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nesday; cooler tonight; brisk
south and southwest winds.
FULL REPORT ON PAGE FIFTEEN.
About every one in Washing
ton who reads at all reads The
Star.
fLOSIMO NEW YORK ptr>T7 . -
STOCK (QUOTATIONS * /\VJC# Ij
No. 19,389.
ONE CENT.
GOTHAM UPROAR
BEGINS 10 PALL
Signs of Reaction in Mayoralty
Political Situation Are
Appearing.
TAMMANY OUT OF DAZE,
STARTS TO FIGHT BACK
Col. House. Who Picked a Presi
dent, Also Sponsor for
Mitchel.
BY N. O. MESSENGER.
1ORK, Otinwr 3S.?Signs of a
reaction in the jw'itlcal situation are ap
pearing. The town, which seemed to
have gone crazy for a while, is beginning
recover. The question in whether there
Is yet sufficient time before ejection <iay
for the tide to turn. The violence ami
Intemperance of the campaign have grad
ually come to pail 011 everybody.
The Tammany people are also emerging
from the daze in which they were put by
Mr. Hennessy, and are beginning to fight
back. John Hennessy butted Tammany's
head aga.nst a wall so swiftly and vio
lently that it took the breath away for a
while.
l'rom a state of fatuous complacency
'?? realization of the menace of a crusii
uk defeat, ail within a few days, has
served to arouse ihe brainy men in the I
r>arty to action. The newspapers arc
invoking the people to return to reason.
Big democrats tell me with a sigh how
ever, that they fea: the damage has
been done beyond remedy. Tammany
>eems to have lost its wallop. It hasn't
the old-time punch of the old-time
eaders.
Col. House "Man Behind.**
U'ith these few preliminary remarks, I
v.-ould like to branch off and take up
another subject, which is the bearing of
national politics on this Manhattan
situation.
it may interest you to know that the
:i:an who is largely responsible for the
presence of John Purroy Mitchel as
?'he probable successful candidate for
mayor is the man who picked a Presi
dent of the United Slates. I am re- !
Orrlng to Col. E. M. House of Austin.
Tex.. and New York. o>" whom you have !
iieard as the Warwick of tlie Wilson
? ampaign. He has been written up so
?>ften that it is needless to further de
scribe him. It is interesting to observe i
that havine made a President, he lias !
also embarked upon the making of a I
mayor to clean up this great .citv of l
New York. With a kind of divine
prescience in the selection of men. he
?elected Mr. Mitchel to make the fluht.
In the first place. Mr. Mitchel had it
? 11 his blood to fight Tammany. His
uncle before him was an enemy of Tam
many and gave that great organization
a memorable licking.
Leads All Elemeuts.
Col. House deemed Woodrow Wilson
to be "the man to head the nation in a
yreat movement of political reform. He
thinks that John Purroy Mitchel is the
.nan to lead New York in the ways of
political righteousness. It fell out that
Mr. Mitchel was the one man who
could amalgamate aH of the anti-Tam
many elements. -He could command the
repullicans, the following of Air. Hearst,
the Independent and high-minded demo
crats of the type of President Wilson i
and with them make a compact fighting
organization.
Party lines are thus obliterated. It is
a campaign for the uplift for a cleaner
and better N/w York, and Mr. Mitchel
finds himself in the company of thought
ful men who have at heart the best in
terests of the community. New Yorkers
are intensely proud of their state and
their town. They find that selfish poli
ticans have brought discredit upon both
They are sett'.ng out to punish these
men, and it looks as if they would do it.
William Suizer Fading.
- Wiiliam Suizer is fading as the central
":g ire of the campaign. He served a
?-urpose by arousing the people to a
?-a ligation of Tammany's methods. His
personality failed to appeal to the sin
cerity of rn^n, however, and he is in the
discard. The worn will go on, but he
?will not figure in it. The work is in the 1
hands of bigger and stronger and more
sincere men.
\" a matter of fact, it is a question ol
more than men. it is a question of move
ment. The elements of right and the
public good, as against tin ambitions
of men, dominate ties campaign.
DIFFERENCE IN THE LAW.
Man Mental Incompetent Here i
Wholly Sane in England.
SAN FRANCISCO, October 28.?Walter
E. McCreery. a millionaire, who by two
i*gal decrees is held to be a mental in
competent in the United States and
who.ly sane In England, escaped from
his legal guardian. Attorney 11. 11. Mc
Flke, at the Los Muertas Kancho, San
Benito county. Sunday night, and so far
has managed to elude the vigilance of
the sheriff and a posse.
If he can board a sl ip and get outside
th- three-mile limit McCreery cannot be
taken under th** laws of the United
States. It Is tlie general belief that
McCreery will attempt to mak.- his way
to England, where he owns considerable
property.
