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Minimum today.,,,..... '10
Predictions
Tonight nml Friday,
Fair.
pmly I'mirlMuilli Yw.
l-'oj-1 y-nlii 111 Yvur. . . .
MEDFORD, 01W10N,. THURSDAY, A PHIL 3, 119
no.: 10
RUSHU.S.
-
TROOPSw NORTHERN BUSS
SITUATION
OF ALLIES
IS CRITICAL
England Alarmed Bv Situation In
Northern Russia American
Troops Now On Way British Re
lief to Follow Immedlatetv-t-Allleri
Forres Isolated Bv Ice Fear Bol
V shevlkl Will Attcmnt to Drive Them
. WW WO ODU,
LONDON. April :t,Tho. Hilmilion
in tlio Murmansk region' of northern
ItiiHuin is fivinif I In- British militiirv
authorities considerable nnxielv. An
nouncement wfin uinilti. loilnv lluit
British relief oiimiuitleos will follow
itiimcdiiitclv Hip Ainerioiin troop now
on the vtnv to Norlli Rtihn.
It in Pointed out 'I luil wliiln the nl-
livil IroopH urn isolated Iiv tha ice. the
llnlsheviki n ro likely to ittlempt to
Jrivn them into tl.o sen. The llol
slicviki Iiiivb mipcrior force nml as
their section of tho Dvinu . river
thaws Bonner tluin tho unrt occupied
bv tho allien lliev Imvo un imiinrUint
llllvillltllL'P.
Tlw allien Ihcroforo, lioliovo it is
ttntinl Hint tho troops hu ruliifura
od or relieved nt tho curliest possible
moment.
Oregon Hoy fnptuml -'
NEW'.' .YOKlvV-April 3, Young
Men's Clirixliiin AHoxeiutioii official
todnv identified tho two workcm re
norlcd in vcslerdiivV. dispatches
from An'liHiiL'nl, Ktixwio. to hnvu boon
ruptured bv Bolshevikl; lis llrvunt U.
Hvnlt nml Mnlouliu V. Anivhl. The
spelling of tho milium wns apparently
coiifimcd in onblo transmission. Ky
tilt Im JH von r old ntui liuw hoon in
Russia n year. Hi molhor. Mr. C.
K. Kvnll live nt OhiiUtono. Ore. ,
k 1. 1 ..1.1 I.. .....l.inlrt
, nillVtl -. ...... m...
of tho L'nivoinitv !' Nohrnkii. Ili
imrrnU livo nt Ct'iilnlln. Nob.
PHOSKPHOV. ITirniiic. April 2.
(Bv tho AiMot-inlil from.) "Tho
iilllnM will bo in tho noxilion of l'oll-
tins I'ilulo wiiNhini! hi" hitmlx if tliov
1o not oonio to our roBCiie." wild
ntntemcnt nuxlo to tho AsHooinlod
'rpH todnv hv Simon lVllnrii, mill
tnry nml oivil houd of tho I'krnininn
n'pnhlio. a mini to xoo whom tho cor
roKpondont hnd ioiirnovod for Hourly
two wookn over bridiroh-HH rivorH. on
hIow Irninw, in nntomobiloH, nfoot nml
Jiv wnifon. t
Simon J'olhirn hn hnd iniinv cpi
IIioIb ninilicd to him, of which fow
nrq favorable. llo in. however, iron-
crniiv rounroco n n iiiYmunuiin
fion who ix iihiiiiIIv a fmtilive and
in looked upon n soinethimr betweon
' n Mexican Imndit nnd n Moscow
cenv ot. "Uo m known bv ropumtion
In1 n vnuo wnv lliroiiirhoiit imddio
Knropo nH tho man who unit mmcoon-
cil in boldiiiL' n difficult noHition with
xiirpriNiiiir ImmWtv for tho pant vonr
or hiorti. Ho hnif onioved tho sumo
cIiinh of onflmioft n .loscph I'llsudskl,
tho folinh mllitnrv diclntor., oncoun
Hired, before tho lilt tor boenmo bet
tor known: ' ' '
KING ALBERT PAYS
10
" PAUIS, April 3. King Alhort of
Ttnliriiim cnHod on Cololiol K M,
Tinimo of tho Amorlomi poaco mlBslon
thin morning .for a talk with tho
rnlnnol lioforo tho king "was duo to
pay IPronldont Wilson a vlull In tho
nflernoon, At this visit,' which waB
Hot for 8 o'olook, It had boon nn
houncod that tho lntorosta ot Del
irium "lioforo Hie- ponco conforoos
would bo dlaciiBBod with Prosltlont
Wilson and that King Albort would
prosont n requoBt that Druflsola ho
made tho Boat of tho Loagtio ot Na
tions. , ' '
FUNERAL PIONEER WOMAN
HELD AT CANYONVILLE
rONYONVirXE. Oro.'. . April !).
