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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-12-26
VILLA ORDERS
SPANIARDS OUT
Establishes Military Dictator
ship in City Of Chihuahua.
Millions Of Property Seized and
Tribute Demanded Leader
nliterate and Arbitrary.

FL Paso, Tex.-Americans, Germans
and Spaniards, who arrived from Chi
huahua. Mex. report that Francisco
Villa, the rebel leader, virtually had
constituted himself dictator there and
that he refused to heed the requests Of
representatives Of foreign govern
ments.
They asserted that the rebel leader
had seized S., 600, 600 worth Of proper
ty belonging to foreigners; had put to
death about twenty Mexican civilians.
including Sergeic Sanchez, q lawyer
and former state official, and had COM
manded the American, German and
British consuls to obey rebel orders.
The happenings in Chihuahua since
Villa occupied the city on its evacua-
tion by Federal troops, as given by the
refugees, who numbered 1000, were:
Villa seized large department store
valued at $1,000, 900 and owned by
French, German, English and Spanish
interests, but chiefly Spanish, and
placed in command of the store Cen
eral Chao, rebel leader.
He also seized brewery, clothing
factory and all the grocery and other
stores owned by Spaniards, valued at
$500, 600. He called a meeting and
told them they must pay him sums Of
money, aggregating several million
dollars, to support the revolution. He
gave orders that the so-called Consti-
nationalist money should be accepted
as currency.
Villas expulsion Of citizens Of
Spain, all of whom were progressive
merchants, was on pain of death. At
first he informed them they must be
out of the country in five days, but
later after an appeal to Harry Scobell,
the British consul, he exended that
time to ten days. The Spaniards were
not allowed to take anything except
personal effects and were told never to
return.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-12-26
VALUABLE FRUIT TREE
CARRIES Big INSURANCE

LOS Angeles-The most valuable
nult Tree in the world-an Avocado,
A a 1 NJ pear-the property Of II.
h. h. "oodWorth Whittier rancher, has
s se insured for $4,000 by Lloyds
se IRE or frost. This tree last
: netted Mr.. Woodwork $3206
n.1 i59it and bud-wood, the latter being
s TGu IN an effort to propagate other
f,os saVors. TO protect his prize tree
co on marauders Woodwork has. just
il t'Apleted fence 80 feet high around
Nue. .ne seed of this tree was secured on
T me- desert. 1t is six years old.
ine pears bring so cents each.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-12-26

Chocolate Caramels Boil together
2 cups OF brown sugar, X cup Of mo-
lasses, cups of cream, 4 to X cup
Of butter, and u cup Of chocolate to
the lizard Ball" stage until the por-
ton tested forms a firm ball. Add I
teaspoon of vanilla, and cup OF
chopped nuts, if desired. Pour INTO
buttered pans. When cool. cut 10
squares and shape into cubes with
two knives. with the larger amount
Of butter the candy must be stirred
to keep 1t from burning. and with the
smaller amount there Is more danger
of granting. Oregon Agricuitural
College
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-12-26
Votes Not
Purified By Lime

New York - Senator Helen King
Robinson, Of Colorado, told those who
attended tea of the Women's Politi-
cal Union Monday that to deprive the
women of the vote was like putting
cat in bag. She said it was hard on
the cat, but harder on the bag.
She also said that some time ago
she heard a distinguished anti-suffrag-
list argue that because there is only 5
per cent of lime in women and per
cent of it in man, nature evidently had
intended that the right of suffrage
was not for the female Of the species.
Some time later, said the senator, she
learned that lions have 2 per cent Of
lime and that chickens have 10 per
cent.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-12-26
Wallace, Idaho, Postofice
Robbed Of $17,1OO Cash

Wallace, Idaho Without leaving 30
much as finger print as clew, burg
lars early Sunday morning robbed the
local postoffice of q little more than
SIT, 900 and apparently made good
their escape. The robbery was COM
mitted sometime between 1880 and 6
o'clock in the morning.
Tie registered mail on the Spokane
train contained three $4,000 registered
packages, consigned from the Old Ma
tional Bank of Spokane, to the First
National Bank Of Mullan. The money
was forwarded in order that the local
institutions might be able to handle
the pay checks Of the Morning, Gold
Hunter, Snow Storm and other mines
of the Mullan district, which pay
their employees on the 18th.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-12-26
NATERED COAL
BRINGS PROFIT
Methods of San Francisco Fuel
Company Exposed.
c,1d Hundreds of Tons More Than
Received-Shipment Grew
En- Route From Mine.

