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All umaha lurns Out to Give
flayers an Auspicious
Start.
KINO THROWS THE FIRST JJAUU
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AV.Sar.Hen Queftn Follows With the ;
Second Over the Plate.
PA'S NEW PARK IS DEDICATED j
Civic Organizations Join to Make
Friday a Gala Day.
MIGHTY GHOWD SEES OMAHA WIN
Pa Hoirkr Rejoices In Havlnat a Fin
Hratnnina, vHh All Hoost
Ina nnd In Wlnnlnsj
lianr.
Omaha Inaugurated Its 1911 bae ball sea
Sun and dedicated Its new ban ball park
with a snappy nine-Inning victory Friday,
the lies Moines club being the victim,
6 to 4. Eight thousand eager and enthusi
astic fana attended the opening game and
many more thousands welcomed King Ak-Kar-Ren
as he rolled down Karnam street
In the gret automobile parade held before
the gajne.
Never before did a minor league city see
such a brilliant festival in honor of the
ortenlna of Its base hall year. Base hall
bugs of every degree, boosting for the great
game In Omaha, were In line to welcome
the paraders as they went through the city,
pwl at the park Pa Ruurke'a ample grand
stand aftd , bleachers were filled to the
breaking point by the sport lovers) of the
city.
King Ak-Kar-en ruled the day with all
' honors. lie and his fair queen. Miss
Frances Nash, divided the honors of toas
Ing up the first hall.
Just before the game the king and his
court marched out onto the diamond, as
tho mighty king coming to grace the baae
ball day. Fa Rourke waa presented with a
large bouquet from the Tom Moore club,
slid when Captain Schlpke stepped to the
bat he was tendered a great flower horse
Shoe composed of American Beauties, Indi
cative of the wishes of the givers.
Jiot A Brant Heat.
Not a seat In the grandstand was vacant
when the ball that opened up the season
was tossed up. King and Queen Ak-Sar-Hen,
with their numerous court, occupied
one of the boxes of honor, and Omaha
Elks were to be seen in another, i'a
rtouike, with a party of friends and Preel
flent Noriis U O'Neill of the Western
league, were to be seen. R. O. Jordan of
the United States Indian warehouse serv
ice, with a number of Washington baae ball
fans, were present
to ace the Western
league opening.
Omaha's Ad club, the Omaha Commercial
club and , other ,lot;al organisations were
repi Rented by strong memberships, and
many parties of fans were scattered in the
big grandstand. In the bleachers were
found some of the most loyal fans of the
tame, all cheering with Joy when Jimmy
Kane pulled off an especially neat play.
Parade la Great.
Fans, happy and enthusiastic over the
opening day festivities were present by
thousands. At J p. m. tha long line of
automobiles began to form with the head
resting on Nineteenth and Famam streets.
The big Omaska truck carrying the Musical
I'nlon band usurped the head place in the
line, and directly following it came one of
the eleven new Chalmers oars carrying
Fresident XV. A. Rourke of the Omaha
Base Ball club, Mayor Dahlman, Chief of
Police Donahue and President Norria
O NelU'of the Western league.
starting down Farnam street the parade
wended Its way under the great "Welcome
Baae Ball" arch and down Farnam street
Into the big business district. More than
tOO automobiles were In line, but the fans
In the cars were outnumbered by thousands
by the loyal fans and subjects of Ak-Hur-ln;
who gave tho parade welcome as It
wound along its way. ' .
Day Is Perfect.
The day was perfect for the opening; It
waa real "baae ball" weather. The mere
thought of cold, wind or rain waa dispelled
early In the day by the genial sun, and
shortly after t p. m. the number of dev
otees nn the streets gave testimony that
base ball Omaha waa appreciative of the
compliment that the weather man had
done Omaha and Pa Rourke.
Pa Rourke'a face, with a golden smile
for all the friends he saw, waa another
'testimonial of good will. And Pa's heart
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The Weather
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FOR N-TCRRAflKA Cloudy.
