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SANTA FE NEW MEXI60, WESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1915.
NO. 244.
VOL 50.
CURRENCY
DEBATE HAS
STARTED
SENATOR HITCHCOCK TELLS WHY
HE OPPOSES GLASS-OWEN MEAS
URE SENATOR SHAFROTH SUP
PORTS IT IN HIS TALK.
TO RUSH DEBATE
UNTIL BILL IS PASSED
Washington, D. C, Nov. 25. The
struggle in the open senate over the
administration second great legisla
tive measure, the currency bill, which
i vas opened yesterday with a short
statement by Senator Owen, the ad
ministration leader was continued tit
day when Senator Hitchcock, also a
Democrat, took up the defense of tha
substitute bill agreed upon by the op
position faction in the senate hank
ing committee.
Senator Hitchcock pointed out the
importance of currency legislation to
the country generally. "President
Wilson in making currency reform an
administration measure, has merited
and received the praise of the whole
country" he said. "His wisdom and
bis courage in bringing this needed
reform to a practical issue is to be
highly commended. Nothing less than
presidential Influence would have
made banking and currency reform
possible for some time. I yield this
tribute to the president of the United
States the more readily because i
have frankly opposed and criticised
him when he urged hasty action which
T deemed dangerous."
The senator reviewed the differen
ces between the bill he presented and
that presented by Senator Owen, and
dwelt at length on the provision in
his draft to make the four regional
hanks publicly owned and government
controlled. He declared that the
house bill and the Owen bill were
faulty, in that they forced banks to
give up a part of their present capital
for the new system.
"To take away from these individual
banks at one sweep oneteuth of their
cash capital, was, in my opinion, a
mistake, it was to aggravate the evil
of lack of capital, which already exist
, cd and still further reduce the margin
cf safety for the depositor. And so i
have joined in recommending an
amendment by which the capital In
the regional hanks, instead of being
supplied by the banks themselves, is
to be supplied by the report of the
United States." Senator Hitchcock
said that his plan contemplated re
gional institutions at Chicago, New
Vork, St. Louis and San Francisco.
He presented the division of capital
and the business of the country
among these banks and described the
usefulness of the four institutions to
the banks and borrowers of each dis
trict. Senator Shafroth, one of the Dem
ocratic members, who helped prepare
the Owen bill, spoke after Senator
Hitchcock, supporting the administra
tion measure.
Senator Owen gave notice today
that he intended to keep the Senate
hard at work on the currency bill un
til it is disposed of.
"It is costing the country $5,000,000
a day to delay this currency bill," he
said. "I propose to keep the senate
in session until 6 o'clock every even
ing and to insist on consideration of
the currency bill on all the spare time
the senate may have. Senator Pitt
rnan declared he would insist on the
agreement to consider the Hetch
Hetchy bill from December 1 to De
cember fi. Democratic senators at a
conference tomorrow morning will
take up a program to hurry the bill
along and to develop views.
WOULD COPY CANAL
ZONE SANITATION
New York, Nov. 25. Dr. Edward
Martini, who has been studying the j
United States army's medical work in
the canal zone in the interest of the
German government, arrived here to
dav from Colon. He will return to
Germany shortly to make a report
and will later go to the German colo
nies in South America, where he will
undertake to duplicate the sanitary
work of the Americans in the canal
zone, particularly the successful cam
paign against yellow fever.
Dr. Martini brought back with him
specimens of fever infecting mos
quitoes, which he said he had been
forced to go out the canal zone to find
because of the elimination of the pest
by American sanitary reflations. His
collection was held up temporarily by
the customs officials.
1915 EXPOSITION SENDS
MEN TO GUATEMALA.
Guatemala City, Guatemala, Nov.
25. The commis-ioners of the Pana
ma Pacific exposition at San Francis
co, James F. Stutesman, and Oscar
Fembach, arrived here today.'
PRESIDENT FINLEY OF
SOUTHERN RAILROAD DEAD.
Washington, D. C, Nov. 25. W. W.
