WINTER IS PUSHING
ITS WAY EASTWARD
Lake States in Grip
of Furious Storm.
CHICAGO GETS NO WARNING
Season of Spring-Like Weath
er Rudely Broken.
MIDDLE WEST SNOWBOUND
Tourist Travel to Taclfic Coast Re
ceives Sudden Impetus and Kes
errations Arc Hastily Made.
Much lec rceportcd.
CHICAGO. March 6. (Special.) Old
Winter played a furious return engage
ment all over the Middle West last
night and today and is rapidly extend
ing the performance to the East and
Southeast.
Dispatches tell of heavy snow In
Iowa. Nebraska and other states. Trains
are delayed In many directions and
italled dead on small branch lines. In
the cities transportation was badly
crippled, but the storm had its silver
lining for it provided work for thou
sands of unemployed.
Storm Comes Without Warning.
The storm swept up from the south
west, heralded by a gale of great fury.
Then came the snow, preceded by a
blast of small hail. There had been no
warning of the storm, which struck
Chicago shortly after midnight and in
creased in intensity as morning ap
proached. The city awoke to And an
inch of snow over everything- and the
t.i.rn,. a m.-id cale. Two hours
later the snowfall had increased to
two and one-half Inches and was turn
ing to rain.
The fury of the storm was most visi
ble on Lake Michigan, which had been
whipped into a violent rage. Roaring
seas swept over the breakwaters and
choked the mouth of the river. Lake
mariners said it was tho worst storm
of tho season.
Steamers Torn Back.
The steamer Alabama, of the Good
rich, line, reported a desperate battle
with tho elements the entire trip. The
steamer Kansas started out, but was
brought back. The steamer Racine also
managed to ride out into the lake, but
was glad to run back to shelter.
The present storm Is unique In many
respects, aside from its unusual sever
ity. It started its wild career in the
northwest and swept into the southeast
as far as Kansas. Then it veered
north and struck the lake region just
when a few days of mild weather had
begun to bring visions of green grass
and budding trees. .Seed catalogues and
garden implements were hastily laid
aside for snow shovels and Winter gar
den tools.
Country Sheathed In Ice.
Freezing temperature was -escorted in
, th? irnle. St. Louis js reported
as sheathed in an inch-thick coating of
ice. Small rivers and lakes are report
ed overflowing In the Southwest and
floods are in prospect with the melting
of the heavy snow. Nebraska reports
14 inches of snow at Omaha and 18
Inches west of that city. At Concordia.
Kan.. 13 inches of snow was reported.
Kansas City has 12 Inches and Iowa
averaged eight inches. In the Ozark
region of Missouri the heavy snow
presents a serious menace In swelling
tho streams, causing washouts of rail
road tracks and bridges and threaten
ing floods.
Nebraska shows an official snowfall
of nearly 0 inches for the Winter, or
a foot more than the total record of
any previous Winter since records have
been kept.
Pacific Coast Travel Heavy.
One effect of the general storm was
to stimulate tourist travel to the Pa
cific Coast, causing a hasty revamping
of plans by persons who had intended
starting two or three weeks hence. In
stead they will depart as soon as reser
vations can be had.
Travel already is so heavy that reser
vations must be made a week or more
in advance.
MRS. HEARST FEEDS PEONS
American Woman Orders lod Sent
to Poor on Her Mexican Ranch.
EL PASO. Tex.. March 5. (Special.)
Hearing that Mexican peons were
starving on her own ranch property
In Mexico. Mrs. Phoebe Hearst, -owner
of the great Hearst estates In Mexico,
has ordered her ranch manager, J. C.
Hayes, to ship 3000 bushels of corn
to Chihuahua City from Rancho San
Jose de Babicora. in the State of Chi
huahua, to be distributed among the
poor people of the district.
Mr. Hayes will leave tomorrow for
Rancho Babicora to supervise the ship
ment and will continue shipments until
the Spring crops are harvested, as Mrs
Hearst has ordered the shipment dupli
cated if necessary.
Governor Fidel Avila, of Chihuahua
is aiding in the relief work.
Alaska Work May Begin in Spring.
ti- a cmN-nTAV March 5. The en
gineering commission which surveyed
i...- .Ant, fnr the Government rail
way in Alaska has made its report of
facts and President Wilson will decide
soon on the route and whether any ex
isting lines will be bought. It Is
planned to begin actual work this
BRITAIN HOLDS UP
AMERICAN VESSEL
COTTON CARGO LATELY IX ENG
LISH POIIT CAUGHT. AT SEA.
