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ON RELATIONS
WITH NATIONS
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WASHINGTON. Jsaaary
Mission of Sandoval Follows
Drastic Change In Order of
Things if Their Ideas
Were Adopted.
Tens rear ktoadayi Taiasay (Sir la
aaatt aaaettlad la Berth; aMeeraat
vbxt earlag seatkerr.
Waal Teaaa-rilf shade? eaeeat heal
President Win Have Week of
V j
Conference Held in Ha
vana Cuba. ;
Conferences Foreign Re-
lations Most Important
alas la Ike Peakaaale; Teaseey
Ore; srihasly rala la aagta.
Uelataaa Fair Meads aad
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UNCLE SAM WOULD OWN
ALL PUBLIC UTILITIES
State Militia Wauld Be Barred For
erer From Serving in Strike Si
tricti if U. M. W. of A. Besolu-
tiou Were -Carried Oat
(.issoaaud Press Report )
OfDIANAPOUS lnd. January JS If
all the law requested In resolutions
adopted by the United Mint Workere of
America meeting In convention har wcra
enacted there would ba many changes on
tha statute books of tha land and alao an
upaat In tha ordar of things.
Tha Government for example would
ba required to take over tha ownership
of all tha public utilities. Including- coal
mines.
Tha Government would prohibit the col-
lecting of faraa on passenger tralna and
street can from passengers not provided
with seats. Thar alao would ba Federal
laws providing old ace and mother's pen-
sions liability and compensation and gov-
erning the mining Industry. Immigration
would ba prohibited until ail laborers In
I he United States would ba provided with
employment Tha State mllltla forever
would ba barred from serving In strike
districts if lawa requested by the miners
war enacted.
Attacks on .tha American Federation of
Iabur were made during tha week. "Re-
actionary fossilized worm-eaten and
rotten to the core." was the way tha
Federation was described by delegates.
Plans for a National labor party also were
slowed ddwn.
Action on a resolution 10 consolidate
with tha Western Federation of Miners
waa put over until this week so that
fraternal delegates from the metal miners
could be heard. It wis voted that all
carpenters employed In or about mines
must withdraw their membership from
the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Join
era and affiliate with the miners. It waa
said the carpenters had agreed to It.
It Is probable that tha convention may
conclude Its work before the end of the
week a the meeting thus far has been
devoid of factional fights which delayed
'proceedings in previous conventions.
FLOODS SWEPT THE
CALIFORNIA SEABOARD
Last Reports Had Water Rising in
Santa Barbara Ventura Was
Flooded.
i.ttsveiotri Prm Report.)
8AN FRANCISCO January 25. Flood
waters swept down from the Slerrae to
California's 700 miles of seaboard today
Santa Barbara tonight was cut off from
communication and st last reports water
stood two feet deep on the railway station
platform. Washouts on the Southern
Pacific Railroad's coast and valley lines
stopped all traffic.
Ventura 18 miles east ef Santa Bar
bara was flooded. It wss raining
throughout the State tonight.
BAKERSFIEU'. al January 2.
Swollen by the heaviest rain In . lb years
and by melting snows the Kern River Is
rising rapidly The renter of the busi-
ness section is only four feet above the
river at normal Mace and a flood Is
feared. If Is raining heavily at -.Glen-vlll"
and the river la rising dangerously
theie. Two hundred men are at work
building levees here.
5 KILLED WHEN TWO
TRAINS CRASHED HEADON
Twenty Injured Shrieked for Aid in
Death Trap of Splintered
Coaches.
(Auaciatti Prut Report.)
JACK80X. Mich. January 25. Five
persons were killed and poe1bly a score
Injured tonight when Michigan Central
passenger train No. 70 from Saginaw
due here at 10:10 p. m.. collided headon
with a freight train about three miles
from Jackson.
Access to the damaged coach a smoker
was obstructed by the walls of the bag-
fage car which completely encaaed It.
nehle this trap could be seen from a
doaen to a score of passengers. Some
were moaning or shrieking for aid while
others lay still evidently dead.
The only body so far Identified was
that of Engineer Cal Johnson of the pas-
senger train. He was crushed to death
between the tender and his cab.
