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TOO ALBUQUERQUE MORNING JOURNAL. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1916. It rr jf I ill Stewart LIGHT THROWN Ranges" In styles and sizes and at prices to suit everyone. If in the market for a Stove or Range don't fail to see the "STEWART" line before buying. Raabe & Mauger 115-117 NORTH FIRST STREET ON MISCONDUCT CHARGE MAD E BY THE MAYOR Pipeman Cal Thompson, of Highlands Station, Tells of Fight-Between Himself and Driver, ALSO TESTIFIES ABOUT ! SOBRIETY OF FIREMEN Prosecution at Klein Hearing' Still Unfinished; Four More Witnesses to Be Called by Vcnablc. had fpent the night ut a fire. Cheif Klein then handed a bottle around, lie mm Id whinly hiiM been passed around at a fire at the Santa Fe nhnpn. The riri men hud becn working there more than two 4, ml one-half bourn. riwimpiicn wild hi did not nave Irembl,, with any firemen except Ilot tlnger, Hi, did not coiihWIit Walsh" threatening to ))it him with a hum mcr trouble, hp said, causing the uu dlenee to laugh, The wltiii'KM mild h'- was riot a drink ing man. lie knew where the Club bar K That the place where you fret ten cent worth of lunch urn! one cent worth of hei r for n rilrk I, ho said, giving rise to another laugh. Thompson thought llyaii picked up the deud hoy ut the jiorrln homo. He picked tiji another. Oliver Wellman testified tho night before that he ulno picked up (i hoy. Mr. Vnalli. asked Thompson whether nny one had culled Chelf Klein's attention to hlB treatment nt the department. H" answered affirm atively, hut Mil,! nothing had been I done to stop it. I DciiiiIm Ite.ulled. PREPAREDNESS NOT MATTER OF PARTISANSHIP Republican Leader Mann Makes Patriotic Appeal to Constituents in Congress; is Given Hearty Applause. T MOMNIN JObftNAL FCCIAl. LAID WIN) Washington, Jan, Z.". I'nuualified, non-partisan support of military pre ' on redness was tinted todav liv Minor-' ft ringing speech np I loop OI Ihii noil.:. I ii U'nM the hiKhlandw fire station. ; i,,,.iin- ..A.- .t, rii,. ,..,i,i..,i i.v buck to the stand to ubcHtlon him l i,,v, .i,i(, ,.r .h .... about his testimony t th Dorrl In-J while It ha been understood that 'luent. Judxe l leucock read a quf -!-1 of the republican fjivore.i army "enniM ny an attorney n.,vv increases, until today none at the Inquest, a h to what had han-l.. n,,.i..' i,.u,i..r. v,...i ....1, ... .i,.. At the opening- f tic session, Judge illv J e ider Mann in W. C. Hem-ock called Lieut. Harry F. ! n ,hH f()ll'r of 'the 1 'colli!-, Ol AZTEC FUEL CO. PHONE 251 GALLUP LUMP GALLUP STOVE SUGARITE LUMP SUGARITE STOVr KOEHLER GRAT! O'MERA LUMP Ntlve Oiunk Wood, Nut I to Fnlu Wood. tlar and Mill kindling. im. jl UNITED STATES STEEL AGAIN ON ! DIVIDEND BASIS PREFERS mm TO HER HUSBAMD S MS San Diego Woman Who Eloped ' With Chauffeur, Takes All . Blame; Provided Funds and Planned Journey. Quarterly Disbursement of One and a Quarter per Cent Is Made; Company Has Huge Sum on Deposit, KIN JOUNl. r.CI.L lltlt OIM1 New York, Jan. 5. fulled HtateM Hteel common haren wer reHtored to (heir reitular dividend ntu(ua of 5 per cent today when the director unanl tnounly d.'1'lared a (tiailerlv dlnhurc. tneiit of 1 '4 per cent nut of the eiun l"K f'T tho hiHt tuarter of lMI.'i. To- Knowledge of the luohable rneun j Iuk of Mayor lloatrlKht'n charue of "n dw'ondui't" In th (ire ilepartment MnniK totiiht at IiihI riluht u oeHHlon I of the Klein hearing. Ca! Thompson, jlireman at the Hh;hlaiidH motion, furnlnhed tho key, tentlfylnic of a light ! between himself and 'ieorxe Hottiti Mer, then a fireman at the cent nil Minion. AIho, ThompHon was aided ! a finrilflcunt iUCHlon, by John Ven jable, altoiney for the muyor, n til J whether he knew nnythlriR of llerhert ('otikllri'M "illffieulty" nt the old cen tral .i:i lluii. lie did not. I At the lie,;lnnln Thompson an- KWered negatively 'Air, Venable'n U8 uul qucntioiiM to firemen iim to wheth