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Eli PASO HERALD
HOME EDITION
WEATHER FORECAST.
El Paso and west Texas, fair; Hew Mexico, gener
ally fair, little chanre in temperature; Arizona, fair,
temperature unchanged.
Mexican bank notes, sUte bills, 630c; pesos, old,
- , ucuwi gem. ooc; naaonaxes, 3uc; oai
silver, K. ft H. quotation, $1.224; copper, 2122c;
grams, higher; livestocks, slow; stocks, higher.
LATEST NEWS BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.
EL PASO, TEXAS. MONDAY EVENING, NOEMBER 3. 1919.
16 PAGES. 2 SECTIONS. TODAY.
SINGLE COPT, FITS CBK7S
DELrVBBBD A-VTWHBRB. tte MONTH
LEADS
INTO
TODAY'S PRICES
RACERS
PHOENIX
FILLER
NEW MEXICO STRI
RESULTS IN MARTI
AW IN TWO COUNT
Cfim STRIKERS
EFORE IS. SEEKS SETTLEMENT
Attorney General Informs Protesting Miners Govern
ment Will Facilitate Inquiry Into Merits, But Law
Must be Enforced Meanwhile; Tieup Curtails Pas
senger Trains; No General Return to Mines.
SVXTA FE, N. M-, N"ov 3. Gov. Lar
razalo, of New Meiteo. this morn
intr placed the conntles of Colfax and
McKmley, In which there are big coal
-nines, under martial law. Federal
fuops will maintain order in these
o unties, fonr squadrons of cavalry
eavnsr El Paso yesterday for Gallup,
McKinley county, and 600 to 76ft more
fcops were requested by th gover-
or for service in Colfax county.
Gov. Lmwiw tteetarrd. In ca
BeetMn wftii Wtia martial Ihtt prec
lamattoa tit at a state of tarar
reetfos estate In CeUax an Mc
Kinley CMBttea,
All coal mines In Gallup except
t:,ose of Gallup American company
have closed down, according to re
sorts received her and there has
been a general walkout in practically
ail coal mines of the St. Louis Rocky
Mountain & Pacific company In Colfax
-ounty, at Van Hon ten. Koehler. Bril
1 jnt, Sugar ite. Swastika and Gard-
Gov. Larraxalo said this nornlnj?
general impression of the ojer
tors of mines in Colfax and McKln-1
counuea seems to oe mai enougo ,
W
t WASHINGTON, D. a. Not. J. Attar-
ney general Palmer .oday In
formed coal miners who protested
.i gainst the strike Injunction that the
government stood ready to" do
everything- In Its -o er to facilitate
on inoulry Into the merit, of con-
roversy. but in
out in ina meantime mo ;
law must be enforces and combina
tions to atop production can net be
tolerated. . ' ' "
Mr. Palmer's statement made in re
ply to a telegram from the local
union at 31encoe, O.. to president
TVilsGn. was taken to indicate that
no attempt would be made -by the
government to settle the wage con
tioversy until the strike was called
off.
Want TMseaMs Revert.
LAbor officials declined today to
c.scuss reports that Samuel Gompers.
president of the A me. lean Federation
'A Labor, had sn -nested a way of
rettling the coal strike. Mr. Gompers
is in New York and other officers
of the federation said there was no
one here to speak for him.
At the white nouse today It was
aid that president Wilson's offer for
arbitration of the strike still was
3pen. Meantime preparations for the
setting up of a commission on Indus
tral unrest as recommended fcy the
public group m the recent industrial
conference are going forward and the
selection of the personnel is expected
xo oe completed. Dy we cabinet to
morrow. One of the first .fleets af the
coal strike has been the cartaO-,
meat of paaaeager trains en net
railroads. Director general Blaes
has gives regiaa direct era wMe
disererJen In this.
Freight service will not be dis
turbed unless the coal shortage be
coT.es serious.
Officials believe that the stocks of
cai in transit, together with tni
-.. - ---.j v. .v,o bluicu bi terminals,
.'! maintain this service for several
-n -eks.
A survey of all coal stocks held by
-a-Iroarts is under way. The railroad
- iT.ri'stration also is gathering fig
.res on the quantity of coal at sea
board, intended for export, but which
as been ordered held for the rall
" ads if necessary.
KesaalH alhaes Worklag.
