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SLOW MK OF '
TIE CONFEREES
No Decision Yet Announced But Hope
for Final Report Tomorrow— (
Bond Issue Expensive.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.—The con
ference committee are slowly pro
gressing with the settlement of the
difference between the Senate and the
House bills providing for a railroad in (
Alaska. Congressman Houston stat- ,
ed today that so far no amendments (
had been agreed upon by the com- (
mittee in spite of the press reports
of fyesterday, but the members were ,
almost unanimous upon the rejection
of the bond issue, the senators agree- ,
ing that it should only be resorted to
in cases where the treasury is empty,
and the congressmen objecting to the
bond issue because of the great ex
pense of the bonds and the cost of (
marketing them.
It is hoped to conclude the confer
ence today and make the final report
of the comm'ttee to the House and
Senate tomorrow-, after which noth
ing remains but the ratification of
the report and the signature of the
president.
BID PROFESSOR
MAY GO 10 PEN
Has Already Served a Term and
Knows How It Feels so is Fighting -
Hard to Prevent oGing Back,
HAVANA, 111., Feb. 27.—Conv'cted
of embezzlement of Peoria city school
funds aggregating nearly a million
dollars, sentenced to Joliet peniten
tiary, paroled and induced to give up
priv t eproperty in partial restitution
for his stealings, Newton C. Dough
erty, formerly president of the Na
tional Educators Association, regard
ed as a foremost educator in Amer
ica, went on trial here today on the
charge of forgery growing out of his
attempts to recover lands he deed
ed to the Peoria Board fcf Education.
The case came up here on riiange
of venue from the Peoria circuit court
and is being tried before Judge Guy
Williams, the youngest circuit judge
in the state.
The record of Dougherty’s petty
stealings covering a period of twenty
years rivals the tale of Raffles.
Dougherty had been president of the
State Normal University at Normal,
state superintendent of public instruc
tion, and superintendent of the Peo
ria public schools, holding in the
(Continued on page 2.)
SOLOMON MCE
IfflJlTIDIH;
NOME, Feb. 27.—The famous Solo
> mon derby will be run from here next
Saturday. To date the committee rep
resenting the Kennel Club have re
ceived five entries and expect that
several more will be made. Several of
the old-time racers will be in the race
Saturday and it will be one of the
hardest fought battles in the history
of dog racing in the north.
Episcopal Church.
Short Litany service at the Church of
the Ep'phany tonight at 7:30.
Services a {""this church during Lent
are:
Sunday—Holy communion 11; Sun
day school 12; evening service and
discussion 7:30 (Clubhouse).
Wednesday—-Children's service at
4 p. m.
Friday—Short Litdny service 6:30
p. m.
Watch crystals 25c, Plant Sc Co. tf
TEXAS GOVERNOR WOULD INVADE MEXICO;
ASKS PERMISSION OF STATE DEPARTMENT!
—
Goverhor Colquitt Desires to Punish the Slayers of Texas Cattleman—Bryan Re
fuses to Consent—Powers Urge Administration to Recognize Huerta—
El Paso People Are Still Incensed At Benton Murder.
AUSTIN, Tex., Feb. 27.—Governor
Colquitt, of this state, today wired to
Secretary of State W J. Bryan re
vesting that he be allowed to send a
letachment of state militia across the
torder into Mexico and punish the
ilayers of Clemento Vergara, the
American cattleman, who was lured
tcross the line and murdered by the
Mexican federal troops. The governor
nformed the State department that
■onditions along the border were be
soming almost unbearable, the fre
juent clashes of Mexicans fighting
lear the line, the raids of rebel and
ederal troops into Texas and the
■onstant invasion of the state by
tands of robbers and bandits who re
treat into Mexico and are there safe
'torn pursuit, and then renewing op
erations as soon as the vigilance of
he police and border troops relaxes.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.—Secre
ary of State William J. Bryan today
aired to Governor Colquitt refusing
the permission asked by the Texas
governor that he might take the state
militia across the border at Laredo,
proceed to Hidalgo and punish the
murderers of Clemento Vergara, an
American citizen, who was killed by
the Mexican federal troops because
he had protested against the cattle
raids being made by the federals up
on cattle owned by him. The cattle
were stolen from the American side
of the border and driven across the
border.
