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EAST LAS VEGAS, NEW MEXICO, SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 191 1
CITY EDITION
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HUGE ROOSEVELT
DAM FORMALLY
DEDICATED
MAN IN WHOSE HONOR IT WAS
NAMED. CHIEF FIGURE IN
CEREMONIES
GREAT CROWDWAS PRESENT
EX-PRESIDENT'S PARTY MADE 70
MILE TRIP TO SCENE IN
AUTOMOBILES
TO BE IN PHOENIX ON MONDAY
THERE COLONEL WILL DELIVER
NOTEWORTHY SPEECH ON
ARIZONA CONSTITUTION
Phoenix. Ariz., March 18.-Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt and party arriv
ed In Phoenix at 9 o'clock this morn
ing and left immediately in automo
biles for the Roosevelt dam, the huge
reclamation project, 70 miles west
of here, the formal dedication of
which took place at 4 o'clock this
afternoon. A large number of citizens
of Phoenix accompanied the party.
By pressing a button Colonel Roose
velt set in motion the machinery
opening the sluice gates and permit
ting the precious water to run, for
.v- tfn,P into the irrigation
.v,t,.h nonduct it don
ttltcnen iv u"."
through the arid expanses of the Salt
n.vpr valley. Public officials, repre
senting the United States govern
xnent and the governments of Arizona
and several adjoining states were n
attendance and hundreds of people
from all parts of Arizona and other
parts of the Southwest witnessed the
event-
over the spillways la 1,080 teet. The
spillways are blasted from the moun
tain sides. '
The dam contains 339,400 cubic
yards of masonry, every stone f o(
which was washed before It waB per
manently cemented In place.' 'In tho
construction of the dam and auxiliary
works 338,452 barrels of cement were
used, all manufactured on the ground
at a' cost of l,0t3,542, In a cement
mill erected by the government and
recenty Bold. The cost was $3.14
per barrel as against $4.89 per bar
rel, the best private bid available
when operations began. The manu
facture of cement on the ground af
fected a saving of $592,300.
The Jlrst stone was laid in the
foundation September 20, 1906. The
last stone was laid on the coping 284
feet above, February 6, 1911- The up
per face of the dam is almost perpen
dicular. The lower face retreats like
the pyramids in huge stone steps
from the width of 170 feet in the
foundation, to 16 feet at the top.
No less interesting are the auxiliary
and co-related works, such as the ce
ment mill, the hydro-electric plants
for generating 8,000 horsepower, and
what is termed the power canal, built
to operate the first unit of the elec-
trio nlnnt. creatine nower for dam
construction.
Skirting the north end of the dam,
almost under the spillway and driven
RUSH
NG TROOPS
(Continued on Page Five)
Colonel Roosev
elt's main speech In
REBELS BOTTLE DP
FEDERALS IN OJINAGA
WATER AND FOOD SUPPLIES CUT
OFF, SEALING DOOM OF
GARRISON
Presidio, Tex., March 18. A number
of casualties are reported in tho re
sumption of ineurreoto operations
around OJinaga, where the federal
command has been bottled up. While
Colonel Dorantes, second In command
of the garrison, was on a tour of in
spection, he waa cut off by a rush or
inaurrectoa and now he and eighty
,i. i iartre.lv devoted ui sivrrniiTiried in a group
Monday, ana wl
. . TiaHtutlon.
to the ahzou ------- , w.n
mer president ana n ' "
Bchool.
