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PART ONE
hoi,, XXXV.
(NUMBER '.'.3
PRICE: S^fSISSffS 40 CENTS
PEANUT BOX IS
CUPID'S AID IN
REUNITING PAIR
COUPLE DIVORCED 17 YEARS
AGO TO MARRY AGAIN
J. G. WIRSHING FINDS WIFE IN
: ROMANTIC MANNER
Resident of Anaheim Sends Card with
v. Wares, Former Spouse Receives
It and They Will Wed
Today
!
• ; A romance that is almost unparalleled
In the. annals' of Action, with a plot so
j unbelievable that it would be discarded
by most writers of modern love stories,
will be brought to a happy conclusion
•today by the reunion and second mar
riage of J. G. Wlrshing of Anaheim and
Miss, Lilly Peterman of Denver, from
whom Wlrshing was divorced seventeen
years ago and for whom he has been
I searching for the past dozen years In
the hope of effecting a reconciliation,
1 should he find her. •
'• "A' little souvenir box of California
• peanuts sent through the mails from
(' Los Angeles accidentally fell Into the
hands of Miss Peterman in Denver.
Wlrshlng's name was on the box. The
little ■ souvenir was ■ the means Cupid
used to bring about the reunion.
, 7 Mis* Peterman — took her maiden
name' after the divorce— expected to
arrive In Los Angeles early today. She
■ will be met at the station by Wlrshing,
■ and together they will proceed to the
!court house to obtain.a license and
then to the home of some clergyman,
where the ceremony will be performed.
; .Seventeen years ago at Galena, 111.,
• after a married life of five years. Wlr
shing . and his wife were separated,
t principally through the Interference of
. relatives. Both of them regretted the
' separation soon after, but it seemed
then too late. .'-.,
• Assumes Maiden Name
'Mrs.' Wlrshing came to the coast,
where she assumed her maiden name,
' and her former husband completely lost
trace of her. > He. soon found Galena
and his old associations unbearable, so
Jhe, too, 'came west. He went to Colo-
Irado and became a miner. •He worked
*i's a miner at Cripple Creek and at
jTurkey Creek." From there he went to
fAnaheim, I where he engaged in farm
I work for a while and then ' began to
►raise i peanuts. -Later. he sold, peanuts
lon ( the street and! soon became a well
Jnown character In the village and was
jj«>n to everyone as "Pei *t John.",'
la From ■-■ a.* little 4 peanut >aster on
heels his business de veil Id < until he
Inquired a store to' accommodate his
fjitrons. '■■ V'l"ritiWxf\V^U*i'***'*--~*-'-'1?:' Lf'
I (Then "Peanut John" got hold of the
I puvenlr which resulted in his finding
.is former wife after many years. It
was only a little box made of orange
I wood; and * redwood which contained S a
variety of giant pea-nuts that took the
prize at the Jamestown exposition, and
i some dwarf peanuts that were so small
■ that they have to be harvested by ma
■ chinery. These boxes he sent all over
the ■'; country. •: In a few of them he
i placed his card as an advertisement. >,
i-yy '>*;•'*;.: Wife Gets Card
• Miss ; Lilly . Peterman, as' she was
• known In Colorado, was visiting friends
iat '■ Fort " Collins, . Colo. At an evening
[ gathering someone produced one of the
little boxes frond California and ex
hibited the big and little peanuts with
• in. When Miss Peterman saw the name
on the box she gave a. little gasp, but
said nothing.
) • The very next day she sent her pho
< tograph ■ to Wlrshing and on the back
was written: "The lady who sends this
X would be glad to correspond with the
,! man who sends out the California pea
nut souvenirs."
JW Of :. course . Wlrshing ' recognized the
I photograph at once and lost no time in
replying. This was a very short while
I ago, ff and 1 the • letters came and went
, ( swiftly. " Mistakes of early years were
j explained away and the memory of a
child that was gone paved the. way to
JuM complete understanding." Yesterday
"Peanut? John" .received the telegram
.; that settled everything. .He was so
I proud. of ■It and ' happy over the pros
t pects '• it ft. held ,:. out sto him that • he
! wanted-'to show ;it to everyone. It
read: ■"I will reach Los Angeles at 8
o'clock. tomorrow. Lilly.",;
v':\i;: y Peanut John Happy
"When a■' man "hasn't ' anything; to
look forward to except the big day when
he Is going to 'shuffle off thfe mortal
coil.' " said "Peanut John," "when he
ain't got • anybody; that cares much
whether ho shows up for breakfast or
not, I guess It sort of. makes an old
codger feel pretty good' to get . a tele
„gram like that. -I am 53 years old, but
\ my wife is most twenty years younger,
: I haven't had a very easy time of it. I
H tried to! celebrate ; the. Fourth of -July
in 1881," he said in his droll way, "and
:IV lost my hand because > I was too
. patriotic. . But I am doing pretty well
/ now, and I am going to see that the
little woman doesn't Buffer any, even if
; I have only one hand.,- !..
