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Masked Men Rob O.-W. R. & N. Bandit Chief Is Killed'by Officer . ' n n, - i at n m t Train Boarded in Eastern Oregon DUEL TO. DEATH ON TRAIN WITH ' MASKED BANDIT . Deputy Sheriff McDuffee, Roused From Doze, Shoots Robber and Is Himself Shot by One of the Bandits. , . (Bpeolal to Th Jnnrnal.) Pendleton, , Or., July 2. One robber is dead, one. wounded and Deputy Sheriff George McDuffee of lleppner la in the local hospital with a bullet wound as a result of a desperate ( revolver duel between the officer and two robbers early jj'thls morning between Kamela and Meacham after the westbound pas- aenger train No. 5 had been held Up. The loot was very small. I ' The sheriff's posse is on trail lof three robbers who escaped into tne uiue mountains. . But lor a brass pencil holder in the vest pocket of the deputy sheriff, he would undoubtedly have been killed, th? btillet being deflected by It and coursing downward. IIe will recover. -! The duel took place after the rob bers had gathered up the train crew and placed them under guard and while two or the three were engaged In mak ing the passengers produce their val uables. Obeying the Impulse of duty, Deputy Sheriff McDuffee opened fire upon them as soon as they had paused pirn, wnen one real the other fled. & and,, after calling ( third, made their escape. . They took? their awag with at hern, but It will noi total over' a few hundred dollars. i , . . 'Board Train at Kamela. o -The robbers boarded the -train at .Kamele as the tralin stopped for air tests to be made. Three In number, and all wearing black stocking caps, they boarded the frent end of the rear Pullman and presented their guns at the head of Flagman Frank Earls. . Having' got the train under way. they ii Walked Earls ahead of them through lithe 4 rain, picking up three Pullman i porter. Conductor William Sergus an J j Brakeman Clyde Enoch on the way. ' Into the express ear they took them, E covering Express Messenger Cramp as tr-they entered. Leaving one to guard (i he crew, the other two went forward ii and brought Engineer Fred Johnson i; and the fireman back. Earnest Talk Saves Safe, i The leader then took the express ! messenger back to the express car and r ordered hfm to open the safe but ! Cramp pleaded that; he could not. When i! trje robber produced 11 sticks of dyna : mite and announced his intention oB blowing the safe Cramp argued him i out of It by telling htm there were no 1 ; valuables In it. The express packages Were rifled, but only a little jewelry and some papers that will not be re deemable ware secured.. Leaving ' one robber to guard the crew, the other two proceeded through the train, robbing the passengers as they went, on holding a sack and the ! other covering the passengers with two revolver.' ' . Duel With the Jobbers. - Deputy Sheriff McDuffee was In the r third coach,' returning from Canyon City. He had been dosing when the r robbers first west through, and did i not know there was a hold-up until he ; saw them coming back, when the rob- ( bers reached his car, they appeared i nervous and eager to get to the Pull man. They robbed only two passen i gers in this car. . j McDuffee was; sitting in the rear i and, and as the robbers passed him he i Jumped up and opened fire. His first I shot struck the man with the guns in : nls hand, and he spun around and re ; turned the fire f with both weapon. The officer fired four shots, one crash " (Ounclndi-d on Prnge Two, Column One.) . CIVIL BILL ADDITIONS Senator Chamberlain ' Gets Important Amendments to :;. Bill Accepted by Committee t . (Wahlntoa Bureau ef Tbe Journal.) - Washington, July 2. The approprta I tion committee baa agreed to the f ol h lowing' Chamberlain amendments in the sundry, dva bill: U ' Removing the Clackamas fish hatch . ery to a new site. 116.000. ' Two ships for Alaska fisheries,' 1150, AAA i . Crater Lake increased to ltoo.000 1 Removal of , the Coos Bay life sav Ing station and erection of new build Inge, $40,000. , t . . cnangmg the federal fee . system from double to single fees In Oregon and fixing the 'salary of the clerk of tne xeaerai court, 93500.- COURT REFORM ITEMS INCLUDED SUNDRY Scene of the Robbery .:- i i i ... . PENDLETON KAM EL A .V-.