YOl LI '0. 13,736.
- ' I ' I a. M A M aft A
OIL PRICES WILL
IT COME
Consumer Gains Noth
ing by Trust's Fate.
GOVERNMENT ALONE CAN HELP
Laws Fixing Prices Are Only
Means of Reduction.
POWER RESTS IN CONGRESS
(fmlnr Borah Predict That Sub
sidiary Standard Corporation
Will 'Sot Compete Cost of
Living Problem fnsolved.
FT WARBT 1.
OREVMAN NCT'J Bl REAl". Wash
ington. Msr 25. The d!otutlon of the
Standard Otl Company br the Vnlted
States Eupr.ro Court will not. In tha
Judgment of some of the ablest lawyers
In Congress, bring any direct benefit to
the ultimate enrummer by reducing the
prln at wM.-h otl wl!l be nld br tha
retsll dealer. Therefor tha victory
gttned br tha llovernment. a I reult
of lt inc lttlgntlon. la largely senti
mental; It ha broken up tha moat un
rT"lr of all th trust, but wherein
! the public benefit?
-Trust -busting" haa alwara been pop
alar and the pohll.- haa lived In tha
hepe that when the b!g trusts wera
Dissolved, they thems-lve would reap
ceat heieftta Put this la not the opin
ion held by many of the Congressional
tawyera who have marie a thorough atudy
3t thla question from both tha legal and
economic standpoint. 8-nator Borah of
Idabn. la ona man of d:tlnctltn who
hold tM view, and ha malntalna that
t.la dissolution of tha Standard Oil
Company will not re!uc-e the coat of ell
to tha ronaumer.
Competition Will Not Ilrtlre.
The price of trust -made arttclea will
not be reduced. In my Judgment." said
Borah, ""until tha Federal Government
aaaumea tha duty of filing price, unless,
a noma bare advocated, wa g' Into Gov
ernment ownership. Tha mera dissolv
ing of a corporation Ilka tha Standard
Oil Company wtll not restore competi
tion." he continued, 'for the blc corpor
ation will merely be divided Into many
smaller corporations and tha officials of
all. having worked In harmony with John
D. Rockefeller fcr many yeara. are not
gotr.g to turn upon him. nor are they
going to fight ona another when tha dis
solution comes. It Is my Judgment that
after the Standard OU Company la dis
solved, tha component factors In that
big corporation will not enter Into com
petition one with another: there will be
no price cutting and no competition such
aa wa aaw before the Standard Oil Com
pany was farmed.
Let t.overnmrnt 11 z PrVe.
"To my way of thinking, the Govern
ment moat undertake to fix price If the
ultimate consumer Is to benefit: If ha
la to purchase trust-made artlclea at a
reasonable figure, and If the proflta of
the corporation are to be held down to
a fair return upon the Investment. There
la no doubt that the Government can
constitutionally fix prtcea of all art Kirs
entering Into Interstate commerce, and
when It doc ao It practl.-ally regulate
prices all over tha t'nltcd State. If
need be. the states could co-operate and
each regulate price within Ita own
border, thua making the regulation
complete.
"Theoretically, of course, competition
coald be restored by dissolving all the
corporations operating In restraint of
trade, but prartlraily that cannot be
done, for aa I have ld. tha component
parts of the big corporations, when made
separate and distinct entitles would not
engage In a. live competition and more
over, surh competition would not have
a tendency to reduce prices aa much as
ts popularly believed."
Borah pointed out that overhead
charge are less In a b'.g corporation
than when that corporation Is divided
Into many Individual corporations, eacrT
with Ita own officers and organisation.
For Inatance. It Ja cheaper to operate
a big corporation with a prealdant
drawing a salary of f&o.viv a year, than
to operate four smaller corporations
with presidents each drawing KS.iH'i) a
year, and ao on through the whole com
plement of of7;cera. The ultimate con
aumer always pays the aalartea of the
officiate and all other running ex
peases of a corporation, and therefore
the minor oil companies, which now
compose the Standard Oil Cminy,
will, when operated Independently, have
a bigger expense account In the ag
gregate than the one corporation haa
today.
