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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-14
Bullets Across the Border
Kill and Wound Americans

Aqua PRIETA, Mexico, April IA
Reyolutionists under Red Lopez today
hold this town. which they captured yes
terday after q three-hour battle with
Mexican federal troops. Reinforcements
are expected by the insurrectos, who will
endeavor to hold their advantage at any
cost The town, as port of entry. is an
important point. and the insurrectos hope,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-14
NINE PAYMASTER ROBBED.
Train Stopped by Piling Rocks OF
the Track

CHIHUAHUA, Mexico. April 14.-Thrse
masked men Wednesday held up q spe-
cial train on the mine railroad between
here and Santa Eulalia and forced the
paymaster of the San 10y Mining Com
pany to deliver a valise containing 5000
He succeeded In concealing $500.
The hold-up was accomplished by
placing a pile Of rocks on the track.
The engineer. seeing the obstruction,
stopped the train.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-14
Await Madero's Terms.

Oscar Braniff and Esquival Obrogen of
Mexico City in the meantime are await
ing eagerly the terms which Madero will
set forth. DR.. Gomez has Informed them
that while he will communicate to them
whatever information he receives from
his chief he is. however. unable to treat
with them unless they be named official
representatives of the Mexican govern
ment.
Seniors Branin and Obregen decided last
week to devote themselves to the cause
of peace 1t is said that they conferred
with government ofhcials in Mexico City,
and while the Mexican government was
willing that they might acknowledge
having had such an interview. it was
pointed out that the ENJOYS went private
ly and unoficially.
Senior Branif was exceedingly reticent
I'VE expect to be here several days. he
said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-14
UNDER GRAVE CHARGES,
LAWYER SURRENDERS
Daniel o'Reilly Indicted for Com
plicity in Robbery Of Aaron
Bancroft, Broker.

NEW YORK. April 14.-Daniel O'Reilly,
former counsel for Harry K. Thaw. who
was indicted yesterday on the charge of
receiving property known to be stolen,
surrendered himself at the district at
torney's Office today.
The charges against O'Reilly followed
the return Of $65, 600 in securities stolen
from Aaron Bancroft, an aged stock
broker, who was rob bed Of So, 900 worth
Of securities early last month while he
was taking them to a safe deposit vault.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-14
did not feel justified in going to the enor>
nous outlay under these conditions.
Offers American League Grounds.

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., April a.
Frank Farrell, president of the New York
American League base ball club, has Of
fered the New York National League club
the use of his grounds. Mr.. Farrell was
staying here and left for Philadelphia this
morning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-14
Innocence Declared.

O'Reilly was indicted on statements
made by Frank Plass. who was arrested
recently On the accusation that he was
concerned in certain developments of the
robbery. Abraham Levy, attorney for
O'Reilly. said that his client got up from
a sick bed to come to court
1--WE can say that he Is innocent and
that we stand ready to prove It," said
the attorney.
O'Reilly was released in $500 bail.
Pleading to the indictment was fixed for
next Wednesday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-14
Peace News Expected.

With the appearance here Of an In
formal peace commission of business men
from Mexico City and the establishment
of telegraphic communication between
DR.. Vasquez Gomez head Of the revolu-
ZIONIST agency here. and Francisco L
Madero. the rebel leader in Chihuahua
news of definite developments toward
peace in Mexico is expected at any time
DE- Gomez was advised today that his
message to Madero requesting instruc-
tions in the formulation Of peace pro-
posals had reached the rebel leader and
he expected to have a reply some time
today. :.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-14