Tho i'utitVi'iil of Mm. Jnmes MnChiin
was hold hero torinv. Mrs. Aluunin
win nno of tlio liionoors of Oroirou
havimr oroftHod the plnitiH with her
HimmtM nml, Hctllod in MonUm oonn-
tv in 1852. Slio was 71 Vonrs oia
FEDERAL LODGE HOLDS'
IS
LEGALLY AT AN END
.
UHJIBVil.UV Ky April 8,
III lino Willi an Informal
Kiutmmmt tfrom thu bench on
March 24, Federal JiiiIko Wuller
Kvain In un opinion today hatid
oil down a decision finding thai
tho wnr In Kuropo legally Ih lit
un villi ami (lint a plea' Tor a
now Irlul on conviction of vio
lin Init wiir-llmo military regu
lation nflor llio nrmlmlco was
sinned linn no slumling In court.
NO PEACE RESULTS
AFTER LABORING
- FOR TEN DAYS
PA HIS, April :i. PrCKldont Yilou
nnd Premium l.lovd (leorao. Cleinen
cemi nnd Orlando coiitiniicd their din
riiNHion nt PrcHidciit AVilHiin' rei
denco todnv. Other ponco conference
on.'itnir.utiDiiK uIko met,
All the oonferonovK tended to un
ravel tho Inmiled Ikuoii still Klnndine
in Iho wnv of peace.
Tho inoolinirK proceeded nmnl nn
othcr wnvo of iipwhension Hprvml
inir thronuh Iho conl'ercnco over the
luck of nnv lunuihle rcHiiflu utter the
council of four hml Inborcd contin-iion-lv
for 10 iIiivm. :
Thin wan nccompniiicd ' bv ' well
founded roiiortu fnuil IIioho cIoko in
touch wilh the council of four nhow
iliK that the nitimtioit, while not den
periile. wuh nt least neriouH because
of riuliciil dil'fi'rencejt on nomo fnn-
diiiiu.nl nl in the Holtlmiicnt of Uer-
iminv weNlern. tho I rnncorllermnn
and tho cistern Polish fronlicrH. ,
Several member of the -rrenMi
peace (Icietiiiuon nsnijro inc. nun
Unit French idem on the peneo trcntv
nnd other mutter! arc uiunins irrounn
nnd that un nnderstundinir has been
ulinoHt. if not entirely, reiichod. .
Hcirnrdini' the mibioct of tho fin-W
einl dcmamlK to be imposed on Ger
man v. I he Kcho de PnriH KnVB I lie
council of four believe thnt Ocr-
manv will bo able to imv immedintelv
Hix'billion frnncs in monev of viirions
kimls. Deliveries of raw mnteriuls
and mnnufncttired uoods from Oer
niniiv, it sAvs. will rench an iindcter-
miiied sum which some oplimisis es
timate will amount to ill) billion
frillies.
