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The Sunday Journal
70 Panes ,
VOL. X. NO. 29.
PORTLAND, OREGON, 1 SUNDAY ' MORNING, ' OCTOBER: 26,.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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BIepresidbit
At Rededication of . Old Con
gress Hall Philadelphia; He
Says Government . Must Al
ter as Well as Establish. 5
vUUDS "BROADER VIEW?
. 1 OF THE UNITED STATES
V''-;
"Anyone Too Intent on Re
' election Is Seldom Worth
; t "Reelecting? : m fi
' (United Prm LMsed Wlr.i ;
, rhlladelphi. Fa., Oct. tS. Evidently
' desiring . to ctfv his. bearers, tfia'lm
v presslon tbat be. is roan doing- bis
duty now As-b sees It and U wlHlnf
to ' let his future take car of itself.
President Wilson, today enunciated ,
' new. protttmtj--i::t:v.' t'::XV
"The president who Is too intent .on
re-election Is seldom worth re-electing,'
Making" ; two speeches, greeting
thousands of people in a down-pour of
rain, and planting a tree on Bwarth-
more campus, the president "was tired
. when ho left for Mobile, 'Ala President
9 Wilson came to Philadelphia- to; attend
the rcfledioauonTof pongress ' hall, "re
cently restored to Its prlgtnar f orm,-;
, - 'The ' fundamental business . of , self
J government," h, ealdr I in one speech,
-, . "is not onl to. establish but to .ltf r,
so our business .today Ig as great .as
that of those gentlemen Who sat In
Oongress Hall . a - hundred years s ago.
They , taught ua not ; what to . do, - but
how, to dd -it. y ' 'rl-fi .
. r; BestrM ; Oood Of Alt ".' f
' In . his address in Cofigress Hall, On
the spot on which Washington, Adans
- and Jefferson .were . Inaugurated, . the
president.' gave notice that whatever
. the effects; .he would varrjr. Out his
pla "with-: high- principle, - unselfish
. neKs and 'a desire tor the gooa or Mil
'At SwaKhtnore college the president
strode down the tree-lined avenues be
tweeu lines of atudenta, all carrying
- their class and coHpe colors, to a great
, tenv where tha t'ounders day exercises
were being " held.. Previously ; he had
hoveled a little spadeful of dirt oo the
,M roots of a miniature oak. - -1 v '
The president was immensely delight,
' i ' 4 with, the enthusiastic reception he.re
v terred in PMhaeinhla -Tllwi whole route
" from Broad - street to the historic old
building was Jammed with a crowd that
? roared and waved a noisy welcome,' ne-nMte-itheA
steady do whDour of rain.
viWJlen he, arose to speak; be had to wail
five minutes : before ' the applause Ud
. away. ',.'..; ,'..-, , ""t u
. , rls . Zaflueace of Past. : :
"No - American could stand In ' this
plaoft- today-,and thlnlt .of . the ; clrcun
stances which we are come together to
celebrate without being, most profound
ly stirred,"' 'the president said. "There
has come, . over Jne since" I sat down
here.- a sensa-'of deep.; solemnity, .
cause it has seemed to me that I saw
ghosts - crowding ' ln,. a great ' assem
blage pf spirits, no longer visible, but
lontlnuad on Jug! Two.!
CENTRAL BANK PLAN,
IG AT ELEVENTH
FOUGHT
mm
BY.01N
" . Chalrma'a of -Senate Commit
: .tee "Questions Good Faith of
Those Who Revive, Scheme"
- , A. . 1 - A
" " Br tbs International Jfews 6rHte. 1 v
Washington,. D. : C., Oct. ?5. Chair
, nian Owen of the senate committee -on
banking and. currency .today announced
. " his purpose to end dny attempt of his
:y committee to provide for a central bank
;. . .'.',. In the measure now under considers
tlon. ifr. Owen has Just returned from
Boston where he made sn address vn
r .. the currency'-question;,,' -'.'.V-'W:; v;'
' "The Democratlo' party always ;,ha$
j, vut:'- been) -against-a central bank.", declared
- Mr. ,Ow)n, "In everything he lias said
and done the president, in line with his
. party. - has ; opposed . .that suggestion.