Three thousand revolutionists are with
in four hours march Of Juares. They
outnumber the federal defenders Of that
town four to one. according to q tele'
gram received by the State Department
today from American Consul Edwards, at
Juarez.
The rebels are in control Of the railroad
rolling stock and telegraph lines. The
authorities Of Juarez are preparing for
an attack. Many Mexicans are sending
their families to the American side.
With the custom house Of Aqua Prieta
in the hands of the revolutionists and
Juarez seriously threatened, a new situa-
ton is presented to the State Department,
involving the delicate question relating to
recognition.
Secretary of State Knox was at the
White House at $50 o'clock this morn
ing consulting with the President about
the situation arising out of the battle of
Aqua Prieta The conference was a pro-
tracted one.
Watching the Situation.
No word in regard to the battle of
Aqua Prieta has yet reached the State
Department. Officials, however, were
deeply interested in the press reports
showing the rebels in control Of the GUS
tom house. In advance Of official con-
frmation they decline to comment upon
the course the United States will take in
dealing with the situation.
A dispatch from Ell Paso, Tex, says:
Supt. Rutledge of the Mexico Northwest
ern railway states that he had received
advices from Casas Grandes reporting a
large force Of insurrectos at Guzman,
sixty miles south of Juarez, where the
wires had been cut.
He said his advices reported the insur-
rectos in possession Of five locomotives,
several passenger coaches and, many
freight and cattle cars and it is believed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-14
WEATHER.

Showers tonight; Saturday fair
and cooler; moderate southwest
to west winds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-14

The circulation of The Star.
both daily and Sunday, is greater
by many thousands than that OF
any other Washington newspaper.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-07

most part the stones lie JCSS Wnere they Iell
In its entirety this section cS the city must
have presented an imposing appearance, being
literally forest of columns surrounding and
connecting the various courts. AS to the use
Of these great colonnades, TRADITION and his
tory are equally silent Some th1ik that they
were the law courts of the ancient city, where
Justice was administered and punishment
meted out. Others say that they wero the
market places, where the produce of the sur
rounding country was bought and sold. This
latter explanation has one strong reoonnenda-
ton in its favor in that the descendants of
the builders of the ancient city Of Tucatnn,
the present Maya Indians, still hold their mar
kets under the portals surrounding the plasas
in the towns and villages throughout the ooun-
try today
South of the Cenote Grande there are num.
Der Of well-preserved structures most of them
presenting beautifully sculptured facades To
these fanciful names have been given, which
probably have little or nothing to do with
the original uses of the buildings. One large
structure, for example, has been called "The
Akabtzib." The name is Maya and means
"The House of the Dark Writing" This build
ing was so called, because of the fact that
over one of its interior doorways there is q
Intel inscribed with hieroglyphs. This Intel
is SO placed that the hieroglyphics can only
be seen by artificial light, hence the name,
"The House Of the Dark Writing" Nearby il
round tower, with but one exception the
only structure of it's kind in the Maya area.
This is called "The Caraco." Caracol is the
Spanish word for SNAIL and since the interior
circular corridor and spiral stairway of this
structure bear some remote resemblance to the
convolutions of a snail shell, the name was
applied to the building. The Manjos Spanish
for monastery is perhaps the most beautiful
building at Chichen liza. 1t is composite
showing three different periods of construction
The above are only few of the many struc
lures at Chichen TIA. But in all directions fol
several miles the brush is strewn with ruins
Crumbling walls and jungle-ridden courts are
to be encountered on every side; disintegratiou
SO far advanced that these once splendid pal
aces and temples are now but little more than
shapeless mounds of fallen masonry. The total
area covered by ruins which may be assigned
to this center of primitive population has been
estimated by some as high as ten square miles.
That larger Maya cities yet remain to be dis.
covered pow seem highly improbable so thor.
oughly has the general exploration of the area
been DONE Consequently we may affirm with
but little hesitation that "The Holy City Of the
Itzas" was the largest and most important Of
the Maya civilization and probably of abor.
fginal America as well.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-07
BABY'S HAIR ALL CAME OUT