Through apertures In the smoker a man
could be seen .uptight In a seat which waa
lammed against the one in front of him.
It was believed he was James B. Cheney
of Highland Park. 1U. He was alive but
badly Injured.
The wreck apparently resulted from a
misunderstanding of orders. The freight.
It is said as supposed to take a aiding
to allow the passenger train to pass. The
collision occurred a quarter of a mile be-
yond the switch gate.
GOETHALS WILL FINISH CANAL.
Engineer to Complete Work in Hand
Before Taking New Job.
(AuoeUlti Prat Kft."i
PANAMA January JE. Colonel George
' W Ooethals today emphatically rciter-
1 lRlad his declaration that the could not
crept the post of New York police com-
' 4 mlssloner until after the completion and
Nhe auccesaful operation of the Panama
' Canal. Even If all conditions he hat
rro posed were compiled with. It Is said
his will keep him on the lathmua for
another II1 months.
Teaueratare aad reenatattaa at Beseem to
M seam eaalag T a. as. aaaoayi
Maxima TT Blataasi .
Pmelatutlaa .SO.
Atswasaerte pre ess rs st Reostea st aeea taa
day. see level rao4!ag zt.SS.
tVurtse Meedey. Ml I. avi seas s:se
P- ea.
Houston Calendar for Today.
Rice Institute at 4:30 a'clock ream 103
administration building nlntn jmnmrsM
ty extension lecture en -areas aeeens or
dorms leesMsm" y Themaa Usdsey
Blayne. Oeethe aa reareeeeitatlve ef the)
eultW forces ef the atghtaewth Century.
av keeuU meetlna at tha Young Men a
Christian Association at p. nv
City Council meet at the City Han at
4 p .m.
Red Rooster bangaat at xne moo.
Amusements.
RHnce Theater "Stop Thief."
tela Theater-Aurtema" and "Flash ef
Llght.M
Malestle Theatervaudevme. ipaunw
and night.
Pearce Theater "Man From ine west
and ether plcturee.
Oem Theater Cyril Scan in Augusiue
Thomas' "Artaona."
Queen Theeter "The Sword ef oa.
moclee" and ether plcturee.
Company In A Thief for a Night"
Mexico.
A kKTITKn cmlawrr l Felii Was w
m fhlkukiiu te eae General vliU.
TRIC araANO laalaaa. aald tj be l ef
r.li Dm. aie aalalai sreaad Is Foebis.
ORNERAL OROIOO ka mt4 l
lae rentrei nm in "'v . . .- .
ad will fommaad Ike wlnateera at Terwoa.
OKNKRAI. Vll.l.A Is lflf " . !T?
In the nlfflciilttea whlcli will eoerroal Sti l--
cm Meilen City teMiU ae be iucceMhil
la s battle at
Domeitic.
THK KRRS R1VKR iwollen ''"
l rinjiig rapMlj at BaUraoalil aad auooa are
feai
refl.
ud indnnivv n 4Ul:iD. IfN 40. mien
i;r-i i. v.- Trk hv him ulna rroai tha
twtlflb ttory of a SulWlM-
. w k v w .hM J aw Im Aacelae
lie la aadeavor n aa vmm "
raafeaa te billing bU wire.
CHARI.K8 H. MOTIt and all otber snloa
leaitera Iwtlrled by tbe Hnmrtitio ra'"l.r7
will TOluatarllf to tn Mlrblaaa to ataod trial.
COl)Nt OKOROK W. OOBTHA1JI 4larrs at
Paeasit that he aiutl Sjilb tla Pahia Cjnal
hernr b eavkl aeet tbe poet as haw Tork
Puliea OoaaUaaloMi.
Tit" rSTTWP airKH WORKRRR smertee la
larenlloB at ludlanapolH have paawd siany
rMniilnaa denaadlM reforms and star con-
clude dellberatleas this week.
Waininft-ton.
CO or-KRATlOV nf tbe Hi-nata and Hooae
Oimniltteea bae been derirteil upon ex-
pedite the paaaate of aatitniat legtslatloa.
