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ft TODAY) XVWH TOItW Visa gvt It in IIK.lt nn, ,vnl month r is crnia B WM.k d.iUwd at four iloori llfljr tenia lijr maU. A NOISE LIKE A MOOSE THIS WEEK, PLEASE. ooo i i , - . - . i. - . -lOj-iru-iru-u-u-u-ui TniJH7MB.nTI7.lLX. I. Nik at. ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1014. rrrrvia nrnim . . tnu t. . ami.. J ' l f r"A j-N,r-x -if Ji (iV J 'II I' i ,MWMaMaVIaaM BMMaMBMMMlMMHl aaBBa.BjBBa)s'- .1 ELLItlik DIES AT hill I!. Affi Veteran National Lawmaker Former Cabinet Officer and First Citizen of Colorado Passes to Reward. POWER IN COUNCILS OF BOTH PARTIES State and Empire Builder in Broadest and Truest Sense, Tribute of Governor of Colo rado. SENATOR REACHES AGE OF EIGHTY-FOUR Fellow Citizens Bilieve Ven erable Statesman Should B; First Coloradon to Get in Hall cf Fame at Capital. (lly l,rnMil W ire io lenlug IJerald.l IX'iiver. i'olo., Fell. :J Henry .Moore Teller, former cabinet offi cer and for more than 3u year Cull id flali x aenator from Colorado, died here early today ut the home of hia daughter .Mrs U. K. Tyler. For two car Senator Teller had been In pour lia'th. cxperlenclnu Ireiiueiii (linking rpella from which he rallied. Two weeka ago. however, hia con dition benime innxt crUleul and hia death waa momentarily expected. I.iite la-t night he reuHed Into an cm onxi Ioumickk from whb h he did Hot recover Mox( ir the memlHTa of ku family were ut hia bedxiUe ut I lie end Keuutor Tclb r'a repulatmn became htitlon-w Ide when he made h'x fain cub apeeeh In debate In cinKr xh up-o- the reienl of the Sherman law nhlch pro lib d Tor ihe demoiiei Ixa lli.n of alKcr. Then Senator Teller made hia famoiiM xtalement. kn'iwn a 'lhe a-iixallnn of Ihe xi'tiate." He paid: " I x.iy It In coul and raim de Mhcruttoii. Hclghtna well my nurili. that if the Itepiiblle.iii party almoin lor Ihe gold atanilal'il. the four allver producing latex Mill not hereafter be able to ail in co-opcrallon Willi thi Mhe I'nited Statexl or another the council of Ihe liepulill. all pail.- mid vubM',iient to I mm :n tho I N'iiiim ri.tic purty Senator Teller ua a poMcr. He bolted the l;epubllciin party dtirlni; Ihe convetiilnn In S'. I.oula in IK Hi alter the gold M.i inl aid pi. ink had been adopted. Ilia netlona In that convention won audi reiipect fur 111 ill In Colorado that not wllhxl. Hiding hia renunciation of tha I : in lil I in n party he waa re-eleeted to the I'nlted Slate n nute where lu ci-ullnued hia work a one of the leader of that body. Hie of the lale Bi nator' mull unj bllioilM comnier, nil enaruvor wa thP -ontriictlou ot the old Colorado Central railroad, a pioneer road through the extremely inounlalnoua xeitlonx of the xlate. Thlx rond lat er khi taken oM-r by Ihe Colorado und Southern railway und la In tine today Th la loud w na hi tin am and with Ihe uld of the bile (leneml Frederick 1 1. Grunt, who acted a iiik nicer of the project, the dream vn a conaummiiled. Senator Teller wax incident of ihe Colorado Cen tral railroad for five year. Senator Teller ranked hlah In Mu aonry. II waa Ihe firat xrund com mander of Knight Templar of Colo radii and for aeveral yeur wa grund Planter of the Colorado F. and A. M. He received hia thirty-third degree ill 1 xx J. and wax one of the oldcal liv ing thirty-third degree M.ixon in the I'lilled State. Senator Teller would have rele brated hi elghty-foitrih unnlveriiury May Z3. and had llvid almoal foir leei) year longer than he alwaa auld had been hia expectation In !!'