' - ' ft. 8 - THE BEE: 'OMAHA. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27. 1912. , f, tl "isn't Fair for Robbers to Hold Up a Deteftive . By "Bud" Fisher y : rcnve!vo o owt o ..-.j cit wem. la? t .tf ties iTTl J g'V 1 jTttTife p, 1 p ' " ' " I " ' ' ' "wmij a- "m J . I r I MTZ HUMILIATED BY LOCHS Bowling Brewer Drop Tax oa th Morrison Alley. OIHIX TXAXS SHOWHTQ CLASS la Match Can tiara kaieas Laiaa Lade tkaat Wall Over l0 Mark Kiiir Klda Taka Three . . Uaaae From Tiger. In a epecisi match on I ha Morrison altera 8unday - afternoon btwn the Mat Bros, and tha Pata Loch tha brew ara wara trimmed thre straight lum. something unusual la thla bailiwick. Th scorn: , pets i-ocn. 1st. ' :d. 3d. Total. Kury ' ..' , ll 1 11 V Sprague I7 HI 151 art MeMartln S) LI 1st Hi Francisco, C. J 1.4 111 141 i7 . Barter IK Ot m MS Touts .:. ...EI M ,5i 1W4 MKTZ BROS. ' . 1st. Id. 3d. Total. Hartley IJJ 14 HI nr.il 1M 1M - 1(7 lienman 1T Sn u Huntington IJ 14 171 Blskeney 2N 171 MS IIS fcd . Totals M H aiaaa Lasa la Laxas. In a eperlat match game between ths Luxua and Htors Did Mexen Braa Mm soma vary classy tannine were shot, eh MM going well over tha W nark. Tha Luxua took tha tht canias. Scoraa: l.tXt. 1st. M. M. Total. Turning 1 li :w at Hs.hr ,. " H.-lln ITS 1W lt W M.-aba t li Mi W situs 4 :i ii Totsls RT Ma Kl S.M4 6TORZ OLD SAXON BlUlf. 1st. t. M. Total. Ilinaon SW . Il W 'J W.brr ., 171 lis) li M (l).rs' m til m W Mtuns 11 " "I 1 M4 rowa M 1U -wlrt WI Totals El W ,Si tW . . Kaaslr Mil stoat Tlra. .Oa tha Mornaon sll"T tlwra was a (peclal match um batwsan ratarsoa a Kaadr Kids and Martin's Tlfsra. Tha Kand? Klda won tha thraa (smss, shoot lm a nloa total of t.TW, whlla tha bast tha Tliara sou Id do was to scratch out t,UT. MARTIN'S TIUKRB. 1st. . M. M. Total. Frtuchsr ITS m W Chrut.nssn Hi 1"! I " Ksnnady Id ) st Zlmmy !'. 1 ls w Lfplnakl ,. M U4 lis tU Totsls ;. i us Wt PKTKRSON'S KANPT KltS. 1st. M. M. Total. Faasroart ITt li J 4 Px.rsua !) V ITI ' lis lntsr 11 1X7 14 Coolsy 1U 11 sio Frsnclsca Ill 14 M M Totals CM VI HI ITtt TEN THOUSAND WITNESS SAN MATEO POLO MATCH SA.V MATEO, Cat.. Fab. M.-Xtarljr N.40 ptraona (atharad today to saa tha final natch ot tha pola toumamant bars katwaan taams nominated by Lady Hcr brt and Mrs. Cbarlaa W. Clark for tha a PahHnaa cup, donatsd by Chariaa W. t'iark. Lady Harbnrt's tsan was. vic torious, r ta (. aafetlas by Cbaavar. Cowdln and Twacdmovlh oosllng tha vie ton aoa-halt a coal. Tha tm waa cloaa and hotly foogtit thrauchout and aaa featured by tha dartnsT ndlna and accurate atrokca of Dhaooll. tha left handed Mo. ( ot Lady Herbert's tram, who drava la fiva cf tha seven runs cored by hla team, ptayara and ponies will depart for Coronado tomorrow to taka part In tha tournament thara. Lineup: I.ADT HERBERTS. MR. CLARK W. U Braeae Flrat B. M To Ma T. A. Dliacoll r Swond...Lnrd Herbert 1. cheever-Cowdta Third. .C. a. Rosa tc. Lord Twaedmouth. back W. s. Hobart Traataa Defeala CalkaHaaa. TRKNTON. Nea.. Feb. W. (f oerlsU Trenton Muth srhaot basket ball team defeated tha Cuibertson team hero iturday by tha score of ff to k. aa road la Pwtaaa. ta tha d)"speptle. Electric Bitters aooa rejlcra dyspepsia, liver and kidney com plaint and aabiuty. Price Ms. Por sale by Bealoa Draff Co. Ames Accepts Offer to Play Maroons IOWA CITr. Is.. Fab. .-8pacial.