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FEDERAL TROOPS
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President Read Riot Act and
Sends U." S. Cavalry to
Enforce It
DISTURBERS TOLD
TO LAY DOWN ARMS
Both Mine Owners and Strik-
ers Sought Troops to Set-
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tie Labor War.
Washington, AprilSS. Following a
prolonged conference with Secretary of
War Garrison, 1 President Wilson this
afternoon ordered Bix troops of United
Htates cavalary from Fort Russell,
Cheyenne, into tho Colorado mine.
Btrike zone to Testnre order.
At tho same time that the troops ar
rive a proclamation which has already
been telegraphed to Colorado will be
published, calling upon all disturbers to
lay down their arms and go home.
It will be in effect a Tending of the
riot act by the federal government
and the cavalry will be sent to enforce
it. '
Private Secretary Tumulty an
nounced in the president's behalf that
"United States soldiers were not ordered
to Colorado until both Colorado sen
ators, tho state's entire congressional
delegation and both mine owners and
strikers had asked it.
Tho chief executive's telegram to
Governor Amnions was asfollows;
"In response to your telegram
describing the situation of domestic
violence in your state, which you in
form me has passed beyond tho ability
of tho state to control, and conveying
your request to me to dispatch fedral
troops, pursuant to section four, arti
cle four in the constitution of the Uni
ted States, I beg leave to advise you
that section four of the constitution
provides that the United States shall
protect such states on application of
the legislature of of the executive when
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THE FLORIDA IS THE FLAGSHIP OF BEAR ADMIRAL FRANK F.
FLETCHER, IN COMMAND OF THE FIRST DIVISION OF THE ATLAN
TIC FLEET NOW AT TAMPICO. PICTURE NO. 1 SHOWS SOME OF THE
BIO GUNS OF THE FLORIDA. PICTURE NO. 2 SHOWS A VIEW OF THE .
TAMPICO WATER FRONT.
' Admiral Mayo reported today that
Tampico federal were making over
tures to the constitutionalists there
. deopite the fact that fightiag was in
progress.
. Major Clark at the head of a detach
ment of marines from the British
cruiser Hermioaa has-gone to Orange
HilL forty milea from Tampico, to get
a nnmber" of Americas refugees S
retary of the Navy Daniel defended
LOSES HER LIFE IN FIRE
PRETTY PORTLAND GIRL BLIND
ED BY SMOKE HUDDLES UP IN
BLANKET TO DIB.
Portland, Or., April' 28. Stunned by
.fall,, blinded by smoke, confused and
dazed with' fright, pretty Leone Preu
itt, a lS-year.-okl shop girl, employed
in a local 10-c'ent store, was suffocated
in a fire that gutted her mother's
rooming house at 235 Twelfth street
early today.
Others in the house, including the
girl's mother and younger brother,
reached the street in safety, but little
Leone was not able to get out of her
room on the second story. Dense smoke
and flames cut off the narrow wooden
stairway from rec.ers and the fire
men reached her too late.
.'. Folded in a blanket, she was found
huddled on tho floor between her bed
and. the wall of the room. The body
was so hot that firemen were unable
to to'ich it. Her face and hands were
horribly burned while a bruite on her
head loads to the belief that she struck
tho wall in the dark and was stunned
bo an to be able to find the door of
her chamber. She was rushed to the
Gooil Samaritan hospital in hope of
resuscitation.
A passerby, whose identity is un
known, discovered the fire. The loss
to the rooming housj is nominal.
ODDS Or 10 TO 4
FAVOR WELSH OVER CEOSS
Los Angeles, Cal., April 23. Freddie
Wolsh and Leach Cross will meet at
Vernon tonight in a Beheduled 20-round
bout for the privilege of boxing Willie
Ritchie for .the lightweight title July
4 if Ritchie -will niaKe the match.
Welsh was favored today by the bet
tors to the extent of 10 to 4. Some
Cross money apieared but the Welsh
admirers backed the 'price from 2 to 1
during tho afternoon. The figure was
expected to prevail at ringside.