PRKHIDKNT WIIJW1N will deve-te mueb nf tbti
week tn ronferewen with members nf One-
rrea tbe mnet important of wbleb will be a
frank dlaeuaalun of forelen relallosi with
botb Democrat a and Republicans.
Foreign.
THK HAITIAN Rf.VOUTIOS la smwrns tn
trendh dallv and manv Mwna bare fallen
Into tin hands of tba rebala.
JOHN K. REDMOVTi. leader of the IrWi '.
tlonallt. declared In a apeeeh at Water-
r..r.l. Irelarel that borne rule woold probably
be a law wltbla a year.
Texas.
JOHN nrtNTt. a Tooae mas at Franklin died
nf swahnt wned and Ollbert Rh aa locked
up In cnnneetloa wltk Ibe affair.
GFORRR CORRIV. a Teterea Santa Fe enflar.
died In Temple from the rfferta of Injuries
recti red wbea bis antiae torocd owr near
Lometa.
MR. ASP MR8 R V HOt-'Pe; will aina rria
In Antin and Rerretariea McAdno and Hous-
ton will be entertained a tb Hnoae realdence
dnrtnx the regional raeerre bank bearing.
Sport.
THE OFFICIAL provrasi of the Ii4ay target
hooting- at tbe Sunny Sooth trap groanda
lieaina today.
THB WACO baseball team la nraetleillr readr
for tralBlne and Manager Hardr announcee
that be belleTaa be baa tbe making of a pen-
nant winning lean.
MINOR I.EAOI F Marem haee been notified not
In lgn any 1014 contracts a reault nf a
rtlaagreement between tbe National Awl:i-
tlna of Baaehall Clubs and tbe Baaebill Dir-
era Fraternity.
WHtl-R GOINO at Ibe rate nf J ml let onr
at the Motordmnie Sunday the lire on Hot
Crevltiroa'a machine blew oat. but with rare
preeence of mind Creelstno managed to get
to tbe paddock in aafety.
Cl.trR OWNBRS of tba American and National
. Trf-aguea bare continued arranoement of their
'plan without reference to the activities nf
the Federal leegoe and bar rttnpletetl plans
for the iprlng training ramps.
Railroads.
THK Interstate Commerce Coinmiaalon will har
the argnmenta f the ahlppera In eosnectlrm
with the demand of the Kaatern Raltroade fur
an Increaao In freight rate.
THK M.. K. AND T. RAIt.ROATVs rlilm for
trtS.nno.noo from the I'nlted Ktntca Oorern-
ment. the ralne nf landa in Oklahoma which
the railroad declare la due to It a 8 land
grant I to come before tbe I'nlted states
Supreme Court thin week.
Houston.
THE Cltiteni' AriTienrr Committee accompanied
V.t county nfllrlala isapecta several roadi Suo-
dar. RAI.Pn PARI.ETTE lectured on "I'nlTertltr ef
narrlanocka" at Cltr Auditorium Sunday after-
noon. CLASS of 48 waa Initiated by tha Kslgnts nf
Cnlumr.ua Sunday srltb a large natsber of
rial tors preaeat.
LEON 8CHWARZ addreued a meeting at the
Cltr Auditorium Sunday night ou tha B aal
B'rlth organisation.
DELEGATES to brlcklayera' eonreatloi pent a
quiet Kunday following the adjournment Sat-
urday t mldaiglit.
AT A MEETING of the Press Cluh Sunday aft-
ernoon n la m were dteruaaed for the entertain.
ment of the delegates to the National editorial
roaTentlon.
PRESIDENT NOT TO ABDICATE.
Haitien Executive Changed Hii
Hind Yesterday.
(Atstcialti Press Reprrt.)
PORT AU PRINCE January .-The
revolutionary movement In Halt! grows
stronger day by day. Several towns In
tba north are In anna against the Gov-
ernment and several of the most Impor-
tant places have been captured by revolu-
tions ta.
There are two aspirants for the Preal-
'dtney among the revolutionists Senor
Davllar Theodore who Initiated the revo-
lution and General Bellard who Is In
command tn aha north. Michael Oreste
President of the Republic had decided to
abdicate turning executive power over to
General Bellard. but today Senator Theo-
dora proclaimed himself supreme chief of
the revolution and Prealdent Oreste de-
clared he would with the support of the
pttaanhera. offer every resistance.
