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Arizona republican., 1910-12-31
Hoxsey Could Not Duplicate
 Mondays Figures M|SREAD HIS BAROMETER
Honors for Altitude, There fore Remain in France, But the Aviator Succeed
 ed in Making an All-Sur- passing Endurance Flight.

Los Angeles. Dec. 30.-Fearing that through some technical error or over sight the phenomenal height record of N1, ,474 feet might not stand, HoNsey scared into the air today and broke all worlds altitude records but his own.
 Two barographs registered 1O,575 feet This is nearly a thousand feet under the world mark he estab- lished on Monday and 76 feet above the record of Le GagneauX at Pau, France, made a short time ago. The new record must, however, exceed the former by at least 300 feet. If the International Federation of Aero Clubs refuses, therefore, to accept HoXsey' 8 feat on Monday as official. LeGag- nex' will remain the record and the Californian will lose. besides the glory. prizes which aggregate nearly 5000.
 Nevertheless. through todays per formance, HoXsey will have the satis- faction of knowing thath holds the American endurance record. He was in the air today three hours and sev- enteen minutes, eight minutes longer than A l.. Welch.
 An effort was made after HOXsey landed to induce him to ascend to- morrow morning and try to surpass the endurance recsrd made by Tabeau in France today, but he said he was disgusted at his failure to do more than r2.O00 feet.
 T must be a poor hand at reading figures, or I would have gone higher. much higher today. I had an aneroid barometer strapped to my wrist. Be- sides, l had a barograph tied up just beside me and another in my pocket, and I read both barometer and baro- graph figures at 12,7l5 feet before started down"
 The flight was accomplished under the most favorable weather conditions The sky at all times was so clear that he was always within view He travelled a distance estimated at nearly S5 miles and repeated his feat of sail ing over Mount Wilson. He wound up his performance by a series of Dutch rolls,' spiral glides and dips that thrilled the onloOking throng and when he finally landed he was treated with another ovation such as he received on Monday.
 There was another accident and a narrow escape from death Lincoln Beachey. whose Curtiss biplane was smashed in a wreck yesterday, niiscal- culated the landing to the west of the Grand stand just at the close of the days events and his machine was re- duced to junk. Beachey was unhurt.
Arizona republican., 1910-12-31

'answer all purposes for many years to come.
 Down at Hansen Junction a corral is also being built where stock may be loaded direct instead of compelling stockmen to drive their cattle ten miles to Tempe
 Despite careful inquiry among rail- road men. including Chief Engineer L. H. Long and Engineer of Maintenance of Way J. c. Mcclure. upon the occa- siOns of their recent visits to Phoenix, it has been impossible to secure statement from any relative to any progress in the efforts of the Randolph lines to secure the greatly desired right-Of-way through the Gila box can yon. all claiming the matter is still in the hands of the department of the in teriOr with nothing to indicate the eventual outcome.
 But despite this unsettled state of affairs. the Arizona Eastern is going right ahead with such construction as could be utilized in the projected trans continental railroad. on the main line of which Phoenix would be located. The construction of a line through the Gila box canyon would form the prin- cipal connecting link in the transcOn- tinental line.
Arizona republican., 1910-12-31
LESSENING VOLUME
 OF ALASKAN GOLD
Many of the Rich Placer Fields Being
 Exhausted.

Washington, Dec. S0.-A marked falling off in the production of gold in Alaska. due to the failure of the placer mines in the Fairbanks and Seward peninsular districts. is report ed in a preliminary statement of the geological survey upon Alaskan min ing conditions for 1910.
 The production within the year has been approximately s16.36OOOO. com pared with $2O.371, 900 in 1909. The decline, which has been apparent for some time, is blamed almost entirely upon the working out of the beach placers about Nome, and other placer mines of the two districts named
 There is much good placer dirt left, but it cannot be worked prOfitably under present conditions. Experi- ments are now being made in Alaska to find an economical method. The geological survey experts do not be- Iieve the future will develop any mines as rich as those now giving out. The production of other miner alS is increasing, but rapid develop ment is hampered by the high cost of fuel and the fact that the coal mines are not being opened in the territory Extensive operations are being started in lode mining, both for gold and copper, and future pro- duction is expected to be greater than that which has followed the develop ment of placers.
 Since mining began in 1880. Alaska has produced minerals worth S1S6.- OO0. 900. of which 79.00O,00O is gold. The Juneau district is expected to produce heavily when the new plants are installed. There are now thirteen gold lodes operated in Alaska.
Arizona republican., 1910-12-31
HIS BOAST
 PREMATURE Robin the Bank WPGCker Mdq
 Live IN SPITE OF POISON
Charged with Deadly Hyo- seine, Announced Himself as Already Dead, and the Stomach Pump Was Has
 tily Manned to Save Him.

