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PRESIDENT CALLS MILITIA TOR DUTY Troops To Be Sent to Mexican Border For Immediate Service. WAR VESSELS ORDERED SOUTH Carranza's Demand for Withdrawal of Pershing's Expedition Brings Crisis in Border Trouble. Washington, D. C. Virtually the entire mobile strength of the National guard of all Btates and the District of Columbia was ordered mustered into the Federal service Sunday night by Presi dent Wilson. About 100,000 men are expected to respond to the call. They will be mobilized immediately for such service on the Mexican border as may be assigned to them. General Frederick Funston, commanding the border forces, will designate the time and place for movement of guardsmen to the international line as the occa sion shall require. In announcing the orders Secretary Baker said the state forces would be employed only to guard the border, and that no additional troop movements into Mexico were contemplated except in pursuit of raiders. Simultaneously with the National guard call, Secreary Daniels, of the Navy deparment, ordered additional war vessels to Mexican waters on both coasts to safeguard American lives. Within the last two weeks, however, tension has been increasing steadily. The crisis presented by General Car ranza's note demanding the recall of General Pershing's expeditionary force has been followed by a virtual ultima tum served on the American officer by General Trevino, the Mexican com mander in Chihuahua. To this was added Sunday the possibility that American and Mexican troops had, clashed across the border from San Benito, Texas. Militia of Every State in Union Called for Guard Duty on Border Washington, D. C President Wil son has called out the militia of every state for service on the Mexican bor der. In announcing the President's decis ion late Sunday, Secretary Baker said the militia would be sent to the border whenever and as fully as General Fun ston determines them to be needed. Brigadier General Alfred Mills, chief of the division of militia affairs, estimated the minimum militia force which would respond to the call as 100,000 men. Oregon Guard Mobilizing. Salem Immediate mobilization of all the units of the Oregon National guard was ordered Sunday night by Governor Withycombe, who notified Adjutant General. White to proceed with mobilization upon receipt of an urgent message from Secretary of War Baker, requesting such action. In hie message to the governor, the Secretary declared that he was in structed by the President to request the mobilization of all the National guards of the different states. Washington Militia Gathering. Seattle Adjutant General Maurice Thompson, of the Washington National guard, received orders early Sunday night for the mobilization of the Washington militia. The Washington militia will mobilize at American Lake, south of Tacoma. Adjutant General Thompson imme diately issued orders to the various company commanders to aBBemble their companies at their home stations and to recruit to full war strength of 142 men for each company. Idaho To Be Ready in Three Days. Boise, Idaho Adjutant General P. H. Crow said Idaho will mobilize 1000 guardsmen within three days. The men are to be brought together at Boise. Lieutenant Governor Taylor issued the call for mobilization shortly before midnight Sunday. Mexico Asks Volunteers. Chihuahua City, Mex. Fevered ef forts to bring every unit of the Car ranza army of the north to the great est possible strength for service in the event of hostilities with the United States are being pushed here. A mes sage from General Obregon, Mexican minister of war, directed General Tre vino, commanding the northern divis ion, to urge patriotic citizens to volun teer "to fight the American army, in case of a rupture of relations," and to prevent "the further raiding of Amer ican territory by armed bandits." War Declared In Redding, Redding, Cal. About 60 Mexicans who are employed on an irrigation ditch construction gang near here en gaged in a street fight with Beveral Americans here Sunday night in the restricted district. After the disturb ance was quelled by the police, aided by deputy sheriffs, IS Mexicans were placed in jail, many of them severely injured. Knives, stones, clubs and fists were the weapons used by the fighters. Six men were stabbed. BACKDOWN IS SEEN ON PART Of CARRANZA; CRISIS IS NEAR Columbus, N. M. Carranzaista troops and soldiers of General Persh ing's expeditionary command south of Namiquipa are on the verge of hostili ties, according to reports from the field Wednesday. A wireless dispatch from Colonel D. C. Cabell, General Pershing's chief of staff, said that the attitude of the Carranzaistas was such that American motor-truck supply trains are in danger of being fired up on. The Carranzaistas are said to have mounted artillery in positions menac ing the Americans and the dispatches indicated that with the two commands in close proximity the danger of a clash is increasing. El Paso, Tex. The border read the latest notes to General Carranza and then lapsed back into the expectant waiting that has followed each crisis in the Mexican situation. Speculation centered on the first chief's reception of the Lansing docu ment. Much interest was taken in a telegram received