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Forty-fifth Ycnr.
Pnlly Tenth Year.
PUB! DIAZ
LONG DICTATOR
OF MEXICO DEAD
Once Perpetual President of South
ern Republic Dies Abroad, an Exile
From Native Land Born In 1830,
Fniiylit French Under Maximilian
and Threw Off Forcifln Yoke.
PARIS, .lulv '.-flenernl Porfirio
Pinz, former president of Mexico,
died at 7 o'clock this morning.
flenernl Diaz had been in fniling
lionllh aflor reaching F.urnpo in 1011,
nfter Iiis rosignnlinn from tin presi
dency ii Mexico, following the .suc
cessful Mudero revolution. Lust full
In- was ill nt Hiarritz, France, but was
loportrd to havo recovered, lie hud
cnnsislontly declined to comment on
tiro passing phnsos of tlio Mexican
situation.
flenernl Ilia.' wifo, Senora Cnrmen
Romero Rubio Din, anil tlioir son,
Porfirio, ,Ir., ami the hitter's , wifo
wore at (ho IicmIhiiIo wlion the end
CHIIIO.
Of Indian lllooil.
General Diaz nan horn in 1H:III. Hi"
family wore ul" old Spanish stock
with an infusion of Indian blood. Lett
fatherless nt tin1 ago of II, III) was ed
iM'iiti'il at tin1 expense of the bishop
of On.xnen with tlio intention of be
coming a jtriet, hat he ovculunlly
turned to law, ami then at tin1 out -break
of tlio war with tlio United
SIiiIim turned to a military career,
lie served throughout that struggle
in a militia company which he helped
to organize, ami after peaco was de
clared ho ninth) a special study of
military science.
Dinx ami one other were tlio only
two in the country who dared openly
opposo the continuation of Santa
AiikV dictatorship. His execution
was ordered, hat he ecnped and
joined llerrera!s rovolt. Mo speedily
iiiade a reputation as a soldier, and n-.
a brigadier general he wiih the chief
(horn in the side of thu Flench
force, when, taking advantage of the
civil war in the 1'nited Stales, the,
attempted lo place Archduke Maxi
milian of Atixlria on the throne f a
.Mexican empire.
('apt ins .Mexico Oily
Dinx hurrnssod tlio cnuniv enn
slnnlly ami in .lane, 1SI17, captured
Mexico City with hi forces. On the
le-eslublishtuent of the repuhlic he
wis unsuccessful as a camlidato for
president, lint in IS"" he was elected
to fill the unexpired term of the fugi
tive president, l.erdo. His last ami
eighth iilccliun was in duly, HMO.
To Diaz wan given credit for the
advance of Mexico, although the au
tocratic methods he employed were
widely criticised. lie was forced to
lice Mexico hv the succe-s of the
Mudcio revolution in 1011 and since
then ha- rcidi d abroad.
WASHINGTON', .liils a. No in
tentional violation ot neutrality was
involved in the advertisement of a
('lev eland, ()., machine company re
lating to the mauulacture of poison
ous shells, the department of com
merce, announced today. Its inosti
gatioti showed that the coiuwny in
iuotioii does not manufacture ex-jtlo-ives
of any kind, but moroly
maki'H machines enmlile of umu in the
production of shelU and ammunition.
The dcpartiacnt holds that the con
J'usiDii was 'the result of unfortunate
avoiding ol the adveitisiug.
I.ITTLK HOCIC, Ark , July 2
There are now It 'J ranee of pelegra
on ile r obfrervMtlon in ArkannaH, ac
cording to Dr. W. C. Harrison, state
belth officer, who, with Dr. Joenh
Coldberger. of to V, S. fuoll lioaltk
ervie, who hu tkH ehar of tx
to n bcr outbriiiui havo Wettn re
)Mtrted. Dr. Oarrtoon Mtevw that
not undor ofcvaorvaUon la r
utote distriela will 0mM mm of
BRIDGE WEBBER SI ft RRITISH WIK GERMAN INVADERS RFRMANS WK
10 HAVE EXONERATED J ZTn IN SOUTHERN DISTRICTS GrSwiv
BECKER FROM CRIES rAllVlbllMdIU QF RUSSIAN POLAND; WML" VIM UK!
