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ALBTIQ.UEBQUE MORNING JOURNAL. THIRTY-FOURTH YEAR. VOL. CXXXHI, No. 55. ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1912, By Mall, 60 Ceuta m Month; Single Copies tt Crnla. Hj Carrier, 60 Cents a Month. MOGOLLON BAFJDITS SURROUNDED IN HOUSE: ONE KILLED Desperadoes Fire From Win dows of Adobe Hut; One Slain, Survivor Suncnders After Battle With Posse, FURTHER DETAILS OF MURDER OF TWO MEN Crime Unparalleled in Annals of County For Atrocity and Blood Lust; Victims Given No Chance For Their Lives, lliwrlnl Ilntch lo (he Morning Journal. 1 Sliver City, X. St.. Fell. -3. In u pitched battle, near the Gila farm, thirty mile north of Silver City, Rt o'clock thin afternoon, Sheriff Emil James, of Socorro county, and two deputies killed Gregnrlo Torrango and captured Francisco Rodriguez. These ure the two men who, on Monday nlcht last, shot and killed Manager C. A. Freeman and Clerk William -lnrkj and robbed the store of the Mogollon Mercantile Company of $.1,5110. on one ot the bandits was found the sum - n dnA 1. 1 L. t.. ., Inna .K, .1..,' Ol ,,UU1. WHICH IB fli'B l"a until u amount stolen from the store. None of the officers were hurt in the desperate fight which took place after the men were surrounded in the house. According to a telephone message from the tllla, the surviving bandit surrendered at 5 o'clock this after noon, alter defending the adobe hut single-handed since shortly before noon, when hi companion was slam. The bandits were first seen last night at 10 o'eliick, "hen they rode up to James Midi's ranch on the mesa. They wore trailed early this morning to an adclie hut a mile and one-half north of the Oila tarm. Scott. Hutley and a rancher named Holland ap proached the house when the two bandits stepped out and opened lire. Hutley and Midland were unarmed mid they . Hurriedly sought cover. While Hntlcy went for bis jille Slivr'fi James of Socorro county and hlsdep jitles nritv.d tiie seem-.- In the pitched battle that followed one of tho bandits was killed and the other barricaded himself In the house and resisted all efforts to dislodge him until 5 o'clock this alteration, when he sui t, ndcred. Sheriff James, with Ids prisoner, ar rived In Sllvtr City at, o'clock to night and the captured bandit was lodged in Jail where he is heavily guarded. Owing to the brutal nature of tlv crime, and the popularity of the two victims, there is a strong feellns against the desperadoes, but it is not believed there Is any danger of vio lence. More than ll'ty shots were ex changed during tlu- encounter which result,-,! In the death and capture of the murderers. I ATHOf'IOI'K (IHMK IS MOST I'.UUX. KVKK IIKCOKDKJ. Further details of the hold-up and murder In cold blood of C. A. Free man, manager of the Mogollon Mer cantile Company stole and William Clink, an employe of the store, shows that for sheer atrocity and savage dis regard for human life, the crime was absolutely unparalleled. The greal popularity of the two victims of trK' liloiid-lust, find the fact that they had al'So!u!"ly no chance, has enraged th" people of this whole section ami prac tically the whole population of Mo gollon Is aiding In the search for the nut rdcrcrs. About 7 o'clock In the evening, shortly before the regulur hour for closing the store. Mr. Fr-eman went to the express office and obtained a package of money which had Just arrived In the automobile stage from filler City. He returned to the store ond after placing .'the money In the sale, turned uroui d to find two na livcM covering him with Winchester rifles. They oponed fire without a word and CUrk fell. Freeman stepped around the end of the counter to ivi hat the. trouble was and dropped with a bullet In his heart. Why the men diil not kill the bookkeeper, the only other man In the store, is no; kno.in; but they told him to hand them the money out of the safe. His alacrity In obeying, undoubtedly sav-,1 his life. The bookkeeper de elnres one of the men