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VOLUME XII.
ATLANTA. GA.. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1913.
NO. 45.
SUM WHILE B«
TAKEN TO TOE JAIL
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Huerta 1 Gives Out Statement
Claiming Prisoners Were
Killed When Guards Were
Attacked From Ambush.
RUSHED TO BIB EXTRA SESSION TO
Two Brigades, the Fourth President-elect Announces the
and Sixth of the Second Di- j Date for Tariff Session
vision, Are Ordered to Pre
pare to Entrain at Once
(By Associated Press.)
MEXICO CITY, Feb. 24.—Francisco
I. Madero and Jose Pino £>uarez are
dead. In a ride under guard from the
national palace to the penitentiary they
were killed early Sunday morning.
The circumstances surrounding the
death of the deposed president and vice
president of the republic are unknown,
except as gfrv.en in official accounts,
which do not in all cases conform. The
only witnesses were those actually con
cerned in the killing.
The provisional president, General
Vicoriano Huerta, says the killing oi me
two men was incidental to a fight be
tween their guard and a parly attempt
ing to liberate them.
The minister of foreign relations.
Francisco de la Barra, adds that the
prisoners attempted to escape. Neither
makes a definite statement as to which
side fired the fatal shots. It is not
impossible that neither knows.
An official investigation has been or
dered to determine the responsibility,
and solemn promises have been made
that the guilty will "be punished. .
STATEMENT DOUBTED.
Not unnaturally a great part of the
public regard the official versions with
doubt, having in mind the use for cen
turies of the notorious “Ley Fuga,” the
unwritten law which is invoked when
the death of a prisoner is desired. Aft
er its application there is written on
the records “prisoner shot trying to es
cape.”
Senora Madero, widow of the ex-presi
dent, received the first definite informa
tion of his death from the Spanish min
ister, Senor CoJogan y Cologan. She al
ready had heard reports that something
unusual and serious had happened, but
friends had endeavored up to that time
Xo prevent her from learning the whole
truth.
Soon afterward, accompanied by her
brother, Joe Perez, and Mercedes Madero,
a sister of Francisco, Senora Madero
drove to the penitentiary, but was re
fused permission to see the body of her
husband. Senora Suarez also was de
nied admittance to the mortuary, where
physicians, in accordance with the law,
were performing an autopsy.
In contrast to the widow, whose grief
was of a pitiably silent character, ex
pressed in sobs, Mercedes Madero, a
beautiful young woman educated in
Paris, who n&s been a brilliant leader of
society since the revolution of 1910,
was i ry-eyed and tigerish in her emo
tions.' By the side of the two women
whose husbands had been killed, the
girl hurled accusations at the officers
who barred the entrance.
“COWARDS!” “ASSASSINS!*' „
“Cowards'.” “Assassins!” she called
them, her voice pitched high. The offi
cers stared impassively.
“You! the men who fired on a.de
fenseless man! You and your superior
officers are traitors!”
No effort was made to remove the
women nor did the officers attempt to
silence them. Senora Madero continued
weeping and the girl did not cease her
hysterical tirade until the arrival of the
Spanish minister and the Japanese
charge who came to offer their services.
The minister spoke with the officers
It: charge, but was told that on ac
count of the autopsy it would be im
possible for any one to see the bodies.
Lateri in the day, they said, the re
quest would be complied with. The
diplomats then conducted the women
away from the penitentiary.
Madero's father and Rafael Hernan
dez. former minister of the interior,
and other friends made efforts early in
the day to recover the bodies, and it
was said this afternoon that the Amer
ican ambassador, Henry Lane Wilson,
had interested himself and secured the
promise of Minister de la Barra that
the bodies should be delivered to their
families for burial.
OFFICIAL VERSION.
The tragedy occurred shortly after
midnight. Madero and Suarez, who
Had been prisoners in the national pal
ace since their arrest on Tuesday last,
were placed in an automobile, which
was accompanied by another car and
escorted by 100 rurales under the. or
ders of Commandant Francisco Car
denas -and Colonel Rafael Pimiento.
With instructions not to outdistance
the escort, the cars moved slowly. No
incident occurred until they had reach
ed a point near the penitentiary,
where in an open place the guards’ .at
tention was attracted, according to the
official version, to a group of persons
Following. Shots were fired at the
escort out of the 4 ai *k n ess. The rurales
closed in and ordered the prisoners out
of the car. #
Thirty of the guards surrounded the
prisoners, while the remainder dis
posed themselves to resist an attack.
