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Fair; Cold
VOL. XLIII-NO. 191.
OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 7, 15)14 S1XTKN PACKS.
On Trains and at
Hotel Nw Stands, Be.
SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS.
BORAH SAYS PLACE
OF MEN INVOLVED IN
HAVEN DEALS IN PEN
Should Be Imprisoned if Half Infor
mation Made Public About
Road's Affairs True.
NORMS READS PRESS CHARGES
Fear of Giving Witnesses Immunity
Halted Inquiry.
BOARD LEAVES JOB UNDONE
Nebraskan Urges Passage of Reso
lution for New Probe.
DATA ENOUGH, THINKS IOWAN
Caminlna IleUe-rcs CooRrrmi Should
linay Itself EunctlnR Proper
I.nvrs to IJnr Much Trnnn
nctlons In Future,
WASHINGTON. Feb. 6,-Fcar of grant
ing Immunity to witnesses caused the
Interstate Commerce commission to make
an Incomplete Investigation of the affairs
of the New York, New Haven & Hart
ford railroad, benator Norris said today,
In ursine passage of his resolution for n
new Inquiry Into several features not
touched on In tho recent Investigation.
Senator Norris read newspaper charges
emphasizing particularly that attorneys
for Morgan & Co., received $15,000. for
drawing the Incorporation papers of n
110,000 s'ubsldary corporation of the new
Haven.
Should De In l'cn.
If half J.he Information made public
about the' New Haven transactions Ij
true, eight or ten 'persons ought to be m
the penitentiary," interjected Senator
Borah. "Aro you not afraid further In.
vestlgatton may give Immunity to guilty
persons?"
Senator Norris replied that testimony
probably could be obtained from the
bookkeepers and he' had no objection to
giving them Immunity.
Senator Cummins declared that In his
opinion) congress had enough Information
and Jt would do best to busy Itself with
tho enactment of proper laws to prohibit
future transactions than to nwalt further
Investigation by the Interstate Commercu
commission. He Insisted that the commis
sion had no authority to investigate the
charges that tho directors defrauded tho
stockholders.
Known It Going: On.
"I, predict the state of affaires here
finds a parallel In the capitalization of a
dozen railroads of the country," said
Benator Cummins. "We have known It
was goint.on for years and refused o
give the Interstate Commerce commission
power to regulate such matters."
Doth Senator-Jjd(r-and Senator .Nor-,
rls said they understood the commission
ha'd evidence it had not made public.
Senator Norris declared he had great
confidence In Chairman Elliott, but Con
tended he should do everything within
his power to reveal the post that stock
holders might h recompensed for their
losses.
Mr. Borah expressed the opinion thit
the attorney general would act and re
ferred to the recent agreement between
the .Department of Justice and the New
Haven in whlWi the government ild not
waive its right to proceed criminally.
PoTrcrfnl Moral Influence.
"I think the spectacle of five or six
men behind the bars would have a more
powerful moral Influence on tho country
than any legislature we can enact." he
declared.
Senator Cummins replied there was no
federal law under which the attorney
general could "put any of these men be
hind bars," and that tho attorney general
could not enforce state laws, nor grant
Immunity from prosecution under stato
laws.
Senator Norris said ho had been told
by a member of the house that Prof.
Bruce Wyman, once at Harvard unlver
' pity and who it has since been
revealed was on the pay roll of the Now
Haven, came to Washington three timed
to' urge that it would be unwise to In
vestigate New Haven affairs.
A letter was read from Commissioner
Prouty, who Investigated the New
Haven, saying:
"On the whole I do not believe anything
could bo accomplished by a further in
vesllgatlon. I believe more could be
done by a senate committee than by the
commission."
The Weather
Forecast till 7 p. m. Saturday:
For Omaha. Council Bluffs and Vicinity
Saturday, fair and continued cold.
Temperature at Omnha Yesterday.
Hours. Deg.
5 a. m I
6 a. m 2
7 a. m 3
K a, m 4
9 a. m 5
10 a. m !
11 a. m S
12 m 3
CONTINUED
COLD
1 p. m ! J
2 i m 3
3 p. m 3
4 p. m 2
5 p..m 2
p. ni 3
8 p. m
7 p. m S
Comparative Local Ilrcoril.
