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LEADERS YIELD TO THE PRESI
DENT'S DEMANDS AND
GO TO WORK,.
Washington, June 16.-WVith Presi
dent Wilson insisting upon the enact
ment of the full program of anti-trust
leglslation at the present session and
the fall campaigns calling lustily for
active work, democratic leaders in the
senate began preparations today to
put through the trust legislation aind
get away from Washington late in
July.
There is every prospect that the
senate will pass all the annual ap
.propriation bills by the end of June.
As anl evidence of the speed it can
put on when it desires, the senate to
day put through the diplomatic and
the pension bills, and got well along
in consideration of the Indian bill.
After the Indian bill is finished only
the sundry civil and rivers and har
bors bills must be passed.
In order to give the committees
handling trust bills more time for
work, the senate agreed tonight to
meet hereafter until further notice at
noon instead of 11 o'clock~
HELENA FOl(S CAUlHT
BY SIX CLEVER FAKERS
Helena, June 16.-(Special.)-Three
pretty misses who smiled upon the
business men of Helena, and three
good looking young men who smiled
upon their wives, reaped a rich har
vest in Helena yesterday, according to
complaints made to Chief of Police,
Flannery. The sextette worked inde
pendently, but each used the same
plea. Each was in a circulation-vot
ing contest for California papers, the
winner of which would be sent to col
lege. Fifty cents was the price of a
vote. The town was scoured and
hundreds of dollars obtained, it is re
ported.
SWATEk-POWER BILL
REPORTED IN HOUSE
Washington June 16.-Urged for
immediate passage to curb a giant
combination of. electric interests, the I
bi for the development of water
power in connection with the use of
publica domain, one of the measures on
thei democratic program for conversa
tion legislation, was reported to the
mouse today from the public lands n
HERE'S MAN WHO
WOULD JAIL BRYAN
CONGRESSMAN FRED A. BRITTEN.
Congressman Fred A. Britten of
Chicago is the man who introduced a
bill in the lower house of congress
the other day providing a jail term
for cabinet members who go out on
t Chautauqua circuits and make speech
ea for pay. Britten, who is a repub
lican, admits that his bill was intro
duced to prevent Secretary Bryan
from giving Chautauqua lectures this
summer.
TWO NOMINATIONS
FOR CONGRESS
FILED
Helena, June 16.--(Special.)-
r Nominating petilions of Congress
man J. 11. Evans and Congrc-ssman
Tom Stout for the congressional
nominations on the democratic
ticket, have been filed with Secre
tary of State A. M. Alderson. John
A. Lovelace of Livingston, candi
date for the democratic nomination
of railroad commissioner, has also
j filed his nomination.
committee by Representative Graham
of Illinois.
The measure, the report explained,
would preserve to the people owner
ship of all public lands available for
hydro-electrie purposes and provide
for their' long leasing, and would in
augurate an era of activity and prog
ress in the development of water
power possibilities.
COLONEL EScRtES
HIS BRAZILIAN
RIVER
GREAT AUDIENCE IN LONDON
LISTENS TO A ROOSE
VELT LECTURE.
London, June 16.-Theodore Roose
velt appeared before the Royal Geo
graphical society tonight to tell the
membCIIIers and many of the most con
spicuous men in London's public life
how he put on the map the "Duvida
river" of Brazil.
The society's theater in Burlington
gardens wins lpacked to suffocation.
Those anxious to hear the ex-presi
dent would easily have *ed the larg
est hall in London, but he preferred a
snmall auditorium, where an intimate
talk would be possible. The result
was that many who had some a long
distance was unable to get In.
Large forces of police were on hand
to shield Mr. Roosevelt against a pos
sible suffragette attack.
The heartiest applause greeted his
appearance on the stage. Douglas
Wiggin 1"reshfield, president of the
society; Prince Louis of Battenherg,
Sir E'dward Grey, secretary of state for
foreign affairs; Earl Grey, ex-gov
ernor general ofl Canada; Lord Bryce,
Earl (:urzon, and the American ambas
sador Walter Hines Page, were seated
on thei platform. The lecture was
nlminly a repetition of that delivered
at Washington in May. He suggested
that the Royal Geographucal society
send a man to survey the river, and
promises all assistance from himself
and the Brazilian government.
