The Omaha Sunday Bee
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PAGES ONE TO TWELVE
THE WEATHER
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VOL. XLIII-NO. 29.
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 4, 1914-FIVE SECTIONS TIIIRTY-EIGHT PAGES.
SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
BRYAN SAYS CHINESE
MUST DO REAL WORK
OF CONVERTING ASIA
Orientals Now Studying in America
' the Powers in Evangelizing
Western World.
-CAN DO MORE THAN FOREIGNERS
Secretary Speaks to Yellows at
Kansas City Conference.
STALKS TO VOLUNTEER MEETING
Head of State Department Refuses
to Discuss. Mexican Situation.
LAYMAN'S MOVE BEARS FRUIT
Contributions (or 1013 Jaat End
loe to Mission Abroad Tirloo
Total Amount Raised
Eight Years Asa.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Jan. 8. Christian
Chinese now studying In America are
thq powers to propagate Christianity in
China, William J. Bryan, secretary of
state, said in on address this afternoon
to th national , conference of Chinese
students In America, The conference is
made up of delegate to the student vol
unteer convention, but is held apart from
tho convention proper.
' The real work of converting Asia to
Christianity," Secretary Bryan said,
"must he done by those, who have caught
the spirit. Tbu students are prepared
to do th every work that needs to be
done. You oan reach the hearts of your
people better than a missionary from a
country ;not y6ur own."
Secretary Bryan arrived at 2:15 o'clock
this afternoon. Ho Intended to go . dl
Tect to his hotel, but when he learned
-the Chinese conference was being held
'he decided to attend it.
"I've beon speaking so much," ho told
tthe delegates, "that it is good to do a
little listening and the addresses your
young . mqri and women have delivered
th lsafternoon have been good to hear."
Won't niscniw Mxlfn .
Mr. Bryan refused to discuss the Mexi
can .question or any question touching
upon administration policies. Ho ad
lresesd the convention of tho Student
"Volunteer movement tonight. Dr, J. A.
aiacDonald, editor of the Toronto Globe,
and Dr. Shatter Mathews, dean of the
"University of Chicago pivinlty school,
'were tho ccispeakera tonight Bach
Addre'sse3the delegates on -the same cen
tral ldean "The Word Strategy of
.ChifsV'"
Tho total foreign missionary contrlbu
rtlons of tHe American Prrttstaptjhiircljes
jfor the' last, year ?aa Sie.398,000, accordhlg
ito k statement made to' the student VoU
untpors convention today by, J. Campbell
White of New" York City, general seere
tary" ofthe laymen's missionary move
ment: Xcnr'M Contributions.
"The contributions for tho year Just
ending, to foreign mlsssions," declared
Mr. White, "are twice the total amount
contributed to foreign missions eight
;years agd. Contributions to the home
missionary objects, during the same
period, although I have not the exact
figures, has been much larger than the
Increase to' foreign 'missions."
Mr. White declared special Interest at
taches to this convention in the minds
of several hundred representative lay
men who aro in attendance, because it
was at tho Student Volunteer convention
held at Nashville. Tenn., eight years ago,
that the laymen's missionary movement
had its' real Inception. John B. Slcman.
I TIT I. I . .
there inspired to take steps that led to
the organization of the laymen's move--ment,
which has since enlisted hundreds
.of Christian men as support eta of tho
missionary work of their own denomlna--'tlons.
It costs but 8 per cent to admlnster tho
big fund for foreign missions, accord
ing to Mr. White, which ho declared is
less than one-half of the per cent of ad
ministrative cost of COO hundred of the
largest business concerns in America.
Asks Fifty Millions.
Mr. White appealed for $50,000,000 a
year for foreign missions from North
American churches and seemed to provo
It possible when he added that by the
standardization of financial methods now
going on, this would mean only 10 icnts
a. week from 10,000,000 church member,
even If the balance of the 21,000,000 Protca
lant church members in tho United States
ind Canada glvo nothing.
