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AMAEHXO DAILY KEWS VOI . 1II NO. II. tMlKIIXO. TFXA8, SUIKDAV. PFl F.MIIKK B, PRICK FIVK CENTS. ID Bill STARTS KIN Day-long Fight in Hoise Over Proposed Increase in Pensions HUH-DM MEASURE liEHATK WIN, CONTIM K IH ItlXG TOIMV WITH HF.CIDINU VOTK 0 PASSACF Ni:T TIFsHAV. Washington. l. C.. iK'i. s. - xdvo ates of Increased pensions for the veterans of the civil war bait led on the floor of the house today In the llnal stages of the fiqht to pas the Sherwood "dollar-n-day" Mil. The debate will continue tou.orrow and next Tuesday with a detldlng vote on the incns'ire Tuordny ufler noon. There were a few opponents to the Increased penlPonH. Isaac Sherwood, oldert member cf the houw. wlio Introduced the I 111, tn a speech today advocated Its pas sago. Me Is a veteran of the fcderil ktihv impoi:ttios to this ( orri:v hf.wv Washington. O C.. !. k. - Nany have thought th- I'nlted Statcn so vre-enlnept In ncrb ulture that It ould "feed the earth" without ask ing niacli odds of the rest of th" world; and yet. nccordini? to tl Sec retary of Aj:riei.liure, we Inipartel In 111 the very considerable valine of ?!7."m.IMm worth thlnrs taken from the land. In some things thu t.'nitcd States is fording rspldlv ahead. For In stance, as the Washington T'r.its re- marked editorially a few ihosaRfl. the Thanksgiving taMon of tho conn- try were once furnished forth with raisins and oranges crown beyond the sea. vhlle now both of these lux uries are grown In the United States to the exclusion almost wholly of the forelen articles. A generation nco this country prodtned no lemons. Now ('iillfiirnia produce's one-half of all the country consumes, '"mid It could prod me the other half also; Incidentally, the price to tin- con sumer hue dccrenxed. Of couiae, these feat In home production Imve hen nccomplished with the aid of tariff protection, lint how do the Italian producer of lomonn still man ai5e to aell one-half or more c( tho K?mon consumed In the i'nlted States First, through cheaper con dltions of production, especially In labor, cheap ocean freight, nnd a governmental aubsldy. Secondly, by a aystem of rebates, pan of which comes out of the' revenues of the i'nlted States Ocean freight from Sicily t New Tork itmonnts to about rents per hox. bet the teamshlp companies tlve a rebate of T. cents, which Roes into a slush fund used by the export ers in I'ulenno and the Importers In New York to work for airedm tion In tho Urlff leied by the I'nlted ?tito.i. In addition to this, there is a rebate .if 6 eents a box on all lots ot IftO'l boxes or more. These rebates. It is nnld. have amounted to more than l(iO,nno in a ?lnrle ynr. The trad, has bi'en compelled lo take notice of theo rlatfj". Recentlv the New York Fruit Fxchnnue Issued a clr cnl.ir nhowlne that tho brokers ot the ainount cf the rebate from the lm" rterv that the reb:it w is de ducted fropi the pi Ice thn th. fruit bronsht b auction, and lbit in ronseifeni e the pulillshiyl nixtion prices were hlcher than the prlee actually paid. There Is another rebate enloyed Iv the lmiorters of lemons. This Is Fnuitel to thm bv the ''nltel Stites tlovernment on fruit ln.tnrtei which Is cla'mcd to be decaved and so adli'dsed by the Inspectors. In the period from January to