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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-05-03

began
Shutting the front door, cn40 o.
led the way back into the sitting room,
and making an effort to control his
nerves. said:
"Sit down, won't you?
But Mr.. Bennington merely bowed
stifiy. twas evident that he did not
wish his call to be mistaken for a So
cia. visit
Il haven't time, thank you To be
frank. my mission is rather delicate
one, Mr. Underwood"
Underwood laughed nervously. At
fecting to misinterpret the others
meaning, he said:
Yes, you're right. The art and an
tiuue business is a delicate business
God knows it's a precarious one.
Reaching for the decanter, he added:
Have a drink"
But Mr.. Bennington refused to un-
bend. The proffer of refreshment did
not tempt him TO swerve from the OBJ
ject of his missioQ. While Underwood
was talking. trying to gain time, his
eyes were tdkluS III TIC NOAISAeo VI
the apartment.
Come, take a drink" urged Under
wood again.
mo. thanks" replied Mr.. Benning,
ton curtly
Suddenly he turned square around
Lets get down to business, Mr.. I'm
derwood," he exclaimed. MY firm In
sists on the immediate return of theiI
property" Pointing around the room
! he added: Everything. do you under
| stand?"
Underwood was standing in the sha
; dow of the lamp so his visitor did no
notice that he had grown suddenly
very white. and that his moutl
twitched painfully.
Why. what's the trouble?" he STAN
mered Haven't got prices for you
people that they would never have got
ten?"
"Yes-we know all that" replie'
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-05-03

land owners, from s35 to $40 per-
if / remember rightly, to complete TINS
proiect-from 100000 TO $4,000, 600.
The government would certainly be
Justly open to criticism if it did not
ADOPT every reasonable precaution TO
insure the success of so enormous an
investment of the peoples money. And
to hold the appropriation OF all unap-
propriated water for a number Of years,
at least, does not. in my opinion, seem
unreasonable, If the project is to be
proceeded with.
Astonishing Attitude.
certainly do not feel that I have
mission to defend the government
or the reclamation service, but, remem-
bering as 1 do, the paeans of thanks
giving from all over the territory which
hailed the decision of a former secre-
tarv of the interior to inaugurate this
project Ga decision gained only after
a hard struggle), the present antagonis-
tic attitude of many of our people
seems somewhat astonishing. The only
exclamation seems to be that they are
misinformed-
IT might not be so difficult to get
the present secretary of the interior to
abandon this project in whole or in
part, even now as 1T was 70 get a
former one to adopt it. If the people
think that the territory would be bet
tef off to trust private enterprise to
irrisate one or two hundred thousand
acres of land above Engle rather than
have the government irrigate a similar
amount below, they might, perhaps, be
able 10 bring il about But to talk
of irrigating 100000 acres of new land
above and 200, 600 acres of land below
Engle seems at least premature. i
is very possible that some other sys-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-05-03


Alicia is a welcome visitor
ries home. Underwood has apartments
in the Astruria, an exclusive aPar l'ieii'
house. Howard recalls S2oO loan u
Underwood that remains unpaid ana ue-
cides 10 ask him for the $4,000 he needs
Mrs. Jeffries, ST., prepares Tor great
reception at her home Mrs Jei1rles. ST.
foolishly encourages a dangerous ln'I
mac with Underwood which the latter
taLes advantage of until he becomes
sort of social highwayman- Discover
inc his true character, Mrs Jeffrles, ST.
donies him the house, but receives
note from Underwood threatening sui
eide unless she revOkes her sentence
of banishment. She decides to go ana
see him. Underwood is In desperate
financiaI straits Merchants for whom
- ms acted as commissioner in the
sala of art treasures demand an ac-
connting. Underwood cannot make good.
If Alicia would only relent escape
might vet be possible. If he did not
hear from her it must be for tonight
One slight little pressure on the trig-
ger and all would be over.
Suddenly the bell of the telephone
connecting the apartment with the
main hall downstairs rang violently.
! Interrupted thus abruptly In the
midst of his reflections, Underwood
Jumped forward, startled. His nerves
were so unstrung that he was ever
! apprehensive of danger With trem-
ulous hand, he took hold of the re-
ceiver and placed it to his ear As he
| listened, his already pallid face turned
whittier and the lines about his mouth
! frightened. He hesitated a moment be-
fore replying. Then, with an effort,
he said:
Send him up"
Dropping the receiver. he began to
walk nervously up and down the
room. The crisis had come sooner than
he expected-exposure was at hand.
This ren Bennington was the man
ager of the firm of dealers whose
goods he disposed Of He could not
make resti lion Prosecution was IN
evitable. zee and prison would
' %oald rather himself nSs Trouble was
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-05-03