Finley .president of the Southern
railway system, died at his home here
this afternoon. He was stricken with
paralysis at breakfast time this
morning and" sank fast.
PUBLIC PROFITED
TOO MUCH TO
SUIT MR. VAIL
Chicago, 111.. Nov. 25. An "im
mense sum" in possible telephone
profits has been lost to the telephone
companies of this country, by "de
structive competition" between inde
pendent systems and the American
Telephone and Telegraph company.
The public has profited by the war
fare between the independents and
the Bell system and it was to put an
end to this situation that a $400,01)0,
000 merger of telephone companies,
was proposed by the American com
pany, backed by the .Morgan financial
power.
This was the substance of the testi
mony here today of Ernest Bv Fisher,
secretary of the Citizen's Telephone
company, of Grand Rapids, Mich., at
the hearing in the government's anti
trust suit against the American com
pany. .Mr. Fisher said that the mer
ger proposition was put into words by
Theodore N. Vuil, president of the
American company, and that 11. P.
Davison of the firm of J. P. Morgan
and company, told the sixty or seven
ty independent telephone men pres
ent that the "house of Morgan" was
prepared to guarantee the financing
of any proposition made by the Ameri
can company. This took place at the
meeting here December 10, 1910, to
which the members of the Independ
ent Telephone association, then in
convention here were summoned by a
message that Vail was In the city and
desirous of meeting them to talk mer
ger. Mr. Fisher said that he had op
posed the merger proposition as "im
proper" and financially bad.
SECRETARIES
IN DIPLOMATIC
SERVICE NAMED
Washington, D. C, Nov. 2.". Presi
dent Wilson made these nominations
today: Second secretaries of embassy,
Arthur Hugh Frazier, of Pennsylvania,
at Paris; Thomas Hinckley, of the
District of Columbia, at Vienna; Ar
thur Mason Jones, of New York, at
St. Petersburg; Henry Coleman May.
of the District of Columbia, at ToUio;
George T. Summerlin of Louisiana, at
Berlin; Secretary of Legation and
Consul General Henry F. Tennnnt, of
New York, at San Salvador.
Secretaries of .legations: William
Whiting Andrews, of Ohio, at Berne;
James G. Bailey, of Kentucky, at Lis
bon; Francis M. Endicott, of Massa
chusetts, at San Jose, Costa Rica;
Franklin M. Gunther, of Virginia, at
Christiana; M. M. Langhorn of Vir
ginia, to" the Netherlands and Luxem
burg; William Spencer, of Pennsyl
vania, Caracas: Sheldon Whitehouse,
of New York, at Managua.
Second secretary of legation at Pe
king, Frederick A. Sterling, of Texas.
EARLE OF AFFINITY FAME
NOT ON STEAMER.
New York, Nov. 25. Ferdinand Pin-
ney Karle original exponent of the af
finity theory, was not aboard the
steamship Finland, which arrived
here this afternoon from Europe.
Counsel for his first wife, Mrs. Emile
Fischbacher were on hand with a writ
of habeas corpus, which they intend
ed to serve on Earle to obtain the cus
tody of Harold Earle, son of the pair
whom the former Mrs. Earle charges
the artist with kidnaping In France.
INCOME DOESN'T KEEP
UP WITH EXPENSES
WABASH OFFICIAL PRESENTS FIGURES TO
THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMIS
SION SHOWING ALLEGED NEED OF 5
PERCENT RAISE IN FREIGHT RATES.
Washington, D. C, Nov. 23. Repre
sentatives of railroads in Central
Freight Association territory, were
heard today before the Interstate com
merce commission in support of the
application for a'general five per cent
increase in freight rates east cf the (
Mississippi and north of the Ohio ;
and Potomac rivers.
Louis, ecnerali
W. C. Maxwell, of St,
traffic manager of the Wabash rail
road, was the first witness, and J. I
jMinnis, general
consul, questioned
him nn tabulated figures relating to
In cost of oDerating dur-
tiveiv email increase in net income.