Septem- her. 1"0t. the total doty collected en lemons was $l.'12,oVi.M, and of this $m.SS6f,.i, or ln per cent, was paid back In rebates In June the rebates ere 19.S per cent. In July I.? per cent, nnd In iiRiist I S per ctt of the dity paid Dining the sa'iie period In la 10. the amount of dutv collected was $ l.7K.:t(H,n!, of which lla.1 0 .'I1.ro. or s8 per oent, was rebated, making the avoir as rrhate fnr two ear,s P. per ent: but In May, 1110. the rehste .imonr'ed to 11.fi per cent, and In June( 1.1.7 per cent of the to-nl col lections: so thst to this evt nt the "prote. tlon" of the tariff is nuthl' -l haiti KMiir www. HI.OW UOM Cl'TslDF. U ashii.stnn. 0. C. Dec. 8. The battleship Malm was blown fim the outride In the Havana Harbor. Thla is the fist of the statement is sued today by the Navy De partment, hosed on the f Iod ine of the Joint Army nnd Navy Hoard which spent iv . eral months Investrsatlng the cause of the wreck. Occurs atTacoma for First Time in Country's History V- VxK.a'fl Pen T.uonin. Wash , Dv voied together from the and I guess we ;liiiilii )-.--"We tiy tltst, alike III h'oi,:-." ald Mrs I'lle.!'! l i;i;!ci', who with her IiusIc.mi I sat two d;iyk on same Jury aod hel'M-d cjnvict N'c.ver (Uihen foi et i'ie . Icm.-'it fn ni tlv Moote I.mlsc This is the first Ijmc in .he hia t"l oT this inii'itiy wlii ii biisbl.ud and wife have serve.) mi Hie same Jur. Th- l.UH.mi.i' i,u.l wife were the enli-r of lltllMi . i-ili to the 1 tl u ;iMeiiiei th" trml J. ill Froi'lcm I inler liliciisbm Albanv. N Y f-e. S. The need ofia Slate refnrm.uory for male nils deniennants netwein It! and ?; years of aife, tocether with otlier,lnport.iiit problems ronfronllna the jud.-es of police rouits and itivcnile coints, are alated for iliHciiisiou at the third annual State Conference of Magis trate, wliich met In this ct today fur n two dayw' tewilon. WANT TO IWKSIKJATK SHAFItOTII rilAIUFS Denver. Col., lel. S At the weekly luncheon of the Chamber of Commerce thl saftertioon former 'Jovernor Thomas demanded Investi gation of charrcs made ami Inst (iov- eiimr riiain'in o operators in laoj northern mat fields to the effect that (Jovernor Shafroth hy his nttltude U etitotiraclni: lawlessness nmop.u the striking toal mlnert. In various coal amps The demand was referred i' tbe Ch.'mlter's coil committee j Tae immipratlon depertment l In- vcsticatlnu nlleped Impnrtnt'oii ttf foreigners by coal i-ompanies In nor thern fields. I'ooltry Show nt lhnver. lenver, Colo.. mc. h The twetftn annual exhibition of the Colorado Poultry Fanciers' Association open ed in the Auditorium In this ity to day to continue until next Wednes day. Nearly S.Ofttt fancy-bred chick ens. turkeys, ducks, geese, pigeons, rabbits and other varieties cf poul try nnd pel ;tock -tre inilmled 'n the riisplny shoots mints KHOM fi.yivh ai uocmm: Mineola, N Y., IVc. S. Fllng In a biplane this afternoon with l.ee Hammond as pilot Wlllia.n Slrnoii son shot three blackl inls will as miny shots from a twelve Knune uun wbi h ho carried. Two spnrrovs ait it:r on n brant Wot a tree also fell t Simonson's marksmanship Fifteen Kxecutives From West and South Are Cuests of City t'v A,-vmtnl P.r Paltlmore, Md.. Inc. s The wes j i.nd roath met In IViltimore todav ; i when the governors of fifteen Mates i gathered