Coat of Living Can IV Solved.
Borah la of the opinion that a Fed
eral Incorporation law might very well
embody a section authorising the
t'nlted State Government to hx prices
of a'.l goods entering Into Interstate
commerce. He would like to sea such
a law passed, for he believes that
therein lies tha aolutloa of the problem
of high cost of living. When the Fed
eral Government can fix price. It can
force the corporatlona to operate eco
nomically, to sell at a fair profit and
yet make a reasonable profit. This
would guaranty protection to the In
vestors In corporations, would guaran
tee reasonable prices to tha consumer.
DOWN
aCeac;u4 ea I'ags X.
SOCIETY ENJOYS
FISTIC PROWESS
AOI.UAST AND DOICHEKTY
FIGHT BEFORE WOMEN.
Home- of llleh San Franrlsro Couple
I senr Women Scream and
.ai a Blows Land.
PAN FRANCISCO. May :S. (Special.)
San Francisco society folk have built
a ting In a palatial home and have bid
den prlxeflghter franky of tha prole
tariat to flgtit to a rinteh for the delec
tation of their friends.
Mr. and Mr. Joseph Frederick,
wealthy opera atara and owners of one
of the most magnificent villa In San
Francisco, last night entertained a cora
of guests at a dinner, which wa fol
lowed by a real battle, a bout which
Jack London would call prlmordal. with
the fighter grimly In earnest and the
women at the ringside gasping with the
delicious horror of It all.
Thev gladiators who contributed their
brawn and knowledge of the fistic art
were Ad Wolgast. the world's champion
lightweight pug. and Hobo Dougherty,
wiio. though but IS year of age. Is
hailed by the experta aa a "comer."
In the Frederlcka home at J Preldlo
terrace, the gymnaalum adjoining the
blltlard-roora waa trlpped of It luxuri
ous Turkish rug and covered with a ring
mat. which served as a foethoold where
Wolgast and Pougherty. with handsome
ly gowned women and Immaculately hab
ited men looking on. squared and then
went to It with aa much sip a did the
"Hope" and the "Chocolate Drop" at
Reno last July.
The women emitted little scream,
gasped now and then, but never for a
moment turned their heads. They were
ras.-lnsted and held spellbound until the
r.nlsh.
But the antl-cllmax of the evening
was yet to come. The host, who ha
Just returned from Honolulu, did a hula
hula In native costume. It wss then the
pugs' turn to sit up and take notice.
POET APPEARS IN COURT
1 Gallienne Aemed In Plrorce
Salt of Having Affinity.
NEW YORK. May 2S.I Special.)
After hearing part of tha testimony
In the case of sirs. Julie X. Le Gal
llenne against her husband. Richard
La Galllenne, poet and essayist, for di
vorce. Justice Gerard In the Supreme
Court today adjourned the proceedlnga
to enable L. E. Mahan. counael for
Mrs. Le Galllenne. to procure evidence
of additional witnesses.
Le Galllenne was In court to answer
to a ubpena obtained by Lawyer Ma
han. The poet declared he had no In
tention of defending the ault and
would not hare appeared had he not
been suhpenaed.
Mrs. Le Galllenne Is living abroad
and her testimony waa taken by depo
sition. the chargea that La Galllenne
acted Improperly In thla city on De
cember 2. 109. with a young woman
unknown to her. It developed, ac
cording to the testimony of a detective,
that La Galllenne reglatered at a hotel
with a young woman under the name
of Tagan Waateney. the principal
character In bla novel. "Lore Letter
of the King."
NEAR-NUDE ATHLETES HIT
Seattle Lawyer Scores Scant Cos
tume at Cnlverslty.
rXIVERPITT OP WASHINGTON. Se
attle. May SS. (Special.) P. D.