Were he now to accept ; this plan so
suddenly precipitated, upon .the commit
tee h er would i stultify , himself. Presi
dent Wilson never will- do that.A i;
."Does it not seern .strange that here,
ore almost j the , very, last rdaywof.'' the
' bearings before the 'senate committee
thin central bank plan under its cloak
, 1 of publio ownership should be dragged
In? What la the purpose? Is It to befog
. , the situation and complicate matters in
, the hop of 'postponing' legislation or
. indefinitely delaying , action by v con
gressT ''?'.. V'ri.'f-'--.'r..v?.i--';';'';,w,v.-S.i -sV.
'.'' Bostimeat Against Bask, ' v ,
' "I -don't think the. sentiment of the
- majority of .the committee is for' the
" proposed central bank plan. can speak
', orriy for myself.- If such a plan is re--
ported to the senate It should fight it
V... with all the power I have to the bitter
, " end. However; I don't , want such a
' contingency. . 1 believe we will have a
- vblll that will meet with favor in both
t ; houses and one that the president will
,, approve and that will afford the coun
try the relief it so badly neds.'f ' , ..'
Although a majority of the members
, ' of the committee believe that a publicly
'owned central bank as outlined by Mr,
Vanderip, With . sufficient branches t
"care for the needs of too large a terri
tory aa Is -embraced within the 48 states
" of the union, would be . a satisfactory
r, solution of the penting problem. It Is
, not probable that such a solution will
, be written into the bill. ( Expediency
" ulone will compel this, tor the prel
ilent and the public will not accept it,
and currency legislation of a proper
RECKED;! DEATHS
6i.lt Edge Express Jumps.Track
::(' .;Near Westerly, , Rhode' ,
, - 'Island, ':
"',Wei'terIy,-..Jt.'J., Oct 35. .Several (per,
sons were injured when the Gilt Edge
express, New York to ' Boston, com-
posed of two parlor cars, , two coaches,
a smoking; ' car and baggage car was
wrecked here tonight On the New Haven
railroad. , 1 ' , ' 1
, The accident, caused supposedly 1 by
a broken rail,, occurred two miles cast
of here, yhere there Is a 16-foot em
bankment. The two coaches left the-tles,
but-all the. cars remained upright, -i .
.The train was heavily loaded and wall
traveling 8S mllesvan hour. The wrck
caused a1 panlo aniong the passengers
and the first reports received bere in
dicated that there was-a heavy loss of
life. . This caused relief train to be
ordered from New London and Provl
denoe, , r t .
.The railroad ' officials on . the scene
reported, at midnight that no, one was
seriously injured. - J 1
LOCAL LUMBERMEN GLAD"'
7 ; TO ' FURNISH HUGE LOGS
Chairman Clark of Orfgon' Exposi
tlon Commlsston, Receives ' " '
.. nthustaUc Support. ,
i 1 . r 4 " '
Lumbermen ? representtng ' practically
all the mills of the Willamette and
Columbia rivers yesterday pledged aid
most enthusiastically to the movement
to te that the state's buildings at the
Penama-Faclflo exposition , are built
of Oregonr wood. , wtth great-" tree
trunks for . pillars. The . proposition
was, broached 'at a meeting of the Pa
cilia Lumber Inspection bureau, wftlcb
entertained at luncheon at the ,Com
merclal club, at which O. M. CltrVk act
ed as toaatmaster. ?. :-,..v"-5 ' .: i
The lumbermeh promised to 'see that
the bfst specimens of .timber are pro
vided for the Oregon building and sev
eral . talks along .that line were tmade.
Mr. Clark, urged : that thl -was' an op
portunity to .advertise Oregon . woods
to : the best possible, advantage. and
the members-were.-keen .to express f
tneir appreciation ' or ' tue race . ....
The luncheon was given 1n celebra
tion of the, fact that the 4jima-Poul-sen
Lumber company has recently af-
, 1 1 n ... .1- . . . . . . .
SIATTLE HOLDUP MAN !
" OPERATES IN DAYLIGHT.