The secretary announced that to al~ j
low Governor Colquitt to take troops j
into Mexico was paramount to declar
ing war, and the State department
was not ready to do this at this time,
nor had it the authority to do so.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27. -It leaked
out here today that, the representa
tives of Germany, France and England
have presented identical notes to the
American Secretary of State suggest
iug that President Wilson recognize
Provisional President Huerta of Mex
ico as the official head of the repub
lic, as they point out it must now be
clear to the administration, as it is
to the European powers, that the reb
els, known as the constitutionalists,
are merely bands of bandits, thieves
and murderers upon whom no reliance
can be placed by civilized govern
ments. 1
The suggestion is not taken very
well by the State department, but the
evident coalition between the Euro
pean powers has caused the depart
ntenl much concern, as it is feared
they will refuse to remain inactive
any longer and will force the head of
the administration. It had been hoped
by President Wilson that Huerta
would be forced from his position long
before this and someone elected Pres
ident of Mexico, whom the adminis
tration could recognize.
It is believed here that rather than
recognize Huerta President Wilson
/
would intervene and send American
soldiers into Mexico to establish
peace or else request an internation
al column be organ‘zed for that pur
pose with the greater portion of the
troops furnished by the United States.
EL PASO, Tex., Feb. 27.—The ex
citement here because of the death
of William Benton has not subsided
and the border patrol has been strong
ly reinforced by the American com
manding officer to prevent Americans
ftom crossing the line in a raid on
Juarez to take the city from Villa and
punish him for his dastardly murder
of Benton.
The details are slowly becoming
public and it is now said that the at
tack on Benton was unprovoked and i
uncalled for and that Villa deliberate - j
ly murdered the Englishman. The j
special investigators for the British j
ambassador, including the Galveston j
consul, are here, but refuse to make
any statement regarding the case.
HE PUNS
MANY FIGHTS
i
Has Eight Scheduled for the Next j
Eight Months—Expects $15,000 •
for Each Fight. '
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 27. -One of
the most ambitious campaigns ever
planned by any fighter was being map -
ped out here today by Willie Ritchie,
lightweight champion of the world.
Two motives were back ol' the plan.
First and foremost was the money an
gle. The other was the determination
of the champion to disprove the
charges of cowardice hurled in his
direction when njuries prevented the
fulfillment of two engagements here
with Harlem Tommy Murphy.
A fight a month at $15,000 per tight
from April to November is the cam
paign planned by Ritchie. He may al
so accept several ten-round engage
ments in New York city and Milwau
kee providing he can get his price—
$10,000 for thirty minutes work. Most
of the battles, provided tne champion
does not meet with a setback, will be
staged in San Francisco an Los An
If Ritchie is victorious in his bat
tle here Apr*l 3 w!th Harlem Tommy
Murphy he intends going right down
the line, fighting at least once a
month. He hopes; > clean up $115,
000 before the end of December. Then
he may go to Australia and fight Herb
McCoy in Sydney on New Year’s day.
"Snowy” Baker offered Ritchie $17,
500 and two round trip tickets to meet
McCoy on Easter Monday, but the
champion’s engagement with Murphy
prevented his acceptance.
“What I intend to do,” said Ritchie
here today, “is to show my enemies
that I am not a coward. R propose
to take on Murphy, Wolgast, Welsh,
Rivers, Mandetv Dundee and Young
Shugrue in the order named provid
ing, of course, I do not meet with
any setbacks Then I will be ready
for the Australian campaign. I hope
to clean up considerable more than
$100,000 in the eight months, which
wont be so bad when one considers
that I was fighting for $100 purses
less than two years ago.”