FOK IOWA Generally fuir.
TmntiM at Omaha Vraterday
Hour.
5 a. m
8 a. m
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10 a. in
11 a. m
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70
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Comparative Loral Reeord.
1M1.1S10. 1809. 1908.
Highest today 71 T 4S hi
lx( today 47 51 85 W
Mean temperature tW 4 ! 70
lreclpttation iiO .00 .12 T
Terapt-ruture and precipitation departures
from the normal.
Normal temperature . 63
I ; for the day T
Total excess since March I Ill
Normal preclptiatlon 10 Inch
Deficiency for the day 10 Inch
Precipitation since March 1 2.13 inches
'Deficiency since Marcli I 1. Hi inches
Deficiency for cor. period. 1910. .3.0s inches
Deficiency for cor. perl-id, l:. l. Winches
Heporla from Stations at f P. M.
Station und State
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tonaha, clear 71
Pueblo, clear .....77
Uapid City, ruining
Sunla Ke. char lit
Siierulan. pan cloudy
Mouz lit) , clear n
Valentine, clear 7
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t A. WKlJjli, Local 'oi rcaaler.
pmgible Balloon
Parseval VI Wrecked
by a 6ust o Wind
Car Laden with Ten Passengers Had '
Nearly Completed Trip from
Berlin to Amsterdam.
tmu.swir. Germany. April 2i.-,The
Ci:igtM ballon Parseval VI met with a
mfKhnp ten miles north of here today and
was forced tn n:ake a lough landing. The
PHRFenKers escaped Injury and the airship
whs not seriously damaged, though It Ilea
partly in a swamp and will of necessity
be dismantled and sent to miienieia oy
train
The accident happened soon after noon
and brought to an end what had promised
tn he a successful, nonstop flight from Ber
lin to Amsterdam. The airship, which was
occupied hy ten persons Including: two inlll
lary officers of The, Netherlands, rose at
Berlin at 4:30 o'clock this mornlnK. sailed
away toward ' Amsterdam at a clip of
thirty-four miles an hour". Oebisfelde. Sax
ony, was passed soon after in o'clock, tha
dirigible goini; strong despite rather strong
wind currents.
Between Iscnbuttel and IJefnrde the
atrial craft was flying low when It en
countered a gust of wind that compelled It
to slow up. At that moment the free
end of rope tliat dangled from the car
cauKlit In the branches of a great birch
tree and gave 'the nlrshlp a yank that
broke its balance This, combined with tha
wind, made necessary nn Immediate de
ne nt which was fairly well accomplished,
though with some strain to the dirigible
and the shaking up or the passenger. A
new mart pending, repairs was out of the
iusiin and the Parsevsl VI will have tu
go to a jshed for an overhauling.
Attorney General is
Up for Disbarment
South Dakota Official Being Tried
Before Supreme Court on Charge
of Double Dealing.
PIERRE. S. P., April 21. iHprclal Tele
gram.) The supreme court room was the
center of attraction at the state house to
day because of the hearing on the disbar
ment proceedings which have been brought
against Attorney General Johnson.
The whole cufte appears to hinge upon
Johnson's connection with certain civil
I rases, having prosecutes as state s attor
ney the same parties In criminal actions.
The prosecution depends evidently more
upon record evidence than oral testimony,
as only a few witnesses were called and
they sought to connect Johnson with the
conduct of a civil case which was conducted
by T. F. Auldrege. a clerk in the office of
Johnson, and In which he was assisted by
A .B. FairbnaUca of Huron. '
Fairbanks testified to his employment by
Auldrege and that he had no conference
whatever, with Johnson In . regard to the
rase, except to ak Johnson why he did
not, take part himself, with the reply ',y
could not do so as he' had been connected
with the preliminary hearing in the crim
inal complaint. Johnson was on the stand'
In his own defense most of the afternoon
and several other witnesses were called by
him. Tha court has taken the case under
advisement and will give it a speedy con-
J slderatlon.