DEATH TOLL EIGHT
IN STORM
PARIS HAS FOUND THAT MANY
AND EIG+HT MORE ARE
MISSING.
Paris, June 16.-The death toll from
yesterday's tempest stands at eight
tonight. Eight other persons have
disappeared as far as is known, and
70 were injured through the collapse
of sections of the Paris streets. One
of the finest quarters of Paris can
hardly be recognized, so extensive was
the wreckage caused by the storm.
Police, firemen, soldiers and labor
ers are clearing away the debris in
search of bodies, and the work is slow.
Three additional cave-ins occurred
today at the Rue Gluck, the Place de
Rome, in front of the SaintLazare sta
tion and at the Place d'ena. At Troys
lightning struck a military tent, kill
ing a soldier and injuring several
others,
MONTANA DELEGATION IN CONGRESS
DISCUSSES THE SITUATION IN BUTTE
Washington, June l6.-(Special.)-.Senator Myers and Representatives
Evans and Stout called at the WThitte House today to confer with the
president regarding the situation in Butte, but because the cabinet was
in'season, the president could not see them and arranged to meet them
tpomorrqqo- morning. Senatoix Myers received a telegram today from Gov
ernor Stewart, advising that conditions are improving and he thought it
would not be necessary to ask the president to call out the federal
troops. However, he wished the delegation to advise the president con
cerning the small number of Montana militia available for duty and to
assure him if he should cullt for troops, it would he because the situation
could not be handled by the present force. Senator Myers said: '1 shall
assure the president that Governor Stewart will use all means at, his
command to maintain order and, it a call should i e made by'him for
troops, it should he granted. There are no federal troops in Montana,
and in vew of the necessity for quick action, should federal troops he
re.qured,, the Montana delegation will suggest to the president the advis
ability of having a portion of the g:artisonl formerly stationed a;t ,lissoula
returned to that post."
Officials A ffirm
Butte's All Right
Governor Stewart Makes a
Statement Regarding the
Call for Troops and the
Order to the State Militia.
Helena, June If;. (8peeial.)--t- v
ernor S. V. Stewart, upon his return
from Butte today, gae\. out the fol
lowing interview:
"I gave orders for the militia to he
in readiness and I telegraphed Presi
dent Wilson requtesting that troops
he sent either to Fort Harrison or
Fort Missoula, so, if the need does
arise, the federals can be put into
Butte along with the militia.
"Everything was quiet In Butte
when I left. The stranger passing
through would nit realize there has
been any trouble there. I hope the
calmness will continue. I believe it
will, but at the same time 1 feel that
contingencies should be guarded
against.
"It is not the danger to the prop
erty o~ the mining companies that I
fear, if rioting occnrs, but to the
property of individuals and stores and
to the general public. If trouble conies
damage will he done in the heart of
the city. There is no disposition on
the part of either faction to interfere
with the mines. Neither the mines
nor the Illne owners are in any way
involved in (tlh present sit nation, and
both elements among the ininers are
desirous of retaining the good will of
the employers,"
Referring to the dispatches from
Bozeman and Billings, Adjutant Gen
eral Phil (treenan said: "uGovernor
Ftewart directed me to hold the troops
in readiness, and I thought it wise to
have the companies assembled at
the armories."
INSURGENTS ISSUE
THEIR STATEMENT
Butte, June 16.-(Special.)--ln re
ply to a statement issued by John C.
Lowney, presenting the Western Fed
eration side of the labor altercation,
the following statement was issued
tonight by members of the executlive
committee of the new miners' organi
zation:
"('ing to iertain unwarranted land
untruthful liatements which Ihar\
been gi\ven in the Butte press by
Exectijl\v' lHoard Member Lowney, we
deem it advisable and a. duty which
we Owe tmhe miners and the general
public to correct the erroneous im
pressiols t herein concerning the
events which have transpired in lln
ers' union affairs in Butte during *he
pest week.