Maxwell testified particularly as to
the results of operation and financial
at4 n0 ...IWna Vtf.tCT-aan Pitts- i
P.TXrtadata relating to
38 railroads with 31,937 miles of line,
All those railroads, he said, while j
showing In 1913 a gross increase la j wedded couple will spend tne greater ; Grenfell who eaoi, year ministers to noon by attempting to tianK viuas(.iBu a. ... ..u
operating revenues of $78,000,000 more; part of their honeymoon abroad. ltj,he sif,,.' and needy fishermen there.; west, in an effort to get behind him: city to Forbes and Ludlow,
than for 1910, suffered a loss of $12,-lis thought they will sail within alUr iJrenfHn ;s to be best man at the 'and attack Juarez from the northwest, Conferees Not in Session.
000,000 in operating Income.
RAILROAD BONDED ISSUE
OF $470,000,000.
Jefferson City, Mo., Nov. 25. Appli
cation was made to the Missouri Pub
lic Service Commission today by the
Chicago, Milwaukee and SL Paul Rail
road, for permission to issue $170,000,
000 in refunding bonds.
The bond issue is to cover all stock
issueB, franchises and equipment of
the ten thousand miles of the Mil
waukee system. The bonds are to
take up the entire indebtedness of the
system.
It is thought that the commission
will grant the desired permission this
afternoon.-
MR. AND MRS. FRANCIS BOWES SAYRE, WHO WERE MARRIE
AT THE WHITE HOUSE THIS AFTERNOON.
WILSON-SAYRE
NUPTIALS
AT 4:30
MISS JESSIE, SECOND DAUGHTER OF
PRESIDENT AND MRS. WILSON
BECOMES BRIDE OF FRANCIS
BOWES SAYRE AT WHITE HOUSE
THIS AFTERNOON
WILL GO ABROAD
ON THEIR HONEYMOON.
j: Y H
Washington, D. C, Nov. 25.
Miss Jessie Wilson, the presi-
dent's second daughter, and X
Francis Howes Sayre were mar- '
ried in the east room in the X
White House late this afternoon.
The ceremony began at 4:J0
o'clock. X
The ceremony was completed
V at 4:40 o'clock. X
Indian summer weather ushered in
the wedding day of Miss Jessie Wood
row Wilson and Francis Bowes Sayre.
Carriages began early rolling up to
the White House portico and there
was a distinct touch of holiday atmos
phere everywhere. In the interior of
the White House a floral bower In
itself-verything was quiet and in j
J ' . - -
readiness for the ceremony at 4:0
o'clock:. At the executive offices some
of the wedding guests came early, to
pay their respects to President Wil
son. Colonel E. M. House, of New
York, an intimate friend; Cleveland!"""' ' "'"""M,ut the rebel officials in Juarez de
H. Dodee. a Princeton classmate of
., -..j ri... a nn.
we presiuwu, ami jonu ...,
..nitutn wpra nninn? the first to arrive.
The president had only one business
engagement-a cabinet meeting.
Mrs. Wilson visited the executive
offices with guests, showed them the
l. b ' h b,
Presulent s olnce "n" J1"
no.ncu ........... .....
g:"nds with them Charles W.
A pin. secretary of Princeton universi-: - - -iV
ty; Andrew C. Imbrie, Edward Ho,'' ancestry of Miss on
Professors Osgood and Parrott, and a! re f .n"
score of long time residents of Prince- !?o lege , an Harvard Law School. He
t0D.
oorlv fi.llf.rs Mr. Savre;'"0 "V"" ...
long walk in the morning and were at
the White House for luncheon.
