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! FART OKE. . 4.. OT8 SECTION I ruid U. TO TUt. Sunday Bee WEATHER FORECAST. Rain or Snow VOL. XLI-XO. 37. oAILy- SUNDAY "MORNING, MARCH 3, . 1912 SIX SECTON'S-THIRTY-SIX PAGES. SINGLE. COPY FIVE CENTS. TUFT WARNS ALL . PLACED IN PERIL ' TO QUIT MEXICO I Gravity of Situation in Southern Republic Causes President to Issue Proclamation. Coming-and Going in Omaha CONSns TO CASE FOB EFFECTS I Decision Reached After Special - Meeting of the Cabinet MUST AVOID AST PARTISANSHIP i Utterance 'is Not Kecoguition of Revolutionary Movement , SEEKS TO AVOID EJTERVESTI05 'American Citizens Told to Refrain from Crossing Line. ' STATUTES MUST BE B SERVED IMolallens at Laws Will Bo Rlcer- ouely Prosecuted ts Statement Issued la ane of l'rcs ' latent Tatt. , WASHINGTON March:.-The arlvlty of tb sltuaiion.ln Mexico caused Presi- 'Uent Tart today to Issue a proclamation virtually warning American ctttsens to re- 'fraffl from entering that country (and tiebse bow resident titer to leave When k' moitlon threaten to become intoler. Fbi, - . ,.. The decision to Issue such warning v. as reached at a special meeting of tbe cabinet. ' The proclamttloa augmented by s l;lKratn addressed by th Htata depart ment to AmbasatAor Wilson In the City of Mexico. The smbasador.wns Instructed to Inform Americans In peril there to withdraw across the border1, leaving- their effects In the care of the nearest lotted State consul. Copies of ths telegram were sent alsolo onaular agents. The presidents utterance, it wss sx plained, was In no sense a recognition of the revoluttlonary movement In the sis ter requbtlc to the south. Neither waa It to be looked upon as a declaration of neutrality. It was declared the utterance was solely a warning to Americans to avoid anything that might savor of par tisanship In the existing state of affairs. Test of Procreation, The proclamation, which Is Interpreted further as an expression of this country's Intention to avoid .by every' possible means any chanee of Intervention, Is as IOI10W1!- " ' " ...... I . .ii. Aimt I rh.nM Slid .OCIDt fismuri iv um .i.w-i - established government exists III tertaln portions of Mexico sad. "Whereas, I'nder thes conditions It to ths duty of all persons within the Jurisdiction ot in inn train from tbe commission ot acta pro hibited by ths law thereto relating and subversive of the tranquility of a country with which the tnlted States Is at peace, and, "Whereas. The laws of the United States prohibit under such circumstances all persons within and subject to their Jurisdiction from taking part contrary to said laws In any such disturbance ad versely to such established government and. "Whereas, By express enactment If two or more persons oonsplre to commit an offense against the United States sny set of one conspirator to effect the object of such conspiracy renders all the conspirators liable to floe and Imprison ment, and. "Wneieas, There Is reawm to believe that clUSens of tbe United Btates and others within their Jurisdiction fall to apprehend ths meaning and operation ot the applicable laws of ths United States as authoritatively interpreted and may be misled Into participation In transactions. which rhlch i . . " . ; ' a. . s . . , eescuhthe -V-.; ' PIPlSHINCi VtJB. aOl J'i'll" ''1 THE JVZW TICTUSZ BEVERIDGE JOINS ROOSEGLM Former Senator, from Indiana .Will Support Colonel's Can- -didacj. DriOJt TAXES CHARGE MONDAY Waeelaatea Hewdqaartere Moved to V Large Salt', at Room la , - Oewalewa Office Stalld. , WASHIQTOf, March t-The acquisi tion ot former Henator Beverldcs of Indi ana to -the . Itoosevdt forces, wasi an nounced here today. . ' i . , The colonel's, headquarters were moved today In a large suit of offices occupying the entire front -of a. 