New York, Dec. 3O.-With head erect, shoulders squared and eyes leveled on the battery of cameras trained on him, Joseph c. Robin, the indicted banker. stepped out of his sisters home this morning to face his arraignment, calm in the knowl- edge that he had swallowed a dose of hyoscine, the deadly alkaloid with which Dr. Crippen killed his wife Belle Elmore He collapsed before he could be taken to court. with the exclamation: "I am a dead man; I've taken poison tablets
 The case was postponed and there was the greatest excitement. A stom- acl pump was hurriedly brought into play and the sick man was carried first to the prison hospital, and later to Bellevue where he lies tonight in the prison ward. No charge of at tempted suicide was entered against him. It was thought that he would recover, although the action of hy- oscine is slow and much depends up- on the vitality.
 In the corridors of the criminal court building there was hum of excitement. but in the court of gen eral sessions itself, Judge Grain was transacting business as usual. when Attorney Jerome stepped rapidly down the aisle.
 Your honor" he began hurriedly. "I am here in the Robin case It appears that the defendant has taken a drug. He cannot be stimulated. An ambulance has been summoned and surgeons are now pumping his stomach. The delay is unavoidable" The case was postponed until the re- ceipt of further advices as to Robins condition. There were no further de- velopments today in connection with the Bank of Northern New York or the Washington Savings bank. both of which are in the hands of the state banking department. but the state department of insurance took over the affairs of the Title and Guarantee company of Rochester.
 A large force of accountants is at work on the ledgers of the many in- terwoven companies which Robin promoted.
Arizona republican., 1910-12-31
A CLAIM FOR WORKS. .

San Francisco, Dec. 30.-Leaders of the insurgent wing of the state repub- lican party claimed a decided victory late tonight for Judge John D. Works in his senatorial fight against A. D. Spalding. After the meeting of the Los Angeles and Southern California legislative conference. Meyer Lissner announced that a careful canvass of the votes of both houses shows that Works will receive 75 votes; 61 will be necessary to elect.
 los Angeles county is a unit for Works" said Lissner No one else is being considered. From a survey of the field I have concluded that Works will get 75 votes
 No more extended statement was made by Lissner regarding the results of the meeting and no reply to the claim of the Works supporters was forthcoming from the few Spalding adherents who attended the two days conference.
Arizona republican., 1910-12-31
BATTLE 0F NAL PASO
 PROBABLY 4 SKIRMISH
MEXICAN GOVERNMENT OPEL
 cIALS ARE RETIcENT.
Correspondents Estimate Casualties
 in the Last Month.

Mexico City, Dec. 30-Government officials said tonight that they had not received reports giving the de- tails of the taking of Nal Paso by federal troops yesterday They are inclined to believe that the engage ment was a skirmish and that few if any were killed. Officials refuse to discuss in any way. the advance of the troops. beyond predicting that the next fight will occur at Guerrero, but they will not be quoted
 Gerald Brandon, the Mexican Her aid correspondent, who was wounded in a battle in the vicinity of Pader- males three weeks ago, returned to Mexico City tonight He said that while operating with a camera a revOlutionist cook shot at him. In his opinion the man thought the camera some kind of a firearm. He has completely recovered from his wound.
 The Herald's correspondent esti- mated the number of killed and wounded from the time of the first battle at San Andreas. on November 20, to the engagement at Nal Paso on December Is. as follows: Killed Federals, 94, including six officers; revolutionists. 143. Wounded-Gov ernment soldiers. 16S, including pris- Oners; revolutionists unknown.
 Brandon said he was forced to leave the troops by an order of the govern ment prohibiting correspondents re- maining with the soldiers and for that reason did not know how many had been killed or wounded in the several engagements since he depart ed
 To date there have been nine bat ties and skirmishes: San Andreas. November 20: Pedernales. November 27: CObas, November 2S; Cerro Prie- to, December II; Pedernales, Decem-
Arizona republican., 1910-12-31
HoNDURAN DISTURBANCE.
The Gunboat Hornet Approaching
 Puerto Cortes.