. ,. . M 19H. 1913. 1915. 1911.
Highest yesterday 3 23 34 25
Lowest yesterday 5 8 17 18
Mean temperature 4 lt 20 22
rreclpltatlon .11 .CO .00 .00
Temperature and precipitation depar
tures from the normal:
Normal temperature 22
Deficiency for tho day., , 2fi
Total excess since March 1 lass
formal precipitation 04 inch
Excess for tho day .09 inch
Total rainfall since March 1.. 21.39 Inches
Deficiency since Match 1 4.47 Inches
Deficiency for cor. period, 1913. 4.45 inches
Deficiency for cor. period, 1912.13.61 inches
Reports from Station at 7 I. Til.
Station and State Temp. High- Ratn-
of Weather. 7 p. m. est fall
Davenport, snow 34 at ,3,)
lies Molncs, snow 21 24
Dodge City, clear 2 4 01
jvcrtn Platte, clear 3 3 .w
wnmiia, riouuy -y 4 2 1;
liapiu 1 liy , clear . 4 ,oj
Kr.irldan. cloudy I, 1; 44,
Sioux City, rart cloudy.. k s
Nnientlne. clear - 1; ,g
T Indicates trace of precipitation.
- Indicates below zero.
L. A. WELSH, Local Forecaster.
Swedish Peasants
Warmly Welcomed
by King Gustave
STOCKHOLM. Sweden. Feb. C -Striking
success, both spectacular and ma
terial attended the monster demonstra
tion today In favor of tho Increase of
Swedish armaments. Tho 30,000 partici
pant!! were told by King Gustavo that
tho pioblem of Swedish defense must be
settle! without loss of time.
Tho army of patriotic petitioners which
had watted on the outskirts of the Swed
ish capital since yesterday was greeted
with enthusiasm by tho entire population
of Stockholm as It marched tho streets
to. the palace, whero King Gustavo was
waiting to receive it. Tho procession
was u very picturesque one, composed of
small owners and farmers from every
part of. the kingdom. All of them wcm
dressed In hrnvy attire and wore emblems
representative of tho districts from which
they came. Some of them had travels'!
TOO or MO miles In order to take part In
the demonstration.
The peasants were warmly welcomed
by the king, who stood on tho portico
of the palace. Their petition stated that
they wero ready to make all the neces
sary sacrifices to defend their country
and to assuro Its Independence, and de
manded that tho subject be taken lh
hand forthwith. The king replied that
he was in hearty accord with the de
sire of the pilgrims and shared their
opinion that the problem was one which
must be solved without loss of time.
Cities May Profit
by Gamp's Method
of Handling Offal
CHICAGO, Feb. 6.-Gcncral William S.
Carter Is proud of the Second division of
the United States army and of Its show
ing In the mobilization campaign in
Texas.
"There Is no comparison between the
efficiency of tho division now and wht
It was a year ago," said tho general to
day. "The training In field movements
during tho year has. been Invaluable to
our troops. The camp at Texas City Is
tho first attempt ever made to mobilize
the division In order to prepare It for
possible trouble, and the venture has
been a complete success."
Commenting on the particular atten
tion which was paid to proper sanitation
of the camp and environ, the commander
said;
"The mothods for the dlsnnsnl
bage and offal applied in tho camp might
wen set an example to many cities. All
of It was burned and there Is not a ru
in tho camp."
"Swot the fly" camnalirn rerelvod in.
cldentnl mention, tho general saying:
"If the newspapers would stop talking
about 'swat the fly campaigns and turn
their nttentron to the proper' disposition
nf refuge thero mlgnt bo less aunoyance
from files in our large cities." ' ' ' '
Thirteen Members
of Chicken Trust
Must Go to Jail
NEW YORK, Feb. 6. Thirteen mem
bers of the so-called "Chicken trust,"
otherwise, the New York Live Poultry
Dealers' association, convicted on re
straining trade in New York City, must
go to Jail. Their appeal was denied In a
decision handed down today by the ap
pellate division and their sentences of
three months 'In prison and fines of 500
each were sustained,
The higher court found that defendants
were in a pool which controlled 90 per
cent of tho poultry shipped to New York
and destroyed competition. The case
against them was prosecuted under the
state anti-monopoly law.
