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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-26
DARING ROBBERY Of
Los ANGELES
STREET CAR
FIFTY PASSENGERS
TERR0RIZED BY THUGS
One Bandit Wounded By Con-
ductor, Is Captured; Com
panion Flees, Closely Pur-
sued By Posse.
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(By Morning Journal Special Leased wirel
Los Angeles. Cal, Jan. 25.-Yell-
ing like Indian warriors and firing
promiscuously from pistols in both
hands. two masked bandits boarded
an inbound beach suburban car on
the outskirts OF Santa Monica, short
ly after o'clock tonight and after
robbing twenty-five passengers and
seriously wounding one of them, were
routed and forced to flee by single
shot. This shot wounded one of the
robbers. and he and his companion
escaped In the brush, but the wound
ed robber was afterward captured.
The other man is being hunted by a
sheriff's posse and his capture Is ex-
pected before morning.
Harry l.. Mitchell, of Santa Moni-
ca. who was wounded in the fusiliade
was shot in the neck. His injuries
were pronounced serious by the surg
cons of the receiving hospital here.
The bandit who was shot received the
bullet in the cheek. Herbert Harlan.
the man who shot him. was struck by
a bullet, which pierced his coat and
fell harmlessly into his vest pocket.
The car, on which more than fifty
people were coming to the city from
the beach. has just left Santa Monica
city hall and was approaching Tokia
Station when the bandits wearing
gaudy bandana handkerchiefs over
the lower portions Of their faces,
swung aboard. one at each end of the
car With yell they began shooting
through the roof and sides of the car.
The passengers were terrorized and
submitted without a murmur when
one of the bandits ordered the motor
man to take off his cap and pass
through the car collecting money and
valuables in It, Harlan said afterward
he had no thought of resisting until
he saw Mitchell. fall ont of his seat
wounded and felt the blow of the
same bullet which pierced Mitchell's
neck. and. crashing through the car
partition, struck h,m Just over the
heart
Harlan drew his revolver under
cover of his coat and fired through
the doorway
Instantly the smaller of the two
bandits reeled and let his weapon fall.
Blood spurted from holes in both
cheeks, showing that Harlan's bullet
had gone through his face.
He grasped an arm of his compan-
ion and both raced through the car
to the front and leaped off.
1t was not known how much the
robbers obtained from their twenty
two victims
The hold-up tonight was the fourth
street car robbery here in less than
month.
The wounded bandit was captured
at $3.50 O'Clock when he boarded a
car to come into the city for medical
treatment. The wound in his cheek
betrayed him.
When brought to the county jail
here he gave the name OF Roy Fox
and said he was nineteen years old.
He refused to give any information
the identity OF his COM
panion In the hold-up.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-26
Twenty Representative Citizens
of Albuquerque to Spend To-
day as Guests of Deming
Chamber of Commerce.
WILL THOROUGHLY INSPECT
IRRIGATION BY PUMPING
Commercial Club Delegation
VIII Learn All There Is to
Know About System Which
May Be Used Here,