Puerto Cortes, Honduras (via Wire lses to New Orleans) An attack upon Puerto Cortes by the revolutionary gunboat Hornet, which is reported several miles off this coast late last night, is expected.
 Several hundred government troops arrived yesterday from Aagucilgapa and others came in this morning.
 Fighting has already begun at Las quabradOs, according to the report.
Arizona republican., 1910-12-31
FIRST sLoopsHEp IN SONORA.


 Douglas, Arizona, Dec. 30.-The first blOOdshed in Sonora during the pres ent insurrecto movement is reported in a message received here from MocteZuma today The rebels, num- bering fifty, and an equal number of civilians organized by the prefect of MOctezuma, clashed at Tampichi, twenty miles southeast of MOctezu- ma The battle lasted the entire morning of December 2S, both forces firing from cover. The prefect, how ever, reports that the rebels were routed. leaving one dead and four wounded and ten prisoners.
 The prefect organized a force when he learned that the rebels had been seen at Lanoria. At the same time John Roache, an American of Cumpas. started from that camp with fifty men to effect a junction with the MocteZuma force The rebels evaded Reaches force and continued on to the camp of the Monte Christo mine, managed by c. H. Jones of Minena- polls. Minn. They took all the guns and ammunition in camp, paying for them and leaving the Americans un- molested
 It is believed that other skirmishes have taken place between the rebels and the Moctezuma forces. It is also said that many cowboys have joined the rebel forces from the vicinity of MocteZuma and NacOzari.
Arizona republican., 1910-12-31
WILL PASS THROUGH PHOENIX.

Local officials of the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific received orders yes terday directing the handling of a troop of infantry from Whipple Bar racks. which is expected to pass through Phoenix sometime today The Southern Pacific will receive the troop train from the Santa Fe i'm mediately upon it's arrival here and it is possible will send them forward on a special train to Nogales. the point to which they have been or dered
Arizona republican., 1910-12-31
THE LOST IS FOUND.
Return of Missing Opera Scores in the
 Metropolitan Contest.

New York. Dec. 30.-The missing opera scores in the S1O.00O prize contest at the Metropolitan opera house. for American composers. which disap- peared from an express wagon on Sat urday, were returned today unharmed. Where the scores have been and how they were removed from the wagon re- main mysteries. although Dennis Hig- gins. who brought them back. has been charged with larceny and held in $2.OOO bail.
 The Metropolitan directors gave out a statement tonight that the scores are unharmed and that the sealed en- .veloPes containing the names of the composers have not been tempered with
Arizona republican., 1910-12-31
ONE PASSENGER KILLED.

San Antonio. Dec. SO.-One passenger. James A. Bell of Kansas City, was killed and five were seriously injured and a score of others bruised when the San Antonio X Aransas Pass Passenger train was wrecked It Pettus, seventy eight miles south of here, late today.
Arizona republican., 1910-12-31
STOLEN COAL LANDS.
Government After American Fuel &
 Iron Company.

Denver. Dec. 3O.-Charging fraud in entries on coal lands in Routt county. Ethelbert Ward. assistant United States district attorney. appeared be- fore Federal Judge Lewis in chambers today and made requests for subpOenas duces tecum to compel the officers of the American Fuel X Iron company to produce the company's books in court
 Ward stated that he believed that the books of the company would reveal fraudulent entries on coal lands worth more than a million dollars. The American Fuel & Iron company was formed by F. w. and Arie Keitel and others of St. Louis. Its principal off cers are in Denver.
Arizona republican., 1910-12-31
BY THE INSURGENT BOSSES
Direct Legislation, the Re- call and All the Rest of Them - Diminishing In fluence of Los Angeles in Preliminary Conference.