"But won't they be surprised out nt
.Anaheim? : I guess every child in that
".town knows me. v'l: am going to take
I my.wifo to a little celebration out there
•^tomorrow? night' and I guess we will
get a warm reception, Another thing
I am going to do," \ he said with -a'
B smile, 'I am going to have my whiskers
I cut off. „ I don't think she likes whiskers,
so they will have to go."
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DOCTOR DECLARES INFANTS'
SEX CAN BE PRE-DECIDED
'J /CLEVELAND. Ohio, June, SO.'—Con
trol of the sex of infants ls a practical
£ proposition, ... according - to, Dr. Frank
Kraft of the American Institute of
Homeopathy. ... ;»>;>
Dr. Kraft says he has discovered no
new principle, but has shown the prac
tical -. application : of 'an organization
with the volution theory. „ :• . .
'ri ' The principle, ,he says. Is based on
-,i the > law of t the survival of the fittest.
: Kraft makes % these: declarations, in '. a
book just offered the press.
;'.; It Is well known, to scientists, asserts
I the author, that savage races and races
which i exist > where i the " conditions« of
life are hardest produce a preponder
ance of male children. From this fact
; he ! deduces (that i nature : recognises s in
; thai female ' the 1 weaker sex. Thus, he
T says, *In v times: of j plenty, females are
slikely ito predominate. y Some i thinkers
ion : the' question ' even go bo far ) as Ito
' state?that : the v hard r> times produce
epqrtV*»n.
LOS A NGELES HERALD
FORMER ARMY OFFICER
CHARGED WITH THEFT
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LIEUTENANT GEORGE MILLER
MONTGOMERY
SAYS MAN STOLE
HER PRIZED GEMS
LATE LIEUTENANT PRISONER
AT HOSPITAL
TRIES TO END LIFE WHEN OFFI.
CERS ARREST HIM
Woman with Whom Son of Famous
Surgeon Is Said to Have Eloped
Claims 'He Pawned
Clothing
•" Chained to 'a >' cot -in the = detention
ward of the city '•' receiving . hospital,
George I Miller 1 Montgomery, I late lieu
tenant In the Sixth United States cav
alry, and won of one of the most famous
army ■' surgeons the American military
establishment has known, is raving
against the police for preventing him
from taking his life. -. 'V;
I Prevented at the end of a six months'
career of dissipation and profligacy
from ending • his worldly career by a
dose of bichloride of mercury. Lieuten
ant Montgomery turned and twisted
and fought on his cot last night, with
the ever present. threat on his lips to
kill himself as soon as he found means
to do so. .
• The attention of the police was called
to Lieutenant Montgomery first on
Monday when a woman who said her
name was Mrs. Caroline Odea appeared
at the central station and stated Mont
gomery had been taking her Jewelry
and clothes from time to time and
pawning them to secure money for his
personal use, and that he had virtually
reduced'her to beggary. She asked the
police to apprehend him and recover as
much as possible of the large amount
of property, he.had taken.
Detectives - Glenn and' Stevens .of
Captain Broadhead's office were de
tailed on the case, and all day yester
day they hid in the rooms of Lleuten
ont Montgomery and Mrs. Odea, at 4W
East Ninth street, • where they were
living under the names of George Miller
and wife, waiting to arrest him. A yt
V -Returns to Rooms
Montgomery did not appear 'at : the
rooms until about 5 o'clock, and when
he was confronted by the officers and a
statement asked of him relative to the
money and Jewelry of the woman he
had' got away with, he - drew a . hand
from his pocket and placed something
in his mouth. .- '■" ">,:•
He then asked for a drink of water,
and when it was given him swallowed
a number of bichloride of mercury tab
lets, which he had had in his pocket.
evidently in anticipation of his arrest.
3 Within a few moments Montgomery
was seized with convulsions and a phy
sician was hastily summoned. ••
The only one found .was Dr. Laura
McCook, who lives near by, and when
she arrived and attempted, to admin
ister the usual . antidotes to the pois
oned. man' he fought her savagely .arid
bit her fingers as she tried to force his
t mouth open to administer the antidote.
