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cfttrr i eutt IJa r- r? r . .x. " .-sss OLarb i 4 Rala Tonight or Tues day; Colder Tem perature Men Blama Too Much on "Force of Habit" I EXOLU3IVE AOOOCIATCD FaFEQQ LEAPED WIRE TELEGRAPH SERVICE VOL. XXXIII. NO. 262. LAS VEGAS DAILY OPTIC, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1912. CITY EDITION AMERICANTROOP UASSI BORDER GOVERNMENT EVIDENTLY EX PECTS TO INTERVENE IN NEAR FUTURE. CQ7.I3YS EiCING THE LIKE CITIZENS ARE PREVENTING THE RAIDING OF NEW MEX ICO RANCHES. EEEELS OEOWINQ DESPERATE BURNING RAILROAD TRAINS ON WHICH FEDERALS HAVE RIDDEN. Washington, Sept, 9 Arms and am munition, which President Taft au thorized exported to Mexico for tne use) of Americans in danger from reb els in Cananea, have been ordered Iheld up at Douglas, Ariz., until there are assurances that they will not fall into the hands of the rebels. The arms will ho held at Douglas until the railway south as far as Naco- zarl is clear of rebels or until the Mexican government is able to furnish a guard to insure the safety of the arms'. It ia expected here that the imme diate effect of rebel interference witfli the railroad will be to hasten the ex. tra session of the Mexican senate to authorize the sending of troops out of Mexico and across New Mexico and Arizona to Chihuahua and Sonora. - General Steever, in. command of the American border patrol, reports his forces now sufficient to repel invad ers. Early dispatches to the war de-i partment today reported Salazair, the Mexican rebel leader encamped across the Arizona line opposite the Lang ranch threatening a raid into American territory. One of his troop ers, captured in a gktmish, has told American soldiers 1 that raids upon American ranchers were upon the per sonal ordera of Salazar, who wanted beef for hia men. : In anticipation at a raid by salazar Major Rice1 with . three troops of raivalrv is encamped near the rebel leader. Outposts have been estab llshed by both Bides, Major Rice is concentrating his command, but the nr.w t hnfne Datrolled by armed cowboys, acting as scouts. General Steever reported that Lieu teants Johnson, Boone and Wagner, in charge of the patrolling, forces, had talked with Salazar near Lang's ranch and that Salazar protested he meant no harm to Americans and was not witia his men on the raid on the Culberson ranch. General Steever's disDatch added that "Johnson does not believe the statement" Brigadier General Murray, com manding the .western division, has instructed Brigadier General Schuyler to utilize all the troops at Fort Hau chuca, Ariz., and has dispatched two t0 j .ovnirv to Aoache rr. ,i o-i Mur- atren&uussu wo f"-1"1- ray reports that more troops are need ed and suggests that )art oi the Ninth cavalry on the way from Fort D. A. Russell, Wyoming, be assigned to his , command. The rebels are reported threatening the city of Torreon. The reported vic tory of the federal troops at Nacozui Is discredited in a dispatch to the war department from General Schuyler, who telegraphed it was generally ac cepted that the rebels had been paid by the Nacozari railroad company to leave the vicinity. It was added that several Americans remained in the Mormon colony at that place, but re fused to leave until ordered by their bishop. Cowboys Guard the Line. El Paso, Tex., Sept. 9. American cowboys on guard on the New Mexi co line near Hachita Sunday, prevent ed Inez Salazar, the rebel leader, from crossing into New Mexico to buy to bacco and other supplies which the rebel leader wtehed to procure. The cowboys have gathered there, armed, ready to fire on the rebels if they try to cross. They told Salazar they would shoot him if h came over tlu, line. They could plainly see many stolen horses from the American side I ON of the border in the possession of Sal-, azar's rebels. This information was bio,i:;ht here by Bishop 0, P. Brown, of the Mormon 'church, who went to! Hachita Sunday with Mexican federal otticers to inspect some horses of Mormon refugees, which the main fed eral government will buy for cavalry use. . ' United States Senator A. B. Fall of New Mexico will return here Wednes day from California to join Senator William Aldeu Smith in his investiga tion of the Mexican rebellion. Senator Smith had several private conferences today, but did not hold a public ses sion of . his investigation.' . Company I, United States army Big-1 nal corps, reached hero this after- noon from Fort D. A. Russell, Wyom ing, to establish communication along the Texas, Arizona; and New Mexico frontier for the Trnited States troops now guarding the border. Two more regiments of