Hughes, a well-known Seattle attorney,
and liberal patron of aquatics at thla
university, hss written to- the Uni
versity of Washington Pally, the .of
ficial school publication, protesting
against the abbreviated wearing ap
parel of college athletes, especially
those of crew and track. In hie letter
denouncing the lack of apparel Mr.
Hughra eays:
"If some of the contestant appeared
downtown In their cotumea they would
certainly be thrown Into Jail without
ball. The athletic governor of the
university should Insist that each and
every competitor In each event be
clothed from knee to ahonlder In ap
parel not transparent, but of uch tex
ture as to fulfill tha requirement! of
common decency.
INDIAN AVENGERS ABROAD
Hocks on Warpath Because I 'el low
Ked Were Killed for Morder.
RENO., Nor- May :5. Eighteen Shos
hone bmks. led by the eldest, are In
Little High Rock Canyon. In northern
Washoe County, to avenge the killing
of the Indian band that murdered four
)Vashoe County stockmen last February.
Ieputy Constable Stltt Butler, of
Gerach. advlaed all prospector today
to keep away from the canyon. The
Indians are well armed, have extra
horses, no squaws, and no children.
They are subsisting on beef and food
pillaged from the stockmen.
Four bucks, two squaws and two pa
poose, led by the Indian Mike, were
killed at Kelleya Creek. February .
while resisting arrest by the State Po
lice for the killing of the four stock
men. SENATE TO VOTE JUNE 12
Fate of Direct L'lectlon of Senator
Will Be Derided.
WASHINGTON. May IS. The Sen
ate today selected June 1 as the date
for a vote on the Joint resolution pro
viding for the election of t'nlted Statea
Senator by direct vote of the people.
The resolution alao has passed the
House.
BLETHEHS HAVE
RIVALS ARRESTED
"Post-Intelligencer"
Chiefs Accused.
CRIMINAL LIBEL IS ALLEGED
Colonel Files Civil Suit Asking
$100,000 Balm.
TURN AMUSES SEATTLE
i
Kx-V. S. Senator Wilson, Editor and
Manager of Opposing Paper,
Charged With Maligning
Father and Son.
SEATTLE. Wash.. May 2S. (Special.)
Developmenta plied thick and faat In
the anti-graft crusade of Seattle today.
Standing out prominently In the new
aensatlona wss the, arrest of Erastu
Bralnerd. editor of the Pot-IntelIlgen-cer:
John U Wilson. ex-Vnlted 8tate
Senator and president of the Post-Intel-llgencer
Company, and William W. Cha
pln. hi son-in-law, for criminal libel.
Clarence B. Blethen. managing editor of
the Seattle Timea, himself under Indict
ment, complained that hi three rival
had defamed him. All three were released
on their own recognisance with Instruc
tions from Sheriff Hodga to deposit 15000
ball each tomorrow or forego freedom
awaiting trial.
Thla ault and the resultant seizure had
hardly been announced when Seattle felt
another aensation. tills tlma Colonel Al
den J. Blethen. editor and owner of the
Seattle Time being at the bottom of It
with a civil libel ault. He complain that
tha two accused of maligning hla son had
Injured his reputation to the extent of
1100,000.
Editorial Ire Reciprocal.
Aa Colonel Blethen writes editorials
with a pen dipped In nitric acid and haa
not stared the Poat-Intelllgencer. the
suit caused amusement. Blethen' com
ments un Eraatua Bralnerd. editor of the
Post-Intelligencer, and Bralnerd's char
acterizations of Blethen. have furnished
entertainment to Seattle for many year.
Popular decision haa been the men have
been well matched as fllnger of edi
torial stinkpot. It Is sa.'e to say that
the libel case will never come to trial
and was filed to afford relief to Colonel
Blethen'a bursting emotions.
The arrests were anything but en
sationaL sheriff Hodge thla after
noon took the warrants, went to the
Post-Intelligencer office, notified
Bralnerd he waa under arrest for
criminal libel and told him he wa re
leased on his own recognizance.
