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THURSDAY EVENING-
TOPEKA KANSAS- FEBRUARY 20, 1913-
THURSDAY EVENING
TWO CENTS
'FIVE CENTS
IT IS UNCERTAIN.
The Future of Madero, Ex
President of Mexico.
Will lie Share Fate of Brother,
Gustavol
WIFE WAITED AT THE TRAIN.
And Wept When Orders Came
That Madero Be Held.
Zapata and Gomez Leaders Re
fuse to Accept Huerta.
Mexico City. Feb. 20. The Mexican
capital was in a state of uncertainty
this morning- in regard to the fate of
the heads of the old administration.
General Huerta's order preventing- the
departure of Francisco Madero gave
"rise to many rumors. Meanwhile the
attitude of Zapata and Gomez leaders
of the southern and northern rebels
Is occasioning anxiety. Tfce closest es
timates obtainable of the casualties
during the fighting in the streets
shows that about 3.000 persons were
killed and 7.000 wounded. These are
not government figures nor will the
government be able to make any re
liable calculation.
In most cases no official records
were made of the bodies which were
gathered up, carted to open spaces out
side the city and burned.
Xumerous instances are known in
which whole families were wiped out
by exploding shells or by the fire of
machine guns. The great majority of
the dead were non-combatants, includ
ing a large proportion of women and
children. Estimates as to the loss of
property are necessarily inaccurate.
There is no doubt that the damage
amounts to many millions.
The families of those who stood high
in favor with Madero, fearing retalia
tion, have fled. Among them are the
members of the Madero family. The
wife of the ex-president has gone no
further than their ranch near the
Atzeapotzalco suburb but the other
members of the family are suposed to
be at Vera Crux.
It was said the ex-president -was to
be deported from Vera Cruz, much as
Porfirio Diaz was sent away, and that
this exile was to be a substitute for a
tri:il for the murder of 'Colonel
Riverol. whom he was accused of kill
ing at the time of his arrest in the na
tional palace. The formal accusation
was made against him by Attorney
Carlos Salinas before the attorney gen
eral of the republic and it was declar
ed the charge was to be left pending
should he attempt to return to the re
public. Many Adjudge Madero Tnsane.
Another report was that the govern
ment was considering the advisability
of bringing him before a lunacy com
mission. . Humors that all was not going well
between General Huerta and Felix
Diaz, were discounted today by the
fact that the two held frequent con
ferences regarding the conduct of af
fairs and often addressed each other
by their first names.
Ambassador Wilson who has taken
such a keen interest in the establish
ment of the new administration, was
in conference with both General
Huerta and Diaz and was made the
recipient of frank confidences by both.
The cabinet at first agreed upon by
Huerta and Diaz was confirmed in all
respects except in connection with the
ministry of finance in which Ksquival
Obregon was substituted for Carlos G.
Deeosio.
The names for the portfolio were sug
gested partly by Diaz and partly by
Huerta. Apparently none of those close
ly connected with the new adminis
tration fear any untoward occurrences.
The senate appears to be In thorough
accord with the new government but
there is no such hearty co-operation
from the deputies. Many of the depu
ties belong to the modern radical school
of politicians and are inclined to look
upon General Huerta and his govern
ment with considerable suspicion.
Notice of the Abdication.
The wording of the joint resignation
of Francisco Madero and Joe Pino
Suafez was made public today.
It is in marked contrast to the usual
verbose documents written in such
cases. It says:
"In view of the events which have
occurred from first to last in the na
tion and for the greater peace of our
country, we make this formal resig
nation of our posts of president and
vice president."
The new administration is utilizing
practically all the old machinery of
government, although numerous offi
cers were removed temporarily from
their posts. .Among those were the
chiefs of the department whom the sec
retary of war placed under nominal
arrest but released after a brief deten
tion. Zapata Will Oppose Huerta.
The activity of the followers of Za
pata has been turned against the new
administration, a small force of rebels
was reported today In the neighbor
hood of the capital and government
troops were sent out against them.
An unconfirmed dispatch says that
Cuernavaca has fallen into Zapata's
hands.
