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New-York tribune., 1911-03-13
ROB RANCHES AND HAMlETS
LaWlcss Bands Show Activity in
Lower California.

Tia Juans, Lower California. March y
Bands of armed men are pilssing ranches
and isolated hamlets in Lower california
near tho international boundary line.
one ball captured the village Of Tecarte
last sunday and shot up the place. This
band was under the leadership Of Germano
salinas. a nalfpreed who has renamed him
self "Fiancisco' Salinas. He Is a former
employo of the Mexican customs service.
who rs said to have escaped from the Tia
.Iuana Jail. whore he was confined for steal
ing.
Salinas has eighteen mounted followers
and half q dozen others on foot. He has
sent word to Tia Juana that he intends 10
shoot up the town
Another band is supposedly under the
leadership of one Dorsey" and was re-
cruitcd near FL Gaion near san Diego
cal
Captain Evans. /. :. A.. i'm command OF
the border. has asked for more men lie
= now ondcavoring 70 patrol nifty miles of
wild mountainous country with sixty men.
assisted by two line riders Of the lmmi-
grafton Bureau
New-York tribune., 1911-03-13
REBELS CUT TO PIECES
More than so Killed oy Rurales
at San Bartolito Puebla.

Mexico City. Mex, March Ia body
Of 100 revolutionists was cut 10 pieces
h. state rurales at San Bartolito Puebla
Yesterday. according 10 reports reaching
here. More than fifty were killed. eleven
seriously wounded and twenty seven
captured. owing TO the fact that the
rurales have adopted the revolutionists
tactics OF ambushing their enemy, none
Of their number was killed and only
few wounded.
Reports from Chihuahua. delayed sew
eral days IN transmission. relate dis
tressing state Of affairs in that city.
Owing 10 the closing down Of some in
dustrIal establishments and the running
on short time of others. on account OF
the shortage Of coal, many workmen
have been thrown out of employment
and are facing starvation.
4 measure to their advan ntdEe. now
ever is one initiated by Governor Anu
rada, recurring all merchants 10 present
invoices of the provisions in their pos
session and regulating the sale OF the
same as to quantities To individual pur-
chasers and also the price.
MANY Of the merchants were said to
have advanced their prices 50 per cont
These have been compelled 10 reduce
their quotations to fixed schedule.
which is not greatly above normal.
Lack Of workmen 10 prepare for the
rlantng Cf crops on the haciendas pre-
sages Il shortage Of foodstuffs during the
coming sea son.
New-York tribune., 1911-03-13
MADERO HIT IN FIGHT.
Letter from RevolUtionist Re
ceived At FL Paso Junts,.
lrr re.egarh ., The Tribune J

Fl raso. Tex. March y -Francisco T..
Nadero. revolutionary provisional Presi-
dent. was wounded ir tre left arm IN the
lighting ~ Casas Crondes on Monday he
SAYS SO himself in q letter said 10 have
been received Al the revolutionary iunta
today tie vas. not with the American
legion that vas so badly shattered. but
was with another command. which came
M later That the rebels did not rallv and
take CaS8s Grande- the following day is
apparent. for Malero dates his letter
Wednesday aud tells only of the fight on
Monday. he saws he H. still in camp near
Chocolate Pass. that he has been rein
forced and eXpects to make another assault
on the town Chocolate Pass j. fourteen
miles from CaSas Grandes.
Madero saws Eduardo Hay his chief of
engineers. was wounded ami taken pris-
oner I'm TIE fght Hay is q graduate Of
Notre Dame University Ills father was
Scotch and his mothcr McXcan lie Is
Mexican citizen.
Madero. in his letter. charges that Colo
mel Soto. who commanded tho troops that
went IN 10 take Casas Graudes. got excited
and lott his men. lie also says that two
scouts sent ont 10 ascertain u icdoIdi re
Inducements we're approaching, failed TO
find Cuolldr and his fedcras. Soto and tho
scouts have been ordered court -martiailed,
the commander in chief declared.
G. =. T. Caracristi, mini1s engineer ana
soldier Of fortune. who has been -ccognized
here for some time as tn" spokesman Tor
NIadero. to-day dispatched Il letter to tho
insurgent chief suggesting that Madero
make q formal oGei 10 tha United states
of Intervention on certain conditions. one
Of these would ie that both sides laN down
their arms and that the Dia2 party. the
Nadero paiNs and the Gnitco States each
select commissioner 10 conduct fair
election iu Mexico the tinted States I"
supervise the election Another proposition
is that ;hc Madero party eGrcc to guafan-
toe not 10 modest railroads or In any way
interfere with traffic. II tIe DiaZ govern
mcnt VIII agree not 10 handle troops on
the railroads and the 'nitod states VIII
see that the agreement D. carried out
Caracrisii says that a. soon a Madero can
get his communication suci a proposition
viii be made % the United states.
New-York tribune., 1911-03-13
MR.. TAFT AT HIS EASE
President Not Working on
Message.