"For two years past the affairs of
the local miners' union have been con
ducted in i mnllliner which, when con
templated, has brought a blush of
shame to Ilhe cheek of every sincere,
honest andal intelligent miner in thei
camp. Ex-convicts, holdup men and
disreputable characters in general
have been received with open arms bym
the offielals in control of the union.
These characters have been allowed
to brow\etat and even deport, with
the aid of officiails themselves, those
who have olbjected to the high-handedit
manner in which the union was- run.
"Miners who had sick anti death
benefits due them were not allowedl
to collect the same, if the caprice of
officers demanded otherwise. There la
strong evilence in the hands of the
commnittee that these moneys went
into channels more beneficial to the
controlling clique.
"The natural result of these two
,years of tyranny was the revolt which
occurred Miners' Union day, when
the honest and substantial element in
Cthe union, which includes 90 per cent
of the membership, utterly disgusted
and wrought up to a high pitch of
anger by the arrogance of officials in
the parade, stopped the hypocritical
demonstration anqd then proceeded to
make a lhng-needed housecleaning in
their own hall. The malicious state
menta made by Mr. Lowney that the
so-called insurgents are not union
men at heart could be taken as com
fng from one who has not yet fully
rec'overed his mentAl poise,
Mayor Duncan Sends Word
to Washington That Butte
Is Quiet and He Is Fixing
Up the Troubles.
Bhute, Jtune 1G.--MJayor lyineai n to
night addressed the follow\\-ing telogram.
In President \Vilson aind tihe lMontan id
delegation in congress:
"There is no condition in ull tt.e,
Mont., at the present time, I hat no
(essitates or will justify the bIringiR i
in of troops. No property interests
are menaced and the authorittes of
this ity feetl competent that they
have matters well in hand. The work
ing class of Butte are law-abiding and
sober citizens. The only difficllty
that exists at present concerns fae
tional differences inside ttie Miners'
"The recent distulrlbnces cannot he
attributed to responsible imembehrs of
either of those factions and the re
sponsible elements in both factions
have now orgalnozed for the purpose
of preventing further disturhances and
have assured the city anuthorities that
they will heartily co-operate in the
preservation of peace.
"At the present time T am mneelling
with success in bringing about a co
operation between responsible repro
sentatives of the two factions and
am sanguine that a Itasls of agree
ment can be arrived at that will he
just and equable to both aides. Undter
the circulmstances to bring in t roops
of any sort whether tihe state militia
or regulars, would be little less than
a crime and couldt only be suggesto'ed
and desired by parties intereMtfed in
keeping alive had fooeeling.
"Respectfully,
(Signed) "L. J. DUNCAN."
"Also the attempt to involve the va
rious operating companies In the trou
leo should meet with the condenna.
tlion of all who have the welfare of the
coinnuniity at heart. The miners of
Butte have no intention of becoming
(Continued on Page Five.)
MEDIATION FUTILE
CONFERENCE FAILS
Delegates Are Discouraged
and Say They Are About
Ready to Quit the Job of
Pacification.
Niagara WFals, .nt. June Il.--Jus
the Lamar anmId Flrederick W. Leh
llann, American delegates to tihe
mediation conference, went to iluffalo
today and talked for four hours with
Rafael Zulbaran and L],mi C(abrera,
personal representatives of General
(Carranza. Their purpose was to find
some way to bring the constitutional
ists in harmony with the scoDe of
mediation. The mission was; a fail
ure.
The constitutionalist representatives
told them while they could not agree
to an armistice, that only it man in
the rebel ranks would be acceptable
to them for the plrovlsional presi
dency, and finally, they belleved the
constitutionalist army would settle
the Mexican problem soon if left un
hampered by foreign complications.
