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I'KOFKSSOKS L'UT
I' Ji lhA LOBBY BAN
Board of Regents Practically Sus
pends Four Memberi of Nebraska
University Faculty.
NAMFj LEFT OFF TEACHERS' LIST
Later Meeting Will Decide Whether
They Are to Be Reinstated.
PROF. H. R. SMITH LEADING ONE
Head of Department of Animal Hus
bandry Declared Active.
DOCTORS FOUGHT MEDICAL BILL
Prof. n-lth rrnard of Favoring
Rrmotal to (Male Farm, While j
l)r. ntler. Ranr and Welch
Dppmrl RriaOml,
(From a Staff Correspondent!
T.fNfOl.v. April I?. (Special Tlerram 1
At the i-.uetlna of the Board of Regent of
I he state university this afternoon the
making of tin; budnet for the coming h
rnnlnm. which nunatltutew virtually th
in. tnln of leiclicrs In the different depart
ments of the unlverslt y. H. R. Pmlth. pro
fessor of animal husbandry at the state
furm. and Irs. I. f. Cutler, J. S. Welch
and K W. Howe, Instructors In the college
of medicine here. m'ere left off the . list.
Their activity during the last session of
the legislature contrary to the regent'
m lnhea la said to he the cause for the action
of the regent.
It la aald that Prof Smith, who. .It la
claimed, la the owner of land situated near
the Mate farm where It was proposed to
emova the state university under the pre
cisions of the defeated Kirk bill, did mora
or lets Inhhylnir on the proposition while
It was under consideration during the ses
sion. The three medical Instructors, It la
asserted, used their Influence to defeat the
C.rossmnn bill, which appropriated IIOO.WO
for the new building at the Omaha medical
nolle.
Positive Action Delayed.
As the matter now stands, positive action
will have to he taken before, the men can
draw salaries for the next two years. It
will he threshed out at a meeting of the
regents to be held In Omaha. May 18. when
th presence of the full board Is expected.
The absence of Regent Haller of .Omaha
was the only thing, It la claimed, which
prevented final action at today" meeting.
The Board of Regents empowered Chan
cellor Avery to hire an architect for the
purpose of drawing up plana looking to
the extension of the unlrerslty tn Jta prea-
nt site and anso rith a view of a possible
consolidation of the university and the ag
ricultural school on the state farm campus
as provided for In the genera! maintenance
bill passed at the recent session of the
leslslature. The spending of SS6.00O at each
place will also, have the attention of the
architect while, here on the work.
KANSAS BANK CASHIER SHORT
Relative of IT.. K. Nirm o( TIptou
Make Goo) Money Spent on.
, Horses and An tos.
TIPTON, Kan.. April Automobiles
and fast horses are blamed for the S10.ZS7
shortage In the accounts of K. J". Burns,
cashier of the Home Stat bank here,
wnlch was discovered today. Burn and hi
rets t Ives have made good the shortage.
There will be no prosecution. Rumor had
It that the shortage amounted to 30 0no,
M. A. Bueehe. president of the bank, today
ssld these stories were exaggerated.
TOPEKA. Kan., April IS. J. N. Polley.
slate bank commissioner,, gave orders
today to the county attorney of Mitchell
county, Kansas, to Issue av warrant for
the arrest of R. F. Burns, cashier of the
Home State bank of Tipton. Kan. Auto
mobiles and fsst horses were blamed for
the shortage of 10.2")T found In Burns' ac
count yesterday. Burns and hi relatives
made good the ahortage and official of
the bank refuaed to prosecute him.
CHICAGO WOMAN CHOKED
AMD BOUND BY BURGLARS
CHI.'.'AOO. April 1 Two burglar en
tered the home of Mr. Clara Harris In a
fashionable - northslde residence quarter
today, choked her two children, a boy of
7 and a girl of K, Into unconsciousness, beat
Mrs. Harris when she atta;ked them and
ransacked the house.
The burglars obtained a quantity of
silver and some Jewels and money. The
attack was not discovered until the boy
worked his way, out of hi bandage and
Informed a neighbor.
The Weather
FOR N F"BRARK A Showoro,
FOR IOWA I n..ttl
Trmertar at Omaha, Tootordi
I omuaratl l.oval Hecard.
1DU. 1910. 10. 19Ut.