Although the men had agreed to
weigh -135 pounds at the ringside,
Welsh waived his weight rights at
noon when they met for an examina
tion by tho club's physicians. They
weighed in at tho doctor's office, CroBs
being1 a shade ov the 135 pound
mark and Welsh '
The Bky was cloudy late today, and
a cool wind blew, but fair weather was
predicted for tonight. Advance sales
indicated a good-sized crowd.
The first preliminary was carded
for 8 o'clock. Welsh and Cross were
to be taken over by Referee Eyton at
0:15 o'clock.
Scenes in Tampico
V Imind Mayo's failure to land marines
and the acceptance of the offer of the
commander of the Hermione to send
British marines to Orange Hill for the
refugees.
- Other dispatches ' Secretary Bryan
said the railroad- from. Vera. Crna to
Mexico City was. bng destroyed by
Mexican federals; It was said that the
ties wr betag ' burned, and. the rails
loaded on. ear ad hauled, away.. . -
CAPTAIN GIBBONS,. .
COMMANDING UTAH.
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The battleship Utah of the Atlantic
fleet Is a first line battleship of twenty
six guns, commanded by Captain Jolin
H. Gibbons.
R. 1 TROOPS AS
THEY ARE LANDED
General Funston's Men Or
dered Ashore at Vera Cruz
to Relieve Marines.
AMERICANS IN CITY
Of MEXICO SAFE
"Snipping" Has Ceased and
Good Order Prevails in
Captured City.
Arcra Cruz, April 28. General Funs
ton's transports entered tho inner
harbor here today. The Amoricans on
shore naturally cheered thorn. What
was more significant was that a
crowd of about 1,000 Mexicans also
cheered enthusiastically. As the ships
entered, an aeroplane ascended from
the Mississippi's deck and circled the
harbor.
Funston's feroops were ordered,, to
laud from their transports outside
tho harbor here to relieve the blue
jackets on shore duty. Funston and
Admiral Badger were in wireless com
munication last night and all details
of the landing were arrangodv It was
exjiected it would be begun at noon,
and as soon as the soldiers were
ashore, it was siad, the jaekies woujd
be recalled aboard ship. The marines,
however, were scheduled to remain In
the city. ? I
Aviator Bellinger made an - ascent
during, the night to locate General
Maas forces and reported about 1,000
of them east of Soledad. On the
strength of this news the American
outposts were reinforced, though it
was still thought unlikely an attack
would be made under the very muzzles
of the big "guns on the fleet in the
harbor.
12,000 Anns Surrendered.
Mexicans of Vera Cruz had sur
rendered 12,000 firearms up to today
and 133,000 rounds of ammunition.
"Sniping" had ceased and excellent
order prevailed.
The Mexicans appeared deeply im
pressed yesterday aftornon by the
ceremonies which attended the hoist
ing of the stars and stripes over
Admiral Fletcher's shore headquarters.
President . Morcom of the British
owned railroad terminal company here
comjplained to Admiral Crfiddock, Eng
land's naval commander in Mexican
waters, that 'la-ft . night Admiral
Fletcher seized the rompany's piers',
yards and buildings despite the fact
that the Union Jack was JJloJtintf
over them.
Investigation proved that Fletcher
considered control of the property
necesiry to resumption of business
activity and would have rented it if
the management bad not insisted on
an exorbitant price. Finally the
admiral took possession under martial
law.
Craddock merely advised Morcom to
communicate with the London foreign
office. It was said that he did so and
I was answered that Fletcher acted
within his rights.
Mot Eeftigeea Arrive.
. A tr.iinload of Mexican refugees
left today for Tejaria, where it will
meet a trainioad of Americans from
Mexico City. There tlie nationalities
will, be- exchanged, tha. Mexicans go
ins on to the capital ami. the Ameri
cana finishing their trip to Vera
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CHEER
Situation in Strike
District in Brief
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President . Wilsin today ordered six
troops of federal tavalry into ths Colo
rado coal fiends to stop the warfare
between militia a ad" mine guards and
striking miners. ,
The eaief executive asked Governor
Amnions t withdraw the militia as
soon, as the regulars arrive.