'downtown office building. . Senator Dixon , signs I tied . bis advent as manager of the .ex-president's candidacy ,bjr securing enough, space' tor th full "expansion of the campaign fores. Senator Ilx M announced he would take charge of tKe campaign Monday." ' ; "There Is -no question- In jsn'y man's mtnd.o - he', said In a -statement-today, "that an oierwtislmlnf preootiderance of th republican voters of the aaileh are for the nomination of. Colonel tjoasvelt. , Ttiy" URcve'that' if HooseVelr l, now nated he will be triumphantly elected In November and'tney are tearful of a politi cal calamity To' The' -republtcaa psrtjr should Mr.. Taft. be; nominated. -The. re publican party owe th nomination for th pretduent -to no man. '.."..' -'Th only hope of .those .repuhllcVna who art against the nomination ot Colonel Rooseveiri to secure' by hs use ot ted' eral patroravge In-thssbuth th contnl.of delegates from skeleton poMUcal organisa tions in these Mates and the' suffocation ot the Veal. sentiment ot the. republican, voters. In certain northern ststes In the election of delega teat " ' ' ' "DetaiTed" im or ibitrlbn; from "every -con; gresslonal district In the great republican states ot the Mlsslssrpplvalley.-irke Ohio, Illinois and Mlcblgan,.g1ves ery possible assurance of practn-aliy solid Roosevelt delegation f rom.'tnoe states, .while from the statea-iylng west ot th Mississippi, with scarcely a single exception, the Roosevelt sntlment"ls Irresistible."-. -. . t'eloael Oeales Mestwrt. OYSTER BAT. March , l-A report reached Oyster Bay today; that Colonel Roosevelt had 'assured , two members ot President Tsft's .'cabinet that' be would not accept , the presidential ..nomlustloo are violations of said laws and i this year. Secretaries stlmson and Meyer, will render them liable to th I according to the atory, were said to have The -National . Capital .Satarday, Merek 8, 1I2. ' - -i .. The Senate. ' Consideration of agricultural appropria tion bill resumed.- Rulea committee to determine whether congress shall Investigate stiiks condi tions In Lawrence. The House. .Met al 1 p. m., when Senator Brlstow. wss expected to conclude his speech en the Stephenson elvctlon case. - Interstate commerce committee resumed hearing on' uniform bill of lading legisla tion, f .j ' Bank Robber Slain ' ' ; By Posse of Police Near Montreal severe penalties provided for such viola- reached this understanding with Colonel lions; Now. Therefore, In recognition ot the laws governing s.d controlling In such matters, as well as In discharge ot the obligations ot th United States toward a friendly county and aa a measure of precaution and to tbe 'end that ctusens of the United States and all outers within their Jurisdiction may be deterred from subjecting themselves to legal forfeitures and penalties, Mast Comply veStsi Las. , ' l William Howard Tart, president e the United States of America, do hereby admonish all such dtlsens and other per sons to abstain tram every violation ot the laws hereinbefore referred to and do hereby warn uietn that all violations ot such laws will se rigorously prossculed, and 1 do hereof enjoin upon all officers (Continued on Second Page.) The Weather FOR KKIlR-VSKA-f-now; slowly rising temperature. KDK lulvA-.-r3i slowly rising tem per at lira. Tessaeratasw at aasaha Yesterday. Den. M ...... 11 U , IS II , i4 li , H Roosevelt. "They never did . so," said Colonel Roosevelt today. "They never did so, be cause they could not." ' - Both Mr. Stlmson and Mr. Meyer hav seen the colonel within the last few-Weeks and both said the colonel saw copies ot a letter, whtck k. wrote-to aa Intimate friend several' weeks ago. 4a. this letter he explained why; at that time he could mak no definite statement aa to his position. ' , . "a sn... a la m. ...... t a. sa. ... 1 w a.m. ...... 11 a. m fk - P. m'.'.'Z Kimmel Case is : Given to'the Jury ST. LOUIS, March t-Tb fcUmmel mys tery and lnurance jcae went t the Jury shortly before noon today after, United State. Dlffrle -Judas' Clisilas F, Amldon had delivered his Instract'.objs. ' On of the. moet.lmportaat-of the Instructions-waa "that certain dlssstsrs In life" might so rhinxe.jt person that-tils friends of earlier' day would not recog nise him. '. f - , . This was a refereoo to th testimony that If the claimant. Andrew J. White Is George A. Ktmmel, h has u ad ergons re markable physical change since bis dhv appearance in IMS. The .Judge said tbe kurden of 111 proof rested on