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WEATHER FORECAST.
Washington, Dec. 2Sj—West Texas:
Fair Saturday; Sunday fair, warmer.
New Mexico and Arizona: Fair Sat-
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THIRTY-SECOND YEAR.
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METAL MARKET.
Copper, per 100 lbs *18.87'/=@U.12'/a
Zinc, per 100 lbs ......• $0.25@8.85
Silver, per oz.......................541/*'
Lead, per 100 lbs..........«4.40@4.50
’ GEN. REYES IT
Friends Say Cause Progress*
ing Satisfactorily
HAS 400 MEN IN FIELD NOW
Was Sighted on Vaqueria Ranch
in the State of Tamaulipas
Wednesday
Associated Press Dispatch.
Monterey, Mex-, Dec. 33.—That
General Bernardo Keyes Is now at
the head of an organized band of reb
els, numbering approximately four
hundred men, Is a report brought here
today from the state of Tamaulipas.
Hls work of recruiting and organiz-
ing is progressing satisfactorily,
friends of the general say, and they
believe soon he will'strike a blow that
X will remove all doubt as to hls where-
' u bouts and intentions.
Ignorance concerning Reyes move-
ments since ho was sighted on the
Vaqueria ranch, just across the state'
line In Tamaulipas on Wednesday, is
professed at army headquarters. Gen-
eral Trevino has scattered troops
throughout the district about Linares,
und tire area of the hunt has been ex-
,< tended, but none liave reported tho
picking up of the trull.
General Trevino doubts tho story
Uiat lteyes has a following.
GENERAL EQUIA LIS
TO PURSUE BANDIT
Associated Preen Vie patch,
Mexico City, Dee. , 22.—Brigadier
General Rafael,Equip,«Lis, with de-
tachments of infantry and artillery,
set out fofcJloreloH in a %jjeeial train
today to co-operate .wltli General
Casso Lopez to rid tharstpue of “Zapa-
tistas” as tho brigandage there is call-
ed. At Puebla they wens joined by a
regiment of cavalry and a strong force
of rurales. *
This is In accord with the decision
reached yesterday by the president
and War minister to push tho cam-
paign against Zapata and hls rebels to
an early finish.
MEXICO TO HAVE POSTAL
v savings bank system
Special to The Times.
Mexico City, Mexico, Dec. 22.—A
postal savings department will be es-
tablished at the postoffice very soon,
where deposits can be made from one
cent up to (504 to draw two or three
per cent annual interest, payable
monthly. The government will give
the necessary guarantee to all depos-
itors!
The form of the deposits has not
been.decided, but probably the French
plan will be adopted, which consists
in a book having 100 spaces for spec-
ial stamps. The book when filled with
tho stamps will be sufficient to open
the first account of (1.
EL PASO, TEXAS. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23,1911.
SIXTEEN PAGES
PRICE, FIVE CENTS.
<i> MEXICO SETTLES
♦ CHINESE INDEMNITY
<8> Associated Press Dispatch. <$>
♦ Washington, Deo. 33. —Mr. <S>
<&> Chang Yin Tang, the Chinese <s>
<e> minister to Washington, return-
<£> ed last night from Mexico, where f
<» he succeeded in settling the »
<» claims against Mexico arising
O from Uie destruction of the lives t>
<£> and property of Chinamen at -i>
<$■ Torreon during the recent sue-
<$> cessful revolution there. ■£>
Mr. Chang la without advices
^ as to whan he will be relieved s>
<S> here by the new minister, Alfred <S>
<E> Sze, whose appointment as min*
lster to this country was recently <£>
<$> gazetted. The new minister <8*
<t> wrote, under date of Nov. 30 to
■i> officials in the legation here that ■$>
>?> he had no. idea when lie would i>
<(> leave for the United States* The <$
<$> letter was written from Shaag- <$>
hal, and in it he stated that he ^
<$> would soon go to Peking. Prob- '5>
•i> ably he is now at the Chinese <$>
<S> odpltaL <»
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SHUSTER WILL
BE DISMISSED
American Treasurer-General
Ifedares He’ll Stick
RUSSIAN TROIPS WITHDRAWN
Persia* Charge D’affaires Call-
ed at Russian Foreign Office
and Made Decision Known'
desertion and deportment unbecom-
ing a soldier. Miranda deserted to
join the Madero revolution and It
was expected that on those grounds
he would be acquitted, but as the
court took Into consideration only the
technicalities of the case, sentence
was passed. v
TO'SUSPEND PART OF
CONSTITUTION OF MEXICO
Special to The Times.
