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EI Paso, Texas,
Saturday Evening,
August 5, 1911 24 Pages
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Governor Asks Legislature
For Increase of Law En
forcement Fund.
HOUSE PASSES THE
INVESTIGATION BILL
Austin, Tex., Aug:. 5. Gov. Colquitt
this morning sent a message to the
legislature asking that the appropri
ation for law enforcement In his de
partment be Increased from $7500, the
amount appropriated two years ago to
?27,500. He states .there is yet ?5815.19
unexpended In the fund from last year.
Governor Colquitt says in his message
that he intends to use the greatest
part of the $27,500 for the prosecution
of poll tax irregularities, if any such
are found. At the same time the gov
ernor issued a statement offering a re
ward of $50 for the arrest and con
viction of any person for fraudulently
issuing poll tax receipts and $50 fir
any person convicted of making false
returns of any election.
Election .Prolie Carriea.
In the house today the resolution
providing for a sweeping legislative
investigation of the recent election was
finally adopted by vote of 66 to 48.
The substitute, providing for such
investigation by grand juries was de
feated The house committee to make
this investigation is composed of six pros
and three antis. It will meet Monday
with the senate committee and com
mence its deliberations.
The senate committee held a meeting
today and on recommendation of CoL
T. O. Ball, appointed judge W. E. Haw
kins, of Brownsville, rormer assistant
attorney general, and Cullen F.
Thomas, of Dallas, to prosecute the in
vestigation. FLIGHT FOE PURSE
OF $5000 STARTS
Three BirdmenMake Start
at New York for Phila
delphia' New Tork, N. T., Aug. c. An aero
race from New Tork to Philadelphia for
a prize of $5000 started here at 2:48 p.
m. The contestants are Lincoln Beachey
and Eugene Ely. Ely took the place xf j
Charles K. Hamilton, who declined to
start on account of unfavorable air
conditions. The aeroplanes rose from
Governor's Island and first flew over
Manhattan as far north as 23rd street,
then turning southwest for Philadel
phia. One Laads at Trentom.
Trenton, X. J., Aug. - 5. One of the
aviators supposed to be Beachey,
landed on the eastern outskirts of this
city at 4 oclock. He nad the machine'
under good control. Trenton is 58
miles west of New "Fork. The other
two aviators" are reported to have
landed near New Brunswick, 31 miles
from New Torki 4
After filling bis tank with gasoline
the aviator resumed his flight at 4:lz
p. m. following the Pennsylvania
tracks to the Delaware river a mile
away. He then turned south to Phila
delphia. FEDERATION IS
NOT RECOGNIZED
Railway Eefuses to De'al
With ISTew Employes'
Organization. ""
San Francisco, . Cal., Aug. 5. The
Southern Pacific Railway company in
a statement given out today by F. G.
, Athearn, head of the department of
economics, officially refused recogni
tion of the newly organized "federation
of shop employes of the Haprlman
lines," and will continue to deal with
separate classes of employes as here-,
tofore. Notices containing the state
ment of the federation's demand and,
the reply will be posted - in all the
shops of the system.
FOREST FIRE IS ,
NOW UNDER CONTROL
"Washington, D. C, Aug. 5. A forest
fire which was Threatening the de
struction of the Angeles national forest
was got under control during the'night.
District forester Dubois, ina telegram
to the forest service reported the sit
uation much better and said the fire
probably will be extinguished during
the next 48 hours
RIOTS IN
Des Moines, Ia. Aug. 5. Rioting in the downtown streets, the burning in
effigy of manager J. R. Harrigan, demonstrations against strikebreakers and
Louis J. Christiansen of Chicago, their reader, attended the inauguration of the
strike of nearly 500 employes of the Des Moines Street Railway company. Five
aaen, including a detective and a police officer, sustained injuries during the
riots.
Traffic has been suspended on every line in the city, not a car having been
moved since 1:15 oclock this morning, when the union men walked out.
