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THE 3IOKNIXG OREGONIAN, MONDAY, MARC1I 23, 1011. TOLLS EXEMPTION MORE LATE MEXICAN WAR PHOTOGRAPHS Cermjn4eed ' KEPMDER LOCK ROOFING Opponents of Repeal Predict Surprises Before Contro versy Is Settled. Huerta Recruits Troops From Lowest Class, Calling on Jails for Share. ' I MEXICAN SOLDIERS I f ' .; in " ' v 'V " b ffX Mir S; FORGES STUBBORN ARMY. STRENGTH QUESTION Outcome of' Struggle In. Soutli Still Problematical Native Xot Ke liable Fighter and Rebel Is No More Dependable. BT PHILIP H. PATCH1N. (Published by soecial arrangement between the New York Tribune and The Oregonlan.) MEXICO CITY. March 2. (Special Correspondence.) It would be a wise man Who would Bay what the outcome of this revolution is to be. It would be an equally sage person who would tell with deflniteness or confidence Just what Huerta's army- amounts to. . No better illustration of the futlillty of doing these things can be shown than the fact that Huerta himself Is not entirely sure what will be the out come or as to the number of men in the ranks of the federal army. Offciais of the government will glibly tell you that there are 150.000 men In the fed eral army, that is, 150,000 regulars, with "a number of irregulars which will bring the total of fighting men up to 200,000. This estimate, like many other things in Mexico, should be di vided by two. After that is done sub tract a tew thousands and you will have a reasonable approximation of the fighting men under the control of Huerta. Some follow the rule of di viding by two and taking off one-third of the remainder in considering all things Mexican. Soldiers Recruited la Jalle. The Mexican federal soldier 1 a man of low class. He comes from the Jails and the streets and he is forced to fight. When Huerta needs troops he initltntAB the "leva" and around th fH-r aftpr dark has descended hiB sol dlers march, picking Up men singly and In rroimn. They are "sent to the army," often weeping and wailing. Most of these men are of the lowest types, loafers, robbers, beggars. Some times men of hightsr class get caught in the dragnet and then there is a wild soramble to get released. This is often a difficult thing to do. '. It is a significant thing aboOt the Mexican army that one never sees Mexican soldiers .on liberty, with the general exception of bandsmen," who have special privileges. The reason is that the soldiers are kept .locked in their barracks and have little freedom. If they wore turned loose, as are Amer ican soldiers, they would disappear for ever, as far as the army is concerned. Americans here have seen soldiers S" irtg to the front to fight for their coun- I trr locked ut in box cars. When they ride in ordinary day coaches officers are stationed at the dOors. OppoMins Warriors o Better. It need imagination to- think that these soldiers ever win victory: yet they do. The reason Is that their ad versaries are no better than they. The rebel of the North has more incentlva to risht. He knows that victory means extension or the area In which he can steal and plunder The rebel of the North Is also hardier than the federal from the Bouth and oftentimes he knows a great deal more about shoot- . lng. These rebel advantages, however, are offset by better organization on the part of the federals. mere is a nu- ?leUJ.?,t e.:eiia.X.. ,':J . i- . h.-rhi. -frioiont 1 lVro-rlnon onWlof U tint U viciOUS fichtinir man. His ohe mission in Iif seeniB to be to expend as muoh ammu- nition as possible. He fires at will . . . . J. . 1. , K h . 1 . ... .1 . K Mill . h,h rtil .nrtid h.ill,im nush his srun around the comer and then, with hands extended as far as possible, loosely holding hia I rine, no Diinaiy nres aown ine somB8 mTrea0??. men? but inh mora. Ths heat estimate ob- tainable trlves the figures at 82.600. I .l,erv." " . 