Newspaper Page Text
(EXCLUSIVE! SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.) VOLUME XLIII. No. 81. ill !S VERY IIUIT AT REPORT CAPITALISTS WOULD MAKE HIM PRESIDENT OF MEXICO. ' PREFERS PRESENT JOB Declares Death of Diaz Would Not Throw Country into Strire Says ITS. Mere'y Showing' Its Strength, New York, March Jl. After DU what? Senor J. 1. Llmantomr, Mcxi un minis'or of finance, addresse himself to this- question with an In dlgnatlon foreign to his usual sere.i Ity. He had been shov.n t:io report that American financial interest with dominant holdings In Mexlcc have on foot a plan to-Bscuro the resignation' of Diaz ami to set u; Senor LinJantour in the ceeuLI chair. Thj suggestion thi: prrvatc cap! (at, and foreign capital at that, conic" make and" unmake the Mexican ad mlnU.vntion and ministers, provoke-. 1)0 1 h his ridicule and anger. "How si up'.d," were his first words "I should be the last person to be suspected of lending myself to such p design," be added, "if by a str'tch" ot imagination one could suppose i true, it is no secret that Presiden IVaz Iips several times asked me t( iirwnt. tf:o presidency at the expira lion of 1 Is term. "1 have aVvays refused, becausu tli. duties which I now tulftll art tliofc most congenial to me, and he raiue I )eiieve I can be of the mtfy. rcrviec In my country by continuing them. There Is no truth in the te pert. "To return to President Dia fcr : monieiit, I wish to mako my-eJ plain. MiKh hoa bf,en printed of t.hd effect that his dealh would have or. Mexico. President Diaz is truly t prrat man and Ms deata would be at nr.innellmribli) low to Mexico, bu cren nn'ienal bereave :::ent does no moan that, civil govenur.cnt wjmk i'FHtircar from the counMy. "I Eii'd lidi nl.ming that pos.-ihl most cf (he money for the movemcn has brcn iiilseil In the United State Understand, I do nr w:sa to itnplj (hat rcriM'sH'e rersona liae inte1 estcd tl.cn ftches. I do pay we hiv. positive evidence that :ie aggrcga-e of snail ciont riL .. tions from Ame.i cans has enabled the insurrection t pndiirc even ns Ions as it has." "Then you do not rppuove," it wa. guggce-ted, "of the assignment repoit cd today of two AiuierTcan war ves sets 'to patrol duly on the Mcxicaj coast?" '.-".. '' "I may tay that I (to not under ftand. It docs not upper to me lioVs these two . shirs can cooperating with the trorps In the general manou vers, and at ko -great a distance from the navel toee.' "I think it is an attenupt to In press on us whht a powerful neigh l or we hae to tho north, a::d hoft wide her arms can Stretch." AHEATI ' BILL MEMBERS OF THE MISSOUR HOUSE LOCKED ON IT AS JOKE, BUT OAVE IT AN UN EXPECTED MAJORITY. Jctfcreoh City, Mo., Mixch 11. The house today passed the senate bil providing for su.InnlUtng a f3,00,00'C bond iseuc to the people at atsipeclal election in August ic erect a new ca pk'ol. The IMl will go to tho gover nor "for his signature. The hoiti-e passed the constitiitio.i Hi amendment Bt'ibmllting o-t t'he next f.enefai elcc'.Iou a $C,00O,0flO lond is Sue...for a new capilol. The amen meat is to te voted on in ease th I31PM,00 Issue is not carried in the special election. The amendnvon' must be acted on In the senate. The bouse today passed a bill by Ilcpresentatlvto Bedswortb which pro hlfcils tn'cating In saloons. BetlswortC is- a preacher, and eays law will solve liquor pu'diems. The bill was con flldered a jcl and members voted for It as ench, -.but -It received 85 Aipfcs tp only 17 against it, hi; S PASSED European Ruler Who is 90 Years Old Today JurcmLcre, Eavaria. March 11. Priiice Luitpo'd, the regent of B.i varla, who is the oluest monarch in Europe celebrates his ninetieth birth day on March 12. , The prince is re- ent for his nephew, the insane Kin? Otto. The prince regent ia very popular with tho genera: public, and It wl'l celebrate his ninetieth birth lay by holding dances amt festivals OWEN WILL TELL ELECTION BOARD WHAT TO DO LEGIS LATURE ORDERS BALLOT BOXES TO SPRINGFIELJDt Chicago, March 11. Subpoena from the Illinois leglslaiuro demand Ing that the bal'oi boxes in tho lfru- bec-IJoycr conti'St for ftate rcpres-en-tntive1 bti.sont