the plain tiff, the TSoelver of a defunct bank of Mies. Mich 'to show that' KJmmei. is - MONTREAL. Canada. March t-One of ftv robbers' who brsk Into- a branch ot th Royal bank early today .at Montreal West, a 'Junction ot th Canadian Pacific railroad, flea ml lea, west jt th city was killed la a runaing flatt with cltl-ttn- Rasidents of the neighborhood got th alarm before tbe gang had obtained any loot. Attar aa exchange of (hot the other -tour robbers escaped leavjng th body of their companion. - TustTuwt burls Who -ot say arbe- awy out their escape V th fact thatl they were equipped with now shoes .nil their pursuers war hindered by th deep snow. Tbe dead man has not been Identl fled. V ' ' ' ' ' . Th attempted robbery wss ths Naoat daring la the history of Canada. A rail' way watchman saw" the men crawl through window Into th bank. Hs not! fled ths polios who surrounded th build' ljuj." Th bandits were called upon to sur render. -Suddenly there was a terrifto dy namite explosion and th bank was com pletely wrecked.' In lb confusion th robbers got sway, but were cornered later ha shack-In th outskirts ot the city... Th chief ot police and hi men entered th building end engaged in a duel with the men One robber waa killed outright and two more fell badly wounded, but later escaped with their companions. Charles Fltspatrick, son . of the chief of police. ' was seriously hurt. u'SURIAL of battleship ..14 .11 ,..M ,...u ...It MAINE IS POSTPONED CotsparatlTW f-e-rml Reeard. lMi UN. 11. vm. Hiaheat veeterday . M S7 M i Ixweet ye-fleruer U !7 Mean temperatur....... It c - 13 s predpitatioa . . Temperature and)feclp1UUoB depar tures from the sirmai; 'ormai temperature 3 iH-ficiencr for the day u Total defkiency aloe March L ti Normal rainfall Winch Kicei-a tor tbe day Jl mcb Total rainfall ttnee March L... .Sbineb -.jtc-es since March 1 -2 in h ji--fictenev for cor. period. l!i. .C Inch snfjilsn-r tat car. Beried. lata, . JK imeh.- , WA8H1XGTON." March t-Tb official burial at sea. of th old battleship Main, originally sctledaled tor Monday next has been postponed until March ta, oa acooent ot unexpected difficulty experienced in 35 , removing the . cofferdam around th wreck. ,rr Railway Msiil rterka. WAKlXJTO.f ." t. C. March JWSne cial Te1rara.)-J. E. eimmoos 'of Her snos, Leroy tiodfrey of Rapid City. A. V. Boe spy el Pierre." T. E. - DrUe of Carthage, A. E. Cmwmlnr of Alexandria, S. D.. bar been-appointed railway, taall Pastor Charged ; With Perjury and j His Home Burned FORT WORTH, Tex., March Z-k few hours after Rev. J. Frank Korrls, pastor ot the First Baptist church, had been in dicted on th charge ot -perjury, his noma burned down last night It cam as a mydtertoua sequel to an equally mysterious chain of events in which th saloon fighting minister has figured. Th . most startling development cam hut , night whan - accused of perjury, N orris was charged with having written letters ' to , himself m which b , was threatened with death If n did not leave town. Notri first attracted . attention here by campaigns for enforcement ot prohibi tion laws. Then Morris declared aa at tempt haJ been made to aaaasslnata him. This wss followed by the destruction of the First Baptist church by fir. Nsrris reported a second attempt had bc.n mad an his nts after this, and k traveled with awbeflyguard. Then he exhibited the warning letters which last BidSat th grand Jury dec V red N orris wrote to hinv salt N orris' charges attracted great deal ot attention to his church work. Woodrow Wilson . Leaves for the East - (From a Staff Correspondent.) . DES MOINES. la , March X.- Special Telegram.) Governor Vt'oodrow Wilson returned eastward at noon today after having delivered an addresa this .morn ing at Highland Park college and con ferring with bis friends here. He took occasion .also to call on . Governor Car. roll formally. In regard to woman sut-' frsge, he said: . , 'V2, am not prepared to say whether I am for or against women suffrage, My mind Is open on this question. There is much to be said oa both sides, nod I bav not made up my mind definitely which Is better,' to leave It to the: men to solve the questions which confront as or to Invito women Into ths discission sod to ths work of solving th proMems-" Taektea Memo Baned, TAVkTOK. a D.. March l-fSpocial.)