4. ; lIIUK Ul utn UVliv ItUuulnnu
NKW YORK, July 2. "Ilrld-
glo" Webber, one of the three
self-confessed accomplices In the
plot which k'ONulted In tlio kill-
lag of Herman Rosenthal, the
Kiimbler, linn sold, according to
an attorney, Hint Charles lleek-
er "bail absolutely nothing to do -with
the murder."
A statement to tills effect was
made lodnv by II T. Marshall,
an ntloraey
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K. PASO, Texas, July 2. I'ubll-
cation of tho renoest for thu oxtra.ll-
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lion of fienernl Vlctorlnno Iluertn. ;
made upon Hovomor Korguson of
Toxas, by Fidel Avlla, governor of
Chihuahua, through appointment by
(lenernl Vllln, caused widespread dis
cussion In Mexican circles hero today. ,
American federal and state officials
were silent on tho subject ami Gen
eral Iluertn had nothing to say.
It was understood tho Chihuahua
I
SEEK
EXTRADITION
GENERAL
HUERTA
authorities based thelnr request on a bark six miles away. Tho rrew of
the execution of Abraham Gonzalez, j nine of the schooner was landed at
a former governor of Chlbunhun, I Queenstown.
innlntalng that Iluertn was rcspoiiBl-l The Caucasian was a tank steamer
bio for ordering the execution. (of IfiiiCO tons gross. On her last
Friends of Iluertn maintained HiIh eastern voyage across tho Atlantic
ease was not annlagous to previous she loft Port Arthur May 12 and New
Incidents In which tho treaty rights port News, May 20 for Dartmouth.
have been exercised, arguing Hint
government In Chihuahua is de facto
and has not been given recognition.
46,000 VOLUNTEERS
LONDON', .lulv J. Introducing
the munition lull in the house ot
lords today, Lonl Curon announced
that tho liist week of the campaign
made to speed up the manufacture ot
arias and munitions icsiiltcd in lb"
enrollment of Ili.OOO volunteer inan
ition workers. '
lie was confident, Lord f'urzon
added, "that before (ho end of the
veal the advantages in both men nnd
material would be decisively on the
-nlc ot (heat Itritain and her allien"
E
TOE
WASHINGTON, July '. A gold
vase standing more tliiiu two feet
high, the gift of King norgc to tho
nchUmcu of Anieiiea, wn icceived
at the British emhussy here today
from London and forvvnrdod to the
Pamuna-Paeifie exposition, where it
i to bo one nf the prises in tho
aquatic eontets. It i innerihed:
"Presonted bv King (icorgc V.
Pnnamn-Pacific International Impo
sition Regatta, 101 V
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MUNITIONS
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! llKltLlN. July 2 Tho Ocr- !
Submarines Sink Three Steamers
and Two Sailinq Vessels No Ac
count of Lives Lost Some of Ves
sels Larrjc Sized Undersea War
fare Prosecuted Upon Larqe Scale.
' LONDON. July 2. ITve more llrlt
I Isb vcshoIr, tbreo ol" them Htenmera of
I considerable size, have fallen vletlniH
' to (lei'man submarine warfare. Kvl-
j deuces of the prosecution of thin war
jfaio on a largo ncnle have recently
come to baud with frequency. Ac
i counts of lives lost in the attacks by
.the undersea boats, however, have
been lacking In most instance, thu.
ease ot ine Armenian, now wiueiy
under discussion, being a conspicuous
exception with the stories of her offl-
icers ami crow indicating that tlio cas-
ualtles among thorn were Inflicted
while the steamer vvns In flight after
having been signalled to halt.
'l'l"v,, SHimiM. Two llni-kN
Three llrltlsb Hteamers, the IiikIo-
oopt tJin l,tt(cnHnn ,, t0 We))niry
W(,r toreioeil nnd sunk. Tho cre.ws
0f the Inglomoor and tho Caucasian
wore landed nt Kaliuouth. Tho crew
of the Welbury Is safe.
The Hrltlsb schooner I. C. Tower,
which left Parrsboro, N. S., Juno 1,
for Newport, Knglantl, was sunk off
l'astnet today by a Herman subma
rine. The undersea boat then sank
She wiih .1;r feot long,' 111 feet beam,
and 2S reel deep. She wns built nt
Sunderland In IR!9 and vvns owned
by the Petroleum Steamship com
pany of London.