Anticipating pleasant and profit
able trip through the Mimbres valley,
where today they will inspect the
PUMPING situation, twenty live wire
representatives of Albuquerque and
the Albuquerque Commercial club left
shortly after midnight last night, for
Deming. The party will make the
trip to and from Deming in private
pullman car, arriving there at $3.50
this morning. The entire day today
will be spent in the Mimbres valley,
looking over the big pumping plants
In that section of the country. The
valley is famed the world over for its
unique underground water supply. The
Mimbres river disappears into the
earth some distance from Deming.
and forms an immense underground
lake, or reservoir. By tapping this un-
derground lake by means Of wells and
pumping the water TO the surface, i'm
mense areas have been reclaimed.
The Albuquerque boosters will be
met at Deming this morning by a
committee representing the Deming
chamber OF commerce. Conveyances
will be provided for the visitors and
an extended tour of the valley will be
made. AS the train arrives in DEM
ing at 9:30 in the morning. and does
not leave until after 6 in the evening
the Albuquerque men will have ample
opportunity to investigate what has
been done by the system of pumping
Tor years Derning and the Mimbres
valley were beset with difficulties on
account OF the lack of an intelligent
understanding OF the methods by
which the land in the valley could be
successfully cultivated. The same
conditions obtained in the Mimbres
country for years which at present ex-
list In the Rio Grande and Willard val
leys. The difficulties which were suc-
cessfully solved in the Mimbres re-
main to lesser or greater extent, to
be successfully solved In the valleys
adjacent to Albuquerque.
The purpose of the trip by the AL
huquerque men to Deming, is to in
vestigate the pumping system now in
use there; to study the cost of install
lation, operation and maintenance
and other details which it will be nec-
essary to know If similar propositions
are attempted in this and other valleys
now being farmed with only partial
success.
1t Is believed that as result of the
Deming trip much enthusiasm will be
developed and much information will
be gathered which will be useful and
necessary to not only the individual
members of the party, but to Albu-
querque and the entire surrounding
country.
Among those who left for Deming
last night were: G. L. Brooks, Mel
vile R. Summers, e. Dana Johnson.
v. 5. Cheyney, A. d. Johnson. A.
fleischer. George Arnot, w. H. Hahn.
). Nj. Winters. +. b. Schwentker, #.
A. Hubbell, James Hubbell. A. ID.
Graham. M. w. Flournoy, C. A. Bird
sal, E. W. Fee and Charles Ilfeld.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-26
NEGRO SHOT DOWN
BY NE|GHB0RS
Fatally Wounded in Attempt to
Kidnap Own Child From Wife
From Whom He Had Sep
arated,
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(By Morning journal Special Leased wirel
Marion, ILL.,. Jan. 25.--Walter Har-
rs, negro miner, was shot six times
and probably fatally wounded at
Dewmaine, south of here, tonight. by
a crowd of enraged negroes while
he was attempting to kidnap his own
child.
Harris had gone to the home of
HE wife, from whom he is separated
and insisted upon taking the child, a
10-year-old girl. away with him. The
woman objected and quarrel fol-
lowed. during which Harris got hold
of the girl, and started out of the
cabin door with her before him.
A crowd of the woman's friends
had collected In the street and Har-
ris. in order to force a passage fired
several shots above the heads OF the
people.
The girl broke away from him and
ran down the street and when Harris
followed her, the other negroes turn
ed on him with their pistols. The
shots took effect in his arms, legs and
head. the latter being the more Sc
rious.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-26
COLONEEs TOUR TO COVER
I ENTIRE WEST AND SOUTHEAST

New York, Jan. 2b.--Theodore
Roosevelt's tour will begin here March
| s, and will sweep around the bound
aries of the country. through the
South Atlantic and gulf states, the
southwest up to the Pacific coast, to
Idaho and Montana and thence direct
home. Roosevelt has accepted fifteen
engagements to speak and probably
will make more.
The itinerary given out tonight fol-
lows:
March 8. leave New York, at 1925
n. m.
March ., arrive at Atlanta Co..
1890 a. m. Speaks before the South
ern Commercial congress; leave March
0 at 1880 pm.
March 10, arrive at Birmingham,
Ala, $3.50 a. m, speaks before the
Child Labor convention. Leave 1915
p. m.
March II. arrive Jackson, Miss.
$40 a. m, speaks Mt the invitation OF
Governor Noel. Leave | p. m. arrive
New Orleans 6 y. m, speaks before
the commercial club.
March 10. leave New Orleans 1865
a. m.
March 10, arrive San Antonio, Tex,
7:55 a. m; speaks before the Cattle
Rasers' convention.
March IA, leaves San Antonio Q
q. m.
March 15, arrive Albuquerque. N.
NJ, $3.50 n. M; will foregather with a
delegation OF Rough Riders,
March 1s, leave Albuquerque.
f2:45 p. m.
March II. arrive Grand Canyon,
Ariz.. leave 7;s0 p. m.
March IS. arrive Phoenix, Aris, 0
a. m, motors 75 miles across coun-
try to the opening OF the Roosevelt
dam. which win bring several million
acres under cultivation. Sleeps at the
town OF Roosevelt.
March 10. motors to Phoenix. stop
ping on the way at Mesa. where his
son Archie is at school
March 30. leave Phoenix 1880 D. m.
March 22. arrive San Francisco.
o:30 a. M, remain about ten days
and deliver the Earl lectures. six In
before the University of Cali
fornla at Berkeley. He also Will visit
Portland, Seattle and Spokane. At
The conclusion OF his visit he probably
will go to some place in northern
Idaho, not named, then to Sand Point,
IDAHO, and then home.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-26
MARITIME ELECTED
UNITED STATES
SENATOR
JERSEY LEGISLATURE
RATIFIES PRIMARY
Governor Woodrow Wilson De-
cIares Outcome of Fight Is
Triumph for Popular Govern
ment and Blow to Boss Rule,


