OROZCO REPULSED
Mexican Federals Force Rebels
Info Retreat
FIVE HUNDRED ARE KILLED.
Twelve Hours of Fighting on Plaint
Near Conejos Sandy Mesas Dotted
'With Bodies of Killed and Wounded.
Gun Fire Well Directed.
Twelve hours of im-k fighting on
tb dts n pitting 3 nilr-H wimli of
the American holder between aforce
of'S.ntHi nix-In, under (Jeneral Oroaco,
ajh) nn equally ftttonK bodj o4 f ileraln
under General Huerta. reunited In a
octrit'ii advantage to ihe government
Jt wbb the steady artillery ftre of the
sTOvrriiTiu iit troops that dlxlorigeil the
enemy. The aim or the federal nun
nera w8 true. Kor a time the Innur
rectos fired In volleys and seven fed
eral offiieiH were wounded.
Only a few hour, however, they
Withstood the rannonadlnK ami 'n
began to evacuate their position Qen
eral Teliex arrived with 1,500 men In
tbe vallc y behind Conejos where the
vanguard of rebels RtMhered.
The fighting hegnn Ht daybreak and
soon the snudy mesas between Cone
Joe ancl Termo. fourteen miles' north,
where the Innurrec'tog ware gradually
forced bark, were covered with deml
and wo!tnd-d
As th-y retreated, the rebels de
stroyed Feveral luldges, but the fed r
aJs were equippi with pontoon and
will not be seriously affected
Nearly Vni are believed tohftvelieen
killed and wounded on both sides.
PROMOTER JONES TESTIFIES
ays Note Waa Indorsed by Archbald
Out of Fullness of Heart.
John H my Jones of S ran ton, Pa.,
promoter, denied before the house
Judiciary committee investigating
barge of misconduct against Judge
Robert W. Archbald of the eommercs
court, the testimony of Edward J.
'Williams that the jurist had given
Jones a note for $.uo for a share In
an option on Venezuelan timber lands
Jones declared the $600 note waa in
dorsed by Judge Archbald out of the
inline of his heart" to help him to
promote the deal, that the jurlat nver
bad an Intereat In the operation and
that he had made the judge a present
Of 2Rw latr out or a $6IK premium
be had made In the sale of a culm
bank. Jones said he gave Judge Arch
bald half of his commission because
be hat! favored him In Indorsing the
note which figures In the testimony as
tb note which W. P. Boland and his
brother, who brought the charges
against the ludee, refused to discount
Much other conflicting testimony
was given. Edward J Williams contra
dieting himself several times and get
ling the rennl so confused that he la
to be recalled this week.
CREW HOT JNDER CONTROL
Titanic Firemen Raid Passengers'
Ou.irters for Life Belts.
That all the members of the crew of
the Tttanll on the night of the disas
ter did not act in the manner expected
fiom men of their calling Is being
slowly drawn out from the wltneases
at th Prltlsh board of trade Inquiry.
It came out during the ncaring that
the firemen of the Titanic, when the
water entered their quarters, raided
the third t lns saloon for life pre
servers. Certainly, ns is pointed out.
tOey were not needed by passenRers.
as the vessel carried only a small pro-,
portion of I's rotnplemt nt of third
class paaengers. That Importance Is
attached to the action of the firemen,
however. Is 'hown by the questions
put ny lOrl Mersey as to how the'
men reached that part of the vessel. '
Kron another witness, 8. J. Rule, a
bathroom steward, it was also learned
afi r close qtteatlonlnc that thero was
a rush on lifeboat No. 1" nnd that it
left the Titanic with only four or five
women and three children, while sixty
one men got away In It
FOUR MEN DROWNED
Attempt to Shoot Over Dam in Sioux
Falls in Two Boats.
The Rig Plonx river In Hloux Falls,
8. Dm was the scene of the drowning
of four vounK men.
The ilend: Matt Yost, William
Dahl. .lohn Me. ban, (5uy Beck.
In a spirit of daring the four men
who were In two boats, attempted to
nhoot over the edge of n dam near the
Eigh'h .itreet bridge, in the heart of
the business llstrict. A large crowd
witnessed the quadruple drowning,
but could render no assistance.
Taft Ridicules Roosevelt.