! he finally retired from public life, and wax forced to lUei liiletly beeauxe of hi fulling health Arratigemeni for funcrul aervlcea ( e Senator Teller'a body hae not been urrunged. but city and atate of ficial auld today that their i oiirxe would be governed by the wlxhc of the family. That Senator Henry M. Teller Should be the firat Coloriiloiin to be given u place In the hall of fume Hi Waxhlngton waa the auggealion made today by (iovtmor K. M. Amnion. The governor, voicing hi eional grief mid Ihe Borrow of the people of the atate at Ihe death of Senator Till-r. auld: The death of Senator Teller re move Hie greulext of Ihe piibl'e men who have lived In the far wext dur ing ihe puat half century. He ivna a atate and empire builder In It hromleat, Irueat ene. A a law maker and aecrelary of the Interior he fulln rcd the polo lex under which I hi' public Innil state niu il their beat unci gnal"i growth anil devel opment. Throughout hi morr Ihnn ihi'ty enr In the senate anil ruld net hr wug faithful to thr Interest of I In state even In Ihe extremity uf uhundnnmrnt of purty w hen he deem rit P necessary, lie was a man w hoae private llle was a mmli'l for our boy to follow unit whose public career mm full of rich accomplixhtriciit lie whs easily the flmt i ll In n uf the ft t p. "t'i lit the present limp fnhirndu hua not been represented In Ihe hull uf fume In the tiHllonHl riiilto at Washington. There him been 't widespread feeling nmotiir our peo ple Unit Senator Teller should he thr first to Im'hp thai honor. Colorado should lake irlili In bestow Inu this, dint lin t Ion iin one who hn done our stale iiiul nutlon so much of splendid service" llovciiior Ainmonii today commun icated wllh acme member of Hi'nu tor 'li-l lira family, suagcxling that Ihi' hoily should lie In state nl thli 'rnnitot ao thiit the stale of Colorado ! iicht render iat honor m senntor Teller memory. lecllon cm Ihi point Hill he made later when nil member of the fnmlly will have Iwii consulted. I'cimIIiim tin urrlvul her' or AddlHon Teller, brother of Helm lor Teller, ho Is now vtsltlni In Mi.rrlxuti, III., tin- old fnmlly home, nu definite funcrul arrangements will lip made, hut It wan unnounred I tint funeral M rl( l' iiiohulily will ho hi Id Wrdnryilay. Miialor Ti-lli-r'n Cnri'cr. Ilrnry Moorp Ttdli-r on March J. llius. iniiii tril more l him thirty yvarH' wn in In thn ('nlH-d Kili acniilf. u iiitloil which mum interrupt ed only by thrre ji-ura na wcrc-tiiry of the interior In the tiilunot of I'rcr-Idi-nt Arthur. At thut llmr bvuiitoi' ITi-IUt cxprrnM-d a denirp to rttlr-j Hum ptihllc tu-rvii't' In which u luifto part of Inn lllo hud In i ll rpent. Hilli M'iiiciitly he iH-rpd an a mi'inlcr of i he Nutlonul Monetary rommilii. i reii led to InvextlKUte flmmciul con dltuniM III thin mid IoIiikii ciiuntrni ;:nd to de le reforma In the ImtiklnK end currency nynletni. uf the I nlli-d Htute. I ie-cinded from untc-riN olutloniiry Kluck, the lounder of the fumily in Amcrlra hiivliiK crorxed the Allaiitle from Holland In Keuutor Teller wxa horn In Alli-Kheny county. N. Y., May ii. IN nil. After a meaner nco iliint. I ru In IliK younK Teller uMiiliid law and wan admitted In the bur In .lunuiiry, h'3. at liiiihamton. N. Y. Tor three ypur In practlied law ut Morrlann. HI. In IH6I he crowd tha pluma with an ox teum und locatrJ at Central City, Colo., at thut tlma tha flmt c-lty of the territory. In the rough mining camp Teller hail for cumpanloiia auch men a tleore M I'ullman, Henry M. Wan ley, the explorer, and William A. lark, who aulmciiuently became I'nlted Flalca aenulor from Molitunrf. The rough "ruh-a and runtoma'" of lod" ininniK. amplified by Teller, ere reioKtilxed furninhln titlo to mlnina lulum. und became tha ba. mi uf federal li llxlalli'll III IkMj RoV ettiinu m'nlni In 1HDI-M Teller aerced a iniijor aem ral of the territorial mllltlu. and parti. 'Hailed In cnnpulmiH atialnltt the IndlanH. He aided In proni'iilim tha liul'ihnK of the Colorado Centra! railroad from Central City to penvpr in I .''