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THE MORNING OREGOMAN. MONDAY. AUGUST o. 1913. MEXICAN REFUGEES ASK FOR RELEASE t DEMOCRATIC APPOINTEE TO BE CHARGE D'AFFAIRES IN HOUSETO QUESTION MEXICO. II CLOSELY DEER 1 Federal Soldiers Under Guard at Fort Bliss File Habeas Corpus Proceedings. Lobbyist Not to Be Dealt With Leniently in Next Inquiry. . t,. MULHA INSURGENTS ARE MOBILIZED Constitutionalists Determined Not to Attack Guaymas If GoTernment Forces Will Come Out to Fight. EI. mso, Tex.. Aug. 4. An attempt Is being; made by local attorneys to se cure the release of 231 Mexican federal soldiers under guard at Fort Bliss by habeas corpus proceedings in the United Statea District Court at Austin. The suit was instituted today. The attorneys allege that the Mexicans are "illegally restralnea by the United States Government." The Mexican Boldiers were arrested at Naco and Nogales. Ariz., as refugees, in losing battles with the constitu tionalists three months ago. Practically all the insurgent state troop3 are mobilized at Batamoral, awaiting the advance of the federals out of Guaymas, a few miles to the south. The official explanation is that the constitutionalists are determined not to attack the California gulf port if there is any possibility of the govern ment forces advancing to- meet them. Though it has been denied that any so. licitation of the foreign consular agents at Guaymas had anything to do with the original withdrawal of the insurgents, it is said that fear of in Jury to constitutional sympathizers la prompting the delayed attack. The state officials at Hermosillo de clare that the federals remain bottled in Guaymas and may leave the town by boat without fighting. G. Guthes, American power plant en gineer of the Madera Company at Par son. Chihuahua, is a prisoner of Max imo Castillo's gang of bandits, who are holding him for a ransom of 200 in their mountain camp two miles from, that town, according to a report re ceived at the local offices of the Pear son Syndicate late this afternoon. Superintendent C. H. Cooper, of the Pearson mill, was held up in his office last Friday night by five bandits from the same band and forced to open the company's safe and deliver 1200 pesos to them. Cooper was severely handled by the robbers. A knife was drawn across his throat, but he managed to escape from his captors, who were tak ing him to the mountains after they had rifled, the offices and stores of the corporation, HEAVY FIGHTIXG AT GUAYMAS State Troops Reported to Have Tak en Empalme and San Jose. NOG ALES, Ariz.. Aag. 4. Heavy fighting at the front' above Guaymas was. reported tonight- in a message from General Alvarado.of the Insurgent forces. The state troops were said to -have been attempting to draw the Fed erals out of Guaymas, but to have tHken the outlying towns of Empalme and San Jose de Guaymas. General Alvarado reported that the Federal outposts withdrew to Eltun, where the waterworks supplying Guay mas are located. Cannonading oc curred early today, he said, when the Federal gunboats in Guaymas harbor and the Federal batteries at Empalme opened fire on the advancing state troops. The occupation of Empalme by the insurgents, as reported, would put the opposing forces in relatively the same position as before the state withdrew its forces from Guaymas suburbs. MEX1CAX NOMINATIONS BEGIN Pedro Lascuraln Probable Head of Catholic Party Ticket. MEXICO City, Aug. 4. The conven tion of the Catholic party for the nomination of candidates for the Presi dency and Vice-Presidency opened"here today. the delegates representing nearly every state in the republic. Pedro Lascuraln, who was Minister for Foreign Affairs under Madero, is spoken of as the probable head of the ticket. Felix Diaz, who thus far Is the only Presidential aspirant formally an nounced, probably will have a further opponent in the October elections in Dr. Francisco Vasquez Gomes, ex-Min-ister of Education, according to a re port from Guadalajara. DIAZ CLOSELY GUARDED (Continued From First Page.) years made Porfirlo Diaz an autocratic ruler in the Southern republic, will ar rive here, next Saturday afternoon in company with a party of relatives, friend3 and servants. They are on tbelr way to Japan for the ostensible purpose of presenting the thanks of his government .to the people of that coun try for their participation in the Mexi can centennial celebration