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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
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long before put all of bla money Into tha buitne Aa a result h I where
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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
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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
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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
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'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
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