. and until hia death coiitinupd !o lake an active irt In the ludua tiail und commercial development of Colorado. A lionioorut In early life. Teller j'.inpd tho Kepublicun party at ita oig.mlxatlon. He looK an active pari In the campaign which remitted In the admli-Hlon of Colorado 10 atate houd In IKT. and wa ploeled Culled Sin I ex aenator by the firxl uwy'fnlily htuh convened November 1 that 'iir. lie waa re-elected for the term hPKlnnlug March 4. IM7, and nerved In i he ai nate until aipiilnted to a cabinet poailioll by I'repldent Arthur in In HI. I'pon retiring from the cabinet In INS.".. Teller waa re elected to the aen.ite and aerved cine tlnuouxly until I Hon. During hia career In the upper branch of rnn unaa. Heiuilur Teller aerved a i halr muii of the committee on penalotia, patenta. mine und mining and aa member of the eommltteea on clalma. tuiln :ul. Judiciary, pub'.lc landa und appropriations. Hi nator Teller for years h hm of the lead'ng udvoeatea of bimetnl. Ixm. and hia convictlonH finally led tit a break with the l;i publican partv In IH9H when he led the allver b"l ftoiu the Xatloiiul convention after on adoption of the gold alani .r.l p'allk. Ill return to Colorado from that convention wit murked by a penile welcome which aurpaaned any pre ioiia tril"ite ever uccorded liny Public man In Colorado. From that time rVnntor Teller acted with the JVmiM ratic party, but notwiihland Ing hia change of politic he contin ued to be one of tho recognised Irud era of the aiiute Kenut,,r Teller waa a thirty-third decree Muiion. and Tr aeven yeura wa grand maxtrr of the order in Colorado. He ulao aerved aa fir.it urand commander of the Knight Tcmp'ur In the et.ite. I Feiintor Teller wn mariied J una 7 IMJ. to Harriet M. Ilruee of Alle laheny county. N. Y. Three children, John Harnxon nnd Henry Hruce Tel ler of Central City, and Mr llrucu Tyler of I'enver. survive- hint. NEGRO ARRESTED AFTER LONG CHASE flly lnd Wire) lo Kenln lerl,l. I San Franclaco. Kelt. it. Kuaene Fruit, negro who had been traced lo Honolulu and bin I. to Hun Fran ciacn, wua anexieil at the An net Inland Immigration xiauin here yexterd.iy. charged with killing Heorae Murphy of l.oulille, Ky.. after robbing fclur phy'a reaideiice. He pn turned over iniiiiedialely In I .ouixv die deleiie. E EMPHATICALLY DENIED BY OFFICIAL Victor American Fuel Com pany Superintendent Gives Lie to Testimony of Italian Miners at Trinidad. SALVATOR VOLENT HAS DISAPPEARED One of Chief Men to Make Ac cusation Gone; Committee Locks Up Ons Too Many Witnesses. (fir Iraxeai Wire Ui IMiiIng Herald.) Trllitilad. Colo., Fell. 2. Charge of peor.iiKe In the lielugua coul camp of the Vli tor-Ann ill un Fuel company were given emphutic denial toduy by It. W, Suodiiriiaa. xupi l inlenili nt of Ihe HcluHiiu mine, before tile congres alonal committee liivcxUgiitiup the coal mlneia' atrlke. Mr. SnodgrtiM' appeuranie aa n wit new wiiM the peiiie to the x.'t lo.i oiiilo einhroi'lio , Satutduy afleinooii. when the i omiiilltee il. x oMli ii that It had lin ked up five liulimi wltnexae when it had Iniciiiled to put mil) four In the cilMlody of the xel Kealil al nriiiM. Alter Ihe textimony ol the Itullanx Saturday FrmiK K. Wove oii lainnl permlxxion of the compaiiy lo put Mr. Snoilgranx on the aland to give Ihe company aide of Ihe cl leged peoiiave tax,. The Btipcrili tendcnl denied every i harae of peon uge nnd nlxo auld poxitlvcly thai no miner hud lieeu xhol to death by xolilifi or iin.vlioily elau In I1" lulu guu can p. It developed today that Salvulor Volent. u allneHB who told a xtory of alleged peonage ut the lienver hear- In, hud disappeared. Counxel for the opeiutora told the commltte,. that Vo lent. who had ugreed to meet (ieneral John i 'haxc ut the deliver union depot and return with him to Trinidad, did not gu tn the depot. John ii. l.uuou said lutur that he hud wen Vulent 'i IVnver aince he uppimul In-lore the commiitee but thut he il.il not know Ilia piexent whereubout Un the xtand today Snoilr.iBH de nied the chargea ol peoniiKii made by Volent, Jumea Adams und tilovunni Mintiottl. At the opening of tiidaya aexxion Chairman Foatvr lead mi Aaxuciuied I'rewi bulletin iinnoiincing ihe death of toiiner I'nlled Mute Senator Hen ry A! T.ller. Mi. Foxier a.nd: "The chair latix to nnnoiiiue thut Henry M. Teller, loinur cabinet of ficer and for thirty yiar I uited Slate retailor, died today. hen 'iich a muu diej Ihe world suffer n liiet." The cotiimiliip thlx morntui; took nu official in Hon legai'dlni: s, iialor Teller' death unit no memlier of the lommittee waa deaignuted to attend the fail. nil. Hi lore the l.il.liu of teniimony waa begun there wax u dix cuxxltiti of wua und niemiri ot limiting Ihe number of wllio-pxee for each aide, but no order wax made by the chulr man. Superintendent II. -W. Snodgraaa of the lielnguii mine of the Victor-American Fuel company wax put on the aland by Frank F.. (Siar in give hia version of the sturle of ulleged peon age ut lielaguu. 