Cambridge, ()., May 14. In one of
the most bitter speeches he has made
since he began his active campaign
for a renominatlon. President Taft
here held Roosevelt up to ridicule,
called him an Intense and dangerous
egotist and a flatterer and demagogue.
Mr. Taft suggested that there would
be "but little hope for the future of
thla nation !f Mr. Roosevelt were
wafted to the skies in a chariot, like
the prophet of old, and there was no
one left to do the iob Mr. Roosevelt
said the eountrv needs him to do."
The president's speech boiled over
with attacks and criticisms of Colonel
Roosevelt.
As Viewed hv Bradstrect's.
Bradstr i t'.: --ays: Tiade reports
portray the cx!t nee of Irregular con
ditions ami bualneai on the whole hns
in all probability tended to decrease
DIRECT ELECTIONS
House Aicp's Joint Resolulior
Already Passed by Senate.
BILL NOW GOES TO PRESIDENT
Proclamation of States to Signify
Wish Soon Will Follow Federal
Control Is Secured Long Struggle
to Make Senate Popular Body at End
The house adopted a Joint resoluttot
providing for an amendment to the
constitution to permit the election ol
I 'nlted States senators by direct vote
of the people. It already had passed
the senate and now goes to the presl
dent.
All that remains to be done ia the
formal signing of the Instrument and
the Issuance of a proclamation to the
Mates to signify their wish on the pro
posed change.' The vote was preceded
by a bitter fight, in which the south
ern members Joined common cause
against the resolution.
Ied by Representative Uartlett
(Oa.l, the O.'ornla, Mississippi and
Louisiana delegations fought to pre
vent its passage becMUas of the senate
nmendmcnt, which gave the tcderal
government supervision of the elec
tions. They based their opposition al
most entirely upon the danger of ne
gro domination.
The first vote taken was on nn
KfnendmatH by Representative Bart
lett. which look from the federal gov
ernment all supervisory powers. It
was defeated. 189 to 89.
On the vote for the adoption of the
resolution, two thirds of the house be
ing necessary, f i ft Democrats desert
ad. There was not a single Republican
vote cast against the resolution, which
was adopted to the accompaniment of
thunderous applause.
Direct election of senators was first
taken up by congress in 182fi. From
time to time recurring attempts have
been made to make the senate a pop
ular body and have its members elect
ed as are the members of the house.
Numbers of these resolutions have
died In committee, while others were
passed at the last moments of a con
gress, never to receive the president's
signature.
Senator Brlstow (Kan.) Introduceo
In 1911 the bill that passed. Amended!
by the house. It has been in confer
ence since July 5 last year, and If the
house h:id not receded from its oppo
sition to grunting federal control of
senatorial elections It might have met
the fate of the others.
JOHN GRIER HIBBEN.
His Insjguration as
President of Princeton
Attended by Taft.
PRINCETON HAS NEW HEAD
Dr. Hibben Is Installed as President
With Impressive Ceremonies.
Under the tall aim trees on the his
totic campus at Princeton, N. J John
Orler Hibben was inaugurated four
teenth president of Princeton univer
sity. President Taft and Chief Jus
tice White were in attendance, while
more than 6,000 persons gave the new
president of the university a most
(ordial reception.
CRITICISM FOR THE BISHOPS
Some Methodists Object to Charges
for Sermons and Lectures.
Minneapolis. May 14. That bishops
of the Methodist Episcopal church
who charge for special sermons and
lectures when they receive each year
a salary of f.'i.ooo and traveling ex
penses may receive a "slap" from the
general conference before the session
closes here is indicated by several
memorials on the subject, which have
heen presented to the committee on
c pise opacy. It is claimed by those he
hind the memorials that the salary m
the bishops Is sufficient, and that In
many caser the price for the lectures
or sermons are so exorbitant that the
poorer churches, which need a bish
ops presence most, are unable to pny
foe It.
Officio's of the baseball clubs In
Niw York. Brooklyn uul Jersey City
have jOinr-1 with the police in a cru
aside io suppress pool veiling on basc
bfpl gani"s.
John O'Hern, superintendent of Ar
mour's in South Omaha, has been ap
pointed genenl superintendent of all
the Armour plants, with headquarters
n Chicago.
Jatm s Teller died at the Routt
county (YVyo.) ranch from the effects
of a kick in the pit of the stomach by
a fractious mule. Teller suffered ter
rible agony before death came.
