She WEATHER, Fair and wanner today, fol lowed by showers tonight or Mon day ; light to moderate south winds. FULL REPORT ON PAOK TMRKK. No. 434,-No. 19,296. WASHINGTON, D. C.,: SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 27, 1913* FIVE CEMT8L Charles B. Dixon Arrested in Juarez by Soldiers and Fired on While Run ning From Captors. HELD IN MILITARY HOSPITAL, THEY REFUSE TO GIVE HIM UP The gravity of the situation in Mexico was added to last night by dispatches which reported that Charles B. Dixon, a United States immigration inspector, while on official business in Juarez, was fhot by Mexican federal troops, and may die. Mr. Bryan, the Secretary of State, who remained at the department until a late hour last night, declared that the shooting,is a very serious matter, and added the remark: ''We will do everything that is necessary." It was made apparent that the State Department would call upon the de facto government in Mexico City, whose troops are garrisoned in Juarez, to punish the offenders, although no one would authorize any statement of the course to be pursued. BRYAN SUBMITS REPORT. President Wilson had before him yesterday afternoon and last night the report written by Henry Lane Wilson, United States ambassador to Mexico, who has been recalled for a conference at the White House, which is scheduled to take place tomorrow. The report was transmitted by Secretary of State Bryan, who spent much of the day in conference with Ambassador Wilson. Upon his arrival in Washington yesterday Ambassador Wilson announced that he has carefully thought out and committed to writing a policy which he believes the United States should pursue in Mexican affairs. It is expected that the President will give this document his attention today, in preparation for the conference he is scheduled to have with Ambassador Wilson tomorrow. A report from Mexico City last night stated that Esquivel Obregon, the Mexican minister of finance, who conducted the nego tiations recently for the proposed $50,000,000 loan, has resigned from the Huerta cabinet. De la Barra, until recently minister of foreign affairs, was reported a few days ago to have resigned and gone to Europe. BaN Went Through Body As Dixon Ran to Escape; His Superiors Arrested EI, PASO, Tex.. July M.?After arguing all afternoon with Mexican federal Col. J. N. Vasques, in Juares, P. W. Berk shire. supervising Inspector of the United States immigration service; Clarence O. Oately, inspector; Dr. J. H. Tappan, sur geon, and American Consul Thomas D. Edwards were unable to secure permis sion from the federals for the removal to an El Paso hospital of Charles B. IHxon, immigration inspector, who was shot, possibly fatally, this afternoon by a squad of federal soldiers, while he was in the southern part of Juares. ?ixon had been arrested by the sol e s and says he feared execution at i hands and tried to escape by :i ing down an alley. i.e federal authorities refused to iw the wounded American to be ,e Isor Berkshire is endeavoring to ar range a bund to remove Dixon to El ]*aao. The arrest of Dixon was. the immigra tion men say. the result of a "frame-up" between a colored man. Arthur Walker, and certain soldiers stationed in Juares. Jt la alleged that Walker had secured a warrant in advance of the appearance of Dixon to investigate a "white slavery" case today that was promptly sewed upon the Inspector's arrival. ; Walker is said to have represented to j the Juares authorities that Dixon was ' coming to arrest him. then chloroform Mm and kidnap him from the border town. Dixon's father lives in Wharton Tex. Dixon made a statement this aft ernoon in Juares that he had felt satisfied the Mexicans were marching hlra out to shoot him. when he ran. He says the Mexican soldiers were ?i runk. Offered to Go With Them. "1 told the soldiers I would go with them to the commandant's office," Dixon paid this afternoon, "but instead of tak ing me in that direcUon they started with me in the direction of the outskirts of the town. As I had on a suit of khaki, 1 thought, perhaps, they had taken me for a United States soldier acting as a spy. 1 ran, and they shot me after I ,-ot about half a block away from them." Dr. J. H. Tappen of the Immigration service in El Paso, went to Juarez and treated the wounded man. He found j that Dixon was shot in the small of ? the back, the ball going completely I through his body and coming out ' through his stomach. It did not strike I the spine. His Superiors Arrested. P. W. Berkshire, supervising inspector of the United States immigration serv ice on the Mexican