was Apolonlo I'uraiiso, a native, well known around the camp, but could not recognize the ether bandit. on the street the murderers met two or three men whom they order ed to hold up their hands until the tto outlaws I hi eked into an alley, and "curing their horses, immediately disappeared. C. A. Freeman had lived In Mogol lon for suit five yeurs, during all f which time he was connected with the Mo-ollon Mercantile Company, tirst as manager and later as man ager and part owner. He leaves a wife sn,l three daughters In Pasadena, Cal. Fr-eman, who was 55 years obi, was one of the most popular men In the canip. lielng of a kindly disposition and honest In his business methods. Willi., -lrk was a native of Mogol lon and Hii.l ken an flUlde of th' store for several vears. The r-mains f Mr. Freeman will be sent to Pasa tiena for burial. Sheriff F.mtl James of Socorro countv. who arrived In n "to Immediately following the 'rime, la In general charg? of th nisa hunt, in which are several dis tinct pnrties. all armed to the teeth nd prepared t.i shoot to kill. otililutbin for tsrimratliMi-. Washington. Feb. 23. Senator M' ''umlK r tinlay told the m nate tnlcr sute ii.mnirn rtmimUle.' tht his lateral lnrr.riratbn bill ,,xr anan, ia tiin engHgeti ,n limrs'.ate tmii'it .rev a "mtrt of const It lit ion f'r cor-roritii,n.- i THE DAY IN CONGRESS. (SKXATK. in xesslon; meets ..Monday at 2 Not P, n. Senator McCumber explained to in terstate committee his proposed fed eral incorporating act a a sort of constitution for corporations. Chain manufacturers added their protest against stee' tariff revision 111 before finance committee. iiorsrc. Met at noon. Resolution parsed requiring secre tary of war to submit all nupera in case of Major General Ainsworth. Private pension bills occupied most of the day. Adjourned at 6:30 p. m., until noon tomorrow. WOMAN LOSEsTirTlN BURNING COMB WORKS Leominster, Mass., Feb. S3. Flora Curtis was burned to death and seven other persons were severely Injured, two perhups fatally today when cel luloid scraps caught fire in the fac tory of the Puritan Comb Company. Forty persons escaped unijnred. Mis. Joseph Carpenter, who jump id lrom a third-story window and Ira F. He'mtin, aged 60, who was badly I fined, are expected to die. Miss Cur tis' body was found In the factory af ur the fire had b.'en extinguished. The property loss was small. . . Spaniards Occupy .Moorish Tovtn. Tangier, Morocco, Feb. 23. It is reported that Spanish troops have oc cupied Arssilla. on the Atlantic coast, ten mil.'s south of Tangier. The ac tion ot the Spaniards is believed to have been due to opposition to the operations of the Moorish Telegraph Company, which is now stringing vires from Arzllla in connection wun a telegraph Hfthat. line between Tangier and TO VISIT HER Republic Repudiates Action of Minister Ospina Who is Re ported to Have Been Recalled From Washington, Mornlug Janra.il anrclsl LtummI Wlre-1 Washington,, Fell. 3. Columbia to day 4irtually repudiated the action of its minister, C.enenil Orplnu, by send ing through American . Mlnistir Vu Hois at Honota. a cordial Invitation to SeorcUu-y Knox to visit olumiitan shores on his present trip to the re - Carrlbbvan sea. publics on the The Invitation was forwarded promptly to Secretary Knox who is I COLOMBIA INVITES SECRETARY KNOX l,..,,r.l ,1,.. , Miluni' W,.ullt..i,l.,n ,,n bis'ol'POM'l ION TO Mil. I ll way south. With him nsta the decl-j t N PATIMOTIC SAYS T AFT. .lion whether he will cliange his ltin-1 Washington, Feb. 23. President entry lo include a visit at the portj-rafl r, gards as "unpatriotic" the dis of Cartagena. This, It la expected j position which he declared today ex here, he will do, listed "In sum 3 iiuarters" to discourage The action of the Columbian foreign the enlistment In the nutional guard, c'fice was with satisfaction. It closes 1 He expressed that opinion before a disagreeable incident. '(the members of the First Hattery, Minister Ospina who Is declared to. held