In the meantime the police ambulance
had been sent for, and . Montgomery
was hastily taken to the city receiving
hospital, - • where :, his ■ stomach /.". was
pumped and > stimulants .which i coun
teracted the effects of the poison ad
ministered. •" ■:. ■■'.'"' > ;: , .■••"-.
After •it - was determined. that Mont
gomery was out of danger he made a
statement to the police of his connec
tion with Mrs. 1 Odea, but said that: at
the first opportunity; he got'he-would
kill himself, and tho next time he would
make a sure Job of It. •■ . - , ■ 'f'.. „,':•;
; '■■■; Served with 1 Volunteers
He Bald,that in 1898, at the outbreak
of the ■• Spanish * war, ;'■ he .- enlisted -at
Omaha, Neb., in * the ■■ Eleventh United
States Volunteers and , served > through
the war ?In the : Philippines, and I also
during the Boxer troubles in China. ' ..y
'At the capture ofPekin and the in
ner city,, by • the , allied ; forces ■he i. was
wounded and came home on a furlough.
When he re-entered the.service it was
its a second • lieutenant in *■ the » Sixth
United States cavalry. •He • served In
the Philippines, and also on station In
this country,: and in* 1905 retired'from
the service. >>. -■ ■' -"'" . ,;<"'. .':.'. •"•.* ' v
■ I Shortly after, the San Francisco earth
quake and fire he ,became acquainted
with Mr. and Mrs. Odea, and: when the
Od.-as opened a hotel j and ' restaurant
In that', city '. he worked * for t them >as
clerk. lEtriJ^|J||lMj pW[lillllini I'l l>[i 11 j
The husband and. wife, ; according .to
Montgomery,' continually quarreled, and
st* months ngo he t eloped ■• from .San
Francisco: with r. Mrs. •; Odea, «coming. to
this city by, a roundabout route.".,, ';.t
•: At that time Montgomery said he was
possessed )of !> several' hundred '," dollars,
anfl Mrs. Odea had about $800 in cash,
I rConttnneri on , Fmte; Two.l
WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 1, 1908.
SECOND PLACE
MAY BE GIVEN
DELAWARE MAN
DEMOCRATIC LEADERS THINK
GEORGE GRAY LIKELY
HIS MANAGER WANTS HIM TO
HEAD TICKET
.....;■...,;-' ->-v..-'.v "
Many Rumors Rife In Denver and
Various Candidates Are Discussed
as Possibilities—Platform
Gossip Varied
By Associated Press. ■
DENVER, Colo.. June 80.—Although
candidates for the nomination for vice
president on the Democratic ticket are
numerous and despite the fact that
their number is likely to be largely In
creased before! a choice i is actually
made it ls the general opinion among
such leaders of the party as are now
here that if George Gray of Delaware
will declare his willingness to accept
the second place on the ticket he can
have It. | Josiah Marvel of Wilmington,
Del., the manager of the Gray presi
dential campaign, who arrived In Den
ver tonight, will not, however, give his
consert. He Insists that the Delaware
man is a candidate for first place, and
when it has been settled that he can
not have first place it will be ample
time .to place him in running for the
secondary, position, - provided he . cares
to take it. •'
■•' Mr/. Marvel denies, however, that
Judge Gray will be satisfied with any
thing less than the head of the ticket. -
" It 'is well known that Mr. Bryan
would be pleased to have Judge Gray
for the vice presidential candidate, and
the only thing that prevents the latter
from becoming a leading candidate for
that position is the simple but all
powerful fact that he will not declare
himself to be a candidate at all.
Boom Is Launched-
The Gray presidential 7 boom ' was
formally launched today and headquar
ters were opened In the Savoy hotel.
They were arranged some hours In ad
vance ;of the . arrival of Mr. Marvel,
and during the early part of the after
noon a corps of expert blllstlckers were
going about the hotels putting up litho
graphs of the Delaware candidate.
. The Johnson headquarters will not be
opened for several days, and the date
on which the Bryan banners will be
thrown out has not . yet been deter
mined, but It will be on Saturday or
Sunday, after the arrival of the Ne
braska delegation. > . '> -;
■• It -Is . certain there • will be a strong
fight in the committee on resolutions,
and possibly on the floor of the conven
tion s itself over the anti-injunction
plank.' Word has come Indirectly from
Lincoln that Mr. Bryan is in favor of
a-' plejott of .a" somew-hAt nidlcal | nature;
and It ls certain that such men as Sul
livan, national committeeman from Il
linois, and . Chairman Taggart of j tho
national committee, - are strongly: op
posed to It. | Sullivan gave out yester
day a statement in which 'he favored
"equal rights before the law," and.used
other expressions of a similar character
which were construed to mean that he
was opposed to a strong anti-Injunction
plank. •. • -■'-- . , .-■
Wants Soft Pedal? v
Sullivan denies he Intends to convey
the impression that he planned to fight
the anti-Injunction plank, but It ls gen
erally believed that he Is against ex
treme language -In this . part of the
resolutions.
i It :Is well known that between Mr.