San Francisco, Dec 30-After a two day session in which proposed reform legislation of a widely varied character was considered the state insurgent leaders adjourned the pre- liminary legislative conference this afternoon. Bills offered tentatively by charimmen of the various com mittees appointed by State Chair man Lissner in their entirety give a fairly accurate prospectus of the leg islative program for the next two months While the preliminary draft ing of the bills was done Ostensibly to facilitate the work of the legis- lators, it is noticeable that all fol- low closely the recognized insurgent program. most of the proposed leg islation already having the sanction of the leaders of the insurgent wing of the party
 The general result forecasts am bilious undertakings. A summary of projects to which the reform ele- ment will apply itself shows the fol- lowing: Conservation, a state public service commission. railroad legisla- ton. election laws, civil service and merit system. direct legislation. re- vision of criminal procedure. new reformatory fer first offenders, an employers liability act woman sui frage and the e-apportionment of election districts.
 The principal features of the clos ing session this afternoon were re- ports recommending a formation of a civil service commission, the enact ment of legislation, fixing rates of indemnity to be paid injured en- ployes. the building of a million dol lar reformatory for first offenders an appeal from the habeas corpus in criminal procedure. the establishment of A state recall and referendum system. commission form of govern ment for cities of the fifth and sixth classes. the reorganization of a state board Of examiners, re- apportionment of the election dls- tricts of the state, the result which would be to increase representation in the south
 The southern end of the state was decidedly predominant in the pro ceedings. reports being made by Sen ator Louis H ROseberry of Santa Barbara: Judge Wilbur. judge of the juvenile court. of Los Angeles; Russ Avery. chairman of the Los Angeles county central committed; w. J. Hunsacker and Senator Gates. of Los Angeles. and Comptroller A. B. Nye and Senator N. w Nye, of Los Angeles.
 The state recall proposal was sub mitted in the form of a proposed bill and was reviewed by the com mittee on recall and referendum. Proposed constitutional amendments may be submitted to the voters for q referendum vote on a petition by eight per cent of the electors. Five Der cent is required for statutory amendments.
 In the debate which followed the reading of the bill William Denman of San Francisco suggested that in its present form it would make pos sible a combination of the "outs" at any time. sufficient to overwhelm the 'ins'
 Gates characterized the objection as "fanciful and chimerical" Chair man Lissner assured Denman that Los Angeles had had sufficient ex- perience with the recall to be able to draft an effective bill covering that subject.
Arizona republican., 1910-12-31
GUARDING THE BORDERS.

Denver, Colo, Dec. 30.-Brigadier General Earle D. Thomas. command ing the department of Colorado. today ordered to the Mexican frontier a company of infantry and one troop of cavalry from Fort Douglas. Utah, and Fort Huachuca, Arizona. and Whipple Barracks, Arizona. General Thomas said the duties of these troops would be to keep Mexican revOlutionists from crossing the bOr- der The troops will be distributed at several points
Arizona republican., 1910-12-31
MAY BE THE LIFE oE.eUsINEss
But in This Case Competition Wos
 Death of One Competitor.

Los Angeles. Dec. 30.-Sam Wiser. proprietor of tailoring establish ment was fatally shot outside his place of business and died tonight The police have been unable to find c. H. Dick, a business competitor who Wiser says shot him.
 The two places are adjoining and it is said the proprietOrs quarreled frequently. It is said that Dick broOded over his loss of business. and when the two met today he drew a revolver and fired. Two bull lets lodged in Wisers body and the third went wild
Arizona republican., 1910-12-31
FATAL JEALOUSY.
Wife Kills Husband and Commits
 Suicide.

Eureka. Cal, Dec. 3O.-The body of Albert Boquies, stretched on a bed in his room and the unconscious form of his wife lying nearby were found by cook employed at the Union hotel at Blue Lake today. There were bullet wounds in the heads of both and Mrs. Boquies died a few hours later
 A small calibre revolver which was still clutched in the dying wOman's hand is supposed to indicate that she fired the shot that killed her husband and then turned the weapon on her self BOquies. who was the proprietor of the hotel. was heard quarreling with his wife late last night. Jealousy is believed to have prompted the tragedy.
Arizona republican., 1910-12-31
TO FIGHT POWDER TRUST.