1 1 ik appearance was the signal for a pioIckI by K. I. Coxtl. gun for the mlnera. who auld he uw no reuxan for Intel ruptlng the regu lar procedure. Chairman Foster ruled that Ihe entire testimony of Mr. Shod, grass on ull matters connected with the plrlke be taken ut this time. Mr. Suodgraas Mr:: wa ii'.iext loncd about Ihe manner In which I'letro und Vlttorlo From, (julntinio Simonl und l-eohiirdo Morelll were brought to Trinidad Saturday morning to appear a witnesxea before the eutiiiniltee. He declared thai he had not talked with them about their testimony nnd that they were not Influenced to give textimony favorable In the company. He wild thai In rcsponxv to u reiUest from Mr. C,otv he had sou if lit out Annf Ynmicelll as the man who had signed (ontraitx for the oilier four Ituhuns. He brought Yamli e with Ihe others, he declared. He denied Ihnt Yaniai elll hud any clowr couiicc llon with the compuny than any of the other miners. The wllneaa then Was iiuexlloiied about (ilovunnl Mmnmil, Ihe Italian who laft neek said he had exeaped from the lielaguu mine a Tier being held prisoner. II,. aaid he hud no know ledge of the all, sed aeuich of Ihe l.udlow lent colony b Ihe mllilta and Ihe Ihlagiia boarding hotixe boss af ter Minnotti a excupe. He udmltled that al one time a company watchman took a miliar out of a tree and brought lillll Un, k lo camp. He explained that the man waa wanted for purtb ipaling In a fight and was chased up the tree by the watchmnn's dog after he had re fused lo hull when walking out of thp camp. Mr. Suoilgraxa said he never hud attempted lo prevent tiloxannl Mm notti leaving the camp He said he never had Been the rutin lit at Ihe lv!u gnu camp "all drunk'' uud that none of I hem w ere Intoxicated on lust v i'illie.luy night when Miiinottl auld be had made his eecape over the lull. He declared that he never had hern bill one Intoxicated militiaman al Ihe In lu aa l ump. The vvituvx alau de PEOrUG CHARGE IS nied the Blory lol.l in lienver by Jiime Adiimx. the firxt self-styled peon to lexitry in fore the commit tee. Adams hud lestllied that he w held prisoner al lielugua and escaped. The wltncKa tan axked about Ihe vlil or K.I I 1 1 roes mil (lenrge Hoae, of Ihe state labor bureau, lo the I'el ngiia cnmii, when he refused lo per mit them to talk lo the miners. Snod grass explained thai he had hern ad vised that the men had (list visited llaxtlns and there had told an Ital ia ll woikmun that he was u "dlHgruce lo the Italian race" for working dur ing a atrlke. t in that account, he said, he refused to permit thein lo In terview miner at Helagun. Snod k rax laid of general condi tions ut the lnlnr.na mine and the efforts of the rumpmiv In protect the men He said Ihe instruction of (Ieneral Muu.igi-r W. J. Murray were to spare no expense In making the workings safe. The practice .f put ting alone duxl In Ihe mlna as it pre ventive of coal duxt explosion, hi declared, wax iulopi-i' tll the Ih'laaioi mine rlgltlei ti mouths before it ' advocated by Ihe federal bureuu of mines. Thr altueaa. III rexone to duexiions, auld he had never dis chatged a man for making complaint or belonging to Ihe I'nited Mine Workers of America. He asserted thai the men at I.VIugtut camp were antis lied, and that lief ore Ihe strike rnaiiv of them had asumed him thut thev would not Icui'c ihe employ of the company. "Why did they strike, then?" usked Mr. Hove. "I usked them why they were going Mln i k ha nil p'tlera warning them not strike, and thev said they were afraid to work." replied the witness. "They told me they h id received threat and huh khand tetters warning them not to stay In the mine." I The Wilms then gave his