Nonunion mines In Pennsylvania
-nd West Virginia were working full
' Tie today, according to reports to the
Washington office of the operators,
it tome points the miners were try--:
g to get out more than tbe norma
rodjetion. In the Pennsylvania non
union fields, including Green bo re. Ir
win, Connellsvlile and Ligonler, all
Tines were reported in fuli operation
There was no change in the situation
3round Pittsburg
Nonunion men in the West Virginia
f elds, embracing Pocahontas, Tug
ri'-er. Winding Gait Logan and Wil
I.amson. "went to work with their
..r's off," messages said. In the hope
oi getting out more coal than was
ni nnd in any sinsrle day last week.
Workers in the Fairmount. W. Vsu
.'e'uis, whose output Saturday was 24
'&rs. sought today to beat that mark.
First reports from the central com
petitive fields Ohio, Illinois Indi
ana and western Pennsylvania
showed all union miners out.
Headliners In
Today's Theaters
AI.HAMBKA
"A Scream in the Night"
Bijor
The Mysterious Mr. Browning."
EI.1.A5AT
"Strictly Confidential" Madge
Kennedy.
GRECI tS
"Spotlight Sadie," Mae Marsh.
xratE
"W oman."
W ir.WAM
"Broken Blososms."
LIBFRTT H I.I.
Tbe Red Cress Follies."
RI I,TO
"His Official Fiancee," Vivian
Martin.
GSQGns Should
Sr f
AL
ES
1ST RETUR
Colorado Miners
Asfy Protection So
As To Stay At Work
WALSENBUftG. Colo, Not. S.
Two hundred and seventy-six
miners, through their secretary, to
day telegraphed attorney general
Palmer at Washington asking his
aid In securing troops to protect
them. The men declare they want
to work, but fear violence. unless
troops are sent here. Colorado
state officials maintain that sheriff
Neeley, of Huerfano county, can
handle the local situation and that
pretctcw of t root might -result in
a clash similar to that which oc
curred here during the last coal
.strike in these fields.
miners would return to work to keep
mv mines goi ng i r to ey r eit t ney
WOUld be Tirotected from vlnlAncf
Mines at Dawson. OrriUtM ana rarth.
age were reported under normal con-
anions.
CHICAGO, IlL, Nov. 3. Xo mave
ment of men back to the mines de
veloped In the early Monday reports
from the country's bituminous fields.
Beyelopments today in the strike of
more than 49 ant. mntt i mi .
throughout the country were expected ,
to clarify the situation r th. t..
of detenninrag whether production
waS to be stopped indefinitely in a
larg part of the artuminoos fields or
whether any considerable number of
workers were ' willing to return ts
work.
Ka plans have been made for
eveadag any of Ihe mines Trllh
lmHUrd laWr. and M men nho
return 1e irerk are to he treated
as thaws they ad never M
dnvn their tsels. neeoraing to
Thomas T. Brewster, chairman of
the caal eperators scale commit-tee-Reports
from most of the large
mining centers indicated that while
a large number of the mines would be
in shape for the miners to resume
work, the operators did not expect
many union men to reenter the mines
today.
This being the first full working
day since tbe strike became effective
Friday night, mine officials planned
to check the!" rolls after the signals
for opening tbe mines had been ariven.
in order to find out the exact number
pi men who failed to report for duty.
uperatsra Admit Kisrare-.
While operators admitted that the
figures given out by union leaders aa
to the number of men on strike, were
approximately correct, tney pointed
out that close to 150.000 nonunion
men were at work in the Pennsylvania
ana west Virginia items and that
nearly 20.&ot uniou miners were
working in Kentucky under contracts
signed recently.
John L. Lewis, acting president of
the United Mine Workers of America,
who, spent Sunday at bis home in
Springfield, 111., was today on his way
to iDdiauapors, headquarters of the
organization. Mr. Lewis, before his de
parture, said he was "noncommittal"
regarding a report that Sasuei
Gompers, pressident of the American
Federation of Labor, had suggested a
plan to union leaders for settlement
of tbe strike.
