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IX PASO HERALD
12
Mondar, February 2b 1912
BDOSEVELT ANNOUNCES GANDiDftGY f OR
PBESIQENGY, REPLYING TD GOVERNORS
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of the American people, and which in
our opinion, are necessary for the hap
piness and prosperity of the country.
"We believe that in view of this pub
lic deman dyou should soon declare
whether. If the nomination for the
j'residensy come to you unsolicited
nd unsought, you will accept it.
In submitting this request we are
ijot considering your personal mierran. ,
V o do not regard it as proper to con
s Mr either the interests or the prefer
ence of any man as regards, the nom- i
n.dtion for the presidency. We are ex- ,
iMee-ing our sincere belief and pest,
nment as to wnat is aeroanaeu ui
jou in the interests of the people as a
'ntrMtB .it ine nwjnie as a
v Unit- And we feel that you would oe
ii n romnna To a main niinur (iulv il '
n should aecilne to-accept the nbm- , " 'Ogden audience tn.s R-n
i nation as the voluntary expression of 5Te?f5 ""TAcvsaid
Tne wishes of a majority of the Re- ! decJ""tion h, oMrRoose
;.hiin. irotr f th. l'nifMl States.1 "The announcement of Mr. -noose
JhmnVh thV action ot their delegates i
trough the action ot their delegates j
n the next national convention."
Efforts of Col. Roosevelt's friends to
nluce him to make an earlier declara
tion of his attitude on the presidential
question bad been unavailing His
laconic remark to a friend in Cleve
land last Wednesday night that "my
hat is in the ring yon will have my
answer Monday." was the first real in
dication that he had in mind an
affirmative to the governors' letter.
Think It Mean Stampede.
New York. N. Y.. Feb. 26. Governor
Johnson, of California, says now that
'ol Roosevelt has come out in. the
open for the presidential nomination.
thousands of new admirers will Join
the ranks Governor Johnson said:
"The statement of Col. Roosevelt was
all that we expected. We believe he
Will make the strongest flfht in historv
We in the west are confident of his j
mtnation and after that the battle
7 m. ...T ,i
OoL Roosevelt's letter to the govern
ors stating briefly that he would accept
the nomination for president if it were
tendered to him. created no surprise
here in political circles In view of his
laconic remark In Cleveland that "my
hat is in the ring."
So Paste In Washington.
Washington. D. C. Feb. IS, Mr.
Roosevelt's accepted willingness to
accept the Republican nomination for
president did not affect visibly affairs !
et the wmte nouse toaay. president i
Tart will have no direct answer to :
the announcement prior -to the Ohio
speech, according to statements from
official sources. There was no great
Increase In congressional callers to
day, but vice president Sherman and
senator Murray Crane, of Massachu
setts, hurried to the president's office.
Neither would discuss his visit.
Secretary of war Stlmson also was
e caller. When asked what attitude he
'would take, Mr. Stimson said:
"I will make mv position clear In
the speech which I will make in Chi
cago. March 6'
This is a .speech to be made before
the Chicago Taft club. It has been '
looked forward to as one of a series
cabinet officers are to make In sup
port of the president and it was the
ceneral impression here today that i
Mr Stimson will adhere to his original
purpose.
The fact that ho said he would an
nounce his position before the Taft
organization also Is regarded as sig
nificant. Tnere is a growing belief that the
iHS SIOBUI SWEEPIRG COUNTRY
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is demoralized as the result ot storms.
There has been no train on the Union
Facific since 10 oclock last night. The
company reports from 12 to 14 inches of
snow in Western Kansas.
HffCtt Wind and Snarr.
Omaha, Keb.. Feb. 26. A foot of snow
driven by a 0 mile wind demoralised
tbe railway and street car aarrtoe of
maha and other cities of Nebraska
during last night and today.
BalBes Interrupted.
St Joseph, Mo., Feb. zt trafflo and
business of every kind has 'been at a
standstill here since Sunday afternoon
as a result of the worst snowstorm in
many yearn.
Heavy Gale at Dallas.
Dallas. Tex.. Feb. 2. Wind reaching
a velocity estimated at 75 miles an hour
in north and central Texas last night, i
5n Dallas demoralized tne wire eemce
lo far there are no reports or loss oi .
life or serious property damage:
Train Lost In Saevr. ;
L'ncoln. Neb., Feb. 26. A Rock Is- ,
land train cm a branch line east of ,
Beatrice Is lost In the snow. Efforts to
reach it have been unavailing and the !
condition of its passengers is unknown.
Train No. S on the Rock Island, east- ,
bound. Is stalled at Philllpsburg. Kane. ,
Hn4rr-a Are Xareeaed.
Ft Joseph. Mo., Feb. 26. Street car
traffic is halted completely here by an
elg!-" inch snow. Railroads report great
difficulty In operating their trains.
Hundreds of persons were marooned
downtown last night and are unable to
reach their homes.
MOTJHTAIHS NEAR EL
PASO SNOW COVERED
Snow egUp Bock Island
Road Again; All Trains
Are Annulled.
