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HERALD EI Paso, Texas, Thursday Evening, May 5, 1910 --- 12 Pages All the News Herald Prints It First, While It's Fresh. efence Opens In the Hyde Cas jjR I dpi n n n m ISff I I i 1 1 nl I I Test Proves That the Oil Ooming From Well Is Kot j From the Machinery. TROXEL HAS FAITH IN THE OIL FIELD Explains That Cinders Were Possibly Pumped Into the Well in Removing Sand. J. R. Hunter, oie of the proprietors of the oil well at Camp City, who ar rived In. the city this morning-, states that while the pipe was at the 1000 foot point work was stopped for the night and Mr. Whirmorfe, who was acting as night watchman, noted a strange gurg ling and popping- noise as of miniature explosions coming- from trie pipe and a strong odor of gas was noted. He went over to the tent and aroused Capt. Mayo to call Ms attention to it. They could hear the strange noise over 100 feet away from the well and sat up all night and during the whole time the strange noise continued. In the morning when the pumping was resumed there was an increased amovVnt of oil floating over .the surface and they skimmed a considerable quan tity of It and poured It on the hard ground and It burned with a flash like benzine and had a distinctly benzine smell. Benzine Is as every one knows a liquid of the lighter and more vola tile hydrocarbons of petroleum. The oil is coming up all the time and the bubbles pop whenever the pumping is stopped. "When these bubbles explode there is oil floating around each bubble. Similar tests were made of machine oil which Is used in the cylinder, by pouring it'on the ground anil It would not burn at all "under any circumstances. This settles the question, Mr. Camp says, that had been raised that possibly the oil floating on the water was ma chine oil, and there is now no doubt of jthe presence of genuine parraffine oil of high gTade coming up from the well. At 1170 feet a stratum of quick sand has been encountered that Is causing much trouble as it holds the drill and pipe like a vise so that a readjustment of the apparatus for drilling is neces sary and there is a delay for a day or two. The Well at Camp City. "I believe the Camp City oil field will be a great field some day," said C. R. Troxel, after a second visit to the place this week- He returned "Wednesday af ternoon and says that the indications aro still good and that even if oil is not produced Jn the present well at Camp City, it will be developed later somewhere in that country, as the in dications are too good for oil not to be there. Regarding the present well Mr. Trox el says: "I made a close investigation of con ditions, and those people who contend that obstructions of slag or cinders were put Into the well by somebody could easily bave been mistaken about the well having been choked or clogged up purposely. Near the well is the pool of water which is being pumped Into the well to clean it out, and In the edge of the water lies a pile of cinders. "When I was there last week some of tho owners of the well told me that pieces of slag had been pumped out. This time I Investigated for myself and nono of the pieces of slag or cinders or whatever they happen to be are any larger than might have been sucked into the well by the pump lifting the water from near the cinder pile, and thrown out again by the pump. "I believe there Ts a mistake all around that the cinders offer the ex planation and that the people who thought the well had been plugged were mistaken, and further that Mr. Mayo and his son were hasty In be lieving that any insinuation was aimed at them, because of the fact that both Mr. Mayo and his son are spoken of ;lghiy in the camp." ARMERS AND UNIONS WOULD KNOCK T Si. IiOHis Mo., May 5 A new orjraaization to be called the National Farm ers' Scientific Cooperative society will probably result from n meeting; of the American Federation of IJabor and tke different farmers' organizations which are beinj? held here in an effort to brinyr about cooperation. Officers of the organizations met a sain today to discuss further plans of cooperation. Tke new organization will have for its objects the doing- away with the middleman. svhich includes speculation in farm products. Representatives of grain and produce exchanges in the large cities attended todaj 'a meeting. , : Black Hand Attacks Girls in Congregation of Minis ter Who Assails Eesorts. THREATS OF HARM TO GIRL MADE GOOD New Tork, May 5. Miss Ethel M Jones, 20 years old, whose eyes were hurt by annnonia thrown by two mys terious assailants who also beat her, recovered sufficiently to give the police an account of what happened to her. The young woman is a member of :frfTA -rtTRPfr . 