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Photo by Harrla Swing
Cotter T. Bride
The Wajshlngtawlan ' who is Secretary
Bryan's choice the post of Marslial
of the District of Coiembia. itefore this
plum la awarded there may We consider-
able U-feeling stirred up between Mr
Bryan and the other Cabinet members.
Mr. Bride le the man with whom the
Uryans boarded when Mr. Bryan waa tn
Congreaa and It Is said that Mr. Bryan
la determined to have him appointed to
this office.
"GHOS" AS
THIRD DEGREE
Police Tried to Get Confes-
sion From Alleged Uxorcide.
Suspicion! ai to Claimed Suicide of
Wife Leaying- Note Acknowl
edging Henelf Guilty of
Infidelity.
(jfeKisMs Press Xsfwrt.)
L08 ANdEIJCS. January 23. The
"third decree" with "glioat" as the.
central figure was applied by arresting
officers 1. a.- futile attempt to obtain
from John It Orondkv a young druggist
a confession that he killed Ms wife
Zella according to a statement today by
Grondln's attorney.
The attorney declared Orondin waa
taken by detectives last night Into a dark-
ened room w here a "ghost" appeared and
demanded In gloomy tones "why did you
murder me." The dismal question failed
to cause Grondln to make any display
of emotion.
Grondln was charged with having pois-
oned his wife and with having attempt-
ed to establish that she had killed her-
self by Inhaling gas.
When Mrs. Urondin was found dead
October 10 last Grondin made public a
note he said had been written by Ms
wife and left as an explanation of her
alleged suicide. It contained an admis-
sion of Infidelity and expressed the hoe
that he would be happy with the woman
who truly loved him. Handwriting ex-
perts asserted tlio writing in the note was
a forgery and their assertion coupled
m-lth the arrival here from Maine of a
widow in whom Urondin a. an sail to
have been Interested caused the exhu-
mation of Mrs. Grondln's body.
Pathologists yesterday reported they
had found poison in the Ionian's vital
organs. Grondln's arrest followed. He
will be arraigned tomorrow.
Had Accident at Portland
Me.
Associated Press Report.)
PORTLAND. Me.. January 25. Mrs.
John H. Grondln for whose alleged mur-
der her husband is under arrest in Koa
Angeles Cal. whs overcome by gas Jan-
uary I. ISIS when the couple and their
two children were living in a lodging
house here. After a physician had resus-
citated tier the police made an investiga-
tion and decided the gas had been turned
on accidentally.
CAN ELY KITCHEN TABLE.
SAYS LINCOLN BEACHY
Daring Aviator Explains That Motor
Was Only Deficiency of
Langley Machine.
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Associated Press Report.)
SAN FRANCISCO. January 15. The
Smithsonian Institution at Washington
today accepted an offer of Lincoln
Beachey to demonstrate the possibility of
flight In the "flying; machine" invented
and built by Prof. Samuel P. Langley.
Derision that was excited when Lang-
ley'a machine fell Into the Potomac River
Is said to have broken his heart. Beachey
will try to show that the machine was
right In every' way and needed only a
better motor.
"You can fly a kitchen table If your
motor Is strong enough" said Beachey.
"This la what I want to show."
POINTED QUERY FOR GLYNN.
Sulier's Friend Asks Why He Work-
ed for Bill Alter Passage.
(.fixo.-.'jtfd Press Retort.)
ALBANY N. Y.. January 25. An open
letter addressed to Governor Olynn to-
night by Jay W. Forrest a personal
friend of William 8ulser asked the
Governor to make further explanation
regarding the meeting he and Charles K.
Murphy and other Democratic politicians
had some time last spring. Forrest
has Ifi'ers which Eugene D. Wood wrote
Johsrii. Hennessy. This is the meeting
at which Sulser and his friends always
have averred Bulser's Impeachment was
planned. Governor Glynn recently said
he was at the meeting but that only
the hydro-electric bill and the direct pri-
mary HI were discussed.
"t fought like a tiger for the hydro-
electric bill" the Governor declared.