artillery of the national gturd have been recalled because of his of the District of Columbia. letter tinted to the state department pro- against thu 1, n, nosed vis 1 of Secretary Knox because of the feel ing In Cunini il:i ugulnst the Lulled .Stales said to be, I ttrlbutable to the t'nited Sta.es' tiiuulsltion of the Pal atini canal xorv, Altlio'i-'.h push dispatches fru.i llognta un.i rir.ced that Minister Os pina had been retailed because of It's letter no official advice of the action ha reached Washington, , liVOV SAILS Dll:l T TO I PANAMA CAVM, llT.!niad(; to feel that he Is preparing his Key West, Flu., Feb. 23. Jusl be-(OU,ltrv t,,r possible emergency." fore sailing this afternoon on his dip-1 The 'men applauded and one of the loiiiatic mission to the Central and ff( .rs thanked the president for his South American republic. Secretary informal visit. Knox announced that he hud changed j the plans for bis Itinerary and would CMT M A TflD HI I PflNT WFVT prcceed diced to Colon Instead of j stopping at Port Antonio and King-1 ston, Jamaica. bpviui "ciTiccirni UN I HI. iHIIIUI ILlKLt HE IS NOT BESI, il CANDIDATE Peerless One Announces Wil lingness to Enter Campaign On Behalf of Democrat Nom inated On Reform Platform. (By Morning Journal fcisrrlal Ie4 t'lra. j licnv.r. Fib. 13. William J. llryan, definitely set et rest reports that he, might be Induced sanln to make the race for the presidency In a nubile speech here tonight. In concluding! his addrens. he said: "I am satisfied that om, one else can poll mole voten tn-in mi"". I am resdy to enter upon a campaign, on behalf of a true democrat with, I'lrvrn more vigor than that with n M' h I hnii- fought at any time in my on b, half." Previously In his address. which was given under the auspices of no fai th n. according to former tiovcrnor C. S. Thoinan. ho Intrmlui ed him. Mr. Itryan ii lareil the party's nly cbanie of victor? this fall n.is to nominate a progressive on a reform tbkt. "If I were to seek the nomination again It woubl ro Just like mime re publican to raiv the third Iwm lesoe anil any that I nlrdy hl twi terms. "I belirrai when a rmrty has only one man in It nt to t president It would be bttr tn bury the pnrty and j1 start all over again." TUFT DECLARES FOR TWO BATTLESHIP NAVY PROGRAM FALSE ECONOMY TO FALL BEHIND OTHER NATIONS Jntil War is Abolished It is Folly to Cease to Be Prepared For It President Tells Nav League Banquetters. I By Murnlug Journal Kueclal least-, I Wire Washington, Feb. 23. President T.'ift, speaking at the peace meeting of the Navy League here tonight, de clared the time had not come for this country to lie economical at the ex pem'e of an adequate naval establish ment and said he gladly would sign a bill from congress that curried on appropriation for two new battle ships. "In order to keep up with other nutions I don't think two battleship are too many, said the president. "I am partly responsible for the gov ernment and I am entirely '.vllliug to meet that responsibility by signing a bill fur two battleships." Secretary Meyer accompanied Presi dent Tn ft to the meeting. I ain In favor of a good strong navy that would enable this nation to I maintain its position, and make our (reasonable demands on other coun tries respected," said tile president, i "I don't think the time has come to j economize In respect to the navy. The I navy is expensive; hut so Is the army; iso Is war and the expense of the three jls a good reason for the abolition of I war u' there wer. none other; but ! until war is abolished we should meet i the situation and we should be lack lng In fonwight and common sense unlers e did, "I sincerely hope this congress will I give us two battl. -ships. Other ves kcIh may' be necessary, but battleships are u basis of a navy. I "The Panama canal Is being built for two reasons. One is to lurnlsh an avenue of commerce to the world, the other so that the east and w?st coasts of our country shall be brought nenr- 1ft At present the logic