Diaz Denies Responsibility.
Felix Diaz today denied responsi
bility for the execution of Gustavo
Madero and Adolfo Basso, superin
tendent of the national palace. The
official report on the death of Madero
says:
"He was being removed from one
part of the arsenal to another when he
made a dash for liberty. The officers
in charge fired at him and killed him."
Basso, an old man, was killed inside
the rebel lines.
The death of Gustavo Madero is
still a chief topic of conversation
among the populace. Many people to
day sought for souvenirs of the dead
politician and one person paid $2 5
for a fragment of his eye glass.
Juan Sanchez Azcona. private secre
tary of Francisco Madero, and Jesus
T'rueta. Madero's chief supporter in
the chamber of deputies, were added
to the list of prisoners yesterday. They
had escaped from the city in an auto
mobile during the upheaval at the na
tional palace but were captured be
tween here and the coast. A telegram
was sent today to the Paris residence
of Porfirio Diaz, the former dictator,
by Felix Diaz, his nephew, and Gen
eral Huerta, the new provisional presi
dent, in which the aged general was
Informed:
"You have been avenged against
your former enemy."
Mexico City, Feb. 20. The fate .of
Francisco I. Madero, the deposed presi
dent of Mexico was still in the bal
ance this morning. Preparations 1-ad
been made at midnight for his depart
ure with the members of his family in
to exile, "out these were suddenly halted
by mysterious orders from General
Huerta. The ex-president therefore at
daybreak, was still in the capital.
Senora Madero and the ex-president's
two sisters and his aged father, to
gether with the family of ex-Vice Pres
ident Suarez waited at the station
ready to depart for Vera Cruz and
thence for Kurope. But at the hour
which had been fixed for departure
congress was still in session discussing
the situation. Senora Madero and the
rest of her party of exiles had waited
impatiently for more than two hours
when they were informed by Ex-Foreign
Minister Lascurain that the ex-
president "would be prevented from
joining them on their journey."
(Continued on Page Two.)
SHOT ASJE RAN.
Gustavo Madero Begged Pit
eously for His Life.
Most Hated Man in Mexico
Clever Grafter.
Mexico City, Feb. 20. When Gustavo
Madero was told that he would be exe
cuted he was in a terrible fright. He
begged piteously for his life and tried
to bribe his guards by promising un
told wealth to them if they would per
mit him to escape. Finally when he
was being led to the wr.ll against which
he was to stand he fell on his knees
and wept and pleaded for his life.
Suddenly he jumped up and ran in
an attempt to gain his freedom, but
before he had taken many steps he was
brought down by eighteen pistol shits
hitting him, making 36 wounds.
The body now lies on a couch in the
arsenal where it has been viewed by
hundreds.
The "Ley i"el fuego" is a pleasant old
Mexican custom of taking a prisoner
from one place to another and killing
him on the way, the report being made
that the prisoner attempted to escape.
It is an easy way of execution without
the process of law and thousands have
been put away by this route.
Mexico's Most Hated Man.
New York. Feb. 20. When Gustavo
Madero. brother of the deposed and
imprisoned Francisco,' was shot dead in
the arsenal at Mexico City at a mo
ment when he turned his back to his
guard, the "most hated man in Mexico"
met the fate that has long been pre
dicted for him.'
Gustavo MaCero was universally re
garded as the arch grafter of Mexico.
He possessed a large share of the for
tune of the Madero family, estimated
at $75,000,000. but his portion of this es
tate was said to be only a tithe of what
he stole from the country's treasury.
He was undeniably the directing power
of the Madero administration, but even
to his brother Francisco, the poet and
idealist, he was accused of being a false
counsellor. Gustavo's name had often
been mentioned in connection with
graver crimes than misdirecting the fi
nances of his country to his own bene
fit and he had often been threatened
with death.
He Lined His Own Pockets.
Madero was a popular figure in New
York and Washington while Francisco
was getting his revolution under way in
the state of Chihuahua two years ago.
