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Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-12-06
TRIED TO CARVE
POLICEMAN BACA
DaIio Rodriguez Arranged for Assault
With Intent to kiII-Officer's
Narrow Escape.

Charged with an assault with in
tent to kill on the person of Police
man Bernardo Baca, while the officer
was in the act of arresting him for
creating a disturbance, Dalio Rodri-
guez, laborer, was arraigned at 2
O'Clock this afternoon before Justice
of the Peace Jose Ma. Garcia. Rodri-
guez is alleged to have drawn keen
bladed pocket knife with which he at
tempted to carve the policeman but
the blade did not penetrate to the
skin.
Between 1880 and 12 o'clock last
night Officer Baca was attracted to
the Club Saloon by commotion be-
ing raised by Rodriguez, Rodriguez
is said to have been intoxicated and
spelling for a fight, calling others in
the bar room vile names and using
other obscene language. When he
saw the officer approaching and sur.
missed the reason, it is claimed he
whipped out an ugly looking pocket
knife and made vicious swipe with
lit at the officer. The blade struck a
glancing blow, slashing the police
mans coat over the stomach. Fortu
nately it did not cut Through the
under garments and the skin was NOT
broken.
Rodriguez was Overpowered after
his attack upon the policeman and
the knife wrested from his grasp. Off.
Ger Baca marched the prisoner off to
Jail, accompanied by Deputy Sheriff
Felipe Ortiz.
Mounted Officer John G. Collier o1
the Territorial Police, appeared on
the scene about the time of the al
legged assault, and was summoned as
a witness at the preliminary hearing
this afternoon
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-12-06
MURDERERS MUST
STAND TRIAL
Judge Parker Refuses to Accept Plea
Of Guilty in Case Of VaIies
and Sais.

Socorro, N. NJ, Dec. 6.-Judge
Frank w. Parker, yesterday refused
to accept the plea of guilty of mur-
der, made by Eliseo Valles and Carlos
Sais, charged with the cold blooded
shooting of William Mclaughlin and
John Billingslea, prospectors in the
Manzano Mountains, September 30.
He desires that the men, who at first
denied the killing, shall stand trial.
Captain Fred Fornoff Of THE New
Mexico Mounted Police, who talked
with the prisoners after their arrest,
is a witness against them. 1t is as
serted they admitted the killing in
his presence.
Attorneys Elfego Baca, ]. G. Fitch
and A. A. Sedillo, were appointed by
the court to defend the prisoners who
have no funds. The crime was bru.
tai one. The prospectors made the
boys welcome to their camp and in
turn were enticed to a lonely spot,
robbed Of their guns and shot to
death. Mrs. Billingslea was left
alone in camp for two days and nights
without assistance.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-12-06
THAW MURDER
TRIAL DELAYED
District Attorney Jerome Arranged
His Court Calendar So That Case
Goes to Spring Term.

New York, Dec. 6.-The trial OF
Harry X. Thaw, for the murder OF
Stanford White, an architect, will not
begin until March Or April of next
year unless District Attorney Jerome
consents to re-arrange his court cal
endars. This was the announcement
made ait the district attorneys Office
today.
After notice was served on Mr.
Jerome by Thaw's counsel that mo-
tion would be made for the appoint
ment of commission to take testi
mOny outside of the state, Mr. jerome
in anticipation that the motion would
be granted arranged his calendar and
has lists made out for the first two
and part of the third month.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-12-06
TODAY'S NEWS SERVICE

Page Ito Satisfy Japanese Pride;
Boilers Explode Wreck Factory;
Want Funds for Waterways; Would
Amend Inspection Law; New Site for
Flooded Clifton; Telegraphic and Lo-
cal News.
Page Editorial.
Page 3.-Farming in New Mexico,
Interesting Article by viii G.
Barnes).
Page personal Mention.
Page 5-Minor City Topics.
Page 6.-Continuation Farming in
New Mexico and Hotel Arrivals.
Page New Mexican's Daily Short
Story.
Page S--Minor City Topics and Per-
sonal Mention Continued; Market Re-
ports by Wire; Weather Forecast;
Telegraphic and Local News and Or
flcial Matters.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-12-06
BRIDGES ACROSS
SAN JUAN RIVER
Badly Needed-county Officials Plan
to Construct at Least Three
Cold Windy Weather.
Special to the New Mey'can.