Il can aCCCdA
give me time. You md1
I'm hard pressed by my cf%
expenses are enormous and COM
exceedingly difficult. 1 have large
amount of money outstanding After
our peasant business relations II
seems absurd and most unfsaS that
yolr firm should take this staA@
me-" He halted suddenly and face4
BENNINGTON "Of course. I'm much
obliged to you, personally, for this
friendly tip"
Bennington shrugged his shoulders.
The warning may give you time
either to raise the money or to get tbs
things back"
Underwood's dark eyes flashed with
suppressed wrath, as he retorted:
"Of course. can get them all bacx
in time Damn it, you fellows dcHx
know what it costs to run this kfaG
of business SUCCESSFULLY. Zone has tn
spend a small fortune to keep up ap-
pearances. These society people won't
buy if they think you really need the
money. I've had to give expensive din
ners and spend money like water even
to get them to come here and look at
the things. You must give me time
to make a settlement. / need ar least
a month"
Bennington shook his head There
, was a hard. uncompromisiRS look IN
his face as he replied caustically:
They're coming for the things to-
morrow. I thought it fair TO let you
! know. | can do 10 more
| Underwood stopped short.
(TO BE CONTINUED
| Felix Martinez left Monday for Cali
/ fornia on business
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-05-03

Outside of the 1luAs ana
1itches. the los5 1Aporation and
seepage is enoriul This loss, Mr..
Cooper. and I fes ny other people
in your valley ha tireiy forgotten
The further the ad from the source
of supply. the greer The loss by seep-
age and evanoraffs This is a fact
which the people the RosWeH dls-
trict are beginninEo appreciate Even
when their sourced supply is an ar
tesian well or spng within mile or
SO of the land .ey are building con-
crete bitches. t. prevent the precious
LIQUID ffor il no less than precious)
from seepinp id wasting away in its
short course.
Bfxsercentage Lost.
In 1900, se-ral years after the Carls-
bad main caal (now under the Carlsbad
recla nation ,roject) was built, 62-1 per
cent of tn water flowing into. the
flume seveAl miles below the point
OF intake vas lost by seepage and
EVAPORATION before it reached the land
TO be irrissed. and 37.3 per cent of the
wafer was sed on the land. This per-
centage of. oss. is. of course, now vast
" decreasd, though il is still great.
1t is no awerse criticism OF the Carls-
bad projet to say that the loss is
great. It great in almost any system.
In the northern canal, beginning at
Roswell and irrig ating lands around
Dexter nd Hagerman, from Is to %
miles a.ay, the loss is now compare
lively sight, although for several years
after tie canal was built the loss was
even greater than in the southern ca
nal. For two or three years it was
from Is per cent to 80 per cent. Now
the anal has become thoroughly lined
bv .fondo mud and is nearly as tight
as cemented. This canal is con-
cedei to be one of the best and tightesi
dirt canals. in the country. The duty
of water In this canal is $50 acres
TO he second foot, measured at a point
min miles from the commencement
of the canal, therefore from five II
fif,een miles from the land irrigated
ON cubic foot per second running nine
mo1ths will cover an acre (43,5
sorare feet), 3.57 feet deep. The people
upfer this canal are entitled by thei
we .er rights to two and One-half fee
of water. They use about three feet
There is. therefore, a loss of the diff
ference between three feet and 3.5
feet. or about IA per cent in an aver
q sc run of about eight miles, whicl
EQUALS about LOTS per cent per mile
Tcis may seem large to the novice Il
irrigation, but, in fact, 1t is small.
Water Losses.
Statistics show that from larg
number of canals in California, elimi
mating the bitches from which tn
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-05-03

Felix Martinez left Monday for Cali
fornia on business
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-05-03
BELL PHONE 11e.

