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T SENATOR BAILEY ENDS NOTABLE CAREER The retirement of Joaeph W. Hal Icy of Tela from th United Htate senate murk the close of on of tha moat remarkable political career In tha history of connrwa. For mora than twenty three year Senator Hal ley haa aiTVixl hi party In tit hall of tha lower and upper houaa. Kspoualiis; tha rauaa of Democracy ha entered congreaa a a representa tive from tha Fifth Texaa dlatrlct, while only twntyevn yaar old. In tha enate he took tha laad In almoat every debate, wu alwayi an effective epeakar and waa ona of tha moit pralaed and mallgnud Democrat In that body. Henator llalley served In tha fifty, erond. fifty-third, fifty fourth and fifty alitn eoniresaea. lie aligned hlinaelf with tha llryan frea allver policy early In hi eongreaalonal ca reer. I Capita tha fart that ha had rtaen In tha rank of tha lower bouae to a atrong poaltlon of leaderahlo b v aa severely crltlclaed by the Topullat of Teia and after the national con vonilon of 18S b announced that ba would not again ba a congreaalonat candidate Mr llalley did not quit politic, however. Indeed bl refuaal of tha con grraalonal candidacy waa regarded a on of tha ihrewdeat move of bl political career. It brought him prominently before tha people of hi bom ataia with whom he waa a prim favorite and In a meaaure forced bla elec tion n United Rtatea senator j Thl election wa made In 1901 At the expiration of t ti lei term b wa reelected to that body, hi term expiring March 4, 1913. CZAR OF. RUSSIA IS ciar a Income. Including hi alary. and profit and dividend from hi vast property, la about S7Vi million dollar a year $3,125,000 a month, or 9104.166 and a few odd rent a day. To begin with, hi aalary for ruling the Russian I approximately mlMlon dollar a year a filed by the 'civil list " Out of thl he give about ono million dollar In auhsldlea to operaa. theatera and academlea, and di vides one half to one million dollar between the grand duke and grand duchesae. Ills mother, the dowager empreaa. and his wife, the crarlna. are anld to receive from him each 12S.noo annually for "pin money." From the time of their birth he Is also reported to hare set bIIm lr.0,000 yearly for each of his four daughters. Into his son avlng bank he ruts $100,000 cvprv Christmas. MISS HELEN TAFT IS Kreah from her uperlences In Olacler National park where she rode great distances on horseback and camped among the Indians. Mis Hel en Taft. daughter of the president, I this winter throwing herself with re newed vigor Into the work of tha Camp Fire (llrls. F.ven before her eperlences In the west. Miss Taft was a member of the national coun cil of the organization. The stimulus of Miss Taffs Interest Is having a wide effect In this noteworthy or ganization, the object of which I to get the nation' young women back to nature. Not only hit Mia Taft taken up a part In the ofTlclul direction or tha organization, but she has orgnnlzed a Camp Fire of (llrls In Noel house, a social settlement at the national cap ital. Itnder her guldnnra thl camp fire bids fntr to bn a shining exsniple and Inspiration all over tho country. At first Miss Taft Joined the Camp Fire Girls under the pledge of secrecy as she Urendi d the notoriety that would arise from It, once the press got hold of It. Hut tho argument was made to her that the, very fact of her Interests, as daughter of tho president, would do more to forward the movement thun any other single action, and that such step would bn followed by other prominent society girls ot the national capltnl nnd leading American cities. Miss Taft then consented to the necessary publicity and her action has, aa prophesied, awakened widespread Interest among the daughter of the rich and prominent, and thl haa resulted In tremendous growth of membership among the Camp Firs (llrls. HEADS THE GREATEST TELEPHONE SYSTEM W, H" '.--. 3 J I I --' i " .Sv IW-'V I V I I I w long before put all of bla money Into tha buitne Aa a result h I where 1 la today, while tha oonaarvatlve old Rack Hay gentlemen well, they are 1 CVCa Bay. ; THE RICHEST MAN Tzar Nicholas rulea over the larg eat empire on the globe; he draw the biggest calary of any ruler; ba li the richest man In the world." anld a well known Ituaslan the other day. "Those are three thing which Amor lea with all It 'blggeat' cannot eijuat." ho added. Well Informed Iluaalan aay the riar la wealthier than Kockefeller, Morgan. Carnegln or any one of the Kothachllds Attention haa been drawn to hi vaat wealth by the re cent death of Count Dendrlkoff. his "man of affair." Juat how wealthy the "I.lttle Father" of all the Kuaalan I no ona aeema to know. It I doubtful wheth er ha himself could come a near telling what hi balance I a perhaps the Htnndard Oil trust king could name hi. Tha bookkeeping In tha domain of the oil king I mora scien tific than among the Kuaalan. It I intimated, however, that th A CAMP FIRE GIRL 4-,.