- Amea has consented to a change ot the data of tha (am scheduled with Iowa next fall, and as a result tha Itawkeyea will be abla to aarept Coach Bta(s offer of a cam with tha Maroons for November la. Tha deal la not yet eloaad. but . tha Iowa management has wired Static an accept ant of hla offer, and It la thought that Iowa and Chicago will meet an tha crtdlroa again next fall for tha first time In several veers. A wrestllnc tourney has been arranged with Ames, tha matches t be haul In Iowa City aom time within tha next two weeks. Thla gives tha Hawkeya trap pier twe tournaments, as ana with Ne braska at Lincoln baa baa scheduled for some tun. Tha Iowa wrestlers this year ara not up to tha standard of former years. Tha Hawkeya basket ball team goes north at the end ot the week for tha final trip ot the esr. Oames will be played on . Thursday with tha State Teachers' Milage at Cedar Falls, on Friday with Minnesota at Minneapolis, and an Satur day with Carlton at Northfleld. The Iowa team will b weakened by tha loss of Callander, the star forward, who la not able to make tha trip. The . Iowa basket ball coach for th coming season will be chosen at a meet- Inc of tha athletW board ok Wednesday ovening. Oregon Wolf Breaks Motor Boat Record PORTLAND, Or.. Feb. MTh Oregon Wolf, a nine-cyllndtr hydroplane. In a sanctioned race acalnst time here today broke tlx world' motorboat records an a five-mile course for all distance up t thirty mile. Tb Oroaroa Wolfs Urn for tha thirty mile was a snlnutes 14 seconds. The best tlreriou record over a alx-ia ooura waa 44 mlnutea HI second, msde by th CMxl IV of w. Louis In ml. ' Th Oregon Wolf was driven by John K. Wolff ot thla city, Its owner and builder. Tha best lap today waa tha last one, th time being g minutes iH seconds, or an average af a mile In t minute tt seconds, Ttma by taps: v 1 Mile. Tot. Time. Lap Tlma raw M , 14 UV4 7 rem ll tiiw ! J t in, 11 174 !. QX BE SLUGGER TO BE A BXAL PIBATE THIS TEAS. V"" - f-V-'T, t tr - V. : r '...; ;V '.V "' ! ' A , y w- - Good Material for Base Ball Team at Omaha University With the base bait season only a few weeks away tha baa ball "bur has been busy at tha I'nlverslty ot Omaha and many ot the school's athlete have bean tunc by the Insect already. Last week at a meeting held by thoee Interested, about eighteen men attended. David Lar son wsi elected temporary captain and will hare charge of tha work until a permanent captain la chosen. Larson will catch on tho varsity nine and will prob ably havs charge of the training all sea son ss It Is unllkaiy that a coach will be secured for thla aeaaon. Last year he caught In the Odebolt High school team and was considered on of th beat catchers of any ot tha western Iowa High choola .Nothing baa been don In th way of drafting a schedule, but came will be played with Crelghlon and Bel lev u and other teams in this locality. Owing to tha eipens. no attempt will be mad to brine h team her from other col lege! but plenty ot gsmei can be af: ranged with local teams. There ara numerous available diamonds that ran be used, ai Bellevue. Crelghton, ths University of Omaha and tha. local Toung Men's Christian association each bar good level (rounds laid out. Mike Donlln. veteran outfielder and en-tlm teadlnc batter ot tha National leacu, who baa been traded by Boston ta tha Pittsburgh Pirates for young Vin cent Campbell. Donlln will fill tha placa la th left field vacated by the retirement of Fred Clarke, and his mates In th Plrata outfield will be Tommy Leach and "Chief Wllaoa. His acquisition consider ably bolsters up Pittsburgh because, at I tha peasant moment, he la ' undoubtedly eupenor to Campbell. However, several year tienc. he will "go back" whlla Oampbell will still be In his prima. Thaa Boston will have gained more by tha deal. Summing It up and conatderlric both present and future, It looks like an cvaa ex change. :1H CANADIAN BOWLER BREAKS SEVERAL WORLD'S RECORDS NSW YORK, Feb. X-World s records were broken by Jamee Smith of Buffalo In th finish ot tho sixth annual tourna ment of tha Canadian Bowline aseocia Uoa, which has been In progreee during tha last week. Smith waa In rare form and rolled 771 for hla three games, as compered with tha world record et TH, bald by Tom Hal By of Detroit, fmlth waa away to a flying start, getting a strike, a spare and then bunching nine bit and getting nln on hi hut