HERALD
Ex
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1 Paso, Texa,
Saturday Evening,
January 27, 1912-68 Pages
PIONEER and
Progress Edition
Section Oae, 88 Pages.
BBY1STS TO
m city has fire
LBSS THAT Will RE
GET IT If
140.000
PASO
NO DANGER OF ID
CARDINAL TO EL PASO, TIE
GET GREAT IRRIGATION
Bill .. CENTER
OVERFLOW OF
THE RIVER
PEK1N 11
RE TAKEN
AOH
ST PHOENIX
M
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V
W. M. Beed, Eeclamation
Semce District Engineer,
Say Dam Will Stop It.
PROTECTION OF
BANES UNNECESSARY
That danger from floods in the river
will be practically past when the Ele
phant Butte dam is finished, is the
declaration of a letter which was read
at the bond issue meeting in the dis
trict court room Friday night from
W. M. Reed, district engineer of the
United States reclamation service. His
letter, addressed to judge Albert S.
Eylar. county Judge, said.
I am in receiDt of a letter, dated
Januar 22, addressed to the United
States reclamation service, asking that
a. representative be at a meeting to bo
held in the court house Friday January
26
iv Liic 1'uijfUDc ui jgivins luuruw
tion that might have a bearing upon
the proposed bond issue to build a road
along the river bank to act as a levee.
This is a matter of such a nature that
I do not deem it proper that any of
the reclamation officials here should
appear end give evidence, but I will en
deavor to give you what I believe is
due a meeting of that kind from the
reclamation service.
In regard to the advisability of the
'-onstruetion of a levee or road as the
best means of protecting lands from
overflow. I am unable to give an opin
1WV1C 4.V K1VU BJ1 UUlu
ion. I ftve not made a study of it.
antl considerable xtiidv woulri ti tiam-
. .
sary before any reputable engineer
would care to rislc his reputation in
the matter. Therefore I must pass this
up and leave it to those who have
Siren the matter more study.
In the second place you ask whether
or not the construction of the Engle
reservoir will have a material affect
upon the flopd flow in the Rio Grande.
This hardly seems necessary to aifswer.
a asronp whri would for a moment
bear in mind that the reservoir will
'.iold 2.606.000 acre feet of water this
amount being equal to two years' aver-
age flow of the Rio Grande, could
readlly understand that said reservoir
must hare an important influence upon
The flow of the river. A study of the
ing that the reservoir was constructed
at the beginning of this time, shows
river now for the last 1Z years, assum
that hnt on w rw--irvn wAiilri there
have been any overflow come down
the Rio Grande and pass through EI
Paso. and this would have eeaa uut
small quantities, not sufficient to haTe,
been dangerous to any of the lands, and
we can say with assurance that bad the
reservoir bejn constructed for the past
1 - years there could hare been no harm
done from flood waters originating
above the reservoir proper.
It is true, towwem bat sunt UmB
storms between the reservoir and B
Paso will cause temporary freshets.
lut not of great duration, nor. except t
at the point of entry in tne river, oi
grat height These storms, coming in
apprecBiab,fe affect-many' H&TUKrT I
JUinTtJ-nSTLTSS !
nasxillust rated till, as some of tne high
water was caused by local floods, but
had there not been water from above
in the river I believe that no dam-
age would have been done, and I be-
Here ttat, after the construction of the
reservoir no material damage will ever
i HMitaMnl AHKHKH MTA
in the future be done by overflow.
It is true that the river must be left
open to a'U as a drainage through this
valle. because the river itself is a
drainage for many thousands of acres
of land, and during the rainy season
some water will necessarily come into.
tbe valley and must necessarily be car
ried away by the river. Therefore, it
will neter be possible to obliterate the
river, but I think the river will not in
the future, after the construction of
'he reservoir, be a danger to anv of
the alle from tbe Engle dam. at
least until some large tributary is
reached many miles below El Paso.
Hoping that this is information
which you desire, and assuring yu it
Is all we believe we have of interest to
1 ou now, I anv Very respectfully
W M. Reed. District Engineer.
Kylar Aaminst 399,999 Bends.