About fifty men, some afoot and some
mounted, threw themselves upon the
detachment guarding the cars and the
exchange of shots lasted twenty min-
\utes, when the attacking party fled.
SHOT IN THE BACK.
The dead bodies of Madero and Sua
rez were then found. The body of
Madero shows only one wound. A bul
let entered the back of the head and
emerged at the forehead. The body of
Pino Suarez showks many wounds, en
tering from in front.
Of the male members of the Madero
family.torify two now’ are in the capi
tal. One is Francisco Madero, the
father, who bitterly opposed his son’s
conducting a revolution in 1910 and
rode across ncflrthern ,Mexico in an effort
to overtake and dissuade him; the other
is Ernesto Madero, the former minister
of finance, an uncle, though only one
year older than the late president.
Gustavo ' Madero, a brother, was
obliged to submit to the fugitive law
% the day after the deposition of the pres
ident, and was shot down in the
arsenal.
Senora Madero and the two sisters of
the ex-president, Mercedes and Angela,
are tonight at the Japanese legation.
(By Associated Press. 1
WASHINGTON, Feb. '24.—Mo\e or
ders for moving troops to Galveston,
w’ith the purpose of concentrating a full
army division there, in accordance with
the policy of preparedness as outlined
by President Taft in a public speech in
New York last Saturday night, were is
sued by the war department early to
day.
Major General Carter, the department
and. divisional commander at Chicago,
will be placed in supreme command.
In addition to the Fourth brigade
of the Second division, consisting of
the Twenty-third. Twenty-sixth and
Twenty-fifth infantry, now in the mid
dle west, orders were issued today for
the preparation for entrainment of the
entire Sixth brigade, comprising the
Eleventh infantry, Colonel Arthur Wil
liams, at Fort D. A. Russell, Wyo.; the
Eighteenth infantry,. Colonel Thomas
F. David, at Fort'McKenzie, Wyo., and
.tort Bliss, Tex.; the Twenty-second in
fantry, Colonel Daniel A. Frederick, at
Fort Bliss. Tex.
The Fourth field artillery, the Second
battalion of engineers and signal corps
Company D, comprising part of the
Sixth brigade, already have been order
ed to Galveston.)
It will not be possible to accommodate
all the Second division troops on the
Galveston reservation, and a number
must be encamped at Texa’S City, seven
miles distant, and at Houston.
None of the regiments of the brigade
are up to war strength. The entire
Second brigade will aggregate less than
8,000 fighting men, with perhaps 1,000
auxiliaries. Theoretically, this division
should be 18,000 strong.
Later formal orders were prepared to
actually start the Sixth brigade and
the Fourth brigade on the way to
Galveston. Orders for the movement
of the Sixth cavalry at Des Moines,
part of the Third cavalry brigade, also
were prepared. It was expected that
Secretary Stimson- would issue them
late todays
Which Will Be First Con
gress Under Administration
/(By Associated Press.)
TRENTON, N. J., Feb. 24.—President
elect Wilson announced that the extra
session of congress would be convened
on Tuesday, April 1.
The governor declared he had arrived
at this decision as a result of a letter
received today from Representative Un
derwood. /
“I have waited,” said Mr. Wilson, “to
learn just what the state of prepared
ness congress was in for business of
the new session.”
The governor said he had been corrf
sponding with Mr, Underwood in thu
connection and had come to the conclu
sion that April 1 was the most feasi
ble date. He imimated that the in
terval between Marcli 4 and April 1
might be devoted to caucuses and con
ferences.
1 wo editors of a Wall street news
paper called upon the president-elect
today and urged that financial questions
receive his earliest consideration. On
discussing his talk with them after
ward Mr. Wilson said:
“Everybody is agreed that there
should be currency reform, as soon as
possible.**
Democrats Are Satisfied
With Date of Session
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.—Democratic
senators and representatives expressed
satisfaction today with the date fixed
by President-elect Wilson for the as
sembling of the extra session. The in
ternal between March 4 and April l
will allow for the remodeling of the
housp chamber, to take care of the fifty
members added through the reappor
tionment.
“That date is satisfactory to me,”
said Democratic Leader Underwood.
“The plans for the extra work in the
house are well under way. We will be
able to go ahead with the tariff re
vision program. What will be done will
depend largely upon views set forth by
President-elect Wilson in his anaugural
address and his message to congress.”
Representattive Palmer of Pennsylva
nia: “The selection of All Fool’s day
for calling the extra session means, 1
suppose, that we will fool all the calam
ity howlers.”