Augusta. Ga March l2.-President Taft
will not attempt any work On his message
70 the extra session of Congress until after
returning 10 Washington, where he will
have an opportunity TO consult with both
Senate and House leaders as 10 a pro"
graume.
II Is not known as Yet whether the Fresi-
dent will attempt 10 dispose Of the Morse
and Walsh pardon cases He brought the
volunlinous papers in 10th cases with him.
but has not opened either set. Morse's at
torrev Martin W Littleton. of New York,
is ENJOYING 2 two weeks vacation hero
prior 10 going 70 Washington. where he viii
assume his new duties as Representative
IN Congress from the oyster Bay district
Two reports regarding the Morse case
were current here tonight. one vas that
TIC rsrdon division of The Department cf
Justice had recommended that Morse's sen
tsnce OF sixteen wears be reduced 10 I'VE
Nsars and that Attorney General WICKER
sian, had overruled this recommendation
With an adverse report on the application.
The second report was Just reverse 10
this. IN being stated that the pardon diys-
ion had made an adverse report and me
ATTORNEY General had reConmenGed com
mutation 10 five wears. President TAFT said
no had NOT read any part Of the papers
What recommendations have been made In
the case Of John r. Walsh could not be
lesrned
from Washington today. The President
attended services ~ -. JOINS Me'hoaiSt
Episcopal Church and took luncheon At the
home Of Nj and Mrs. Ianedon Thomas
TONIGHT the President and Mrs Taft Went
for an automobile ride.
New-York tribune., 1911-03-13
REBELS FORCED TO RETREAT
Ortiz, Revolutionary Leader, Re-
ported Killed in Battle.

Mexico city. March 1e-After having cut
the telegraph wires and torn up cnouSh
OF the railroad 20 stop communication be-
tween Torreon and Durango. n band Of 800
rebels was twice engaged IN battle yester
day by "A force OF 20 federal troops. ac-
CO. ding n dispatches received here to-day.
The irst engagement took place at ri
Coyote. hacienda near Saucillo. A num-
her of federdls were killed before the reocls
were forced TO retreat. leaving sixty dead
on the field II l. reported that among
these were six American.
Another small deta achment Of government
troops attacked the fleeing rebels at the
Hacienda Colima. inlictins further losses
II il reported that among those killed az
Ell COYOTE vas the rebel leader ORTIZ
New-York tribune., 1911-03-13
MORE VIGOROUS CAMPAIGN
Withdra wal of Guarantees Be-
lieved To Re Only First Step.

