Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-30
Dictator Said to Have
Sent Son and Daughter
From Mexico City.
MEDIATORS IN RECESS
No Further Conferences at
Niagara Falls Pending Final
Carranza Reply.

Washington. D. c., June 30.-Privare
dispatches from unofficial sources in
Mexico City stated President Huerta
had sent his son and daughter toward
Puerto. Mexico. preparing for his own
departure on short notice. The infor
nation was conveyed to the state de-
! partment.
Niagara Falls. Ont. June 3O-After
a conference today between Mediators
De Cana, Naon and Suarez. II was an
| nounced that mediation would formally
recess tomorrow until such time as
the constitutionalist delegates and
Hureta delegates could confer inform
ally on Mexico's internal problem. A
note from Carranza transmitted
through the constitutionalist agency in !
Washington reached De Cana today. |
II asks more time in which to consult !
his subordinate chiefs and generals be- |
fore acting on the invitation to par
ticipate in informal conferences with
the Huerta delegates. II is freely pre-
dicted Carranza might want a month
or more.
The decision to recess was reached
after reading Carranza's note. which
Suarez said was satisfactory and
sensible in explanation of need of
time. II is not believed the mediators
will gather again in three weeks.
Electoral Liberty PeriIed.
Mexico City. June 3O.-Acting For
eign Minister Ruiz today gave out a
bearing on the state !
ment of the Mexican delegates to the :
Niagara Falls conference. addressed
TO the American delegates. and first
made public at Niagara Falls June IT..
In IL he brings out certain passages ?
which were not contained in the state Ii
nent as issued at Niagara Falls.
The object of the memorandum, II is {
said. was to combat proposals present Il
ID by the American delegates which n
would be tantamount to reducing cleo Il
oral liberty in Mexico to sham, as d
selections would be held under pres d
ure in favor OF Carranza. This. II is r,
rgued, would be bad for Mexico and II
or the United States, as well as for Il
'arranza, as it would cause bad feeling is
etween two peoples, and Carranza al n
rays would be regarded as the nomi- ii
zee and subordinate of the American k
overnment. B
For this reason the Mexican dele al
ates rejected the proposals in ques- W
on without even consulting their own
overnment for they could not counte- II
ance any arrangement enabling the NJ
government to put in o.
resident in Mexico. OF
Ask Washington for Reason. W
The Mexican delegates in the docu- >,
ent ask why Washington objects TO n
le establishment of a neutral provi-
onal government, which the Mexi- L,
IN delegates had Immediately accept
|. The only answer. thet say. can
that Washington does not desire ar
ectoral liberty in Mexico. Ruiz ;,
ated that after the memorandum had III
zen presented an agreement was te
ached between the Mexican and I'M
nerican delegates. but it could not be
given out because the Mexican gov Us
nment had made some observations lin
II. so
News reached here that Zapata, On
uthern revolutionary leader, had co
lblished a decree rejecting allegt sul
&c TO Carranza. Zapata is said TO
We declared he will extend opera o.
ms along the west coast as far as ''
nora and fight Carranza forever"
English Advised to Leave. :
In view of the existing conditions in cur
,xico. Sir Lionel Garden, the British ub
mister. has advised all British sub =
It's temporarily to leave the coun- Ne'
2. He said that the shortage of fuel see
I'd in the operation of trains was sor
,wing more acute daily and that YES
trains probably soon would stop SID
ming. which would make difficult rec
departure OF persons in the inter ma
Ext
'orreon. Mexico. June 30.-Railroad how
n brought the information that Gen c
] Barron. who commanded the fed day
] garrison at Zacatecas. reached upo
Ias Calientes with only II men. sub
IRON was wounded in the thigh. sun
rteen thousand federals participat- OF I
in the battle OF Zacatecas. Five
usand were captured and - far as q
sibIe to ascertain only 300 escaped. M