Amarillo Daily News (Amarillo, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 54, Ed. 1 Friday, January 5, 1912 Page: 3 of 8
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AMABILJLO' BAILY NEWS
4MIIULLO. TFXAS. FRIDAY JANTARV 5. Ittli
TUICK FIVK CKT
VOL. HI- NO. 31.
1IICHU PRINCES
ASKED. FOR Wl
Edict From Empress Dowa-
ger Demands Finances for
Imperial Cause
PREMIER IS UNDER FIRE
AVtSF.IOF ATTEMPTING T( UK.
KTISOV GOVERNMENT FIX AN-
I'lAI.I.Y BEFORE ATT KM IT
io dethronement.
AKMISTICK WN)S
or. wAit hescmed
f AMK:itrd Prrt.
Shanghai Jan.' 4. Cnless
Premier Yuan Shi Kal yield
to demand and an armistice
la extended. fighting will be
resumed on the mornlnu. o(
January ?. Republican troops
on that date will march on
Peking.
I1HI HI STEEL
EOUISMLEIS
SCHEDULE FIRS
I
Will Confront Democratic
Ways and Means Com-'
raittee Today
Jly nciitnl Pint.
Peklne Jan. 4--The Empress
Dowager has Issued nn oil lit to tin;
princes demanding a loan from each
br them for the Imperial cause
Foreign bank rotes are nn lonwr
current silver only being acceptable
Premier Yuan Phi Kal Is being ac
cused of double dealings. It Is al-
leged that he la attempting destruc-
tion of the Manrhus flnancla'ly be-
fore conniving at their dethronement.
Dynamite discovered along the
railway lines has been brought to
Peking by a woman ns first evi-
dence that Ion? standing threats tc
use dynamite to drive the Manchua
out of the government are serious.
Yl'AN WANTS PEOPLE
TO MA KK DECISION
SINEPTJI.FI
Half Million Loss Sustained
in Heart of Retail
District
II y S.t.Kiated Frc.
Louisville. Ky.. Ian. 4. Fire to
night by midnight caused an esti
mated loss of 1400000 In the heart
of the retail business district of Iou-
lsvllle.
This was the colder night of the
winter and the Ice formations were
i Instantaneous seriously handicap-
! pins the work of the fire department.
TO CfiHSlDER Bill
SI Il-COMMITTEK 1HIAFT PIIO
YIDIS Mm V'VKV OKK AMI
(iFVKiiu. hidicnov
on ninyUTs.
DEEMED SURE SUCCESSOR
TO ASQUITH AS PREMIER
1BUSH (I0W HEAD
Jty AwrijtC(l Prri
Nanking. Jan 4. President Sun
Yat Sen has received a letter from
Yuan Shi Kal. Insisting that the en-
tire people be permitted to decide
tl.e form of government for China.
The first cnblnel meeting will be
held tomorrow. The posltitlon of the
premier has been abolished.
Sen Yat Sen admits thnt the situ-
ation Is delicate bi't Is hopeful that
Yuan will avert the terrible blood-
shed which will follow resumption of
hostilities.
PERKINS TO HEAD
RECLAMATION WORK
Py A-.ocistel Ptni.
Chiengo III.. Jan. I. At the an-
nual meeting of the American Re-
clamation Federation today Edmond
T. Perkins was elected president
NOVEL Fl'NCTIOX
TO UK GIVEN SOON
Hv fUnrilfd Pre.
Washington D. C. Jan. 4 A sig-
nificant lnternntionnl function Is to
take place In Washington early in
February the exact date as yet un-
announced when the Committee on
Foreign Affairs will be host at din-
ner to Secretiry of State Knox and
members of the diplomatic corps.
Thlsls the first time such an en-
tertainment has been attempted.
Peace will be the subject for dinner
discussion. A non-partisan commit-
tee fro tnthe Foreign Affairs torn-
mUtes will conduct the dinner.