0 AIDE
T.OS ANflELKS. Anril X TliomnB
Lou Woolwine. district nttornev. ol
I. os Aiicclcs count v. issued n sicneu
stnlemont todnv nnnoiiticiiiit that
Horace W. Knrr IinB made n completo
slatoment throwins liuht on the
clinriros of police ernft thnt hnve
Imcn Iho siibiect of n irrnnd iurv in
vostiuiition hero. Knrr was fognorlv
a city hull reporter nnd was reported
lo bo the co between lor Mnvor f . i.
Wniiilinnn. recently indicted, and
those with whom ho is nlloirod to hnve
dealt. , 1 ' ... - . -
ASKS 40 MILLION BOND
ISSUE FOR CALIFORNIA
SACRAMENTO, Calif. , April 3.
flnvemor William I). Stophuns, in -a
special messnuo todnv,' . urueil the
li.L'islaluro to submit a proposed $40.
0(H). 000 bond issuo for hiirhwiivs nl
n sneniul clod ion to bo colled ns soon
nl'tor ndiourument of tho lcciBlaturo
ns poHSible. ' .
Alexander the Great Sails.
. CHICAGO, April 3. Grovcr
Clovclund Aloxnndor, premier pitcher
of. tho National Lcncuo, has Riulod
from Frnnco on tho Hoclmmbonu nnd
is duo to nrrivo in Now. York April
1.4, officials of tho Chicniro Ration
'aid wore ndvised todnv.
' Daniels Arrives In Rome.
'ROME. Anril 2. Joseplms Dnniclp.
rived hero todnv and was met bv
American Ambassador Thoinus Nel
son Piiirn'und Vice Admiral Del
bono. iUilinn minister of murine. .
MAYOR WOODMAN'S
KflRFA Til ASK keturnlu ynks npa w
NOW. innrnrMnrnnr ' SCORN. POSITIONS nniinnrn uiith
iimrmumui: : ; : . ggp HERDERS nuiiuntu mi in
FROM JAPAN W.m SERVICE MEDAL
Delegation at Peace Conference to
Present List of Grievances Sen
timent of People Declared Unanl
, mous Rhine Bank to Be Neutral
Ized Peace Term Bv Easter.
PARIS, April' 3. An appe.it for
the ipilciiemlence of Korea will be
submitted lo the pence conference
beforo Ihn end of the presont week bv
n deleirnlion bonded bv Kinsic K'nio,
representimr the nw Koreun vounir
n'en's socictv. Tho uiipenl u do-
elitrod to rnprcscnt the vehement do
siro of ulmost Iheentiro Korean nn
lion, ns ninn'fcstcd h tlio oresent
widespread passive rcsistnnco. move
met.
The doenment is nccomniin'ed bv
n lone memorandum recitimr tho nl
lived injustice nnd unnomilnritv of
Jupniioso rule nnd the barshness of
Iho measures with wh'cli Jnpiin is de
clured to ho endeavoring to repress
the national movement for-libera,
tion.
PARIS. April n: f Hv the Asso
cintod Press.WTho draftinir coiru
ni'tlce of the lent'iic of nutlons com
mission him finished work but hns
not passed on lb" Krencb amend
ments to articles VK and IX as well
as tho American and Jnpunesa sue-
vesliiins ns Id tho Monroe doctrine
nml the coiinlitv of imfionnlit'cs., It
tt expected that the leuuiio of na
tions comniission will meet on fcutur.
duv to ndont a definite text of the
covnnht. . ' -
The council of fiuir hns virtiinllv
i i .i i: ... :..cai:..m
OC" 11C". IU Minilllli IIIHMlllllui.il
from French sources, thnt the left
bank of the Rhine will ho nciitrnlir.ed
until (lormnnv hns paid the indem
nities fixed bv tho nonce conference.
It is understood that French nnd Bel-
cinn troops will hold this territory.