His good looks, fine education and
lavish entertainments won him popu
larity in the society of both cities. ' ut
while in New York he was suspected of
playing a double game. Here for the
purpose of financing his brother's revo
lution, he was said to have taken full
advantage of the opportunity to line
his own pockets in return for his prom
ises of future gain to certain Broad
way promoters.
Madero left New York in March, 1911,
going with his family to San Antonio,
to take charge of the rebel Junta there.
Later he joined Francisco in the field
and when the latter triumphed over
Porfirio Diaz, Gustavo moved to the
capital with him and began his high
handed play with Mexico's finances.
One act of Gustavo's thr.t the ene
mies of the Maderos never forgave was
his forcing to the front of Jose Pino
Suarez to take the position of vice
president in .place of Dr. Vasquez
Gomez, who at that time was a popu" -r
hero as a result of his part in the Ma
dero revolution, but who incurred the
displeasure of Gustavo by differing
with some of Francisco's policies.
This act marked the beginning of the
opposition to the Madero administra
tion. Young- Madero Quits ScHool.
Ithaca, N. Y., Feb. 20. Evanisto
Madero, a student at Cornell, heart
broken at the execution of his brother,
Gustavo, will leave the university and
join his brother's widow in Monterey
in a few days.
The university will give him his di
ploma by special dispensation.
AFTER FUEL GO.
Eight Indictments Against Officers
California Concern.
San Francisco, Feb. 20. Eight in
dictments charging criminal conspir
acy to defraud the U. S. government
were returned here today by a federal
grand jury against the Western Fuel
company and seven of its officers and
employees.
Bold Holdup in California.
Bakersfield, Cal., Feb. 20. While
Izzy Rehfeld, a prize fight promoter,
was counting the receipts from a box
ing contest at his desk in a saloon at
Taft late last night, he was held up
by two masked men who raked the
gold and silver, about $1,000, into a
gunny sack, marched Rehfeld and the
bartender to the end of the bar, back
ed out of the door and escaped in the
darkness
FAVOR JGHOOLS.
Senate Ways and Means Com
mittee Is Liberal.
To 3 Big Institutions $318,000
More Than in 1912-1913.
TO STATE NORMAL $411,000.
This Is $60,000 Over the Last
Appropriation.
Refused Request for $200,000
Main Building.
With the senate ways and means
committee decision on the amount of
money to be allotted to the State Nor
mal school at Emporia out today,
Kans?- already has planned to appro
priate more than $2,500,000 for the
education of her students in the years
1914 and 1915. The committee re
port on the money to be spent for the
Sta' Normal provides for an expendi
ture of $411,000 in the next two years.
This is $60,000 more than the school
was given by the last legislature and
$287,000 less than the authorities
asked for.
The report that the ways and means
committee will make to the senate
some time this week, follows:
For State Normal school at Emporia:
1914. 1915.
Maintenance $165,000 $1,UW)
General repairs, including
restoration main bldg.
and extension 40,000 35,000
Boilers 5,001)
President's contingent fund. 500 500
The total for the year 1914 is $210,
500 and for the year .1915 is appro
priated $200,500. Grand total, $411.
000. The State Normal authorities asked
for a $200,000 general administration
building but the ways and means com
mittee would not stand for this. This
was the only important request that
was not granted.
The senate ways and means com
mittee up to date has recommended
the appropriation of $2,673,000 for the
three large educational Institutions of
the state the univeristy, the agricul
tural college and the normal school.
This is $348,000 more than was
given to the institutions in the years
1912 and 1913 by the legislature two
years ago.
The total appropriations up to date:
Kansas university $1,260,000
State Agricultural college 1.002.0UO
State Normal school 411.0C0
Total $2,673,Ui)
BURNED TO DEATH.
Seven Children Lose Lives
When Home Is Destroyed.
Parents Absent When Fatal
Blaze Breaks Out.
Harrisburg. Pa., Feb. 20. Seven chil
dren ranging in age from 1 to 12 years,
were burned to death last night when
the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
eorge Smith, at Ebenezer near here,
was destroyed by Are. The parents
were absent at the time.
The father and mother had been in
the city (purchasing supplies for the
family and made the gruesome discov
ery upon their return. Many of the
packages the parents carried were toys
and candies for the children.