three years ago. However, It is hinted that there is some political significance in his pro posed trans-Pacific Journey on the eve of the election, at which he hopes to be elevated to the Presidency. The Diaz party probably will not remain long in . Portland. They will proceed to Vancouver, P.. C, where on Wednesday, August 13, they will sail on the steamer Empress of Russia for Yokohama. As their schedule al lows them four days between Portland and Vancouver, it is probable that they can be prevailed upon to pass a day or two here. The younger Diaz is said to possess many of the qualities that made his un cle, the dictator of Mexico and finally forced him to abdicate his executive office. The election will take place on October 26. The Journey of General Diaz to Japan at a time when his own political for tunes, it seems, would require his pres ence at home has been' the subject of mucli comment and- has caused him to be subject to no infrequent question on his way northward. He denies that he even thinks of seeking the aid ot Japan In securing the dictatorship or Mexico. It is a mere friendly visit, he insists. "My campaign for election is being conducted by my friends." he said at San Diego. '-If the people want me they will elect me anyway. I have no fear of defeat. I expect to return from Japan in plenty of time to take part in the activities incident to the close of the campaign. I shall lose nothing by my absence.'-' General Diaz and his party are trav eling in a private car that has been provided for them by the Southern Pa cific. Those traveling with him are his wife, Captain Luis Mendoza, Lieu tenant Augustin Del Rio. First Secre tary Romero, of the special Japanese embassy, and several other secretaries and attaches ' . I JOHJT L1SD, EX-GOVERNOR OF MINNESOTA. WILSON STEPS OUT New Envoy Not Accredited to Huerta Government. ARMS STILL WITHHELD United State Will Not Offer Serv ices as Mediator Unless It Be. comes Apparent That Internal Peace Efforts Have Failed. (Continued From First Page.) is said to be a factor which may assist the situation. Arms to Be Denied Both Stdea. Meanwhile, arms and munitions of war from the United States will con tinue to be denied to the two warring forces, and, unless it is apparent that internal efforts to bring about peace have failed, the United States will not offer its oervlies asj a. mediator. Declarations , from both Huerta and Carranza "have been made in the press, rejecting mediation proposals, but Ad ministration officials realize that both sides fear they may be showing weak ness In the acceptance of such proposal at this time, and are not convinced that friendly efforts to mediate would prove Ineffective. The acceptance of the resignation of Ambassador Henry Lane "Wilson settled finally that his recommendations for recognition of the Huerta government after a period of military co-operation in Northern Mexico on the part of the United States to restore peace had been rejected. Morality Issue Arises. A reiteration came from high offi cials that the morality of the situation would not permit the recognition of Provisional President Huerta on ac count of the circumstances surround ing the death of Madero and Suarez. Arguments that it was necessary to have in Mexico the "iron hand" of Diaz which might be expected of Huerta failed to make an Impression on Government Officials here, who be lieve that the Latin-American govern ments cannot thrive on the extremes of civil tyranny or military distator ships. These ideas probably will be re flected In whatever pronouncements the President may make in the near future, and from the keystone of the Administration's policy toward the Latlnrepubllcs. Mr. Lind. who has been in Washing ton for the last three days, had talked with President Wilson arid Secretary Bryan and obtained their opinions of the situation. Mr. Lind Is a lawyer by profession and was a Member of Congress from the Fiftieth, to the Fifty-second ses sions, being a colleague of Mr. Bryan. He was a Republican in Congress, but was elected Governor of Minnesota from 1899 to 1901 on the Democratic ticket and was defeated for re-election and went toCongress again from 1903 to 190.5 from the ' Fourth Minnesota district as a Democrat. MILITIA AT- RIOT SCENE (Continued From First Page.) night, instead "of twice, as was de manded. The ieade'r of the strike then ha rangued the people again, the