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VOL. XXXIII. NO. 86.
LAS VEGAS DAIILY OPTIC, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1912.
CITY EDITION.
GOMEZ DECLARED DR. SUN RESIGNS
PRESIDENT OF
MEXICO
VA8QUISTA COMMANDERS SIGN
STATEMENT NAMING PALO
MAS AS CAPITAL
OPPOSE THEJIADERO REGIME
IN A PROCLAMATION REASONS
FOR NON-FEALTY TO GOVERN
MENT ARE GIVEN
ARE FRIENDLY TO AMERICANS
HOTBED OF REVOLUTION CEN
TERS IN THE VICINITY OF
CHIHUAHUA STATE
AS PRESIDENT
OF CHINA
LAYS DOWN REIGNS OF GOVERN
MENT IN THE INTERESTS OF
A UNITED NATION.
FORMER PREMIER SUCCESSOR
YUAN SHI KAI, HOWEVER, WAS
OPPOSED BY CHINESE IN THIS .
COUNTRY AND NANKING.
INDICTED MEN
ARE DODGING
ARREST
SIX OF THOSE CHARGED WITH
DYNAMITING HAVE NOT BEEN
APPREHENDED.
BOARD MEMBER WAS AT LARGE
FEDERAL OFFICERS HAD A HARD
TIME IN LOCATING MICHAEL
J. YOUNG.
DIRECTORS' ROW
MAY RELEASE
THE CAT
FELINE TO BE LET OUT OF SACK THREE
BY HENRY CLAY PIERCE
AND ASSOCIATES
BOLD ROBBERY IS
PERPETRATED IN
GOTHAM
El Paso, Texas, Feb. 15. A procla
mation signed by all the Vasquista
commanders in Chihuahua declaring
Vasquez Gomez president of Mexico,
giving reasons for opposing Madero,
and assuring Americans of friendly at
titude has been issued at Palomas,
Chihuahua, which has been tempor
arily made the seat of the Vasquita
government. The proclamation is
signed by General Emllio P. Campa
and all the colonels and majors of the
Vasquita army.
American Soldiers Arrested
American soldiers went into Juarez
this morning through mistake and
international trouble is threatened as
a result. The soldiers were new men
here and a company of them at
tempted to go around from one in
ternational bridge to another on the
Mexican side. They were stopped by
Mexican guards and the whole town
was quickly in arms. Cars have stop-
jied running, no Americans can get
across and the river is lined with
armed Mexicans doing guard duty. The
Americans are members of a battalion
of the Eighteenth infantry who came
from Arizona Tuesday. The soldiers
were placed under arrest by the Mex
ican guards.
The Americans were under command
of Lieutenant M. W. Fields, who says
he made no mistake. The town has
quited down now, and the men were
released.
Owing to the embargo on traffic
across the international boundary, it
was announced at 1:45 o'clock that
there would be no racing at the Juarez
track today.
Colonel Kosterlitsky Resigns
Cananea, Sonora, Mex., Feb. 15.
Colonel Emllio Kosterlitsky, the noted
cavalryman and leader of Mexican
rurales, has resigned his commission
following an order transferring him
fmm Sonora to Chihuahua. Juan
Cabral, one of the Madero lieutenants
who took a leading part in the anti
JJiaz war, has been designated as
Kosterlitsky's successor but has not
assumed command.
Kosterlitsky, who has been in the
Mexican military service continuously
since 1873, announced today that ho
intended to retire to his home in
Magdalena, Sonora.
RESOLUTIONS ARE ADOPTED
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DESCRIBES
RETIRING EXECUTIVE AS A
GREAT PATRIOT.
Nanking, Feb. 15. The national as
sembly this afternoon unanimously
elected Yuan Shi Kai president of the
republic and then decided that the
provisional capital shall be Nanking.
Dr. Suu Yat Sen's resignation of the
presidency of the Chinese republic has
been accepted by the national assem
bly here on condition that both he and
the present cabinet hold office until
the new president and cabinet take
over their duties.