Steamer Pacific, With Hatches Sealed
by United States Official, Js
Stopped on Way to-Holland.
BOSTON". March S. The steamer Pa
cific, carrying cotton from Galveston
for Rotterdam, has been held up by a
British warship and taken to Deal,
according to a message received by the
Emery Steamship Company, owners of
the vessel, today.
Rtl.VESmV. March 5. The steam
ship Pacific departed from Galveston
. ... . - -in
February 7 for Rotterdam wim
bales of cotton. She last was reported
at Falmouth three days ago, a cable
message to her agents here reporting
ii ..-oil sh wu loaded under the
supervision of customs officers at this
port and her hatches were seaiea t
them.
Tho Pacific is a brand-new vessel.
K..iif i- 1914 for the Panama Canal
trade in an American shipyard for an
American owner. It was currently re
ported that she was chartered for the
highest price ever paid for an Amer
ican steamer. J45.000 a monm.
Mundy Is her master. '
SHIP BARRED TO EXILED
Ernest M"ills, Ordered to England
by Court, Refused Passage.
ronvlcted of arson and paro V -
j... .w-. l, .hln for Knzll SV .
conoiuuu iiiak -1 -
a sailor, iiroest anus ima uccn ... .....
rviimtv Jail for a month and is still
unable to obtain work for his passage.
Ho has become a bogie to Chief Jailer
George Hurlburt, who can neither take
him to the penitentiary nor release mm.
Mills was sentenced to an indeter
minate term of from five to 7 years.
His friends have tried to find him work
on several ships, but his pyrotechnlcal
tendencies have proved a bar to his
employment.
DOLLAR RULES EXCHANGE
Demand in Europe Sends Price
Above $1.06 In Switzerland.
GENEVA, Switzerland, via Paris,
March 5. A circular issued by the
Bank Verein Suisse for March, noting
tho high rate of exchange on a dollar,
which now costs J.4S francs ta franc Is
equal to mi cents) in Switzerland,
says:
"The United State dollar If. at pres
ent a device which mis a preponderat
ing influence on the tendency of ex
changes because the United States Is
today the great furnisher of Europe
in provisions and divers products.
AMERICAN NURSE HONORED
Legion or Honor Cross Bestowed on
San Francisco Girl.
SiN' FRANCISCO, March a. Miss
Josephine Redding, a San Francisco
cirl who is a trained nurse in the Red
Cross service of the French army, has
received the Cross of the Legion of
Honor from the French government, ac
cording to word received by her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Ked-
'Th'e honor, bestowed for bravery on
the battlefield, is to have been
recommended by Gfcr.eral Joffre commander-in-chief
of the French forces.
DEATH ENDS DAMAGE SUIT
Case Against 'Jack' Cudahj, Charg
ing Injury to Woman, Is Dropped.
LOS ANGELES. March 5. (Special.)
The suit of Dr. tt. J. toairj.
. oinut .inck Cudahv for 13a.-
000. on account of alleged injuries to
Mrs. Coates, has been oismisseo. m
suit was filed several month3 ago.
It was said that Mrs. Coates was In
jured by Cudahy while he and or.
Coates were ngium,
. - itni.i i . i .1 H Thfl dismis-
sal was ordered as the result of the
death of Mrs. Coates.
LATE CONGRESS TALKATIVE
Record Comprises 3(2,00 0 Pages;
Average Congress Runs 12,000.
WASHINGTON. March 6. The 63d
r- hmke all records in tne voi-
urae'of proceedings in the Congressional
Record, the official publication oi inc
The average Congress, according to
. i.,...in,v b. the official reporters of
debates, runs about 12,000 pages in the
. . .
record, while tne ojo onsresa, .mn
expired yesterday, approximates 32,000
pages.
EX-SENATOR BARD DEAD
Californlan Succumbs to Heart At
tack as He Sleeps.
LOS ANGELES, March 0. Thomas R.
j rt utot.K Senator from I
California, died today at his home at
Hueneme. He passed away while sleep
ing after a heart attack with which
he 'was stricken last night
Mr Bard was 74 years old. Since his
retirement, iu 1906. from Congress.
. .-apa a trn Yi a had been
more inHa . . - - ,,
more or less afflicted with cardiac
trouble.
SOCIALISTS WANT HONOR
Terms of Teace Satisfactory to Party
In Germany Outlined.
