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of growls came from thè six young
men:
"Naw* H e never •vm come rioeef** —■
"W arner slid under the balli**
“Tifi» wop couhin t tag an elephant
1 By C H A R L M E. V A N LO A N
to au aUeyf*
,
Sweeney faced about.
“Sa t ay." be remarked. ”what's re t­
ini; you guys? You looking for some
t k ln g r
That was what Sangulnettl bad been
waiting for. His leader bad spoken.
It was tu ba war, then. Uh, vray
Weill
"You say I dldu't tag this bird to­
day r said Sangulnettl softly. “ Wall.
I ’ll tell yon tba truth now. I didn’t,
but I'm going to tag-you!"
Flat and word landed at the same
time, aud down went tbe dish faced
person In a limp heap, wondering In a
Prom “ T he T en T h ou san d Dollar A r m
dased fashion what bad happened to
and O th er Tale« o f the Big L eague”
him.
-ilf
It was a lively mtto party » M ie It
lasted .< Sweeney did tbe beat that waa
W E E N E T to Sangulnettl to flanguluettl wua a flash of ttgbtniag
In him. Inndlng hl« leathery fiat with
wbeu
it
came
to
backing
up
a
8cbultx.” Tbua It used to ap­
tremendous execution, and Sangulnettl
pear In tba box score m m - and carrying a play along to tba point
begau to pump rights and lefts Into
uiary of the games In which where tbe Oats began to fly. There was
every strange face In sight. Sangui-
nothing
yellow
about
Sangulnettl
but
the oM Uiylheus took p a rt
»oroe-
netti did not last long. The dish faced
ttmea. of course, it eras Hunguluettl bis teeth, and, while ha could not In*
person on the floor, recovering con-
to Sweeney to Scbultx,” which w as a vent new ways of getting Into trouble
actonsness, Ideo titled Sangulnettl s legs
or
cresting
a
disturbance,
be
was
ever
mere uuitter of Inconsequential detail,
and attached himself to them wltb
depending upou which aide of the bag blithe to have them Invented for him.
such fervor that tbe second baseman
the ball was bit. i f anything of s He did tbe heat be could, considering
pH (bed bead first to tbe sawdust
chain lightning nature wae due—to bis limitations, and what man of us
Tbat made It bed-very bed-and It
can
do
more?
happen In the Infield 1> wee a certainty
And Schultz—w elt be was Just Her­ might bave been worse but for tbe
that it would be started by tbe Irish­
fact tbat tbe attacking party was sud­
man. pushed along by toe Italian and man Schultz, a German. He was born
denly split Into two sectlona by a gi­
la
tbe
old
country,
a
which
bla
finished by tbe German. As for the
gantic young man. wbo bel Io v . l like
third baseman, be was ouly a married tongue seemed unable to forget. He
a bull.
tome
to
America
at
tbe
tender
age
of
man. w ltb three children and a touch
“G if It to nm, Sweeneyr he yelled.
of rheumatism in bis right knee. He seven, but after twenty years be still
“Knock 'um o w ltP
did not count Tbe real stars of the talked like a fresh importation from
It was Schults to tbe rescue, and
the delicatessen belt It waa not his
Ifudhen Infield were Sweeney. San
Jast in the nick of time. He planted
fault;
be
simply
could
not
help
I
t
gulnettl and Schultz.
Sweeney used to say that Schults a terrific kick In the midsection of tbe
Whether It was tbe red beaded, fight
joined
tbe Irish Italian alliance for dish faced person, who was trying to
log Mick at short who first gut bis
protection
from tbe women who wish­ get bis thumb Into Sangulnettl'a eye,
hands on the ball or tbe nervous, tern
and aa tbe second baseman Jumped to
geraineotal Italian a t second. It was ed to marry him. The Mud he ns were bis feet Schults knocked oue of tbe
rather
extensively
wedded
as
a
team.
alw ays'the saountaln of a Teuton at
boodluins be*d first aerosa tbe free
first wbo closed the Incident wltb a Sweeney. Sangulncttl end Schults
were bachelors and boi>ed so to re­ lunch table and with another powerful
sweep of bla broad, fiat mitt. Sweo
But thia was just one of Wow dropped a second one kicking
Bey and Ranguloettl were wooders at main.