at the Mexican con sulate from the official news bureau in Mexico City. This message read : "General Carranza, addressing a patriotic crowd in Mexico City, de clared there would be no war between the United States and Mexico unless the United States should send further punitive expedition into Mexico." In some quarters the telegram was interpreted as forecasting a back-down on the part of the first chief. In military circles it is agreed that the American defense against the slightest Mexican aggression will be a swift and sharply executed offensive. Indications which piled up from var ious Mexican townB along the border point to the probability that if inter vention in forced the first dash of American regulars over the interna tional boundary would meet with slight resistance. Men, women and children in these centers are being ordered southward, while merchants have been instructed to move their goods to interior points. There has been no preparation of trenches or other fortifications. In quarters which have been in pos session of all the facts relative to do mestic conditions in Mexico, it is as serted that in the event of hostilities the food situation in Mexico would be come a prominent factor. Because of shortage of rations and curtailed transportation facilities it was said that General Carranza would be unable to maintain a force of 10,000 men at any point for a period of three weeks, and that there was not enough forage to take care of a body of 8000 cavalry for one week. In view of this, it is believed the Mexicans would have to operate in comparatively Bmall detachments. Enough rolling stock has been gath ered in Juarez to transport the entire garrison, if it becomes advisable to move Bouth. Mexicans Riddle American Flag Over Consulate During Rioting Douglas, Ariz. The American flag flying over the hotel in which was sit uated the office of American Consul W. A. Julian at Cananea was made the target of hundreds of Mexican bullets during the anti-American demonstra tion last Saturday night, according to American refugees arriving here Wed nesday. After daybreak, when the demonstration ended, the emblem still flaunted in the breeze. Numerous bullets struck the hotel, endangering the visitors, who were nearly all Americana. The mob shout ed maledictions against the "grin goes." After filling the flag with holes the mob directed its fire at the flagpole but was unable to cut it. About 650 Americans have reached the border from Cananea. The refu gees composed parctcially the Ameri can population of the town. General Calles announced that he had lifted the embargo on Sonora telephone and tele graph lines that American consular representatives might send warnings urging Americans to leave the state. He specified, however, that all mess ages must be written in Spanish. Americans Rush to Ports. Mexico City Many Americans left Mexico City Wednesday in special cars for Vera Cruz. Calls have been sent to Guadalajara, Guantajo, Puebla and other cities requestnig Americans to come to the capital for the purpose of taking trains for Vera Cruz or to reach other coast ports directly if that be possible. The Mexican foreign office gave assurances that no obstacles would be put in the way of Americans desir ing to leave. Americans have been treated with courtesy by officials of the transportation system. $2,300,000 I Overdue. New York Madison Square Garden Wednesday went into the hands of a receiver. Proceedings to foreclose a mortgage of $2,300,000 together with back taxes and interest and other charges amounting to about $58,500, were begun last week by the New York Life Insurance company. Supreme Court Justice Giegerich has appointed Edward E. McCall receiver. The pro ceedings are reported to foreshadow a sale of the property at auction. Four Hospitals To Be Given. Chicago Four base hospitals of 600 beds each and costing $160,000 will be the contribution of the Chicago branch of the American Red Cross in the event of war with Mexico, according to an announcement by the Red Cross of Amcirca DEMOCRATS NOMINATE WILSON BY ACCLAMATION AT ST. ! ' ',A.f "if " "i ' i j 1 '' ' ' ' ' '" - li' "' 'y'' jjj 1 - w f is-fi " VJ ' m , fv- v-'St v::!!! WOODROW WILSON, PRESIDENT. PLATFORM ADOPTED; SESSION ADJOURNS St. Louis The Democratic National Convention finished its work Friday by adopting the party platform exactly as approved by President Wilson and sub mitted by the resolutions committee, including the planks on Americanism and favornig woman suffrage, but not until the harmony of its three days' session had been rippled with a row over the suffrage plank. No voice was raised against the declarations of the Amricanism plank. At one time it looked as if the suffrage plank had been lost, but after Senator Walsh, of Montana, had told the con vention that President Wilson himself considered it vital to party success it was voted into the platform, 888i to 181J. The whole platform then was adopted without roll call. As it went into the platform the suffrage plank stands: "We favor the extension of the franchise to the women of thiB coun try, state by state, on the same terms as to the men." The women suffrage leaders consid ered it a much more favorable declara tion than they got from the Republi can convention at Chicago; they