K. Paso awoke Sunday morning to
find old Mount Franklin
and
rough ol mountains to the west and
aoutnwest of Juarez covered in a
beautifully white coating of snow.
Following the rala oi Saturlnv after
noon and early evening, the tempera-
tu'e dropped so low that it quit rain- I
inn and Began to snow. The snow
m-l:ed in the valleys as fast as It fell.
tint the mountains retained their
wnite coating most of the day Sun-da-.
Heavy snow had tied up the Rock
Ipiand railroad between El Paso and
sicago for (he third time and all
trains were annulled Sunday. Golden
Starp Limited, northbound, arriving
Sunday from Los Angeles, was turned
back here and passengers, instead of
t.ei'-g sent through on the Rock Isl
and, were routed by Dallas over the
'J exas Pacific road.
Tne Rock Island passenger train
whlcn left here for the north Sundav
morning turned back at Carrizozo, X.
M . and returned to El Paso.
North between Carrizozo. N. M.. and
Liberal. Kan., railroad officials state,
t! e cuts are filled to the level with
no and traffic will be Impossible
for several dtys. Several trains are
.ported tied up the snow ,n Kan- J
as a result of the heavy fall.
There is much suffering among ct
t e on the plain of west Texas, the
Panhandle and eastern and northern
New Mexico
n account of the heavy snows all
Rock Island trains were annuled again
Monday
T. X P. Line Is Open.
The Texas & Pacific saved the day
for travelers wanting to leave for
northern points Sunday. All the east
bound Rock Island trains having been
annuled. tht- Texas ic Pacific trans
fer -ed all the passengers, exchanging
trefr tickets for T & P. tickets. The
road put on an extra standard sleeper
and an extra tourist sleeper and pulled
out on schedule time at 7:15 p. m. Sun-da-,
night. The T. 4; P line has no
snow on its tracks, and the passengers
for rhicarn. Pt. Louis and an northern
arc! eastern points, were enabled to
1h-. town Sunday, when
otherwise 1
thev -would have oeen held over In
de! r.t'lv The T. & P., due at 8 a. m.
was tia.ied between Texarkana ajnd
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crux of th preconvention campaign
will center in Ohio, the president's
state. It is known the Roosevelt force
will make some of their strongest bids
for delegates there and the president 3
friends are preparing to meet their
iVU ?-.. i. h- .n oon to foundatioaa axe expected to be com-r-
Ta" L9." 5? .S'J&J'SfSi.n0 Dieted for the Paso del Xorte hotel. A
D' iX" ""XT "i "X" "UZt
is expected to make the first speech,
In tffo he doctrines enunciated
hv Col. Roosevelt at Columbus.
jryaa on Roosevelt Letter.
0eden Utah. Feb 26. In an inter
- rive immediately after his ar-
: f . -. . t- wniiam
rival in ugaeu mis Boruii, ""
J. Brvan. who le here to speaK oeiore
- I " . .. . . m. .
velfs candidacy lor president! .
voir. candidacy xor P""""" re-
that is news, except that it was tore
.k-n.A hr his RDMeh at Columbus.
Ohio, and by an OuUook editorial on
a "Third cup of coffee.' "
Further than this. Mr. Bryan sim
ply added that it would be an "
ing fight whlcB- the Democrats would
-watch Intently.
HEADQUARTERS FOR
ROOSEVELT OPENED
Fight Will Be Directed from
Xo. 1 Madison Ave.
nue, New York.
New York. N. T, Feb. 3. Perma-
I nent offices from which supporters oi
I mwlnr. Rnnsevnlt Will Wage uia
fight for the Republican presidential
nomination were opened at No. l aao-
ison- avenue today, in charge of Oli
ver Clinton Carpenter, a lawyer, who
was one of the lieutenants of George
B. Cortelvou. chairman of the RepuD
lican national committee in 1904.
"The Roosevelt committee of ew
York Cfty will handle the work here
toward securing delegates to the na
tional convention in favor of his nornl-
nation and also will cooperate in rr
worK mreugnuui ."". -"""r .. .i a
securine Roosevelt aeiesnioe.
said
Mr. Carpenter.
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Ll FOLIETTK'S NAME TUT
OX NEBRASKA TICKETS.
Lincoln, Neb.. Feb. 26. Robert La
Follette's name was added to tne nsi
of candidates to be voted on at Ne
braska's presidential primary by a
petition filed this morning by secre
tary Corrlck. of the La Follette state
league. The petition contained the
names of nearly 1000 voters widely
scattered over the state.
QUAY COCXTY REPUBLICAN
COWESTIOX OX MARCH 2D
Tucumcari. N. M.. Feb. 26.--Chas, H.
Kohn. secretary of the Republican
countv central committee, has issued
a call" for a convention for Quay coun
ty to meet in Tucumcari March Z.
The call is pursuant to the require
ments of the call made by the Repub
lican state central committee for a
D.n,,Mina)i atfltA convention in Santa
1 Fe, March 8.
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Fort Worth, but not due to snow
storms. It reached El Paso at ll:2o
a. m. Sunday.
STORM m ARKANSAS
DOES GREAT DAMAGE
Six People Are Killed in One
Home "When Cyclone
Wrecks It.