Will Investigate
the Civil Service
House Committee Will Inquire Into
Right of Federal Employes to
Organize Union.
WASHINGTON. April 21.-An Investiga
tion of the civil service system has
been ordered by the house committee on
reform In the civil service. It Is the pur
pose of the committee to investigate the
allon fht "f ""vice
ployes to organize unions and to Inquire
into charges that tho service, has degener
ated into an Instltutltm of favorites. Cabi
net officers probably will be compelled to
attend aa witnesses.
President Taft is requested in a resolu
tion Introduced in the house today to fur
nish to congress an explanation of the
resignation of David Jayne HIU as am
bassador to Germany, The resolution is a.
Joint effort of Representatives Lever of
South Carolina and Brantley of Georgia,
and la based on reports that Dr. Hill In
the potash controversy Incurred the presi
dent's displeasure.
Troops Called Out
at Muscatine Factory
Sheriff Unable to Control Situation
When People Gather About
Button Works.
MI SCATINK. la.. April 21.-The collect-
7 i Ing of several thousand persons around the
I button plant of the Automatlo button fac-
47 1 tory this afternoon caused Fherlff Van
j natta to call out Company C, the company
"'there, of the Fifty-fourth regiment, Iowa
! National Guard. As the company appeared
near the factory the soldiers were greeted
with howls from the mob. Captain I-anne
called upon the crowd to disperse and the
soldiers,
with fixed bayonets, prepared to
m. i IIIAIKV. lllrH
the crowd scattered.
whtii annaita ooms not anticipate
further trouble, but the militia men iirob-
ably will be kept under arms all nlKht.
MRS. SCOTT IS RE-ELECTED j
Illinois Woman Asala t hoaea Head
of llanahtera of Hevolntloa
Otrr Mrs. Story.
WASHINGTON. April 21. Mrs. Matthew
T. Scott of Illinois has been re-elected
president-general of the Daughters of the
American Revolution by 63) out of a total
of 1.0K votes. Mrs William C. Story of I
New York received f. ,
IHspate of I nlons Cnnavs Strike. !
MARSHA LI.TO W N . la.. April 21. (Spe- ;
rial.) A disagreement between tinners em-
ployed on furnace work and union plumb-
ers as to who should do tbs steam fitting
connected with the LVatiryg boilers In the :
Scheller block precipitated a walkout of
all the building trades union employe
working on the building. The plumbers
allege hat they thuuld l allowed to do i
the strain fitting and the tinners claim 1
that this work belongs to them. It Is ex
pected that the work on the building will
be tied up for some time until national
arbitrating bodies ass on the case.
KEOIPItOCITYBILL
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PASSESTHEHOUSE
Lower Body Declares for Measure
After Six Days' Debate,
264 to 89.
NO CHANGE MADE BY MEMBERS
Goes Through in Same Form
Reported from Committee.
IDENTICAL WITH FORMER BELL
Practically Same as Submitted at
Last Session.
LEADERS MAKE FINAL PLEAS
Chairman I'nderwood, Majority
Lender, Rays Art Will Mark
Step tn Honest Compel!.
tlTe Poller.
WASHINGTON. April 51 The Canadian
reciprocity hill was passed by the house
late today. 261 lo 8!, after six days' de
bate. The measure went through in the
form In which It was reported from the
committee.
The bill which has President Taft's entire
approval, practically Is identical-with that
submitted at the Inst session.
An amendment offered by Representative
Martin of South Dakota to put fresh meats
on the free list was defeated overwhelm
ingly. Only ten minutes debate was allowed i
on the amendment.
Plx days of debate on the bill came to
nend this afternoon with the speeches
of the three leaders In the fight Represen
tatives I'nderwood of Alabama, McCall of
Massachusetts and Dalzell of Pennsylvania.
Mrs. Taft occupied a seat In the execu
tive gallery.