Strikebreakers were at the various barns of ihe company at 5 oclock this
morning to take the cars, but the union sympathizers were there also. The first
attempt to take out cars was made at 9 oclock, when nearly 500 sympathizers
threatened to attack the strikebreakers. The latter retired to places of safety,
while the crowd jeered. Two strikebreakers were jailed, charged with carrying
concealed weapons. ' ,
Walter Emmoa, of Chicago, a strikebreaker, was attacked by a crowd
e caiea sympathizer at Second and Walnut streets at 11 oclock. The police
feugfet the crowd. Before they could rescue Emmoas, he was beaten into
aacoasciousness aad was sent to thevhospital in a critical condition. ,
A aoa has sarrouaded the Iowa Hotel, In which nearly a hundred strike
Breakers ander guard of four platoons of police and en route to the depot,
were obliged to take refuge. The mob is demanding that the strikebreakers
be tuxaea over to them and the police are defending the 'koteilf
Says He Sanctioned Deal to
Prevent the Financial
Panic.
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THOUGHT IT HIS
DUTY TO ACT THEN
New Tork, N. T., Aug. 5. Col. The
odore Roosevelt took the witness stand
today in the congressional inquiry into
the steel corporation to tell 'what he
knows about the absorption of the
Tennessee Coal and Iron company by
the Steel corporation during the panic
of 1907.
The former president appeared in ex
ceedingly good humor and greeted
chairman Stanley and other members
of the committee with enthusiasm.
Roosevelt Reads Reply.
Mr. Roosevelt took the stand at once.
"After you had courteously said I
should come at 10 oclock, Mr. -Ghair-man,
I wrote out the statement I
should like to .make," said the former
jpresjdent, after Mrjj. Stanley asked
him to explain what knowledge he had
of the Tennessee Coal and Iron absorp
tion by the United States Steel cor
poration. Mr. Roosevelt then began
reading, introducing his subject by a
description of the- financial panic con
ditions in the fall of 1907.
"It was the utmost duty of the ad
ministration," he read, "to. prevent by
tall means the spread -of" the panic be
fore it became a disaster."
The secretary of the treasury and
himself, he said, were constantly in
touch on the situation. At breakfast
one day he was informed that judge
Gary ana EL C. Frick were waiting to
see him. "Mr. Bonaparte, the attorney
general, he continued, had not yet ar
rived from Baltimore.
"I sent a note to secretary Root to
come over," the former president read,
"and he arrived at the "white house."
Conference Was Brief.
'Ttie conference was brief, Mr. Roose
velt 'explained, and later, he wrote a
note to Mr. Bonaparte stating all the
facts of the conference.
He then read to the committee the
letter afterward published in the sen
ate records of the hearing on the Ten
nessee Coal and Iron case in 1909. The
letter set forth how Mr. Frick and Sir.
Gary nad submitted the proposition for
the sale of the Tennessee company and
how he had expressed the opinion that
he did not wish to stand in the way
of saving a financial panic. THefirm
that was in trouble, Mr. Roosevelt said,
had not been mentioned.
Assumed the Responsibility.
Mr. Roosevelt then went xn. to read
his statement, going into details cbout
the serious financial conditions in New
York, and told how he bad taken th6
responsibility tto permit the transfer
of the steel company and did it on
his own initiative.'
"It was a matter of general knowl
edge," be said, referring to banks and
truts companies in' danger in New
York, that they held securities of the
Tennessee Coal arod Iron company
which had no market value."
The proposition of Messrs. Gary and
Frick was, he continued." "that the
United States Steel corporation should
take ver ithe Tennessee Coal and Iron
company at once."
Prompt Action Necessary.
"It was necessary for me to act at
once," said the former presilen. 'Jo
act at once before the stock exchange
opened or the transaction might prove
useless."-
He said he "wag satisfied that ac
quirement by the Steel corporation of
the Tennessee Coal and Iron company,
did not change the legal' status of the
corporation.
"Furthermore, I believed it would be
for the public good," continued Mr
Roosevelt "I answered Messrs. Gary
and Frick that if matters wd In such
a state, I did not want to stand in the
way and the results proved that the
act was a good one because the panic
was stopped.