Mexico City, Mex., Dec. 22. — The
permanent committee . of congress
will be requested soon by tl\e govern'
ment to suspend constitutional guar-
antees |n certain parts of the repub-
lic. The committee will grant the
petition, according to the statement
of persons in a position to know.
It Is believed that the guarantees
will be suspended in,. Yucatan, More-
los and possibly other states the lat-
ter part of this week or next week
at least.
MYSTERIOUS CRIME TOO
BAD TO BE DESCRIBED
Special to The Timet.
Mexico City, Mex., Dec. 22.—Juan
Banderas, ‘El Agachado,” the bandit
of Sinaloa, who is In prison in this
city, has been accused of a new crime,
tho exact nature of which the au-
thorities decline to give out, but it is
supposed to ccnnbineferuelty and bar-
barity in connection with a premedi-
tated murder.
According to the Judge under
whose jurisdiction'.panderas now is,
it will not be possible to send him to
Sinaloa, as it is feared that his fol-
lowers there would attempt to lib-
erate him.
DON’T WANT TREVINO
TO RETIRE JUST YET
Special to The Times.
Monterej’, Mexico, Doc. 22.—The
fietition for retirement which General
Jose Trevino made in a peremptory
manner, has caused a bad impression
at this time, when his services are
much needed. He enjoys much esteem
here^and 1^ is understood that a
group of hls friends is going to ask
him to reconsider hls petition and to
wait until the Reyes movement Is
disposed of.
Colonel Ricardo Pena and his force
of 500 men have returned here from
I.as Aldamas, Nuevo Leon, and will
be added to the local garrison.
WILL GARRISON MORE
TOWNS, SAYS FIGUEROA
Spteiol to The Tim*/.
Cuernavaca, Me1*.,, Dec. 22.—Gov-
ernor Figueroa arrived here today
froth Mexico City, where he went to
make the proper arrangements rela-
tive to pushing an active campgjgn
'against the Zapatistas. The governor
stated that he had succeeded in di-
viding the state in two military zones,
and that General Casso Lopez's forces
combined with hls, are being con-
siderably augmented, to garrison
more towns, and that the fortes un-
der the umand of Generar Equia
Lis, will watch the Puebla state lim-
its, and that he will be named chief at
arms imj’uebla. Notice was sent here
from Palpam that a band of about
150 armed men had passed near there,
and had taken refuge In the state or
Mexico, and are on their way to Zum-
pahuacan. It is believed that these
are the same men who assaulted the
Miacatlan hacienda a lew days ago.
Figueroa's forces are overtaking a
big band of Zapatistas, who are on
their way to the Oocoytla hacienda. A
hard fight is now expected near Tete-
eala.
DISCHARGED WATCHMAN
TRIES TO KILL HIS BOSS
Special to The Times.
Mexico City, Mex., Dec. 22.—T. J.
Kiacel, a well known miliman of
Pachuea, employed at the Santa
Gertrudis cyanide plant, was shot by
a watchman .at 2 a. m. yesterday.
Kiscel, who was in charge of the
graveyird” shift, was making hls
rounds when he found one of the
watchmen asleep. He took tho
watchman’s arms and discharged
him. Some time afterwards, as he
was making his rounds, the watch-
man fired on him with a shotgun.
Mr. Kiscel was brought to the city
yesterday morning and placed under
the care of Dr. H. Y. Spence of tho
American hospital, Dr. Sidney Un-
felder being called In consultation.
Although the patient's face is pitted
with snot his eyes arc the real source
of concern.
At a late hour last night it was
thought that the left eye could be
savW and that there was a possibil-
ity of the right eye not being en-
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MAN FROM TRACKS
Run Over by One Train, Body
Lay as Bait for Another
Rapidly Approaching
Sh ,000 FEDERALS SOLDIERS
ARRIVE AT ATDIXCO
Special to The Times.
Cuautla, Mex., Dec. 22.—One thous-
and federal soldiers arrived at Atlixco
today from the city of Puebla. Tha
center of operations will be establish-
ed at that place to push the cam-
iaign against the several Zapatista
lands that now infest that region.
Word was received here from Ozum-
ba. that the Zapatista leader, Ruiz, at
the head of a big band had entered
the town of Jamlltepec. The linemen
who went out repair the telephone
line to Tepatlixpa were kidnaped by
the Zapatistas and taken along with
the band. Telegraphic communica-
tion was cut yesterday with the town
of Atencjngo. It appears here that
this interruption is the work of the
Zapatista hand that was marauding
that vicinity.