VIII get you a puyer.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-05-03
Embudo creek, the
Pojoaque.
Several Oth

Embudo creek, the s
PojOaQue.
Several 9th
There are, at p
jectS for retaining
here and the Colora1
size from twenty
acres which would
Immediately were it<
ton. There seems
OF misunderstandii
in regard to this
order issued by th
interior, prohibitin g
gineer from granite
priations from the
ibutarieS where Z
version is in excess
per annum. This q
insure the< delivery /,
per anum TO Mexic
of. December 81, 19
Laying aside all }
the feasibility. lega
the Rio Grande pi
that they should
the c05.000 acres wi
irrigate, We will COY
ity of other devell
Grande and it's II
pacity of the propd
Is 100000 acre T
once filled, will irf
OF land for five 4
duty of two acre
During the period
to September, 1905,
geological surveys !
that 2,S95,000 acre
past the San Marc
DrODOSed dam. Thi&
70 fill the reservo
cent, or practically
pacity go by, or
what We have to
leo annually. Thi
was seven times
sary to irrigate &
templated. The
for the twelve veal
inclusive. at San
acre feet. which
their 205.000 acr
ssh
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-19
EFFORT TO
TURN DOWN
THE PLAN

A strong effort is being made to
have the city council turn down the
proposition to send the Milwaukee
and North Coast franchises to the
people for their approval in way
that will bind the railways as well
as the people.
Should the city council pursue
the policy of rushing through the
franchise without giving the people
the chance of binding appeal
there will be more room for talk
and the continued circulation of
the report that improper influences
were used when the council
changed front in the demand for
terminal rates.
Some of the councilmen want to
leave the final approval of the rail
way franchises with the people in
such a way that the result will be
binding upon all parties alike. Then
if the franchises without the ter
minal rates are adopted the rail
roads win; if the terminal rates are
demanded, then the railroads must
stay out or grant this concession.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-19
washington Clasps
At BIG SENSATION
personal and Confidential" Files
of Ballinger, Printed, Cause a
Stir--Alaska Case.

written to you, you were the only
person whom | could think of whom
| could recommend. and in further
discussing the matter with Perkins,
after learning the inadvisability of
your going. he was quite insistent
that you should assist him in get
ting the man. He will probably be
in Seattle on July and will call
upon you. In the meantime you will
write George w. Perkins confiden-
TALLY at his address in New York,
Care ]. Pierpont Morgan & Co. and
YOU can state that you have written
him at my request. Any further in
formation you want from him he
will give you without hesitation.
have assured him he could place
implicit confidence in any state
ments you would be willing to
make"
Another letter written by Balm
ger to Perkins. dated June 20. 1909,
declines an invitation which Mr..
Perkins had extended to have Mr..
Ballinger's son Edward accompany
him on the Alaska trip.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-19

0FPROTEST
IS CALLED

Indignation over the continued
water shortage on the north Mon
roe hill will find expression at an
meeting to be held to-
night at the Monroe Park presby-
terrain church.
Water has been very short in
this section of the city for the past
month and at times for hours there
has not been enough to drink. Yet
the consumers there have seen peo-
pie in other sections of the city
using automatic sprinklers, until
they believe the limit of endurance
has been reached.
1t is proposed at the meeting to-
night to take some action to seek
relief. Promises have failed to Sc
cure water, and the time to see
where the trouble lies has arriyd,
in the opinion of the water suffer
ers.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-19

empty chair for his clothes, and
moaned, I've been robbed
cleaned" On turning to the door
and finding the key gone and the
door locked securely he was con-
WINGED.
Finger prints in the dust of the
window sill and pair of sheets on
the bed, soiled from dust gathered
in the robbery victims" midnight
escapade finally gave them all a
clue to what had happened.
Aumodt could scarcely believe 1T,
for he declares he never walked in
his sleep before, but after sizing up
his soiled hands and feet and other
details of the strange situation, he
accepted it as the truth. Anyway,
Dan found his clothes all in good re-
pair up in room No. SO, on the floor
above, where they belonged, and his
room was still securely locked from
the inside, just as he had left it on
going to bed last night.
He went out afterwards. when
thoroughly awake. and again per-
formed the dangerous feat, just to
satisfy himself as to whether he
could do it.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-19
COMETS TAIL
PRACTICALLY
INVISIBLE
BY Prof. Harold Jacoby Rutherford.