The Americans returned to Niagara
Falls feeling that so far as the po
litical pacification of Mexico is con
cerned, mediation had accomplished
nothing and probably the end of the
conference was near. The next full
conference is set for Friday. Until
then little will be done because of the
absence of Minister Naon of Argen
tina. Most of the principals here in
clIne to the view that Friday's session
will ho the tast
Factions in Butte
Hold TwoMeetings
No Violence Shown
Butte, June 16.-Opposing factions of the Butte local
No. 1, Western .Federation of Miners, held separate meet
ings here tonight. The meeting of the conservatives now
referred to here as the remnant of the western federation,
was attended by 21 men. The seceders from the union had
in the neighborhood of 400 at their meeting, according to
the committee.
The seceders announced that the polls will be open from
10 a. m. until midnight tomorrow to vote on the question of
showing cards before miners can enter the mines. The re
fusal of the miners to show their cards was one of the
causes of the riots on Saturday last. The seceders, after
their meeting, issued a reply to the statement given out by
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.lillt1, lthi' glt Wai, tl l't.l At (nati
500 mi en guill(h'eed I n ftron)i t iof the 'lr
pentller' U1niotn hill to seti if the (itl n
(vHi 'lv \11er' g intll gl to e1Ot1 there.
ilol' l ' htt i'r l of tlliel I.III I |oiy 'i;11i
ltthingh it ad tioen anttiotinced t t
Ithe c'I rpcoll IIers refused to allow the
tiners to n cti ,,v tlh hall.
The conservatives' had is t henir
clh irt in .iit l hlrtti , t i c prestident
niniee of c eIll t xesler I'edrlti ollh of
itiltls ',, iook a lr' ini nii. tlp rt. Tie
llcci..tto fll liiil t tut lh i tit.o'VdtiVOR II
lllt ittih :ith nsh o orone ofi the t t. 'n
ainteti, had leoll .ti oll'll 'ei toll tlh
Latter ti ' . cosit er taim ,s eti tnt -
other miieetlti , which thIt stit wasth
it. nde clldl by 4ltt millierR. ,l hlit I t '.
I'owney pro ired Illat thi .iole titIoeg and
fold the loi. rinrs lthat Ittlite ell has
$t!,iut ill i i ts oie i tu r .. The special
Ineting of tfill consrvitile ita for I'ri
day wnighlt lwas niled olff,
The illn eders I i thir statl ements is
ild tiet nocitl tll. n revi tO thie seiled-'
iof tl . atisfal tin in tilhe Illers' ln ion.
Thley nrcusert tihe offioers of emilloy
ilng convits to deport minersi weho ih
ected to thiie oifficerst' tulingst lThey
(ilso allegned thit sick lad det(i hone
fits have nlot, ilen paid. Ninet.y pr
:cent of the loaII l union, 11e( lording l to
the swcledersl, are( in Ihe crusade toll
naitilt sh I nwllW orgalnlzation. The
statllement closes hy sntyilg there 1l
ino lntel tion of invollving then i nein
owners In the 'resent trouble.
:ltly>or )th iilnii iln an effort to pre
vent troulie, Ordered that th. saloons
,e closed at f o'clock tonight. and re
lmaii closed until Thursday morning
at. 6 o'clock. lie also ordered the dit
contintuli ce of the h ale of firermis.
The directors of the ('arpentirs'
Union haial where the conservatives
were to meet tonight. withdrew their
omriiissioi and early this evening it
was not decided where the l nierva
tives. would gather. Mayor Duincan
advised John i'. Lowney, iiemner of
the executive committee of the WVest
erl federatllon, not it) hold the mrot
ing, but Lowney stlated that. In the 3"
years of existence of the hiall union
t weekly leeting luld oeln hold lind
that a iunelllog would l e. hold as lu.lJ,
laowney was positive that ther'o I.
to he no coniprotino. with the seced
etr. lie said the Butte local will cnne
tiie to do bi.nile.s i.s the only lto
glllinate organization of miners of
this district. Secedelors however, state.
that they will be able In ithe referen
(Continued on Page Five.)
biy it Vilha uffieial if tihe. teIegralph oiif
flee it Juirez held lrevioinly hy ('tr
ranza offielits served to conflllri suls
plitlons whiiLI h;iavi, been, culrrent inl
lnan-y iquartelrs lulre of a breah bl e
tween Villat and 'aarr lanla. ' The
gravest, Illppreh(.ension ii felt thire of
what narly follow a brea( k between
tenerals I'tlrarIza and Villa.