Tjr-TtTlV. March 6, by wireless to
s.wille. X. Y. The Overseas News
Agency today gave out the following:
x, Socialist ueputy. iiaeniscn.
speaking in the Prussian Diet, ex
pressed the feelings of the Social Demo
crats and said that the party desired
to secure honorable peace.
RAILROADS PLEAD
FOR BETTER CREDIT
Money Is Plentiful,
Banker Says.
ATTACKS MAKE RATES HIGH
Commission Told People Are
Willing to Lend.
BETTERMENTS AT STAKE
Arguments in Support of Advanced
Rates Continued Prosperity Dei-lured
to Depend on Cessa
tion , of Agitation.
CHICAGO. March 5. The credit of
railroads as reflected in their ability
to obtain new capital was discussed
before Interstate Commerce Coramis-slone-
. vin the petition of
iacU1 -us for permission to
J! A .. TTVafna .T. Wade.
. uti8i i. ...
.ntf,- nf St. Louis, testified that
tn fhfXr- noor earnings Western
railroads were unable to obtain money
except on high rates of interest out oi
proportion to that asked from indus
trial corporations.
"To what do you attribute the finan
cial depression from which the rail
roads are suffering?" asked Luther
Walker, counsel for the packing Inter
ests, who are opposing tno increases.
Attacks on Railroads Blarney
"I attribute it." said Mr. Wade
"largely to the attacks of State Rail
road Commissions in reducing the rall
ma a rvfniir. to onerous acts by State
Legislatures and to wild and extrava
gant charges against railroads.
"If business conditions throughout
the country are poor now do you think
It would hasten prosperity to tax the
shippers?"
"It would help hasten prosperity to
.ocinr tho. credit of railroads. Many
shippers who are now suffering from
business depression would De giaa w
pay higher rates to improve business."
"Don't you think it Is rather mis
management and the selling of blue
sky and water that has hurt the roads
as hurt the roads
more thr.n State Commissioners?" asked
Rverett Jennings, cou
nsel for the Hit-
nois Public Utilities Commission.
"Wild Statement" Hurt Credit.
"It's Just such wi'.d statements that
you have made that has hurt their
credit," replied Mr. Wade.
Mr. Wade said no better illustration
of the Impairment of railroad credit
could be shown than In the fact that
savings banks had been required to
chargo off si 23.000.000 and life and
fire Insurance companies ilOO.000,000
in the last year on account of the de
preciation of railroad securities held
by them.
Vblle monev is a drug on the mar-
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1 INDEX OF TODAFS NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature,
52.0 degrees; minimum, 41.0 degrees.
TODAY'S Probably fair; easterly winds.
War.
Frederick Palmer Bays Indian troop re
doing good work on British front. Page 1.
Russians capture 18.000 Austrians in opera
tions against Stanlslau. Page 2.
French report allies have gained ground and
taken many prisoners. Page 2.
British warship takes American steamer
Into port. Page 1.
Washington wets are ready to quit. Page -Mexico.
Washington deeply, concerned over grava
situation la Mexico City. Page 1.
Domestic.
Railroad witness eays railroads' credit has
been destroyed by unjust attacks. Paso I.-
Men with Oregon prison record arrested In
Chicago for New Westminster Lnk rob
bery, rage 4.
Sports.
Six Beaver recruits to get tryouta in practice
game today. Page 6.
Combination Victoria-Portland team to
meet Vancouver on ice Tuesday. Page .
OreKon Assies "come back" and deteat Ore
gon. Page 7.
Pacific Northwet.
State Hlghwav Commission hears charges
against J. C. Elliott. Page 5. ,
Idaho Assembly faces deadlock over appro
priations measure. Page 6.
Commercial and Marine.
Local wheat market advances independently
of Chicago. Page J-1.
Investment buying is feature of advancing
stock market. Page 15.
Steamer Hawaiian to carry full load of
lumber on return to East Coast. Page '
Portland and Vicinity.
City expert says profit In jitneys impossible.
Page 11. .
Companion of Portland women killed In
Hawaii returns home near nervous col
lapse. Page 11.
With President Wilson's term half finished
both parties look ahead to victory at
polls. Page 13.
Work on Interstate Bridge will begin today.
Page 12.
Ralph Modjeski seeks author of order to
destroy his grove. Page 4.
Weather report, data and forecast. Page IT.
STUDENTS T0BE HONORED
Fifteen at AVashington to Be Taken
Injo Phi Beta Kappa.