Little Rock. Ark.. Feb. 26. Seven
persons are known to have been killed
and more than a score injured' in a
tornado which late Sunday afternoon
went nortlons of Lincoln, Jefferson
and
Arkansas counties, -rne greatest
destruction was reported near Almyra,
in tne praine ana n iwias ui iti
sas county. Mrs. Ed Johnson, her three
children, a hired man named Jicuiain,
and an unidentified stranger who was
stopping at the Johnson home, were
killed.
The husband and an Infant child were
severely injured. Perhaps a score of
persons were Injured when their homes
were destroyed. The injured were cared
for at neighboring farm houses and
some were taken to Almyra.
A child by the name of Hamilton Is
known to have been killed near Swan
Lake. tark. Seven injured were placed
on a relief train to be taken to a hos
pital in Pine Bluff.
At Terry In the northern part of Lin
coln county several residences were de
stroyed and Dr. Williams and his wife
were caught in the wreckage of their
home, both being seriously injured.
All wires are down In the storm swept
section. Meager reports place property
loss in the Almyra neighborhood at
$100,000.
HEAVIEST SNOW OF
WINTER AT PORTAL
Portal, Ariz.. Feb. 36. The worst
storm In the year has struck the Chiri
cahua mountains and the heaviest snow
that has fallen here for years covers
the earth. A heavy wind made it
drift For six weeks the weather has
been ideal, plum and apricot trees are
In blossom and the farmers have most
or meir plowing aone. ima bkiw win
stop things for a few days.
The stage will make its way with
difficulty from Paradise, as the roaJ
i through a canyon all the way, and
the storm has driven the snow in
every hollow very deep.
WENTWORTH TO BE
TENDERED A DINNER
Head of Mre Prevention As
sociation Will Be Here
Saturday.
F-anklln H. Wentworth, head of the
national lire prcvemiwu amuvwuuu, i -!,-will
be here Saturday to enlist the Pr,t-"
people of El Paso In the movement for ,
oetter Are protection ana nre preven-
"on He .will I be accompanied by C. R (
Meek, assistant cashier of the Fourth
V.Knnal livaV S.V NJ.WT YftVlT WhA tC
general secretary of the National Credit
Men's association and one of its origin-
ators. A dinner will be given the two !
visiting- financiers by the bankers of
tne city.
The local committee to entertain Mr.
Wentworth and Mr. Meek has been ap
pointed from among the Are insurance
men and bankers. The Are insurance
committee is composed of H. B. Stevens,
J. F. Coles and James Marr. The
bankers" committee is composed of T.
M. Wingo. r. S Stewart and U E. Gil
christ. TRAFFIC IS RESUMED OX
WEST COAST ROADS.
Trains on the west coast are now
operating between Nogales, Ariz., and
Teplc, Mex. The line is now opened
through on the Southern Pacific of
Mexico and traffic has been resumed
on the west coast.
Full measure at Southwestern Fuel Co.
FOUNDATIONS FOB
BE COMPLETED
Many Subcontract Are Let;j
Material Placed For New
Freight Station.
By the end of this week tie concrete
I of over 60 Mexicans has been kept
i busy at the work for a week now and the
! bfe eoete mixer is dfeeharsins " 00
yarrds of concrete & day. As soon as
the foundations are completed, the re
inforced concrete -work on the superstruc
ture will start.
A number of sub-contracts for the
work have been let by the Fred Jones
Building company who have the con
tract for the erection of the hotel. The
architectural terra cotta work teus bean
wBn r v U? xi lrie
!,,,,, - of 2sework. The electric
awarded to the Atlantic terra. lot
wiring ias been given to the National
ieleara)hone and bwpply company ot .K.1
Paso, and the contract for the sidewalk
lights tare been given to the E. E. Sett
company. The Otis Elevator Suooly
company of New York -will furnish the
elevators for the building.
A. portable douse containing three
rooms has been put up on the San An
tonio street side of the excavation. Tie
rooms will be fitted tip with electric
liffhts and telephones and will be the
office hcadQuarters for the company in
El Paso. A oat of fresh red paint is
makinjr the portable office house look
roady for business.
Bungalow Sold.
A four room brick bungalow on the
corner of Nashville and .Florida streets,
in Week 128, Highland Park, has been
sold to B. T. Bennett, of Afcunosordo,
N. 3d., by the Nevwnan Investment com
pany for S1S00.
Will Build Bungalow.
Mrs. "VY. D. Greet is havinc a five room
burjRalow erected at 1306 Arizona street.
The bunsalow will be unodern in every
respect and have built-in book dases sad
buffets, hardwood floors and a hot air
heaitinc plant. Its cost is estimated at
$3000. Jolly & Ware have the contract
for the buiklinjr.
The same contractors are ibuild&? for
Wtn. Graves, a four room bunglawin
Government Hill addition, on lots 11 fend
12, block 71, that -will cost $1800. Both
bungalows will be built of brick.
Closes' 546,000 Deal.
