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HBEE O'CLOCItIS TIME SET
BY MADERO FOR A
JUST WHAT HES BEEN LOOKING FOR
COUNCIL OF WAR
! HELD IN MORNING
PLANS FORFIGH
T
Unless President Diaz Accepts
Terms Sent Him Assault on
City Will Be Begun on
Schedule Time.
(United rrM Leased Wirt.)
SI Paso, Ttiu, April 81. At I O'clock,
who the armistice bet' a th rebels
aad Xexloa federal expired, th 1
Tumetoa Bhowod ao flUpoiltloa to at
tk Tnaroi koforo alclitfalL
. 1 Po, Tex, April tl. Movement
( by 800 rebpla from tho hlll toward
Juarei at noon today marked what ia
believed ' to be the beginning of evolu
tlona preceding; the attack or. Juaros,
s which wai elated for 3 o'clock.
There waa a council of war at Ma
dero'a headquarters this morning when
the rebel board of strategy presented a
detailed plan of battle which waa con
sidered and accepted by the Inaurrecto
leaders.
There Is errey reason to believe that
' Madero's guns will open on the City the
moment. the time set for the expiration
of his ultimatum to Dias arrives. ,v
' j"' OMsxal Oroaoo Anestsd. - .
. Indication of the feeling in El Paso
was given hers last night when Gen
eral .FasquaJ Orozco croased the Amer
ican -line and - dined with his body-,
guard at the Hotel Sheldon.. Agents of
the United States-department of Jae-
tlc Intervened, detained Oroscn anil
threatened to arrest hlra and his fol-
. lowers '
No sooner did news of the action of
v the American officials circulate through
out the. town than a largo tnpb gathered
In front ot tho hotel and threatened a
riot if Orosco were Jailed. The gov
ernment agents at once 'conferred with
the El Paso city officials and decided
to send Orozco- back across tho line. He
, and his bodyguard were, escorted to the
International bridge with tho mob fol
lowing and cheering the departing .rebel
jeaaer.
Vp to the Federals,
Before leaving General Orozco said:
"I have no Information other thnri
that the attack on Juares will com
mence on scheduled time. We have
asked Navararro to surrender and he
has refused. Wo have also asked , him
to .fight outside the 'city In order to
r prevent our ouiieis tuning in i raso,
V It is now up to the federals."
Senora Madero, wife of the provision
al president, arrived today from San An
tonio, and he will remain In El Paso
until the revolt Is ended, .
Dr. Frederick A. Cook, the Polar ex-
filoref, visited Madero's carnp this morn
ng. : : . , ,
Diaz Makes Formal With
drawal of Offensive Pas
sages in Note Sent Yester
day; No Offense Intended.
(Catted Praa LaaJ Wlr.
Washington. April 21. Mexico City
dfspatches received here today say that
President Dlas has ordered the release
cf the Amerlca-n prisoners. Lawrence
Converse and Edwin Blatt. from the
cuartel at Juares as the result of a
plea by Converse's father.
i.
Mexico City.. April II. Assurances
from Foreign Minister Do la Barr that
no offense was meant by the tenor of
the Dlas reply to President Taft's note,
woreformally made hero today to Amer
ican Ambassador Wilson. De La Barra
also formally withdrew tho charge that
American troops had crossed tho border
and disarmed Mexican federal soldiers,
as well as ttie accusation that Captain
Qauiot of the American forces, had lm
properly trespassed on Mexican soil dur
ing tho battle of Agua Prieta.
This action . waa takon after an in.
tervttw with Ambassador Wilson who
asked De la Barra If his note was In
tended, to -4oM4bo United States into
action. The Mexican ministers reply
was paclflo In the extreme.
