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LAS VEGAS DAILY OPTIC, TUESDAY, JULY 7, 1914. IRISH FACTIONS ARM IN GREAT NUMBERS ESTIMATED THAT EIGHTY THOU SAND VOLUNTEERS ARE READY FOR FIELD " Dublin, July 7. Estimates com piled by the police of the number of the Irish nationalist volunteers vary tetween 80,000, which is the Dublin Castle figure compiled by the police, a quarter of a million, which is the estimate given in platform speeches. Careful Inquiry shows that there are 60,000 in Linster, which takes the lead, about 45,000 in Ulster (increasing ra pidly) 35,000 in Minister and 25,000 In Connaught. The difficulty of exact estimate aris es from the fact that the movement 1 not organized from the center. Forc es have sprung up stontaneously In every pariah, and so far are only loosely connected with the provisional central body. There has been a com plete wiping out of all class distinc tions, and the rank and file Include every grade farmers, laborers, shop assistants, clerks, doctors, lawyers and country gentlemen. There is a very strong leaven of time-expired soldiers old Connaught rangers, Dublin Fusi liers, and Munster fusiliers, and their experience is proving useful iu the drill. The chief military commanders are Colonel Maurice Moore, who com manded the Connaught rangers In the Boar war, and Captain White, a son of the General White, who defended Ladysmith. Recent accessions are Sir Henry Grattan Bellew, a grandson of the great Henry Gratton, who had ex perience in the fifth Dragon guards; and Captain Bellingham, brother of the Marchioness of Bute, who is' at present an aide-de-camp to the lord lieutenant. Military experience, howev er slight, Is at a premium, and a medical student, with a little volun teer training. Is commanding as ser geant a squad which includes among the privates, a university professor of law. The army has extremely little equip ment and almost no money. But the material Is excellent and the enthusi asm unbounded. Mr. Redmond's open association with the2movement will re move the difficulty of getting money. The men In charge of the movement are for the most part unknown and there has 'been much reluctance to pro vide funds till the public knew who would spend the money and for what The central body consists of 25 men, of them 15 are said to be home rulers in sympathy with Mr. Redmond, but the more active, influential and effec tive spirits are members of the Sinn Fein party. They have few support ers In the country and the great bulk of the volunteers are supporters of Redmond. Mr. Redmond offered his i co-operation to the central body if he as allowed to nominate an equal number of men on it, pending the elec tion of the volunteer branches of a central executive. Failing acceptance he will recommend each county to rovern itself. This orfer was rejected in a hastily summoned meeting of the executives who proposed that each county should elect a representative to sit with them. This has produced strong pro test from Professor Kerr who says the meeting was not properly convened and asks for a full meeting when the me mbers would accept Mr. Redmond's offer. Mr. Redmond cannot allow a movement mainly composed of his sup porters to be comanded by a self-qualified body, of which the most active members are opponents of his. Once the volunteer members can hold their convention to check an executive, the matter will settle itslf. Meantime there may be friction which will be obviated to a great extent by making each county govern its own Volun teers. NOTORIOUS BANK BANDIT TO HANG Eases Torment of Asthma and Hay Fever For the discomfort and misery of asthma and hay fever use Foley's Honey and Tar Compound. It puts a healing, soothing coating over the swollen, tickling membranes, and eas es the thick and choking sensation. Helps you to breathe easily and nat urally. In the yellow package. O. G. Schaefer and Red Cross Drug Store. Adv. NEGRO EDUCATIONAL CONGRESS Oklahoma, City, Okla., July 7. Del- egHtes from many states answered the roll call here today at the opening of tlif, fifth annual meeting of the Negro National Education congress. The proceedings of the congress will con tinue four days and will include ad dresses by a number of educators of wide prominence. ADMINISTRATOR APPOINTED . Santa Fe, July 7. Probate Judge Canuto Alarid today appointed Mrs. Luisita M. Kinsell, administrator of tbe estate of the late ex-Sheriff Harry O. Kinsell of Stanley, southern Santa Fe county. He approved the inventory and report of Dr. C. O. Harrison on the estate of the late Mrs. H. H. Per ry. The Inventory of personal prop erty amounts to $2,297.50. The last v, ill and testament of Jose Inez Lu ce ro was read but action was post poned until the August term. The filial report of Samuel G. Sharon on the estate of G. W. Sharon was ap proved. ' WHITMAN TO ADDRESS LAWYERS . Cedar Point, O., July 7. Juvenile courts, the workmen's compensation ;aws and a variety of other topics of live public interest are to be discuss ed at the annual meeting of the Ohio Slute Bar association which met here tlay and began a three days' session. The annual address before the asso ciation ia to be delivered toy District Attorney Charles s. Whitman of New York. coal nn D VJOOD MOST HEAT FOR YOUR MOEY SWASTIKA COAL WHOLESALE AND RETAIL mm Dm W, G OHD OH '"' CANADIAN DESPERADO WHO KILLED DEPOSITORY'S MANA GER NEARS END