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BOTTOM DROPS FROM
VOLCANIC FIRE PIT ,
Htlo, T. H., Nov. 28.-The fire pit
of Mount Kilauea, which for months
was level with the main crater and
overflowed frequently; collapsed
Friday and fell 400 feet. Ten
earthquake shocks accompanied the
collapse. i ,
OLDEST METHODIST
MINISTER DEAD IN JERSEY,
, .. Ocean Grove, N. T., Nov. 28.
Rev. Dr. Edward Ballord, who was
born December 25, 1820, and was the
oldest Methodist minister in Amer
ica, is dead at his' home here. He
studied theology at night- while
working in a tobacco factory by day
in his youth. He started preaching
as an evangelist Later, when pas
tor of the Long Branch Methodist
church, U. S. Grant, summering at
the resort with his family, became
his parishioner and warm friend. For
many years, Mr. Ballard was presi
, dent of , the Ocean Grove Camp
Meeting association. .
I BUSINESS FACES
DISASTER FROM REDS. .
.Tacoma, Wash.', : Nov. 28. That
half the large business institutions
of the state have faced disaster from
the radical menace in the last 30
days was the statement made here
by Gov. Louie F. Hart at a meet
ing of the Rotary club. .
EMPRESS HATLESS AND i "
COATLESS IN FLIGHT. v
Muhish, Nov. 28. Former Em
press Augusta Victoria ofGermany
was altowed only 10 minutes in
which to gather her personal pos
sessions when expelled from the
palace in Berlin November 9, 1918.'
It is statedN that a company of
sailors marched to the palace, shot
down four sentries- and entered the
empress' private apartment, ordering
her to be prepared to leave in 10
minutes. Without a word the em
press gathered up "photographs of
her children, and hatless and coat
less, proceeded to Potsdam.
LABOR AGITATOR
BEATEN IN WINNIPEG.
i wiumpeg, Man., iov. to. re
turns from , nearly one-half xf the
voting precincts of Winnipeg fore
cast the re-election of Mayor,
Charles F.jGray over H. S. J. Farm-'
er, candidate of the labor -party.
Farmer was supported by the labor
element which .endorsed the general
strike last spring. . ,
CONSIDERS "LEISURED
POOR" SERIOUS PROBLEM.
New York. Nov. 28. The leisured
poor present a more serious problem
than that of the idle rich, for which
society has beeneeking a solution,
was the declaration of Mayor James
Couziris of- Detroit, who is a guest
at ? the Hotel Belmont. Mayor
Couzins, who, when he dissolved his
partnership with Henry Ford, sold
his interest to Mr. Ford, said tHat
the eight-hour interim between the
workman's labor and his sleep gives
him time which he doesn't know how
to employ unless schools are pro
vided to help hint upward.
"I don't believe the time is ripe
for a six-hour day," said he. "Two
days off each, week would be more
desirable.- , ' '
"I was police commissioner of De
troit, for two years, x Some , of my
friends used to suggest that I 'clean
the bums' off the streets. But I dis
covered they were working men in
night shifts of eight hours, who did
not know what to do with their
spare time in the day."
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Department of Justice Serves
Notice, After Meeting
Cabinet, Soldiers Will Be
Seat Wherever Necessary. J
OTHERS MUST HELP OR
MINES WILL BE SEIZED
.
Operators Postjtotice of ,14
Per Cent Increase, and New
Men May Be Attracted In
crease May Come Next Week.
CHICAGO EDITOR
TO BE DEPORTED.. '
, St Louis, Nov. 28. Federal war:
rants for the deportation of fou al
leged radicals held here were re
ceived from Washington, Frederick
W. Friedman, a Chicago editor, is
one of the.quartet named in' the war
rants. ,"K. . . ., ,.
MARQUIS CITED
AS CORESPONDENT.
Edinburgh. Nov. 1 28. Marquis
Conyingham is cited as corespond
ent in a noted society aivorce
granted here to Sir John Hume
Purves CamobelL The address of
the marquis and Lady Emily JaneJ
Campbell given in the case is u-um-
lin -Lodge, Ualway. me sun was
not defended. ..."