UNIVERSITY oFwASHINGTON, .Se
attle. March 6. (Special.) Announce
ment of new members elected to Phi
Beta Kappa, the national arts society,
will be made Friday afternoon at an
assembly in Meany Hall. Fifteen
Juniors and seniors who have attained
the highest grades in the College of
Liberal Arts of the university will re
ceive the key of the society in honor
of their high scholarship.
Phi Beta Kappa is the oldest honor
society in, the United States and has in
Its ranks many of the foremost edu
cators und scholars of the country. A
chapter was installed at Washington
last Spring, composed of 27 members
of the faculty of 26 students. The
first annual address of tho chapter will
first annual aaaress ut m .....
be made at the assembly by Professor
Walter G. Beach, of the department of
political science.
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SHIrO I U Ht I UMIM Cl f I I
. . t.. . ,iiv ,r-
UyeslUlI Blllllliviua " ' " ' -J
fected by Blockade.
BISKLIX. via London. March 5. In
consequence of the projected Anglo
French measures against cargoes in
transit from Germany several Ameri
can steamers at Bremerhaven have
begun to discharge cargoes which they
had taken on board for the United
States and plan to "return home in
ballast. The step, which was taken on
orders from the owners of the. vessels,
affocts particularly shipments of dye
stuffs. Four or five American steamships
now are At Bremen.
DRIVING THE LAST SPIKE OX THE NEW
lii I
ROOPERS
FIRE WELL
Dusky Soldiers Hold
Shells in Contempt.
NEW WARFARE IS LEARNED
Food Is Sent From Home, Pre
. pared According to Caste.
CAVALRY IS IN TRAINING
Men. Now Have No Use for Horses
but Everyone on British Front
Confidently Looks Forward
to German Break.
BY FREDERICK PALMER.
Correspondent of the Associated Press at
the British front in France.
BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN
FRANCE, via London, March 5. The
picturesqueness of the Indian troops of
the British empire breaks the monotony
of the grim, colorless business of mod
ern war at the British front. The little
mule carts of these soldiers move about
among the powerful motor trucks from
England.
It was first feared that the Indians
might not stand shell fire well, but they
became used t: it and now they are
even contemptuous of it. They are ac
customed to a hot and dry climate, ana
th nhill mid rainy weather and the
miry mud of Northern France have been
their worst enemy. vv hen tne sun
shines a smile spreads over the whole
Indian force. Thanks to many layers
of warm clothlns and careful attention,
the sick report of the Indian troops is
normal.
Food Is Brought From India.
All the food of these men has to be
brought from India. Speaking no word
of English, these dusky strangers have
come the other sldo -of the world to
fight In France for Great Britain. Bil
ioior in harn.4 with thick layers of
--- , .
straw for their bed,, each race cooking
fnnri in itn.tsste und according to
its caste customs, they form a separate
world of never-ceasing wonder to the
French Inhabitants.
There were seen today 3000 cavalry
riding by on a muddy road with a back
ground of flat and misty landscape with
all the precision they would show at
a royal review. Occasionally among
the dusky faces under the turbans there
were the white countenances of the
English officers who had trained these
varied tribes and who have stood with
them In the trenches in icy water up to
their waists against the enemy.
Sir Pcrtab Singh. 72 years of age,
tode at the head of his regiment.
Veteran Refuse tp Die la Bed.
"They told me I was too old," he said,
"but 1 replied, 'If you will not let me
fight in France. 1 will go to Afghan i-
i. Concluded on rajro 3-
LINE.
STAND
Fridays War Moves
EXCEPT in the central Beskld pass
of the Carpathians, where the fierce
Austrian attacks have moderated some
what, the Russians are now on. the
offensive along the whole length of
their extremely long lino from the
Baltic Sea. to the Roumanian border.
Apparently they have definitely dis
posed of the German and Austrian at
tempts to outflank their two extreme
wings and having turned are making
slow but steady progress westward.
After retiring to the Dniester River,
the Russians again have crossed into
Bukowlna and are unofficially reported
to be back in Czernowltz, which mili
tary men say is extremely probable, as
they already had captured Sadagora,
a few miles to the northeast of the
capital. Farther to the west they are
again in . possession of Stanislau and
have crossed the Lukwa River, a for
ward step which, in the opinion of
military experts, probably will compel
the Austrians to evacuate Bukowina.