Sweeney's
Jokes. Tbe reel truth of and clocking to the floor.
Starting things, but whenever they
There wasn’t very much to tbe bot­
Started something which they could the matter was that Scbultx fought his
tle after that. Three of the seven were
way
Into
tbe
alliance
sod
never
was
sot atop they yelled for Schults. That
able to run. and they ran. taking oue
was where Schultz shone. He was a able to fight bis way out again.
It happened In 8L Louis, where the of tbe swinging doors with them. Tbe
noble finisher, that German first base­
fans grow peevish toward the end of others were on tbe floor Two of them
man.
the season and skip pop bottles off the could crawl, and they crawled for the
This was Just as true off the dis
Sdaeralk,
-
Biond as on. for tbe three were at beads of tbe umpires. They do this
"The b a ilo r panted Sweeney. "Let’s
In
some
other
places,
too—blew
York,
eloeeiy allied In their hours of busy
beet I t r
leisure as when they were working at for Instance—only In S t Louis, when
"Hey!" shouted tbe bartender “ Ain’t
their trade. That was what caused all they throw at an umpire they general­
you golug to pay for these drieks?” -
ly
bit
him.
A«k
Bill
Evans.
tbe trouble.
Sweeney. Ssngulnetti
Even as that question hung quiver­
It was during Scbnltz’a first year
and Schults were too much togetber-
ing Io the air thè ball players vanished
tuo much together for their own good with tbe team and tbe Mudhens were
through a able door. When the "hulls’*
and tbe good of tbe club. Wbeu they playing a S t Louis date with the foil
finally arrived on tbe scene of battle
were together they went hunting for sUeiigth of the company. The second
game of tbe aeries waa a dlngdong a f­ they found nothing but one very sick
trou b le-that Is to eay, Sweeney wish
young man on tbe floor. He said he
ed to find trouble. and Sangulncttl told fair, and tbe Mudbens won. 1 to U
lu tbe eighth Inning there was quite did not know what had happened to
him where to look for It. After they
Wm. but Inclined to tbe belief that
kad found It and amused tbetneelves a celebration. f t gfoW oat 0< • -de­
some, one must have murdered bhff
cision
at
second
base.
W
arner
of
tbe
wltb It for awhile they turned It over
when hla head waa turned. Later tbe
to Schultz. He knew what to do wltb Rt. l.auta club started to steal and add ambulance surgeon located three bro­
to the bag. Sangulncttl handling tbe
trouble, that big German.
throw. • About 9,(JU0 people In tbe ken ribs—one for Sweeney, one for
For three years tbe trio lasted, skat
Sangulnettl and one for Scbultx. Of
tag on the thio edge of suspension*, stands thought Sangulncttl failed to course the bartender didn't know a
get me bull on W a rn e r’in time. One
managerial fines rtm I police court pro
thing about tt-n o t a thing. Never saw
feedings
For three years they whip­ man on tbe diamond took the other any of ’em before-hoped be would
He was the
ped policemen, tnxl i::.i bouts, wallers, end of tbe argument
never see any of ’em again.
and cab drivers
They demoralized amplre. and be called Warner out.
That waa tbe way Scbultx fought
Tbe
St
Loals
players
came
roaring
towns and teams; they spilt the league
himself Into tbe alliance, la It auy
wide open, and then. Ju»t as they had from the t»enct), and tbe fans came wonder that Sweeney and Sangulnettl
made up tbelr minds to reform, the roaring from the bleachers. The um­ received him with open arm s V “ •
, event rained balr parted, tbe sword pire yelled for tbe police. It was an
Johnny Moore stood for a greet many
flashed, and calamity fell upon them unfortunate affair alt around, for tbe queer things In tbe course of three see-
as s reward for an act of purs heroism □ext batter spanked out a double sous. for there wasn’t a better Infield
—pure, unadulterated heroism, mind which wveld have scored Warner from In tbe whole country, but at last bis
War­
you. It doesn’t seem right even to this second If -b u t no postmortems
few remaining grains of patience were
ner was out Tbe umpire said so. St exhausted. The International triplets
day
From tbe beginning of tbe alliance Louis went home to his wife with nts were getting upon bis nerves.