The piece of silk dress goods Im
ported from Japan and raffled by
Harry, the Jan. was won by A. E. Sul
livan. Winning number 08.
UNSCRAMBLING
II TRUSTS
Sovernrnent Succeeds in Breaking
Unholy Wedlock Between Western
Union and Bell System.
WASHINGTON. Fob 27. -Attorney
General McReynolds of the depart
ment of Justice today approved the
plans for the dissolution of the com
pine existing between the Western
L'nion and the Bell Telephone com
pany. The stock of the Western Un
on Telegraph company is largely held
py the Bell Telephone company, which
thus practically controlled the tele
phone and telegraph business. It was
against this feature that the govern
ment objected and the Postal Union
Telegraph company was also active
in fighting the Bell system, claiming
that they were being discriminated
against.
The attorney general has consented
that the stock of the Western Union,
which is to be sold, shall be held
in trust by Kuhn, Loeb & Co., the
bankers, and sold by them so that the
sudden placing on the market of the
controlling block of stock will not
cause a slump in the price. The
amount of stock to be sold is valued
at 129,000.000.
punch cmmmsT
GOES TO REWARD
LONDON, Feb. 27.—Sir John Ten
nie! died here today ut the age of !)4.
He was the famous Punch cartoon
ist and has held the position for the
past fifty years. During the war
of rebellion between the North and
the South in the United States, Ten
niel mercilessly caricatured President
Abraham Lincoln.
Packers Protest Rate Increase.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.—Packing
house products came up today, before
the Interstate Commerce Commission
as the subject for consideration in
connection with the requested; in
crease of freight rates for the East
ern railroads.
BECKER TO STAND
ANOTHER TRIAL
1 i
District Attorney Whitman 'determin
ed That Police Official Shall Pay ;
j
Penalty for Murder.
NEW YORK. Feb. 27.—Former l’o
lice Lieutenant Becker,, who was
granted a new trial by tbe court of
appeals, was brought 'today' from the
death row at Sing Sing and lodged
again in the same cell at The Tombs,
in which he was confined prior to his
convtct’on.
District Attorney Whitman is de
termined that Becker shall pay the
penalty for his crime and has an
nounced his determination to retry
him early in the spring, it is said
by friends of Whitman that the dis
trict attorney has been securing new
evidence all the time the case was on
appeal and that he has now enough
direct testimony to convict the former
police official.
It is also expected that the four
convicted gunmen who were convicted
at the same time as Becker, and
whose conviction was affirmed by the
high court, will give Whitman every
assistance, as they are themselves
doomed and will not care to see the
man who urged them to commit the
crime and promised them protection,
go free.
HEAVY SNOWFALL
SMITH JMIHJ
COLUMBIA, S. C„ Feb. 27—A foot
of snow fell here last night, breaking
all previous records. The railroads
are all tied up, as they are not ac
customed to handling snow and have
not got a plow in fit condition to run.
Several plows have been ordered from
northern roads, which are speeding
south to help clear the tracks.
I
Al. Grigsby, who has been the ag-(
ent for the Wells Fargo Express Co.j
for many years, has resigned the po
sition and the agency has been turned
over to the Valdez Dock Co. Here
after all express packages can be se
cured at the office of the company on
Wall street.
DEPALMAWINSTHE
Defeats Oldfield in Race at Santa
Monica by One Minute—Thou
sands Witness Event
SANTA MONICA. Feb 27. -Del’al
ma today defeated Barney Oldfield in !
i he Vanderbilt cup race by one min- ;
ute. The race was over the new west- i
ern race course and is the first time !
the Vanderbilt has been run in the 1
far west. World famous automobile
drivers contested for the honor.