In- the Beskid. Tukholka and I'zsok
passes the Austro-Germans are in pos
session of strong positions whence
they are continually attacking the
Russians, while in the western passes,
especially the Dukla, the Russians are
on the Hungarian slopes, where the
fighting has degenerated into trench
warfare. The Russians are sending
large reinforcements to this southern
line.
In Northern. Poland the Russians
are advancing slowly westward from
the Nicmen River and the Germans are
fighting a rearguard action. Only at
nA nAinf le tho fterm.m at tack being
seriously pressed against the fortress
of Ossowetz. Here the Germans can
use their railway from Lyck and there
is a good road across the marsnes, dui
with their armies falling back on
either side they cannot remain long,
British military ' experts say.
To the south, according to a Berlin
dispatch, the Germans have evacuated
Myszyniec, which is right on the East
Prussian border, northwest of Lomia.
while farther west, near Mlawa, they
are believed actually to have crossed
h' border after a defeat at Przasnysz.
The Russians also show revived activity
In Central Poland and have attac-uca
the Germans east of Flock and near
Skierniewice. southeast of Warsaw.
In the western theater the Anslo
Frenoh armies, like those of their Itus
dun oiiv. urn iloin? most of the at
tacking, but latterly without apparently
making any further progress, aitnougn
they assert they have repulsed German
attacks which were delivered in an ef
fort to regain ground.
The sinking of the German submarine
U-8, as officially announced yesterday,
makes the fourth of these tcsscIh to be
sunk by British warships Flnce tho bo
ginning of the war. the others bring
tho F-15, tho I'-lg and one rammed by
the destroyer Badger off the Belgian
coast. It is believed that a French de
stroyer also sank one, and the captains
of two British merchantmen are claim
ing the prizes offered for the first mer
chant captain to account for a hostile
submarine.
The claim of the captain of the steam
collier Thordirf. in connection with
which the Admiralty says he probably
sank a submarine, is being disputed by
the captain of the steamer Alatow, who
says he previously sank one.
BELGIAN AIDIS RENEWED
Commission Knoouragcd bj afc
Conduct Given Ships.
NEW YORK, March 5. Encouraged
by the continued safe conduct to Rot
terdam given ships of the American
commission for relief in Belgium, the
work of organizing the various states
for relief will go forward with re
newed vigor. Lindon W. Bates, vice
chairman of the commission, announced
tonight.
The commission has secured the ac
tive help of 33 states, where perma
nent organizations have been perfected
in close co-operation with the commis
sion, according to Mr. Bates, who added
that all tho remaining states are being
organized on tho same basis.
The latest states to bo organized, ac
cording to advices received, are Ne
braska. Mississippi. Minnesota and
North and South Dakota.
GERMANS BUY UP ACORNS
Chestnuts Aiso Frocurcd From Italy
for Ubc as Food.
BASEL. Feb. 10. (Correspondenve of
tho Associated Press.) The Germans
have been purchasing quantities of
chestnuts and acorns In Italy for food.
Italian papers protest that their gov
ernment should prohibit further export
of thiise nuts.
It is also reported here that the Ger
man government has confiscated the
stocks of brass, copper, tin, nickel, an
timony, aluminum and lead in the big
watch and clock centers in the lilack
Forest.
OPIUM MAKER SENTENCED
"Major" of New York Chinatown
Gets Five Years in l'rison.
NEW YORK. March 3. Tom Shlyan,
president of the Chinese Merchants'
Association and known as the Mayor
of New York's Chinatown, was sen
tenced today in the Federal District
Court to five years' imprisonment In
the penitentiary at Atlanta for man
ufacturing opium.
The prisoner asserted that a rival
tong had accor.-.plished his conviction
bv false testimony. He said he would
appeal tJ President Wilson.
78 BODIES FOUND IN MINE
Hescuers Arc to Start Kxploring
Third Works Today.
nrvTnv v. Va. March 5. Seventy-
eight bodies had been recovered late to
night from the workings ot tne juayiana
mines, where an explosion Tuesday en
tombed more than 170 miners, of whom
onlv 10 escaped alive.
The rescuer have completed the
search of mines Nos. 4 and S. and will
bcein on mino No, S tomorrow.
CRISIS
MEXICO
CAUSE OF ALARM
Problem Gives Wash
ington Concern,
DIPLOMATS ARE PESSIMISTIC
Allied Expedition to Capital Is
Suggested.
FOREIGN AID IS REFUSED
With People on Verge or Staralion.
Carranza General Tei-slMs He
Will Take No Steps to
rrevent PiUnse.
