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AMARILLO DAILY NEWS VOL. I1L, NO. 81. AMXRILLO. TFXAH. STl.nMV. -lAMARY 1:1. If. PHM K FIX F 'Fr GRASP OF GOLD I1 Weather Conditions More Favorable Throughout ' Stricken Area mow: ( hi.i:rin; hkpohts nMF. FROM SF.tTIONS XVII FRF HIT. Tin hli.xrh has HF.LD long sxv.xv. Relief from tho Ions cold spell Is in sight. Sunday t warm wove which already has started eat from the Rocky mountains la expected to reach the Great Lakeg region and tempera turei considerably above the xero fig ure which has been reported for more than a week, are forecasted. Saturday, according to the weath er bureau. In Chicago will be the last of the below sero weather days for a time in the region south and west of the Great Lakes. Further east an other day of old weather Is proph ealed. Tempercturei tonight had moder ated to a great extent and suffering among humans and Btock for the past week or ten days Is being re lieved. In Kansas, Missouri. Oklahoma, the Eastern Mates, and even Texas, where ruffe-ring hns been greut and traffic Impeded In some plan's com pletely checked, the hltuntlon tonight ts promising. Montana and the Dakota, where tho weathtr Iium been very severe aiv Hendl'itr out favorable reports to ' nishl. u)l trains Into Butte, nrJ Hel ena are now realPed occasionally. tviXN MSOOXHlkO FROZF.X NFXR XX ACO Waco. Tex., Jan 12. On th I'am eron fur n. located four miles from Wnco. the Melius boilv of Aunt Lucy Ueioi 1. ngod ninety, was found this mornlnc. She hud froen to death .luilm: ih.t n!i;t. A drop of flft -seven degrees In temperature was noted here at 7 a. m.. the mercurv registering three above 7110, the coldest In fifteen years hwixv and nim:it tXLT AT SAX ANTt'NIO Vf .snfitH Press 5nn Antonio. Tex., Jan. 12. Prop ping from a temperature of seventy tw oaljove yesterday afternoon to seventeen this morning. Intense cold prevailed here today. Many children nwoke :hls uioruhif to see their first snow. The streets wero covered with a whlf mantle for the first time sine Registering nineteen above at fi Vtlork. ihere was little clit.nse In the temperature, the tnerrtcv at nine o'i lo( k r'nnding St twentr. hii.xkp i:i:xciifs TO MIXICO .t I F tinlveston. Tex, Jan. 12. The rolilcrt weather of the winter, and In nil probability for several winters. Is prevailing in this section. At 7 a. m. the theromometer registered twentv-three above, at noon it had dropped to twenty-one, with a pre dMIcn of sixteen to eighteen by to night. . - During the greater part of the mornlnc sleet fell, mixed with snow In January of last year the mer emv dropped to -nineteen, and in Febrnarv. I "ill. to seventeen. l.OXXIT TFMIT.lt ATFItK OF YKXIt AT DXLLAS Dallns, Tex.. Jan. 12. The low ctit temperature of the present win ter was registered at the government weather bureau todty, when the tem perature dropped to four above iero In the early morning hours. At nine o'rlmk It was five above. Th Above at Sherman. -TrMi,t o r iiif Wir. Sbermnn. Tex., Jnn. 12. The vorst bllinrd known for years pre vailed In this section last night and this mornlnt. the temperature fall ing to three above. IV sT)i K HAM ICE LIGHT IX ol.MlAM Vesa, Tex.. Jan 12- John Lap derglu. f landerr it Bros . tha lars est cattle owrers of this vicinity, sayi that, t'i to dite. Oldham cannty cat tV ose have been very small. 