PARIS. Anril 3. "I hnve nlwnvs
thought, nnd think-morn then ever
toduv. thnt the nence nreliminnrics to
bo imposed- niwn Germany will be
rendv beforo Foster unless somo-
Ihiinr nnoxpeeted nnses. snid Steph
en Picboiw forc'LTi minister,- vester
day. in renlv to nuestioners jl
banniict iriven bv French republican
ioiirnalistR. nceordme to tho Matin.
BAKER SLAPS BACK
AT"
WASHINGTON. April " 3. Com
mentinir.on what ho termed the very
intemperate speech of Senator t.liam
berlain, retirinir chuinmm of tho son
nte military committee, delivered Ins
ninlit nt Nntchex, M'ss., m connec
tion with tho Ansoll-Crowdor court
martini controversy. Secretary tinker
said thnt in three years as secretary
of wnr ho could not recall n simile
instnnco in which ho had received a
helpful sucitestion from Senator
Chamberlain or one which ho had in
tended to bo helpful. '
"I urn pcrlectlv wiHinir.'' the sec
rotary lidded, "to let tho people of
tho country decide botweon what the
war department hns done in throe
vonrs hnd what Sonntor Chambcrhiin
hns sn d in three vonrs." 1 ;
TO.
MIDDLE WEST IS OFF
; C1IICAOO, April 3. Tho rnilroud
iiilnriiiistrution todnv enneollcd the
omlmmo on nil crninslfor nil primary
mnrkots nnd diseontinucd tho permit
system. All contlintinit embnrcoes
id individual roads woro nlso can
celled. Tho mnrkots nffected include
St. Paul nnd Minneapolis, Chicnko,
St. Louis, Knnsns City, Omaha
Council Hluffs' nnd Duluth,
.' Officials "snid tho notion wns due
to tho Improved condition of storneo
fnoilitics, which now pormils roeoipt
of ornm without restriction. .. .
Tho pormit svslom for movotiiont
of export urnin to' scnboiird points
still is in ottcct. Itoinovnl ot tho em
hnivn on Iho movoinent priinnrv
points nl feels points only in tho mid
die wont.
THE DALLK8, Oro.; April's:
Willi tho opening ot spring
work and the advent of tho
lambing season, a shortage of
labor Is being experienced here
and tho local brunch of tho fed-,
oral employment norvlco Is un
able to supply the demand of
local ranchers' for farm help.
A feature of the employment
situation here has' been the. fact
that, while the office was op-'
onod prlmurlly lor tho purpose
of securing employment for re
turning sqldlera and sullors.
prncllcully none ot tbeso have
been wllllug to accept ranch
Jobs. , V ".
ALLS THROUGH SKY
LIGHT; HUBBY HOLDS
t -....
AS
PORTLAND, "April 3. Ray Simp
son, frightened became no tnougm
burglars were attempting to enter
his room In a local lodging house. last
night, climbed out upon the window
lodne with his sultcaso and with sev
eral suits of clothing and pairs ot
shoes In his hands, and fell thru a
skylight Into the apartment of George
Sanford and ' Wife, In an adjoining
building. Sanford mistook the in
truder for a burglar and held Simp
son at the point of a gun until the
police arrived. Simpson went to po
lice headquarters wearing several
hats telescoped on top of each other
and carrying three, pairs ot shoes.
He was released after an lnvestlga
tion. .. .
HEIRESS RUNS OFF
WITH BELL BOY
SAN DIEGO. Calif.. April 3. Miss
Frances II. Gray, n pretty ID'vear
old irirl who.disnppcurcd Xrom a Pas
adena hotel where her parents. Mr.
and Mrs. Gcorse W. Grny of Chieoiro
are spendin? a vacation, was cuut'lu
here today at. tho desk ot the mnr-
liaso license clerk whore she and Jo
seph Cardenas, n bell boy nt the ho
tel, woro about to iret a license. Cnr-
denus. who is 21. is the son of a
wonlthv coffeo merchant of Sun Snl
vndor nnd . onme to. California to
study law was workimr nt the hotel to
help pnv his expenses. lie was con
fident Miss Gray "would stick to him
forever."