ti iiprUlieid were to day defied, by the elect tort board and appeal was made to Jufee Owen in tho county court Judgo Owen declared that he wan not a bit terrified by the threat that militia -would be sent, to take pos session and said that on Monday he would advise the election board what o do. : ; , ; i : - B. S, Buraelt, sergeant -a t-arms .in he Illinois house of representatives, lamo to Chicago today 4and erv(l Jlias. H. Kellerma.n, president of the loarl, and Chief Clerk Win. 11. Steu rt, wilh subpoenaes. The Iwuments commanded the offi cials to be present with the ballot ioxcs in Springfield on Tuesday. Rock Island Girl Who Was Inmate of Geneva School Tells of Ter rible FSoggings. Itock Island, Mrch 11. Minnie Ho Tart, daughter of John V. Hoibart, of this city, just released from the state ! raining school for girls at Geneva Illinois, made an affidavit today charging that she had he on the vie Im at thek school of repeated flog Sings witfi a piece of hose, had beer duched in ccld wjaterand tied to chair. Her father has retained an attor ney and says he will bring the cass to -the attention of tne legislatuio The girl was an inmate of the school for two years. GIVEH A LIFE SENTENCED Woman Who Caused Death of Child ; With Poison Candy is Taken to Penitentiary. Kansas City, March ll.-HMrs Sai'ah Morash, canvlcted of causinr the death of four-year-old Rutfh Mil ter, of Kansas City, Kansas, wuh poison candy she sent to her step daughter, Ella VanMetter, four yean ago, was taken to the Kansas ponl tentiary today to bcg;n serving a life sentence. The candy was pent to Miss Van Met'ter. anonymously um? on recelv ing it she gave some of it to the Mil ler child. The child died an hout afteip eating it. Miss VanMctttr took very III frem the effects of ealing the candy but recovered. Advertisers In The Bulletin place their announcements before the peo- ' PI ' EB JUDGE HOT HIED CHARGES ILL TREATMENT f who have the money to spend. CAIRO, ILLINOIS, SUNDAY MORNINGj MARCH 12, 1911. IDERO'S MEN ' ARE DEFEATED FIRST REPORT OF BATTLE AT CASAS GRANDES ABOUT ' 300 TOTAL DEAD. mm 8CCURED LAST American Company Under Capt Har rington Forced to Surrender After Killing Many Federals Ma dero's Brother Killecr. El Taso, March 11. That Francis co I. Madero Is eoucentratins his force In western Chihualua will bo gin to glvo battle to Col. Cuellar at Cassw Orandes Is Indicated by re port 'brought to El Paso tonight "oy Roy Kelly, a wounded American sur vivor of lnet Monday's battle. According to Kelly Madero T mo- bilialng his forces at Santiago, six miles south of Casas Grandea which Is defended by :i(H) federals and 5(K volunteers under Col. Cuellar. Mad- ro exiKHited to bo poiiiCHi by Orozco tomorrow whch will give hlnva force Biipcrlor In numbers to the fed erals. Regarding the casualties among Americans in Monday's battle, Kelly says: "Sixteen including Captain Harring ton were killed. Seventeen 'were cap tured by the fedorals w:i;;e sixteen escaped with the rebels. Among the killed were OapU Harlngtmn, Hoy Clenn, of Fd Paso, Martin Ryan, for- merly of . it:! Tnited State's anmy, Robert E. Uis of California, II. Sf vler, W. Rees and Dob Evans and John F. drear was wounded. Among the insurrecto officers were Raoul Madcro, brotner o: Fran Cisco Madero, I Rulierrlc le Ibarra, of IiOa Angeles, Guis.'ppe Oarabalei, nephew of the Italian llberalorand Caprlal Alanis and Major Hayee, the latter of Scottish descent. Kelly's story of the battle follows "Tho hat tie of Casas Grandes lasted from four to nine a. m. Monday. ;!ro visional President: Madero with 700 men attacked the town on three sides. The ' federal garrison entrenched on the roofs of houses made a spirited reply and repulsed assaults 'by the rebels. One rebel band under Major Hayes charged down the main street and dynamited the jail and the daurtel he fore it was annihilated. The American company under Capt. Harrington gained entrance to the house after firing the plaza and from windows and loop notes inflict ed heavy loss on the fedorals. Being hard pressed tne garrison about. 