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VOL. XXX, NO. 129
EAST LAS VEGAS, NEW MEXICO, TUESDAY, APRIL 6, 1909
AFTERNOON EDITION
CITIES HOLD
TODAY
- CIDE AS TO LICENSING '
DRUG STORES.
LIQUOR QUESTION AT ISSUE
MANY COLORADO TOWNS VOTING
ON MATTER OF KEEPING
SALOONS.
CRIPPLE CREEK MjIY CO DRY
MORE THAN HALF CITY COUNCIL
' IN CHICAGO TO BE CHOS
EN AT POLLS.
St. Louis, April 6. The voter began
casting ballots early this morning for
a new Bet of city officials. William G.
Woerner is the democratic nominee
for mayor, and Frederick Kreismann
the republican. '-,
. Chicago Holding Election.
Chicago, April 6. An election is be
ing held today for the offices of city
treasurer and clerk and more than
half of the city council.
7 Election in Montana.
. Butte, Mont., April 6. Republican
" mayors were elected yesterday at
Missoula and .Billings, while demo
cratic mayors were elected; at Butte,
Anaconda, Great Falls, Bozeman and
Livingston. 1 The citizens candidates
were successful at Lewlston, Miles
City Pains,, GlentUve pHd -Dillon.'."'
, Prohibition Up. '
" Colorado Springs, April 6. This city
will decide today whether It will con
tinue licensing drug stores in, the sale
"of liquor under strict regulation or
adopt total prohibition. There are
two tickets for city officials..
Liquor Question at Issue.
Denver. Colo., April 6. The liquor
' question Is the leading issue In the
elections in Colorado towns today.
Colorado Sorlm?;- Grand Junction,
' Cripple Creek, Trinidad and Boulder
will decide the question of saloons or
: no saloons.
' Saloons Forced Out of Business.
n i rt..i. Aii fi Mora than
600 saloons and ten breweries will be
! forced out of business In , nineteen
' counties as the result of the election
yesterday. The returns give the drys
twenty out of twenty-seven counties,
Where the liquor question was at is
sue. ,
Dallas Choosing Mayor.
Dallas, Tex., April 6. Dallas is
choosing a mayor and four commis
sioners today. Ii Is conceded that
the Citizen'. ticket will be elected.
The only opposition Is the socialists.
JUDGE SLOAN WILL BE
GOVERNOR OF ARIZONA
' ..Washington.,. April , President
Taft sent to the senate Thursday the
nominations pt; Judge" v Richard E.
Sloan, ' of Prescott, for governor of
'Arizona, vice Kibbey, whose term has
expired, and George U. Young, of
Prescott, as territorial secretary, of
Arizona. . ' " :
' Young succeeds John H. Page,
whose resignation was asked in the
interest of harmony. The announce
ment followed a 'conference at ,ihe
white house of Taft, Hitchcock and
Delegate Cameron of ' Arizona and
Republican Territorial 'Chairman
Hoval Smith.
HARNESS THIEF TAKEN
' BY MARSHAL BEN COLES
A number of small robberies have
been committed In this city during
the past few days and through the
-vigilance of . City Marshal Ben Coles
the thief wis arrested, and Is now In
the county jail awaiting the ' Investi
gation of the--grand jury. He was a
waiter with the Sells-Floto shows and
gives his name as George McNagel,
''Saturday P. W. Lee, local manager
of the Colorado Telephone company
had a set of buggy harness stolen
and shortly afterwards a set of bar-
ness was stolen from the barn of F
J, Gehringi end also ft double-breast
ed blue serga coat, belonging to Fred
Logan, who was., working In the yard
at the time. Dr. William Sparks on
Monday had two sets of single har
ness and pne double set taken, also a
blanket and a wheel barrow.
Gehring's harnewi was sold to H. O.
Brown for $3.50; Lee's harness was
disposed of to Clay & Havens livery
barn for $8, while M. LC Cooley got
the harness and wheelbarrow belong,
ing to Mr Sparks for f U. .
Marshal Coles happened to run
across the guilty man yesterday wear
ing the stolen blue coat, and imme
diately placed him under arrest He
waived a preliminary hearing when
brought before Judge D. R. Murray
this morning.
Jury Lacks But One Man. -
San Francisco, April 6. Twenty
citizens from a special venire, the
thirty-first summoned in the case,
were examined yesterday In the trial
of Patrick Calhoun, president of the
United railroads, charged with brib
ery, without the twelfth seat in the
jury box being filled. Little time was
lost by Counsel on either side in
quickly getting to the state of mind
of the talesmen, but with the excep
tion of three, who were excused be
cause of defective bearing all bad
opinions which disqualified them.