Bryan, Mr. Sullivan and other influen
tial members of the Illinois delegation
no particular amount of love is lost,
and reports have been circulated that
If an anti-Injunction plank ls adopted
more radical In its character than the
Illinois people feel that they can ap
prove, that state, when It comes to bal
loting for president, will break away
from Its Bryan instructions....
Sullivan denied this emphatically to
day. I He said: "We were told to stick
for Bryan and we are going to stick.
I do , not believe that . any platform
fight can change our present program.
Illinois has no idea of, breaking away
from its Instructions." ;
: The forces opposed to a radical labor
plank were strengthened today by the
arrival of Charles G. Helfner of Wash
ington, who has the proxy of John Y.
Terry, the national committeeman from
that state.:, Mr. Helfner announced em
phatically that, the : Pacific coast and
probably the state of Washington was
opposed 'to the adoption of - such . a
plank as was presented at Chicago by
Samuel Gompers and other officials of
the 5 American Federation. of Labor.
He said: '-■-
"The. adoption by our party of such
a plank would be a transparent sop to
union labor which would be repugnant
to voters in all sections of the coun-
try. It would be ■ a promise that no
law making body would be willing to
fulfil. It could not help but injure the
Democratic , ticket at the polls."
, Mr. Helfner believed that ■ the , vice
presidency ; will - go ■'. to <■ the . east, a but
he was not ready. to say how his dele
gation will vote. ■■■>•• ..■'•'• ; ■''■ .
The coming of Mr. Helfner with his
statement of the sentiment on the Pa
cific coast j against the proposed anti
injunction '. plank ',< and *: the announce
ment In the east that Martin W. Lit
tleton of New York will come here to
make a fight against the: insertion of
such : a plank iin the platform I easily
makes' this question the <most, import
ant under discussion.' New England Is
said to be opposed' to \ the plank:and
New Jersey and Pennsylvania also are
accredited '. with *- pronounced ■;; antag
onism to such a resolution.' If the New
York delegation ' and | the Pacific I coast
delegations .should I take I a determined
stand against It < the :■ fight \ would ' as-,
sume formidable proportions. .; It ls not
believed I here • that j the I opposition I of
Sullivan of Illinois and Taggart of. In
diana -■ means / that : the X entire t delega
tions : from these ■ states would ' oppose
Mr. Bryan's wishes. . Most of the cen
tral and western and southern Istates,'
it Is said, will be lined up.to:support
whatever program Mr. .Bryan's friends
present. L-. ,'..-'*■•'■--'■ >' '. ■■
• The question: of , tickets . continues to
divide the : members of , the. committee
on \ convention I arrangements j and t the
committee of Denver citizens which ;is
looking after. the : Denver ' end iof t tho
convention. As is usually the case, the
local I people i would ; like t to j* receive i a
greater f number of • tickets > than j the
committee : feels that it can spare.
;.i The: hospital X here , will , be . patterned
after S the ;■ temporary » hospital i. at i" the
Chicago Coliseum. % The contracts ■ for,
equipment andl supplies ' and! the \mat
ter of securing • attendants \of '. compe
tent' physicians and nurses will be dis
poned , of tomorrow. • *\ ,■".•{';'.
His Favorite Pastime at the Political Circus
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NIGHT RIDERS
STEAL MAIDEN
BURN BARN AND KIDNAP GIRL
/" T FOR : RANSOM :
Posse Takjs Up Trail and Young
Woman Is Saved in Her Night
Clothes; After Exciting
Chase
Br Associated Press.
' FRESNO, June SO.—Details of one of
the boldest crimes on record ware re
ceived, from Coalinga this 1 morning
when Constable ■" Arnold .' Informed
Sheriff Chittendon that last night two
masked men burned the barn of Adolph
Domengine, a- wealthy rancher, ■ near
that town, and while the family rushed
out .of the house after < the alarm had
been given kidnaped ■ his - 18-year-old
daughter, 1 declaring they Intended to
hold her for a ransom of $5000.
The family - retired early, i and at 11
o'clock* Domengine awoke to find his
barns on fire. He aroused his wife and
daughter. "P ■ - '
As they rushed out the "night riders"
stepped from behind the shadow of the
house and leveled: guns at the ranch
er's face, compelling him to throw up
his hands.'. . ''- <
They told him they had come for his
daughter ■.and. would, kill him if he
made any resistance.
