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VOL. 50.
SANTA FE NEW MEXI60, WEDNESDA V, OCTOBER 1, 1915.
NO. 197.
CLUE IS F
IN CHI
AGO i
SHOT IN LIQUOR
RAID BY TOWN
MARSHAL BUSEV
SUL
MURDER
WHEN THE INQUEST IS RESUMED
TO MORROW, THE MYSTERIOUS
" SPENCER " MAYBE THERE.
TO DAY'S DEVELOPMENTS SEEM TO
PROVE HIM A BLACKMAILER ALSO.
MRS. REXROAT DID NOT
LIKE "COUNTRY LOUTS"
Fort Logan, Colo., Oct. 1. William
Robinson, sergeant of the United
Slates army hospital corps, was shot
mid dangerously wounded early today
by Geo. E. Busey whose term as (own
marshal expired at midnight. Robin
son is confined in the post hospital to
day with a bullet hole through his
lung;, from which it is feared he may
die.
Busey is held In the county jail at
Littleton. Today lie stated that the
shooting followed his attempt to raid
Robinson's home, believing that the
soldier was selling liquor illegally. He
charges that when he went to arrest
Robinson, the latter made a move as
If to draw a gun and he fired believing
his life in danger.
Friends of the wounded sergeant
charge that Busey was under the in
fluence of liquor at the time and fired
as Robinson attempted to give him as-
Chicago, Oct. 1. A real clue in the sistance.
mysterious murder of Mrs. Mildred t'ndersheriff Bennett of Littleton.
, ,,. . . . . declared that when he arrested Busey
All.son-Rexroat was obtained at Ma- hp mm gve no eonerent account of
comb, III., today by state's attorney the affair.
Hadley of DuPage county, revealing
the elusive "Mr. Spencer" suspected ! UAf HINf fATTf F
ui mo milium, on u uiait inuutu .
The information came from Everett
Rexroat, the second husband of the
murdered woman, and from William
Rexroat, father of Everett. Hadley
confronted the two farmers with In
formation which he had pieced to
gether and gave them the option of
giving up what information they had
or themselves stand trial for murder.
According to their story, "Spencer"
and the alleged blackmailer are alike
in every detail.
R'S CASE
IS NEARING
END
NEW MEXICO CASE
BEFORE CIRCUIT j
COURT OF APPEALS !
IN BONO FOR
NEW TARIFF LAW
ATTORNEYS FOR THE PROSECUTION
GIVE NOTICE THAT THEY HAVE
CLOSEO THEIR CASE.SULZER S
ATTORNEYS ASK ADJOURNMENT
TO MONDAY.
CASE GOESOVER TO
Denver, Oct. 1. The Kansas Natu
ral Gas company case was taken under
advisement by the United Slates cir
cuit court of appeals shortly before
noon today. Following the Kansas
Natural lias company case, arguments
were begun in the case of the Central ;
Electric, company against the Socorro I
Electric company, on appeal from thej
1' nited States district court of New j
Mexico. A motion to 'quash the cita-
tion was overruled.
The case grows out of the sale of!
electrical machinery by the Central j
Electric company to the Socorro eon- ;
oi rn. The Central company obtained j
a judgment in a state court for pay- j
nient for the machinery, but before j
this judgment could be collected, the :
Qninrrn r nvmian v uvufitlfifl II H.rfl (if i
2PM TO-MORROW i tnist-t,i,is ,-vins"," lts uropOT,-v- The
a r. in. iu iTiuniiuH jit!8ue in the present eiise iB as t0
I whether the company was insolvent j
when this deed of trust was executed, i
RE8ELS FORCED
TO EVACUATE
THE CITY
THE ONCOMING FEDERAL COLUMNS
El
Mrs. Allison Rexroat was on the
farm but about to return to Chicago
when this man made his appearance.
He took photographs of the farm and
its buildings, retouched them with
colors and attempted to sell the re
sult to the elder Rexroat, but the lat
ter declined. This seemed to be the
business of the caller. When Mrs. Al
lison Rexroat took the train for Chi
cago that night, the picture salesman
boarded the same train.