Sheriff Hodge was polite and Braln
erd thanked him for hla courtesy and
afterward Jested with friend orer
the ridiculousness of the situation. In
view of the fact that he and Blethen
had been exchanging thunderbolts for
ao many years.
Two Taken In Peace.
Ev-Senator Wilson and Chapin. man
ager of hi paper, were at lunch when
(Concluded OB rase C
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rOUTLAND, OREGON. FRIDAY,
INDEX TO TODAYS NEWS
The Weather. '
TBSTFHDATS Maximum temperature, 87
degrees; minimum. 47 drgreea.
TODAT'S Fair and warmer; eouthwesterly
winds.
Mexico.
President Diss raslxns snd Mexico City
gnes wild with Joy. Pa 1- f
Msd-ro threatens foahulla and may arrest
Ur:slalure. Pa. 2.
Foreign.
Raeln svlstor. attacked br esgle rights
for life In mJd-alr. wounding bird. Fas
National.
Democratic Senators in caucus vote to sup
port Martina plan for Lorlmer Inquiry.
JudMHarlan announces written op1"1""
Standard Oil case, condemning decision
more strongly than ever. Page s.
DoBBeftflc
Mayor McCarthy secures suspension
Seymour and urge, pollr. commission .o
make San Francisco "wide open. Page. x.
Senator Borah say. Standard Oil decision
will not reduce prices. Pag 1.
Prtaeruhters perform before society women
in home of rich Pan Francisco couple.
Page L .
Mew hot wave hits Chicago, breaking rec
ords. Page 1. ,,
Man and two wives now happy fsmliy.
Psge 3.
U.re.v charges sgalnst fnlon Seminary pro
fessor dropped: Grant eiplaln. charges
afainst him. Psge X
O -W R N. Ca. sells bonds to redeem
' old debt snd will sell more to psy for
Improvements. Pag. 4.
Paelne Sorthweet.
Colonel Blethen sues Post-lnte lllgeneer own
ers and editors for IloO.OOO damages and
son accuses them of criminal libel.
Pa. 1.
Prosecution of McClallen at Foseburg for
killing Mahan contends thst victims
rlasped gloves show hs did not handle
pistol. Page 7.
J. K. Blskesley. accused of extorting money
from County Treasurer Quick st St.
Helens, found guilty. Page 6. ,
Governor West sdvocates enaction of steril
isation bill for convicts as framed by
Dr. Owens Adair. Page 7.
Polk County Board of Education named.
Page a.
Addison Bennett sees great future for towns
of I-ald.aw and Sisters. Page 10.
Snorts.
Pacific Coast la-ague results yesterday: San
Francisco 4. Portland O: Vernon 4. Oak
land 1: Los Angeles 3. Sacramento 2
til Innings). Page 8.
Washington University crews defest Cali
fornia oarsm.n. Page 9.
Northwestern League results yeaterdsy:
Portland 11. Victoria 7: Spokane 4. Van
couver 2: Seattle 7. Tacoroa 2. Page 8.
In 40 seconds of Tlrst round. "Knockout"
Brown disposes of Tommy Murphy,
page .
Commercial and Marine.
yjark.t for new-crop Oregon hops lifted to
23 cents. Pace 23-
Wheat higher at Chicago on fears of crop
damage. Page 32.
Steel shares sold freely but price Is wall
controlled. Page 23.
Willamette River, falling, sudden "rise Is not
probable. Pag. 22.
Portland and Vicinity.
Harry Yankwlrh Is sued for damages by
laborers' attorney. Page 13.
Court holds Welis-Pairo Ezpress Company
must pay tax to county. Page 14.
Work on 0.-W. H. N. cutoff to Spokane to
be completed by 1013. Page 14.
Arrangements for children's rose parade
completed. Pare lb.
Denver resident telis of benefits city re
ceives from auditorium. Pag. 15.
Committee adopts sane Fourth of July
programme of sports for boys and girls.
Pag. 10.
Woman's hand seen In gigantic real estate
swindling plot. Page Is.
Republican city committee not In Itns to
support Rushlight. Page 17.