Sweeney. Sangulncttl and Schults colllT*wllted down, speaking In whis­
“ Now. listen here!” be said. “I ’m
were “In Dutch” with tbe management pers, blaspheming hoarsely. It waa a going to announce myself. It ’s all very
of the dub. A fter a time they grew close race that year, and every game well for yon to be three little pala to­
used to it. Tbe worst thing about counted.
gether and take a drink once I d awhile,
Johnny Moore, tbe manager of the
That evening Sweeney and Sangul­ but this business of raising h— from
team, was that be had absolutely no nettl started out to exarolnb Into tbe April till October has got to atop! You
sense of humor He could not see any electric lighting* system of tbe city.
bear me?
It’s -g o t-to -a to p t That
fuo In a combination formed of an
"Wherever we see plenty of lights," last jam you got in down to Coney
Irishman, an Italian and a German
said Sweeney. “ we will go In and see Island wns tbe extreme tip of tbe
Johnny should not be blamed for that
what It la all about.”
limit. The next time I bear of you
H e wns born that way.
"You said It for me, too. Larry,” re birds going on a bat—the very next
Sweeney, of course, was the foun
marked Sangulncttl
time, mind yon -down comes the axl
tainhefld of nearly all tbe devilment
Along about I I o'clock tbe two hall And It won’t be a floe or a suspension
which flowed from tbe coalition. Swee­ players strolled Into a place which either. You can paste that lu your lit­
ney bad originality. Initiative and In
they had evidently overlooked In tbelr tle brown hats. I ’ll bust up Ibis com-'
▼entlreneas. He wax a red beaded,
earlier rounds. The white aproned bloation, that’s what 1*11 do. and 1*1)
square ahonldercd. frockte fisted young
gentleman with tbe curly bang built bust It three ways from tbe liver!
man wbo enme from tbe gas bouse dis­
low upon his forehead was requested You ain’t going to make me tbe goat
trict of a great city. He began bis
to arrange a brace of Intricate bever­ any more and have everybody saying
career by pluylng ball upon the crowd
ages. tbe construction of which de­ tbat I run a rowdy ball club. You
ad sftorts and dntfiring po’l« *B *n wbo
start anything now. and I*H set you
wanted to .-trrest b.iu tut it. lie has manded a shaker, plenty of Ice, tbe plumb outsider
white of an egg—eome other trifles.
"Tbe chief Is peeved.” said Sangul­
I f Sweeney and 8angu1nettl had
looked about them they would have nettl to Sweeney. "Who do you sup­
seen Herman Schults sitting at a tabla pose put him next to tbat little ruo­
In a fa r corner, thoughtfully conceal­ lo down at CoueyT’
“ Aw. some trouble detective.” said
ing a tall goblet of d y k , foreign look­
ing brew. In like manner Schnlta Sweeney wearily. " I thought we bad
overlooked his teammates. No German those fellows squared. Say, Nettie,
can drink a genuine Imported beer and the old man means business this time.
*reep an eye out for bla friends at tba Let’s cut out tbe rough stuff for
awhile. W e il be getting ourselves dis­
rim e time.
liked If we don’t
Me for tbe water
While Sweeney and Sangulnettl were
stan ling peaceably at tbe bar waiting wagon-”
“You said It for me, I A iry .” an­
for the artist to produce tw in master­
nounced Sanguinata "W ater wagon
pieces, the door opened and In came
she Is.”
seven nn|«y young men wearing No. 6
Scbultx would not climb on wltb his
bats and X*x 10 collars. One of them, friends. He said there was no sense
a dish fMced person with an undershot In IL as be drank nothing but beer,
Jaw, recognized Sangulnettl H e gath­ anyway, and very little of th a t But
ered bla clan at tbe far end or the bar be warmly applauded tbe Idea of nts
and spoke In a low tone. Then, with friends making a trial trip. Schultz
rwy, Sango inetti and Schult«
the dish faced youth In front, tba new­ was black and blue from the neck to
W ere Tee Much Together.
comers moved forward In a body.
the heels as a result of the last mess
[Poeed by Philadelphia A th le tics]
“H ey I You’re that wop second base­ of trouble which Sweeney bad found
man, ain’t youT*
' 1
for him, and be welcomed signs of re­
been playing bell and dodging police
Thus the leader sainted SaogulnettL form. Schults was not quarrelsome oy
men ever since.