Mrs. Allison Rexroat expressed ad
Paso, Texas, Oct. 1. American
cattlemen are holding thousands of
head of Mexican cattle in bond at El
Paso and at other points on the bor
der, awaiting action on the tariff bill,
providing free importation. One local
firm has five thousand head in bond
land claims it will save $25,000.
j One thousand are being held at El
I Paso; 2443 at Alpine, Texas; 2,000 at
I La .Titos and others at points east and
i west of here. The cattlemen are per
mitted to hold the cattle in bond for
six months.
CONDITION OF SENATOR
LODGE IS HOPEFUL
Nahant, Mass., Oct. i. Encour
aging reports came last night from
I the home of United States Senator
miration for the man, sying that he j Lodge, who is ill following an opera
seemed to have ginger, "so different ; tion for the removal of a gastric ul-
from the couutry touts who drag their
feet with them."
Shortly afterward the elder Rexroat
received a letter from a man who
styled himself a lawyer. This epistle
said that the woman was in a materiv
cer.
"Senator Lodge passed a quiet and
restful afternoon and evening, en
tirely free from fever. The attending
physiciniiB pronounced his condition
entirely satisfactory in their visit lat?
ity hospital in Chicago and suggested this afternoon." This was the state
that it. would be well for the recipient
to help her with money.
"While she was here she Beemed to
be particularly attenl.'vr to me," enld
William R' xroat. "On one occasion
she said she did not believe in too
close an observance of the conven
tions of married life."
The man known only as "Spencer."
who started with Mrs. Mildred Allison
Rexroat, the tango teacher, to Wayne
last Friday and Is believed to have
shot her and placed her body on the
railroad track, answers the description
of Edward Spencer, formerly of West-
chire, according to the sheriff of that
county. He added that he expected
to hav Edward Spencer in custody
when the inquest opens tomorrow.
ment given out tonight by Mrs. Lodge
with the concurrence of the doctors
EGYPTIAN COTTON GOOD
SOUTHWESTERN CROP
Albany, ,N. Y Oct. 1. Counsel for !
the board of managers rested their j
case of Sulzer Impeachment case this I
afternoon.
In asking for the recess, Judge Her- j
i
rick said that the announcement that j
the managers rested their case today j
"came as a surprise to the counsel for
the respondent." j
"There are a number of motions to
be made," he said. "The opening
statement is to be prepared and there '
are numerous consultations which we i
must have with the respondent who,
in our opinion, should be entitled to ;
the benefit of all his counsel.
"My colleague, Mr. Marshal, left to
day to observe a religious holiday to
morrow, which is very sacred to him.
A material witnesB whom we expect
to call early is also of the same faith
and will be absent for two days.
"My associate who is to open the
case, (Mr. Hininan), is nearly ex
hausted. We don't wish to delay these
proceedings, but we think that in jus
tice to the respondent and his counsel
we should be granted a liberal ad
journment. If we do not adjourn, we
can have but. a short session on Fri
day under the rules and I believe that
we should take a recess until Mon
day. We cannot go on with but part
Senate, j
Conference report, on tariff bill was j
presented and ordered to lie on the !
table until Thursday. !
Democrats caucused at 1 1 a. m. on j
tariff bill conference report and again j
at 3 p. in. ' !
President submitted number of noni- j
inations. including several postman- j
ters, for confirmation. j
Adjourned at 12:5(1 until noon Thurs- j
day. ; '
House,
Not iu session; meets Thursday.
Election committee began investiga
tion of charges against Representative
Whaley, of South Carolina.
bin on the Texas side, it is probable
they would be interned and questions !
would arise as to the payment of their !
board bill.