Washington. April tl. Despite dis
claimers by tho Mexican government of
any wish to have 4 marina n live or
property endangered by hostilities along
the border, officials here today fear
that If Madero attacks Juares at the
expiration of the time set by him for
Dlas to resign I o'clock mis arternoon
there will bo a repetition of the Doug
las incident, but with much mora seri
ous consequences.' - -
Although American troops have been
ordered to prevent, so far as they can,
all casualties on the American side, tho
citizens of El' Paso threaten to take
part in the fighting If Mexican bul
lets cross tho line. General Wood has
specifically ordered the American com
manders to prevent any firing from this
Side of the line, but it la doubted If in
case the Mexicans wound anyone In El
Paso, there is sufficient military force
here to hold the townspeople.,
In telegrams to tho state department ,
tix ay tho Mexican foreign office with
draw those portions of the Dlax reply
to President Taft which gave offense
here. It Is believed this part of Diaz
answer was intended for homo consump
tion in" Mexico and was inserted with
tho full Intention that lt would be with
drawn as soon as the Mexican people
had had ah opportunity to digest the
independent "play" made by their pres
ident. '
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I1M " VSg" :k
BYPRESIDEHTJAFT
DEPOSITORS AT
CALL
VANCOUVER
OR GRAND U
y
Demand Inquiry Whether Bank
Examiner Mohundro Was
Interested in Speculations
Causing Wreck.
COMMITTEE IS NAMED
TO WAIT UPON JUDGE
Receiver Kies' Report Shows
No Likelihood of Even 25
Per Cent Dividend.
ATTACK ON JUAREZ BLACK HAIER, VAST NEW FIELD
SCHEDULED FOR 3 ANGER, SMASHES VILL BE OPENE
IS AFTERNOON UP HIS GLASS EYE . BY STEAMER L
N
Rebel Leaders Declare Onlv Italian Prisoners in Caae Break Bates & Chesebrough Co.
the Retirement of President Out in Frenzy, Weeping, Plans Monthly Schedule Be-
Screaming, Hurling Threats
at Government Prosecutor,
Diaz or Surrender of City
Will Prevent Bloodshed. ,
tween Portland and Phila
delphia via Panama.
'United Ptwaa Lnieo Wire.)
El Paso, April 21. That the crack of I
(United Irns Leuad 'ivira.1 I Portland has proven so satisfactory a
Vlteroo, naiy, April JSl. lenragea at rrr5blnr nort for the Bates II Ches
rifles, the sputter of machine runs and bitter cross examination to which
hrourfi line of steamers that the bis:
the boom of cannon would wake the h hd bfen aubjected by Prosecutor independent line has arranged a month-
echoes over Juares before aundown was :'. "" ly schedule of sailings between Port
cn.ou nu utuiucr . nj and Philadelphia and New York
Cuoccolo and his wife, extracted a glass vla Pfinm. which will be Increased to
floor.
'I am being, persecuted," Eoposlto
the general belief here today and El
Paso with i nerves on edge anxiously
awaited the coming of 8 o'clock, when,
unless President Diss adbloated, or
?rrt .riitaier t0 h! Uhouted." "ThS poFaro det7rd
.-.e - '
4 Pledges Madvby Gay, Lombard. 4
' To work for comniteslon form
of government . .
4 To fight all special privileges 4)
4 and permits. .
, 4) To assume responsibility for
4 his chief of police. -
1':- To roo out graft from police
department. , . ' 4)
4) Favors Ellis amendment for .
A competition In street paving, 4
4- uniting of city and county govern- -4
ments, new city Jail, municipal
4 garbage collection service, larger
4f salary for city engineer, munlcl- 4
pal street repair plant .. . . ,
Gay Lombard and J. E. Werleln, ean
didates for the Republican nomination
for mayor, drew a good sited audience
to the Masonlo temple last flight to
hear the first Joint discussion between
them on tho city campaign.
Lombard waa true to hjs promise that
he would not Indulge In personalities,
: and although Werleln'a talk seemed de-
; slimed to provoke -his opponent ' Lorn'
bard said nothing unkind In response
" to the thrusts of the city treasurer.. He
did repeat his charges that tho present
. city council Js unfit and the servant
; of special interests and Werleln, less
emphatic, said the councilman ar do
ing the best they know how, "but the
r best they know how' la not very good.''