USHEBS AS PALLBEARERS.
Attendants at Wedding Convey
Groom's Body to Grave.
WASHINGTON, Pa.. October _'S ?Six
loung men of this city and Cleveland.
Ohio, who acted as ushers at the wedding
last June of Held Y Dcmps-y, it Voung
Cleveland optician, and Miss Stella
Wheatley Carmichael. todaj will act as
pallbearers at the young groom's funeral
Denipsey died In Cleveland Saturday and
pursuant to his wish that he be buried
lnJhev,lTn, wh*re ,,e h*d found his
bride his body was brought here for in
terment.
The funeral service this afternoon will
be held in the same room where the
wedding ceremony was performed four
months ago.
Mad King Will Be Dethroned.
MUNICH. October Si?The senate yes
terday voted to support a measure pro
viding for the dethronement of the mad
Iving Otto of Bavaria and the enthrone
ment of the regent. Prim-.- f.udwig Tlie
ministerial council afterward m.-t and a.
?ided to pi'i-serit sucn a measure to the
diet. A majority of iAsth houses is as
sure?.
BLOCKADE OF MAIL
RESULT OF STRIKE
_
New York Chauffeurs Quit
and 125 Trucks Are Idle
i
for Hours.
NEW MEN ARE SECURED
! AND WORK UNDER GUARD
If Necessary, United States Troops
Will Prevent Interference With '
the Postal Service.
XE VV YORK, October 28.?Most of the
12,} motor trucks of the Postal Transfer |
Company, tied up for nearly four hours j
last night and early today by a strike '
of chauffeurs, were in operation this i
morning win, strlkefcreaners on the
seats and the congestion of mail matter, i
acute for a time, was being rapidly \
cleared up. Postmaster Morgan, who re- j
malned up all night, said at 9 o'clock
that all mails were moving on schedule
time.
Secret service men and police accom
panied the strikebreakers. Officers of
the transfer service said the places of
the strikers were nearly all filled and
that those who walked out would not be
taken back. The strikers demand a ten
hour day, with one hour for lunch,
a day, payable weekly; time and a half
for overtime; one day off a week and
recognition of the union. The present
scale of wages is $1(|0 a month for seven
days a week work.
Heavy Mail Blockade.
Nearly a million pounds of mail were
P'.od up in port offices and railroad sta
tions of New York early today as a re
sult of the sudden strike of the chauffeurs
of the corporation which has the con
tract for ttie transfer of the United
States mail in New York, and which
hand.es otj the average upward of ii.UOo,
000 pounds of mail matter every day. The
strike was begun at 8 o'clock last night,
and grew gradually until all of the 123
motor trucks operated by the postal j
transfer service had been deserted. The
men complained that they were under
constant danger of arrest for speeding
their trucks at the rate required of them
in order to catch trains and boats.
The postal authorities officers of
the postal transfer serviS bent every
effort all night toward breaking the
strike, and today they were working the
trucks under strong police guard. Some
disorder, however, arose early today.
Mail Truck Is Stoned.
Tij'e most serious trouble was the ston
ing of a strikebreaker and policeman on
an automail truck bound for the Penn
sylvania station. The policeman drew
his revolver and broke up the small mob,
placing under arrest two men who said
:iiey were chauffeurs, but who did not
admit they were connected with the
strike.
Most of the mail affected is that to and
from out-of-town points, as the greater
part of the local mail is Ltandled by
pneumatic tube service.
It was !tinted that if necessary the
United States troops would be called on
to prevent disorder or further dtmorall
zat.on of the mails. For some time the
mail chauffeurs had been mildly threat
ening to go on strike unless their union
was recognized, but their desertion of
their trucks occurred without warning.
Their gr.evances had been brought to a
head by Police Commissioner Waldo s
orders for the arrest of mail chauffeurs
who exceeded the speed limits, an order
which arose from the fact that this year
eiuht persons have been killed in the
streets by mail trucks alone.
KEEL OF LARGEST WARSHIP.
Plates of Superdreadnought Penn
sylvania Placed in Position.
NEW PORT NEWS, Va., October 28.?
First plates of the keel of the super
dreadnought Pennsylvania, which, when
completed two years hance, will be the
largest and most powerful fighting ma
chine in tlie world, were laid at the New
port New Shipbuilding and Dry Dock
Company yesterday. Unlike similar events
in the past, work was started yesterday
without ceremony. General Superintendent
ot Construction J. R Weaver, himself a
I Vnnsyl vatiian. said that not even
local representatives of the Navy De
partment were notified that the first
I'iaUs were to !>?? laid yesterday.
