JThe Omaha Sunday Bee. NEWS SECTION PAGES ONE TO EIGHT. WEATHER FORECAST. for Nebraska -I'lison rj. For Iowa Showers.. VOI XL. NO. 45. OMAHA, SUNDAY MOKXIXU, A TIM I '.'!. UUl-KKVKN SFXTIONS K(HTY-lrU IWdES. KIXUI.K COl'Y F1VK CUNTS. UNION MAN HELD ON TIMESCHARGE J. J. McNamara, Officer of Interna tional Bridge and Structural Workers, Arrested. Comiug and Going in Omaha MADERO AGREES TO AN ARMISTICE Leader of Insunecto Forces Author. izes Gomea to Consummate Truce with Federals. PEACE NEGOTIATIONS TO COME SERVE PAPERS AT INDIANAPOLIS ) f :r,' Relatives Are Detained by Police at Chicago. MAY AFFECT THE OMAHA CASE Detective Burns Says Arrest Solve Court House Case. May EFFORT MADE TO CONNECT IT UP ,'lnnler (burs In Connection wltk l.oa tnaelre Horror Prrfrrrrrt titnlnst rrrrtarr-Treaa-iirer of Organisation. INDIA NAlUl.m April !2. -Charged with murder In connection with the explosion that wrecked the building ofV the Los Angeles Times on October 1. 1910. enuring th rtrMh nf twonty-on person, .lames .1. VcNniri, sccrctary-treasurcf of tlii Internal ons.1 Assoc'iUlon of Rrldite and rmtiml Iron Workers, mi arretd lo-1;i'- nt I tip oi'kh nidation hradnuar' its lirrl lodny. 'I he WHrra.nl ws based on an Indictment found In' a grand Jury lit I.om Angel and as sivtd In- Willinni .t. HiirnH. ;i deteetivf. aci-nmiianl -d by In,:ia a.oll de tective Ruin 'fa M i would start to Wht for Los Anseles wt i McVmnnri. lovern'-r Marshall Imclng honored rettulsl t'on pHprr. , Respoi'slMllt;.- fur explosion In other purl of iho rountry would be placed as (hi- reu'l of nn Investigation now In prog ress. Kuril sad. Hp added that .1. H. McNamara. brother of J a me J. McNa mata. and otto MuOonlgle, were today de tained h the police In ('hlcaico na having knowledge of the lxs Angeles Time ex P'oelon. After the arrest of McNamara, Burns and other detective searched the office of the Association of Urdlge and Structural Iron Workers and detsned there other officials during the examination of papers and record. When the detectives entered the office, averting of tho executive board i In progress. - Attrndlnft-.lt were; F. M. Ryan of Chl caico. president : H. V. t,eglontr, Pitts burg; P. A. C'ooley. New Orleans; K. A. ( lane)-, Ran Prum-isco; M. J. Young. Hoston. find J. I.. Butler. Buffalo: These men were permitted to leave the office afterwards. The deterlvtea dorllned o say whether they had found any evidence against McNamara. Warrant Charges Marder. .The warrant ugalnat McNamara charges him specifically with murder In complicity In the dynamiting of the Ixs Angeles Times building and also allege he was Implicated In an explosion, ar the Uewelbn Iron U orks. I.n Angeles, December SI, 110. Petrrtlv Burns said furthrr developments were expected to. disclose the perpetrators t explosion dlrcted against employers here, at Omaha. Neb., and Columbus, Ind., and other place. ' - , At midnight on March 22, last, explosions occurred In the court house at Omaha, under construction, and at the plant of Caldwell A 1'rake at Columbua, Ind. They were She contractors for the court house. They estimated their loss at S15.0M. They i-atd they had had dispute with the Iron workers' union. On the night of October 34. 190. a new telephone exchange building, a saw mill and garage at the home of Albert Von Spreckelaen, a contractor her, were al most destroyed by explosions of dynamite. Von Ppreokelsen had employed nonunion workmen In several of his contracts. Ha was engaged In constructing the tele phone exchange building and a part of the material was being prepared at the saw mill. After the explosions, he discharged his nonunion workmen and engaged union men. Folic Investigation apparently came to nothing. " , Detective Burns and a detective from 1 xis Angeles have been here several days, but their movements were carefully hidden by the police until the raid was made. Progressives Renew Demand for Places Insurgent Senators Insisting: on One Fourth of Republican Com. mittee Appointments.1 WASHINGTON. Aprl arranged today In th progressive and regular tor for representation oi lntttee. It waa agree further should b don when Senator Oalltnger -A true . t between th cpublicaa ena h senate com that nothing until Tuesday will submit a tentative