Mr. McCall urged the republican members
from' the northwestern border states to
support tha reciprocity agreement. Any at
tempt to tack a new free list onto the reci
procity bill As an amendment, he continued!
would completely upset the whole reci
procity agreement.
in a final attack on the Mil Mr. Dalrcll
of Pennsylvania declared the agreement
had been made without authority of law.
Mr. Dalzell called the agreement a
bungling piece xtt statemanshlp."
He characterized It as an "open, avowed.
free trade measure." and said Its passage
W'ould threaten the whole policy of protec
tion to American Industry.
Address of Mr. I'nderwood.
Mr. tTnderwood then"-began the closing-
address of the long debate.
The enactment of the reclproeltv bill Into
law, he said, would mark the end of the
period of exclusion" in the economic policy
of the country in so far as customs laws
affect Industrial conditions. . . .. . ...
"For fifty years." he said., "the repub
lican party has maintained the policy of
excluding, so far as It has been able, com
petitive products from other countries.' In
the beginning this was Inaugurated with
the express declaration' that It was ln-ierut;-s!
to develop new Industries until thev
Vers strong enough to stand alone and
face, in the open, the markets of the world
and the rivalry of oiir protective competi
tors, but the greed for gain has driven tha
advocates of this theory far beyond the
position they maintained at its Inception.
There In today hardly a great American In
dustry that Is not exporting Its surplus
products to the open markets of the world
and selling them In free competition with
the manufactures and crops of our foreign
competitors.
Would Strike Off Shackles.
We would be unrivaled masters of pro-
i d,lctlon n1 industry m every land, where
would but strike off the shackles that bind
us to the dead and unnecessary economic
system maintained by the republican party,
that creates false standards and wasteful
conditions at home."
Mr. I'nderwood contended that the na
tion should turn from these standards,
carefully adjusting the laws to meet new
conditions without serious Injury to capital
or labor. In order to reduce tha coat of
living at hbme and be prepared to dispose
of surplus products to Insure stability of
prices and employment to labor.
Position of Democrat.
"The democratic party," he continued,
"does not Intend to abandon the custom
houses, but favors a policy of levying cus
tom duties for revenue purposes only at
rates that will not destroy fair and honest
competition In the home market. 1 say
this bill marks an era In the economic life
of the nation. Why? Not that the Im
mediate results will be far reaching, but
because It takes one step In the right di
rection; a step away from the exclusive
protective policy, a step toward an honest
competitive policy."
In reviewing recent tariff legislation Mr.
Underwood said, "Our stand-pat repub
lican friends" were responsible for having
the reciprocity agreement now before the
congress. The Payne-Aldrk-h bill he char
acterized as a "gqld brick that glittered
without, and was false metal within."
When It came to applying the tariff
to Canada, he said, "that the president
dared not Impose the maximum rate on
Canadian products." a condition which led
up to Albany tariff conference with the
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IOWA BOY HELD PRISONER IS OR
DERED RELEASED BY DIAZ.
UWRE.NCt P. COWEKMe..
Former Council Bluffs boy who Is Impris
oned tn Mexico, has been ordered re
leased by President Diu.
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INSURGENT DEMAND DENIED
Senate Will Not Recognize Separate
( Organization.
TAFT. RESENTS THEIR ATTITUDE
Rejection of Proposition ofloa . 3ot
f Ikolnde Decision to OIt- Faction
Lena Kanihr Places Tbi
Their rine..
WASHINGTON. April 21 Formal de
mands made todat by Insurgent republi
can senators that they be recognised as an
organisation-distinct from the republican
majority of the senate and that they be
given one-fourth of all If the majority
membership of the committees and control
of these assignments were rejected by a
vote of 4 to 7 at a meeting of the senate
committee on committees.
Representatives of the regular republi
can organisation In the senate determined
to check the insurgents' demands after It
was learned President TaXt resented the
Insurgent attitude In opposing policies rec
ommended by him and their putting bar
riers in the way of his . renomlnatlon for
the presidency In 1912. That this was the
real reason for the widening of tho breach
between regulars and Insurgents waa freely
stated by some of the majority, members.