Highest todsy M hi M
lowest today ti :) 33 63
Mean temiwrature 64 43 42 70
Predication T .00 .0) .00
iciiiix-iiitiire and precipitation departures
f 1 1. in tho normal:
Nornisl temperature S3
Kscens for the day
Total exces since March 1 tvi
Normal precipitation OS Inch
IefK'lenr' for Ilia day OS Inch
Total lalnrall since March 1 2.11 Inches
TH'flctcnry sines March I wi Inch
I'eftcJency for cor. period. 1910. .2. Mlnchee
m-ftolency for cor. period.! lM..l.fi Inches
lleiiorls. from Stallone at T F. at.
Htatlon and Temp. High. Raln-
Htate of rather. I p.m. T'd y. fall.
f'heyenne. clear 14 s; oi
Iaventvrt. rxiuing ' M .
lenver. cloudy 70 7J .AO
lies Moines. Iart cloudy., hi l ,i
iKdge t'lty, clear, 74 l
I a ruler, raining ; W .W T
North natt. (a it cloudy.. fl u .uO
luialia, clear t t y
Pueblo. rl cloudy 70 7i eo
Kaiiid City, clxr ,V u O)
Halt IWe Clt, pt. cloudy. U 44 .00
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fliaiidan, cloudy as 4 0i
hloux fit v. clear 4 V. o
A alontlne, olear U ii .oa
Indloau trace of procjpltation.
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Rockefeller Crowd j
Not Unfriendly to
President Bush
w-answsssn
F. T. Gates Says New Head of Mis
souri Pacific Has Made Good
in Every Position.
NEW YORK. April 19. Director of the
Missouri Pacific railroad are considering
today the availability of candidates to suc
ceed Paul Warburg and Cornelius Vander
bllt. who resigned as directors yesterday
Immediately after George J. Oould and tils
friends on the Missouri Fsclflc directorate
elected B. F. Rush as head of the aystem.
The directors, now that Kuhn, loeb &
Co. no longi are the Missouri Pacific
bankers, will also consider new financial
arrangenienta for the property. While the
representatives of John D. Rockefeller on
the dliectoi ate, K. T. Gates and Kdgar I..
Marston, opposed the selection of Mr. Rush,
It was ssld today they will not resign be
cause Mr. Rockefeller, aa an Individual in
vestor with some $30,000,000 holdings tn the
property, felt that hla Interesta must be
protected.
y. D. Adams, representative of Ihc
Deutsche bank on the board. Is In com
munication with officials of the Institution
and his action will be governed by advices
ifrwlved.
1'ted '1. Oates. a representative of John
D. Rockefeller, on the Missouri Pacific
board said this afternoon that the Rocke
feller Interests and the Gould Interest In
the Missouri Pacific are on good terms.
Gates said:
"The Rockefeller Interests are not op
posed to Mr. Bush as president . of , the
Missouri Pacific Interesta. Mr. Bush
has made good in every position
he haa occupied. Our main ' dealre
throughout has been to secure a man upon
whom all could unite. We did not wish
to see Mr. Bush leave the Western Mary
land, where he haa been successful. We
were ready to share him. however, if all
could unite on him for the Missouri Pa
cific." it was reported this afternoon that James
Speyer of the banking houae of Speyer at
Co.. probably will aucceed Paul Warburg,
and that H. I. Miller, receiver of the Buf
falo A Susquehanna railway will succeed
Cornelius Vanderbllt on the Missouri Pa
cific directorate.
It was learned definitely late this after
noon that Mr. Speyer would accept the
position on the Missouri Paclflo directorate.
Portuguese Mail
Steamer Lusitania .
tost Off Cape Town
Vessel is Piled High on Rocks and
Eight of Eight Hundred Persons
on Board Are Drowned.
CAPETOWN, South Africa. April Is.'
The Portuguese nail steamer Dusltanla I
piled up on Bellow rock, two miles south
west of the Cap of Good Hope. ,
Eight person were drowned during the
transfer of the. 800 passengers and orew
from the wreck to' the British warship
Fort and a government tug. Those lost
were four men, two women and two hil
dren. occupants of two small boat which
onpalsed. Their companion.! were rescued.
Manufacturers Will
Meet in New York
Will Discuss Labor Problems, Indus
trial Relief and Prevention
of Accidents.
