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The evening world., 1913-02-28
Vice-President of Corporation
Expected 10 Be Star Wit
ness, Aids Combine.
BACKED BY ITS COUNSEL
Has to Admit That Corporation
Absorbed All the Big
Iron Mines.

James oayiey. frst vice-President OF
the United states Steel Corporation.
called to-day as the last witness by
the Government at the hearing In It's
suit to dissolve the Steel Trust. proved
a tartar to the prosecution. Gayley was
a Steel Trust, not Government
witness He was supposed to be the
prose cution's dark horse because OF
his krown enmlty to Judge Gary. head
OF the trust. Instead, he arrived at the
hearing with four Steel Trust lawyers.
and his answers were hedsed in and
combed over by Richard Lindabury.
c. A. Severance. David a. Reed. and
Raynol G. Boiling, Steel Corporation
attorneys.
Judge Jacob NJ. Dickinson and Henry
r.. Cotton appear red for the Government.
The hearing was held IN the steel Cor
poration's ofhces at No. Il Broadway.
before Special Examiner W. p. Brown.
Gayiey explained that he came from
the Carnegie Steel Company TO the
United States steel Corporations: tina, h.
became the ore expert OF the trust, and
as such had charge OF the mining
operations.
Judge Dickinson led him on TO ex-
plain how the iron ore . rthe country
was gradually absorbed By, the oliver
Iron Mining Company. and the Mime
sota Iron Company: how the Carnegie
Steel Company absorbed the Oliver Com
pany. and the United States Steel Cor
poration absorbed the Carnegie and the
Minnesota companies.
KEPT hAMMEHiNo AWAY At
ONE POINT.
judge Dickinson kept hAmniering away
at one thing:
wa the ere Of these mines sola
N eompstAtion n iAtszstets com.
msses SsSors the naanss were &C.
CURED ~ tAs oaz.sgis 0envssy
ana the t1astst
AAl ~ ansWsR almost invar1.
sbly WNs Yea"
Judge Dickinson read from, the minutes
Of the Carnegie Steel Company Of March
9. 1897. the following statement made
by Gsyisy at the meeting:
~ told oatss our position had been
the same. We a1rssA not to sell ore,
bas wsuid not lfn4t our eatyus."
"whss estes 10 shatv" asked D1shin-
bon. ".'
"YssAsrisk :. oasss, rspssssatlAS the
Dseks6sI1sF intsrests."
q. Now state who Of the Rockefeller
Ca al
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GOV. WILSON DECLINED
PRIVATE CAR LUNCHEON
WITH PRESIDENT REA.
Ate Instead in Public Dining Car of
Train on Journey From Tren-
ton to New York To-Day.

TRENTON. y. j.. Feb. 2s.--While
Gov. Wilson was en- route to New York
to-day the private car OF President Rea
Of the Pennsylvania Railroad was at
tached to the same train. Mr.. Rea
came back into the parlor car and in
vitsd Mr.. Wilson to ride with him In
the private car and also have luncheon,
but the President-elect declined.
Instead he ate In the public dining
car and afterward played with a little
fellow who ran from his mother a few
seats away and danced IN glee around
the knees Of the President ELECT.
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But Had Failed to Bring Any
Permanent Relief to . ].
VIM. Sullivan.
WHEN EVERYTHING FAILED
He at Last Obtains Real Relief
After Using New Tonic,
iona Vita. ~ (

mo man or woman can do their full
share Of work when they are feeling
weak and run down." said John Beaslcy
Webb, who is assisting in the introduc-
ton Of iona Vita; therefore, the old
saying that a sick man is but half .
man is perfectly true.
ut is very gratifying to my colleagues
and myself TO read some Of the testi-
monials which state that work has
become easy since taking the new tonic.
Tona Vita. William Sullivan. 81 No. IL
Locust street. Brooklyn. N. Y. sent me
the following statement:
81 had been troubled with pains in
the back for two years and tried every
thing any one would suggest. My
doctor gave me different liniments 10
rub on. but the pain always came back.
He then burned my back with an
electric iron. and did not feel the pain
again until my back was healed. when
it returned. Reading about Iona Vita.
] decided TO try q bottle. and can
truthfully say that il has done me =
world Of good
mo man can work satisfactorily with
severe pains in the back" continued the
expert; fiona Vita makes all work y
pleasure. by relieving such pains.
symptoms other than the one Mr..
Sullivan suffered from. which may
denote the presence Of nervous debility.
are any Of the following: poor appetite.
dull pains in the head, sense Of fullness
after eating. loss Of weight or that run
down feeling.
"Tona Vita Is being handled by oil
the leading druggists in Greater New
York. who are reporting remarkable
sales. "-Advt. 49,
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BRINGS OUT RELATIONS OF THE
GIG iNTERESTS.