MAN OF WEALTH -MISSING.
New York Police Asked to Fin<|
Copper Mine Owner.
MIW YORK, October 28.?It was
learned today that friends of William
II. Worthington, copper mine owner from
Douglas. Ariz., a man of large wealth,
had asked the police to help trace bis
whereabouts. He came to New York
the first of th< month to see the world's
base ball championship games and had
been transacting business here tip to a
week ago when he suddenly disappeared
and nothing further was heard of hint
at the hotel where he registered or by
his friends. The last seen of hltn, it is
said, Has on the night of October 22,
when took a taxieab on Broadway
supposedly to return to his hotel. His
friends fear that sortie harm has befallen
him.
BUSCH LEAVES $50,000,000.
Bulk of Estate Expected to Go to
Widow and Children.
ST. IX)UIfcJ, Octobcr 28.?The^ill of
Adolphus Busch. the millionaire brewer,
who was buried here Saturday, will dis
pose of holdings aggregat.ng $50.mi0.<?0<>,
it was authoritatively stated by a friend
of the family.
From the same source came the pre
diction that a trust company would be
formed to handle the large interests. It
Is believed that Charles Nagel. former
Secretary of Commerce and Labor, now
counselor for the Bunch family, will
head this trust company.
It is believed the great bulk of the es
tate will go to the widow and her chil
dren. ?
Prohibited From Running at Large.
NASHVILLE, Tenn., October 28.?An
error of engrossing that was not dis
covered by either the speaker of the
house, speaker of the senate or Gov.
Hooper has placed a law on the statute
books of Tennessee prohibiting the own
ers of livestock In Lawrence county from
: running at large. The er'or was dis
| covered today.
STRIKERS IN FIGHT
WITH MINE GUARDS
Four Men Reported to Have
Been Killed in Col
orado Camps.
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ORDER FOR MARTIAL LAW
ISSUED BY THE GOVERNOR
Entire Military Force of the State
Sent to the Scene of
Disorder.
TRINIDAD, Col.. October 28.?In a bat
tle which is believed to have started at
5:.W o'clock this morning between ap
proximately 1,200 strikers and possibly
300 mine guards in the camps at Hast
ings, Delague, Tobasco and Berwind, one
mine guard and three strikers are said to
have been killed.
DENVER. Col., October "J8.?Telephone
advices from Sheriff J. S. Grisham at
Trinidad, to the governor's office, state
that a large force of Greek strikers start
ed at G o'clock this morning for the coal
camps at Tobasco, Berwind. Hastings
and Delagua, announcing that they
would attempt to take the camps and. if
successful, would hold them against the
state troops.
Military to Rule.
Mobilized in approximately six hours,
the commands of the Colorado National
Guard began, moving toward tiie southern
coal fields today, where martial lav/ will
be established in compliance with procla
mation.
By noon today eight infantry companies
of state troops, now on their way in ac
cordance with the orders of Gov. Am
nions. issued this morning, proclaiming a
state of insurrection, will reach the seen- I
of the miners' strike in Huerfano and ;
Dai? Animas counties, and before sun
down It is expected they will be joined
by eleven other infantry companies, thre.
troops of cavalry and two batteries o*
field artillery. The other infantry com
panies will arrive later.
The scene of the disturbances is in th->
two counties of which Wa'.senburg and i
Trinidad are the county seats. The mines i
are reached by branches from the Colo
rado and Southern railroad and from
the Denver and Rio Grande, which paral
lels it a few miles eastward. The station
of Barnes, where a bridge was reported
dynamited last night, is the Junction point
of one of those branches, and the destruc
tion of this bridge would interrupt travel
on that branch line.
Governor Explains His Action.
Immediately after signing the order di
recting Adjt. Gen. Chase to proceed to the
mining district with the entire militia
force of the state, Gov. Amnions made a
statement of his reasons for issuing the
order. *
"I have no other resource," the governor i
said. "Yesterday the situation got away i
from everybody. I am compelled to act. !
For forty-eight hours I had been trving!
to arrange a settlement, but the agree
ment to keep peace during the negotia
tions was violated and the events of
Monday showed that the leaders did not
have enough authority to prevent out
breaks. Any one who wants to work will
be given protection to go and come in
peace, but I will not allow the importation
of strikebreakers. I mean to be fair to
both sides, while enforcing peace and
protecting life and property."
The governor's orders to the adjutant
general proclaim a state of insurrection,
direct the disarming of both strikers and
mine guards, order the closing of saloons
In th* district and the enforcement of the
order against the importation of strike
breakers and prohibit the intrusion upon
company property of all except company
workers. They direct the preservation
of law and order and the protection of
life and property.