A deal involving 46,000 has recently
been concluded bv W. F. Payne. Cbarlea
Leavell and C. NT. Bassett bought from
Dr. R. S. Jackson a ranch of 160 acres
at La Mesa for $26,000. Dr. R. S. Jack
son bat bought from C X. 3tett and
Obarles Leavell the city property at the
corner of Mvrtle and Florence streets,
beinc 80 by 79 tfeet. lie consideration
was $20 XM.
Buys Chamberino Tract.
W'tta. P. Casarez baa bought' from W,
F. Payne a tract of 50 acres of land
near Chaniberino. The purchasing price
wfcs $5750.
Joaefa M. Flores has bouit lot 3,
block H. Payne's subdivision, from W.
J. Payne for $225.
Lots 9 and 10, block L, Payne's sub
division, have (been bought by W. F.
Porter from W. F. Payne for $300.
Material Is Placed.
Loads of gravel, cement sacks and
eteel nails have arrived on tfce ground
preparatory to the conunencesneot of the
construction oi the new $75,000 freieot
station of the Tcras & Pacific railway
at the corner of First and Ochoa. street.
The demolishing of the old "wooden
station was completed last week and
everything is in readiness for the work
on the new station's foundations to begin.
By Tuesday morning work is expected t
be in full swing. A Dillas firm, Hughes
& OUourke Construction company, haa
the contract for the work.
To Begin Superstructure.
Tuesday morning will mark the begin,
aing of the superstruobun? of the Pear
eon Milling company box, sash and door
factory. Work on the concrete founda
tions b&s been in progress for some time,
and all the steel reinforced concrete
foundation bases are in. readiness for the
superstructure.
NEW MEXICO WOMEN
' MAY VOTE IN APRIL
They May Participate in Ru
ral School Elections, At
torney General Holds.
Santa Fe, N. M.. Feb. 26. A peculiar
situation has arisen over the proviso
of the new statae constitution giving
women the right to vote at school
elections,' and attorney general Frank
Clancy today ruled that this clause
goes into eiefct at the rural school
elections in April, although.no regis
tration or other procedure has been
yet provided, when the women for the
first time in the history of New Mex
ico will go to the polls. Another
provision is that school elections must
be held separately from other elec
tions, and it will prevent the election
of school directors in incorporated
municipalities at the municipal elec
tlons in AprlL until tne
legislature ,
nrescribes time and procedure, the
present school dlrectoos holding over
for the present, although their terms
have expired.
HOPEFUL OUTLOOK
COAL DISPUTE
Government May Operate
English Mines if the
Strike Is Called.
London, England, Feb. 26. At the
conclusion of a meeting thlB afternoon
between the members of the cabinet
committee and the coal owners, at
which the threatened strike of 800,000
miners were discussed an owner au
thorized the statement that the situ
ation Is easier and decidedly more
hopeful.
It is reported in radical circles here
todav that premier A?qulth has deter
mined ic the event of s national coal
strike th government will take over
the work tempo-arilv of all the coaj
miners snd thus prevent a panic 13
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CASES OVERRULED
Every little movement has a meaning
on Monday, motion day in the district
courts, in me case or . J. Jtay s.
the Mount Franklin Lime and Stone
company, the motion of the defendant
for a new trial was overruled. The same
happened to the motion of the defence
In the suit of Mrs. Anna IL Harris
vs. J. H. Nations et al. These two cases
are in the 3th court.
In the 41st district court the motion
of the defence In the case of D. A.
Stevens vs. 'W. R. Weeks was also over
ruled. ARRBST PRIZE FIGIITER
FOR TAXICAB ROBBERY
New York X. Y., Feb. 26. Police
commissioner Waldo announced today
that tr-e detective bureau bad arrested
Ward Klbgman. formerly a prise fight-
r as the principal In the recent taxi
cab robbery III which two bank mes
sengers were held up and robbed of
$25,000.
NEW HOTEL TO
DURING THE WEEK
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relations committee to ascertain he
duty of bis government in connection
witn tne Killing or Americans oy nr
ins from the Mexican side, or may pro
pose to delegate to president Taft au
thority to take whatever steps he deems
necessary in an emergency.
The proposed resolution is assumed
to be the direct outcome of a confer
ence at the white house between the
president and senators Lodge, Bacon
and Stone of the foreign relations com
mittee and senators Bailey and Culber
son, of Texas.
The fact that the president discussed
the situation with these senators, he
helnf urlthAnt .w..a.. aA.,.1 trwinc nllt
of the country without authority from
congress, is considered an exnlanation
that a situation might arise wherein it
might be necessary to cross into Mex
ico to compel the combatants to re
move their battleground to a point safe
beyond the American border.
ZVot An Invasion.
Such an act. it is said, would not be
considered an invasion nor an act of
war. an there was precedent for the
landing of marines on -foreign territory
in the absence of troops from the con
stituted government to protect foreign
residents.
An encouraging development was the
receipt of dispatches reporting peaceful
conditions at -points hitherto doubtful.
From consul general Haima at Hon
terey came a telegram sayinsr the ar-
rival of federal trnnnn there n.n1 at
Torreon had relieved the situation at
uivas duos ujs wen tt SU110UHU1115
towns.
From Durango and Hermoslllo the
consuls reported quiet, the only dis
turbing element being Taqul Indians
near Hermoslllo.