Hat of appointments. Efforts will be made to ad lust matters so as to mart th wish of th progressive with out recognising them a an organisation. Th progressive aanator attended th meeting of th committee on committees today and renewed their dan and for one fourtk'of nil th republican committee appointments. THE WEATHER. OR NKMIlASK'A-l'nsattled FOIt IOWA --Showers. Trtnaerature at Oataka teatrrday. Hour. leg. b a. m a. m T a. m..... S a. m S a. m 1 a. m It a. oi , It m 1 p. m..... S p. m S p. m 4 p. m 5 p. m .....iu ...46 4 F4 65 T.7 u 1 l tn ... a t p. m... T p. m ttl p. m 5 I 1 4 r ' t( -J at I 111! "" I roeana,raliv local Kreord. 1911 1SIO. lfkijt. ItKV. H-ltt today tS M M 7(5 lMer today " 59 Mean temperature M H t: A Precipitation ' -W Temperature and precipitation departures fioui the normal: .v vrmal temperature 1$ v'x.e.-s for the day 1 " oly exenaa aln March 1 US r.i1i.l prc!pliaiin 11 Inch lWldcniv for the dv 11 Inch Tola I rainfall since March 1 2 I inches f ft lenry since March I I IT Inch Wfl'lcm y for i or. period. 1910. I 17 Inch's I -ef I. i n for c,.r. period, ! 1.S7 li.t lie U A. t.iJit. Ucl Forecaster. SAENQERfEST INSURGENT FIGHT TO SENATE Democrats May Be Called Upon to Arbitrate Differences. RESULT CANNOT BE PREDICTED I'roareaal ves Assert Democrat n nild Support Them as Inclined Toward Itrlnrm Tronlilt Over the . Finance Committer. WASHIN'OTOy. April 22. Democrats of tlie senate may he called upon to arbi trate the differences between the republi can rgtilars and prorsive. over the ques tion of comlttee assignments. This unprecedented situation was pre dicted tonight following the adjournment of a meeting of the republican, committee on committees at which the demand of the progreslves for the right to dictate one-fourth of the republican members on all committees was Spain dented. The progressives did not nsk for a formal recognition, but this made no dir. ference In the vote of seven to four by which their original demand were de feated. It was said th progressives will ap peal to the senate from th assignments of the committee on committees snd In this way the democrats will be called to settle the difficulty. ' Neither of the republican factions Is disposed to shirk th responsibility of the situation. If the dispute gets Into the hand of democratic senators It Is pre dicted the result may be of far more Im portance. Th snarl would b such that no one could forecast th legislative re sults of th session. Demorrmla' Aetloa 1'ad.ertaed. Just what'aotlon the democrat would take a arbitrators s speculative. Several ar known to sympathise with the In surgents, wille many unquestionably would vote to sustain party regularity. At to day meeting, a resolution adopted yester day, which provided for the organisation of th committee In alphabetical order, waa reconsidered, and Senator Galltnger, as chairman of th committee, was Instructed to bring In a tentative list of assignments. But this action waa not taken without op position from th progressives, who In slsted upon their right to designate their representatives on committee. When they were voted down the prog ressives retired from th committee room. They do not relish the prospect of having Mr. Gallinger name the progressiva mem ber of the committee and while they make no declaration to this effect, It Is plainly th purpose to oppoa th chair man's action whenever It fail to meet their requirements of one-fourth of the republican committee assignments. In uch a conflict a then would ensue It is expected the. seven regular members would stand together In supporting the "i.auinger aelectlon." The defeat amenament offered by the proireeslve would follow and In tha.t event It Is ex pected tho progressives, refusing to accept the situation, would take the case to th senate. An Intermediate step would be consideration of the question by the re publican caucus, but as the regulars out number th progressives, three to one, the committee regulars would b sustained. i Th progressive contend that If th democrats ar Inclined toward reform, they would be compelled to support their slate, but the regular republicans believe the conservative democrats would stand with them. Waat Two Mraaber Flaaac. Th principal contention In th