1 RELAXing ZHVSKO WINS IX M XTCII WITH KOLLKH Py Attocistrd Prrti. Denver. Col.. Jan 12. Zby rko wen three straight falls iu the wrestling match' with Dr. Holler here tonight. The first fall was won in sevcnty-tjirce minutes, the second In twelve minutes. Interest was keen . mm is Declares Time Not Ripe for Woman in United States Senate " - Br AorUtcd Prrw. Denver, Col., Jan. 12 Sarah Piatt Decker today silenced the -effort to boom her as a candidate for the United State Senate at the pri mary election, to be held in this state in November. She said: "The time Is not ripe for the election of a woman to the senate. 1 know the day will come when she will sit In the councils of the nation, but it won't be in my generation. Not even Colorado has advanced to where she can select a woman for United States senator." Phll.uh Ipbin Automobile Mmw. Philadelphia, l'a., sin. 12. Motor Ins cclohrltleg from all parts of th-i lountry have arrived In this city as tho advance guard of the army of makers. factory exports, nrd demon strators to co-operate In the eleventh annual exhibition of the Phtla lolphl 1 Automobile Trade Association which ts to open to the public tomOTOW In h. l"irt nA Third pMrlruent armor ies o early errlvsb, Included .-V- (eral manufacturers of motor ryvlos, tire and accessories. In addition ti the heads of the bin plants rpaeel in th" exilnsive production of plena uve and commercial vehicle The show this year Is to be r. two weeks session. The first .week Is to be (le veled exclusively to gasoline ears. Ti e electrl? vehii-lcs will have thel.' innings the second week OFFFH SSinsTlllTF TO MIFItXVOOIt ill I.I, Ity MsnciilH rrw t Washington. D C. Jan. 12. When the Senate Pensions Commit tee meets Monday to consider th-' Sherwood general service pension hill. Chairman McCumber will ask the committee to substitute a bill which he has Introduced, which un dertakes to grant Increased pensions by amending the present law, so as to make additions both on acovn. of ae and service. Estimates place the Increased cost under the McCumber bill at twenty millions annually, averaging fifty two dollars per annum. Senator CnrtK the Kan-a mem ber of the committee, will also Vrc sent a bill Monday, demanding a re dor t ion In the figure. I vT X Fi: THAU. I OFFICIAL HOAl'XXAV Rv cilrl PrM Pueblo. Col., Jan. 12. The Colo rado flood Roads Associations Irv con vention here today endorsed the San ta Fe trail and Rainbow Route as the official roadway across thi state, part of the transcontinental high way. Ihe proposed route Is along th Arkansas river, from the Kansas line to Canon City and Salldo. thence across Marshall Pass to Grand Jnnc tio rand Salt iJike. Harmon Opcti ramrwicn. F.ast Si I-ohIs, 111.. Jrn l?.--ov. einor J'idson Ilr.rnion of Ohio urrh ed here today to deliver the first speech In hl campaign fcr the rvn ocratlc presidential nomination In Illinois. The addres, U to be deliv ered at a mM meeting arrarrel ly the St Clair Cour.tv lHnHratN- li'b I4ral l orecavt. Fair and rising temperature Sat urday. X'eslerday's temperature: Vt 7 a. m. . . At 7 p. m. ... 1 $ M.nliui.m ... II Minimum . . 1911 Max. . . . 71 191 1 Mln. ... i: XXliin;ton ForereM. XVahlnrton. D. C.. Jan. 12. For West Texas Fair and warmer Si nrtay. Sim lay fair. T i HO jicksjl pniit Ohioan Voices Fervent Wish for the Return of "Old Hickory" III EOT SUIT 1115 ATTACKS I IMXNt IXL POLICY OF THHFF I'XST HF.PIIH.ICAX AHMIXISTKATIOXS AM) DISCrsSFH 1AI5IIF. I't AiwUtut PrM. " Fnst Paint Lnuii. 