cavalry will reinforce the border patrol this week. A number of disarmed rebel soldiers are crossing into Texas east of El Paso, according to reports brought here today to, Mexican federal offi cials, having quit the command of Pascual Orozco, east of here. Mexi can federal advices are that Orozco Is himself about captured by federal troops, who apparently have him sur rounded south of Ojinaga. Zapatistas do not Make Good Mexico City, Sept. 9. Emiliano Za pata's boasted advance on, the capital has not yet materialized. Bands of rebels were sighted between Ajusco and Parrez, about 40 miles south of the capital, and undoubtedly there are numbers of other bands riding about in the neighborhood of Yautepec, east of Cuernavaca. However, General , Overio de la O, In yet -eoinpaigniny iu tuo state oi Mexico near loluca, the slate capital, uoiouel batise has just succeeded in driving back a big force couiuaauued uy lie . ia O, from lolecala to ilalinaleo and to Miacitt- lan. ; He estimated that 40 rebels weri killed. - General de la 0 Is re ported, to be moving toward Ties Ma rias, 20 miles soutii of loluca, where other rebels are known to he. Mili tary men however, that pata may not intend to "concentrate his entire force, but to send hi army forward in several columns. Antonio Serna and there of his lieu tenants, who had aided him in forming a plan to open the capital to the Zapa tistas on the night of September 15, were executed today by a squad of soldiers. Serna, who had given him- self the title of general, conceived the plot and since the arrest of himself and a score of his followers in the suburb of this city a few days ago, they have' confessed that they expect ed to engage in a season of loot on the national holiday next Sunday. They also confessed to having raided and robbed a number of villages in the federal district. Yesterday the pris oners were sent to Chalco and placed at the disposition of the military com mander. The commander heard the evidence and passed and executed j sentence, all within 24 hours. I That trouble is still feared on the I night of the fifteenth is indicated,! however, by the fact that the bankers! of the capital have agreed to name I i one-third of their employes to act as j guards on that night, arming' the men with rifles from the government ar-t senals. It is also learned that the big jewelry nouses are placing an m w valuable jewelry in stock In the banks for safekeeping. Rebels Want Cananea. Naco, Ariz., Sept. 9. -With five hun dred Americans Isolated at Cananea, the mining center torto miles south of this point on the ?urd,er, friends here today await the arrival of the! first refugees or couriers. The carj of rifles and ammunition which ar-! rived here yesterday from the San j Antonio arsenal, sent by the United States government to arm the Ameri-1 cans of the mining settlement, isj guarded by United States; troops. I The munitions arrived a few hours J after flbe rebels had cut all railroad j connection between the American set-i tlement and the border. There are; onlv three troops of United States i cavalry stationed on the border at this point It was reported before all com munication was cut that four hundred federal troops had arrived at Cana nea, If this is true, the two hundred (Continued on Page Four) SECRETARY KNOX ARRIVES li'J TOKIO WILL ATTEND THE FUNERAL OF THE LATE EMPEROR MUTSUHITO IS FIHST REPRESENTATIVE DELEGATES FROM OTHER NA TIONS ARE EXPECTED SOON ,. ' GETS A ROYAL WELCOME FLEET OF WARSHIPS MEETS THE VESSEL CARRYING THE AMERICAN Tokio, Sept. 9. The American secre tary of state, Philander C. Knox, the first special envoy to the funeral of the late emperor Mutsuhito to reach Japan, arived at Tokio this evening. Mr. Knox was accompanied bv Mrs. Knox and a suite including Ransford Miller, chief of the far eastern division of the state department. The Ameri can party was given a cordial re ception, Mr. Knox was met at the Tokio station by Prince Tekugawa, representing Emperor Yoshlhito; For eign Minister Viscount TJchida, for merly ambassador to the United States; Beigo Nagasaki, master of ceremonies of the Imperial household, and the entire staff .of the American embassy. He and his suite were driven to the former residence of the late Prince Ito, where quarters have been reserv ed for the American secretary and his j party. Mr. Knox arived at Yokofiatna in the afternoon on the armored crui ser Maryland, which was conveyed in to the harbor by the Japanese battle snlj Yi1 and tne armored cruisers Iwate and Tokfwa.' " " Charles Page Bryan, the American ambassador to Japan, was the grst person to go aboard the Maryland, where he spent half an hour in con ference with Mr. Knox. Shortly after ward, Baron Kurino, the Japanese am bassador to France, accompanied by representatives of the imperial house hold, of the foreign office and of the army and navy, went on board the American cruiser and greeted the American special ambassador. On landing from the cruiser Mr. Knox was given a reception by a com mittee of Yokohama residents, headed by H. E. Cole, following, which the American party immediately entrain ed for Tokio. (Mictions BEING GINNED UP TO SEPTEMBER 729,926 BALES HAD BEEN HANDLED BY MACHINES. j WasUlnrt0I! Sept 9,-The' first cot- , ginning report of the census bu- foi the.