Miss Mary Tumulty, the 9 year old
rlanp-hlor
ughter of Secretary and Mrs. Tu-
mult y. was to be the youngest guest
at the wedding,
It became known today that the
week, though the time of their depar -
ture end their destination is being
kept secret. After a long automobile I townj asa., where Sayre is to be as-j
ride, members of the bridal party con-! Bistant to the president of Williams
gregated at the White House again I college. Professor Harry A. Garfield,
shortly after noon. The last floral & son f the martyred president, and !
piece to be placed in the east roomjonce a member of the Princeton fac-i
was a huge mountain of white chry-(..tv j
santhemums sent by the minister
from Ecuador. It represented the
highest mountain in Ecuador and was
encircled by flags and the coat of arms
of the South American republic.
Tne wnite vicuna rug presentee Dywhere her father was for 27 years
the minister from Peru, was placed on
the dias on the satin-covered kneel
ing bench where the ceremony was to
take place. That and the floral
pieces from several diplomats were
the only gifts visible in the east
room. . I
"Obey" Not in Service. I
! The fact that the word "Obey" was j
J to be omitted from the service at- i
traded some attention, but reference
, to the book of common worship of !
i the Presbyterian church discloses that j
the word "obey1' is not Included iu
j the Presbyterian form as it is in the ,
j Episcopalian service. ,
i "In all love and honor, in nil duly'
land service, In all faith und tender
ness, are the words wnieu aisnn-.
guish the Presbyterian service.
Captain Bill Arrives.
Captain Bill McDonald, I1. S. mar
shal for northern Texas, former body
guard of President Wilson, and vete
ran Texas vangf, came to town to
day to attend tne 'White House wed
ding. Captain Bill arrived early wear
ing a broad Texas sombrero and with
his coat skirts bulging as usual about
the hip pockets. The captain said he
was somewhat embarrassed about his
dress.
"I reckon I'll have to get some one to
help me get harnessed" said Captain
Bill to some of his friends in the exe
cutive office.
'It'll be like putting a new harness
on a broncho mule that's never been
bridled."
une captain asi.eu u
etised from wearing a formal after
noon dress, but. finally decided to yield
to convention.
Similar tastes, a devotion to the
same ideals, and a desire to dedicate
their lives to work of Christian use
fulness and social service is the char
acteristic quality of Miss Jessie Wood
row Wilson, daughter of the president,
and Francis Bowes Sayre, who today
were married at the White House.
Both have won laurels at college for
their studies in political economy and
sociological subjects, and each has
worked among the poor in the settle,,
ln.nnla fxf Mia Tilw fttlod f'imiHnrt'Inp'
,c"lD " T,
themselves with life's problems.
A fondness for outdoor sports, a de
sire to spend more time in the work
OE socm. weua.e mm - ...
than in the comforts of the drawing
om. ana an am union to nve m. p.y,
land ouietly and without ostentation, I
- . .,. .
"t:vC.u,,ru .........j .
!est in ,he yo"n
I their congenial
; have known eacl
, two families have become intimate as
jwell. The Sayre family is an old
.,,! i0tii ,tv, pnlln.
Mc-I"" trand nuUe shni.
1 ",.! ' , -rt- i i n., in
ltHp acrc
I linn TIIII H( I USB DClllIt illldll III V it,
i,on schoonel.( and has tramped the ;
jCanadian woods for days at a time
ips o ErAt H, i
l,a onnnt some nf his summers on the
Labrador coast with Dr. Wilfred T.l
weddillg todav The couple has selec-i
uj 4..i'iiin0 in wniiomo. i
Miss Wilson, the white house bride !
ot today, was born in Gainesville, Ga.,
jog years ago, being two years young
, er than her husband. But she has
!iived m0st of her Jife in Princeton.
connected with Princeton University.
After being educated by a German gov
erness until the age of twelve, she at-
(Contlnued on page five).
"S
FEDERALS AND
REBELS ARE
FIGHTING
BATTLE IN PROGRESS BELOW JUAREZ
-EL PASO OR AMERICANS NOT
IN DANGERREBELS REPORT
ENEMY IN RETREAT ALTHOUGH
FIRING CONTINUES. ,
TUXPAM ALSO MUCH
IN THE LIME LIGHT
-,.-At noon to-
El Paso, Tex., Nov.
aay, tne constitutionalists ouiceis ...