Con Francisco-Evidence that the
uostern Fuel company was in the
,.hit of having a monthly "over-run''
surplus of coal over what was re-
,,dod on the books as received was
!:UO.+roduced by the government in the
. .;al of officials, directors and en-
LAW of the company on charges of
p~ rssniracy to defraud the United
C,ntps This over-run amounted to
spundreds of tons monthly and the
uonev from it's sale went under the
hsad of "proft and loss" on the books.
n' Snecial Prosecutor Roche introduced
.ho monthly statement, minutes of the
S t of directors and annual state
m uv in evidence and obtained from
1 nsvid Norcross, secretary of the COM
aonv admissions that there usually
p Tara more tons of coal sold than re-
.eived according to the company's
books. ~
Roche obtained from Norcross a
further statement that there was more
coal unloaded from vessels in San
Francisco, according to the weights on
which the customs charges were based
than loaded at Nanaimo, B. c., accord
inp to the company's figures. These
discrepancies were shown to be large.
In June, 1906, the records showed
lint 55Q more tons of coal were taken
of the barges of the company in San
Francisco bay than were put on. This
eycess was marked COR" on the
books. For September, 1906, the
"OR" account showed 769 tons. In
August, 1906, it was 1853 tons.
For October, 1906, there were two
"OR" items, one for 808 tons and one
for 1866 tons, besides the barge over
run account, which Norcross explained
as ward over-run." That, he said
meant that on a 'yard cleanup" or
inventory there was that amount more
coal in the yard than had been put
there, according to the books. In ex-
planation, he said that during the fire
Of 1906 a great deal of water had been
played on the coal in the yard to pre-
vent its burning, and that this might
have increased the weight to that ex-
tent. According to his statement. he
admitted the company must have sold
1874 tons of water from the yards at
coal prices.
In the annual statement for 1903
the company's gross earnings were
given as s1,5O2,2 Among the de-
tailed statement of these earnings ap-
peared 1921 "over-runs" on Nanaimo
coal. This, Norcross said, was figured
on the basis of about SIS ton.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-12-26
Colonel Off for Jungle.

O 'aneiro = Colonel Theodore
''e'elt and party on arrival at CO.
uras;s s were warmly received. The
ed ~ |, OF the municipality express
The uoo Mr. Roosevelt the pleasure Of
Tho p psCple OF Corumba at the honor Of
left . 81 Later the Roosevelt party
The c tvr a hunt in nearby jungle.
ton t ~ has accepted an invita-
hunt !oln IN a jaguar and wild boar
been aor which preparations have
es.n,oa made. Following the hunt the
uev ; rta will set out on his jour
" INTO the interior
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-12-26
Feudist's Secret Kept.

Chicago ~ A feud which began in
Sicily 20 years ago claimed q victim
here Sunday. Mike Laporta was
called to the door Of his home by
shouts that his brother dying. Az
he stepped out he was attacked by
three men and stabbed in 20 places.
Antonio Laporta, brother Of the
murdered man, said he knew who had
killed Mike, but he refused to give
their names to the police, saying:
cit is my affair; Twill find them. /"
Antonio admitted that his brother
had been killed as result Of feud.
.He was not the first, " he said.
ssHe will not be the last.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-12-26
Crete Annexed By Greece.

Canea, Crete-Formal annexation
of the Island of Crete to Greece was
carried out last Sunday with imposing
ceremonies. King Constantine per-
sonally ran up the Hellenic flag over
the fort. People flocked to the CAPT.
tai from all parts of the island and
from Greece and tumultously greeted
the king, the crown prince, Premier
Venizelos and other ministers. Ser
vices in the cathedral were attended
by the foreign consuls and subsequent
" the king attended another thanks
giving service in the synagogue.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-12-26
Wage Demand Answered.

Chicago - Statistics purporting to
show that. the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy railroad would face bankrupt
cy il it granted the wage demands of
its conductors and trainmen was sub
mitted Wednesday to the arbitrators
who will decide the controversy.
Figures were also submitted to con-
trovert assertions that conductors and
trainmen, Of all employees, have re-
ceived the smallest proportional in
creases in pay in the past ten years.
This was the railroads first testi-
mony.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-12-26
A Consistent Layer.

Oregon Agricultural College, Corval-
lisa hen that produces 664 eggs in
three consecutive years is a triumph
OF the breeders art Hen No. A q
OF the Oregon agricultural college sta
ton, has made this marvellous record.
During the first year she laid 24O
eggs, the second 222, and the third
2O2. Like most of the other remark
able layers in the champion flock, she
is a cross bred hen of the Barred
Rock and White Leghorn breeds, and
belongs to the new strain or breed
that is being developed by Professor
James Dryden for increasing egg pro-
duction. The value OF her three years
work, S. 1-3 dozen eggs at 25c per
dozen, is about $14 The cost of her
feed for three years is about $3.50.
This leaves margin of $3.50 to pay
for investment and labor.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-12-26

San Francisco Colonel A. Andrews,
the Oldest commissioned officer Of the
civil war. as well AZ the oldest Mason
in California, died here in his nine
tieth year. He was veteran Of the
Mexican war. He was born in LON
don. but came to this country ~ . boy.
He was in Louisville when the Hexi-
can war broke ont and was elected an
officer Of the Second regiment Of Ken
tucky volunteers. He came out Of the
war : captain, and then came to Cali
fornia. where he started in the jewell
- business ii Sacramento.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-12-26
Big Feeding Test Made.