Small charred bodies almost unrecog
nizable among the smoldering ruins
were all the evidence of what had been
a lot of romping youngsters.
The family had expected to move to
a nearby farm today.
NAME CANDIDATES
Michigan Progressives Reaffirm
Pledges of National Platform.
Battle Creek, Mich., Feb. 20. A
street parade in which delegates and
sympathizers joined featured the
state convention of the Progressive
party here. Satisfaction with the pro
gress already made and optimism as to
the -future characterized the utter
ances of every speaker. Strong de
nunciation was made of any sugges
tion that the Progressives re-enter the
ranks of the Republican party.
Governor Stubbs, of Kansas, deliv
ered an address during the afternoon.
Candidates for justices of the su
preme court, superintendent of public
instruction and regents of state uni
versities were named. -
The resolutions adopted reaffirm
the principles enunciated in the state
and national platforms of 1912 and
pledge the Progressive members of
the legislature to lend their support
to the enactment of the laws therein
advocated.
The resolutions also favor a con
stitutional amendment providing for
the recall of judicial decisions or con
stitutional questions; advocate the em
ployment of prison labor in the con
struction of state highways and drain
age' projects: endorse the farm credit
system whereby the government may
loan money to farmers at low inter
est and favor the creation of a public
service commission.
KANSAS MINERS STRIKE
Officials Call Out Two Hundred 3Ien
Near Pittsburg.
Pittsburg. Kan., Feb. 20. Two hun
dred miners have quit work at mine
19 of the Wear Coal company at Edi
son. The men struck at the order of
Alexander Howatt. district president of
the United Mine Workers of America.
District 14 officials of the miners said
the strike was brought on by the re
fusal of the operators to fire shots in
the mine according to an agreement.
Howatt issued orders requiring the
men to remove all their tools from the
mine.
TRUST IS CHARGED
Attorney General Brings Action
Against McCaskey Register Co.
Every Effort. Made to Stifle
Competition Charge Says.
"KNOCKERS" MADE AND SOLD.
In "Grave . Yard" Other Ma
chines Were Shown as Junk.
Employees of Other Concerns
Bribed, Complaint Says.
Cleveland,' O.. Feb. 20. Sensational
charges of violations of the Sherman
anti-trust law are leveled at the Mc
Caskey Register company in a civil
suit filed here today by order of At
torney General Wickersham. ' To ac
quire a monopoly of the interstate and
foreign commerce in the sale of ac
count registers, appliances and sys
tems for keeping credit accounts, the
company its. officers and agents have,
it is charged, wrongfully and fraudu
lently obstructed and suppressed the
business of competition, bribed their
employees, employed agents to spy
upon their business, have waged an un
fair campaign of patent suits and
threatened suits, and of other unlawful
methods to stifle corpetition. The
federal district court here- was asked
to restrain the defendants from further
monopoly and to prohibit a series of
alleged unlawful and unfair practices.
Among- the defendants is John H.
Jones of Kansas City. Mo. - The de
fendant company is said -to- own ex
clusively the Dominion Register com
pany, Ltd., of Toronto. Canada, which
also maintains an agency in London.
A campaign of ' "fierce and ; unfair
competition" has been planned or con
sented to by officers of ,the company
the government alleges, a force of spe
cial men, some times called the "fly
ing squadron" or "knockout men," was
employed, it is declared to impart to
salesmen and agents instructions to de
stroy the business of competitors and
for the purpose of interfering with ne
gotiations and inducing the cancella
tion by the customers of their contracts
of sale with competitors.
Agents were also - employed, . it is
charged, to spy upon the business of
competitors and fraudulently obtain
information as to their sales and ship
ments and the addresses of their cus
tomers or prospective' customers.
' Business Secrets Purchased.
Employees of competitors were se
cretly engaged, it is" charged, to furr
nish officers of the clWendant compSiiy
with confidential information con
cerning the business of competitors.
Defendants are declared to. have in
structed agents to procure information
from employees of railroads, express
companies and hotel companies and
others as to plans and shipments of
competitors. The government asks
for an injunction to prohibit the brib
ing of employees of railroads and ex
press companies to obtain such data.