rs rnests of this t -It v The southerners held a conference on the iivstlon cf Immigration to the so ith and tho westerners who nre i.uiriaz the coi nt ry came to exhibit the re - sources of their states. The concrete result of tho south - erners conference was the adoption of a re..liilion culling for the ap - polntmcnt of a committee tt itudy tne inimir ration protucm n tne south. wife on in iiiitii ii iin n i ii n i. BALTIMORE HOST TO GO.ERNOnS EIGHT TUSH lillMS Sill Terrific Slaughter Occurs During Bsttle in Sian ; Pn Province BY MISSIONS I'KSTIUnKO AMI FOR. KKiXKI.S KII.I.KO, INCIl'l. ; l; MAFItAI. AMF.KI- CANS. SUS H KIN HIT. - rekinv Hoc S. The first a i reel and iini-ersor news from Slur Fu since the recent outlTeak there as liioir.'ht here today by apeclnl icen Kvirjer si ml cnnslstx of letters ! the American and llritlsh leatioia The lei tela ssld that S.OUO Man- lies were shin by the Chin.'1 and that lhre was much lootlnv. Sev eral tnls'ions In the province were dr st toyed, and ek'lit foreigners, four ot whom wore Anieri 'ans. wer ki'l e.l Th" re were seventwi Americans i!i that piovltice. I'r.'inler unn Shi Kui uil uiit- truis a s.iiisiantiai army, but la un able in p;,v tho roldierr. and tletirinu lo the nation must accept the leim'.MiN "I the liepetilicanii. Y'.au of.'eis a 'itotiomy whii h the pruv'i'vs li:ne ulreidt assured. Ml SOI I TION OF i assimht 01 j:siih P.IESSE-fJGER DIPLOMACY ...... lining trial, tiuoimh bis atternoyt. .t ,v..fv.., j Farker A Shropshire, nnd( Justice WiisbtnL'tnu, l t'.. Hee. H. - For i Maben stated that his action In re two ho us Uxlav ('resident Taft and i fusing hall wat. baeed upon the evl his riibmet wrestled with th- I'.ns-1 dence of Hurry lamiltou nnd his sian passport Miction and ul tnc.wife sithmitted at the (invest end of the hcsa'oii It vas nrknowinlK- On this same evidence Justice Ma i'fl thai no anlittlnn tt-a eoBiti,il ' b.ti hn.l Tirevioiiutv r'nrfirl I. vor. which would satisfy A merit aa Jew. and at the tame time not ernhsrnms althr I'nlted Discusses i'hases of Propos ed Campaign With Cham ber of Commerce l.ewt- H, Samtwon of Chleattn, ex jert oruiinler and promoter of eon merrinl club enterprises. Is in ma rlllo, ard yesterday afternoon a con ference was held with the board of directors of the Chamber cf Com merce, nt which certain phases of detailed work In this city were con sidered, j At this time no definite announce ment can he made as lo the final outcome of Mr. Sampson's visit to Amarlllo. though this much Is known, that the Chamber of Commerce of ficials desire to have a revival along the lines of orpanlntion. ano1 It Is not Improbable that contract may later be closed with this expert, look tn" to an exhaustive rnmpatcn. Mecllna of 1'tnli ikiIci-cis. Salt Luke City, Ctnh. Iec 8. tiptlmlhtle rcttorts i-oncenilng the out rili for the woolcrnwinc 1'it'i :ry in this State was presented to'av al the nnnnnl onvettlon of the I tah Wool jKrovcrs' Association. The contention jwlihli I:' one of the lareept l! point jof uttend;;nce ever held bt tb a-so-!cl.Bl!en wi'l cotitln'ie n sesl .n over I lot'iorrow. j Vldres by tirrnt Nonlicrn Crexltlent. St. Cloud, Minn. Dee S. - tw. davs' cttlitertion of the Northern Miroirt lcteloiment As.vi Intlon opened here today with a l.iruc nnd reprc?entsilve sttendnnte. The ea,d In:: fertiire of todav's program wn itn aiires en rood roads bv l.ouls . Ill'l president of the Great Northern Knlltvav and chnircan of M' e Mirnenta hchway comrrlnslon j CHILD IMt MOTIIKR j P.F SFIHOl SI.Y P.I lKn , .... s Dallas. Tex. IVc. s -When Mrs. lohn Vance hurried home In answer f the screams of her seven-e.r-o. rfvightrc. Mildred, nt 1 o'clock to- jday, she fonnd the child In th.