The slate department was advised j
today thai the commander of the Car- i
ri'iizistns at I'iedras Negras had given i
insurance that foreigners and their
property would be given every protee-
! tion so long as he is in command,
jollier reports received at the state
j department indicated that the Carran
; istas will not attempt to destroy the
! International bridge. The report of
! Consul Blocker says that there is no ;
CAUSE A PANIC IN THE RANKS ,lan"r of " international clash at
- .... - Piedras Negras. Consul Blocker re-;
OF THE CONSTITUTIONALISTS, 'ported that he had crossed the Rio
WHO WILL MAKE LAST STAND AT
American citizens had conferred will! '
Colonel Sada, commander at Piedras
i Negras. Colonel Sada assured him j
j that no attempt would be made by his
ill oops, even if they were obliged to J
-surrender the town to the federals, to!
destroy private property. He also I
guaranteed the safety of the two inter I
national bridges and finally asserted j
I lla t uiiillli; iiii-asuirs wuuiii ui; iiuiiru i- , .
. i . . ork, Oct. 1. Heavy down-
to protect the lives and property of
foreigners. j pours of rain lasting for hours, Hooded
Senator Morris hneppard, of Texas, '-New York this afternoon, practically
look up with the secretary of the jcleared the streets of traffic, interfered
tieasury a complaint received rrom r. wllll the operation of elevated trains,
L. lieacli, publisher ot the san Anto-
t io Light, that the government was
discriminating against the Mexicans
in favor of the federals relative to the
neutrality proclamation. Mr. Shep-
FEYOTE.
hundredsrefugees ;
hurry across border;
j
Piedras Negras, Oct. 1.- This city j
was evacuated by all but a small force i
ot constitutionalists today, and the re- j
port, given out that the entire rebel j
aimy had gone to Peyotes to make a
final stand against the advancing fed
eral army under General Maas. i
Explaining the abandonment of !
Piedras Negras, the constitutional'
1st minor officials remaining here as
sert that the entire available fighting i pcrd says, however, he might later call
STORM TIES UP
TRAFFIC IN
NEWYORK
FOUR AND A HALF INCHES CF RAIN
FELL THIS AFTERNOON, SUBWAY
IS TIED UP- SURFACE TRAINS ARE
STOPPED AND LIGHNING STARTS
MANY FIRES.
mm. TEXAS ALSO IS
SUFFERING FROM FLOOD
force ts being mobilized at Peyotes,
the attention of the president to the
FINAL ACTION ON
TARIFF BILL IS
NEAR AT HAND
tied ti) the subway so that not a wheel
turned between Grand Central station
and Seventy-second street, and threat
ened a record tie-up of transportation
at the rush hour tonight.
Two and one-half inches of rain fell
between 1 and 2 : :J0 o'clock. At four
miles north of Sabinas. where it was matter of Mr. Beach. Mr. Hammil has
decided to make the final stand. ruled that the neutrality proclamation
It is admitted that the constitution-1 v. as not manufactured for military o'clock nearly four and one-half inches
alists are retreating from Sabinas ' purposes.. On the other hand the mes- Iliad fallen and it was still coming
without offering effective resistance, I sage declares that the army has pre- down steadily. Some streets in the
and it is believed to be only a ques- j vented the importation of lard, flour, j Williamsburg section of Brooklyn were
tien of a day or two when a battle i etc., to the others. It also prevents three feet under water,
will be fouglit at Peyotes. jthem from bringing their wounded into j In two factories fifteen hundred girls
The visible supply of ammunition this country. (were marooned by a torrent four feet
and rilles has been shipped to Peyotes. i Consul Blocker's warning to foreign- jdeep on every side and the police were
Two officers, who retreated from theirs to quit Piedras Negras immediate- summoned to help them put of the
field, under the pretense that they j 1', was in anticipation of rioting j buildings. ' j.
Washington. Oct. 1. The Demo- were ill were examined by Dr. Undn, i snoum tne constitutionalists be lorceu i During the storm lightning played
cratic revision tariff bill left last night j of the hospital corps, this morning and j to abandon their provisional capital, intermittently over the city. A num
on what, the party leaders hoped were declared guilty of "faking." Both ' As tlll? rvbel army is being driven ber of fires were kindled by thunder
would be the last journey to the sen-j men were accompanied to the out- j northward by the government troops bolts but the heavy rain extinguished
ate. After many hours of debate, the i skirts of the city at daylight and their I "mltr general Maas, the retreating them with little loss.
friends fear that they have been shot
AH the personal belongings of the
numerous Curranza family have been
sent to the American side, as well as
lrany members of their respective
households.