• They -. then procured ' the ■. rancher's
buggy, one of them driving away with
the daughter,. while the other followed
with saddle horses. v\ ' . „*• y;>
; Bandits Are Caught / '
'y At 4 o'clock '; this ' afternoon \ the : two
bandits who kidnaped Edna Domengine
were captured In Warthan canyon \in
the foothills, five. miles back of Coal
lngit, and Miss Domengine was restored
to her father, who came to the mouth
of the canyon Just after a posse headed
by Dr. Seebery arrived.-..-.:: ■. -
■ The kidnapers were Cleve Rogers and
Tony Loveall, the latter said to be an
ex-convict.; Rogers had the girl thrown
face downward across his saddle. ■.< ;V-
When the posse appeared he opened
fire, using the girl as a shield. I Dr. See
berry's party did not dare to shoot, but
the kidnapers, realizing how the whole
country was up In arms, yielded with
out further fight.- S^."' '^X. ,"•>- s.."' •'/•'•V-'-
The girl was carried from the house
in > her night clothes, . Lat r on, the way
one of the men got for her a j man's
coat,' which she i wore. v She was i com
pelled to walk In her bare feet through
the hot sand,, except t when the ! chase
became: hot, s when ■ Rogers picked her
up and flung her over his saddle. '"-,'
The two desperadoes were 'turned
over to - Sheriff .: Chittenden, ' who •, has
started with . them .In :his.. automobile
for Fresno."«
TALENTED PIANIST LOSES
BOTH HANDS IN EXPLOSION
NEW YORK, June 30.—Charles Cleve
land," 19 years old, a pianist of consid
erable ability, j who > had ■< planned Jto
make his living as a musician, lost both
hands" at the ■ Ridgewood golf'links fat
Ridgewood, :N. J., last ; night. :• (■' ■> -i; .
i« In • a preliminary i celebration, of the
Fourth, Cleveland lit a cracker which
failed <■ to ;: go . off.'. ; He > picked- It up.
thinking the fuse had gone, out and it
exploded. '■'- His , left hand ', was ,'j torn
away,-.'; while t his * right < hand 1 was 'so
shattered that only the last two fingers
remained.*' ■--,■{*. ?» ■ -'-•'-• '- *■> ■'■■■ •<*-' _-, '■■■<■
»< Cleveland was removed to the general
hospital :in •' Paterson for treatment.
ILLINOIS ' LOCAL OPTION LAW
CLOSES BUFFETS ON TRAINB
'■ CHICAGO, June \ 30.—0n laaccountt t of
the | local option law lln ' so , many coun
ties in: Illinois,? buffets in nearly, all
railroad ears will bo closed. '.
An order has been issued by the Pull
man : company: closing the , buffet in the
parlor car, of the Alton limited between
Chicago * and s St. Louis -, and ' abandon
ing entirely 'i the , sale :of ■■•■ intoxicating
liquors. -;• The ."-. order * J will ? affect * the
buffets on. ell ronds in :Illinois.rtv yy
BISHOP BOTTER
NEARING DEATH
EMINENT DIVINE DYING, SAY
PHYSICIANS
New York Protestant Episcopal Pre I.
ate' Lies in Critical Condition All
Day— Night Finds Slight
Improvement ', .
F> Associated Press.
■ COOPERSTOWN, N. V., ' June 30.—
After, a day In which the patient visi
bly lost'strength I and the end seemd
near. Bishop Henry Codman Potter of
the' New York Protestant Episcopal
diocese was tonight reported .by his
physicians to be • resting somewhat
more comfortably, -with symptoms
rather more favorable than during any
time in the last several hours. .. •;< '-<
The condition of the eminent patient
la still critical, however, and no great
hopes . are built < upon ■ the > strength
which was noted early tonight.