border, at once went to Juares. accompanied by Clarence Gat ley, an inspector in the service, to look after Dixon and they ware both arrested and detained at the military barracks lor a short time, but were liter released. They took up the matter with Miguel 1 Heboid, inspector of Mexican consulates in El Paso with a view to having Dixon removed to El Paso. Immigration men claim a colored lieu tenant in the federal army in Juares, a (Continued on Second Page.) (fliyan Penanda Details of United States Consul; Secretary Wilson in Dark Secretary of State Bryan was noti fied of the shooting of Immigration In spector Charles B. Dixon through the United States consul at Juares, Mexico, last night, and immediately telegraph ed for full particulars. He was at the State Department until a late hoqr last night. "This looks like a serious case." the Secretary of State said. He added: "We will do everything that is neces sary." Mr. Bryan read the press reports of the shooting slowly and carefully. While Im migration officials on the border have - frequently had their troubles with Mexi cans, often being detained until t^eir identity could be established, no instance so serious as the affair at Juares could be recalled last night irt official circles. It was pointed out that strict orders often have been issued to keep American sol diers off duty from going into the Mexi can towns just across the international line in times of revolutionary disturb ance and that little difficulty had been experienced. Secretary of Labor Uninformed. Secretary of Labor Wilson, whose de partment la in charge of the immigra tion oureau, was not at his desk yester day afternoon, and therefore knew noth ing of the Dixon shooting unUl Informed by a reporter of The Star late last night. "I do not know whether any report of the affair is at the department or not." said Secretary Wilson, "but until I have seen an official report I can say nothing of the occurrence. I expect that if a report has not already arrived it should come soon." Commissioner Oeneral of Immigra tion Caminetti could not be reached last night to determine if he had re ceived any report, but Secretary Wil son said that he thought'It improbable, as the department closed at 1 o'clock yesterday. President Wilson had before him last night the report written here yesterday by Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson on conditions in Mexico from the time that revolution overthrew the reign of Por flrio Diaz, through the stirring events of the Oroxco revolt, the downfall of Madero and down to the establishment of the Huerta regime, a period of three years. This report was transmitted to the President by Secretary Bryan, who had spent the greater part of the day in conference with Ambassador Wil son. The President exoects to examine the report today, and Monday will con fer with Ambassador Wilson on a pos- | slble solution of the present difficulties. Bryan Sifting Information. 1 Secretary Bryan In sifting the mass of varying information that has reached j Washington from ail parts of Mexico, did ' not confine himself to official channels, for as soon as Ambassador Wilson left the State Department, Reginald H. Del Valle of Los Angeles, Cal., whose Identity as an agent of the government has been variously stated and denied in official cir cles, appeared In Mr. Bryan's office. Por nearly an hour after Ambassador Wilson left Mr. Del Vale was closeted with Secretary Bryan and much secrecy was manifested as to the nature of the con ference. Mr. Bryan was absolutely si lent, declining to state how long he had known Mr. Del VaUe or anything of the character of his mission In Mexico. While the ambassador expressed his views on Mexican affairs quite freely early in the day and before he reached Washington, he began a policy of ret icence last night. He said he had been asked by Secretary Bryan to refrain from discussing the situation and would abide by the wlshea of his superior of ficer. In fact, the ambassador ex pressed doubt as to the accuracy of some published statements attributed to him criticising suggestions of the Wash ington government for the establishment (Continued on Second PageJ j Fl Volunteers Protect Women and Children Gathered on Killing Mountain. YUAN FORCES GAINING ADVANTAGE OVER REBELS Landing of Bluejackets From War ships Has Improved Situation at Shanghai. PEKING, July 26.?Volunteer Ameri can. British and other citizens are to night guarding the approaches to the mountain town of Kuling, where thou sands of foreigners, mostly American and British women and children, have taken refuge