Employees of competitors are alleged
to have been coerced, persuaded and
paid to abandon their employment,
violating their contracts, to come with
the defendant company, bringing with
them as many as possible of their as
sociates and all the available informa
tion as to competitor's business.
A. multiplicity of suits and threat
ened suits have been brought, it is
charged, against competitors for al
leged infringement of patent rights in
a systematic campaign of harassment.
Home defendants are alleged to have
studiously copied advantageous feat
ures of competitors' products and at
tached them to the McCaskey account
register. They are declared to have
built registers known as "Knockers,"
resembling the machines of competi
tors and sold them without regard to
cost to rnin rivals.
Defendants are charged with having
maintained a display room known as the
"grave yard' or "bonfire" at its factory
at Alliance. Here it is added, were ex
hibited pictures representing pile of de
vices of competitors being burned as use
less. ,
The following were named as defend
ants: The McCaskey Register company; Al
fred G. Riley, Stewart S. Kurtz, Samuel
G. Zimmerman. Edward A. Langenbacli
and Austin Lynch of Canton. Ohio; Henry
Pollock, Theodore C. I'ran. George .
Russell. Wm. G. Famum, Milton Bejoc.1
and Grant Kizer of Alliance. Ohio; Josiah
W. Phipps, Boston; Charles T. Baxter,
New York city; David C. Bower, Pitts
burg; Harry Rowley. Chicago; Wm.
Hughes, San Francisco; John H. Jones,
Kansas City, Mo.: Fred Schneider, Seattle-
Geo. Haves, Memphis, Tenn. -. Lesiia
G. Salor. Atlanta and Edward T. Bing
ham, Washington. P. C.
ASSAULTED COURT
London Suffragette Threw Law
Books at Judge's Head.
Of Course She 3Iissed Him
Charged With Incendrism.
London, Feb. 2 0. Suffragettes paid
another havoc working visit to the
Kew botanical gardens today and fired
a large refreshment payilion which
burned to the ground. Two women
were arrested.
The voung women gave their names
as Lillian Lenton and Joyce Locke,
each 22 years old. They were caught
while running away from the scene of
the fire. Each carried a bag contain
ing a dark lantern, some cotton soak
ed in oil, a hammer and a saw.
When brought up at- the police
court the magistrate refused to allow
them bail. They were told by the
court that their offense was not po
litical, but higjily criminal.
Miss Locke thereupon hurled at the
magistrate a big law book, which nar
rowly missed his head. She then
fought desperately against the war- J
dens who were assigned to remove ner
to a cell.
On a previous occasion three months
ago Miss Locke threw one of her
shoes at the head of an Aberdeen
magistrate. She was charged with
carrying the explosives to a hall where
Chancellor Lloyd George was to speak.
STATE SALARIES.
Legislative Investigation to Be
Continued.
Case of Crumbine Is One in
Point. .
HE DRAWS $4,000 FROM K. U.
But Does Sot Touch $2,500 Al
lowed by State Law.
Doctor Given Hearing to Ex
plain to Committee.
Following an investigation of ex
penditures of state institutions and
state departments, the house ways and
means committee is trying to solve the
question as to whether Dr. S. J. Crum
bine is donating his services to the
state in the capacity of secretary of
the board of health, or whether his
$4,000 pay check from Kansas univer
sity is in reality a douDle check and
covers hia services both in Topeka and
Lawrence.
Dr. Crumbine is dean of Kansas
University Medical school. He is also
secretary of the state board of health.
In looking over the records, the house
ways and means committee found that
the doctor had not touched his $2,500
salary as secretary of the board. But
a little further investigation revealed
the fact that he had drawn a $4,000
annual salary from the maintenance
fund of Kansas university.
Now the la-ar specifically states that
no person shall draw two pay checks
from the state of Kansas for services
covering a si -lilar period of time. Did
Dr. Crumbine do this? That is the
question which the committee is anx
ious to determine. In a debate on the
floor of the house this week, Mike
Frey of Geary county made the asser
tion that Crumbine was receiving two
pay checks. Technically that was in
correct. Yet in the minds of some of
the members of the committee, there
is a question as to whether the Kansas
university check does not in reality
cover Dr. Crumbine's services to the
university and to the state as well.