-, ? u V i " y Time waa, and not so very long ago about twenty-five or thirty years when they called the first long-distance telephone Installation In thl country "Vail Folly." Thl Characterization wa originated and encouraged by certain conservative old gentlemen In capitalists circles In Iloston, who refused to Invest In project which was being advanced by Theodora Newton Vail, then en tering upon that elusive period of life's span, commonly called tha "prime," but even then showing pos session of that valuable faculty ol grasping a situation In It Inception, and looking temperately, but confl dently Into tha. future, which ent him from a $ IO-a-month position as railway mall clerk to the presidency of a corporation capitalized at $260, 000.000. Mr. Vail had the courage of bl conviction In thoe early day ol leiepnone ueTniupmeni, nnu ne nao PRESIDENT GARRY HERRMANN t . Owner of Cincinnati Red, who 1 (Ivan credit for engineering deal by which Prank Chance wa secured by New York American league club. BILLIARDS Alfred Da Oro retained bl title a world pocket billiard champion by da featlng Jame Maturo of Denver. E. V. Calmer or Bt. Louie defeated C. A. McCourt of Pittsburgh, B0 to U In tha National Three Cuablon Miliar tournament at St. Loul. Ilrooklyn took tha third and deciding game of the aerlea from New York Is the National Three Cuslon Ullliard league, played In Ilrooklyn. Charles Otis of Ilrooklyn defeated Frank Jones of Philadelphia In a Na tional Three-Cushion Illlllard leagu match at Philadelphia, 50 to 41. Ora C. Mornlngsur of IMttsburgh. world champion at 18-1 balk line bil liard, retained hi title by defeating (ieorge Button of Chicago, 600 to 471 Kansaa City again defeated Pitts burgh In the National Illlllard league tournament, when Johnny Moore of Kanaa City defl ated Charle McCourt of Pittsburgh, r.0 to 37. In a game up-hill battle with George Slosson for the upremacy In their 2, 000 point match at 18 2 balk line bil liard last night KoJI Yamada, Japan ese cueist, won the final block, 720 to 400. but lost the match, 2.000 to 1.920 FOOTBALL Three llrazlllans are on the Cornel) University association football team or the Eastern Intercollegiate league. Football coaches could learn a lot about Interference by studying th methods of some baseball club own ers. Andy Smith I back fiatfooted at Dr Carl William, stating that his Ideas did not prevail at Penn until lata Id the season when the team round It eir and licked Michigan and Cornell ! It must be source or grief at West Point that no punishment Is to b meted out to the 400 middles who vlo lated the commandant'a order an bet on the annual army game. Five Cogdella will fight for place oi the Auburn eleven next fall. Two ar younger brother of the famous Au burn All Southerner of 1909-10-11, an ! the other three, are first cousins. No ' one of tho family weigh under 190. On New Year's day Alonzo Stagl rounded out 20 year or service a professor or physical culture at Chi cago. Stagg was a Yale athlete o' i note In yeara long gone and mad Walter Camp All American or 1S89 i Mil Roper, some time Mlssour coach and more recently head mogu at lYInceton. believe that deaplte th success or the 1912 code that the at tack should be strengthened still mora the onslde kick restored, and the ror i ward pass unrestricted except that II be made from behind the line or scrim mage. Vanderbllt will not go east next year, having turned down an offer from Yale and having announced that no effort will be mado to secure a game with Harvard. The commodores Intend to devote their attention tc southern games. Incidentally maklns a return trip to play Virginia at Char lottesvllln. BASEBALL Oeorgo 1'avls, tho sometime short stop of the Sox. will be round coach Ing tho Amherst nine next spring. Huh Northern or tho ledgers, whe looked like a coming star, has been traded to Toronto ror Kenny Myers, catcher. Fred Clarke ha