Now Forrest wants to know why h
fought for a bill which according tn
Forreat waa passed by bnth houses of
the I-earlslature at least 11 days before
the New sorn meeting.
SENATE MEMBERS TO BE
KEPT CLOSELY INFORMED
Both Democrat and Republican!
Will Be Taken Into President'!
Confidence in Xexican Japanese
and Panama Canal Affair.
Mue. wl-J rVoj AVaert )
WASHINGTON. January Prealdent
Wilson has a busy ttk of conferences
ahead some on matters of appointments
others trust questions but none so im
portant perhaps as the one at the White
House tomorrow with the Senate Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs.
Republicans and Democrat alike will
gather for a frank conference on inter
national relations. The President has
frequently conferred with the committee
on Mexican affairs In line with a policy
of keeping the Senate closely informed on
developments. His conference tomorrow
will be an eipanalon of tlial policy tak
ing the Senatora Into his confidence on
other pressing problems of International
coneeuuence. It la believed the Mexican
equation will be passed over with Inci-
dental comment.
On the Panama Canal tolls question
the Japanese alien land controversay and
the unratified treaties however the
President could tell t l.e Senators a great
deal.
The view expreanted in Administration
circles hitherto has been that the Adam-
son resolution postponing fur two years
the operation of tba free tolls clause of
the Panama Canal ait well might be
adopted giving ample time for diplomatic
parleys over disputed points.
PLANNING TO EXPEDITE
ANTITRUST MEASURES
Senators and Congressmen Anxious
to Hurry Trograa for Pnblio
Hearings on Drafts ef Bills.
i .1 nested Prtsi Report.)
WASHINGTON. January 25. How to
expedite the Administration antitrust leg-
Ixlutive program was the subject of an
Influential conference loday at the home
of Senator New lands of Nevada chair-
man of the Senate Committee on Inter
state Commerce. Participating in the
conference ere the majority members of
the committee (Senators Pomerene Rob-
inson. Thoma. Thompson. Myers and
Kaulsbtiry. and Representatives Clayton
Flovd and Tallin of the House Judiciary
subcommittee.
Co-operation of committees in both
Houses was agreed on as essential to
quick reult In securing the program to
completion and t" this end the sugges
tion of Joint hearings met with general
favor. Chairman Clayton agreed to sub
mit the matter to the Judiciary Commit
tee for determination
Plans for Hearings.
Ti e conferees fu--; her agreed that there
should be selection In conduct of the
hearing; that matters recently have been
Inquired int" thoroughly by committees
of Congress should be dismissed briefly
and that representative men known to
have reasonable ideas be called en for
.......tm such men would Include
members of Congress outside the commit
tees and commercial snd industrial lead
ere cf thv country. It also was deter-
mined that the committee should seek
counsel of Attorney General McReynolda
Joseih K 1 'a vies
the Commissioner of
Corporation".
ncmbers of the Interstate
rnmmercr Commission and the President
There waa general discussion of anti
trust measures with a view to their im-
nrovement. hot no rhanges were decided
n Several suuKestlons were offered re-
i.tmar to a proposed amendment prohib
iting holding companies but this also
was left for further decision. An effort
will be made to begin hearings next
week TI p a!m of the committee. It waa
said would he to have the program ready
for Congress by March 1.
Further Conferences Monday.
Further Joint conferences of commlt-
i... In charge f trust legislation win
k. lield tomorrow and the House Judl-
..i-v committee will meet Tuesday to
iwss on proposed plans for hearings on
ti hills si.hmltte.l.
IVsidcs plans for hearings the snb--oium
ii. e. .-otnprtslng Representatives
fun ton. IToiul an.l Carlln. purposes to
confer vs. . tli C e President and Adminis-
tration leaders on an amendment to tbe
tru.le relation?
bill to prohibit holding
rv.inpanies.
Ol... II. .!.
Interstate and Foreign Com-
nierce Committee is hpkiwi iu "
..i ... 111.. un the Interstate trade cora-
1 o . J .
misi bill. I'lmirman Adamson plsns
In studv carefiillv the measure already
submitted by the Judiciary subcommittee.