2- 30NESS the Beecher Memorial church, the pas tor of Tfhich, the Rev. Charles J. Al len, who lives next door to the Jones family, at No. 260 Morton street, re cently received a Black Hand letter in which the safety of young women of his congregation was threatened if he did not cease to preach against an amusement resort in his neighbor hood. Later Miss Jones's mother, Mrs. Rob ert Jones, received a letter decorated with crude drawings of skulls and crossbones and signed "B. H." The message read: "Your daughter Ethel's life is In danger when you least expect it. Be wlrel" Miss Jones left her home at 9 oclock in the evening, and accompanied Miss, Jessie Collins a part of the "way to Miss Collins's home. No. 2148 Fulton street- At the junction of Hopkinson avenue and Fulton street Miss Jones left her companion. Between Hull and McDougall streets, one block from Fulton street, are vacant lots. Midway in the block two figures stepped from a break rn a fence and she was struck upon the head. Her "rat" saved her, she believes, for it tempered the force of the blow. Miss Jones struck out bravely "with feet and hands while her assailants made an effort to gag her. Then a mix ture of ammonia and camphor -was thrown In her eyes. The men fled. CONCERTS CHANG-ED TO TUESDAY NIGHTS Too Warin for Sunday Aft ernoon; Ministers Object to Sunday IsTight. Band concerts at Cleveland Square will be given each Tuesday night from 8 to 10 oclock. It has been determined that it Is too warm for the concerts Sunday after noon, although various hours have been tried. Some wanted the concerts to be held Sunday evening, but the churches last year objected to this on the ground that it interfered with their services. OUT MIDDLEMAN 71 - . . Everywhere in Norway, He I T , J TTT-JL1- TT is onowerea wiiniionurs. Chats With King. HAS TEA WITH HIM IN PRIVATE Christiana, Norway, May 5. Before the Nobel prize committee today, Theo dora Roosevelt delivered an address on "International Peace." Mr. Roosevelt is the center of attraction wherever ha goes and Is showered with attentions everywhere. The former president of the United States entered upon the mostdifficult field of European politics and advo cated an international agreement that would check the growth of armaments, especially naval, and the formation by those great powers honestly bent on peace of a league of peace, "not only to keep peace among themselves, but to prevent by force, if nc-essary, its being oroken by the others." The address was received with ex pressions of approval. Roosevelt Central Figure. The streets of Chr-sliania are bright with decorations and almost everyone is wearing an American flag. A Roose velt march, Roosevelt photographs and J compilations of Roosevelt's sayings are . oemg soia in etie snops ana on tne highways. Last evening the Icing and queen gave a dinner at the palace in honor of their American .guests. More than 200 eminent personages were present. Ivinjr Proposes Health. "When the dinner had advanced to the fourth course the king arose and all the guests stood while the king pro posed the health of Mr. Roosevelt. The " company remained standing while the expresident responded. Col. Roosevelt touched on Norse literature and spoke of his pleasure when as president he was able to ca ble his good wishes to a new Nor wegian king bearing the old name of Haakon. "And," he continued, "It is a fine thing for the country that Haakon and Olaf should be the names borne by the rulers of today and the rulers of tomorrow. I drink with my -whole heart to the health of your majesties." Drink Tea and Talk. The king and queen showed Col. and Mrs. Roosevelt the little prince Olaf yesterday afternoon. "While Mr. Roosevelt was in his room in the palace arranging his papers and dictating letters the king came In quite Informally and asked: ""Would you like to have a cup of tea?" "By George, I would,'.' replied the colonel. The king rang and for more than an hour the two sat drinking tea and talking. Col. Roosevelt told of some of his ranch experiences. The Speech. In his .address today, Mr. Roosevelt said: I It is with peculiar pleasure that I stand here today to express the deep