VILLA TO HARVEST
•THE COTTON CROP
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Spaniards Were Forced to Abandon
Crops Worth $15,000,000 When
Expelled From Torreon.
EL .PASO, Tex.. April 9.—Blight
hundred Spaniards who were expelled
from Torreon after the capture of
the city by General Villa, have ar
rived here. They state that they were
forced to abandon *15,000,000 worth
of cotton which will be harvested by
the rebel general and the returns
used to continue the war against
Huerta.
In addition to the cotton crop the
Spaniards left property valued at
hundreds of millions of dollars. They
listed their property with the United
States consul but fear they will nev
er recover even a small percentage
cl their former holdings.
One Spanish banker, who had pos
' cessed thousands of acres of the best
cotton lands in the Torreon district,
find was rated to be worth $500,000,
000, was among the arrivals from Tor
?eon last night. He is in a desti- ;
1 ate condition but still believes that j
Huerta will yet prove master of the !
situation and suppress the rebellion, j
EL PASO, April 9.—It is rumored
that the Spanish bankers who were
expelled from Torreon secretly
brought several millions of dollars in
gold from the city to this place. Lo- j
<al banking houses refuse to con-1
firm or deny the rumor.
GOVERNORS WANT
TWO MORE RANKS
Believe Business of Western and
Northern States Will Suffer Un
der Present Arrangement
•DENVER. April 9.—The governors
of the northern and western states
will meet in conference in this city
to petition the government to estab
lish two more regional banks in the
west. It is understood that they will
favor the location of a bank in some
iity north of Denver and another in
the state of, Washington.
The only regional banks in the
northern and western states under the
present allotment will be located in
Denver and San Francisco. That the
■territory embraced is more tfian twice
as large as" many of the districts in
the eastern states and that the com
merce of the west is rapidly expand
ing, will be the basis of the petition
to congress to increase the number
of regional banks to 14.
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SUFFRAGETTES TO
TRAIN SPEAKERS
American Women Are Opposed to
Militant Methods Pursued by
Their English Sisters.
OAYTOtf, April 9.-Ohio suffraget
tes today opened a school for suffra
gette speakers here. The school is in
■charge ,o? Miss EthelR,vorce.,of
Cleveland, and many students are eh
rotlgd. '
How to carry the argument of sttf
frage to the people in the romihg
cadki&tgn in -this' state is the object
of ihe school./ One of the hrst speak
ers principles of the course is admo
nition against unladylike' tactics. Tie
militant 'Methods IS strictly taWWH.
M. Shi he 1b In town from Ellamar.
WANT POSITION
' FOR CHICAGO MM
Friends of John Ericson Want Him to
bo Chief Engineer of Alas
ka Railroad.
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WASHINGTON, April Repre
sentative Fred A. Britton, of Illinois,
held a conference with President
Wilson last night and urged the ap
pointment of John Ericson, of Chi
cag*, as chief engineer of the Alas
ka railroad.
Ericson has been chic' engineer of
the city of Chicago for several years
and has made a wonderful record for
his department. During his term of
office he has inaugurated improve
ments involving greater amounts than
will be expended by the government
in constructing the railroads in Alas
ka.
FAIRBANKS WOMEN
BAST HEAVY VOTE
Dan Callahan, Independent Candidate,
Elected for the Ninth Time—
Socialists Snowed Under.
FAIRBANKS, April 9.—There was
no shortage of candidates for eoun
cilmen at the municipal elections
Tuesday, 21 citizens having their
names on the ballots. The Business
Men’s ticket contained seven names,
the Socialist's eight, including the
school clerk, the Citizen's ticket live
and one independent.
The Business Men’s and Citizen’s
tickets elected three each. The in
dependent Candidate, Dan Callahan,
was re-elected for the ninth time.
The highest vote given any candidate
was 527, while the lowest was 37.
Callahan accrued the highest and a
Socialist candidate the lowest. The
highest Socialist vote polled was 118.
Previous to the election the reg
istration books showed a total of
964 qualified voters,' of which 874
went to the polls. The women show
ed a keen interest in the election, as
there were 233 registered and only
nine of them failed to vote.
Thu present mayor was re-elected.
The successful candidates were:
Murray Smith, F. S. Gordon, Peter
Laurentzen, Dan Callahan, Dr. R. R.
Myers, George M. Smith and Andrew
Nerland.
The election for school clerk was
held yesterday and brought out a rec
ord vote by the women. There were
two women candidates for the posi
tion .and the supporters of both were,
very active. Autos were hired to
take voters to the polls.
CENTARIAN WOMAN
TEMPERANCE ADVOCATE
LOCKPORT, 111., April 9.—Mrs.
Barnes, aged 100 years and a pio
neer of this state, cast her first vote
on Tuesday last when she voted a
prohibition ballot. . She declared that
she expects to live to see the entire
country go dry. |
Launch owners are busy repairing,
painting and otherwise putting their
crafts in shape for the coming sea
son.
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FAIRBANKS,. April 9.—One hun
dred income tax .reports were filed
here with revenue collec
tor; ' appointed to* tplce; the reports.