Dr. Barton, speaking on "Missionary
iStatesmanshlp, ' said: "Native leadsra
must be trained for every department ot
social, Intellectual and religious effi
ciency and to these all leadership must
ultimately be conceded.,
"The missionary must understand In ail
his plans that he and his mission are
temporary and Institutions of Christian
civilization, under native control and
leadership, will romaln."
The Weather
For Omaha, Council Bluffs and Vicinity
Mostly cloudy; slightly warmer,
Tetnpearnture nt Uaiann
.'oterilay.
Dec
Hours,
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a a. m 14
9 a .in.. 15
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1 P. m 19
2 P. m 20
3 p. m ,'JJ
4 p. m 20
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6 p. m..., ,..20
1 p. m 20
Comparative Local Ilreord.
1911. 1913. 1912. 1911
Highest yesterday ..... 20 40 9 12
Lowest pesterday 14 21 1 11
Mean temperatura 17 30 4 1
Precipitation T .01 .04 .00
Temperature and precipitation depar
tures from the normalt
Normal tomPerature 21
Efficiency for the day 4
Total excess since March 1 945
Normal iireclmtation 02 Inch
Deficiency for the day. 02 inches
Total rainfal' sin" Mnrch 1.,,.23.1S nchfi
Deficiency since March 1 4.34 inches
Peflciency for cor. period, 1911 4.37 inches
TWirjcacy for. cor. per., 1JU.-03.39 inches
Missouri Lumber
Companies Want
Another Hearing
JEFFERSON CITY", Mo Jan. 3.-MO-tlons
for a rehearing on behalf of a dosen
of tho lumber companies against which
Judgments of flno and ouster were re
turned by the Missouri supreme court
last month" were filed today.
In behalt of the Central Coke and Coal
company, the Bowman-Hick. Lumber
company, tho Lutkin Land and Lumber
company, tho Missouri Land and Lumber
Exchange company, the Missouri Lumber
and Mining company, the Long-Bell Lum
ber company and the. Dlcrks Lumber com
pany, John Lucas of Kansas City urged
that tho mere fines constituted a small
part of the punishment, since conviction
and oiister from corporate franchises aro
enormous burdens to the transaction of
business and the conservation ot property
rights.
A motion for a rehearing and acquittal
filed for the Calcasteu-Long Leaf Lumber
company set forth that this company had
no part In the alleged conspiracies in re
straint ot trade
Other motions asking rehearing filed
were the Grayson-McLeod Lumber com
pany, the Ozan Lumber company and the
Leldlgh & Havens Lumber company.
The motions set forth that the punish
ment decreed by the supreme court Is
unreasonable, arbitrary and equivalent
to taking tho property ot the companies
without due process of law.
It was argued that the companies were
denied the right of trial by Jury and that
the burden of proof does not show the
lumber companies to have violated the
anti-trust law.
Socialists Will
Name Candidates, at
National Primary
CHICAGO, Jan. 8. Presidential and
other leading candidates of the socialist
party In 1918 will bo nominated by refer
endum vote and not by convention. This
was determined by a mall' referendum
Just completed and announced today by
Walter Longfeslek, executive secretary
of the party. The proposition carried by
4 to 1, the executive secretary said. The
party convention will be held, however,
to adopt a platform. In ease the refer
endum gives no one candidate a suffi
ciency of votes, it will be continued be
tween the two leaders until a nomina
tion Is made. Original nominations will
be made by local party organizations.
Under the new plan voters are instructed
as follows:
The call for nominations shall be made
on the first day of. .November of the
year preceding the national election.
Vnrtv rinvfi nhn.ll b allowed' fior nomlna-
klon,5 fifteen for acceptance and-declina-
nomlnte ehtUl' receive' norntnatibus, from,
tea ,ar-mo)e locals before his home shall,
be-pla.aed.cn -.the IwyHotr A.w4Prtfy bal "
lot shall be ne6os$ary i-Qt elect fn case
nd candidate receives ;a majority on tho
first ballot then the two names receiving
the .highest number ot yoteaj shall be,
Immediately submitted to a second ref
erendum, sixty days', time to be given for
same.