Mexico cit, March 12-Tha, the deter
nliraton Of the Diaz government 10 avail
itself of that provision of the constitution
permitting tho withdrawal of certain per
sonal guarantees is The first step IN more
vigorous and drastic camraign 10 he waged
against the revoiutionists is the opinion
that found expression in al circles ~ So
ciety TODAY
RevolutiOnis's and =, mpsthizers with the
cause Of Madero and his followers pre-
tended not II be greatly alarmed by this
action Of the government. but those loyal
TO the government and foreigners who have
faith in President Diaz 10 restore order
believed that It viii prove most effective
Tomorrow the Subcommittee 10 which
was referred the measure providing for
the suspension for six months Of the per-
sonal guarantees viii report to the Perma-
nent Commission of Congress. There IS
little doubt that II Will he passed unani-
mously.
Since the measure provides that those
caught in the act Of destroying railroad
properly. interfering with telegraph wires
and lines for tho transmission Of electrical
energy. highway robbery. and. under cor
tain conditions. of raidins haciendas may
he shot without trial II is expected thqt
II will have deterrent ,.ff"ct. not only on
tho laNless element. which has taken ad-
vantage Of the disturbed conditions. but
On the rebels themselves.
The government now has in its military
prisons a large number Of rebel prisoners
who had they been captured after the adop-
ton Of this measure would have paid the
penalty With their lives. - Is believed by
the government that with this knowledge
Of the fate awaiting them, II captured,
there will he fewer recruits for the rebel
,li,fs
New-York tribune., 1911-03-13
WOMAN'S DPAST0RATE
The Rev. Sarah A. Dixon Out.
shines ALI Male Predecessors.
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Boston. March 12.-At the end Of
pastorate of four years in Tewksbury the
Rev. Sarah a. Dixon, pastor OF the Con-
grega tional Church there, has made the
remarkable record OF not only outshin-
inc all her men predecessors in the his
tory Of the church, but during the last
year has added more men TO the mem
hership of the society than were added
in all the previous 40 years of the
church's existence.
Despite all the statements regarding
the rotrograding of the country church,
this woman minister can show an en-
tireIy different record. From the large
numbers of young people that attend
Miss DiXon's services an outsider would
get the idea that she made a speciality OF
young people. on the other hand, the
oldest resident in the town. if able To get
out of doors at all. is regular at
tendant at Miss Dixon's services. And
as croWning tribute 10 her genius
nearly half of her weekly congregation
is composed Of man. dozens Of whom
never made churchyoing d specially until
Miss Dixon took charge of the Tewks.
bury church.
New-York tribune., 1911-03-13
RACE SUICIDE UNCHRISTIAN
Prof. Patten, of University OF
Pennsylvania, Sounds Warning.
(By Telegraph 20 The Tribune J

Philadelphia. March 12.-That Chris
tianity lengthens the lives Of men and
that civilization must be extended If race
suicide is not 10 ruin the Church are two
Of the statements contained in a new
book which is about 20 be published by
Professor simon y. Patten. Of the Whar-
ton school Of the University Of Penn
sylvana.
- STEADY increase in the length OF
ufc.' he saws. "ras follow ed the spread
Of Christianity. All Of the earlier mis-
sionarv efforts will be i'm vain unless
methods are devised to arouse nations
with the same success with which our
ancestors were awakened IN earlier
epochs bv the prevailing forms OF re-
ligious propa CATION.
If laborers remain outside the Church.
II immigrants are not assinilated into
our national life or II We fail To DO for
Africa. India and China what the early
Christian missions did for our German
ancestry. a slow but certain death awaits
the church. no matter That may be its
success at present
New-York tribune., 1911-03-13
JURORS FEAR CAM0RRA
Terrified TaIesmen Flee JuriS-
diCtion of Court.
THREATS OF JUDGE VAIN
Never Before Has There Been
Such Evasion of Duty-Trial
May Be Long Delayed.