-l912 season.1 announced today, ..shows 729.926 hales ginned prior to September -1. Round bales included 6,134. Sea Island bales in cluded 213. Ginning by states follows: Alabama: 12,798; Arkansas, 81; Florida, 1,769; Georgia, 33,984; Louisiana, 1,702; Mis sissippi, 456; North Carolina, 670; Ok lahoma, 273; South Carolina, 4,254; Texas, 673,839. COPPER STOCKS DECREASE New York, Sept. 9. The statement of the Coppuer Producers'- association for August shows a decrease In stocks oa hand of 3,579,047 pounds, compared with the previous month. Total pro duction was 145,628,521 against 137,- i 16-.129 in July with domestic delive ries at 78,722,418, a gain of 7,628,037, while foreign deliveries of 70,485,150 represented a gain of 10,363,810 pounds. Total deliveries of 149,207 568 pounds were 17,991,858 pounds In excess of July . . KILLING ARMENIANS. , Chicago, Sept. 9. According to special cable from Constantinople to the Chicago Daily News, the massacre of Armenians by Kurds has been re sumed. Two villages in Armenia have been piUaged and twenty-eight of the inhabitants killed. Another village lhas been destroyed by fire. The local authorities are powerlees to preserve order. The people of the disturbed district keep inside their houses. For eign consuls are meeting to consider the crisis. SERIOUS MINE FIRE Steubenville, O., Sept 9. Fire ori ginating , In a wash room at the foot of the aii shaft in the Y: and O. coal mine at iAmsterdam today started a serious blaze. The miners fled im medlatelyi but for a time it was be lieved five men had been suffocated Later these men reartod the surface through an emergency shaft Public Interested in Tomorrow Nigh t 's Mass Meeting ,-! Las Vegas people have taken kindly to the calling of a pub lic meeting in the Commercial club rooms tomorrow night for a free and open discussion of the Irrigation project upon the Las Vegas land grant. There is every indication that the rooms will be jammed. This condition is appreciat ed by the business men and officers of the Commercial club, and, should the attendance become too large for the ca pacity of the apartments, ad journment will be taken to a larger hall, probably the room on the second floor of the city hall. ' C"iiAWi,S'. G. Wilrd and bev eral other prominent citizens have suggested that the work upon the irrigation system be .completed by the board of trus tees of the land grant. This plaa will be discussed at length. Other scheme have been proposed. They will be talked, over thoroughly. Facts will be stated clearly in order that everybody may know the status of the big pro ject The public, being inter ested in the future of the ' community, le entitled to know the facts. And '.the grant board' i entitled io know what public sentiment demands of it. A number of leading citizens' have promised to address the meeting. All the financial and engineering aspects of the mat ter will he gone Into at con siderable detail. It is Important that YOU be there, Mr. Business Man and Mr. Public Spirited Citi zen. Make no other engage ment for Tuesday evening. Let nothing keep you away. Let it be seen that you have at heart the advancement of Las Vegas and are willing to give the advantage of your judg ment to the solution of this, the most Important question . Las Vegas has been called upon to face In her entire his tory. . (- FEEGUSSON TO GET A REN01IINATI0N DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION EX PECTS TO ENDORSE CON GRESSMAN'S RECORD Albuquerque, N. M., Sept. 9. Con tests from Chaves and Colfax counties occupied the time of the delegates tc the democratic Btate convention hert, this morning. Aside from these con tests, the convention promises to he harmonious. Harvey B. Fergnsson, of Albuquerque, Incumbent, will be nom inated for conirress, probably without opposition. Three presidential elec tors are to be named. The convention meets at 1:30 o'clock this afternoon. CAIIELO ASKED TO SUBMIT A PRICE GRANT BOARD WILLING TO EN