9 o'clock hoisted a white flag Madero's men were prvn'ianns to ac cept the surrender when Col. Cuellar appeared across the river with GOO men. "Thus concerted by tho arrival of reinforcements, and unprepared' for the renewed attack, Madero-s met: were driven back and retreated to tile mountains in panic. j ne rusn oi uueiiar s men on trapped the 'American company an the bouses where they had ta;e:t re fuge until the latter inflicted heavy losses on the federals before the sur vivors were finally compelled to sur render. One hundred- Maderoltes were killed while tho federal loss is estimated at 200 killed and woun-de "Although tho relwls have made re pealed ' sorties toward Casas Grandes this -week they have ibeen unable to get Cuellar to give liattle In the mountainous country south rof town "Although never under Are before Madero was in the thickest of the fight, encouraging his troops' and gl ing orders with the coolness of 1 veteran. He was hit In tho arm while reaching for the gun of a man who was killed beside him." REJECT COMMISSION FORM. LaGrange, 111., March 11. The proposition to 'substitute the commls slon form of government for the pres ent village control wias rejected today by a vote cf 4 15 to 125. ROCK ISLAND WINS. ' - . . Peoria, March It. In the Illlno Mgh school biet ball chamri'.orfship series this afternoon Rockford defeat ed Giranlite City it to .10. Memt Carmel defeated Paris, 38 to SO. Rov. Island , tonight clinched the cnam pionshlp by defeating Mt. Carmel, till to 15. Granite City beat Pairis 13 to 55. , y ' ijV 4ll TAFT G81FI 8 HAD NOT BEEN IN TOWN TyYO HOURS BEFORE Ht ;;T TO THE LINi',3. WAS III VERYGOOD FORM President Mingles With Throng and Takes Meals In Public Dining Room Rockefeller in i Seclusion. - Augusta, Ga., March 11. President Tuft pursued a little white golf hall around the eighteen hele course or the Country Club here today and re- tcrned fro m the course with the broadest smllo that has Illuminated is face for many montns. iMr ..nrce hours the cares of state iiai been for gotten. The president had been in Augusta but two hours when he put on his oid 'gTcy golfing shirt and trousers AT AUGUSTA. GA ransport Prairie Carries 365,000 Rounds of Ball Cartridges Another Getting Ready troops rAftbor to ttT? jSk -r s o'' " ft m4 '' fa mm l'i ThFffAIlt LOADING SOPPI-ICS rh.la.lt 1 i'm,i, Ma-ch 11 The CnP cd States transport Pnu.lo, with a resilient cf marines corny os 2d of do tachmnils f om this city, Washing Jen, Annapolis, Erooklyn, Beaten Newport and New Lon.lCu and milfl tdent e(i;-iMiient and sunplies to last fcT a campaign of tiwo months, l.aj sailed for Gmuitanamo,. Ci.ba. Pr. paratitns are heing made to equip a Ecrrrd regiment ot marines whe are exipeUcd to sail on the steamei Dixie, which has been ordered here from. Now Yrrk. Both regiment will he under the command of Co! ,,.,,1 'lnrti1 for the link. Dennltn n... raw..--. - the- long lay off Mr. Tuffs s-aio wat in very good form. He playe.i with W. .T. EoJird-inan, of War,:ngion and Beverly, and wilh Major Archie" Butts, his r: euily promcte; military aid. President. Taft began his eight day vacation just, as though Ho was the most, commonplace of tm guest at the; hotel, where rooms had Deen' en gaged for lii'ti. He mrnglfv; to lay with tho throngs In the lobby and a!o all of his meals in the public dining room. In striking contrast to the presi dent is the seclusion of Jo'in 1). Rockefeller, who is a fe llow guest' at the -same hotel. Mr, Rockefeller Is sehinm t-ecn a.Hout tho place. ! AH ot his meals are served In ! jutvatc din ing room In connection with' his pala tial eulto. Mr. Rockefeller golfs dai?y but there Is little liVC-oo;; t".iat. he nn.l t'tn nrcsl'loiit will inc;-t on (he links. Mrs. Tat nnd M.!ss. Helen will ar rive tomorrow. 1 , (;Oont.ioue4 on 5evctn Tftge.) DIA2 TAKING A db m MAY INFLICT SUMMARY DEATH PENALTY WHERE DEEMED NECESSARY. G0NSTITUI6N PROVIDES Legislative . Steps Must Be Take: Firut Special Coiijicss.onal Commission Acting iMa- - dero Makes Guarantees. Mexico City, March 11 For the. flit time in 13 ycais president D'ai ls determined to invade that claue in the constitution providing for sunt ni'i y act.k n in the abdication of tni death ppca'.tj1 l.c:c oe:red c podicnL. . . . The paramcuEt coimmlsSton of con ?rcss. wlileh has the power lo act at ccngvess when that body Is not In esfion, In accordance wl.Ii the la.w refened the measure covering thi!