Vjterbo. Italy. March l2.-The trial OF
Enrco Alfano and the other members
OF the Neapoli'an Camorra for murder.
formal proceedings i'm which began yes
torday. is confronted with serious obsta-
cles. and If present conditions continue
may be considerably delayed.
a provisorv jury was selected in part
yesterday morning by the president ot
tho court in order officially to begin the
case. but difficulties were at once en-
countcTed with the talesmen. many of
whom either offered pretexts for not
serving In the case or betook themselves
10 another district. where the authon-
ties have not as yet been able ~ lay
hands on them. President Bianchi en-
deavored by threats Of severe punish
mont 10 induce others to fulfil their civic
obligations but in vain.
The authorities made strenuous eforts
tc day. and will continue i'm this line to-
morrow, TO secure men qualihed ana Will
Ing 10 sit in the jury box, but fear or
the Camorra and threats that have been
circulated during the last month oHer
almost unsurmountab barriers to the
selection OF the twelve regular turymen
and the twelve substitutes to sit in judg-
ment on the Camorrists.
Never before has there been such an
evasion of jury duty. While many OF
those who could legally be summoned
have left town, it Is said that others are
even making ready to so abroad 10 DC
out of reach OF the authorities VINO are
prosecuting the case.
The president of the court yesterday
was Obliged to halt the trial. which was
POSTPONED until Tuesday but it may be
necessary TO still further suspend the
proceedings.
New-York tribune., 1911-03-13
FAVORED NATION PACTS
Canada Will Ask England to Abrogate
Those Affecting Dominion.

Ottawa. March -. AbroGdtion of favored
nation agreem, nts affecting Canada VIII be
sought from the British government by Sir
WIfrid Taurier at the imperial conference
TO- London next MAY. Before the British
colonies became commercial factors in the
world the British government bound itself
and an it's dependencies 10 trade agree
ments i'm which the favored-nation prin-
ciple was involved
These agreements still bind Canada to
give favored cd-uation treatment TO Argcn-
lima. Austria Hungary, Bolivia. Colombia.
Denmark. Russia. Spain Sweden. Ven
ezuela aud Switzerland. and Ali of these
countries VIII come In for the taiin reduc-
ton which Canada is making under the
reciprocity agreement with the United
States The trade with these countries Is
small and Is not likely 10 grow IN ,onsid
cradle proportions. However. the asree
ments are regarded as restrictions urcn
Canadas hsoal liberty. and their ahrosa-
ton. So FAR as Canada is concerned. Will be
pressed
New-York tribune., 1911-03-13
ROOSEVELT SAYS "ABSUR0'
Was Referring to Report About
Conference with Mexican Rebels.

San Antorio. Tex. March 12-Colonel
Roosevelt will not ak with any repre-.
sentative Of the Mexican insurgents during
bis trip through Texas He made this
statement 10 the press to-day because Of
runlors that a conference Of some sort had
been arranged by friends of the insurgents.
The ex-President said that the report was
absurd"
Mr. Roosevelt arrived here tonight short
y after o'clock. Tho longest address OF
Colonel Roosevelt's trip was made AT Ious-
ION, where the train stopped for three
hours i'm the middle of the day. He spoke
10 an audience Of ten thousand persons an1
talked for more than an hour on citizen
snip.
An enthusiastic welcome greeted the
Colonsl as he passed through the streets in
q parade of automobiles tonight. -Four
generals Of the United States army accom-
panied the party. Colonel Roosevelt prob
abiv viii visit the camp ~ troops now
modified here some time tomorrow.
New-York tribune., 1911-03-13
FIRST FLIGHTS IN JAPAN
Feats of American Aviators Wit
messed by 100000 at Osaka.

osaka. Japan. March l2.-"Bud' Mars
end Captain 7. :. Baldwin. American avia-
tors. made three successful flights here to-
day in thu presence OF four hundred thou
send spectators. Prince kunyoshi >uni
grandson Of the Emperor. was present aud
comulimentcd the Americans on tho success
cf their fedts. This Was tn" first demon
stration Of aviation in Japan. The news
paper "Asahi' offered the "a, iators purs"
ri $4,000 for series of flights here, cover
ing three days. When this g. finished Mars
and baldwin will go To Toxic
New-York tribune., 1911-03-13
ANTI-AMER|CAN FEELING
Greater Danger than Hostility to
DiaZ. It Is Said.