-. The horn of Mrs. Roe Beverly, during t9 absence from tbe city of th fajrdly, waa burned to the ground Frfcte; mora ine Tbe loss is IS. about naif Insured, COMMISSION PLAN LAW HELD VALID Supreme Court Denies Writ of Man damus Asked by W. LBaufhn of Omaha. E5TTRE ACT IS HELD VALID There Mlaht Be tjeestlen Aboat Recall reatarv, bat This Will Not Attest th Rest of 1 f he Lave. , , , , " LINCOLN. Neb., March t -(Special Telegram.) Th supreme court today .up held th Omaha commission law for city government. ' -This Is th cas brought by Wllmat L. Baughn. Jr.. of Omaha, who sought to mandamus City Treasurer Vrs to accept a filing tea tooths office of city comp troller. Ura ntused th fee, "and Baughn brought suit through bis sttorney, lead or Zleglar. Th law waa defended by City Attorney Bine and Attorney wonn r. Bromt, th latur baring arawn tn law, a passed, by th iegisiatur. Th writ of mandsmu was denied. Ma formal opinion was tendered, but In aa atsi prwnounoemsnt th supreme court snstaHed. tbw law, The -ly aat wot ssvsred m th fsalsioa 1 that relating tp ths recall peovisioa. which wss raissd in an Intervenlhg brief filed by O. A. Kret singer of Beatrice. . ,Th court said thsrs might be a qua tlsn a to th vslldlty ot this provision, bat It would not affect th general pro vision of th law. CUMMINS GETS HOME CODNTY Sixty-Four Delegates Chosen, but Ko Test Vote Taken at Des Moines. SENATOR MAKES AIT ADDRESS POLITICIANS IN (1RSEAT alSPEXSK Stand Is) Mir wrfth Meaey In Hand Walttait for Oeelsdoa. Members ot th ell council and candi dates who are In - dead earnest about their campaigns gathered early at O elty halt yesterday and stood with flv dollar bills In their bands ready to of fer them aa filing fee for electlv of flosa It news cam that th commission form had not been sustained. Several took advantage of a posslbl advers decision and tendered their fee yesterday. City Treasurer L'r had promised la cas th new form was knocked out by th supreme court to remain In his office until midnight Inst night, accepting fees. This was the last day for filings under the old system. . When Dm Butler announced that th court had sustained the commission form, there was an audible sigh from ths score or more in waiting, wnetner it was m relief or foreboding could not be ascer tained, i , . As soon as th candidate compre hended that there would be no Immediate upheaval among themselves they rushed to th elty clerk' office to file their pe titions for commissi onershlp nominations. Th entire socialist ticket filed,, as did else) Councilman W. 8. Sheldon. Th socialist slat, alt of whom pre sented properly signed petitions, follows: Bugent Steer, SHt Woolworth; H. J. Morrow, MIS Decatur; Peter Metarene,' so North Central boulevard.: Thor Jor gensen. Oil Meson; F. A. Harriett. 114 North Fifteenth street; L. W. Morsman, M. D.. Six South Nineteenth street; Clar ence C. Vaughan, tot South Twentieth street. , , Reporte tram Sixth District In Iowa Dkew that lx at Sevew Cetan Ilea Tfcrra Hav Selected Taft Ucleaatee, j (Kroia a Staff Correspondent) I) EH MOINES. March I. -(Special Tet srara.) The republican county, oonven tlon of Polk county, today selected sixty four delegates to tbe state and district conventions, end the action waa unani mous for a delegation that will be for Cummins for president.' Th convention was well attended and harmonloua. Short resolution wer pre sented and adopted favoring the can didacy of Cummins There was no teat Vol to determine whether any wer op posed. Senator Cummins appeared and spoke briefly to 'the convention, discussing the general problems of government and as sarting that It wilt be In ths future as In the psst bis highest ambition to seres the people well. The delegates ar all hi warm personal friends. It was reported from th Sixth district today that every county baa. bed -caucuses 'and eta inh' svn counties! win at the county convention select delegates tor Taft PRESTON, la., March !.