[By Morning journal Special Leased wirel
Trenton. N. j.. Jan. 25.-Securing
forty-seven Of the seventy-nine votes
cast in the joint session of the New
Jersey general assembly. James E.
MARITIME of Plainfield, who carried the
democratic primary last September,
was today formally elected United
States senator to succeed John Kean,
jr., republican. whose term expires on
March 4. Mr.. MARITIME received all
but four of the democratic votes in
the legislature.
James Smith. jr., who gave up the
fight against MARITIME received three
of these and the fourth man declined
to vote.
Edgar G. Stokes, former governor
of New Jersey, who received the re-
publican endorsement in the Septem-
ber primary was given twenty-one of
the twenty-nine republican votes. The
other votes were scattered.
Senator or-elect MARITIME, who was
backed by Governor Wilson, gave out
a statement after HIS election in which
he said his candidacy "personified an
eternal truth of government which
was vitalized by public opinion"
The victory, he said, was not that
of an individual but of the people,
and added that he did not spend one
dollar in seeking his election.
Governor Wilson had little to add
to his statement Of yesterday on the
success of Mr. MARITIME. He said it
was a matter of congratulation that
the senatorial contest had been so
happily settled and soon. and that he
felt confident the democratic legisla-
tors would now get down to business
and carry out the party pledges with
reference to state affairs.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-26
CALIFORNIA TRAVEL
BREAKS ALL RECORDS

San Francisco, Jan. 25.--Reports to
railway headquarters here indicate an
increase OF passenger traffic from the
east that Is breaking all records for
midwinter travel. With the restora-
uon OF normal conditions in the
mountain passes. which were block
ed by heavy snow for few days, the
united trains from the east are run
n'ns IN extra sections above the regu-
lar schedules.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-26
WEST VIRGINIA ELECTS
TWO DEMOCRATIC SENATORS.

Charleston, W. Va. Jan. 26.--
Having received majority OF the
votes of the legislature. w. z. Chill
ton and Clarence w. Watson were
today declared elected to the United
States senatorships at the cosclusion
OF the first joint ballot.
In the separate scssions yesterday
Chiffon received three more than ne
quired. At that time watson failed
of majority by two votes but to-
day increased his following and re-
ceived seventy votes, twelve moro
than needed. Chiffon today led Wat
son by one vote. having seventy
one
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-26
FIRE ABOARD PACIFIC
COAST STEAMER QUEEN

San Francisco, Jan. 25.--A fire
was discovered In the hold Of the
steamer Queen or the Pacific Coast
Steamship line, bound for Seattle
and Victoria with many passengers,
soon after she passed through the
Golden Gate today, according to wire-
less communication tonight. The
steamer President OF the same line
was sent to the assistance Of the
Queen. Later advices by wireless
ented that the fire was under con-
troll.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-26
ArchbIshop TeIand nm.

Ann Arbor, Mich, Jan. 25.--Arch-
bishop John ireland of st. Paul was
taken III shortly after his arrival here
today to participate In the consecra-
ton OF Father Edward DE- Kelley.
pastor Of the Church of st. Thomas
the Apostle, az auxiliary TO the bishop
of Detroit. The illness Is not serious.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-26
CONNECTICUT FAVORS
FAIR IN SAN FRANCISCO

Hartford, Conn.,, Jan. 25.-The gen.
e'a' assembly Of the state today adopt
- resolution favoring San Fran
c'sco as the place best fitted for thcI
proposed Panama canal exposition.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-08-08
RESCUES MEN
IN M|D0CEAN
Steamship Francisco Picks
Up Crew of Ten.

New York, Aug. 8-The Wilson lin
steamship Francisco, In port from
Hull, brought the crew and three pas
sengers who were shipwrecked on the
three masted schooner Charles Henry,
July 80, In latitude 4S.10, Longitude
24.50. The schooner was sinking when
the Francisco hove IN sight and the
crew had given up all hope Of being
rescued.
The Charles Henry left st. Pierre ct
Miquelon, July 20, bound for HaYre'
with q cargo of fish and three French
fishermen aboard as passengers. The
schooner encountered a heavy westerly
gale and sprung a leak. Both the
crew and the passengers worked at the
pumps night and day for four days,
when one by one they left their task
from exhaustion.
Captain John Pen decided that all
was lost and that the schooner would
sink In thirty minutes. The gale had
abated but little when the Francisco
came along at 4 O'clock in the after
noon, and the distress signals on the
schooner were sighted. The signals
read, 1--WE are sinking and want i'm
mediate assistance"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-08-08
HIRES TOUGH
To BLOW SAFE:
Cashier Brown Confesses
crime Walsh Fatally Burned.