7. hi? the total there Is doubtless less man that of the federal force. It is doubt- f ul if even Huerta knows how many men he has. It is utterly impossible for the federal government to be ful y ehaae wlth tho pursuers, smothered in aware of the eaflt number of men lnT" . . , . ,ta deaths not a few. and these are often not reported. Officers will report full companies and battalions and call ror i money to pay them, ir mis is seni m men wno nave actually survivea may u. raid, while the pay of those who have deserted or died goes into the pockets of officers. i Hn.rti'. TtrKnIara Good fioldler. in Mexico Cltv Huerta has force of (innn rrffulx.ru who seem to be splendid noldicrs. They are well equipped, well I trained and paid with regularity, iney are well paid. too. tne ordinary soiaier KCLII'IK A.U W O Ufa,. ' l -liu- e1 Cfl A y With nenninifa tt f I l a Ihree Means for one I neaoKOld. which Is more than Is usual, that means sift a montn, wnicn la a.Douiiwth a superior force was sent oy ran m much as an American soldier, wno isi ne,?1 "riVlfc- month. The Mexican government nas piemy 2 -r,"l". ittJXFLZ!L::Utt., leaving Bermejillo Benavldes VL MIIIIIIWIII null. a Av.r. i All old. The overnmnt. how vAr ham larrd flhlnmenta of modern rifles coming from Japan. In all consideration or me military situation it should be remembered that tniS Mexican army Fiiuuiu uui no j uj,u by American or European standards. Its mission in life is to defeat the reb- els and the rebels are no better soldiers) than the federals. One of the greatest dangers to a Mexican General's success of Pafight at Tor-reTn in which "each side retreated after the day': work was over. Either might have won a great victory, but each thought that it was defeated. SENATOR SRADY IS CHOSEN Idaho Memner to Help Bedraft Army Appropriation oiu. OREGONIAN NEWS BITREAU. Wash - lngton, March 22. Notwithstanding h has been a member of the committee Senator Brady, of Idaho, was chosen one pf a subcommittee of five to re draft the Army appropriation bill, re- cently passed by the House, prepara .nniM.r.Hnn - . It ta customary to intrust the big tDronriat!on bills to Senators of long experience, out senator Braay s mti - mate connection with business affairs made it PPa".xo, nB,rm!" "i me comiiniw. i im jis'" "'" bill carries ' 1n the neighbored of 1 100.000,000. s . - " 3 & my ( photo Copyright by Mutual Film Company.' TOP. VILLA AND, AT BIS RIGHT, M AJOR HODOtFO, ' AIXHGGD SLAY ER OF BKJITOS - BELOW, REKIGEES O.N'THK MARCH. j . . VILLA CLEARS Irrigation Ditches Being Uti lized as Entrenchments. MEN FIGHT ON HORSEBACK Engagement Jfort.li Ot City Becomes sterpiccnase) as KCDeis umij Pursue Knemy losses of Federals Iteported Heaty, (Continue from first t,ag. Palacio and Torreon is laced with ir riKatl6n ditches and In the irrigating rich With ootton and other crops. - It is thickly settled. Into some of the ditches it is reported the federals have let the water to impede the rebel advance, while others ar being util ld as trenohes for the protection of riflemen and rapid-fire un. Th fifSt imDOi-taftt fhOVO of the week Just passed tooK place when Gn eral villa, having appeared iuddenly from Chihuahua, set Tiia troops in mo liVII e.iij - - - , Which Is about 100 miles fiOfth of Tof- reon. If teen mile north of this City hs eame on a strong advance column of the feaer6l9, Who are believed to nave retreat on appear nce of the cfiemy. nrn I.Ik, jtfrrnleckase. The appearance of the rebels was so suuaen, v.wC., .u.i became almost a reut. The federals, ue the rebels, Were mounted and the nnciunter became a sort of a steeple- firing blindly from the saddle, not in the least Impeded by the scattered DUiets which the federals sometimes turrlea t0 f(re. . ,...i v fiht " . " " " into the streets of this little olty, and here is was mat tne most oi me iea eral losses occurred. The bodies 106 were picked up by Villa s men. The foderals are believed to have car- red eft .those who were wounded in thlB cly M onIy threa wcr found. nra.itlcallv nothln. -" ' . , On the ncois ot mo oavairy came other troops and General Benavldes - - .bin. Ti.hu.iiio. n tnwn northaaaf Bermejillo. Dead i,eft ok rina . ...... i,.i..mm iitr.h ch.rtiv . fj.j t . . fc l,lW Aa pu" "UWM TT"" " tlmated to number 400. An hour's en- I gagement ensued, as a result of which tne rebel commander reported to Gen cral vn)a the rout or lho enemy eav t,H hi. ,. dead on the field. His own loss ne reponeu an mice mucu mm wounded. I This force of government troops geemg to haVe been far In advance of -pport, and the town of Tlahualilo l " unrri.ui.cu . I out resistance. I