"i should have proved an unworthy
public official if I had not done as 1
did. '
Was Extraordinary Crisis.
"If I had nt acted at once," . he
continued, "in that extraordinary c;i
sis, I should have nesn a ipore title.
In everysuch crisis the temptation to
indecision to nonaction, always exists.
There is always excuse for nonaction.
If a man is worth his salt he will
give people in trouble the benefit of
the doubt and act as the situation de
mands If the law is not violated.
All in the Open.
"Every step I took was as open as
the day." f
Chairman Stanley inqn"ed of tne
former president for more details as to
the conference at the white house and
(Continued on page sixteen.)
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DES MOINES
Five Thousand Texas Mili
tiamen Will Play at the
War Game.
EL PASO MILITIA TO
LEAVE FOR CAMP
The local militia company, company
K, leaves for its camp at Austin Satur
day night. The company will be formed
at the court house, at 7 p. m. and, 'in
heavy marching order, will be marched
to the union station, where it will take
the Soclock train for Austin.
Th first stop will be made at Tay
lor, Texas, where the company will
detrain, and will there join the attack
ing force and march on Austin. The
march from Taylor to Austin, about
30 miles, will be taken by easy stages
of 10 miles per day.
While on the march the men will be
in heavy marching order, each man
carrying his gun, canteen, blanket
roll and half shelter tent. The shelter
tents Will be use,d only on he march,
as conical wall teirts will be provided
at the permanent camp.
The .entire maneuvers will be under
the direct supervision of Maj. N. A.
Lapowski, who -will give all the ma
neuver problems and judge of their
execution.
Those Who Will Go. g
The roll of company K, Fourth regi
ment, inculding all those who will go
to the marfeuver camp, follows: Capt.
T. W. Downing; first Lieut. W. G.
Walz, jr.; second XileuL W. E. Jen
kins; first Sergt. W. F. Carter, jr.;
quartermaster Sergt. R. G. Vallin; line
sergeants and corporals to be an
nounced at camp. Privates M. X.an
glois, L. Davis, JL. "t M. Shadbolt,
J. C Porter, H. F. Cameron, R. "L..
Carlln, W. F. Swanson, C. Johanne
son, A. M. Jackson, J. F. King. J. C.
Thurmond ,!. Anderson, P. W. Blltick,
J. B. Bonds, J. lu. Cain, W. S. Mitchell,
F. C. Hewitt, P. J. Boyles, F. Wilson,
B., C. Dawson, D. A. Downs, J. P. Ford,
N. M. Ward, A. C. Murray, A. R, Hara
mon ,R. Brown, F. Edwards, G. Morin,
F. la. Hunt, C. Schrader, B. F. Jenkins,
jr., T- B. KindigR-Xangdon,. Pr Nor
vell.H . T. BakerVx. Sibllio. P. Daley,
W. Reed, O. E. Roberts, J. Rogers, J.
F. Rushing, W. L. Sinclair, J. Smith,
R. D. Smith, J. F. Watson and W.
Huddleston.
"Will Be 50,000 la Camp.
Austin, Texas, Aug. 5, Deserting
stores and offices, ribbon countermand
bookkeepers' desks, leaving the cool
comfort of the electric fan and biddfng
farewell to the comfortable shade af
forded by an umbrella the members of
the Texas national guard are now en
route for a two weeks' encampment at
Camp Jlabry. near tills city. There
will be more than 5000 of the state
troops and two regiments of the regular
army in the camp.
Hard Work Planned.
The plan outlined for the two weeks
contemplates harder work than the Tex
as volunteers ever experienced before.
The maneuvers will follow closely those
carried out. by the maneuver, division
at San Antonio, and will carry on a se
ries of evolutions as nearly like those
of actual army life as possible in times
of peace. Thlsmeans long, hard hikes
in the broiling August sun across the
hills and valleys, sham battles, where
the smoke and dust add to the heat, and
the observance of a strict discipline
which Is always Irksome to civilians.