- j 'ONLY DID MY DUTY DECLARES DEPUTY WHO T DOWN ROBBER George McDuffee on Hos pital Bed Tells of Duel . With Desperate Men, (Speclal to The Journal.) Pendleton, Or., July 2. "I only did my duty and I'm sorry I couldn't do it better," said Deputy Sheriff George McDuffee, who shot one of , the rob bers on train No. 6, this morning as he lay In hts bed at St. Anthony's hos pital. The wound Is not a dangerous one and, though in pain, he was feel- ingrin good spirits. The bullet struck him on the breast on the right aide, snd, being deflected by his brass pen cil .case, coursed downward, coming out Jujst above the hip. It only made a shallow wound. "I was on my way back te Heppner from Canyon City, where I hid been as a witness in a horse stealing case," said McDuffee in narrating his part in the exciting happening. I was sitting in the rear seat of the third day coach and was dozing when the robbers and trainmen came through on their forward trip. It flashed through my mind that it waa unusual for porters and trainmen to be all together, but I never suspected anything was wrong. Pretty soom I heard another passenger remark that some of the men wore masks. "No, those were just the colored porters.' said another, and that's what I thought. "A Tew minutes afterwards I heard the first passenger say that passen gers .in the car ahead were being robbed.- This aroused me arid I saw that It was a holdup. I drew my re volver, but as I only had four cart ridges in It; I reached for my grip and -secured a handful. I . had just taken my seat when they entered and came toward me. They appeared to be in a hurry to get to the Pullmans, and only made two passengers give . up their valuables. " 'Hurry up, or I will blow (your brains out. said the leader, who car ried a gun In each hand, and the man addressed threw a dollar Into the sack carried by a short fellow in advance; They did not ask me for anything, but hurried past. I had decided not to shoot until they were by me, because I was afraid of hitting some of the passengers. As. soon as they passed I jumped up and shot twice at the -big fellow's back, which was not six feet away. ; Big Tellow Bhoots Back. "He turned and began ' firing: with both revolvers, but the shots were go ing over my head. I fired again and bit him In the head. He seemed too dazed to take aim and backed through the door Into the vestibule. "I fired one shot at the other -man and heard him say. after asking the big fellow If he were hurt. 'I am. too.' It was about this time X received the bullet and I. think the little fellow had grabbed the 45 automatic from his companion and had shot me. "My cartridges were loaded with black powder and made "a big smoke. I am satisfied that- they could not see me very well because of the Bmoke. I only fired four shots In all, and then some passenger cried for me noj to shoot any more. v ' Bared by Pencil Holder." ' -1 did not realize that I was shot until it was all over. I guess I was a lucky man to be alive, for It 'was only my pencil holder that kept me iron being drilled through." Deputy Sheriff McDuffee is of the opinion, that the leader of the gang at least was an old hand despite the fact that some of their actions ap peared amaieurisn. , The fact that ha wheeled and fired aa soon as he was struck, indicated to him that the man had made no his mind before to shoot at the first sign ot resistance. . .. McDuffee told his story modestly ana cusciaimea any credit for his hero. Urn. ' "It dldn t occur to me." ha said that I -was taking any chances, I anew it was my business to Inter fere and I decided to shoot - and to shoot to kilL I ought to have got both. inougn :, : - ' : . . -f ; m-: Falls From Twenty-second Story New York, July 1. C W. Athens, carpenter, fell from a ' twenty-second story wlnd6w Into Broadway and was xuiea. - r 7 . . SHO GALLANT TRAIN ROBBERS SPARE WOMEN FOLKS i Hold-Up Men Turn Their Attention to Men Passen :,. gers; One of Fair Sex Hides Money in Stocking. Women and children were not molested by the robbers on the Oregon - Washington Railroad & Navigation company's train No. 5 last night. Neither, with one ex ception, were Pullman passengers. The exception was a theatrical man from Juntura who. was getting a drink at the water cooler when the hold-up men passed through. They found $45 in his trousers' pockets. This man got on at Jun tura and left the train at The Dalles. ; Women in the tourist sleepers and the day coaches got ready to give the train robbers any or all of their valu ables.. They had started to unpack suitcases when one of the robbers was heard to Bay: "There's only, women and children here. Let's get on to the men.. , "I was certainly glad to hear that said Mrs. W. S. Rogers of Caldwell, Idaho. "I had some Bllver and some gold. When I found they were holding up tne passengers, I thought I d give them the silver and take a chance, on their not finding the gold. I think I had $1.50 ready for them. I have decided since that I found the safest possible hiding place for mioney. It it was In my stocking." she concluded, blushiftgty. . "I threw my , wife's purse Into the sack, and she hid mine," said J. C BOyd or Midvale, Idaho. "Tou can guess which of us had the most. Any- now, tne robbers just got J1.60. and the . experience was nearly worth the price." Flan