Federal, treeps today were In
the mining regloaa of West Vir
ginia, Tennessee, Wyoming and
Stew Mexico, under orders to pre
serve the peace In ease disorders
arise in eonneetfen with the
strike. One esmpany of the 32nd
Infantry afte. isaa 4Mia. way from
Uieguutt-ta CTafafr duty
ll rWgn-.r , Umtgnte.
national guard of Colorado
LOma have already been sent
districts or these states
companies of state troops
mobilized at Birmingham,
tnetr services are needed.
department has placed at
1 of Gen. Leonard Wood.
department commander, the
at Fort Sam Houston tor
use. ft
strike c
necessary, in Colorado for
duty. Troops from El Paso,
Texas, were ordered
d to Gallup. N. M.
MEETING ARRANGED TO END
COAL STRIKE IK WYOMING
Cheyenne, Wyo., Nov. 3. Repreaen
tativves of Wyoming coal operators
and miners met here today in an ef
fort to end the strike in Wyoming.
The meeting waa arranged by Gov.
Carey. Before the meeting Got. Carey
said he was "very hopeful" that the
strike in Wyoming would be settled
"by tomorrow night or Wednesday
morning at the latest."
PROBABLY 15 PER CENT AT
WORK IN SOUTH COLORADO
Trtnitad, Colo., Nov. 3. Not more
than 15 percent of the miners of
southern Colorado went to work when
the whistles blew at 7 clock this
morning. County officials of both
Las Animas and Huerfano counties
estimate approximately 10 percent of
the normal force at work. Local of
ficials of the Colorado Fuel and Iron
comnanv say "'about, 30 percent" of
their miners went back on the job
t Continued on page s. column 4.)
and Okli
to the i
ce99aaiiri
RUSSIAN "BEDS"
ADVANCE ALL
ALONG LI
Bohheoiki Claim Capture of
1500 in Taking Town
West of Omsk..
FIERCE FIGHTING
ON FINNISH GULF
Soviet Troops Claim lo
Have Crossed Beresina
in Drive on Poles.
LONDON, Eng.. Nov. i. The Ruisiar
soviet communique of Sunday, re
ceived today by wireless from Mos
cow, claims the capture of 1604 pris
oners in the taking of Petropavlovsk,
1 RS miles west of Omsk from the Ko
ehak forces.
The statement also reports
fferre fighting In the Finnish
gulf region and a eontinned ad.
ranee by tbe Bolshevik! all alone
the line against the army of
Gen. Yudenlteh. The occupation
of many vlllaees In the Luga
Odatf sector, east of Lake rie
pux, is claimed.
In the campaign against tbe Poles.
the Bolshevik! assert their forces
1 have forced a crossing of the Be
resina. I Gen. Desfkine's current communi
que, received by wireless, claims the
capture of Bobrov. southeast of Vo
ronezh, toward the richt flank of bis
line. Be concedes the abandonment
of Kromy. in the Oral region.
In the Archadinaky district Denl
kine's troops, he reports surrounded
a Bolshevik division and took numer
ous prisoners.
SENATOR ASHURST DENIES
REPORT HE WILL RETIRE
Phoenix Ariz, Noy3. In Arizona
papers lately has been printed tbe
report that senator Ashurst Intended
to retire and to enter tbe plactlce of
law in Phoenix. Editor Kills of the
Phoenix Messenger baa Just received
a letter from the senator denying the
?,Th. VmEri
of the Flagstaff Sun should be
familiar enough with politicians to
koow that we new veJnnterily .re
tire: we die or be defeated, box we
aever decline to be a canaraate.
The Red Cross Needs Your Dollar -
T KNOW a forsier financier
Whose painted bank was stored
Wk4 pennies saved through half the year,
A truly regal hoard.
Enough to buy a giant kite
(An old and cherished dream),
Or sale ainsty appetite
With candy and ice cream.
DARE thrift it took to save and eara
Each single, shining cent,
For all men know how cappers born
The pockets t3I they're spent
And one rasst learn to kok on joy
. Untempted and askance,
If one is still to he a boy
And fi?are, in fiaance.
On S
Late "Agent A
FUSEIXG FROM VUCAT.tX
r,
America and her allies bad per
mitted their sCsanwhlps to take
me away from Yucatan, where 1 was
practicing medicine when the war be
gan. I mlgt now be filling an nu
marked soldier's grave somewhere In
Europe without having accomplished
anything worth mentioning for the
of civilization. But because I
happened to have been port, in thatjj
part of round which Austria claimed
as her share of the loot they said I
"enemy alien : .and. hence
could not be allowed on board Fancy
a Pole being an "enemy of the coun
tries righting uermany:
Not having a chance to carry a gun
1 determined to do my bit aa a volun
teer secret service agent operating lo
Mexico, which the Germans, with
what seemed to' be the enthusiastic
cooperation of Carranza, were busily
converting into a dependence of the
lame nan a, a general neaaquarters tor
kultur in the western hemisphere,
from whence the two Americas could
be conquered.