' wonderful Engineering Feat
. .,n dam reclamation
is situated a half
' -.,in at Tonto
. - . nA bV UOIOUC
project " e
Roosevelt ton.
mile
creek
and
UNITED STATES IS
I
. TO ISLANDS
SIGNIFICANT MOVEMENT TENDS
TO CONFIRM WAR WITH ,
JAPAN RUMORS
TO REINFORCE GARRISONS
NUMBER OF MEN NOW STATION
ED AT HONOLULU WILL BE
MORE THAN DOUBLED
ARTILLERY ALSO ON THE WAY
FIELD AND MOUNTAIN BATTER
IES WILL AUGMENT MILITARY
FORCE IN PHILIPPINES
Tucson, Ariz., March 18. Having
taken a roundabout course through
San Antonio, Tex. as if headed for
the army maneuvers, the Second
United States Infantry, in command
of Colonel Mansfield, passed through
Tucson today enroute to San Fran
cisco, where the men will embark im
mediately for Honolulu. It is under
stood that this is to be an addition
al force for the Hawaiian Islands and
is not to relieve the troops now sta
tioned there. The soldiers are dis
cussing the rumor that within the
next three months a force of 12,000
men, Including infantry, cavalry and
field and mountain artillery, will oc
cupy the Hawaiian and the Philip
pine Islands.
more
from the garrison. Likewise tne m-
ova mud to surround the
garrison. Fighting is at close range,
but the fatalities are limited. Seven
federals have been killed and one In-
surrecto fatally wounded. Ojlnaga
has been cut oft from all supplies and
water. . 1
Movement Not Unusual One
Washington, March 18. The Sec
ond Infantry is being sent to Hono
lulu on a general order Issued by
General Leonard Wood last Novem
ber. The battalions now enroute will
sail within a few days. The Third
battalion is now at Fort Rus&el, Wyo.
It will sail for Honolulu about June
5. Two battalions of field artillery,
also will sail for the islands on July
5. All this It is pointed out by the
war department, merely is the carry
ing out of a" plan worked out several
months ago for increasing the inade
quate garrison at Honolulu.
DREW LINE ON ORANGE SHERBET
New York, March 18. Although
his patriotlo feelings nearly cost him
his job, Dennis O'Shea, one of tho
chefs In the Columbia university com
mons, flatly refused to profane St.
Patrick's day by making orange sher
bet as dessert for the evening meal.
He told Clarence Jones, student man
ager he would prevent the other
chefs from doing so as long as a
breath remained in his body. Tho
situation was finally Bettled by the
serving of raspberry sherbet.
BOY CHRISTENS SHIP
Detroit, Mich., March 18. Disre
garding the custom of having a young
lady as sponsor, the Ashley and Dustin
line selected Master William Heyser
of Cincinnati to christen the new pas
senger steamer "Put-in-Bay," which
was launched today at the Wyandotte
yards of the Detroit Shipbuilding com
pany. The new steamer Is to ply be
tween Detroit, Sandusky and Put-in-Bay,
beginning the coming summer.
SPIES SUMMARILY EXECUTED
Mexicalia, Mex., March 18. Felipe
Rios, a Mexican saloonkeeper, and
another man, were shot as- spies by
the insurrectos In the bull pen here
last night. The men were lined vun
against an adobe wall, given a volley
and their bodies rolled Into holes
in the ground -nearby.
MANEUVERS FOR
BENEFITOF JAPAN
UNITED STATES DETERMINED TO
PREVENT POSSIBLE MEXICAN
ALLIANCE '
npr salt river,
v , k hi.h Salt
bead of a canyon tnrou
n.atiti miles., it 18 luo
river nows i - , iv.
. , inr feature of the bait rn
TTT -t one undertaken by
lrSr- KeclamaUon
See under the Vn.oi
nation Act. approved by Vr
.7 miles east of ft-J
-l-a ir, thn center oi a
which is situaieu .. -
W . . , whinh 240.000 acres is sign-
J the Salt River Valley Water
?.d 1 . ' Hon. This corporation
V l JTZ farmers in their deal-
Jg Wie the government, guarantee
plyment of the construction cost
of the project
T ,om creates a reservoir ex-
tending 12 miles up Tonto creek end
13 miles up Salt river nearly to what
" Sown a'stbe intake dam. 400 feet
Tong. The capacity of the reserve
to. 1,284,205 acre-feet, the luge. . arU,
Jcial lake in the world. Though the
dam is not the largest in the wori
ft is among the largest. The found
t on rests on bed rock 40 feet below
ii it is 235 feet long, be-
" . canyon walls, and 170 feet
tv rtvar level to the
-wide- .r ruiu w ,
creat oftie spillways at eitlher end
!, . dam. the height 1b 220 feet,
that being the greatest depth of stor
. BlMe. Tha spillways are
bridged and over tbe bridges and the
top of the dam runs the only high
way in that region connecting tha
mountain country on the north and
aides of Salt river. This road
way-Is 20 feet above the highest
And a coping 4 feet high pro-
' tects the roadway, rrom the bottom
of the foundation to the top stone of
the cooing is 284 feet.