Telegraph lines connecting this city
with the south were cut at S o'clock
house adopied the main conference
agreement on the bill, 251 to al
most a strict party vole, and by this
action gave its endorsement to eve-ry
ot our counsel present. If we at- thing iu the measure except the cot
tempted to do so I am afraid one of :ton futures tax.
my associates will break down. Those j At the end of a short but bitter
of the court who are attorneys can i fight, for the adoption of the report,
wen appreciate that tnis case nas j Representative Underwood, the demo-: this morning and fear is expressed
been very laborious and exhausting to eraljc iei,der, succeeded in carrying : that a federal column under Alberto
counsel." 1 through the Smith-Lever cotton fu-: Guajuardo may have crossed through
After an executive session of forty ,tm.es tax amendment by a vote of 171 Muzquiz and flanked the retreating
minutes, the court adjourned until to-to jgi. Democrats and Republicans constitutionalists,
morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. (voted on this without regard to party j ArtPr deserting (he citv the chiefs
Judge Herrick, of counsel for Gov- limd a mrRe portion of the Democratic :8(nt a message to Major' Caldwell of
ernor Sulzer, then requested that the menlbershiu from'scpthern states itue Fourteenth Cavalry apprising him
joined in Ihe vigorous demand that :0r the evacuation. At noon today the
the whole subject be carried over tOWon was paBse( that dynamite had
another session of congress. The cot-;l,eell piac((j i various places about
jtcn futures tax question now rests en- :tlf, cjtv A squad of eighteen were
insurgents are setting fire to villages. The Brooklyn Rapid Tr:dit Bright-
Reports from the front last night ion tieach line was flooded for six
indicate that the federals are closing (miles from the beach to Prospect
in on the towns of Sabinas, from park in Brooklyn, shortly after four
which the constitutionalists are ex-io'clock. and several trains wore staJ-
CONDITIONS ARE
PEACEFUL IN
COLORADO STRIKE
Denver, Oct. 1. John R. Lawson,
member of the executive board of the
United Mine Workers of America, re
turned from the southern Colorado
coal fields today and held an informal
conference with Governor Amnions.
Both the governor and Mr. Lawson
slated that nothing of importance had
been considered.
Reports received at the governor's
office today showed that conditions
were peaceful in the camps affected
by the strike.
Disorder Reported.
Trinidad, Colo., Oct. 1. Report ot
further disorderly activity In the camp
of the Btriking coal miners of the Lud
low tent colony, reached the sheriff to
t'ay. A. G. Williams, store clerk at
Hastings, claims that strikers molest
ed him last night while he and his
v ife were driving to Ludlow in a bug
gy. He said strikers dispersed at the
bound of an automobile approaching in
the darkness. The sheriff is investi
gating. The Soprls mine, of the Colorado
Fuel & Iron company, reports seventy-
cne coal miners at work and one hun-
dred coke ovens being worked. This
statements is made In denial ot state
ments of officials of the United Mine
Workers that the mine is without
men. : i
REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUL
TURE SHOW THE STAPLE TO DO WELL
IN PRELIMINARY EXPERIMENTS IN
ARIZONA.
court adjourn until Monday next.
motion of Senator Brown the court
went Into executive session to. decide
the question.
Testimony was introduced to show
that F. C. Colwell acted as Sulzer's
dummy in the trading on the stock
exchange.
The transactions consisted of the
pected to fall back on either Mata
moras, across the line from Browns
ville, Texas, or on Piedras Negras.
W. W. Vaughan, a well known en
gineer, and Alford Williams, a drug
gist, were ordered peremptorily to
vacate, their homes with their fami
lies on constitutionalists' notification
that the property would be destroyed,
despite any protest, to the American
government, for the reason that it was
owned by federal sympathizers."
led at intervals along the line.