It is believed that more Americans
troops will be ordered to the border
town8 of a large body of well equipped
infantry and cavalry, as well as field
artillery, might have a deterring ef
fect on lawless bands in northern Mex
ico and would reassure Texas commu
nities. (Continued from Page .)
shyiaj at intervention spooks behind
every office desk. The report soon
d over official Washington and put
polities on the bacK seat for once in the
history of tite national capitoL Then 4he
Monday morning Associated Press dis-psftc-es
commenced to tick off the wires
a message front the El Paso Herald that
ev8rvthine -was tranquil in Juarez and
Iteuche. This complex situation had
Washington officialdom jumpinc side
ways mentally.
The Explanation.
Col. Steever. the innocent cause of the
mental flareback, put the whole situa
tion straiebt in El Paso when he ex
plained to The Herald how he had re
ported the supposed skirmish of Satur
day night (which was really only some
frightened Juarez guards shooting at
each other), and -tie presence of the
rebels and how the chance of a mixu?
in Washington mic&t bave given rise to
the rumor. This was wired to the world
oyer tfee Associated Press leased wire
from the El Paso Herald office, and by
quick lunch time in Washington the
wer scare had fceen reduced to history.
The official diepatoh from Washing
ton Bent by the Associated Press after
the scare bad percolated through 'the
noodles of the swivel chair warriors in
Washington was as follows:
"Washington, D. C. Feb. 26. The war
department was tirown into a state of
excitement here todtar by telegraphic re
ports of a large band in the vicinity of
Juarez. Mexico, and of serious fighting
in the outskirts of the town. These re
ports, it - was explained at the depart
ment, 'came from awny officers' and the
department officials were startled a sec
ond time by press dispatches from El
Paso declaring that there had been abso
lutely no fighting in Juarez or its en
virons. None oi the department officials
would comment on the complex situa
tion." Can Telephone to Baucis.
Officials of the Mexko North Western
railroad m Juarez are in constant touch
with the rebel camp at Bauche over their
railroad telephone line. They report no
trouble at Bauohe.
At noon they confirmed -the report
that some of the expected rebel rein
forcements had arrived at Bauche. and
that Antonio Rojaa and Inez Salazar,
MMMtt! hai ininfwl Fdntlin inma totIwi
commands 'the first forces that arrived
Saturday.
Additional Troops Ready.
No advice has vet been received by
CW. Steever regarding the movement of
additional troops to El Paso to protect
the Texas border. The rer-H Sunday
from San Antonio that the fourth and
seventh infantries -fteTe to move irom
their present stations proves to be only
an order to get ready to. -move.
The fourth infantry, now divided be
tween Fort Crook (Omaha) and Fort
Logan H Root, Hot Springs, Ark., waa
ordered to be prepared to entrain for
San Antonio on leceipt of a second mes
sage; that was all.
"MAIN LINE GRANT"
UPHELD IN DECISION
Washington, D. C, Feb. 26. The
right Of the SnnrhAi-n TaMffr Ttallrrtari
company to selections of land under
tne socalled "main line grant" by
congress within the grant to the old
Atlantic and Pacific Railroad company,
was upheld today by the supreme
court f the United States. The de
cision, a test case, involved the claim
to more than $1,000,000 worth of Cali
fornia land.
AMERICANS SCHOOLS
IN BEIRUT ESCAPE
Constantinople. Turkey. Feb. 26. The
American and other educational estab
lishments In Beirut, escaped damage at
the hands of the Italians during the
bombardment of the city. The latest
estimates of the casualties received
Sin j ,na,caie that 30 persons were I ..;
w..u cum suom iuu wounaea. juartiai
law has been proclaimed at Beirut, but
the town ls said to be quiet
The Vail of Beirut telegraphs that 5
men of the Avnlllah are missing.
At a cabinet council it was decided
to expel all Italians except ecclesias
tics from Beirut. Damascus. Jerusalem
and Aleppo.
London, England. Feb. 26. All Euro
peans are safe at Beirut, according to
a dispatch from that city, but it is re
ported that sbell bursting on a quav
killed or wounded 200 persons.
SURRENDER OF
JUAREZ ASKED
S' BILL
IS HBJPIM
He Introduces Measure to
Strengthen the Govern
ment's Antitrust Power.
Washington, D. C. Feb. 26. The trust
platform of senator Cummins of Iowa,
I candidate for the Republican nomination
' for president, is embodied in a bill which
J Mr. Cummins introduced today, designed
'to strengthen greatly the government's
unti -trust powers. The measure would
provide what it is claimed would be the
' first authority to limit the size of cor
porations and to guard aeainst unfair or
Tuinoust competition through protracted
under-selling.
It would put into being a trades com
miesion into which the present bureau
would be merged with all its present
powers. The purpose in limiting cor
porations of business in a big way with
economy of production, but to limit them
in the very beginning in such a way as
to leave room at least Xor owiexs oi sub-
, tuntially the same magnitude between
which healthful competition nay be pre
served.