Sweeney waa tbe
wbo turned wltb hla back to tbe bar nature. He was always saddest when
•“ >
“ » r,«b' h c x i t . w . e d * down on the floor with three or four
genlinr, tbe trouble boas, a prospector Sweeney took Kl.
il
bla elbows «or
off the
the m
rail
perfect strangers. There never waa a
for excitement, au ugly customer In a
looked ovt
German who did not agree wltb Uncle
mixed battle and a terror to ftmplrss
“ Well,”
said
Sanguinarti
pleasantly,
7ell.r
Billy Sherman about that war bust
and base runners who Slid feet first
neea.
Sangulnettl waa born on tbe east “what’s It to you? What If I am r
“Oh, nothing,** said tbe'dish faced
So the International alliance devot­
side in New York, and there was noth­
person. ‘ “Nothing. Only you never put ed Itself assiduously to auction pi­
ing really Italian about Mm bnt hl*
name, bis dark, aoultal eyes and bla the ball on Warner thia afternoon, nochle and "foce horse ptteb.’* went
artistic temperament. Sangulnettl w ill That was a rotten, dirty steal.
early to bed and drank nothing out
raw nt th l, , t , t . m « « . b o « h l. temper I B annlnetU . with one eye on tb ed toh water, Hcbuitx Having been persuaded
u o n t . bnt It In true nerertbele«. On faced t » r t j. e.«tn.ted the « re n ttb ot against hla better Judgment/ Johnny
the field and off he depended a great *be attacking force. Seven to
Moore could hardly believe bis sèbses.
deal upon Sweeney's leadership, but the odds should be shorter. A choran
Fate decreed that tbe blow which
was to foil upon toe alitarne« tbould
3.5, 1 9 1 4 ,
NEWS FROM OUR
NATIONAL CAPITAL
Big League Stories
FRANCISCO VILLA
REVOLT IN MEXICAN
CAPITAL IS FEARED
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House Facing Record Vote on
. the Proposed Prohibition
Amendment
II.—SWEENEY TO SAN-
GUINETTI TO SCHULTZ
John O. .Rockefeller, Jr« against
whom threats of personal violence
were mads In conneetlon with the Col
orado labor troubles.
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“ CEREAL K1NGM ls 0EAD
Charles W , Post, of Barile Creek,
Mich« Commits flu id ic .
Santa Barbari, Cal.— C. W. Post,
multi-millionaire cereal king of Battle
Creek, Mich., committed suicide at his
winter residence here by »looting
himself through the head with a rifle.
Mr. Post had been convalescing. It
was thought, from a prolonged illness.
He excused hl in self from the attend­
ing nurse, against her protest, by say­
ing he wished to He down and to be
alone and quiet. H e went to his
apartment and In . a moment a shot
was heard. He had placed tbe musale
of a rifle In his mouth and touched
the trigger with hla toe. The top of
hla heed was blown off.
Washington.— W ith - the
Panama
canal tolls exemption debate running
strong in the senate and the house
facing a record vote on the proposed
constitutional amendment for nation­
wide prohibition, congress promises to
have a bnsy week.
Interest In the house centers la
Mexican developments.
Representa­
tives geaerally. Including eome admin-
sponsors, would not be sur­
prised if the week would be marked
by some decisive move by the admin­
istration.
Congress ls prepared for any war
emergency. Lying on Speaker Clark’s
desk !■ a resolution from the military
affairs committee, the passage of
which wouid make Immediately avail­
able tbe two hundred million dollars
of the annual army appropriation bill.
The appropriations committee 1 b hold­
ing back Its big general deficiency
bill on a possibility of a call for emer­
gency war appropriation.
AU kinds of rumors about the pros­
pect» for action on the prohibition res­
olution are flying about the capital.
Some of the pro-prohibition members
assert they will fight to win, with the
sentiment of the country back of them*
and that they believe they will com­
mand a large vote In the house. Mem­
bers opposed to the resolution declare
that It could win on a majority vote,
but that It cannot poesibly muster two-
thirds of the house, necessary for pas­
sage of a constitutional amendment.