MEXICAN ARMY OFFICES
IS SEVERELY PUNISHED
Special to The Times.
Mexico City. Mex., Dec. 22. — Al-
fonso Miranda, lieutenant in the Sec-
ond regiment of cavalry and a gen-
eral in the southern division of the
revolutionary army, was suspended
for nine yearn from service in the
army and from the right to hold pub-
lic offices, by a military court yee-
lerday. having been judged guilty of
As John Allred, 814 Texas street,
was walking last night along the El
Past} & Southwestern railway right of
way near the old federal smelter, he
noticed the body of a man lying
across tho track. The man's left
hand had been cut off. and the legs,
though unmutilated, lay across the
rails. This was shortly after 10
o’clock, when a passenger train had
passed.
Just then a freight train was seen
approaching, and Allred dragged the
body from danger, so preveting the
amputation of tho legs. Allred Inves-
tigated and found that the man lived.
He telephoned the police, and the in-
jured one was removed to the infirm-
ary at the police station. Besides tlve
amputated hand, the man, a Mexican
of about thirty years, suffered a gash
on the shoulder and bruises about the
head.
Early this morning the unidentified
man had not regained hls senses, and
in the belief of Dr. F. W. Lynch he
is In a critical condition. Allred, who
is a railway bridgeman, remained in
attendance at the side of tho unknown
he had rescued from certain death-
Associated Press Dispatch.
London, Dec. 22.—Persia today
yielded to the demand of the Russian
ultimatum that W. Morgan Shuster,
an American who holds the post of
treasurer-general In tho Persian gov-
ernment, bo dismissed from tho ser-
vice.
The Russian ultimatum also calls
for the payment of an Indemnity,
which is to " reimburse Russia for
money expended in sending an armed
expedition Into Persia to enforce her
demand-
Mr. Shuster’s administration of Per-
sian finance has been displeasing to
Russia from the start and when he
caused the seizure of property be-
longing to the brother of! tho former
shah, over the protest of the Russian
vice consul, Russia at first demanded
an apology and when this was forth-
coming caHcd for the dismissal of Mr. ‘
Shuster. This has finally been ac-
ceeded to.
The Persian charge d'affaires at St.
Petersburg called at the Russian for-
eign office late today to announce of-
ficially his government’s decision to
abide by the terms of the ultimatum.
Up to a late hour tonight, however,
no public announcement had been
made at Teheran of the recession of
Persia from the defiant stand she or-
iginally took against tho demands of
the czar’s ministers, even in the face
of threatened aggression.
The delajf in making public tho fact
t’ at she had yielded to the Russian
demands probably was through fear
of the consequences of public resent-
ment.
Mr. Shuster is still without formal
notice of his dismissal. He is resolute
in declaring that he. would have noth-
ing to do with the negotiations and
would only recognize the right of the
national council to dispense with his
services.
The exact form of Persia's reply to
Russia is not yet known, but from
the latest news received from Teheran
it would seem the cabinet has over-
ridden the wishes of tho commission
which the national council appointed
to deal with the matter.
It Is not probable that there will be
a withdrawal of the Russian troops In
Persia while disorders such as thoss
at Tabriz are occurring. There are
only two hundred Russian troops en-
camped three miles outside of Tabriz
and from this number guards are sent
to town daily for the consulate and
banks.
From conflicting Russian and Per-
sian accounts of the trouble at Tab-
riz, it is difficult to ascertain exactly
what happened but reports publish-
ed In St. Petersburg are that several
Russian soldiers were killed in the
fighting there-
According to the Russian versioa
the Tabriz police fired on Russian
troops engaged in placing a telephone
line on the root of the police station.
The soldiers returned the fire and kill-
ed two Persians. Fighting then be-
came general throughout the town
and lasted two days.
Tlje Russians, one thousand strong,
bombarded all the buildings and cap-
tured all except the citadel, which is
still being bomgarded though nearly
reduced to ruins. The Persian losses
were heavy.
The Persian account docs not dif-
fer materially from the above, but ac-
cuses the Russians of firing first. Tho
outbreak at Resht, according to this
account, arose through thp Russian
consul receiving orders from St. Pet-
ersburg to disarm all rebels.
An independent report/-says that
twenty policeman were killed, while
the Persians allege that all were slain.