NIW YORK, April The sixteenth an
nual convention of the National Association
of Manufacturer will be held at the w.t.
dorf-Astorla hotel. New York, May 18-17.
Advance notices of this convention Indicate
that It will be the moat Immrtint hirf in
the history of the association. In Issuing
the call for the convention President Klrby
urge upon member the advisability In
fact the necessity of their nermon.l tn
ance. He adds:
"There ha never been a period when the
country's Industrial Interesu have bean
confronted with ao many vital question as
in ine present year of Ult It may also
be added thai never hn haa i..
tlon been so urgently needed and discussion
so important to the welfare of tha nation'
innustnes. The sixteenth annual conven
tion, therefore, come at a time when every
manufacturer flnda himself face to face
with conditions strongly affecting the fu
ture safe conduct of hi builiu Th.
problem which will claim the attention
of th coming meeting are many and vita).
including labor In Ita various ramifloa.tiAna
lo th great constructive . policy Inter
woven in the prevention of aoaidents and
tha eruirabte solution of tha urgent ques
tion of Industrial relief."
Th sessions will be open to th general
pubtlo and tha association extend a cordial
Invitation to all maaufeoturam to r.
whether member of tha aaaooiatlon or not
PEORIA ALDERMAN IS
EXONERATED BY CORONER
Bvldenoe (howa Official Wn.a Killed
ralnslst la right Acted La
Self -Detente.
PF.ORIA. April 1.-Tb coroner' Jury
which haa been Investigating the death or
Prof. ' Winifred, tha palmist, who died
Tuenday night as a reault of an attack on
him In a midnight brawl on election night,
today exonerated Frank J. Biggins, ths
alderman from the Sixth ward, who was
charged with the crime.
Strong evidence for the defense was
brought out which showed that Instead of
being ths aggrrseor Biggins at afi times
was on the defensive, with three men aa
his ssssiUnts.
Notwithstanding tile verdict ef the cor
oners Jury. State's Attorney Scholes will
make a thorough Investigation and with
this view has ordered an autopsy of the
body.
PAY FOR CONDUCTOR COOK
Hallroad Man Locked Vo la Mexico
a Chare of Robbery Paid al.
ry by Company.
(il'ADAIJARA. -Mexico, April IS.
James A. Cook, the American conductor
arrested some time ago as an accomplice
In the robbery of freight cars on the Na
tional railway near here, ha Just received
a check of 1, H4 aa compensation for the
time he mas In prison. This Is hi salary
from the railroad from the Urn he mas
lorked up. Th Order of Railway Conduc
tors adjusted th matter. - Cook Uvea at
Fort Scott. Kan., and I preparing to re
turn bam.
CANNON ATTACKS
RECIPROCITY BILi
; C.a..t TT vr U C-
j Opposition to Canadian A Y"A -it
in Continuation of Deb. ..
I SLOAN AMONG LIST OF SPEAKERS
Underwood Will Try to Get Action
on Measure Today.
I FARMERS' FREE LIST BILL UP
Underwood Reports on Measure for
Relief of Tillers of Soil.
TEN MILLION CUT FROM REVENUE
Aa-rlraltnrnl Implements, I. amber,
, Bark Wire, Meat Prod nets,
Leather and Oboes Placed
on Free 1. 1st.
WASHINGTON. April 19-Former Speker
Cannon. Representative Hubbard of Iowa,
Ifanna of North Dakota. Nelson of Wis
consin and Sloan of Nebraska attacked
the Canadian reciprocity agreement In the
debate on the reciprocity bill In the house
j today.' Some rapid-fire speeches were
I madeby republicans In reply to democratic
i and republican supporters of that mesa
j lire, headed by Representatives Vnderwood
I and Recall. ;
j Speaker Cannon, discussed the fight In
I the last national campaign over the free
f print; paper, bill. Mr.' Sloan referred to
the house supporters of the reciprocity
bill as a "Tammany -and Dixie combina
tion against the welfare of the country.
The general behate on the measure will
continue tomorrow, but Chairman Under
wood of the way and means committee
will endeavor to get the bill before the
house under the flve-mlnut rule before
adjournment.
Report on Free Mat.
The majority report of tne way and
means committee on the so-called farmers'
free list bill, submitted to the house to the
house today by Chairman Underwood, Is
a merger of democratic political argument
and analysis of the proposed duty exemp
tions. .