The law would apply only to corpora
tions capitalized at $5,000,000 or more
and not interstate commerce common
carriers. That the present anti-trust t
law would not be changed is made clear
by a declaration that whatever is un
lawful under that law shall continue
unlawful, and that the intent of the
law is to maintain competitive condi
tions in trade to "accomplish which it
shall be liberally construed."
The measure would prohibit com
mon directors and officers among cor
porations carrying on a business of the
i same general cnaracter and would ex-
elude dummy or nominal directors. It
noma exciuae irom commerce ail cor-
! porations which control lanital Stonk-
i nr ATprpfsa anv nt-h,.. moano w.ni
i in any other corporation and also cor-
poratlons capitalized at $10,000,000 or
more whose directors or officers are
on the board of directors or among the
officers of banking institutions.
Careful provision is made against the
holding company that is not itself en-
gaged in commerce. Common carriers
aud manufacturing or producing en
terprises would be completely disasso
ciated so that no corporation could at
the same time own and operate a trans
portation line and engage in manufac
turing or producing.
.Hropoaea Express Ownership.
Senator Gardner, of Maine, today
Introduced a bill under -nrhloh tha c-vr-
ermnent would take over the proper-
ties of express companies and operate
ficm as pari oi me postal service, ex
tending the service to the rural de
livery. The measure indicates the
probable cost of taking over the prop
erty as follows:
Real property, $-14.932,l9: equip
ment. $7,381,405; materials and sup
plies, $138,210; advance payments, oa
contracts, $S.83S,66, and franchisee,
good will, etc.. $10,877,369, a total of
$89,165,819.
While the balance sheets of the com
panies show other assets of nearly
$150,000,000. senator Gardner argues
that these are not devoted to express
service and this property might be re
tained by the corporations without
Impairing its value.
It is proposed that rates charged for
express service under the government
shall be based on weight and length
of haul.
Ariionlnnn Get a Hearing-.
John Orme and D. P. Jones, of Phoe
nix, with representative Hayden, were
given a bearing before the committee
on arid lands In the house today, on
extending the payments from 10 -to 26
years for the water users.
Uayden and Carey on Committees.
Representative Hayden. of Ariaona.
will be put on the Indian affairs and
arid lands committees of the house of
representatives and Carey, of New
Mexico, will also go on the last named
committer.
To Probe Dapont'a Election.
Senator Reed, of Missouri, today in
troduced in the senate a resolution di
recting an investigation of the elee
tion of senator Dupont, of Delaware.
Xo Substitute for Sugar.
"We have discussed the entire rev
enue producing list from agate to
zinc in an effort to find something
to substitute for sugar as a revenue
producer," said representative Under
wood, chairman of the ways and
means committee, "and we have come
to no decision."
The committee to discuss this sched
ule and ways and means of produc
ing sufficient revenue that will be
essential if the sugar schedule is cut
in half, returned to the work again
today. The advocates of free sugar
have suggested many things that
might be Increased in order to pro
duce the $60,000,000 in revenue from
sugar that would be lost should that
commodity be placed on the free list.
But free sugar, it was learned. Is the
remotest of possibilities, inasmuch as
the committee is puzzled to make up
for revenue losses that will result
even from a tariff reduction.
The Day in Conffresi.
In the senate today senator Cum
mins Introduced a trust bill creating a
trades commission and providing au
thority to limit the siae of corpora
tions, and to guard against unfair
competition. Senator Polndexter. after
a personal Investigation at Lawrence,
Mass., introduced a resolution to in
struct the labor bureau to furnish In
formation on the textile strike.
Senator Gardener introduced a bill
providing for government acquisition
of express properties at a probable
cost of $39,166,819.
The house met at noon.
The investigation of political influ
ence charges against MaJ. Ray was re
sumed before the war department ex
penditures committee.
British ambassador Bryce explained
the British legislation system to tne
judiciary committee in conneotton with
tne legislative Mil. I
Secretary Myer was heard by the j
naval committee in executive session, I
The Florida Everglades land ease f
investigation was resumed by ttie agrl-
cultural department expenditures com-
mlttee. I
After considering the District of Co- :
lumbia legislation, the house took up !
four hour debate on the fortifications I
appropriation bilL
Chairman Henry announced that the
rules committee would act upon repre
sentative Berger's resolution providing
for an investigation of t-ie Lawrence
textile workers strikes.
The ways and means committee
f SIn
considered the adrisiblllty or
increasing silk duty to make up tor
the sugar tariff reduction. It may re
port tjie sugar bill in two weeks.
The money trust Investigation hear
ings will begin here within a few
days.
Secretary Myer urged the building of
two battleships a year and an appro
priation of Jl.OOO.OOO for a round
the world wireless system.
Representative Sabath Introduced a
bill for the acquisition by government
of the express, telegraph and tele
phone properties.
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BL HASO TELLS ?
HER TROUBLES
To the "Want" Columns of
The Herald. When there's an
unexpected vacancy In the of-
flee or factory force, it's a
Herald Want Ad that gives no-
tice.
When there's something val- v
iiahla lost or a tenant leaves.
a call to Bell 116. Auto 1115,
: tells the news.
El Paso has learned that
Herald "Want" Ads are the best
reso-t in an emergency.