This committee and the Senate Interstate
Commerce Committee also will begin de-
llbeiutinns on the measure to give the
liitorst it.- Commerce Commission author-
ity to regulate the issuance of railroad
Vhllethe preliminary antitrust pro-nr-.m
Is in the shaping. Congress has
much to keep It busy. . The proposed
Kesleral investigation of conditions In the
Michigan copper and Colorado coal mines
will hold the attention of both houses
during the week. The Senate Committee
on Kducatlon and Labor tomorrow will
take tin for consideration the Ashurst and
Thomas resolution on this question.
The House has planned to bring In a
sneclsl rule Tuesday to carry put the
strike investigations ordered by the
liemocratic caucus last Week.
To Dlaposa of Blair Loo Case.
In the Senate the contest over teat-
Iner Senaior-e!e-t Wsir Lee of Maryland:
prohahlv will " disposed of.
After the I .ee case Is disposed nf. the
committee report recommending that a
seat In the Senate be denied Prank P.
Glass appointed to fill tha unexpired
(Contlnaed on nf Ttw
Photo (o)
This charming photograph
of Lady
Declea wss made January IS In the home
of Mrs. Reginald Do Koven on Park
Avenue. New York at the tableaux
vlvants. It shows the former miss
Vivian Gould in the handsome meoiaevai
S. P. MEDIATION
TO BE DELAYED
a
Federal Mediators dtheiwise
Engaged at Present.
Martin A. Knapp Received Com
munication and Will Arrange
for Action as Soon as
Possible.
(HosJIoit Post Special.)
WASHINGTON January 25 Judge
Martin A. Knapp or the federal aaeaia-
tlon Board stated tonight that he receiv
ed the communication from representa-
tives of the Southern Pacific and the em
ployes of that road requesting the services
of a mediator this morning but no action
has been taken at this end of the line-
He declined to make public the telegram
received or the single item of disagree-
ment which the company and employee
say exists between them and upon which
they desire the services of the National
Arbitration Board. He intimated that It
waa within the province of the directly
interested narties to disclose the question
at issue.
Judge Knapn said It would probably be
two or three days before a date could be
fixed for a conference In Houston between
the railroad lta employes and the me-
diator for the reason that Mr. Chambers
Is In Cleveland in connection with mat
ters pertaining to the Mclcel I'late line
rhtle Judge Knapp ana air. uanger are
engaged on Important matters.
The Southern Pacific request will likely
be given consideration tomorrow and
every effort will be made to designate
an arbitrator and fix a date for a con-
ference at the earliest possible moment.
SBUTTLECAR M0I0RAUN
ASSAULTED AND ROBBED
Two Unidentified Men Dragged 7.
M. Colbnrn From Platform After
Asking for Change.
J. M. Colburn. a motorman on the
Central Park shuttle street car line was
knocked down dragged from his car and
robbed about 1. 39 o'clock Monday morn-
ing not far from where the shuttle line
Joins the Harrlsburg car line He was
found by a crew going out on the Harris-
burg I'ne. who noticed the .ar standing
without the lights on. They investi-
gated and discovered Colbnrn lying near
the car. Westheimer's ambnlume was
called and he was taken to St. Joseph's
Infirmary where his injury which
proved to be a strained back was given
attention. The injury Is not serious.
Colburn said ffl& Mexicans or
negroes he is not sure which got on his
car and presented a 10 bill for their
fare. As the mcHorman started to make
the change the men struck him. and
then pulling him from the car. took his
money. Onlv one man is used on the
shuttle line and the men who assaulted
Colburn were not Interfered with.
PINIONED UNDER OWN ENGINE
Engineer George Corbin of Santa
Fe Died of Injuries.
l Houston Post Spatial)
TEMPLE. Texas. January IS. George
Corbin veteran Santa Fe engineer died
at the Railway Hospital today from
bums and scalds received when his en-
gine overturned in a wreck near Lometa
last night and pinioned him under the
wreckage. The engine was pulling pas-
senger train T. due here about mid-
night Tom tVickham. fireman escaped Injury.
Nona of the passengers waa injured.