London March 12-Colonel Sir Thomas
Hungerford ~Ioldich. who has seen much
service IN many noted expeditions and who
- now on his way TO London from Mexico.
writes letter to The Times touching on
the conditions in Mexico which. i'm his opin-
ion. were not serious ~ fhe time ihe letter
was written, Februart Ae closes Dy
saving:
There H.. hOwever. no iOubi al all about
tie bitterness of the snti-American feeling
IN Mexico generally. u j. that rather than
hostility to the Diaz administration which
threatens disaster in the future"
New-York tribune., 1911-03-13
SEVERE QUAKE AT NAPLES
Great Landslide Drops from the
Crater of Mount Vesuvius.

Naples March IA severe earthquake
accompanied iv strong d-'onations from
Mount Nesuvius occurred this evening
investigations showed that great land
slide had dropped from rh- upper part
Of the crater. n is es, mated that II
measured i.ooo hy $50 feet. md when I, ffll
II caused enormous clouds i smoke
The Funiculsr RAILWAY was tedly dam
aged \ party of tourists was about TO
ascend by the railway Nhen the shock oc.
cured.
New-York tribune., 1911-03-13

Informed by the officials of IN.
tion that the child vas dead ca.
a precsrious condition to-nIsh.
A riot was averted by the a..
the police following the acc,d,..
little girl was playing IN n. :.
when the machine. owned by NJ. %
Leach. Of Norwood. Ohio. ran 60
The car VAS occupied by Mrs =.
and her maid. A nu,,
men attacked tho car after N.
body had been pulled from md. 'fz
New-York tribune., 1911-03-13
ASKS GOVERNOR S RESIGNATION
Rich Planter in Yucatan Publishes

Mexico City.' March l2-Jost Peon Del
Vale, reputod to be- the wealthiest planter
IN Yucatan. has published an open letter
addressed 10 Governor Munos Aristosui of
Yucatan calling on him to resign Sehor
Peon says a radical change in the local ad-
ministration is imperative for the suppress
sion of the revolt now going on thc.c.
New-York tribune., 1911-03-13
MRS. DRUMMOND ON GEM HUNT
Returning to New York to Aid Search
for Her Stolen Jewelry.

Chicago. March ~ Admitting that they
would confer with detectives who nave
been working on the missing {H,"H worth
Of Jewels Mr and Mrs. MaldWin Drum
mond lett here to-day Tor New YORK. The
farmer Mrs Marshall Field. ir. aud her
husband we're not especially CCmmunica-
tlve as In any news they might have re-
ccNed concerning the gems stolen from
their suite iu the steamship Anittika dur-
las their passase rom Europe re'ehtlN.,
Vbether the dete lives have secured d
cltv' II sufficient Importance 10 warrant
, alline the Drummonds east IN the jewel
hunt is q matter ~ ~pt -ulttion, i'I no one
is known to have hcen enlightened OUTSIDE
~ lrumn'ond f1a-ir.
New-York tribune., 1911-03-13
INSANE AFTER AUTO KILLING
Mother Loses Reason After Pick
inc Up Mangled Body of Baby.

Cincinnati. March II After seeing her
Ave -year-olG daughter Esther hit by An
automobile, picking up the mangled body
and running four squares to the City
Hospital, Mrs Mary Hoffman. ~ this
city, went violently insane to-day when
New-York tribune., 1911-03-13