111.. Jan. 12. "O. for an hour of Andrew Jack ton!" This slogau, figuratively a wish for resumption of the tariff and economy policies of President Jack son, summarized the views expressed by Governor Harmon of Ohio In his rpeoeh here tonight before the Dem ocratic Club, the occasion being the celebration of the hundredth anni versary of the battle of New Or leans. "Jackeon urged a gradual reduc tion of tariff taxes." Governor Har. mon sa'.i, "espclally on the neces saries of life, at a time when the tariff was levied mainly for revenue. W hen recently we saw a presi dent" led aealnst his Just inclination to sler and praise a tariff bill which bioke his own and big party's prom ise of reform, then, in the face of his own adn.lsslons. veto bills for redact lona nnssed by Congrers un- ('r the difct command of the VLtrj of the e.itire country, men every where exclaimed, a they did in the dava ot t'.e vacillating Dichanan. for an hour of Andrew Jackson!' " Oovrpc.r I'.inncn attacked th-? fi nanclal policy of the three last Re Im.MU.iii .'.-idn.ir.lsti -.tic.r.c. n Inrn-a")')! tl'e Voif nl outlay one M! lions dollars every two years to more' tnan a billion a year, and haln de vrted n'ost attention to "arranging tariff tsxes so a to enable faured manufacturers to colb-ct from the pi blic a much larger sum thnn one blllicn dollars for his on benefit" LI Lifeless Body of Mrs. W. F. Fuller Discovered in Ranch Home . Bv Av'atct Prf. SanderMn. Tex.. j-1an. 1:'. Th dead b-i.iv of Mrs XX. F. Fulb r found this niornlnu sevcrnl ht.r..rc! vjriN from the ranch house of it. Fi ller fa nlly. fifteen milt's from th -plae. The fvo Fuller children wer. lafer discovered In a raryon on tl -ranch, badly lister., nnd almor.f ;ri en They'were unable to tell tl offlrert anything, exrept that h had ben a qi-srrel. Authorities are looking for sM-- husband, who. they claim, attempt '. to burn the house after the crln hfc! been committed. The Fuller moved to this county abo.it a yes' aso from Menard county. The cM' dten ar the womtn's hy a forner marriage. After Golf Tonrnamesits. Philadelphia. Pa , Jan. ir. n controlling, powers In AmerlTT ,Mf affairs are ytherpg ,ln t Quake. City In sntlclpatlon of U' annual meeting of the United St.it Gof Aseoclation. which In to be ! tomorrow at the Bellevue-Strat ' Hotel ruhpe interest In the nre inc will bp confined almost lo o th1 releethn of the cotirsi ( ' the char plorHp tournamentf ' 111 The Chbauo Golf Club, t Cincinnati Golf Clu'. the Coiit C1t! if H-:ff.i'o and the F.hm-i C" ' trv Club of Manchester. Vas -an lied for the amstur cha'fi 1 -ship eep The Fex club is ;i plicant for the ovn cbampi. ' -alo. mh:le tl-.e women' title !'") touch bv bf.tti the T.cffalo sr I '!. Ibe asau Country Cl b f G!en Cove. . Y.. Is willing to .n - s'n Kir of h evert sboH l '1 i eiit;n ('rr're t-i U-e lis iki"'' ')it lnii!rt sliixfH r X,. -stil.