FOR CAUCUS LEADERSHIP
Progressive Democrats in Sen
ate Believe He. Will Be
Elected
BY RALPH SMITH.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.—That Sena
tor John W. Kern, of Indiana, will be
the candidate of the Progressive Dem
ocrats of the senate for chairman of
the Democratic caucus against Senator
Martin, of Virginia, who now holds the
position, and that he will be erected is
the statement being circulated in Wash
ington.
Senators Bacon and Hoke Smith, of
Georgia, are among those who were
counted upon to.vote for Senator Kern
as against Senator Martin.
The decision to run Senator Kern
against Senator Martin was reached at
a conference of. the Progressive Demo
crats Saturday, according to the report
in circulation. Mr. Kern has kssented
to the decision and agreed to make the
race, it is said.
The news of Senator Kern’s candida
cy, coupled w’ith th.e formidable strength
that is claimed for him, created a sen
sation in Democratic circles, and there
are some who are incluined to doubt the
authenticity of the story.
It is believed that neither Senator.
Hoke Smith nor Senator Bacon were
present at the conference, but it is en
tirely possible that they are in sym
pathy with the movement.
The senators whom Mr. Kernes sup
porters declare will vote for fern as
against Mr. Martin for caucus chairman
and Democratic leader of the senate
are:
Chamberla'n and Lane, of Oregon;
Thomas and Shafroth, of Colorado;
Newlands and Pittman, of Nevada;
Thompson, of Kansas; Reed, of Missou
ri; Gore and Owen, of Oklahoma; Cul
berson and Sheppard, of Texas; Varda-
man, of Mississippi; Hoke Smith and
Bacon, of Georgia; Bryan, of Florida^
Smith, of South Carolina: Ollie James,
of Kentucky: Shiveley, of Indiana; Pom-
erene, of Ohio; Lea. of Tennessee; Mar
ine and Hughes, of New Jersey; O’Gor
man, of*New’ York; Myers and Walsh,
of Montana.
This list numbers twenty-six. to
which Mr. Kernfg name should be added.
Senator Kern’s supporters declare, how-
ever, that when the roll is called in the
Democratic caucus on March 5 at least
three other senators will vote for Kern.
They declare that the reorganization
fight in the senate is practically over
and as well as decided in favor of the
Progressive Democrats.
“WHITE SLAVE” TRAFFIC
ACT IS CONSTITUTIONAL
SAYS SOUTHERN PACIFIC
HAD TO RAISE MONEY
President of Road Undertakes
to Explain Alleged Mo
nopolistic Deal
(By Associated Press.)
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Feb. 24.—
•The directors of the Southern Pacific
company were reluctant to selltheCen-
tral Pacific s'tock, but we felt it was a
good price we were receiving and be
sides we needed the money,” declared
William Sproule, president of the South
ern Pacific, today to the state railroad
commission. "We were in a predica
ment. The attorney general told us that
if we did not sell he would compel us
to do so by recourse Ito law, and we saw
interminable litigation ahead of us that
would have impaired our credit. Under
those conditions we could not borrow
the money and we have got to have it.’ ”
Mr. Sproule previously had said that
at the agreed price Central Pacific stock
would bring $123 a share, which he de
clared was a better price than could
nave been had at the time the agree
ment was reached for any other six per
cent, railroad stock.
President Fapleman, of the commisi
sion, referring to the opinion of Attor
ney Genera. Wickersham as reported by
Mr. Sproule, said: "It may be presump
tuous on the part of this board to criti
cise the attorney general, but I will say
that I do not believe there is anything
in the opinion of the supreme court! to
justify the decision the attorney gen
eral has reached.”
The hearing was on the application of
the Union Pacific for a long term exclu
sive lease upon the Southern Pacific
company’s short line from Sacramento
to San Francisco bay.
The W r estern Pacific company opposed
the granting of the application on the
ground that it would insure a monopoly
to the Union Pacific and Southern Pa
cific and it was stated today that the
board’s finding probably would be placed
before the United States district court
at St. Louis, which then would be asked
to pass on another angle of the dissolu
tion tangle.
Gorham Pitts Dead
(By Associated Press.)
MORGANTON, N. C., Feb. 24.—Gor-
ham Pitts, the eldest of the Pitts
brothers who, was shot, cut and other
wise injured in the Pitts-Hennessee
battle at Glen Alpine several weeks ago,
died Sunday at the Morganton hospital.