of the sltuu- un would require us to nave i" i.avles. The Panama canal will dou ble the efficiency of the navy and th -n we may consider economy." Admiral Wainwrlght told the dele gates the war with Spain never would nave occurred If the I'nited States had Hisehsed one or two more bat tleships, in 1SUH. Keprcsentutiv Shirley urged the lejig'uera to. insist that a program of lift v., I construction b presented to congress. He suggested the forma tion of a board composed of army and navy officers and of representn- fives of th. executive departments to ' draft such, a program, mat wuum c 'consistent and changed only when the board advanced goou reasons. The president oiar.ic if, u ...e- brancn or tne national uuviin prime necessity for war. "If ever the country Is called to war," he said, "we would ne-d trior.' liuht artillery ond because congress has recognised this, It has provided guns, but not enough, to be used In the national guard of different state. . "There is In soin quarters, a dis- 1 nonliion to diwoiiraue enlistment In the national guard. That is nnpalrl . tie and ouitht to be frowned upon. fu.nf min who enlists should be O Llin I J 1 1 UU iumi hum IN LINE FOR INQUIRY St. I.OUlS. Feb. 23. Cnlted States n told In St. I.ouls were rumors In Senator Heed w lie dav that there I asbimtion of an Investigation of th - ion of Menaior . i oi i " declared that Moiidav noon nis turn to Wasningion lie no m ttiatich Investigation be maoe. Sn,ir He, il Ucciiiu n to uis.-. the JVfllln of the proisisi-d Invesll-a- ition.V.UI that he woiilil say was mm ho vwoild ri-eomiio-nd that 'he senate Inqolrt' Into the election of liul'ont. who Is a nilllloiialre. Carriers Mn-I Pronn Shipper.. Wash'ngtoii. Fell. 23. It was held today by the Interstate commerce com- nlasion lo li- a oriliclpal that "Wllel I more than one route is available f -r ' lorwarding ablpmerils. Il Is the duly of 1 the ennler In the absence of routing ! instructions, to forward It by the route taking the lowest rate.' THE BIG HISTORICAL AND RESOURCES EDITION OF THE ALBUQUERQUE MORNING JOURNAL TKe Largest and Most Complete Newspaper Ever Printed in the Southwest WILL BE ISSUED TOMORROW. FEBRUARY 25th SZfl-D OH LEAVE yOW 'LISTS Or MA.MES A.T THE M OH. ft if G JOVHfijKL OrrtCE. WE WILL MAIL COriES. TOSTTAfD. TO yOUH FHIEffDS rOH t I t t : : MYSTERY SHROUDS ROOSEVELTVISIT TO BOSTON SAYS HE GOES TO TALK BOOKS TO HIGH BROWS Colonel Resumes Sphynx-Like Utitude Concerning Politics; Congressman Curry Dines With Him at New York, Uy Morning Journal ii.liil tii, wire.) New York, Feb. 23. --Nut a word would Theodore Koosevelt say today about politics. He spent the dav at his editorial office piepttriitory to starting tomorrow morning on a rather mysterious trip to Jioston. Colonel lt,oosevelt Is to spend five days In Iloston but declines to say what he to do there or where he is to stay, further than that he will visit friends and give the literary side of. Ills make-up an inning by talking books with some literary people. Colonel Uoosevelt'.i reply to the western governors who requested him to state his position in regard to the presidential nomination 1H to be given out in his absence. It was suggested to the colonel that he was going to withdraw from public view In Huston to escape from the commotion which Ills letters to the governors might cuuse. . He smiled and said nothing. Colonel Koosevelt talked with sev eral politicians today. 