- , " "
Hobs Cash Drawer In Office IJuilUlnj
" Tlien Mingles With '
''X i ' 7 V '- Crowd. i i ' .T
-.Seattle WasIw Oct, 3C-Boldly cn
terlug the office of the Transcontinental
Freight .Company; 133 Afaska -building,
a 11-atory office building lit the busiest
part of the city, a polished young man,
well dessed.,and using a silk handker-
be-jchlef to hide the lower part of bis face,
shortly before 1 o'clock this afternoon,
neiu ui jeub a. auuvi buu,- a sten
ographer in the employ of the concern,
and robbed, the cash drawer-of -its con
tents. ' . t (...-, ,
' lie then bade, the gttl goodbye an-i
departed without- being -noticed by
others about the. building. The thief
quickly; mingled -with the hundreds of
persons who were going in nd out of
the buildluef and was lost in the crowd.
CUSTOMS OFFICIALS V
. RAID WOMEN'S HATS
' ; , k lv(
Matinee Goers' From Adrosa Border
i" IiOse Plumage' in s ;
. - , " - Detroit. ,.'. V
Detroit, Mich.,' Oct. 5. Customs oftT-
clals today seized , more . thaa' $5000
worth of aigrette and ospre'y. plumes
from; Canadian matinee . 4 goers' whA
crossed from Windsor to, visit local
theatrea - Many .tearful soenesi ensued
In the customs offices when the beauti
ful ; plumes were . ruthlessly cut frofu
fall bonnets, dome returned to Con
ada rather than : lose their millinery
during' the visit - i.(';;t..'?--,',,.'.,,"i
-'4 H.:
s' . Shj" Every itock broker tasM'';
ticker in his officejo'-kiep
u&ikti him informed on the mar-;!
ketf the produce' man.foKf
lows the : crop report and
..:')H:;iVJournls,bdpirtfo
and 'where ' it" pay to ,buy. :,
i&$ty.'Ylto have your,markete ';
; Tt Vort m The "Journal; Wan !
Ads it coverg all, lines.; , It
fully as the stockbrokers
produce men and. ' mer-V
'.v cnams stuay tnetrs., " ?J
v ;1' Under M Household
j -,f .Goods' in today's .Classi-i
'VXl'ii- -Section you wilPfirftJ j:
. V everything ff om oak. chairs ;
, fi Jfor.childrenv to : linoleum; h
. ' ' and all at very. low prices.
Oi-One,'..' ad;,.f6f' : -example,'
rsOTJDiTxhalrs .'for, clvllilreni-;
'. If you feci cliaritablc f
, Ion't read under, 'trouse
,, . . i"ld GOQds;",lct oiie ooe ;J
1 else save money, ' j If a dol- r
, lar saved meani '&nhr;
famed to yru,; thepr study
- the column, a' tifk-' X.f)yji'.'
GANDIDVTES FOR
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.; U . I f" ' .
Top, left t right Provisional Pres
Bottom, left to rightManuel Calero, head of , Liberal party U
' ' cratlc candidate. ' I . t
T, ; . . ; . . , ;
KIN'
MANSAYSTfllLLlUN
IS ENOUGH FOR YEAR'S
- V t- h U. IL ft
Chief .of i Engineers i it - Favor, of
lncreasing.Chinook;s : 'Car
pacit3t With 'More Pumps. -
- " - - ii
"''''" '
w -.'.(SpeeUf t(KTbe,iaunal, v
. Washington, Oct. !5. Chief of Engl-
neersMrG. Kingman, wbta Senator
Chamterlain' today .regarding thel im
provement :.oi ine- moiumoia . river at its
mouth, saying that the question yt exi
peditlng.the compleUon. of. tha Improye
mentis being. niyen very, careful atten-
tlon.-' ; . : 'i'iyfiiiJ-t i;t':'$C-4:iYj'
Ve:let(erji''-WlytM;ietterg'n
the'Portland Realty 'Board. jr. ;Alfred
Kinney and Senator Chamberlain ; ;
' -ilf ls'based on -the' recent supplemen
tary report by Major Mclndoe as well
as other data In the offish of the chief
of 'engineers .- -' t ' ifi
Vylt Is believed that $1,000,000 is all the
cash, that will be Required in the next
river ana naroors act, avauaoie July i.