Oregon Agricultural College, COrval-
lis.-Professor Sampson, of the depart
ment of animal husbandry of the Ore
gon agricultural college, has complet-
ed feeding test with pigs which has
been running since September /. The
results of the test are significant in
that they open up broad field for
developing pigs with the definite pur-
pose of making them capable of con-
Stunning greater amount of food for
correspondence greater gains.
On September 1, 80 pigs of different
filters were divided into three lots OF
10 each. All were put on ration OF
barley go per cent, and tankage 10
per cent, and the test was continued
for 81 days. Lot one was given dry
rations, by hand Lot two was fed by
means of the "self-feeder." Lot three
was fed by hand, the rations being
soaked for IL hours before feeding.
The three lots were divided evenly as
to weight, sex and parentage.
Lot one required 1885 pounds of
feed for 100 pounds gain; lot two re-
quired 1882 pounds feed for 100
pounds gain, and lot three 449.8
pounds feed for 100 pounds gain. The
difference In daily gain between the
filters of pigs was from LAP to 1876
pounds. The difference between the
lots varied only from 1.48 to 1.84
pounds. The poorest lot was better
than the poorest litter and the best
lot was better than the best litter.
The best Individual pig gained IA
pounds daily for 81 days, while the
poorest individual animal gained but
one pound a day, during the test. In
feeding 100 pigs similar to the best
used in the recent test, at the present
prices of feed and Of pork, the owner
would realize $297.60 profit, not. count
ing labor or investment. In feeding
100 pigs similar to the poorest, he
would realize but $115.65 profit. The
tests show the self-feeder is an eco
nomical means of producing pork.
The labor of feeding is reduced one
half by this method and less feed Is
required.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-12-26
DR.. Walker to Try Stage.

New York-Dr. Mary e. Walker
has been persuaded by William Ham
merstein to accept limited vaudeville
engagement at Hammerstein's Vic
toria theater, beginning the week OF
January s, 1914. She is the only
woman whose appearance in male at
tire Is tolerated publicly here. For
her vaudeville appearance she will de-
liver series Of IectureS, interspersed
with stories Of personal experiences.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-12-26
Horne I abor Law Is Plan.

Kansas City, Mo. - A maximum
working day Of IL hours for the horse
is the object Of campaign being
waped by the Kansas City Humane So
cietv. with the assistance of several
city aldermen.
"Some team owners have been
working two shifts of drivers with the
same horses,'' said E. r. Weeks,
PRESIDENT Of the Humane society. !
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-12-26
:. POLICEMAN Shot By Horse.

tsfieu n naa! H. McDonaId, !
While ~ po'iceman, was shot BY horse
Vas di vn outy Thursday. Mel Donald
ton of lung traffic at the intersec-
apass; Two busy business streets when
tdge ths s morse stepped on rifle cart
nent Aa n, lay unnoticed on the pave
Tie bullatt ne cartridge exploded and
hans foo. went through the police
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-12-26

Melbourne, Australia Dispatches
from Noumea, capital of the French
Colony of New Caledonia, report that
great destruction has been wrought by
volcanic eruption in Ambrin Island,
of the New Hebrides group. Six new
craters were formed on the west coast
December 6. The following day Mount
Minnie collapsed and many villages
were overwhelmed by lava.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-12-26
EARTHQUAKE ROCKS TOXIC;
AUSTRALIA ALSO SHAKEN

Tokio-The most severe earthquake
in several years occurred here We'd
nesday and was felt over an extensive
area. Houses in Toxic and Yokohama
were rocked. violently and the people
were greatly alarmed. So far as can
be learned there were no casualties
and damage was slight.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1913-03-12
MAXWELL.

March s.-The Royal Neighbors
of Maxwell Camp No. GAG will en-
terrain the younger set with a pie
supper tonight, March 8.
The roads in this vicinity are al
most impossible at present.
Farmers are very busy burning
plant beds and preparing for anoth-
er crop.
Mr.. w. G. Hayden went to Ow-
ensboro Monday.
Messrs. Mark Bell and Freeman
Sparks went to Hartford Monday.
Farmers of this neighborhood are
almost through delivering their to-
bacco.
Miss Myrtle Jolly began a spring
school here Monday, which is pro-
crossing nicely.
Mr.. Everett Salmon went to Ow-
ensboro Tuesday.
Mr. T. NJ. Wright and wife, of
Brierfeld neighborhood. have NOV
ed into this vicinity.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1913-03-12
ARE THE MOOSERS ALL
GONE IN OHIO COUNTY?