ball for a, 171 count, th highest cor of th tournament Smith also broke th world's record for tho' ell-events, getting ttt In th team. M la th double and with Til In tha tin- glee, a total of IWt. His average was ta M for his nine game. Th former grand total; record waa LM, held by Haley. , Sldaey Tar with Sterile;. JI'M-Ht-RO. Ookv. Feb. K- Special Telegram.) Tha w Kidney High ernool basket hall team had an easy tlma her Maturday night with Sterling. Colo., win ning by a score of M to 14. Kidney ptared moat ot the flret halt with a reserve lineup. Although outweighed, th Sidney players toyed with their big opponents and the reauat waa never In doubt. Kidney has wo thirteen gamee during the preeent aeaaon and has met five, three of tha latter being at th and of a tea days' tour ot tha state, alaoaaa Tkrawe Jaeebesa. HERMAN, Neb.. Feb. K-fBpeeteJ.)- n one or the laateet working mat matchea ever see In eastern Nebraska Jack Solomoa of Omaha won from Mar tin Jaoobaea ot Blair at thla place Sat urday In thirty and fifty-nine adnutea after having toot th first fall to Jacnb eea ta thirty eeoonoa. The two have been matched for a elda bet and tha match win a puiiea mi Here March a. BEST TIlEiCrilElIT FOR CATARRH S. 3. a U the best treatment for Catarrh because it is a perfect blood purifier. It U tha only median fiat is b! to ret down into the carrols, ticn and entire remove the catarrhal matter and imparities which prodnca the trouble. Al long M the tnacotu membranes and tuane are kept in lamed and irritated by this impure aad iniected cooditkxi ot the blood Catarrh will i:mai n. Its oUsagreeable aad dangerous symptoms, erf ringing aoiaes in tha cats, mnens dropping beck into the throat. hearUches, watery eyes, difficult; breath in;, and erea stotnach disorders and weakened health, cannot be perma nently relieved until the blood is purified. Kothing eqnals S. S. S. tor this ptirpose. It goca dowa to the very root of tha booble, and removes every pirtxle of the catarrhal maUer from the biood and enriche thia vital fluid so that all the mucous soriaces are Supplied with stttritive, healthiul qualities, in stead of being constantly irritated and inflamed by hnptiritiea in the circula tion. Then the svmptom begin to pans away and when 8. S. S. has entirely purified the blood. Catarrh is permanently cored and the general health Kreatly boiltnpt Book oa Catarrh and any medical advice desrred gent free to aul who wnie, . .122 SWGT EPECL7K CO, aVILaUTTA. CA. Dale Killed Trying to Board Tram ASHLAND. Neb.. F.h ac-Kneiei Telearam.l Allen w ri. I. ---1 s believed to be of Denton, waa killed In th yards yeaterday whlla attetnpUng to cam nanington train Ito. I. . weet bound. Data bad Just got off an sast- oouna tram. When examined by Dr. Meredith hi head, ems ,, K- cruahed. Relative will arrlv oa train ne la j The nun Waa see atlMiMlM i. the train by a U-yeer-old boy, who nollfled hi father. . , Nebraska's Auto Road Attracts Attention LINCOLN'. Nab., Feb. Jt-(Rpeclal. O. K. Pariao of Minden, acrtary ot th Omaha-IJneoln Denver Tranaconr tlnental Road assoclatlun. was la th city today. Ha aays that the Stat Automobile association of on of th big eastern state baa taken notice ot th fine road which th association haa constructed and baa decided to have a reliability and so ciability run over the road from Omaha to Denver at soma date thla year not yet decided on. It will be open to local entries. The Chicago Motor club has offered to giv a substantial cash prise and the Denver Chamber ot Co mm ere will do llkswle. Th Omaha-Lincoln A Denver Trans continental Good Road association will give a cup to be competed for and there la every prospect that by the tim tit entlr premium list Is announced It will be an attractive on. KEARNEY BASE BALL TEAM RAISING GUARANTEE FUND KfcARNBT. Neb.. Feb. .