♦ ♦
f CARMEN WILL STRIKE SOON <$>
Y Associated Press Dispatch. ❖
Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 22.—A <$>
general strike of the carmen em- <§>
ployed by the Missouri, Kansas & <S>
& Texas Railroad company prob-
ably will be called soon accord*
f> Ing to a statement by J. A. •$>
f Franklin, International president <9>
w or the boilermakers union today.
Failure of representatives of the A
<$> road and the unions to settle
their differences at a conference
<$■ in St. Louis last Monday, was 49
^ given as the cause.
The road refused tho demand -$>
® of the unions that the carmen's ^
<8> unions be recognized. <a>
<S» A
Russian ultimatum acted wisely and
averted thereby Russian occupation
of Teheran.
The Times in an editorial congrat-
ulates the perslan cabinet. It says the
cabinet needed no little courage to fol-
low so unpopular if sonsible a course.
It adds:
“Wo trust the Russian government
will sl\ow Us appreciation by making
the settlement as little unpalatable as
may be to Persian pride and-that both
Russia and England will do their
best to promote Persian interests, for
after all. neither of the two powers
is entirely free from responsibility in
the recent unsatisfactory develop-
ments."
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FLASHLIGHT OUTFIT EXPLODES.
Associated Press Dispatch
St. Paul. Minn., Dec- 22.—Land
show officials experienced
scare today when a grain
caught fire from an explosion of a
photographer’s flashlight outfit.
Quick work by firemen stationed
there for emergency prevented spread
of the flames.
The loss was small.
This was Montana day at the land
show, According to Commissioner
J. II. Hall of Montana it was not a
day for celebrities, and by the com-
missioner’s order only practical men
of the soil were given places on the
program, which started at 3 o'clock
with ah address by David Hilger of
Lewiston.
INDICTMENT DISMISSED.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Seattle, Wash.. Doc. 22.—Tho indict-
ments against Col. Atden J. Blethcn, ,
C. B. Blethcn. the Times Printing '*'f,p 'honlbs and counsel for the defen-
company, and Captain of Police Mich- ' li,"lts’ urged clemency. It was argued
ael Powers, charged with conspiracy Itllat ,hfi promoters had reason to be-
to shield gambling'and tho mainten- niev< ,hat thp stocks would prove prof-
SENTENCED TO
ORE TERR EACH
From Luxurious Broadway
Offices to Prison
$50,000,000 WAS INIIOLVEO
Burr Brothers, Charles H. Tobey
and Edwin Wesley Preston
Plead Guilty
Associated Press Dispatch.
New York, Dec. 22.—As a punish-
ment for carrying on a stock swindle
by mall, alleged to have extended for
a period of two years, and to have net-
ted mtllkms in profit, four promoters
qf the firm of Burr Brothers, Incor-
porated, were each sentenced today to
a year's imprisonment on Blackwell's
Island.
The prisoners aro Shelton C. Burr,
president of the corporation; Eugene
If., his brother, Boaretary-treasurer;
Chas. H. Tobey, vice president and
Edwin Wesley Preston.
Unexpectedly they offered pleas of
guilty before Federal Judge Holt late
today.
The Indictment upon which they
were called to face trial was a swin-
dle involving (68,000 In connection
with the sale of stock of the Peo-
ples Association Oil company, but the
government alleged that this was but
one of a continuing scries of frauds,
estimated to have Involved nearly
(50,000,000 with (15,000.000 profit to
the promoters.
-Counsel for the defendants said
that rather than involve the expense
of summoning witnesses from distant
points it was decided to plead guilty
to (he indictment. The maximum sen-
tence possible on this ehargo is eight-1
will be obliged to eat their Christmas
dinner at a down-town hotel.
Attorney John Barton Payne, who
appeared for the National Packing
company, and Edwurd Tllden, its
president, today read voluminous ex-
tracts from the report of former
United States Commissioner James R.
Garfield on the packing Industry,
made in 1805, to refute the allega-
tions of tho government against the
packers.
POLICE ASKED TO HOLD GIRD.
Associated Press Dispatch
Chicago, Deo. 22.—St Louis police
were asked by Chicago officials to
hold In custody a young woman
traced to a hotel there from Water-
loo, la., by detectives searching for
Violet Buehler, the ttfteen-year-old
heiress who has been missing since
Thanksgiving. Beulah Baker is the
name given by the girl in question,
and she had planned to go to Knox-
ville. Tenn„ when the information
reached tho Chicago police.