Worked Wall. "That's - one place where the man's habit ot; letting women have only little money paid pretty well." admitted Airs. Uoyd, adding: "There were lots more passengers on the train when the holdup occurred than there aro now. Many of them got off as soon as it was daylight. They decided they had had railroading enough." ' I thought they were only nlavine when they lined up the conductors and the brakemen and the porters and the dining car waiters and made them pass inrougn to tne nead or the train," said Mrs. M. E. Burgess, who was on her way from Vale to Fresno, Cal. didn't lose anvthlnsr. but I'm nr was just as scared as though I had jno more tram robberies for me, piease. Most of the passengers this morning were laughing and joking about the oc currence. Only a few of them had lost large sums. Many had had the fore thought to hide the greater part of tneir tunas. "'We decided-to give them 60 cents each and let It go at that, but the rob bers weren't satisfied," related W. R. Kennedy of Baker, who was traveling witn w. a. O'ConneiL "One of them stuck a big gun Into my race." "Here, this- ain't enough," : he growled. "WelL slrT" The hole in the end of that gun looked to be three Inches across. I never did know that they made 'em so big. So I dug. down (Concluded oa Pas Six. Column Two.) PERSUASIVE VOICE OF EXPRESS MESSENGER SAVES THE BIG SAFE Robbers Get Only About $200 From Small ; Safe in Ex press Car, r , I Through the. argumentative abilities of C., W. Cramp, express messenger in the -American Express company's car and a resident of 187 Graham avenue, this city, the men who robbed O. W. R. & N. passenger train No. 6 near Meacham early this morning, were dis suaded from blowing open the sealed safe loaded with many .thousands of dollars worth of valuable merchandise. ' Though - the smaller safe in the car was ransacked, K. M. Whittle, Portland superintendent ror tne American Kx press company, who; was on the train ana. who, immediately after the rob bery, went to the. express oar and helped check the contents over, fixed tne mens as .not aggregating more than 1200. - "I am usually locked up all around in the car," Cramp stated on the train this morning between . Troutdale and Portland, "but s 1 w approached Meacham, ' X - unlocked the back end door, as the brakeman was coming In to help me unload some express at that place. - - - , - t - "When -1 ' heard someone : knock: on Cooclade4 on Page Six. Column Three) BIG BUSINESS SENDS CZAR 10 SEE PRESIDENT Pierpont Morgan Calls on Wilson and Tells Him It Is Ready to Take Us Medicine Quietly and Neatly. EACE, NOT WAR WITH PRESIDENT IS WANTED businessmen Complain of President's Inaccessibility, ,Which Was Necessary. By John Edwin Nevln. Washington, July 2. Bis buslnens Indicated to President Wilson today through J. Pierpont Morgan that it was ready to take Its medicines. All anti trust legislation would b swallowed, e said, no matter how bitter. Morgan told the president that the heads of the nation's big corporations were not antagonistic to his adminis tration. He said the big business men of the country were anxious to bring prosperity and willing to cooperate in every way. He only aslcfcd to be shown how this end could be accomplished. The New York financier would not answer inquiries regarding -his visit to the White House, but It was known that he extended the olive branch to the president. v ell also told 4he presi dent that many business men com plained of Mi inaccessibility. It was understood that he cited cases where at least three heads of transcontinen tal railroads sought an audience with the president, but failed. President Wilson, it was reported. (Concluded on Page Fire. Column Three) t CROOK COUNTY FARMERS THROUGH THE MEDIUM V Central Oregon, Is Is Asserted, ' Is Destined to Produce 'Tnqugh- PorR-16' Supply Portland Marketif ' ' ' City Should Have No Other Source. - By Hyman H. Cohen. Redmond, Or., July 2. It's haying time in central Oregon and almost the entire population is busily en gaged in "stacking", the alfalfa and other hays. Unseasonable weather has been the portion of Crook county grain Interests thl spring and only during the last week has the summer really appeared. For that reason the first cutting of hay is somewhat short of the normal although the ground is now in such fine condition that it is more than likely that the second cutting will make up for any deficiency In the initial operations. In some places a third cutting will likely be quite pos sible 'this season and some are Inclined to believe that this will he sufficient SHOOING HER BACK! If. SlM Woman Wants Tight Pants Put Tinder Ban -Era. K. Bowman Aroused Because of Embargo Placed t On X-Bay Skirts, Calls -Cayor's Attention To stales. Why tight trousers?. Mrs. M. Bowman, S8 