state ment continues, "and told them that the company in effect had refused their de mands and he declared they would give us two hours to meet them and urged that not a picker leave the premises and that no work be done until their demands are granted." Durst sais chat he then drove away to find Constable Anderson and urged him to communicate with Sheriff Voss at Marysville to ask hid. "About 11:45 A. M," the statement continues, "the strikers committee of about a dozen came to the office and demanded an answer. I told the lead ers we didn't desire their services fur ther and wished them to vacate the premises. . At 4 o'clock, the statement says. Durst saw the strike leaders heading back 'from town toward the camp and nurried there ahead of them with An derson In the car. Anderson was to arrest the ringleaders if the men ordered oft the grounds returned. When the constable attempted to do so, the strikers attacked him, Durs says, and sought to take the officer's revolver from him. Roeki and Bricks Hurled. Durst says: "I urged Anderson not to shoot. Finally he had a chance to Jump in the car and we left, followed Dy rocks and brickbats." Telling of- the return later with the Sheriff's posse, the statement reads: "On arriving at the pickers' camp, we touna tne same strike leader ha ranguing the crowd near the. dance platform. The Sheriff raised his hand and told the crowd that he was- the Sheriff and ordered them to disperse. ne tired his revolver into the air as em phasis. "The crowd immediately began to oisperse, when tree strike leader called for them not to do so. Immediately I saw strikers attack the Sheriff, one jumping on him from behind, striking or forcing him to the ground, when the snooting began. The shots came in such rapid succession that It was hard to keep track of them. Manwell rushed past me toward the Sheriff. The next Instant I saw the Sheriff, Manwell and two others writhing on the ground. I immediately returned to my car and went to the office, where I got out the guns we had already provided and stationed a strong guard between the buildings and the camp. "The leaders iia this movement pro claimed loudly that they were 'Indus trial Workers of the World and that the organization was behind them." " I. W. W. Armed Go to Wheatland. SAN JOSE, CaL, Aug. 4. Forty armed Industrial Workers of the World from Los Angeles have left here, bound for Wheatland. A party of 40 is on Its way through the San Joaquin "Valley bound tor the same place, . - - - PUBLICITY IS PLANNED .TACKSOX COUNTY ARRANGES FOR 50,000 BOOKLETS. , Southern Pacific Will -Bear Two thirds of Expense and Attend to Widespread Distribution. ASHLAND, Or., Aug. 4- (Special.) General advertising, in addition to com', munity publicity, will be done by Jack son County according to a contract just entered into by the County Court with the Southern Pacific! Ornate embellishment will be lacking but plain information will be the fea ture of the new booklet which will closely resemble the Oregon Alumnae in its general make-up. The edition will be .60, 000. copies, and the cost will be $4000, the cojinty bearing about one third and the Southern Pacific two thirds. In connection with this contract and in addition to the booklet proper, the county will also share, without addi tional cost, in the various publicity privileges afforded by the railway corporation In the leading centers of this country and Europe, notably Great Britain, where . the , Harriman lines have established agencies for the acr commodation of homeseekers and tourists. . UNION MEN QUIT MEETING Attempt to Split interests or Strik ing Copper Miners Is Made. CALUMET, Mich., Aug. 4 Attempts were made to split Interests of strik ing copper miners by organizing local unions independently of the. Western Federation of Miners today. A meeting that crowded the Red Jacket Town Hall broke up in disorder when Jance Terzich, of the Federation executive board, ordered all union men to leave. A misunderstanding caused a battalion of troops to be sent to the place, but the crowd had dispersed when the militiamen arrived. Before the sudden endipg of the ses sion an organization committee was selected, which is to continue the work tomorrow. Another meeting at Hainesdale' sent a committee to General Manager Den ton, of the Copper Range consolidated Company, demanding higher wages. This offer of men supposed to be will