when my first baby was six
months old he broke out on his head
with little bumps. They would dry
up and leave scale. Then it would
break out again and it spread all over
his head. All the hair came out and
his head was scaly all over. Then his
face broke out all over in red bumps
and 1t kept spreading until it was ON
his hands and arms. bought several
boxes Of ointment, gave him blood
medicine, and had two doctors to treat
him, but he got worse all the time. He
had It about six months when friend
told me about Cuticura. I sent and
got bottle Of Cuticura Resolvent,
cake Of Cuticura Soap and a box Of
Cuticura Ointment. In three days
after using them he began to improve.
He began to take long maps and to
stop scratching his head. After taking
two bottles Of Resolvent, two boxes Of
Ointment and three cakes of Soap he
was sound and we'll, and never had
any breaking out Of any kind. His
hair came out in little curls all over
his head. I don't think anything else
would have cured him except Cuticura
Il have bought Cuticura Ointment
and Soap several times since to use
for cuts and sores and have never
known them to fall to cure what I put
them on. I think Cuticura is a great
remedy and would advise any one to
use It. Cuticura Soap is the best that
I have ever used for toilet purposes"
(Signed) Mrs. B. 3. Harmon, R. B. d.
2, Atoka, Tenn, Sept. 10, 1910.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-07
TOOK A CHANCE
AND BECAME HERO
LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEER RUSHES
A BURNING TRESTLE AND
SAVES 100 LIVES.
PASSENGERS IN GREAT PERIL
With Quick Decision and a Jerk Of
the Throttle Engine Driver Snatch.
es His Train From the Jaws of Ger
tain Disaster.

Los Angeles, al.-Philosophers
might find nice problem of ethics in
this emergency: A man is confront
ed with a situation in which he can
with certainty save his own life and
the lives of a hundred others by
abandoning another hundred persons
to deadly peril; or, by risking his own
life and the lives of those whom he
might have left in security, take q
desperate chance of saving all or
none.
Such crises recently leaped up on
a sudden before George A. Smith of
Los Angeles, who has been for nearly
80 years a locomotive engineer for
the Southern Pacific railroad. In an
instant he decided to stake every
thing upon one throw-to rescue all
or none.
Mountain mogul engine No. 307,
with Smith at the throttle straining
against the leash of its brakes, was
grinding and slipping down the steep
side of the Coast range in Soledad
canyon, one of the worst stretches on
the Fresno-Los Angeles division of
the railroad. Behind it was the mo-
mentum of it's own weight and of
seven coaches well filled with passen-
gers.
Suddenly Smith, with distended nos
trils, drew back into the cab. II
think smell smoke" he shouted. A
moment later, as the fanges of the
wheels screeched around a curve, the
fireman yelled warning. In another
moment the engine shot out upon the
big trestle over Santa Clara creek
The bridge was in flames.
The airbrakes brought the mogul
to halt, its wheels showering sparks,
third of the way across the blazing
structure. Half of the coaches re-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-07

NAMED out of danger on terra frma,
and Smith and his fireman, by run
ming back over the roofs of the cars,
could reach safety in few minutes.
To remain on the bridge meant death.
Because of the steep grade, he could
not back the train out Of peril. The
only chance to save the lives of all
was to dash across the 200-foot tres
tie, trusting to luck that the structure
would not crumble down before the
last Of the seven coaches had crossed
it.
Smith released the brakes and
threw the throttle wide open. The en-
CINE sprang forward and thrust its
nose into the aisle of flames. At
every turn Of the wheels the trestle
swayed, groaned and cracked. Cut
ting passage through the fire and
smoke, the train raced across. The
passengers, finding themselves sud
denly within an envelope of fire,
placed there by one mans belief in
his luck, screamet. covered and
tainted.
In the tender behind the engine
were 5000 gallons of oil, fuel for the
locomotive. Smith knew that loose
valve, a tiny leak or an open feed
pipe into which jet of fire might be
sucked would mean an explosion that
would wreck the trestle and send the
entire train in fragments to the bot
ton. However, as grim as Jim Bled.
soc, he urged his iron horse forward.
Now the front trucks of the engine
clattered of the bridge, and now the
engine itself was free. With head out
of the window, the engineer looked
back anxiously as coach after coach,
all on fire. drew OF the trestle. When
the last had won free, he brought the
train to a standstill.
Out sprang the passengers, white.
faced and trembling. They turned to
the bridge, which they pelted in vain
with the extinguishers. Ten minutes
after the last car left the trestle 1t
Numbered down.
II just took chance" said Smith,
as the passengers surged admiringly
about him. 81 staked my chances on
luck and we went through"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-07