-(Spectal.V- C W. KlWer and W. U Sttckel, tb committee of two appointed at th meet ing of th be a ball director Saturday evening, today atarted th active subscrip tion list to secure th money needed for th KM guarantee for the State league. A sufficient amount of money 1 la th treasury, but thla It la expected to hold for the expenaea. R. M. MoClur and C. H. Kruger were appointed official score keeper and gea aral wauis disavowed at that meeting. In giving any preference ot dates, aa far as the local situation la known, there b no choice, the opening game being away from homo, with the closing one on tb horn grounds, by th custom of reversing each year. . ' O'Hern and Trimble, twe of Kearney's most dependable pitchers for the earning season, hav signed their contract tor th coming year. CREIGHTON WILL PLAY BASE BALL THIS SPRING The outlook for baa ball at Creightoa university this anting la very poor. At a meeting ot the gnembers of last year's team with Father Devlin, manager of athletics. It waa decided not to put a team tnt th field. The reason for thla action waa the poor support given last year's team, a lack of good varsity ma terial and a shortage In the athletic fund caueed by foot ball. The principal reason Is th lack of sup port by tha students. Last year Cretaitot met Morntngalde, Dea Motnaa college aad Tabor on Crelghton field and tailed 'to make expensea on a single gam. The same result la feared thla year. Ctiigbj toa lacks varsity material because ot tb early date on which the profasaorvJ de partments of the University are dlamlased. Again, the bet players in these depart ments hav played professional ball and the management refusea to let them play. The foot ball season hss been a failure from a financial standpoint, and there was a deficit In spit of the student ticket ruling. Aa Interclass base ball league will be organised and the ehainpiooahip ot tb cattee will be decided by a aerie ot Keeael (lib Formed la FrrsaMt, FRSMOXT, Neb.. Feb. SWgperlal.r Fremont dog fanciers have onranlaed a kennel ciuo and will ho.u a bench show her on April I or aooa after. It null be a two-point show, and It Is expected that at least Xs) dogs will be entered. Th officers of the club are: President. Kay iv ve; vie president, Fred PUcharda: secretary aad treasurer. Otto Pohl: vat. rlnary. Dr. Claud Cady: board of gov ernors, inanea May. Charles 6tonr, Charles Cuykendal. Burnett Coleon. Wil li am Johnson. Bert Keen aad Ralph it Kale Faad for Trsiea. FREMONT. Neb.. Fb- (Special V The base bail association b meeting wit a good eueceoB in raising funds for the coming eeason. In two Save over Sz.es waa Bubecrlbed and tb remainder la be lieved to be m sight. Manager Bennett will b here next month to las charg of the team. HOTEL MEN TO MEET HERE TO DISCUSS BLUE LAWS Hotel men of Nebraska will gather her Tuesday and .Wednesday at the Hotel Rom for th purpose of organising a 00-operatlre movement to eecure proper legislation at tha next session of the state legislature that will protect th hotel men Instead ot hinder them. An attempt will be made to select a Hat of names of mm who will ae that the "blu law" of th stat which ar disastrous to the hotel men. be either amended er repealed. Th sMvemont was started by tha Omaha Hotel Men's association and haa rapidly spread aver th entlr Stat a It Is expected that there will be. at least fifty hotel keeper and managers her to take part la tna dlacuaalon. JOE WOOLERY HEADS " H S. DEBATING SQUAD Joseph WooterT. aoa of J. F. Woolarr, vice principal and need of the depart awnt of mathematics, was elected man ager of the 1U debating (quad of th Omaha High school by tha faculty board ot control at It regular weekly meeting held at tha school this afternoon. It waa also decided to award "O" letters to tb members of the debating teams at tba don ot the aeaaon. - As to allowing baa ball at the school this year, all