Nsw Banking System to 8ta r t
Diplomatic Quarters Uneasy
to Fate of Foreigners
in Mexico City.
•
Mutual ru m Corporation.
New picture of Francisco Villa, the
Mexican
constitutionalist
general,
who has met with marked success In
northern Mexico.
Brief News of the Week
The English house of lords rejected
woman suffrage by a vote of 104 to
60.
Secretary Lane will appear at Ta­
coma June 15 to 17 to meet delega­
tions of the Indians for the purpose
of considering their condition.
Abe Ruef, now serving sentence In
San Quentin, Cal., has made another
application for a pardon. Former re­
quest had been denied.
The Haïtien government paid the
claim of 862,000 to a British subject,
whose sawmill had been destroyed
during the Leconte revolution. Brit­
ain had delivered an ultimatum.
Anthony Caratnetti, commissioner-
general of Immigration - at Washing­
ton, has decided to be a candidate for
the democratic nomination for gover­
nor of California.
The 850.000 bronze statue erected
In Franklin park In the national capi­
tal» In honor of the memory of Com­
modore John Barry, one of the early
heroes of the United States navy, Is
to be unveiled Saturday with elaborate
Machinery for one of the final steps
in the establishment of the nation’s
w- r-
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new banking system was set in motion
Storm Kills Four In Central West.
when the reserve bank organization
Chicago.— Four Uvea were lost and committee named five banks In each
great property damage done by a of the 12 districts to execute organi­
storm which was especially severe In zation certificates for the federal re­
Iowa, southern Wisconsin, northern serve banks.
Illinois, and which oo nt In ned east, 1m
When that shall have been complet­
pairing telegraph and telephone serv­ ed and boards of directors organized
ice.
r
In each district, the controller of cur­
In Dane county, Wisconsin, many rency will Issue a charter authorising
persona were .hurt. Crops and barns the banks to begin business. * ‘
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suffered heavily.
The committee announced efforts
More than 700 Methodist pastors
were befog made to expedite the or­
w
ill
be employed by the church In the
ganisation so that the system might
prohibition campaign in California,
be inaugurated by August 1.
Oregon and Washington, according to
Suffrage Cohorts Present Petition.
plana eompleted and announced at
Several thousand women from prac­ Topeka, Kan., by Dr. Clarence True
tically every state In the union parad­ Wilson, general secretary of th> Tem­
New York.—Station and city paid ed Saturday along Pennsylvania ave­ perance society of the Methodist Epls
tribute in silence Sunday to the 17 nue from the white house to the capi­ oopal chprch.
men who gave their lb e» in the occu­ tal, and. presenting to members of
pation of V ttR ^ T ru z. Bearing the congress petitions adopted at meetings
MEXICAN NEWS NOTES
bodies of thè blwejackets and marines, all 6ver the country a week ago.
The scene after the pageant reached
Oil men have asked the department
the armbred orata* r Montana, escort­
ed by the preolden i al yacht Mayflow­ the east steps of the capital was Im­ at Washington to furnish protection
er, having aboard the secretary of the pressive. Massing themselves on the for their Interests In the Tampico d iz
navy, reached port early Sunday morn­ plaza steps, and with several bands trict.
ing and convqyed by the euperdread- and a chorus of 100 girls at the en­
By order of Huerta, lighthouse serv­
nought Wyoming, steamed up the har­ trance to the building, the enthusias­ ice on the west coast of Mexico has
tic paraders sang "The -March of the been abandoned, and the coast ls In
bor shortly before noon.
The bodies War* brought ashore Women,” by Dr. Ethel Emyth, of Eng­ darkness at nig h t
Dictator Huerta If» said to have pro­
shortly before 8 o’clock Monday morn­ land.
The bands then struck up “The tested against the extension of Gen­
ing and placed tan caissons for the
procession up Uro» -'way to City Hall Star-Spangled Banner,” and the 581 eral Funston’s lines at Vera Crus. ,
Services In honor of the American
for a brief cerano < y there and on petition-bearers filed up the steps In­
across the Manka1 an bridge to the to tbe rotunda of the capital, where bluejackets and marines who were
navy yard for thè services. President a special committee of congress re­ killed at Vera Crux were held at New
Wilson reached th* city from Wash­ ceived them. In the line were Sena­ York Sunday. President Wilson at­
ington at 7:15 Monday and delivered tors La Follette, Thomas, Thompson, tended the services and delivered K*n
the memorial address at the navy .Owen, Bristow, Poindexter and Brady, address.