Dr. E. A. Hennessee, who is charged
with 'killing him, was placed in the
Morganton jail. , •
U. S, Supreme Court
That Federal Act of
Is Valid
Holds
910
WASHINGTON,. Feb. 24.—The federal
"white slave traffic act” of 1910 was
upheld as constitutional today by the
supreme court of the United States in
an opinion by Justice McKenna.
NEGRO KILLS FOUR;
LYNCHED BY NEGROES
Willis Webb Slew Two Men
and Two Women-Cap-
tured and Lynched
DREW, Miss.. Feb. 24.—Willis Webb,
a negro, was lynched here by members
of his own race on a plantation in a
remote section of Sunflower county,
after he had shot and killed two negro
women and two negro men.
Webb, charged with the murder of a
I member of his race two years ago, fled
‘ to Arkansas. He returned Friday and
failing to induce Clara Love, a negress,
and her mother to return with him.
shot them to death. Friday night he
, hid near the Love cabin. When the
^lder Love and his son appeared, W T ebb
opened fire with a pistol arid both fell
dead. Then four hundred negroes be
gan to search Cor Webb and before
noon found him hiding in a cotton
shed. With little ceremony, a rope was
produced and Webb was hanged to a
tree.
PORFIRIO DIAZ LISTENS
FOR CALL OF COUNTRY
Former Dictator Will Return at
Once If Foreign Compli
cations Arise
(By Associated Press.) ^,
KBNBH, Egypt, Feb. 24.—Porfirio
Diaz, former dictator of Mexico, de
clared today that he is holding himself
in readiness to respond to the call of
his country in case foreign complica
tions should arise out of the revolution
there. ' .
If this should not occur, he said he
would not return to Mexico until set
tled government had been re-established
there and his reappearance on the scene
where he had held such long sway could
be made without risk of being wrongly
Interpreted. .
The aged ex-president expressed the
hope that “hands off Mexico” would con
tinue to he the pojicy of the United
States.
General Diaz was greatly elated at
the success of his nephew, Felix Diaz,
and of General Huerta, provisional pres
ident, whom he considers quite capable
of working out the salvation of the
republic.
The ex-president’s dahabeah is tem
porarily moored at this ancient gather
ing place of pilgrims, whenbe he has
made ’several trips to Denderah and
other noted temples.
The ex-president, after pleading that
his entire* aloofness fro<p the politics
of his country precluded j any criticism
by him of the late President Francisco
Madero's administration, made the, fol- !
lowing statement to the Associated 1
Press:
REGARDING fllS CABINET
President-elect Has Given No
Intimation Who Will Get
Port'f olios
TRENTON, Feb. 24.—With his inau
guration only a week off, President
elect Wilson has not yet been able to
make a final choice ,as to the person
nel of his cabinet. The lines are ad
mittedly drawn closer and the field is
narrowing, but the status of the slate
today showed incompletion In some of
the most important posts.
The governor’s most intimate friends
believe that William J. B^yan certainly
will be secretary of state. It is known
that Mr. Bryan and the president-elect
are in frequent communication.
No definite announcements concern-
in the , cabinet have come from Mr.
Wilson 1 and none will be made until
the entire cabinet is selected. One of
the reasons for the pre*ident-elect’s
reticence, it has been explained, is that
some men might find it difficult to ac
cept and this might necessitate recast
ing the slat^.
NEW U. S. LAW PROTECTS
INTERSTATE SHIPMENTS
Theft of Freight, Expresl,
Baggage, Etc,, Spells U,
S .Prison Now
SAVANNAH MEAT TRUST
MAKES STUBBORN FIGHT
Counsel for Five Defendants
Attack Indictment Drawn
by Government Expert
“I prefer to say nothing regarding
the faults of Francisco Madero’s rule or
the causes of the revolution. As a
political opponent of Madero, my opin
ion might be considered biased.
“General Vicoriano Huerta is an offi
cer and a gentleman who possesses the
confidence of all classes in Mexico.
Personally I have the greatest respect
for and confidence in him. I chose him
to escort me from Mexico City to Vera !
Cruz when I was Exiled.
“I think general Huerta is in a posi~ j
tion to maintain order until a constitu- j
tional government has been definitely i
re-established.”
When questioned regarding the prob
ability of further complications in Mex
ico, General Diaz replied:
SUPPRESS PILLAGE.
“That depends entirely upon the en
ergy of the provisional government in
suppressing pillage and brigandage. Fe
lix Diaz has had long experience in the
army and fully realizes the importance
of enforcing respect for life and prop
erty.”