Upon being Interviewed as to the ef
fect of the meeting upon the actkm of
the commissioners' court, judge Eylar
said:
"Tbe meeting was of great value in
presenting facts that will give to this
community a different and better un
derstanding of the situation than it had
before. All present at the meeting
realized the necessity of action to
guard against tbe floods. At the same
time, upon the assurance of those who
know, that all danger from floods will
be removed upon the completion of the
big dam. a $300,099 levee road would
be too expensive for the protection it
would give, for in a few years not
more than three at the greatest. It
would be of no further use. Nor could
tZOU.OOQ be expended Intelligently be
tween now and the next high water
rr. 1' . fsvr -tmn2lA 9ftllr mt Heat
could be effectively used between now I
and the May and June floods, for this j
purpose. I think the creation of an lm- 1
provement district embracing the ter
ritory chiefly affected, aad the float
ing of a moderate bond Issue upon it,
not to build a road but to fight the
river at its most vulnerable points, is
the best thing to be done. As the coun
ty road Is seriously threatened by the
encroachment of the river, money so
raised could be legitimately used for
this purpose "
MARSH TO MAKE LOG
OF ROAD TO DEMING
A party composed of the following:
W. H. Marsh. J. V. Havdey, G. W. Ban
ner, of .Demlng: J. P Owenby and W.
r Ritter. left El Paso this noon on a
run to Deming, where they will spend
the nigbt. From Deming they willgo
to Lordsburg. and then on to Hacnita.
Mr Marsh will make a log of the lfoad,
which will be tbe first one made over
tbis road for some time. The party Is
making the trip in G. W. Hanner's new
Heo No. 5 car. Mr. Harsh and Mr Har
dey will return by train about Friday.
ANTI RING-
IS NO W
" "-"
Whfc the aBBSsseement of R. V. Bewden's candidacy for county judge
"t anti-Hag" ticket, that party n bit has a fall ticket in the field. Some
candidate oa "the ring" tleket have b eta endorsed. It Is true, and their
mbm appear oa "the antf-riBg" tick et o make up the fall quota of can
didates. It has been said that since the dee llnatloa of judge A. X. "Walthall to en
ter lata the game aad make a speech a t "the ring" meeting Tuesday night,
be la Bt as favorably leaked apoa by eertaia members of this party and that
""" are ctill clamoring for the aoml Batten of IV. B. Ware for the district
yi!sefcip in hli place. Walthall has b eea endorsed by "the antla" and It ia
fcnoia ibnt if -the ring" had not at first nominated him, the. opposing party
.touid haif done so anyhow.
' One of First Measures New
Legislature Will Adopt 'Is
Anti-lobby Bill.
HOUSE SPEAKERSHIP
LEADING- QUESTION
Prescott, Ariz., Jan. 27. "There will
be a 80-strand wire fence' about
Phoenix during the session, and each
wire will have numerous sharp barbs,
for the benefit of the lobby," said state
senator-elect Wood, when asked for an
idea for a legislative story.
"The first measure I will Introduce
will be one dealing with lobbying, as
niuiwtiliut In tt a AnnotUntlAn T ml It
I "w" "" V. T., ZL. I
I b &n emergency bill and will provide
t & severe pen&ixy xor any viuzautms.
It
will not only provide against lobbying
in the legislative halls, but it will make
the penalty severe enough to cause the
law to be respected."
The Strong Counties.
Discussion of the counties which will
be the big factor in the legislative
balls is again heard. Owing to the
calibre of the men sent from Yavapai,
ftfla Yuma and Cochise, the four
. - . ...
I counties nwucu vj" ""rr'n
.. i . . .. .nn.firanna.1 rnn ,., . miii.
prx in mc wHomyuvu w. .- .
. In the senate
these counties will be
strong.
Pima will have two especially able
men on the floor of tne senate.
Worsley has been mentioned for the
presidency, but is not an active can
hih.i. TTiiarhaM nf the same county.
is oiwJ s.atmna- man. tftla. has a strong
delegation in the upper house, Kinney
and Hechtman both being men oi
ability. But it will be Wood, woods,
! of Maricopa; Roberts. Cunnlff, Wor
slv n.nl Hurhes who shine partlcu
i larly bright, according to men who
have been watching the state of af-
fairs during the past.
, .,.,, . thr. jinnae.
y
In the lower house, most of the
members are of the untried kind, but
I that there will be some big men de-
I veloDed durins: the session, no one
I doubts. I
Brooks, of Glia, ts consraerea oi su-
baraatoriai caiioer in nis awoe coau-
ty. la fact wherever he is known.