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by Underwood aV Underwood New York.
void ainbroioereo. satin costume ana soiu
headdress with the famous pearls of her
mother that she wore In the group pic-
ture by Federtgo Zuccaro. The tableaux
vu lven for the benefit of the Girls
Branch of the Publlo Schools Athletic
League of New Tork.
KATY ASKS U S.
FOR $62000000
Famous Oklahoma Land Case
to Be Argued.
Claim Set Up That Road Is Entitled
to Each Alternate Section Along
Its Line for Winning Road
Building Race.
(.Associated Press Report.)
WASHINGTON. January 15. The
claim of the Missouri Kansas and Texas
Railway Company to SM.OOO.OOO damages
against the Government for the latter's
failure to turn over alternate sections of
land along its line through Oklahoma will
furnish one of several important argu-
ments this week before the Supreme
Court.
The railway's claim arises out of the
spectacular railway building race foster-
ed by the Government In 1st. In that
year Congress offered to grant alternate
sections of land as soon as the Indian
title should be extinguished along a line
of railroad to be constructed across the
present State of Oklahoma to Denlson
Texas to the first railroad to build a line
from the Kastern terminus of the Union
Pacific on tlie Kansas and Missouri State
lines to the Southern line of Oklahoma.
The race was open to three railroads
the Kansas and Neosha Valley the
Leavenworth Lawrence and Fort Gibson
and the Union Pacific. The Kansas and
Neosha. which has since become the Mis-
souri. Kansas and Texas won. The Gov-
ernment has not made the grant however
contending that the land In question never
became a part of public lands of the Unit-
ed States. The road claims $20 an acre
damage.
The constitutionality of that feature of
tho Federal employers liability law which
gives the surviving widow and dependent
children of an employe killed by a rail-
road the entire amount of damages re-
covered will be presented to the court In
oral argument. It Is claimed that the
law is unconstitutional Interference with
the law of descent of property In force In
various States.
E. M. HOUSE TO ENTERTAIN.
Will Give Reception to Secretaries
McAdoo and Houston.
(Houston Post Special.)
Al'STIX. Texas January :5. For the
purpose of spending a few weeks In Aus-
tin and largely to entertain Secretary of
the Treasury McAdoo and Secretary of
Agriculture Houston. E. M. House and
Mrs. Mouse will arrive In Austin probably
the latter part of this week. The two
Cabinet officers will be here February S
and 10 to hold a hearing un the loca-
tion of a regional bank In the Southwest.
Bankers business men and others Inter-
ested are expo-ted to come to Austin in
large numbers.
JUMPED 12 STORIES KILLED.
FortyYear01d Gotham Woman's
Sensational Suicide.
(A uociated Press Report.)
XK WYORK January 25. Mrs. Jose-
phine Rrenmen Amend 40 years old.
niih.w of Robert F. Aniend who until his
death a short time ago was a member of
a prominent drug Importing firm late to-
night Jumped from a twelfth floor window
of the fashionable West Side apartment
house in which she ltved and was killed.
Nurse's Mistake Killed Orphans.
(Associated Press Report.)
1'TICA. N. T. January 15. As a re
suit of ft mistake by a nurse two chi:-
dreh at the Vtlca Orphan Asylum are
dead and four others are In a critical
condition. Tha nurse last night gave
some of the children poison to mistake
ior a laxative.
DIAZ FRIENDS GAINING
GROUND IN PUEBLA
Two Thousand Well Organised and
Well Armed Serrano Indiana
With Recruits From Fifth Fed-
eral Regiment Showing Strength.
(Associated Press Report.) e
MEXICO CITT. January 15. Tha
Department of War announced to- m
Amv tht rieoneatlnns would be con-
(erred on General Pascual Orotco
and General Maroelo Caraveo who
2 are aald to have reached Torreon
from OJlnaga. Sj .
By H. M. Johnston ; ".
Houston Peat ataff Correspondent.
EL PASO Texas. January . AUor- j
ney Luis Bonalea Sandoval a representa-
five of General Felix Wax left today to? -Chihuahua
on a mission to General Tills
which has as Its purpose an attempted
estrangement of Villa with Carrans. .