: .One if itha ,featureaof tho. meeting
was. the applause given Lombard in his
advocacy of . the commission form . of
government " His dear cut declaration
,. against the charter as obsolete and in
adequate wera cheered again and again".
His atatement that every candidate for
, mayor or the. council should be called
to declare himself oh the commission
Jforra was' vigorously applaflded. 1 .
.Werleln defended the old charter. He,
.
'
Fledges leads by 3. B. Werleln.
To prevent Increase in city tax
levy. . ' '. ..."
To locate garbage crematory
outside city limits, v
Favors equalisation of city
hall salaries, division of city into
15 wards, wiping out pitfalls
and dives, use of power by ex
ecutive board to refuse execu
tion tf extravagant contracts.
Defends present charter, and
says present city officials don't
understand it, or know how to
execute lt ; ,
rebels, Madero said the battle would
begin.
With dawn this mornlug scores of El
Pasoans hastened to the Rio Grando,
eager to see whether there had been
any movement on the part of the fed
erals or the rebels whose battle lines
that I shall either die in prison or lose
my other eye.
At this stage Esposlto fainted and
the hearing was adjourned.
Following Esposlto's action in shat
tering his glass eye, the cage in which
tho Camorrlsts are confined resembled
stretched through the hills west and I an insane asylum. Some of the prls-
south of Juarts. No sign of activity oners wept and screamed at the top of b" whereby Port and wil have
waa aoart hnwAvar anA all th.lr .nl.. arhtl. nthara haat IU DUr' fOniana Will naVO
were that both sides wore quietly await-1 bars with' clenched fists, until tho
!S tJ?J,.de0,l8ln " D,1 Wh,lh VU bl?0d Stre,UT,ed from thelr 'eJf ,nfl,cted "ew field forecast products there and
bt-weekly service soon if the business
of tho line In and out of Portland In
creases at lt has In the past few
months.
In addition to the Atlantic coast
service the Bates & Chesebrough line
has completed traffic arrangements
with the new Mississippi Valley Trans
portation company, which Is to operate
steamers and barges on the Mississippi
river between St Louis and New Or
leans and on the Ohio as far as Pitts-
di
rect service and through rates into th
Mississippi valley, opening up a vast
(SiavNl Diana trh to Tbe JnaraaLl
Vancouver, Wash., April 21. The
failure of the Commercial bank is to be
Investigated by a special grand Jury
which will also Inquire Into a rumored
partnership between State Bank Exam
iner Muhundro, President Phillips and
Frank Aldrtch. It Is alleged that srec-
uianons in wnicn these -men were In
terested resulted ir failure, forcing the
Danic to close.
Three hundred depositors. In the de
funct Commercial bank in mass moot
ing this morning determined to ask the
superior court to call a grand Jury to
Investigate fully tho causes which led
to the failure of the bank last Decem
ber, when nearly 1500,000 In deposits
waa tied up wth chances of more than
two thirds clear loss. The meeting
named a committee to wait on Judge
McMaster at once and urge the calling
of a grand jury with able counsel to go
thopcmgnly tatay-tk feanfc- disaster; -1.
rThe meeting was called for 10 o'clock.
and by that hour 200 men and women
had gathered In Elchenlaub's hall, with
another 100 on the street The gather
Ing was orderly, but a defiant air .was
evident among the men who - led the
discussion.
Captain Aloe, one of the heaviest de
positors, presided, and In taking the
chair said:
Urges Expose of too Tacts,
"When tho bank was closed Examiner
Mohundro told us that If tho bank was
properly handled It would pay dollar
for dollar. We knew lt was untrue, but
we had no Idea, of tbe real conditions
we have since uncovered. A heavy loss
has been sdmltted and no one can now
oven guess what the dividends will be.
Our money is gone, and we are entitled
to know who got It ' If criminal actions
have been condoned, they should now bo
exposed and lt Is the duty of this body
to see that they are taken to tho courts.