-(Bpeoial Tele-tram.)-Tb Union county . democratic convention today select sd nine delegst tu tbe state convention at Burlington In structed for Woodrow Wilson for presl dent. SEVERAL STATES COVEREDBYSNOW Storm Extends from the Rocky Mountains to Region of the " Great Lakes. FOUR JO FIVE I5CHES -' HERS Depth et Snares Over Kansas ncbraska, Wysals aad State CaH ta lha Mississippi River, Man Who Says He is From Savannah, Mo., Robbed of Big Sum J TAMPA, fie., March l-Declarlng he lost or had been robbed of SKKuoa which he had drawn from a hank In Savannah, Mo., i. E. Eaxmann, said to be a promi nent merchaat f that place, eras found her today daxed and apparently unable to recall what bsd happened to htm. Ha says be started from his home to go to Hot Springs, Art., and that be fell or waa slugged In Ksnaas City and that be knows nothing ot what happened since that time. - - - Eaxmann was located by T. E. Bryan. a friend ot the merchant's family. Ex- mann told bis-story-in rambling words and little ot a definite nature could be Attained from him. After his injury in Ksnaas City he says he remembers nothing clearly. His stay in tbe hospital be associates with brutal treatment by someone be thinks attendant. He next recalls traveling, probably kg a freight ear, and being aompelled to sign some kind of a paper by a persoa be cannot place. SAVANNAH. Mo March 1-Tlie name meeting ot th pre-coaveotion period and of J. E. Eaxmann. reported to be a na- I the speakera are expected to ound the tlv of this city and to have been found t keynotes of tbe prsgusslve wing of tbe in daxed condition in Tampa. Fla.. is I party. This mean, of course, that no unknown .to old resident, of this city. Th prominent merchants of the city were all well and at their accustomed places of busts tada A snowstorm covering th wldast area ot any that has visited th centra wast, was taneral yesterday from Minnesota and Aha Dakotsa on ths north to Okla homa oa the south and from th moun tains sast to th lakes. Light (now began to faH before daylight In Omaha and during th day about four or tlv I none fell. Th snow (topped lata In th afternoon. Temperatures over ths storm-stricken region rang trom sero ta Wyoming ta M to sf decrees above sera. Asross erasure Kansas, Nebraska and throughout Wyom ing th snow I drifting, but aot badly, la other localities there Is so llttl wtnd. (hat "calm" la reported. , As a result at lb realm" traias ranch UK Oaaaaa up t neon war raotleallr aw time! Over ,1b ntlr territory whk tb storm cover th anew la from three t eight laches dp. aa fin aa flour and a kght as feathers, Just th kind to' be aught up by th wind and esrtied along Into drift. ... Owing to th llgtaUMM ot th snow. It did aot Impede (treat railway traffic to any silent, sweeper wer constantly run ning over Uis tracks and ths (now wss saslly pushed asld. , ' ' Issw lha SCnat. Trainmen and others coming In from th seat report they struck tb storm soon after' crossing th Mississippi river and that from ther en th snow. was general and from thro to four lncba in depth, being heaviest In th north part of the state. ' Tbe Omaha train from gL Paul and Mia- neapoila found snow ail th way through. but nothing In th natur ot a bilssard. When th train left th Twin Cities at o clock Friday night. It had bam snowing for several . hour and had at tained a depth of three Inches. At SMua City th fresh mow was sight Inches m depth and Mill snowing at t o'clock. Re ports to ths Northwestern general of flees report' now all the. way from Lander, Wye.. Through Wyoming It is from six to eight Inches deep and In Nebraska, from three ta six. i On th Burlington snow was tailing ovor th entire distance from Billings on th northern line to Omaha, At ths tims when the agents sent In their report. It had reached a depth of from four to eight Inches and waa still snowing. On th southern line across Nebraska, snow was general tram Denver to th Missouri river, varying In depth from two lo sight inch, th heeAleal being la the wtstern part ot th stale. There waa ana all along tb main Mae of th Union Pacific from Old en. Utah. Through portions