The report shows that the bill would
reduce the tariff revenue $10.OI.4M, based
on -the Importation for the last fiscal year,
in amount described as "Inconsiderable tn
comparison with the great saving and ad
vantages to bur people with the additions
to the free list provided for."
, Quoting President Taft recent Cana
dian reciprocity speeches, ths report seeks
to'tonvey the Impression that the ad
ministration I convinced that protective
tariff rates are too high.
. "In several public sddresses." It says,
"hs (the president) has admitted that
tariff rates are .too high,; that such rate
have resulted 1n excessively high price,
felt especially' In' th increased cost of liv
ing which now bears heavily on eur peo
ple, and that they have not received the
long promised benefit of domestic com
petition under high protective duties." ...
"A Republican Confession."
Referring to the president' statement
that the republican -party had modified Its
tariff policy so a to limit It for purposes
of protection to Unf dlfferenc In cost of
production here ' And abroad, with a rea
sonable , prof It to -the United States pro
ducer., the committee report says:
"This I a confession, as was ths repub
lican platform of 190, that the theory of
high protective duties as put forth by
the republican party has broken down,
that combinations and . trust which prey
upon the people have been fostered by
the tariff, and that under high protective
tariff United Statea . manufacturer have
forced unreasonable profit from th peo'
pie." .
Again the report declares:
"The Canadian . .reciprocity agreement
now before the house I a recognition on
the part of the administration of the In
jurious effects of the extreme protective
policy which has so long been Imposed on
the country and Is an effort to mitigate
Its effects." ,
The reciprocity agreement, the committee
assarts, cannot afford the United State
all the needed relief from high price.
"Action on th agreement involve the ne
cessity of further and Immediate action In
removing a number of duties on Imports
from other countries In order that Justice
may be done to the great army of agri
cultural producera, who, In tha Canadian
agreement, are to have all the alleged pro
tection removed from their products with
out a corresponding or reciprocal removal
of the protective duties most burdensome
on the commodities they must purchase
as necessary to sustain their lives and In
dustries." Tenets Control Farm Tools.
The report takes up in detail the classi
fied list of articles Included In the free
Ust bill. Regarding agricultural Imple
ments, It say their manufacture I eon
trolled by trust , and combination that
have sold In foreign countrte at lower
price than at home, building up their
foreign trade from SS,S5,1S4 In ISM to 28.
4,W In M10.
Bagging and - baling materials, essential
(Continued on Second Page.)
r
General Commanding Troops
in Defense of
General Juan J. Navarro, the gen
eral commanding the federal forces
la defense of Ciudad Juarex, and
on whom rests the safety of the
city from assault by the rebels. Is
' a man aa modest a h I brave
and hie courage 1 unquestioned, lie
refuses to face th camera, and haa
only once allowed hla vanity to get
th better of hi decided aversion
to seeing hi face tn print. This wa
when he allowed Wallace Goldsmith,
artist for the Boston Globe, to get
close enough to him to make a
ketch, which I her produced.
Thl sketch I said to be an ex
cellent likeness of th general, who
Is old and grixsled and accuaed of
being cold-blooded and cruel. He
haa made all preparatlona for giv
ing the Maderistaa a lively reception
when they call at Ciudad Juarex.
In the meantime, he spends his
leisure time mooing the Godess For
tune at the keno tables, wher he
hi a steady and persistent player,
with only moderate success At the
game he Is generally attended by
tmo and sometime more women,
with whom he seem to be a prime
favorite.
I IT a &
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WWW. fr
Worn th
Clercdand Lmeler.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN WILL LOSE!
Bill in Housse Correctss Error Made
During- Last Session.
HITCHCOCK IS TAXING NOTES
Expect to Address Senate Soon
Favor of Reciprocity Kenyoi
Will Take Oath at Once. In
Washington.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON. April 19.-(Special Tele
gram.) A bill Introduced today from the
house committee on appropriations cor
rects a number of erroneous enrollments In
appropriation bills passed during the clos
ing days of congress and particularly the
aundry civil bill mhlch came under the wire
aa the gavel fell March 4. The bill as Intro
duced by Chairman Fitzgerald corrects an
appropriation of S30.000 for the Battle Moun
tain aanltarlum at Hot Springs. S. D.,
m'hlch got Into the sundry civil bill, but
which was disagreed to in conference and
which must be reappropriated If the
amount Is to be used.