The dam Is curved, arching'! up
stream and at the top Is 680 feet
and 16 feet wide. The spillways
at either end , are ,200 feet wide, so
i,i, inclusive of the bridges
NINETEEN KIDS IN 10 YEARS
Muskogee, Okla., March 18. p.
and Mrs. Frank Scott of Highland.
Kan., are seeking a home in this staie
with plenty of land. They wm neea
it, for although they have been mar
ried not quite ten years tney are m
narents of 19 children, all boye. and
13 of them living. They hold the rec
ord for triplets, having 5 sets m
tfcoir credit, and 2 sets of twins.
All of, the 13 boys living are under 5
years.
MRS. SCHENK IN COURT AGAIN
Wheeling, W. Va.. March 18. Mrs.
Laura Farnsworth Schenck, whose
trial on the charge of attempting to
poison her husband, John O .Schenk,
a wealthy packer, resulted in a dis
agreement of the jury last January,
was arraigned before Judge .loraan
today, to answer to the indictment
again. Since her first trial Mrs.
Schenk has been at liberty.
UTAH TABOOS CIGARETTES
Salt Lake. Utah, March 18 A bill
making it a misdemeanor to sell cig
arettes or cigarette papers, passed
the legislature late yesterday.
STARTLING SHOW
OF ANTI-DIAZ
SENTIMENT
REBEL SYMPATHIZERS IN MEX
ICO CITY STONE PRESI
DENT'S PALACE
WINDOW GLASS SHATTERED
DEMONSTRATION 60 SUDDEN PO
LICE HAD HARD TIME
DISPERSING MOB
RIOTERS YELL "VIYAMADERO"
LARGE NUMBER OF ARRESTS
MADE, BUT NEWS OF OUT.
RAGE WAS SUPPRESSED
ESCAPED CONVICT BETRAYED
Asheville,. N. C, March 18. Escap
ing sixteen years ago from the state
penitentiary where he was serving a
life sentence for murder, George P.
Whitson made his way to a remote
county and there settled under the
name of Samuel Johnson, married,
and raised a family of five children
and amassed a large fortune. Then
he was betrayed by a business rivl
and today, in custody of Warden Sale
of the penitentiary, he arrived on his
way to Raleigh,
WIFE HILLS HUSBAND
TH1NKINGJIM BURGLAR
AWAKENED BY NOISE, MRS. JOHN
SCHENK MADE FATAL
MISTAKE
WOOL TRUST CUTS
CAPITAL TEN MILLIONS
AT MEETING OF STOCKHOLUtna
REDUCTION IS MADE WITH
NO EXPLANATION,
Boaton, March 18.-At the. offices of
the American Wool company here o
day, it was announced that the direc
tors of the company had voted to re
duce the common stock from thirty
millions to twenty millions. The act-
tlon of the directors will be submitted
to the stockholders at a special meet
ing to be held in Jersey City on
April 28. It is expected the plan will
he ratified.. The corporation con
trols thirty-four mills in New England
and New York state and is commonly
known as the "Woolen Trust.
Chicago, March 18. John Schenk,
superintendent of the Park Ridge
branch of the Northeastern Gas, Light
and Coke company, was found shot to
death early today in his home in Park
Ridge. The iolice stated several
hours biter, after Mrs. Schenk had
recovered from .the shock, that she
admitted having shot her husband,
mistaking him for a burglar. Mrs.