Th»i ditenalon (of .etictydays, granted <
to the people of thiis section will ex
pire on May first.
All Parties Were Disappointed in the
Result of the Elections Except
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the Prohibitionists.
. CHICAGO. Af>rii 9.—Th,e elections
held here on Tuesday last appear to
be disappointing to all parties ex
cept the prohibitionists. Only 100,
000 out of the 217,000 women voters
registered used their franchise. They
had been counted upon to inaugurate
reforms and their lack of interest in
the election is a big disappointment.
The reformers were anxious to se
cure the defeat of Bathhouse John,
who was elected with a maority of
only 4,000, although there were near
ly 10,000 women voters registered in
his district who failed to vote.
The Socialists failed to elect a sin
gle member to office although it had
been conceded before election that
they would carry several wards.
The Republicans failed to gain con
trol of the city govertiment, although
they have been perfecting their or
ganization since the last election and
believed that they would sweep every
thing before them.
The Democrats lost several wards
which they expected to recover from
the Republicans and Progressives.
The complexion of the city govern
ment has changed but little, but is
believed to have strengthened the po
sition of Mrs. Ella Young as super
intendent of the schools.
The Prohibitionists are the only
ones who are enthusiastic over the
result. They succeeded in captur- J
ing twelve counties, making the total
of dry counties 42.
VILLA FOUND THE
BANKS ALL EMPTY
Spanish Bankers Had Secretly Ship
ped Their Gold From Torreon Be
fore Rebel General Acted.
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TORREON, April 9. -General Vil
la seised four of the principal banks
of the city yesjerday and ordered
the employes to open the vaults. The
result was a grievous disappointment
as no cash was found in any of the j
banks, the money having been tak
en away secretly by the Spanish
bankers when they were ordered de
ported after the capture of the city.'
Villa has announced that he will
confiscate dvery dollar’s worth of
property of the Spaniards and will
apportion it out to his soldiers. He
has seised the markets and Is equip
ping his army' for their march against
Monterey'. Property owners fear to
make protest against the rebel gen
eral’s high-handed methods of sup
plying his army as those who have
dared to do so have either been driv
en from the country or thrown into
prison.
WHITE SUVER
TO SHOD TML
MOBILE, Ala., April ..9,—The dis
trict attorney today announced hitn
sel/ ready for the opening of the trial
if? te&tmm Mr
sas*
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auniHBjittfil
18-yeatHdld'atenbWbiphM’J^e trial In
scheduled to atari tomorrow. ,
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Granite mine at Hobo bay. Port
Welle, on the launch Northland.
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White Pa** A Yukon Route Ha* Tak
en Over the Sto** Interest* in
Northern Navigation Co.
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SEATTLE, April 9.—It is officially
announced .that the Sloss interests of
San Francisco have sold their entire
holdings in the Northern Navigation
company to the White PasB & Yukon
Route. The deal includes forty-three
steamers and fifty-four barges.
No information, as to the future
plans concerning the handling of
freight for interior points has been
made public, it is known, however,
that the W. I1^. & Y. R. have been
making extensive preparations to
handle a greatly increased volume of
business via Whitehorse. It is also
believed that an attempt will be made
to divert travel from interior Alaska,
which has formerly gone by way of
St. Michael to the upriver route, in
order that business may be created
for the railroad.
Alaskans who are in the city are
wondering just what effect the new
deal will have upon the business in
terests of the interior. Tbe W. P. a
Y. R. now has a complete monopoly
and will be able to dominate the
transportation question down the Yu
kon river to Dawson and other points
below. The lower reaches of the Yu
kon river may still be served by in
dependent steamers if they ^re not
crowded out by the big interests.
The W. P. ^ Y. R. river steam
ers will be operated in conjunction
with the ocean steamers of the Alaska
Syndicate, which is dominated by the
Guggenheim interests. j
FIREPROOF SUII
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Would Enable Firemen to Enter Burn
ing Building Without Being Af
fected by Flames.
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HIBBING, Minn., April ft.—Martin
Panian. shoemaker and inventor of
a fireproof suit' and helmet, was today
considering accepting an offer front
a moving picture concern to give a
demonstration of his invention, which
has been successfully tried out a
number of times. If Panian accepts
the offer of the moving picture com
pany, he will wear his outfit into a
real blaze and will probably be made
the hero of a thriller woven around
his invention.
The suit is for the use of firemen
carrying the nozzle of a fire hose. The
suit and helmet are lined with two
layers of asbestos and canvas, be
tween which water is circulated by
means of a tube which connects with
the hozzle, of the hose. The outlets
for the water are at the hands. An
other tube connected with the nozzle
operates a fan which circulates air
through the helmet.
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ST. LOUIS, April 9.—Five thousand
toon, women and Children appeared in
a monster gymnastic exhibition of
Classes of the, Turnreriens. Y. M. C.