Congressman Sloan expects to address
the house tomorrow on the Canadian reo
Iproclty paot tn-oppositlon to the bill '
Senator Hitchcock was an , Interested
listener to the sneech mada hv ax-Snaaksr
Cannon today against reciprocity, and belnir
In favor of the measure, it Is expected the
Junior senator from Nebraska will make a
speech In Its favor when It reaches the
senate.
Senator-elect W. S. Kenyon of Iowa ar
rived In Washington today and If his cre
dential arrive he will take the oath of
office tomorrow, otherwise he will wait
until Monday. Senator Kenyon Is for
direct elections and said he would like to
qualify In time to take a hand In the set
tlement of the question so far as the
senate Is concerned. Judge Kenyon has
not declared himself on reciprocity.
HANDLING MAIL PARCELS
Postoffire Make Arrangements to
Expedite Delivery of Packages
from Abroad.
WASHINGTON, April 19.-Dellvery of
parcels post matter from many European
countries mill be expedited in the middle
western state by an arrangement made
today between the Postoffiee and Treasury
department Chicago will be designated
as an exchange station. Several day will
be' saved on deliveries of parcel post from
Austria. Germany, Denmark, Norway.
Sweden and England.
Vanarhan Chosen Mayor of Yankton.
TANKTON, S, D., April 19. -(Special.)
Th city held Its annual election Tuesday,
but under the commission plan It was a
very tame affair' compared with the old
time political fight. F. S. Vaughan was
chosen to succeed himself as commissioner
and was the only name on the ticket. The
real fight wa over the liquor license and
owing to the strenuous effort of the
wets every ward In the city thl year went
for license, the city going wet by 170 ma
jority. Pari Third Ctty In World.
PARIS. April 1.-Part retain It posi
tion as th third largest. city In th world,
the census taken last month showing a'
population of 4.!M en mcres,-e of 12i.TZ
over the figures of 1908.
Ciudad Juarez
GENERAL JUAN J. NAVAHRO.
'iW"'
The Eagle's" Scream!
Great Cathedral of .
St. John the Divine
Formally Dedicated
Magnificent Structure on Morning
side Heights, New York, Fourth
largest in the World.
NEW TORK. April !. With olemn
ceremony and In the presence of a notable
gathering of clergy and laity, the com
pleted portions of the cathedral of Ht.
John the Divine, on Mornlngslde Heights,
were consecrated today according to the
rites of the Protestant Episcopal church.
The Imprssslve offices were presided over
by the Right Rev. David H. Greer, bishop
of the diocese of New York. Among the
guests Invited to witness the function were
the representatives of many other com
munions, presidents of universities and
officers of city, state and nation.
The ceremonial began with the proces
sion of ecclesiastics, preceded by the
vested choir of boys, across the walk from
the synod house to the huge mas of gray
atone,, still otitmardly crude, but repre
senting an Important step In th work of
making '.the cathedral of fit. John th
Dlvln th fourth largest cathedral la th
morld. . ......
Within the tructure. where many beau
ties of the decorative scheme are already
worked out, the procession proceeded un
der th great dome and with. Impressive
exercises the . presentations of th Chapel
of 8t. Saviour and St. Columba and of the
altar, organ and choir were formally made
and the consecration . ceremonies per
formed. Muslo from the great organ and
choir played a notable part In the cere
monial. .
Bishop Greer preached the sermon of the
day, dwelling on the -value of the present
day cathedral aa a force for righteous
ness In modern life.
Muscatine Button .,
Strike is Still On
Union Employes Announce. They .Will
Not Setnrn to Work Fending
Negotiations.
MUSCATINE, la.. April 11-Work will
not be resumed In the local button factor
lea tomorrow pending a aettlement of the
difficulties between individual . employer
and their men. although reaumptlon of
work wa greed to yesterday by both
sides. An official statement Issued, thl
afternoon by the un'on declare that em
ploye of the various sl.ops have decided
not to return to work pending the arrival
In the city of Commissioner Van Duyn to
whose efforts yesterday' shot t lived agree
ment was due.