His
colleague will insist on his being
given a prominent place In the com
mittees, and the "father of free text
000!" as he is known over the state,
will have an excellent chance to show
fr.!.. A.flt.v XXtt m a fil- CflASlfPr hilt
,fter writer, -!, wWTfMf t
matters pertauuar lo-pouwau -economy
and state affairs and wtrl .fee 'dne
of tiie strongest men In the legisla-
i- ir..j -ivort..'
ft "&?"& Sw'whVw
nokTnM
first onened. but after he had made a
. few speeches throughout the county, ,
People began to tf1'00" t . I
I He will-be a strong randidate to.
the chairmanship of the judiciary
committee, there MMU? out a. ii ey -
TIirnMSN ITS I IIO IIU1I1M HnU Ulin ll. LUCUla
torneys in the house, and one of them.
Lynch, a candidate lor speaKer. mur
phy, of Gila, Is an attorney, bat will
not seek this chairmanship.
Buchanan is another strong man and
has the distinction of -coming from a
strong Republican county, and the
Pima man has been prominently men-
i tioned as a candidate for the speaker
ship, but he has made no active can
vass. Cochise Too Slow.
Cochise members still seem to be
waiting for someone to wake them up.
Had the county made an agreement
several weeks ago and pushed the
claims of its candidate for the speak
ership, there would have been no
question as to the result. But there
were too many aspirants for the job
in that county.
K el ton is well thought of, but Brad
ner and Craig have both announced
themselves as candidates. That there
has been no agreement Is shown by the
fact that there has been no announce
ment made to that effect. Meantime,
Lynch, a man who gains strength as
he becomes better known, is working
quietly among the members and is
considered as the strongest man in the
state for the place just at present, but
there may be changes.
LyBqh Seenu Winner.
If no other candidate shows himself
in the next 10 days, and Cochise does
not agree upon a man. Lynch will find
himself in nearly the same position as
Cunniff. in the senate, as there is no
chance for any member who does not
have the entire strength of his coun
ty behind him.
If Maricopa goes solid for Lynch,
as his friends say -It will, he should
carry off the prize, as two members
of the lower bouse from the northern
part of the state have intimated that
they would join forces with tbe Saf
ford man as soon as he showed he had
Maricopa behind him.
However, It is not at all certain un
til the caucus has met and decided the
(Continued on Page S. Section Two.)
TWO BURN OUT OF JAIL
AFTER BOY'S CHARGE
Sierra Blanca, Tex., Jan. 27. Two
hoboes, accompanied by a small y I
... j t.. j . i .. i
about 11 years of sge, drifted Into town :
yesterday evening and on being told to
keep moving by the deputy sheriff, the
v . . . . ., . ' . ,
boy asked for protection against his
two companions, saying that they had .
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TICKET
COMPLETE
Boston to "Turn Itself
Loose" in Welcoming Car
dinal O'Connel Home.
ARCH BUILT IN
FRONT OF HOME
Boston. Mas&. Jan. tl. At a meeting
or the chairmen of the various com-
iiniicBs m cuarge oi tne reception to no
tendered the second newly consecrated
American cardinal. William H. 0"C
eU. formerly the archbishop of the
diocese. It was announced that every
detail of the arrangements had been
attended to. and that the welcome ex
tended to the cardinal, which will be
in the form of a ten days' celebration,
will be one of the greatest gala events
in tne msiory or new Bngland.
When the prelate walks down the
gangplank from the steamship Canoplc
to the wharves of the Cbarlestown
dockx Monday morning, he will be
greeted by a reception committe of
over 1996 of the most prominent busi
ness men and members of the clergy In
New England. The Ninth resriment.
acting as the guard of honor, will lead
the procession that will escort cardinal
O'Connell to his residence on Bay State
road.
Mayor Fitzgerald and members of his
staff will occupy the first automobile in
the procession that will follow the car
dinal's carriage.
The automobile division will be fol
lowed by delegations of all the church
societies in Boston, ana tne line oi
inarch will Include the nrincinal streets.
' endlnir at the trreat
, .-
electric area oi
welcome that has been erected in trout
of the cardinal's home.
On Thursday, after the cardinal nas
sited turn AavsJ a. most Solemn
i rested two days;
pontlHcal high mass
of thanksgiving
will be sung in honor of the safe return
of the cardinal.
The mass will mark a renewal of the
celebration which will be continued for
10 days more, in the form or solemn
religious ceremonies, banquets, mass
meetings and receptions tendered the
cardinal by nearly all the religious so
cieties in the diocese.
.T"pq A T-TF'Tj TERM.