Meanwhile General Herrera occupied Kanta Clara and sent a force to bridge the ditch where Benavldes had van quished opposition. Another force of rebels under General Urbana, in the midst of these exciting events, had been I moving on Maplmi, one of the most I important cities in tne Torreon aistrict. and occupied it without a fight Ur bana was reported 111 today, but his I troops were said to be moving south unuer uniaiiii pormiaa. COUPLE KILLED BY TRAIN I (Continued From First Page.) possible tO See clearly for that dis- tance. I The train was being run for real es- 1 tate viewers by Umbdenstock & Ir- i anoj among the passengers were a large number of women. Several faint t.. n. v,m. ii I beneath the train came in -view in the I middle ofthe track behind the' second WAY mwL:n7t car. Strenuous efforts were needed to revive one woman. Mrs. Amelia Taylor, of 292 Tenth street, who was in the first car, said that she saw the accident clearly. She described it as follows: "I heard the train gathering speed Oft the straightaway and looked out to see how fast we were going. As i looked I noticed Just across the small trestle over the creek a woman ahd man standing. The woman's foot ap peared to be caught In the ties and the man was trying to release her. "Just as I looked she turned about and saw the train. Her body fell oveV the man's shoulder and t think slid must hae fainted. He looked up, saw the train and began Working harder at the foot to get it released. He looked up only Once. Train Dm Net Slacken. "I thought the motorman must see the situation and 1 expected him to slow up, but he did not. Jbvidehtly he thought that U would be only mo ment before the two would be off the track, because they were beyond the trestle, and if the Woman's foot had not beeh caught, thejr could have es caped the train easily. The train did not slacken, and I looked away as we came nearer. "Too late, the motorman seemed to realize that they could hot get oft the track, because he put on the brakes when we Were close to them so hard that a controller burned out, and the smoke began to filter up through the car. Then someone in the rear car saw the woman's body, and several became hysterical." 1 Divorce Is Plan, Mf. i Michell had arranged with his wife to get a divorce at the Fall term of court, according to Mrs. A. I Clover, an intimate friend of both. Mr. Mlchell's 17-yeaf-oId daughter is to graduate from hlah school. in June, and so as not to cloud 'the girl's future, husband and wife agreed to wait until later, said Mrs. Clover. Following the divorce, Mrs. Ellis and Mr. Michell were to marry. The Mtohells have not lived together for years, and Mr. Michell. who. with the daughter Whom Mr. Michell has been supporting, lived in apartmehts at 31H Kast Eighth street. North. Mrs. Michell Was notified by the Coroner of her husband's death, and George ' L. Mlehell, Who Wmm Killed by Train at Ustaeada Hhlle Endeavoring to Save An other, came to the undertaking establishment of Dunning & McEntee. In spite of the advice of attendants, she demanded to see her husband's body, and viewed it with no show of emotion. She was not told the circumstances Of the accl. dent, where they related to Mrs. Ellis, but was told that her nusband -was walking alone on the tracks when struck. Widow to Take Body. She said she did not know of his trlD into the country, but believed him on duty at the hotel. She announced that she would take charge of tli funeral, and arranged to make prelim inary plans today. Difficulty was found In identifying Mrs. Ellis, until attaches of the hotel located Mrs. Clover and sent her in taxicab to the undertaking establish mont. She made identification,' and said that she had known Mrs. Ellis for several years and also kpows Mrs, Ellis' mother, who lives in Ogden, Utah, and her grandmother. She said Mrs. Ellis' sister. Mrs. Arthur Froye, of 269 Edith avenue. Salt Lake, would be notified Catlilamet Creamery Opens. CATHLAMET, Wash., March 22. (Special.) The first two-pound roll of butter put up by the new Cathlarnet Co-operative Creamery brought $43.10 at a competitive booster sale held at the creamery yesterday. J.