threw all their force behind it and won the support of the administration leaders, who were found fighting' for them when danger threatened. Haggared and worn from an all night session, the platform makers were not ready with their report until afternoon, when Senator Stone, sleep less for more than 30 hours, took the speaker's stand to read the document gave over this task to Senator Walsh, of Montana, and Senator Hollis, of New Hampshire. They "spelled" each other reading the long declara tion. The fight on the suffrage plank was in the air. Every body was keyed up to it when at the conclusion of the reading of the platform Martin Lomas ney, of Boston, a delegate, claimed the attention of the chair, it was thought that he was opening the fight. It was several minutes before the shouts of approval and cries of disapproval could be stilled sufficiently to hear that he wanted to put the convention on record as sympathizing with "the people of Ireland." "Raus mit him," roared a Baltimore delegate and the convention hall rocked with laughter. The real fight broke immediately after, however, when Governor Fer- Army Messages Go First. Portland, Ore. Civil business over the telegraph wires must take second place while the present movement of troops to the border is under way, ac cording to W. A. Robb, manager of the Portland office of the Western Union, "The service of the telegraph company will be placed primarily at the disposal of the government messages in this case." he said, "and every facility will be given to the rapid transmis sion of dispatches involved in the smooth handling of the movement of the troops." ! . ' i THOMAS R. MARSHALL. guson, of Texas, who headed the mi nority report against the administra tion plank, was given 30 minutes in which to discuss it. The plank offered by the minority was this: "The Democratic party has always stood for the sovereignty of the sev eral states in the control and regula tion of elections. We reaffirm the historic position of our party in this regard and favor the continuance of that wise provision of the federal con stitution which vests in the several states of the union the power to pre scribe the qualifications of their elec tors." German Newspaper Plant Is Burned. Portland Fire gutted the two upper stories of the building occupied by the German Publishing company and the Chicago Furniture company, at First and Salmon streets at 6 o'clock Wed nesday night, entailing a loss of ap proximately $40,000. A. E. Kern, publisher of the Deutsche Zeitung, with offices in the building, Baid he suspected incendiarism. The German Publishing company was the heaviest loser, almost the en tire stock and machinery for publish ing the daily German paper being de stroyed. The loss to this firm is esti mated at $20,000, 90 per cent insured. Mr. Kern bases his theories of in cendiarism on the fact that not more than a week ago a small fire was dis covered on the top floor at practically the same time in the evening as the one started Wednesady. Living for Diplomats Grows. Washington, D. C Secretary Lan sing has asked congress for $75,000 for special allowances to diplomatic officers in foreign capitals, reporting that the cost of living had increased 200 per cent over normal times. "Most of the diplomatic officers at these capitals" said Secretary Lansing, "are able to live at present only by drawing substantially on their private means and in many instances where secretaries of embassies or legations have no private means their continu ance at these posts will be impossible." AND MARSHALL LOUIS. CONVENTION ACTS IN HARMONY Coliseum, St. Louis President Wil son and Vice President Marshall were nominated by acclamation late Thurs day night by the Democratic National convention, the ticket being completed four minutes before Friday. Contrary to expectation, however, the convention did not finish its work, because the platform was not ready, and it met again at 11 o'clock Friday morning. It was announced in the convention that the sub-committee drafting the platform had finished its work, but that the entire resultions committee was not assembled to pass upon it, and it was not known when that could be' done. President Wilson's own plank, charging conspiracy among some foreign-born citizens for the benefit of the foreign powers and denouncing any political party which benefits and not repudiating such a situation, was in corporated in the platform just as the President himself had sent it from Washington. It was understood that the President insisted that the plank should be put in the platform in the way he had drawn it. There never was any doubt of Presi dent Wilson's nomination, but there was a possibility that some vice-presidential booms might be brought out in opposition to Vice President Marshall. They melted away, however, when the convention got in session, and as soon as President Wilson's nomination had been made a roaring chorus of ac clamation, Senator Kern, who re-nominated Mr. Marshall, cast aside a long prepared speech and simply declared: "I nominate Thomas Riley Marshall, of Indiana, for vice president." To President Wilson's nomination there was only one dissenting vote, Robert Emmett Burke, of Illinois, who came to the convention declaring that he was opposed to the