UrXiifc -. iiiX Xi XXiiWU.,
IS.HArY UV-E.JKJLX
Cravens Says, Jlowever, Ho
Will Get Even
With Pal.
Guthrie, Ofcta Jan. 2?.
Be Cravens, i
MMsouri penitentiary "a Utk months I
ago when he finished serrlng a four
l yea rsentence under the name of Chas.
Maust, was today sentenced to
life
term in the federal prison at Leaven
worth, Kas., fr the murder, 11 years
ago. of Alvln Bateman at Red Rock,
ni.i.
.... i. .-i.. .i. u.nn.
taaA nys he is tappy that he was not
sentenced to death.
But . one tnine certain,"
.-.--,, 0r,v-ni, .., sentence had
been pgea npon nln, "when I get up
.. va. . ...
to Leavenworth I'll get even with Bert
welty.
Welty, who was Craven's companion
in the crime, was brought here from
the penitentiary, where he is serving
a life sentence, and identified "Maust"
as Cravens.
TWO SALOON MEN
UNDER INDICTMENT
Grand Jury Investigation of
Charges Brings in
dictments. J. I. Broyles. of the Poodle Dog bar,
and John Denlston. who conducts a
saloon on South EI Paso street, were
arrested Friday charged with unlawful
selling of liquor, following the grand
Jury's investigation of the recent ex
pose as published in The Herald. The
specific charges contained In the in
dictment were selling liquor oh Sun
day. Each was released on bonds of 390.
WOODMEN VOTE TO
RAISE INSURANCE
Chicago, 111.. Jan. 27. The proposi
tion for the revision upwards of the
insurance rates of the 'Modern Wood
men of America was adopted by the
convention by a vote of 4C0 for higher
rates against 397 opposing the propo
sition. The measure was proposed by tbe
rate committee and is that which was
being urged for adoption by fraternal
Insurance societies in many states.
The plan increases the rate of " in
surance in the order from 50 to 100
and provides for 12 assessments each
year, while members heretofore have
contributed from 9 to 11 assessments
yearly.
broken Into a store in Ft. Worth, and
had stolen ft quantity of Jewelry forced
him to sell part ot it, and beg for
meahi and money on their way from
that town, threatening to kill him If
he Ke J Ia,wal ?he, ePuT
sheriff arrested the two men and upon
searching them found two pearl
handled knives, a watch and a safety
razor.
The twoTBen were locxea up and the
chief of police at Ft Worth was wired
and a reply was received that they
were wanted there on a. burglary
charge.
Burn Way Out of Jail.
On going to the lockup, it was dis
covered that the men had broken out,
bv burning the door down from the in
side. Tbe fire had been built by setting-'
fire to an old broom that was
used for sweeping out, and when the
door was sufficiently weakened by
burning they kicked their way through.
Pursuit was made in an auto and the
fugitives were captured .near Flnlay.
The boy says the names of the men
are Biguam and "Wilson and Ins own
name Is Mathews. The boy's parents
were notified and a ticket was wired
him from Dallas to return home.
The two men who broke jail went
west from here and boasted to the
pumper at the G H pumping station
of burning their way out of the lock
up The men will be turned over to
the Ft. Worth, police.
Haskin Writes of the Me
tropolis of New Mexico,
the Pass City of Texas.
GREAT DAM, THE
WORLD'S BIGGEST
(By Frederic 7. Haskin.)
. iTHOUGH El Paso Is a Texas
town, it is none the less the me-
tropolis of Now Mexico, and It is
the commercial canter of the greatest
artificial irrigation project now being
carried forward in this, country. In
fact. El Paso Is the commercial capital
of an immense region, since, in all the
territory from San Antonio to Los An
geles, a distance of about 1500 miles,
and from Pueblo to the heart of Mex
ico, another 1686 miles, there is no oth
er city as large nor as commercially
important as El Pas. It Is as if the
city of Knoxvllle, Tenn., were the lar
gest town in the United States east of
the Mississippi river. Although a great
deal of the country surrounding Bl
Paso is very sparsely settled, and al
though much of it Is Mexican and not
American territory, yet on account of
Its isolation. El Paso Is, in fact, a true
metropolis, and as such Is rapidly In
creasing in prosperity ana prestige.