ALLOW NO LUNATICS
IN SOVIET POLITICS
COPENHAGEN. 'April 3. The new
covernment in Hunsairv has deluuto
lv nromiilirated a system of irovom
ment bv villniro. town, district' and
county councils and national ns
semblv of councils, a dispatch from
Budapest snvs. The representatives
to the national assembly will bo elect
ed bv the town nnd county councils.
All men hnd women who' have
reached the nno of 18 will bo permit
tod to vote witli the exception of
those who employ wane onrnors for
profit, or who livo on ' unearned in
come or ore merchants, . pr:est9,
monks, common criminals or lunatics
WALSH AND RUSSELL
PLEAD FOR DFBS
' ' '.;-"'.' 7
WASIMNGTONl April 3. Appli
cation for o, respilo proliminnrv to a
petition for pnrdoii for Eucono V.
Debs, the soeinlist lender sentenced
to 10 vonrs' imprisonment for-violation
of the cspionnce net, hns been
received at tho White llonsp nnd will
be referred lo Attorney General Pul
mor. Tho rcnuest is sicned bv Frank
P. Wulsh, Charles Edward Russell
and A Inn Bvnsonl Tho application
for clemency to President Wilson is
Dobs' last uppottli
v
Former Chief of Staff Awarded the
Distinguished - Service Emblem-
Gen. Otani. of Japan. Also Among
i. the Officers Cited Two Civilians
Given Place With War Heroes.
WASHINGTON. April 3. A list of
officers who hnve been nwnrded the
distinguished service medal for ex
oeptiunnl meritorious service during
the wnr. issued bv the war depart
ment today, includes the names of
, ! I..- 1 1 It' I
major uenerms i,couiiru uuu.
HiiL'h L. Scott and John F. Morrison
At the same time the department
announced award of the medul to
General K. Otnni. of the . Japanese
army "for especially meritor otis and
distinguished service as senior allied
commander in Siberin. ;
Among other officers eiven the
medul are: . r
Brigadier Generals Robert ' M.
Dnnl'ord, Oliver Edwards, Frank K.
Ferguson. Charles McK. Saltzman
Archibald II. Sunderland. E. Tveleth
Winslow. Lvtle Brown. John J. Brad
lev: Mujor Generals Williard A. Hoi
brook and Guv - C'arleton : Colonels
James G. Steese. ' Bradlev Dewey.
Robert E. Wvllie. J. R. McAndrews.:
Ieutenant Colonel S. J. M. Anld.
British annv: Colonel E. D. Giles,
British army. . . ' ,
' Two Civilians Honored
Two civilians received the medal
Frank B. Jewett. lute nontenant col
bncl in the si&nul corps, for his ser
vice in connection with the develop
ment of the technical nnpnrntns for
the urlnv. nnd Charles Eiseniun. late
vice president of the committee on
supplies, council of national defense.
for his "enerev: c,oiirnee. business
ability nnd foresinht" in onlistine
American .industry nnd thus mnkine
possible "the proper and prompt
eunipment of our armies with cloth
mir nnd eouippace."
The citation of Maior General Hol-
brook refers to his services on the
Mexican border.
Wood Is Praised
General Wood's decoration wns
based on his service as a depart
ment division and camp commander
din-ne; the wnr. The citation snvs :
'Hie has - displayed, ounlitics of
leadership nnd professionnl attain
ments of a hiirb order in the admin
istration -and trainimr of his various
commands nnd lAis furthered in every
wnv dur nsr the war advanced the
system of officers' trainine- schools."