The election of ministers and of the
president took place this afternoon
In a letter to the assembly, in which
he offers to lay down the office of
chief executive, Dr. Sun says:
"Yuan Shi Kai has declared that he
adheres unconditionally to the na
tional cause. He would surely prove a
loyal servant of the state. Besides
this, Yuan Shi Kai is a man of con
structive ability upon whom our united
nation looks with the hope that lie
will bring about the consolidation of
its Interests. The happiness of our
country depends upon your choice.
Farewell,"
'The national assembly afterward
passed a resolution paying great trib
ute to Dr. Sun as follows:
"Such an example of purity of pur
pose and self sacrifice is unparalleled
In history. It was solely due to his
magnanimity and modesty that north
ern China was won over."
Yuan Shi Kal's refusal to come to
Nanking! has caused some reaction
here. A section of the members
of the senate declares that it will not
elect Yuan Shi Kai president of the
republic. This opposition to the for
mer imperial premier has been
strengthened by a report received hurt
that Yuan Shi Kai is engaged in seek
ing recognition from the foreign lega
tions in Peking and that he has re
ceived some encouragement.
HE WAS WANTED VERY BADLY
APPREHENSION OF BOSTONIAN
IS PARTICULARLY DESIRED BY
THE GOVERNMENT.
WILL EMBARRASS STANDARD
DISCOMFITED ASPIRANT FOR
CONTROL OF OIL INTERESTS
IS WISE TO THE GAME
HIGHWAYMEN SPRING
INTO TAXICAB AND ROB
MESSENGERS OF $25,000
COURT
FOR
MARTIAL
ADJUTANT
GENERAL
Indianapolis, Feb. 15. Official re
ports received by the government to
day showed that only six out of
the 54 men indicted in tne dynamite
conspiracy had not been arrested.
They are:
J. J. McRay, formerly an iron work
er of Wheeling, w. Va., but said to
have left there.
J. W. Irwin, Peoria, 111., local union
official.
Frank K. Painter, Omaha, Neb., lo
cal union official, said to have left
that place.
Milton H. Davis, Philadelphia, for
mer member executive board.
Patrick Ryan, Chicago, local busi
ness agent.
William K. Benson, Detroit, former
president of the Detroit Federation
of Labor. , ,
The officers were of the opinion that
M. J. Young:, executive board member,
had run away but he wag arrested
late today.
District Attorney Miller was In com
munication with the federal authori
ties at Boston regarding the search
for Young. Mr. Miller said the gov
ernment was particularly anxlo.us to
apprehend Young, wno is one of the
five executive board members in
dicted. The members are Frank M. Ryan,
president of the iron workers; Herbert
H. Hockin, of Detroit;, .iohn T. Butler,
of Buffalo, N. Y., and Patrick A.
Cooley, of New Orleans.
DIDN'T OBEY COURT'S ORDERS
MINORITY LEADER TO SHOW
THAT BIG TRUST NEVER
REALLY DISSOLVED
HAD THE DEED WELL PLANNED
BANDITS PUT PLOT INTO EXECU
TION ON BUSY THOROUGH
FARE IN DAYLIGHT
ESCAPED IN A TOURING CAR
NO TRACE OF THE MEN HAS
BEEN DISCOVERED AS THEY
MADE A HASTY RETREAT
An Aeroplane Needed
Washington, Feb. 15. American
cavalrymen on the Mexican border
make many a long and tiresome gal
lop that would be unnecessary, it is
said in army circles here, if the bor
der force had an aeronaut squad. An
example is cited In the order given
Colonel Steevera' cavalrymen to ride
86 miles over sand from El Paso to
Baileyi's jranch, jnjear CoYumlbiis, N.
M., to investigate a report that armed
Mexican revolutionists were pillaging
and stealing -cattle across the Ameri
can boundary. An aeroplane could
have made the return trip within a
few hours and its driver would have
had the advantage of the cavalry
men in his ability to have a look
over the boundary line.