-. X'. sb.. Tai. l.'TIie ! v '. r"nnst SViLpcrs "v-ta'l in hn 1 ainu.il n-ee'I-i- )n th!s ci,r '.' vlih an aitenlanc rf prcn r-""t I i-il-crtrrt from friTon XX'.'i't toi . Cali.Vnia and Hr:ti-'i f.hv bla MOTHER BEIT HI EIIDS TEST Ml I Big Steel Magnate Subject ed to Sharp . Fire of Questioning SflfflnT OPINIONATED urn i:s KTicoNcj orittsiTHtx to STOCK JtHi:l(i AND ADYO C.XTKS 1 HI ST ItH.ICY OF l:iMSFYFI,T. It Anriitt Prn. Weshlncton. D. C. Jan 12. An drew Cnrnenle concluded testlmon before the House "Steel Trust"' In vestigating committee today. He admitted that in 1?00 be had contributed ll.BOO to oppose the pol icy of Imperialism and annexation of the Philippines. asalled Wall Street, branded stock Jobbers as "parasites" urged the Roosevelt "trust" policy In preference to that of President Taft. and asked Congress to consid er that problem carefully. During the dav's examination on many subjects, Carnegie was subject ed to a fire of questions that put Mm on Ms mettle. The former steel Vine's Rttack on stock lobbing may influence legislation to be proposed by the committee. Tne witness said that he d'vided tho Carnocle Steel company stock Into a thousand shares in order to ke p tbe shares off the stock ex charire. He said he did not believe In tV Ftoik exchange, and hid been j'l-.ved differentlv from childhood. I lie .iitl that he never "bout-hi lon-i:r- s,.M flinrt." !',( n f CXITHIF.lt VF1.D OX ni.xn:K OF 1 111 ".FT . r. ;' k :. -sw. 1 ; - , ' ..Ibi.j, T.'., Jan. 12. '"orncllus I . folmson. route carrier between lenir.on nnd Dalai. as Indlclol iiy Ibe Felcral gr(;nd Jery tolay on a ! tl.argv of th) ft of 12.:on from the ' islls. the mon-'v having been malle i (roni Houston. Teos. to Saint Louis, '3. WEBSTER ENTERS PLEIf EO LTV Physician Confesses To Charge of Murdering Young Wife ! VK-iafl Prf'l drci-wi, 11'.. . Jan 1- Pr. Ilan Kli'ti Webs'.er. In the lircnit )ourt 01l.1v. cnn-rcd a pb-ii of KHilty to ibe 1 1' ".rs-" of nvTilerins bis wife !'ep.ii Krpt Webster. confexitiir thsi :u .!i:r.tii'il n!s wife, then slache.l her thvnat. The penaltv nu b ilcath Ifdire Farr.md announced tha' would Itnpose serttetice Jan'ia-y h- X nnt)H Hrli'til crinr.il. Washington. P. C. Ian IC - The United States I, In peed of a cp.i.!c aron'm'rt Anvope fillipe the bill may take the clvlt service examina tion tomorrow and if urcessfc" will : be placed on Uncle Sam's pa rM: I ft r l?.4-0 a year. The d itles c f 'h jpositlcin will consist ! rond-.'ct'n.' exponments in the a !.p:ion an I bDlln)? of varieties ol om .ip! ir harvesting and tpresnipe ot n-r !rrln and tt ese ss a rerer.i icm i Inrentleatlors Involve much traelm;j dertne the rrewlnr seson l'h 1oN 'oraferv work dur;nr the wln'er s! ! XAsshlnrtcr. The position fome ut iler the Porexn of Pl.int lpdus)rv In tb D'PartP'CPt of .XrrVult-tre J I'siks Tettrony l'ehsiefc. I e sn?ele. Cll.. J "I 1" X ;l,l.,l f'Om evorr DPle tod.'.e. tT'e o' ' Varsell Pirks aiir' peM H Corner, rbsrred w'ti cop-S"ir-ne ti de'ror tve 'itv bsM r- - pritt bcre. l,i,ak.lV.."l Th COU- l'o.-ri-l nr.MI MmuI.iv. V.lln; i.f Xt.-'ir.. ltr.-! r".-.;- ' fv trceH'"- f-ri"i i terd 1 'vb " 'Mil rf tV " I,. 1" ;...., t-t - r rf "5 it) s a' . , :1t t. ,.. ) t,.r "r'.i-sn sid I'-el:i'P mci I a t im Presi Xter'r.. He,-o.i (e.nt 11. P V i r ef .1 . 1 ores1.', it at the iri'i.il s.-i.. tV Ttorripc aed .ielivered Vis am a! a" dress I'IMiE CHF.ATIOX OF LAIUilt HFPAKTMFAr Py Attocialrtl Pt. Washink'ton. D. C. Jan. 12. PaniMel Gompers and the ex eiAitive cour.cil of the Ameri can Federation of Labor to de.y urrvt the House Commit tee on Labor tc report the bill. creatltiK a Department of La bor with cabinet rrnk. FLEET If 60 Tense Situation in Ecuador Draws Attention From United States P. 7 Macistnl Prs. Washington, P. C, Jan. 1!. The State Department is considering th- advisability of sending a division ot the United