five ssembeis of th beard ar wtying to permit th game under the school susptcea. but they are not ta favor ot maintaining tb sport oa aa expensive tale. OLDEST AST) 05E OF THE BEST OF ALL TE-'PITCEEBS. f ''';7j?N A & 1 Cy Toung. veteran of twenty years' service, who will begin hfa third decade as a big league pitcher tills soring with ths Boston Nationals. Old Cy. In a recent Interview, declared he will be aa good as ever, thanks ta hla careful condition ing by outdoor work during the winter month on his farm near Youngstowa, O. Near Toungstown. means at Peel!, which Is only shown on th moot detailed map. Mr. Denton T. Toung. "Cy." la th chief etttien, not even excepting th mayor. Fact is he could have tha mayor, alty for the asking la all probability. Real Estate Men to Build Oommunity Factory Building Resolved to have a new. community, factory building for. Omaha within a year, th real estate committee of the Commercial -club has organised a sub oemmlttea, .compost d of Harry Tukey, C. C George and Ooorg T. Morten, to reduce Into concise and brief form all tb data collected on the operation of similar factory buildings In other cttlea, for preeentation to tho committee. The proposed building would be four or five stories high, would eovr on or two lots and would be for th home of an indefinite number ot small factories which now have no adequate euartara. With central power, heating and light ing plants, this building would offer tb maximum of up-to-date facilities at a minimum of cost. Such hulMlngs have proven successful In Cincinnati, Indlanapons, Dayton and Haverhill, Mass., from the standpoint of tha Investors who have erected th build ing, aa wall as from that of the man ufacturers. ..'. The real, estate committee also' ap pointed a subcommittee on rentals, com posed of a M. Slater, A. I. Crelgh and Byron Hastings. It wlU b th duty of this committee to assist prospective new Industrie and commercial bouses In find ing quarters. , vrt Exhibit Gets Much Attention Daily Notwithstanding ths disagreeable weather Sunday afternoon, there waa a very large attendance at tha art exhibit at the public library. Notices which have been placed In the various hotels have directed many transient v tutor toward ths gallery. On Saturday moraine a prominent New Tork woman, visiting in Omaha with her husband, who is interested In com of the city's public utilities, visited the exhibit and waa very much aaionlahed to find such a collection of picture ao far west so uniformly cood and with so little pad-, ding. Tha extremely low price ot admission encourages visitors to com mora thaa once and there have been many seaaoa ticket! aold at tha nominal one ot four dmlsalona for M cents. ' The serving of tea oa the afternoon of Washington's birthday waa ao popular that the chairman ot the courtesies com mit tee, Mrs. Milton Barlow, haa concluded with tho help ot her committee to con tinue the pleasant Innovation svery after noon thla week. Oa Saturday afternoon two gentlemen from New Tork, prominent officers of th Metropolitan Museum ot Art, both of whom have large interests In Omaha, visited tb exhibition and commented favorably on many of th canvases, not ing particularly "Th Land of th Hopl," one going so fag aa to suggest that the society should make aa effort to haws It stay la our city. . Big Sum Required to Fix Auditorium Architect John Latenser declare that the city would hav to expend at least 1100,00 on the Auditorium If It waa pur chased, before It oould be put In "pre sentable condition." Other expenditures. be said, would hav to be made, but the city would feel that It waa "toe poor to make them." Thoee views were expressed at a meeting of the commltte of th whol. Mr. Latenser said that th building had never been completed, although H 71.0000 had been paid for building It. Th stone columns war never placed