ing to help break the Federation's strike elicited a refusal from the com pany. NPAD00 SUMMONS BANKERS (Continued From First Page. of the circulating volume of money and that the Government would de posit only what was needed to assist in moving the crops, with the stipula tion that It must be returned to the Treasury as soon as that need shall have passed. . At the conference with the bankers Mr. McAdoo will discuss the amount needed and the jjates to be named for the gradual return of the money to the Government. The Treasury Department expects to begin, making the -deposits before the close of August" and gradually to feed the money into the selected centers as the demands grow through the crop moving period. The Pretoria - Agricultural Society ia erecting handhoxne new show buildings toward which the raunicipalitv Is giving SluO and lending $25.00, waife the gov ernment has promised $5U00 a v car tor live 2 ears. PROBE MAY TAKE WEEKS Representative Watson Declines , to Appear Before Senate Committee, -.Saying He Will Wait to Tes ify Before Lower Body. WASHINGTON, Aug. 4. Investiga tion of the activities of Martin W. Mul hall for the National Association of Manufacturers will occupy the atten tion of committees on both sides of the Capitol- tomorrow for the first time since the "lobbyist" "made his start ling charges a month ago. The House investigating committee will begin its work with the examination of Louis Seibold, of the New York World, who had much to do with the turning over to that newspaper of the Mulhall cor respondence. When Mulhall is called on the House side there will be no wholesale identification of his letters involving Congressmen, but tWe witness will be questioned closely as to justification for bringing in the names of men who are members of the present House. He will be asked also to show Just how he-expected to influence legislation in the House. .... 'Explosions" Are Promised. Mulhall will be dealt with much less leniently than he has been by the Sen ate committee. He probably will be called Wednesday and may be on the stand several weeks. Several times in his examination on the Senate side the "lobbyist" hinted at explosions he might cause -when he got to the House, and -it is agreed that he referred to the stories of adventures in the night life of the capital. The Senate will hear tomorrow ex Senator Foraker, of Ohio, mentioned by Mulhall as -one of the men he used to know well in Washington, and as one of those for whom he did cam paign work. The committee received more letters from Mulhall today which the lobbyist said proved some of the statements he made in his direct tes timony. Senator Reed will examine these and may put Mulhall on the stand later to question him about them. Committee Has Lively Day. The committee had its usual lively- time Louay. toenator Townsend start ed it by denying that he had held con fidential conversations with Mulhall in his office when he was a member of the House. Mr. Townsend's denial was followed closely by a protest from Robert McCarter, attorney for the Na tional Association of Manufacturers, against recent newspaper Interviews with the three Democrats on the com mittee, which he argued showed the case prejudiced on the testimony of one witness. Chairman Overman read a letter from ex-Representa'tive Watson, of Indiana, mentioned frequently by Mul hall .aa-hls friend . and ally in work here, in which Watson declined to ap pear before the committee. Watson based" his declination on the newspa per interviews and said he expected to appear in another court where the jury would not judge the case until the evi dence was all in. Watson wrote then to Chairman Garrett. requesting a hearing before the House committee. He will be heard at the conclusion of Mulhall's testimony. IMPERSONATORS FACE PENALTY Senate Likely to Act Soon on Bill Presented by Cummins. WASHINGTON, Aug. 4. Early action by Congress to provide punishment for those who impersonate members ot Congress or public officers,, "by tele phone, telegraph or mail" was prom ised in the Senate today when Senator Cummins presented a favorable report from the judiciary committee on such a bill recently introduced. The impersonations of Representa tives Palmer and Riordan and others by David Lamar, were responsible for introduction of the Cummins bill, which carried heavy fines, and impris onment as -penalties. PARCEL POST