- kltt h-' 1 en enveloped In flames In h,r ef i f.-rs to st e the ihlld. the mother I j was turned The oil can wl.lefi th.' ' child held In her hand, and the fire ' tn tbe stove seemingly explained the ! i. . idem The child In rot expected' t live an.i vrs Vance in !! rondif 'on. s ri- SAMPii HERE III COIIFFREIIGE WARTS HELP OF HD STATES Persian Committee Makes Appeal to Committee at Washington IS NEEDED P.KMFVFI) Til AT THIS ;P.lt. MF.NT CX IFNH ASMvr. SVK l PHFSI'NT HI- MS WITH KlSSlA. V..., i,in t'-e V ashlliKtell, h t'., Ilei nl- liu for somcthiii-; more tangible than svmpi-.thv ,il IVrhian Nationalist tVniniiife with beiid'iuartei i at t'oimiiintinople, today sent a tele l lalr. to llie l er-i.'in ('o'.mvit lee her'. nr-Jiiii; thiM efforts be made to have the diplomatic vood offictg ol the I'nlted Si.i'cs in tho present crlnf. The '.'unsiantttiople Commllte get forth the hope that thu I'liited StatertiCeneral Kever Is in northeastern iih iu liuiiiauitarlaa sentiment, may Mexico, to return to th I'nl'ed States It n. I t!ie I'etsian coverntuetii assis.-i'he niut break throvih a 1'iie of ,ii'C iii her i ritieal hour. MM M l Is iiKHLKKIt i;iMni;n Tit 4AII.I I'crt voiti. Tex.. I'ei. x Sam .Heas wu-- reiiiamleil to Jail today witl.out bund lieu nrrairned before .l:!t!e Malien FrPlav niornitiR on the (harpe of m iiiletini; Mi. Mam'.e Ta turn The cefeiii!.int waived cxaui- I diet tht Maude Tatem came to her death as a result of belntr chk 'un'' ten . a'v l.iicas Dr. Charles M. Bishop Will Be Installed at Univer sity Today Oeorcetow n. Te . Iec S Many well-known divines end ed nators of the M.thodlst Fplscopal Church. South, nrrlteil here today to attend the "naticurntion cf !r. Charles M rdshop ?s president of Southwestern Vnivcrsity Tlu Iraeg'tritlon exer cises will extend ever three davs. President W P. Few of Durham Col lege Is to deliver the academic, ad dress at the formal Installation to Riiral sermon will be preached by gore of Tcxarknni will preside over the exercises tin Sendav th In - ni - NtHtFi ri:ii.s wn I. Dr. Frank K. Sarders. prernlent Wnshbern Co'lece. SI FS Ml Hit l H I H-r roil imi 'i' sisti'i. Si.-tl (.. I. N Fort Wen I-, Tcv the botlv i f I i- s leees Is l'.-!"c 1 purposes be ' '" v pltal. sn ! fc; ! .' of Sio.1'1"', w 1 C. W, K h - ' .. . !'-t f." I whvh he a'-1 ;il Colic-. s !t tl- tc! 'i. b.iv s in v bv I I'M- I.,.1 I '" j his o n l ! : .'" ibvid ton'i' ' I Stinlnst t'ie r. . Dr. Wei. I. w I'triritcPdc':' .' ' I. tia'is" V,. I',.-' . I. ! t K ! l.aiiiul''t Ii, - . e Fort Wort1' Workmrn a", in Fort W.r- CO.Tt w'.cll giMHv on a i h: woman etii.i'v led ie I im tl I. v.- cf a I "ii.1ry s fit.