Illinois Central detectives, working
at the request of Chicago police,
traced the girl from the Iowa eity to
Missouri. Attention was drawn to her
when she changed her mind after
ordering her baggage checked to St
Paul, and had it sent to St. Louis.
ONE HUNDRED WITNESSES
Will Probably He Called Wlien Inves-
tigation Is Resumed Jan. 1.
anoe of disorderly houses were dis-
missed today in the criminal division
of tho superior court, on tho motion
of the prosecuting attorney.
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LIBERAL IS RETURNED.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Glasgow, Dec. 22.—At a by-electlon
held today for thaexeat in the house of
commons for the YllHgion of Lanark-
shire. D. U. Holme* 'Liberal, waz
elected by a majority of 986. Tho seat
formerly was held by William Hunter,
Liberal.
hold«n¥
FOUR POOR JOBS
Nothing is Secured, but <^ne is
Given a Beating
ONE MAN ASSAULTED AT HOME
Army Colonel Show* Ho Con Run, end
Citizen Punches Bad Man on tho
Point of Jaw
SHOT FROM AN AMBUSCADE.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Havre. Mont., Dec. 22.—The body
of Dan Anderson, an old time freight-
er and rancher, was found in the bot-
tom of hls wagon with a bullet hole'
through hls breast when his team
wandered back to his cabin, thirty
miles south of here, last night. It is
'thought* he was shot from ambush.
Anderson had had trouble over
range matters with sheepmen and kill-
ed a herder some year., ago, for which
he served a term in prison.
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DIES OF BRIGHTS DISEASE.
Associated Press Dispatch
Mobile, Ala., Dec. 22.—Dr. Rhltt
Goode, president of the American
Railway Surgeons' association, died
today di Bright’s disease. He was dean
of the medical department of the Uni-
versity of Alabama.
SHUSTER SAYS HE
, HAS HEARD NOTHING
Associated Precs Disputes
Teheran. Dec. 22.—W. Morgan
Shuster, treasurer general of Persia,
said tonight he had received no com-
munication either from the commis-
sion appointed by the national council
to deal with the Russian ultimatum
or the cabinet regarding his position-
He still is awaiting action by the na-
tional council or its duly authorized
successor. He says he refuses to take
part in any discussions or negotiations
concerning the Russian ultimatum.
According to semi-official informa-
tion the Russian troops attacked and
killed all the police at Resht, bom-
barded the citadel at Tabriz, rushed
the government offices there and seiz-
ed the governor's residence, the courts
of Justice and pdlice headquarters. It
is reported that the Russian consul
at Resht has assumed the government
of the town.
The commission held a long ses-
sion tonight, but were unable to agrea
upon the forming of a cabinet's draft
of a reply to Russia.
AMERICAN CONSUL HAS
EXCITING EXPERIENCE
Associated Press Dispfttch.
Washington. Dec. 22.—American
Consul Paddock apparently has had
an exciting experience during the
fighting In the streets of Tabriz. He
reported to the state department to-
day that his consulate had been ex-
posed to the fire during the fighting
in the city, which had been going on
since yesterday. So far, he says, tha
American colony is in no danger.
'The state department is without ad-
vices regarding the surrender of the
Persian aoaomblr to the Russian de-
mands. including Mr. Shuster's de-
position from the office of treasurer-
general.
LONDON NEWSPAPERS
THINK PERSIA WISE
Associated Press Dispatch
London. Dec. 23.—The London
morning newspapers generally con-
sider that Persia in acquiescing to the
)
Hold-up men, believed to be a pair,
have bgfn doing things lately In El
Paso. Four hold-ups have occurred
since Wednesday but in no case did
the robers get anything of value.
However, in one case the bad man
got a swift punch on the point of the
Jaw, and in another the one held up
was beaten brutally. It appears that
the same pair of hold-ups is operating
in various parts of the clty.| No ar-
rests have been tnaijo.
Just as he stepped into hls own
yard on his return from town, Mike
Hennessy, of 2426 Wyoming street,
was stacked Wednesday night by two
thugs. The men beat Hennessy about
the face and bruised him up badly.
Hennessy cried for help, and his wife
upon hearing the cries stepped to tho
front door and turned qn the light
The men fled. They got only a llttic
change from Hennessy.
Dr. A. B. Ruford, a colonel in the
Mexican army, was held up by t*k
men Thursday night at tho corner of
Mesa and Missouri streets. When the
men threw up a pistol the colonel
turned and fled Into the darkness. At
the time he had a considerable
amount of money on his person, but
tho robbers did not get anything, ex-
cept to see a good sprinting exhibi-
tion. Dr. Ruferd is a guest at Hotel
Sheldon.