It was peculiarly fitting, therefore,
that last October, the joint Jubilee of
the citiaens of New Mexico and Ari
zona, celebrating the admission of the
territories into the union, was held in
El Paso. It was significant that at
that celebration there were five1 gov
ernors present, each of them represent
ing a state, in whole or In part com
mercially tributary to El Paso. They
were the governors -of Texas, New
Mexico and Arizona, of the United
States, and of Sonora and Chihuahua
of Mexico.
An Irrigation Center. I
El Paso, as has been said, is the cen
ter of the largest artificial irrigation
project in this country, -mis. Known
to the United States reclamation ser-
Vice l"W XV kUUV j.wsfcM. w
cally as the Elepbaat Butte dam. ts one'
of the threa. inigafloti orfas in New
Mexico under federal suparrtstpn. There
are uncounted private JcrlgaHen -wrks,
ranging froB the anetoft.' gravity
ditches of th aaboristnes to iae mod
ern artesian welfa. y
Of the three odoaatPoJont3rlUOIo
wmve
acres of land. 100.999 of which lfe
New Mexico. 60,090 in Texas and 30,
009 in the republic of Mexico. All of
the expense will be borne by the Unit
ed States, although a large share of the
benefits will go to Mexico. In eon-
siaerauon or mis xacx, me Medici.
republic five years ago, by treaty, wJth a,e feuff of preiaior Yun Shi Kal.
withdrew Mexican claims asalnst the many of the members of which have
United States, aggregating ?10.909,000. expressed revolutionary sympathies.
for damages caused to the people on one of the revolutionary agents here
the Mexican side of the Rio Grande, I makes the assertion that he was re
whose land had been turned back into t ceived by premier Yun Yuan Shi Kal.
the desert because Americans in New ,
Mexico had diverted the waters .of the
Rio Grande before they reached the
point where the river becomes an In
ternational stream.
The Urcnt Dim.
j Although this project will not affect
I as many acres as some others. It is the
j largest of all the Irrigation projects
i so far as storage of water is concerned.
j Work is now proceeding on "the con-
struction of a storage dam opposite Bn
I g!e, N. M. which will impound the wa
ters of the Rio Grande and which will
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Ull iu, .i-xvv ICCl IVSlt. M3 fV.W
the dam will be ISO feet in thickness,
tapering up to 20 feet at the top.
This dam will create the largest arti
ficial lake in the world. The lake will
be 40 miles long, from one to five miles
wide, and at the dam, 175 feet deep.
It will store more than 2,560,999 feet
of water. The dam will restrain, and
the lake hold, the largest flood ever
known in tbe turbulent Rio Grande,
holding back flood waters that are now
wasted until they are needed in the
months when the river is normally low.
In addition to this big storage dam,
four diversion dams will be required to
turn the waters into great canals which
will distribute it over the ISO, 000 acres
of land. One of these, tbe Leasburg di
version dam, is now completed, and
22.000 acres In the Mesilla valley are
already under irrigation as a result
An Undent Field.
A thousand years ago, or 4000 years
ago, before the dawn of history and
before the American engineer and his
concrete dam construction had been
dreamed of tMs nart 3f the va'.ley of
the Rio Grande was a huge fertile field
It supported a population of thrifty
and industrious people, possessed-of a
high degree of engineering and con
structive skill. Modern man does not
know even the name of this race of
people. He does not know what was
the color of their skin, what gods they
worshiped, what historic drama tbey
enacted. He does not know If they
flourished before or after the mighty
builders of Egypt He knows only that
these people. In the morning of the ca
reer of the human race, were versed in
the science of irrigation, for their sole
remaining monument is the systsra of
cut stone waterways that were used
to bring the water from storage reser
voirs to the thirsty land.
Some of these ancient prehistoric
canals were cleaned out and repal'ed
by the Indians some 490 or 500 years
ago. Te spanisn conquistadores found
this valley inhabited by sedentary
tribes engaged in agriculture by Irri
gation 100 years before the Bngllsh
came to Jamestown. But although the
ancient prehistoric canals will, by
gravity, put water on land several feet
higher than is possible by tbe gravity
canals dug today, all of the Irrigated
fields of the valley in ancient times
were small when compared to what
will be reclaimed from the desert
when these modern projects are com
pleted v
This Rio Grande project will cost,
(Continued on Page Six.)
BECAUSE The El Paso
Herald is FAIR, it is
tlie strongest newspaper in
the Great Southwest.
100 Reasons Number 56.
- 1 Ultimatum Is Sent to Man
chu Dynasty; Monday Is
Last Day.