Initiative measure to prohibit street vaca
tion, held bar to progress. Page 17.
Name of a87 new voters added to registry
roll; 332 correct addresses. Pag. IS.
Garry Herrmann, biggest Elk. tells Portland
lodge this city can get 112 grand lodge
If It first gets auditorium. Page 18.
ARCHBOLD MUST PAY $6100
Jury Awards Damages to Father of
Girl Killed by Magnate's An to.
NEW BEDFORD. Mass.. May 26. The
case In which John D. Archbold, of
JJew York, wa sued by William De
Mello. of Mattapolsett, for damages for
the death of hla daughter, ended In the
Superior Court today, when the Jury
brought In a verdict of J6100.
The child was run down by an auto
mobile owned and driven by Mr. Arch-bold.
MAY 26, 1911. v
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IVIbfllilHIWILLUD
"JUT ON'SEYMDUR
Mayor'sCharges Cause
Chiefs Suspension.
'OPEN TOWN' EXECUTIVE'S CRY
San Francisco Police Board Is
Asked to Throw Away 'Lid.'
CARE-FREE RESORTS, AIM
Deposed Department Head Accused
of Permitting Gambling He Will
Fight for Job His Policy
Held rnfalr by Boss.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 25. (Special.)
Chief of Police John Seymour was sus
pended thi afternoon by the Police Com
mission following the reading of charges
made against his administration of police
affair by Mayor McCarthy.
In one of the most sensational letters
ever written by McCarthy, the Mayor
practically ordered the Police Comml
slon to turn San Francisco into a "wide
open" town.
Captain of Detectives Wall wa ap
pointed Acting Chief, and the charge
against Seymour were set for trial Tues
day. May 31.
Commissioner Splro voted against sus
pending Seymour. Sullivan and Gold
berg took charge of the official pro
gramme. According to the Mayor In his letter
to the Police Commission, he wants
gambling in Chinatown, dancing in the
cafes, the tenderloin reopened, beach re
sorts reopened and liquor served to
women in saloon of the Mission and
other districts.
Seymour's attorney secured an In
junction In Superior Judge Seawell'
court late today, restraining tha Mayor
from dismissing the Chief of Police
until after the argument on the Injunc
tion, which is set for June 9. The plea
for the injunction sets forth that the
charges against Seymour are without
foundation and that there 1 no ground
in law for hi proposed dismissal.
Charges Are Read.
Secretary Skelly, of the Commission,
recited the charges against Seymour.
Under the head of unofflcer-llke conduct,
. . ,r,nrirrt that Sevmour had per
mitted the open operafon of a number
of gambling houses In tne Dusinesa u.-
ih. .itv Tn this connection the
charges asserted that Seymour was the
friend and confidant of JtTang usroiu,
who is said to have been the chief owner
of the gambling establishment.
The chief was also charged with hav
ing caused d'ssension in the police de
partment by bringing unfounded charge
against leading officers.
McCarthy made a stroner plea In hi
letter for the votes of the liquor Inter
ests, and It wa apparent from the whole
tenor of hi letter that he thinks If he
throws San Francisco "wide open," he
The charges against Seymour are about
the same onea used wnicn anposea m
ex-Chief Jesse Cook.
Seymour will at once fight his stispen-
(Concluded on Page 4.)
CHICAGO SMOTHERS
IM M rA UHT WAV F
111 I1LI! IIU I mi' l-
TEMPEKATCRE OF 94 BREAKS
MAX RECORDS OP DECADE.
Forecasters Sec Xo Relief for City
In Sight Middle and South
ern States Also Suffering.
CHICAGO. May 55. (Special.) Chicago,
which had a severe dose of unusually
hot weather last week and a then brief
reunite follnwlne heavv rains, today
sweltered under a new heat record of 94,
which- was attained at i o'clock in the
afternoon.
At midnight the temperatu-e had fallen
11 degrees, but forecasters said there
waa no rain or other permanent relief
In sight.
Today's temperature Is the highest
point reached during May .for a decade.