Winnipeg, Manitoba, July 7. The career of John Krafchenko, one of the most notorious bandits who ever terrorized this section of Canada, ill come to an end on the gallows here day after tomorrow, unless there is an eleventh hour respite from the the department of justice at Ottawa. The crime for which Krafchenko Is to pay the death penalty was the mur der of H. M. Arnold, manager of the Bank of Montreal branch at Plum Coulee. The murder was committed while the desperado was in the act of robbing the bank. Plum Coulee Is a town of several hundred inhabitants, 65 miles south west of ' Winnipeg. Shortly before noon on December 3, 1913, a m-n, dis guised with false whiskers nnd mus tache, entered the bank, forced Arnold to hand over $5,000 and started to leave by a rear door. The manager grappled . with him and the bandit fought him off and then shot him through the heart. The robber ran up to an automobile and forced the owners at the point of a pistol to drive him 35 miles to the town of Osborne. There he disappear ed. A week later Krafchenko was ar rested fn a house in this city, where he had been posing as a college pro fessor. An outfit of women's cloth ing and two revolvers were found in his room and a roll of bills from the Plum Coulee bank was discovered un der the fence outside.. A month after his arrest and before bis case had come up for trial Kraf chenko made a sensational escape from the Winnipeg Jail. Armed with an automatic revolver which had been smuggled In to him by friends the bandit covered the two guards placed in front of his cell. While holding the guards with their arms over their heads, he backed to a window and swung out on a rope which had also been smuggled into nfs cell. A passerby saw Krafchenko on the street and ran to the other side of the building to spread the alarm. When the officers rushed out, the bandit had disappeared. For a week tie police searched in vain for the desperado. At the end of that time he was found concealed in the room of a friend almost within a stone's throw of the prison from which he had made, his escape.. The official investigation of the es cape led to the arrest and indictment of several persons on a charge of con spiracy to aid the bandit in gaining his freedom. Among those concerned were a member of Krafchenko's coun sel and one of the Jail guards. Two of those who were convicted on the conspiracy charge recently met their deaths in the falling of a scaffold on which they were at work In the pri son. - Early last April Krafchenko was taken to Morden, where he was tried, convicted and sentenced to death. A short time ago Justice T. G. Mathers, who presided over Krafchenko's trial and imposed the sentence of death, sent a recommendation to the depart ment of justice at Ottawa that no le niency be shown In the "bandit's case. CAPITAL PAID IN 50.0M.M SURPLUS 9100.000.M t. M. Cunningham, Preside it Frank Springer, Vice-President D. T. Hoskins, Cashier. E. S. Lewis, Asi't Cash, LAS VEGAS INTEREST PAID ON TINIED DEPOSITS LAS VEGAS SAVINGS BANK II CAPITAL STGGU - - 030,000.00 Office with the San Miguel National Bank WM. Q. HATDOK- B. W, EELLT D. V. H02KIN3 Interest . PeJd On Deposits rreiiaenl Yia presides! TrMorr POLITICS AND POLITICIANS The primary election in Missouri will be held August 4. William F. Robertson has with drawn from the contest for the Texas governorship. George H., Ellis, mayor Grand Rap ids, is a candidate for the progressive nominatioa for governor of Michigan. Thouias E. Hodges, president of West Virginia university, baa been nominated for congressman-at-large by the democratic party. A call has been issued for the dem ocratic state convention of Iowa to assemble in the city of Council Bluffs on July 23. The conservative faction of the re publican .party p Wisconsin has nom inated Levy H. Bancroft as candidate for United States senator. The democrats and progressives of Utah have Joined forces in the nomi nation of candidates for United States senator and representatives in congress. Mrs. A. Caminetti, wife of the com missioner general of immigration, mny be a candidate for the demo- viatic nomination for lieutenant gov ernor of California. In his fight for renomination on the democratic ticket Governor Morehead of Nebraska will have as opposing candidates Richard L. Metsalfe, John C. Maher and George W. Berge. The withdrawal of William F. Rob ertson as candidate for the democratic nomination for governor ot Texas has left James E. Ferguson and Thomas H Ball as the leading candidates for the head of the state ticket. William E. Mason, who was a rep resentative in the flftietn and fifty first congresses, and a United States senator from Illinois, 1897-1903, is now a candidate for the republican nomination to succeed United States Senator L. Y. Sherman. Three of the present members of the United States senate are sons of former United States senators. They are Gilbert Hitchcock of Nebraska, Willard Saulsbury of Delaware and Johnson N. Camden, the new United States senator from Kentucky. Representative Frank E. Dormusof Michigan, who is chairman of the democratic congressional committee, is to have opposition for renomination. Mr. Doremus has announced that he Will make his fight for renomination and re-election on an anti-woman suf frage platform. Five candidates for United States senator are promised in Vermont tnis year. Senator Dillingham is