The maneuvers will be under the
command of Brig. Gen. Roy W. Hearne,
of San Antonio, the ranking officer of
the Texas national guard. He was com
mtesionefl about a year as:o by Gov.
j Campbell. He will be assisted by Brig.
Gen. Henry Hutchlns, adjutant general
I of the state.
Austin May Be Taken..
The first of the maneuvers will be
an attempt to capture the city of Aus
tin. The Fourth Texas infantry and
the separate battalion .of infantry un
der the command of Col. Cecil A, Lyon
will mobilize at Taylor, 40 miles from
Austin, and the attack on the city will
be from that direction:.
The city will be defended by the
First, Second and Third infantry aild
the First cavalry. TJiese troops will
be under the direct command of Brig.
Gen. Hearne.
Lyon's Command. '
The troops under Col. Lyon will be
the flower of the Texas militia. The
40 mile "hike" overland will be made
with full war equipment and under
conditions as nearly simulating actual
warfare as it is possible 'to obtain.
This maneuver will occupy about five
days. Following this there will be the
usual maneuvers, concluding with a
battle between the Reds and the Blues
the last three days of the encampment.
Regulars Interested.
The regular army has shown much
interest in the maneuvers. Brig. Gen.
Jos. W. Duncan, commanding the de
partment of Texas, has ordered to Aus
tin the Twenty-second infantry, the
Third; cavalry and two batteries of field
artillery. General Duncan will visit the
camp in person to inspect the work
being done. In addition, a wagon train
and a field hospital equipment have
been ordered to Austin. These are
practically all the troops now availa
ble in Texas of the regular army. These
troops, are now marching overland from
San Antonio and will go into camp
Monday.
This is the first encampment held at
Camp Mabry in some time. Heretofore
the maneuvers of the national guard
have been held at Leon Springs in con
nection with the regular troops. Ow
ing to the maneuvers at San Antonio,
those at Leon Springs were omitted
this year.
Five Thousand Soldiers.
The Texas national guard numbers
about 5000 men and officers. All will
be in camp. Much interest has always
been manifested in this state in mil
itary matters and the guard has been
pronounced excellent.
During the encampment the soldiers
will be inspected by Gov. Colquitt,
commander in chief, and his staff of 40
lieutenant colonels, I
Oregon Senator Champions
Arizona's Objectionable
Features. '
WOOL IfcE VISION IS
TOSSED ABOUT SOME
Washington, D. C, Aug. 5. UndeJ
the political system which has been
ballt up in this country, "government
is not truly representative and will not
be until the people have the power to
make it so, . said senator Bourne, of
Oregon, who" spoke today in favor of
the Initiative, referendum and recall
provisions of the Arizona constitution.
Senator Bourne replied to the recent
attack by senator Sutherland of Utah
on the advocates of Initiative, referen
dum and recall. '.'
"Sneers Pfot Arjrumcnts.' t
"Sneers are not arguments, ridicule
Is not logic," declared senator Bourne
In answer to the terms which senator
Sutherland had applied to those who
favored the amendment of popular gov
ernment. "I believe in truly representative
government," said the senator. "The
initiative and referendum supercede no
state legislature. They merely pro
vide the people a means of securing
laws which legislatures refuse to en
act and of defeating undesired laws
which legislatures enacted. The'DeoDle
I as a whole are the best judges of the
prlnciplesMnvolved and can be trusted
to vote on their merits. They better
lose statehood than yield their rights to
control the state government."
As to recall of judges, senator
Bourne said he saw no reason -why- a
man who occupies a judicial position
should -be governed bylaws and. stand
ards of "public service different, from
those which apply to legislative or ex
ecutive, officers.
"A judge who will listen, to popular
clamor will also j'ield to the wishes
and Interests of a political boss."
Wool Tossed About.
The wool tariff revision bill was a
shuttle today between the full confer
ence committee representing the senate
and house and the subcommittee of
senator La Follette and representative
Underwood of Alabama who were
charged wlthrthe ta"skT of 'adjustfrigtlie.
differences between the two branches
of congress.