WASHINGTON. March 3. Trcsidtnt
Wilson was confronted today with or.
of the most serious and perplcxina
developments that has ever arisen In
tha Mexican situation. Mexico CUV
Is on the verge of starvation. General
Obregon. the Carran.a commander, re
fuses to permit nn International relief
committee composed of wealthy mem
bers of the foreign colony to succor
the needy.
"Mexico neels no foreign aid." the
General U reported to have said.
Merchant Tut In lrlon.
All merchants who close.l Ihci
stores have been ordered to reopen
under threat of punishment. Thre
hundred of them, all Mexicans, have
been imprisoned. The people of the
cltv are living in terror of nother
evacuation, since obregon h.n an
nounced that he will not prevent loot
ing .ir pillaging for food or money.
The Brazilian. Ililtifh, Spanish and
Italian Ambasadors called separately
t the State Department today, brlns
ing pessimlati.! reports of tha situa
tion, whl.-li corresponded to rrportu
alreadv received by the American Gov
ernment. The foreign diplomats sug
gested no solution.
Anneal Made Carranra.
Secretary Bryan announced that re
had sent an iirscnt tclecram to Ain.n
can Conful SlTTIman with InHr.irtloni
to lay the tituallon carnfMly before
General Carranza. so that General Ob
rogon might be directed to aecert tho
proffered aid of tho foreign rc-Menl ,.
Freight aeivlr Is suspended between
Mexico City and Vera Cruz. Trann.or
tnilon facilities for relief purports are
withheld by General Ohrrgon on tha
ground of military ne..e.it y.
President Wilson was advised of all
the facts late today as revealed in of
ficial messages and reports from tho
foreicn Ambassadors Tho Presld" nt
was reported to bo studying tnight H'.j
various phase of the question closely.
Should General Obregon continue to n
fiiao outside aid. drastic meaMirrs miaht
be necessary, in tho view of fore.c-i
diplomats. The situation la des.-nhr.l I by
them as mor. marly intolerable than
it ever has been sine revolutionary
troubles began in the Southern repub
lic. Mlled KiiieHHIiin nir!irrf.
Talk of nn allied expedition nnitl.ir
to the one that went to the rel:ef or
foreign legations at Pekin durlrir the
Boxer -ipriaing was again heard In of
ficial quarters, where it was Renerall
admitted that a grave condition of af
fairs had arisen.
For tho present Iho outcome of Ule
graphlo correspondence with General
Carranza will be awaited. Hitherto h
hs been reported as ending by M
tha activities of General Obregon.
whose purpose, ac oi-dlng to official rt -ports,
seems to bo to force the loe
classes to cnli.-t in the Cavrania arm
or starve.
All sorts of wild rumors aro afloai
in' Mexico City, duo to tho tncendlan
utiera-ices of General obregon. who In
newspaper interviews hai practically
sanctioned plunder ror iuou- -jv... ...
arranza hu been ashed ty tne .mcr--an
Government to Instruct G.neri.l
lc
Obregon to take some liicamrcs to pio
tcct lives and property of tori lend a it
the event of an evacuation. Tliu peo
ple fear the water supply may t -hi:f
off and that the electric light cables
v... ..i thiM leuvmir the city I'.
Ul.V VVJ V..,
arkness at niht ami permitting the
d
lrrcs
sponsible eiemeni 10 ra i ...-
ton
depredations.
Arrrata Are t Kiplalnrtf.
Just why the 300 merchants wcro ln.
hu not been revealed. Tlie
P"
w
ere reported to have appealed to OI.-
rr
gon for Teller irom a neavy mx " "
he
! imposed on uietn. rei-rciary urjun
Id that no far as tho State Depart -.
. ..... ..ii it.. t i . , ..
sa
mcnt
mt had Deen auiru n m.
rnr failure to contribute
prt
Ifl l B.-. -I
nds demanded by Obregon wcra atill
fu
In.
prison.
I'he International relief committee
ich raised about ZiO.OOO pesos, was
wh
not
log
permitted to aid the poor, accord -to
official ili.xpatches. becauao Gen
Obregon declined to accept funds
eral
rcstr
in anv dclinlto ue. lie dc-
sired
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out questioning how It would be
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muH oocn their i-laces of
not
bus
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but
that any person rriUMng to acrcpi
ran.a fiat money will be Impilr"
Car
one
niplomata Healre l Remain.
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much worpn than they had ever bera
(..onclud.cd ca r; j
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