of western Wyoming. It began snowing Friday afternoon and yesterday, bad reached a depth of tea to twelve Inches. At ths hour of the re port. It wafstlll snowing. Tb Missouri Pacific reported a heavy fall of snow along Its river line, aggre gating six to eight Inches all tb way Ltrom Omaha to Atchison Kan., and al most as much along lha branches In Ncbraska and Kansas. A report from slong tbe southern Una told of six Inches I of snow ta Oklahoma. Hard an Lis Stock. Wyoming ranchmen In town report the livestock situation in many parts ot that state rapidly approaching the danger line. They say that when they left home early thla week, a goodly portion of the rang Was covered with enow to a depth of from six lo eighteen Inches. With the three lo eight Inches that baa sine fallen. it makes It Imposslbis tor either sheep or cattl to pick anything off tb wtnd swept plain except sag brush. ; Through the northern and western parts of the state, the ranchmen In town predict that th sheep losses will be close to at per cent of th entire flocks, while the cattle and horse losses will be very heavy. In almost all portions of th state, the hay put up last season has been ted out and It ht about tmpoasibi to secure more. In many places hay and grains have been hauled twenty to thirty miles. Hsy has now gone to K$ per ton and corn is sold st S cents per pound and little to be had. ' Fowt of Saeae la West. SIDNBT. Neb.. March i. (Special Tee- Harmon men need apply tor an oppor- J eermm. Anoiner ., oa " acre tunity to speak. The banquet will be held "ocsiimj ine m ..k, nor ta in the Auditorium and the ticket will be bound trains oa the Burlington railroad th usual price, ti per plat. Robber Shot After Looting Bank Says Comes from Bluffs AURORA, Colo., March 1 -HI III showing facial dlscoloratlons received Thursday night In an attempted holdup of a pugil ist here, Dwlght Day of Council Bluffs, la., who registered aa "Oroldt Day. Cin cinnati!. O ," I in the county hospital preparing for the amputation ot his left arm. His shoulder was snatterea oy a charge of shot received In escaping after successfully looting the - Aurora State bank her this morning. He secured SMS, but this was recovered when hs wss ar rested. Shortly after S o'clock ley shambled up to the cashier's cage of the bank at Aurora where Assistant Cashier Webn had Just spread his cash and st the point of pistol compelled the cashier to hnd over his revolver. II then filled hi pockets and backing out, - released the spring lock, imprisoning the cannier. II was pursued by a cltlsen Into an aban doned powder mill where Day waa shot In th arm. Her th nolle captured him. Bryan Managers Get Chary About Speakers (From a Buff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. March l-tSpecialJ- Man agers of the Bryan birthday banquet March IS, are not yet ready to five out th list of those who will respond to toasts. One thing, however. Is i termlned. there will be no Nebrasksm In the list, as those In charge ef the affair decided to Uke no chances of sny designing persons smuggling a po litical bomb Into the meeting end touch ing it off when the fesst was the mer- I rlest. - - i ' Mr. Brysn's friends realised that the political situation In Nebraska, from a democratic point ot view, is fraught with Just such possibilities and several prominent members ot the party are suspected of being mors than willing to pull oft some stunt. If given a chance. Hence only outsiders will be permitted to Ulk while the lucal contingent can eat and bteu. The sicakera' list Is not made ap. It Is said, but several democrats of national prominence are certain to be among tbem. it will be a matter ot interest to see who ot the many democratic candidates will be present, or rather which of tbem will absent themselves. The forethought af thus managing tbe affair Is again mani fest by the advance announcement that th absence of any candidate "will not be Uken as an unfriendly act as It Is known that circumstances will prevent all from attending." Just the same it wllNbe interesting to note th absentees. Friends ot Mr. Bryan assert tb banquet will be the great progressive democratic FOREIGN TROOPS AGAIN ON THE WAY TO PEKING Cound of Ministers Sends Out Call for All Available Men In Adjacent Ports. THOUSAND WILL ARRIVE TODAY Situation in the Capital of China Becomes Serious. S ISBN Mutineers attach palace Portion of Residence of Father sf Dowager Empress Boned, SHOPS LOOTED, HOUSES FIRED Headless Bodies Lying in Streets of1 Many Parts of City. PAO TIRO FTJ IS ATTACKED Whtrh Left Peklaw Tb. ra dar Barn Part at tily and Kill S amber l Reese a Cathelt Mtealeaarlce, PEKING. March S.