The ordering out of the military came
after a day of conferences. The stfike
leaders had yielded several points and
the prospects for a settlement seemed
good when the outbreak of violence in
the district put a stop to further nego
tiations.
Armed Conflict Reported.
The first conferences had hardly begun
before word reached the governor that a
hundred deputies had fired upon the tent
colony of the strikers at Ludlow and
that the strikers, replying with shots,
had caused the retreat of a train load of
guards proceeding to the Tabasco mine,
said to be besieged by tlie. strikers. The
report that the deputies had fired lirsl
was later dt-nled.
Kate in the afternoon a party of guards
proceeded across the hills to the relief of
the Tabasco mine, was attacked by
strikers near Berwind, and in the ensuing
exchange of shots, it was reported, two
strikers were killed and five, wounded
A report that th^ strikers had captured
seven mine guards could not be con
firmed, but it was admitted the strikers
had taken possession of a Colorado anu
Southern switch engine.
The latest outbreak reported after the
governor had decided to order out the
troops was the dynamiting of the railroad
bridge at Barnes.
INSANE BECAUSE OF HAZING.
Schoolboy Committed to Home for!
the Feebleminded.
OAKLAND, Cal., October 2S.?George]
Fonts, fourte. n years old. who is said to i
have become mentally unbalanced as the
result of a hazing received at school six
yearn ago, was committed yesterday to
the Home for Feebleminded at Glen Kllen
The alleged hazing was committed by
four youths who tied a sack over the
boy's head and told him they intended to
bury him in the school yard. Young Fonts
never recovered from the fright.
The mother of the boy told her story
of the hazing in court.
WIFE A FAN, HE DESERTS.
Talked Base Ball and Failed to Cook
Suppers. Husband Declares.
\\ ILKESBARRE, Pa., October 2S ?
James Cooper of Larklnsvllle deserted
his wife because she was an ardent bas,
ball 'an. He so testified before Judge
O*Boyle yesterday when Mrs. Cooper had
him arrested for non-support. Cooper told
the Judge that his wife attended a bail
game nearly every day during the past
season, and that he was compelled to pre
pare his own supper. He said that she
talked base ball morning, noon and night,
and that he took no interest in the sport.'
Judge O'Boyle suggested that with the
bas.* ball season over, Mrs. Cooper prob
ably would remain at home, and upon
her promise to cook the meals the judge
sent the couple home with the under
standing that they would make a new
start. * "
r
Party Outlook in New Jersey
Bright, Think Senator
James and Mr. Glass.
Democrats fresh from the New Jersey
gubernatorial fight are giving to Secre
tary Tumulty encouraging news of the
democratic prospects in that stato next
week. Senator James of Kentucky was
at the White House today talking with
Secretary Tumulty about the New Jersey
outlook.
"The democrats are going to win by
a big majority." said the Kentucky sen
ator, who made speeches in the state
Saturday and yesterday. "The party
has a good, clean ticket before the people
and back of all that is the support which
the voters believe they will give Presi
dent Wilson if they elect a democratic
governor. The President is immenselv
popular with the masses, and thousands
of \oters will support the ticket for
no other reason than that they wish
to give their mural backing to Mr Wil
son. There is absolutely no doubt of
the outcome so far as J could see "
Secretary Tumulty also talked with
Representative Glass, who made speeches
of ft ?a\t nif?ht to the People
of the Mosquito state. Mr. Glass wks
pleased w ith the reception his speeches
had and the enthusiasm of his audiences.
Tumulty Working aHrd.
Secretary Tumulty is working like a
Trojan for the party ticket, not because
the I resident is indirectly interested, but
because as a voter in the state he has
always shown activity when he felt that
the party deserved to win. Air. Tumulty
and the President will both go to Now
Jersey next Tuesday to vot- and fbe
same train will carry a number of other
New Jersey peopl,- in Washington
?Oh, we are going io win. with thou
sands of votes to spar,-." ,vaid Mr. Tum
ulty, today. "The people fe-1 that thev
can trust the party nominee for gov
ernor and the others on the ticket It
s a case of standing by the partv while
it is undertaking to do its best for f>L
masses of the people. The out'ook is
sp'endid. This is true, accord^ to mv
information, in a number of states where
elections are to be held, i am delijrhted
as a citizen of New Jersey, deej f con
eemed always tor the l.eat Interests of
testate, over the B?od
Pope Manufacturing Com
pany Has $1,500,000 in
Notes Outstanding.
