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Show - MINISTER OF WAR STARTS REVOLUTION IM NiCJUUNU General Mena Leads Uprising Against President Diaz, Having Attacked Managua, the Capital. Waphlngon. A ncw revolution hai broken oiji In Nicaragua. Oaptalr Terhune of the gunboat Annapolis at Sun Juan del fur on Wednesday rad: graphed the na-vy department that Managua, the capital, wus attacked July 29 and Is now tut oil from com munlcatlon. General Mena, whose resignation an minister of war was demanded by President Diaz, led the uprising. Mena now Is said to o;upy the small fort near Managua. Granada Is In poshes slon of Menu's son, whom be recent! appointed omnmundant About '801 troops are there. Leading liberals all over the coun try have been thrown Into prison. Cap tain Tcrhuns reports say. The sltua tlon Is said to be aggravated by pom crops. Telegraph wires have been cut by the revolutionists. cane of waterways and watershed that were Interstate In character. Dolse, Idaho. The conference of western governors on Friday discussed the plan of working rut a system of Interstate highways through the cooperation co-operation of the fojrteen eUtea In the aisoelatlon, after Governor I law-ley law-ley of Idaho had made the proposition proposi-tion In the paper be read to the visit-In? visit-In? executives, considering at length I rlson reform, discussing the Oregon system presented by Governor West, and the question of the entertain- . ment of visitors to the west during j tlie 1915 exposition. j The governors were guests of ex-Governor ex-Governor James H. Brady at luncheon fend banqueted by the Uolse Commercial Commer-cial club at night, as well as were guests of honor at the league baseball pm In the afternoon. Governor West advocated the sterilization steri-lization of degenerate prisoners and ! confinement within prisons during the j balance of their life. Governor Haw-lev Haw-lev declared he was unqualified op- 1 posed to the placing of one-third of the prisonerj In a penal Institution i under the honor system and stated he would not go higher than 25 per lent or even less. Governor West created surprise by advocating CO per cent or-more. Governor Oddle. advocated the preparation pre-paration by all states and their cities for special entertainments during the exposition year to attract the visitors, concentrating them In the more populated popu-lated center. Governor Oswald West or Nregon was honored Saturday night by the conference of western governors by being elected president of the conference confer-ence for the ensuing year. This act of lb' governors, together with the EDWIN NOrtKIS 1 Gavtrnce of Montana. j election of Governor Oddle of Nevada I as secretary, the selection of S.ilt Lake i as the place for the next meeting, to jg ether with the passage of Important 'resolutions, closed the first rnee!lngof the conference. All of the visiting governors hit Saturday night for their respective states after an excursion excur-sion to Arrow Hock to see the big i dam construction work. ! The two officer elected and the governor gov-ernor of the state where the next meeting v. Ill be held. Spry of t'tah, (institute tlie executive committee o( the conference and are authorized to j meet later and set the dates for the i next annual conference. j- The resolutions adopted by (tie con i feience call for the six-edy adoption 'by the federal and state governments ; iif pollens for the conservation of ! natural resources more beneficial to' the states themselves; rive the s:ate( these resources; Indorse the "blue laws" jiermittln: states to have supervision super-vision over investments; urge ll!eral appropriations for the San Francisco ex o-ltli n by ail western t'alcs; declare de-clare for uniform laws of western ' stTtes governing the use of maters Ic lnka and s're-ams for Irrigation pur- ilo'-s and the construction of storage ! reservoirs to prevent floods. |