er he had beep trained 111 the iiho uf ladder and rupen. He had tatiKlil to "lead off, however. "Afnild .f Wal-li'M IMIvliitt." Tommy WuIhIi, ex-raptain, came to the liixhlnh'lH Million once when chief Klein wiih In si Ijmhh mid he wiih "pretiy full," ThompHon jmlKed from the way he looked. He. turned In mi alarm accidentally, accordinir to ThompMiii. It wan WiiIhIi'h day off. ThompKon did not know whether WalMi i a. rcc klcKH driver, hut wild i;ll the fir' men were afraid "f him, ,'ik a driver. Walnh wan drlvliiK when thc eiu'liie ran into the curbing at Secc nd Mnet and Central avenue. The ipeiii at which the eiiKlne came ucyt on Central avenue was from pened from the time the eiiitine left tho bonne until It returned, objection wan raheil .by Mr, Venable, who Ha Id l)ennl tcwimony at the InitucHt did not contrudlct any Matcment ho made Monday night and not proper croKK-cxamlnatlnn befiiuw of that. Judge lleacock wanted to know why he objected then. Mayor lloatrlght HilNtuined the ohjertloh of Mr. Venable and upon appeul the council refused to siiHtain the m.'iynr by the well know veto of S to a. Aldermen Ham mond and Cibnon voted "ave," and Here's Palate Joy for You also stomach comfort be yond belief. Heat a Shredded Wheat Biscuit in the oven to restore crispness, then cover with sliced bananas and pour over it milk or cream. Sweeten it to suit the taste. A complete, perfect meal sup plying more strength-giving nutriment than meat or egga at a cost of three or four cents. A warm, nourishingbreakfast a delicious lunch. Made at Niagara Falls, N. Y. 8 An Extra ! Special I ii S3 In the n on uhject. l"onHeiiently, coming a it diil, on the eve of the preHident.n do part ure on a preparedness Hpeuking tour, Mr. Mnnn'H nddrHM wan regarded ;ih particularly hignlflcnnt. He him celf iia Id that he alwayn ban been known cm a "small army and navy man." Representative Minn hawed hln plea on the ground that it behooved th'.' I 'nited' Staler now to prepare for any eieiitiiMlittos that may come an a re unit of the Kuropenn war. He de clared that he wiw no Immediate dan- Alilcrmen .si iieer, r.riinr. ld, Coen, Ker or war and hoped that peace might (iilbort, Skinner and HiiM, "no." prevail, hut. that (he danger of the Judge lleacock then repeated the Cilted State being drawn int.. the rincHilon linked nt the livpjcHt and olao I preicent conflict or one that might re read HenniH' aimwer. Tile Hiihidaiiee ; Hult from It, wan too great to be clin of it wiih that the. machine wim not I regnrde 1. running In uhi.iiI form; that Keed.j have much more fear In the end who ttim driving, changed ueai H, and I of war with Kngland tliim 1 have of that It Hkldded. DennlH admitted that war with (brmaiiy," he nald. That! nut he had paid at the hupicst that in hiM I wuh hiH onlv comment on tliis pluiHO the Judgment water baking from a stand-'of the nubjeet. Later he declined to pipe ca lined the Hki'hling. Also he elaborate on hiH r1 mark. STATEMENT ISSUED BY BRITISH GOVERNMEN tal earnlngH of 51.l'3L'.7li for three tnonthH were the largent for anyi Klmllar period In the hiMorv of the corporation, exceeding the prevbiiiH record, made gi the Hccond quarter of . Ilia", by l.i, 1129. 0S3:i. The Htatcment of ciiiiiingH, no csH thnii the action on the dividend, wit In line with popular evpeetat Ioiih, fi.rc- caMH having ranged from I4X.uaO.aoi) (to, Ii,",, IMHI, mill, Hllhougli tho latter flg- lire, wiih regarded iih rather extrava- ,.T ..,.. JI.U.H.L.Fiei.Ul.t.11.0,.,, TI,Wl f,U'' "lU' ,llVl'l,',"l Pnlt Uike Cltv, f lah, Jan. sr. v. U W""M bp ll,'',,,r'''l w'" f"reHhndowed im,. r , , . In the rccplit dpclHlon of the corpora- Hnad, of Pun rHeo, wl,one wif and jm , MT,,11H , wagi'H of IIh u- Itavmcind noddn, th niuluito, wlthiNKnied lahnrern by 10 per cent, mid Whom idi eloped, nro held In the rityjth oifering of the common Mock to jku rrr, i expected to reacn Mill ,,,, doyen oil lhl i.tniH-Milirlnir 