Fremont street, aroused because of the ban that has been placed on the wearing of X ray skirts In public .calls the atten tion of Mayor Albee to what she terms impropriety In the dress of mere man. The gentle reminder to look closer to home Is the result of the mayor's crusade against so-called immodest habiliaments which soma women prefer during the hot summer days. Mrs. Bowman wants simple justice in behalf of her sex. She thinks -the mayor, to spak' frankly, has no right to; single out womenfolk In matters sartorial, and let the men offenders get off with out even a word of criticism. She de clares that the police have plenty to do to prosecute their dress reforms at their own door without going out of their way to harrass or Intimidate the gentler sex. Mt. Lassen Gives , : Daily Exhibition Ashes Sip Seep on Slops of the Peak; Today's Xraptlen as Saver as That of Testerday, Say Observers. Redding, Cal., July -2. Mount Las sen erupted violently again at 6:30 a. m. today. The outburst was about the equal of yesterday's, which was the fiercest up to that time since the crater became active. Reports of the latest eruption came from' the forest station at Mineral. It could not be seen from here owing to the hase which was attributed to mi nute particles of volcanic matter afloat In the atmosphere. Today's outburst continued In full violence for about 20 minutes tut at noon the crater was still sputtering smoke. All who were In the crater's vicin ity at the time of yesterday's eruption were believed to have reached safety today. In spots on the slope those who have ascended it said, ashes are hip deep. A thunderstorm following each erup tion seems to be the rule and there was a heavy one last-night. MAKE MONEY FAST OF HOGS AND ALFALFA to make the total harvest of hay more per acre man usual. There is no controverting the state ment that this portion of central Or egon Is destined to produce more hav than any other section of the north west. Alfalfa Is showing exceedingly gooa growth considering the halt In the growth by the "cool spell" dur ing the early part of June. Along with the alfalfa comes the .hogs in fact, there la no reason for a .separa tion of the two, for whoever ralsec hogs should produce alfalfa, and vice versa. Hog Raisers ICaks BConey.. At the present rate of Increase, Crook county will, raise enough hogs within a few years to feed the Port land market even though the rest of (Concluded en Page Nine, Column Four) RAILROADS HAVE THEIR INNING IN TERMINAL CASE Carriers i Tell I. C. C. Ex aminer Reduced Rates Would JJot Inure to Per manent 'Benefit of Astoria. PRESENT TARIFF TO PORTLAND ATTACKED Counsel Cross Questions Traffic Men on Charge and Mileage From Interior. With the presentation of figures and the opinions of railway officials that under no circumstances would there be justification for the readjustment of tariffs to allow Astorfa common point rates with Puget Sound cities, the carriers rested their ease last night before Examiner Pugh of the Interstate commerce commission and the record will be submitted to the commission as a whole for. consideration and de cision. The City of Astoria, complainant In the action, rested its ease early yes terday morning and the rest of the day and the night session was devoted to the reply of the railroads. Experts In rate-making, operating chiefs and traf fic men were called upon to rebut great masses of figures presented by the other, side. In spite of former Senator C. W. Fulton's repeated declarations that the Portland rate situation is not Involved In the slightest degree with Astoria's plea, the railroad attorneys kept insist ing that there can be no possible un tangling of this factor from the gen eral rate situation: that If Astoria were granted common point rates with Puget Sound, Portland would be entitled to lower rates because of the 100 mile difference In haul; that the Puget Soupd roads subsequently would bi forced to reduce their rates to prevent all the traffic from the Inland Empire from going to competing roads, arid that Astoria would then be In no bet ter case than now, though , the rail roads would enjoy .smaller revenues on tha basis of the new adjustment. - Traffic -af anager Cross-QusstloMd. W. D. Skinner, traffic manager of the Spokane. Portland Seattle rail way, whose line Is the only one reach ing Astoria, was the chief witness for the carriers yesterday and Senator Ful ton made much of his testimony in cross-examination. The attorney ar gued that Walla Walla wheat is hauled to Portland and to Seattle at the same rate, though Seattle Is 73 miles further away than Portland and over a diffi cult mountain grade. Mr. Skinner thought this arrangement fair In the light of competitive conditions. . Mr. Fulton asked if his own consciousness