Hundreds of Convicts
May Be Released
FRANKFOIIT. Ky.. Feb. fi.-Scveral
hundred convicts in the Kentucky state
prisons may obtain their Immediate re
(case under a ruling today by the state
court of appeals. The principal decision
Is based on the court's Interpretation of
tho indeterminate-.sentence law and re
sulted from an appeal In the case ot
John De Moss, sentenced to a minimum
of two years from Covington. Do Moss
served two years and applied to the prison
commission for parole. His plea was re
fused and he sued, the case finally reach
ing the court of appeals. The court de
elded that under the law he was en
titled to a parole, as he had served his
minimum sentence, without the neces
sity of going before the prison commis
sion and, If a parole were refused, the
petitioner had tho right to secure a man
damus for his release.
Mrs, Ross Convicted
for Second Time
wm.Tns. Mo.. Feb. 6. Mrs. Suzan
Ross was found guilty for the second time
today of the murder of her husband, .
Haywood Ross, and was sentenced to ten
years In the penitentiary. She was con
victed of murder In the second degree.
Tho sentence Imposed by the Jury is the
same as that imposed at tno ursi inai.
J. Haywood Ross was found murdered
in bed.
New York Policeman
Killed by Gunman
NEW YORK. Feb. 6. Policeman Ed
.r.i Mnrtha. shot last night by a gun
man he waa endeavoring to search, died
today. James O'Connor, a bystander,
who was wounded, Is In a critical condl
tlon. Nominations for Postmaster.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6. (Special Tele
gram.) Tho president sent to the senate
today tho following postmaster nomina
tions: Nebraska G. It. Kno, College View; J.
I. Pot-ley, Weeping Water.'
South Dakota-Lloyd L. Truesdetl,
Burke
Iowa X. (' Butler, West llranch; V-
II. Robb, L'rcston.
MERCURY TAKES FALL
INTO LOWEST DEPTHS,
ZEBOCHILLOI
Pronounced'
iweeps Over
Territory
ben Missouri
River
Mountains.
FRIGID SPELL TO CONTINUE
Only Two Places in Nebraska Report
Temperatures Above Zero.
VERY COLD IN THE NORTH
Temperatures of 30 to 40 Below in
the Upper Valleys.
SNOW OVER THE SOUTHWEST
IIIrIi Wind from the .Vortlntml In
terferon -with Trnln Service on
All the llnllrnnds In Cen
trnl West.
Last night tho temperature dropped to
the lowest point reached this winter. In--dlcatlons
nro that today will bo hs cold,
If not colder, than yesterday. However, It
Is not probable that the bllzzardy condi
tions of yestcrdny will continue, ns' the
wind died down late last night. Snow was
etlll general over a greater portion of
Nebraska last night, but the fall gener
ally wns light.
A storm something akin to a blizzard
has been general over a large portion of
the central west since Thursday night
Telegraph and railroad reports Indicate
that the storm had Its origin at soma un
known place In the HrltlBh northwest
and that It has since swept across tho
country and Is now working Itself out In
Oklahoma and south of thore. In on
east and west direction it extends from
the Ilocky mountains as far as central
Illinois. '
With the storm there Is a general
snqwfall, ranging from one inch to six
Inches In depth, and at noon numerous
places out in Nebraska reported that
tho snow was still falling. In addition to
the snow and wind, an -. of low tem
perature la general over the storm belt,
considerably bejow zero being the rule
instead or ma exception.
ll'nlf Sesklons of Schools.
With tho arrival of tho cold wavo here
the telephono at tho offce of Colonel
Welsh of tho weather bureau waa kopt
ringing. When the schools of South
Omaha were dismissed to permit the
children to go homo for tho day on ac
count of tho cold and stormy weather
and half sessions were declared for tho
Omaha schools, some of them told their
parents that a big blizzard, waa on Uie
way, and frightened parents from South
Omaha., kept the wires, busy inquiring
about the forecast.' w-. "i
-.Ranrcs'arb 'feeding the effect ot
ine storms ana wun one or iwo excep
tions there was not a trnln reaching the
city that arrived on time. Thoso from
the west were from one-half HoUr to one
and two hours late, while those' from
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Social Clubs Must
Pay Income Tax
NEW YORK, Fob. 6.-A11 social clubs,
provided they are Incorporated, are sub
ject to the provisions of the lncomo tax
law, according to a ruling by W. H,
Osborne, commissioner of Internal revp
nue. It Is supposed. Commissioner Os
borne says, athat congress did not Intend
that such organizations should come
within the law, but failed to exempt them
through an oversight, and the result is
that they are taxable. .