commu te on committees la over th assignment to th committee on. appropriations, finance, postofflce and poatroad. judiciary and foreign relation. Th progressives contend they war promised two members of th efinanc committee in advance of the organisation of th Gallinger commu te and they ar eapeclally anxious to have this pledge carried out. On the other hand, th regulars say to concede thla request would be to give the progressives and th edemoorata control of this Important committee and this they do want to do on the eve of tariff revision. The progressives ar anxious to Influence the committee on appropriations as a means to controlling the committee on ex penditure. They want larger representa tion on the postofflce committee as a check on executive appointmenta and they desire to aid in shaping the settlement of the Mexican embrogllo through the com mittee on foreign relations. They also hope to insure another favor able report from the committee on the Ju diciary on the resolution providing for the election of senator by direct rot and ar desirous of Influential representation on that committee. TWO SENTENCES COMMUTED Mm rni tried of Merdrr Released by Order of President Tafl. WASHINGTON. April 22-Presldnt Taft today 'commuted the sentences of tw men serving lite terms In leaven worth peniten tiary for murder. Oeorge Robertson, a line rider In the Indian Territory, robbed a farmer's pear orchard. When surprised he shot and killed the farmer. He will be re leased In about six months, having been a model prisoner during a tana equivalent to twenty years. Cbepon Coose. a full-blooded Seminole Indian, convicted of th murder of a whit man In a drunken brawl oa the Indian Ter ritory frontier, will he released from Leav enworth at once. President Taft held there wa sum doubt of his guilt. ''sc..... QETTINQ FLY Three Killed, Four Fatally Injured by Gasoline Explosion Tank Car of Fuel Standing on Siding Near Bell Oil Plant Catches Fire Fire Others Injured. ST. LOUIS. April 22. An explosion of a tank car filled with gasoline here today killed three persons and Injured nine oth ers, four of them perhaps fatally. The car was standing on the Wabash tracks at the plant of the Bell Oil company. The dead are Mrs. Agnes Dallwitx, her granddaughter, Emma Dallwitx. and Edwin Hauk, a Wabash fireman, who was stand ing near the car. Their clothes were blown from their bodies and all were found more than 100 feet from the car. Four of the Injured at the city hospital, according to attend ants, cannot live because of the extent of their burns. Three small buildings caught fire from the blazing fluid and were partly de stroyed. Prince Henry in Aeroplane Accident Brother of Emperor of Germany I Forced to Make Quick Descent by Bursting of Cylinder. DARMSTADT. Germany, April 21. Prlnc henry of Prussia had a thrilling experience while flying In an aeroplane with' August Euler over th military pared grounds r-wlay. , Th aviators Ver sailing along at a good clip, having made thirty-four miles In a circular course In fortv minutes, when a cylinder in the machine broke and compelled the prince, who waa operating the aeroplane, to -make a hasty descent which, however, wm accomplished suc cessfully. There waa not time In which to choose a landing and the aviators came down In th midst of a drilling regiment of soldier who were obliged to scatter to avoid Injury. BILL FILED AGAINST OMAHA COMMISSION COMPANY tleafo Cempetltsr Berks to Preveal Great Wester froaa Dolag Haal area la l!llala. CHICAGO. April J2.-(Spcll Telegram.) A bill asking that the Great Western Commission company of 'Omaha be re strained from doing business In Illinois has been filed In the circuit court by the Great Western IJve Stock Commission company of Illinois, which sayi th similarity of names ' has confused shipment. HARRIET TRUE BATES INSANE Aatanreaa f "Twg Mrs f the World" Belterr Herself Victim of Plot. A8HTABULA. O.. April 12.-Mrs. Harriet True Bates, author of "Two Men of the World." which was . published twenty years ago. creating a sensation, waa ad Judged Insane today. Since the recent shooting of an Italian here by a policeman Mrs. Rates has Imagined that the Italians are plotting to har-n her. A short time ago she applied In court to have her name changed to that of the heroin of her novel. "Hilda Vernon," say ing that character represented herself. Converse Chats Secures His Son's Release MEXICO CITT, April 22.