Water covered the rails to the depth
of a foot or more. The torrent of rain
broke through the roof of a drug store
on Broadway near Fiftieth street and
washed everything movable into the
street. The damage at this point was
estimated at $Ki,n0U.
'inly with the senate.
jleft on duty at the bridge entrance to
Atlantic City, N. J., Oct. 1. The
government's experiment In growing
1'gyptian cotton in the irrigated sec
tions of the southwest has shown that
such cotton may be raised success
fully there and at fair profit, according
t. Carl S. Schofleld, agriculturist, in
charge of western irrigation farming, i
The house committee concurred in enforce order among the refugees who
the Clark amendment put into the :are fighting to cross. At the same time
tariff bill by the senate, but added the W,at s known as the "dvnamite
i Smith-Lever-Underwood plan as an-:
purchase or 200 shares of Big Four j other aniPm,ment. Unless the senate tion , case federals succeeded in fore
which Gray said Colwell had paid for L.in accept lne change, which has,ing thelr way ,hrongh to this city.
u v,,,r.u. in ni ivw ouiu, M the endorsement of the president, tne
bought for Colwell on October 23, !whole future8 piag will have to be
1912, and delivered to him in Brook-1 ui,lort, ,.. , inillt ,.0nfer-
MOUNTED POLICE WIN
FIRST BATTLE
lyn on October 31. The second 100 L ,nce comraittee and again reported to s0.
All the stores have been closed and
those who were able to take their
merchandise to Kagle Pass are doing
JUDGE ABBOTT GRANTS PETITION OF
CAPT. FORNOFF TO MANDAMUS STATE
AUDITOR FOR SALARY. THE STATE
WILL APPEAL.
Business Paralyzed. .
! ., Houston, Tex., Oct. 1. Anothjr
niglit of rain has Increased tn gravity
of the flood situation in southeastern
Texas and southwestern Louisiana.
Streams still are rising. Railway ser
vice east of Houston is almost paraly
zed. Hundreds of houses In Lake Charles,
Louisiana, are under water and busi
ness practically is paralyzed.
was uougtH on iovemuer ana u was both lu)u8es of congress for action
not until the second purchase, accord-1 The conferonce report will be called
ing io urays Testimony, mat i oiwen
told him the transactions were for tho
account of the governor.
Gray said that Colwell had request
ed that the account, be given a num
ber and the stock delivered to him In
j It is estimated that 11,000 refugees
iare iu line waiting their turn to cross
to the American side, and it
The Xew Mexico Mounted Police,
Serious Floods in Louisiana.
Lake Charles, La., Oct. 1. Floods
in southwest Louisiana reached seri
ous proportions yesterday. Conserva
tive estimates were that unless the
rain ceased within a day, not more
than half a rice crop will be gathered.
became jthroush Captain Fred Fornoff. won
the first battle today over that import-
. r, i.i i i .91.1 i ...1..1. it
of the United States department of ag- ' ". oecuue .,e um nut 1Su u
ritulture. In an address delivered to kn,0,w" thff J1" wa ,doi"B "sis
nay before the National Association ! Wl h, Gray s firm. Colwell, who had
of Cotton Manufacturers Mr. Schofleld
announced the results of the experi
ment. A supply of seed obtained by the
government and distributed among 75
farmers In Arizona and California suf
ficed to plant 530 acres. In the Salt
River valley, Ariona, where the best
results were obtained, Mr. Schofleld
said 32 farmers planted 303 acres.