President. His vote technically made the President's nomination 1091 to 1. A striking incident of the session was the action of the convention in calling on William J. Bryan to speak. This was done on the motion of Sena tor Thompson, of Kansas, that the rules be suspended and the ex-secretary be permitted to take the plat form. The motion was carried and Mr. Bryan was escorted to the plat form immediately. He spoke 45 minutes, pledging his support to the President. $50,000,000 Loan Is Made. Petrograd A $50,000,000 banking credit was completed between repre sentatives of five New York financial houses and the Russian government. The credit was secured by the deposit by Russia In a local banlcto the order of American banks of 15,000,000 ru bles. In addition the American banks received an option to purchase 100, 000,000 rubles in Russian government 5 per cent bonds at 94. The Ameri can parties to the transaction are J. P. Morgan & Co., and others. WORLD'S DOINGS OF CURRENT WEEK Brief Resume of General News From All Around the Earth. UNIVERSAL HAPPENINGS IN A NUTSHELl Live News Items of All Nations and Pacific Northwest Condensed for Our Busy Readers. Eighty thousand Austrians were cor nered when Czernowitz was captured and are threatened with capture. French newspapers commenting on the Mexican situation, declare that France and England must support the United States. The call to arms issued throughout the country swept Yale's baseball and crew ranks and threatened to destroy the Eli atheletic hopes beyond repairs. The French losses around Verdun in killed and wounded amount to approxi mately 165,000 to date. These losses have occurred on a front which is not more than 13 miles in length. General Pershing defied Carranza's demand not to move troops in any di rection except northward, when he or dered two detachments of cavalry to pursue Villa bandits Bouth and west Tuesday. According to reports there is rejoic ing in Matamoros in the belief that a small band of Mexicans compelled a force of about 300 American soldiers to recross from Mexico territory into the United States Monday. The Italian government has decided to permit wives of Italians who have become naturalized Americans and have not returned to Italy for military service to rejoin their husbands in America. Heretofore this has been forbidden. Mexican refugees are enrolling at their consulate in Havana to fight in the event of war with the United States. Minister Gonzales has in formed the Cuban government that United States warships will shortly visit Havana. President Menocal has signed a decree revoking all permits for private wireless stations. Loss of jobs and salaries of 1000 government clerks who are members of the District of Columbia National guard may result from the president's call to the militia. Compelled to re spond for duty or face courtmartial, the government's clerks are between two fires. Special legislation by con gress or the issuance of an executive order by the President is necessary to protect them and their jobs. The War department has received many inquiries as to what immunities would be granted married men who are members of the National Guard. While most officials were inclined to believe that leaves should be granted those who can show that their absence from business would be a privation to dependent families, it was pointed out that each case must be presented sep arately and would be decided on its merits. The news from Mexico is creating an enormous stir in Madrid, owing to the financial and sentimental interests en gaged. King Alfonso has received a cable from the large Spanish colony in Mexico begging his mediation to pre vent war between the United States and Mexico, the consequences of which would be serious to both parties. The whole Spanish press supports the peti tion that the king do the best he possi bly can under the circumstances. Vice Admiral Henry T. Mayo is in command of the Atlantic fleet, suc ceeding Admiral Frank F. Fletcher, who goes to Washington to become a member of the naval board. The cere mony was held at the navy yard at New York. The usual salutes and ceremonies marked the change, which took place on the deck of the Wyo ming, flagship of the fleet. Rear Ad miral Dewitt Coffman succeeds Admi ral Mayo as vice admiral, commanding the first division. Fire destroyed 200 feet of the Bel lingham & Northern Railway tunnel half a mile east of Deming, WaBh., on the branch line the company is con structing between Goshen and Wel come. The damage is estimated at $40,000 and will delay opening the new line at least 60 days. The timber lining of the tunnel caught fire from the sparks from a steam shovel which was working inside removing a small slide. Firemen were sent from Bel lingham to assist in fighting the fire. The Austrians have evacuated Czer nowitz, capital of Bukowina, according to dispatches to the semi-official Petro grad News agency from Bukowina by way of Bucharest The fighting on the Austro-Italian line in Tyrol seemingly has died down in violence, only artillery duels and small infantry engagements having been reported. To the eaBt of Monf al cone, which lies a short distance from the head of the Gulf of Trieste, the Italians have captured Austrian posi tions and taken prisoner 498 officers and men.