Gate City is Not on
Itinerary of Reserve
Banks Committee
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.-The first legal
applications for membership In the fed
eral reserve system were received today
at the Treasury department from eleven
national banks in' the form of regula
tions approved by the reservo bank or
ganization committee declaring the boards
ot directors of the banks had accepted
tho terms of the new law. The applica
tions were from banks mainly In the
south.
The organization committee fixed dates
for hearings in cities on the Pacific coast,
In the south and In the central states.
The committee leaves Washington Jan
uary 17, and after holding hearings In
Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City and
Denver, will arrive In Seattle January 31.
It will be In Seattle February 1; Portland,
February 2; Ban Francisco, February 4;
Los Angeles, February 7; Houston, Tex.,
February 12; New Orleans, February Hi
Atlanta, February 16; Cincinnati, Feb
ruary 19; Cleveland, February 21; Wash
ington, February 21
Enver Bey Becomes
Minister of War
CONSTANTINOPLE. Jan. 3. Envor
Bey, at one timo leader of the young
Turk party and formerly Turkish mili
tary attache nt Berlin, was today ap
pointed minister of var of the Turkish
empire In place of Izzct Pasha, whore
signed. The choice of Enver Bey. who has held
the position ot chief ot staff for some
time, is regarded as likely to rouse once
more the anger of Russia, on account of
the minister's close friendship with Ger
many and the German empire.
Tho presence of Enver Bey at the War
offlcel in conjunction with the recently
t appointed German military mission for
the reorganization of the Turkish army,
will render Germany's relations, with Tur
key very solid.
MAN KILLED BY AUTO
UPSET AT IOWA CITY
IOWA CITV, la., Jan. 3.-(Speclal Tele-gram.)-John
V. Marlon, aged 39, of
Morse, la., was Instantly killed on Fol
som hilt. Just west of this place, In an
automobile accident last night. Marlon
was riding In a car driven by Guy Fink
of Iowa City, when the machine be
came unmanageable because of snow
and ice on the hill and turned turtle.
Mr. Fink escaped with slight bruises and
Bay Yenter, the other occupant of the
car, was uninjured.
THIEVES ROBBING POOR
B0XKILL PASTOR
WILHELMSHAVEN, Germany, Jan. 3.
Pastor Loetz of the Protestant church
in the village of Itecpsholt, near heret
was shot and killed today by thieves
whom he surprised robbing the poor box.
The murderers escaped.
WILSON SAYS VISIT
OF ENVOY MEANS NO
CHANGE INHIS POLICY
No New Plan or Move in Situation
Decided on as Result of
Conference.
JUST A "GET TOGETHER TALK"
Conversation Covers Whole Field of
Conditions, in Mexico.
PRESIDENT'S VIEW UNALTERED
He Believes Huerta Government
Slowly Being Crushed.
INEVITABLY IT MUST GO DOWN
Declares Special ' Reprecentatlre,
While Not Enjoying; Long So
Jonrii In Southern' Republic,
Perfectly Wlltlnsr to Stay.
. GULEPpnT. Miss., Jan. a-President
Wilson announced today that his con
ference with John. Llni) had developed
no change in .the poUpy of the Washing
ton administration . toward Mexico, ' and
that no new plan or mo'vo In the situa
tion had been decided op.
The president, referring to tho confer
ence as a "get together' talk" for mutual
Information. Ho explained that although
Mr. Ltnd constantly had been sending
full dispatches, a conversation of a few
hours had been deemed worth more than
weeks, of telegraphlo communication, with
tho added -value ot affording an exchange
of viewpoint regarding the ' situation.
President Wilson added that thero had
teen no special occasion for Mr. Ltnd's
visit no advices, excitement or new
questions.