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CAVALRY TO DOUGLAS Ai
iCALES TD PROTECT TIE BDROER
Washinton, D. O, Feb. 26. Realizin f and one troop to Nojjaleg from Fort
g tie Sf a stronger patrol on the Hsachmca. Capt. Mahta Cr& of JQie rjr.
Mexican border in western Arizona, th eneral staff. as been ordered tozonn
f dertmeut today ordered two mediately from ,Saa Francu to the I
troops of tte fourth cavalry to Douglas ! mpenal valley to wwestigate conditions.
I 1 fllPIPSlTP IfJ IIDT forn inspection for contraband ar-
linPfllTf lh ni 111 UCUu reported VreasT night that
I I II Ml il I I I.I II 31 I seveial hundred men claiming to be
LLUIlLIS I L iU laUl Zapatistas had sacked several places
,.,., .- Me-kiit n the neighboring state of Tamaul-
AFRAID OF REBELS mmmm
Garcia. 26 miles west of here, and ha e
frnntinuod from Pace 1 1 announced their intentions of fighting
(continued from .rage i.J for pita- This report has been con-
talion. Wagon trains, ambulances, I firmed by various refugees from that
and hospital corps accompany the ( section, who arrived here today. At
troops. j present there are not many above a
The infantry regiment Is commanded ! hundred federal soldiers in this citv,
by Col. D. A- Frederick, formerly at i the main body of them having been
Fort Bliss, and the artillery detach- m south to the revolution there.
ment will be under the command of ; There is being organized at present.
Lieut. Col. Samuel D. Sturgls. uen.
Duncan, commander of the department
of Texas, and Gen. Chas. Treat, regi
mental commander of the Third artil
lery, will come to the border if the
situation becomes critical.
REBELS ARE NOT
WORRYING IiORENTE
Intervention Talk Is the
Trouble Now Mexi
cans in Ei Paso.
Hourly conferences are beins held at
the Mexican consulate between Mexi
can consul E. C. LJorente and promi
nent Mexican-American residents of
El Paso. Dr. J. A. Samaniejo, Abram
Molina and nthr Dromineit Bl Paso
Molina and other prominent m Paso
! citizens have tteen In -conference witn
I the consul regarding the situation on
' the bqrder.
I The rebel army at Bauche Is not
j bothering the Mexican officials and
citizens as much as -the American army
! now being mobilized here. Tne .xexi
cans are a unit in wishing to do every
thing possible to prevent any necessity
for Intervention and a repetition of
the disgrace of last May. when Ameri
can citizens were killed by Mexican
bullets.
"We are not worrying about the
rebels," one prominent Hexican -Ameri
can citizen said jaonaay morning.
1 "They are not going to do anything of
consequence, we believe, but are just
making a grand bluff. But we are
afraid that something will occur which
will muddy the international waters
and cause intervention when it is not
necessary.
"The talk of Mexican riots in El
Paso is exceedingly untimely, for the
people of the Mexican quarter of El
Paso, aside from a few fanatical
alarmists, have no though of anything
of the kind. But the public announce
ment of the organisation of a citizen
guard and the inflamatory talk regard
ing the attitude of Mexican living in
El Paso will have a tendency to exelte
the Mexican people to believe that they
are to be attacked and may cause
trouble when It could be avoided if the
proper course were taken."
BATTLE ISEOUGHT
NEAR AGUA PRIETA
Douglas Telegraphs Taft for
More Troops Refu
gees at Douglas.
Douglas. Ariz, Feb, 86. A fight be
tween the rebels who held up the Bllas
ranch with the federals Sunday result
ed in the death of two rebels, the rest
escaping after a long distance fight. A
report reached Agua Prieta this morn
ing that the rebels are a few miles
east of there. A force of 40 left at
noon to meet them.
Many American refugees arrived here
today and say the trouble zone in
Sonora is confined between Nacozari
and the border, with no disorders to
the south.
The chamber of commerce has wired
president Taft, asking that troops be
sent here.
W. H. Moore, foreman of the Sonora
Land and Timber company, has re
ceived a reply to the message sent to
Washington a few days since. The
message says the American ambassador
in Mexico City has been instructed to
demand protection for the employes of
his -company as -well as other Ameri
cans in Sonora.
BANDITS ATTACK
SURVEYING PARTY
Many Zapatistas in State of
Tamaulipas Guards
t For Monterey.
Monterey. Mexico. Feb. 26. Reports
reached here last nlcht to the effect
that In the town of Altamira. Tamaul
ipas, a civil engineer senor Esptridon
Ledesma, well known in Cludad
Victoria, who had gone to that place
in company with five assistants to
survey some ranch lands, was set upon
by the ranchmen. Both parties being
armed, a serious fight took place, in
which several men were wounded.
Troops were sent out from Cludad
Victoria as quickly as possible to ar
rest the rebels.
The rumor here that the train front
Laredo was held up by bandits at
VUlaldama have proved untrue. Th
fact that the train arrived in Mon
terey several hours late was due to
federal officials, who held the train
CIDER AND
February 26,
By SEV. THOMAS
FEBRUARY 2, 17, was a gala
day for England and for the
human race. On that day the
"Cider Petition," duly signed y
thousands of Englishmen, was pre
sented to the house of commons.