HARTFORD, Conn.. October 28 ? in
nouncement was made here today that
the 1 ope Manufacturing Company had
placed in the hands of a receiver
The company made motor vehicles
Col. George Pope, treasurer of the
company, is named temporary receiver
and has qualified under a bond of $200 -
NEW YORK, October 2S loc-il
bankers, familiar with the affairs of
th? *ope Manufacturing Company
said the corporations troubles were
primarily due to a lack of working
capital. The company has some *1
.>00,000 of notes outstanding sum* of
which fall due in the next few month/
Tt has not been able to meet tlTe com
petition of other motor manufacture
and the bankruptcy caused no surp?
in trade circles. rpri^,e
Milwaukee Fire Toll Now Eight
MILWAUKEE. Wis.. October
Charles C. Newton, injured in Sunday s
fiic, died last nlglit, rajsiner thn ?
list of deaths to eight. The otL i
jured liremen are expected to recover.
SERIES OF LETTERS
SURPRISE AT TRIM.
Promised Disclosures of Krupp
Methods Partly Develop
! at Berlin Hearing;
BERLIN, .October 28.?The prpmi3ed
<3iecl6sure of the methods of working
adopted by the Krupp Armaments Com
pany, in order to obtain an insight into
the German government's pending con
tracts, were partly developed this morn
ing ..at the resumption of the trial of
Otto Eccius and Maxmiltan Brandt, a
former director and Berlin representa
tive. respectively, of the rupp concern.
Von Metzen, formerly the cliifcf repre
sentative in Berlin of Krupps. testified
that his employers were awan; of the
nature of Maximilian Brandt's activities
for. several years. Von Metzen said that
when he took his post in Berlin in 190!)
he directed the attention of the Urm to
the dangers of Brandt's ? subterranean
work," the nature of which had been
explained to him by Otto Kccius and
von Scliuetz. the predecessor of Von
Metzen. Von Metzen protested against
the retention of Brandt in Berlin in this
capacity.
Von Metzen's testimony was flatly
contrad.ctory of that given by various
directors of Krupps. but he produced
a series of substantiating letters which
had passed between himself and the
firm. These letters came as a surprise,
even to the prosecution, which hud con
ducted the preliminary examinations of
the Krupp directors in ignorance of this
correspondence.
The court aftemard adjourned the
hearing and d'rected an immediate
search of Von Metzen's house in order
to discover what further surprises he
might have in reserve. *
GREAT SUFFRAGE CONGRESS.
International Event Will Be Held at
Panama Exposition in 1915.
SAN FRANCISCO, October 28.?Equal
suffrage leaders of the world will be
called - upon to arrange a great interna
tional congress of woman voters to as
semble in .San Francisco at the Panama
exposition in 1915.
Mrs. Emma Smith Dcvoe of Taconia,
Wash., president of the National Council
of Woman Voters, and members of the
California. Suffrage Association, conferred
with exposition officials here today and
announced that the world's congress
practically is assured.
W. C. T. TT. CONVENTION ENDS.
Delegates From Thirty Countries
Deliver One-Minute Addresses.
NEW YORK. October 2S.?The closing
session of the ninth triennial convention
of the World'3 Women's Christian Tem
perance Union held in Brooklyn last
night was given over to one-minute ad
dresses. of which 100 were made by dele
gates representing thirty different coun
tries.
Delegates of each country went to the
platform and sang their national anthem,
and the convention closed with the sing
ing" of "God Be With You Till We Meet
Again."
THE DAT IN CONGRESS.
Scutci
Not in session, meets Thursday.
Banking committee resumed work
: on currency reform In executive
j session.
House?
Met at noon.
Representative Hobson proposed
j a constitutional amendment to
| prohibit the manufacture and sale
I of alcohol in the^ United States.
Representative Gillett proposed a
j constitutional amendment to pro
hibit polygamy.
Adjourned at 12:40 p.m., without
a quorum, to noon Wednesday.
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UNIVERSAL TRANSFERS
STILL BEING DEBATED
Public Utilities Commission
Far From Reaching a De
cision in Matter. ,
I
I
With at least one more hearing anri
possibly others contemplated in con
nection with its invest Ration of the
street railway universal transfer ques
tion, the public utilities commission, it
was stated today, is ^till far from
reaching a decision in this matter.
A report on the present status of the
j transfer tight will be made to I lie Hen
ate this week, it is announced, in re
sponse to a resolution introduced yes
terday Jjy Senator Lane of Oregon and
adopted, calling upon the commission
for information as to why tin; railway
companies are refusing to issue trans
fers and why they have not been prose
cuted for alleged violation of law for
such refusal.
AVhile members of the commission de
cline to discuss what action may be
taken it is understood that considera
tion has been given the advisability of
the hoard notifying the railway com
panies to comply with the act of Con
gress of 1894 requiring the issuance of
transfers.
Provides Reciprocal Transfers.
