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Show FALL FRIEND Senator Is Investigating Mexican Revolution Capitalists Cause War El Paso. Tex, Aug 31. Albert B. Fall, United States senator from Mexico, who arrived here yesterdav, today began an incst!gation of the relation Of American capital to Mexican Mexi-can uprisings, on behalf of the subcommittee sub-committee of the senatorial committee commit-tee on foreign affairs, of which he and William Alden Smith, senator from Michigan, aie cxecutlvo members. "We will inestigate not only the effect of American capital on tho present revolution as conducted by Oiozco." said Senator Fall, "but the effect of American capital on the revolution rev-olution against the Diaz levolutlon ns conducted by Francisco I. Madovo, now president of Mexico. Also tho trouble In Cuba comes under our in- estigatlon. "Thero was a certain clement of truth In the assertion from Mexico City that I had attemptod to see Pas-cual Pas-cual Orozco, the leader of tho pros-ont pros-ont revolution, but It was not truo that I did see him or communicate with him or that 1 had anything to do, intentional or otherwise, with rho failure of the recent peace negotiations negotia-tions I attempted to seo Orozco because be-cause he had made allegations on many occasions that American money Influenced the Madero revolution and this was in direct line with our investigation. in-vestigation. I merely wished to give Orozco, whom I know personally, aa opportunity to prbve his claims." Senator Fall will be joined at L03 Angeles by Senator Smith and together to-gether they will visit various points on the border In Arizona and New Mexico. Their report will he made to tho next session of the senate. Juarez, Aug. 31. A report has been received in Juarez of a skirmish yesterday yes-terday in OJlnaga, along the border to the east. It was reported to General Tellez, commander here, that 500 meu under Jose do la Luz Soto met 400 rebels moving toward OJlnaga from Coyame, 40 miles Bouth of the Texas border. The rebels were routed, according ac-cording to the federal roport, and ro-treated ro-treated to Coyame, where, it is reported, re-ported, Pascual Orozco, leader of the revolution, is located. |