Smith liakntn Bar Mi-cling.
Aberdeen. S. D. Jan. 4. Aber-
deen extended a cordial welco-ne to-
day to the many prominent lawyers
I assembled here for the annual meet
Ing of the South Dakota Bar Asso-
ciation. The program which covers
two dars. will have as Us leading fea-
iturea the dn'rteiwfi-4he. prtddenk j
Mnnnin T maann of Deadwocd. Willi
line annual addreaa to be delivered!
by Judse Charlet A. willard I Mln
noapolla.
!ty A.K-tcl Prt.-
Washington. I. C inn. . nr-.
among the tariff revision schedule;;
to rome before the Democratic Ways
and Means Committer will te I'on
and steel when the committee meets
tomorrow to consider a draf: of the
bill prepnred ly the subcommittee
having thj subject under considera-
tion tor some time.
The aub-rommlttee bill ijrovldes
for free Iron ore and a general re
duction of from 30 to no per cent on
all steel and Iron products.
11 til Is Completing Line
c : -1 i.:tM V
l . m:7
I'hmnnnn WVII.. Jan. S. Jllim-
J. Illll has completed his railroad
line from Seattle to the Gulf of Mex-
ico and the first through train will
leave each terminal on Aug. I. The
route Is over- the Northern Pacific to
Billings Mont. down th Dirllng-
ton through Wyoming to Denver and
south over the Colorado and Forth-
em. The early completion oi inc-
line Is made possible through an
agreement Just signed which given
the new line trackage rights over a
portion of the Chicago and North
western through Central o:u.ii2
The lease tnkes effect Ausr. 1 and Is
for thnt portion of the Northwestern
between Orln Junction and rowder
River.
The Turlington Is now building Us
1
J
f i I
OF BID CDAIIDE
Elevated to Presidency of
Road Succeeding E.
T. Jeffery
SETTLES mi
RUMOR
S
HINTS THAI IlKt FIVFItSHIP WA
IHOItAlll.K AM) OF WFAK.
KNKD SFCI'IMTIKS IIAF.
IlKKN FKKgi KNT.
i STRONG
FOR CHTIDII
own Jln between Themmopolls antf
Powder river and by ual&t the Nortn-
western will complete the only pip
In the through line.
Many wise people tn Kngland bellevw thai Sir Kdard Grey Is destined
o wnuit prime minister in ncresslou to Mr. Asqultb. and the radicals far
. . l..4 W III - II III 1111. Illl
KNHAS ST(K'K TOOK
Ct)M NI IMF.D
Spfiiil to r;i Nw.
Kallna Kas.. Jan. 4. Reports arc
reaching this city of the loss of large
numbers of stock especially calves
as a result of taking cold In the se-
vere cold weather of the last few
days. The cuttle 'bunch under t bel-
ter and keep warm then feparntlng
for feed or water take cold and die
Reports also are nolnjr received of
the loss of hogs. The snow drifted
against the fences and allowed them
to stray away.
Pledges Big Amount to Se
cure Next Meeting
of Democrats
Py AoriitH Pr(i.
Chicago. Ill Jan. 4. "We've got
the money; give us the convention.
In the messaee which will be carried
t the meeting of the Democratic
National Committee In Washington
next week by a partlsnn convention
committee on behalf of Chicago.
The amount pledged Is approxi-
mately $100000 with nore prom-
ised If needed.
forego affalra and made a great hit In his recent diplomatic duel with the
German foreign minister; but bla action regarding the Persian situation was
not so Hell received.
110 CHANCE FOR INKERS PROFIT . NEW CLASS FOR
0IRFJTJ11G IN BY-PRODUCTS 1I0IUEBES
All Hope of Agreement in
JointCongressional Con-
ference Vanishes
lly NfK'itf1 Prr.
Washington. D. C Jan .4 All
hone of agreement between the con
ferees of the two houses of Congress
on the resolution providing for elec-
tion of I'nited States senators by di
rect vot has vanished.