not relieved to tickle his nose and
sneeze. whereupon the hiccough would
be sure to go.
The spelling ''hiccough" is recent,
being a combination of the syllables
"hic' and the latter term of cough. !"
which is without either physiological
or chronological basis; the pronuncia-
ton, with perhaps the rarest excep-
lions. Is still that of the older form
"hiccup," earlier given variously-as
"hickup," "hickupsnickup," "hickhop,"
HITCHCOCK" hitchcock" and "hickett."
with quasi diminishing suf1ixes ock.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-07
NEEDLE APPEARS AT ANKLE
An Indiana Woman Says II is One
She Swallowed Eighteen
Years Ago.

Logansport, Ind-While Mrs. Peter
Whalen was pulling off her stocking
her hand was pricked and she found
the point Of needle protruding from
her ankle.
Mrs. Whalen says that Is years age
she became excited while holding q
needle in her mouth and that wher
the excitement was over she could
not find the needle. During recent
years she has had pains in her left
leg which she thought were from
rheumatism. She now believes these
pains were from the needle while Il
worked its way down to her anklA
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-07
THE SIGH FOR LEISURE.

Lives there the man who has not sighed for
leisure? And lives there the man who tn his
more sober moments, has not been honestly
glad that he must work? Human nature, which
sweetens under toll, sours in leisure. And it is
by no means sure that the fall from innocence
which first brought work into the world land
all our VICE. was not bringing salvation dis.
guised as labor. Faithfulness will dignity and
beautify even drudgery; no matter what the
work is provided it is honest, if it is done well
it commands our instructive respect. Besides,
If we did not all have to work so hard to keep
alive the jails would have standing room only.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-07

ct; but the chick" a syllable aptly ex-
pressive of the spasmodic sound pro-
duced by the conditions giving rise
to the particular disturbance, Is found
in all references to the origin of the
term to which the writer has been
able to obtain. The term singultus is
rarely used.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-07
Way to Stop Hiccoughs

pole, so that his feet do not touch the
floor. With all the abdominal muscles
tense, have him hold his breath as
long as possible.
Sneezing is very efficient in certain
cases, since it is the exact opposite
to hiccough, being sudden expira-
tory act. In Plato's Symposium" the
physician Eryximachus recommended
too much, either to hold his breath or
to gargle with a little water, and If
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-07

Simple cases of hiccough are often
relieved by such measures as sucking
ice or taking salt and vinegar, says
the New York Medical Journal. Pull
ing the tongue forward and holding it
for some time is an effective pro-
cedure.
Sometimes obstinate hiccough is re-
liexed when the patient is strong by
having him hang with the arms ex-
tended and grasping some beam or
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-07

Ray and his daughter were strollins
about town. the latter stopped before
the soldiers monument and labori-
ously began to decipher the names.
With disappointed look she turned
to her father and said: dad, amt
your name here?" CHANGING at his
daughter, he replied: "Clementine.
be l dead ?"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-07

Here desolation is wide
spread. 1t seems as
though an earthquake
must have shaken the
liza capital at some
time.
Row after row of cob
Icens have been over
tuSned and now lie pros
tra&n within a foot Of
thefs original positions.
Perhaps a capital or
a Grrm ksre and there
ia broken. but for the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-07
In Golf.

In Golf.
''Is this your ball over herer'
''Is 1t in a hole?"
Eyes,"
"A deep hole?"
eyes,"
with slightly overhanging banks,
SO you can't possibly get at it?'
YES"
Then it's my ball, all right"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-07

centuries before the Span
ish first set foot in the new
world.
Probably the largest, and
certainly the most magnifi-
cent, of the ruined cities
which the Spanish conquer
ors found on their arrival in
Yucatan was Chichen liza,
around which even in its
desolation there still clus-
ter a thousand traditions of
former sanctity and splen-
dor. The name Chichen liza
is Maya, and means Chi
mouth, Chen-wells and liza,
the name Of the Maya tribe,
who lived in the neighbor-
hood of the place. "The
Mouth of the Wells of the
Itzas" therefore is the
meaning of the name; nor
could a more appropriate
one have been applied to
the place by any people.
The whole peninsula Of
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-07