The point has been made that this law
does not provide for the issuance of
"free" transfers, as only the word "re
ciprocal" Is used. Should the public
service board decide that it was the in
tention of Congress that transfers should
be issued free, it probably* will serve
notice on tffe companies to this effect
and prepare to impose penalties should
I lie-transportation concerns refuse to
taki th*- same view Such a course
doubtless would result in the matter
being taken into court.
It is not con side' cd likely that the com
mission. in the event it considers the
present law insufficient, will promulgate
at this time universal transfer orders of
its own. It fs believed lo he more prob
able that it would tirst make a valuation
of the properties of the companies"before
attempting to dispose of any rate
questions. ,
LAKE STORM BREWING
Upper Superior Traffic Haits
| on Warning From the
Weather Bureau.
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_________ i
DWLUTII, Minn., October 2*.?Warnings j
of a northeasterly storm were posted at
all points along Lake Superior today by
the United States weather bureau and
marine traffic was at a standstill while
boats waited for what was predicted to
be the hardest blow or" the year. Fifty
five vessels were held in the Duluth-Su
perlor harbor. A small fleet cleared yes
terday and some anxiety was felt for
its safety. None of these heats carres
wireless apparatus, and no reports were
received from them. Three overdue
vessels, the merchandise steamers Xorth
Wind and Buffalo and the ore vessel J.
C. Monroe, reached the harbor today. All
of the captains reported high winds and
a heavy sea. The Pcrcival. Jr., not heard
from, was hours overdue.
Wireless messages from ships that j
cleared Duluth Sunday stated that hca-vy j
weather near the Soo locks as delaying j
passage. The storm is expected to break j
with the most violence at the head of.
| Lake Superior.
Explains Home Rule Plan for Ulster
LONDON, October 28.?Sir Edward
Grey, secretary of state for foreign af
fairs, in a speech at Berwick last night,
explained that what the government was
willing to concede to satisfy I'Ister was
a sort of home rule within home rult,
giving Ulster control of her own educa
tion, police and matters of that kind.
OIAZ HAS CENTER
OE MEXICAN STAGE
His Seeking Refuge on Ameri
can Warship Overshadows
Other News.
U. S. WITHIN ITS RIGHTS
IN GIVING HIM ASYLUM
Only Sign of Complication Rests in
Fact That He Is an Of
ficer of Army.
The furnishing by tlie Vnited Stale* of
: syluin to Gen. Felix Diaz on board the
gunboat Wheeling off Vera Cruz over
shadowed all other developments In the
Mexican situation today. Confirmation
of press dispatches was received in an
'tficiul telegram from Rear Admiral
'?".etcher to the Navy Department this
morning. The question of what attitude
his government will take was immediate
ly placed before Secretary of State
Bryan, but no decision is expected until
after the return- to Washington of Presi
dent Wilson tonight. The telegram from
Admiral Fletcher was forwarded to the
President.
The gunboat W heeling because of her
light draft, has been held at Vera Crur
with the single purpoie of affording
refuge to political fugitives as well as of
ficials of the American embassy or other
Americans or foreigners who might be
in distress. The Wheeling was chosen or
that particular purpose because she was
able to approach the shore at Vera Cruz,
whereas the big battleships under Hear
Admiral Fletcher's command, have been
obliged to anchor about six miles out
from the city.
Precedents Are Plentiful.
Officials here say there is no question
whatever of the ritcht of a naval com
mander to extend asylum to such a fugi
tive as Diaz, and there have been many
precedents to support such action.
In South American countries, and nota
bly in Chile and in Peru, where in recent
years the light of asylum has been
claimed and exercised, it has always
been found possible for the American
minister or consul to secure from the tit
ular government a pledge of safe con
duct for the fugitives from their place of
hiding to the American ship.
Jn the case of Diaz, however, it is
believed that the Washington govern
ment was prepared to go further and
to furnish ;t marine guard, basing such
action on assertion oi" extra territorial au
thority on the general allegation of
the existence of a state of practical
anarchy recognized by International
law as a sufficient warrant for the
exercise of such precautions. ?
It is presumed that once on the Wheel -
i ing Gen. Diaz would be soon transported
| to otie of tiie battleships iu the lower, Imut
! bor to remain uutil he can be trtinlfeVwti
( to one- of the merchant steamers bound
! for another port.
Still Officer of Army.
One of the possibilities in the situation,
officials pointed out. v:as that the Hu
erta government might raise a question
over the fact that Diaz is a brigadier gen
eral in the Mexican army, liis resigna
tion recently tendered to Huerta was not
accepted.