-Two old men. on th president of Mexico, and the other an attorney of Ixa Angeles, and the father of a boy confined In a Mexican prison, today chatted In a neighborly fashion for fifteen minutes over a subject thst baa brought Into action all the machinery of two stale departments. At the conclusion th father was promised thst his son and Edward M. Blatt. hsld with him. would be set free. The attorney was C. H. Converse, father of Iawrence Converse, who has been In Jail for soma months at Juarei on a charge of having participated In the Mexican revolution as a filibuster The two boys will be taken by Con verse to 1 oa Angeles. Relating the story of the confer, ence. Converse characterized It as be ing like that of "two old neighbors." "Not once." said be, "did the presi dent ask an embarrassing question or make a remark calculated to hurt my feelings. It was simply a case of two old men talking over the action of a son who had got Into trouble. I was not asked to glte any reasons why my boy should be reieaaed and I did not President Dla asked Mr. Converse 'tis Is just 21." replied the father. Has the boy a motherr' asked the "Tee " "Would you be willing to take the him and se that he remains ay f i- The father assured him he would b "Then." said the president. "I ulli I him Immediately to his mother, fir ' THOMAS CASE TAKES TIME Civil Service Commission Has Spent . Ten Days Over Testimony. DISPOSITION TO HURRY DECISION Senator-Elect Kenyon of Iowa Will Re Sworn In Xext Monday Services In Kerf Trnat t'aae Tendered Free. tFrom a Staff Correspondent ) WASHINGTON. April 22 (Special Tele gram. "As far a we are concerned th Thomas case Is closed." said Commissioner Mclllhenny of the Civil Service commission today. "No additional or supplemental testimony will be admitted. The case has been under daily consideration during our board meet ings for nearly ten days. We are carefully going over voluminous testimony submitted by Special Agent Moss and the statement made In rebuttal by Postmaster Thomas. "I can say only that we are carefully considering and weighlnK all evidence sub mitted and really cannot even give you an Idea as to when we may conclude, I may say. however. It is the disposition of the commission to dispose of the most perplexing situation in some manner at the earlieet possible moment." The credentials of Senator Kenyon. the newly elected senator from Iowa, now assistant to the attorney general, reached Washington this morning. They will be presented to the senate Monday by Senator Cummins and Senator Kenyon will be sworn In. Senator Kenyon "has presented his resig nation as a member of the Department of Justice. But he has tendered his services 1 th beef trust case to the government free of charge . The government 'wilt avail Itself of hla services. He h4 had charge of the caee and his knowledge of it wiU he of value In the trial of tho indioted pack er. 1 - Passenger Train Tumbles 250, Feet Into a Rocky Gorge Thirty Persons Are Reported Killed in Wreck on Kowiera Railroad in South Africa, CAPETOWN, I'NION OF SOUTH AFRICA April 22. Twenty-ope persons were kUled when a passenger train on the Kowiera railroad plunged Into a rocky gorge 2u0 feet daap owing to the collapse of the Blaauwkranti bridge, thirteen miles from Orahamstown today. Stern to Be Candidate to Succeed Smith Logan Man Wants Republican Nom ination for Congress in Ninth Iowa District DES MOINES. April I2.-Wlllls Stern of Logan. Ia., today formally announced hla candidacy for congress to succeed Judge Walter I. Smith In the Ninth Iowa district. Others In the race are Judge W. R. Green of Audubon snd E. B. White of Harlan. The republican congressional convention will be held at Council Bluffs May Is. Stale Senator A. C. Savaga of Adair will be temporary chairman. with Diaz; . Wltl-WVI-: IV I'dWKKSE, I Formerly of Council Bluffs.) how old his boy was resident. back' home with you and look after Mexico?" lad to do so v him reieaaed. Tou had lietter take 1 presume, mil be worried." JfZADY FOB A JVZWCOAT Booth and Robbins to Escape Meshes of