In front, nor the cement steps. Th stairway leading to the gallery, he said. Is dangerona On room - la th basement bad not been floored. This latter would cost tie.oot. To erect the columns and oomplet th steps and walks Would taka 00. Neither had th celling been finished. declared tha architect. Tha plumbing un der municipal ownership could not be used, said th architect further. The heat lag plant Is In excellent condition, but to repair tha Kerns he mentioned and com plete tha building. Including aa unfinished roof, would cost a total ot fJOO.Ot. Thar waa also needed, concluded Mr. Latenser, new chairs In the gallery and other thing which the city would ao doubt feel would be too expensive to pro our. V. Hothouse Caves In Under Snow's Weight A section ot Peterson Brothers hot houses, San South Fifteenth street, waa demolished by the ' heavy fall ot snow and I.SOS carnations war destroyed. Mr. Peterson says the lee will amount to U.tea, Lewis Henderson, another florist, put props la all hla houms. . "Never sine I have keen In th business hav I seen such a heavy fall of snow in one night, said Mr. Henderson. ,1 know If I had not put props In my boose they would hav all been broken, because there waa at least fifteen feet of snow on top of toem." Aged Man Expires -Reclining in Chair Frederick P. Dean, aged 71 years, died ot heart failure Sunday afternoon at ( o'clock while seated la a chair at his homo. (34 North Twsnty-fourtk street. South Omaha. During the last few years he had been conducting a " mualc store in South Omaha, He waa formerly a resident of genua: City; where at on tim he owned mack valuable property. tmaa Ceatrss Wtaa and Lee. a. BLAIR. Neb . Feb. M-SpecjaLV-Th Dana college basket ball team returned thla moraine from a trip ta wiener and Fremont, anerre they played a ca-e at each place. Th game at Wiener proved the undoing of the eoUege boy, aa their tar center wraa injure ana coma not oartldDate In either content. Tho final core, waa: Wiener, 7: Dana, Sx Tn gams with tb Fremont Toung Men' Christian assoclatleo-waa won by Dana, SSI ft Nebraska, Make. M taker Score. LINCOLN. Neb.. Feb. si The Univer sity of Nebraska rifle team cored Its best mark of ta season in a by-mail shoot with St. Thomas, totaling 174 potato or M points more thaa It soade la its last FATHER AND MOTHER DIE IN MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT LOS ANC1ELE& Csi. Feb. SL-H. A Tmdley and hla wife. Clara Dudley, were killed instantly today when the motor cycle oa which they wars riding tandem struck a Padflc electric Intern rbaa ear at Ivy. fear miles weat s her. Tbey leave four- small children. ROCKPORT. Ma., lab. tk-Frank Howard, the 13-year-old son ot Berry Howard, a laborer, ta dead and tb father 1 ta a sarkma eeoditloa as a result et an explosion In the Howard heme early thla morning when tb boy tried to start a fire ta the kitchen stove wttk gasoitna Thee other children, two boys and a gtrt, an younger thaa th dead boy. war pamruQy osrase, - w Sneed Jury Unable to Reach Agreement FORT WORTH, Tex.. Feb. St-The Jury la the cam ot John B. Sneed, charged with the murder ot Captain A. O. Boyce, sr.. I apparently unable to reach aa agreement. Just before noon today tho Jury sent for Judge 8wayne and announced that there waa no possi bility of reaching a verdict. The Judge sent the Jurors back with Instruction to deliberate further. Bine that tim ther have beea ao Indications that a verdict would be forthcoming. It la believed that unices a verdict Is reached by tomorrow afternoon a mis trial will be entered. Captain Boyce, the victim, was the father of A. Q. Boyce, Jr.. who aloped with Mr. Sneed last November from Fort Worth to Winnipeg. Canada. Oeiekroa Food Ball Player Sick. CrrO McCarthy, th gritty Mttl right halfback ot the Creirhtoa university foot ball squad, waa stricken Sunday evening wltb a painful attack of chronic appendi citis, which confined him to hla bed. He waa somewhat improve monoay. WANTED TO. INVADE MEXICO Lead ot)KTclt'i Offer to Taft to Beyiment GiTen Out TJTnrrrTi vt sahtvtve ktikvs President Replied Tear Ac that! Peaalblllty at American Interna- ' , tloa Was Taw Remote to Consider. WASHINGTON, Feb. .