The president said that his conversa
tion with Mr.' Ltnd had covered the whole'
field ot conditions In Mexico, but that,
no particular mcasuro or plan had beon
dwelt upon. .
.
President's Views Unchanged.
When asked If he was moris hopeful tor
a speedy settlement of thtv trouble,, Mr.
Wilson made It clear that his personal
view of the situation had not changed.
The president has held that tho Huerta
government is slowly being crushed hot
only by the constitutionalist forces, but
through Incessant Isolation,, and that In
evitably It must fall, lie smiled when
told ot. reports that .Provisional President
Huerta or some high officials, of-' tho
Huerta .government -Tva' bn board, tho
Chester and said: .
' "W.ell. I didn't see .thwu it, .they jver
there."' , . r ' 3 5-i;r. r. V
t Tfie president e&Jd that while $jj$,Ljmi
wtt3jjoi exactly; enjoying nis long stay
In Meco. lie was. twrfcfltlf ,jniHicvtft
stay Jhota tfnd.ai Abfylif ' tniteefidvjr),
the situation. v .
Mr. Wilson apparent! attachod little
Importance .td the Llrid episode, pointing?!
put that .the proximity qr .his personal
ei.voy, coincident with his own vacation
on the. Mississippi 'coast had been;, as
much ds smithing else, a motive tor the,
conference. . 1 ''
The president laid,, emphasis' on. the
fact that nothing specific, such as the
removal ot the embargo on arms or
similar moves had been discussed. lio
said that the Chester would leave for
Vera Cruz IhlB" afternoon and that Mr.
Llhd would, remain there indefinitely.'
Mother Not Allowed to See Son,
PASS CHRISTIAN, Miss., Jan. 3.-Tho
president this morning took Mr. Llpd'a
two sons, Norman Lind hnd John Ltnd,
Jr., eight miles in his automobile to the
pier, from where they boarded the reve
nue cutter Winona and went to the
cruiser Chester to bid their father gpod
bye. The Chester was to sail for Vera
Cruz beforo noon.
IA touoh of pathos Vvas adddftd to the
exchange of farewells between Mr. Ltnd
,and his sons. Mrs. Paulno Mezzlsen of
i Bay St. Louis sought to see her son,
George, a yeoman In the navy aboard
the Chester. Mrs. Mezzlsen when she
learned that none of the ship's crew was
to come ashore, went on board the tug
i which folllowed the Winona to tho place
where tho scout cruiser was , anchored.
The tug, howevor, was warned away by
the Chester's officers and the little gray
haired woman was forced to call her
good bye to her son across the inter
vening water.
Captain Wright,
Mission Worker, Is
Charged with Graft
BUFFALO, N. Y., Jan. 3.-MunIcipal
Judge Albert A. HarUell today Issued a
bench warrant for the arrest of John
M. Wright, staff captain of the Volun
teers of America here, at the request of
the district attorney's office which is
Investigating alleged "mission graft." It
charges Wright with the solicitation of
moneys under misrepresentation and
fraud. Captain Wright and his wife, who
was also an official of the volunteers, left
the city New Year"i day.
Wright was formally suspended from
the organization yesterday. Testimony
was given to show that Wright had a
French chef to do his cooking and that
he made bank deposits ranging from $5
to 310 dally.
FOUR CONVICTS KILLED AND
FIFTY WOUNDED BY GUARDS
CAIRO, Egypt, Jan. . Four convicts
were killed and fifty seriously wounded
today when ha prisoners confined In the
Toural penitentiary mutlned and were
fired on by the guards.
A conspiracy to break Jail had been
suspected and the convicts were paraded
In tho courtyard of the prison. The
wardens began to search them, and one
of the prisoners struck a searcher.
This was the signal for a general on
slaught on tho wardens by sevciai hun
dred prisoners. The armed guards 0f the
Jail thereupon mounted the high walls
surrounding the courtyard and fired a
warning vo)ley of blank cartridges, which
had no effect. The guards then loaded,
their magazine rifles with ball cartridges
and fired several volleys Into the closely
I racked mass.