BOMBS ARE THROWN
AT 2 HIGH MANCHUS
San Francisco, Cal.. Jan. 27. Presi
dent Sun Yat Sen. of the provisional
Chinese republic, has hnied an, ultima
tum declaring the Manchu throne must
be abdicated by eight oclock on the
morning of January J, the date set for
the ending of the armistice between
the government and the republicans, or
an attack will be made on the capital.
This information reached here today in
a. cablegram to the Chinese Dally Free
Press.
An army of 190,000 men is headed
toward Pekln. according to the cable
gram, which further declares that with
in 30 days 509.000 revolutionary troops,
will be marching against that city.
The Imperial general. Ton Kee Sut.
has forsaken the Manchu cause, says
the dispatch, with his army of 10,090
men, and joined the revolutionary army
at Shao Kan, in the province of Hupen.
A cablegram received by the Chung
Sl Yat Po. a Chinese daily paper
published here, says Chan Qulng Ming
has been ursred bv nrwMent Sam Vat
Sen to continue in office as viceroy of
the province of Canton. He resigned
several weeks ago to lead an army
against Pekln. Chan is said to have
decided to again assume the office of
viceroy.
Bomb injures Gen. PI.
Pekin, China, Jan. 37. Gen. Liang
Pi, a high Manchu official and former
commandant ot the Imperial guards,
was injured, perhaps fatally, today by
a bomb thrown by an unidentified Chi
naman in military uniform. Th man
hurled, the bomb from the side of the
road as Liang Pi was alighting from
his carriage to enter his home. Both
of the general's legs were broken and
torn and the Immediate amputation of
one limb was necessary.
AKsallsnt is Killed.
t saaaflsSV waT himself-IfilninHy-
pPI was a strong reactionary aBdhad
been suspected of Implication la the
recant assassination of Mu Lu Cheag.
The agents of the revolutionary party
in this city recently intlmajnd that a
rf"w iiwii mm mn impnsw
aie ib u near rurare. l esterdaya
s
--nromlBeht offi-
opposed to the republican move
ment. The republican agents, who do '
not attempt to keep the nature of
their mission in Pekin secret, declare
that fighting will not bo resumed Im
mediately, although Isolated conflicts
ma a.,,, . x-- commnnieote, onenlv
who made him the promise to release
a number of suspected dynamiters who
have been imprisoned recently.
" TroopsMutlnee.
The troops In garrison at Shan Cheng
I Tse. in southern Manchuria, north of
Mukden, as wetl as the police force of
that city, revolted and demolished the
headquarters of the government be
cause they had not received their pay.
The government fled to Mukden.
Early Llbdicetlea Considered.
Premier Yuan Shi Kal made another
cuwi iAmL7 10 overcome me ueaaiuvK
and as aTesult of an Interview with
the empress dowaarer at the palace, it
is believed an early abdication Is again
under consideration.
Bombs Thrown at Chlh.
Tien Tain, China. Jan. 37. An at
tempt was made this morning to as
sassinate Brig. Gen. Chang Hual Chlh
at the railroad station here. The gen
eral was not Injured.
The would be assassin, who is a
young Chinaman, apparently arrived
on the same train as Chang Hual Chlh .
The general, on leaving the train,
proceeded to his brougham, which was
In waiting. The assailant followed him
and threw two bombs, which wrecked
the carriage. The assailant fled, but
was quickly surrounded by soldiers
and police. He kept his pursuers at
bay for some time with his revolver,
but -was finally overcome.
Chinese Rebels to V.ie Aeroplanes.
San Francisco. Calif., Jan. 27. Six
American built biplanes are carried by
the revolutionary army advancing on
Pekin, according to a cablegram re
ceived by the Chinese Free Press here.
The aeroplanes were built in Cleveland
by American manufacturers and will
be manned by Chinese aviators who
have spent months in the practice of
aerial warfare. The revolutionary
troops, in command of general Lum
Shood Hlng. were massed at Nanking
and the march was begun Wednesday.
According to the Free Press dis
patch the attack on Pekln is looked
upon by the revolutionary chiefs as
unavoidable. Local Chinese expressed
the view that a night aeroplane attack
had been planned.
German Rifles for Pekln.
St. Petersburg, Russia, Jan. 27. A
consignment of 20.000 rifles and 6.990,
900 rounds of ammunition ordered from
German firms passed through this City
on the way to Pekin.
DRIFT FIVE DAYS AT
SEA IN SMALL BOAT
Two School Teachers and a
Child Are Finally
Cast Ashore.