Wo have a duty to perform and we are
ready to perform It Wo should employ
tiie best attorneys In the country and
get busy very soon. I have talked to a
good many depositors and the consensus
of opinion Is that we want to bo right,
then go ahead. Wo must employ able
men to investigate the whole trans
action which led up to the closing of
the tank. " ,
"There Is a strong Impression, formed
by Information gathered at the bank,
REVELATIONS OF
El
HUGACH
CAUSE AMAZEMENT
Was Taft Deceived or Did He ;
Know What Would. Follow
His Secret Withdrawal , of
12,800 Acres?
ANYWAY, CLINCHED GRIP
OF SYNDICATE ON ALASKA
Coal, Harbors, Transportation,
Put in Morgan-Guggenheim
Power Forever.
(Waahlaaton Bunas at The Jenrnal) .
Washington, April 21. It looks nowl
like the Morgan-Guggenheim Alaska
syndicate has achieved an amaslng coup
in view of tho executive order signed
October 21, last. In which President Taft
eliminated 12.S0O acres from tho Chug-ach-
national forest on the southern
coast of Alaska, and restored .them to
entry.
These lands had been withdrawn hr
President Roosevelt and Ho along lh '
waterfront of Controller bay harbor. 20
mllea from the Bering coal fields where.
In lie tho celebrated Cunningham coal
claims. Already tho Morgaa-Guggen-heJm
Interests were In eontrol of near
ly all other harbors along the southern
coast the terminals of tho Copper River
and Northwestern railway at Cordova
bay and at Resurrection bay. where the
Alaska Northern, formerly tho Alaska
central, bad terminals.' . The. syndicate
olM-4JUo-jlrbot-facrjltfa at Skagi
way oi in waits Pass and ..; Yukon,
which road It controls. Onlr on har
bor remained as the hope of tho doodIo
that some Independent railway lnteraat
might gain entrance, Into Alaska,:, and
that was Controller .bay, a few mllea
to the east from Cordova bay. :
R. S. Ryan, president of tho Controller
Railway A Navigation company, waa the
lobbyist who apparently "nut lt hvr"
for tho Morgan-Guggenheim Interests.'
He spent about two years lobbying for
tho elimination of the lands ' of , tho
Chugach. forest which bordered upon
(Continued on Pago Five.)
SUPPOSED GIANT
GRAB
CONFIRMED
(Continued on Page Sixteen.)
the difficulty or turn loose the dogs or I cuts.
war.' 1 prosecutor mancm was tne target
Opinion here was general that Dlas for the epithets hurled by the alleged
would not yield and. that the battle Camorrlsts. They were loud In their
would be fought. Following the ref u- denunciation of the government and
sal of General Navarro to surrender swore that others of the Camorra
would avenge their sufferings. Efforts
to quiet the prisoners failed and the
court was compelled to order a recess.
THRONE GOES OUT, '
CHAS. WILSON IN
said the council is honest, hut does not
know how to get at thing. The coun-
cilmen do not know how to work under
the charter, he said, or know tho ef
fect of it In closing tho debate, after
Lombard's time had explred.-he said ho
would favor tho appointment of a com
mittee, of 15 to investigate the question
of a new .-charter; but he insisted tho
commission form Is not an issue In
the present- campaign. - ' . "
T. J. Fording presided at the meet
ing and presented the debaters. Werleln
came nrst witn a so minuter allowance,
Lombard following with 80 minutes and
Werleln closing in ID minute more.
Werleln began by saying ho would show
Lomoard does not understand tho Bros
ent - charter. In hi closlng-remarks
werietn asked 7 -the commission form
would do away with the executive board.
tho police commission; tho park, board
and other commissions, and seemed non
plussed when affirmative answers were
shouted In response. . .. . ... ;
"Tho-executlcve board does not have
to execute contract," he sold.: , "Tho r-
eeutivo - board - may; -refuse to: xcute
(Continued on Page Bixtoen.)
without direct Instructions from Mexlcs
City, tho American troops here today
made every preparation to maintain a
strong double cordon along the north
bank of the river, close enough to lt to
take In a part of the buildings on the
American side. If tho troop can pre
vent It not a single resident of El Paso
will be allowed to pass this barrier.
once the firing begins. In this way, It
is hoped, tbe danger of casualties would
be greatly reduced. . .