The Conference committee was called
together today and La Follette and
Underwood rep'hrted that they were un
able to agree on a compromise and
asked to be relieved of this responsibil
ity. The fjin committee than made an
effort to reach a nagreement and It
failed also. It was then decided to let
Messrs. Underwood and La Follette try
again and the bill again was turned
over to them, together with the farm
ers free list bil, over which there are
also serious differences between the
senate and the house.
"It Vlll be several -days before we
will be ready to report," said Mr. Un
derwood. Treaties Referred.
The senate today referred the gen
eral arbitration treaties with Great
Britain and France to the foreign rela
tions committee. Chairman Cullom
promised early consideration.
Bourne, Bailey and Heywood will
speak on the statehood question before
the day Is over, and as, many want to
speak Monday in the senate it was
agreed to meet .at 10 a. m. Monday.
People from the territories continue
to arrive and the delegation will prob
ably number 25 or mpre by Monday.
Everyone now believes that statehood
will come, although just what changes
will be made in the bill cannot be
foretold.
The recall must be cut out, all admit
that now. and there is a disposition
to give New Mexico a vote on a more
easilyamended constitution.
AGREEMENT REACHED
IN BETTINGKMAXTER
Detroit, Mlchj, Aug. 5. A confer
ence was held today between attorneys
representing justice of the peace Ran
dolph and officials of the Detroit Driv
ing club. It is said that an understand
ing of some sort was peached whereby
no further attempts will be made to
molest the layers of o'dds at the grand
circuit meeting -here.
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COMMITTEE ON SAFETY
FAILS TO ASSURE SAFETY -
Washington, D. C.f Aug. 5.
Eforts of the diplomatic corps $
at Port Au Prince, Hayti, to
form a committee of public $
safety have failed. American
minister Furniss has reported to
the state department that a
conflict between the" opposing
5 revolutionary factions seems in-
evitable.
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BATTLE IS FOUGHT OX
COLUMBIAN TERRITORY
Guayaquil. Ecuador, Augi5.
According to advices received
here today a battle was fought
between Columbian and Peru
vian troops in Caqueta, a large
unorganized territory" in Colum
bia, and the Cplumbians were
defeated with great losses.
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: TEN THOUSAND METAL
J WORKERS ARE LOCKED OUT
Leipsic, Saxony, Aug. 5. Ten
thousand metal workers and
nine thousand in the Thurin-
gen district were locked out
I today because some of the men
; had struck. ;
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Former Copper King
Is Claimed By
COL. WILLIAM
"TKeTcapture of IT. 'MT lRangeI, the
chief of the Magonlstas in " northern '
Chihuahua, was accomplished by Mar--celo
Marrufo and five of his cowboys
-from the Lucero ranch, w"hich Is lo
cated a few miles fr,om Villa Ahumada.
Besides the capture of , Rangel, the
cowboys and Olarrufo vsucceedd in
taking four Magonistas prisoners, but
not until after after they had a sharp
, fight with the . little band and after
Pfeclllano Silva had been seriously
wounded. - - -
According to Maj. L Avina, of Col. A.
Estrada's staff. Marrufo and" his cow
boys were hidden in a small adobe
house in an out of the way place on
the road which runs between "Villa
Ahumada and Guadalupe and which
has been used by the Magonlstas in,
passing from the border down to the
Interior. The Magonistas had taken
several horses and saddles from, the
Lucero ranch, and the cowboys, on
hearing that the Mongonistas were in
that vicinity, were prepared to cap
ture them. .
Reuben Silva came, to the house In
order to get a place to put Rangel.
who had been wounded in the battle at
Carrizo last MondaylHe "was surprised
by being met .with six guns, which
were in the hands of the cowboys. Silva
fused to talk to the cowboys, but
RANGEL BROUGHT TO
JUAREZ, WOUNDED
v
May Lose Arm Silvas Also
Wounded Magonistas
on the Run.
, J. M. Rangel, the leader of the Ma
gonista band which has been operating
In northern Chihuahua for some weeks
past, has been captured by Gen. Blan
co's rurales and was brought to Ciudad
Juarez with four other prisoners from
the Magonista forces Fiday night.