Judge Dickinson read more minutes
this being another repor, by Gayle,
(, his superiors in the Carnegie Com
psny.
Would II not seem that by ANY
ing ourselves with Rockefeller.
VINO has not grasped the situation
in the Bcssemer field this year,
and turning over &c him our iron
land holdings. we are putting our
selves at the mercy OF Joint
Arrangement between the Rookie
Teller and Federal Steel people.
while by retaining our holdings
We can retain the balance Of power
and make our own arrangements
Gayley was asked what this arrange
ment between competing companies
meant. lie started to explain. but oh
jsctions were made by the stee
Trusts lawyers.
Letters from Oliver to his director
telling OF Rockefellers efforts to gob5l
up the steel industry. and in that wa!
to crush the Carnegie Company, wer'
read by Judge Dickinson. oliver. writ
ing from the ore fields said:
II think this Is an effort on the
part OF II. II. Rogers and the stand
ard Oil crowd TO get the same con-
trol In the steel business that they
have in OIL
~ think Oliver was usually paradlnt
scarecrows before us to make us bu
more Ore." said Gayiey explaining this
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F|FTEENK|LLED
bYF|RE IN SWEEP
THROUGH HOTEL
Continued from First Page)

injured. Her sisters body IL In the
ruins.
Jesse d. Mold. night clerk. opened the
whom he heard an explosion. He was
driven back by smoksp and flames He
attempted to arouse q few guests on
that qpor. but son had to seek the
street save his 0wn ,ife.
Tina rNlelson. . chambermaid. rushed
from her room to the front Of the
building. opened window on the
second floor and leaped out. She was
picked up unconscious and bleeding. At
the hospital Il was stated that her right
leg was broken and she may have sus-
tained internal injuries.
The few guests who escaped from
second story windows or from the one
entrance on the Thirteenth street side did
50 In scanty attire. They were carried to
a drug store across the street and TO q
nearby restaurant and later cared for
at neighboring hotels.
Policeman SchwsEer. who was called
to the Are. carried out two unidentified
women and he himself narrowly escaped
being burned to death In attempting to
rc-euter Tue uutluiuB. Iue sbiO tUbt at
lea 81 a dozen unconscious persons were
lying on the threshold when he enter ed.
These were carried out by Foy, a
broker.
The flames were not entirely quenched
until after 10 o'clock. and 1t will be some
hours before any Of the bodies can ne
recovered.
Tho cause Of the ire has not been de-
termined. 1t started In the rear OF the
building. but had gained great headway
before Il was discovered.
The lower hoors Of tho Dewey Hotel
building we're occupied by the Raphael.
Fred Clothing Company. the Hitler
Liquor Company. the Adams Express
Company. The stock OF all these COM
panies was destroyed.
That the basement, into which the
burning interior fell within half AZ
hour after the fire started. contained
At least forty bodies. IL the belief OF
Fire Chief Salter. There was no wa,
! In which to reach them for hours aftc,
| the building collapsed, Only four bod,
| les were recovered before the flame.
| drove the hremen from the building.
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PA|DLEW|S MONEY
FORHARRYTHAW
SAYS HOFFMAN
Continued from First Pass)