Sir John and Lady Campbell were
married in 1901. .They have two
daughters. Marquis Conyingham is
rated worth $1,250,000. He entered
the army when a youth and his mar
riage in 1914 to Bessie Tobin, an
Australian beauty, was one of the
surprise weddings of the war, but
he has not lived with her since 1918.
She divorced him in 19 after
she had received a letter from him
saying:
"I have been -and am now living
with some one, and nothing -will
ever part is. .
NO DANCINtf IN -
DEAR OLD PAREE.
Paris, Nor. 28. Parisian's did not
dance last night and all dance halls
were dark as a result of an edict of
the authorities closing the places to
save fuel.- ,
One of the- arguments advanced
by the petitioners was that Ameri
cans were permitted to dance in
various parts of the city.
PETS RETURN'
TO RULE ENGLAND.
London, Nov. 28. "The pet is
1 turning rapidly to that pre-eminence
which was his before feminine war
, activities made him unfashionable,"
v a London correspondent writes to
'the Manchester Guardian. "No
longer, liowever, does the smallest
possible dog with the highest poss
ible voice capture the stage. -Rather
" he is relegated to the care of older
women, and he is less often seen
tucked under an- arm or curled up
' in a large muff. Variety in pets is
-the order of the day, and the 18th
"century fashion in .Marmosets is
'being revived- with such rapidity
tftat the price of marmosets has
-more than doubled and may yet be
subjected of complaints of profiteer
, ing. .
"There is yet a sensation awaiting
London, A lady who was accus
tomed to lead a leopard about in
, Vmir has iust arrived. Will she
U.J If Hnnf T.nnHn? . Will she
I perhaps take it on a bus on the top,
of course? What- will the friendly
I British- police say? London is ex
, eectaal? i v . v ,
Washington, Nov. 28. The gov
ernment served blunt notice on soft
coal miners andqperators tonight
that interference with coal produc
tion would not be tolerated.
Warning that legal prosecution
would be employed to thwart con
spiracies by either side, and troops
sent wherever necessary to protect
miners willing to work, came from
the Department of Justice after
members of the cabinet had consid
ered every phase of the fuel situa
tion,, admittedly critical in view of
the abrupt breaking off of negotia
tions. . '
Force Working . of Mines.
It is not the intention of the gov
ernment to let the mines remain
idle with half of the country in the
grip of the cold weather and coal
piles rapidly diminishing;
The administration, it was
thought by those-in position to
know, had fully expected the miners
to reject the 14 per cent wage in
crease offered by Fuel Administra
tor Garfield. Anticipating this,
plans had been considered for aug
menting the, present output of bi
tuminous mines, officially figured at
better than 40 per cent of normal.
A statement by Assistant' Attor
ney General . Ames, issued late in
the day gave assurance to all min
ers that they , would be afforded
ample protection if they returned to
work, even'' if troops had to , be
called out., . '
This was the only definite state
ment of policy from the govern
ment. ' f i v
War Department Ready.
The. Department of Justice state
ment' calling attention to the fact
that instructions issued heretofore
by the War department in connec
tion with the possible use ot troops
in coal field regions still were in ef
fect, and that department command
ers stood ready to guard the fields
the instant their aid was requested
1)v the state authorities,
" Operators tonight set out ,to re
sume operations, so tar as tnat was
nncaihli under the muddled Condi
tirms. bv teleeraohinir notice for
posting at mines everywhere, offer
ing an increase of 14 per cent for
. ., . . i
an men wuung to worn.
-Expect Big Increase
There were few expressions as
tn how this information might be
received, but representatives of the
miners here stMl declared it would
hi tin incentive, and that it would
be ignored, especially in the central
romoetitive fields, embracing the
states of Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, and
western Pennsylvania." Operators,
however, believed that it would draw
large numbers to the mines ano tnat
next week would see a big increase
in thi rlailv snft coal OUtDUt.
In -discussing, the Department of
Justice plans, Assistant Attorney
Genera! Ames said:
"All United States attorneys in
the bituminous coal fields have been
officially advised of the result of the
negotiations at Washington and
have been given instructions rela
tive to the situation.