The conferees hne reached con
clusion thnt an agreement Is Impos
sible and a report to tha: ertect u
expected next week.
Chief Revenue From Side
Lines Declares Com-
mittee Witness
My Aowiriiird Prt.
New York. Jan. t The election
today of Dcn.amln Bush president
of the Missouri Pacific railroad to
the presidency of another Gould rcld.
the Denver & Rio Grande marks the
elimination of rumors respecting the
latter property securities or 'Anicn.
recently have seieral times shown a
marked weakness. Rumors of a re-
ceivership were freely circulated but
denied.
Bush succeeds E. T. Jeffery for
twenty years president of the Den
ver 4 Rio Grande. Jeffery succeeda
Georee J. Gould as chairman of the
Denver & Rio Grande directorate.
Bush will he In absolute charge of
the operaitcn on the Rto Grande hut
It is stated that the finances of the
road devolve upon Jeffery. Hush snc-
eodn J. G Andrews as director on
fie Denver & Rio Grande.
MINKI" IT DKItATION To
KXTKND MI MUKKSIIIP
Iener. Col. Jan. 4. The execu
tive board of the Western Federation
oi Miners of the first session here
today d'scussed plans for the exten
sion cf membership In the western
states. Mexico. Alaska and British
Colcmbla.
The board decided upon further
collection of a levy authorized at the
.laslLoniiUALconju'r! Uxt and wll'.ralftl
a f.md of about f.'OO.ono.
Creation of AA Rank Au
thorized By National
Baseball Commission
Mlwuiiirlnit Is Father of
S-"l In ti! Nfwt.
Nevada Mo.. Jan. 4 . K. B. Dixon
of this rltv Is the father of thirty-
two children nineteen girls and thir-
teen bovs. lie Is fiO years old and
hale and hearty. Dixona first wife
was a daughter of Judge Fowler of
Cole countv. She had eighteen chil-
dren and died In 1884. Ills second
wife was a Vernon county clrl whom
he married In H8R. She has four-
teen children. She Is 45 yeatfs old.
Fourteen of Mr. Dlxon'a children are
ll Ing. Four of them are boyr and
ten a'e girls. Dixon Is Janitor ol the
Centenary Methodist church.
I'ulrevlch vs. It tiii.tn-il f.
Bofton. Mass.. Ian. 4. -Glovanl
Ralcevl'h. the lta'lan champion and
Romuuoff the big 7 n K wound r;
their training f ir toamno v night s
bli wrestllm; contest In Mechanbs
Bil'dinc. The m.itih has attracted
nueh attention nmjiig followers of
the sport In this vicinity
Kxrrrisev for Judge ltncM.
Boston Mass.. Ian 4. Memorial
exerciseg for the late Judge Fiamis
C. Iwell of the I'nited States Ctr
cult Court were held In the Federal
court room here today .'.idtes '""oil
and Putnam delivered eu Unlet and
eminent representatives of the Bos-
ton tmr responded
Chi( cTp. 111.. Jan. 4.--Hy-proiluts Circlnnatl. O. Jan. 4. V.iih th
vlelii nli"tv-seven per lent of thejreiognltion of a class In the minor
profits iif the packing business ac-' league to be known as Class and
.online U figures riven by William with slivht revisions m nearly eicr
D. Mil. s foimeily genera' n aniger section of the national aeret iiient.
im nnr i'liikliii romi.anv at the- National Baseball tommisMoii
The Daily News has completed plans
to furnish advertising cuts to adver-
tising patrons free of charge. These
cuts cover all lines of business as
well as seasonable events; the illus-
trations are first class in every re-
spect. Advertisers are perfectly
welcome to call and select any cuts
that may be desired.
Wabnsli Mny Oust (imiUU.
Sp-ria1 to l aily Nf.