Thie atl lospitere here is wihlly
peasimistih. The Amnerile n dolgat Ies
declined to dllsclss in detall their trip
to iluffatlo. NMr. lehiann imade ia
special trip acrmss the river to urge
the newslpl ertn.ln not to write of the
trip of the American collnaissioners to
ttuffalo in a tlight veint, He assured
thein the situat iolt Was serious.
WVhen the American delegates re
turned here they telephoned Secretary
Blryan at. once. Later Mr. Lehtmann
comounllnte;ted the results of their trip
to the mediators.
Jusitice Lamar and Mr. ltehmr on
had gone to Buffalo not only in the
hope of arranging salon practicable
way for negotiating with the constitu
tionallsts while the mediation was in
progress, but of getting names of
sultable men for provisional president
as well as general information about
the constitutionalist cause.
The constitutionalists made clear,
first of all, that the condition imposed
by the mediators-the declaration of
an armistice-was ant impossible one
for them to fulfill in advance of some
definite agreement on a peace plan.
Mr. Cabrera said that If the consti
tutionalist army were forced to stop
fighting it would disintegrate.
declined to talk.
TROUBLE IN MEXICO
BECOMES MORE
SERIOUS
El Paso, June 16.-Gen
eral Villa tendered his resig
nation to General Carranza
within the fiscal week, it be
came known tonight. To
Villa's message the constitu
tionalist commander-in-chief
replied asking who would
succeed him.
Following this, Villa's
various military chiefs held
a conference and sent a
"round robin" to Carranza,
declaring that they would
accept none other than Villa
as a leader. The split of
today resulted.
Tonight General Villa or
dered all commanders of gar
risons throughout the terri
tory he controls to report at
once at Torreon. This order
was accepted ominously by
observers here. History of
the Pascual Orozco rebellion
against President Madero
was revived. Orozco, as
Villa, was a leader of volun
teer troops of Chihuahua
state and as a topular favor
ite led a revolution against
the former president.
Queer Doings,
El I'a;u, June li.--Reports that Gen
eral Villa had resigned as commalnnder
of tihe northern military zone was par
tially confir'llmedt here tonight. Car
rlnza' offl'ices at Juarez were confis
catled by Villa su:.porters tonight.
Siinlllar conflscatllons re authentically
reported( to have taken pltace at ('hIt
IIRahi;ua and at Torreon, where Villa
ireia iied today.
This action today follotwed conflict
ing reprts from the soiuth regarding
the failure or suRIeI''a of troops under
General Natora, I'arranza appointee In
atliacling Zacateras. I'rom Natorn of
ficial reports had saild that the attack
was progressing successfully, while
ftigrn other sources details were given
of Natcra's rout.
General Villa, meanwhile, has re
mallined atl Torreol, O~thuugtlh ordered
to proceed to the assistance of Natera
by (leneral ('arranza. It was stated by
Carranza officials today that Angeles.
the constitutionalist secretary of war,
had left Torreon today with 5,000 of
Villa's troops, including a full dilvision
of artillery. Natera hadr complained
of a lack of cannon. Villa remained at
Torroon, but was said tn have begrln
ra general nrovenient of his army to
ward Zacatecas.
The Infornmation hnurciau at Junarez
was institutied and sustained by Ra
fact Zuharan, (arranza.'s cabhnet Inin
later, whoi at present is representing
the constittllionallsts at Washington.
The question of the supervisorship of
telegraph, heretofore a service of na
tional ownership long has been dis
puted between Villa and Ctarranza ele
ments, according to authentic reports
from C(uliacen and Torreon. Colonel
Ornelas, the JuIares commander, was
a Villa appointee.
villa for Governor.
Laredo, Texas, June 16.-It was re
ported in official circles here today
that Francisco Villa has tendered his
resignation as second chief of the con
stitutionallet army to become govqrnor
of the stater of Chihuahua, sapceet.ng"
(Continued on Page Feiv.)