Thaw and Lewis," but said he save
Lewis three checks for expenses. IL
paid Lewis the currency In the presence
U! Mr.. Thaw.' continued Hoffman.
Norman testified he had kept two
bank accounts IN Poughkcepsie FOR
Thaw for the past two years and the
money realised from the sale OF the
gas stock was put In those accounts
The accounts, ne said. are In his name
and he 10 authorized ~ draw checks
AGAINST them.
do you always get money from Thaw
directf" asked the committees counsel
NO; very seldom" was the witness =
answer.
Hoffman told OF being introduced Ia
william +. Clark. former secretary OF
the committee Of inquiry at Mattea.
wan. by Mr.. Lewis early In January
last lie said Thaw wanted Lewis
/, look up certain things" In connection
with the New York state Bar Asso.
clation meeting at Utica In January
last. and LOWS recommended Clark.
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LIFE WAS MADE EASY
At SUFFOLK COUNTY JAIL.
Ex-Warden Furey Tells Investigator
About Escape OF Prisoners
Others Went to Ball Games.

RivERHEAD. l.. l.. FEB. S-Wilhs
Bruce Dowd. named by Governor sulzer
to hear the charges made against Sheriff
Melville r.. Brush Of suffolk county. on
which his removal Is asked. to-day re-
sumei the hearing.
Former Jsii warden ThUmas J. FNey.
who was dismissed from that position
by Sheriff Brush and who started 10
te-tfy al the hearing . week axo. was
back On the stand.
Furey said Peter Musso and q number
Of other pr soners used to 20 to oali
James. Ne had seen one prisoner on
the streets ~ late ~ seven O'Clock In
the evening. She had been allowed to
20 20 moving picture show.
Oace ne went to the woman's apart.
ments In the jailsand found Helen New.
ton. daughter Of the ahsrifY's brother.tn-
law. with Esther Harris. whose cscApe
stirrsd up all the trouble. With them
was one Viola Rawlings samuel Bolton.
a prisoner. was also on that side. al.
though no man had any right tasrs
There were cards on the table and the
women and girl had appArentiy been
using them.
rae witness told OF the escape OF sew
erai prisoners. One prisoner WAS al
lowed to set up q barber shop In the
Sherins quarters Another had u shoe
shining privilege.
Others than officials had keys and
showed visitors through the jail, he
said. The ofhcials frequently left thsr
keys lying In Q box that was unlocked.
The witness was sros-ex aa!nsd this
afternoon.
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UNIONS AFTER SUBWAY.
AlleEe Men Are DOinE Electric.
ians' Work At "Helptrs'" ray.

Tie Public service commission IL 60
ing to see IL there are some electricians
in the employ Of contractors and sub
contractors engaged In bulldog the new
spbways. receiving less than the S+.5o a
day required by law
Repre- sensations were made to the
commission by labor leaders to-day ths,
several of the contractors were en-
ploying nut one electrician and a corps
Of heipers-st cheaper wage--ln va
~ious parts of the work when In real
dty these helpers were doing the work
OF electricians and should be paid the
$3.50. 4 public hearing OF the charges
made by the labor men Will be held.
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SWEENEY'S Man
IS INDICTED ON
4 new CHARGES
Continued from First Page.)