4Hr iai mm niieriioon. vvt'coriiing i ai d to dtaternent made by Mr. Hood io- Th(', ,.orpoi atlon'H financial poHltlmi any, rho Will decline to return to her ninv I,.. Indued from I lie fait thai it hUHhand If given the opportunity and he continue to awn that tlie clope rnent wan her plan mid took place at her requeMf. Hie hiivh Mie provided all th fund for the Journey and bought tho cloihing HcmIiIh luiiin luo hhjs they camo to Halt I.ul;e In it day coach and did not ppeuk to each other on th trip. Her ueiuuiti!aiic with Iiodda hettun when nho wan employed by her purenta before her marriage, nd wan renewed when he wa em ployed n a ihaufri iir by her hfikbund Ot Kan Plegn. Iron Ibme, nprrlal InveMlgulor for the dc-partment of JuMlce, Ik looking Into th cam1 to determine) whether the elopement CoiiMliiili violation of the Mann lo t, but him net announced Iiih CoiKiuBlonn ' the thirty-fit" to forty. five rnll' H an hour, be Judg. d. After the Miuihh he Haw Walsh : 1'i.p'ilng with the Hpeeelomi' ( i. ! h. Id, but he dl 1 ii"t know ct.ier .1 had been ai t hack. r roni line (''i fHiiii; to mi' Million ine Hpi'cei- oioi t v regiidered tweiity-thii c mile' .an the maximum apced, Sn Walsh AhiiHol Illni. I TliompHi n Haul h had Hottlngir'a V o rd tin I he had be en di Inking the day the., hud the "f iihh " They met , em ihe Man way. Ilottlnger w in ; I'boklfir lum and he "Mni'k" hlH-.teeih Into llottinge t h Jaw "a little bit." He' heiuied Chief Klein wiih in hiH of '. t Ice fit th time, He and Jlottlncer were nepai-.tted rind went upMiilrn. i.ul!iii- inc. ciuei Klein at ine top. ue iMlid he did not make any Htatem. nt to th,' i l.ler and wiih not linked lot' iitiv. He mill lloltlnger nhook handx. WANTEtV- CTB kI offlra eiittua rtai t th Juiir- ALMOST F1IITED ST WHILE 1 And Suffered Dreadfully From Headache, Backache, and Dizziness. Says Now That Women Are Fool ish to Suffer and Tells Why. New August, Minn In relating lier exp-ri.ii,-o, 111 Jrrr.c !!. Craft, nf thin town, aaya: "1 have been trou bled for a right amart while with fe male weaknen. I wa Irre gular . . . and waa down In bed about all the ttn-.a. I had fhllla and fever with th troubb-H for at b ast a year, and a great deal of dizidncKi, headache and backache. When I waa Mi k at each month, I had to atay In bed ail the time. In. cauMi my back would ache and m l,el woulj aw mi no that I would al ni"at faint If I atuod n my feet. I endured thig for about Hire,, yriiis.) Finally, I began lii doctor with a doe-j Icr. H did not help me mii'h. The n i h re-eomtnended Curdul, and 1 began to take It. I took about one bottle fend felt much bettor. 1 hae taken a whole lot now, and feel Jum all right. I hav no backache, headache, 4,r di-i tinfaa now. j I think women are f.vollhh to auffer: when they can take an heloful a n-m-i rdy OB Cardui, and I aurely praUn It to -very one.'' If you auffer from any of the ail -merit fotnmon to onien, why not el Cardui a trial? Pueh earnest atatementa ai the above apeak for themw !vi . and , we rcfclve thousanda of similar oium every year. Your druggist aella Cardui. Oct a bottle today. Full dircctiona In tie-ry pack age. now liii-e i null In the biinkn iinioiinling to 10..,()Imi,iiiiO, while Iih nurpluH fur; the. lant (iiarti r of lie IS umoiintH toj more than I;'3,nii0,iii)0 an aguliiHt a ' deficit of .j,ti(iil.iMU) In thii ouTOipond-: ing i Hurt 1 1- of the pri'VloiiH year. i llarnltigx Slieiw dig Icier cum', In detail the report for the lant! 'Illurter of IS ft nhowte total earniiign! of $.r.l,2:t."l2,7tS, bet income of MO.-, Kf.3,113 ami nurpluH of i::i.;ioo.t;:iL'. Tin nn, flgiiltNi e oiiipale Willi total eiiiiilnga of f3S.ilO.U44, net Income of t.:ii,tH.'i.7iu and HurpliiH of i h,d;i7,: 1 1 at the end of the itiaitcr Immediately prece -el Int. i Total earning for 1 ii 1 5 were 13", .ir,l,L'!', compared with f s I . T 4 5 . 