The previous mark for the year was set
Just a week ago, when 91.S was reached.
Major Hershey, who has charge of tlu
Weather Bureau here during the ab
sence of Professor Cox, said the only
hope is when the storm area, now cover
ing the Northwest, begins to move to
wards the Great Lakes. The sudden
change today caught the public una
wares. The morning had been temper
ate, but at noon the mercury began ao
sizzle. i.nd the rise from then until 3
o'clock was rapid. '
Along the Atlantic Coast there were
fitful rains tnd cold weather. In the
region between Chicago and New Tork
unusual heat conditions prevailed. In
tense heat Is reported over the Middle
West and Southwest. The recent heavy
rains, which were fairly general, re
plenished weJls and revived pastures so
that the country at large Is better
equipped to ; withstand severe hot
weather.
WIDOW WINS BIG VERDICT
Jury Awards $20,000 for Death of
Railroad Engineer. '
i
SPOKANE, Wash., May 25. (Spe
cial.) A Jury In the Federal Court to
day awarded, to Mrs. Nellie Perkins,
widow of H. C. Perkins, an engineer,
rrhn met death while on duty, 120,000
damages against the Northern Pacific
Railroad. Mrs. Perkins sued tor ia.
000. Perkins waa killed March 29, 1908,
In an extraordinary accident. The train
was a few miles out of Troy, tdano
on the Paloute branch, when the fire
man, who had been stooping over stok
ing; the furnace, was startled to nna
hi engineer missing from the' cab.
The train was stopped and when It
was backed a short distance to a
bridge which had Just been crossed.
Perkins' body was found lying on the
bridge.
The conclusion was reached that In
leaning from his cab window to Inspect
the brakes Perkins had struck nis nead
on a timber of the bridge truss. The
widow contended that the railroad was
at fault in building too narrow a
bridge.
COX WILL RETAIN PLACE
Chief to Resume Active Duty as
Head of Police,
i
Mayr)r smon last night denied pub
lished statements that he would dis
place Chief of Police Cox with a new
man. The Chiefs resignation, which
was presented at the time of his In
dictment by the county grand Jury, was
never accepted, and he has been the
actual head of the department all the
time. When he Is ready to go to work
again, he will take command.
"Chief Cox resigned, but his resig
nation was never accepted." said Mayor
Simon. "It was laid on the table, pend
ing the outcome 'of the trial, when he
was Indicted by the grand Jury for mal
feasance in office. He was acquitted
of the charge in the courts and will
return to work as head of the Police
Department whenever he Is ready to
do so." ,
Captain Moore, who has been acting
chief during the time Chief Cox has
been off duty, wtll return to his duties
as head of rlhe Detective Department
when Chief Cox resumes his work.
2 UNTIED WHERE UNITED
Woman Divorced by Same Judge
Who Performed Ceremony.
WALLA WALLA, Wash., May 25.
(Special.) Sobbing and broken-hearted,
Thomas Bell left the office of Judge
Brents, of the Superior Court today, di
vorced from Mrs. Gladys Bell, whom
he married In that same ofTice, before
the same-Judge, four years ago.
"Four years ago I left your office a
happy man. Judge," said Bell. 'Today
I am broken-hearted. We would have
had no trouble had it not been for out
siders." Mrs. Bell obtained a decree on the
grounds of Incompatibility and failure
to provide. She said that 'heir life had
become a continual wrangle. The "2-year-old
child was awarded by a pre
trial agreement, to the mMher.
CROP OUTLOOK EXCELLENT
West Side Valley Grain Yield Will
Be Jarge, Is Report.
M'MINNVTLLE, Or, May 25. (Spe
cial.) :Crop conditions In this section
seldom at this season show a more
promising outlook than at the preaent
time. The acreage of wheat and oats
throughout the county is much larger
than it has been In previous years,
owing to the favorable weather for
sowing both Fall and Spring grain,
and the late seasonable rains presage
a full maturity..
