
General Castro s attitude is another
source of uneasiness. He is one of
the strong men among the soldiers, and
an attempt by him to gain control of ,
the army is considered a possibility at
any moment.
The prosperous class of Mexicans la
even moro anxious to get out of the
city than are the foreigners. All who
can possibly do so are fleeing. They
look for disorders from within and for
nttnek from without.
Uses Marines for Extortion.
In Vera Cruz the military court waa
working to its capacity today. Three
Americans havo becu deported. Among
them was U. R. Muleahy. He recopted
to tho military authorities that he
knew of a cache of Mexican aims and
ammunition and was given a equad of
marines to seize them. Instead of lead
ing them to the cache, ho went with
them to a local gambling bouse, where,
taking it for grunted that the soldiers
knew no Spanish, he demanded and re
ceived $5,000 under the threat that
otherwise the marines would take it
forcibly.
Jlis trick was detected, however; his
arrest followed, and the provost sen
tenced him to five years' imprison
ment, which was afterward commuted
to one merely of deportation.
Superintendent of Instruction Juan
(Continued on page two.)
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Mexican federal aimy officer near his
homo at San Andreas after the officer
had attacked Villa's sister. From that
time on he was the object of President
Diaz's wrath. When not being tracked
by the federals he woiked as a cow
boy. "That Villa killed Francisco Boza
in tho plaza of Chihuahua in 1907 is
true. Rcza was a member of Villa'a
baud which made war on the govern
ment of the state of Chihuahua under
Croel and Terrazas. Keza was cap
tured, placed in the penitentiary and
then given his freedom when he prom
ised to return to the mountains and
assassinate Villa. The peons apprised
Villa, and he rode into Chihuahua and
shot him.
"When the Madero revolution
started Villa raised an armed force in
the San Andreas district and niada
open warfare on tho liaz government.
That he killed Carlos Alotorre and
Luis Ortez at C'asaa Grandes in Jan
uary, 1911, is not true, as Villa waa
not there at the time. Casas Grandea
during that mouth was in the hands
of Diaz. Villa was not there nntil he
went there with Madero several weeks
later. Not a man was exocnted in the
town told no ransom was demanded
as the supporters of Dias had left for
(Continued on page 8.)
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