expected to be renominated by the republicans. Charles A. Prouty, former interstate coinmer commissioner, will run as a non-partisan; Governor Allen M. Fletcher as an independent; Frazer Metzger as a progressive, and either Charles A. Watson or Harland B. TTowe as the choice of the democrats. Never before has there been such a large field of contestants for the governorship of South Carolina as is the case this year. Eleven candidates are already announced. Among them are C. A. Smith, the present lieuten ant governor; Mi. L. Smith, the pres ent speaker of the house; John G. Richards, state railroad commission er; R. A. Cooper, solicitor of the Eighth circuit; W. C. Irby, member of the legislature; Richard I. Manning, former state senator, and John L. Mo Laurln, former United States senator. A. A. JONES TO SPEAK AT IRRIGATION MEET LAS VEGAN ON PROGRAM OF THE LARGEST WATER CONVEN TION EVER PLANNED Calgary, Alberta, July 7. The first international irrigation congress to be held outside of the United States is occasioning a great deal of intereai among Irrigationists aji over the United States and Canada. This con vention will be held in Calgary, Oc tober 6 to 9 next, and according to L. Newman of Montana, a member of the board of governors, it will be a congress of world wide importance. and will break all previous records. Canadians are fully alive to tbe im portance of the congress, and are planning to royally entertain the visi tors and delegates wnlle ihey are in Canada, as well as to provide for them a program of real educational value. The program' committee is making preparations for the attend-j ance of all the best authorities on irrigation from the United States and Canada, while delegates will be pres ent from all foreign countries where irrigation is well developed. One of the principal speakers ex pected at this meeting will be Hon. A. A. Jones, assistant secretary of the interior of the United States. His word on Irrigation problems is above controversy, as he has been largely instrumental In the satisfactory ad justment of many of the serious prob lems affecting the prosperity and wel fare of the pioneer irrigationists In his country. One section, of the program will be devoted to community up-building in the irrigation and rural districts, as it is recognized that farm life should be made more attractive to the young people. This is a subject in which great interest will be taken by those attending the congress in Calgary. CHAUTAUQUA PLANS Santa Fe, July 7. The department of education has received word that Miss Kate Penn of the New Mexico Normal University will conduct the department of domestic science and Mrs. Blanche Barreti of Estancla the kindergarten work at the teachers' institute and Chautauqua at Mountain air this month. Among the other lec turers will be Dr. Edgar L. Hewett 5 7; 39 Take your ironing to any room that's t cool, or out on the porch. Attach your Williams Electric Flat Iron to the nearest lamp socket-snap the switch - in a jifty your electric iron is hot-you're cool. If you haven't an Electric Iron-get a Williams Iron at the money saving Price of $1.98. Buy one today while they last. LAS VEGAS LIGHT AND t a m A ivy S. " ' and Superintendent Alvan N. White of Santa Fe. The first summer expedition of the School of American Archateology will Th ia camp toward the end of the Chautauqua and will be engaged in ex cavation and research work at the ruins of Cuari, a few nines from Moun ts inair. Many applications to Join this field expedition are being received as It offers opporeunlty not only for a pleasant outing and healthful camp life but also a chance to engage ia original research work, archaeological and historical under trained instruc tors and at a minimum of expense. Headache and Nervousness Cured "Chamberlain's Tablets are entitled to all the praise I can give them," writes Mrs. Richard Olp, Spencerport, N. Y. They have cured me ot head ache and nervousness and restored me to my normal health." For sale by all dealers. -Adv. PROHIBITION CONVENTION Springfield, 111., July 7. Arrange ments have been completed for the state convention of the prohibition party of Illinois, which will meet here tomorrow for a two-day session. The convention will nominate full state, congressional, senatorial and county tickets, and make arrangements to hhve the tickets placed on the Novem bt r ballots by petition. The fact that at the last election the prohibitionists did not poll a sufficient number of votes to entitle It to operate under the primary election law makes it ne cessary for the party candidates to get on the ballot by petition! NEW FILMS FOR EXPOSITION Santa Fe, July 7. Chase Bell, mov ing picture operator of the New Mex ico exposition commwslon arrived to day from Fort Sumner where on July 4, he obtained a number ot superb films of the cowboy'B roping and oth er contests of an old-fashioned round up. The afternoon weather conditions vc-re Ideal for taking the pictures which are to he part of the films il lustrating the cattle Industry In New Mexico. In the evening, however, it poured. til M II The Kind Who "Roll Their Own" They are the finest type of men in the world resourceful, persevering, active in mind and body always striving, always accomplishing in every line of human endeavor. The creative instinct is strong in these men. 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