Rangel was wounded in the mouth and
In the left arm and his arm will prob
ably have to be amputated.
Reuben Silva, one of the other pris
oners, was wounded in the chest and
will probably die. The other prison
ers are Preciliano Silva, E. Alsodo and
Antonio Larra. The Two Silvas are
father and son and are members of the
El Paso Magonista junta.
Rangel and Silva were wounded in
the battle between Magonistas and the
rurales at Carrizo ranch last Monday,
but succeeded at that time in making
their escape. The band was scattered
and the five men who were taken
prisoners were headed towards Villa
Ahumada, where they ran into Capt.
Jose de la Luz Navarrez's command of
rurales, and were captured without a
shot being fired Thursday evening.
The men were put on the train at
Villa Ahumada and brought north.
The rurales. from the word received
by Gen. Blanco from his chiefs in the
field, have the Magonistas on the run,
and expect to get them before they
reach the border), for which they are
headed. -Capt. Donacio Gonzalez tele
graphed from Villa Ahumada that tne
Liberal band was retreating towards
Guzman, and that he and his company
of rurales were in pursuit.
Later he telegraphed from Carrizal
that the Magonistas had 'turned to
wards the border with the hope of get
ting into the United States.
Gen. Blanco has sent 34 rurales to
Guzman to garrison that vicinity in
case, the Liberals make their way to
ward that town.
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GATES HAS GOOD NIGHT.
Paris, France, Aug. 5. John
W. Gates, who is critically ill
here had what, under the con
ditions, was considered a good
night.
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C. GREENE.
was forced fOv telHwlifereRanei3CtL
this comrades were, on' the threat of'
being killed. He -then-led -the 'Cowboys
to ithe hiding place of the four, -vfhich-was
"in a little cave between Charcos
de Grado and Papalotes, and here they
found the four in hiding-.
When the cowboys put in an appear
ance, t the Magpnlstas opened fire on I
them. This was returned by the cow
boys and the battle kept up for about
half an hour. When the Magonistas
surrenderedr it was- found that Preci
liano, the father of the boy who was
captured first, had received a wound
through the body which will probably
cost him his life.
Rangel, even though he was wounded
in the face and wrist a few days be
fore, had put up a fight during the
battle. He used a .32 jcalibre pistol.
The .prisoners, were taken to Villa Ahu
mada"and Friday night Marrufo and
his .cowboys brought the five men to
Ciudad Juarez.
The Ma'gonistas said they had become-separated
from the .main body of
the .band, and the .four men were try
ing to get Rangel, their leader, to the
United States, in order to - have his
wounds treated. They intended tjo go
along the natural Toad from VJlla
Ahumada to Guadalupe and then take
him across the river.
MADERO WINS OVER
DISGRUNTLED ONES
Tells Conimittee -411 Should
Support De La Barra's
Administration.
Tehuacan, Puebla, Mexico. August 5.
Francisco I. Madero has been assured
by a committee from the capital that
they would support him and tjiat allj
Should fin tzn
Madero supporters, disgruntled be
cause he had failed to save EmilloVas
quez Gomez, and because he appeared
too mencuy with Gen. Bernardo Reyes,
both now candidates, had sent the com-
mittee to subject Madero to direct
questions and answers.
The committee included a delegation
from the palace and another represent
ing the men who had fought In the
revolution. This delegation was head
ed by Gen. Candido Navarro.
Employing words that hurt, Madero
arraigned the committee and those
who sent, them for their lack of faith
in the president. To the delegation
representing the army he once com
manded, he said they, as military men,
had no right to meddle in politics.
. The committee had come "with the
idea of bearing to the capital a report
that would eliminate Madero as a dan
gerous5 political rival of Gomez. It
left declaring the Intention of its mem
bers of supporting Madero with in
creased vigor.
MINERS CONCLUDE THE
CONVENTION IN BUTTE
Butte. Mont., Aug. 5. The 16th an
nual convention of the "Western Fed
eration of Miners was concluded today.
Victor, Colo., was chosen as the con
vention city for 1912.