The Brasilian ambassador In Mexico
and Representatives Madden, Sabath,
yard.
“The feeling .tbs' is uppermost/’ he Falconer, Stone, Knowland, Raker, notified the state department at Wash­
said, "1< one of profound grief, and yet Moss, of West Virginia; Roberts, of ington that American Acting Consul
there is mixed with that grief a pro­ Nevada; Helvering. Keating and Bry­ Bonney and wife have arrived safely
found pride that they should have an, who shook hands with each of at Mexico City from San Lula Potosi.
Major Manuel Cabtllero, paymaster
gone as they did, and if I may say It their callers.
of the constitutionalist army of the
out of my heart, a touch of envy of
National Capital Brevities.
Rio Grande, was caught below Laredo
those who were permitted so quietly,
Surveys preliminary to the construc­
by the United States border patrol
so nobly to do their duty."
tion of the government railway In and interned at Fort McIntosh. Vio­
The head of the nation looked out Alaska are to be made Immediately.
lation of the neutrality laws are claim­
over the thousands massed about the
The senate and house have agreed
coffins on the parade grounds, and hla on the plan .of having Prealdent W il­ ed.
The hospital ship Solace, with
voice shook wltb emotion as he de­ son Issue a proclamation designating
wounded marines on board, has been
clared hla creed; . “We have gone
the second Sunday In May of each ordered by Secretary of the Navy Dan­
down to Mexico,’’ he said, "to serve
year as national Mother's day.
iels to sail from Vera Crux to New
mankind If we < &B find out a way.
Senator La Follette told the senate York. Climatic changes, It Is expect­
W e do not want to fight the Mexicans.
that there was a conspiracy to coerce ed, will hasten the recovery of the
We want to serve them."
the Interstate commerce commission patients.
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In favor of the proposed Increase of 5
Speaking before a cheering crowd
Stats Road Aid is Deelded by Board. per cent In freight rates by eastern
that greeted his entrance into Tor­
Salem, Or.—That only counties
railroads.
reon, General Carranza declared the
which provide substantial funds with
A t the opening of tbe next session success of the constitutionalists had
which to build permanent roads will
of congress members w ill have their been due in a large measure to the
be aided from the state highway fund
votes recorded by an electrical device. friendly attitude of the United States.
was the decision reached by the state
The house will be asked to appropri­
The tension over the Mexican situar
highway oommiFtlon. . I n further out­
ate 820,000 for the installation of the tlon waa relieved by the action of a
lining its policy thè commission an­
machinery intended to save time In German steamship company In refus­
nounced that only permanent thor­
recording the totes.
ing to land at Puerto Mexioo a cargo
oughfares Ayould be built with the
The “little navy" men made their of munitions consignad to General
state highway fund?
final stand against two battleships on Huerta.
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a motion to sand (he bill beck to the
T H E M ARKETS
committee, which was defeated, 901 to
Lookout Ordered In Sen Francisco.
106. Democratic Leader Mann, and
San Francisco.— A deadlock exlsta
Wheat—Club, »0«; bluestem, 95c| other-prominent figures in the house, between organised labor and the
Russian, 89c. j
Building Trades Employers’ associa­
supported the motion.
Hay—Timothy, 918; alfalfa, |18.
Ending seven yean of bitter legal tion, and It la predicted, all building
Butter—Crcamcrjfc,.>|c.
warfare, the supreme court set aside operations In San Francltto will cease,
Eggs—Ranch, I Pc.
centences Imposed by the District of with the exception of work on the
Columbia supreme court upon Samuel Panama-Pacific Exposition structures.
Seattle.
The general lockout was ordered by
Gompen,
John Mitchell .and Frank
Wheat— Bluest* m, >6c; club, 90c;
Morrison for, contempt of court In al­ the associated employers on the ra*
rad Russian, 89c.
leged violation of the injunctions lo­ focal of union painters to call off the
Hay—Timothy, l i t per ton; alfalfa,
aned In 1907 and 1908 against boycot­ strike for higher wages In effect foe
|14 per ton.
ting the Bucks Stove fit Range com­ a month. Between 18,000 and 15,000
Eggs— 20c.
trade artisans are Involved.
pany.