More than once during the day hope
was almost abandoned, but as the cool
of evening came on the patient seemed
somewhat refreshed and reports from
the sick room were more • favorable. ■
- The bishop's Bon, William H. Potter,
arrived last night, and Mrs. Potter has
been with the bishop almost constantly
since the alarming symptoms * devel
oped. Three members of the bishop's
family are in Cooperstown. ;■ —
The patient's Illness dates from May
1, when he was attacked by a complica
tion of stomach and liver trouble, but
it was not until early in June that his
condition became serious. ■ .-' ' ■
.'On June 10 he was taken to Coopers
town, In the hope that a change of air
would benefit him. > A marked turn for
the better resulted almost immediately,
but - the ■ oppressive . heat of the • past
week counteracted this, and yesterday
there was a relapse. ■ '■'■',■ ' •-"■''■ v
The Right; Rev. Henry Codman Pot
ter is the seventh bishop of the Prot
estant Episcopal diocese of New York,
which post he has held for twenty-five
years, succeeding his uncle, Bishop Ho
ratio Potter. : His father was Bishop
Alonzo • Potter of Pennsylvania.« The
present blsho" t who .Is 74 years old,
married Miss Mary Scrlven, his second
wife, in 1887. : .-. '- '.' - '■.•'- ■'-.'. ■' V-" .
COURT DECIDES RUEF'S
RELATIVES GOOD SECURITY
■:: SAN FRANCISCO, June. 30.—The dis
trict ' court , of i appeals ■ this | afternoon
referred to : Superior ' Judge ; James M.
Seawell i the ' matter »of : passing upon
auretlea and bonds offered by Abe Ruef
In his : effort *to secure t his • release )on
ball of 1760,000. ', - :,"•' -/.'*« \-<i
By the decision In the habeas corpus
proceedings I the court took the matter
of ball out of the hands of Judge Dunne,
before whom It was pending.?,!«/■:•;*i^»*
■ The court I questions 1 the v rulings »of
Judge Dunne in refusing to accept the
sureties who . could » not . qualify. with
San Francisco real estate, and also the
decision that relatives of Ruef, particu
larly .-'» his >: father {•'• and .',' sister, s : , could
not qualify.' ; r" " '* .1 <
■ It is ordered! that the matter be re
ferred to Judge ; Seawell to hear testi
mony as; to: the qualifications of sure
ties; to approve the bonds: If . sufficient
sureties : are produced,' and. upon suffi
cient sureties j being ) produced : and the
bonds approved |in s the amounts | fixed,
that Ruef be | discharged 'from custody.
Justice Cooper wrote the opinion and
Justices Hall and Kerrigan concurred.
Cruisers Coming South
i SAN FRANCISCO, June, 30—For the
purpose | of, a , test : the < cruisers Califor
nia, Tennessee j' and Washington , will
leave tomorrow for San l Diego, • having
In tow .V the 3. torpedo f. boat % destroyers
Preble, '* Perry ; and Farragut. Rlt has
been \ planned: to «)send % the % torpedo ~i
flotilla across the Pacific in tow of the
larger •» warships ,|* when t they .'i resume
their voyage around the world and the
navy | officials I desire ( to I see t how '» the
test i will i work • during; the trip > down
the i coast • ' ' ,'." .' .- ■
urwnj pi ■':."/■ Yl pfT?Q •' daily. Sci Sunday, s«
&IJ.\L»l^ \^VJJr . ON TRAINS. 5 COOTS}.*
TELLS OF COLD
BLOODED CRIME
WOMAN CHARGES HER FATHER
WITH MURDER
Declares He Helped Kill Napa Moun.
tain Man and That Body Was
Burned In Cabin Last
&'% -'vy;> February ,'
By Associated Press.
WOODLAND, Cal., June 30.—Mrs.
George; Babcock •of Winters, .in an
affidavit made ;to '. District Attorney
Anderson, has • acqused her father .of
complicity in the murder of John Wood
apple, . a former i rancher In.- Marklee
canyon in .the Napa mountains, ten
miles west of Winters, whose charred
body was found 'in the ashes - of, his
cabin last February.
■ With her, father, A. Shroyer,. Mrs.
Babcock implicates Lawrence Lund, an
employe of Shroyer. ■ • - '
In an affidavit Mrs. Babcock alleges
that Shroyer attracted Woodapple's at
tention while Lund felled -him to the
ground with a neckyoke, and that the
two men placed Woodapple's dead body
In his cabin, which they set on fire.
• Avarice is assigned ;by Mrs. Babcock
as the | motive lof the crime. .She, said
that. Shroyer . and Lund i had. obtained
much money from Woodapple and men
tioned ,a ' mysterious cigar box which
Shroyer and .Lund -.' unearthed ■'• near
Woodapple's barn. *-,'.--" -
i She further . Bald that she had kept
silent through fear, but that a guilty
conscience and the dread'that she her
self might be murdered Impelled her to
act at this time. ... ■■■■■'■„
« She was afraid to go to Napa county
and came jto District Attorney Ander
son to break her silence of five months.