011,. of them wa W. Ij. Ward, republican national committeeman who is leading thf ItooseVelt boom In New York. Can. tain Oeorge Curry, congressman from New Mexico, took lunch with Colonel Koo.seyclt. Captain Curry served with Colonel Koosevelt In the SpHnlsh war. The colonel mad,, a short speech to day to forty members of the young Australian league, boys from Australia on a tour of this country, who , ailed upon him. coi.om:i, mv k.x i:mi tkip to xkw iiampkiiiiik Iloston. F -b. 23. -The actlvllics of Cob licl Theodore Koosevelt In and about llosion, will la gin tomorrow evening with a dinner of the Porcel llan Club at Harvard and will prob ably conclude with a meeting of the Harvard overseers Wednesday fore noon. I Colonel Uoosevelt Is, exp,-.t,H here t unorrow afternoon. " It was reiMiried here today that Col onel lloosevelt might extend his New Kngland trip so ns to visit ilovernor Hiss at Concord, N. H.. one of th,. leaders of the progressive movement In that state. A considerable portion of the five days will be occupied with conferences between Colonel Itixuwclt and pro gressive republicans uf.iMassachnaetts. according to several leaders here, who also sav the opportunity will be seized to organise the progressive movement In New Kngland more thoroughly. OF GIRL BAFFLES Ward of Well Known Physician Found With Bullet in Brain Shortly After Visit of Stran ger Who Cannot Be Found. Hr Morning J.iurn.,1 Harrlsl tenant Wlrs.) Hutchinson, Kis Feb. 23. I'nsblc to motive for murder In the case of Miss Kilns .MeNon. the Z-l-yea r-obl ward of the l ite Or. K. I-:. Itlcburdson. and with no , lews to lead to the Iden tity of the stranger seen In the III. h ards.m home a few hours before the girl was found dying with a bull. I tn her brain, the officers tonight ad mit that they are llllle nearer a so 'illon of the mysterv than they were I st Sunday, when Miss Melsnn s body wm taken In charge by the coroner. With the arrival here today of It. W. Adams, ,.r Unpens, Idaho, It be came known that lr. ltlchardon bad a wire from whom he wan not di vorced, living in lluiwrts. That wile wan given a b am y In the physician's will, an were three mnrrb-rl daughters of I'r. Itlchsi'lson, nil residing 'n Idaho, and ..ne of whom, Mrs. Sarali i ran ford of Kuperts, Is thu mother 'if Adams. MYSTERIOUS DEATH KANSAS POLICE SENATE UNDECIDED ON REVISION PROGRAM JOINT CAUCUS PROPOSED TO ARRANGE AGREEMENT Progressive Republicans May Join Democrats in Effort to l",,r- k1v''" an ' indeterminate n TL . . . .,f, , I sentence of lrom one 10 toiirieeii years rut h rouart Modification nf!tiay for me alleged operation of a House Steel Schedule, lltv l.irnlu JahmimI Uium.IjiI Ii..J lt-l 1 Washington, Feb. 23. The tn ill 1 program In the senate will be framed at a caucus which the democrats, thelr"h' ctiaigmK Vt enxw ltunge with the progressive repuiiiicans anil uie reg ular republicans are planning to hold soon after the finum oiuniitee con- c'lldes Its hearings on the hou.-e steel revision bill. That will be early ni March. Democratic leaders virtually have decided to make a first stand for iho house measure with, perhaps a modi-' ileation, that would Hot interfere with the party solidarity in congress and, then, having gone on record for the straight democratic bill, to endcuvorl to reach some common ground Willi j the progressive republicans. ' i The regular republican huve not! had a final conference on the com-1 mlltee'a procedure but in all proh-l ability will rest on the absence of a report from the tariff board and simply bring In an ndverse report on j th,' house measure. They are not j unanimous, however, on that point.. Some Insist that the committee re port Is a republican substitute. i Progressive republican senators' have talked over the situation In for-1 mally and while no conclusion has been reached tile plan of those noli active Is the make some concessions i the democrats. The progressive demand Is for a reduction of duties but not such a reduction as will carry the tariff below tile protective point. Some of the luor conservative pro gressives, however, are already discus, sing the advisability of waiting a rea sonable time for the tin il f board's re port. The finance comrvittee's hearing in ll.u u,....l I. Ill u.ai. unlll-li.i.1 ..,!,- with an attack bv V. 1'. Follansl.ee.' a Pittsburgh tin plate manufacturer on the house commltte, who framed the Judge Pope, w ho Is 41 years of age. bill. .Mr. Follansbee, who also rep- has been a resident of New Mexico fm resented fourteen other tin plate man-l about twenty