5 1 ! in IIIH. On thi banH of rellirim for the hint iiuailer of dir., mid with oribun already In hand. It In believed the nteel coi poratlon'H earnlngH for lSUtt will run Into unpreci dented figurcH. In the fourth eiuiirtir of fill, when e'omilion (llvlilendH were altogetlpr niiHpended, total earnlngH were otily f 1 70 and net Income $fi,S15.- 25S after chmgiH ami ih preclat Ioiih iimoiuitlng to H.i.Me.aiili hail been made,, for the lant rpinrter of I Si 15, chargea and ileprecbitionH, together with other appropriation. amounting to about $ ln,:iMi,iniu were made, iIch plte which the tu t Iih oiih h Ih larger bv over 600 per cent than at the clone of 1UI. Twi'h Million IhshurM'd. The outlay Involvi'd In the dlMbtirse menl of the I'Miiiniiill dividend iiiuounln to J9, SMI. 71, which, with the regular eiuaitellv dividend of 1 H-l per I'ent on the preferred Muck, iiiaUi'tj a total diilib'ud diKtrlbiillon f..r the iiuarter of 1 1 '.' , ti S , 7 (i I . The month!)- ret urim for the fourth '(nutter, Hhow that .Nov iinhir'n e-ain- iligM of $17.7lii).;!lU were only .iii;f larier than llm'o of ticloher but i liei ember'a total of $ 1 K.4 1 0 (I J 4 e x . -eeded N'oveinbel 'H bV i .'H.7 I 4. It U j iiinb'i hi oo, that the' current mouth will exceed the output and conne i'luoiitlv the financial retiiins of lant i I lei einbet , j l ulled St.iti-H Steel common wan the' iill-pervadilig teal lire of Ihe Mock 'market with an overturn of about l;;!, "en .har'", or more than onc ; uiiii rtc-r of the day'n. total op. r. ileum. Steel iiiciled at ll "ilbstiildial advance iiVit the previous day h clom'. made a j maximum iiiot.ilbm of .' 1-.' and ilunid ut 't'j, a net gain of a full point . I Kollowiii itiient of the iUarti'rlv nt lit I'lilt 111 , ludn t high an X ere made for the Muck Jul private nab', presuma bly by aoiile ! belated bearn. Then Walnh caniei in, everything ho leiuld Thoinpn'ii ,ild. Chief told V'.th-h le "IiiihIi" "named me think of," KI'dn lucre!;,' and did not make l tn unit, acciirding In Thomp Hon, lie aeltially believed WiiIm.'i kept lot- tirade; up for thirty liiiuuli.s. lie nuid al'di tiilked loud. Sas lEeeel Wan Hiliiklng. Thoinpnon mild that once, previous to bin encounter with Ilottlnger, Walsh tbieati'ind to hit him on the head with u hummer. He- overlooked that, he naid, becaune he knew "Wuli-h hud a nlaiid-in and he wante d to bold bin Job." T 1 n 1 1 1 1 1 iM' 1 1 nald he look care of Chief KIcln'M little' red car and re pleninhi'd the Hiipply of ganullne every three er four dan, pouring in five KiiHoUh at a time. W. J, Uee-d, another ex-f itemail, waa a drinker, according to Thonipnon, However Hei'il did not drink at the higbluiulH Million until the day of the lorrl accident, he nald. On that day lie knew Hei'd had been drinking the minute he net eye upon him, In' nald. That wan JuM before 0 P. in., when Thomp'on entered the Million. JuM after the engine had been "turned over" al t! it. m., the alarm came from the I'ud block on South Htieet. and away tiny went. Saw l,lciior in I'llvato loe keT. Thompson'.-, duly waa to iIiik the engine boll and to "lead off." He rang the hell until he hi'urd rome one hollow, end t lit Hk I UK It wan time to "lead off," he turned the' rope e'vi r to Waller I'lvnn and reached for the wrench, be testified. Then the nllock e'ii mo and Thompson found himself In the' hone basket on top of the engine'. He wan ml e-i Tomtetl about the lire on Kant llazelillne avenue, nlnilt which l.iiiitenuiit Uennin testified Monday night He' said the engine ran paM one hydrant and had to go back to allot her. Ah to drinking at the depart incnt, Thompson told of oiu time, the fire men bad ii ' little drink." He naw li'inoi In private locker at the low lands Hlalboi nevcral limes. Three or four uaaits were there the' lant time be saw them, he said. They were' In a I'tivate locker to which Chief Klein and c'ai taln Fred Itunnell had the key. Te'MlfU-s Vhetiil Aevlele'llt. Thompson testified that Lieutenant