Ten Jurors have been sworn in and
one has been passed temporarily and
is subject to' pre-emptory challenge.
Terrible Accident at Pittsburg.
Pittsburg, Pa., April 6. Two boys
were killed and six persons hurt to
day when a car on the St. Claire in
cline broke and plunged down hill.
The car smashed and buried Its vic
tims. ; '" " "'
Nicaragua,, May Back Down '1,. ,
'"Washington', Apvil 6. Prospects are
said to' be excellent for settling the
dispute between the United States
and Nicaragua growing out of the
Emery timber cutting ' concessions,
without resort to forcible measures.
LOSS BY FIRE AT
FORT WORTH SET
AT FOUR MILLION
TEXAS & PACIFIC RAILROAD LOST
THIRTY-FIVE ENGINES IN
BLAZE.
Negroes Report to Polite That Fire
Was Incendiary and Was Started by
Negroes for Malicious Purposes.
Fort Worth, Tex., April 6. Invest
igation wbicn followed last Saturday a
fire, which caused more than $3,000.
000 loss, repealed . the fact that th.
Texas and Pacific railroad lost 35 in
stead of 20 engines in the destruction
of its roundhouse. The, burned area
will be recuilt Two hundred chil
dren were unable to attend school to
day because of books and ' clothing
lost in. the fire. -
; Negroes reported to' the police that
the. fire was Incendiary and was start
ed by negroes for malicious, purposes
George Harris, a negro, Is,, under arrest."-
. ;' .-. '; -. '
. Try to Kill Priest ;
Tucson, Ariz, April 6. A supposed
attempt at assassination of Father
Gerard, the vicar general of the dio
cese of Arizona and New Mexico, was
made early . yesterday when an un
known party fired a shot Into the
priest's bed chamber. Father Gerard
was absent from home at the time.
No-reason for the act is known. The
vicar,general has been stationed here
many years and Is well liked.
Demented Woman's Frightful Deed.
Johnstown, Pa., April 6. Mrs. Wil
liam Roberta, 30 years of age, threw
her four children, ranging In age from
four months to six years, out of the
second story window and then Jump
ed. None of the children were ser
iously injured, but' the:, mother was
fatally hurt probably. - She is thought
to be demented.
LIU BILL
SHOCK T
OMAHA
GOV., SHALLENBERGER FINALLY
SIGNS DAYLIGHT SALOON j
; : MEASURE. y '-,
CLOSE PLACES AT EIEOT
BARS CANNOT OPEN UP UNTIL
" SEVEN O'CLOCK IN THE
MORNING.
DELEGATIONS VISIT CAPITAL
BUSINESSMEN SAY BILL IS ABRO
GATION OF PROMISE OF j
HOME RULE.
Lincoln, Neb., April ' 6.--Goveipio
Shallenberger today signed the Day
light saloon bill, prohibiting the sale
of liquor between the' hours of 7:00
m. and 8 p. m.
Lincoln is filled with delegations
of Omaha citizens, - Including one
delegation : of 250 men, headed by
Mayor fDalton,' who sought to induce
Governor Shallenberger to veto the
daylight saloon ' bill,., passed by the
legislature, which limits the sale of
liquor in the state between the hours
of 7 a. m. and 8 p. m. A special train
carrying nearly 1,000 Omaha business
men arrived yesterday afternoon to
urge the veto. The protestors argne
that the bill is an abrogation of th?
promise of borne rule for the state tn-
tropolfo. '',..:-,. - "'"" ' r-
Temperance workers appeared1 In"
force, however, to urge the governor
to sign the till. ,
Crocker Visits White House.
Washington, April 6. Richard Croc
ker, former Tammany chieftain, called
on President) Taft at the White house
yesterday afternoon. He is returning
from a winter passed in the south.
His call was purely social. The two
chatted together In the executive of
fices about horses and golf. Mr, Taft
asked about Mr. Crocker's horses, one
of which recently won . the famous
English Derby. ' .
WAREHOUSE OF MILLER FRUIT
COMPANY DAMAGED BY FIRE
The Miller Fruit company on Rail
road avenue, was damaged to the ex
tent of from $1,000 to $1,500 last night
by a fire, which it Is suspected, was
of Incendiary origin. It was discov
ered between 7:30 and 8 o'clock.
Pierce Murphey, manager of the
company, was In the office using the
telephone, when parties rushed In and
Informed " him 1 that the rear of the
store was on fire. The wareroom
was opened and the place was foilnd
to be filled 'With smoke, although no
flame could be seen. f 'r
People rushed up stairs to notify
Mrs. Field and her three children, but
SECRETARY OF INTERIOR ISSUES
IMPORTANT HOMESTEAD ORDER
Washington, 'April" 6.--Sref.ary
Ballinger of the department of . the
Interior has approved regulations un
der the act of congress providing for
an enlarged homestead In Colorado
Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah,
Washington, Wyoming, Arizona and
New Mexico. ; '
The regulations provide for the
making of entries for 320 acres of
land of non-mineral, non-timber, non
Irrigable public lands In the above
named states and territories. .