RATES CUT Burleson Plans Further to. Popular. lze 'Sending Mail Packages. WASHINGTON. Aug. 4. Further to popularize the parcel post system. with the public, Postmaster-General Burle son announced today that after August is tne weight limit. on packages would be placed at 20 pounds tit now is 11 pounds), and that a sharp reduction of cnarges ror tne transportation of pack ages would be made. He announced also that On trie a m a Aata th "HonU- ing by mail'', feature would be intro duced into the postal savings system. The reduction in charges on matter for local delivery is from tie present rate ot a cents ror the first pound and 1 cent for each additional pound to 6 cents for the first pound and 1 cent for each additional two pounds or frac tion ithereof. For delivery in the first zone, the rate will be reduced from 5 cents for the first and 3c for each addi tional pound to 5 cents and 1 cent; for tne second zone the rate will be cut from cents and 4 cents to 5 cents and i pent for each additional pound. MISSOURI 'CORN SOARING Grain Prices Rise 2 to 4 Cents While Quotations on Stocks Slump. KANSAS CITY. Aug. 4. The drouth was a controlling influence in the markets here today, wheat and corn jumaing from 2 to 4 cents a bushel. The ilisouri crop report published Saturday said over three-fourths of the Mate was in need of. rain, with corn prospects but 70 per cent. The livestock markets also were dis. organized by the heat and lack of rain. Cattle recelptswere heavy and stock ers and feeders sold 35 to 75 cents un der last week's prices. All grades of cattle were from 6 to 25 cents lower. Prices of hogs and sheep also showed effect of the weather. GEORGE TODD CONFIRMED Senate Refuses to Approve Nomina tion of Coffey as Collector. WASHINGTON, Aug. 4. The Senate confirmed tonight the appointment of George Harold Todd, of New York, to be assistant to the Attorney-General of the .United States. Another effort to bring about the REALIZATION of what a - standard of merit should be and maintaining the stand ard is why SHUR-ON EYE GLASSES stay in place grace the face. Eyeglasses if needed . as low as $2.00 THOMPSON OPTICAL INSTITUTE 209-10-11 Corbett Bldg. Fifth and Morrison confirmation of the appointment of James Coffey, of South Dakota, as in ternal revenue collector for the di vision' of North and South Dakota, re sulted in a protracted filibuster which ended without action having been taken on the appointment. It is un derstood that it was suggested in executive session ' that Mr. Coffey should resign the Democratic state chairmanship of South Dakota. BRIDGE ELECTION NEAR CLARK COUNTY SUPPORTERS OF PROJECT WORK HARD,' Campaign for Bond Issue Continues and Success at Polls Is Predicted. VANCOUVER, Wash.. Aug. 4. (Spe cial.) This is the last week before the Pacific Highway bridge election and a whirlwind campaign is being made by suporters of the bridge project. There is not a place In the county, no com munity where a dozen people live, where a meeting will not have been held in the interests of the bridge by Saturday night. . - Business and professional men have unselfishly given of their time and have preached the gospel of -the Co lumbia River connecting link in the Pacific Highway, uniting the States of Washington and Oregon. The special election will be held Au gust 13 and the coat to the county will be small, as practically all of the elec tion judges and officials will act with out pay. Today a big meeting was held at View, 25 miles from here and several automobile parties went out from this city. Among the number was Judge Back, of the Superior Court of Clark County. It is believed now that the bond elec tion for $500,000 will carry by a large majority. It will require 60 per cent of the total number of votes cast to carry. BOND SALE IS APPROVED Edward A. Manyce Is Exonerated by Sew York Stock Exchange. NEW YORK, Aug. 4. Edward A. Manyoe, of the New York Stock Ex change, was exonerated today by the exchange committee on business con duct of all blame in connection with the sale Jply 26 of $25,000 worth of Government 2 per cent bonds at ,9514 a low record. Mr. Manyce told the committee that the transaction was for his own ac count and was not a short sale, as at first reported. The committee found that the sale was regular. Telephone Accounts $2 0,000 Short. Edmonton, Alta., Aug. 4. 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