Juarez reported that the attacking fed-
erals had been driven back all along
the rebel front and that General Pan-
cho Villa. constitutionalist com-!
raandfir had ordered an advance
nf
hic ....... aninut il.p forlpriiln fleered
I, i,a tn'-ottw Th Associated
cf..riMiol i Mia
ir.a tot.., .
top of a wireless telegraph tower, 800
feet high, three miles east of EI Paso, j
confirmed the rebel report that the j
federals were falling back south of j
Juarez. He could see the maneuvers j
with the field glasses.
At that hour, fighting was still In ;
progress south of Juarez, but the bat-1
tie had ceased at that town of Zara- j
gosa, which is opposite Ysleta, Texas, j
12 miles east of El Paso. The fighting '
i opened there early this morning, at
flrlng wag hear(J olltUo (
rebel
front. Inez Salazar, a former .
rebel general but now a Huerta com- j
mander was said to be leading the i
federals at Zaragosa. He has been re- j
fl y.onPr Beveral tlrae8 today
r" " , , ..,. . ,
. .,
' . ,. . ' ,
tore, inengntmg nas ueeu neav.y ,
t. ,. ,,- af 7nra man.
" " i
and the cannons roar was plainly j
heard in El l-'aso ait morning.
Juan N. Medina, chief of staff to
General Villa, who remains behind In '
Juarez declared that "Juarez is not
in as much danger from the direction !
of Zaragosa as in other directions and 'morning was to so advise the striking
edded that "we will take care of; miners of this section. He advises
them", jthe union members to recognize only-
He is receiving reports frequently . the civil authorities,
from his chief at. the front and ap-1 Thus far no witnesses have refused
pears optimistic. Medina declared at
as lhirtjr milos.quiry is still going on. Early today
of Juarez, except those at Za- John Barulich, driver of an au omo-
ragosa. Today's fighting was the sec-;
.ond day's conflict between tne two ;
contending armies, said to total fronting the outbreaks which
ten thousand to twelve Tiiousana men.
The federals opened Monday after-1
but the rebels repulsed them. 1 hen
thn fiirhtinir onened on Villas center,
when the federals, with field pieces, j pioyers and former employes, which
attempted to force through the rebel ! may end the strike in the Colorado
line. Again they were held hack. Vil-1 coal fields. Governor Amnions said
la sent a trainload of wounded to Jtin-, at 2 o'clock today that all the con -
rez Monday evening and ordered all i ferees were on hand with the excep -
people out of the hotels, which weretion of John C. Osgood, of the Victor-'
turned into hospitals.
Another train bearing HO wounded
m-il s-everal dead rebe's cam-? into .
Juarez at noon today from the front. ;
Among the wounded brought Into JuaHof the joint board will be held this
rez this morning was General Jose 1 evening.
P.odriguez, shot In the leg. '
When it returned south, it carried
nurses and doctors. Americans who
came In from the front at that hour,
reported fighting very spirited and thejresult of the conference,
! ilcrals doing great damage to the
! 1'hi'ln wil.li cannon Mre.
! Fighting was desultory throughout
! flic night along the front and near Za-
nigosa, and re opened with the first
j f;f dawn today.
Colcm-l i'oriirio Taianientez, oik of
ihe rebel colonels, was killed in the
buttle last night, according to au
! nruncemept at. rebel headquarters in
! Juarez this morning,
i If Villa has succeeded in driving the.
!f-ilrtls bar-It, as he claims (hi ? means
jn postponement of a decisive battle
for the possession of the state as Vil -
'la will bo unable to follow the fed-j
lends in case they retreat. He an- j
i pounced when he captured Juarez, j
it hat he came for the purpose cf reple- j
j nishing his ammunition supply and:
j outfitting his men and that if the fed-j
erals did not attack him "in a few!
.days" he would go after them. Thfij
j present battle has again depleted his j
Riinnlips nml lie will lie forced to wait, i
i 1 '
; if the federals retreat.