did not tell him Portland Is being charged an outrageously 'high rate in comparison with Puget Sound. Mr. Skinner replied that he could not say that because tne rates in ques tion were estimated by the Interstate commerce commission and tha state railway commission. "If that is so, you would not be afraid that the commission would re duce the Portland rates, which It Itself (Concluded on Page Five. Column One.) Law Half Century Old Put-Into Use O. T. Darling Convicted of Publishing Tais Business Seport Itrst Prose cution Known to Have Taken Ylaea. At a session of the legislature 50 years ago a law was passed naming the publishing of a false business report a misdemeanor punishable by Impris onment In the county - jail of from three months to a year or fines -from $50 to $1000. Yesterday the first .con viction known under the law In Mult nomah county, that of O. F. Darling, president of the Investors Building & Trust company,- occurred in Circuit Judge Morrow's court.' Testimony for the state was to tha effect that Darling published a state ment to the effect that on Juna 30. J913, the company had 'assets 'of $277,708.24 when the assets were In reality less; that the surplus was $7631.13, while there was In reality none; that undivided profits were $2263.28, while there really were none; and that about $45,000 of $113,108.03 listed . as assets really represented money expended ior which there would be no return. No testimony .was Introduced by At torney Frank T. Collier; for Darling, in defense. The jury spent about two hours in deliberation, returning a ver dict shortly after 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Sentence will be passed Monday morning. Angry Orangemen rarade m Belfast Voiles Ordered to slake So Arrests Xst Such Action Might Precipitate Troable With TJlstermen, Belfast, July 3. Hundreds of armed and uniformed Orangemen were parad ing Belfast's streets today, demon stratlng against Irish home rule. It was understood they were under or aer io xire ii an attempt was mtda to disarm them. - - - As their leaders had predicted, the -volunteers' turned out. In greater numbers today than, when summoned for their first parade, their anti-home rule campaign having warmed up and feeling intensified. The commissioner of police ordered his men to make no arrests, fearing to do so would pre clpttate a clash. Sir Edward Carson, tha anti-home rule leader, and his associates were In conference with the government In the meantime and there were hopes that a compromise would be effected. ' Misquoted," Says Evans of Speech Oeasral la Command of Xastem De partment Tells Garrison Ks.Dld STst " Intend Attack on Administration. Washington-, July 1. Reply to a de mand from Secretary of War Oartison for an explanation concerning a speech he was said . to have made attacking tha Wilson administration, Brigadier General Evans today assured his chief that the newspapers had misquoted him. i The speech, he saldj was . ex tempo rahebus but to the best of his recol lection he said nothing which could b construed as an unfavorable criticism of the administration end he certainly did not attack intentionaBy. The text of his statement was net given out for publication but tbe papers were sent to e president. . . i i Evans was quoted aa ridiculing the Monroe doctrine and declaring that the- United States was becoming entirely too meddlesome. . Fashionables Laugh at Lipton s Plight Tachtsman is Berated in Honse of Commons fc Advertising Slmself After Brttlsl rmy Canteen. Scandal. Xondon. Jul! Pi English "high so ciety" which. bfiss he Is "In trade," has never approved of Sir Thomas Lipton. was smacking Its Hps today over the verbal drubbing administered to him in the house of lords Wednes day night by Baron Newton. . The latter' s a tack was a sequel to the British "army canteen scandal,' as a result of which eight employes of Lip ton's, limited, and a number of army officers were convicted and sen tenced to various fines and terms of imprisonment, the former fef giving and the latter fori accepting unlawful commissions on canteen supplies fur. nlshed to the government by the Lip ton corporation. "If I were chairman, said . tha baron, "of a company which had en gaged in proceedings of that kind. 1 would be Inclined to seek temporary seclusion rather than be continually advertising myself In every conceiva ble way." f ' - I "An OJd-Fashioned Gameo Ring' ft ' "Lost Sunday, at Island station.- old fashioned cameo - ring, keepsake: near large cherry trees T on vacant lot; S reward." Class. 2i . ;: ' : , "Pretty driving mare, : perfect , disposition, sound, . gentle for ladies; harness, buggy; . resort-.' able." Class. 18. ; , ; -;'- : 'f "Pedigree Airedale male - ! 7 months old, good habits, cheap top right party,". Class. 