appreciation I feel of the high honor conferred upon me by the presentation of the Nobel peace prize. The gold medal which formed part of the prize I shall always keep, and I shall hand it on to my children as a precious heir loom. The sum of money provided as part of the prize by the wise generosity of the illustrious founder of this world famous prize system, I did not, under the peculiar circumstances of the case, feel at liberty to keep. I think It eminently just and proper that in most cases the recipient of the prize should keep for his own use the prize In Its entirety. But In this case, while I did not act officially as president (Continued on Page Eleven.) Little Ones Gasp SO YOU would like to have me tell you of my first day's work as di rector of the school for mothers? I called at the county dispensary Tuesday morning to prepare things for Br. TT. C. Kluttz who will have charge of the medical end of the work. Many mothers and babies had gathered, the children ranging from three months to eight years. It was a pathetic sight to see the little sick babies gasping for breath and to hear the pathetic talea of tne mothers, who seemed unable to supply the babies with proper nourish ment. There were 16 children present, with pneumonia, whooping cough, and diarrhea, and many suffering from mal nutrition. Dr. Kluttz examined theso babies carefully, prescribed for them, and fjund six who were very much in 2 STB1XA. 5cOP&. 2MR. l.:o. SWOP&. O LUCY' rasssa! r'ssssr Apex Bartender Convicted in County Court on Evidence of Tile Herald. ONLY ONE MAN FOE PROSECUTION Six cool headed American jurymen have found Johnny Pruitt, "n El Paso bartender, guilty of receiving a bet on a Juarez race, and therein lies further proof that gambling in El Paso has firm, strong and unswerving public dis approval. After one and a half hours, the six rendered their verdict before judge Eylar Wednesday afternoon The bartender was fined 50 on the second count in the complaint, that of receiving a bet. He was acquitted on the other two counts, that of pool making and 'of transmitting a bet. There was no strong evidence regard ing the latter count, and the absence of a witness for the prosecution made it difficult to prove the first count. In addition to T. G. Turner, the only witness for the prosecution, another Herald reporter placed a bet at the Apex bar February 15, but he is absent from the city and the prosecution had diffi culty In showing pool making as charged in the first count- The jury which found Pruitt guilty was composed of the following: J. Her nandez. Thomas Holgate, - Edwin Thomas, "Wyeth Doake, M. D. Gay lord and H. S. Ingram. The trial arose from the publication in The Herald on February 16 of the fact that two Herald men T. G. Tur ner and Reginald- Warren had placed bets at the Apex bar with Johnny Pruitt, the bartender, on two horses on the Juarez track. This was done after The Herald had published Information sent it by several people to the effect that gambling was going on in the city and after district attorne5T Howe, county attorney Bridg ers and police chief Jenkins had said It was Impossible to get gambling evl- dence on which to convict. The Herald sent out lis men on the race track gambling case merely to prove that the evidence could be secured if the officers went after it right. The proof was cinched with the conviction Wednesday of Pruitt. Pathetically For Breath need of home visiting. One mother who had three sick childrcu at home, was "in tears and very much alarmed for fear the river would overflow; her little home was situated on the bank of the river. Work In the Homes. Later I started out on my calls, first to the home of a mother living on South Kansas street. She had- a little baby four months old suffering from pneu monia. I found the child in a small adobe, with no light or ventilation, as ;.the door was closed and there were no windows. The room was comfortably furnished, but the baby was lying on a bed in the corner of the room. I ex plained to the mother the need of fresh air, proper nourishment, and careful jjca.iiyijjs uui ui mi- uumui a oruers. in jthe short time since she had left the I BLAME IS PUT ONTO HITCHCOCK Ballinger Thinks His Prede cessor Distributed Irriga ga.tion Work Unevenly. Washington. D. C, May 5. For more than an hour today the members of the Ballinger-Pinchot investigating- com mittee questioned secretary Ballinger BrCHAD A &ALilrG-Hi5- PHOTO 