version of the various disorders at Helagun and Hastings dining the m ute period .of the strlkt. Snodgrasa xaid that a few days be I fore the strike was l ulled he mude u canvass of the Hclaxtia miners nnd (that not more then fifty wanted l" stnke. He said that ut present h'' had as many men at work as he had ! thirty days in-fore the xli lkc. ! The linens was cross-examined by ' K. I. Costtg.in He was nxked iibotil th,- atory of a Montenegrin wcret so iclely I'clng broken up by the company i and replied that tin organlxution was , not broken up. but that Its member ;cradually drilled away from Ihe camp and, he supposed, ultimately took ithiir charter with them. In response to a naestlon. ihe wil ' ness auld he h id been elected mayor I of the town of lielugua by the voters. ! a majority of whom, he said, were 'employes of the company, lie added jthat he received no pay aa mayor, i und thut he waa elected ufter un murnern Ills wssfltilaej' on 1-4 own In illative and without miy nrompting jfn.tn the compuny or iinyoiie else. ! Mr. Cosiigan iiestioncd the witness , searchingly ubout alleged polillcul uc j llvlty id the Victor American Fuel Icumputi.v. lint he made u xwei pine, ile- lllnl or all chiit'Hes. In response to furiher ipustlonx. : SnodKi ass teileratcd that Ihe mlneis were free to leuve Ihe vamp liny time ; they w islied. j tjin'stloiiid further ubout Ihe town affair of lielaguu, Ihe willies uilmit ted that in some cases the company deduct from the pay of the miners ;u poll lux levied for the maintenance of the roads. Ilcplyillg l iiiiextiolix by Captain Danks. Ihe w.tnesx said the militiaman stationed lit In-laU'ia j during the strike had been orderly und well iichiivcil. iisi'iir V. unlet bur, camp marshal ill j lielaguu. next whs pill on the stand by the operators. He denied I hut he ,Voppcd c.iovunnl Miiinottl when Ihe lutti-r wux tryins lo get out of the jcump. j Tho commiitee then look luncheon recess until 1:311. ' M.ilor KdHurd lloiiglvlon. judge ledvocnte of the Colorudu niitionul Igiiard. Iiitay Investigated the cases of lielayo Coiixtiintlnlo mid IMlora Ferrero. arrested Siimlay tor attack ing Mike I'lnehek. a witness for Ihe mine oper.ttora before the atrlke In vestigation The men satisfied Ihe Judge advocate that they were not sinkers and that the Incident wu the result ol a personal uu.irrel. Ma lor lloughloii xnlil the prisoner prohahlv would be ri b used IJ,500,000 Gallons of Water Lost, Unnoticed Break in Walls Empties Reser voir Two Miles Above Pu eblo and Contents Escape Into Arkansas River. flly l-ca-'d Wlr lo I fining Herald, t I'lielilo, Colo., Feb. '.'.I More than U..MIO.UU0 gallon of wuler waiiib iid away from the "Long reservoir." ltuat,d a'lout two mil ftoin lhi cii), Suturday. and the fact was stu ceaafully kepi xe. ret by the water coin- mls.-loii,iH, was bu no, I today. Folly Icet of di,, retaining wall of the reservoir broke uvvuy und the i iu lie (omenta or Ihe lake weil out, covering a nearby tii-ld end then Mowing back into Ihe At k ii nan river, w hen, e II A !',..', rt ,tf .,, t A the fad would cause grave ul.um w in ine i or, i ne memiifia ot Ihe w water board krpl Ihe inatl. r u He.nl until today. Ihe lexer- Voir Is situated III an Isolated a spol, which acvouiii, it is 4 Ihoiisht. for the fai t that the break was not heard of aootier by outsidecs. HEM STORM OF Ml M WIND PREVALENT IN THE WEST Railroads Elockaded and Miles of Wires Prostrated by Widespread Snowfall; In diana and Illinois Suffer. TRAFFIC RESTORED IN THE SOUTHLAND Zero Temperatures Prevail in Rocky Mountain Region an.-l Communication Is Demoral ized. (Hjr Irwd Wire, io r.Tonlng ilci-ul.t.l Chlcugo, Feb. 23. The slot m of snow mid wind which den ended on the middle ricrn atate y ..Hrilay still held I hi in In it grip today. Snow continued to tall ami drill in muiiy all of the affected regions and even in those loculltlca where storm condi tion abated, low temperature made difilculi the work or clearing rail rouds und setting up miles of pros trated wire. miditlonx In Indiana grew worse, ll is reported. Snow was being driv en before n .'