There several fields were measured
rnd a record kept of the harvest. This
record Mr. Schofleld read as follows:
Yield of Fibre.
formerly was employed by the firm of
Harris and Fuller. Colwell did not
Up iii the senate early tomorrow by
Chairman Simmons, of the finance
committee. lipnrt tnv nf five rtnllBis tn lirenk the
The history or the compromise (blockade. This tax, however, will be ;ant maUer of "salary."
amendment became a matter of rec- removed as soon us the refugees can! Judge K. C. Abbott granted the ap-j
ord before the day ended. Represen- lbe a,.ranged in orderly procession. ipoal of the mounted police to man-;
tative Underwood said President . Wil-1 Nearly 500 American soldiers arriv- darmls the 8tate aMdllor for lhe Balary j
buu iihu sivfu n in mm. n F. ......... , fia auruig tne niglit at Jiagie t'ass to
tive Lever added that the basis of the;len(i their assistance in case of local
plan was a bill presented repeateuiy ,troube wlth the Mexicans.
ECHO OF LORIMER
CASE HEARD IN
TODAY'S ARREST
in the senate Dy senator mmi, oi Rllmors are current that some act
Smith f'arolina: that he had asked! ...in i, ,!.. i . i
want Harris and Fuller to know. thethe aK,.,cultural department to put tfmni,io in case the constitutional
i Sl w ! was bringing any , the matter fnt0 ebape for the tariff istB are , to check the fe(ieral8.
business to Fuller and Gray. bill, and that Postmaster General , Although the American consul has
r.11.!.?. '?".P",'t:ha Burleson had perfected the amend- ;dpllvered notice t0 the effect that tlie
Hum me nun ..no a nullum, iiic'mBT1t and friven It tn t ie nresident.
The tariff bill itself came in for
warm praise from ail Democrats.
On the final passage of the report
PRESIDENT SENDS TWO
NOMINATIONS TO SENATE.
Washington, D. C, Oct. 1 The
president sent to the senate today the
following nominations:
Chief of engineers, with rank of
brigadier general: Col. Dan C. King
mancorps of engineers,
i Chief engineer of locomotive boil
ers, interstate commerce commission,
Frank McManamy, of Oregon.
Average
:e of Field, Total Per Acre,
Acres. Pounds. Pounds.
3.38 2,527 . 747
5.32 3,872 729
5.35 . 3,818 ' 714
1.42 994 700
4.75 3.245 . G83 .
15.23 lftjjJO "'..667'. '
10.35 5,937 ' 573
2.89 1,401 50C
1.G2 794 490
13.45 G.558 488
constitutionalist leaders will be held
responsible for any damage to foreign
property, it is believed that the author
it v nf the United States wnnlfl lie inl-
: embracing all of the bill except tnelpotellt to prevent the dvnamiting of:
j cotton tax. Representative Donohue, ;the town ln case of riots
or Pennsylvania; Lazaro, Morgan and' A nieSage has been received from!
Crousasrd. of Louisiana, Democrats, ; Oeneral Jesus Garranza, brother of
l voted against it; while Representa- j )ne constitutionalist : leader .addressed
! tive Kelly, of Pennsylvania: McDon-: t0 1he military authorities at Eagle I
aid. of Michigan, and Rubley. of j r at5S stating tliat Piedras Negras has '
Alfalfa has proved to be the best
tn Dat llln nm limnlnn 1 n.l.V. n
alternating crop to be used with this j 7 m irZ
cotton, Mr. Schofleld said. The quail-1 . " " " " " , v
Hp smn tnrtnv thai tic haA haan at
tjf ui uie l-uuuu was exceiiem, euuie
of the lint stapling slightly more than j
1 1-2 inches and the bulk 1 7-16 inches.
The price obtained for the cotton, he
said, varied between 21 and 23 cents
witness testified, whose name Gray
could not remember, although Col
well had revealed her identity when
the bond was delivered.
Gray said he was a contributor.
through Colwell, to the governor's
campaign fund. He said he could not
recall whether he gave $50 or $100.
It was brought out that Colwell lives
in one of the broker's houses in
Yonkers. Gray was questioned re
garding Colwell's whereabouts, but he
insisted that he had not seen nor
heard from Colwell since he disap
peared several weeks ago.