Towcis, foi no iiv of the department, was drinking at the fire at the Komero building, First street and l ad avenue idmltti'd testifying at the former time that he saw Heed turning the wheel been iaround but the machine would not I "pick up" and kept sliding clown the tho water. Ilocil Not ruder Influence'. Couiihi'I for chief Klein rend an other iiuestion from the trnnHciipt of the Inciui'tit. It was whether Heed seemed to be. under the Influe-nce of Intoxle'untu when he entered the high lands Htntion the night of tho Iorrin accident. Iiennlnj corroborated his annwer, given at the imuust, that he did not. The Judge read further from the traimctipt that Dennis, just before the crash, had hold of the He nri hliglit looking for the No. of the hounen and did not know whether Heed was whin ing gears at that instani. lieiinlH said the e i in ii i in linked of him Monday nit-lit, at the Klein hear ing, waa what had happened before the engine reacheel the nlandpipe, pre-; mimably to explain there win no con tradiction in hit testimony upon the different. occi'HioiiH. AiinwiTing a eiuention put by Sir. Venable, Dennis said he had told lleed on the way to the fire to "watch; out or we ll hit Unit wagon. Keen was driving clone to the curb, he ku id. Judge lleacock asked, him whether he had not said at the iii'iuest when the engine reached ITa.eldine avenue, on Kditlt ntree-t. Heed started to turn it to "I'Uteh tho middle of the street." He naid he had. "Well ruder Way' K. l T.ippitt. B15 South High, was neU on the Maud. He knew Hood "eiulte u long time." Whi'ti asked whether he had seen him intoxicated. hiH annwe r wn that he had observed him "pretty fairly that, way." He met Heed on the Vlreet about 4 o'clock in the afternoon of the day that the DortlH child waa killed. When Heed turned hl face toward him he got a "pretty good whlif of whiskey," he said. Mr. l.ippitt guessed he had known ! Chief Klein since the latter entered Ihe department. Mr. Hlppilt ban seen service in me iignung nuosi-u, but not hi'ie. He joined the l'itts burgh, I'a., department in ! still, re mained there three years and then we nt, to Altoona, I'a., where he wuh In j service twenty years. i I Asked whi ther he connideTod Chie f I I Klein competent, h pawed the opin- . Ion that he was n good worker at a fire, but wild he did not consider him a good leader. II,. nald the chief had bi'come excited ut a fire, and cut his band. j ein cross-examination. Judge llea cock wanted to know how obi Mr. I i l.ippitt was. Ho is nearly "'I year)-, i Mr. l.ippitt enir-Mioncd the w isdom of j throw ing water with the w ind and not ngalnnt it. referring to tho fighting Mr. M.mn urged no particular pre paredness plan. He nub! he favored a .standing army of 2.10,000 or 300,000 or even half a million men. better coast defoiiHi'H and "a navy which will lie able to elefend uh on the sen. He promlsi'd to go into these details at greater length later. "I think We ought to provide these great force's," tald he In pleading for a non-partisan view of the question, "that Ih ought to be cotisldi'red an emergency matter, entirely apart from Ihe ordinary routine or expense of government, wit hunt regard to parti sanship or partv line-c. Tmichlnir 'n th cost, -Mr. Mann said it would be millions now, but better that than millions, later. V MOetNINA JOURNAL SPECIAL Li A BED WOtr London, Jan. i" t S : S r. p. m.)ln anticipation of tomorrow's important debate in the house of commons on tho blockade eiuention Hie Hritish government today issued a gtatemeni challenging and refuting statistics re cently published in the Dally Mail and the .Morning Host coiiooi ning' the1 hugely Increased Imports of the neu tral e-onntries ef Holland and Se-an-elinnvi.i since the- beginning of the war. The statement is confined to mi- mid detailed figures covering all ground dealt with by the Daily, Mail and the- Morning-tl'ost for the I purpose of showing