..Non-irrigable land is construed to
mean land which as a rule lacks suf
VOTE CHANGE
Iran
HOUSE 8TRIKES OUT PROVISION
FOR COUNTERVAILING
j';, ' DUTY.1 '' '
LIMIT FIXED FOR DEBATES
FIVE-MINUTE RULE WILL HERE
AFTER BIND SPEAKERS
ON PAYNE BILL. ,
SCOTT URGES DUTY ON HIDES
WANTS DINGLEY BILL STANDING
OF TEN PER CENT AD VA
LOREM RESTORED. .
Washington, April 6. The bouse to
day overwhelmingly adopted the Ford
new amendment to the . Payne bill
striking out the countervailing duty
on lumber.
Mr. Fordney said, he Introduced
bis amendment with great regret, be
cause he thought: the provision ' It
sought to Btrlke out was meritorious.
"I. will vote for the amendment," he
said, "but It causes me to sweat blood
in doing it"
Clark's substitute was then offered
amending several sections, by placing
lumber on the free ,11st. After a de
bate, in which Tawney attempted to
introduce a substitute, the chair gave
the Fordney amendment precedence.
A, limiting the debate on N the
'PaynS'trff Mil was adopted the
house yesterday, by a vote of 194 to
178. Speaker Cannon then ordered
the bill taken up for" amendment.
Interest in the tariff centered In
the house today, the senate not being
In session. The general debate being
closed by the adoption of 3 special or
der yesterday, discussion . of amend
ments proceeded on' a flve-mlnute
rule. Scott of Kansas, prepared an
amendment lestorlng hides to the
(Dlngley bill standing, of 10 per cent
ad valorem. . The Payne bill makes
hides , free. The amendment to tb
oil schedule will provide a 25 per cent
duty on crude oil.
they were already out of the building,
but her kitchen is said to have been
a mass of flames.
Mrs. Field, it Is reported, has not
been right for some ' time and the
nieghbors fear tbat she will kill her
children. It Is- stated that over a
month ago, ehe told neighbors that
three times parties would try to burn
her up, but that the good Lord liked
her too well to allow her to suffer.
The Miller Fruit company, on the
first floor, has suffered ; from ; fire
twice in the past week or so.
The company is using temporarily
the vacant storeroom of Gross-Kelly
& Co. on Railroad avenue.
ficient rainfall to produce agricultural
crops without the necessity of resort
ing to unusual methods of cultivation
soch as dry farming.
Lands containing merchantable
timber, mineral lands, or lands which
may be Irrigated at a reasonable cost
from any known source of water sup
ply may not be entered under this
act, and no one entry shall embrace
In the aggregate more than 40 acres
of land susceptible of Irrigation from
natural sources.
Lands which are subject to entry
under this ect will be designated 83
TARIFF
such from time to time and lists
thereof .sent to the register and re
ceiver of the proper local land office.
Until such, lists have been received by
the local land officers no application
to enter will be received. .
Entries must be in a reasonably
compact form and in no case exceed
one and one half miles in length. En-
trymen for lands heretofore entered
of a character which ' would bring
them within the provisions of this
act, may (if final proof has not been
made and npon the classification and
designation of their lands as falling
within the provisions of this act- make
an- additional entry, the aggregate of
both entries not to- exceed 320 acres.
Proofs must show that at least one-
eighth of the area of the entry has
been continuously cultivated to ag
ricultural crops, beginning' with the
second year of entry, and that at
least one fourth has been cultivated
beginning with the third yea? of the
entry, and continuing to date of final
proof. The law prohibits the commu
tation cf either the original or addi
tional entries made under this act.
Section 6 of the act relates exclu
sively to the lands In the state of
Utah which does not have sufficient
water suitable for domestic purposes
as to render continuous residence
possible. ' Entrymen of such lands
after' they have been designated" as
coming within the provisions of the
act, will not be required to prove con
tinuous residence, but they must re
side within such a distance from the
land entered as will enable them to
successiuiiy rarm tne same as ret
quired by rha act. Entries made un
der this section, cannot be commuted
Entrymen mvst show that not . less
than one-eighth of the land entered
was cultivated during the second
year, not less than one-fourth during
the third year and not less than one
half during the fourth and, fifth years
after entry. Applications and proofs
may be, made before, the usual. off!
cers.