As a volunteer I should not only in
cur all the risks that other secret ser-
Cup port
LAN
ON PEAC
Senators Unable to Agree For Early Final Action On
Treaty; Hitchcock, Asking Definite Vote This Week,
Blocks Lodge Proposal of Final Ballot Noy. 12;
' Debate On Labor Amendment is Continued.
WASHINGTON. D. C. Nov. 3. Efforts to secure an agreement for
early final -action on tbe peace treaty failed today in tbe senate. After
an hoar wrangling over proposals presented by both sides tbe leaders gave
op die attempt to reach an agreement and the regular order of debate on die
labor amendment to tbe treaty was resumed.
A plan presented by Republican leader Lodge for a final vote, No
vember 12. was blocked by Democratic leader Hitchcock, whose counter
proposal that final acbon be taken this
"Bert" Begs For
As He Wails Oat
LIFE la full of little tragedies if
you'll look for them. Of course
there are the smiles, too, but they are
more apparent Tou have to look to
see the little tragedies, but they, are
there: flitting before your very eyes
and 4hen they're gone.
One of these little tragedies ts the
drug addict, or in common parlance,
"the dope fiend." He's everywhere
about you, flitting through alleys,
brushing your elbow at the street cor
ner and always avoiding any direct
contact which requires that he meet
your eye. He is a pitiful, broken
creature, living by his own secret
means and he ts the last person in the
world to want anv light thrown upon
his life. Here is the true story of
such a one:
"Bert (he has another name. Put
wouldn't recognize it if he heard It)
is 2S years old. and today he Is occu
Dying a cell in tne city jaw on
vaerancv charge. He looks 6ft
Thin
with his hair growing in an unkempt
shock and a 1
face, he Kits
two weeks' bear! on t
l.:-
dully in his cell and
coughs In a way that leaves little
doubt as to his ultimate fate His
clothes are dirty and ragged, conce-1-ing
what is left of a once healthy
body. Through the old sweater has
oozed a bit of blood from the torn
arms arms which present the ap
pearance of s pin cush-on Trom many
thrusts of the needle. His gait is
shambling and his eyes shiftv.
Used upe in noapirai.
Nine years ago a tonne student me-
chanlc III St. Lou's went home from
work oni n'ght to find his father
dXag. eea -alter he was supporting
a widowed mother, whose he.-lth was
failing. He worked hard, did Bert be-
A Voluntary Bankrupt.
VET sever
TUHEN growB-BpS ham and hesitate
The while ihe cst is weighed,
As Mercery, pausing at At gate,
Beseeches them for aid,
I thiak about a financier
Who beard the self sane caB,
Who saw hk doty, plak and clear,
And gladly gave his aH.
ecret Service In
By DR. PAUL BERNARDO ALTENDORF.
- 1" in the Military Intelligence Depatttnent of the United Stales Atmy.
WHO THE AUTHOR IS
TBS adventures of Dr. Paul Bernardo Altendotf constitnte the most thriU
ing and picturesque spy story of the woild war. Being a Pole, he bated
Germany. He chose to do his .bit as a VOLUNTEER SECRET SERVICE
AGEHT at his own expense. He was so phenomenally successful tnat in
three months be was asbed to become a sworn agent af tbe StiltUry In
telligence Department of tbe United States. Dr. Altettttorf was more than
a spy; be was a Twentieth Century Knight Errant, waging a pemaal war
against America's enemies. He checkmated many ambitious German
schemes single-handed; as an iiiformer be accornnbabed moie than all othei
Americas agents in Mexico combined. His achievements are without a
parallel in tbe trnitials of secret service.
vice agents run. but should also have
to pay-my own way. So before start
ing out 1 didicated my life and ail
that I had. consisting of J5H00 Ameri
can gold, the only money recognized
in Mexico, and personal belong! tigs
worth 13000. to the cause of liberty
and civilization. I emerged with my
life, hut spent every penny.
What He DM.