I ;- C, HqP ' I
bPsTs jpfl: :
jj
Drawn ,f or The. Bee by Powell.
WILL BECOPINUED
Move of Morgan :Wili Not Make
Change in,Seoretary'
field's Plan.
ASKS LARGER APPROPRIATION
'"fltodylna;' iScoHowtc t,wB Qa
Which' All lnduntiitt'
WABHinaTOti, jai. .fctrJto cnange an
the 'plan ,of 'the Department of 'Corn
mere' for- InVestigAttng .trusts., nor In
Its. study 'of their ecohidmlc efficfency U
to result .from. the. withdrawal Of Morgan
& Co. from the directorates of many cor
porations: The "wlthdrarfal of the, Mor
gan firm; it was, pplhtea out today,
Would ndt make of any Jess -value tho
prbsehl and proposed work.
SccretAry1 Itodfltld has asked for an
Increase1 of. appropriation the bureau
ol 1 corporations, from 2ko.O)o to KS5.000.
MUoh of that fund he desires to use In
"undertaking a study of certain funds
montal ecortomlo laws on which all our
Industries are based."
Secretary nedfcld holds that tho mass
ing of capital has in it certain elements
ot efficiency, but doubts whether It is
tor the best interests of tho country as
a whole.
Automobile Bandits
Kidnap and Rob Two
Men at Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH, Pa., Jan 8. Automobile
bandits last night kidnaped two business
men who were on their way home, robbed
them and r'ode them about the city tor
two hours before dumping them uncer
emoniously Into the street. They were
given 10 cents each for car fare home.
The victims are .Charles E. Buccop,
president of a brewing company and
James A. Weldon, president of a plumb
ing concern. Succop was seized by two
masked men, who had alighted from a
taxi, blindfolded and thrown Into the
car. He was robbed of 160 and his
Jowelry.
Half an hour after the attack on Suc
cop, Weldon was seized while approach
ing his home, blindfolded and tied with
straps. He was relieved of WO and
Jewelry.
A third man, J. D, Scottdale, a chauf
feur, also was robbed. Ho told the police
he had answered a call and while waiting
at a street corner was blindfolded and
thrown Into the car. Six dollars was taken
from him. Policemen found the aban
doned taxlcab two miles from where it
was seen last by the victims.
MOTION PICTURE BANDITS
PLEAD GUILTY TO MURDER
RIVERSIDE, Cal., Jan. 3.-Paul Case
and Thomas Green, tho motion picture
actors who robbed the Palo Verde Valley
bank at Blythe, Cat., of approximately
$5,000 on December 2, pleaded guilty in
auperipr court here today ot the murder
of William Bowles, cashter of the bank,
who was slain when he' tried to Intercept
the bandits. They were remanded for
sentence January 14.
Case and Green had been acting In
bandit roles for film plays. They robbed
the bank the day after Ralph Farlss held
up the Sunset' express at Elmonte, Cal.,
and kljled Horace Montague. They were
captured two days later In bed at a
lodging house fn El Centro, Cal., 140 miles
from the scene of their crime.
EIGHT BUILDINGS BURNED
AT SUPERIOR WYOMING
CHEYENNE, Wyo.. Jan. .-Elght
buildings, Including the town hall, were
destroyed In a fire early today at Su
perior, a mining camp. The tire started
tn a restaurant. The damage was 1100,-009.
MONOPOLY
INQUIRY
The Sower
January Corn
Prices Drop Ten
Cents at Chioagp
CHICAGO. Jan. S.-rCorn " prices
crashed downward' to,day the January
delivery brea$nsY hearly 10,' cents
btishl. The -'same, corn '"that four daj'k
ago brought ft' cents sold, this mOrnlng
at SUi cents., a s fall of nearly )0 'cents'.