Prosecute Bath Sides.
"It is of course, obvious that' the
time has, come when. ample protec
tion will be furnished all persons
desiring to .work in mine AH per
sons, whether miners or operators,
making any agreement or arrange
ment with each other to restrict the
supply of coal will be proceeded
acainst as the lawTrovides. and it
negro Deserter
at the head of
. yaqui indians
Extermination of Race.I Only
Possible Way to End Rebel
lion,. Says Gen. Calles. v
.Douglas, "Ariz.,. Nov. 28. An
American negro, wno deserted re
cently from the Tenth United States
cavalry, is reported.to be the leader
of a band of - approximately 300
Yaqui Indians, who raided the east
ern part of the Moctezuma district
early this month.
Laredo," Tex., Nov. 28. Exter
mination of the race is the only pos
sible way to end the rebellion of
Yaqui Indians, the Mexico City
newspaper, txcelsor, quotes Gener
ai nutario-fciias ualles as saying
in an interview. General alles,
former governor of the state of
Sonora, is a member of the Carranza
cabinet. ' ,
ine xaqui is an untamable race
and all efforts to civilize the In
dians have been ineffective, accord
ing to the interview. Yaqui chil
dren educated by priests and prot-
estant missionaries, it is declared,
return to the ways of their fath
ers. as soon as their education is
completed.
WILL CLOSE
SCHOOLS TO
SAVE COAL
Emergency Fuel Conservation
Rule Put Into Effect Yester
day, When Crisis Was
Reached With Cold Wave.
Something Like William Tell, Something
RAILROAD MEN
SEEK DETAILS OF
SALARY OFFER
Executive ' Committee of 24
Members Appointed to
Meet Hines.
should be understood' that any per
son who aids or abets in restrict
ing the supply of coal is likewise
guilty by the terms of the Lever
act. " "
"Instructions heretofore ' issued
by the War department are still in
force and under these instructions
(Continued n Tg Twt, Colama 0e.)
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Oklahoma the First
; State to Ask U. S.
f To Send Soldiers
Oklahoma City, OkJ., .Nov. 28.
Gov. J. B. A. Robertson wired Sec
retary of War Baker: asking that
federal troops be sent into Okla
homa to protect coal miners willing
to return against possible interfer
ence. ' "
The governor terminated negotia
tions with representatives of the
coal operators and announced that
the opesators had shown no disposi
tion to give material assistance in
keeping up the coal supply during
(ie present crisis x j
Cleveland, Nov. 28. General chair
men of the Brotherhood of Locomo
tive Firemen and Enginenten, meet
ing here following the endinc of a
conference of all general chairmen
of the four railroad brotherhoods, at
which it was decided to send a com
mittee representing the four organ
izations to Washington, elected an
executive committee of 24 members
to represent they firemen in the con
ference with ..Director General of
Railroads Hines next Tuesday for
more details regarding his offer of
time and one-half for overtime in
slow freight service, provided all
arbitranes' and special allowance
are eliminated.
The committee, like the commit
tees representing the trainmen, con
ductors and. engineers, -has lull
power to accept. or, reject the offer.
Asked whether the committee
would press for an answer to the
firemens demands for a general
wage increase of approximately 50
per( cent, Acting President Timothy
Shea said that would depend largely
upon 4iow the overtime question is
settled and that the director gen
eral's overtime offer would ,be dis
posed of first .
16,000 BRITISH
TO GUARD VOTE
OF MASURIANS
CHURCHES WILL NOT BE '
CLOSED NEXT SUNDAYi
Street Car Service Will Be
Curtailed 25 Per Cent Coal
Train Expected Today Will
Benefit But Little.
Polish Newspaper Says Troops
Transport Will Be
Through Danzig.
Berlin, Nov. 28. Advices to the
Lokal Anzeiger from Thorn (Po
land quote a Polish newspaper as
saying the British commission at
Posen has received news that 16,000
British troflps are already to occupy
the Masurian territory in Poland
when the plebiscite is taken. Trans
port of these troops, it is said, will
be by way of Danstg.