That the Insurgent members of the com
mittee did not bolt Is said to be due to the
fact that the rejection .of tho proposition
submitted did not carry with It a decltrion
to give this faction a leas number of places
thst they were entitled to In accordance
with their number, which Is about one In
surgent to four regulars. The action of
the majority, it was said, was Intended
merely as a declaration that the dominant
faction would not recognize a minority of
the party as having rights under a sep
arate organization, while the members
thereof claimed rights aa members of the
republican party.
After the committee meeting both the
regular and Insurgent forces - went Into
sessions which continued until late In the
day. Plans were made for renewed hos
tilities tomorrow, when assignments will
be offered to Insurgents as Individual re
publican senators.
Twelve New Orleans
City Officials Are
Sent to Parish Prison
Twelve Men Who Pleaded Guilty to
Stuffing Ballot Boxes Given
Eight Months Each.
NEW ORI.KANH. April 31. Twelve elec-
: j tion officials of the city of New Orleans,
who recently pleaded guilty in the so
called ballot box stuffing cases to
charges of violating the state election laws,
were sentenced today to eight months' Im
prisonment each In the Parish prison.
Diaz Orders Release,
of Blat and Converse
MEXICO CITY. April 21-Presldent Diaz
today ordered the release of Edward H.
rllatt und Lawrence K. Converse, Ameri
cans, who were arrested by government
troops and Imprisoned In Juarez. It was
asserted In defense of the men that they
were arrested on American soli and taken
Into Mexico by force.
II. C. Converse, father of one of the
Americans, called at the palace this mom
tiuf aud made a plea on behalf of both
Vtisoners. President Diaz after considering
the matter directed that a letter be ad
dressed to the authorities in Juarez order
ing the release of the two men. This letter
was given to the elder Converse who will
leave with it tonight for Juarez.
j Converse belongs In Gleudora Cal., and
, van fnrmeily a member of the Texas
j militia, .lllatt comes from Pittsburg. Pa.
' Roth men wire captured In February near
I Guadalupe by Colonel Babago's command.
charged with assisting the rebela Converse
Is a native of Iowa and formerly lived In
Council Bluffs.
King for the Day ,
Prof. See Announces
Evolution of New
Science of Cosmogony
Government Astronomer at Mare
Island Has New Theory of Cre
ation of the Planets.
PHIIADKIPHtA. April 21.-Dlsrpveries
In cosinlcal . evolution leading to the de;
velopment of an entirely new science, the
science of conmogony, were announced to
day to the American Philosophical society
at Its annual meeting by Prof. T. J. J. See.
government astronomer in charge of the
naval observatory at Mare ' Island. Cal.,
who said he had traveled 3.000 miles to
give eastern men of science a first hand
account of his recent discoveries, which,
he stated, have aroused Interest In learned
circles throughout the world.
Among the results announced today waa
a link In the chain or reasoning establish
ing the laws of evolution of the solsr
syrtem, showing that the planets originally
were small bodies forming at a great dis
tance from the sun and that their masses
have been Increased by gathering up all
manner of lesser bodies from meteorites
to satellites. Collisions In this nebular re
sisting medium have reduced the size of
the original orbits immensely and made
them such exact circles that the Greeka
believed the Deity had set the planets
revolving In round orbits because the circle
is a perfect figure. These collisions which
have rounded up the planetary orbits and
brought the satellites nearer their several
planets have also Indented the face of
the moon and given rise to large craters
which were formerly 'believed to be vol
canic but are now proved fo be due to
the Impact of satellites against the lunar
surface. .
Prof. See laid especial stress on the
proof now deduced that planetary systems
similar to our own revolve about all the
fixed stars and that these planets are hab
itable and Inhabited like our planets which
revolve about the sun. He said life was a
perfeotly general phenomenon In the uni
verse and that living beings exist wherever
a star twinkles In the depths of space.
George W. Glover, Jr.,
Wants to Intervene
Grandson of Mrs. Eddy Files Bill, Al
leging that Father Has Lost His
Rights to Estate.