Else, members argue, why should the
doctor continue to devote time and
service to the state in the fulfillment
of his wdrk as secretary of the board
of health?
When the legislature met two years
ago, it appropriated $5,000 to pay for
Dr. Crumbine's services for two years.
Only the previous session, the legisla
ture had increased Dr. Crumbine's pay
from $1,500 to $2,500 a year; and just
a few years before that the salary had,
been raised from $800 to $1,500.
-"So yhea the ways "irffer means "com
mittee pegajv to" took arund.aJoit,: then.
found that the $5,000 appropriated for
Crumbine's services has never been
used, but that he has each month
drawn $333.3.3 from Kansas University.
The investigations of the committee
were reported to Dr. Crumbine and it
is stated that he had requested a
hearing. It will probably be granted.
But the things which the committee
will want to know concern whether Dr.
Crumbine's service to the university
are really figured at $4,000 a year, or
whether they are figured at $1,500 a
year and a check for $4,000 issued in
order to cover the pay check provision
of the law and permit the collection of
two salaries? Or, the committee will
ask, if Dr. Crumbine's services were
really worth $4,000 to K. U., why did
he devote his time to the board of
health and charge nothing? And again,
if the doctor's services to the uni
versity are worth $4,000 and not $1,500,
why was not his entire time devoted to
the university work?
Concerning their findings, the com
mittee will make a legislative report.
Members of the committee admitted to
day that they had investigated the
case, but declined to make a statement
until Dr. Crumbine had been given a
hearing.
One of the really surprising votes in
the house this session was taken Wed
nesday afternoon when that body by
a bare majority passed the bill pro
viding that United States senators
shall be nominated by a plurality vote
and not by the vote of legislative dis
tricts. Although the pian to nomi
nate United States senators by popu
lar vote was made a portion of the
party policy to "trust- the - people,"
many of the Democratic members
from western Kansas voted to leave
the law just as it was written several
years ago. Not until after there was
a prolonged call of the house, did the
house members vote 65 to 53 to nom
inate by plurality vote.
The house greeted a' favorite sen
ate bill with a club Wednesday af
ternoon, then threw the measure out
the window. That vote occurred on
the bill by Senator Bowman which
regulated the affairs of the innocent
and in offensive real estate agent.
Some of the members contended that
the provisions of the bill made it im
possible for a real estate man to col
lect a commission for ,his services.
They enlisted the support of their
friends to beat the measure and it
was defeated 63 to 27.
Tannahill's little bill providing for
the branding of the bulk weight of all
products, aroused a small riot in the
house Wednesday afternoon and
brought forth suggestions for some 50
amendments. It provided that a 48
pound sack of flour should be properly
branded and labelled, that a bushel of
corn, oats, wheat, apples and potatoes
and a long list of other products should
be treated in like manner. A few of
the members discovered that this plan
meant a real hardship on the farmer
and wanted the new system tried only
on the merchants in town. There was
a oflod of oratory in which the 72 farm
ers were pitted against the 53 men from
the little towns and cities. And after
an hour of right lively debate, the
house recommended that the bill be re
ported for passage with a list of
amendments attached that resembled
the tail of a kite.
Doors of the house of representa
tives will be locked to women and chil
dren next Monday night when the
house considers as a special order the
Scott matrimonial bills and the bill
(Continued on Page Two.)
OPPOSED. AND R.
Speaker Brown and Democrat
Leaders Switched.
Forgot Campaign Promises for
Personal Desires.
AFRAID OF THE PEOPLE.
Refused to Check First I. and
1 B. Matter Up to Them.
State Fair Proposition Hold
Up of Boll Call.
Forgetting their party promises for
an I. and R., their campaign speeches
and their fervent prayers on the floor
of the house, western Kansas Demo
crats laid aside their convictions of yes
terday to land today a state fair for
Hutchinson. In this effort they were
joined by a sufficient number of east
ern and central Kansas members to
over-ride a motion to postpone consid
eration and a motion to refer the state
fair fight to the voters.