On the other hand, being my own
boss, even after being sworn in, 1 got
on fine with my commander. Also I
obtained good value for my SSOOrt. as
you will, perhaps, agree after scan-
The Road Bond A.nd University Amendment
EARLY VOTE
E PACT FAILS
week was objected to by Mr. Lodge.
One More "Shot
His Life In Jail
cause he loved that mother. A year
later the motner passed away ana
Bert wan left. Two older brothers,
.one a doctor and the other a soldier,
appeared for the funeral and again
returned to their work.
Then Bert began to long for com
panion snip otuer man tnat or tne me
chanics. He met a "congenial" wom
an. Later he was taken to the city
hospital and there his chief diet, so
Bert says, cons s ted of morphine. Six
months of treatment and he waa able
to work. But the disease had left I' a
mark and he was no longer desired as
a mechanic- Then he got a Job wash
ing cars. Exposure and the constant
dampness developed rheumatism, and
again he went to the hospital, where
again he waa gives the drug.
When Bert emerged, the second time
from the hospital he bad Just S25S
left So he left St. Louis (or Texas,
"tryin' to make a start." But again
work was scarce in the town where
ihe landed and he went to work aa a
. messenger tor a druggist The latter
soon learned ol a is craving zor orugs
i xouna imi ne couiu pny mon oi
I provtaeo Herein lor me yoang ran
K" '2" Srl.C. iZZZ JZZT'l.TtZZ
; rS7 ht. k t. mVtri
oils Gradually he was able to work
less and lesa Then he "hit the road."
living the e-sy life of a tramp until
he reached El Paso.
"I'm tuberculuar now," he sighed.
"And Tm too sick to talk. For God's
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The r-l raso II era W In nearly O
twice Jhat of. any ether El
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By James J. Montague
shaB the kite be flown
Athwart the Antasin sky,
And many a raring ice cream cose
Mast past, ostasted, by.
For when, in words of soft appeal,
The voke of Mercy spoke,
Wide opes flew Hs doors of steel
Aad straight the bank went broke.
JJP0N the ssfferkg field of chance
Amid the savage strife,
The pennies from that bank, perchance,
May save some- safferer's life.
Aad afl because a pkeky lad,
With not a themght of doubt,
Gave freely, every cent he had,
To "help fiie Red Cross oat,"
ning the following partial list
of I
things done:
h m ft., n ti-wi iH
vasion of the Cnitad statea. tn ha nre-
ceded bv a aea-ro isamrrection and
Mu,m ne th wntfo MMwi.ttn.
the nnth h,nvn ,m K,,d.. ,,. 1
fi-.st leader to ha aaWiid an i
American agent and driven from Mex
ico. Betrayed the seeead leader, the
meat danfferocls German agent la
America, lata the hands of ihe C.
S. military Intellieenee depart
ment. He vras courfmarttalcd and
GS
IS FATALLY S
FROM ROADSIDE
Four Men and Four Wom
en Held at LasCruces
for Preliminary.
ARMY MAJOR SAYS
WAS ACCIDENTAL
Popular Driver Dies in El
Paso Seven Hours After
Shot in the Back-
JOHN T. HCTCIIl.VQS, driver of
B oleic car So. 1 in the road
race and picked by hundreds of
race fans as the probable winner
of the race. Is dead from a bullet
wound la the back.
In Las Cruces, A". M tour men
end four women are held,
charged with the murder of
Mutehlnga aa he was driving four
mites east of Lanark station and
approximately at the 0 mile post
of the race. The fatal shot was
fired about TSSO odock Sundny
morning and lintrhlngs died at
3s38 oetoefc la the afternoon at
Hotel Ulen.
IMlver Lee, of Sew Mexico, one
of the meet widely known cat
tlemen of the southwest, wno
Mas aeiiss as meenonic lor the
.river, wu unuijurcw, al.oouu
fcttveen lur ana six outlets
jMivfeil SiMilt me ear aa it
r uuim.ii the s.ina.
i.uoiMi uiiue Ai.cH u4 cue murdei
a.e. aiajur a. W. --y
uu .s a paLieui as uie lase uuayli.
-I run j Acs, -f m i.idii. iidin
jiBifluCcL, oi a a-aau, auitfc fur.
wokuii. ol Aipiiic, 'acjL, and .ou.
u.ueii wuum u.mia aiiar in Uic
Ai.ant aa i-'i.iic iiinv.. mts. x&ai'r.
ive.oUcei, aird. I . u xioiuroua an.
him a. a. jcxaersoa. - Xae wrram
--in fa ill K tnem v tm the uuruer ox
iu".,l0i wui isautiti by criu Garcia.
uSlICc o& Ule lMce at uu ru, m.
xn.o.utauon w j!a swora out py mz.