A resident of Grandview addition,
named Franklin, was stopped by a
hold-up man Thursday night. Mr.
Franklin had just left the Ft Bliss
car to walk to his home when he met
the nia/i. The mystefious stranger
told him to give up hls valuables, but
Franklin Instead of giving any money
or Jewelry, gave the robber an upper-
cut to the jaw. The blow (lazed the
man but he Jumped up and ran away.
Mr. Franklin has a souvenir of the
encounter, one hand tied up in a
bandage.
Some time Wednesday night as
John Sullivan, a railroad man, wus re-
turning home, a brave holdup man
stepped from out of the darkness and
with a pistol pointed at Sullivan'*
face demanded his money and watch.
But SulUvan was not to be so easily'
"frisked," and he jelled for the po-
lice with ail hls might. The hold-up
man, upon hearing the screams, turn-
ed and »1ed, Sullivan immediately
went to the police station but when
he got there he was so excited that
he could not even tell the potice
where he lived. After sitting around
about a half an hour he regained hls
self composure, and was able to tell
of the encounter.
1 table hut now reallzt dtbat the repre-
sentations concerning tho enterprise
wero too strong.
United States District Attorney Wise
opposed the pleas for clemency.
Judge lfolt pronounced sentence at
a year each and the men wero ta-
ken to the island tonight.
A little more than a year ago the
four pien were prosperous, occupying
expensive offices in a Broadway sky-
scraper, On November 20, 1910, fed-
eral agents raided their offices, in
connection with a general roundup of
mail stock swindlers ordered by Post-
master General Hitchcock.
Their business mainly had been the
sale of .stocks and bonds lit oil and
gold mining enterprises. Among the
promotions were the Nevada Gold
Mining, Milling & Smelting company,
capitalized at (5,000.000; the British
American Copper Mines & Smelting
(■company, capitalized at (5,000,000;
the Holcomb Automatic Engine com-
pany. capitalized at (5,000,000; ,tlio
Toledo, Wabash A- St. Louts railroad,
capitalized at (6,000,000; the Arizona
Copper & Gold Mines company, cap-
italized at (1,600,000; the Long Beach,
Mexico K- Arizona Mining company,
capitalized at (1,500,000, and about
twenty other corporations with stock
issues ranging from (400,000 to (1,-
000,000.
The government, had other indict-
ments pending, but none bad been re-
turned, and it was agreed in open
court, that with pleas of guilty, in tho
case, at hand . further prosecution
would be abandoned.
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OPIUM .WAS SEIZED.
Associated Press Dispatch■
Marquette, Mich., Dec. 22.—Accord-
ing to Collector of Customs Byrne and
Deputy United States Marshal Wills,
arrests at San it Sto. Marie indicate the
wholesale smuggling of opium into the
United States In that vicinity. Three
white men and three Chinese are un-
der arrest. Two of the accused have
made confessions, the officials say.
Felix Wagner, the alleged ring
leader of .the gang, gave himself up.
The men are out on bond to appear
at the next term of United States
court In Marquette. They are Joseph
Fournier, Lee Sing. Dan Campbell,
Frank Lee, Felix Wagner and I/Ouim
Lee.
' A quarrel between Fournier and his
Wife brought about the arre: Is, tha
woman giving information In revenge.
Tho officials got twenty-six cans of
opium valued at (90 a can.
COUNSEL FINISH ARGUMENT
Government Will Present Case.
Chronological Order Tuesday,
Associated Press Dispatch
Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 22.—Widen-
ing the scope of its inquiry into the
alleged country-wide dynamiting con-
spiracy, the federal grand jury ex-
amined Us first witness from the Pa-
cific coast, Charles C. Klzer, of Los
Angeles, today, before It adjourned
to Jan. 3,
Other witnesses from Los Angeles
and San Francisco, ns well as from
New York and - Boston, aro to be
Heard, it Is understtood, when the
grand Jury resumes its sessions.
The federal authorities are believed
now to be ready to attempt to verify
documentar yevidonce by the testi-
mony of witnesses supposed to have
knowledge of the movements of men
alleged to have been associated with
J. B. and J. J. McNamara and Ortie
McManigttl in their confessed depre-
dations.
More than one hundred witnesses,
it is said, will be called before the
grand jury during January. The dis-
trict attorney's office expects the jury
to be able to report its findings by
Feb. 1.