Martinez. Calif. Dec. 3O.-The Cali fornia Powder Works is the name of a new corporation organized here to- day for the purpose, it is said. of fighting sa-called powder trust. The incorpOratOrs are State Senator Chas
 F. Belshaw. John Birmingham, Jr, Abe Price. William Sessions and Les lie Drew, all of Contra Costa county
Arizona republican., 1910-12-31
TWO MASKED MEN
Lined Up Fifty in Gambling
 Room.

Bakersfield. Cal, Dec. 3O.-Two masked men walked into a gambling room at Maricopa. an oil town. forty miles west. at 11:15 tonight, lined up 40 or 50 men who were in the place and escaped with about 5000 in cash. The men were on foot. but escaped to the hills west of Mari copa. Constable Cheney organized a posse and took the trail half an hour later
Arizona republican., 1910-12-31
SOUTHERN FOOTBALL.
Harvard Law Students and Vanderbilt
 University Team.

Nashville. Tenn, Dec. S0-Captain Hamilton Fishs eleven, composed of Harvard law school students, played the Vanderbilt -Sewanee stars a spec tacular game in which neither side scored. on Vanderbilt university field this afternoon. In spite of 2 muddy field, the game was fast. A feature was the run of Hamilton Fish 100 yards in clear field. with only Brown, the celebrated Sewanee player. in pur- suit. Brown caught Fish and dOwned him ten yards from the Vanderbilt Se- vance goal.
Arizona republican., 1910-12-31
CLASH WITH RIFLES.

Chihuahua, Dec. 30.-An official re- port received here today states that Colonel Escuedero. commanding scouting force of federals, encOun- tered a band of insurrectos in Nal Paso on Wednesday and after some fighting the insurrectOs retired. There are no details as to the killed or wounded
Arizona republican., 1910-12-31
AN FL PASo VERSION.

Fl PasO, Dec. BOA special to the Times from its correspondent in Chi huahua says: "Luue's relief column has encountered four days of fierce fighting near Casa Colorado and it's loss is 600 men killed. The insurrec- to loss was slight. The column is badly demOraliZed. NavarrO's com mand is still bottled up near Nal PasO."
Arizona republican., 1910-12-31
SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER s1, 1910.

Der 15; Nal PasO, December 15; Nal Paso. December IS; Nal Paso, Decem- Der 2S; Guerrero, date not definitely known. This list refers to the en- agreements between Chihuahua and Guerrero.
Arizona republican., 1910-12-31
ARIZONA EASTERN TO- BEGIN
 ANOTHER EASTWARD LINK
DuranQO Ultimate Destination of Work Soon to Start
 From Globe
READY 10 BEGIN CONSTRUCTION OF HAYDEN CUTOFF

Will Mean Abandonment of Present Site of Winkelman and Its Removal to the Mesa North of the Gila River
  Hayden Will Then Be on the Main Line Much Other Work Planned Which Will Make the Road One of the Best Constructed in the Entire Southwest.
Arizona republican., 1910-12-31
10 DAY SNAP l

Fine corner, close in, best loca- ton for apartment house; must sell in ten days. E. E. PAScOE, 110 North Center Street.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-01-06
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ute the spark would fail because OF
the strain pnt upon the apparatus.
Spracklin would send two, three OF
four thousand words, then stop. Each
succeeding station below would re
ceive, then forward this amount, and
not until 1t had all been put upon the
cables at Cape Ray would the next
installment be launched.
Here is how Peary's story was zig
Jagged down the coast through the
air to the cable end From Battle
Harbor it went southeastward across
the Straits of Belle Isle to the sta.
ton situated on the northern tip of
the island of that name. Belle Isle
relayed to Point Amour, back to the
westward and on the southern tip of
Labrador.
Point Amour sent the message to
the east and south again to Point
Richie, on the west coast of New.
foundland north of Bay of Islands.
From Point Richie the spark Jumped
westward once more and across the
Gulf of st. Lawrence to Heath Point
on the island of Anticosti. The final
jump was back again to the New
foundland coast, where at Cape Ray
the message was put on the cable
Not for many years will the men
who sit on the tops of crags in New
foundland and Labrador and send
through the air to the world below
the news of ships and of men have
such a task to perform.