4te.
sports that the saotB were fired
.o uiMiuai.iy air. Autcatitga a car are
ujsureuixea. ho perawu in tae
yxvy. except au. it Uisaiii, aenxed taax.
de knew etuier atr. isi or atr. ssutcn-
IBKS. - v
alaj. seaatand told a rtpresen
talw af 'me semjd.t htt Cru-
een laat fa Jaial aast u . ii
came jbrau his puiot. - lie said ne
dfd not knew tae occupant til
car -o. u aad addeU taat the
sMooliag was aeeMcnial. '
Joun 'x'. Hmchings, Ss years old,
west trom new Xork Cltr In
iStt- aad waa oonaectad wits, tne
ttuick agency at A lamogoi Si. Soon
attar he ue&xme a coafxeux xor sen
ator A. B. ail and at the saaaa time
was connected wits Joha and i-rank
V. axlliiLaton in a gasage in Kl Xtao.
He v.aa married in lltx. In Ills ue
entered tne road race but two of bin
wheexs collapsed during the race and
he was unaoie to finish. He drove
again in 1314 and in spite of having
to caange ten tires, finlsned second.
rie served in the worM- war aa a
chauffeur for the headquarters com
pany of Gen. Pershing and returned
from France in June. In ISlt Mr.
Hutchinga drove In three races at the
Juarez race course and established a
record for automobiles on that track,
hired Four or Six Shots.
At the time of his death Mr. Hutch
inga was living at Alamogordo and
was the agent for Buick cars there.
He is .widely known as a racing
driver and his car carried a large
amount of money wagered by his
friends in El Paso, Alamogordo,
Douglas, Blabee and other cities
Mrs. Hutchinga was summoned from
Alamogordo immediately after 1 the
shooting but waa unable to arrive
here in time to see her hnsbapd alive.
Tbe body was sent to Alamogordo on
tialn No. 4 Monday at 12:01 p. m- and
was accompanied by Mrs. Hutchinra
and Clarence Hunter of Alamogordo.
According to Mr. Lee the shooting
occurred at mile post No. 2S. He said
he and Hatchings were making ap
proximately 45 miles an hour In spite
of the heavy sand In the road. As
the car whirled along Lea noticed a
touring car filled with men aad wom
en. He said one of the men suddenly
fired either fonr or six shots at the
car. He did not believe that the car
(CeatlnBrd on page X column 3,)
Mexico
sentenced to deaththe enly Ger
man spy ts receive sdeh a sen
tence In the United Stales.
Reported 58 other German agents.
causing some of then to to arrested.
spoiling the usefulness of some others
and hampering the rest.
Checkmated the first ambitious
German scheme for the economic
conquest of Mexico.
Keeps Boat From Germans.
Butted in on scheme to confiscate
a Mexican gunboat wrecked and sold
to a private Mexican ertixan who!
raised it and turned It over to the
i " . i
causeu it to oe so in to aa American
firm: and did it so neatly that the
h r.,n rir
ijQcaiid two iniuierxo unasown
German wireless station and thus en-
abled Americans to set up wtrel
rans to set up wireiss ,
stations on
tne Doruer to mteriere
with the Germans receiving.
Heported that German submarines
were coming to raid the American I
coast more than a month before they
appeared naval information of the ;
first importance. :
in Charge of German Spies. i
Had sole charge of German secret
(Continued on page 4. column 1.)
J.T.
Of
BT
BOTTORFF,
AND HIS MECHANICIAN
KILLED IN
PHOENIX MAN EASILY WINS RAGE
HAD PROBABLY 40 MINUTES' LEAD
Miller, No. 28, in Pope Hartford, Beaches Goal at 153
(Unofficial) ; Sunning Time 13 Hours, 20 Minutes;
Armstrong in Ditch and Out of Bace; B. A. Durio,
Las Cruces, Second; Bottorff and Brown Killed.
pHOENIX. Ariz.. Nov. 3. Hugh B. Miller, of Phoenix, easily woo
the 1 Paso to Phoenix road race, arriving at the fair ground here this
afteraooB at 1 :23. inofficial time. No other car had checked in at Mesa,
and it was estimated Miller bad a lead of nearly 40 minutes.