A proclamation by the president was
tolegraphed t Colorado calling on the
combatants to lay down their arms and
go home.
President Wilson, through Chairman
Foster of the house committee on min
ing, voiced, a personal plea to John D.
Rockefeller to .end the strike through
arbitration.
Rockefeller flatly rejected all offers
of arbitration, bnt Foster was expeeted
to confer with J, C. Osgood, another
of the largest .' Colorsdo mine owners,
before returning to Washington.
President Wilson and Secretary of
War Garrison were conferring today
regarding the advisability of sending
federal troops into Colorado.
Louisville, tafayctte and Marshall,
three towns in the northern Colorado
coal fields, reported attacked by min
ers with machiue guns. Telephone com
munication with all three towns was in
terrupted. Present activity of the miners fol
lows a clash between militiamen and
strikers at Ludlow, in which 35 persons,
mostly women and children, were kill
ed. The strikers captured the McNally
mine near Walseuburg; seven wero re
ported dead.
A battle was reported in progress at
the Hecla mine, near Boulder.
Two hundred militinmen, commanded
by Adjutant Genernl Chase, are en
camped at Ludlow, fifteen miles north
of Trinidad.
The strikers are erecting a new tent
colony at Ludlow under the supervis
ion of "Mother" Jones, the famous
woman strike leader.
Governor Amnions wirod President
Wilson. Baking that a . committee of
army officers from Fort Logan be sent
to investigate the Ludlow situation.
MAYO IS UPHELD
, IN TAMPICO ACTION
DEPARTMENT Sya THAT LAND
ING OF MABlS'kd WOULD HAVE
CAUSED TROUBLE,., 1,s,
Washington,' April 28, In answer to
complaints by refugees that Admiral
Mayo did not exert himself as he
should to protect Americans at Tam
pico, the navy department issued an
explanation this afternoon to the ef
fect that the admiral was axmired on
good authority that landing of United
States marines would be calculated to
cause rather than prevent trouble.
' Americans on shore, it was stated,
themselves asked that the ships be
temporarily withdrawn and Admiral
Badger acceded to thoir request. The
captain of the British cruiser off the
port, however, offered to take off all
Americans who wished to leave, and
Mayo considered this tho best way of
conserving American interests.
"The result," it was added in the
department's explanation, "justified
the action taken."
PRESIDENT SILEUT AS
TO MEXICAN SITUATION
Washington, April 28. President
Wilson and his advisers were extreme
ly reticieut concerning the Mexican
situation this afternoon. There was a
cabinet session and" it was known it
was decided to hold the army anil
na-y ready for eventualities but no
further particulars were mad) public.
The general impression was that the
administration considered the next
move was the mediators'.
700 DEPUTIES SWOBN IN.
Denver, April 28. Seven hundred
deputies were sworn in at Boulder
this afternoon and started for Louis
ville to rescue fiheriff Buster and
County Attorney Martin, reported im
prisoned Hy striking miners in the
ill eel a stockade. There was an un
confirmed rumor that Buster was
wounded.
Baldwin detective? , a rested
t:rv William Hicket of the
Wrn.
WUI,1W.
state
federation of labor and President-John
Carter of the MArsiiall miners local
in. the outskirts of Denver on their
way with an automobile loal of am-,
munition, it was charged, for the
northern - Colorado gtrikej-s. .
Sample Ballots Beady.
Sample ballots on which are printed
the names of the candidates for nomination-for
the various state and county
offices at tiio primaries on May 15,
may eh had at the county clerk's of
fice. There are 73 precincts in Marion
county and the ballots for each pre
cinct are slightly different.