The success of his efforts la doubted -and
there are misgivings that when Vtlla
la approached that Sandoval may ba lm-'
prisoned by the Constitutionalist eom
roander.
Sandoval wired General Villa Saturday 1
asking for an audience and Villa Immco '
dlaiely replied that he would have to
come to Chihuahua If he wished . o oone -suit
him.
aauidoval came to Ef Paso Saturday
morning from Ban Antonio where ha Is) -said
to have conferred with Emlllo Vas- '
quex Gomes. Prior to his Ban Antonio
visit he waa In Havana. Cuba In con-
ference with General Felix Wax who ho
now represents on his mission to Villa. '
Sandoval was Villa's leader in Mexico
City in 1912 when Villa waa arrested
and thrown Into Jail by Huerta. On that
other hand. Dial .figured In tha coup
d'etat of Mexico City which resulted tn
the death of Madero while Villa perrnla..
tently haa characterised himself as tho
avenger ef Madero and at present ooo
ef the Madero family Is one ef hla chief
military advisers.
To Hear "Truth" a-rem Bojaa
General Antonio Rojaa commander of
Federal volunteers who were driven from
OJlnaga and who General Salvador Mer-
cado haa charged with being; the direct
cauae of the Federal reserve In the Stat
of Chihuahua wiU reach Vera Otis to-
day and will proceed directly to Mexico
City to call on General Vtctorjano Huerta
and lay before blm the "truth" regardlac
the Federal defeat at OJlnaga. accord
tng to local Federal agenta Rojas crossed
the border Into the United States and tn
disguise went by train to Ban Antonio.
He remained there a abort time and than
ent to Galveston where he boarded s
boat for Vera Cms.
Diaz Movement Gains Headway.
(Associated frost Krfsrt)
MEXICO CITT. January IS. Addition
at evidence of the seriousness of tRe up-
rising of the Serrano Indiana In tha Stato
of Puebla is afforded by an attack on av
train on the Hidalgo Railroad between
the capital and Necaxa. The train was
ditched and passengers robbed of their
firearms. Later Tie railroad was ent.
The rebels were led by Esteban Mar
ques a protege of General Joan Francisco .
Lucas patriarchal leader or the Berrav-
nos. The passengers. Who were permitted
to depart are convinced that In that re-
gion there are at least WOO well armed
and well organised rebels. They declare .
that 450 men of the Fifth Regiment who
recently were sent sirainst the rebels
have Joined them. The Pueblo Insurrec-
tion Is reported to "be In favor of Felix
Diaz.
SPECULATING ON WHAT
LIES BEYOND TORREON
Villa Will Be in Enemy's Country
if He Follows Expected Victory
With March Toward Capital.
(Associated Press Report.)
CHIHUAHUA. Mex. January tS. .
"Whatever the obstacles we Intend to
fight our way to Mexico City unless tho
usurper Huerta Is driven out before we
get there" said General Francisco Villa
today.
What will be the fortune of General
Villa's army of 15000 or more rebels
when they pass south of Torreon into
the central States of Mexico received
serious consideration by the rebel lead-
ers today. That the rebels wilt take
Torreon they have every confidence al-
though General Refugio Velasco. the
Federal commander. Is expected to make
every effort to check ejie revolutionists
there. ...
But what will happen after the defeat
of the Torreon Federal garrison should
thev be defeated is not so clearly de-
fined In the mind of Gcner.il ilia.
Will Be In Hostile Country.
Heretofore the a.-jiviticH of Oneral
Villa's army have been confined chiefly
to what was regarded as rebel territory
and rebel victories have been achieved
against Federals cut off from commu-
nication and their hase of supplies. Un-
limited supplies were at the service of
the rebels tn the north.
Southward conditions are chanfreU.
Important cities such as SCacatecas.
Aguas Callentes and San Luis I'otoal. ;
have Federal Harrisons supplied both
with rations and ammunition direct from
Mexico City. . ..
Moreover communication nnd railroad
facilities for shifting Federal troops are
available The Federal strongholds thus '
are more closely knit and ran reinforce) - -each
other more readily than they could
In the north.
Another conslderatlon before General
villa concerns the possible attitude of
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