R. A. Dorio, Las Cruces, N. M.. won second place in the race, his
twe beug given unofficially at 2:08.
S. O. Bottorff, 1 Paso, andius mechanician. Lloyd Brown, were
killed about a mile and a half west of VaiL when their rnaclnne was over
turned while nssading a sharp curve. Tboir bodies were taken to Tucson.
Miller arrived at Mesa at 12:56 and it was expected then he would
reach Phoenix in less than half an boor. When he passed through Florence
at 1 1 :26:3fi he had a lead is actual running time of approximately 30
minutes of the second man, W. J. Taber. Tucson.
WON SAME RACE IN 1914.
Miller drove with the same steadiness and skill he showed in 1914,
when he won the same race at the record speed of 37. 1 miles an hour.
His most dangrous rival. R. B. Arnjsrxoog, was retired from the race
when las car went into the ditch near TocaWone.
When Miller reached the finish Ike at the fair ground here co other
machine had reached Mesa, bat it was thosajjat W. J. Taber. Tncsort. would
finish second, as he was in that position when he went through Florence at
12:09. R. A. Durio was third to pass through Florence arriving there
at 12:12.
The race was for a stake of $12,090. to be divided 70 percent to
the winner, 20 percent to tbe second man aad 10 percent to the third.
Miller 's official rtmning time was 1 3 hoars and 20 minutes.
Tucson, Arts, Nov. J. Number
four, a Dodge car. driven bv
R. B. Armstrong, of Fort Worth, was
the first car to reach Tucson, arriv
ing at t:I2 a. m. Tucson Is th half
way control between Blabee and
Phoenix oa the last half of the tto
mile road race. Armstrong main
tained his lead of eight minute
elapsed time over H. B. Miller, of
x'noenix. with 140 miles to go
Miller passed Tucson CBecauag sta
tion at S:3a. is miautea behind No.
four and five minute behind in of
ficial elapsed time.
untia la Third Flaee.
not 33. Charles Goldtrap. took third
Place at Tucson, arriving at :54.
having driven around Monte Mans
field's car between Tucson and Vail.
Number 18, driveway w. J. Taber.
Tucson, checked at l:t. having
been relegated to third place by alow
running. ,
Ka 11 Mna In, S X T,l .
arouad three cats to make fifth place
at Tucson, arriving at I0:U. He was
followed one minute later by C W
Gilpin, atoo passing three ears No
33 ran 21.7 miles. Vail to Tucson In
- minutes flat, making id seven
minutes on No. four, the leader, also
on the second.
3io. rear, driven by Armstrong,
leading out of Tee-on. went Info
the Mteh en the RIIHto srHee
north af vMs rlty. Neither
driver r meehanlelaa vra hurt.
This Is the seeead IWne this ear
has geae lata the ditch.
M1LLFR. OF PH0FNK. IS
FIRST RACER IN FLORENCE
'Florence. Ariz, Nov. 3. Hugh B.
Miller. Phoenix, was the first driver
In tbe El Paso to Phoenix automobile
race to reach here. He arrived at
11-16:38 a. m.
W. J. Taber. Tucson, waa the sec
ond to arrive here, passing through
( Continued en Page Z. -CoL s.i
Maj. Scanland Admits His Party Had
Been Drinking Before Hatchings Shot
By L. B. CLAY POO U
LAS CRUCES, X. M.. Not. 1. Pro-1
limlnary hearing of th four men
and four women held here pending
an investigation of th death of John
Hutcfalna-a near Lararlr w u q
rxuicnmgs near Lanark. N. M, Sun-
day, will not he held until Tuesday
nticruwu ax a OCIOCK.
The hearing cannot be conducted
sooner, according to Mark B. Tnomp-
son. special prosecutor. Judge Edwin :
Mecheoi named Mr. Thompson special
prosecutor In the ease. Mr. Thomp-!
son is holding off tne preliminary
hearing until Tuesday so that Judge I
W. D. Howe can come up from El i
Paao to testify. Judge Howe la busy
in El Paso today empaneling a jury '
It la stated here that an EI Paso I
attorney, win represent Maj. jr. M.I
ScaBJand. one of the defendants This)
is being arranged lu El Paso today
by Ma. A. A. King. United States
armv recrultine- officer ,K Mn,
mandlng officer of Maj. Scanland.