Schenk was hysterical when the po
lice arrived. She said she had become-
frightened when she heard
someone moving In the house but did
not understand how she discharged
the revolver.
Washington, March 18. Japan,
rather than Mexico, is the objective of
the present "maneuvers" of the Ameri
can army.
This statement is made by an of n-
cial in Washliu?na whose information
can scarcely be Questioned. His state
meat baa been supported and confirm
ed by information obtained in half a
dozen state capitals where executive
officers of the national guard have
been taken into the confidence of tho
war department.
President Taft is today the most
misunderstood man in the country,
said the official referred to, who him
self is not an active partisan politi
cian and is not personally friendly to
tha so-called administration group.
"Those who have cnuci&eu mo
president in this matter on the Mex
ican frontier and questioned his mo
tives are merely putting themselves In
a bad light," continued the speaker.
"The president did not make the 'ma
neuver Inadvisedly or " hastily. Ha
knew that he would be called upon for
an explanation by the incoming con
gress and he has what he considers
ample justification for his aot. When
the full details are known, even nis
enemies will have to admit the wis
dom of his move"
u Is nolnted out the present move
is not a defensive one and was not
prompted by any fear of immediate
trouble with Japan. On the contrary,
it Is designed as an offensive ma
neuver" having for its ODjeci
thwart'ng of certain influences now
active In Mexico and which are now
believed to he looking toward Japanese
aggressions in Lower California.
r
San Antonio, Tex., March 18.
An American official returning
i
from Mexico City, today brought
authentic reports of a startling
demonstration against the person
of President Porfirio Diaz about two
weeks ago, which took the form of
stoning the windows of the president's
palace in the City of Mexico, by a
mob of insurrecto sympathizers. This
United States official personally wit
nessed the Incident. The press cen
sorship is so rigid that no news or
the affair has heretofore reaached the
border. -
The demonstration was so sudden
that the police were unable to dis
perse the mob until much window
glass had been broken. The riot oc
curred about 9 o'clock in the evening,
when the streets about the official
residence were filled with people.
Without any prelude or excitement
there was a quick movement or men
and youths from side streets in the
vicinity of the palace, as If by signal.
Shouting "Viva Madero," the rioters
threw volleys of stones through the
windows. The guests of the president
were badly frlgthened but the presi
dent remained cool and sent one of
his aides to police headquarters to
inquire why they did not stop the
trouble.
It Is said that only a few whole win
dows were left on one side of the
residence A number of arrests were
made. So far as known this is the
first demonstration against Diaz that
has been made in the federal district
since the beginning of the revolution
OPTIMIST TAKES POISON
Los Angeles, March 18. L. R. An
drews, author of "Hoy to Be Happy,"
took a large doae of arsenic last night
and is on the verge of death In the
receiving - hospital. He left a fare
well message to his five children, giv
ing as the principal reason for his aot
the fact that he had not been able to
make good." By the irony of fate
the only piece of paper at hand on
which to pen his last note was a
handbill advertising his optimistic
book.
ILLNESS CALLS FISHER HOME
Chicago, March 18. Walter L. Fish
er, secretary of the Interior, who was
called from Washington because of
the Illness of his son, Frederick, ar
rived today, but was unable to see
his son. The boy has diphtheria." His
condition is not regarded as serious.
AMERICAN PRISONER
WILLJJEJELEASEO
MEXICAN JUDGE AT CIUDAD POR
FIRIO DIAZ DECIDES TO FREE,
HENRY WHITTLE
PATROL TREBLED
UN THE MEXICAN
BORDER
COMPANY OF INFANTRY GUARD
ING NORTH BANK OF RIO
GRANDE AT EL PASO
1
REBEL BANDJEAR JUAREZ
CAPTAIN CREIGHTON, AMERICAN,
COMMANDING INSURRECTO
FORCE FEW MILES AWAW
HIS MEN SUFFER KEENLY
KNOWN TO lHAVE GONE SEVER
AL DAYS AT A TIME WITHOUT
FOOD OR SHELTER
Washington, March. 18. The Mex-
can federal Judge at Ctudad Porfirio
Diaz has decided to release Henry
Whittle, the American held In prison
there on the charge of being connect
ed with the revolution, according to
American Consul Ellsworth.