LARGE VERDICT RETURNED.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Topeka., Kan., Dec. 22.—The largest
verdict ever returned in any case in
the state of Kansas was returned in
favor of the Fowler Packing company
of Kansas City, Kun., in thq United
(States circuit court tonight, ascanllng
damages agalqst I he Kaw Valley Darl-
nage company, district of Wyandotte
county, in the sum of (462,800. Tho
verdict was about one-third of the
amount asked, tho plaintiff having de-
manded damages of (1,600,000.
The case involved the right of tho
drainage district, to tear down build-
ings belonging to tho Fowler com-
pany along the Kaw river in the dis-
trict condemned for drainage pur-
poses. The petition charged that the
agents of the defehdunt had exceeded
tliolr authority in destroying .the
property.
GOV. COMMUTES SENTENCE.
Associated Press Dispatch
Madison, WIs., Dee, 22.—After sev-
eral appeals for pardon, Governor Mc-
Govern today commuted the life sen-
tence of Mrs, Angela Funk of Mil-
waukee, to 25 years. Mrs. Funk was
sentenced for the murder of an old
soldier by putting poison in bis cof-
fee.
Mrs. Funk will be released In about
a year.
PBESIDEIIT COMPLETES
NEED MONEY
America and Japan Advocate
Financing Yuan
LEGATIONS IRE NONCOMMITAL
Premier Yuan'Steadfastly Sup-
ports the Imperial
\ Cause
100 Fat Turkeys to Be Given
Married Employes of the
White House
Issoctated Press Dispatch
Chicago, Dec. 22.—Counsel for tho
ten Chicago meat packers, charged
with combining to control the price
of meats In violation of tho criminal ' more
Associated Press Dispatoh,
Washington, Dac. 22.—President
Taft continued his Christmas shop-
ping tonight, visiting several down-
town stores and making a few pur-
chases. Washington was swept by a
winter rain all afternoon and when
tlie president ventured out It was In
one of the White House automobiles.
A car with secret service men trail-
ed close behind tho While House ma-
chine, but few people recognized tho
president's motor. With hls pur-
chases tonight the president practi-
cally completed hls list, which In-
cludes friends all over tho world.
Tomorrow the Christmas season at
tho White House really begins, for
than 100 fat turkeys will be
section of tho Sherman law, conclud- I distributed by the president to all
ed their opening statements to the married men employed about the
jury today and United States District ' building.
Judge George A. Carpenter adjourned
court until next Tuesday morning. At
that time the first witness for tho
government will take tho stand.
The government will present its
case In (horologiesI order, Tho first
witnesses will tell the s<ory of the old
packers’ pool which it is charged was
In existence prior to tho organization
of the National Pat king company In
1902, and which held weakly meet
The president and his family plan
to observe this Christmas day just
as thfey have tho other two they have
spent In the White House. Miss Helen
and Charlie Taft are at home and
Robert, the oldest son, will arrive to-
morrow.
Tho White House dinner will be
served at 7:20 and there will be no
guests. During the day the presl-
| dent probably will attend church, and
ings at which, the government ' if it is fair, ho will take a long walk
charges, prices were fixed.
loiter conditions, which led to the
formation of the National Packing
company, will then be detailed, and
In concluding the case, tho govern-
ment will endeavor to prove that the
National Packing company was the
instrument the packers used to con-
tinue the old pooling arrangement.
Three hundred witnesses will bo
called by the government and it is
believed It will take several months
to present their testimony. In addi-
tion to thb«. a mass of documentary
evidence will be offered by the prose-
cution.
The Jury will be closely guarded
during the adjournment of court, and
twelve men, all of whom arc married,
with some friends. Several gifts al-
ready have reached the White House,
but have not been opened.
NAVIGATION BUREAU CHANGES,
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, Dec. 22—The reorgan-
ization of the navigation bureau of
the navy department, projected by
Secretary Meyer and initiated by the
appointment of Commander Philip
Andrews as chief of the bureau has
been followed by the detail of Com-
mander J. R. W. Buakely, now exe-
cutive officer of the cruiser Wash-
ington, to relieve Commander H. A
Wiley in charge of the enlisted ser-
vice branch. Commander Wiley goes
to the Asiatic station with Admiral
Associated Press Dispatch.
Peking, Dec. 33.—Yuan Slii Kal,
the premier, evidently still remains
steadfast In Ills decision not to accept
a Republican form of government for
China a.s the price of peace within
the empire.