ism. rH' v
; ""As you are" aware' Jsays , General
Kingman's JetterX'.".VIt is generally im
practicable to Work on the jetty or baal
aunng trie winter jmonth ' the v work
closing about December 1. ; After : the
river 'and harbor act beoomee a law,1 it
will take -at least two months to prepare
specifications for any 'work' which may
be. auHborlxed by.'the act, advertise it,
and make the', necessary f contracts and
give the rbntractor reasonable time. to
begin th , delivery , of stone tjndor r his
new eontract.'-.'''.--; v-'r ,X"Vi;4 ; Y':':'" '
" Work u n d er . th e a pproprtaUon.' will
tbereore probably not be in active pro
secution much,; if any.Ibefore September
J, U14. and even with the greatest pos
sible pushing of the work it .does not
seem possible that. more than l.ooo.noi
will, required between that time, and
March, l?t5: assuming as stated .above,
that active. operations will not be car
riedlBn after December 1.-
';IIawevet .'should'-the "act' conftln a
continuous contract .authorization as
referred, there would be no limit to the
rute at which the work could be prose
cuted,' ii & liJw.i---Ki
The question of increasing the dredg-
QRK ON COLUMBIA BAR
iContlnuctl- on I'm ire Foiir;
(VlEXICi&N PBESIp
Idea t Huerta;, FreJericoGamboa, cl
Ucket; O
ONE PER CENT TAX WILL
BL? DEDUCTED BY U: $
AT SOURCE OF
J
fncqrh'e Exemption' 6f J $3000
?, Does Not- .'Apply to! !Borids
and- MortgagesVJs-' Rurmg,
y the .InteraarlDoal News service.)
Washington, D.( C.. Oc,t.-25.-Scretar.H
McAdoo of the treasury, today, approved
regblations prepared by: Internal Revi
n'ue- Commissioner OsbornV fOr-the- dJ
duction t Oie income tax at the' source
Of interest maturing en bond.s, on' notes
and other similar obligations of corpor
atioris", Joint stock companies o ass-'
ciations, and Insurance, co'fnpahles, '-'17 ;v
; vTKe .normal' tax Of. 1 per cent unde
the law Is to bo deducted at the source
beginning .November 1- from all lncomol
accruing ana payaoie 10 every cm sen k
at home or abroad and to every person
residing in, the United 'States, 1 although
not' a' cltlsen, when that' Income la de
rived from interest on bonds snd mort
gages, Meeds of trusti or other similar
obligations, .equipment, ! trust agreements,-
receivers' certificates of eorpor1
ations and joint stock companies1 or. as
sociations and Insurance companies, al
though ' such, interest .does- not- amount
to f3000;,th limlt 5of ; income, exemp-tion.:.v:';---T4..-:-ir--i':v:i:.-i!
iS;.--,fdV
V , f-'i-r City Bonds Sxempted.
V- Excluding from these interest returns
Are' amounts of - interest dnriveo from
obligations of the United States 'or! It
possessions,' or"a .state.' city or. county.
The corporation or Its paying agent in
the' United States Is classed na, "debtor"
kinder . the regulations and wll- be re
sponsible for tins normal tax return and
US withholding, bank 'institutions or In.
dlvlduals taking coupons forcolleotton
being, relieved of , such responsibility
Where the coupons or orders fop regis
tered Interest are accompanied by cer
tificates - of ownership signed by ,'tive
owners of Hhe bonds from which., the
coupons were detached. , ,
; A form of certificate Is prescribed In
the" regulations. J - , , ,
Where the coupons ate not an-rjm.
pnhled 1 by, such certificates: -the; collect
ing agency Will withhold the iax of one
per cent and, Khali certify the name, ami
address, of the owner of the coupon of
NCOME
erlcal1 candidate, 4
enernl " Felix ' Bias,' National Demo- '
LAW AS:
a-
nWPIBTO STATE
1 IS 10 BE TESTED
Board bf Control Requests
That- Labor ' Commissioner
Start'Suit, ' - i
. ,"' . I .