Special TO the New Ney' can.
Blanco, n. NJ, Dec. 6--Jay Turley
civil and irrigation engineer formerly
a resident Of Santa Fe, now of Blan-
co, San Juan County has been making
surveys for a private ditch system in
San Juan County There are to be
about twenty-five miles of ditch and
the water will come from the San
Juan River.
San Juan County is just now going
through the throes Of bridge location
schemes. AIT present there is not a
single bridge in the county over the
San Juan River from the Colorado
line to the point where the river en-
ters the Navajo reservation. Bridges
are greatly needed and ii is proposed
to vote $4,000 in bonds for the con-
structiOn Of three of these. The
trouble is that every precinct on the
river and there are five of these
wants a bridge and that every citizen
in each precinct wants the bridges
located at his place Therefore, ex-
citement runs high.
1t is reported here that Thomas d.
Burns, the we'll known merchant and
sheep raiser at TERRA Amarillo has
bought Dougherty's store at Blanco
and will greatly improve it and in
crease the size of the stock. 1t is a
general merchandise affair.
The weather during the last few
days in November and the first and
second days of this month in San
Juan County, was cold and windy and
much below the average here Cen
orally the weather is nice but We had
a touch of the blizzard that went ov.
er the eastern part of New Mexico
western Texas, eastern Colorado and
western Kansas and did great dam.
age The snowfall here amounted to
little and the snow melted as fast as
it came down.
The outlook for next years crops is
of the best. There is plenty of mols
ture in the ground and the supply OF
water in the rivers of the county, the
Pine River, the San Juan, the Ami
mas and the La Platte, is greater
now than during any previous year at
this timn
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-12-06
TO SATISFY
jAPAN'S PRIDE
President Urges
Adoption of New
Treaty.
WOULD EXCLUDE LAB0RERs
Of Both Countries Should
Nations So Desire--.Con-
gressional Opposition.

Chicago, ILL.,, Dec. Ga dispatch to
the Tribune from Washington says:
Viscount Aoki Japanese ambassa-
dor, went to the White House yester
day on the invitation of the President
They discussed a proposition to ne
gotiate- entirely, a new treaty, especi-
ally recognizing the right of each
country to exclude the laborers of
the other. Such a provision as far
as the Japanese are concerned is in
the present treaty, but both the Presi-
dent and the ambassador thought a
new one would satisfy the pride of
the Japanese if their rights to treat
Americans as Americans treat them,
be recognized. 1t is also houg.t that
such treaty would please the people
of California and show them that the
President was prepared to go to the
extent of excluding coolie Japanese II
1t should become necessary.
Root Actually Negotiating Such a
Treaty.
1t was said yesterday that Secretary
Root, under the direction of the Pres
ident is actually engaged in negotat-
ing new treaty with Japan which
will specifically grant the Japanese
the rights of the public schools such
as are granted to the European aliens.
The Senate would kill such a treaty,
as the present sentiment indicates
that not ten per cent of the Republi-
cans and none of the Democrats
would vote for treaty which in any
way attempted to limit the rights of
a municipality or state to manage its
own school affairs.
Hurrah for Roosevelt, Says Japanese
Press.
Most Of the papers in Toxic highly
eulogize President Roosevelt's atti-
tude toward the Japanese, as ex-
pressed in his message. The Ashie
says: "By his firm attitude, prompted
by lofty sense of justice, President
Roosevelt has added new lustre to his
already great fame. 1t is hoped that
true Americans will unite in support
Of his righteous policy"
'"rhe IIochi praises Roosevelt's atti.
tude as just and impartial and is re.
joiced to find it in perfect accord with
the views of the Japanese govern
ment. The Jill is grateful to Mr..
Roosevelt and has expressed exactly
what the Japanese would say. The
press is almost unanimous in conf.
IDENTIFY expressing a satisfactory solu.
ton of the San Francisco complica-
tions.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-12-06
NEW SITE FOR
FLOODED CLIFTON
Four Torrents in
Three Years ----
Damage Great.
EIGHTEEN KNOWN DROWNED
And Death List Probably
Larger..-Reservoir Burst
Without Warning.