1V JAMkl !.. about the method pursued in entering on ne,w reclamation projects. Tt was broucrht out that many states had nbt had their equitable share of theso projects. Senator Flint asked who was respon sible for this condition. TV'itness admitted that probably form er secretary Hitchcock, under whose administration most of the existing- pro jects were Initiated, was responsible, t and not' director .Newell, of the.reclama- tlon" service. Mr. Newell was at that time chief engineer of the service. " ' Garfield Called Fabricator. "It was not a fair or truthful state ment." said Mr. Ballinger in referring to a sentence in former secretary Gar field's letter to the president in Novem ber, which read: "He "(Ballinger) di- 'f "ti ii hi in' in iriinrnrrimnmT hi rected the reclamation service to pre-, tion. She concluded her testimony yes pare lists for restoring withdrawn (lands terday. but to do so slowly in order not to at tract public attention." Mr. Ballinger said, while he had no desire to reflect on previous administra tions, 'which had withdrawn lands un lawfully, he believed, he ,had issued no such order and all lands had actually been restored within three weeks. Mr. Flint wanted to know if It is not a fact that many projects "have been Initiated without regard to their -feasibility, but in order to give the various states their proportion of the money they had paid Into the -reclamation fund through the sale of public lands. Mr. Ballinger -was not able to give a direct answer but In reply to attorney Vertress, said he had not been able to get the officials of the reclamation service to express any doubt as to the feasibility of any projects. By Miss H. Grace Franklin dispensarj, the cork had been lost from the bottle and she had supplied this necessity with a piece of colored paper. The spoon was lying on the table and of course was a resting place Tor most of the flies in the room. She was shown how to have a more sanitary cork, how to keep the spoon clean, and was also instructed concerning tho proper timo i .for nursing her baby. . Xced for Supervision. This woman had told the doctor, and j at this time told me, that she was oreast-reeaing ner DaDy. j. round It necessary to call in the next day to seo the baby and I found It taking milk from a flat bottle, using one of those long tube nipples". It would be well If El Paso would forbid the sale (Continued on Page Eight.) LBS SWDF&. jXf MPC3RTAKT WITNESS J All Deaths Might Have Been Prom Natural Causes, Doctors Testify Kansas City, Mo., May 5. Thai Col. Swope was in ill health for months prior, to his death;, tnat natural causes i might bave been responsible for the conulsions of the colonel, and Christ man and Margaret Swope, the deft nee in the Hyde murder trial attempted to prove in opening its case today. Sylvester Spangler testified that Col. Swope was so feeble for a year before he died that he fainted several times. The millionaire, Mr. Spangler said, told him the dav before his death that he S might die any time. Dr. F. W. Froehling testified that either "uraemfc poisoning. " typhoid or meningltis would result in the symp toms shown by Swope when the convul sions developed. The physician admitted on cross ex amination that the attacks also re sembled cases of strychnine poisoning. Mrs. Swope, wife of deceased Col. Syope And motherinlaw of Dr. Hyde, was 'the last1 witness' for the prosecu- BIDS FOR IiOC.VTIOX OF A TEXAS TTXIVERSITY Waxahacnie, Tex.. May 5. The board of trustees of the.Texa? Christian uni versity met here today and bids were filed for the site of the college by Fort Worth, Dallas, Waco, McKInney and Gainesville. C. W.- Gibson, a trustee, said the board would likely meet Monday to de cide on a location. A NOTORIOUS WOMAN KATE BENDER MAKES CONFESSION Rio Vista, Cal., May- 5. That a 'wo man who lived hero nearly 30 year under the names of Mrs. Gavin and Mrs. Peters, who died recently, was really Kate Bender, of the notorious Bender family of Kansas murderers,ls a state ment made by Jack Collins a resident of this place. ' Tho woman was found cead in her home near here last Monday. She had been conducting a rsort of ill repute for several years and lately had been living alone, according to Collins, a close friend of the woman. . Tells Story of Life. - ' Mrs. Peters revealed her identity xo him several years ago while believing she was on her death bed, Collinsyde clared. He said she gave him ajr de