The first designation of lands out-
side of, .Wyoming will be made
from
aaia now available la the course of
the next thirty days and the lists of
such lands forwarded to the respec
tive local land offices within which
time the formal regulations will also
be Issued.
ATTORNEY KELIOGG
BEGINS ARGUMENT
IN STANDARD CASE
SEEKS TO DISSOLVE BIG OfL
COMPANY A8 DANGEROUS
MONOPOLY.
Declares That Conspiracy to Restrain
Commerce has Existed in United
States Since 1879,
St. Louis. April 6. Government At
torney Kellogg, In his argument in
the case seeking to dissolve the Stan
dard Oil company, declared ; that the
original twenty companies involved In
the trust agreement of 1879 and 1882,
were at that time competitive and Il
legal under the common . laws. He
said that the same conspiracy to mo
nopolize and restrain commerce had
existed until the present, day; It is
Iiobable tbat arguments may extend
Into next week. ,
Judge Hook asked Kelloyg if . It
vere possible for a single person to
effect a monopoly, whereupon the law
yer answered, "If we can atretch the
human Imagination far enough," It is
possible to convey such a monopoly.
Crazy 8nake's Son to Lead Posse.
Muskogee,' Okla., April 6. Crazy
Snake's son, Legas Jones, was taken
fiom tb federal prison here yester
day afternoon by United States Depu
ty Marshal William Martin on the
promise to lead the officer to the
hiding place of his father, who has
been sought for the past week by five
companies of state militia.'
Castro Cannot Land. 4
V Port of Spain, Trinidad, April 6.
At the urgent request of the
state department at Washington,
the British government has decid-
ed not to permit Clprlano Castro,
former president of Venezuela, to
land at Trinidad.. . .
TEDDY SAILS
ON BOARD
ADMIRAL
;.-'. -
LEAVES HARBOR AT NAPLES FOR
STRICKEN CITY OF
"fr ' , ' MESSINA. - C
VISITS WITH KING OE ITALY
1 . . ' T-
FRENCH PRESS DISPLAYS' GREAT
CURIOSITY IN REGARD-TO
ROOSEVELT.
PRINT AMUSlNGJNTEinriEWS
PARIS JOURNALS SAYS THAT HE
MANIFESTED DISPOSITION
TO PREACH. '
Naples, April 6."-Roosevelt and
. .. . . . s
party, aboard the Admiral, sailed for
Messina tbis morning.
Before going aboard the ship Roose
velt thanked the head of the
Neopolltan police for the protection
afforded. The mayor of KapleB yes
terday In audience conveyed the
thanks of the Italian people to Roose
velt and the American people for their
aid in the earthquake. Roosevelt
boarded the ship at 10 o'clock antf
when the steamer passed out of the
harbor many craft were illuminated
In honor of Its departure.
The French press la displaying
great Interest and curiosity in regard1
to Roosevelt ' ' '
,fWhen the Caesar of modern dem-
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Africa and America climb to their.
wmttovt ami warnn rnA caravan rr
publicity pass," is the way one, paper
describes Roosevelt's Journey to east
Africa. Th3 majority of the 'corre
spondents who went to write of the
former president, say he Is wrapped
in himself, declare he talked freely
about himsolf and manifested a dis
position to "preach."
Roosevelt referred to his pride la
the American army and navy. "By
preparing for war," he is quoted, "I
was able to calm the impetuouslty of
America against Japan." He is fur
ther quoted as saying that the presi
dent of the United States is more
powerful than any European monarch.
He pointed cut the Immense appoint
ive power and power of making treat
ies with only the consent of those h
termed the rational regulators.
now roll without me," he Is quoted as
saying, "but with the Impetus t have
glven, Taft will build the Panama
canal, continue to Increase the mili
tary and check the trusts if they be
come too obstreperous." - r
Meets King at Messina. ,
Messina, April .6. King Emanuel
and Roosevelt met this afternoon on
board the Italian battleship Reum
berto in Meselna narbor.
M
ILL:, WRECKED
BY TERRIBLE STORE!
Marlon, TIL, April 6. A tornado-
struck this rlty this morning and thj
town Is partly wrecked. At Pittsburg,
a small town east of here, two are re
ported killed and several houses wer
destroyed. The storm struck at 5:30
this morning.. ? -
Knox DinttJ Japanese Visitors.
Washington, April 6. Prominent
government officials attended a din
ner at the home of Secretary Knor
last night given In honor of Merrs.
Wada and Sakai, the Japanese exposi
tion officials who are visiting this
country. ! i i i -' ; .
Charles Taft Visits Texas.
New Orleans, April 6. Charles P-
Taft, brother of President Taft, ac
companied by his wife and daughter,
left here today for Texas to look for
the first time on the home that has
been built recently for them on the
banks of Corpus Christ! bay. '