'Tlpj ' . decsrat'on : eiven- General
Scott mcnt'o'iis the fact thnt ns chief
of-stuff lie, persistently ureed adop
tion of the selective service law nnd
ns commundimr ereneral at Cnmn Dix
he orennized nnd trained the "miscel
laneous ' troops committed ' to bis
core." " ' ' '
PORTLAND, April , 3. Colonel
John M. May, commander ot (he old
Third Oregon regiment, which served
In France as the 162nd Infantry, to
day sent a check for $1000 to Mayor
Baker with a note stating that no
opportunity had presented itself to
use the money for the men under his
command. The money was given to
Colonel. May prior to the departure
of the regiment for France. It was
a part Of the Oregon boys' war emer
gency fund raised thru the staging
of entertainments at the public audi
torium. .'.
RANKER EXPECTS EASY
FIRE FIGHTING 1919
' HOOD RIVER, Ore., April 3.
The forests are In excellent shape tor
fire control, according to V.- M.
Ooopori chief ranger of this district
who passed thru here today enroute
to Mount "Hood from eastern Oregon
where he had been taking a count of
cattle destined for range pasture.
, '"The snowfall since Christmas has
been very heavy in the mountains."
said Cooper, "and the forests are cov
ered, with a blanket that will last
well along In the summer." ,
CANADIANS LAY OUT
9-HOLE GOLF COURSE
UPON VIMY RIDGE
WINNIPEG, Man., April 3.
Canadians have laid out a nine-
hole golf course on Vlmy ridge,
according to a letter Just re-
celved from a Canadian officer
In France. He said that Presl-
dent Wilson probably will be In-
vited to play the first "official"
game;, '
Vlmy ridge was captured by
Canadian troops after fearful
fighting and it Is understood
that France will probably pre-
sent the ridge to the dominion
as a war memorial. , ,
ALLIES PERMIT
TO OT REDS
COBLEXZ. April 3. (Bv the As
sociuted Press.) German troops op
posite the Coblenz bridgehead began
movine early Thursday . toward
Frankfort where a Spartncan revolt
has been causing disorder. . ... V
Before entering Frankfort, which
is in the neutral zone beyond the
French bridgehead based on Mnv-
ence, the German military authorities
had to obtain permission from the
French Tenth army.
' According to information reaching
American hendquurtcrs here the
trouble in JTrankfort became serious
Tuesday. The workmen 'formed
groups in the streets and eventually
a mob of more than 10.000 began
parading through the streets. Thg
mob stormed n large warehouse nnd
the members helped themselves to the
food stored there.
Street fighting folowed an nttempt
by the locnl authorities to gain con
trol of the situation. Tho Geminn
troops opposite the American bridge
head were then called on'for'belp.
LENINE ADVISOR TO
HUNGARIAN LEADER
BUDAPEST. Via Vienna. March
30. (By thq Asoscinted Press.)
Budapest is orderly and the govern
ment is putting, forth everv effort
to stabilize conditions. ?
Beln Kun. foreign minister, re
ceives hundreds of telegrams of an
official nature everv day. among
them being messages from Nikolai
Leninc, Russian Bolshevik premier.
Kun, who wns formclv n secretary
of Lenine. is most anxious to deny
reports relative to the communization
of .women m Hungary, which he de
clares to bo "preposterous." He also
denies rumors of assassinations nnd
disorders.
Of the 24 members of the govern
ment, 19 are Jews.
L'
BACKS STEEL TRUST
WASHINGTON'. April 3. Chair
man Peek of the industrial board
made n statement today emphasizing
thnt the question of steel prices will
not be reopened as .a result of the
failure of Director General Hines to
accept for the railroad administra
te the npproved schedule. He said
the boards agreement with the in
dustrv would remain' unchanged and
that in further.conferences nn effort
would be made to bring about the co
operation of the railroad admiuistriv
tion. :.- . ,
H0QUIAM LUMBER MILL
VICTIM OF FIRE BUGS
TACOMA. Wash.. - April 3. Fire
believed to be of .incendiary origin
burned the $100,000 plant of the Ho-
allium Sash and ; Door compnnv nt
Montesnno,. Inst night, according to
word thnt reach Tncoma today. The
watchman was in the boilerroom
whon. ho hoard nn explosion. Ho
rushed up into the null nnd found it
blazing. Tlio destruction of. thn
plant Was totul.