States Faclfle fleet to Guayaquil, mhere the gunboat York town has been since the trouble broke out there. lofioi Unless the situation Improves ay'"8. Amarlllo. ..... . . T, j a r.. Gnayaoull. tne headquarters ot tne revolutionists, officials believe that additional naval forces will be nec essary. , The State Department today re ceived word from Ecuador that a conference Is supposed to have been entered Into between rebels nnd the roverpmont. with a view of reachine an e-irly acrcement.. The commander of the United States eurbont Yorktown has causd oTi,en and children to be withdrawn from the town near the cene of the trouMe. ? J V' kv'.unk . fc !.LF T Ot UP I IIS Spri LI I" C-uiW Nr' Plalnvlew. Tex.. lap. 12 First Xatloppl Itank of I'lalnv elwted th' fnllnwinc office; - Th" w haH s for is IV I II Pl.iton, president: W C. Matties. vi)'e-iresldent ; C.uy Ja rr.h enhi. r The Hoard of Pirec - 'tors Include the above officials and (Messrs. Levi Schick "pd V. C. tludg-1 in. T.ie Cltl7)ns Nattonc! Ttank re elected the followt- 'flciuls: .1. N. Ponoho pn-ti X'auchn. lce-presiil)'Pt ' cash ier; X. V VcKe.- tant ashler. The Poard of Piretor Is ar fol lows: Mews. XVavne Paxton. R. C. Ware J. L. X'ar.gbn. I. N. lHnohoo. F. 1'. '.Hushes. XV. I.. Harrington and 1 it it.intin Plalrview hns three national bunks eni-h with fioo.nnn capital stock., Thf Th-rd National Hank has nt v. t hv'il it !) Hon The banks nre all In the l t )f l.)-:i!''i financiallv. MIM HV STHIKF ! TIIKI". XTIAI P IN I'.LITXIX t ' v )-i..r. Iir I? -The b.illotin: the Mipei" Feb-rati)n of lre-i I'ri'aln to d-i ri' ini wb.-ther or no' the orconiration nl Ml stand firm in Hi present dispu'e it h tle tni!' pn)-rs eonclbdi-d toi'ay. The vc'cs of the fD-ml'-'Vs. ni'tlit ei :11c between uOf-.oon and T'O'.nin- nill b- fir s-.'.nbtl to the general so)Tetaty aril the icsi It ot the -l-ct'on v i'l b- n-ade k'lcwii lit tlie nat'iisl cenfer- r.i-e which Is to ass-mhle In Birmins- iiam next Tbursdav. Thouvh hone, are still extuessen ! that the threftened trike n av h,.' averted, there is n, denvmg te f .v t j outlook is causit g .nrch un-i 1c r-orths remain to 'he ea ines p.M emakers. as tie pr -s-it asree ment bei-n the pilner1 and op"T itr s i'l pot tTv inate :ntll tb en I nf February. slI.X FHH) I"I'FUS mus ii: 1; xn.no x: Plainvlew. Tex.. Jan. 12 - Mer v.o'v an.1 West. re-rev)-rtir..' th v.-. v Rest ell r.ii!n-ad. 'Te in ,r .-Ter!.T jltiil Pe cllUen- i . . m' to 1'r' ountv i.iiit:'l sirred c;i a l-on-.s of $T',.'"" to In- !m.. !. 'ire 'o i"H'f throiish that tesn It Is retor'ed tliat th." read !1! 1 in the near future, and :te ropsi-'er'nc the preposition of .t r-l-.ni- bv .iv of Silverton and 1'lain : fro"i Mevtfhlf to 1-1 el!. i'! - v : the largest town rn the Plains south rf .::nrtl!o and fv ree on of ti t.-nn.ue being gTeatly In "Ofi"! bv irrUaUon in tils S"cltcp and the bur 's''!-')' eons sue '. P"--l.r)- l t otfer ei-cts ti ta id a iine rro. . ..,kt -t hi mt- d.,te. AMARILLO WILL EEl NEXT SHOW Poultrymen Decide To Hold Next Year's Ex hibit Here SIIW XX ILL HK COXTIXI FI THL'il ;((i t TODAY IX OHHI'H THAT ALL MAY lXSI'fiCT IT. Officers elected by the Panhandle Poultry Association, for the ensuing rear, yesterday afternoon, are as fol lows: V President L. 0. Small, AmarllloA Secretary-Treasurer Frank Mor- ' rls. Jr., Amarlllo. X Ice-Presldenta Roy McDonald. Dnlhart: Charles Dnramler, Amsv arillor Mrs. W. B. Griffin. Claude; C. L. Poarch, Glazier; 8. 