"When the district attorney had pre
pared the affidavit from the story she
related - Mrs. Babcock signed rlt■ in a
firm hand. District Attorney Sllva and
Sheriff Dunlap of Napa county are here
investigating the -matter.. ,■ ■;'.. •; •
SUFFRAGETTES MEET
WITH POOR SUCCESS
Real Leaders Drop Out and Cause Re.
', celves Setback by Demonstrations.
Twenty.nlne Women "-'
;r;:;.-;'": Arrested : ,': ,'.'.'
By Associated Press. \ '..,-,''\'' „'■ .' '■ :'■'•'■
LONDON. June JO.—-Contrasted .with
the recent orderly and ; impressive suf
fragette .:; gatherings, ; today's demon
stration 1 was a comparative failure and
calculated rather, to injure than to ad
vance ; the " cause it -was. intended' to
serve. '...''- ,'••-•' ■'..•-.;■■ ' ''. ■•'"-,
Nothing Ilka • the number - of s suffra
gettes . anticipated * appeared - on' , the
scene, < and : the affair seemed to lack a'
definite plan and organization. •-"•
The real leaders in the attack on the
house \ of ' commons <: in • fact ■ remained
hind tat • Caxton ) hall, reserving i them
selves, sas i they / now ■ explain, for i an
other projected Invasion of parliament
on Thursday. -i?SS"*W«»4stfV»sl»»*'«v' J5f..-'*
.«, The police, mounted and on foot, were
in strong force In the vicinity of parlia
ment today, and for two or three hours
that ~ neighborhood } was . the - scene :. of
riots ' and. skirmishes ■• through the t ef
forts '"» of >• the » suffragettes •k to < : break
through the cordon and reach the lobby
of the house of commons. • > '
!Jj Numerous 1 ruses ; and I disguises were
employed I for • this I purpose, g but I none
succeeded,'and. in the end| twenty-nine
of the women I were | arrested. Including
two bold spirits who drove in a' cab to
Downing j street I and 1 threw I stones and
smashed the: windows of the premier's
residence, and t others »; who « chartered
boats |to > the '. Thames and : tried j to. ha
rangue the members of the house on the
terrace through megaphones. .'-,•■■*. •
Q.CENTS
MEXICANS USE
RUDE WEAPONS
IN CHIHUAHUA
REVOLUTION BREAKS OUT IN
PALOMAS
ARMED BAND REPULSED BY FED.
ERAL GUARD " 1"..'I "..'
Bomb Is Thrown Into Telegraph Of.
V flee, which Starts Fatal Con.
flict—Fight Lasts for /
One Hour
EIGHT SHOT TO DEATH
♦ DEL RIO.; Tex., June ' 30.—1t
*. was learned here tonight i that ( a' ♦,'.
♦ company of rurales • cornered a * :
* detachment tof the revolutionists *ft
* who i attacked , the : little town jof «1
* Las Vacas, and J that' a * flgl - oo- ♦ 3
♦ curred In- the mountains th the ♦
* southwest of the city. The revo— ♦
* lutlonists were short of am nunl»'S>?
* tlon and after, the exchange of a *
* few volleys .their. ammunition ' be- '♦ §
* came exhausted. : -', ; '' „ '*vsA * t
*; The rurales tonight are reported +
* to have charged - the hiding place * *
* of the men and despite the fact *■
♦ that i, they < offered *; to a- surrender * >
* and pleaded for mercy, shot k&em ♦
+ to death. The bodies of the dead + I
♦ men ' were * left In the mountains:' + I
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By Associated Press. "^77,.'..'' ,S VErfla^al
' EL , PASO, - Texas, :j Jane SO.— sferst,
revolutionary I outbreak ,In 1 the reanbUe of
Mexico beyond hte borders' of' Coahulla oc
curred this morning 'at 4 o'clock when the .
garrison at Palomas, Chihuahua, .' seventy
miles west of this city, was attacked by, a
band of fifty men, who were repulsed with'
a loss of one killed and one captured.Jj^j
There we re fourteen | guards stationed nt
the Mexican, post when the attacking party i
surprised the town. ?-ffi£ss3sj£fa fcWA«%Vs» i»i
■ Most of the insurrectionists i were armed
with ! rude weapons and home-made imple- \
meats of yr»ttan^S^^BfßSSSf&^fSS&
According to a dispatch received here .
from Columbus, N. M., across the river '
from Palomas, Juan Correon, the Mcx-
general, has arrived there from
Palomas, i bearing dispatches '. to t his J
government concerning the attack.' ji
* It' began : when ' a ' bomb was i thrown
Into the telegraph office, thus shutting '
off communication with outside points.