Manila, P. I . Jan. 27. Terrible hard
ships were suffered by two school
teachers. Arthur l'oung and his wife, of
the town of Maasln. island of Leyte.
while on a visit of inspection of the
schools of the district accompanied by
their three year old child.
They started out from Maasln in a
gasoline launch, , hich soon became un
manageable. As there were no oars in the boat,
they could not reatn the shore and the
little craft drifted out to sea
For five days and five nights they
floated without food or water aad were
almost in despair when they were oast
upon the beach of Slquejor Island, 200
milfs distant When they landed. Mr
iui Mr Uung uotli v.ere fearfuin
maeiated and suffer nc hut the child
was -nelL Ah prubal.' will reco-ver.
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Seven Automobiles Are. Burned in Blaze Starting Early
Saturday Morning and Burning Out Several Mer
cantile Establishments in the Business Sec
tion of the City Many of the Losers Were
Not Fully Protected by Insurance.
Silver City, '. M., Jan. 27. A Are early this moraine pansed a less esti
mated at nearly 9-18,090, the largest in the history of Silver City.
A block of buildings occupied by the Independent Grocery company.
Lara's Candy and Ice Cream parlors, the Guarantee Mercantile cerapanyj and
Blackvrell'a millinery and book store was badly dambged, Trhife the atoefes of
goods tvlth the exception of the Guarantee store aad Blac&rrelifs- nMWaery
tore were practically destroyed.
The are Is supposed to have started in a garage la' the rear of BlacJtwell'a
on Yankie street. This was totally destroyed -with seven antes vained at about
$-1900 with, only one machine carrying a small Insurance. '
The Independent Grocery company earrled a stock valued, at 819,999 dollars
and Is a total loss, half covered by lnsnrasec.
Lara's lea Is $;999, with S-IS90 Insurance.
The Guarantee carried S15.0OO insurance. with a less estimated at about
5S600. ,
O. C Hindman had a small -warehouse with lis contents destroyed aad with
the garage which he owned, his loss is S3999V with. $159 insurance'
JBIadcwelia' less la estimated at S1599, cohered by insurance. '
The less en the building la 55999. eavered by insurance.
BRIDGE WORKERS
EJECT DETECTIVE
President of iron Workers
Says Foster Struck Him
With a Pistol.
Indianapolis. Ind., Jan. 27. After
Robert Foster, a detective for the
National Erectors association, had been
ejected from the headquarters of the
International Association of Bridge and
Structural Iron Workers today, Frank
M. Ryan, president of the Iron Work
ers, declared Foster had struck him
with the butt of a revolver. Foster ad
mitted he was armed.
Foster said he went to Ryan's office
to asK nun ii ne naa any Information
regarding a rumor that $6000 had been
r0.!?1 2S. tne Erectors association.
mu ui aiager irom Lincago wag
seeking Drew.
"Ryan tried to put me out and I re
stetad," said Foster. "I carried a re
Tofrrer aad showed it, but I will not
i say I struck Ryan.
say i struck Kyan.
1 ftTaa said he -had ------J is talk
Mgla--tvftiTPbsxer anu "hla ordered him cat
mH hnn out'
Bvldenee Sent to Los Antreleli
Transcripts of the evidence gathereat
ln the investigation of the dynamite
conspiracy aad new data relating to ex
plosions on the Pacific coast were sanf
to Los Angeles; CaL, today in .change
of Arthur L Veltcb, an assistant proas
cutor of Los Angeles county. It was
said the evidence is to be available to
both the federal and county officials in
California and may be used in connec
tion with prosecutions there.
Government officials today expressed
a belief that the "H. G. Botts." whose
suit case containing dynamite has just
been found In Salt Lake City. Utah,
where it was left in a atorage house,
in 1909. was one of the McNamara
brothers. The federal grand Jury took
a recess today until Monday. .
ALPINE QUARANTINES
AGAINST STOCKTON
Alpine. Texas. Jacw 27. Two cases
of meningitis and one death having
been reported here as having occurred
at Fort Stockton, Brewster county has
established a rigid quarantine against
Pecos county.
The commissioners are now in session
to consider further precautions.
lUTOllOFCMUSW, RETURNING.
FRU BICES, INJ'lfJ MEXICAN UO
The Girls, With Their American Driver, Immediately
rCBeat It" For E1 Paso Without Any Effort to At
tend to the Injuries of the Lad They Were
Returning From the Races, Riding Fast,
According to the Juarez Police.