Gray was not subpoenaed by the Im- j
peachment managers until yesterday ' ARMY. OFFICER WILL
owing to the inability of process serv-! RESUME AVIATION,
ers to locate him. His attorney for- j Annapolis. Md., Oct. 1. Lieutenant
mer Judge Bell of Yonkers, was placed i John H. Towers, in charge of the
on the stand j-esterday and requested
for the fiscal year, beginning Decem
ber 1, 1913, no appropriation having
been made at the last session of the
legislature, although no action to
abolish the office was taken.
Attorney Francis C. Wilson repre
sented Captain Fornoff and Attorney
General Frank V, Clancy apepared
for the state auditor. The attorney
Minneapolis, Minn., Oct. 1.-
Johu C.
Kenning of Chicago, was arrested
here today and is held as a fugitive
from justice.
Kenning Bued Clarence S. Funk,
then general manager of the Interna
tional Harvester company, for $50,000
damages for alleged alienation of the
affections of Mrs. Henning. A jury In
j Chicago found for Funk June 20, 1912,
j and he swore out a warrant, charging
Henning with perjury. Today's infor-
; general, served notice of an appeal (option of Henning's whereabouts was
the supreme court.
MINING CORPORATION
SEEKS TO DISSOLVE.
Pennsylvania, Progressives, and Man
i ahau, Minnesota; Stafford and Carey,
Wisconsin, and Kent, California, Re
j publicans, voted with the majority.
i been temporarily abandoned by the
constitutionalist troops, all of whom
have been sent to the front to resist
! a further federal advance.
In the meantime the American sol
j diers are requested to guard against
any armed invasion from the Amerl-
Duluth, Minn., Oct. 1. The Cananea
Copper company, incorporated August
1, 1906, with an authorized capital
stock of $10,000,000, has not engaged
In business since January 3(1, 1912, ac
cording to the stockholders, who peti
tion for its dissolution.
Organized to deal in stocks of other
j the first since then.
Meanwhile Henning's attorney, Dan
I iel Donahue and two of his witnesses
were indicted in Chicago on charges
; of conspiracy to defame Funk's char
j acter.
I It is claimed by Funk that Hen
I ning's suit was inspired in revenge for
the former's testimony adverse to
I Senator Lorimer before the senate in
j vestigation committee. Henning ad-
mitted his identity and is being held
pending instructions from Chicago.
was more than sufficient to pay for
the ginning and baling, even when
sold to an oil mill at the low figure
of $15 a ton.
Mr. Schofleld estimated the cost, of
FIFTEEN YEAR OLD BOY (producing an acre of Egyptian cotton
KILLS SEVEN WITH AXE. j basing his estimate on averages
i at approximately foi, exclusive oi in
a pound. About 1,800 pounds of seed
nnll..,, n ...... 1 1. I.i ,1
used, yielded a 500-pound 'bale, and I eI,0,,M Ve "eayd a,ld disposed of at t3"
the cotton seed obtained therefrom
ravy aviation school here, reported
Mb return from leave at the academy
yesterday and it is understood will re
sume flying within a few days.
Lieutenant Towers was severely in
jured on May 20. when he fell sixteen
ers had been searching for him. hundred feet into Chesapeake bay.
Judge Cullen, in announcing the ad- Ensign William D. Billinglee, his com
.inurnment said it had been dclded : pauion, was killed,
that all the preliminary motions I '
today that he had been at
tending to business in his various of
fices every day that the process serv-
comnanies iu Sonora, Mexico, and this
I - " " .... ; country, tne stocKnoiuers say mey .PHILADELPHIA AND NEW
can side as the federal sympathizers nlade some investments, but later de-! YORK TO PLAY OFF GAME
are likely to take, advantage of the cide(I ,0 disp0se of all the company's
piesent conauions to.rorce tneir way ( holdings.
into Piedras Negras, the message j only 600,000 shares were issued and
slates. j the Greene-Cananea Copper company
Colonel Caldwell, of the Fourteenth ; holds all but seven. Final hearings will
cavalry, has given instructions with a i be given October 25.
view to preventing any movement
originating on American territory. woman CONFESSES
MURDER OF CHILDREN
morrow's session.
