The San Francisco call., 1906-08-13
OF DAK|N
CAUSES ALARM.
Friends Here Fear He
Has Been Arrested by
Authorities of Mexico
BROTHER HOPEFUL

who is charged with completely In the
plans to stir up an. anti-American feel
ing in Northern Mexico, believe that he
has failed to get out of the neighboring
republic and has been arrested.
When Dakin left San Francisco sew
eral months ago for Mexico it was un-
derstood that no attempt to provoke
a demonstration among the Mexican
miners in and around Cananea would
be attempted until he and his friends
had got we'll into Mexico and carefully
prepared themselves for the task they
had accepted from the moneyed men
behind the scheme to stir up trouble
between the United States and Mexico.
Apparently the plans Of the American
conspirators went -amiss, for Dakin and
his associates had hardly reached La
reda before the news came that the
Mexicans were threatening to drive
Americans out of the state of Sonora.
Dakin hurried into Sonora and is
supposed to have caused the cfrcula-
ton of a lot of literature that was
expected to further arouse the feelings
OF the Mexicans and was last reported
as escaping from that country
BROTHER NOT WORRYING.
If he did escape his friends here have
not been advised of the fact. Yesterday
Harry Dakin, brother of Fred and an
employe of one of the big local hard
ware companies, said he had not re-
ceived any word from his brother, but
that he is confident he is somewhere
along the American border line. The
brother was not particularly anxious
to discuss the plot in which Fred Dakin
is so deeply involved. At first he de-
MED that he knew anything about 1t,
but later careiessly remarked that
Fred knew what he was about when
l,a he inh" and wnnld
out of II all right.
III don't know exactly just what sent
him off to Mexico" said Harry Dakin,
but IL the papers will have 1t that he
went on a private mission, why / am
not going to deny 1t. It's UP to Fred
to take care of his own affairs He's
been on just as tough mission into
Guatemala and into Salvador, and got
out of trouble there, and l guess he is
all right now
The story of the plot to bring about
trouble between the United States and
Mexico, with a hope that a conflict at
arms would end in MexicdA Ceiling to
this country the Cananea mining dis
trict, which Americans practically con-
troll caused a great deal of talk in
local mining circles yesterday and
much speculation as to what the out
come will be. It has been no secret
here for weeks that he bold project was
under way and that the funds hnan-
ciering it through were being furnished
by wealthy mine owners who are in
terested in properties in the northern
part of Mexico.
SLEUTHS ARE EMPLOYED.
1t is also we'll known that local de-
tective agency has been working on the
matter. supposedly In the interest of
the Mexican GovernmentS for several
weeks. From information furnished
by this agency 1t is suspected that the
Mexican authorities were able to nip
the proposed demonstration in its in
fancy and to take the necessary pre-
cautions TO prevent a recurrence of the
outbreak.
Although the local Mexican Consul
General does not share their views, the
more intelligent members of the Mexi-
can colony in this city are strongly of
the opinion that the mine owners, or at
least a number Of the more prominent
of them in the Cananea district, have
been plotting trouble for many months.
and that Notwithstanding the recent
setback. these men will not rest until
they have made another attempt at
provoking war between the two coun-
tries.
For more than year." one of the
leading Mexican merchants said yes
LeIQdys OuT III 1ncAIcO
have frequently referred in their let
ters to the aggravating conditions in
the State of Sonora resulting from the
growing hatred Of their countrymen
for Americans. Our letters have told
us that some strange influence was at
work among the native miners, but
we could never imagine that 1t was
being directed by Americans. Among
the better class of Americans there
exists a most cordial feeling for
Americans and 1t will take more than
a plot such as this one to disturb this
feeling. The Mexican keenly appre-
ciates that the American miner has
been directly responsible for his ad-
vancement socially and he will not be-
tray him at any cost. Americans who
have lived any length of time in our
country will bear me out in this state
ment This fellow Dakin and those
who are providing him with funds,
whether they own one or dozen
mines in Sonora, will never be able to
exert their influence beyond few ig-
norant Mexicans."
Fred Dakin's silence since he left
Mexico, If he really did succeed in get
i ting away, is regarded by some OF his
friends as indicating that he is not
yet through with his end of the con-
spiracy and Is hanging around the bor-
der, hoping that opportunity Will af-
ford him a chance to again arouse the
Mexican miners and finally start an agi-
tation along the line on the American