The plight of the American Smelting
Securities company of Mexico, as the
result of the revolution, was today re
ported to the state department by
Consul Freeman at Durango. who stat
ed lhat unless relief soon was furnish
ed, all the plants of the company will
close down. This would throw eight
thousand people out of employment
and place fifty thousand in dire need
by stopping a payroll of eighty thou
sand dollars a month at Velardena
and Asarco.
El Paso, Tex., March 18. All ap
proaches to bridges leading from the
American side to Juarez, Mexico, to
day were guarded by three times the
usual force of United States troops.
Heretofore only a small detail has
guarded the bridges, but today an en
tire company of infantry Is patroling
the bank north of the Rio Grande.
An American who returned from in-
surrecto territory today, said Captain
Oscar Creighton, the American insur
recto leader, who, with a small force,
has been destroying bridges along the
Mexican National railroad, is still en
camped in the hills a few miles south
of Juarez. Crelghton's band, which
is composed largely of Americans, Is
suffering severe hardships. The men
have often xone several day a without
food or shelter and only their chance
killing of a Bteer haa staved them
from actual starvation.
During last night somebody stole
an old brass cannon from City Hall
park. It Is reported it waa seen early
this morning, being taken in the di
rection of the Mexican border, and it
is believed to be the purpose to turt
it over to the insurrectos. The can
non was used years ago by El Paso's
famous MoGinty club. It must have
been spiked and therefore is believed
to be useless.
DAVID H. MOFFAT,
DENVER BANKER, DEAD
END CAME SUDDENLY IN NEW
YORK, FOLLOWING ATTACK
OF PNEUMONIA -
LIMANTOUR NEARS LAREDO
San Antonio, Tex., March 18.-
Mexican Minister of Finance Liman-
tour passed through here early today
in a private car, bound for Laredo.
He evidently intends to go to Mexico
City by rail.
ROOSEVELT'S CARETAKER DIES
Oyster Bay, N. Y., March 18. Noah
Seaman, superintendent of the Roose
velt Sagamore Hill estate, and for
twenty years a close friend of hia
employer, Theodore Roosevelt, died
late last night at his little cottage
on the estate. He was stricken with
paralysis two weeks ago. Seaman was
53 years of age.
'
BREAK IN STRIKERS' RANKS
New York, March 18. A break in
the express drivers strike came early
today when the employes of the Unit
ed States Express company at
stormy meeting in Jersey City, voted
to return to work. It is believed the
wiia Fnrett men will also resume
work during the day. '
HAN WHO SAVED
GEN. MILES DEAD
CHARLES R. DAVIS SHOT WUUA
CHIEF, FOLLOWING ATTEMPT
ED ASSASSINATION
H.
tpftH LOST IN MAILS
Washington. March . .18. A Jersey
spinster entrusted her false teeth to
the mails and they went astray. To-
Postmaster General Hitchcock
received the following appeal from
her: ,
"Dear Sir: I suppose you have re
ceived a note from the Camden post
master that the upper plates of my
teeth have been lost in the mans.
Thev were mailed at camueu w.
January 1. I should like very mucn
to hear from you. If you are unfor
v Ely Ordered to San Antonio
San Francisco, March 18. Eugene
Ely, of the Curtisa team of aviators,
received a telegram late yesterday
from his chief, asking him to go t
San Antonio and Instruct .tne army
signal corps In the use of the two
Curtiss biplanes recently purcnasea
by the government. Ely expects to
be in San Antonio by April 15.