There is an army aeroplane at San
Antonio, Texas, that was used suc
cessfully during tie Madero revolu
tion. It is worthless to the border
guards now because no crew has been
provided for it.
COLONEL STILL SILENT
New York, Feb. 15. Senator Moses
B. Clapp had a long conference with
Colonel Roosevelt here today. He es
caped the reporters at the conclusion
of the interview and Colonel Roose
velt declined to say what had been
discussed.
A Diplomatic Move.
San Francisco, Feb. 15. Cable
grams protesting against the election
of Premier Yuan Shi Kai to the presi
dency of the Chinese republic have
been forwarded by representatives of
the majority of the Chinese in North
and South America to the assembly at
Nanking. The Chinese Republic as
sociation cabled the assembly from
its offices in San Francisco that Yuan
Shi Kai was objectionable because of
his friendly relations with the Manchu
dvnaatv. He was branded In the
cablegram as an 'obstructor of pro
gress." The news of Yuan's election caused
depression in the local Chinese quar
ter. Republicans who supported Dr.
Sun Yat Sen remain loyal to him and
declare they will follow his Instruc
tions. Ixical republican leaders did
not take Dr. Sun's resignation seri
ously until today. They regard Yuan
Shi Kai's election to the presidency as
a diplomatic move to pacify nortnern
China, the Manchu's stronghold.
Young Surrenders.
Boston, Feb. 15. Michael J. Young,
business agent for the Boston branch
of the iron workers' union, surren
dered to a United States marshal to
day tn connection with the dynamite
coti.piracy indictment against him.
He was held in $10,000 hail for a hear
ing next Saturday.
Bail was not furnished, but as coun
sel who accompanied Young said he
expected bondsmen to appear, the
prisoner was remanded to the custody
of the marshal.
1
TODAY IN CONGRESS. I
Republican Flag Flying.
Rome, Feb. 15. The Chinese lega
tlon here today for the first time
hoisted the republican flag. The min
ister also officially announced the
proclamation of the repjublic. Many
callers went to the legation to offer
their congratulations.
Washington. Feb. 15. Senate: In
.session at 2 p. m.
Finance committee continued hear
ing on steel tariff revision bill.
House: Met at noon.
Democrats being urged to frame
and take up wool tariff bill before
sugar schedule.
Rules committee authorized favor
able report of Pujo resolution for
money trust investigation.
Aigriaultural department's lojircular
letttr on Florida everglades, suppres
sion of which brought about investiga
tion, produced at hearing.
Steel corporation's care of its em
ployes was explained to Stanley com
mittee by Director Percival Roberts,
Jr.
Correspondence on Panama Inde
pendence produced before foreign af
fairs committee in hearing on Ralney
resolution to re-imburse Colombia.
St. Louis, Feb. 15. Beaten, on the
lace of the returns of the annual
stockholders' election, by the Stand
ard-Rockefeller interests for control
of the Waters-Pierce Oil company,
Henry Clay Pierce and his associates
laid the groundwork today for a legal
fight for control.
Through one of the representatives
of the Pierce interests a statement
was given out attacking the good
faith of the Standard interests in com
plying with the decree of dissolution of
the United States supreme court and
the supreme court of Missouri, oust
ing the Standard from this state, and
charging that the individuals charged
in the government suit with conspir
acy in restraint of trade, were try
ing to perpetuaite the oil trust In a
new form.
The fight betweee the Pierce and
Rockefeller interests for the control
of the Waters-Pierce company was
taken into court upon a writ of man
damus filed by the Rockefeller inter
ests to compel The tellers appointed
by Pierce to count the ballots offer
ed by the Standard-Rockefeller stock
holders through M. M. Vanburen and
Walter F. Taylor as proxies.
The Pierce representatives charge
that the Standard-Rockefeller inter
ests were conspiring not only to
perpetuate the oil trust through the
individual control of the many cor
porations which formerly constituted
the Standard Oil company of New
Jersey, but that they were planning
to get control of the oil business of
.Mexico.