Steamers History
The limlemoor, according lo tho
latest maritime records, left Hah-
lablanea, Argentina, March .11, bound
for Naples. She was of.-l.iril gross
tons nnd wns built nt Illyth In 1912.
Sbo was 3 list foot long, Til feet benni
mid 27 feot deep. Sbo wns owned
by W. Ilunclinnn & Co., of Loudon.
The steamer Welbury left Kings
ton, Jamaica, May 22, by way of
Matanzns, Cuba, Juno 8, for a port In
the Hnlted Kingdom. Tho Welbury
was of 11591 toim gross nnd was built
at West Hartlepool In 1907. She
was 110 feet long, 18 feet beam and
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CIIICAflO, July '2. Forty-three ol
Chicago's lare,ct lumber nrds and
sixty-live brickiiiakiug plants were
closed today, throwing several thou
sand men out of employment.
The establihiuoiitH will not make
deliveries of any building materials
until the stnke,.of 10,0(111 carpenters
is settled. The eleventh hour deci
ion of the allied buildinw construc
tion ami material interests to con
tinue manufacturing operations, hut
not selling, plnood a more optimistic
n-po t on the lockout Hgnint the enr
pcntci's and other striking building
trades workmen.
sv' H u, 1 sl" . illr war I .. lTt.-"ii Aay-' -. 1 Vim Viri I 1 rs V JtrA Vsff
0RTCC10N", FRIDAY, JULY 2, 1915
llK'tUN. July 2 Tho Oer-
man forces have reached tho
Russian positions at Krasnik, in
the southern district of Russian
f Poland, according to the official
statement Issued today by tho I
Herman army headquarters. Tho ?
t- statement also says that the j
t- Itusslan forces In tho refilon of 1
Zamosz hae been driven back. !
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THAW SAW THINGS
AFTER THE CRIME;
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MAN Oil I,. Inly 'J. Justice lien -
hih-k nun mi; jHiy in- ihiii.v i.
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I haw's sauily trial hud heaid ino-t
of the state's docuuieutarv evideuci
when couit reconvened toduy. Coun
sel for the slnte brought their wit
nesses in the expectation of calling
the first of them this ufteruoon. Po
licemen who arrested Thaw iuinicdi
alely after he shot Stanford While
were ninong those wailing to testify.
After the introduction of fuilher
doeunientnry evidence the slnle cull
ed oh its lir-4 witness James M. Har
retl, a policemun assigned to the ten
derloin police station on the night
Hurry I'huw wns taken there after
the killing of Stanford While. He
gave testimony intended by the stale
to prove that Thaw, while in his cell,
was under a delusion that he heard
the voices of little girls screaming.
''Thnw iiHkeil me I wo or three
times" sniil tho wilness; " 'Where nre
those little girls scrcnimugl' I told
him there were no little girK Some
women had been nrrested nnd one was
shoaling nnd carrying on. I told him
they were women, and he wiid, 'Oh,
no, Ihev aren't; thevYo little gills. I
hear llicia screaming.' He asked me
who was beating and ahuiug Ihem."
ON STATE AFFAIRS
CORNISH, N. II., July 2 -President
Wilson spont most of this fore
noon In his study at Ilarlakomlea
Iioiiho, working on state dopnrtment
uuttterfl and other official business
sent hero from Wnthington.
Tho president read carefully re
ports from tho stato department on
tho Armenian Incident, studied com
niunlcatlonH concerning Mexico, nnd
examined a report from Secretary
Lansing on data laid boforo tho stato
department by a committee of Im
porters protesting against nlleged
llrltlsb Interference with trndo ho
tween tho United Slntos and other
neutral countries. This Information
will bo considered carefully in tho
preparation of tho final draft of tho
nolo to bo sent to Great Hrltnln.
Later President Wilson and Dr.
Cary T. Grayson braved a light ruin
ami walked through tho woods sur
rounding tho president's summer es
tate. It was statod today tho presi
dent expect to remain bore another
week uiiIohh proving buBluoas should
Intervono.
i i r-cji.