years. He is a native of ufactuiers, denounced the bill an too I Seorgla and a graduate of the I'nl driistlc. lie said that the wuy und I versity of Oeorgla. Judge Pope began mcun. committee was not competent to deal wlili up industry that had mil lions of dollars Invested and employed th oifiinds of nidi." "How do you know thai the men on that committee were not compe- lent to bundle such subjed 7 ssked Senator Kern. "Ilecause I was In close touch not only with Chairman rnderwood, bid with Itcprescntatlve palmer of Penn sylvania, chairman of the siib-coni-mlttee that framed the bill. They got considerable Information from me-to Manila as Judge of the court of the bearing on the tin plate Industry while! tlrst Instance, l.ut was compelled to the measure was being framed. I doJtetuin to the I'tilted States owing to not mi an that they are perlectly coin-Mil petent to deal with legislation, but they are not faml'lar with the tin plate business." DK.MOl It ATS OMPItOMIM. ON MOM.V Tltl ST INOUHV Washington, Feb. 22. licmocrats of the house have npromis. d on the moiiev trust" InvcHtlgatloon, the question which has agllat d the party for weeks, and which will come up to morrow for linal ilcieriuinallon. iippinents of the llryan plan mrj an Ini estlgntlon by a special commit tee. Insist that the compromise Is one. of phraseology only, while He preventa tive Henry, chairman of the rubs committee, who led the light for nil Inquiry by a special conimitlee, claims a victory. Itepreseiilatlves of both sides today expressed satisfaction over a redraft of the resolution Introduced by llep lescntalive Pujo, chairman of the banking and currency committee. It was made by Hie democratic members of the rules commit Ice. Tin- original Pujo resolution pro vided merely that there will lie tin In i estlgntlon into the llnancial condi tions of the country. This us by di rection of lite democratic caucus In which was voted down the resolution of lteir. selltatll e Hel.I V, Ulii.T. charged the existence of a money trust ami In. lu.le.l a long list of iillcgajtons of Illegal control by the money power The democratic iiii'iiiIh-ii of the roles committee today agreed to lu a rt In the Pujo resolution a cb, use i ,M,.r .. s. blff s former vulel, to tie that the coiiiinlltee oi, Icinkliiir end terinliie whether Hrundl a thirty-year currency be directed to Inquire Into sentence for luirularv wan the out such matters "touched upon In housejeome of a conspiracy. The reason ol resolution No. tn", us nisy coin,, w llliln the Schllf lawyers' visits to the their Jurisdiction." I'lonibs ntnle the prisoner una con- H. use resolution N... lur, Is lliej '' ,l" "' ' l'H"d'H qu. sllon at I.. ... .1 hi,. I. wum tnt-..l : issue. wss tiirm-d down In the cam us. Although the res idl'tl'.ll to be llltto.lllced toluol row a III not mention the points In the II. niv resolution. Mr. Henry Intends to rel.r to them lu a speech, calling altelltii.il to the charges that the iiian- Hem. nt of the finances of many great i Industrial iirganlKutlons. banks, mot TEN CENTS PER COPY I railroads are controlled by a few groups of New York inlanders; that these groups dominate the Xcw York stock exchange and the clearing bouse and haw the llnanclal affairs of the country generally within their grasp. The same subject will be coiisld eled also In the semi le tomorrow be fore th,' Interstate commerce com mission, when Samuel I'ntermeyer, of New York, who made the original charges before the bouse rules com mittee, will appear to discuss the sub ject In connection with a general trust Investigation. FORMER MINISTER GOES TO PRISON AS SWINDLER 1 Tiiylorvllle, HI., Feb. 2:1. Aaron I II. UoimiilNon, of ibis citv, mining nrLhn,l.i oiijl r, ,-,.. Vli.tliiiillm tulti. cuitiiueuce gam,- ov wuirn, 11 is charged, he'got ISII.IIUII lrom Joseph Down, and Mrs. oro Itldgley of As sumption. III. 1 - '" Charged With Wife Murder, I Milwaukee, W is.. Feb. 23. A war- murder of bis wlf,. Annie Hung by burning, was issued