Torch Explodes on
U. S. Transport; One
Killed, One Injured
Boston, Nov. 28. Oneinan was
kified and another severely injured
late today when an acetylene torch
exploded in the engine room of the.
steamer President Grant bound from
New York for Brest with 900 United
States- troops aboard, according to a
wireless message -to -the navy yard
tonight.
The dead man ij L. G. Telligrin,
first assistant engineer, and the in
jured man is W. T. O'Connor, jit,
third assistant engineer. The steam
er suffered no material damage.., It
was 365 miles east of New York at
the time.
Spain Breaks Relations -.
With Soviet of Russia
Madrid, Nov. 28.r-Spain has brok
en off all delations with the soviet
government of Russia, it was an
nounced in the-xortes today by the
minister of foreign affairs, who said
this step had been 'taken because the
Spanish embassy., in Petrograd had
been twice attacked and the charge
d'affaires forced to leave ' Russia.
Socialist 'Deputy,. Savorit protested
glared to be "tyfmnhical."
Pick Up Five Bodies v
' ' From Wrecked Shjp
Sault Ste. Marie. Mich.. Nov, 28.
The bodies of five men, members of
the shipwrecked steamer Myron,
were nicked ur between Iroquois
point and Salt point, according to a
wireless message received tonight.
The drastic ordej; for coal conser
vation issued yesterday afternoon by
W. M. Jeffers, chairman of the ter
minal coal committee, entails the
following:
Closing of every public and pa
rochial school in the city. i
Curtailing of 25 per cent of the
street car service except during
rush hours.
Closing down of every nonessen
tial industry in the city.
Establishing of a strict ban on
coal deliveries to the great packing
industries on the South Side.
Shorter Store Hours.
Shortening of the fetail store's
working day from eight to six hours
Restricting of lighting power ex
cept where it is absolutely essential.
J. H. Beveridge, superintendent of
schools, was notified of the order
late yesterday, and immediately is
sued an order that schools will not
be reopened Monday. All night ses
sions at schools were suspended las,t
week, he said. .
such coal ai the scboois have on
hand will be held ' for distribution
later, for the heating of homes and
the maintaining -of-essential indus
tries. '.
Curtail Car Service.
R. A. Leussler. general manager
of the Omaha & Council Bluffs
Street Railway company, explained
that service would only be curtailed
between the hours of 8:30 a. m. and
3:30 p. m., and after 7 in the1 evening.
,. Although service will only be cur
tailed about 25 per cent at the be
ginnings the curtailment will become
more general as industries close
downwind the need for service de
creases, Mr. Leussler said. Cars will
be taken from all lines.
'H. L. Snyder, acting chairman of
the terminal coal committee, said in
dustries that are tobe classed as
nonessential are tho"se below fifth
place on the -priority list issued re
cently by the fuel administration.
The list is in the following order:
Railroads, army, navy and other de
partments ' of the federal . govern
ment; state and county departments;
public utilities and manufacturing
plants on the war industries board's
preference list. Manufacturing plants
not on the war industries board's
preference -list are sixth on te list
and jobbers and lake and tidewater
coal comes seventh.
Define Nonessentials.
jf. E. Davidson, a member of the
terminal coil committee, said the
term nonessential as applied to in
dustry means factories not produc
ing necessary food or clothing. .
Mr.- Davidson, who is vice presi
dent of the Nebraska Power com
pany, said no definite instructions
had been given the company relative-
to the reduction of light to
save fuel. Less lighr-will be used
after the order has taken effect in
the city, he ''said.
Large packers on the South Side
declare that their plants will not be
closed down as a result of the order
stopping their coal supply. The
larger plants have all installed oil
heating plants.
Ministers Call Meeting.