How far such a circumstance might en
ter into the situation was regarded as
interesting, but officials here without ad
vices of any sort, other than news dis
patches. were of opinion that Consul
Canada and Rear Admiral Fletcher were
within their rights hi extending asylum
to Diaz as a political refugee.
Several messages from Charge d'AC
faires O'Shaughnessy at Mexico City con
tained no mention of the Diaz incident.
The policy of the Cnited States in re
cent years has been to guard very jeal
ously the extension of the right of asy
lum, and its efforts have been gener
ally directed toward greatly restricting
such rights. At one time it was pro
posed to secure an international agree
ment abrogating the right of asylum
to political refugees, but that move
ment did not succeed.
The iatest position of the government
as now applied to the situation at Vein
Cruz by Rear Admiral Fletcher is laid
down in the naval regulations as follows:
Text of Naval Regulation.
"The right of asylum for political or
other refugees has no foundation in in
ternational law. In countries, however,
where frequent insurrections occur, and
constant instability of government exists,
usage sanet'ons t!:* granting of asylum:
but even in th- waters of such countries
officers should refuse all applications for
asylum except w lien required by the In
terests of humanity iu extreme or excep
tional casts, such as the pursuit of a
refugee l<> a mob. Officers must not di
rectly nor Indirectly invite refugees to
accept asylum."
John l.ind. President Wilson's personal
representative at Vera Cruz, had been
Instructed to offer asylum to any citizen
of Mexico or any foreigner who might be
In danger. Acting under such instruc
tions, Mr. I.ind might have greater free
dom of action than a naval officer bound
by regulations.
Officials here, however, have made it
plain, within t >e last few days, that they
were prepared to give refuge to Diaz, for
Secretary Bryan in response to a direct
question recently declared that the Amer
ican government would give asylum to
Diaz or any other person in danger who
asked for it. It was pointed out that had
former President Madero taken refuge
in the American embassy in Mexico City
he would have been protected.
Diaz's Step Anticipated.
Officials here were convinced that Diaa
was contemplating putting himself "under
the protection of the Cnited States when
he went recently under guard to a hotel
adjoining the American embassy. Ills
determination to remain in the city over
Sunday was due to his presidential can
didacy and a requirement of tin Mexican
constitution that a presidential candidate
be in Mexico on election day.
Admiral Fletcher's message was dated'
today on board the battleship Louisiana. ?
It follows:
"At 7:.'!<? p.m. Monday American con
sul reported Mexican Gen. Felix Vtmz
and two friends vere In the consulate a'ul
were given asylum. At 1 a.m. Tuesday'
Diaz and two friends, with W iiliarns,!
American correspondent New York Her- j
aid, got on board the Wheeling. All i
asked for protection. Will hold them I
awaiting Instructions from Wasnington as
to their disposition."
The reported appeal of the French min
ister in Mexico City to Charge O'Shaugh
nessy for an American warship to pro
tect the French colony at San Ignacio.
Slnaloa. had not reached Washington to
day, but if such a request has been made
it probably will be granted.
The cruiser Maryland is due today at
Mazatlan, Sinaloa. The cruiser Califor
nia is at Guaymas with the supply ship
Glacier, and the cruiser Pittsburgh leaves
Sap Francisco for the Mexican Pacific
coast Saturday.
If news of distress of the French colony
at San Ignacio reaches any of these ve#
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FELIX DIAZ UNDER.
PHONOF It S.
i Seeks Refuge by Night in Con
sulate and Is Taken Aboard
the Wheeling.
______
HIS LIFE IS IN PERIL, HE
TELLS CONSUL CANADA
Two Mexican Companions and
American Journalist Also Oiven
Protection.
^ ERA CRUZ, October: 28.?
Cxen. I*elix Diaz applied to the
American consulate last night for
protection and was taken on board
the I niled States gunboat Wheel
ing.
Jose Sandoval and Cecilio Ocon.
two Mexicans, and Alexander
Williams, an American news
paper correspondent, who had
made similar application to the
j consulate, were also taken on
board the gunboat with Gen
Diaz.
It was late last evening wlien Felix
Diaz became convinced of the advisabl.
ity of seeking American protection. From
the hotel , where he had been staying
and which Is contiguous to the I'nltod
States consulate lie wad ? his way to the
consul's office and Informed Consul Wil
liam W. Canada he had recel\ed Informw
tion that his life was In peril. He told
i the consul that a number of his adher
ents had been put In Jail.
Gen. Diaz was accompanied to the con
sulate by Sandoval and Ocon, who also
requested protection for themselves.
The flight took place after midnight,
the three men taking the risk of an ex
cursion over the roof tops, which were
guarded by armed men, into the Ameri
can consulate. ,
fit i'. Dia-.. Sandovifl and Ocon
dropped over a low wall and made their
way into one of the rear rooms of th?
consulate.