"When the attempt was made to
vote, Pierce filed a written protest.
The Standard interests wished to vote
for three directors. Pierce protest
ed against the acctptance of the vote
of the Archbold stock and against the
acceptance of the vote of all other
stock owned by persons confederated
or allied with Archbold, Rockefeller
and the old Standard Oil.
While the meeting was in session
attorneys for the Standard OH faction
obtained from Judge Kinsey an alter
native writ of mandamus to compel
the Waters-Pierce tellers to record
the votes cast by the Rockefeller In
terest. Judge Kinsey ordered the
defendants to appear in court Satur
day afternoon and show caise why
they should not count the contested
ballots.
The fight between the Standard Oil
interests ond the H. Clay Pierce forces
for control of the Waters-Pierce Oil
company was carried into the court
today by theStndard OH company fil
ing a mandamus suit to compel the
tellers at the stockholders' meeting
at the annual election to accept the
"split stock" votes of the Standard
faction. The petition of the standard
was granted by the circuit court The
petition was directed against attor
neys for Pierce as Inspectors at the
elections. The polls opened soon af
ter the mandamus suit was filed.
New York, Feb. 15. Twenty-five
thousand dollars in currency was
stolen today from a taxicab in the
heart of the financial district by three
highwaymen who sprang into the ve
hicle and overpowered William F.
Smith and Frank Wardell, messen
gers of the East River National bank.
Both messengers were seriously In
jured and the robbers escaped with
the money $15,000 in dollar bills and
$10,000 In hundred dollar bills. The
currency was being transported from
the Produce Exchange bank In the
lower part of ithe city.
The taxicab had proceeded up
Broadway without mishap when, for
some reason, the chauffeur turned
west on Rector street into Church
street, skirting tihe side and rear of
Trinity churchyard. About midway of
the old ceemtery three men sprang
from the curb. One jumped on the
chauffeur's seat; tihe other two got
Into the vehicle. The man on the
seat pressed a revolver in his over
coat pocket against the side of the
chauffeur, Gino Martini, and com
manded him to drive swiftly on With
out making an outcry. Inside the ve
hicle the two robbers were belaboring"
the bank messengers over the head.
Smith, one of the messengers, Is 61
years old and was bleeding and al
most unconscious when the taxicab
reached Park, Place, a few blocks
north. Wardell was badly beaten
about the head but not seriously hurt.
At Park Place the highwaymen
jumped from the taxicab bearing a
tin box which they had wrested from
the messengers and which contained
the currency. In a flash they had
sprung into a big black automobile
which seemed to be awaiting their
coming and were quickly lost in the
maze of traffic.
Martini, the taxicab chauffeur, con
tinued to run his machine until he
found a policeman. He gave the alarm
and the two injured messengers weie
taken to a police station. Smith's
condition was so serious that he was
removed to a hospital. Warden's
scalp was badly lacerated but be
cause of his youth he stood the fight
well.
AINSWORTH 18 CHARGED WITH
CONDUCT TO THE PREJUDICE
OF GOOD DISCIPLINE.
IS RELIEVED FROM HIS DUTIES
WAR SECRETARY SAYS OFFICER
USED LANGUAGE THAT JEOP
ARDIZED Hlt HONOR.
FRICTION OF LONG STANDING
ACCUSED MAN IS THOUGHT TO
HAVE FURNISHED MATERIAL
FOR ARMY CRITICISM.
WRECKS END THE
LIVES OF
TWELVE
TRAIN FALLS THROUGH ROOF OF
BANK IN BINGHAM, UTAH,
KILLING FIVE MEN
ENGINEER LOST CONTROL
LOCOMOTIVE WAS COMING DOWN
STEEP GRADE FROM MINE8
WHEN IT LEFT RAILS
TRAINMEN MEET AWFUL DEATH
GEORGIA FARMERS' UNION.
Macon, Ga., Feb. 15 Progressive
farmers from every sestion of the
state filled the chamber or commerce
auditorium today when President P.