The president of the ministerial
union announced last night; that he
hid conferred ,with Mr. Jeffers and
found that a report in another paper
to the effect that churches would be
closed this Sunday was absolutely
false. Churches will be allowed to
remain open tomorrow, he said
The ministerial union will hold a
meeting, this- morning to determine
the future action to be taken by the
churches of the citv;
With the. abrupt termination of
negotiations tor settlement ot the
uation in Omaha yesterday assumed
a most menacing aspect. The coal
supply in Omaha was'lower yester
day than it has ever been before,
coal men say. " - , ! '
To add to the seriousness of the
situation. W. M. Jeffers, general
manager of the Union Pacific rail
road,' who returned from Wyoming
Thursday, announced Jhat the sup
ply of coal in smaller towns in all
parts of the state is "extremely
low". ,. ' .
It wilt require, alt the efforts of
the Union Pacific railroad to keep
towns on its line supplied, Mr. Jef
fers said, especially during the pres
ent unfavorable weather conditions.'
Burlington and Union Pacific
weather reports show heavy snow
fall and zero weather prevailing
throughout the state. .
Theater Managers Optimistic.
Theater managers plan to present
a statemeTitxto the committee show
ing that lighting power and fuel
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MURDER OF
AMERICAN
LAST STRAW
News of Killing of James WaN.
lace comes on Heels of Re
port of Uprising .Against
Carranza and His Flight.
CHIEF'S FAUMIGHT
SETTLE ALL TROUBLE
X.
HEAVY SNOWFALL
IS GENERAL OVER
THE MIDDLE WEST
Western Nebraska Experi
ences Coldest November
Weather for Years Trains
Not Seriously, Delayed.
Severe, cold weather prevailed
over the greater part' of Nebraska
yesterday with temperatures rang
ing form minimum of 2 below
zero at Kimball, to a maximum of
16 above. Snow began falling
neaviiy in Urrtaha, Lincoln ond over
the southwestern part of the state
last night.
Southwestern and - northwestern
Nebraska experienced the coldest
November weather for years, with
snow piled high, particularly toward
the South Dakota line.
Ten Inches of Snow.
-The United States ' weather re
ports yesterday morning showed
zero at Valentine,. Neb.,2 above at
North Platte, with an average of 10
inches of snow on the ground in
central and western Nebraska and in
Wyoming.. The weather yesterday
morning was clear'ln Wyoming and
cloudy in western Nebraska.
Five" to 12 inches of snow was
reported along the lines of the
Union Pacific, with temperatures of
zero to 6 . below at Sidney. No
serious delays in .train service have
been reported, as the snow? has not
be&n drifting.
The Burlington, weather reports
indicate clear weather along its
(Continued on Pare Two, Column live.)
U. S. Is Given Two
Per Cent of Great
German War. Fleet
fans, Nov. i8. J. lie supreme
council adopted the British sugges
tion for partition of tlie German war
fleet. Under the arrangement Great
Britain will receive 70 per cent of
the total tonnage, France 10 per
cent, Italy 10, percent, Japan 8 per
cent and the United States 2 per
cent.
Arrives at Cairo on ,
Flight to Australia
London, Nov. 28. Capt. Ross
Smith, who is attempting a flight
from England! to Australia, arrived
at Delhi, India, Tuesday. Captain
Smith, who left the Hounslow avia
tion field, just outside London, the
morning- of November 12, arrived in
Cairo ' November 12, continuing his
flight the next day. i :. .s .
Greek King To Join
Hjs Father in Exile
Geneva, NovJ 28. A' unconfirmed
report received here from Lugano
is to the effect that King Alexander
of Greece has been exiled as a result
of the ecent plot against Premier
Wnizetos. The report adds that Al
exander is expected in Lugano, com
ing from Italy and will join his
father, who is at Zurich, .
- " - -
NEW YORK FEARS
-BOMB
FOR HOLIDAYS
Prominent Citizens ' Warned
Against Opening Suspicious
Packages.
New York.'Nor. 28. New York's
prominent citizens today werejof
ficially warned by the district at
torney's office against the possibility
of bomb-bearing Christmas pack
ages. Acting on advices received
recently from the Philadelphia po
nce mat radical pians nan been dis
covered for repetition on a whole
sale scale during the holidays of the
bomb-mailing plot of last May May,
the district attorney advised caution
in handling all parcels received be
tween now and New Years day.