Jersey City, N. j, Aug. Sat the
end of a grlIing examination in the
office Of Police Captain Richards,
Samuel Brown, cashier for the Long
Dock Milling company, whose office
was set on fire Sunday night, lost his
nerve and told bit by bit to the detec-
tives how he had been stealing money
from the firm for months and how,
becoming desperate, he had hired a
man to break into the office and de
stroy the books which oon would tell
of his guilt.
The man who did the Job, Frank
Walsh, who had been known to the
Newark police for years as a tough
character, died in st. Francis hospital,
where he had been taken frightfully
burned after a crude attempt to con
ceal his crime by arson.
The statement made by Brown In
eliminates Patrick j. Timmins, &c
cOuntant in New York and for years {
friend of Brown.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-08-08
EASY SAILING FOR WHlTL0CK
Author Mayor Of Toledo Is Assured OF
a Fourth Term.

Author Mayor Of Toledo Is Assured of
q Fourth Term.
Toledo, O., Aug. 6.-For the first
time IN the history Of local politics the
Democrats of this city will have no
candidate for mayor this year, that
party having failed to file any nominal
ing petitions.
Democratic leaders worked hard try
ing to find some one willing to run.
Their efforts were all in vain, how
ever, all the available candidates con-
tending they could see no chance to
win against Brand Whitlock, who
without question will for the fourth
time head the independent ticket
again this fall.
The Republicans placed two men In
the race for mayor, Senator Carl KEEL
Ter and Alvin @. Jones. Keller repre-
sents the regular organization faction
and Jones the new Progressive league.
W. F. Refs was nominated for mayor
on the Socialist ticket.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-08-08
SPY
UNDER GUARD
Peters is Held at
Fort Totten.

Washington, Aug. s,-The war de
partment, upon receipt of dispatches
from Captain James Watson, recruit
ing officer at Indianapolis, has ordered
Private James Peters under surveil
lance until further orders. Peters is
a member Of the One Hundred snt
Fifty-third coast artillery, stationed a
Fort Totten, New York. He is sus
pected Of being a spy.
Captain Watson said he had come
into possession of important papers
which, backed up by aff1davits, tended
to prove that Peters Is serving a
period Of three years enlistment in the
, United States army IN disguise for the
purpose Of obtaining important mill
tary secrets. This is The Information,
apparently, that was reported as hav-
ing been placed in the hands Of Cap
tain Watson by Miss Clara Dyer, a
young Kentucky woman, who is said
to have been engaged to marry Peters
and also to have aroused suspicion
through her in which she en-
deavored to gain tho assistance of
Captain Watson in purchasing the dis
charge of the soldier.
Miss Dyer is said to have confessed
that Peters had told her be was IN
Austrian count and had come to the
United States for the purpose of learn
ing the secret Of a powerful explosive
used by the army, This, 1t Is thought,
is "dunnite," which has come to be
used largely in the big shells IN both
the army and navy. It Is stated at the
war department that the story con-
corning Peters will be investigated.
1t Is doubted that he has any con
nection with the Austrian govern
ment. although 1t is not impossible
that he may have elected to make
some Investigations on his own &C
count or for some other government,
Even though this be his object, the
army has little to fear concerning
either "dunnite" or the Notifications at
Fort Totten. Everything at the post Is
open, and any one could obtain all the
military strategic information there
without the trouble Of enlisting In the
army.
According to the report from Indian
apolis, Miss Dyer met Peters while on
a boat returning home from Europe
last September. The records OF the
war department, however, show that
Peters has been in the service several
years. He served his first three years
in the cavalry md re-enlisted about
eighteen months ago Ia the coast ar
tillery. Once in that branch of the
service, he could not choose his own
post or station.
The military explosives are manufac-
tured by or under the immediate di-
Of the ordnance bureau, and
few officers Of the coast artillery know
It's secrets. Peters has had a good,
clean record.
The case Of Private Peters is the first
to be laid before the war department
under the new Law providing punish
ment for spies or for PERSONS who at
tempt to gain any military informa-
ton Improperly. The punishment for
such an offense is $1,000 fine or i'm
prisonment for one year, or both.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-08-08
KILLS INFANT GRANDSON.
kearney Man While oiiing Rifle Acct
dentaIiy Discharges II.