-, I nn! I.T.I r plea of i i "i -iif a t o'.ti the hi.Tl'I't I' .I iTX Business U 5)Day8Before Christmas SHOP EARLY and AVOIDthc CRUSH JEW E FOB TRls roi.i.ici: l HFAW lfl Fort Worth IV.. IVc In a collision -hi moralnn btwen a Cotton Uelt train and th "Katy' local follow Inr It over the same track. Mr. William Muid of Keller was tut about tin ned an J several , passengers were bruised dp by Jolting. The railroad offldnls onrlbiite the tolllslon to a heavy fog. BETES CUT OFF Cordon of Troops Uetween Him and boundary of United States N r. tj. t I Ail 1 N t Mrownsvllle. Te.( Ih'C V If Mexican troops stretched l"0 miles tilonu t"e hiVilT from the i ; ulf to i point near I..irei!o Soldiers hocan p-t.roltri; t'.ie free tier touUht illl I I'lHr'S Wil l. Iti: AWAHIH H MtM Sloekhidm. Oec S. Th- ol.ei prie awani's for the present ye;,r are calculated to give little ern md for elf-roniplaeency to Antci b ntis. Thoitch the formal annonnren.ent of the award will not be mtde until d;y rfter tomorrow, which will he tho anniversary of the founder's death, the prospective rrlpler.ts al ready ar known, with the eire.ptlon of the person or persons w.jo will re- !r,.( tro pjrie for performing th i .. . iniOvt Ufciul reTt"l- e the yvar promoting peace The emo fr chcm.strv "s t. Mine. Curie, chief profesor of elerces In tne I'nlversitv of Par! who. with her husband, di"over-l medicine will tie sw-trded to I'rofes It was believed rne time sst woili be awarded to Thomas A ''Mi:.!!, the American Inv-ntor, will tn 'ti- .. . . l ... H . t 'I ... W-l... Mi';ti i i i r'i-it'r iii;eiin n icn u- i Wm-rr'eir? I'nlters'ty Mavrlce M.u-t 'erliiicK, tfe wen Known I'eigt.'ii author and p'atsrisbt. will receitej ; . i. tn . . i . . a,!i. . i. . i wie m.-rarv priM-. r:ie m.o .ne FROM m.n-i.lne wll t-e awanteri to fp.te, ;,(),,mn f ,bp sor AU.nr '. Ilsirand, of the lacul.y' To,.,, r,.((ivPl, (rom 8niirr p -f meditlne ot lnl t'nlversity. ft. , (i . ,. nan(,() $,q4 12.5S resei.rci! work in conntH-rton wttn ns, studv of the en 1 In the el ever vtais of th Nobel foundntton the prires hste t i awarded lo s'xtv ltidividu:.ls ,nd to two peace soileties Onlv two of th slxtv Imve been Americans. A prle in phvsle was i warded to A A Mb helson of the 1'nltcrsltt of Chioa ro, a C.erirni bt hlrth. and one of the pcn'-p nrl?es wen to President Itooseteit for Ms sen Ices IP pMHIo , pcico between Kussla snd Japan. So I fur no ether Vi'ierlcan has been re if cognled ss worthy of the ilist'i'iruish icd honor 'I nttiillen Im" Ce Feltcn. Vo.. D.S- in lio.irl - case of 1 1 ' i nwrltt.-n law Is tbxkcted for' i trial It. t 'alla-vav county lircult coi rt b.-re r t.. r t I : t tr -t week and is e's ted i.h attention. The d. fe-i:.! i Is Kiihard M Johnson, ho. is tr he tried for the lll'irder ol lolltl 1 I j t . s -t Mov.lst i1b lat s'.i'it'ier I Ignores Attack on His Con servation Policy By Bartlett g. ..r. fhl.iii?o. III. Iei ,s. - In mi a! dr.'ss befote the National III til.it ton t'oi;?re-s today tJiflorO ftnci'ot l-i-nored the attack made on his con-s-rtstlon doctrines by Albert V. P.artlett of Cheyenne. Wyoming who, nnti. lp.il im.' Plnchofs spe-ch, de tlarcd that Plnchofs conception of the Irrigation problem was "nar row " Tbe government theory, which Pill" hot defended, was ns'ail . .1 I t I'.attlett. who declared It wholly i:ia.le.i:me. .tll.ir.l licit ef Net M.h o a :.: '.M,-'t Ii. Heard addrsel the Con -r" te 'at l . H PINRHflT HFflRn i "!;.'-.r.'.'