."i-mile wind ut St.. Louis. Similar coinliiionx-vv.-re reported from Illinois. Several fatulltiea due to the cold went her wcri, recorded In Hie st ale. The Mm in was moderating over the prairie al lies, however, und through trains were fighting their wuy Ihree tu six hours late through snow drifiti. There, wus a heavy task of repairing fulleii wlrea und clearing roads In prospect ull over Kansas und Mla- soiili. Ohm point tela rud snow falling without eessutlou and drill, ntf before high winds. Mall irulns ar rived In Chlcugo from ilio cust four and five hours lale. tlraln men here were apprehensive of the eflcct of the storm on the win ter wheat crop. Zero weather was reported from Hutchinson, Kan., the allow sticking to the wheal fielda, irvlly wc-ll, 1 1 tll spots now and then are bare. In Illinois mid Missouri many Iraiiii were reported stalled by the deep snow Willi h had been drilled badly by the wind. Interurbun Hues were put out of commlasloti and ill several cities street car truffle was cm. rely stopped. In Hs Moines and central Iowa the temperature wus ti degree above xero toduy, with still cold -r weuther predicted. A liliixonl th.it struck SI. Louis vex. ten lay ionium, il loduy. deluyiug trains nnd sending the tin i loom, ler to II ib'Kre-s above xero. The nIoimi was gem iul throughout eusu ri. .Mis souri and southern Illinois. IVoiia 1 1 niu I iii-U In the grip of un intense blixx.ird. rrurtlcully ull tele graph nnd tcb phone wire wi le dow n th.re. With the thermometers hovering near iio ut Columhiig and other points, uliio loniiiiued toduy In Hi" grip of u heuvy miow storm which hud swept Ihe stale alhee earlv Suli duy. All rail Unfile waa badly ib morn lined. Missouri, Kunsaa Texas rinlway truina w" stopped for u time today by u hurricane luivveen Kansus I'iiy und I'arsuna. Kan. which rocked the couches t l.osi: to zi:h in hi km or i in oit iiti lunver. Feb. :m. A lam in the Missouri river valley yesterduy turned to sleel last nluhl mid Willi Ihe treex Ing leinpeiiituie thlx illy pra tniillv Was cut off from tcli'phone and tele graph i o ll i ll i it n u 'a I iii W illi the easl at Ihe om niug of huxiiifsft loda). lleudiiiiat ter of the K b graph om pulile here leporli'd I hi IT wile ,roS Iraled last of Ixxltmtoii. Neb., uud Fort Hodge. Kail There was u light fellow In Colorado yesterday und laf night, the lowesi temperature in Colorado In the In el twenty-four hoiii being two ib-gieex above xero. Today was dial w.th Using Icmpi raiure. Hi ports from ihe mule give 1'ue'ilo a minimum teuiperat ill e of a aiiove x.'io, with I lie hex of atiovv full At Timolol the maximum tempci al urc for the last twelve hour Wua 5S de gree, und the minimum I'. aliove xero. Iltllv a trace ol pi i'i ipilat loll wa registered. Colorado Springs re ported a above xero. with snow flat m s diiring the inuhl and riipuliy us ing tetiipcial'iie toduy. IS ll.lil wu ric W 1 1 II lvT lll -TOISI S.m Li-rna riliiio, Cnl . Fi'i'. - I. Itailioud trui lie with the easl wax stored today. Cajoii I'axs. on the ,-'11111 11 Fe rnllroud. was i Icnreil of Mlorin wreckage. waxhottl wer, n palled und forty train from tnr east, xloriiihoiiml since Friday night. I" Kan moving today. Many eastiioiind Irains also were started for Chi. ugo. I Mil W i:TIII II IIM IN' HI slollINt, ItlMUIMt VI IO Lo Angeles. Feb. SJ - Coiiiinued fiar weather aided work lo.luv 'n re! sloiing m rv ii e on railroad ami wliex put out of commission by Ihe Moim 1 of Inst week. Com mimical ion with I the east by rail la expected to be re- ' atoretl bile lodav . I'nsecnvcr of the easibound I'uli-' forniii limlied slid I'hoemx express, ma looked Fndav night In the iiioiin- I n Ins III Slllllllllt, '!" mliea east of Sail Iieriiariiiiio, were reached loday with prov Ixloiix. The cltiitigo White Sox team wa expected to reai h Is- AngeTe late liulnv. They are twenty-tour hour behind tune , HOUCK TRAINS UP TO HOUR OF HIS FIGHT WITH BILLY MURRAY (It t,cM'tl Wire to Fvenlng Herald. ) San I'rnni Ixco. Cii