Maj. Scanland has also retained 7
H. H. Llewellyn and his son M. O.
Llewellyn, of Las Cruces. aa his at
torneys The other men and women
ol tne party
have retained the ser. i
vi,M f . c; .,.,. T
nL.....Jz -.ai2el!aI'd'
Las
1 a
Mat Garrison McCaakey Is
Cruces Investigating the case for the '
army officials. ,
bond win be allowed until aftei ,
u,, re,TOiMry hearlna.
- lh viu,. i ,1..
mtc "III be an empty cartridge
taken from the awfemetle re
valver found In the passesalan of
Maj. Seaaland. The ballet taken
from the body of Helehlns la saM
to be a steel aw! let similar la slse
to this eartridge.
Seanlasd AdmHa Driaktag.
Maj. Scanland made th following
EL PASOAN
ACCIDEN
'TUCSON. Aria- X.r. X. s. o.
1 Bettarff, driver aad his mech
apIeisV both of El Paso, were
fclUe at UiSS this, morning ear
nf ene-iatf mHrr west of Vail,
w Br Sheer ear tamed over a a
llrp piKS, TVe bodies are belag
exosgSit to Tucson. Batterff waa
driving; for the West Texas Mo
tor company, ef S3 Paae.
Information from El Paso gave '
mechanician's name as L R. Bru .
S- O. Bottorff. driver of - Vo 3
and his mechanician. L. R. Brown, bo:'
were killed at 11:13 ociock one and j
half miles west of Vail. Ariz., wh-r-their
car turned over on a han
curve. Bottorff was driving a BaM .
for the West Texas Motor tomji".
of El Paso.
Mr. Bottorff lived at nil Arizor.
street. He was SS yea's eld Word
of his death has been sent to X:
Bottorff, who was waiting for h i
arrival In Phoenix after the race H.s
brother, O. O. Bottorff. also was wag
ing for him in Phoenix. He had be,--!
in El Paso for 15 years and former -was
connected with ihe E. P : S W
railway here.
Mr. Brown's home is in Kansas. H -came
here a short time ago and ina-ie
his residence at the Orndbrff bote
axe was zs years oid.
Mr. Bottorff Is survived by bis
and a daughter. Mrs. Pressley Bitt:..
ARMSTRONG LEADS RACE
AT TOMBSTONE, ARIZONA
Tombslone, Ariz.. Nov. 3 R.
Armstrong. Port Worth. Tex.. w-..--...rf
mi this Mist in the El Paso
to Phoenix automobile road race a--VJD
re at 7'0 today. Hugh r
rf?1 .r'Pn'nl1' arrived next at
W. J Taber. Tu-son. was third. 7 -r .
Carles T. Goldtrap. Phoenix. roJrtJi
Tex., fifth, at 8.03.
statement to a
i HeraM today:
reporter from T -
i nave been In the base bosp.taJ
," Ienl. J33"" whe!'6 I be;
tratd as the result of being gassed
overseas. Saturdav n.ht i
Permission from the commanding o."
i iie. or xne nnmit, tn . -
home all night, and go out for tare- -Practice
and see the races the r. i
day. Sunday. I left about 4 ocio. i. afi
went oat with the party into the u
per valley.
"We pat Bp the target on some
bashes aad were shooting at it
We had been drtakls,, that
true. After some shearing, tbje
next thing I knew. Jaage. seme
body I dldat get him name
tM as a man had fceea ait. From
what I have bee tatd. I think
that the ballet that hit the man
was fram say automatic. I and
a 43.
it Is the most unfortunate th r ;
in
my lira I have never had sue
an occurrence Detore and. or coir.
I don't know what I shall do a o .
it until I talk to my attorn I u j
not know either of the men in
car. I certainly could not have hax
anything against the man who
killed. 1 feel sorry about this be-
vonrl .IQrMSlan "
-Hatching!- Was My Friend."
"Chalk" Airman said. I k.-ew
Hutchinga: In fact. I knew noth ur
the men. Hutchinss was my frier.
Ford Jackson saU "1 did n. :
know anything shout the accide-."
until It waa all over. I knew ticithc
of the men."
Harry Overstreet did not make
statement.
The four women were unable to
make statements further than to s. -they
were unable to understand bow
It all happened.