BY Prof. Harold Jacoby Rutherford.
NEW YORK, May 19.-The fact
that the comets tail is invisible at
the time of contact with the earth,
now past, is vindication of the
general belief of astronomers that
the tail is so thin that its presence
Is not detachable.
Comparing the prints of the
comet made in 1885 with observa-
tons of the last few days there
seems to be little change in the
comets appearance. This creates
the question regarding the posi-
bility that it has an abnormally
long tail.
II the comet is shedding its core
through it's tail throughout its jour.
ney, it Is hard to figure how the
tail or the comet can last so long.
Considering this. 1t is probable that
comets grow tails only within this
particular solar system.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-19

Gettysburg, as result of two
years training. Demanding that a
sufficient force of regulars be sta
toned ON the coast to deter an
enemy from attempting an inva-
sion, the speaker declared that it
was known to every naval officer
that the battle fleet could not op-
crate without the screen of armor-
ed cruisers stationed on the Pa
cific, and that in case of war these
ships would at once be ordered TO
the Atlantic to complete the fleet
and to prevent their own destruc-
ton. and that the Pacific would be
a clear roadway for an invader.
The occupation of the coast
states, with a possibility that they
would be forever separated from
the Union, was stated by the speak
er as almost accepted facts by
every military student throughout
the world who had studied the
probable outcome of a war with ia
pan in our present state of "crfmi-
nal unpreparedness." In informed
circles, it is stated that unless the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-19
PAPER FORCED
R. |. NJ C0RM|CK
To WITHDRAW
ESPECIAL to The Press

TACOMA, May 19.-Although ill
health has been assigned as the
reason for the withdrawal of Rob-
ert l.. Mccormick, secretary of the
Weyerhauser Timber company
and national republican committee
man for Washington, from the SEN
atorial race, there are strong init
nations today that the vigorous op-
position of the Tacoma Times and
individuals to McCormick's candi-
dacy because of his connection
with the sO-called lumber trust" is
the real reason that actuated his
issuing the letter of withdrawal. 1t
is claimed that Mccormick be-
came convinced that he could not
win and that he retired with q view
to preventing the possibility Of di-
viding the regulars" in the cleo
ton.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-19
ANOTHER BIG FIGHT
FOR ALL-NICHT SERVICE

A combined and earnest effort to
secure an all night car service is
soon to be started by the residents
of Hays Park and Hillyard, and
nearly all the residence district in
the north part of the city. which is
not within convenient walking dis
lance of the center of the city. The
Press started an agitation for the
all night car service about four or
five months ago and the matter was
finally taken up in the Spokane Sec
tional Central Labor union and
placed in the hands Of a committee,
with instructions to place the propo-
sition before the officials of the
street railway companies and see
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-19
WALKS IN SLEEP; CLIMBS
OUT WINDOW; WAKES UP IN
STRANGE ROOM; COMET DID IT

Rising up from his bed, while yet
sound asleep, with only the TIN
apparel Of night and the cover Of
darkness to shield him from the eIel
ments, Dan Aumodt crawIed out the
window of his room on the second
floor of the international hotel, 234
Main avenue, last night, and scaled
down the cold, bare brick walls to
the ground. His experience, which
would have proved almost nerve
racking to man in waking hours,
did not awaken Aumodt.
After proving about in the dark
court into which he had lowered
himself for a little while, Aumodt
started back for his bed, but mis-
taking an open window on the first
floor of the hotel for the entrance of
his own abode, he crawled inside,
and-no. no-he wasn't shot by
some terrified person inside. for by
the merest chance it was a vacant
room and, still unconscious of his
strange behavior, he retired.
Early this morning the chamber
maid on the first floor was terrified
by shouts from within No. &c, the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-19

vacant" room. Her first impulse
was that a crazy man had gone in
side during the night, and she fled
for the office TO summon the day
clerk.
Hey, Le'me out O. here!" Biff!
bling. bling! bling! was something Of
the first sounds that greeted the
ears of the perplexed clerk as he
tiptoed toward room No. 26. mot
for mel" he murmured, and scamp
cred back to the office to summon
Mr.. Angelo, one of the proprietors.
These two together finally
summoned sufficient courage to
turn the key from the outside
of the door and peer within.
There sat poor Dan Aumodt,
freely perspiring and with head
bowed down almost between his
knees; he was cIutching his
hair and nurmuring, "How in
b. did get in here? How in
h. did ! get in here"
That very question presented one
of the greatest problems that any
one of the astOunded trio had ever
endeavored to solve. Dan, on first
awakening, had reached out to an
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-19
NV United Press Leased Wire)