If you discover that you made mis-
take, don't stubbornly insist upor
keeping it up; let go and run--~"Ed.'
Howe
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-07
Good Reason for Absence

Bill Ray of Nantucket followed, but
In popularity never quite eQualed, his
predecessor, the old bell-ringer and in
imitalle towncrier. Clark. One day aa
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-07
FEELS LIKE a BOY. ,
Since Doan's Kidney Pills Cured Him
Of Terrible Kidney Trouble.
Sheldon Smith, Prop. Arlington
House, Woodland, CAL, says: Three

years i was almost
helpless. Kidney Sc
cretions scalded ter
ribly and obliged me
to arise ten to twelve
times q night. MY
left limb became SO
stiff and sore I could
hardly walk - just
hobbled around With
"a cane. I had almost
every complaint that
diseased kidneys pro-
-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-07

ney Pills removed them all. At the age
Of rs feel like boy and enjoy health
and comfort. Can anyone wonder at
my gratitude?
Remember the name-Doan's.
For sale by druggists and general
storekeepers everywhere. Price SOC.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-07

astronomers of no mean ability hav-
ing observed and recorded without the aid of in
struments of precision such as are known to- us
the lengths Of the Solar and Venus years, and
probably the lengths of the Mercury and Mars
years. In addition to this they had developed
q calendar system and perfected chronology
which some of its characteristics was supe-
rior to our own.
The the ancient glory of this people had long
since departed when fernando Cortez first
came in contact with them on the coast of Yu-
catan in 1919 Their star had set Their great
est cities had been abandoned and lay in ruins,
and their country was Frustrated by the quar-
rels of a score or more of petty Independent
chieftains, each of whom waging war on
the other. Even the memory of the older cit
les, Of their culture, such as Palenque Copan
and Quiniqua, for example, seems to have pass
ed from the mind of men, their former existence
forgotten. Famine, pestilence and internecine
strife are al said to have been contributory
causes to the decay and eclipse which overlook
this brilliant aboriginal civilization several
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-07
Their FavorIte AIlbi,

Their Favorite AIlbi.
Cook-How do you get out OF it
when the misses scolds you for not
answering the bell?
Waitress always tell her I was
making mayonnaise.-Harper's Bazaar.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-07

important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle Of
CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that 1t
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-07

No man is so sharp that some one
doesn't try to sit on him.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-07
Stop tho Palm.

Stop tho Palm.
The hurt Of burn or cut stops when
Coles Carbolisalve is applied. It heals
quickly and prevents scars Csc and 60c by
druggists. For free sample write 70
J. W. Cole & Co.. Black River Falls. Wis.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-07
Hopeless.

HoPoIeSS.
"Why don't you get In line for Miss
Hattie's favor?"
"Humph! That lines busy"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-07

ONG before the discovery Of America
there fourished in southern Mexico,
Guatemala, and parts of Honduras
great civilization, which has been call
ed the Maya. 1t may be said at the
outset without exaggeration that this
civilization had reached a height
equalled by no other people of the
western hemisphere prior to the COM
ing of the white man. In architecture
in sculpture, and in printing the
Mayas excelled. Their priests were
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-09-02
GOOD
=
PROGRAM FOR TONIGHT

An unusually good program is
on the bill at the Butler theater
tonight The following is a list of
the pictures to be shown at the
Butler tonight; Through Jealous
Eyes, a drama produced by the
Lubin company; BY the Aid of the
Lariat, a Kalem picture, and
Dads Boy" a delightful story OF
filial love and devotion.
The boy who has been educated
in college by great hardship and
privation on the part of his parents
comes toN their aid at time when
they are most in need
Tonight will be the last appear
ance of Leo Dulmage, the master
Of the unicycle, that has filed the
audience with admiration and won
der at his many daring stunts fol
the past two evenings.
Next Tuesday afternoon and eve.
ming, September >, we will show
three reels of the Wolgast-Morar
fight pictures, in addition to oul
regular show. Two hours of high
class entertainment The first show
commences at Z p. m.