Hundreds of spectators slept along ;
the course last night to be certain of i
points of vantage. Long before the
hour scheduled for the start of the :
race a record crowd was assured. j
The race was driven over the Santa i
Monica course, where many of the \
most important Pacific coast automo- j
bile classics are staged. The distance j
was 294.035 miles, over 35 laps of ap- |
proximately 8.401 miles each. Starting '
near the outskirts of the seaside re- I
sort ot »anta Monica tne course i
swings in a wide elipse to within a
dozen miles of Lon Angeles city lim
its, skirting the grounds of the Na
tional Soldiers Home at Sawtelle, and
back to the starting point along a
high palisade overlooking the Pacific,
It was regarded as fairly safe, but one
spot, “Death Curve,” has been the
scene of several serious accidents in
previous races.
The American road race record.
78.72 miles, per hour, was made on
the Santa Monica course two years
ago by Teddy Tetzlaff, of Los Angeles.
In addition to the custody of the Van
derbilt trophy, the winner will get
$3,000. Second, third and fourth place
drivers will receive $2,000, $1,500 and
$1,000 respectively The grand prize
race will be run Monday. Purses for
the Vanderbilt and grand prize races
aggregate $15,000.
DePalnta made the trip over the
course in three hours, 53.40 seconds.
F. D. Fisher, representing the
Wells Fargo Express Company, has
been in Valdez for the past week ar i
ranging for the transfer of the agen- !
cy of the company from Al. Grigsby
to the Valdez Dock company.
General Agent Frank Watson, of the :
Admiral line, fame back from Cor- j
dova on the Mariposa and will remain
in Valdez for a few days.
LEASING NO GOOD
SAYS DICK RYAN
Appeared Before House Committee
Opposing the Administration
Plans.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.—Dick Ky
an, the promoter interested in the
Controller bay section of Alaska, ap
peared before the House Committee
on Territories and opposed the leas
ing bill now being considered by the
committee in reference to the hand
ling of the coal lands of Alaska.
Ityan claimed that the clause in
the bill providing that the bill did not
interfere with the valid existing claims
of the original locators left the mat
ter of development “up !n the air.”
because lessees would be buying law
suits and would be compelled to go
into the courts and establish the il
legality of the locations before they
could take possession and commer.ce
10 open the mines.
Ryan claimed that a better way
could be found to prevent monopoly
besides the restrictive leasing system
and urged the committee to propose
any other method.
KILL GERMANS
IN EXPLOSION
Aniline Dye Factory is Demolished—
Dozen Killed and Scores Ser
iously Injured.
UHRI.IX, Feb. 27. An explo. to:
occurred today in one of the local ani
line factories and as a result lively ■
men were killed and several scot* o
the employees of the company wet
injured. The building was demolish
ed.
The cause of the explosion is tin
known, but it is believed to have re
suited from the gases generated when
the dyes were manufactured. A cate
ful investigation will be made by
government experts to discover the
cause, so that it may not be repeated
in other factories of the same kind.
Knights of Pythias Celebrate.
BOSTON, keb. 27.—The fiftieth an
niversary of the founding of the order
of Knights of Pythias will be eelebrat
ed with r golden jubilee in Boston
tonight by forty-one lodges of ISos
ton and vicinity. The local celebra
tion of the anniversary will be held
in Mechanics Hall. Former Governor
and ex-Ambassador to Russia Curtis
Guild and Supreme Vice Chancellor
B. S. Young, of Oh'o, will be the chi f
speakers.
COXEY TO START
ARMYJHRAMPS
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27—General
Coxey stated here today that he would
lead a hugs army of unemployed mm
to this city in May to prove to tl'.««
government that three million men are
now out of work and unable to earn
a living. Coxey claims he will start
in the west and by the time 'he
reaches Washington he expects to
have an army of thousands.
In 1894 General Coxey attempted to
lead a large army to Wasluin^tun'
where he threatened to speak from
the steps of the capitol, hut he nev
er got the chance, as President Cleve
land directed the police to keep the
hoboes moving.
MacCauley Break* Another Recc'd.
SAN DIEGO, Cal., Feb. 27.*-Aviator
MaeCauley today broke all Americ a
altitude records when he ascended to
an altitude of 12,140 feet. The crowds
gave the ait man a rousing reception
when he landed.