from the heat of the Chi nese summer months. The few Ameri can bluejackets on the heights are maintaining signal communication with the United States gunboat He lena, which is lying off the river port of Kiukiang. Foreigners have been able to see some fighting between the government forces and the rebels from their posi tion on the mountain top. They advise other foreigners to remain away from Kuling, owing to the difficulties of communication and the shortage of provisions. The Rt. Rev. Logan H. Roots, Bishop of llanow, advocates the safe guarding of Kuling as a place of ref uge for foreigners. Civilians believe, despite the proximity of the fighting, that Kuling is a safe plac-5. Only one case of interference with foreigners has been reported. Advantage With Northerners. After a fortnight of rebellion the northern government forces have had the better of the fighting at the three main points of contact, namely, Shang hai. Kiukiang and along the Tientsin Pukow railway. While much ammuni tion has been expended by gun firing lasting whole days, there has been no decisive battle, which foreigners be* lieve is essential to Provisional Pres ident Yuan Shi Kai's ultimate success. The sise of the armies engaged are small compared to those fighting in the Balkan war. At Shanghai the northern troops on shore numoer 2,000, while pitted against them are 4,000 southerners. The army of Gen. Chang Hsun, which re pulsed the rebels above Suchowfu, numbers less than 5,000 officers and men. The largest northern army cons-sts of probably 15,000 to 20,000 men, and Is now in the province of Kiangsi. European and American sympathy to the Yangtsel kiang ports, as weil as at Peking, is overwhelmingly in favor of President Yuftn Shi Kai. j it |ua tt> Win. The opinion prevails i In the capital that Yuan Shi will bo victorious. It is pointed *ut some quarters, however, that tke ability of Dr. Sun lUt Sen, the first provisional president flC the republic, and Ms party to create a rebellion and to spread dis affection among the troops In the prin cipal cities along the tower Yangtze river was not suspected three months ago. Government officials are Indignant be cause the foreign cohsuls at Shanghai and at Hankow did not expel the rebel plotters from their concessions. Many foreigners and even members of the lega tions here likewise consider the Inactivity of the consular bodies in the south un justifiable. Vice President L.1 Yuen Heng declared in an Interview today that Japanese were aiding the rebels. The refusal of Rear Admiral Reginald P. Nicholson, commander-in-chief of the Amer.can Asiatic fleet, to send American marines to Kuling is generally criticised In non-military circles here, although the German and BritHh admirals are re ported to agree with Admiral Nicholson. An American guard was at first agreed upon by the British, German and American legations, owing to Chi nese suspicious as to the disinterestedness of the other nationalities. Kuling is a high mountain town near Kiu kiang. Foreign Sailors Landed. SHANGHAI, July 26.?The landing of sailors from the foreign warships at this city today has greatly relieved the foreigners and better class of Chi nese. and the country people are be ginning to return to their homes. The country districts around Shang [ hai present an aspect of desolation. Villages have been burned and the crops ruined. Rotting corpses are lying everywhere. Philanthropic or ganizations are caring for the refugees, thousands of whom are still camping in the streets of this city. The forces manning the Wusung forts went over to the government yesterday, but on the same evening they rejoined the standard of the re i bellion. The commanding general fled and the troops, to the number of 8,0#0, all of whom are strongly pro-rebel, elected a new leader, who declares he will not participate in the fighting until attacked. A special train is being kept in read iness to remove foreigners from Wu Sung should the situation make such a course advisable. All was quiet about the arsenal here today. The bombardment which It re ceived from the government forces yes terday seems to have effectively re moved the rebels. The bulk of them are concentrated in the neighborhood of Chapai, to the north of Shanghai. Fear Trouble in Nanking. NANKING, July 26.