agreed to the pro posal or a series or exhibition games In Hot Springs next spring between tho Pirates and the Red Sox. Harry Havl will probubly be round next season as manager or Rending In the Trl-State, a club or which Connie Mack Is a big stockholder. Ivy Wlngo, tho Cardinals' catcher, who will do most or the backstopplng next season. Is the most promising receiver In tho National league. The New York Yankees will play all or their home games on the Polo grounds, as the work on the new alt or the Highlander' park baa not yet begun. Connie Mack ha made six sepa rate efforts to sign Robert McGraw, Jr. (no relation to John "Muggsy"), who is a pitcher and at least eighteen years old. The Newark club owner came to an understanding with Hurry Smith over salury and he hH signed bis con tract to niunngo tho Indiana next year for $4,000. Kenny Meyer, tho utility outfielder of the champion Toronto team, says ha ha quit tho gumo. He waa married recently, and his bride doe not want Mm to play baseball again. Christy Mathewson, talking baseball, aid that the Chicago Cuba. In their prima, formed th beat baseball olub ba had aver seen, and that th Ath letic of 110 and 111 were far aopar-J lor ta toa rat world'a ehanaplo I L. : Nl m- ... t 'BRINGS CONSUMPTION SERUM ritUburir Phyaiclan Ota Fried niann Cure for Wife. New York Hurrying homeward from abroad with tuberculosis serum In his possession that he says is the firat of the widely-discussed Fried mann culture to be brought to thi country, Dr. Austin H. Heid, a phy sician of Pittsburg, arrived on the steamship Potsdam from Europe Hat unlay, ami at once took a train for hi home, where his wife, who is suffer ing from tuberculous, await the ar rival of what Dr. Heid hope will be a cure for her. Dr. Heid ha enough bacilli for one patient only, he declared. That pa tient will lie his wife. Dr. Heid wa met at quarantine by Dr. Milton H. Foster, of .the Ellis Is land health service, and questioned in behalf of the United States govern ment about the Friedmann cure. Dr. Heid told Dr. Foster he had been con vinced of the efficiency of the cure and hud obtained from Dr. Friedmann just enough to treat one patient suffering , from tuberculosis of the bone. Dr. Frederich Friedmann, the Ger man scientist who discovered the ser um, received an offer of 11,000,000 Ia.it mnoth from Charle E. Finlay, a , banker of thi city, if he would cure 69 out of 100 patient to be placed un der hi care. The banker' interest in the serum resulted from the fact that a relative by marrige suffers with tubercluosis. APPROVE DISSOLUTION PLAN Separation of Union and Southern Pacific to Proceed. New York Pana for the dissolu tion of the Union Pacific railroad com pany and the Southern Pacific com pany, as decreed by the United State Supreme court, were officially an nounced in detail, after a protracted session of the director of the two companies. The terms are said in a statement issued jointly by the roads to have the approval of the Department of Jus tice at Waahing-ton and the agreement now await confirmation of the court in the Federal district where the ac tion was originally taken by the Rail road commission of the State of Cali fornia. In accordance with the recent inti mations, the severance of Union Pa cific anil Southern Pacific results in Union Pacific's absolute purchase of Central Pacific, which has been the bone of contention between the two principal roads of the Harriman sys tem. The agreement also provides for the sale of all the Southern Pacific stock held by Union Pacific at 98J, with ac crued dividends, to the stockholders, common and preferred, of the Union and Southern Pacific, other than the Union Pacific and Oregon Short Line. It is understood that a syndicate has been formed under the leadership of Kuhn, Loeb & Co., and their foreign connections to finance the sale of Un ion Pacific's holdings of Southern Pa cific, amounting to $126,650,000. Turks Lose 5000 In Fight. Ixmdon A Constantinople dispatch to the Daily News says that heavy fighting has been going on for two days in Gallipoli; and that the Bulgar ians have won all along the line. The Turks, on their own admission, have lost 5000 men. The Bulgarians advanced from Kadikeui towards Ka vak, which the Turks occupied. The fight lasted some time, when the Turks retired to Bulair. Another Bulgarian force on the Marmora coast occupied Miriphyto. The grand vizier, Mahmoun Shefket Pasha, in