numerous case s i in which errors have crept into the'; figures or certain circumstance's fn r.ored, all of which tend to the great inflalioii of Hie figures as gfveu by these journals. l'.e.vc.nd thlH no attempt has been made to draw any conclusions from Ihe figures given; neither is there' a hint of any change in the government policy. In fact, despite very decided expressions of opinion heard on hiany sides that the government may de e Ide t,, declare an actual tdockake nothing of it Is known and it is re garded still possible that the govern ment may only determine to tighten the existing system of controlling cargoes likely to reach countries nt War with the entente powers. Goiden Rule Dry Goods Co.'s Mopped him, he said. Walsh spoke' abusively Just 1 few minutes, ho said. j The naniCH he c illcd Thompson were i "bad enough" and he talked pretty loud, according to Huxley. I ( in-crciss-i xumiiiatioii, Huxley said Iliad heard of fire department drills at Second stri el and Copper avenue I hut they were held before he was I appointed. I Adjournment was taken at 10:30 jo'clock. Mr. Venable had not com I pleti d the prosec tition. He stili has four witnesses to cull. The hearing j will bp continued al 7:30 o'clock to- night. The council room W in crowded land some of the audlenco sat in the hall. Miss laiecro Itcliii'iis. Santa Fe, Jan. 25. Miss Aurora I.ucere has returned from Washing ton, D. C, vvhiTO she was one of the Interpreters of tlie I'an-American Sclent if if congress. She went an I'.'.r north us lb ston and then on to Chi cago, where she. was with her father. Secretary of State Antonio I.ucero. who is rapidly recovering from his operation and expects to return in about two week. I Great I l aft I iCIearasice YUAN SHI KAI WANTS IN ON PEACE COUNCIL I'av The- Milling ( e.tiituii,v I ienv. r. Jan. ; V of the Vlndbator Cm Muiliig compaiiv, mail l.o the i eit 1. the dividend iinnoiin.'c-! Walsh wax n. nt home with the high lands company, he Halo. Ankt'd wn, he .Marled liv naylng that he "sup posed" but Judge Heae'oi k Interrupted with an objection, Thompson hlni nedf took a drink with I'owcrs that morning In a mi hunt. "Nothing would do but be ','ould," he aaid. On cronn-exa initiation, Thompson I could Hut nu what the Hlieed of the engine was when Walsh Malted to I make the turn at Second stree t and (Central avenue. The netigine slowed down, lie said, however, that making 'u nh"rt turn threw the tire off. Once j Walsh was elnviiig the machine too fiM to make th, turn and went on Past Second nlre'e't, he nald. He ael- tuilted that WuihIi was removed us I drive l on the second el.iv after th Hiv htemW. annual re-port ululated Cold I to mo, khold- ein today, shown a profit of ( 1 , ii .". . K tl 3 for the flsiiil y.-ar ending Di'i.-mber 31 I !!'., after pa.vini, t';u3,7i4 for l of operation, salaries, taxes and tiitncedlaneotis enp. nsi p. A total of lrnuui was puii! out in dividends. Slroiig iH-iiiaud for Wmd. ndoii, Jan. 2.V The otferingK at I a-oed am thin nab s today amount- "t.iiiui babn. There was strum; llrlll.illil end 'lici-H realized Wete the best i.f (he n ru n Va lerian ni'uured tM.ld at 3s 4.1 and givav crosf-hre-ds at l led A inert. -a m bought a few greasv merinos. Vnt IdKb rreol mit' Or h twilrf irmel .if IV1I.U' Make UM uf III mil c. lume.a of Hi J..uenat. ;me i.m into tlie curbi'ig. Wal-li lb movi-d as Driver. l.etitnlf.i- .,mf, ri.n h, li,i wltneHsed here William Hines. South Frond- way, chief id' the Santa Fe nficps de partment, was examined about the I car sheds fire at the shops December S, 11114. Chicr Klein came to him in little while after he got to tlie fire and asked him if he had miy hose to j spare. He told Kh ln there was souio at tne nose bouse. lie neiuo that the' city fil'' iligilii' was outside' the fence. He said the city firemen "ilid all right" In the way id" helping extinguish the fire after tlbv got water on the