-The city of Nan king has been denuded of troops. Only enough soldiers to maintain order have been left. Foreign residents here fear trouble from the thousands of coolies who have been thrown out of work. Tho Suchowfu rebels have. retreated to the H\:al river, where they have ex tended their front for a ? distance of several miles to resist, the northern army advancing from the province of Ngaq hwel Northern troops .today fired upon the imperial customs steamer Kutwo on the Yanytse kiang at Chin;: Kianforty five miles east of Nanking. Seventy shots struck the vessel, but no one wounded. The British gunboat Woodcock escort ed the Kutwo up the river and demanded that the commander of the government forces explain. He apologized profusely and said that the attack on the river steamer was a mistake. Train Held Up Hear Butte, Mont BUTTE, Mont., July 27.?The Northern Pacific north coast limited was held up fifteen miles east of Butte shortly after midn! t w. J BY PARTYLEADERS Republican-Progressive Com mittee at Baltimore Balks fifteeM MmW Jto *?'*** Ma 1L r BAUTXMOlim Md., July?#.?PfsuftiicaUy all with the. exception r*j portated in the declaration of prinefjttee of the amalgamated republican-progres sive party of Maryland. This Is the decision of the platfonn committee, stamped with the approval of party leaders on both sides. The platform committee, composed of; four republicans, headed by Gov. Golds borough, and four progressives met this j afternoon and agreed upon a platform | which wtll be submitted to the joint com mittee of thirty, of which Senator Wil liam P. Jackson is chairman. The plat form In substance Is expected to meet with the approval of the joint commit tee, which will recommend its adoption by the state-wide mass convention" to be j held in Baltimore August 14. Reforms Demanded. Col. Edward C. Carrlngton, leader of the amalgamating progressives, explain ing today the work of the committee, ' said: i "1 attended the meeting of the plat form committee, which submitted a declaration of principles which incor porated all the reforms that have been urged aa necessary for the good govern ment of this state particularly. "A clear delimitation of administra tive authority for Baltimore and the counties, or some other plan which will do away with the mass of local legisla tion now enacted at Annapo.is and lead to greater uniformity of county admin istration under general laws. " 'Simplification of legal procedure. " 'Abolishment of the fee system, root | and branch, and introduction of a sys tem of uniform accounting. " 'Reform in legislative procedure. For Uniform Assefsment. " 'Changes in the taxation and ment laws looking to uniformity and equality in the enforcement of tax levies. " 'The forwarding of such local legisla tion as conditions la the state demand. " 'Submission of woman suffrage, local option, with the several counties and Baltimore city as the voting unit, and the Initiative and referendum, togetner with all the humanitarian legislation ad vocated in the national progressive party platform except the recall of judicial de dsiona' "It Is almost unnecessary to add that the entire committee were agreed for the retention of a protective tariff with proper regulation that would ourb unfair monopoly. "A suggestion was made that any cur rency measure must be worked out sol that it shall be within the control of aJ governmental agency and not to be the mere puppet of an administration." 1 *0 WOBX, SHE KILLS SELF. Mystery Surrounding Death of Wom an -in Chicago Cleared TTp. CHICAGO. July 26.?Letters found In a! clump of bushes near where the body of a young woman was recovered from Lake Michigan last night convinced the police tonight that she had committed j suicide because of her fai.ure to obtain tmployment. The victim was supposed to be Miss hi. Lee of Elmo, Wis., although her iden-1 tity has not been made positive. The pis tcA which brought her death was found on the beach. The weapon was traced and found to have been sold hero on Wednesday to a Miss Leo, who gave her residence as Elmo. There are several Loo families near BOmo, Wis., but none of them knew of a woman answering the description of the victim. The two letters which explained the wo man had been out of employment and had been unable to procure work bore no wording to indicate the city from which! they had been sent. The coroner's Inquest was continued until Thursday to allow police to make further Investigation. HEARS NAVY YARD MEN Secretary Daniels Promises That Their Complaint Shall Receive Consideration. VALLiEJO, CaL, July 26.?A commlt tee^r^TQsenting workman employed. *4 ^l2n* to s?cr?ttfy ?C the Navy Daniels today, iakfeig that the nien fce given represen&tfon on the wage board. Sec retary Ihailels told the committeemen the w??