Here
POLICEMAN
SAYS
WILSON
WORKS
;Swcei!nfl Advance of Teutonic Force
Continues, Thouyh Russians In
flict Tremendous Losses French
Repulse Effort to Break Lines
Italius Crreplno Into Austria.
LONDON', July 2. -An official
statement given out by the Hritish
ovcimuent thU evening uuiiouuces
the eaptuio of i cilain DciicIicn m (he
Dardanelles operations which com
plcte the capture of thai part of the
Turkish line gained hy the Flench on
Jane 'Jl.
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LONDON, July -,.-The nennniis
hnuuncrinjr away at the French
in the Argoune legion in the an-
!... iii ii..i. in uii-iiuiiip; liiiuiiKii anil
I reaching Verdun. Thu latest French
islaleinent shows a fuither nttempt to
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iwuicii tue ircncii ussert were
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puUcd.
Ill the Mulish capital it is believed
that the Teutonic allies desire first
a decisive victory over tho Russians,
culminating in (he capture of War
saw before sending troops from the
oust front to the west. In the east
the Austro-Oermnns continue their
sweeping ndvnnees.
No Halt in Pursuit
III thu lighting in the oust theie is
no indication even in the Russian nf
liciul statement (hat there is any hull
in the sweep of the Teutonic urniies
northward ami eastward from Lcin-berg-
r'uithcr south, however, the
troops of the (Iruiid Duke Nicholas
liuve made what appears like a deter
mined stand nloiiv the lino of the
(Inilu Lipa river.
Aitslro-dcruuiii accounts tell of
vicloiies even in that Hector of tho
curving eastern front, but tho Hun.
sinus deny (he icvorwoM there were
serious, declining desperalo attacks
were repulsed with xreat hmsos to
(he Teiilonie forces.
To Abandon (allchi
(Icmiun observer believe (lie Rum
sinus are preparing lo abandon (lal
icia, ami nltribiite the desperate
lighting north of llallcx to a desire
to give lime for the preparation of
Mrong defensive positions hevoml Ihc
border. Repoits jroni neutral
sources decline that tho Russians
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WASHINGTON', July 2 Repre
sentation concerning tho mlniRo of
the American Hug by Hiitlub merch
antmen will be Included In tho gen
eral note which tho United State la
tend noon to send to Great Hrltuln,
covering restraint of American oom-
merco In connection with the no-oullod
blockade.
Secretary Lntulug d Inclosed today
that the Investigation being conduct
ed hy tho U. S. govorument into oavos
of alleged mlsiiio of tho American
flug to deceive Gorman submarine
cominandors, bud not been complotod,
but Hint ovldonco In apociflc uuhoh
,-robably would bo called separately
to the attention ot Great Hrltnln,
while the general subject would bo
Included In tho new note.
PROTEST
MIS
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GOVERNOR OF TEXAS
GIVE HUERTA
TO VILLA FORCES
AUSTIN, Texas, July 2. The
governor's offlco declined Ay,
give out any statoment this nf- 4
ternoon In rogard to tho possl-
hie extradition of Vlctorlano
Iluertn to Mexico. The governor
has tho matter under consider-
ntlon.
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SAYS ECCLES TRIED
TO HAVE
LI
OnDF.N, rtah, July '-. (leorge F.
Clibbs, secretory lo the presidency of
Hie Moiiuou church since I HUH, on the
witness slum! toduy in tlio legal bat
tie over the millions of the lute David
F.celes, tinselled Hint in the spring of
1)1110 Kecles admitted to him that Mrs,
Margaret (Icildes was his plin.it wife
nnd that he was the father of her
sou, Albert, now claiming heirship to
lh vast estales.
Mr. Hibbs said KccIoh informed
him Mrs. (leddc had been tried in u
bishop's court at Plain City and was
about to be excommunicated for not
divulging the name of tho child's
fill her. P.cclcs, according to (Hubs,
wanted (libbs to intercede wiih the
president of the church to set tisido
the order of oxcninuiiiiiioution. '
.Mr. F.cclos, a (he (libbs interview,
according lo (he witness, said Mar
garet (leddes vvns u good, pure girl.