REVOLUTION
IS STARTED
General Blanquet Announces Safe
Arrival After r Danaerous Trip
Will Join Diaz Forces Mexican
Gunboats Eluded "Will Meet You
In Mexico or Eternity" Is Partinq
; Word Old Federal Army Officers
Join New Revolt. : , .
NEW YORK, April 3. General
Aurelo Blanquet, Mexican minister of
war during the' administration of
President Vlctorlano Huerta, and de
scribed as second In command to
General Felix Diaz, recently reported
as having undertaken a revolutionary
movement against President . Car
ranza, has arrived safely In Mexico,
"after a very dangerous trip," accor
ding to an announcement made here
today by Roberto Gayon,' his secre
tary. -.
.The purpose of General Blanquet's
return, Mr. Gayon said, was to re
organize the Diaz forces, overthrow
the Carranza government, re-establish
the constitution of 1S57 which
he says was repudiated by Carranza,
and revoke the alleged confiscatory .
decrees of the present government. -(Blanquet
was accompanied by pen.
eral Juan : Montano, -chief; of staff;.'
General Enrique Gonzales, chlof of
artillery; Colonel Francisco Traslo
sheros. Judge advocate; ' Colonel
Louis Acosta, Captain . Guillermo
Rosas, and two other 'Mexican offi
cers of the old federal army, accord
ing in rTnvnn '. . '
Acting Secretary of State Frank
Polk has been advised of General
Blanquet's safe arrival and the pur
pose of his visit.' .
, Kluded Gunboat ; .
General Blanquet and the members
of his party sailed from a port In the
West Indles-for Mexico March 14, on
the motir sloop LaProvidencIa and
successfully eluded the 'Mexican gun
boat Zaragosa and two smaller patrol
boats which they learned had been
sent out to apprehend them, Mr.
Gayon stated. They party landed at
a desolate point on the coast of Vera -Cruz
and were met by the forces of :
General Diaz and escorted , to - his
headquarters at Tepathlaxco.
Has 40.0OO Troops .
General Blan4uet, who has been
living lh New York with his family
for the last four years, sailed for ;
Havana, Cuba, from this port Jan
uary S. Gayon said that he under
stands that the motor sloop which
registers less than 100 tons, also car
ried some munitions, but that they .
were not obtained in this country. '
General Diaz, according to Gayon,'
has 40.000 troops scattered thruout
15 of the 27 states of Mexico. Of
these, he said, 7500 were In Vera .
Cruz, Including 1S00 men at the
headquarters in Tepatlaxco. : Severn!
officers In the old federal army aro
reported to'have crossed over to the
Diaz forces. General Candido Agui
lar, son-in-law of President Carranza
and a former secretary of state in
bis cabinet, Is said to be leading' tho
government forces against Diaz in
the Vera Cruz district.
In Mexico or Eternity
General Blanquet, Gayon explain
ed, Intends to remain in Mexico until
the revolution is successful or the
Diaz forces ere overcome. "I will
se yoil In Mexico or In eternity,"
were the general's last ,j words . to
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TAKES T. R.S COGNOMEN
' 'ADDIS ABEBA, Abyssimn, April
2. A grandson of King Johannes II.
who died in 1889, hns revolted ami
declared himself king undor the name
of Theodore. The government, has
sent out a punitivo expedition to put
down the rebellion. : ,
Governor Te.ion of Dodinzmncli
nlso has revolted against the govern
ment. . , .
The government onriounces that, it
will send n mission to Paris to nppiv
for the admission of Abyssiunia to
the lengue of nations.
There has been more or less disor
der in Abyssinia since the death of
tho famous Emperor Mcuelik m 1U13,