* wentton was a difficult one, and added tW efforts were being med?J by the department to work oat a satia* factory solution. Secretary Daniels conferred with the men after making an Inspection of the yard. Another request from the men was for the abolition of the premium system, a system devised to measure compensation according: to individual ef ficiency. John Ft tapa trick, who headed the committee of workmen, told Secre tary Daniels that although the men understood the premium system wss es tablished only with their consent, cer tain workmen at Mare Island who had opposed it had been summarily dis charged. Secretary Daniels said the requests of the men would be taken up by the de partment on his return to Washington. In his address at Vallejo, the Secre tary urged his civilian hearers to show greater consideration socially for en listed meo and to be willing to receive them in the city's homes. HEW HAYEK PRESIDENT. Boston and Albany Official to Be Selected. NSW YORK, July 26.?J. H. Hustle of Boston, vice president of the Boston and Albany railroad, will become presdeat of the New Haven railroad as soon as Howard Elliott, Mr. Mellan'a successor as head of the system, becomes chairman of the board. This waa announced In Wall atreet to day on the authority of a director. The date upon which Mr. SUlott la to as sume the chairmanship waa announced aa November JL Feudist It Sentenced. WINCHESTER, K jr., July St. Fletcher Deaton, alleged conspirator in a plot that led to the murder of for mer Sheriff Ed Callahan of Breathitt county, was today found guilty by a Madison county Jury and waa sentenced to life imprisonment. Beaton Is the second of eighteen defendants to b? convicted, Andrew Johnson havina b?*n given a life sentence Tuesday. yesterday nr congress. Reaatei Met at noon. Tariff debate continued. Secretary Bryan conferred with foreign ' relations committee on propoeed Nicaraguan treaty. Lobby committee in reoess until Mpnday. Foreign relatione committee fa vorably reported nominations of ambaasadore to Germany Austria and minister to Ecuador, and agreed to report favorably that of mfadater to Spain. Senator Clapp proposed amend * ment to Aidrlch-Vreeiand law to permit emergency currency under it to circulate for three months. Instead of one. John W. Davis of Weat Virginia . waa nominated aa solicitor general. I ? Poet office committee postponed until Monday action on Bryan bill to repeal power of Postmaster General to change parcel poat ratea and regulations. Adjourned at 6:27 p.m^ until noon Monday. W. J. Boland told terrltoriee committee two groups of capltal lata were prepared to finance rail road In Alaaka. House met at noon and ad journed at 12:04 p.m., to noon Monday. 1 vr Breakdown of European Con cert Balks Plan for Naval ;?* TJDenKmstratioiv ; I ST. PBTBMBURO, July 26.?The pro foial made by the Russian government that a joint naval demonstration be made off Constantinople to coincide with the mobilisation of Russian troops in the, southwestern provinces has been abandoned. Germany flatly declined to consider the plan, and Russia's allies, Great Britain and Franoe, replied evasively. Russia is unable to assume the task Single-handed of bringing pressure to bear on the Turks In Europe, and she Is unwilling to do so in Asia Minor, realising that such a course would en courage an Armenian uprising, which would only further complicate the Turk ish problem. Owing to the breakdown of the Eu ropean concert the Russian government sees no hope of arresting the Turks by force. No military or naval prepara tions are proceeding at present. Rus sia, uowever, may land a force at Bur gas, a Black sea port, seventy-six miles northeast of Adrianopie, for the protec tion of lives and property of Russian subjects If the Turks march In that direction. At a council of ministers today it was agreed that the Russian government had done its utmost to avert further .blood shed in the ^.alkans, and that if the progress of the military operations ied to wholesale massacres in that region the responsibility would rest on the other powers. The Russian policy, It is understood, is now entirely concerned with patching up a new Balkan league, including Roumania, as the sole means of ar resting the Turkish advance. PffiVnw Envoys Gather. BUCHAREST, Roumania, July 26.