"She helougM to me," (lilibs quoted
F.cclos as buying. "I am tho father
of her child and I am going to care
for her. I waul lo know if you can
do anything to release her from her
awkward position. I should likn to
have word sen! lo Hishop Hramwell to
leave Hie girl alone ami regard her
as oilier plural wives nre regarded."
"I told Mr. Fccles," .Mr. Oibbs tort
I i lied, "Hint I could do nothing for
him, iih President Snow was very
firm in Hie enforcement nf the rule
thai there should he no plural inur
uages iclcbr itcd.''
CIIICAflO, .July 2- The rel'iMiI of
Hie Pullman company lo accept a
huge order for railroad cars for Hie
Russian government was explained to
day by a high official of the Pullman
company, according to thu Daily
Nowh.
Tho Russian agent who approached
the Pullman company wanted CiO.OIH)
cars, woilh about .'rt.OOII.OOU. The
Pullman company rejected tho offer
for two reasons, namely, (hat pay
was to ho in Russian notes uml -Ill.tXIII
of tho ears were to he built at a plant
which Hie Pullman company wiih ask
ed lo install in Russia. President
RiiuiielU of the Pullman company de
manded (ash, as he said wua demand
ed of all customers, nnd declined to
build a plant in Russia. The Rus
sian agent whs without discretion in
the mutter. He had his instructions,
could not change tlicm, uml the deal
tell throuub.
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NO. 88
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United States Will Not Hermit hor
nier Dictator to Enter Mexico
From This Country May With
draw Cliaru.cs and Surrender Hu
rrta to Governor of Chihuahua.
WASHINGTON', July 2. -flenernl
Viclonano Hueiin, formerly dictator
end piesidenl of Mexico. whno defi
ance of President Wilson led to the
seizure of Vera Cruz by American
murines uml bluejacket, will not be
permitted to enter Mexico from the
Tinted Slntes at a time when lu
preence would he n fuilher niennee
to the plans of this government lo
restore peace, if Hie federal govern
ment can prevent it.
Determination to keep Iluertn from
crossing the southern border of the
I'nilcd States and Hum complicating
tho present Mexican situation with a
new revolution, renehed the point to
duy where four different ways of do
turning the former Mexican chieftain
were under consideration hy various
departments of the United Stales
government.
May (live II Iih Up
Secretary Lansing in referring to
the receipt of a formal request for
the extradition of Iluertn from the
military authorities of (he state of
Chihuahua, intimated (bat the federal
government could, if it chose, with
draw its present oliiirgon of violating
Americuu neutrality lawv ami sur
render Iluertn to tho Villa comman
der nt Junrez.
Secretary Wilson of Hie depart
ment nf labor has under considera
tion a )i1au for deporting Iluertn to
Spain, under (ho immigration laws
covering llio reliirp, of undesirable
aliens.
flenernl Punstou has orders lb use
the military forces ill his disposal to
prevent Iluertn from crossing the line
while at liberty on bail.
Pear .lumping Itonil
The department of justice is galli
ering evidence for (ho pronoeution of
llueita under federal statute. Un
til Hie hearing mi July 1'-', flenernl
1 1 licit a will he kept from re-entering
Mexico by the joint efforts of agents
of the department of justice and the
troops of the American bonier pa
trol. Fearing that Huorlit might for
feit his bond of $1.1,001) and cross at
some secluded point on the .Mexican
border, officials luivo ordered that u
strict watch be kepi.
Under the siime treaty, if Hie fed
eral government did not press its
charge against Iluertn for violation
of neutrality statutes, Hueiin would
he rearrested and held for forty days
pending the urrivul of evidence. Pree
edculs itablished by the depailmei.t
of justice do not provide for ball in
such cases. .Tlio general expression
wus obtained ill high official quar
ters Unit this course was likely lo be
follow' 1 ami that if the dun-go made
by 11 Villa authnritic-1 were not
sustained, the department of labor
would deport bini I" Spain.
WALTER JOHNSON HASTENS
HOME TO SEE FinST BORN
WASHINGTON, .lulv 2. Walter
Johnson, premier pitcher of the
Americuu Ruselmll league, hurried
home from New Vork lodav to see a
baby born last night. Mrs. Johnson
is u du lighter of Congressman K, V..
Roberts of Nevada.
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