This new turn to the lncomo tax come
about when a member of a law firm that
has specialized In Income tax waa asked
by a client, a downtown luncheon club,
for Information. The attornoy sent to
Washington for a ruling, stating that the
club pays no dividends and Is not con
ducted for profit.
Commissioner Osborne's ruling, made
public today by tho law firm, was that
there is no provision in the law for tho
exemption of any organization except
those specially mentioned.
All returns under the law must be filed
on or boforo March 1.
Six Men Killed by
Boiler Explosion
"LEXINGTON, Ky., fob. 6,-Word was
received hero today from Urbana, Ky.,
that six men had lost their Uvea when
boilers In a saw mill at that I lace ex
ploded, Tho dead are four brothers,
Thomas, Lincoln, John-and Robert Hayer,
all of Urbana, and Robert Hampton and
Frank Pennington, also of that vicinity.
All were employed in the saw mill.
0MAHANS READY TO SAIL
FOR TRIP TO PANAMA
NEWYO RK. Feb. 6. (Special Tele
gram.) Miss Nettle Burkley, Miss Mary
Uurkley, Frank J, Burkley, Paul C.
Gallagher, Benjamin K. Gallagher. Mrs.
Winifred A. Oallaglier, John A. McShano
and Mrs. John A. McShatie of Omalia
will sail tomorrow on the steamer Vic
toria for a cruise of tho West Indies
and the Panama canal.
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ABBOTT AGAIN I& CHOSEN
Re-elected Secretary of Board of
Indian Commissioners,
CONFIDENCE IN HIS EFFORTS
Leading Men In Indian Work Show
Their' nfsresn'rd qc'; Cba'vKCS Pre
tLJjJe i?rea.it Against . KomerrAi
aJatant Commissioner.
(From a Staff Correspondent!) ,
VVASHINfiTPN, Fob. 0. (Special Tele
gram.)!''. II. Abbott of Aurora, fonuer
assistant and for a long time acting com
missioner of Indian affairs, was unani
mously re-elected secretary of tho Board
of Indian Commissioners today. In this
way tho board, which Is appointed by
tho president of the United States, Bhowcd,
Its cntlro trust and confidence In Mr.
Abbott, against whom certain Indeftnlto
charges have been filed with the joint
commission for tho Investigation of In
dian affairs, of which Senator Robinson
or Arkansas Is chairman.
The Board of Indian Commissioners n
composed-of ten men,- who, serve without
salary and are chosen because of their
especial Interest in' the Indian and their
exalted standing in their several com
munities.
Many Prominent Men,
Among them is a bishop of -the Epis
copal church, the head -of. the' Catholic
Indian bureau,, the president of tho Uni
tarian association of .the United States,
several university men and several prom
inent lawyers.. ...
The Board of Indian Commissioners,
with every member present except one,
has been In ..session , in this city since
Tuesday, and during Its sessions outlined,
a number of important policies relating
to Indian administration before the In
dian department and the committees on
Indian affairs of congress.
Mr. Abbott presented to the board a
codification 'of Irrigation law and a draft
of proposed legislation, which, If adopted
by congress, will recognize the right of
the Indian to limited representation In
connection with tho expenditure of his
money, and which will save to. tho gov
ernment more than 1260,000 a year in H.l
apptoprlatlons.
Cravra for the Reserve.
Chief Forester Graves does not look
with favor upon the proposal to throw.
open to settlers any portion of tho Ne
braska forest reserve. That Information
came to Senator Hitchcock today In a
letter from Mr. Graves, In which the lat
ter assures him that no action looking
to the elimination of any part of the re
serve would be taken without duo con
slderatlon ot the Interests of the prairie
state.