his recent visit to the front, is understood to have met General Sa voff, but nothing came of the inter view. The main body of the Turkish troops has retired behind the main line of de fense at Gallipolis, accordnig to a dis patch to the Daily TeleRTaph. A Contantinople dispatch says that the Bulgarians attacked the Bulair forts, but were compelled to retire to their old positions. The Turkish cruiser Messudieh, with two torpedo boats, has sailed for the Black Sea, apparently to cover the landing near Midia of troops from Trebizond. Natives Are Punished. Lisbon Advises from Mozambique, Africa, say the notorious native chief Nnpana recently raided the Nampula district of Mozambique, massacreing many European settlors. The gover nor immediately dispatched a punitive expedition. After a march of nearly 400 miles the exedition came upon the band nnd routed it after five hours' fitfhtintr. killing 200 and wounding RO0. The Portuguese lost four men killed and 22 wounded. The victory is considered important because a new regime is opened for development. Ship Long Absent Docks. San Francisco After 425 days of adventurous voyaging, the 85-foot gas oline yacht Edris, believed to have been lost somewhere along: the coast of South America, dropped anchor here. The Edris, which is the prop erty of Captain John Barneson, a wealthy oil operator, left New York with a crew of six men, in command of Captain Mills had difficulty in get ting through the Straits of Magellan, and gave up the command. He was succeeded by Captain Cameron, who brought the craft to port. Oleo Case Is Pressed. Washington, D. C. The govern ment attempted to enforce the collec tion of $1,000,000 from oleomargine manufacturers who used colored cot tonseed oil, under the ban of the Treasury department. Commissioner Cabell, of the Internal revenue bu reau, informed a house committee that the Treasury would take no action to ward a compromise until the commit tee and the Federal court at Chicago had concluded its investigations. j Grocers Trust On Trial. I Birmingham, Ala. Criminal con ! tempt of court proceedings against the Southern Wholesale Grocers associa tion and 69 individual for alleged violation of tha anti-truat decrva en tered aaralnat tha "am ia' mora than rr urn. wra tore by tha Fladaraf amraaMl. BATTLE RAGES IN CITY STREETS Mexicans Convert Office Build ing Into Fortresses. Hundred Are Killed a Forres of Diaz and Madero Are Locked In Deadly Conflict. Mexico City A pitched battle was fought Wednesday among the sky scrapers and homes of one of the great cities of the world between adherents of President Francisco Madero and revolutionary forces of General Felix Diaz. Cannon roared in the street of the densely populated city and rWle bullet spattered against the walls that housed thousands of foreigner as well as countrymen of the combatants. When darkness put an end to the battle, after seven hour' fighting, neither aide appeared to have gained any marked advantage. Estimates of casualties run as high as 1000. Three American are known to have uffered injuries by stray bullet. They are Lloyd Osborne, the author, who was shot in the thigh; Dr. R. H. McCrosson, of Lincoln, Neb., and Mark Johnson, a negro, of Madison, 111. Artillery played the chief part in the day' fighting. The rifle fire was kept up continuously. Scarcely four blocks separated the heavy guns of the opposing forces, but the shells fell throughout the en tire city. In no section were the in habitants safe. Office buildings, de voted to the battle of business, were turned into fortresses. Sharpshooters and machine gun bat teries took up their positions on the tops of skyscrapers and picked off any enemy that broke cover. Office build ings and residences were loopholed for ritle fire and the rattle of musketry replaced the click of typewriters and telegraph instruments. Under a heavy shrapnel fire streets were torn up and the pavements formed into barricades by the Diaz soldiers against the assaults of the Maderistas. Time after time the ad herents of Madero swept forward in an attempt to carry the Diaz positions by assault and four times they were repulsed by the fire that poured from the swinging muzzles of machine guns and from the modem rifles with which the Diaz infantry was armed. At a late hour in the afternoon neither side had gained a decisive ad vantage, although the Diaz forces had maintained .and even extended their positions. The