Peter Walker, a wealthy contractor,
was shot and killed at Ixis Angeles by
MTnt. Anna Dewey of Haskell, o., said
to le the daughter of a former con
gressman. Mrs. Dewey committed sui
cide. The majority and minority members
of the lAirimcr committee agreed to
tile both reports on the investigation
Mjty SO ami agreed that a vote on the
cae be taken at this session of eon
tires.
A we)', dressed man. believed to have
tiecn fJeorge Kemp of the 121m hotel,
St. Louis, was found dead on the
tracks of the Santa Fe railroad at
Chicago It is believed he was killed
by a train.
A paanengef train on the Kvnnsville
end Terre Haute railroad struck a
southbound freight at a siding at
Smith. Iml. Two men w. re killed and
two Injured, who were stealing a ride
on the freight.
With the approval of Mrs. Klla
r'lagg Voting, superintendent of Chi
cago schools, the school management
committee adopted a recommendation
lor the teaching of wireless telegraphy
in the public schools.
Contracts for improving the Mis
souri river between Kansas City and
St. Louis, amounting to $400,000, are
to be awarded in a few days by Major
E. H. Srhulz. in charge of the Missouri
river improvement work.
After thirty minutes' consideration
a Jury at St. Louis acquitted Mrs.
Alma Palmer James of a second de
gree charge of the murder of her hus
band, l.eo James. She shot him while
he lay asleep, in April, 1911.
The failure of the Taft delegates in
California to sign the preference and
delegate pledges promises a complex
situation. Roosevelt, supporters al
ready have planned to contest the del
egates should they be elected.
Confederate currency seized by the
Union army during the civil war,
which has been stored in the archives
of the treasury department for nearly
thirty years, will be distributed by
Recti taty AlaoVengh to librarians In
each state.
STEEL TRUST CASE RESUMED
Daniel G. Reid, Member of Finance
Company, Is First Witness.
Daniel Q. Reid, a director in the
United Ptates Steel torporation ami a
member of Its finance committee, was
called as a witness at the resumption
of the hearing In the government suit
to dissolve the corporation hefor-j
Commissioner Rrown. Mr. Reid lu
Lbe first defendant to appear on ti e
witness stand. He said he was a
ftockholder pf the I'nited States Ste !
corporation, but declined to say hour
much stock he held He said he hsd
exchanged hi- holdings In the Amer
ican Tin Plate company fat steel cor
poration. Philadelphia Packers Under Fire.
Washington, May 14. J. W. Bur
roughs, n former federal meat in
i peetor, testified before the Mosa in1
vestieating , otnmittcoe that Philadel
phia packers violated the law by re
fusing inspectors access to certain
parts Of their plants. Describing ob
orvntions of packing house conditions
in Philadelphia. Burroughs referred
to "lard containing worms, scrapple
made of bad meat, hog carcasses that
emitted an awful stench and revolting
sanitary conditions." He described
packing house conditions in Philadel
phia ''as something awful."
Will Report S'ngle Term Resolution.
Washington, May 14. The senate
judiciary committee decided to report
favorably the Works' resolution re
stricting the presidential tenure of of
fice to a single term of six years. A
minority report, favoring a single
term of four years, also will he made
from the committee. The reports are
expected in a day or two.
Water Company Wins Electrolysis Suit
Chicago, May 14. After fourteen
years' litigation. Judge Sanlnnn de
cided the electrolysis suit between the
Peoria Waterworks company and the
Peo'ia Railway company in favor of
the water company, Issuing a perpet
ual injunction restraining the railway
rompany from allowing its electric
lurrents to damage or Interfere with
the water mains.
Freight Handlers Offer to Arbitrate.
Chicago, May 14. President P. J.
Flannery of the Freight Handlers'
union sent a letter to the General
Managers' association agreeing to sub
mit to arbitration the demands of the
strikers. The men ask an increase in
pay. a nine-hour day and a Saturday
half holiday
Flood Situation is Improved.
New Oi learn, May 14. Another day
Of sunshine throughout Louisiana lent
an improved aspect to Mississippi
tiver flood conditions. State and fed
rial engineers announced that the few
reports received from points north ot
New Orleans were encouraging.
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Men's 10 cent Handkerchiefs
4
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25c
76 cent line of Fine Neckwear
50c
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