The fact that the, leading long here -had
optlor,- brought' ' f ,ch-;,sjur!nw
Bison in values won mo rcsuiu
cheiutf f alh,, that wire taken to fnearU
the ' makltilr of' an unusually bountiful
crc-p throughout Argentina. If was kml(
that the exportable surplus 'In ' AVgentlria'
would reach as high as 210,000,000 bush-'
els.
A decided 'element ot weakness n the
market was the fact that merchandising
calls' were Unexpectedly meager. Before
tho close of the session, however prices
In tho pit rallied to soirie extent, owing
to a demand which developed . nmonii'
cHorts. January closed steady nt GlUo, a'
decline of S'.lo compared with lost night
Governor 0rders
Liquor Shipped
from Oregon Town
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 3.-Statlng that
he Is of the opinion that the criminal
laws are not being faithfully executed
lit Daker county, Governor West wired
Clrcu.. Juage Anderson of that county
today, asking when a hearing can be
held, loklng to the temporary removal of
the sheriff. Miss Fern Hobbs, tho gov
ernor's secretary, will act as special
counsel for tho stato hearing.
The governor has ordered Colonel Law
son, In command of the troops that hold
Copperflcld, Ore., under martial law, to
send all liquors and bar 'Ixtures thero.
to Raker, Ore., while the mining town
Is In charge of stato soldiers. Railroad
officials have been warned by the gov
erns not to send any liquors Into Cop
porfleld while that place Is under martial
law.
Bandit Robs Jewelry
Store at Kansas City
KANSAS C1TT, Jan. 3.-Whlle he held
three men, one of them a policeman, cov
ered with a revolver; a robber ransacked
the safe in the Jewelry store of E. P.
Ward last nfght and escaped with ItSQ in
cash and tl,GO0 In diamonds and Jewelry.
The robbery occurred on a busy corner
and dozens ot people were nearby. Ward,
a customer, and John Drotherton, a po
liceman, not in uniform, were ordered to
put up their hands and the robber qulcKly
helped himself from iho safe.
TEN THOUSAND SEE SOX
AND GIANTS AT SYDNEY
SYDNEY, N. S. W Jon. S.-The Amer
ican base ball teams representing the
Chicago White Sox and New York Giants
arrived here this morning. The Chicago
men won, 4 to 5, in the opening game
this afternoon. The game was played on
the Sydney cricket grounds before a
wildly enthusiastlo crowd of 10,000 spec
tators. Great Interest has been, aroused
In Australasia by the tour. The visitors
will be given a civic welcome by the lord
mayor of Sydney on Monday.
NEW HOME OF WOMEN'S
UNIVERSITY CLUB OPEN
NEW YORK, Jan. 'S. The new home of
the Women's University club, erected at
a cost ot J2W.000, will be opened today
for the Inspection of members and their
friends. -The club will occupy tho build
ing, which Is eight stories high, on Feb
ruary 11. It is said to be the first woman's
club house in America.
TAYLOR'S LAWYERS
. WRONG; NEW TRIAL
Judge Holds Taylor Attorneys
-., Guilty -of -Misconduct, but
Grants Their Motion.
GARD WAS NOT A FAIR JUROR
Conrt Condemn? m Conduct tirf K
"A. terlBB.JHryHox ,bat. Holds rJa.se
ast lie Retried Hecnnno
Aaralltlhif- that Attorneys' Bromi k
v.
uruina, wno represented intact iayiof,
did wr6ntr in normlttlng their client
"Wesley Gord,, to slip .Into tile jury' box.l
i- i . ii . . . . . L . . . . ... ii
niaing, nm roaiionsnfti to mom; ao.mii
ting, In iubstithce, Hhat Gard probably
tied about what wont on In the jury,
frAtm . Ih iYtn. r.r.nl lltuO ttlf niritlnttt
The Bee, and saying that he could not
Infer that Juror Gard was Influenced by
ailccca:,misconauct of the Juror. 'District'
Judge Bears, nevertheless, granted Taylor
a , new trial because, he said, the caao
had been without "necessary Judicial
propriety."