Mr. Graves letter strongty Intimated
that ho himself was opposed to throw
Ing theso lands open to settlement, and
unless something wholly unanticipated
should occur they will remain ns now
constituted.
ALLEGED MAIL SWINDLER
WORKS CORPORATIONS
NEW YORK. Feb. 6.-Lorenzo B.
Adams, arraigned before the United
States commissioner today as a mall
swindler, had, according to the charges
01 ine posioiuce inspectors, acveiopeu
his art to such a degree that his vic
tims were not Individuals, but corpora
tlons. He was accused of swindling tho
1 promoters of newly formed stock com
panics out of 1100,000 by selling them a
! worthless service whereby ho promised
I to exploit and sell their securities. P,
! W. Branlff, secretary of a mining com
pany of Walla Walla, Wash., charged
:tnst Adams falsely represented that he
' had an organized force of salesmen in
I New England and a large clientele ot
Inveptorn who would purchase stocks
ami limits he recommended. The posfil
authorities sa that his profits amounted
to JG.fOO during thrre months, Adamx
denied the 1 harges
Recent Scenes in Mexico City
Increase in Church
Enrollment is Less
Than Two Per Cent
WASHINGTON, Feb, O.-The actual en
rolled membership of Christian churches
within continental United States, showed
afnet Increase;. qI' afs.000, or.L8.per cent
mlnK 1913, accordlngto, atatUtJca Just,
made public by the 'Washington office of
tho Federal Council of Cnurchei of Christ
In America. The tnethodlst church led
In tho increased membership, with 220,00),'
Tho other churches in their order fol
low:
Baptist, 64,000; Presbyterian. 45.600; Luth
eran, - sn.ioo; - Disciples, :i,SW, and Epis
copal, 16.600.
The actual membership of the largest
churches in the United States are given
as follows:
Roman Catholic, 13,090,634; Methodist,
7,125,000; Baptist, C.924.622J Lutheran, 2.
338,722; Presbyterian, 2,027,693: Dlscliilos of
Christ, ' 1,619,369; Protestant Episcopal,
097,407, and Congregational,- 748,30. Thoso
eight churches contain 31,000,000 ot tho
37,280,000 of actual church membership
within the United States.
Mellen Refuses to
Appear Before Bay
State Service Board
BOSTON, Feb. 6.-Charles 8. SIcllon,
former president of the Now York, New
Haven '& -Hartford railroad company.
declined today to appear at tho Public
Sorvlco- commission's hearings on tho
publicity "expenses of the road, on tho
ground that he could not leave Con
necticut, whero ho Is soon to ho tried
for manslaughter. In a letter to the com-
mlKslon Mr. Mullen sold he was actlni;
on tho advice nf counsel. He expressed
n willingness, however, to answer written
questions.
A former vice president of the company,
Timothy E. Byrnes, wrote from California
that engagements In tho west for tho
next two or three months prevented his
return cast at this time.
Report that Czar Has
Designs on Galicia
BUDAPEST, Hungary. Fob. 6.-"Russla
will not dcmobollzo its army' until the
Runslan flag floats over the Carpathian
mountains." This wns one of tho startling
statements attributed to Count Valmlr
Bobrinsky, president of the Russian con
stitutional conservative party and leader 1
of tho panslavlo movement In Ruseta.
when tho trial was resumed today at
Marmoros-Shlget of ninety-four Ruthe
nlans' charged with Inciting rebellion
against the Austro-Hungarlan govern
ment. Dullskovlch, a detective who was
called to glvo evidence of panslavlc ac
tivities In' Hungary, quoted the sensa
tional phrase from Count Bobrinsky.
Dullskovlch has been specially commis
sioned to investigate the alleged treason
able proceedings of' the Ruthenlans. ,
The National Capital
I'rlilar, February ft, 11)11.
The Menate.
Met at noon.
' Hearings on trust bills before interstate
commerco committee.
.Representatives of the New York Stock
exchange were heard before the banking
committee on the Owen bill.
Passed a bill to extend tho law marking
graves of confederate soldiers In northern
state).
Tlir HiMmr,
Met at nooti
Dlscunysed prlute bills.
Commerce committee heard merchants
on the administration trust bills.