Salem, Or Oct,; 25, -The' State' P-ti
Of Control today .requested Labor Com
missioner, o. p. Hoff to brina ui
against the board to'' teat ''the 'question
Of Vhether the "eight hoUrlaw applied
to tbe'employcs at state. lnatltutloi.s. If
the oourts should .hold that Jt does aP
plytto the institutions, it Ts stated that
no ;neVofthe Institutions" wou,ld. have
Suf J. Iclen t , appropriation " to carry ' J , ; it
through next year without a "deficiency.
The governor hns said that it might be
necessary even to-call, a special of the
legislature to ' provide for' the emer
gency, , f ' i v ' ' , . ' i i, '
Several 'days ago (he labor commis
sioner', informed the board that th
eight hour law was 'being violated at
the 'State institutions. '--The commis.
sioner held, that the law applies ..10 all
persons employed by the state .cominj
under-the" designation of. laboK'r'v This
probably would Include the faun hands,
dairymen' ? cooks, . waiters, engineers,
etc-:', many .of whom .not only work more
than, eight , hours, a .day, but v who. are
uv duty seven days a Week.,. .
.'".'t.-.-.-'i. ,'Boaro'a Position.
Tho members of the 'state !board took
the' position that the law applies only
to' contract work, and does not-apply to
the regular employes at the institutions.
In the letter to "the labor commissioner
the board quotes sections' font and five
of the law; .the latter of which. auys; 'r.
, -Eight hours snau constitute a duy a
labor In all cases where the state-is tUa
employer of labor, either' directly or In-
'I.
"The above two sections," says the
letter, "covet1 the' same ground and; as
the board construes them,' mean' simply
that: when the stain enters into a, con
tract, directly or through another, for
the construction of a building or the
performance' of any place of . work eight
hours shall eonatltuta a day's work."
"The board has fallowed strictly the
letter of the Uw' an thus construed,
since its passage and, even prior to Its
EfGlTT HOUR
Muerta bwaving
U. S. to Warn
; ''V ri .I ii i n 'ii'"- Wit J . i -v
'-- ,.V S J' - r Lr., .....r-. "1ir Ur - . . , ' ' '
Affirmation of Monroe ; Doc-
; trine and Repudiation , of
Huerta Are Expected to. Be
Made by Administration.
' ' (Cnlted Prws tsucd Wire I '
Washington, D. C. Oct. 86. Presi
dent , Wilson will announce Withm the
next hours whether or not he rc
ognlses the existence of any government
at all In the republic of Mexico. Tbo
enaction will be held tomorrow. i v
Secretary ' of State Bryan will spend
all day Sunday at the state department
taking charge of the news for the pres
ident who will be on his way to Mobile,
Special Envoy John Lind, charge d'af
faires O'Bhaughnessy and every con
sular official in Mexico have been in
structed to report the events of tomor
row and tho outlook to the state de
partment ' i ' ' s j
. Keen interest was manifested today
In'- tbe'; announcement f rom ' Paris mat
the . various European powers .were ex
changing views on the Mexican ! situ
ation with : the . object' of -outlining
proper means ' for .the protection of
the Interests of their subjects after to
morrow's election. This was. considered
especially Interesting in view of the
avowed Intention of the administration
to reiterate ' the determination of this
government to oppose any interference
by other nations in Mexican affairs, -.
: While It has become known that the
president s policy of Insisting that the
Ruropean powers shall not interfere in
Mexico is disapproved by certain state
department: officials, it Is Interesting
to not that Senator Bacon, chairman of
the. senate committee on foreign rela
tione. In discussing .the Mexican ' situ
ation" today In Philadelphia,' upheld the
president's policy,' ssylng: : 1 ' " ' y ' .
,..-Tl,fl- interests of the JJnited eta tee
In' Mexico - are ' infinitely - greater than
those' of the other great - powers Of tho
earth. -' The sending of wsr ships v.
ether, governments' Is . the t recognise'
(Continued on Fage. Four.)