MftW York. March 18 David
H J i rr
Moffat of Denver, tne raiiroau
nate and banker, died suddenly to
dav In his apartments at the Hotel
Belmont. He had just recovered from L t - enough to have store teeth
an attack of grippe and pneumonia I ou know how inconvenient it is to
and was about his room yesteraay. have to o without them, and i nave
in anparently good health. not had them even a year. I paid
Mr. Moffatt wa9 one of the biggest j3g for them and t cannot afford to
.' .i trial ' . . O Will 7Vl
men financially in m - - eet any more jusi now. v j"-
largest interests were in Colorado, he jiy j0 what you can for me and
being president of the First National as quietly as possible.
Bank of Denver, and numerous other
banks in that state. He was heavily
interested also in railroad and mining
properties in Colorado, having financ-1
ed what is known as the Moffat roaa
oH vTvinitod several big mines. He
was many times a millionaire.
SPRING VACATION OF
PRESIDENT AT END
REPORTER SENT TO JAIL
Atlanta, Ga., March 18. Great in
dignation has been aroused in the
newspaper fraternity of Georgia over
the decision of the supreme court
i nn
that a newspaper reporter una u
right to plead that a story was given
him under promise of secrecy. Li
newspaper editorials and in inter
views with prominent citizens the
opposite is held true. Thomas J.
Hamilton, of the Augusta Heraia re
fused to tell the police commissioner
the name ' of a policeman who
gave him information in regard to
an important case. As a result he was
sent to jail. He was released on ha
beas corpus, only to be adjudged by
the supreme court amenable to nne
or ten days in jail for contempt
OBJECT TO NUDE STATUES
Boston, March 18. Because of their
objections "to the nude etatues in the
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Bishop
Wizard F. Mallalleu, of the Methodist
Seattle, March 18. Charles R. Da
vis, who served as a private in In
dian wars in Montana, Wyoming and
the Dakotas, and who In 1877 killed
the Sioux chief. Lame Deer, after the
latter had attempted to assassinate
General Nelson A. Miles, died here last
night, aged 58 years. '
Episcopal church, and a number of Taft played the last gou game oi kn
ottier clergymen of Boston and vlcin,- spring ,, vacation here this morning.
ttv ,av it out a circular in opposl- Tomorrow he will start oac to wsu-
tlon to a bill pending In the legisla- ington. The president's message to
t nrmlt the city of Boston to the spec's! session of congress will
mvroirlate S50.000 yearly for main- be brief and It is not Known wneuir
tenance of the museum.
. a . . enrcn
U. S. DESTROY tK onuv or.-.-
New York. March 18. The United
States torpedo boat destroyer Pauld
ing made a smart run from Quaran
tine to Sandy Hook yesteraay. oi
M. rnnnrted passing Quarantine at
Augusta Ga., March 18 President -fog out at Sandy
Hook at 5:57 p. m. The distance
between ten and eleven miles.
MR. TAFT RETURNS TOMUKHuw
TO WASHINGTON, AFTER OUT
HO, ING IN GEORGIA
CALL OF WILD STRONGER
Codr. Wyo., March 18. "Since T
I hope not he will directly recommend that no- haTO been mining in ArizonaI have
. - . t m ,vi.. v. .i.wui hiit. tha Canadian -hnon ' n-nnroached by many oi
a dollar or puouo muuej " ' uius w .juu.v.. , i --
the museum," declares Bishop Malla- reciprocity agreement. From fonnai heading citizens In regard to
... .i i nf rt0mrw.ra.tia leaaera. TTTiitiwi .stares BenaioiBuiv,
Hn ra the Circular, until mere is pmrcurouuj - i v"--- . ,
. mw riftrvn Uwwever. the president has every rea- Un of the Wild has more fascina-
hAnd statues as 'immodest son to believe a revision of two or tlon to me than Washington '
v .-vtvifi 0a UJ,. nf th nchedules of the Payne- the statement made here
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the
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