-The peac? delegates of Servia, Greece and Montenegro left Belgrade this morning. They will arrive here Monday, when they will be joined by Premier Vsnizeleh of Greece and the Bulgarian plenipoten tiaries. It is hoped in official circles that I terms of peace will be arranged as soon as the armistice now being discussed at I Nish is concluded. ! LONDON, July 26?A dispatch to the Dally Telegraph from Bucharest, timed 9 o'clock Friday night, says: "News has been received from Sofia of a terrific battle between Servians and Bulgarians near Tsarevoselo, on the River .Brogalnitsa, in which the Bulgarians were victorious. The Greeks helped the Servians, whose casualties were 10.00. It is probable the story to greatiy exag 8'A*dlspatch to the Post from Bucharest says that, owing to the appeal of the Kins of Roumania, the Servians and ' Greeks have suspended their forward movement. Foreigners Put to Death. PARIS, July JR.?A telegram from Salonlki, printed in the Paris edition of the New York Herald, says the Greek army occupied Xanthl Saturday, and that all the inhabitants, including Amer icans and Englishmen, are believed to have been massacred by the Bulgarians. Seventy foreigners are said to have been nut to death. Twenty thousand Greeks and many Mussulmans and Jews are reported to have perished in the town, which after ward was pillaged by the returning ^^confirmation of the reported mas sacre has been received from any other sources. WILD LEAP TO AVOID FERE. 1^*? Jumps. From Roof After Mai den, Hast., Explosion. KALDEK, Mass., July M.?An un explained explosion started a lire that burned out the two-story wooden frame building occupied by the New England pye and Cleansing Company and frightened the five women and four men employed in the place today. Ail escaped, though one man was foreed to jump from the roof. The jnsney loss was about I16.W0. Proposed Issue of Government Notes Sets House Demo crats by the Ears. PRESIDENT IS SAID TO BE UNNECESSARILY ALARMED Senator Clapp Offers an Amendment to Present Act to Meet Heed of Legislation. "Corn-tassel currency" and "cotton-bale cash," as the proposed new issue of gov ernment notes based on agricultural products is Jokingly dubbed by its oppon ents, has served to set the democrats of the House by the ears and, it is claimed, put President Wilson in an unwarranted state of apprehension over the status of currency legislation. Many democrats were of the opinion yesterday that the President had been needlessly alarmed by reports of the sup posed Btrength of the element in tne House back of the insurgent movement in the banking and currency committee, and they depiored the suggestion ot the President to take the subject out of the hands of the committee and submit it to a democratic caucus. Some frienas of the administration were feanui that this may oe p.aying into the hands of the insurgents, as it is just wnat the radical democrats are suppose* to desire?to be aLowed to present tueir views to a caucus of tneir tenows. Opportunity tor Jctepubiicans. Another view presented was that rel erence of the subject to a caucus would give the republicans opportunity to charge that tne democrats are wea* on constructive legislation and my tne com mittee open to tne cnar&e of incom petency. It was geuerauy unoeiatoou that tne caucus pian was ine f resiueni. a own idea, nowever, and if he pusoes it tnere win be ntt*e opposition. 'ine "doubting inouioses in the House expressed tneu' views ?t& bein* at a ios0 to see now a greater degree of narmony may oe expt^teu in a ^aniering oi tue j.Uii membership ot tne nou&e uian was stiown pro raut in tne comniiitee, uiiieSo it be commence uiat tue ins^r^cnts are more suiuent in expression ma.ii j?roa.ic in numbers. al wus assured that the President's .uea was uiat discussion in cuucus wo u id snow tne agricultural a?set democrats tnat tney ?re a minority of ineir colleagues and bring uiem into ?ine for ine j*uiuiiiis?.ration bill. i>o one tuougut mat rre?iueav w nson con templated tor a moment yielding as sent lo tne currency genuine based upon the agricultural and industrial assets proposed. sourior Radical Amendment. ?hers are ptactioally but four demo cratic members of the committee wno insist upon radical amendments to the tiiass but. These are' representatives tsuikiey, Uagsdale, Jfiagie and Wingo. only Messrs. itagsdaie ?.iui Kagie are ' counted as stancu supporters of Mr. xrenry, who is not a member of the committee. Mr. Bulkley says the only feature of the bill to which he should object is the organisation of the federal" board of control. He believes that this would give tne party in power 100 much polit ical power. But as yet he nas not sug gested any remedies, and so far as Known he has not prepared any amend ments to the bill to meet his own criti cism. Under such circumstances it is impossible to assert that Air. Bulaley is an unreconciled opponent of tne bilL Mr. Kagsdale was the committee member who introduced the Henry substitute in the committee. Mr. ?