A.. Y. , W. C, A./ Missouri School for
the Blind, Playground Association and
the Boy Scouts, during the annual
dohrention of the American 'Physical
Edhcgtion Association Which Closed a
four days* session here today. The
demonstration included every form of
physical training,
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‘‘Frink Smith is lit town from Irish
Core.
HOT DEBATE ON
fiE8H..lKS
New Orleana Failed to Secure One of
the Banka and the Southern
Senatora Are Up in Arma.
WASHINGTON, April 9.—Hot de
bates took place in both the Senate
and House yesterday oyer the cities
selected by Secretaries McAdoo and
Houston for the regional banks. The
attack was principally due to the fact
that New Orleans was not given one
of the banks.
The debate in the Senate was led
by Senator Ransdell, of Louisiana.
He declared that New Orleans has
long been recognized as the financial
center of the southern states and
transacted a greater volume of busi
ness than many cities which had been
selected by the commission.
GOOD NEWS FOR
BASEBALL FANS
American and National Leagues Will
Play First Games of Season on
Tuesday Next
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NEW YORK, April 9.—The baseball
season of the big leagues will open
on Tuesday next. Both the National
and American league managers state
that the Federals have been unable
to make any inroad* on their lineups
'and promise bett^pUl than ey^f.wit
nessed before. •
Reports from the managers ojf the
different teams indicate that the play
ers have shown splendid form during
the practice season and that the open
ing games will show snap and clever
ness which is not usually developed
un( 11 late in the season. Many of the
weaker teams in both leagues have
been strengthened by an exchange of
tdayers in order to shut out the Fed
erals by setting too fast a pace for
them.
Baseball fans have been clamoring
for a reduction of the price of admis
sion to league games to 25 cents for
the bleachers, but no. attention has
been paid to their demands. The
managers state that the salaries of
players have increased more than 100
per cent during the past three years
but that the expense is offset by the
increased attendance by reason of the
excellence of the games.
FORMER SLAVE DIES
AT RIPE OLO AGE
MOUNT VERNON, HI., April 9.—
Samuel Bradley, a negro, dieefiihere
last nighi at the age of 123 years.
He was born in slavery and retain
ed many memories of the sufferings
of his people by their southern mas
ters. After the emancipation Brad
ley went to the northern states and
finally settled here more than 40
years ago.
PREMIER ASQUITH WAS
ELECTED BY ACCLAMATION
CUPAR, East Fife. April 9.—The
opposition were unable to secure a
candidate to contest the seat of Pre
mier Asquith and he was re-elected
by acclamation at the election yester
day.
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BIRMINGHAM. Ala., April 9.—Os
car Underwood’s majority over Capt.
Hobson in the congressional election
Tuesday wan 30,000. Hobson had
rused Underwood’s open opposition to
woman's suffrage and the prohibition
movement in his platform.
lift (HUES
ARE EFFECTIVE
Will Mean an Enormous Increase in
the Earnings of the Eastern
Railroads.
WASHINGTON, April 9.—Rate in
creases . by way of elimination of al
lowances to industrial lines, went in
to effect today on eastern railways
with approval of the Interstate Com
merce Commission. The result of
this ruling means millions of extra
dollars to the roads. The allowances
to the steel and iron industry’s in
dustrial lines alone amounted to $15,—
000,000 and the commission felt that
by approving the elimination of this
system, it would be paving the way
to increased revenues without mak
ing an immediate rate increase as re
quested. Further aid to railroads is
likely to develop at an early date in
the way of an authorization for in
creases on “import business.” Here -
; tofore the roads have charged high -
er rates for domestic business than
for goods imported and transferred
to rail carriers. This was done under
the plea that it stimulated trade.
Now American shippers are objecting,
because they face keener competition
since the new tariff law went into el -
feet.
The Interstate Commerce Commis
sion has indicated that it is rather
agreeable to boosting revenues from
this source instead of allowing flat in
creases on existing domestic rates.
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Becker’s Tools Will be Called Upon
to Pay the Penalty for Murder
of Rosenthal,
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ALBANY. April !). The la.si hope
for reprieve for the four New York
gunmen who murdered Gambler Ros
enthal vanished yesterday when
Governor Glynn refused to consider
a petition for their pardon. The at
torneys for the condemned men had
hoped that a respite would be grant
ed, owing to Lieut. Becker, who is
accused of having hired the assassins,
having been granted a new trial.
The executions are to take place he ■
fore April 15, although no date was
set by the court. The condemned
men occupy the death cell and are
closely guarded in order to prevent
any attempt at suicide. They are
very bitter, declaring that' they have
been abandoned by those higher up
for whom they were doing the dirty
work.
10 MORE MS
FOR DAWSON CUT
Yukon Council Orders No More Li
cense* After Two Years Except
to Bar In Hotels.
DAWSON. A^ril .9.—The Yukon
territorial legislature adjourned here
today after passing a law that all sa
loons shall be abolished after two
years. The member* of the council
decided that the men with money in
vented in the business could have two
years In which to prepare for the
wiping out of the saloons.
The bars in hotels are tb be allow
ed to continue business but nnder
very stringent restrictions.
Don't miss the One change of pic
tures at the Orpheum tonight