TERTAfIN PROPOSITION FROM CONTRACTOR. IN PAYMENT FCU WCSX IT IS PROPOSED TO MAKE REIM BURSEMENT FOR CONSTRUC- TION TO DATE. AT AN EQUITABLE FIGURE EXPERTS WILL DETERMINE WHAT IS PROPER AMOUNT TO BE PAID. Daniel A. Camfield, president of the Camfield Development company, this morning appeared" before the board of trustees of the Las Vegas land grant and reiterated his offer to deed back to the grant the land given him some time ago as compensation for the con struction of the irrigation project north of this city, provided the legal action to recover his bond of flOO, 000 be dropped, and he be paid a rea sonable amount for the work already accomplished. Mr. Camfield was unable to state just how much money would bo re. quired to reimburse him for his ex penditures but stated he would be willing tq accept a figure to be deter mined upon between the trustees and himslf. It was the understanding that the grant hoard was to pay for nothing that would not prove of value to it in finishing the irrigation sys tem, i Mr. Camfield suggested that an en- ftin&ur bo . HefeuUrfl to appra'loei the work and that a representative of the board go to Denver and examine the records of the expenditures of the Camfield company in bringing the work to Its present state of half-com pletion, After some discussion Mr.' Camfield promised to submit-to the board at an early date an itemized list of expenses Incurred by his company together with a statement of tne amount he would aaem (reasonable for a settlement for the work already done. It is understood this will be something ovr $100,000. The board then adojumed subject to the call of the chairman. Mr. Cam- field left this afternoon for 'his home- in Greeley, Colo. He will return as soon as he has prepared his figures. It is not likely that much more will be done until the latter part of thiB month. WHO KILLED OLD "BUGS" RAYMOND FAMOUS PITCHER DIED BECAUSE OF A FRACTURED SKULL Chicago, Sept. 9. City detectives and attaches of the coroner's office today reported that a post mortem examination showed that Arthur L. Raymond, former pdtcher for the New York National league baseball team, died Saturday as the result of a frac tured skull and not from heart dis ease, as was first supposed. "Bugs" Raymond died as the result of an assault and his assailant will be under arrest by night, according to detectives working on the death of the ball player. Raymond was giv en a terrific beating at the Elsdon, 111., baseball grounds, a short time before his death and his skull was fractured tlhen, . I M Saturdav it was announced thlJ Raymond had died of heart disease aggravated hy excessive heat. His body was found in a room of a down town hotel by a maid. TRINIDAD SANTOS DEAD, Mexico City, Mex Sept. 9 Trini dad' Santos, editor of El Pals for ten years and a noted political insurgent, Is dead. Santos had been jailed many times for political utterances and writings. COTTON MANUFACTURERS MEET. . New London, Conn., Sept. 9. Cot ton manufacturers from all parts f the country are in attendance at tn,e ninety-third annual meeting of the Na tion Associattion of Cotton Manufac turers which opened today for a three day session at "The Grlswold," East ern, Point, near this city. At the open ing session thjet members were wel comed by Governor Simeon Baldwin and President Edwia Farnham Greene delivered his annual address. Later the governor held a reception in honor , of the visiting m-embers. Many important suDjects will come up . for discussion . during the three days of the , meeting, - among them questions concerning, the conduct of textile mills, tariff relations to the industry, the workmen's compensation laws of the- country, mechanical equip ments, cotton growing and many mat ters of a purely technical nature. "PURE FOOD" NEW WILSON SLOGAN DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE TAKES UP WITH THE DOC TORS New York, Sept 9. A conference of advocates of pure food legislation, attended by Governor Wilson, resulted today in a plan to organize workers for pure food laws throughout the country In an association to work for democratic success next November. Governor Wilson discussed his atti tude on this subject and the demo cratic platform, in so far as it relat ed to pure food legislation, with Pro fessor Irving Fisher of Yale, Dr. Woods Hutchina, Dr. 3, M. McCormlck, Dr. Thomas Darlington and Dr. William Evans, former health commissioners of New York and Chicago respective ly; Dr. J. B. Murphy of Chicago, presi dent of the American Medical society, and other leaders In the movement i At the oonclAlon of tho conferdjce Governor Wilrfin dictated the follow