the Criminal Law Former President of Fish Concern to Be Given Fine and Assistant Treasurer Goes Free. CHICAGO. April 22,-MSpeclal Telesrahv) W. Vernon Booth, former president of the fish firm of A. Booth 8; Co., will not have to stand trial In the criminal court. Neither will Frederick R. Robbins; former assistant treasurer of the concern, be forced to face a Judge and jury for hla alleged, misdeeds. Despite extraordinary secrecy on the part of State Attorney Wayman and his assist ants, It waa learned today that a plan has been arranged by which Boolh will be fined probably I4,0no or $5,000. and Robbins will be discharged later. The specific charge against Booth and Robbins is that of having conspired to defraud the Continental National bank out of laoo.oon, although the failure of the con cern Involved about $5,000,000. The defend ants have been at liberty on bonds, which were furnished Immediately after Indict ment had been returned against them. Much Indignation was expressed among the creditors of the Booth concern when the plans of Btate Attorney Wayman be came known today. It is expected that strong protest will be made and that the creditors Will insist on ' both Booth and Robbins being placed on trial before a Jury, Harry Bowers is Given Life Term Bank Robber Confesses to Murder of Thomas "Fowler at Hutchin- son, Kansas. HUTCHINSON, Kan., April 22. Henry Bowers, arrested last Tuesday jn Ottawa, Kan.,' on a charge, of robbing a box car, confessed today that he murdered Thomas Fowler, secretary of the Kansaa Anti Horse Thief association her last Decem ber. He pleaded guilty before Judge ! Branine in the district court and was sentenced to life imprisonment Jn the pen itentiary. Bowers also confessed that he shot a man at Hudson, Kan., when he robbed a bank there of $4,000 several weeks ago. He shot Fowler In an attempt to escape after being arrested. Converse, Brown and Blatt Are Released Three Americans Confined in Mex ican Prison Given Freedom at Order of President Diaz. Et, PASO. Tex.. April 22. Iwrence F. Converse of Glendora. ' Cal.. Edwin Blatt of Pittsburg. Pa., and Richard Brown of El Paso, held In prison In Juares. were released today on orders from President Diaz. Brown was with the Insurrecto hos pital corps and had not borne arms. Con verse and Blatt had borne arms, but were arrested by Mexicans on Texas soil. CHICAGO MAYOR IN CHARGE OF HUNT JF0R LOST CHILD Governor f Indiana Isaac Appeal Prajlnc Al to Jot la rare a for Elsie Pare, belt. CHICAGO. April Special Telegram.) Thorn a R. Marshall, governor of Indi ana, this afternoon Issued an appeal to the citizens of that etcta tn Join In the March for Elsie Paroubek, who disappeared two weeka ago. "I urge all elllaen to help hunt for th little girt," he wrote, "and be on the alert for Information which might bring about her recovery." Mayor Carter H. Harrison today prac tically assumed charge of the search. Determined measures were adopted in the wld esearch for little Flale Paroubek. New Impetus was given the hunt by the promise of a large reward and high officials of the i slate and city enlisted the aid of citizens and police. The developments Indicated that the most extensive hunt ever at tempted In this section of the country would be organized and pushed' until the girl was restored to her grieving parents, who are now In a state of nervous and physical collapse after two weeks of futile He arch. It was believed the girl might have been enticed away and then hidden In the home of the organ grinder In ora thickly set led tenement. This sesrch, however, lll not lessen the close scrutiny of gvpsy amps throughout the state tn hopes of finding trace of the missing girl. In other child disappearances there ha een some clew to bring results to the ietectlvea, but the little golden haired girl or whom the hunt Is to be extended .over I Tee statea left behind not a trace which Mnild aid those trying to find her. So far s the detectives have been able to learn, i was walking along the street near her n.i: when she vanished. There the uearch -.an and there It has so far stopped, i or two weeks since little Elsie dlsap ared from the s'reet near her home, 0 South Albany avenue, the mystery of '" girl s dlsappeaxanee has resisted every .fort at sol ut lot YE&mUSE OB If or TO FRANFUI5L ? . BUTCHER QUOTES THE LAW Camorrist Prisoner Astonishes Court and Auditors with Knowledge. BEAUTY OF NAPLES ON THE STAND She Kays Only Rraaoa for Hrr Arrrat Wa Refaaal to Drnoance an lanoeent Man Whom Nae I.ovrs, VITERBO. Italy, April 22.