TEREY
if REBELS AFTER TEN
, TAYS' CONSTANT
Several t Milliort. Dollars' Worth
. of,- Property.- Damaged; Loss
'l of Life Heavy,- - ";- -
C El Paso, Tex,'. Oct, -28. The city of
Monterey, capital of the state of Nuevo
Leon , and one. of the most important
strategic points' in Mexico, "has been
captured by the rebels after a 10 days'
elegit The city - fell ' yesterday noon;
but the confirmation of the early re
port was not telegraphed, from Mon
terey until today. ' . ' . :
A terrific fire from machine guns
was poured into the city for 24 hours,
according to reports, and many persons
were killed and wounded, while damage
to the extent of several million dollars
has been 'done to property.
, The rebel - force attacking Monterey
was commanded .by Pablo Oonsales and
numbered .200h Colonel Contras formed
a" flank with 1000 veterans of Torreon,
and Colonel Coes had 600 well armed
troopa The federal, garrison numbered
about 2000.'- -..v-'--'i.Vf''.'---- Cv'V'"..:'':'rv.
- According to the report received .bere
Generals Mais ; and- Telle with 'their
Jbint forces,' were defeated aa they hur
ried to the assistance of Monterey. .
The first skirmish- occurred at Mor
ales a short distance from the city of
Monterey on October 15. . The ' rebels
were victorious in this and the Insurgent
forces then divided, one body rushing
to ; Monterey from ; the west, another
from the east and 00 band got into
the city by using the line, of the Inter
national railway. At the same time an
other rebel division captured San JLueito.
a suburb, an controlled , one of 'the
main lines into the city. ' t . t .
IteboU Kill "800 Federals.
' Hermoslllo Mexico. - Oct. 25. Three
hundred federal troops were, killed and
wounded today - by constitutionalists
forces in a battle at E VanadiUo," seven
miles outside of Masatlan. - - .
.About j 1800 federals . have been , "be
sieged in Masatlan by about 1600 revolu
tionists and. their water supply has
been out off. The federals sallied forth
and attacked the besiegers under Gen
eral Carrasco and were driven back into
Masatlan with heavy -casualties.."!.''
'- The federals , are -alao. besiegeVs- at
Guaymas,' end., still holding that port, ;
but : the i revolutionists : are , steadily ,
atrntheninir their: forces and a final
attack on Guaymas, is expected to ' oc
cur in a. few days.".''i-,,i-.., . .. ,;..-' .
. General V. Carrania, the head of the
constitutionalists and "provisional ' gov
ernor of Mexico for them, la here and
has Just appointed '. three provisional
members " of his : ministry. They are
General Angeles, minister of wan Fran
cisco Escudero, mtnlnter of state, .and
Refael . Zubaran, ; minlBter ; of lsthe in
terlor. ':',;'''.'l......:'-,'.'::-iv. itii i1
v The appointment of five other min
lsters will follow ,.:- oon Provisional
governors of - several'; revolutionary
states are conferrjng with Carrania.
oernarao Laiero, orotner ox Aiunuei
Calero, candidate for president, is here
on a mission more or less myHterloua.
Ho comes via Paris, France, ami says
he wants to Join the rebel forces, but
M 0 N
CAPTURED
FIRE
nbcl lruders" duubt tbis , ,
vole
Europe
SOLDIERS PATROL :
MEXICO'S STREETS
Oil ELECTION EVE
, , , ? i t 1 t. ,
I 3 1 . , .
Rivals, of Huerta' Admit They
Have 'No Chance of Elec-;
tion; Popular Interest in Re
sult Is Slight at Capital.: ,
; . (By the InttrDtMoaal 'llews aerv?,) r v
Mexico . City, Oct. i 26. All the .candi
dates, for president- and. vice, president
with the, exception of Felix Dlas, have
to maintain order1 tomorrow and stating,
that the candidates will accept the re
sult of the . election,, no matter what-It
may , be., if no president ..should Joe
elected -then the Candidates will accept
the government as it is. v
This virtually acknowledges that bone-
has any hope of being elected,and fore
shadows nullification, of the election
and the continuance in power of Huerta.