ing interview: "The democratic platform is much the strongest, mos direct and explicit on the question of public health ; and pure food. Tne conference which I attended was to organize and develop that side of the campaign. I expect to make the question of the proper reg ulation of public health and pure food one of the principal features of my campaign." CONFESSES TO I1UR0ER SEVENTEEN YEARS AGO PATRICK HALEY SAYS HE PRE . FERS DEATH OR PRISON TO HIS CONSCIENCE. Chicago. Sept 9. Conscience strick en for seventeen years over having killed a man in St. Louis whose name he never lear ie.1, Patrick Haley, 57 years old, surrendered to the Chicago police today and asked to be sent back to the Missouri city to answer to a charge of murder. "I bav been dodging the police and suffering the tortures of an evil conscience and I can stand it no longer," said Haley. "I have not had a happyt moment since I killed that man In St Louis. Any punishment given me for the crime will he prefer able! to that I (have suffered." ; OR. SMITH TINS OVER OFFICE TO DLISILLS IT IS UNDERSTOOD, HOWEVER, THAT HE WILL NOT'FORFEIT HIS CONTRACT RIGHTS Dr. William Porter Mills, appointed by the board of trustees of the New Mexico Hospital for the Insane to suc ceed Dr. H. M. Smith, as suerintend ent of the hospital, today assumed charge of the Institution. Dr. Smith, who has a contract with the board to serve as , superintendent for five years, two of which have passed, turn ed the keys of the institution over to Dr. Mills, but it Is understood that he has not given up the fight for the right to retain his position and fulfill his contract. FRERCIIilfJ SURE 0 TROPHY JULES VEDRINES MAKES , FAST TIME IN GORDON BEN NETT RACE. HE MAKES 115 MIS AN HOUR DARING AVIATOR M0UNT8 INTO THE HEAVENS IN SPITE OF BRISK GALE. AMERICANS STILL ECFEFUL BELLOYD THOMPSON EXPECTS TO BREAKS RECORD THIS AFTERNOON. Chicago, Sept. 9. Jul,es Vedrines, driving a Deerdussin monoplane, was the first contestant to start today In the world's aviation championship race for the James Gordon Bennet 12, 000 franc trophy. Although there wa considerable wind, Vedrines refused to delay his start He soon reached a speed of 103 miles an hour. He fin ished the course of 124.8 miles in 10 minutes 66.85 seconds. Vedrines' av erage speed was about 105.5 miles an hour, almost but not quite equal to bis previous record. Vedrines completed his spin before noon, spinning thirty, times over the 4.14 mile course as smootihly as a swallow veers around a church spire. Hopes that America still may have a chance of retaining for another year the James Gordon Bennett tro phy, which was won by Charles T. Weymann at the Isle of Sheppy, Eng land, last year and which la the sym bol of world supremacy, are centered ia DoLJoytf llhomuBoa. 'I'homnsojr thie afternoon will attempt a flight in a Niuport monoplane. It Is gener ally believed, however, that his ma chllia will be unable to exceed 70 miles. tJJncertainty existed whether any of the other American contest ants would be able to start. The time, taken by laps, of Vedrines' run showed he kept up a fairly even speed. In the first lap he made the four miles In two minutes and 24.58 seconds. "I lhave won the trophy," exclaim ed Vedrines when he returned to the hangar. "That is practically certain There is no other machine on the field that can approach my time, it means much to France. Three times before, France, which has taken surth a prominent part in aviation, has seen the trophy captured by either America or England.. Now I think we have it" Major Samuel Reber of New York, chairman of the contest committee of the Aero Club of America, this after noon conceded the trophy to France. "We have; not a ghost of a show," he said. v"The only question is which one of the Frenchmen will carry off the honor. None of our machines could come within forty minutes of Vedripes' time." CALIFORNIA'S DAY Stockton, Calif., Sept 9.The sixty second anniversary of the admission of California to the Union was ob served here today with, a mamomtll celebration under the auspices of the Native1 Sons, of the Golden West Hun dreds of membere of the organization and other visitors from all over the state were In attendance, REPUBLICAN PRIMARY IN CITY BALL TONIGHT DELEGATES TO THE COUNTY CONVENTION WILL BE CHOSEN. The republican voters of precinct No 29 will hold primaries tonight at 8 o'clock In the city hall for the pur pose of electing 11 delegates to the county convention, which will be held Wednesday in the couuty court house to select 30 delegates to the state convention in Albuquerque Thurs day. All republican voters are urged to attend.