CONCORD, N. H.. April 21. Attorneys I
for George W. Glover. Jr., of Iad City, S.
D., filed today in the superior Court the
motion of which they gave notice recently,
for leave to Intervene In the action of
George W. Glover, sr., against Henry M.
Baker, executor ot the will of Mrs. Mary
Baker G. Eddy, and others. The motion says
that if the residuary clause of Mrs. Kddy's
will Is found invalid aa a violation of the
law of New Hampshire and If George W.
Glover, sr., and Kbenezer J. Foster Kddy,
Mrs. Eddy's heirs, have lost their rights
to succession by reason of certain agree
ment made by them In November, 1909,
then George W. Glover, Jr., as grandson
and next of kin Is entitled to his distribu
tive share of Mrs. Eddy's property In con
nection with the New Hampshire statutes
of distribution.
Blind Horse in
Jewelry Window
NEW YORK, April 21 A blind horse
today kicked his way through two big
plate glass windows of a Jewelry store at
the corner of Maiden I -a re and Broadway
and sent flO.OuO worth of diamonds in 'the!
window flying Into the street. Policemen
stationed at this, one of the busiest cor-j
nera In downtown New York, had all they
could do to control the crowds which I
watched the proprietors and clerks of the
Jewelry establishment pick up the gems.
The Jewelers said an inventory would be
necessary before it would be known If
anybody had gotten away with any of the
diamonds.
BOOM LAUNCED FOR HARMON
Ohio Delegation in Congress Begins
Work for Governor.
LOOK OUT FOR BRYAN AND CLARK
Rorkeres Seem to Be Moat Afraid of
Possible Rivals, front tho Ne
braska d Missouri
' Men,
WASHINGTON, April 21. -The Ohio dem
ocratic delegation In congress, after scan
ning the political horizon to the east and
to the west, toward Missouri, Ne
braska and Now Jersey, today decided to
go to work In earnest for Governor Judson
Harmon, their candidate for the presiden
tial nomination in 1912.
That Mr. Harmon will have formidable
rivals waa conceded by everybody at a
conference, which Included Senator Poni
erene, . Lieutenant Governor Nlcholls and
the sixteen democrats ot the Ohio delega
tion In the house.
"Don't overlook Bryan," cautioned Rep
resentative Cox when the Harmon boomers
began to weigh the prospectH of Champ
Clark of Missouri and Governor Wilson of
New Jersey to determine from which of
the gentlemen they had most to fear. It Is
said that th&r majority of those present
thought Speaker Clark was the one to look
out for Just now.
In a statement Issued after the confer
ence It waa announced that "united ex
pression of enthusiastic support of Gov
ernor Harmon's candidacy for president of
the United States was voiced."
iThe campaign Is to be conducted by the
lieutenant governor, who read to the dele
gation, a large number of letters he had
received, "Indication," he, said, "that en
couragement Is coming from all sections of
the United States."
MONUMENT FOR SAM HOUSTON
W. J. Hryan Speaks at I nrelllns; of
shaft to Texas Pioneer
General.
HUNTSVILI.E, Tex.. April 2L-On the
seventy-fifth anniversary of the battle of
San Jacinto, a monument was unveiled here
today over the grave of Sam Houston. The
monument was erected by the state of
Texaa. William J. Bryan, orator of the day,
said that General Houston deserved to rank
among the nation's statesmen.
Colorado I.egtsLatnre dolts Jnly 6.
DENVER, Colo.. April 21. The Colorado
legislature will adjourn on July s. The
senate today concurred In the house resolu
tion fixing that date.
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JUAItEZ ARMIES
HEADY FOR WORD
Madero's Forces Waiting Two Miles
Outside of City to Begin Attack
at Any Time.
DIAZ SENDS NO MESSAGE YET
Federals Assert They Do Not Fear
the Rebels.
MILITARY OFFICIAL CONFIDENT
American Army Officers Say Fortifi
cations Are Good.