Olivia, Minn., Aug:. 5. William Wolff, his daughter, Cora, aad S4war4
Corey were shot and Instantly killed at the Wolff heme here early today.
Edward Corey did the shooting. He was a rejectee suitor of Miss Wolff.
Death ' " i- " " U II I fl
I r ill fillip
One Time Multimillionaire
and Picturesque Figure
Succumbs to Injuries and
Illness.
PROMOTED MANY BIG
MINING ENTERPRISES
Injured in a Runaway Acci
dent Monday in Cananea
and Pneumonia Developed
- Col. William C. Greene died at fie
! oclock" Saturday morning at his home
r in Cananea, Son., Mex., from acuta
pneumonia following injuries received
ins a runaway accident at Cananea last
Monday.
The death of Col. Greene marks the
passing of one of the southwest3 most
famous and "-picturesque men. Discov
erer of the fabulously rich copper de
posits in the Cananea district, owner oC
millions of acres of rich Mexican and
Arizona land, inspiration for the Sierra
Madre Land and Lumher coaapany,
builder of the Rio Grande, Sierra Madre
& Pacific railroad, now the Mexico
North Western, plunger on the New
Tork stock exchange, cattle man and
pioneer promoter, CoL "Bill" Greene
has a distinctive place" in the history
of the southwest.
l Dreaaaer kh Deer.
At one time worth more than 50
000,000, president . of he Greece Con
solidated Copper company at Cananea,
empire Guilder and dreamer of dreams
and does of deeds, Col. Greene finished
out his ramarkable career practically a
recluse at his home on the mesa in
" Cananea overlooking the vast enter
prises of the Cananea Copper company
that he founded.
A cow puncher by profession befora
he became a multi-millionaire mine
owner and empire builder, CoL Greene's
active career literally ended in the
saddle, as he died from the effects of a
fall which he received last Monday,
when his horse ran away witli him.
throwing him to tn ground and caus
ing injuries which, with his advancing
age, resulted in an attack, of pneu
monia. Special Train Carries XlysIciH.
Heroic treatment was administered
' to CoL Greene and a- special traia left
El Paso Friday witn nr. v x. jsaira
on board carrying oxygen machines for
artificially prolonging the colonel's life
until he cquld survive from the shock
of the malady. But the efforts of
the attending physicians and nurses
were unavailing and v.oi. oreese died;
Saturday morning just as the big
whistles on the copper smelters la the
Ronquillo were blowing- for the day's
work.
Col. Greene had been living in Cana
nea for the pastfyear. While he was
reticent about his personal affairs, it
is known that much of his former great
fortune had slipped away from him and
he had retired from active business life
and with his wife and -children was liv
ing quietly, at Cananea. He had a sum
mer home in California which he vis
ied, but was more content to remain
in Cananea near the scenes of his first
great conquest and where he wo the
attention of the financial world to his
vast undeveloped enterprises.
Although he was never a resident of
El Paso, CoL Greene had always been
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classed as an El Pasoan. He had bseis
directly concerned with many enter
prises which has been largely respon
sible for the rapid development of this
city. He took over the Rio Grande
j sierra Madra. & Pacific extended it Into
! the heart of Chihuahua and laid the
foundation for the Pearson company's
present development of the .Mexico
j North Western and the Madera Lumber
company In northern Chihuahua. The
Lumber company was obtained as a
concession by Col. Greene from the
Mexican government and It was one of
his biggest dreams- that tills would
some day be the lumber producing camp
of the southwest. His Greene Gold and
Silver company was another vast enter
prise which he launched but was un
able to keep going. The Greene Con
solidated, Gold company of Sonora was
another which brought him, into prom
inence in the east and he was the mark
for a bitter series of attacks by finan
cial writers and operators. He was also
assailed by Thomas W. Lawson, in his
series of articles on "Frenzied "Flaanca
in a popular magazine and at various
times he had financial battles with the
biggest men in Wall street-
Finaaced Local Tin MlHe.
CoL Greene also financed a tin mine
In the Franklin mountains near El
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