Solomonylle, Ariz., Dec. 6.--Addi.
tional and late details of the Clifton
food disaster indicate the most de.
plorabe condition among the inhabi.
tants and tremendous loss of prop.
erty. Practically every building in the
town was damaged and many swept
entirely away. The food came with.
out warning.
Saved Themselves by Catching
Awnings.
Two men were swept through the
streets and saved themselves by
catching the awning Of a store and
breaking through the plate glass
front. Numerous other narrow es.
capes are reported Ii is expected that
many in the native Mexican quarters
We're drowned. No accurate estimate
of the damage done is possible vet,
but it will run into hundreds of thous.
ands of dollars. II is believed the town
will never be rebuilt at the same 10.
cation, as this is the fourth food In
three years.
Reservoir Caused Disaster.
AS result of three hours of steady
rain over southern Arizona, the min
ing town of Clifton, with 5000 popula-
tion, has been swept by a terrific
flood and hundreds of people have fed
to the mountains for safety Owing to
disabled wires, details are hard to OBJ
tain. but the known death rate reaches
eighteen and will doubtless be larger.
The greater portion of the population
are natives and Italians. The town is
built in three sections, Chase Creek,
North and South Clifton
The catastrophe commenced with
the breaking of big reservoir in the
mountains above, precipitating a vast
food upon the Chase Greek section.
The principal street is near the bed OF
the stream and was completely de.
stroyed II was there that the fatal
tiles occurred, as the food came in
head several hundred feet wide and
engulfed the people without warning.
The dead are mostly foreigners whose
names cannot be learned. Two Amer.
leans are known to have perished, one
being caught on pile of wreckage
and drowned. North and South Cliff.
ton were swept by the current Of the
San Francisco River A new school
building and scores of houses are
washed away, The railway bridge is
totering. All information is sent out
from telephone Office surrounded by
water. The great smelling works of
the Arizona Copper works are located
at Clifton and the company's loss will
be heavy. The Arizona and New Mex
leo Railway Company will also be
heavy loser, as its yards and shops
are inundated
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-12-06
BOILERS EXPLODE
WRECK FACTORY
Of the Harney Shoe
Company, Lynn
Massachusetts,.
ELEVEN PERSONS INJURED
Flames Sweep Whole Dis
trict Wiping Out Many
Large Establishments.

Lynn, Mass, Dec. GA boiler ex-
plosion in the four story factory OF
the P. J. Harvey Shoe Company, at
West Lynn today destroyed the fac.
tory, started fire which swept over
several acres, burning three other
factory buildings, the Boston and
Maint Railroad station and number
of small dwellings, besides causing
the injury Of eleven persons, none ia
tally. That no loss of life resulted is
attributed to the fact that the explo-
sion occurred just before the time for
the factory operators to begin work.
| The explosion, besides shattering
the big four story factory of the Har-
ney Company, wrecked several build
ings near by.
Flames Swept All Before Them.
Fire broke out and the flames
swept over two acres of the West
Lynn district, running the premises of
more than half dozen large business
firms mostly shoe manufacturers and
destroying twelve dwellings princi-
pally occupied by colored people.
Other Business Houses Destroyed.
Including Harney, the firms dam
aged were the Tufts and Friedman
Shoe Company, H. P. Hood Cream
cry, the Boston and Maine West Lynn
Railroad station, Jacobs Leather
Stock Company and NJ. J. Worthley
Shoe Company. At nine o'clock the
police reported that apparently no
persons weTt killed but up to that
time nine persons were taken to a
hospital. By ten o'clock the fire was
under control with a financial loss es-
timated at $450,000.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-12-06
ANOTHER COAL
FAMINE THREATENED
Santa Fe Central Barely Able to Op-
erate-Shortage of Cars the Cause
Supply Almost Exhausted.