New York. Jan. 4. George Gould;
and his financial associates will be
ousted from the control of the a-
bui-h Railroad Company now In the j
hands of receivers. If the plans of
Ihe protective committee for the 4
per cent refunding bonds headed by
James N. Wallace of the Central
Trust companv are carried out Ihls
Is the committee orcanDed In oppo-
sition to the Fierce committee rep-
resenting: the Equitable Trust rom-
pnny. trustees of the bonds whose
plans to reorganlre the road have
received the endorsement of Mr.
Gould and Kehn. Loch Co
According to the announcement
made by the Wallace committee call-
in for deposits cf bonds. Hie Jan
uary Interest on w hl h today was
defaulted. It Is necessary. If the bonds
are to be made gool. 'that Die In-
terests responsible for the manage-
ment cf the roid d 'ring the list
Trars. which hns led to the present
recHverrhlp and this default shall
not In the future continue In control."
for the
Kansas Citv who concluded lesilmo-
iv tod.-v in the trial of ten (i.i'aco
packers chnreel with crimiiii'. ilo-
latliu of the Sherman law.
.nalv4 of Ihe witness" flKiircs
tlosed Its eighth annual session lu r
today.
Minor U-.icc.e magnates were uran'-
ed even thing thev requested from
the commission Class AA will lie
McManlgal at Kl Paso.
lljr Aocitfd Pre.
El Paso. Tex. Jan. 4 Guarded
by two detectives and locked 1u the
stateroom of a Pullman Ortle E.
McManlgal confessed dynamiter ar-
rived here this afternoon 'th car
was transferred here and immedi
ately proceeded north.
McManlgal is said to be en route
to Indianapolis to testify before the
Federal grand Jury at that end ol
the line.
showed tat the companv makes bvt ranked between the major leagues
.. . .4. .fi. .n iir....l iiii-n 'and class A leagues. It w i'.l be com-
for e:i ll Ist.iT killed while the fat
of e.v li L iln.il yielded n piullt of
fori v-t oil cuts.
Tn. ntkl'it on bides Is "7 cent a
... r
head am
from tM
Ihe hivfii
posed of the American Association
the International l.ensue and the I :i-
clflc Coast l.eaeue. Like the ma
jors. Class A league clubs cannot
lv cents profit is c.blalned ; sell plsiers except for Immediate d
line nianiliai'iureii
of each steer.
from
IimIIkii sLpcriiiteiili-i't Tran-lerrl.
lly t! IVM
Wiire-i. D C. Jan. 4 Re-
snltln'' fron Investigation of charge
i c. .1 Crandall. mper-
f the Santa Fe Boarding-
School fot I'1 :eblio Indians has been
irsnsf" rri
nsalnsi lii
Intcm'i-it
livery.
Th drafting season wiil In future
open on Septen.her l.'i. The season
for the puichase of j laiers loer
Ai cist 2
itii i in i: i:ktais
i it.nrwKK.iirn:
nn i
n ..pftnt pt
io the ripcrlntendency 3f Battle Creek. Mi.h.. Jar. 4 - lohn
the Pi. rr Indian School. Socth Da- j Uillt'lor of Tcledo retained the light-
1 untitl. u. t nui 11 ihininlniiclHn its.
Via. Th) IMei.lns pnuesien mai - -
. ..L.ltl ! ilnfiini.11 1 I n lri. ll (flit a
Crand.i'l I.e. Improperly prote. ting ) ".' ".' '
tb.ir I 'eisis and that others than 1 1 iueno in qmiu coiucm. uou.
..r. orded too manyvra- uis iuaiu.eu tor usmu i-ie. uran-
on Indian lnn.U with-!"." oia
ipensatlon. Harold F.
' '. ...in I IANN TO t IIICAiJO
- -
li lianv w
Ins pr -i'A
out prov
'"oeget-'ia
I.I ATIIFII SCHEDI I F
IIF.AKIMi ON MXTH NTH.