| confronted with a piece OF paper on
which was written the following note:
NJ. Whltsi II yoa have not already
done II. please SO that e9o pretsctis1
money - paid TO lGr. John Mustard,
no. Manhattan street, for the o.
Hundred and xhirty.asst street saloon
for April ana Nay. lgr. Mustard VIII
10 n shout 7.3o tonight. Yisess u.
tsnA 70 this"
McGrath finally admitted II was writ.
ten BY him and that he was IN the habit
OF pa ying $40 each month for each OF his
saloons to Mustard. who was the local or
district President OF the Liquor Dealers
Association. lie did no, know OF his own
knowledge to what purpose this money
was put. but he had already made q
practical answer to this question by the
word protection" that he epnloyed In
his direction to his man Waite
There was no going behind the re-
turns. SO McGrath had to admit that
this system had been instituted about
two years and 4 half ago. II was the
Witness belief that every saloon that
belonged to the Liquor Dealers Asso-
citation paid the same sum. In return
they were guaranteed that 80 long as
they did nothing more than run saloons
they would be let alone.
In the period that he had paid his
assessments McGrath said that he had
not been troubled by the police. Ito
said that there were no side shows in
connection with mis- places such ~
dance halls or card games or poolroOms.
Because of tina, he had always declined
I" do anything more than pay the regu-
lar sum.
The witness admitted that the money
paid this way was not, ~ he under.
stood the situation, q part OF the regu.
lar revenues Of the liquor association.
but WAS solely for the purpose Of
smoothing over the rough places In the
road laid out BY the police.
That the payments were efSicacious
i in keeping the saloons from being in
terfered with. Mc0rath admitted. n
oaid thAs his iAforaAtaoa Wa 70 ~
s6oot that the money hAd beeH ass1
for tAs bsusAt Of certain iAAivtAuall
connected With Yolioe 1esAsuarsssi
ana he ala not deny that ~ haA hsast
-as walsh hsa toe-that ~ aistR1s,
inspectors were taken care Of n ~
sa0o WAy.
John Mustard to-day readily admitted
that he knows James J. McGrath and hi
manager. White. but denied having had
, any financial transactions With either
Of them.
According TO the story Mustard told
a reporter. his sole transaction with
Mc0rath was receiving from him q ave.
| dollar bill In payment for a ticket to ~
annual outing held three years ago b,
| the Harlem organization OF liquor deal
! ers. Of which Mustard 10, ana was q
| that time. President
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CHARLESTON WINNERS.

FIRST RACE.-Four-year-o lds and up
ward; selling, five and . half furiongs-
Jack Sunaily. 100 &c, Mklsr). ~ to l.
WILSON,. . to !. oven and to .. second
Miss Jonah. W' "a. Burns). S 60 I. 2 to
I and 20 10. third. Time. Li0 SIS. Dust
Pan. New Haven. Miss Primitive, Agnes
May. Premier. sheriff Grueninger also
ran and finished AZ named.
SECOND RACE-T~o-year-O ODDS. ss,l-
Ing: three furlonrs, -Otranto. III
tGOose). 8 TO :. 4 to and Q TO 6. first:
Ave. i0' tSkirvin,, Is to Q. d to i and I
to :, second; Sonny BOY, 10 tkoerner).
TO 2, 10 and to .. third. Time.
n ~, Bulgar. Pat Rutledge ana Color
also ran and finished ~ named.
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That TiredFeelinQ

that 10 caused BY impure. impoverishsd blood q
low. rundown condition Of the system j,
burdenso,ne and diseOurasins. Do not put
up with it. but take Hoods Ssrsapsrills. which
has removed it in theussnds Of cases.
II had that tired feeling. had No APOSTLE
and no ambition to do anything. A friend
advised me to take Hoods Sar,se.rlla. did
90. and soon that tired feeling was gone. had
q GOOD appetite and felt we'll. | believe Hood,
saved me from . lens llneu." Mrs. B. John
son, Westfield. N,
Get Hoods Sarsaparila today. In
LIQUID or tablets called Sarsatabs.
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WILL EXHIBIT PACKEY
TO AID PASSAGE OF
CHICAGO BOXING BILL,
Representative Hilton VIII Box
-Four Rounds With Mcfarland
Before Legislators.

CHICAGO. Feb s-That ocular DEM
onrtratlop viii aid In passing he boxing
bill now befor" the state Legislature
10 the belief Of Representative George
G. Hilton, who drafted the bill. Hilton
has challenged Packey Mcfarland to
meet him IN four-round exhibition be.
fore neinbcrs Of both houses, soon In
the arsenal at Springfield.
Hinton Il "A skilled amateur boxer and
declares he Is prepared to receive a ina
jority Of the punches II he can con-
vince the lawmakers that boxing. as
regulated under his bill. is = clean. SCI
enuNc sport and should be- permitted In
Illinois.
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sis,ing on his question, but finally
modifying II.
Before the formation Of the steel
Corporation he asked, was II not
possible to go into the region con-
troled by the Standard oil and Me-
IA ba interests and acquire new Iron
ore property"
The Mifness agreed IL WAS nOssible
The evening world., 1913-02-28
The Closing Quotations,