8. Slonaker. Plalnvlew; J. C. Fry. Jr.. Tull: Cut Reese, Washburn: W. E. Muldrow. Canyon. Assistant Secretary G. 8. Hop- Hoard of Dlrec-tors rR. D. Glat. E. O. Sellars. R L. Joiner. W. H. Brum niett and J. L. Bonnar. Amarlllo a chosen as place of next meeting. President Small made a strong; plea for Amarlllo as the next place, of meeting and declared that th organization should act In connection with the affiliations Interested In pro moting an All-Pnnhandlo Fnlr. This (suggestlon met with the hearty ap proval of all members present, bnt there wa objection to merging the Panhandle Poultry Association wtth the Fair Association, for the reason that the time well stilted for th .1. tr -r.r vt mt jwelj suited to the display of poultry on a prle tnkin? basis, as '.in.larde nre applicable only after Iecembr 1. This latter suceestlon prevailed, and carried with It the privilege of a poultry exhibit, as such, hut that It shoul l not do away with the an- ' '"1 show of the poultry raisers. Dr. P 8. Ashhv. one of the heavy exhibitors from this city, made a jhlronc flcht for his motlop to Invite the Texas Poultry Raisers' assoclft tion to meet In Amarlllo next year. The date of meeting of the Pan- handle Association was set a( tb I second Tuesday In January. J. In order to accommodate the pub lic mltli another opportunity to vlsil snow, ine management issued tne follow ine circular ye-terdny after- (nocn: "On account of the bad weather pwor.i'ng many from attending, the Poultry Show will remain open Sat vrdav until p.m. The exhibits tbl vi ir Include manv of the best bird fcr seen In the Panhandle nnd prlre inr.er'! In the bet show In the state. "Thev are well worth seelnsT. Si '-ool rhildren admitted free until nm. The Chamber of Commerce nrres i-vervl i dy to se e this show and v the snire time entourage the work leing done bv thl association." Although the attendance was noi At it best durlnif nny day of th show, it is s!at)d by tho.-e in charge that iii.itc a few salet- resilte-l thr'i:-.'hoet the exhibit. Fancier and novices alike, were attracted by the excel) nt quality of the offer ings Ther bought of th "a'-lja tin Ti-i rt r-naiiii in thq rnlnitiHw " creeds offered and It in stated that as a result rf the showing there wITl fiv breed-rs and raisers after th fr s,'n' 'a.n in tne ranbandle. here heretofore there has been but one. The vanoi s rood iHtnt of the dlf-f-rent t reed, were aniplv dlsnlaved throi.rh tve medium of the show, and prospective purrhnsers may now, as ner before, select with Intelli gence any dominant charai terlstl (that may be desire 1. In many othe , particulars thre bas btvp. notch of 1 benefit . and the people of thl4 city, land those visiting fron; ot h sec- lor of the Panhandle, f'.H-l thtt thee j now h.ivi- nn it.stltutton that will . !irof of rreit b-i-efit as a dei e'oper Mn t Is seitlon That the hen Is .1 p.iyer o' mortcau-cs and nots over due, there canrot be the least doubt 1 eo''l vho have beard of the won derfi 1 things a-'eomplisbtvl throu-h the rrowlr.g of chickens It I" the eptess-d belief of a nun-'-. r of the trore er.thi.siastiv exhibitor- th: :he crvlng of poult rv Will soor ''crome of the er'iitcr cf tle smaller tndustrle of the Panhandle t-vjitr. The d.i . ind for thorough bred birds l liiot.-bg rreaLT In this oction of i v stxte. wth.eac rani imieu )