- tt. oioii. loal man. was the purchaser, in com rietitlon with 420 bidders. Tr.'e new creamery is a co-operative farmers' institution, and expect to manufacture between 6000 and 7600 pounds of butter a month during the next six months. .' WOMAN IS Paris Aroused by Treatment of Mme. Caillaux in Prison. SPECIAL MASS IS HELD Slnjer of Figaro Editor Attends to Corrcxpondenuo 1" Cell That Is I-'itted hs AVrlting Kooin Hus band Among CallctH. r PAKIS, March 22. Tho killing last week of 'Gaston Calmelt. editor of the Figaro, by Mme. Caillaux, wife of the former Minister, of Finance, continues to absorb public interest. The interest in the case, which has een diverted from Mme. Caillaux by the. investigation, into the reasons for postponement' of tne trial of M. Ko chette, charged with extensive swin dling operations, was focused today on Mme. Caillaux'g prison life. The protest that Mme. caillaux is the recipient of excessive favors in prison today assumed formidable pro portions. -The chief of the penitentiary department-of the Minister of the In terior, while declining - to d'8cuss the ubJect at length, asserted that. Mme. Caillaux Was being treated In accord ance with the prison regulations. ... Sprlal MaM In Said. Mme. Caillaux passed a bad night. following tlm lengthy examination she nderwent yesterday before Magistrate Boucard. !4he arose at s o'clock to ny. The other prisoners are up at a- he said she was suffering from a se vere headache, but declined to see the Drison surgeons. While the otner prisoners were at mass Mme, iamaus1 aressea in tne clothes she wore the day she Shot Cal mette and went Into the chapel, where special mass was said for her and a ew nuns. She followed the services with the eenest devotion, remaining for most f the time On her knees, with her faoe uried in her hands. (.'ell Pitted mm Y i-Hlng-roora. After mass Mme. Caillaux attended to er bulky correspondence in the cell fitted up as a writing-room. Her 14-year-old daughter, Germaine Claretle, coompanied uy her governess, visitou her mother. M. Caillaux called in thaft6rn0on and remained about an hour. The opinion Is gaining ground that the covernment will postpone tne elections for a fortnight. FROSTS MAY NIP SOUTH UKAUlAL RETi;H! Or KORMAL Bf'RINCr 19 PROMISED. Weather Bnrraa Bulletin Smy Week Will Be Without Severn Stormn Northwest Rain Forecast. WASHINGTON, March 22. A gradual return to the normal Spring tempera tures, with generally fair skies during the coming week, was predicted Dy tne Weather' Bureau tonight for all sec tions of the country east of the Rocky Mmin tains. "There will be frosts the llrst part of the week, however," me ouuetin said, "in the East Gulf and South At luntte states, except Southern Florida. West of . the Rocky Mountains lair weather and normal temperatures are nrnhable this week. "There is nothing to indicate storm activities. A disturbance of moderate intensity Will appear in the Northwest Wednesday or Thursday, cross tne Mia die West about Friday and the Eastern States near the end the week. This disturbance will be attended by local areas of precipitation and be followed ty -a change to cooler weather in the Northern States east of the Rocky Mountains." Byron Laflln Smith Dead. CHICAGO, March 22. Byron Laflin Smith, president and founder of the Northern Trust Company here, died to day of heart failure Induced by Mi' n fection resulting from a sovero cold. He was 61 years old, . .. . FAVORED FILIBUSTER IN PROSPECT Rivers and Harbors Bill In Wsj of Settlement of Tolls Dispute. Jones Resolution Demanding Information Refused. WASHINGTON, March 22. Believing that their cause is gradually gaining ground in Congress, opponents of the proposed repeal of the exemption pro vision' of the Panama Canal act ex pressed satisfaction today over repeat ed delays in getting the controversy directly before Congress. They are earnestly- at work in the meantime on Senators and Representatives who are still wavering. As the fight against repeal pro gresses, those directing the opposi tion maintain their propaganda Is pro ducing results and that some surprises are in store for the Administration be fore the controversy is settled. On the other hand. Administration champions, Vhile aware that the fight is the most stubborn and unyielding that has de veloped since the Democratic