the battlefield which they reached wnie
the action was still on.
Wounded soldiers and officers were ~
ing on the ground. and the Mexican army
had no stretchers one soldier lav dead'
and with the permission Of the Mexican
officers the body was taken to Aqua
Prieta in An automobile.
other Americans in automobiles hao
some difficulty in securing permission
from the Mexican officers 10 assist other
wounded from the field. but the permis-
sion finally was granted.
Two American physicians were in walt
ing at Aqua Prieta to care for the m
,.-,s assisted hy Mexican surgeons.
Following this first effort TO care for the
wounded on the part Of the Americans
other automobiles were appearing, ana
the Aeld soon Mas clear Of dead ana
wounded.
IN all eleven dead federals have now
been brought in and the bodies lie IN the
bull ring tonight The wounded were
placed i'm the barracks at the headquar-
ters Of the commissiario.
Refuse to Give Up Guns.
When the Americans attempted 10 re-
leve the wounded Of their guns ana
heavy cartridge belts. in order To lessen
the burden. the soldiers refused to give
them up. holding their guns to their
breasts as they lay on the ouShioheu
seats Of the automobiles.
Photographers had trouble to-day y
Young man named Roosch. after the pat
tie. was pointing his kodak at squad
when one Of the soldiers struck him over
the head with his bayonet. inficting
deep cash a professional photographer
was relieved of his outfit and compelled
70 march 10 Aqua Prieta under guard
Later he recovered his property.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-05-23
from their trance, they thus accost the

from their trance, they thus accost the
captain
Sir, upon your parole of honor to
keep the secret we give you your lib
erty. Tis well playing upon glasses
Is not more common; if it were be-
lieve our trade would find little en-
ployment.'
Another musical instrument that
Pockrich developed as no man had
ever dreamed of before was the drum.
He had dreamed of harmony even in
the drum. He planned an orchestra of
drums only. There were to be twenty
OF them, varying in size and tone from
the smallest trebles to the basses, to
be played by one person standing with
the drums arranged about him in a
circle. Pockrich never succeeded in
producing true melody from concert
of drums
The musical glasses were the direct
cause Of Pockrich's death. 1t was
while he was upon one Of his musical
tours In England in the year 1859 that
the hotel In London in which he was
oiCCpluS taught uIS dDu he WAS DuTQ-
ed to death.-Joseph Lewis French In
New York Post
Bridge OF Ants.
A species Of ants which spin silk is
common in hot countries. The ants
nest in trees, binding the leaves to-
gether to make their nests. The silk
used for this purpose is not secreted
by the adult ants. but by the larvae
In order TO attach the slken threads
and draw the leaves together the ants
must carry the larvae about from Leaf
to leaf. When two distant leaves are
to be drawn together a remarkable
method Is employed. Five or six ants
form chain bridging the gap between
the leaves, each gripping the waist OF
another In its mandibles. "A number of
such chains will cooperate In bringing
two leaves together.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-05-23
MUSICAL GLASSES
Mozart Composed For Them and
Chuck Played Upon Them.
INVENTED BY AN FRESHMAN.

Richard Pockrich, the Versatile Genius
Who Originated Them, Once Used
Their Melody to Charm Away the
Bailiffs Who Had Arrested Him.
Richard Pockrich, an lrishman who
lived in the eighteenth century, was
a true genius. II dreamer and an in
ventor. He proposed metal ships, pre-
dicted flying machines, advocated bog
drainage aud vine planting il the En-
erald Isle. invented an Instr. ment for
transfrsing blood and wis for some
years a brewer in Dublin.
I 1t was III the domain of art that he
achieved his one real triumph, the one
by which be is known III contemporary
musical history. by which he became
known to general European civilization
during his lifetime and by which his
name will long survive He invented
the musical glasses. These can be
heard today in vaudeville houses all
over the world and will probably sur
vive as long as the musical art itself.
Most Of our readers have heard them
They are simply set Of tumbler or
goblet like glasses selected for tonal
quality to carry out musical scale.
Pockrich seems to have been the first
man to be struck by the musical tone
In glass. and 80 he thought the thing
out and produced scale on which he
could play any melody.
He exhibited his discovery in Dublin
and finally tooA 1t TO England about
the year 1850, where tt4became The SEN
sation Of the hour Nothing was talk
ed At but the marvellous. simple, new
musical instrument 1t seemed to the
ears Of the jaded Londoners that the
heavenly art in all Its elemental beauty
had returned to earth Far from sneer-
Ing at 90 very simple On IDEA Tor max