-There is not a dull moment In ths trial of the Camor rlsts. The auditors never know what to expect, but they crowd every available place Ig the court of th assizes dally, fully assured of some sort of entertainment. Today Vlncenzo Avollo. the butcher, who disputed the law with the Judge; Antonio Percuoco. the seller of tortoise shells, frankly expressing he hope that he would get some free advertising out of his mis fortunes, and Maria Stendardo, "the beauty of Naples," who chose Imprisonment rather than betray th man she loved, were the principal actors In this strange mixture of comedy and pathos. The two men are charged with being present at the meeting of Camorrist leaders at th Alda tavern In Bugnoll on May 24, 1908, when Gennaro Cuoc.colo was con demned to death. When Avollo doffed the apron of his meat shop for other attire he chose the best In texture and cut and when oalled for Interrogation this morning he fairly dazzled the spectators with his fash ionable array. He Is a handsome man, but none was prepared for the oratorical ex hibition which he made. ' He spoke Ilk a scholar. Avollo made the usual unqualified denial of guilt, but went further and at the proper moment drew from his pocket a small copy of the Italian criminal code and from Jt read passage after passage In sup port of his claim that there waa no excuse In law for his detention as a suspect in th Cuoccolo case. . President Btanachi listened attentively for soma time, appearing much lntereated and not a little amused and when he thought th court and Jury had been suf ficiently Instructed in th . law he Inter rupted: "But Avollo. you usurp my profession." . Unabashed th prisoner responded: "I might say much mora, but I do not wish to steal to thunder of my lawyer." Hope for Advertising. Antonio Percuoco. smiling graciously, was next called for examination. He as sured th court and Jury that he wa as Innocent as a babe. He had not been at Bagnolt at the tlm th sentence of death was passed upon th Cuoeooloa. Then, In a whimsical vein, he concluded. "I am not a murderer or the companion of assassins. I sm a business man and trade in tortoise shells. I send my goods to th United States, particularly Chicago, and I do hope In th midst of my misfor tune that this trial will be a good adver tisement for my wares." Woman Denies Gallt. Ther waa special .nUrest In the examin ation which followed of Maria Stendardo, who Is th only woman among the priso ners. She Is the common law wife of Nicola Morra, otherwise known as "Red Sandy," and one of th alleged principals In the murder. Her career has been a romantlo one. Now N years old. she retains much of the beauty that attracted numberless suitors In her youth. Of humble birth, she was given In marriage at an early age to dock laborer and with him set up a lorVln house which attracted the attention of ti police. Maria visited th. local deleira, and thereafter th palaixo amendola we not disturbed. Soon afterward Maria mr Nicola Morra and. th stavta alleges, be came a power in the Camerra. All these allegations she. denied today, saying. "I waa arrested only because I was th' friend and companion of Morra and refused to comply wtth tb wishes of th Carabin eers that I denounc th man that I love and whom I know to be Innocent," oe mn rasa . MlW . April !1. 1911. Be Publishing Co., Omaha, Neb. Gentlemen: J Allow mo to say a few words reggrrllna; school advertising In The Bee. When I started my school In two small rooms In the. Bee bullllog. you recommended a lljie of newspaper advertising, without mblcb I am ready to acknowledge we would have never been able to build up a school occupying a whole great building by itself. My first advertising was placed In The Bee and no publi cation has ever brought me equal results. I am sure that the plan on which you are working is going to Increase the already satisfactory returns from your publication. Very tiulv j-ours, BOYLK8 Bl'SINKKH COLLEGK, Conditions Are Threshed Out Over Wires During Night. NEITHER SIDE IS RESPONSIBLE Statements Assert Intermediate Per sons Father Proposal. 