BATTLE MAY BEGIN SOON
Tn-enty-Knur Honrs Notice to tlla
to rre tn Resign Ksplrea at
li or 12 P. M. lnsnrree-
to'a statement ot Clear.
EI, PASO. Tex., Awi! 21. The armies of
Dlsx and Madern are marking time today.
.Mailrro' mm Is waiting Just outside el
Juarez, well aimed and numerous. Inside
ths town. Iiisvlh fortified, are the 7.
loyal solillers of Dlnz waiting for the at
tack. The federals, undisturbed by shots
or war indication of any character, are
icady for the battle, they declare, anytime
Jlixlevo unpens It. iutMdo t he town Madero
and his men are waiting for Torflrlo Dlan.
president iif .,r.iro, to (ml word that h
Is willing t resign the presidency. This,
tliey deilir.i, In me oi l; tiling that will
prevent mi attack on .Inure.
Yestciila,, niii.n.ny i.n!eio sent notice to
the foreign consuls in Juarez that "Juarez
may bo uuickcd any time after midnight
April 20."
During the day persons attempting to
bring about an armistice for the dlscus
tion of peace obtained from Madero the
statement that i will wait twenty-four
hours longer for Dlnz to decide if he will
surrender the presidency." j
The peace commissioners are not sure
whether he meant twenty-four hours from
the time, they were talking to him. which
was 2 o'clock In the afternoon, or twenty
four hours from the time he had Informed
the consuls that tho battle might be ex
pected. Text of Answer In Donbt.
Anyhow there Iihn as yet been no Indica
tion that the answer of Diaz is to he favor
able. At the offices of the El Paso Junta
there appears to be no Jubilation such as
might be expected if the rode messages
coming from Its confidential agent at
Washington were of a character Indicating
a compliance with the wishes of the Insur
recto president and his men.
The Juarez military officials appear con
fident of the completeness of their fortifica
tions and American army officers compli
ment them as excellent samples of engineer
ing work. Not only is the town fortified
to defend Itself, but It has several field
guns and three or four rapid fire guns
calculated to prove most effective In scat
tering the enemy when the guns are put In
action, i. . .
The rebel army hsa now had Juarez sur
rounded on I he northwest, west and south
west for more than thirty-six hours and
has been buBy surrounding the city stead
ily since last Friday, when the first de
tachment arrived.
H battled all next day twelve miles from
Juarez with a small band of the defenders
of the town.
Since that time none of the federals have
ventured outside the city limits, but they
have been buay Inside preparing for an at
tack. it Is officially stated in Juarez thst Gen
eral Antonio Rebago is enroute from Chi
huahua with heavy aritllery and cavalry
to reinforce the garrison and the federals
says the rebels could not hold tha town
If they took It. Colonel Gulzeppl Garibaldi,
chief of staff, to Madero, answering thla
report, declared today:
"We are not afraid of bugaboos. We will
take Juarez when we can. If the federals
then attack us again, it will be our business
to defend ourselves."
Ultlmatam from Mmdero,
If the Mexican government would avoid
international complications. It must order
General Navarro to evacuate Juares at
once. This Is tho ultimatum sent by Gen
eral Francisco I. Madero, - Jr., to Dr.
Gomes at Washington to be communicated
to tha Mexican government.
In addition. General Madero sent word
to Dr. Gomes that he waa well aware ol
the difference between an armistice and
peace negotiations, which it was suggested
should follow the armistice. General Ma
dero has taken the position that an evao
uatlon of Juarez la essential before he will
consider an armistice.
He Is desirous of establishing a head
quarters from which to conduct formal ne
gotiations with the Mexican govern tnment.
The reply of the Mexican government Is
expected to be received here from Dr.
Gomes, and It is very 'probable that anr
attack on Juares will be postponed until
It arrives. Allowing for the time of com
munication. It Is not believed tht the an
swer will reach here before midnight. '
Madero la Standing; rt. '
"Ridiculous,'' said Francisco I. Madero,
when shown the Washington dispatch
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