Passes were demanded from all
I Americans who appeared on the
j streets of Juarez. Street car traffic
i across the international bridge was
'not stopped, but persons having no
' business in Juarez were hustled out by
! rebel guards at the border.
I A machine gun platoon and troop
C of the thirteenth cavalry under Cap
jtain John H. Lewis, were reported en
! route here today from Columbus, N.
iM., to reinforce the border patrol.
I The machine gun platoon was to re
iinforce troop D, thirteenth cavalry, at
jthe international bridge, troop C being
stationed at the EI Paso foundry.
1 Troop Ii, thirteenth cavalry, command
led by Captain W. H. Clopton, enroute
ifrom Noria, N. AT., was to be stationed
at the El Paso smelter.
' Ask Red Croos Aid.
1 Colonel Jtiau X. Medina, of the
rebel forces this afternoon appealed
to the American Red Cross through
the local president, Dr. C. F. Braden,
for aid in treating the Juarez wound
ed. Dr. Braden has wired Secretary
Charles L. .Magee, at Washington for
permission to send aid over.
Medina assures the Bed Cross offi
cials that full protection will be given.
The wounded in Juarez are said to be
practically without attention.
Eagle Pass, Tex., Nov. 2.". A bat
tle between Mexican federals and
rebels at Las Vacas, Mexico, opposite
Del Rio, Texas, was reported in pro
gress today. It. was said each side
had 400 men in the fight.
Washington, D. C, Nov. 25. "All
quiet at Tuxpam," was the message
by wireless early today from Bear Ad
miral Fletcher, of the Battleship
Rhode Tsland, steaming, with John
T ind, for the most important port on
the Mexican gulf.
The battleship New Hampshire al
ready is at Tuxpam. t
i The constitutionalist general. Aguil
ar. has renewed his assurances that
his men will commit, no depredations
on the valuable British and American
oil properties, which are the subject
of so much concern.
i Execution at Douglas
! TRlas, Ariz., Nov. 23.-Stan.lr.S
against an attoue wan, cmppea uy uik
;bn(tH wh,cn have ended scoros 0f
;otnpr lives. Lieutenant Jose Castrc.
iof the Agua Prieta garrison, was shot
ueatu touay, in view m uie
population
of the Mexican border
ltown. Castro paid the penalty nn-
poseu uy uie cuun manm. .u.
islam Maximiliano Montavo, a former ,
weaiui.v iUttML-Hll ittuu uwui-i.
ij... .... !. o f ...,. t.. tho
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(Continued on Page Four.)
URGED NOT TO TALK TO
MILITARY COURT
DOYLF, SECRETARY OF DISTRICT 15 IN
COLORADO, ADVISED STRIKERS UNDER
ARREST TO RECOGNIZE ONLY CIVIL
AUTHORITIES.
Trinidad, Colo., Nov,
Mine
!..... i tlfv he-1
u.mm D ........ ... .. -
fore Juc sre Advocate fllaior w. .1. i
, ' . ., , i i
Boughton, or give any. eudenrn ,
tuimttuuu " n" ,
tions, unless they so desire, accord-j
ing to B. L. Doyle, secretary-treasur-j
er of district 15, who arrived here,
this morning. Doyle's first act this I
to answer questions according iu me
bile used frequently a ima, umo.. ,
... . ,.
.i m, ,.-, u...
""""V"""" '
zone, Barulich Is alleged to have ct
Denver, Colo., Nov. 2u Ine staso
!is net for the conference between em-
American Fuel company, who was at
Pueblo today to testify before the fed-1
oral grand jury. If Osgood returns i
to Denver In time, the first meeting
Reports received at the governor'i
office today Indicate that profound
quiet reigns in all the strike districts,
all parties apparently waiting for the
GREAT FORESTS
UNDER EYE OF
FRIENDS
j IM D KMm flCQimSJT II C
;,HITI" HUH' "iaiMNI U. 0
FORESTER, TELLS OF PROTECTION
GIVEN BY COOPERATION OF
CITIZENS AND LUMBER COM
PANIES mims.