party came into power, insist that repeal of toll exemption will triumph and that final action cannot be delayed many weeks. ; Harbors Filibuster Charged. Charges that some of the Demoi cratic and Republican opponents of the repeal in the House are filibustering on the rivers and harbors appropria tion bill to prevent action on exemp tion repeal as long as possible con tinue to be heard. Failure to com plete the bill yesterday made it Im possible to take up, as originally planned, the Sims bill, and It was an nounced tonight that the repeal can not bo taken up tomorrow, Monday being reserved for District of Colum bia legislation. Consideration of the rivers and harbors bill will be re sumed Tuesday and it is possible that the proponents of the repeal bill will not get an opportunity to open their general debate this week. With this prospect of further delay In the House, Democratic Senators who are supporting President Wilson in the oils fight expect to mane anotner ei- fort to have the Owen repeal bill taken up for consideration by the inter- ceanio canals committoe. benator Gorman, chairman of the commit- ee, who is leading the Opposition to tho repeal, has said he would not call the committee together until Senator Crawford returns from South Dakota, hich will be late next weak. JoneM Resolution Opposed, Ths foreign re!ati'onscommittee of the Senate will have before it Wednes day the resolution Introduced by Sen- tor Joneei. of Washington, requesting the president for Information as to what foreign nations are oposed to toll xemtion for " American coastwise hips. There wiil be opposition in the committee to the resolution and It may be reported adversely. In that case. enator OOorman i expected to maKe minority report. This will precipi tate discussion in the Senate again pd furnish the opportunity for an ther preliminary skirmish on tho im portant issue. -Besides appropriation bills wnicn are bein disposed of rapidly, the Senate and House will have up several other important questions. The Judiciary committee of the House must cohsidel mneachment charges made py nap- restintative Park, of Georgia, against Judge Daniel Thew Wright, of the District Of ColumDia euprorae uuit. ftiraraguan Treaty of Calendar. The nendlng NMcaraguan treaty, un der which the United States would c- uire exclusive rights to a canai route across that country, a naval v. .. ,. - i.-A.. ui.r.i ft si v and i-aallnir sta tions in the Pacific and i-ariooean is on the caienaar h we -lureiBii tlons committee and is Being presseu for action. The dommltue postponed Its consideration last week owing to the absence of several members, jn i-luriinir Acting Chairman Hhlveiy. Investigations in tne jMicnigan cop per mines will be reeumca lomurruw by the House committee on mines and with John "Mitchell, formerly president of the United Mine Workers, on the stand. MINE OPENING REPORTED Tramway and Smeller bald to ise Contemplated at Bluo Ledge. Mt-nirriRn. or. March 22. (Special.) Th Hlne Ledge mine, which has ben Idle for several years, will be opened (hi. Hnrlntr. a four-mllo tramway and smelter will be built, and everything put In readlnoss lor actlvo, production, according to Information given today by mlnlnsr men who have Just visited tho mlnln camp. Tho cause or tho opening is saiu to ba the Inability ot Towne interests to operat their Mexican copper mines, owing to the war and the general bet terment Ot DUSinesB conamons m mia country. It Is said 12 months win De aevoiea a construction: then the actual Work of mining will begin. 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VIENNA. March 22. Count Michael Karolyi, president of the Hungarian Independent party, is making a trip to the United States and will reach New York' April 3. His mission is exoltlnp Streat interest In Hungarian political circles, for it Is believed he will di rect his efforts toward orawing nun garlans now lu America Into the honi-; parliamentary campaign. Major Seek Legislative Honor. MAHSHFIELD, Or.. March 22. (Spe cial.) Mayor A. T. Jtorrlson. of C' quille. has become a candidate for St:ite Representative on the Democratic tick et and will make an immediate canvass of the countv. Mayor Morrison is a truori roads advocate.- ' SONGS