today. When bis house burned ltunge suc ceeded in dragging out a trunk of Insurance papers, while bis wile, I', i some unaccountable reason, failed lo escape. JUDGE POPE SWORN IN AS FEDERAL ; JUDGE New Mexico Jurist Receives Commission and Takes Oath of Office Before United States Supreme Court, IHimUl HUpatrh la Iks Meriting Journal. Washington, Feb. 23. Judge Will lam H. Pope today received bis com mission and wan sworn In as I'nttcd States district Judge for New Mexico, the ceremony taking place in the ""I'leme court of ih I'liltcd Slates. his career as a law partner or I'tilted Stales Senator and fornuT liovernor Hoks Smith, of OcorJa. For a sUnr.l time alter coming lo New Mexico be engaged In newspaper Work, and was i later appointed assistant attorney gen .rnl. He was later H member of the caplt.,1 rebuilding board and served as special assistant l lilted Slates attor ney In the court of private land claims and as I'tilted Slates attorney for the Put bio Indians. After the acquisition of tile Philippines, Judge Pope went health lu ItiliJ, Judge Pope Mas an associate Justice of the appointed supreme court ,.f New Mexico, rpnn the retln incut of Chief Justl. .. Mills to accept the governorship of New Mtxico, Judge I'ope whs made chief Justice and served In thut capacity until the admission of the territory Into t he union. Rigid Investigation of Circum stances Surrounding Trial and Sentence of Schiff Valet as Burglar. H MnrHlua .lonrnsl Hii4l Irnsd Vlr. New Vork. Feb. 21. The grand buy today continued Us Inquire Into the case of Folk.- F.. Ilrnndt. Mortl- ClHiolt siiis II- Mas ' "iiii-,"'i sentence of only one year if he would plead guilty h the brand Jury waul to know all nlHiut this promise. Idspati hen from Allmny iiidi, ates that the governor still declines li. consider , leniency. IGRAND JURIES RESUME . j DYNAMITE INQUISITION I...S Ani. ,s. Fell. Itolh the fed eral and county vraiid Juri. n reaumed j 1 thlr Investigation of the di ii.iinile conspiracy here today. John W. i Harrington, a I'lil-agu uiloinei. form erly connected with Hie M.Naoiara , d lense, nn,l ft ill under the . harues I of loniempi i,f i-oui-r. i,.r haling r.- ' fused lns siiiiiiiot lo answer qii 's llons i ole nil Ha bis alleged attciupls Ho influence stale witnesses. .,s th- ' prlni l,al wnni ss todi.v. I in U lii-n nil in ltoal Xnniiliiiii. M..ti. F.'b. It. Jinlgf- liraley. ,-f the .,-.1. op,.io- Judicial ismrl, 11 ' i ii In. stale tr -asur-r to tut i r to t he Itolat Arcaniillil tb slntl'li Ml "..SJ. I tn Sllirili-n leMe.leil !iv :hi aM-ii-1l. Tli" oiiii-r made under law . i . ,'r1 ! the . klsUlor- of 1111. M. n aibi fraternal olaatilvall mi lt ),,ii-rr funds which found ii,-i i,i lien to dtsit aim tb GRAND JURY SCENTS PLOT AGAINST BRANDT INTERVENTION MEXICO IS ASKED BY EL PASO Request That American Troops Be Immediately Dispatched to Juarez Turned Down By Secretary of War Stimson, 0R0ZC0 REPORTED GONE OVER TO INSURRECTOS Dispatch Declares He Joined General Trevino, Has Diaz Adherent, and Hitherto Loyal to Madero Government, llv Marillng Joiiritol Naelul I rasrtl Wlr. l Washington. Feb. 2:!. Two devel opments u the Mexican situation, each taken to be loaded with significance, were recorded her,, today, A request lor American intervention In Mexico was made upon the war department when Mayor Kelly and a delegation of citlxen of Kl I'aso urg ently asked Secretary Stimson to send American troops Into Juures to prc- erve order and to protect Americana. Secretary Stlmnoti replied It was Im possible under present conditions. In a dispatch from u government official on the border, on., not in the dlpliMualle service, II was report'jil that tleiieral Trevino In Chihiiahuu had turned to the aid or tho Insurrec tlonlMts, Tlie dispatch read: "Have reliable Information that I lent rn oroiteo will Join the forces of tleiieral tloroiilmo Trevino and hui agreed to accept provisional presi dency of Mexico." This dispatch, which speaks of the evolutionary forces of ileneral Tre