(By United Press Leased Wire)
WASHINGTON, May 1e.-Wash-
Inston easps as it realizes the con-
tents and significance of the mass
Of letters hastily read in haphazard
order at the Ballinger hearing. The
stenographic record came from the
public printer during the night and
yesterday and today everybody who
can get copy Of the letters is read
ing them.
BE it known that these letters
were the personal and contiden-
tial" files of Ballinger. dragged out
by young Kerby. Kerby testified
that Ballinger, before he became q
cabinet member, had agreed to dis
charge Director Newell of the rec
lamation service and appoint r. NJ.
Thompson, city engineer of Seattle,
in his place.
Ballinger became q cabinet mem
Der in March, 1909. In May of that
year he wrote this letter marked
personal and confidential in which
he said he had been asked by
George w. Perkins. head of the
J. P. Morgan company, to recon
mend an engineer to go to Alaska
to advise Perkins. To this Thomp-
son replied, telling of plans he was
making to accept the offer
A short time after this letter was
written by Thompson, Ballinger ad-
vised Thompson not to go on the
Alaska trip and in a letter written
to George ". Perkins on June 5,
1909. marked personal and conf
DENTAL" Secretary Ballinger writes
in reference to Thompson: 81 have
asked him to write you direct and
advised him that for certain reasons
/ would prefer that he would not
go to Alaska, as | wish to take up
with him certain business matters
this summer" At the same time
BaIlinger notified Perkins that he
had asked Thompson to recommend
some other engineer to accompany
him on the Alaska trip. In his letter
to Thompson, Ballinger said:
1.-The purpose of his (Mr. Per
kins0 trip. in the strictest conf
OcuGt, Is tUS lnN Go tlSdllplI VI iNdS-
ible railway construction in Alaska
with mineral resources and posi-
blities tributary TO any line or lines
of road that might be considered
feasible and, in short he desires
man of that experience in engineer
ing and mining who would be a safe
and conservative adviser along
tbpca lines While 7 know a num hpr
of persons on the coast who might
possibly fill the bill. | hesitate to
recommend any of them who | re-
call at this time. | know that your
acquaintance with men of engineer
ing and mining experience ought to
enable you to suggest a man who
would fill the bill.
when the subject was first men
toned to me. as l have heretofore
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-19
TWICE MA RLED, TWICE DIVORCED,
SHE'LL MARRY FIRST HUSBAND

the regular army. Later he joined
the Rough Riders and served
through the Cuban and Philippine
campaigns.
Mrs. Green was given a divorce
and married DR.. Steiner in 1899,
coming to Seattle. Six months ago
she was given divorce from
Steiner. In late years Sergeant
Green has been corresponding with
his son, who intensely admired his
soldier father. When the Dix ar
rived from Manila last Saturday
night the boy was at the dock to
meet his father, tell him of the di-
vorce and that nothing now stood
in the way of a reconciliation. The
boy succeeded.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-19

BLUEFIELDS, Mic, May 49,
The United States gunboat Pa
ducah today drove the Madriz gun
boat Venus away from the port OF
BIuefields.
The officers of the Paducah re-
fuses to say how near they came to
a clash with the little Nicaraguan
boat. The Venus refused to obey
the orders of the Americans not to
blockade the port until she was
threa tened by the Paducah.
Madriz' officials say they will ap-
peal to the powers, and internal
tional complications are threat
ened.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-19
CHARGED WITH
HORSE STEALING

w. G. Burke was arraigned be-
fore Judge Carey on a charge of
horse stealing, this morning. The
horse with the harness, valued at
$125. belonged to Turnkey & Son.
When arraigned Burke was very
strong in his language and had to
be reprimanded by Judge Carey,
who told him to speak when he
was spoken to. He asked time in
which to obtain an attorney to take
up his case and to write to his
parents for help.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-19

what could be done.
Naturally the street car compan-
les opposed the measure and little
more has since been done by the
committee from organized labor.
Now the northside residents will
take it up in the form Of a petition.
It is at present estimated that the
petition will be signed by at least
1000 people of the north side alone
and the work on the circulation Of,
the petition will start within an
other week. In order to secure the
names, the circulator of the paper
will travel back and forth on the
cars from $3.50 in the morning till
1880 at night getting the names of
the passengers on the petition.