The historical value of the petition
cannot well be overestimated. Throe
years before lord Bute had introduced
a bill imposing a tax on cider an
perry, which law gave the officers or
the excise the right of entering any
private house where cider or perry
might be made at any hour of the day
or night. Instantly the people were up
in arms, so to speak, and an sttempt
was made to get a petition before the
commons, but nothing came of it. Bute
laughed at the idea of a petition, and
the foot-licking representatives of the
"Rotten Boroughs" were only too will
ing to laugh with him
But the people did not laugh. "This
eider tax business is a badge of slavery
upon us," they cried, "and we wUl have
none of It"
A creature of the mean and merce
nary government thus decried the pop
ular action: "Every method was taken
to continue the ferment without doprs.
The fury of the populace was let loose
and everything was tumult and dis
order. Virulent libels, beyond the ex
ample of former licentiousness, were
circulated throueh the nation. In which
nounnj was sacred, and no cnaracier i
was spared."
And then came the great petition of i
i however, a regiment of ueve jueon
men who will he under me commana
I of Col. Regino N. Gutierrex who has
awn
manv years oi muiury service
and fouscht under Gen. Geronlmo
Trevino during the war of 18S. Much
faith is placed In this regiment tof
the protection- of lives and property
in this seotion.
AMERICANS IN
SONORA SCARED
Tucson, Ariz.. Feb. -- Americans
who can leave Sonora are doing so as
rapidly as possible, according to pas
sengers from west eoast arriving to
day. N
Those who feel they nave too much
at stake to make largo sacrifices are
buying ammunition to- defend them
selves in case of attack.
Americans arriving today say that
while Mexicans in the cities do not
seem well disposed towards Americans,
those of the country are opening hos
tile in expressions.
CARLOAD DYNAMITE
IB IN C. JUAREZ
A carload af dynamite consigned to
the Pearson company Is causing the
people of Juarez and the officials of
the North Western railway much un
easiness. It had passed through the
customs house and had been received
by the North Western people, but they
transferred it back to El Paso.
MUCH MRXICAX MAII. IS
TTgT.n AT BL PASO OFFICE
Registered Mexican mall is all that
is being sent to the state .of Chihuahua
by the El Paso postofflee. AH ordi
nary mail matter is being held up and
it will take a box car to accommodate
all of the letters going to Mexico. The
registered matter and the parcels post
for Juarez and Casas Grandes is being
delivered to the Juarez office. The
mail for central and southern Mexico
including Mexico City, is being diverted
by way of Eagle Pass and Laredo.
GUARDS FTRB AT BACH
OTHER IX JOARBZ SUNDAY
Saturday night some guards got
mixed up over countersigns or signals
of some sort aad exchanged several
shots among themselves in the vicinity
of the Juarez barracks, each bunch
-thinking the other a band of rebels
coming to take the town. No blood
was shed and it was soon over. There
was no clash between Juarez guards
and rebel soldiers, as reported Sunday
morning. This was the only disturb
ance. IS THB CANNON OF THE
MEXICAN REBELS ONLY WOOD1
Is the big cannon at camyp Campa,
the -rebel encampment at Bauche, lik
the Trojan horse, made of wood?
Capt. Ponce, one of the rebel leaders
told one of his friends In El Paso, it
Is said, that the gun was of no use ex
cept to throw a btg scare into the vol
unteer defenders of the town and fore
them to capitulate without a fight.
ALL WAS QUIET IX
CHIHUAHTjA ON SATURDAY
Wires working to Chihuahua from
the Mexican National station in Jua
re Saturday afternoon reported all
quiet In the city, but Sunday the wires
were again cut somewhere between
Juarez and El Paso and there was no
more news.
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FREEDOM
1765.
B. GREGORY.
-,Ttf, which passe.1 through both houses
an.1 received te loyal assent. The cider
tax was dead, and the privacy of th.
Englishman's bouse was thereafter t
be rtkpected. The people had won the
flsht. Then, of course, the members who hart
stood by the people had to be thanke.i
and the thanking was done in grea;
pubBe meetings, which were attende l
wtth "every tumultuous demonstration
f Joy.''
And thus was the platform" born In
England the - mtgbty agency which.
once put in motion, -was not to 3top
until It had created the public op:ni..i
before whose power kings and parlia
ments were, to bow their heads in hum
ble Obedience.
It will thus be seen how true it Is
that British freedom had its origin in
the cider barrel. The honest yeoman
ry, did not care so much for the cider
as they did for the principles that wert
involved. They could hare gotter
along fairly well without cider, but
they could not afford to be mad"
slaves by having their homes ruth
lessly Invaded 'at all hours of the da
and nigbt by the henchmen of an ir
responsible ministry: and they raised
the rumpus which killed the cider tax
and Inaugurated the Bystem of great
public meetings which wre to result
in responsible government. That i
to say. the government that should re
spect the will and ritfhts of the people
pjvery lover oi noerty, therefor
would do well to remmeber with pride
that 26th day of February, 1760