The actual cauae of the break In the
local situation Is believed to be a state
ment made public today. In which the
manufacturer assured their nonunion em
ploye that th men who had remained
"loyal" to them during the controversy
would not be displaced.
OHS MOINES, la., April 11 State Labor
Commissioner Van Duyn was today sum
moned to Muscatine, where, - according to
Information received here, the button
worker etrik ha broken out again.
KILLS WIFE AND SHOOTS SELF
C. A. Barber of Kaasaa City M orders
Woman Who Applied for Divorce
aad Attentats galeldo.
KANSAS CITT, Mo.. April 19. -C. A.
Barber, a building contractor. 46 years
old, shot and killed his wife and fatally
wounded himself at the residence of his
mother-in-law, Mrs. J. E. Saunders, In this
ctty todsy. Barber and his wife had been
separated for some time, and recently she
filed a suit for divorce against him.
Barber went to the Saunders residence
early today and concealed himself In the
cellar. lie Shot hi wife aa aoon as she
appeared In the yard and then shot him
self. Barber was taken to the city hospital,
where he died shortly after noon. j
I
MAYOR OF TACOMA RECALLED
A. V. Faweetl, Who Now Holds Of.
flee, Will Give Way to W.
" W. Seysaonr.
TACOMA. Wsnh., April l.-Maor A. V. I
Fawcett of Tacoina mas recalled today. )
W. W. Seymour is the nem- mayor-elect. !
He mill take office at th end of ten days
Seymour polled 11.24H votes, against 10.39.
for Fawcett.
Seymour and Fawcett mere the two high
candidates at an election two weeks ago,
m-hen a soolallat also waa in tha race
Seymour waa th randldats of the Welfare
league. '
Ao election will be held May t te vote
on ths recall of four city commissi on srs
FURNITURE WORKERS STRIKE
Employes of Big Flants in Grand Sap
ids Quit Work at Nine O'clock.
SIX THOUSAND MEN ARE IDLE
They Demand aa Advance of Ten Per
Cent, a Mne-Honr Day aad
Abolition of the Piece
work System.
GRAND RAPID8, Mlrh.. April lS.-The
long expected strike of the furniture work
era of Grand Rapids, which hss been hsng
Ing fire for several weeks and which In
volve about 6,000 men was officially de
clared on at I o'clock this morning.
The union men In nearly every furniture
factory. Including m-ood working shops,
packed up their tools and walked out. Be
tween 1000 and 7.000 union men, Including
varnlshers and finishers, as well as cab
inet makers, carvers and wood workers,
went out. Some S.000 other employes m'ho
are not unionised are affected by the
strike.
The strike cams to a head today as the
rerun,, of the manufacturers refusal In a
communication to the citizens' committee
of Inquiry to grant any concession to the
men. The men ask 10 per cent Increase In
wage, a nine-hour day and the abolition
of piece work. . .
The manufacturers declare they will con
tinue to treat with their men 'ndlvldfally,
but refuse any Increase In mages, basing
their refusal on trade condition.
Five Alleged Land
Grafters on Trial
Men from Frederickton, Mo., Are Ar
raigned in United States Cir
ouit Court in St. Louis.
T. LOT-IS. April 19.-Flve men were
placed on trial In the United Statea circuit
court today on land fraud charges. They
are Henry 8. Whitman. Gilbert V. Whit
man. George B. Gale, George M. London
and James A. London, jr.
The defendants are charged with being
Interested In a trust company at Fred-erlcktom-n.
Mo., and attempting to evade
the law m-hlch prohibit any corporation
or association of men from acquiring mora
than W0 acres of government land.
WANTS NEW CONSTITUTION
Representative Berger gay Funda
mental Law Is Aatlqaated
and Obsolete.
WASHINGTON. April .-Representative
Merger, socialist, wants congress to have
power to call a constitutional convention.
Today he Introduced a resolution proposing
an amendment to the constitution granting
that authority and characterised the con
stitution a "antiquated and obsolete."
ATTACHMENT FOR SHERIFF
Daavlllo Officials Ar Caable to Find
Mil Who I Wnnted by
Grand Jsry,
DANVILLIB, 111., April l.-Foroman
Woodyard and former Ftireman Goodwin
of tho grand Jury went Into court today
and obtained an attachment for Sheriff
Sheppard. who had been subpoenaed, but
mho haa failed to appear before the
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PEACE L MEXICO
SOT IDLE DREAM
Developments of Day Indicate to
President Cessation of Hostilities
is Entirely Possible.