-The announce ment of Colonel Roosevelt's willingness to accept the presidential nomination aad hla consequent open bresk with President Taft waa declared here tonight to have removed a picturesque possibility In con nection with th threatened troubl la Mexico. Senators who claimed to be conversant with tha facta said that Just about a year ago when the Madero revolution was at Its height In Mexico and the possibility of American Intervention waa being discussed. Colonel Roosevelt wrote a let ter to President Taft volunteering to head a regiment of cavalry which was to be In tha forefront of the Invading force. Colonel Rooeevelt. It waa said, stipu lated that hla subordinate officer war to be of hi own choosing, aad went so tar aa to name aom ot the men be would select Those Included Colonel Cecil Lyon, national committeeman ot Texas; Jack Abernathy. the wolf-strangling former marshal of Oklahoma; Sloan Simpson of Texas, a "rough rider:" Secret Service Agent James Sloan, Jr., no with Presi dent Taft, and several member of the old "Rough Rider" regiment of Cuban war fame. Colonel Roosevelt at that time. It Is said, asserted It wss bis highest ambition seal a to be tn the saddle in time of war. The colonel's letter to President Taft. asking to be placed In command ot a regiment in th event qt trouble In Mexico waa addressed. "Dear Will." according to thoa who claim to hav seen tha docu ment, r President Tat's reply was addressed "Dear Theodore.", . It said, according to reports, that tho oolonei's proposlilan was very "Interest ing, Indeed." but that th possibility of American Intervention was too remote a contingency to be considered at th thn la any way. 4. Beirut is Put Under : Martial Law After Sinking of Vessels BEIRUT. Feb. M.-Martial law was proclaimed her today, although all la quiet within the town. Not lea than sixty persons were kUled and 100 wounded during the bombardment by the Italian, warship. Saturday. Th arrival of the Italian early on Saturday was followed, by an immediate demand for tha sur render or th deetruction of two Turkish torpedo boats lying In tha harbor. The demand waa promptly refused and after a abort delay th Italians opened fire, the shell causing great damage. Three torpedoes ftnslly destroyed tha Turkish vessels. Ths Turks fought bravely, but were at a great dlsadvsa tage, aa they were unable to maneuver their vessels, and their guns were ot small calibre. ' During the fighting In the harbor a mob looted the government arsenal aad seised rifle and ammunition. One shell burst close to an American building, but In jured ao one. All Americans la th city are safe. CONSTANTINOPLE. Feb. Sx-Th, American and other educational establish- meats In Beirut escaped damage at tha hands ot the Italians during bombard-1 ment of the city. The latest estimates of the casualties received here indicate that ' thirty persona were killed and about 10 wounded. Martial law has beea pro-i claimed at Beirut, but theftowa la said to, be quiet. j ROME. Feb. faThe first official re-, port of the destruction ot the two Turkish I warsklpa yesterday In Beirut harbor waa , received today from Admiral Favarelll. ' commanding the squadron, to which th! eralsen Wueeppe Oarlhaldl and Franceaoa Ferrulrto. the attacking vessels, ar at tached. The king today signed the bill aanexing Tiipolltana and Cyrenslca. ( SJ7 "Aep'k aft V W- UMaJ)W "na cn mti AttuPTorr :tim (Ms Uili JlWlsu CU Jbrn Ut ft A- bm BO I COSsTAirr. Ls Csesse. WW CH Jk VAN SANDT. Dtallott Slllisfs 1'TtmsWk.OaalAWA.I