Tho result Is that Attorneys Brome &
Bromo and Shields, and Taylor, tho
plaintiff, aro enabled to cause Tho Bee
to spend moro time In defending a suit,
which, Attorney Connell has openly
charged, the plaintiffs have no expecta
tion of winning.
Astounds the Lawyers.
The outcome of tho case is considered
astounding by many lawyers for the rea
son that by means ot tho testimony ot
one Juror who, It has. beon proven,
formerly served on a Jury which re
turned a verdict ot JS.000 for the Bromcs
In a contingent fee personal Injury suit;
who Is a client of the came lawyors and
whose veracity has been seriously Im
peached, tho same attorneys have been
able to socure a Jail sentence for one man
and have actually overturned a verdict
which Gard with th other Jurors signed.
Attorney Connell tor The Bee delivered
a scathing urrafgpment of Attorneys
Brome & Broms and Shields In court,
comparing their tactics with those of tho
cuttlo fish which, obscuring the waters
with Its own Inky excretions, seizes Its
prey or makes Its escape In the darkness.
Mortgage on tinril,
"What kind of a situation Is this." ho
shouted, "where these good men (tho op
posing counsel) successfully work their
thlmblcrlg game. They knew the man
Gard, whose name 1 can speak only with
the deepest contempt, was a member of
a Jury which awarded them an $8,0 ver
dict and that he was a client ot one of
them In two cases.
"Keeping this under cover, they permit
this man to serve on the Jury. Why was
It7
"Because they had a mortgage on tho
man. ,
'tThey may call this sharp practice. 1
say 'that It Is disreputable sharp practice.
It never occurred td Gard that ho had
been coerced In the Jury room until no
had made a bee line for Drome's office
and had had a talk with him,
"They tell of Tom Dennison having
talked with two Jurors who were after
ward excused. He talked with them a few
moments In public within full view of all
and was seen by Taylor himself. Den
nison certainly Is not a fool to come to
the court house and show himself in an
Improper act. As u matter of fact, no
charge is made that he said anything
Improper and the statements concerning
him are merely In the nature of mud
sllnslntr."
Not n Pair Juror.
Judge Scars admitted that Gard was
not a fair Juror for The Bco Publishing
company In view ot tho facts that he
was a client of the Bromes; had served
on a Jury which gave them an 18,000 ver
dict, and that both the Broomes and
Gard had concealed the true circum
stances. The Judge said:
"I think there have been things done
In this case that demand a change tn Its
(Continued on Page Two.)
TW0TH00SAND RUSH
ACROSS RIO GRANDE
INTO UNITED STATES
Mexican Refugees, Including Starve
ing Women and Children and
Deserters, Flee from Ojinaga.
BATTLE AGAIN RAGES FIERCELY
Federals in Irrigation Ditch Using
Heavy Guns.
FOUR THOUSAND MEN ENGAGED
Casualties Number Between Six. and
Seven Hundred.
RED CROSS STATION KEPT BUSY
Unable to Feed Itefnn;ees and Carq
for All Wounded -Some Aro
Started Overland on Foot 1
to Marfau
TRES1DIO, Tex., Jan. S. Two thousand
Mexican refugees, including half-starved
women and children and some federal
deserters, rushed across tho river to tho
United States today to seek protection
from tho battle ot OJInaga, Max., opposite
here.
The refugees were scattered without
shelter along the river bank for two
m'lles, " while the heavy artillery firing
between the 4,000 federals In the. trenches
at OJInaga and General Ortega's attack
ing rebel forces continued less than a
mile back from the American border.
Tho arrival of so many unfed and
ragged people Imposed an arduous task
upon the United .States border patrol,
and the few Red Cross officials who aro
here. As many as could bo Induced to
go were sent to walk tho distance to
Mnrfa, Tex., slxty-soven miles. Mean
time the llttlo mission church of Pre
sidio was crowded with wounded.