F. Duckworth, of Union City, called to
order the annual convention of the
Farmers' Educational and Co-operative
Union of Georgia.
NORTHWEST MINING CONGRESS
Spokane, Wash., Feb. 15. The first
annual meeting of the Northwest Min
ing congress began in this city today
with an attendance of delegates from
California, Idaho, Montana, Oregon,
Washington, Alberta and British Co
lumbia. The meeting will last three
days, during which time a wide va
riety of subjects relating to the min
ing industry will be discussed.
FIVE MEN TO HANG
Springfield, 111., Feb. 15. The state
board of pardons decided today that
the four murderers of Fred W. Guel-
zow must hang tomorrow in the Cook
county jail. The slayers are Ewald
and Frank Shibilawskl, Thomas
Schultz and Phillip Sommerling. With
them will hang Thomas Jennings, the
negro burglar who shot and killed
Clarence Hiller, a railroad official, in
Hiller's Chicago home and whose pe
tition ior commutation was denied
yesterday.
Dividends Decreasing
New York, Feb. 15. The Standard
Oil company of New Jersey today de
clared a dividend of $5 a share, com
pared with $7 declared tihree months
ogo and $15 declared a year ago. To
day's dividend was the first one to
be declared since the dissolution un
der the mandamus of the supreme
court. In the last few years the
Sandard company, or parent organiza
tion, declared dividends aggregating
40 per cent a year.
TRIAL NEARING END
Fort Worth, Texas, Feb. 15. What
are expected to be the closing scenes
in the fight of John B. Snead to jnsti
fy the killing of Captain A. G. Boyce
were staged here today. The defense
closed its case and immediately the
prosecutor Introduced witnesses
in rebuttal. One of the last acts of
the defense was to work into the rec
ord a copy of a letter wrilen by
Snead to his elderly father in which
the prisoner expressed the hope of
avoiding trouble with Captain Boyce.
Washington, Feb. 16. Adjutant Gen
eral Fred C. Ainsworlu of the army
has been relieved from duty at the
war department and soon will be or
dered before a court martial. While
th charges have not been framed, it
is understood they will be based on
conduct to the prejudice of good or
der and discipline and perhaps insu-
borination.
Serious friction long has existed be
tween the adjutant general's office and
the general staff and the crlBis came
when Secretary Stlmson sided with
the latter. Matters were brought to
an issue by a report made last week
by General Ainsworth to the secre
tary of war In connection with the
muster and 1 pay rolls and Secretary
Stimson felt that the arjutant gen
eral had used language that impugned
his own integrity and fairness as well
as other officers of the uepartment
The record shows that General Ains
worth remarked It would be difficult,
if not impossible, to formulate any
statement that would carry conviction
to anyone! unmindful of consequences
or so informed as to the needs of gov
ernment and the public. It was as
sumed that he referred either to the
secretary or to the officers of the
general staff.
Again the adjutant general charac
terized the staff proposal "as a mere
subterfuge of the kinu that would be
scorned by honorable men," and that
the proponents "had betrayed a la
mentable lack of knowledge."
Secretary Stlmson, in a note to Gen
eral Ainsworth, said that rudeness and
ill temper had become habitual on the
part of the latter. He also declared
the Ainsworth report to be the culmin
ation of a series of outbreaks evinc
ing "such intolerance of insubordina
tion and such readiness to impugn
the motives or the intelligence of
those with whom It is your duty to
work in association as, if uncorrected,
to destroy your usefulness in your
present office." Regarding the attack
on himself, Secretary Stlmson said
he referred the matter to the presi
dent, who directed General Ains-
worth's release pending disciplinary
measures.
General Leonard Wood, chief of
staff, has had many clashes with Gen
eral Ainsworth. Colonel H. P. McCain
has succeeded General Ainsworth.
Although a rupture (between the
general staff and the adjutant gen
eral's office has been regarded for
some time as inevitable in view of
the extremely hitter personal rela
tions that have existed and particu
larly since the rather sensational re
organization scheme reported from the
house committee on military affairs
In connection with the pending army
appropriation Mil, today's action of
the secretary of war and the presi
dent proved a decided sensation.