-A serious deecence of disorder occul ted today when a detachment of artillery headed by a band marched to the peine . of Duke Kuel-Ilslanf, father ef tb empress dow ager, and shelled dowa th gate. They looted a large amount of property aad burned a portion ot th palace. Many mlealonarte hav been slaugh tered by th mutineer in Pao-Tlng-Fu. according to a report received her today. It I thought probable, however, In well Inform sd circles that only an ar two have ben killed. It la believed they ar Romaa Catholics. Tb foreign minister here after a con ference hav decided . to bring Into Pe king all the available foreign, troops sta tioned la adjacent ports In Chine. A tores of L3 of various aattonalltle will arrive here tomorrow. . Although last .night partis of soldiers belonging to the army commanded by Chang Hual Chin wer engaged them selves In looting, today they fought th looters la th euiaklrU of . th city. Prisoners, thry .took war summarily de capitated and maay hsadleas bodies are lying ta th streets In various parts of th elty. , In th distant part of th West City CAMlderabl tssubss sssasiwt. What streets d shops wer teeted and many houses wer sot on fire. Th civilian population has armed and fortified Private Dremlsea while hsirt. cads were erected la tb street for pur pose ot defense. v' Pa Ttagr Fa Levied. e Tbe mutineers who left Peking for Poo- Ting Fu yesterday and whom Yuan Shi Kol ordered to be arrested or killed by th garrison of that city hav been Joined by many of th soldiers there. They hav looted a great part of Paa-Tlng Fa and burned large areas of th city. rang Tsl twenty-two miles from Peking, on ths railroad to Tien Tsla was looted by another gang ot mutineers to day. British troops guarding ths railroad thtr protected the women and children. but In mutineer burned the railway utlon and held up a train, robbing many of ths Chines passengers. . Tung Ping Fu. where th American troops ar guarding th railroad to Chin Wang Too. also waa tooted today. It is evident that all th soldiers. of ths northern Chinee army ar in agree ment In the pillaging movement. They are under the belief that tbe coming of the republican delegates from Nankins; to Yuan Bhl Kal means tbe dismissal of ths northern troops from the ervlct. Th delegste telegraphed today to Gen eral LI Yuen Hang, commander ot the republican troops at Nanking and vice president of the republic to bring a re publican army to Peking to restore order. Yuan Shi Ksl today promised Id pardon all returning mutineers, but has aot yet received any . response. Tbe populace has been notified thatf all persons found In th streets tonight after S o'clock will be shot. Tb soldiers of ths Imperial guard and those belonging to - Chang Hbaa Cbi'a army are now nominally In control of Peking. It remains to be seen, whether they ar much better than th muti neers. Bilaaliea at Saratov Serlaaa. Tbe situation at Bwatow Is becoming more senous every day. Th Interior of the province Is in a stats of eomnlat anarchy. General Ling with BOO troops from Walcbow has arrived in the city t suppress the disorders and another (Continued oa Second Page.) Continued on Second Page.) Getting positions becomes a simple mat ter if you are qualified for the work and use the right means. A Bee want ad is very effica cious in putting men or women into the best positions. Under the . heading "Situations Wanted," your ad will find thousands of read ers. If any firm is look ing for an employee your message will soon reach it. Try a Bee want ad. It costs but a few cents and returns dollars to you. Phone Tyler 1000 ; '