Added to the inconsistency of the
Democratic house, was the evident
juggling of the vote in the hands of
the clerk and the refusal of Speaker
Brown to compel the announcement of
a vote before the Hutchinson lobbyists
had time to change three votes on the
floor. Those were the features of the
first two hours of the fight for posses
sion of the state fair plum. And in
their ambitions to salve a possibly not
over indulgent constituency, the back
bone principles of a party were forgot
ten. Both the bills providing for a fair
at Hutchinson and the one providing
for a fair at Topeka were called up
under a special order. Graber defend
ed the Hutchinson claim and Robert
Stone told why the state show should
be in Topeka.
With a map in his hand. Graber ex
plained why the town in the midst of
the western Kansas sand hills should
be selected. He dwelt at length on the
fertility of the sand, the geographical
location of his town and readily i.c
cepted the committee amendment re
moving the clause calling for an appro
priation to go with the taking over of
the Hutchinson institution.
Stone's Xew Plan.
Stone cited to the house members
the fact that only the state fairs lo
cated in a oapitol city were successfiil.
(Continued on Pus Two.)
THE U. S. VIEW.
Stability of ew Mexican Gov
ernment Depends on Liberality.
If Huerta Will Allow Keal Pop
ular Elections He May Endure.
Washington. Feb. 20. The stabil
ity of the new government in Mexico
in the opinion of officials here, will
depend entirely upon the extent to
which Huerta and his leaders are will
ing to recognize the directing powers
of the Mexican congress. Consequent
ly they are waiting with interest the
hourly developments.
So far as the record goes, the forms
of the Mexican constitution appear to
have been observed, in the perfunctory
elevation of the minister for foreign
affairs to the presidential office for
an hour or two before his replace
ment by a provisional president chos
en by the congress.
The real test is looked for in the
provision for the holding of popular
elections and the willingness of the
defacto government to surrender con
trol to the officers chosen by the peo
ple. So long as Mexicans alone are in
volved in the summary executions and
deportations, there can be no inter
ference on the part of this govern
ment, although it has been suggested
that possibly Ambassador Wilson and
other members of the diplomatic
corps in the City of Mexico might un
officially use their influence for
mercy.
Meanwhile there is nothing for the U.
S. to do at this juncture but to permit
the situation to develop normally, in
the expectation that the Mexican peo
ple will be able to erect a permanent
government representing their wishes
on the wreck of the Madero establish
ment without the aid cf outside in
fluences. War department officials to
day were at a loss to understand the
complaint from Governor Colquitt, of
Texas, against the policy pursued by
the administration in the conservation
of peace along the border. Brigadier
General Steever has established what
thj soldiers regard as a most efficient
military patrol along the northern
boundary of Mexico, and although he
is in a position to know the precise
conditions in the neighborhood of this
line, so far he has failed to report any
cause of complaint which Gov. Col
quitt has mentioned. The general staff
feels it unnecessary to add to the bor
der patrol. -
KANSAS MINE ON FIRE.
Blaze in Leavenworth Shaft Will Prob
ably Burn a Week.
Leavenworth. Kan., Feb. 20. A fire
which started in the mule stables in
the north shaft of the. Home Riverside
Mining company is still raging and of
ficials say that it may be a week be
fore the flames are finally extinguish
ed. Nine of the ten mules kept at the
bottom of the shaft died in the fire.
It may he necessary to wait until the
blaze works itself to tne ajrshaft, a
distance of three hundred yards from
the stables, before it can be extinguished-
Weather Forecast for Kansas.
Snow tonight or Friday.
Bank of Topeka.
Complete savings department. Adv.
SHE TOOKS4,700.
Did 3Irs. Morrow, Instead of
Just $3,000.
And She Says She Is Entitled
to Money.
A SUIT F0R DIVORCE.
Follows Husband's Charges of
Yesterday.
Wife Makes Many Charges and
Wants Share of Estate.