tailed account of many murders syL 'and her brothers had committed In the Bender home at Cherryvale, K3.3., in the seventies. During the investigation of the mur ders, the woman escaped to Chicago, afterward going to New York and sail ing around the Horn to San Francisco. ELECTION People to Vote on Plan to Issue $400,000 in Bonds to Buy International Plant. ORDINANCE FOE ELECTION DRAWN City Administration Will Give People a Cnance to Decide What They Want Shal the city of 1 Fame issae fres ia the sa of $480,000 ior tie jrarysae o aarchasia? tae plant of the Iaiaraa tloaal TVa-ter compaayT Tibs proposltiea Is t be voted H?ra by the citizen at aa electloa 4 be called ss ssoa as possible. la the went that it should, fail to carry, thea the proposition to raise the rates aa yre posed by the master is chancery will coBfreat the people. Trader date ef May 4, th. Iateraatieaal 'Water company presented to the city council a proposition to sell the -waterworks to the city for the saax f $456009 and the assaaaptlon $477,000 beaded debt on the plant which will briny tho total coat f the plant T the city up t $927,000. This to be submitted to an election. In tke event that the citizens do aot wish t purchase the plant, aad defeat the proposition at the elect lea, then the proposition to raise the rates will came ap for considexatioa. THE RESOLUTIONS. "While it has been the understanding, of the mayor and city council that the matter cHld aot be fisaWy settled un til a meeting- to be held Thursday atfiter- iioob, H. J. Simmons, "Wt E. Aade: and TV". TV. Turaey, represeaiaer te water compaay, called a fthe myr dnrlngr the council meeties? at the morales: session and-the fefoewxac r Iutioa was drawn ap, presented t the city council and passed: "Be it resolved by the city council &t the city of EI Faso: "That the city attorney be aad here by is instructed to at ace draw up the proper ordinance authorizing- the Issu ance of the heads of the city f El Pase la the sum f $460,000, the proceeds thereof to be used for the purpose f providing: the city f EI Pase with a waterworks system f its ewa. The city attoraey shall report said ordin ance not later than 3Iay 11, 1910. The proceeds of the boads will be used t purchase the plant ef the International TVater company. "Passed aad approved this 5th day J May A. O., 1910. "Attest "C TV. Fassett, TV. F. Hahlasoa, "City Clerk. "Xayer. City attoraey Coldwell stated that he would have the ordinance ready a er before next Wednesday. Thea alderman TV. S. Claytea pre sented the following resolution whleh. had beea prepared by the city attoraey. "Be It reselved by the city ceaaeil f the city of El Faso: "That the city of EI Fas submit the proposition of tho Iateraatieaal Water company, providing fer a settlemeat its coatroversy with the city aad cea talned in the memorandum ef agree ment, dated May 4, 1910, te aa electien, aad that the city of El Fas will carry out the decision ef the voters at that election. The electien te determine the question of purchase will be held aa soon as the charter "will permit. "Passed and approved this 5th day f May A. D., 19l. "Attest? "C. TV. Fassett, TT. F. Hehimaoa, "City Clerfc "3Cayt Immediately after the adepttea these two resolutions y the city cil on a uaan4mus vete, the city at torney recommended that aa adjourn ment be takea until 2 oclock: ttm; 'iflaj,7-:' afternoon In order that at that ttafte the (Continued on Page Six.) There she became a trained nurse, mar ried John Gavin, a whaler, and 10 or 15 years later began a life of shame. Tho dead woman wes 76 years of age. A reward of $5000 at one timu was of- j fered for her capture. History of Benders. Kansas City, Mo May 5. It is not known how many murders the notor ious. Bender family committed while livittsr in "LnBott roimtv. TCn-nsoc hn j ater they fled nine oodles were found yon the place. The family consisted of William Bender, aged 60; his wife, aged 55; Kate, aged 25, and John, aged 23. Kate Bender professed to be a mag netic lisaler. The Bender house was situated on the main highway between Independence, Kansas, and the Osage mission. The Benders kept a little store and hotel, but It waj said to be a decoy for weary travelers more than anything else. The fate of the- Bender family, after their crimes were discov ered, has never been definitely known. Some have said the entire family was killed by a pursuing posse. Others have said Kate escaped. l3BKSK G& .. 1