B utter—Creamery, 28c.
TRIBUTEPAID SAILORS
KILLED AT VERA CRUZ
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Washington.— Much
apprehension
was expressed in diplomatic quarters
as to the fate of foreigners a t Mesleo
City in case a sudden revolt should
overthrow Huerta and permit the en­
try of the Zapatans and other undis­
ciplined rebel bands. Theo* foreign­
ers are said to number 6000, not count­
ing the Americana, moat of whom have
left.
Word has reached some of the
tlons here of savage threats
has sent to leading citisens and
wives and daughters In towns
where he was operating. One
sage is said to have notified a prom­
inent citizen that when the town was
captured Zapata would cut off hla earn
and “eat them fried."
The chief fear In dlplomatlo quar­
ters ls that the city will be overran
and looted.
Official dispatches to the state de­
partment from the Brazilian legation
In Mexico City says that four corre­
spondents held In Mexico City were
released. Medill McCormick, R. H.
Davis, W alter WTilffen and A. J. Sut­
ton left by refugee train for Vera
Crus. As a reason for the arrest of
the newspaper men, it ls reported that
they had asked for permission to en­
ter the Mexican federal lines, but,
without waiting to receive It. had pro-
ceded to Mexico City.
Justice Lamar, of the United States
supreme court, and Frederick W. Leh­
mann, former solicitor-general, were
chosen by President Wilson aa the
American representatives In mediation
negotiations before the South Ameri­
can triumvirate at Niagara Falla, OnL,
next Monday.
ENVOYS BOARD STEAMSHIP
Fuqston’s Hospitality, Badger's Offer
of Passage, Politely Declined.
Vera
C ru z— President
Huerta’s
three peace commissioners, Emilio
Rabasa. Augustin Rodrigues and Luis
Elguero, left here on their way to
Niagara Falls, Canada, where the con­
ference between the mediators and
the representatlvee of the United
States and Mexico will be held.
The commissioners politely declined
the offers of hospitality made by Bri­
gadier General Funston, aa well aa
Rear-Admiral Badger’s offer to give
them passage on the Morro Castle,
and boarded the Kronprinseesln Ce-
clle for the United States by way of
Havana.
PRESIDENT WILSON
BARS STRIKEBREAKERS
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Trinidad, Colo.— President Wilson,
through the war department, haa In­
structed Colonel James Lockett, com­
manding the federal troops In south­
ern Colorado, to permit no Importa­
tion of strikebreakers, and announced
that a time lim it would be set at once
within which delivery of arms moot
be completed, according to a state­
ment by Major W. A. Holbrook.
In his statement on Prealdent W il­
son’s instructions upon strikebreak­
ers, Major Holbrook said that the
commanding officers here had been
advised that no man shall be employ­
ed in any mine In the Colorado who
had not been actually In lta employ
April 22, the date of the president’s
first proclamation ordering the troops
Into the field, was published.
Strikers, formerly employed at cer­
tain mines, will be permitted to return
to work at the specific places of their
former employment if they choose and
If they are desired by their former
employers, according to M ajor Hol­
brook.
Knox Urges Tolls Exemption Right.
Washington.— Philander C. Knox,
secretary of state In Prealdent T a ft’s
cabinet, who rejected Great Britain’s
protest against the right of the United
States to exempt American coastwise
shipping from the payment of Panama
Canal tolls. Issued a statement here
arguing against the exemption repeal
bill. Prim arily Mr. Knox asserted
that toll exemption for American
ooastwlse ships Is not In violation of
the Hay-Pauncefote treaty.
Mme. Nordics Dies.
Batavia, Java.— Madame Lillian Nor­
dics, the singer, died here.
Nordics had been IU since the
Tasman, on which she waa fi _
ger, went ashore on Bramble Cay, tn
the Gulf of'Tapua, December 28 la a t
Nervous prostration waa followed by
pneumonia.
Many Villages Destroyed by
Catania.
Italy. — An
ear
brought death and destruction l
villages on and near Mount Bt
number of dead la