4. . , - . Carpnter and elect rl Worh wanted In exchange for new graf enola outf if." Class. Si. . ' "Hog ranch equipment! boiler, vats, wagon pox; etc, SlSt; cash or trade," Class.-.lt. -' -. ; - 'tTheap land, lis miles from be-- . trander. Wash, running water, S10 per acre If. taken at ones."-- Class. SI. , . ...... - - -i . ., -". .. . . ' These Items' appear today In The Journal Want Ads. . The minu ber of the classification in which - It appears follows each ftem.- r -- t . . ' '. - ' " QUEEN ItlE REIGNS TODAY OVER ASTORIA Ceremony: Marks - Opening .of wnat Promises tot Be Most Successful Regatta In His tory of the City. - : - PORTLAND VISITORS . 4 ROYALLY WELCOMED Arrival of Admiral Metschan's Special Train Is Signal : for Festivities.' . By Fred Txcklri Astoria, Or., Julv 2. AArt. - had. many regattas but never one that was more successful and enjoyable from every standpoint than the .ona v that waa opened with the crowning of Queen AHIe on hoard the four masted Norwegian bark Alcids-t 9. nVlorit this morning. Preceded by her flower girls and accompanied bv her oases and maids of honor, the queen was In vested -with her regal authority and crowned by Admiral Philip Metschan jr. and after an invocation by rtev. W. S. Gilbert Mayor 11 M Gray turned over to her 4 a-racioua maitv ih golden key .to the city andthe key to the hearts of "her loyal subjects. After the coronation ceremonies Ad miral Metschan ,and his stsff went aboard th mtmiMi'. ftki i . - ..... . m .HH.iit, .11V ' wnlted States revenue cutter b'noho- . mlsb, to' witness the speed boat races -for the championship of the Paclflo coast Ideal weather conditions and smooth water brought out an Immense and enthusiastic thron to rhMr tnr - their favorites. Are friendly Vow. If there ever was a time when Tort- ' land snd Astoria were not friendly that time Is past. No better evidence of Portland's regard for Astoria Is -needed than to scsn the list of those who were aboard the admiral's special that ieft Portland Wednesday after noon at 4 o'clock for Astoria. Colli P, Huntington said many yeers ago:.' The-. Columbia river can har only on outlet, and that Is at Astoria.- . The watershed of the -Columbia is th second largest In the United tte. and substantially all the Immense ton-" nage coming from it must follow the gravity. line determined by the courts of the river to Its mouth." . Huntington was right, snd Astoria Is coming into her own. U Is to- the Interest of Portland. Astoria and every other community, located n- the banks of the Columbia or tributary thereto to work In friendly cooperation for an' open river, for an open river unob structed by natural or artificial bar riers will be the rate , reducer,, the shackle breaker and the property mak er of the whole northwest. That great things are In store for Astoris no intel ligent, person will deny. The Portlanders. aboard the admir al's special were a jolly set, and deter mined to have a good time themselves and to sec that everyone else, had one. and they are going to show Astoria that Portland and the rest of the stat Is ready to put an oar In to help At- : (Omclnfled on Pas Two, Colirma Six) ASSASSINATION PLOT TALK KEEPS KAISER AWAY FROM FUNERAL He Sends Prince Henry , of Prussia to Vienna' instead, - r..i .-." : 1 1 i - in Lxpiammg ne is hi. (Cnlted Preya tjawl We.f : Berlin, July 2.-Rumors that discov ery or an anarchist plot had caused Kmperor William to abandon his plan to attend the funeral of the late Arch duke Francis Ferdinand ef Austria and his wife were. 'current, here today. At any rate, he did not go to Vienna and It had been announced he Intended to. It was believed the ' trip would have been abandoned - only for the gravest reasons. Tbe ' official explanation was that Emperor' Francis Joseph's health .was too . feeble to make It advisable for him to entertain a visiting monarch. The fact is, say persons in touch with tne Austrian court, tnat Francis Jo seph rs quite well at present. A .semi-official announcement was also made that the German emperor. who has been suffering from lumbago, was worse. . . - ' - Prince Henry of Prussia was deslg- Huertistas Would Treat With Eebels Znveys Send Mediators a Vote f et - Transmission . te Parransa t xxpreas- tng Willingness to Discuss Terms. . - NUgara Falls OhCl JulyFt-The Huertlsta envoys here-sent to the "A. B. V mediators today.1 for .transmis sion to tbe Mexican rebels, a note es presslng willingness to discuss peace terms with 'the latter Until the two Mexican - factions agree. If was the general understanding here that Amer ican troops Vlii Tfraiiir in rr Lrui despite- the' signing ef protocol be tween " the represents lives,1' , of the Washington and" Mexico City govern ments settling American-Mexican In ternational differences. . ; ' - -