assault on the Diaz positions was ordered by Madero, in spite of the friendly offer of Francisco de la Bar ra, the former provisional president, to act as mediator, and over the pro test of the American ambassador and the diplomatic representatives of oth er foreign powers, even though he knew that this would entail a terrific bombardment of the capital. CABINET MEETS AT 1 A. M. TROOPS SENT TO BORDER Washington, D. C. As a result of an early morning conference at the White House, three additional battle ships will be sent to the east coast of Mexico and orders will be issued at once for the immediate placing in commission of two army transports for the carrying of troops to Mexico City for the protection of the lives of Americans and foreigners should the situation there grow any worse. Immediately on leaving the White House Major General Wood went di rectly to the War department, where he remained at his desk until nearly daylight working out details for the quick movement of troops, should the occasion arise. These troops probably would be mobilized at Galveston, Tex., and prepared to embark as soon as the transports had reached that point from Newport News, Va. . New Nickel Has Setback. Washington, D. C. Circulation of the proposed new nickel, scheduled for February -11, was postponed indefi nitely by the Treasury department, because of protests of slot-machine in terests. Manufacturers vigorously complained that just as they had per fected chewing-gum and other slot machines to refuse counterfeit nickels and "slugs" designed for fraud, the government was about to place in circulation a five-cent piece, the de sign of which practically would nullify their inventions. Twins Mitigate Speeding-. Chicago "Speed if you like if you have new twins at home," is the rule Judge Fry put into force in the "speeders' " court Wednesday. "Your honor," Albert Ponger said when ar rainged on a charge of speeding, "someone phoned me that a boy and a girl had arrived at my home. I for got all speed regulations right then." "It's a grand excuse, and I like it," Judge Fry responded. "The costs, amounting to $6, are remitted. Take the $6 and start a $3 bank account for each of them." "No Funds" Starts Run. Elyria, O. Several hundred savings depositors in the First National bank ! formed in line and began a run on the bank when the doors opened Wednes day. The run was started, it is said, by a story circulated by the payee of a ; check who did not understand that the words "no funds," on a check which was returned to him, referred to the bank balance of the check-giver. The run ceased after about $15,000 had been withdrawn. Military Academy Bill Passed. Washington, D. C. A session' re cord for the disposition of an appro priation measure was made by the house when tha annual military acad- manw annmnr mmr mil wafl mm lima u n. rmmA ani in J mithim an kmrnn Tha KOCKEFELLKK REALLY SICK Oil Magnate Unable to Give Test, imony to Committee. Jekyl Island, Ga. A spasm of the throat that left William Kockefeller a strangling, trembling old man, on the verge of nervous collapse., abruptly terminated his examination by Chair man Pujo and Counsel Samuel Unter myer, of the house money trust com mittee, here. Mr. Rockefeller waa asked just four questions, all practically immaterial, before the attack forced the conclusion of the hearing. The aged Standard Oil magnate was closeted with the ! committeemen for only 12 minutes. At the end of the time he was assisted to his couch by Dr. Walter F. Chap pelle, his physician, who declared his patient exhausted. In Mr. Rockefellers' apartment in the Sans Souci Club, cn the isolated island occupied by that exclusive mil lionaires' club, the 72-year-old Stand ard Oil magnate submitted to the questions. There ended the six months' search of the government pro- i cess servers, who night the reluctant witness from New York to the Ba- : ham as and who laid siege to bis New York home. j The net result of the examination, so far as the money trust investigation , was concerned, added practically noth i ing of value to the record. UNITED STATES CAN LEARN American Officer, Home Fron Far East, Draws Conclusions. Washington, D. C. Major Munroe McFarland, Twenty-ninth United State Infantry, has arrived in New York after nearly three months of special duty at the scene of the war in the Near East. Although Major McFarland had am ple credentials, the Bulgarian army did