flumes. The Sallta Fe shops chief said the city firemen wet the cornices of the; planing mill afte r they were ab(. to turn a stream on. Me naul the city firemen were' not supposed I" come on the' first alarm. About fillein minutes elapsed belweun the first aiiil second alarms mid from ten to fifteen minutes between Ihe time uf the see ond alarm and Chief Kle in's coming to him. He did not know at what time the' line',; arrived. Dr. Charles A. filer, eleiitl'-t, whose' offices are in th, N. T. Arnilio build ing. Second Mr-el and Central avenue, heard a commot'oii outside' when the central station engine rain into the. curbing Fining to the window, he' saw a tire roll a. ron the ntreet. He did not nee the engine turn Hi' corner. e if course, It w as n pain or It would n tire, he aibb d. He started to tell about writing a petition to th.. council, hut Judge' Heaeiik interrupted with; an obj' I'tioti, saving tile petition was the best ev ideiu i-. j sIks;-!! ef i:nglni. j J. Lew is Clark testified about the i same accnli'ii! He the nouiluunt cornel and Central noiun', gitie nt'irted to make have been traveling mile clip, he said Herbert Huxh-v, fir jlral .elation, said he e x e-rience. mat be Y MORNtsa JOUHSAL SPECIAL LIA(D WIHBl Washington, Jan. a. h iffii lal in formation has reached Washington indicating' that realization that he might lie excluded from tho peace councils at the c lose of the Furopean war was the prevailing feature in Yuan Shi Kul's decision to postpone his assumption to the throne of China. Kcports from Hi king and Tokio al ready hnel made It evident that the combined pressure of the allies upou Yuan Shl Kal to induce him to re frain from making radical govern ment changes during the war was be ginning to tell upon the Chinese pres ident. On th other ground that revolutionary movements almost cer tain to follow' thii change might ser iously affec t China's foreign relations, Yuan Shl Kal was informed that the allies at least would be better pleased if the execution of his program was deferred. Moreover, it has been intimated that as the allies would refuse to recognize the projected imperial gov erntnint and the republic meanwhile would have disappeared, China could claim no representation in the peace conference which would end the war. And without a voice in the ' peace councils, China would not be In a position to demand and arrange for tile recession of the important posses sion of Kiaochau which Japan wrest ed from Ih rmany under a conditional pledge to restore to China. GUILD GETS SICK CROSS, FEVERISH E CONSTIPATED Thursday, at 9 a. m. Wonderful New Skirt Values 100 "California Syrup of Figs" can't harm tender stom ach or bowels, SAMPLE SKIRTS RECEIVED. ALL STYLES, GENUINE BARGAINS. JUST NEW TEXAS BREWERS PAID VOTERS' POLL TAXES A laxative today saves a sick child tomorrow. Children simplv will not take the time from play to empty their bowels, which become clogged up with waste, liver gets sluggish; stomach sour. Look at the tongue, mother! If coated, or your child Is listless, cross, feverish, breath bad, restless, doesn't eat heartily, full of cold or has sore throat or any other children's ailment, give a teaspoonful of "California Syrup of Figs," then don't worry, because it is perfectly harmless, and In a few hours all this constipation poison, sour bile and fermenting waste will gently move out of the bowels, and you have a well, playful child again. A thor ough "inside cleansing" Is oftitnes all that Is necessary. It should be thij Au.