Tho foao~tna view the Mshsst. lowest aud las,
pssco NJ stochs for to-da, and the ~, ehansss o.
coopAsvd with yestsf,isy's closing ps1csu;
The evening world., 1913-02-28

chauffeur OF the Department OF Ac.
I counts. Yet they cleaned up the Island
ana VBf'en was nred' .
IN my opinion 'nere J. no. crooku
h'Apec'"r IN new 10Th 'nA' cam
csush' s"a Men' wnen man "
oo,u ~ 80, ~, a.
mus '"~. "'s' "..p 49, ~
.,. - .,,,..,.,.,. 49,. ..,,.. q,
80, =, $50. ,.,,oy.s u,,t you ,pus,
,s-nr. nm hnr.., Msyar .npo,n,Inx an
an noo.st Comm, .s,oner 10 dive the
o,.ra oow.r
NOT a. eAvoa Of SGpARAYE
v,ce pot, ice
A.. u,s,h., Wa. 80 "a his onln,on of
the pl,p Of the ciursns' Committee to
sep.rase VICE ~. en,orcsmes, ,rUm 'ns
=, ho,a,n, sbn, n eouId aifrusc re-
spo,s, b,llty ana that the regular force
ccuiJ 40 the work an II now stands n
IL wanted to.
= duA'( believe there Ia q man on the
force ~Ho would honestly say that the
Mayor ana the Commissioner work'aS
together. cannot enforce the lava Of the
city," he declared.
Ne said That he thought the term OF
the Commissioner should be co-termin-
Gus VIVA that OF 'he Mayor,
or sunday liquor Hcepses Mr.. Mitchell
-" u.t 'e'..e"'u'" '"o"'" We "''"
os" op
",..ne' 'e"e,eu ,"a, w. n -,
vs.
~, "a -. ,a,..",,.
49, ,s, 49,. 80, h.. ,,.,,,,",
In andinx that police sergeant N
charge. had been selling Licences on .
large scale, showing what would happen
when q policeman had any thing to do
with the matter
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Mayor oaynor was shot ana b, was
acting Mayor.
MtVcNel TELLS OF CLEANING
Up coNev leland,

II Sent police investigators and alao
special investigators from the C,anis-
sioner Of Accounts to Coney Islanu.
The police reported that conditions we're
beautiful. The other investigators re-
ported the public prsctice OF vices that
may Lot be mentioned. I waited sew
ersl days but nothing was done. ! then
ordered the Inspector OF that district de-
NOTED and placed on charges. Inspector
OBrien was so treated and Inspector
Russell was nut IN charge. The f,rst
day brought an exodus OF vicious
creatures. and the Island remained
clean that summer. The sane thing
can he done elsewhere whenever the
Mayor and the Commissioner want TO
do H.
That Coney island Investigation vas
not done ny experts but by clerks and
chauffeur OF the Department Of Ac-
counts. Yet they cleaned up the island
and OBtien was f,red.
In my opinion there /, not Q crooked
Inspector In New York that can't he
caught aud fired. When . man Is
crooked h. leaves trail some whore.
one thing that might help would be 20
give the Commissioner moro power In
removals and eliminate the review OF
cases Of those removed Hut YOU must
sssums nm hurest Mayor appointing an
an honest Com mi ssioner TO give the
extra power.
NOT a. eAvoa or AHpARArE
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-12-05
WOLF CREEK

The event of Thanksgiving week
here seemed to be the pleasant dona-
tion party with appropriate exercises.
held at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. w.
w. Eull, in honor Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Mitchell, who live above Golden and
for whom the party proved a pleas
ant and profitable surprise.
H. l.. Chaplin Of Portland, who has
considerable land in this vicinity,
spent a couple of days here last week
looking over his interests and plan
ming for the new years work His
young pear trees are doing we'll.
Harper Stuart has moved back to
town from the Dresser property.
Forest Piel, a senior in the Klam-
ath Falls high school, and quite a
debater and football player, came up
after the game at Medford for a
brief visit with his brothers and
mother before returning to school.
Mrs. Piel expects to leave for a few
weeks visit at klamath Falls the
latter part of this week.
The Rev Mr.. Wharton, who, by
the way, is an excellent preacher, is
conducting special services here this
week, with a fair attendance.
Louis Stas is still shipping wood
to Medford, and by the close Of the
season will probably have made the
heaviest shipment from here since
the Southern Pacific ceased burning
wood in their engines.
Silyerware that is guaranteed al
Cramer Bros
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-12-05