not recognize them to the extent of permitting him to go anywhere near the battles. He took a horse back ride from Belgrade down through Macedonia to Salonika. He visited Kumanova and Monastir and studied the organization, tactics and methods of entrenchment used by the Servian and Bulgarian armies. The Major thinks that the present fighting will not amount to much and that the war will soon be over. Al though his position disqualified him from expressing an opinion as to who would be the victor, he said that his study had shown him that the Ameri can army can learn much from the work that has been done in actual warfare by the armies of the allies. Women Manage Apple Sale. Chicago Club women who recently conducted an egg sale went into the apple business and it was announced that about 30,000 barrels tad been dis posed of. The sale will continue. The apples were on sale in about half the grocery stores of Chicago. No money was invested by the women, but they arranged the buying and sell ing prices and took orders for apples. In only a few cases were inferior goods offered or prices higher than those agreed to asked. Apples were sold at less than the price which has been asked for them by retail dealers in the last few weeks. Many apples are said to be in cold storage awaiting a rise in prices and it was this condition which caused the women to start the sales. Turks Report No Reverses. Constantinople Aa official dispatch issued here says: "The enemy con tinues its movements along the Tcha talja lines Several encounters have occurred during these operations, all of them ending in the retirement of the enemy. An engagement near Palaia developed into a somewhat severe bat- tie. The warship Idjlalios bombard- ed the enemy from Biyuk Chekmodyo, ! on the Sea of Marmora. The bom bardment of Adrianople continue : night and day, but the damage is un ; important." I 1 Cuba Must Make Amends. j Washington, D. C The State de i partment acted promptly upon the complaint of American Minister Beau : pre to the effect that he had been j grossly libeled by the newspaper, Cu ; ban, in Havana, by instructing the minister to request the Cuban govern ment to prosecute immediately the author of the libellious statement. In the event it is found the responsible persons cannot be reached in this way, owing to the shortcomings of the Cu ban libel laws, the government may be requested to deport the editors. Roumania Will Negotiate. Bucharest, Roumania The Rou manian government has instructed its minister to Bulgaria to arrange a re sumption of the negotiations between I the two countries in regard to Rou : mania's territorial claims. The Rou i manian minister will urge on Bulgaria the necessity of bringing the matter to a speedy conclusion. The Rou manian claim is to a strip of territory , which will extend her coast line on the ! Black Sea. ! 400 Titanic Claims Filed. i New York Thursday was the last day allowed for filing claims for dam ; ages against the owner of the ill-fated steamship Titanic. Four hundred ' claims, totalling $7,000,000, have been put in. The largest is for $250,- 000, made by Harold Ostby, for the I death of his father, E. C. Ostby, of Trodivence, R. I. One government . claim is filed $41.05, for the loss of mail sacks. Dollar Goes Unwrapped. i St. Louis A silver dollar sent by parcel post was received at the St. Louis' postoffice. The stamp was : placed on one side of the coin a:i the address, written on a piece of paper. was glued on the other side. The dol lar was sent by M. I- Auclington, or Yukon, Okla., to his 6-year-old daugh ter, who is visiting here. Montana to Spend $jO,000 at Fair. Helena, Mont Tha aenata of tha Montana lerislatuta. aittinjr aa a oora ot thm vranlav rmmmrtmd tmrorm- fc-r m ' tot . m - - , naa MEXICAN FORCES CONTINUE FIGHT Madero's Men Determined; Diaz Gains Ground. American Women Killed by Shell Foreignert Wounded -Both Sides Ignore Protests. Mexico City Anticipating an early resumption of hostilities Thursday ; more than 600 American fled from their homes to temporary abodes in the outskirts of the city, where the . danger from the fire was minimized. Ambassador Wilson, on information ' from the national palace, knew that the government planned a crushing . blow, and, determined to save the : Americans, if possible, rented numer- l ous houses, to which, under flag of truce, agents of the embassy hurried j in automobile aa many women and . children a would agree to be tran- ' ported. j Mexico City Mexico' capital was torn asunder again Thursday by shot and shell. It was not until 9 o'clock that the fire ceased in all quarters. General Felix Diaz, in command of the rebel forces, fortified and en trenched in and around the arsenal, held hi ground against the federals. He did more than this. He subjected the city to a more terrible bombard ment than that of the previous days, enlarged his zone of action, and sent forces against the national palace. Madero was optimistic. Through out the bombardment and the almost continuous rattle of machine gun and rifles, the president went about hi work in the palace apparently unper turbed. He took counsel frequently with the finance (minister, Ernesto Madero. From time to time he was in conversation with General Huerta, the commander-in-chief. At the arsenal General Diaz calmly directed the operations. He charac terized them as solely defensive. He, too, was optimistic. The casualties are estimated at not less than 300 dead and 1500 wounded in the two days' fighting. Two American women are dead, shot to pieces by a shell. They were Mrs. H. W. Holmes and Mrs. Percy Griffiths. Several Americans hae been wounded. For two hours Thursday morning the rebel gunners rained shot and shell j at the lofty structures of tha city, : from the roofs of which federal sharp- shooters and machine gun men had at tempted to rake the insurgents in the , trenches and behind the barricades of : the arsenal. The shells from the heavy guns of , the rebels were well timed, the ex plosions throwing bullets over the ! roofs, effectually clearing these build- ings for a time at least of the picked ' federal troops. i The foreign diplomats resident in Mexico City joined in a protest against indiscriminate firing in the city, and demanded that the firing zone be 1 limited, but they accomplished noth ing. Both Madero and Diaz evaded re sponsibility, each placing the blame on the other and characterizing the attitude of the opposing side as bar barous and in violation of the rules of civilized warfare. Diaz insists that he had to direct his fire at the points from which he was attacked and called attention to the fact that the government cannon were in the heart of the business section and the thickly settled residential dis tricts. To President Madero the diplomats said that they had come to protest in behalf of their governments against a continuance of the "barbarous and in human warfare." Ambassador Wilson, later, speaking for the diplomats, said that President : Madero was visibly embarrassed and confused, but attempted to place the responsibility on Diaz. The president gave glowing accounts of the measures which were to be taken and expressed the belief that the rebellion would be quelled within a day or two. 1 Lady Bug Season Opens. Sacramento The lady bug season has opened and collectors of the State Horticultural commissioners' force are i going to the mountains to gather the tiny creatures by the pound. The lady bug saves the cantaloupe crop of ; Imperial valley each year by devour- ' ing the aphis which otherwise would destroy the melon vines. Last week ; 100 pounds of lady bugs were gathered in the Coast Range mountains. As there are 30,000 bugs to the pound, this makes 3,000,000 in captivity- I Timely Arrest Saves Pay Car. Chicago Harry Carlson, a house painter, confessed to the police that , he and two companions, James O'Neil and George Lee, composed th latest crew of "automobile bandits," who ' have perpetrated numerous holdups ' here in the past week. Carlson de- clared that when arrested the trio were on their way to Joliet to hold up the pay car ot the united states aieei ' corporation on the way from the bank to the company plant. They had learned that the car carried about ; $18,000. j Thomas A. Edison Is 66. New York Thomas A. Edison re ! ceived hundreds of congratulatory tel- I -.1 A 1. I- egrams, cauiegrams mu icirei honor of his 66th birthday Feb. 12. Edison, in reviewing the great things, accomplished since his last birthday, paid tribute to Dr. Carrel, of New York. He placed little confidence, however, in the alleged cure for tuber culosis of Dr. !Friedmann. "Carrel's work has been proved, Friedmann's haa not," said Edi9on. Turks Hope for Peace. Constantinople The grand vizier, Mahmoud Shefket Pasha, in an inter view, admitted that, while continuing tha war, thm Port M -i-J w