It la not expected that more tnan
18,000. votes will be cast here.
Foreigners have been laying in large
Stores of provisions because of rumor
of possible trouble growing out of th
election, ' ' ' - ,"-"
The streets tonight are filled wlfci tlu
usual " Saturday flight - crowd. News
boy ' are aelling "EXTKAS;", accusitiit
the presidential -candidates of all sorts
of crimes front murder 'down, but there
Is i very little disorder. , Troops ar ;
posted at strategic points and cannon on
roofs of commanding buildings. ; j
'; Late this afternoon. President Huerta
said: 'r .-'AW "V V '-;"-f-' ' if;---? -'
. "nanonl Felix-Olax ' la a free agent
and can do as he -pleases!' ' Any stories
that he is, being -Interfered ,witn in anv
way ere untrue and' absurd. , He will '
receive the same protection aa tJe other
candidates at the election tomorrow, i
don't know .whether he is coming here
or what his movements wtllJbe, but ho
will not be -interfered with in any way."
, Regarding the story that English oil
companies, ere trying "to make a Con
tract witli Mexico for. oil .concessions
In return for wblch tney will negotiate
a big loan and that Sir Lionel Carden,
the British minister, 4s interested in
putting tee deal , ttirougn."TrcsraeTit
Husrta said:",
"I have beard of some such thing,
but am not acquainted with the details.
You will bave to got these from the
department of ' f omento which has
charge of juch matters." , ' ' '
". From other sourcea, nowever, which
are thoroughly reliable It (a learned that
the Agulla Oil Co., controlled) Dy Lora
Cnwdray. has contracts with. the Brit
ish government which call for the en
tire production of the Aguila properties
li.' Mexico.' ThsVAguila Co.;,, holds a
concession from the Mexican govern
ment granted iy President Dia to drill'
for oil on all , public lands in the state
of Teraaulipas, anoT'Vera Crus and the
company Is exempt from all taxes.
The Aguila company supplies oil to
ttie British; government for use In tho
oil burning- areadnaughts 'of the latest
design. The main tank terminus now
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Hue'rta v, Sends Emissary and
' Trai n to Bring G e noral to
Capital; Guest Is Reluctant,
. (United Preaa Leaaed Wire.)' .
: Vera' Crna. Mexico, Oct. 25. After
hesitating all day whether to obey the
command of t Dictator Huerta - that be
come tot Mexico City, at: once. General
Felix Dlax "went so far as to climb on
board the spectttf-traln of a locomotive
and' two Pullmans provided by Huerta
to take bim to the capital, but baited it
before it bad' left the railroad -frrd.
He will not leave Vera Crus now un
til tomorrowmornlng. at the earliest
''Everything will turn out satisfac
torily," was the message sent to-Dlas
by MuertR. in e letter borne by General
Vldaurraazaga. ' ' , ,
- Gnt:ra Ulas said that Vldaurrazaga
brought him a personal communication
from Huerta, In whlchi the provisional
president asked him to come to Mnxlcu
City and be, with him tomorrow.' Dlas'
followers were opposed to his going at,
all, but fma inHted that be wanted
to please the president ' ;', ' '
.- Tho special train' dirt not leave th
railroad yards after It had pulled away
from the station at 9 o'clook. .. At 1 1
o'clock there appeared to be some bitch.
The general belief-was that DUs, at
,nB lest moment weakend In Ms de.
oislon'to obey Huerta's "requost" that-
lui go to Mexico City. It was evident
that he waa hexltating for some reason,
which he did not care, to Rive out. Ills
chief advlsera, however, shortly before
midnight said that he prolnit.lv wmil l
make, good bis announced- dmet 'in ln.ttlxn
and Would -ko before murnlRg.
At midnight, 1Ihs aniiouuc. ! that h
had , finally,. tcldil not to leave uul i
T:30 - O'clock , Sunday morning, v Ihti I..,
sard ;,he ..would K to Mexl.-o i.'iiv.
comt anled by bin - wife. The t .... I
train; however, -was still held. i i . , ;
iiea-"
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Mad) ll, (
net rcHigiimi tin
ate rejection e
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