NEW AMBASSADOR IS PRESENTED
Declaration of Friendship Between
Nations Are Exchanged.
REBELS BURN FREIGHT DEPOT
Small Party Makes Daring Dash Into
Agua Pricta.
STATION AND CARS DESTROYED
Federals Fire I noa Invaders nnd
Two or Three Are Killed nail-
road Is Armani of Aldlag
Oovernment,
WASHINGTON, April 1V Developments
today Indicated to President Tuft thwt
pese In Mexico may not be a dream and
there is reason to believe the Mexican au
thorities mill adopt a "definite, restrictive
policy Blong the boMer" to prevent con
flicts. Renor Manuel de .smaenn. the new
Mexican ambassador, mHs presented to the
president and declarations of friendship
mere exchanged today. Information was
given out at the White House that the
rough draft of Mcxlco'a forum I note In re
play to the State department's demand that
American border towns he not emlsnKered
by Mexican battles tins been placed In the
hands of Ambassador Wilson at Mexico
City. Mr. Wilson reported that the not
j ns drafted mas satisfactory, and It Is ex
pected to reach the State department In
final form soon.
A subcommittee of the .house committee
on foreign affairs mill meet Hie president
and Secretary Knox at the White Mouse
tomorrow to confer on the Mexh an sit
uation. Delegate Ralph Cameron of Arizona said
he had received a letter from a business
man at DougUs saying Mexican, both fed
eral and Insurrectos. m-ho were wound-d
at Agua Prieta were "being put to death"
by the victors. The Red t'ross had no con
firmation of this report.
In a speech to tho president Senor Zama
cona said peace would be declared In Mex
ico soon. The president In a few sentences,
not Included In his formal address, assured
the new ambassador that this government
was not crouching on the border read v. to
spring on Mexico. Ills telegram to Gov
ernor Sloan of Arlsona, the president aald,
explained his attitude.
Rebels Bnrn Depot.
AG I A PRIETA. Mexico. April I -Shortly
after daylight today a daring band
of Insurrectos, numbering . onlv a half
dozen or so. stole Into Agua Prieta and
set fire to the N'acocart railroad station,
m'hlch mas destroyed with Its valuabla
contents. The federala fired upon the In
vaders and two or three of them mere
killed.
Five loaded freight ears also were burned.
The freight depot m-as filled with (,'oods
of every description, including costly min
ing machinery, supplies and provisions,
which had not been moved over the Naco
zarl railroad because of the burning of
the bridges south of Agua Prieta.
When It waa discovered on the Amerioan
side of the line that the di-pot wa on flrp,
the officiate of ihe road rushed a awitch
engine to the American side in an effort
to aave some cars standing on the siding
and as many as possible were shifted out
of danger. There m'as no mater for f r
fighting In Agua Prieta.
Whether the men wiio fired the depot
had been hiding under It since the evacua
tion of yesterday, or had dashed across tho
line from the American aide Is not known.
There has been talk on this side of re
prisals of this nature because the railroad
Is blamed for assisting the federal cause.
Several Die In Depot.
Mexican federal soldier carried several
dead on blanket from the ruins of thu
depot to the bull ring. These are believed
to have ben the bodies of rebels who ap
plied the torch or of refugees who had
been hiding In the bulldlqg and mere en
trapped by soldiers who rushed to the
scene.
The column of Insurrectos which wa
swinging around Into the Nocozarl valley
when darkness fell last night could not be
seen today. Neither had the column whic h
was observed at the south of the moun
tain pass leading toward l ananea ad
vanced Into the Sulphur Springs valley
along the American line.
At Clenza Springs, twelve miles esst of
Agua Prieta, a band of rebel waa re
ported. INSURRECTOS ARK NEAR JUAREX
C'aa a en Arc Moved Forward Darin
tbo Night.
EL PASO. Tex., April H.-The Insurrocto
south of Juajfx moved their cannon nearer
the city over night and appear to be mak
ing preparation for an attack regardlea
of the rapid fire guna, masked mortar and
mines upon which the federals mainly rely
for their defense.
Juarez spent tha night under arm, mo-