I , I'eh, i.l , etl lloink, the I'hlliiib'lphla liuildlo weighi. i ,,1,1 In in i training work al most up to the hour for hi 2d-roi.n l open air fight at 3.1", p. m. today with Hilly Murray of Siicrumento, unenxv over the iiietion of making Ihe stipulated 1,'iX pound at ringside. An Influx of money from the east to day made llouik a 10 lo X favorite. !IEi!!Ei!I!U BY BRITAIN Uf J Ll KELY Futile and Impolitic to Take Mexican Situation Into Own Hands, Attitude of Foreign Office. (Hy lenm-d Vlr lo llvcnlns; Herald Loioloi,, Feb. 23. Tho pulling to tl c 'h of William In niiiii. u Hrlllsh subject, by lieneral Frmicisco Villa, Mexican rebel bailer lit Juarez has Hl'oiiseil Ihe llrltish pniiiamcnt and people to u Keen upptchcniion of the l.litlsh intejexls Involved in the Mex ican stliiutloii. The killing of Denton was the prin cipal aulijpi't f,,r discussion m the hous,. of commons this afternoon. A full house listened with Intense Inter est to the explanation given by Sir F.dwanl C.re.v . foieign minister, and Sir Francis livke Acliind, parliamen tary under secretarv for foreign f fulrs. They spoke of the llrlllsh gov. ernmelit's utlllude und illscuxx.il their lommunli'iitlona with Washington. Fl.incls Hyke Ai land replied with nn emphatic "certainly" when usked If the llrltish government wua pre pnred to co-opciiile heartily with the I'nited Stales government In Ibis mut ter. Mr. Aclaml alau expressed the hope Uiat the propoaul of the I'nlled Slai. x Would plovi; gellelully ati'i pt uble to the olllcl powers. Mr. Aclaml einphuxlxcd the undc Ml ni til lily of publishing anything at present which might tend lo Increase Ihe chulicea of danger to llrltish prop, erty at the hands of ihe contending panics in Mexico. A significant cheer was given by the members of the hi. use when Sir Fnl ward Crcy soul that Sir Cecil spring lilie, the lllllirli amliaxMldor ut Washington, had told Secretary of Slate lit mi tt that public opinion in Fin ope was likely o be seriously uf lei ted by lieneral Villa le lions. Sir Fdwiird lire) explained fully that liieat Uriialn did not hold the I'nlled Stiitcs responsible for Villa ucls but he :u id the luitidi govirn meiit wax powerlcs to lake uny nieaa iirex In tho ilisi iirlied regions. Several iiieiuiiers ipiext imted the secretary for foreign all.nlx lo make sure thai the government was taking all piuuaiblc steps lo li'uiu ih(, ui t of the Hcnlon case. Wuller lime I'age, III, Alllerlcull Hiiibiiswidor, rxprexsed Ills personal I'eHrel in the killing of llenton in un inf.. I inul talk loday w ith Sir Kilwur.l lirey. .Newspapers tbtotiglioiii Ihe llriiisli Islox loday gave u prominent plu -e lo Humiliation and comment on the killing ol llenton. Ihe geuerul tenor uf remarks being thut Ihe ex ecution was plain minder. "The pucllicalioti or Mexico la ull object wi- honestly ill hii,- to see uc colilpliehed, but it is imposMtlile lo ef fect It by lli liish lutei n in ion. We do not intend to umke any ullcmpl of thai ihuruiicr. which would be both futile und Impolitic." This Is the altitude uf Ihe llrlllsh foreign office us outlined today in the houxe of I'ommoiis by Franiis liyke Aciand. lie pioimsed lo lay Ihe pa pers on Ihe subject ol .Mexico belure the house of commons a o:u u po aible. bui he added significunll) : "The luosl liilelestiiiu papers ut tile I'.lilihh foli-.iiii ollice, lioviever. all coiiimtiiili atioiis mude at various limes with the gov .runout r the I luted Stales comeitiing Its policy and Its vtewuiK ol lads. Sonu- ol Ihi sa m,. ol a confideiii ml ehal . icier and I i anil. a lie liule lliem in u blue book Willi.. ut upking tile voliselll of the I'lilled Stale government." Sir latvvard l.rey said. "I.efoie tin Uc nl. 