A sequel to the sensational story of
robbery and flight, told to the police
yesterday by Isaac N. Morrow, of
Shorey. was filed In the district court
this morning in the shape of a suit for
divorce brought against the Shorey
merchant by Mrs. Medora E. Morrow.
Briefly Mrs. Morrow says she took
$4,700 instead of $3,000, charged by her
husband, but she considered it her
money. She did not leave town, nnd
never was in an automobile yesterday.
She has suffered abuse, she says from
her husband for year, culminating yes
terday morning when she declares he,
threatened to "blow her brains out."
With her petition fordivorce she filed
a certificate of deposit from the Mer
chants National bank for $4,580, de
posited in the same of Charles W.
Bower as clerk of the district court,
and she asks the court to keep con
trol of the money until her suit is ad
judicated. Excessive jealousy and a tendency to
intoxication led to all their trouble,
Mrs. Morrow says. Her petition charges
that the year after their marriage,
which occured June 15, 1897. in Topeka.
he began a system of abuse. She cites
an instance where she says he struck
her in the face, another where he kick
ed her with a heavily booted foot. She
says he has called her vile names, and
that at one time he fired six shots
at her from a revolver, only being pre
vented from killing her by a neighbor
who, seizing the weapon, caused th
shots to go astray.
Then she avers that she has been the
business head of the Morrow family
for many years. While they lived en
a farm near Topeka she managed the
place, superintended the picking and
sale of small fruits, doing the work of
a man in addition to her household
work, and that through her efforts
they accumulated about $10,000. Later
they moved to Shorey and after open
ing the store there she says she ha
managed that, and that her husband
has done notjiiim but sit around and
drink. Their property is estimated to
tsmtti olio cava d Knnt f AAA
. warrant for the arrest of the alleged
fugitive has been withdrawn and never
will be served. .The county officers feci
that there is no need to interfere In a.
quarrel between husband and wife. Thu
incidents this moning, however, furnished
a dramatic climax to the scenes of yester
day when Morrow was plainly anxious to
see his wife landed behind prison bars.
Morrow is one of the largest men,
physically, in the county. He iH said to
measure 6 feet 6 inches In height and t
weiga close to 300 pounds, all .of winch is
brawn and bone. He is able to look dowi
even upon Tom Lillard. assistant county
attorney, who is considerable bigger than
the average.
His wife is an ordinary sized woman,
and is more than ordinarily attractive.
The fight over the estate, which the wlf.i
asks to be divided between them promises
to keep the courts busv for some time.
SNOW IN LOS ANGELES.
Miniature Storm Causes Short Halt In
Business.
Los Angeles, Cal., Feb. 20. For th
first time in many years Los Angeles
was visited by a miniature snowstorm
Wednesday afternoon. Following a
heavy hailstorm in the morning snow
fell for several minutes shortly after
2 o'clock.
The flakes melted almost as fast as
they fell, but Jhey proved astonishing
ly interesting to thousands of people
on the streets. For a short time busi
ness in many offices and stores was
entirely suspended while a large por
tion of the populace watched the flakes
fall.
DIAZ FOR PRESIDENT.
Felix Will Make Race at Next I elec
tion. Mexico Cfty, Feb. 20. Felix- Diaz will
enter the race for-the presidency. Pro
bably General Huerta will not run
against him. One reason why Diaz
made no effort to secure the provis
ional presidency for himself was his
wish to be entirely free to organize and
direct his party in tiie coming cam
paign. THREE DAYS BATTLE.
Losses Heavy and Neither Allies r
Turks Gain Advantage.
London. Feb. 20. A terrific three
days' battle between 100,000 Bulgarians
and 70,000 Turks at Bulair has Just con
cluded according to a dispatch today
from Constantinople, each side is said
to have lost Z.ovv men. Enver Bey.
leader of the young Turks, is reported
among the wounded.
TODAY IN CONGRESS.
Washington, Feb. 20. Senate met at
noon. Began debate on river and har
bor appropriation bill.
Finance committee endorsed odge
bill for tariff commission of five mem
bers. House met at noon. Resume debate
on Sundry civil appropriation bill.
Chairman Hay, of military affairs com
mittee, introduced bill to reduce num
ber of officers allowed each army regi