- rex$ 'i' -.5 l.S CAVf.t fy SN ANTONIO 1 It i t onel Littleton Waller, who Is abo;n I he Prairie. Other officers In the first regiment are Colonel G. V. Bar nett and Majors Powell, Catlln an. Davis. The commanders of thes see o-nl regiment will le lieutenan Colonel V. Mioses and Majiirs M' Kel'vc. Mveis and Eomon. The ma rin-cs are e(uL?;.cd with Srrlnpfiei riPcs, and among the stores on . t'i' Prairie are lXjr.,rC'Jroundn of ball car ttldges. The photo of Aviatcr Ilea' c-'jvrfin nn, the 'Third United 5ttet cavalry was taken at San;.Aniou dicing the '.recent tesf or aeroplane.: for military purines. "nmivntfttl nctlon to ffiTj.commltte ,.,(,,, ----- which- is Instructed to report to tht Joint- commission on Monday w""" - the measure jccbaibly will be ai- cd. . ..; ' " A note accompanying the bill sayi tho president considers tho ; Ion scrlori ol! depredations committee since Novemiler 20 of such a chara' ter as to Justify tho application thai clause in the constitution pro riding for the suspension of persona guarantees. This Is en intermediate state be tiwcen civil government and mai'tii law. The doeifion to present the. bill f o -''the approval of cor-fresa wa made at a recent cob! net meeting. It. as'ks that tlig measure ne p-i In force from six months from N;: vemlier, the date of the beginning o the revolt. . . , . Those detected In the act of high way robbery or raiding a village oi farm or train, wrecking or cutting telegraph or telephone wires or even vamnvlnir a mIke from a railroad (Concluded oa Sixth Feo.) ...".,'.. ..-( .... ' -2L TWELVE PAGES TODAY. PEiEMD UK ACQUITTED JURY FINDS THEM NOT GUILTY OF CCNSPI.RACY TO SELL THEIR VOTES. HAfl NIK Tfl; 8M Prosecutor Says Verdict of Jury Dcej Not Alter Facts In the Ctse Jury Out 3Vi Hovrrs Took 21 Eallots. Sin i n k field, 111. March 11. At 9:45 o'clock tonigf.it, artcr three and a had hours of deliberation In .which abou 21 ballots were taken the jury in the trial ot State Sc-nator Stanton .B pembcrton, of Oakland, and former R5resentat'!v Joseph S. Clark ol Vandalia, charged with entering In'c a conspiracy to secure money cor ruptly for their votes In awarding ;h contract fer the furnishing of t'.i ona'e and house chain hers of the Illinc's rai itul, returned a verdict ol not puiMy." . , , .,, ... Ho tli Pombcrtcn and Clack were rrescnt, Before reaiiing liio veruici .ludgo Thompson instmcted the crowd in the cturt room that tner'- would ho ro demonstration no mat ler what kind of a verdict was Ten tered. Neither of the defendants had any thing to say. ' Stales Attorney Fiuike paid tne fi cislon of the jury did not ahcr the facts In tho case. , The case went to tho jury at 0 o'clock and they began t.ailotlng; Im mediately. TOo first was six to e:x, but tneS' voting for acquittal gradually . gainod cinforr men's and on t:i final thr"" ballots before the unanrmous vote o not guilty flV'Jury sroott ten to two The. trial was legnn last Tuesday ni0l'nig. - SUBPOENAED IN CASE OF STATE SENATOR BRODERICK AT SPRINGFIELD HOLTS'-AW DEPOSIT SLI? CAUSS. Springfield, III., Marrh 11.-Stales Mlorney Burke today ol Ulned a sub- voona duces lecuni for t'r.:,ea States ienalor Joseph W. Bailey, of Texas, itimmoning lilm as a witness in the ase ?alnst State Snnfltor Broderlck, ,f Chicago, who Is charged by fo:- per State Senator Daniel W. Holts aw, of Iul:a, with paying him $50.0 n July 10. 1900, in Broderick's sa oon In Chieago, for lloltslaw's vote or Wm. A. Lorlmcr lor United States .senator. Ilohslaw produced a deposit slip "or that amount in the state bank of "hlcago on which th3 bank says he 'epositcd the money. The docoslt slin was taken to Vashington by the sub-commlttec hat investigated Lorimei-s ciiction nd the. lart knowledge of lt. where , bcxts was when Senator Bailey held t in l;ls hand during his epe;ecn tn lefenae of Lottaer, ami denounced t as a forgery. 