BODY OF PERKINS BURIED
Funeral
Services for Sioux
Editor Held.
City
ALL BUSINESS IS. SUSPENDED
Private Nerflen Conducted at Home
" and Hnlille njertc.e Held at Ia
- ;ior, Temple -HoHOrarynnd '
. iw ; -"'V'
Acilve Pall Hearers.
ttlOUX CITY, la., Feb. 6,.'-(fl'pftoal Tel
egram.)-)u bllzzardy weather that waa
remindful 0f the ffontlor west ot which
ho was so prominent a part, the body of
George D. Perkins, late odltor of the
Sioux City Journal, was burled this aft
ernoon In Floyd eomotcry. While Rev.
Walloco M. Short, pastor of the First
Congregational church, was conducting
services at the home, tho Sioux Clty'Typo,-
graphlcnL union was holding public sen'
lets at the I-abor Temple, at w.htch nd
dresses were mudo by Right Rev. P, J,
Garrlgun, Catholic bishop of tho dlopeso
of Bloux City, and K. A. Burgess, a prom
inent lawyer. All public buildings" and
business nouses, even suloons, were,
closed. All newspapers went to , press
oarly. , For nir man has Bloux Cnly ever
gone, Into. aiich general mourning. ,
Tho honorary pallbearers werq ojd citi
zens John. McDonald, Earl T. Hoyt, J,
M. Knott, E. W. Caldwell. E C. Peters
and E. P. H,elzer. Tho actlvo pallbearers
wero editorial associates gt Mr, .Perklna
on tho Journal A. F... Allen. Fred P.
Davis, Henry. Cody, H, J. . McCulIough,
John Coughlan and John.W. Carey.
. Tho Masons had . charge of the services
.nt the grave. Past Master Charles C,
ClaTk of 'Iowa grand 'lodge took part
Members of tho city council attended In
a body, Tho Typographical union, the
Press club, the Commercial club and other
organizations sent delegations. Mrs. J. P,
Dolllvrr of Fort Dodga came for the
services. I
Division Among
London Militants
LONDON, Feb. 6,-Mlss. Sylvia ' I'antt
hurst, daughter of tho militant suffra
ffAttn 1 n 11 , 1 A r trwlnv nnnnnniol Iiak nnr,
jslnn from tho Woirian's Social niid l'ollt
leal union, tho militant woman's' organ
Izatton, Her East End ot Londpu . feder
ation, which hitherto has been a branch
of the 'patent organization, will hence
forth be ' entirely independent.
Tho rift among tho militant suffra
Kcttcs'ls said to be duo .to Miss Sylvia
Pankhurst's ultra-revolutionary usptra
' tona, which tho leaders of the 'Women':
Social and Political union are beginning
to bellevo are damaging their cause.
"Black Tony" Taken
By Police at Pueblo
Word has been received by the local
police thut Black Tony, who also goes
by the namo of Tony Cllletta, Charles
Bender or Frank Honderson, lias been
arrested in Pueblo, Colo. Black Tony Is
tho man who killed Henry Nickel when
the McVey resort was held up about
three weeks ago and for whom the police
havo been making a nation-wide search.
Ho .s tho third man of the holdup trio,
the other two having been arrested and
having confessed to their part of tho
holdup.
Ilobli Appointed Postmaster.
WASHINGTON, Fob. fi.-Presdent Wit
son today male the nominations:
Receiver of public moneys at Guthrie,
Okl., Alexander X. Campbell of Grand
Field Okl.
Register of the laud offlie ut Guthrie.
J. I. Calvert ot Guthrie, Okl.
Postmasters ;
Arlzona--L. R, Halloy, Uisbco,
Iowa V. H. Robb, Crestou.
ABE HOLDING SEVEN
T
Great Cumbre Railroad Tunnel on
Northwestern Road is Destroyed
by Band of Guerillas.
LARGEST BORE ON THE LINE
Freight and Passenger Trains Run
Into it and Set on Fire.
OREWs ARE TAKEN CAPTIVE
General Villa Orders Immediate Pur
suit of Bandits.