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The Weather,
Fair tonight
and Wednesday;
light frosts west,
heavy frost
east
portion
tonight;
variable winds,
mostly . northerly.
CAPTAIN RODGERS
COMMANDS DELAWARE.
Photo by American Press Association. -The
Delaware, which Captain Wil
liam I Bodgera commands under. Rear
Admiral Fletcher, has twenty-fovr
guns and Is a battleship of the first
line. She Is of 20.000 tons.
234 MINERS DIE
WHEN
Fire Follows and Adds Terror
to Disaster at New Rivers
Colleriet.
MN ARE ENTRAPPED
IN BLAZING SHAFTS
Rescue Parties Hurried to the
Scene of Catastrophe to
Save Lives.
Bovkley, W. Va., April 28. Two
hundred and forty miners were en
tombed by an explosion this after
noon which wrecked tho shafts of the
New Kiver Collicrios company at Ec
clcs, near here The explosion oc
curred at 2:30 o'clock. It is feared
that the loss life will be heavy.
Latost reports indicate tin at least
234 men wore working in the mino
when the explosion occurred. A tele
phono messago from Kccles said all
wore beilievcd dead.
Fire broke out immediately after
the explosion at tho entrance to. tho
number five shaft. About 1!57 men
were trapped horo, and about 74 in
number 0 slutft.
Roscuo parties wero enrouto to Ec
cles this afternoon from both BIuo
fictte and Fairmont. Tho New Kiver
company is owned by tho Guggcnhoiins
of Colorado.
Reports Confirmed.
Pittsburg, Pa., April 28. Tho bur
eau of mines this afternoon partially
confirmed the news of the Eccles dis
aster. It was said the burcwi officials
at Fairmont, W. Va., had asked for a
rescue car and crew, and am apparent
ly accurate report later estimated tho
dead at 231.
THINGS THAT ABE EATEN
BY SOME OREGON BIRDS
Oregon Agricultural College, Corval
lis, Ore., April 28. Only two kinds of
birds destroy cherry blossoms so far as
observed by l'rofeosor (leorgo Hykee,
of the Agricultural College, during a
seven-day investiufcit'on, Theoe are tho
t.
I wrjiitf-iini:u mm vuu x.uiiru
sparrow,
"For seven days," says Profesnor
flvLou ' oim.v W,rA tl.nt . ttrn a hah in I
a chorry tree was put under inspec
tion. In only two cases was thero any
room for suspicion. To confirm tins
evidence some of tho lrirds wore shot
and their stoinficbs examined. The
birds killnd and the contents of their
stomachs wore as follows:
Seven California purple-finches, cher
ry blossoms 100 por cent; one of the
same, 4 legs of CarahiiL
One Knglish sparrow,- cherry blos
soms 100 per cent.
One pine siskin, 36 rag weed seeds,
8- conifer seeds, awl grit 20 per cent.
One blue bird, beetle fragments 1001
per cent. ...
One flicker, wood boring terniits, 50
per cent, black ants.
One Oregon towce, beetles 50 per
cent, one clover seed, tonsb, grit.
"It is thus seen that several birds
have been wrongly accused. Robins,
bluebirds, goldfinches, pine siskins and
other extremely beneficial birds nave
been shot. It seems almost proverbial
that man never knows his own luck
Bebl in Conference.
Chihnahon. City,- Mr., April 28.
Generals Carranza,. Villa and Angeles
were In conference here today. Villa
and Angeles arrived in Chihuahua City
last evening.
EXPLOSIO
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MAY GO AS CAMP COOK
WEST MAT BE A TROOPER, TEAM
STER, OB EVEN LIEUTENANT
COLONEL.
"Having noticed that several of the
newspapers have been' kind enough to
announce my selection as lieutenant-
colonel of the proposed cavalry . regi-
met," said Governor West this morn
ing, "I wish to say that so suggestion
in this 'direction, has ever come from
me. It is true that I am deeply inter
ested in bringing about the organiza
tion of the proposed regiment and ex
pect to go to the front with it if
tropos are called. I cannot say at this
time In what capacity I will go. It
may be as trooper, teamster, or per
haps camp cook. Should anything bet
ter come my way It can come only at
the hands of the officers and men who
will largely have control of such mat
ters. .