Begged for Protection.
j When tiiey arrived inside the room they
asked that Consul Canada be called
I Apparently suffering from great cxcito
j ment, they assured him when lie came
T that their lives were in imminent dan
1 ger. They declared they had knowledge
, that orders for their arrest had been
! issued and they begged for his protcc
tion.
In reply Consul Canada pointed to the
water front some "JCO yards distant.
The fugitives hesitated for some time
| to make the venture as the street In front
tor the American consulate was patrolled
by detectives.
When they linally left the door of the
! consulate ? the detectives on duty a;i
! parently did not recognize them anu the;
walked deliberately through the strvet
to the pier. v. here they presented a card
front Consul Canada to the officer In
1 command of the launch. Williams went
' with them.
1 The American na\a". ofli *cr hurried
| them on board, the launch caft off.
! suiamoj quickly across the harnor to the
Wheeling and put them on Imard.
The detecthe^ In front of the hot<*| fid
? a'wut the streets v.ere still watching tit
! place li>ng after JayJig.it.
The fact that Gen. Di;iz uiid two of hid
! supporters were refugees ?<u board tho
I Wheeling 'vas not (list ov> r< d by tho
I Mexican authorities until this morning.
Gen. Diaz Retired.
Gen. Felix Diaz was placed on the re
t'led list of the Mexican army today by
order of Gen. Aurelio Iflanquet, minister
of war. G<*i. Diaz had r? quested by tele
graph Sunday to be allowed to retire, un i
Gen Ulanquet. after conferring with l'ro
vlslona; President Huerta, complied. Gen
Diaz had held a commission for thirty
I yea rs.
The leaders of the Diaz party said to
day they understood that Gen. Diaz, t'l
requesting to he allowed to retir>, w.n
I simply following the example of G< n.
! Fugenio Rusi on, Catholic .-and^date li -
the Vice presidency ; I'-rig. I it'll. I >a\
la I'u-ntc, liberal republican oand;<e?t?i
for th<- preshh ncy, and other candidate*
at Sunday's elections.
J3otb Arc Well Know 11.
The two Mexi**an? who sought r?tjg'>
w ith Gen. Felix D'az oil board th- t'nited
States gunboat Wheeling la^t nl*jht hav-?
played prominent partu In, Mexican pod
ties. Cecil t#con was charged on May
I ^t. l'.M", in the Mexican chamber c*
deputies by Querldo Moheita, ru? ml:, a
tor 01 foreign affairs. Willi being the
actual murderer of Gustave Madero. i d-i
denunciation v.as ma<1c In connection
witl. a demand ior an appropriation o"
$l.'?.tK<0 to be paid to Ocon "for s< .rvice
! rcnderetl to the goverriinent.
Jose BonaU-s Sandoval, the otln r f jg.
ti?v, was an attorney in Mt-r.lco City and
an adherent of the late Gen. Bernardo
Reyes, at one time secretary of war.
who was snot while leading the reb*-.*
toward the national palace during the
attack by Gen. Felix 1< in February
thIVyear.
Arrested as a Rebel.
Sandoval was arrested March il?li
(in Mexico 1 Ity. charged with reiieiliou
when he came there with what purpuric.*
to he an autograph letter to 1'rtsidtuc
Francisco Madero from Ma). Charier
Hagadorn or the I'nltod States Ariui,
stating that the bearer and many follow
ers of Keyes 'n the I'nlted States and
t uba desired to return to Mexico i ity
ano resume their vocation.
L. Ulum. the American horseman, ai
rested yesterday in Vera Cruz, wai
taken into custody in August la.--t it. Mc?.
lca City charged with Icing implicated In
a piot to assassinate Provisional fresi
Huerti.. Tne jjol.ee declared that a
reward was being raiwu to pay the at
fU; sii, and all-ged that Mr. tilum VM
to he a. $u:-scribe;-. lie was, nowe?*r,
released later, ha.'.ng denied tue charge.
Signaled to the Wheeling.
Consul Canada had not informed the
Mexican authorities up. to S# o'clock this
morning of the flight of Gen. Diaz, nor
had the authorities ordered the re
moval of the detectives who remained
guarding the deserted rooms of the
hotel The action of the American con
sul In assisting Gen. Diaz In his flight
had received the prior approval ot tile
government at Washington.
Consul Canada signaled to the Wheel
ing for a boat to be sent ashore aftsr
Diaz made his way Into the consulate
building.
Gen Diaz and ins companions once
on board the Wheeling soon recovered
their equanimity, but this morning re
iterated their belief that they were to
have been shot today.
| Evarlsto and Daniel Madero, relatives .
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