Juan VillaJabos, an llyearold Mexi-1
can bov. was run down and injured Fri
day afternoon by an automobile driven
by" George Ornelaa, of H Paso, and oc
cupied by three chonts jfirfa from 1
Paso, who were returning from the race
track.
The accident ocourrett on Const rtucron
street in Ciudod Juarez and the boy had
hu loft, arm iniured. hot not broken, aad
his right hip dislocated besides receiving
several other injuries from which it was j
at flrst doubtful if he would recover.
As soon as the accident occurred the
acoHptnts of the machine which was
dibbled rumped on a paasuwr street car
and and their way to 1 Paso, leaving
the machine waere it stood when the ac
cident occurred.
The Juarez pohce took charge of the
machine, a ar CnUmers.
Reofcleaa driving by the chauffeur was
the cause of the accident, the Juarez
police say. as the maehine when it struck
the- boy" was oin at a high rate of
TTie girls in the maehine are chorus
jrls at a teal who ad been
ont darin the day rafcaf througi the
EL PASO SALOONS FAIL
tOP A YCC UNI Y LICENSE
There are at least 17 saHoas in El Peso which are paying federal spirituous
liquor licenses but only matt liquor licenses to the state andoTuity, according to a
goverameat official who is hi tench with tbe fiqnor license aitwstio.x
By this evasion, the saloon men are able to reduce tbe total amount o their
license fees each year and to beat the state and county out of the spirituous I
quor license fees, but they are afraid to monkey with the government ntenuV
revenue buzz saw.
ITALIANS RELEASB
FRENCH STEAMER
After Thorough Search No
Contraband Was Found
on Tavignane.
Rome, Italy, Jan. 27. The FrencH
passenger steamer Tavignaao, which,
was seised by Italian torpedo boats last
night off Biban. Tunis, has been re
leased. A semi-official note issued today ex
plains that the French steamer Ta
vignano was seised by the Italian tor
pedo boat destroyer Fulmine at a.dis
tance of nine mile to the east of Zarla
aad outside of French waters.
NAs it was rumored that the Tavig
nano was engaged In carrying contra
band and as the Italian officers on
searching the vessel did not find any
customs receipts oa board, the steamer
was escorted to Tripoli. Three hours
later, however, after a thorough in
spection of taw 'ship had not revealed
any contraband, the Tagignano was re
leased. TSMaaeuil'-ioffielal note points out that
the jrBC .sailing vessels led the
to -MrfXtaiuaa Hfc aTX taftfreftevo that the Ta
VLvtsbaao wu aaift
to Onload, but It
Moes not ntteflti that any barges were
saeHu.
WOMAN LEAPS FROM
TRAIN WITH BABIES
Is Pretty and Has idea
Someone Is Pursuing
Her in Albuquerque.
Albuquerque, X. Mf, Jan. 27. Partia.
ly clad and carrying two small chil
dren, a woman believed to be Mrs.
Harvey Putnam, of California. leaped
from Santa Fe passenger train No 10
as it was pulling into the station here
today. The woman, who the authori
ties said, is mentally deranged, was
captured as she ran through the busi
ness streets. In ber ravings sbe de
clared her husband abandoned ber and
that some one is trying to kill her.
Meager information gleaned from her
effects lead the" authorities to believe
her home Is in WyaoJa. Escondldo, Po
mona or Los Angeles, Cavl The author
ities have the name of John Bllllngs
ly, of Kingland, Tex., supposedly her
father.
streets wit a sign on the car advertia
ing their show.
Saturday morning, M. L. Burkhart,
local manager of the lHavkaetB agency,
visited Juarez and had the injured bov
removed to a hospital aad made arrange
ments to bring the car hack to El Paso
It was learned that the bov's injurio
were not dangerous. Mr. Burkhart said
he gave no authority to Ornelaa to take
out the ear, but that Ornelag took it on
his own responsibility aad look the three
girls to the races. He stays the service"
of Ornelas with his estnsanv have ende I
If the Americaa people would step
when an accident occurs and not run off
the police would not do anything n
them if hey were not at fault," si id
chief of police GaUo. "Some accidents
cannot he helped and the people who are
in the machines are not always io
bKme."
Inthe past it has been the custom f
Mexican officials, however, to arrest per
sons in an accident and, after boldin
them incommunicado for various periods
then investigate. Hence, the American
iwstinct to 'beat it" when an accident
occurs.