Santa Fe is threatened with a coal
famine.
The Santa Fe Central Railway is
operating only its passenger trains
and shipping the most urgent freight
All of it's sheep shipments have been
postponed because of lack of fuel
The passenger trains are running I'M
der short coa'' supplies.
The Capital Coal Company which
operates in this city, this morning re-
ported that for seven weeks, local
trade had been supplied from its
yards, which contained a reserve of
fuel, but that this supply is now al.
most exhausted.
The price of coal has not been
raised in Santa Fe to any extent al.
though at Albuquerque and at other
points. coal now costs considerable
more ton than at the beginning of
the winter season.
The wood choppers who bring wood
from the mountains on burros have
raised the price per burro load from
25 to so cents and there is good de-
mand for wood at that figure
A number of Santa Feans are burn
ing wood, with but poor results, in
furnaces and coal stoves.
The cause of the scarcity of coal is
said to be car shortage on the Santa
Fe Railway. Most Of the coal used in
this city and by the Santa Fe Central
Railway is shipped from Ration via
the Santa Fe Railway
1t is also reported that there is a
scarcity of miners in the Colfax coal
district and that the supply on hand
and ready for shipment at the open.
ing of winter was not in proportion to
the demand.
There does not appear to be any i'm.
mediate remedy in sight During the
recent blizzard which swept the
Southwest the railroads confiscated
every car of coal en- route, in order to
keep their trains running. This makes
| it necessary to reload other cars and
reship before the supply that was al
ready on the road can be renewed.
In speaking of the coal shortage, a
local dealer said today:
"TNhe only cause for the shortage, I
can find is that the railroads have not
sufficient cars. have been bolster
ing up the local consumption by draw
ing upon my reserve, but when that
is exhausted do not know what l
shall do. | have written and wired
and fused and flmed in an effort to
secure coal but without avail. The
condition now threatens to be repe-
tition of the coal famine of a year
ago.
"F'rOm press reports and other
sources, am informed that the short
age of coal Is general in most por-
tions of the country, particularly in
the west and southwest. The Santa
Fe Central Railway has bought coal
from local dealers in an effort to keep
its trains running, which has resulted
in lowering the supply here"
1t is probable that an effort will be
made to secure coal shipments via
the Rock Island Raiproadi from Ell
Paso although there is shortage in
that city at present.
If the shortage continues another
week, it will doubtless result in the
raising of the price of coal and that
with only limited supply to be had
at any figure.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-12-06
WANT FUNDS
FOR WATERWAYS
Rivers and Harbors
Congress in
Session.
FIFTY MILLIONS A YEAR
MILLIONS A YEAR P|L0TAGE BILL IN HOUSE
To Be Asked of Congress-.
Drainage and Recla-
nation Work.

Washington, D. c., Dec. 6.-Nearly
thousand delegates are in Washing.
ton in attendance on today's session
of the opening of the National Riy-
ers and Harbors Congress. Speaker
Cannon and Representative Burton,
chairman of the House Rivers and Har
bors Committee were among the
speakers. The object of the conven.
tion is to obtain an annual appropria-
tion of $50,OOO,OOO from Congress for
Systematic work in the improvements
OF the national waterways. Repre-
sentative RanSdell, of Louisiana, who
made tour of twenty thousand miles
around the country in behalf of the
movement, will report to the conven-
tion that he has found the sentiment
to be strongly in favor of vigorous
prosecution of waterways improve
tment as a remedy for the wholly In.
adequate transportation facilities now
afforded by the railroads"
National Drainage Congress in Ses-
sion.
Oklahoma City, Dec. 6.--Ths was
a busy day for the delegates to the
National Drainage and Reclamation
Congress. The addresses were leliv-
cred by A. l.. Fellows, State Drainage
Engineer for North Dakota; H. Hod-
geson, of Washington, d. C. Topo-
grapher of the United States Geolog-
ical Survey and engineer in charge of
Oklahoma and Texas reclamation
work; C. G. Elliott, Of Washington
D, G., OF the Department of Agricul-
ture and others.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-12-06
CAPITALIZATION OF SANTA
EE TO BE INCREASED,

Boston, Mass, Nov. 6.-There was
a special meeting yesterday Of the di.
rectors of the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe Railway Company, Numer.
GUS important matters were acted
upon The chief result of the meet
ing was decision to make substan-
tial increase in the capitalization of
the company this step being one OF
the most important taken recently by
the men who control the stock in the
big system.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-12-06
DIRECT CONNECTIONS
WITH TEN AND THREE
No Long Waits for Passengers on
Flyer and on Train From
South at Lamy.

The efforts OF Postmaster Paul A.
F. Walter to secure direct connection
for Santa Fe with train No. 10 on the
Santa Fe, which carries all the mail
south of Albuquerque and the only di.
rect pouch from Albuquerque to Santa
Fe, and with the Flyer from the East,
carrying the bulk of the mail Of the
East, including the only pouch from
Las Vegas, have succeeded and in the
future the branch train will not wait
at Lamy for train No. 2. This will
bring those two connections into
Santa Fe at 1890 a. M, when main
line trains are on time. 1t will give
visitors seven to eight hours at Santa
Fe before the last train of the day
leaves for the south, the west and the
east, and will give business men ample
time to fill mail orders or to answer
correspondence AS the flyer from the
east carries most of the tourists. di
rect connection without any wait at
Lamy at all. will eventually result In
many more tourists coming to Santa
Fe and remaining until the next train
or the last train of the day for the
south and west The New Mexican
was active in aiding Postmaster Wal
ter in securing this change of time.
table, which gives Santa Fe an almost
ideal train service as far as its own
interests are concerned, as the follow
ing letter from General Manager J. e
Hurley indicates:
Topeka, Kansas, Dec. /, 1906.
Col. Max Frost.
Editor, New Mexican,
Santa Fe, New Mexico.
My dear Colonel This will ac.
knowledge receipt of your letter of
the 23rd inst. relative to train service
on the Santa Fe branch. At the time
we prepared our fall card it seemed
desirable to have connection not only
with trains 3 and 10 but also with No.
2. It will be out of the question for
us to make another round trip on the
branch as the returns will not justify
the expense involved. Three round
trips per day is all that the revenue
will justify, believe that your idea
about the business for Santa Fe from
the west being mostly on train No 10
is correct and we will correct our
time so as t0 make dirprt connection
with No 10. This, of course, will also
provide the connection with No. 3,
which is scheduled into Lamy earlier
than the other trains.
Yours truly,
]. E. HURLEY,
General Manager.
The new time table will go into ef-
feet on Sunday, December 9,
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-12-06
FRANCE SHOULD
TAKE MOROCCO
Count Boni Urged Such Policy In
Chamber Of Deputies-Members
Left in Disgust.