Citizens were advised to carry all
suspicious looking bundles- received
by mail, express or "otherwise" to
the fire department's bureau of com
bustibles or the police department's
bomb squad for examination. The
May day, outrages were cijed as
"examples of the extent to which
desperate-minded radicals"wift go in
order to inflict punishment upon the
representatives of law and order
whose duty it has been to suppress
the advocates of 'direct action.'"
Bridge Drawings in
Gmahans Trunk in
Woods of Virginia
Norfolk, Va., Nov. 28. (Special
Telegram,) A large trunk filled
with papers, contracts, -bridge and.
building drawings, vav sheets anrl
tune books, clothes and jewelry was
4 i Tt .
uuna nursaay oyy two colored
hunters Ion the southern branch,
near the Virginia drawbridge. .
The trunk had been taken about
200 yards into the woods and broken
open and looted. On some of the
papers and books was the name of
R. Johnson of Omaha, Neb.
The find is perplexing to Special
Officer Swain of the, county to whom
the matter was reported.
He has the trunk in hand and has
reported the matter to the railroads
with a view of locating the owner.
Just how the trunk came to be in
the woods at this, point is rather
perplexing. ,It may . have been
thrown from the Virginia train as
it wis passing the pqint and then
looted.
RED TAPE IN WAY
OF EXHUMATION
OF U. S. SOLDIERS
Permissions of
Departmental
Must Be
Mayors and
Prefects
Hacf in
Girl Cashier in Butte
Is Beaten by Bandits
Butte, Mont., Nov. 28. Two
masked bandits entered the office of
the American theater and after
beating into insensibility Miss
Emma. Peterson, the cashier, and
John' Kelly, the janitor, robbed the
safe of its contents. It is estimated
the robbers obtained $1,000.
Kolshak Removes Vologodsky.
Vladivostok Tuesday, Nov.' 23.
The Russian telegraph 'agency in a
dispatch from Novo Nikolaevsk, un
der date of November 28. says: "JJy
order of th , supreme ruler. Ad
miral Kolchak, President Vologod
skv of he council of ministers has
been relieved at his own request."--M.
Pepelyeaff, ' j
20,000 Cases.
Paris. Nov. 28. The present
American bureau of graves regis
tration will be taken over by Cojp
nel Harry F. Rethers, recently
named mortuary officer for Europe,
whd now is in London. He will
replace ColoneLKremer, who is te
turning to the United States early ,in
December. '
There is no law or decree pre
venting the removal of nearly 20,
000 American dead from the "in
terior7 zone," but the red tape in
volved in getting : the authoriza
tion of mayors and departmental
prefects in each individual case
makes it necessary to devise a plan
to get authorization from the gov
ernment if 20,000 Americans are "to.
be removed from the interior" zones
The proposed law to postpone ex
humations probably, until Jatyia.
1922, would, however, prohibit, the
removal of the bodies from either
tne war or interior zones, une ar
tide-' of this ' law, which the - last;
chamber of deputies did not reach,
provides exceptions in the case of
previous agreement with France's
allies.
Mayor and Police Head
Discuss Proposed Changes
; Mayor Smith and Police Com
missioner Ringer held a two-hour
conference yesterday afternoon on
police department matters, including
the salary question, proposed in
spector or police and downtown .traf
fic safety zones. . '
Neither would comment in detail
regarding the matters- they ."dis
cussed, v .
"I told the mayor about my re
cent trip to Detroit," "the police
commissioner said. Mr. . JRinger
stated a few days ago that Detroit
is a well-policed city. , -'
Senator Resigns as Head of
U. S. Harbors Congress
Washington, Nov. ' 29. Senator
Ransdell of Louisiana, president of
the National Rivers and Harbors
congress for the last 13 years, has
notified officials of the congress, it
was announced today, that he would
retire at the end of his present term
of office. The 15th aunual conven
tion of the congress, during whrcn
his successor wilU be elected, 'will
open here December 9.
Ashurst Demands Ultimatum
And Troops 24 Hours After
ward Seven Americans
' Killed by Carranza Soldiers.