Members of the premier’s entour-
age reiterated today that Yuan never
will advise the abdication or the em-
peror und thereby become a traitor.
They say ilmt if tho formation of a
republic Is' unavoidable, lie will re-
sign a# prime minister.
It had been sus|Kvted that Tang
Slmo Yl, the representative of Yuan
nnd tlie imperial government at tho
Shanghai iieace conference, and Yuan
were playing a pre-avriioged game
with the Intention gradually to shear
the Manctius of power anti thereby
prevent a Mane)tit rising in Peking,!
but the fact that Tang lias telegraph-.
ed friends here, asking them to en-
deavor to |Hn-Miiadc Yuan of tho ne-
cessity of accepting a republic, seem-
ingly Indicates that Tung and tlto
premier are not In accord.
After many conferences prior to his
departure for Shanghai, Tang e.vi-
deiitly believed that Yuan had been
won over to the Republican idea, I
while on the other hand Yuan
thought Tang hurl been brought,
around to see the necessity for tho
continuation of the monarchy. Mem-
bers of Yuan's entourage declare in
those beliefs each man was self-de-
ceived.
Though, no members of tho foreign
legations will venture a prediction on
the. outcome of the situation, there is
a feeling that an agreement ts possi-
ble between Yuan and a number of
rebel provlnees, perhaps not Imme-
diately, nut after several renewed ar-
mistices. Yuan it is thought, may of-
fer the last concession possible, name-
ly, the retirement of. tho empress
dowager and the appointment of a
Chtneso regency to effect peace.
The premier has steadily been re-
placing officials and army officers
through the northern provinces with
trusted men, loyal to himself.
He could regain and retain many
of the rebel provinces if money were
available. A quartette of bankers
are willing to support him. but up to
tlie present lime the legations have
disagreed regarding a loan. The Brit-
ish legation desires tho monarchy
continued, but is receiving serious,
protests from business interests in tho
south, which dread a boycott, of their
goods. The American legation, and
also that of Japan, advocate support-
ing Yuan Shi Kal financially.
Should a definite breach come, with
an imperial government in the north
and a republic in the south, Yuan
possibly could obtain money, thought
the legations, fearing a ‘boycott by
the republican provinces, have stated
that ail loans must be for the peace-
ful administration of the country.
The government. Is continuing its so-
called patriot loans which are more
or loss enforced from the princes and
high oflclals.
WILL PROTECT FOREIGNERS.
Associated Press Dispatch
Harbin, Manchuria, Dec. 22.—Gen-
eral Horvath, the Russian comman-
der here, has expressed a willingness,
acting with the railway guards, to
protect tlie property of all foreigners
in north Manchuria. Conditions in
the country, however, are normal,
ami no foreigners, except Russians
have asked for. protection.
JAPAN MAY INTERVENE,
Associated Press Dispatch
Tokio, Dec. 22,—Although the re-
ports of Japanese military interven-
tion In China are premature, it is
understood that preparations have
been completed to send an expedi-
tion to China if necessary.
The belief prevails here that the
Shanghai peace conference is a pre-
text on tho part of both the revolu-
tionists and tho imperialists, in order
that they may strengthen their mili-
tary positions.
Nicholson,
chief.
tho new commander in
HARM (DUKE APPOINTED.
Associated Press Dispatch
Washington, Dee. 22.—-Henry H.
Marmaduke has been appointed agent
of the naval war records office of
the navy department, succeeding H,
B. Llttlepage, who died recently.
Mr. Marmaduke, who is a native of
Missouri, was a mdlshiprnan In the
United States navy but resigned and
Joined the Confederate forces when
the cl>iil war broke out. lie served
on the Merrlmac until May 11, J862,
the date of her destruction, and was
severely wounded in that engagement.
A $100,000,000 KID.
Associated Press DDpalch
Washington. Dec. 22 —— Vinson
Walsh McLean, the (100,000,000 ba-
by, grandson of John It. McLean and
the late mining magnate, Thomas F.
Walsh, and solo heir to their com-
bined fortunes, tonight was host at
hls third Christmas celebration.
Baby McLean's guests Included tho
czar of all the Russia* in the per-
sons of Ambassador George Bakhme-
tieff, grand uncle by marriage to tho
host; Admiral George Dewey, another
grand uncle; the Danish ambassador.
Count -Moltkc; Senator Shane and
some 25 juvenile milllonaires-elect,
who move in baby McLean's set.
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