1 Bailey's explanation was that while i 'ie was addressing the senate som ne tcok the Clip from bis hand iml he cannot remember who It wa. j f0,ierjck'8 case Is set for Monday I March 20. STRIKE IS SETTLED. i okl!1jloma city, March 11 (At I tonferenee of. o'ty ofllotala, officials if the street railway company and nttortveys for the labor Interests, hel this afternoon, an agreement on the settlement of tho street ' railway Strike was reached. Hunning of the tars will bo resumed .Monday when they will have been Idle a week. $200,000 FIRE. iMu&kogee, Okla, March It. rri ical y the entire business district of ;A'tibors Falls, Okla., atwut 15 miles uth of here, was destroyexl by fire 1a!e this, aftcrnecn. Ten building burned, causing a less estimated at ?200,0e0. The Calto Bulletin covera tDe Calm errltory tUorougoli:. SEtfATQR bailey IS SDH ESTABLISHED IN 1868. 1219 JIAII GUARD OFFICERS HAVE ACCEPTED INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE IN ARMY , , MANEUVERS. - ILLIIiOIS TAKES THE LEAD Offerlnj 195 Officers New York Sec ond With 168 artrf Promts of More Entlr Iowa Guard Offered. .WatJiIagton,. March 1. Officers ot tho organized militia are .giving; piompt response to tho war depart mcnft ' Invitation to (pa,rt:c.liaite 'ih the military operations pltfflneet along the exlc'an 'border.' , Already 1,209 officers of the national guard har accepted. ' Illinois" stands fust in taft ' fctrtntier of officers accepting, ' 193 vc:ag or ferd. " " : New York ranks seeon.r witn 16 and the announcement' that more are to fotlow California is third with 153, and from the far off territory of Hawaii come acceptances from five. Missouri has offeret 108 men. Reports, it is said, indicate that ti. total of acceptance will be more than the- army now mobilised at San An- s toniq can ncoammodate at one lima. It is posslblo that all the officers who accept villi bn tiven an opportunity to go Into the field by rotation". In contradiction of tho rumor that tho citizen soldiers of the Unite States arc to bo ra'll lor active ser vice o'heers In lh,c arbiy today ptjint. ed out,, that ue'n action would be. Impossible because there Is no con tingency, as niescrlbcd, by law, which, would warrant it Tho army division assembly at Saa Antouio is officially dTsute:-..iy the war department ns the "mavu- vrr ilivisiort." . It was tin's dcseriled todjy in C- lees issued by the adjutant gemr I of the army lo the officers tliat Liv9 heen selected for service at - il a front." ... ' OFFERS ENTIRE FOXZ. Dcs -Moines, March 11. Adjn';.rt Icneral Logcn of the Iowa Natl m I luard, this afternoon' ascd. the, w; r lepartnient at Washington to o a r II companies of the Iowa National guard to go to the Mexican ironticr and prepare for war If necessary. He also reported that ail officer weio eady to report pursuant to orders1 received a few days ago. OATH fill NEW SECRETARY OF INTERIOR SPENT PART OF YESTERDAY LOOKING OVER CCEi.C OF HIS NEW DUTIES. "Washington, March 11. Walter L. Fisher, who on Mondy will lake the oat:i of office as tn-crcury c. the In terior, succcding Richard A. Ballin ger, resigned, si-cnt pan or today at the scene of his new duties. He sail he had no, set policies nor has he any (Ian as to the future administration of the, office. t, ' , ,. ', ' .', .: Assistant Secretary Pierce has con sented at Mr. Fisher's ' request, to re main In the service for i snort time. : Secretary lialliner said today that since his resignation was accepted he has felt that there Haa heen a treat wcig'ut takrn off cf tiis shoul ders. Discussing the proposed suits against the "arch conspirator." Mr. BaHlnger said he did not propose to jump Into tho matter. What action was taken, he said, would toe dona after some thought and consultation with counsel. ANTE-SEASON GAME5 ON. Hot Springs, March 11; By a score of 10 to 1 the Cincinnati Nationals, with an entire line up of the young sters of the team, we?n from the St Louis Americans this afternoon in the first of the ante-season1-' schedule of nine games. A game i schedule for tomorrow,' notwithstanding that Ihe county prosecutor haa Instructed the sheriff an constables to prerent the game. , Over forty year Cairo's, ieadtnf capor-rTbe Cairo Bulletin, FISHED TAKES X