Kearney, N. j.. Aug. s. Edward
Davis, retired machine manufacturer.
was oiIing bis rife to have it in readf-
ness to driye~of the many tramps
that visit the homes that skirt the
meadows along the Erie railroad.
Davis was showing the rife to his
daughter, Mrs. Edward Foster, who
sat neal him with her ten-months-old
baby, Edward Foster, Jr., in her arms
fast asleep.
The grandfather snapped the trigger,
pointing the rifle toward the ceiling.
The weapon slipped from his grasp,
fell and was discharged. The sleeping
baby gasped as a bullet entered its
stomach and passed entirely through
its hOdy.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-08-08
Owls In Asia Minor.

Perhaps Asia Minor is richer in crude
and interesting fancies than any other
country. When children hear an owl
hooting from the cypress groves they
cry, Good news for US, good messages
for you" If they catch an owl they
hold it up by the beak and chant.
palm Sunday owl, how does your
mother dancer" The meaning Of the
rite Is LOST. hnt the habit lingers.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-08-08
MISSING WIFE IN THlCKET.
Mrs. German of Bankers Hollow Was
Almost Starved.

Almost starved.
Belvidere, n. J., Aug. s. - After a
search beginning Saturday the authori
ties found Mrs. Joseph German of
Barker's Hollow, n. j., who had been
missing from her home since last Tues
day, wandering in a thicket Of woods.
From stories told by neighbors Judge
Shipman ordered the arrest of her hus.
band to await the outcome of her Ill
ness. 1t is said the couple often quar-
relied and that the oma was i'll
treated.
The Germans had lived in a barn
since their home vas destroyed by
fire some weeks ago. Sheriff Weidel
took their f~our-year-old child in his
care.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-08-08
MOURNER KILLED AT ALTAR.

I-sA-ry activ at kohIvfler, taFrs
poetal circles IN Teas struck dead anc
fcTr other women rendered unCou
scious when lightning pierced the
house Of worship.
The Rev, Frank was just beginning
his sermon when a vivid fash of fame
and deafening crash seemed to para
iyze for a second the entire congrega
ton. His words of compassion for tn
Borrowing family were never uttered
Mrs. Conrad and a dozen other womei
lay on the floor, the shrieks Of terro
precipitating a panic which only COG
headed men prevented.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-02-06
LIFE IN SANTIAGO.
Curious Customs That Prevail In the
Capital of Chile.

Curious Customs That Prevail In the
Capital of Chile.
They have women conductors on the
electric cars of Santiago. the capital
of Chile. This was made necessary
by war, which took so many men to
the front and imposed upon women
the work usually done by men. The
custom has been kept up. the women
having proved equally as efficient as
the men had been.
One Of the most peculiar customs
seen here is the evening promenade in
the plaza or park, which Is attended
by young ladies and young men and
quite small boys and girls. They do
not mix, but keep quite separate paths.
Yet even the little girls at seven or
eight years are finished coquettes.
Their eyes languidly observe every
man and boy in the plaza, and they
take care that each shall receive a due
share of their smiles.
Another curious custom which pre-
walls in Santiago and which is Joined
by those fortunate enough to have
fine horses and carriages is the prom
enade at the Parque CAUSING, a beau
tiful park near the center of the city.
A company Of mounted police stands
In single file In the center of the drive,
and the carriages, with uniformed
coachmen and footmen and beautiful
ly gowned women and fashiOnably
drassad mon occunvinu tho carrfa pas
ride around and around these mounted
police.
Sometimes there are two or as many
as six rows of carriages, some going
in the opposite direction and alternat-
ing, the ladies smiling and the gentle
men tipping their hats in polite man.
ner. This promenading lasts from
o'clock in the afternoon until o'clock
in the evening.-Logical Point.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-02-06
TESTING THE coins
Of ALL The MINIS

Philadelphia. Pa, Feb. 6.-The an
nual coin test, which has been carried
on by the Federal Government in this
city since the founding of the Mint,
will take place here next Wednesday.
The Assay Commission, who do but
a weeks work, but who are appointed
by the year, will carry on the test,
which consists of assaying, weigh
ing and counting coins of all
denominations. These are shipped here
from every Mint in the United States
The test coins are picked indiscrim-
inately from each shipment, one being
selected from each 1000 gold coins and
one from every 1000 silver ones.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-02-06

A significant fact is that the January
new security issues reached the enor-
nous sum of 1925 100000, an increase
of $69,000,000 from the same month
last year. OF this amount s155, 900
were issued by railroads, and of these
issues $9S,00O,0O0 represented bonds,
$36,OO0,00O notes and only $20,0OO,0O0
stocks. These facts prove what was
intimated in these advices weeks ago,
that the issues during the early part
of 1911 would be unusually heavy.
The majority of these issues have been
taken with a readiness that is surpris-
ing and proving that investment con-
ditions were after all better than sup
posed.