' ' The chief source of apprehension
hero was that an attack might be made
upon Jaures by tho rebel command ly
ing towards Bauche. Should they opon
bullets surely would fall in El Paso, 1flieT lleAC M lnSUr3nCe Ue
and tne reeling, nere was so high mat , .a t .
if any one was wounded, there was tbe DartFPent ASKeO 0V KOZer
4a n that rlflaa armilil K.ln I J
tq-Tipeak from tfaomeTlcaHld-rta to-j : 10 " ReSI g n.
There waa little fear that shells from!
any of the Insurrecto cannon would fall
northwest of Jaure. the big guns of 1,? tK" h rS
the Madero force would throw their !? 5?!JbI hM!.i -Itl
missile Into Juare with their lino of " 1" 1" . "X r ,. , " " aA that
. . .ik E-i I r B. A. Kozor 'and it is learned that
firo almost at right angle with Elrii..,. t.,i.. k-
Pao and there Wa. not one chance in I ' ," V.a "1, vTr&ZZl
hundred, of datnag being don hero May. Tn, r-gnatto,, of Throne came
1 : . ... .. . ii ma reaucBi pi sua superior, jar. jvi-
When thO battIO Opens, It it doe Open. . Ma Thmnlv hi. ramnvnt tn
ww ir cuiiu wM Mi)Bvu (9 wim t q i Koser alono.
the nata west or Jjarei, espociauy r Thron oecured his position aa chief
.noeaeraus-aOEuiaea w uito iwii,rk to tho- insurance commissioner
th Open to meet their foes. In case I throuarh- the. InflueSce of Secretarv of
they decided, however, to make theirl state Benson, who aa aovernor aoDoint.
fight from behind theand bags and ttm- ed Koser insurance commissioner a his
er barricade, of -tho town, the -danger j first official act after taking hi oath
damage in i Faso would do tnuci of office. : Kozers term as insurance
greater, for-In -the heat of conflict It I commissioner expires January , 1, 1 13,
is imnrobable that either rebel or foe-1 whan hlsr aucceaaor will bo annointed hv
eral, would litop to consider tho-Veel- j Ooremor West. The governor is at Ore-
ng- to tho safety of tho grlngoe ln I gon City today and could, not be inter-
El F 9 before turning hit rifle I09.S0, viewed regarding the resignation, v 1
greatly lowering the freight rates on
Mississippi valley commodities to Portland.
The reductions in freight rates from
the Atlantic coast and the Mississippi
valley to Portland are so material that
they permit of Portland s greatly en
larging Its distributing territory and
place the manufacturing and Jobbing
Interests of this city more strongly to
the front than ever.
r- Detail Arranged.
H. 8. Bates of 8an Francisco, head
of Bates & Chesebrough, was In Port
land yesterday arranging details for
the opening of an office for his firm
In Portland, of which J. Ernest Lald-
law will be In charge. The agency has
opened temporary offices in the Lum
bermen's building, but these will be en
larged next week and a traffic manager
will be sent from: San Francisco the
first of May. to handle the traffic end
of the business here.
'To rav mind there are Kolns? to be
but two largo shipping and distributing
ports on the Paclflo coast," said Mr.
Bates yesterday? "Portland will be the
distributing center for all of th north
coast and San .Francisco for the south
coast Wo are ' making our plans ac
cordingly and as soon as possible will
increasoth seraco putpf Portland.
The merchants of this city have come
to our aid In a way that is both sur
prising and gratifying. We thought we
would bo able .to secure some business
in and out of Portland, but we had no
thought that lt would grow as It has.
Ail our vessels leaving New York and
Philadelphia are 'securing full cargoes
for this port - Shipments of. hardware
and-lroir products have" been- partlcu
larly heavy... At first we did not know
what wo would do for. east bound ship
ments, but a comparative rato of 40
cents per hundred oh lumber has solved
the question for us without difficulty.
