The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-05-25
FOLLOWING. OREGON WITH
MOVIE MEN AND NEWS WRITERS

clue the n1Sn SalaTleQ cnaQ from tne
city goes back to his typewriter and
sends in 5000 words to New York or
Los Angeles with the minutest de-
tails of the progress of negotiations
on the border.
This conference going on today in
this hotel is a noteworthy one. At
11:45 this morning Gen. Obregon
came here. He met Gen. Scott in an
man with large mining interests in
Old Mexico is with them. He is sup
posed to be sort of go-between. Gen.
Funston is not with them. He is an
excellent soldier but is not consider
ed good diplomat. They have been
together all afternoon and night and
its past 1890 O'Clock now. They have
two rooms and a parlor. They have
had lunch and dinner sent to the
rooms. No one goes in and no one
comes out.
That is about all that anybody
knows about that conference now near
midnight. Yet the afternon papers car
ried good reports about it and the
boys are now writing columns of stun
that will be printed in the morning
papers.
When the movie mems game fell
down and they quit l joined the
newspaper writer's in their hunt for
news.
S All evening in the little hall up
on the eighth floor from 20 to 80 news
writer's sat on the floor or stood
around waiting. They have been
waiting for this conference to
finish since noon today. Some have
gone OF. written stories and came
back. a guard keeps the crowd we'll
back from the doors so that not
single word can be heard. The men
visit cheerfully. and play dice for
Carranza money.
At 8 O'Clock word is sent out that
statement is to be made to the press.
1t comes out typewriter and Is
briefly, I'VE are still comforting. We
hope to get together to the mutual
satisfaction of both our countries.
Nothing more for publication" Sign
ed, Obregon and Scott.
The newspapernnen grab this state
mert and hustle to phones and tele-
graph offices and send in long stories.
Then the long vigil continues. Men
chafe at the delay and cuss Scott for
holding back the news. Some Mexi-
can friends of obregon lie down on
the floor and go to sleep.
At 11:2o the stenographer leaves.
Hopes revive. At 11:40 Obregon
walks down the hall and shakes hands
with some OF his Mexican friends.
Newspapermen who speak Spanish
talk with him. They say. What have
you say?" He says. What do the
newspaper men have to say" and
laughs good naturedly. He repeats
the joke and finally says. We are
beginning TO commence" then goes
back TO Gen. Scott.
The wait continues-in the hopes
that some one will come out and say
something for the press. The New
York men give up hopes as 1t Is now
O'Clock a. m, in New York and too
late for morning papers. / leave the
bunch to finish this little story.
At 1915 a. m. Cen, Obregon comes
down stairs and passes out. He is met
at the door by fiaring light. The
street is lighted up as bright as day.
My friend Griffith of Universal City
makes flash light moving picture OF
Gen. obregon and party as they get
in their cars and move away. He has
put over beat on the others. They
have gone to bed or are out enjoying
the gaities of the city.
And this is just one day of
picture making and news making in
FL Paso. You have had the news
feature of this most important con-
ference, in the United Press reports,
before you read this. You will have
read the result OF the conference in
The Daily Record almost as soon as
will get 1t here-for IL has to be
dug up yet during the night by men
who never sleep. in the night, and
who have ways OF getting news from
men who will not talk. G. u. II.
ga mo dana ~ rnznt nom, to soff .unno-.