Although General Ainsworth has re
peatedly denied responsibility or au
thorship for the legislation reported
from the military committee and op
posed by the administration, it was
believed that he at least was furnish
ing the ammunition for the congress
ional opponents of the war depart
ment's policies.
COLLISION AT YARMOUTH, ME., IS
FOLLOWED BY THE BURNING
OF SMASHED EQUIPMENT
Salt Lake City, Utah, Feb. 15. Four
men were killed and four slightly
injured when a locomotive hauling
three cars loaded with ore jumped
the track, rolled down a hill 75 feet
and crashed through the roof of the
Citizens' State bank and the Bingham
Dye works at Bingham, Utah. Two
of the men killed were sleeping In
the tailor shop.
Fred Sharkey, cashier of the bank,
was asleep In a rear room of the bank
when the crash came. He was hur
led Into th street but was uninjured.
According to the yardmaster at Bing
ham, Engineer Fred Annis lost con
trol of his engine while it was com
ing down a steep grade from the
mines, following an ore train. The
engine left the track at a sharp curve
directly over the business section of
the town.
S. W. Brown, foreman in charge of
the train, and Dan Goodnouffb. fire
man, escaped Injury by jumping. Felix
Lombard, a boiler washer in the em
ploy of the Denver and Rio Grande
railroad, hat! Just finished work and"
was going home, riding on the en
gine.
The tender of the locomotive fell
squarely on the bed in which C. W.
Lewis, proprietor of the tailor shop,
and the man yet unidentified were
sleeping. Every bone in their bodies
was broken. Engineer Annis and Fe
lix Lombard were killed. Annis was
a new man on the road and was re
turning to town from his first trip to
the mines when the accident occurred.
The track was on a seven per cent
grade and the train waa traveling at
high speed when the -engine left the
rails. The cars attached to the loco
motive were broken loose and were
thrown against the side of the moun
tain on the uphill side of the track.
Three stores were completely wrecked
and the back end of the bank build
ing demolished.
i Three Burned to Death
Yarmouth, Me., Feb. 15. Three
trainmen were burned to death toy
day when fire in the wreckage of two
flrand Trunk freight trains, which
collided near North Yarmouth, reach
ed the demolished locomotive In
which they were imprisoned.
One of the men in tihe engine cab.
Harry Corliss, was alive when vil
lagers reached the scene but was so
wedged in that he could not be ex
tricated before the fire enveloped
him. Corliss begged that something
be given him to ease his sufferings
and chloroform was administered by
a physician. Shortly after the vil
lagers were driven back by the heat.
Y. M. C. A. MEETING.
Hannibal, Mo., Feb. 15. A number
of religious workers of wide reputa
tion are on the program for addresses
at the thirty-fifth annual convention
of the Missouri Y. M. C. A., which
met here today
A TEXAS LYNCHING
Marshall, Tx., Feb. 15. A mob
lynched George Sanders and Mary
Jackson, a negro and negress, hang
ing them to the same tree just across
the Panola county line, It waa learn
ed heer today. The negroes had llv
ed at the same house with Sneed, the
young negro who shot and killed Paul
Strange, a white man, on January 29
Many Passengers Hurt
Altoona, Pa., Feb. 15. Four pas
sengers were killed and 25 others In
jured today when tlhe Pennsylvania
limited express, which left Chicago at
5:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon and
which was due in New York at 5:"0
p. m. today, was wrecked at War
rior's Ridge, Pa.
The train left Altoona one hour and
seven minutes late. It contained a
postal car and ten steel passenger
cars, hauled by two locomotives. The
train arrived here from Pittsburgh,
with 90 sections occupied and seven,
persons boarded the train at Alatoona.
While passing Warrior's Ridge sta
tion the two locomotives and a postal
car broke away from the rest of ts
tran and ran ahead a quarter of a
mile. The remainder of the train tip
set or fell over, all the cars falling
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