The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-07-09
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President Wilson Sends an Envoy
to Carranza.
STRIVING TO PREVENT WAR
John r. SiIllman, Consul at SaItillo,
VIII EndeaVor to Bring About
Peace Between the Big Chief"
and General Villa.

Washington, July 1.-The constitu
! tionalist junta here wired Carranzi
to hasten his reply to the mediators
invitation to meet informally with tn,
| HueTia ENJOYS.
This action followed a conference
that Charles A. Douglas, legal repre-
sentative for the Carranzaistas, helC
with Secretary Bryan. 1t is believed
the secretary, who had been in con
ference earlier in the day with the
American delegates, Justice Lamar
and Frederick Lehman, informed Mr.
Douglas that unless Carranza sent his
answer before the end of the week
that the mediators would believe he
was merely using them to gain time
and would abruptly end all further
efforts to bring peace to Mexico
through mediation.
Fernando Inglesias Calderon reit-
Grated his belief Carranza will not
name delegates. Rafael Zabaran and
Luis Cabrera differ with Calderon and
continue to declare Carranza will send
delegates.
President Wilson greeted American
delegates Lamar and Lehman warmly,
when they called on him at the White
House.
81 am proud of the way you repre-
scented the United States" he said.
An engagement was made for an
informal conference Monday. Minister
Naon is expected here from Niagara
Falls today.
SiIliman Goes Back.
John r. Silliman, former vice-con-
sui at Saltillo, left here last night to
return there as consul. He had in
structions from both the president
and secretary of state to use his Of
fee to bring about a permanent peace
between Villa and Car
rama.
T. Ayres Robertson was in Saltillo
and is said to have been present at
the quarrel between Villa and Carran-
"a. His report, conveyed to the state
states that Carranza
threatened to seize all of the eastern
Mexican states if Villa. as Carranza
feared at the time. seized Chihuahua
and held it as his own plum.
Huerta Not Candidate.
Mexico City, July Minister of the
Interior AlcoCer announced that a
to President Huerta will be
elected on Sunday.
He stated that all arrangements for
the election in territory controlled by
the government had been completed
and that Pedro Lascurain and General
who defended TOrreon
against General Villa, would be the
only candidates.
Alcocer stated positively that Cen
eral Huerta would not be a candidate.
zapata Needs Cannon.
Vera Cruz, July 4.-Thirty.eight
British refugees arrived here from
Mexico City. Fourteen of them were
children. Only two were men.
They brought word that Zapata S
rebel army is at the gates of the city
and that the rebel chief is Offering
fabulous prices for a few pieces of
artillery.
Zapata is Boosting that he could
capture the city within three days II
ne had a dozen cannon.
Delegates Going Into Exile.
Niagara Falls, Ont, July 4.-No
onger delegates to a peace confer.
snce. but merely prominent lawyers
marked for constitutionalist revenge
+ they return to Mexico City, Seniors
Rebasa, Rodriguez and Elguero pre-.
pared to leave the mediation head
quarters. Rabasa went with his fam
ly to visit friends in Buffalo for the
lay, before going to New York.
Rodriguez with his family was to go
iirect to New York. Elguero and his
suite will proceed to Montreal.