"
DACT CHCfiM UC
I nO I OLHOUI1 llli)
BEEN A LUCKY ONE
j "Uy cooperative agreements with
little towns, with people living In and
! near the national forests, with lumber
and mining concerns, the forestry de
partment now is uble to call out an
army of men to fight, fires. Formerly
we had but a handful to cope with
these conflagrations."
So said James Barry Adams, assist
ant forester of the United States,
who has been here a couple of days
looking over forestry matters.
Mr. Adams has been spending the
past two months in Arizona and New
Mexico and has three more "stops" to
make in the Alamo and Lincoln for
ests, before returning to Washington.
"I have been studying fire plans and
the results of work in fire suppres
sion during the past year," he said,
talking of his journey through the
southwest. "1 may say that we have
had a mighty fortunate aud success
ful season.
"For several years we have been
j working on plans to prevent these
I great conflagrations which do so
I much damage. Every year we find
j that we are getting more cooperation
and it. is most, pleasing to note the
intelligent interest manifested on the
part of the people who live In and
use the forests. The interest leads
these people to give the alarm when
a fire breaks out and to give also aid
in fighting the flames.
"By the system of cooperative
agreements I have mentioned we are
able to get nine hundred men in the
Jemez and Pecos forests in case of
need, whereas we employ say a score
of regular forestry men. You will
see therefore that we can throw a
tremendous force in time of peril.
This is due to a better understanding
Ot the forestry department's efforts."
Hopes for Future.
Asked If this system of cooperation
all over the country will prevent any
of those shocking forest fires with
such dreadful loss of life and prop
erty as were seen in the past, Mr.
Adams replied:
"For the future, we can hope for
the best. It would be folly to predict
that great, forest fires are at an end.
Take the case of the city fires. There
was the city of Baltimore some years
ago, supplied with one of the very
best of fire departments, as we all
know. There was an explosion, a
building caught fire and despite the
efforts of the trained fire fighters
with all the resources that a great
city could command, the very busi
ness heart of Baltimore was consum
ed, perhaps the great Baltimore fire
I lias taught, a lesson that will make
! other great tires in Baltimore impossi
ble. Time alone will tell. The same
in the case of forests. We believe
that much has been accomplished to
protect the forests from another great
conflagration. But we dare not pre
dict Immunity from flames! We must
ever be alert to use even greater pro
tective measures and seek even great
er cooperation on the part of the citi
zens of this country."
In discussing the lessons taught by
the moving pictures on fighting forest
I fires, Mr. Adams said that there are
j several reels now being shown around
the country teaching much concern-
,,,,, f1.p.filriins but that these nlc
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lures are not sent out uy tne depart-
Ho toM with evldent pieaa-
tire, of a reel that had been taken in
Arizona while he was there with the
forestry office In one of the scenes.
"Of course there had to be a romance
in if," he continued, "and one of
the rangers consented to act the part
of the disappointed lover. It was
very amusing. A good brush heap,
thoroughly dry, with a background of
a few pines, furnished the 'tremen
dous conflagration.' It certainly did
look immense in the films!"
A Noted Forester?-
mi.
Adams is a forester of note.
the very beginning of the con-
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from that famous high priest of con
servation. Mr. Adams has steadily
climbed the ladder until today he is
next to the chief. He is a western
man. a native of Utah, and knows
and understands the "Far West" and
hhe "Great Southwest.'
j CONVICTED MURDERER
1 SENTENCED TO HANG.
1
Los Angeles, Calif., Nov. 25. Burr
Harris, the young negro convicted ten
days ago for the murder of Mrs. Re-
becca P. Gav. the Christian Science
practitioner who was beaten to death
in her consultation room September
26, was sentenced today to be hanged
on a date yet to be set. Harris' attor
ney filed notice of appeal.
Harris admitted the crime when,
captured and pleaded temporary In
sanity at his trial.