The atoamer Rlvereid of our line
is 4n Portland now and Jbas loaded with
a full cargo of 1.300,000 feet for the
Atlantlo ports. 4 Tho Stanley Dollar.' the
MISSING BANKER IS
FOUND IN MONTANA
BrWICKERSHAM
Delegate From Alaska Be
lieves La , Foflett e : Inquiry
Will Show Monopoly-Safely
in Guggenheim Hands. ; 1
Remarks Made by Wife of F.
N. Myers Lead to His
Arrest.
ortS.f
lnuel
(Continue on Pag Sixteen.
F. N. Myers, missing president of
the defunct Mount S'cott bank of Lents,
and also a former official of th closed
Italian-American bank .of Portland, is
under arrest at Big Timber, Mont. ' A
telegram to this effect was received this
afternoon by District Attorney Cameron,
who bad received a tip tnat Myers wa
to be found near Big Timber.
Myers has been living with a brother
and had assumed the name of Frank
Nevius. r..-.-. . . TT ,
The arrest wss made through Infor
mation furnished to thexdiBtrlct attor
ney by a man who overheard a conver
satlon between Mrs. Myers, who still
remains in Portland, and another
woman. : .i . ''..' .
This man also saw ' letter which
Mrs. Myers handed to tho other woman.
It was addressed to Frank Nevius at
Big Timber. :- ... -.-,
Myers,who has been missing for more
than a month, will bo brought back to
face the Indictment brought against
him byvthe grand Jury. , . .
Kaiser Has Acute Throat Trouble.
Vienna, April 21.--Emperor William
Is suffering from an acute attack of
throat trouble and hi physicians today
deemed it advisable to caneel all audi
ences scheduled for th next SO day.
The trouble .ao far ha. refused to re
spond to treatment j - ; -
Prisoner Releaso Confirmed,
Washington. April Zl.Dlspatches re
ceived by tho tato department con
firmed th) report of the release of Con
verse and Blatt by the Mexican authori
ties at Juares,'
Washington, April - 21. Discussing
charges that an executive order signed
by President Taft opening; to entry cer
tain lands in the Chugach national for
est has given the Morgan-Guggenheim-.
syndicate a absolute control of tho
Alaska coal lands a would tho patent
ing of the Cunningham claims, and tho
La Fol let te resolution asking an inves
tigatlorof the entries under, tho order,:
Delegate in Congress Jame Wlckersham
of. Alaska today gave th . following
Statement to the. United Press! -
Br James Wlckersham. ; ,
(Copyrfght, 1811, by tho United Pres
:, Association.)
There are two possible outlets from
the Berin" river eoal ' fields, wherein
the so-called Cunningham group Is lo
cated.. Th first for several . month ,:
has been controlled by th Guggenhelms. ?
It comprise a 90- mil haul around th 1
coast to Cordova Bay over-a. railroad
tho Guggenhelms own. V; Tho other 1 "
through Controller Bayk reached over
lands .secured by the same Interests
after, the president's order of October
last " If the Investigation demanded br
tho La Follette resolution discloses what
is generally believed that both trout
are owned by tho .Alaska syndicate s
that syndicate has been placed in ex
clusive eontrol of the only railroad and
the only5 harbor over which: th coal
from thl field can reach th market s.
Such a monopoly would be more valu
able than th Cunningham group Itself,
since It would control tho marketing
of alt coal and fix tho rates of trans
portation and th price to the consumer.
. On October; 12. 1910, th 'president
withdrew 12,800 acre ; ot land, , com.
manding n outlet on Controller hv,
from th Chugach forest reserve. ThU
land was Immediately claimed by tho
interested In th; Controller Bay rail
wayr In the last hours of th session,
eonsreaaon March . psssed an art giv
ing tho Controller Bay railroad a rljri.t
of way through that IJ.SOO acres to t
shores of Controller bay and the r!?
to locate terminal and a deep -w--.-harbor.
I. believe that the la r- -resolution
Inquiry will -show t.at
Alaska syndicate- inir.1 tun o -
to the 12.SC0 aire- I.Vj r- '-- .
tho -reservation as a m't-f..o
onty harhor In I ik fr- v -
great coal d-poesi.- caa c ..