Mr.. and Mrs. n. G. Clark of Noun
tain Grove, Missouri, are recent ar
rivals in the city and intend spend
ing the winter here.
a. L. Bates was successfully oper-
ated on for hernia at the Good Sam
aritan hospital Wednesday morn
ing. Drs. Sweeney and shearer. as
sisted by Miss Katherine Buckley,
r. N, have the case in charge.
H. H. Harter and ]. R. Wood of
Protected Cove Orchard, we're in
town Wednesday and Thursday, in
cidentally seeing Within the Law"
Frank w. Keeler of Denver, Col,
who is negotiating for the purchase
of the 100000 bond issue, is again
in the city, meeting with the mem
bers of the public utilities commits
sion and the other city officials.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-12-05

children, j. S. Spence and Bert Caid.
After the ceremony the guests par
took of sumptuous wedding sup
per. The groom is we'll known
travelling salesman and the bride has
been a resident of near Waldo for
a number of years.
Daisy Hervey is working for Mrs.
j. T. Logan.
A social dance was given at the
home of c. A. Hervey on Thanksgiv-
ing night. A large crowd was in
attendance and good time reported.
A couple of hoboes entered the
dwelling of Mr. Hutchinson near
Waldo and took various articles
from it. They were seen and good
description of them was given, but
so far they have not been appre-
hended.
The Payne school, taught by Miss
Phaye Diffenderfer, was closed on
Friday.
C. ]. Howard has returned to his
work on the rural route after a
months vacation.
Mrs. Spicer has been seriously i'll
at her home near Waldo DR.. Spence
is attending her.
NJ. W. Beckey will depart for Ok
lahoma on Friday
J. II. Keal is on the sick list suf-
fering from an attack of la grippe.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-12-05
LELAND ITEMS

N. F. Inman passed through Le-
land on his way home Friday. Mr..
Inman has been working on the new
railroad, but expects to work for c,
Epperly this winter.
Oliver Dorman made a trip to
Grants Pass Wednesday
Rose Devall spent Thanksgiving
with Inez Williams of Grave.
Mrs. Couch arrived in Leland
Tuesday evening and left for the
Golden Oat mine on upper Grave
creek Wednesday morning
William Blalock of Rogue River is
visiting friends at Leland and Grave.
Jack Hayden and wife arrived
home Wednesday. They have been
in San Francisco for nearly year.
This is Mrs. Hayden's first trip to
Oregon and we hope she will like her
new home.
Mrs. Martha Stevens is on the sick
list this week. She is our excellent
cook and we hope to see her we'll
soon.
Sarah and Rhoda Inman were
down from Greenback Tuesday.
Report has it that Cupid" has
rented and furnished a house in
Placer which is soon to be occupied.
Rain still coming down at good
rate.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-12-05
COLOMBIA SUPPORTS
PRESIDENT HUERTA
(By a United Press STAFF Cores
pondent.)

pondent.)
Mexico City, Dec. S.-The Mexican
congress today received a note from
the government of Colombia, hotly
denouncing the United States inter-
ference in Latin-American affairs,
and urging Mexico to resist 1t.
Several members Of the senate fav-
ored an immediate reply, but Presi-
dent of the Senate Urratia called a
secret session instead, and the de-
clsion was reported to postpone con-
sideration of the message. 4
President Huerta today issued an
order summarily placing ex-President
Porfirlo Diaz again on the active
army list. He said he would follow
this with a peremptory order for
the institution of legal proceedings
to bring the ex-presldent back to
Mexico. II was agreed in official cir
cles that Dlaz could not refuse with
out placing himself in most en-
Darrassing position.
The war Office published a report
of battle two days ago, IL miles
from the capital, in which II was said
the federals routed 200 Zapatistas.
killing 10 and wounding 20 OF them.