-iL W en Liiit-i i l Kitru 01 ttfiy ml ivju.,s. Ileware of counterfeit fig syrups. Ask your druggist for a 50-cctit bottle ;of "California Syrup of Figs," which lhas full directions for babies, children of all ages and for grown-ups plainly iprintod on the bottle. Look carefully and see that It Is made by the "Cali- .fornia Fig Syrup Company." V MOMNINa JOUMHAL aflClAL LIAStO WOtll Sulphur Springs, Tex.. Jan. US. over objections of the defense in the case, of six Texas brewers charged with violation of the Texae anti-trust (law, the state today intruduce-d intoi the court records numerous Idlers extracts of letters and documents! which it assorted would tend to up-1 hold Its allegation thai the cj"fendants paid the poll taxes of many persons j throughout the state in 1HH so that they might Vote at tlie succeeding election. ' The defense objected to Introduc tion of such letter: on the ground that they were written bet'oii; the passage of the law in lHO.t, making it a penal offenne to pay poll taxes for persons qualified to vote. In reply. Attorney t goiiu' it r., snails eieiii'i'al Looncv replied that tlie law t have thrown tin always had forbidden corporations to us - their assets for any other purpose than that granted in their charters. Judge William I'ierson, presiding, overruled the' objection. YAH I S AltK SO f.'KKAT IN Oil! SI'FCIW, S.; of 1I51M--S J II t ItSI) Y. WAISTS IMIDAV AM) ITTHCOAIN SVI t KDAY. I HAT Till: CASH i:i:i ntFMFxr cawot hi: M-rr ASIHK a v v csi:. Will IIII K Vtll' HAVF. Y ACCOFNT AT THK (.OI IH itri i: on or. ii i:si; no NOT Slv TO HUD THI.SK M'FCIXI. SI.K . UM i :TS CD VHt.l 1). IT MI ST in: t SH WITH V FKY I'l l! II ASF. t.oi if Ki l l-: nitY t.oons ('(Dil'AW, was Manning m of Second street Itefore the i-n-the turn It must at a twenty-five American lY'-amer lYcod. Seattle. Wash., Jan. 25. A letter. writte n in Kdinbutgh castle by Dr. I Walte STOP CATARRH! OPEN ! NOSTRILS AND HEAD j 4 ftars tream Applied in Nostrils I Kelieves Head-Colds at Once. f If your nostrils are clogged and When Chief Kbin darned what had happened a' Ihe curlier. Kbin fined Iim' ltohin.-on j ami told him t' take the plaee un driver, according to Thoinpnon. He dul ii"t know why UobiiiHon wan fined. Thompson aid the time thev had a di Ink at the toation was aft r the ) j drilled and had received no instruc-1 Items as to tlie use of ropes, ladders or th- location uf fire hydrant, lie tentifli'd to the fight between lieorge Hottinger and Cal Thonipnon, both firemen, in the Central Malioii. llux lev was ret :t fireman ut that tune. Walsh, who cam,. n after the acrap, abused Thompson and Chetf KKln er tiettnorn. ol Seattle, w no your m an is ntulfed and vou can't was taken from a passenger ship and breathe freely because of a cold or imprisoned while he was on the way catarrh, just get a small bottle of Fly's to join the Herman He. I Cross, has Cream Halm at any drug store?. Apolv jin'cn re i 'i i Veil nere. i er. e , .'11110111 1 a iiuic 01 tins tra grant, antis-ptic 'man rt the -en- wrote that he had been well treated j cream into your nostrils and let it had net previous and expected to he released soc n, ; penetrate through every air imssaae of had not bee'ii when be would proeeeel to Herman) . your head, soothing and healin" the 1 inflamed, swollen mucous membrane and Vou get instant relief. Ah! how good it feels. Your nos trils ar,. open, your head is clear, no more hawking, .snuffling, blowing: 110 more headache, dryness or struggling for breath. Fly's Cream Halm is lust what suffereig from bead colls and, catarrh need. It's a delight, To Prcienl The .rip When vou feel a cold 1 oming on. stop it by taking I.AXAT1YF. HHOMO QF1X1NK and Ihus keep the system In condition to prevent the UKIH. There In onlv one "HROMO JFI XI XK " K. W. OHOVH'S signature 011 iox. 25c. SKIRTS Of all-wool poplin, in navy and black. Well tailored and trimmed with buttons. All regular sizes to be had. A $5 value; sale price $2.95 SKIRTS OF ALL WOOL, D0U3LE WARP AMOSKEAG SERGE in navy and black, trim med with buttons and fin ished at waist with belt. All regular sizes to be had. A good value at $3.75; sale price $2.45 SKIRTS OF STRIPED I GRAY WOOL MIXTURE Well tailored and trim med with buttons; all regular sizes to be had. A good vaiue at $2.50; sale price $1.39 THE HOUR- Thursday, at 9 a. m. e