When reports of the possibility of In
tervention by the United States were
mentioned, the former Mexican president
gravely retorted:
“I and my adherents always have been
and will remain sincere friends of the
United States government. I cannot im- !
agine the United States or others tak- j
ing any action inconsistent with Araer-j
ica’s well known honesty of purpose.”
General Diaz hopes and intends to
return to Mexico at some time. This,
however, he said, “will not be until
peace has been finally re-established and
riiy return cannot have any miscon
struction placed upon it. Should, how
ever, foreign complications arise, I will
hold myself entirely at niy country’s
service.”
General Diaz had not settled on his
plans for the future beyond leaving
Cairo ou March 10 for Pari*.
(By Associated Press.)
SAVANNAH, Ga., Feb. 24.—Counsel
for the five defendants in the United
States court today attacked the joint in
dictment in the so-called “meat trust”
cases pending here.
The indictment was assailed from ev
ery angle. The entire session was de
voted to arguments on demurrers, but
the hearing had not been finished when
adjournment hour was reached.
Judge Speer, after consulting counsel,
continued the arguments until March 1!
The court is being urged to throw the
entire indictment out of court.
The bill was prepared, by one of the
department of justice’s experts-, sent to
| Savannah for that specific purpose at
| the time the case was being investigat-
: ed by the United States grand jury three
j years ago. The expert who drew the
| indictment is the author of a standard
book on federal court indictments. Coun
sel for the defense insisted that he did
not follow his own forms in the prepa
ration of this instrument.
FARMERS OF, WILKES
DELAYED BY RAINS
WASHINGTON, Ga., Feb. 24.—Farm
preparations have been deayed more
this year than for several years. The
incessant rains for weeks past have
so retarded work that not one-tenth
of the farm lands have beer, touched,
is the consensus of opinion of farmers
who have traveled in all parts of the
country.
On top of the lack of preparations,
the roads have been in no condition
to haul fertilizers, so that only a small
portion of guano has been carried out
of town. Fertilizer dealers say that the
farmers would buy, but they claim that
on account of the poor crop of last
year, the fertilizer manufacturers will
not be in position to supply the demand,
because of the amount of outstand
ing indebtedness owing them.
The robbery of freight cars may be
prosecuted in the United States courts
by reason of a bill which congress has
enacted, making it a violation of United
States laws to break the seals of cars
containing interstate shipments.
This law will aid greatly toward the
breaking up of a form of thievery
which is said to have cost the South
ern railway alone $1,000,000 last year,
and also will be of grfeat value to mer
chants and manufacturers.
Following is a copy of this bill, which
was received from J. W. Connally,
Washington, D. C., by W. C. Burke, of
Atlanta:
“An act to punish the unlawful break
ing of seals of railroad cars contain
ing interstate or foreign shipments, the
unlawful entering of such cars, the
stealing of freight and express packages
or baggae or articles in process of
transportation in interstate shipment,
and the felonious transportation of such
freight or express packages or baggage
or articles therefrom into another dis
trict of the United States, and the
felonious possession or reception of the
same.
“Be it enacted by the senate and
house of representatives of the United
States of America in congress assem
bled, That whoever shall unlawfully
break the seal of any railroad car con
taining interstate or foreign shipments
of freight or express, or shall enter
any such car with intent, in either case,
to commit larceny therein; or whoever
shall steal or unlawfully take, carry
away, or conceal, or by fraud or de
ception obtain from any railroad car,
station house, platform, depot, steam
boat, vessel, or wharf, with intent to
convert to his own use any goods or
chattels moving as, or which are a part
of or which constitute, an interstate
or foreign shipment or freight or ex
press, or shall buy, or receive, or have
in his possession, any such goods or
chattels, knowing the same to have been
stolon: or whoever shall steal or shall
unlawfully take, carry away, or by fraud
or deception obtain, with intent to con
vert to his own use, any baggage which
shall have come into the possession of
any common carrier for transportation
from one state or territory or the Dis
trict of Columbia to another state or
territory or the District of Columbia, or
to a foreign country, or from a foreign
country to any state or territory or the
District of Columbia, or shall break into,
steal, take, carry away, or conceal any
of the contents of such baggage, or
shall buy, receive, or have in .his pos
session any such baggage of any ar
ticle therefrom of whatsoever nature,
knowing the same to have been stolen,
shall in each case be fined not more
than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than
ten years, or both, and prosecution
therefor may be instituted in any dis
trict wherein the crime shall have been
committed. The carrying or transport
ing of any such freight, express, bag
gage, goods, or chattels from one state
or territory or the District of Columbia
into another state or territory or the
District *>f Columbia, knowing the same
to have been stolen, shall constitute
a separate offense and subject the of
fender to the penalties above described
for unlawful taking, and prosecutions
therefor may be instituted in any dis
trict into which such frenght, express,
baggage, goods, or chattels shall have
been removed or into which they shall
have been brought by such offender.