vino, Is the first Information thut the state department has that the general who stood by President I Han when bin rclgu was tottering, had turned to the Insurreetos. nyie Mexican umhasay had o ad vices and no of fetal tneie cared 'o oak comment. The state department rnceivi'd tin eonnrmntion and ivj Inclined to treat the dispatch a report, or a rumor. A coalition between Oenernla Oro co and Trevino Is Imiketl upon here as fraught with g-reiit ronseqirence. tlen era! Trevino was " last reported in Moiiterev In control of the mflltary lu the northeastern part of Mexico, whlla ileiiernl ok mini was operating In the northwestern pari. Thevo two gen erals, hitherto controlling all federal troops In the northern halt of the country might. It Is believed, cut off the south, isolating Mexico City and Its Immediate vicinity from communl cullon ttllh the I'nited States. The rather ambiguous wording of tlie last clause of the dispatch re garding tlie provisional presidency whs Interpreted among I jitln-Ainer-Icsiis herM two ways. The majority declared It was Intended to mean that ileneral Trevino, ralher than tirogco. had agreed to accept the provisional presidency. Mavor Kelly of Kl I'aso. Winchester Coolcy, an Kl I'nso bunker, and three other cltixelis of Hint place, told Sec retary Stimson that Juares with M, OUll, ' population, linked to Kl I'asa by ;..i Intel iiiitlotial bridge uid a trolliy line, .irtunlly was a part cf Kl I'.iso. Nlglilly robberies, hold-ups and assaults in .ruurer. In which Amer Iciiiis were victims, and In which mdr 1 uslness houses were looted, had lie come Intolerable. He asked that sol diers be sent to patrol the city until the Mexbun government could con liol the sitiinllon. Hy the withdrawal of Mndcro's troiqls. the mayor said, ln.ro bad I II left defenseless. Secretary Stlinsoti pointed out the riillnl Stales ti'iops could not be sent lulu rordgn territory under the pres ent situation ami said that a departure lrom tills goveiniuctit s presi lit police would not be Marranlisf so long ns life and properly In Kl I'aso wss not endaiigcl.il b operaiioli u cross th- ""'Vile Kl I'aso deleglltes protested against any reduction of the border patrol. A bum- cavalry loice wm-j llecessarv. Tlie delegates also pleaded r.,r leniency in the case of Mem. lien M Fields ho took a detachment Into Juares on a trolley car. Secretary S.inisoii declined .to ini.rMu with Colonel Stcevei s or.b r for a court '' uiM.'erv of the war department nr a ailing with the keenest Interest con- fllimtll f 111- r'porie, tie. .1-it. o i. ,....... All that is known here whs ,,,,, tain.d in a brier telegram from Colonel Sl'i i. r at Kl Fast. In whb h he -aid -Il la reported" that Madero a onc-iiiiie righl-lviii.l man nnd the l.-adliia general In his army during In" r i. .lotion had de. bled to quit ht . aiise and to b I l." rv..lui.nnlsts ho were i . port. -, to I"' marching en i hlliiiabaa While so. h an altitude un th part of i it.. . . hi coinpanleil bv a grow th ol the rebellion perhaps would Justily an in. r. use ..f the American troops on the tionn.r. II was pointeil out thit his asstimplion of leadership really would dimmish the cans for laterna- tblll.l lli.lion. Aa M.ldero avereiy iilorc .l rtis. Iidiio- niiiong hia revolu t Ion in tr.H.p. and protected foreign ers and tb. ir prop rty. It la expe. ted thai in.is'i. iil d the samu and th.r.l-i i he safety ot Am-r!ranB in th,. in nil. I. ,1 t ai.uld b Much Im- ' ' H was r. ta.rte.l from Vera Crua that s.na I bands ..f rel.eis or marnoderi sn aimed thai iieiBbNrhd. but no An" Hon . oiiiplHlned t.f mistreat m.-nt at Ho ir hands. ll HII VIX FX TliT Fi ll, tit.u ii tit lunir, Fl Ims-i. Ten., Feb. :1 Mlsa Nel- "i iis,ii. dsufchter nr .oern'r ...Mu,, Wilson r J"i-y. mm at I'-arss'n. i.'hihii,.hiia. tea. hing thai place today In 1-omii.inv wltrt .k nomtir f other Amcrn n-futie-n. nt,.. have, fled fro-n in admB.-Ing r. la is. !,. Wilson l e.ie i-i in rearn n J Jaa. tomorrow nlfchl, lnl tslesar. CITIZENS