Instructions came from Washington to
day to hold as prisoners all dasettera who
cross tho river. Heretofore tho border
patrol has disarmed and sent back un
wounded deserters.
Major Gustav H. Schoof of the Cana
dian mounted rangers, who Is ono ot tho
military observers' here, returned (from
art lnspectl6n ot conditions In OJInaga,
which he saw through a telescope. Ho
reported that the federals' outer fortifi
cations were In an Irrigation, ditch which
partly-encircled the village. From this
they were firing twelvo and twenty-pound
guns.
W. H. Cleyeland, commissioner of thla
county, who crossed tp confetjvlth Gen
era. Ortega, was w'$i$ i.jkwsipf tjlo
Major School sail ftrJM?,il tew
than V or,TO c Ja1Wldc.. v
as ho had seen numerous rebels roll down
tnunJll(d6..UBrtho fedora! ilro. Both
tifW mtWj ldV were, wasting
ammunition. .
Onrierisl Bliss Explains Policy.
WASHINGTON. Jan. ,J.-Furthcr otfl
clal explanation of the action ot the
Texas border patrol In fllsarmlng Mexi
cans and forcing thorn back across tho
Rio Grande was received today from
Bragadler General Bliss. Ills report says:
"Bo far as known at the headquarters
What has been dono at Presidio is m
accord with tjie unbroken practice along
tho .border. Any Oflio seeking retugo tir
olalrnlng asylum Is received. Frequently
armed parties of federals or rebels cross
without evident Intent to surrender Or
seok asylum. If not found by our potrols,
they cross back at convenient time and
place. Their International status Is that
of armed Invaders ot United State terri
tory. If caught by our patrols they are
disarmed and either held or put back
across the river, according to circum
stances of the case. Under no circum
stances are they obliged to return where
they can be taken by their enemies. Fod
erals aro sent over to the com-iand from
which they came and the same la true
of the rebels. Depriving them ot their
arms is adopted.
"Any other rule will result In tho
Big Bend country being overrun with
swarms ot small armed parties of Mexi
cans terrorists. They would require all
of Major McNamee's force and probably
more and he would be unablo to perform
his Important duty of receiving the main
body which may evontuolly be driven
across at Presidio. Tho requirements of
humanity are fully met Alt civilian
refugees, men, women and children and
all wounded persons are received And
cared tor. All armed men who seek
asylum are received, disarmed and cared
far. All armed men, who don't evidently
seek asylum and whoso good faith !s nt
doubt are also disarmed.
"It humanity prevents sending them
over tho river we take care ot them. 11
humanity does not forbid and we can
send tho men back to join their own
army, the local officer acts according o
his best discretion."
The gunboat Yorktown. en route fron
San Diego to Mazatlan on the west coast
ot Mexico, reported Its arrival today
at Knsenada on the bay of Todos Santos.
Americans in Knsenada asked for a war
Bhlp. NEW YORK P0STOFFICE
RECEIPTS THIRTY MILLIONS
NEW YORK, Jan. J. The gross re
ceipts of tho New York postoffico for tho
year Just ended 'exceeded by more than
ROW.O00 the figures for the twelve
months preceding, according to a report
made by Postmaster Morgan.
In 1913 the receipts were JCO.OOI.OSaSS.
against S,77.S3 for 1911 The Increase
equals 18.1 per pent
In December the Christmas rush rolled
up receipts of. more than JJ.O00.0Q0, an
increase fit 25 per cent over 1912.
JUDGE M'PHERSON
RECOVERS FRtiM ATTACK
INDIANAPOLIS, InL, Jan. 1,-Judge
Smith McPherson of ho United States
court for the southern district of Iowa,
who was forced to leave a' train here
yesterday on account ot illness, had en
tirely recovered today. He continued his
trip to Mooresvlllo, Ind., to vtlt his
sister.