NEW DUTY FOR UNITED STATES
Bpnnlsh I'nprritnys liaising flnn ait
Arms MaUes It psnrr for It
to (iunrnntee Safety to
Forrlnners.
JUAREZ, Mexico, Feb. 6.-Seven Amer-
can railroad men are believed to be
rlsonors, the great Cumbre railroad
tumid through the continental divide Is
ritfnK and the Mexican Northwestern
Hjsenijrr train which left here Wednes
day morning In a charred wreck at the
mouth of tho tunnel ns Ihe result of thn
depredations of members of tho Maximo
Castillo gang ot bandits.
This Information, amplifying reports
last night from Chlhuahun, was received
here today at the headquarters of tho
railroad. It corrects last night's state
ment that It wan the Drake tunnel, a
muller bore south of Cumbre, that was
destroyed. The Cumbre tunnel is tho
nrgest on the road, 3,700 feet long, and
required eighteen months' to construct.
Tho nnmcs of the prisoners repotted
here arc;
M. J. Gllmartln. superintendent of tho
road.
II. Schorfleld. sunerlntendent of ter
minals nt Juarez.
I.ee William, assistant manaeer of the
railway commissary.
is. J. Aicuutcneon. engineer of the pas
senger train.
J. E. Weuslor. conductor.
H. F. Marders, express agent.
A seventh American Is believed to have
been on this trnln, and Americans were
also emplojed on the freight train which
was used to fire the tunnel.
General Fra.ielsco Villa, commander ot
the rebel forces and now at Chihuahua,
was enraged at the news, arid in a tele
gram which passed through here today
Instructed Generat Felipe Maclas, operat
ing In the Casas Grande district, to shoot
every man who could not satisfactorily
account for his presence there.
fho bnndlU are believed to be oper
ating In two fprccs nt about thirty men
.each, Curnhrai Is a. hsrd'dsy'a ride from
El . .YjiIIc, nrr -Csjw.s, ,GrB4, w hero,
twenty-two of the robbers wer ratttutetl
and shot last Tuesday. , ....
Tho. other detchra,entr believed to bt
undo'i- Castillo himself, did the wreck
ing, probably-In revenge for the fate ot
his men at Kl Valle. HcT captured a train
of stock cars Wednesday and ran It Into
tho tunnel, where It was set on tire.
'he tunnel ' was a blazing mass that
evening awhen the-' passenger train. from
Juarci was captured and sent headlong
Into tha roaring furnace, which was
belching flames . and smoke from Ita
mouth.
Castillo then burned two neighboring
bridges, one of thorn constructed of steel,
and ran two locomotives over the em
bankment into tho deep canyort below.
Xpit Untr for United States.
MADRID, Feb. e.-ProvlslonaL President
Hucrta today telegraphed to the Spanish-
American union here replying to Its re
quest that ho bring about an armistice in
Mexico in order to arrango a compromise
with tho revolutionists by the statement
that ho In Increasing the federal army
with the object ot pushing forward his
campaign against the rebels.
General Huerta at the same time in
vited the newspapers ot Madrid 'to send
correspondents to Mexico to observe the
situation.
The Spanish press commented freely on
the Mexican situation today. Several ot
the leading newspapers of tho capital ac
cused the United States government of
"fomenting anarchy,"
El Dlario Universal, the organ ot Count
Romanones, a former premier, affirms
that If the revolutionists In Mexico are
(Continued on Pago Two.)
No. 4 Building
and Contracting
In New York City there are
Hovoral flr,nsi of contractors
and builders who have reaped
Bplendld results from cam
, palgna of newspaper advertis
ing. Their success Is doubtless be
ing duplicated in many an
other city.
In every caso their advertis
ing embraced a series of inter
outing talks directed at those
about to build. They wero
plain, straightforward business
talks about a hundred and one
matter-oNfact points in plan
ning and construction th
very things a man wants to
know when he's about to build.
They knew their business.
They interested possible cus
tomers. They did it with conttaon
sense and frankness which not
only did them credit but got
them so much business that
they had to stop advertising!
Then other contractors and
builders took up the Idea and
are at it now.
And it is safe to say that the
customers secured by such up-and-dolng
methods got a brand
ot service equal to the quality
of the advertising.
Monday, Interior Decorating.
OAINMEN
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