Paris, Dec. GA remarkable scene
followed the Interpolation Of the
government on the Moroccan question
in the Chamber Of Deputies today by
M. Jaures. the Socialist leader. Count
Boni De Castellane unexpectedly as
cended the tribune, whereupon half
the deputies abruptly left the house.
The Count, however, was not greatly
disconnected and addressed the Cham
ber airily arguing that France should
continue the policy of ex-Foreigm Min
lister Delcasse, who aimed at the con-
quest Of Morocco.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-12-06
EMBEZZLED TO AID
BEAUTY DOCTOR
Another Chicago Milwaukee Avenue
Bank Official to Prison for
Wrecking institution.

Chicago, ILL.,, Dec. 6.-Hagbart Gre
gerson, formerly exchange teller of
the Milwaukee Avenue Bank, of which
Paul 0. Stensland was president, to-.
day pleaded guilty to embezzlement
Of the funds of the bank and was
given an indeterminate sentence in
the penitentiary. Gregerson is the
third official of the bank to be sent to
the penitentiary. He said today that
he took the money to help young
woman establish business as a
"beauty doctor"
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-12-06
AUTolST TOURING WORLD
PASSED THROUGH ALAMoGoRpo

Alamogordo, N. NJ, Dec. 6.--Charles
J. Glidden, the wealthy autoist who
is ON tour OF the world in his big
machine, passed through this place
yesterday, en- route to Colorado
points. He made the run from this
place to Cloudcroft, 20 miles IN one
morning.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-12-06
BELkNAP WILL Be AR
RAiGNED FOR CONSPIRACY

Albuquerque, N. NJ, Dec. 6.--John
G. Bellsnap, formerly superintendent
Of logging for the American Lumber
Company, at Ketner, in the Zuni
Mountains, who was arrested charg.
ed with conspiracy against the life
and property OF Jose Padilla, whose
saloon was dynamited and who was
later shot through the leg, causing
amputation, will be arraigned here
Saturday. Mr.. BellMap says he had
nothing to do with the affair and will
so prove.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-12-06
Senator Beveridge
Introduced Min.
or Changes.
Hearings Planned By Cur.
rency Committee-.-Ship
Subsidy Bill Discussed.

Washington, D. G., Dec. G,--Senator
Beveridge introduced q bill today to
amend the meat inspection act by re.
qnring that the cost of the inspection
shall be paid by the packers. Another
amendment requires that the date of
inspection and packing Or canning
shall be placed on each package.
Pilotage Bill Occupies House.
Representative Littlefeld's bill to
remove discrimination against Amer
ican sailing vessels in coasting trade,
commonly known as the pilotage bill,
was the special order for the House
today. Four hours will be consumed
in debate.
Currency Committee to Hold Hearings
The House Committee on Banking
and Currency today decided that ii
will hold hearings on elastic currency
beginning Tuesday, December II. Sec.
retary Shaw, comptroller of currency,
representatives American Bankers
Association and other persons inter-
ested in the proposed change of cur
rency will be heard.
Modification Of Ship Subsidy Bill
Suggested.
A modification of Gallinger ship
subsidy bill was suggested by Chair
man Grosvenor at today's meeting of
the committee OIL Merchant Marine
and Fisheries. He expressed a will
ingness to strike out the subsidie for
transatlantic and steamship lines.
thus combining the government aid to
Oriental and South American lines.
No vote was taken today.