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
,U
XICO ACCLAIMS
III L
PASSING OF DIAZ
President Resigns and
Populace Rejoice.
WHOLE CITY IN EXCESS OF JOY
Rebel Commander Heads All
Troops in Capital.
EULOGY ON DIAZ DELIVERED
One Deputy Makes Eloquent Speech
Recalling Fallen President's
Services to Country, Then Bells
Ring and Cannon Roar.
MEXICO CITT, May 25. President
Porflrlo Diaz Is dead! Long live Citi
zen Diaz!
President Diaz, in a letter read by
the President of the Chamber of Dep
uties this afternoon, resigned the Presi
dency of the republic of Mexico, and
at 4:54 o'clock the acceptance of the
resignation by the Deputies waa an
nounced. Everyone had expected an uproar and
demonstration when the announcement
should be made, but within the cham
ber the words announcing the event
were followed by silence.
In the streets, however, black with
people, every road leading to the hall
being blocked, news that Diaz was at
last no more the President was the ,
signal for wild shouting and manifes
tations. There was no violence or
destruction of property.
Only Two Deputies Dissent.
'On the motion to accept the Presi
dent's resignation 1S7 deputies voted
aye, while two of them did not ex
press themselves. They were Benito
Juarez, a descendant of President
Juarez, and Concepcion Del Valle. As
their names were called, other Legis
lators arose and bowed their affirma
tion. In similar fashion the resignation of
Vice-President Corral was unanimously
accepted, and similarly Francisco de la
Barra. ex-Ambassador to Washington,
was chosen Provisional President., The
latter will take, the oath of office at
noon tomorrow, in the yellow parlor of
the National palace.
Rebel Troops Control City.
Of scarcely less Interest in the popu
lar mind was the practical assumption
of military control of the federal dis
trict by Alfredo Robles Dominguez,
Madero's personal representative.
Personally, Dominguez commands only
a small body of local rebels, but the
federal garrison is under orders to
make no move whatsoever without se
curing his approval.
Senor Dominguez stated he can
bring 5000 organized rebel troops into
the city within three hours. Their
baggage and horse are aboard trains
furnished by the government at Cuer.
navaca, Pachuca. and Tlalnepantl. He
stated that they will remain at their
present stations unless they should be
needed in this city to control the sit
uation. President Diaz' letter of resignation
follows:
Diaz Yields to Stop Bloodshed.
"Sirs The Mexican people who gen
erously have covered me with honors,
who proclaimed me as their leader dur
ing a war, who patriotically assisted me
to develop Industry and the commerce
of the republic and establish credit, gain
for It the respect of the world and ob
tain for It an honorable position in the
concert of nations that same people,
sirs, has revolted in armed military
bands, stating that my presence in the
exercise of supreme executive power la
the cause of this insurrection.
"I do not know of any fact imme
diately attributed to me which could
have created this feeling, but, though
not admitting that I may have been un
wittingly culpable, such a hostility makes
me the least able to reason out . and
remedy the faults that may have been
committed. Therefore, respecting, as I
always respected, the will of the peo- -pie,
and according to the will of the
people and the constitution, I come be
fore the supreme representatives of the
nation unreservedly to relinquish the of
fice of President of this constitutional
republic to which I was chosen in ac
cordance with the national vote, which
I do wlfh all the more reason, since it
would be necessary to shed more Mex
ican blood, endangering the credit of the
country, dissipating its wealth and dis
turbing its policy and creating 'interna
tional complications, if I were to con
tinue to hold the office.
"I hope, gentlemen, that when the
principles which are Inherent in all peo
ples have been developed more thor
oughly, I will be appreciated for what I
have done, if not for what I have tried
to do."
Vice-President Corral, in his letter of
resignation, says he accepted office to
second Diaz and has seconded his policy,
even at the cost of sacrificing his con
victions. In the interest of the country
he follows his programme of seconding
Diaz by resigning also.
Dramatic Speech Defends Diaz.
The one dramatic speech of tly day
was made by Deputy Jose Aspe. In
reading the President's letter of res-
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