11 AnnriftlH Prrw.
Washlnrton. D. C. .'an. 4 The
Tariff Pojrd's Investigation of the
leather che!ule bei.1ns January 1 r.
when shoo manufacturers an I tan-
ners will be riven a hearing as to th
best methods of condntlng the In-
quiry. The board will then ser I
agents Into the field to gather statistics
Ottaw-i
harness n
Club open
l.ins.iov r
Unite i lit
T1 p irs
tranv f t
ami th.' I
I
com inFvr or imut
. e L-i ' a 'in a.
Dtl.l.AS CAMPliX FOU
ItJl.l. TX PAVMFTS
Dallas. Tex. Jan. 4. Reallilnit
that under the ne.v lav. compelling
the paiment of poll taxes In person
at the coi-.ntv court house there Is
d.iner of many citizens beiomlng
disfranchised through negled. the
Dallas Chamber of Commrce befan
ledav an active campaU'n for the
navment of poll taxes. Secretary J.
R Babcock said yesterday tha only
:.0H receipts tan be Issued 'y the
CcIUm tor's iWical force cah day.
snd that If a thousand men put off
paving their tax untiJ the last day.
".mi of them will necessarily be
crowded out
Polit e in ArkaiiMi.
Little I. oik. A'k . Ian. - The
ivn-o. tailc State Central Committee
met in this citv today to snue tht
call and make other anaiii-'entenU
for the comlnc prt'nari-s and State
((.n.""on. The prl'nrries will le
he'd in Mann at whhh time lundi-
d.ites for Mate oft ice and a 'eklsls-
t ire tret w ill el. it the si.cci ssor of
1 nit.. I States Senator Jeff Dsis will
be named. Senator Davis is a can-
didate for re-ele. tion and is opposed
l.v form.-r Cotigres--man Stephen
I'nt-.li Ue of Searcy. The contest
fir the gov ernoi ship is between Gov-
ernor Donashcv. who desires n third
term and I'ongrcssnan Joseph T.
Bo'u'iscn. Statewide prcbibMlon
at-. I fixation will figure as the chief
is.'cs of the State campaign.
!y '4.r-! Prr
Pueblo. Col.. Jan I. Jim Flinn
left today for Chicago to Join his
manager Jack Curley who is ci n-
fldent that he will close the deal Sat-
rt . Jan I -- I lie winu-r
k t of the Oti.a Drlilng '
p i n tl e li ilf-inlV track at
;vk today and w ill con-
next Wed.i. s l l " 11"- ;... h ... - h i.k j0ll.
o-'.-rlnv his at'r.vte.l. ' ... .
fastest In.rsi of Canada
dtel States
WEATHER
son. heaiyweltfht champlrn
"I'll haie no trouble showing John-
i son I'm In Ms class" sal. I Flynn.
MTietls fl nrges Again) l.t.r.
C...1 S Mrle Mi. ll.. Jan. 4. r""r ' M'l'" r'""
.r Tl'.otim Ko-.-rs. n prominent Boston Mass.. Jan 4. FiiM-ne M.
phvsl" I .n if tins place I'tul en ensue t Foss who re-eleeled P.'xei nor
cessf.il .atdi.l.i'e lor lie..t.-iia:.t-t;oi-.of Massachusetts last November and
ernor of IU'!.an in l''". wn rr-the ethers hoscn to lie severi
rni-ne.l inc.- M to lav lo at r-acr to. Stale offices at that time were la-
charres sr-win out of the death six; indurated today with the usual ere-
weeks sail of Mrs. James W. Black i onles
IK-al DrwM
Cencral'v fair Wednesday.
Yesterday's tenipeia.ur.-
vt : a. in. '. is At ; p. m.
M:-iu urn ... 27 Minlmun
nil Max. . . . 1S I'J I Mln.
20
S
14
Washington l i recast.
Washlnrton. D. C. Jan. 4. For
West Texas Fair Friday. Saturday
inseitled. Rain and snow In thl
south.
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