Washington, Nov. 28. Another
American murdered in Mexico, cjose
on the imprisonment of Consular
Agent Jenkins, coupled with reports
of revolution' in Mexico City with
Carranza in flight to Queretaro
added complexities today which
seemed to force the already tense
Mexican situation toward the long
expected breaking point
There were no official pronounce
menu for the guidance of public
opinion as to what action, if any,
the American government might be ,
con;?mplating,, but administration
officials by indication were willing
to show that the government is tak
ing a firnf position, considering the
eventualities, and is prepared to
deal with them, ' once a course; is
chosen. , , , ? -
Confirm Carranza Flight. -
Corroboration of the story that
Carranza had Tied the Mexican capi
tal was received in a disnateh
via SahyAntonio from Laredo which
aiu ; , ,.-. .
"Fresh outbreaks between Sympa
thizers of Gen. Alvaro Obregon and
Gen. Pablo Gonzales in Mexico City
are reported in a message .from
Mexica City Via Laredo to re
sponsible Mexicans here. President v
Carranza h&s left General Gonzales
in charge and fled to Queretaro, and
the opposing forces are taking sides
regardless of which general they
have been 'serving under." ;
Ashurst Demands Troops. ;
In the midst of the turmoil over
the late developments, Senator Ash
urst, democrat. Arizona, made 1 an .
impassioned demand that tfoops be .
sent into Mexico.' if that country
does not comply upon 24 hours'
notice with the -ultimatum of this
country for the release of -W. O.
Jenkins! U. S. consul. c , '
Mexico, said he. should be riv-
en 24 hours to release our consular
agent, Mr. Jenkins, and if he is not
released at the end of that period J
of time, the American army should
proceed to Puebla and release him "
Senator Ashurst said he assumed .
every thoughtful person knew that
our Mate department would do as it
has been- doing throughout all this
miserable Mexican question that is.
run a ' big blutf with a 'bobtail
flush."
Another "Last Straw." -
Anothea of "the last Straws" as '
one official put it,' was laid on today'1
with the official report of the'mur-1
der of James Wallace, an American
oil 'man, by a Carranza soldier near
Tampieo Wednesday. i
The Wallace- referred to is - be
lieved here to be W. M. Wallace,
an employe of the Gulf Refining
company, familiarly known to his as- -
sociates as "jim" Wallace -recently
went to Tampieo after havinir been
in Colombia for the Gulf company,'
ne-is aoouc w years old.
lhe Mexican ambassador. Ipnarin
Bonillas, called on Secrctarv Lan-"
sing at the state, department today-.
(Continued' oi Vg Five, Column FW.)
Associated Press "
v Denies Report of
c Revolt m
Egyptian Bolshevists
Bump Against Allenby
,Cario. Egypt, Mcjudar, Nov. 241
Field Marshal Viscount Allenby,
British high commander in Egypt,
issued a proclamation forbidding in
flammatory speeches and the circu
lation of documents threatening a
general strike on the railroads. The
penalty is arrest and prosecution by
me military autnonty court -
Mexico' Citv. Nov. 2S.CRv Tkr" .
Associated Press.) There is no v
toundation for the rumor Ml circu
lation in the United States that there
has been fighting in Mexico City
between the factions of President "
Carranza and General Obregon. ' ,
Nogales, Nov. 28.-Governor De
La Huerta addressed a message to "
The Associated Press from his capi
tal, Hermosillo. It-said:
"Please give energetic and flat de
nial to the report of a clash between.'
troops under President Carranza and
adherents of General . Obregon. I
have received a telegram sent at
3 pm. todav from Mexico Citv
stating order has not been altered."
General Obregon's wife received "
a message from her. husband this
afternoon. It said;. " . . ,
"Reports of disturbances between'
Carranza" forces and my adherents ;
are false. ; Everything is tranqu1 :
here." . ; .. ,t -
Sanv Antonio. Tex., Nov; 28.-V
Fighting in Mexico City between
factions dominated by President
Carranza and Gen. Alvaro . Obre
gon was reported in apparently re
liable . advices received here today,
from the Mexican border.
It was reported that President
Carranza had fled to Queretaro for -safety.
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