Section 2. That nothing in. this act
shall be Field to take away, or impair
Marked Tendency Among All
Classes to Accept the New
Order of Things Is Notice
able Throughout Mexico
(By Associated Press.)
MEXICO CITY, Feb. 24.—The official
investigation into the death of Madero
‘ and, Suarez on Sunday morning is to
begin at once, but the general belief pre
vails that it will substantiate the of
ficial versions of the occurrence.
The fact that the bodies of the two
statesmen were recovered In the rear
of the penitentiary was explained to
day by the statement that a second
encounter occurred close to the building.
It is said the automobiles ran along
a side road and that Madero and Suarez
Jumped out and were running when they
were caught between the fire of the
guards and the attackiiyt party, this
accounting tor wounds being inflicted
on them from different directions.
Provisional ^President Huerta and
other authorities here are earnest in
declarations that the government was
acting in good faith and that the death
of the prisoners was due solely to un-
forseen circumstances.
TENSENESS RELIEVED.
With the passing of Francisco Ma- j
dero, the general opinion prevails that
the tenseness of the situation 'has been
relieved. There is a marked tendency
on the part of all classes to accept the
new order of things. From various
parts of the country reports have been
received telling of further adhesions to
the new administrations.
The morping newspapers, the Herald
and the New Era, prophesy immediate
peace and the resumption of prosperity.
General Huerta’s government un
doubtedly has, for the present at least,
the upper hand in the country.
A committee of followers of Zapata
arrived today to discuss arrangements
to bring about peace In the south.
Reports from Oaxaca indicate the dis
affected Indians there h»«e been
ted.
Juan Sanchez Azcona, Madero's pri
vate secretary, was released from
prison today.
Madero’s Uncle and Family
Fleeing From Mexico ‘City
(By Associated Press.)
VERA CRUZ, Mexico, Feb. 24.—Erne*-
to Madero, who was finance minister In
the cabinet of his nephew, President
Francisco Madero, arrived here with his
family on a special car this morning.
They will probably depart tills after
noon on board the Cuban gunboat Cuba.
Everything is quiet here.
Would Get Americans Out
and Then Punish Mexico
(By Associated Press.)
WICHITA FALLS, Tex., Feb. 24.
News of the execution of Francisco Ma
dero caused such a sensation here that
a petition is in circulation today asking
that the United States government re
quest all Americans to leave Mexico,
and to take steps to punish those re
sponsible for Madero's death.
JURY JAKES SNEED’S
FATE MONDAY NIGHT
Texan Charged With Murder
of Man Eloping With
Wife
(By Associated Press.)
VERNON, Tex., Feb. 24.—The closing
day of the argument in the trial of J.
B. Sneed, charged with the murder of
A1 Boyce, Jr., began today with a de
scription by the defense of the manner
in which Boyce is alleged to have de
spoiled Sneed's home. The case was ex
pected to go to the jury tonight.
Mercy! It’s Proposed
To Regulate Liquor*
In National Capital
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.—Reduction
of the capital's saloons by about 40 per
cent, yanking out screens from saloons,
closing them at 11 p. m. until 8 a. nr.
and a ’’drouth” in several exclusivel
clubs are reforms impending in Wash
ington. These are the principal tem-j
perance innovations tacked on as ’’rid
ers" to the District of Columbia appro
priation bill in the senate and pending
in the house.
Washingtonians, official, transient
and permanent, who ’’like their licker"
are quaking over possibilities of enact
ment of the bill. Several congressmen
are also quaking over prospects of a roll
call and being forced to "show their
colors” on the liquor question. Lobby
ists of both liquor and temperance or
ganizations are busier than iq years.
The bill is being held up until the
closing days of the session for ’’log 1
rolling” on both sides.
the jurisdiction of the courts of the'
several states under the laws thereof,,
and a judgment of conviction or Ac
quittal on the merits under tbs laws'
of any state shall be a bar to any prose
cution hereunder for the same act or
acts herein.
“Approved February 13, 1913."