1 TH0MFS0N APPEALS FOR KELP Former Ambassador to Mexico Among; Americans In Sraonlcn Who Pre sent Prtltton tn Wnsti I nat ion for Aid. WASHINGTON. April JI.-A long step townrd restoring tranquility In Mexico was taken today. After a series of unofficial conferences, Including the overtures of many go-betweens, General Francisco I. Madero, jr.. acknowledged leader of the Insnrrectos, todiiy formally authorised Dr. Vbsiiiicz Oomez. his diplomatic representa tive In the United Btstes. to consummate the armistice with the federal government, which In the lust few days has been urged by mutual friends. The armistice Idea has met with the ap proval of the main government and Is a preliminary step tn peace negotiations de signed to adjust various differences out of which the revolution grew. Tonight the econdltlons of th armistice are speeding back and forth over th wires for the approval of both sides In the revolu tion. They Include chiefly the Immediate suspension of hosttlltlese aa well as the diucontlnuance of troop movements, th establishment of a defelnlte pereloed in which the truce Is to be effective, the son to be comprehended by It and ' the per mission for both sides to secure food sup plies and free telegraphic communication. While the policy of the United Statea toward events on the border has not aa yet been clearly defined, the general opin ion In official circles was that the amicable settlement of the Mexican revolution would. In a , great measure, relieve the United States of the necessity of making any move In response to protests of Amer ican citizens aa to the danger of border warfare. President Taft and hla oablnet were pleased to learn that peace In Mexico was In prospect. An evidence of the desire for peace was the Issuance tonight of two statements, onhy the Mexican embassy and the other by Dr. Gomes, declaring. In substance, that neither side had taken th initiative In proposing the 'armistice, it was Inferred an effort waa being mad by Ir. Qrne. as the agent of the revolutionist party and th Mexican government, to forestall fric tion 1n future peace negotiations by the possible cry of "triumph" or "victory" for either side, , Dr. Oomez said that armistice proposals had not been made originally by the revo lutionists, but Intermediate parties had sug gested the Idea simultaneously and had been successful tn bringing It about. He said personal friends of government offl- ( rials, aa well as leaders of th revolution, had made It possible for both sides to reach an agreement on the main Idea of armtstlcs. Dla A seer ted Hlaeer. The Mexican ambassador Issued a state ment Indicating that the Mexican govern ment was sincere In Its desire to bring about peace and also giving th assurance that his government had not taken th Initiative. The whole effect of th two statements. It waa said, was to prevent th charge that constitutional government In Mexico had yielded to the force of arms, a contingency which. It la bellerved, revolu tionists, aa well as federals, were anxious to avoid so fas as establishing a precedent In th eye of world powers by which to Judge the strength and patriotism of th Mexican people, Thompson Appeals for Help. AH the Americans In Acapuloo, Including David F. Thompson, former ambassador to Mexico, have presented a petition to th United States government, saying an attack on that olty jls Imminent. Th oonaul aayg hoo rebels have taken Oratepoo and ar holding It. They have also apeparad In San Marcos. Th civil authorities In Acapuloo, the consul adds, are transferring th rc nls of the court to the fort, which la ex- cied to be a place of refuge.. I A OKRO tr.HRRt TO DRI.AY Inaargeat Leader Anthorises Comes - to IVea-otlat Armwtlee. MADWRrvs CAMP, via EH Paso. T.. April 25. Prospects of peace in Mexico bo came roseate today when Oeneral Madero In an Interview with th Associated Press correspondent declared that he had never and does not now Insist upon th Immedi ate resignation of President Diaa a a nee- m Bois-afl tsar Boyles College lUMtfll MOTMajo rvPiw'TIN - r-ivn, tn)vicg I ml4m. MkllMNM & a.., .. gcama, Ml President.