'i:t oc. ut ri d the I'lilled Slate govel niiii-nt ttrtd, at our li.l.iist. iii.pi ,'ssid upon the bailer ol Ihe i oil 1 1 1 u I loll a 1 1st parly In MvX too th,. ni-, easily of respei ting th lives of forclgiieta. I ahould like lo add that the fad of our cololiialin .il III Willi Ihe gow n. 111! lit of the I lilt ed Slat, does not, of course. Imply that ll hia any respotisibilii) ..r what hax taken place. "i 'o ii . in ti ti ti ' a t ion had bet n i.iude be. ails,, ihe l iilt-il state alone tan in these i In iiiiisla m e exercise any iiifliieuie to ills, over the truth and gel Jiihi n e tlotie ' Sir J din lice nxked whether Sir Kdward had any Information ieul,l lug other i:ui opt'uii who are auld lo have disappeared In Mexico. "Nil" Sir Kdward r plied, bill I have lilr,-all lebgluphed lo Sir Cecil Spring-llic- aiiggesnug lor hi consid eration what xtcpx it would !'e pos sllile lo Ink.. In this very dixtilibeil legion lo uscerialu Ihe whereabout of these pcoplr,' WQRtB 9m9 jttim si HB 1 1 MP TT8 w. I 'HP Ull lllinjij :?nnilj)V - No Response to Request of American State Department ' for Riddled Remains of Brit ish Ranchman. CORPSE MAY SHOW . MANNER OF DEATH Tension Grows Greater in Scr ate and Radical Action on Mexican Situation Daily Grows More Probable. ' 'BRITISH AMBASSADOR . PATIENTLY WAITING Talk of Armed Intervention Again in Air and Almost Anything Is Expected ti Break in National Capital.. (Ily Leased Wire to I-.tantag Herakl.l SO HII0SK Tt IIHl VMT X)H HOOT W MKXTOSI Kl Fuao. Te., Feb. S3 The reiiueal of the atitta department for the boCy of V. 8. Benton. made last Suturday. has met with no rvspunae. George C. Carol hers, of Ihe conxular aer- vice, visited Juareg loday for a 4 reply hut uuiic . bad tuma. Mr. Carothera learned that I i iil ii v liauch, the aermun- American U-hi tried by the rebel a a spy. la still aafe at Chihuahua, and received renew- ed unsurunrea thai Ii would not be executed unless found guilty. Hunch la a.ild tu huve ttlven Ihe only riamnglng tetlntrtiy against himself, while rebel friend testified to III appur'"Jil liarmleNsnes. Iluiiclt told Ihe military rourt 'hat he had been running nn engine for the fed-. ernl between C. 1. I dug and Monelova, currltd a pns from the federal government and hud 4 many frlcnda among the Hoes- laislnx. "Why dlt! you come .fcu. Juurex?" lie waa asked. "nh. Just lo get drunk." he I limited a replying. ' Ills rebel friend 'Oiif 'rnieif Ihi reply and declared lbX opinion Ihnt he wna harmless. o word waa received uev'. Cjf when the flfieen relecteil UiWV eriean soldier will be retuflMpd front chihuahua. It Is hpd thut mnong Ihem wilt be foond nl least acme of the forelrs 4 reported missing -Harrv Comp- ton. Iciger Laurence and rriflu named Curtis. . . HA n: WOM.lt i.iki: TO kk.fi i.ni o srrr.vritrv Washington. Feb. :.1 rpoTl' h developments of I lie next dayr two in ihe case of William ft. Itenton. Ih! Hrlilxh ranchman executed by l!ia Mexican constitutionalist general. Villa, lit Juurri. atcuis tu rest Wheth er the aenute will tuke a hand In the Mexican alt nation Acting Chairman Shlvely of tho foreign relation committee ultcr u, conference with I'resldeut Wilson to day, aald If the acimte discuased Mex ico, it would prol.al.lv be upon aumo of the ponding resolution which for mouth have been sidetracked. Hist the administration might lie left fr in deal wlin tho problem, There are thre uch resoluCiina. One ,y Senator I'eni'ost propoae that t'nlt rd Statcx iioois be placed In Mexlcit a t ontbiilul'v for the prolectlon of American. Another by Senator Full proposea lo put Ihe aenute vit record to the effect that Americana and their propertv must be protect ed Si III another by Senator Shep. panl com ei ns recognition f th,e bel ligerence of the constltullonullstx If dminlBlration l.ader let the Mexi can situation break out In Senate ! bale It probnlily would lie lipdn. e'u er or both of ihe flrt two. Keeretary llrun today declined to discuss, ib'nv or affirm whether lie had demanded production of Iten ton s b.olv. An examination cf II " wnund. It waa pointed out. proh.iMr snuld iltcoe whether the F.ngiishs on wa executed by a firing . a.uait or kilied be one hol and ' n!i whether h'x d 'li'h waa caurj J.y '. fie lulls or revolver bullet , Xleauwhlie no addltlolial dalalla u( tha killing had been receive 4 , Brrv nor had further report heen uiaue of in a a t l i : n n