.i mi inniniTinn; WAITS FOR ESTIill Scope of Federal Investiga tion in Dynamiting Cases Undecided UIMARIS ARE SILENT IMHII I'lHSONKKS HKITFUATK HFTI ItVIS ATlOX TO TFI.I. NOTIIIVC III T McMAXICU. Til KS FHF.KI.V. l' al; l'rr l.cs iueles. ('ul . Hoc. S. Th cope of the invof tlsation undertaken by the federal grand jury here and the one tn session at Indianapolis. fo far ns learned tonlrht. hod not been defined. Coiernmeiit officials. It Is tbcitglit. trill be able to determine only after the testimony of the witnesses haa Ifoceo.lod f irther. whether to re turn Indictments here or tn Indiana ncalnst perrons alleged to hnve been implicated In the conspiracy to tr ana pert explosives from one stnte to an other. Inn-cs It. and lohn .1. MrNsmar remained In their cells today, relter atins thit they will tell nothing.' eren If "ailed before the pTrnd Jury. It was gurcestcd th:,t after the McNa maras have tnsted prison life and were visited by the labor leaders who nre endeavorinr to cleanse nrgunlxotf labor of the al'.eeid hurges of law lessness, nnd who might! fcr this rea son persuade, them to alii the ends of Justice, the prisoners may be pre vailed open to give the Information McMnnIs.il. the tonfessed dyna miter, confined his experiences as a dvnamiter to the rrand Jury snd was foilowetl hy William Klr.er cf Mun c!e, Indiana, the nltro-clycerlne man ufacturer who claims to have soM explosives to the McXamaras and also to MrMantal. The proceedings be foi the irftnft Jniy ?.re fcepr Wrrt. TtFIMHT OF FIN'AM'KS FOK McNM i: TKI.M. U v.. .! P.r- lndinaiclls Ind., Dec. V- Hoplnr to dispel the doubt thft h been awskened snd the crltclsm crentett relatlte to the cnllietion i.nd distri bution of the McX'.imnrn defense . . i report of pll O-e money col si 1 to October 2", was msde here ttnleht wllh consent of Mcrrlhon. setretsrj of th I ...IM. left, d piihllr Frank . )r,.nll Federation of Labor ensr Total cvrenrMtiire were J184.- ti'.rt or Clr rente Harrow, hl f foenel for the deter.se of the VcN'smarns. haa t.en puld llTo.ttou. It Is Hated that Harrow was to pay hi own assistants I frr-n fiat imo-int lnlttit..ii tVell Celebration. Midland. Itev.. IV. 1. Midland held ;i Jubilee celebration today to " draw the uttentlon of profie liw j bomeseekcrs and investors to tne tact I that this loiality now posFesxes on rf the er:itest Irr'.pi.tlon wells on jrword. T! ' Is the rreit 'oran well, iwM.h ' prt.dnilne i ooo vaib.ns a minute from a depth i f 121 feet, nnd the capai-ltv of shich. in the c-plnlon f ,.v,,CIt!1 , ,t,l be doubled ! PI osH OF ; v Vl:F hs PI MP STTHIW , t.., Kas, li-, s n cxplo- t'un.'T. n i f bus. followed bt 'ire .onlibt. dest cv. the Wbb't I !'l"e l.iP.e CiltH- pHtit's ii e.-i station f.-st S'':tll ot tne city. The st .lion s-p-lied at from Ok lab ii m fi. M.- t" Wicuta. Hutch Inson n.l et-er Knt.s:. tons The loss i cs'ue. te.l at J'l'tO. t'Oo sruiMNt; MINFI s Ml I T Ml TKAINH roe'der. Col Dei front Mnrsh.ll toil.it ' v. rteiorts av that strik- ers rnnfltt'ie tt n eet :.!1 train to persuade newcomers to se, k work elsewhere No distut baticer were re ported tordsM from the coal camns. WEATHER Ik-sI Forecast. Probably rain or snow. Saturday. At 7 a m Maxim cm 10 Var. 41 4 At 7 p. m. Minimum i:iu Mln 4 Washington FoivcsM. ashinrton. D. C . lec. S For vv .st Tex -s Fair Saturday ard Fun ,1 Vc'- 'hir-e !n temperature. MURE TESTIMONY I