In the * fight > which l folowed - several
hundred shots were fired, and many
bombs - were I thrown j at: the headquar
ters of the officers. f < :• •:•;<
P Owing to ■ the i fact ' that the - bombs I
were 111 timed, the officers were able to I
throw them away before ' they explod-1
ed, thus saving ■ the - building and their ;
lives.':;';-!. ';; ;■; ■■■-;:v •-. ;.„■ -\ >.;;■'■ '■''■:
v The fight lasted one hour, after which )
the attacking ■ party retreated to the
mountains west of Palomas. <r'*«,V%.?:2
One man was killed, but it seems
he was a non-combatant. "■-- .''"■:■
One 'of the revolutionists " was seri- '
ously '.= wounded i and captured. • * He'
speoks good English, and the authori
ties think he is a native of New Mex
ico, -. ' >. - J ; :';-..- ■ :'....' : ' • -*..,' !
■■if, ' ; Saw Armed Revo Iters '
This Idea is confirmed by the report
of tho section foreman from 'Mimbros.'.
seven miles west of here, to the effect
that: a band of from thirty/, to fifty
men assembled there yesterday.'. They
would not allow him to leave the yards
during the day. • They had I two large
bundles of rifles and bought provis
ions. ■ They left Mimbros, , a station on <
the El Paso & Southwestern, about 1
midnight last night." "::-•'• ■■^.'N-i'i;;
■ Some excitement was caused here by
the fact that the local agent of the ex
press company received a shipment of •'
several thousand dollars this morning..
This money 3 was J forwarded ;> by j the.
Mexican government to pay the month-3
ly salaries of the { gendarmes ' located I
south of here, and as these shipments
come * regularly > each .month,-?: it * was
thought the revolutionists might try to 1
secure it. • The money was turned over
to the Mexican officials, and to far as
known they were not molested. ."«>>»*■?':
, There is' a United ■■ States j customs
office at Columbus, and all the customs
force Is held. In reserve In case of pos
sible trouble. .-,%^i^jt*vyfr&pttKa
* It is reported •an I attack is , planned
for tonight at Guadaloupe, in Chihua
hua, near Fort Hancock, Texas, fifty l
miles each> of El; Paso. BRsfl
■ Dynamite. was discovered, under, the I
residence of. the ; mayor of,, Juarez . to
day, and | the I mayor r- and his family
have removed to El Paso temporal
FOUR YAQUIS KILLED IN
• BATTLE WITH MEXICANS
-'. CITY • OF' MEXICO, June ' 30.—Four
Indians were killed and| three .were
captured In a battle.between Mexican
troops and Yaqui Indians in the Baca
tete mountains, , according to informa- ;
tion received' here : today. - The ; troops
in that • vicinity are pursuing . three
separate bands of the Indians. "...'■ •*'*
1 In pursuance of the expressed policy
to carry ' on' the , war ) against ; the | In
dians with increased vigor the govern
ment ' will ■■ increase v the » force j, In •: the ;
field to i 4000 > men. The j war t is' to ;be ■
one ;of ' extermination. Such Tlndians <
as are captured will be deported to the.
southern section of. the republic in the
Qulntlnl Rio district.-. <y■:■ .-''■:,.
SAYS REVOLUTION TODAY
WILL BE LIKE WHIRLWIND
', ST LOUIS, i June Living ;in: an
attic of a ramshackle i building at 1014
North -■ Tenth | street, which Ils 1 mostly
populated by negroes, Senorlta Villareal
Gonzales, poetess and one of the lead
ing spirits of the « Mexican Junta," Is
impatiently watching revolutionary de
velopments In Mexico. .: ~ ' ■■: > ;,-'*-«
With her family she was exiled from
Mexico. v Her brother, i Antonion, i spent I
four years in a Mexican prison, | and is
now in Jail: at; Los Angeles because of
his revolutionary tendencies. ,-.'.— ''&., -.;,•
. t With *• shining t eyes, '* clenched v. hands
and: with ; Intense ' fellng ' she . declared
today; !Et^^^^^BS>«auWM*'MaW^pp'yNs
"Tomorrow > the real • revolution,' will
envelop » Mexico • In j a j whirlwind. "» We j
have 30,000 Liberals armed. g Forty thou
sand more j. will ? Join jas < soon ias > the ■
money , seized i from: a'; bank i Is; used to -
procure arms for them." ;-'>^^'-'i"fV> .vi^
■a- "They call us bandits," she exclaimed
bitterly, "merely i because Iwe robbed a 1
bank. Where else would; the poor rev
olutionists get j money 1 for ammunition ,'
and guns with which to win liberty and
i ? (Continued urn' rasa Tws» *'-•