" We hope to see a large majority of
the officers, men who have seen ser
vice in the regular srmy or aa volun
teers during ' the Spanish-American
war. By having experienced officers
well scattered throughout the regiment
it is bound to work to tha benefit of
the less-experienced officers and mon
and make for a high standard of effi
ciency as far as the entire regiment U
concerned."
HUERTA WILL NEVER
RESIGN SAYS EDITOR
DICTATOR SATB REAL WAR WILL
BEGIN WHEN AMERICANS IN
VADE INTERIOR.
Vera Cru, Mex., April 28. "Huorta
will never resign, regardless of the
United States' throats," said the edit
or of FA Iinparcial of Mexico City to
doy. Tho editor arrived here this after
noon in his paper's interests. Ho in
terviewed Huorta Saturday night. Ho
quoted tho dictator as saying: "If you
call this war, wait uatil tho Americans
invade the interior, as eventually they
must."
Oeneral Velasco, said tho editor,
had reached the capital, He declared
he was only beaten at Torrcon becauso
his ammunition v,ri-'''?-auBted.
General Mrtnrl(urly was retreating
toward the capital, destroying the rail
road as he went. He promised to re
lease the 85 prisoners, mostly Ameri
cans, held at Cordova.
One Cf the uiicortainitlcs who will
be governor.
Heads of War Council Withdraw
Order to Save Defeat of Policy
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THE ABOVE PICTURES SHOW A TYPE OF BRITISH INFANTRY
SERVING IN IRELAND. KINO GEORGE (ON LEFT) AND PREMIER
ASQOTTH, WHO TOOK OVER THE CONTROL OF THE WAR OFFICE
AFTER THE RECENT TR-iLE IN ULSTER. '
London, April 28. That English
army officers had balked again when
called on to serve against the orange
men in Ulster was assorted today by
the London Evening News.
: A report was current Sunday that
when tho .gpvemmeut learned of a
clandestine landing by anti-home rulers
of 60,000 contraband rifles on the
RECEtiT WAR CLOUD
ISU1IGH
PEACEFUL SKIES
Huerta Sends in Official : Ac
ceptance of .Offer to Medi
ate Controversy
FEW DAYS TO LAPSE
BEFORE MEDIATION
Carranza May Join Huerta If
He Breaks ! with Rebel -General
Villa
Washington, April 28. The Mexi
can situation seemed to be clearing
today.
No definite progress had been made
with peace plans. On the other hand,
war preparations went forward unin
terruptedly. Yet there was a change
in the atmosphere.
It was known definitely that the
Washington administration bad de
tided war would be unpopular and,
meant' to do everything possible to
avoids it. President Huerta. was be
iioved to bo grabbing eagerly alt the
chance to extricate himself from a
desperate situation by the compara
tively dignified means of accepting
mediation.
lfis formal acceptauce was handed to
Secretary of State Bryan in the course
of t,he forenoon by the Sanish am
bassador in Washington. The Wilson
administration had already accepted.
Argentina's, Brazil's and Chile's
diplomatic representatives, the medi
ators, hold themselves in readiness to
Mfc'eive (proposals from Mexico "City
aud Washington. As soon as they re
coivad they they said they would got
immediately down to the business of
effecting a settlement.
SllghtTDelay Necessary.
lu any event, it wa"s said several
days wero expected to elapse befote
there would be definite developments,
and in the meantime war preparations
wore going forward as briskly aa
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Irish north coast, three regiments
were ordered to Ulster to prevent the
weapons' distribution. The govern
ment issued an official denial of thia
report Monday. .
According to the News the order
really was issued but the officers re
fused to go and. the purpose of the
denial was to conceal the administra
tion's defeat. f j