Judge Herrick then inquired if the
court could assure counsel for Oov-
TITTMAN APPOINTED
IN SEVENTH DISTRICT
Edward T. Tittman of Hills-
Several looters were shot down in
the streets today by constitutional
tioops who steadily are suppressing j Mjneapolis, Minn., Oct. 1 Ac
acts of lawlessness. 'eordine to the Dolice. Mrs. Ida Leck-
Xew York. Oct. 1. Details of the
manner in which New York and Phila
delphia shall play off, Thursday, the
remainder of the disputed baseball
seme terminated by the umpire in
Philadelphia on August 30, at the end
ot the eighth Inning, are contained in
a letter addressed to the presidents
ot the two clubs by President Lynch,
of the National league. The letter
follows I
"The teams representing New York
Carloads of Injured soldiers were ;wodt thirty-two years old, arrested to
moved across the river and lett insight, confessed to having murdered i and Philadelphia ball clubs are order-
front of the U. S. military post, ine ,sjx ot ,er children by poison. Mrs. ied to take the field at the Polo grounds
ernor Sulzer that the preliminary mo- bor0) sierra COunty, was this af- j matter has been taken up as to what Leckwold was arrested on a charge of j New York, at 1 o'clock p. m.. October
llnna nnltr vt-n,.ll 1.A 1 !
uiiio uuij nuuiu uc laiYCIl lip lOIHUr-;
rcw, saying: "It will embarrass as
greatly to be compelled to go on with 1
the case at that time." L,
Nantes, France, Oct. 1. A crime of
Incredible savagery was committed
yesterday by a boy fifteen years old.
who murdered with an axe no fewer
than seven people in the village of
Basbrlage En Landreau, in the de
partment of the Loire Inferleure. The
boy is Marcel Redureau, employed as
a vine cutter.
terest on land investments. This he , GEO. W.
divided as follows: Seed, tillage and !
ternoon appointed district attor- j exposition is to De maae or inese i having caused the death of her daugh-12 191:1, for the. purpose of finishing
ney in the seventh judicial dist- j "'en. jter, Viola, aged nine, who died Sep-i the game illegally terminated by the
rict to fill the place made va- Washington, I). C., Oct. 1. The warember 8, and Laura, 11 months, who! umpire in Philadelphia on August 30,
cant by the death of John E. Grif- i department was not alarmed at tne,d;ed last July.
fith ,who was elected to the posi
LOFT NOMINATED " . , tion in November, 1911. Tittman
TO SUCCEED SULLIVAN. has been very prominent in the
irrigation, $15: picking (1,800 pounds j New York, Oct. 1. George W. Loft councils of the Democratic party
seed cotton), $36; ginning and baling: a manufacturer, was tonight nomi-; and his appointment was not un
$10. As the average yield in the Salt j rated by the Democratic compression-1 expected. He will fill the posi
river valley experiment was in ex-jal committee for the thirteenth dis-ition until the election next fall,
cess of a bale an acre, the profit was j trict as the party candidate to fill the S when a district attorney will be
consequently a good one, approximat-1 vacancy caused by the death of Timo- elected to serve two years, or
Ing $50 an acre. thy D. Sullivan. until the next state election.
'last.
"When play is called on above men
tioned day and hour the status of tho
game shall be as follows:
, "The score shall stand S to (i In fav
or of Philadelphia, with the New York
club at bat for its first half of tho
Japanese are congregated at Piedras According to the police Mrs. Leek-j ninth inning, and one man on the
Negras and would like permission to wold declared that she had poisoned I side at bat iMcCormiek) shall be out,
enter but no action has been taken. In ,the children by giving them large I cne ball called on the second batsman
case they have been granted an asy-, quantities of liquid fly-poison. ' J( Murray) and no runners ou base.
situation at the border but they sug- j The police declare that she not only
gested that a machine gun be placed admitted the slaying of those chil
at the international bridge on theidren, but also confessed that she had
American side which will in all Iikeli ! caused the death of four others,
hcod furnish protection. It has been al' of them under one year old, at dif
rumored that quite a large number of ferent times, between 1903 and 1911
3l. i
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