According to the Hardinsburg
Leader there are no Bull Moosers in
Ohio county. 1t says
Avis 5. Bennett, secretary of
the Republican State Central Com
mittee. passed through here Thurs
day on his way TO Louisville from
his home near Hartford He thinks
il quite certain that the Democratic
party in Ohio county will be oppos-
ed by only one ticket. and that the
regular Republican ticket. at the
election next November"
Nov this is very different to what
Chief Mooser Barnett. OF Hartford,
has been telling the people In the
last Presidential campaign he de-
clared that there were no voters in
Ohio county except Bull Moosers
and Democrats. and he said not
long ago in his paper, the Hartford
Republican. that there were no Re
publiCans. Bull Moosers only. but il
-srs.yns- 'tiTa1 ~- erOugf Republicans
were found to appropriate the log
cabin and TO prevent the Bull Moos-
.ers from putting their ticket under
il, and realizing the futility of
contest with the Democrats in Ohio
county without the log cabin as a
guide for Sambo when he goes to
mark his ballot, a combination has
been formed by which the Repub-
Leans and Bull Moosers were re-
ported to have divided the Offices.
the ticket TO go under the cabin
and Moosers and Republicans all to
vote for it. Now comes Secretary
Bennett of the State Committee and
says that there will be no ticket
against the Democrats except the
Republican. Is it possible that
Chief Mooser Barnett and his fol-
lowers gave up all the Offices in or
der 10 get to vote under the log
cabin?-[Owensboro Inquirer.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1913-03-12
CONFEDERATE PENSION
ACT IS Deemed INVALID
According to Constitution and
Attitude Of Kentucky
During War.

Frankfort. Ky. March 10.-In
the opinion of ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Garnett the act of the Legislature
of 1912 providing for pensions for
veterans of the Confederate army
and for widows OF dead beterans of
the Confederate army. is unconsti-
tutional.
In a written statement today to
Auditor Bosworth he set forth his
views and suggested that owing TO
the numerous restrictions IL the
constitution OF Kentucky, that the
matter be tried out in the courts.
So much had been published
about the indebtedness of the State
and the numerous appropriations
passed by the last Legislature for
which no provision was made. that
the bondsmen of Auditor Bosworth
asked him to be directed by the
Court to pay the pensions for the
Confederate veterans before any
money was paid on them. II was in
response to the direct question of
Auditor Bosworth that Attorney
General Garrett gave his opinion.
Numerous reasons are given by
Acknowledgement Garnett why he
thinks the act is unconstitutional.
as it is regarded as class legislation
in violation of Section of the bill
of rights which provides that no
grant of exclusive separate public
emoluments or privileges shall be
made TO any man or set of men ex-
cept in consideration of public ser
vice" Kentucky did not cecede
from the Union during the Civil
War. Again under Section III of
the constitution it provides that
taxes shall be levied and collected
for public purposes only. .....
Attorney-General Garnett says in
conclusion THAT for his part he
would be glad if the few remaining
veterans, heroes of the Confederate
Army, could draw the small stipend
theCommonwealth has allowed them
without any question, but that he
feels safe in saying that not one of
the veterans would take from the
Commonwealth one penny even
though IL stood between him and
starvation unless given in strict
conformance of the organic law of
the State, and that the veterans will
welcome judicial determination sof
the validity of the act before war
rants are issued for pensions"
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1913-03-12
SNAI.l.HOCS.

March 10.-Mr. Erskine Fulker-
son, wife and son owen Davis. of
Point Pleasant. and Mrs. Edna Hun
ter, of Hartford, were guests of Mr.
n. d. Fulkerson and family re-
Gently.
Mr.. l.. B. Overhults' is preparing
TO move into his new residence near
here.
Dir. T. r. Barnard. of Hartford.
was in Smallhous Thursday.
Mr.. ], T. Morton has about COM
pleted his new house.
Mr.. Joe James is erecting a xew
dwelling house.
Rev. II. p. Brown failed to fill his
regular appointment at Smallhous
church last Sunday.
Misses Rena Tichenor and Maude
Galloway, Centertown. visited in
this community recently.
Mr.. and Mrs, Fred Boone have
new baby girl. They christened it
Ruby Pearl.
Little Miss Ethel Boone returned
home Sunday from a visit to Mr..
and Mrs. -- Kittinger, of Muh-
lenberg county.
Mr.. Letcher Bennett has gone to
Illinois.
Little Miss Susie Trunnell. of
-. is the guest of her grand
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. ]. r. Hunter.
Miss Ethel Hunter has returned
from a visit to friends and relatives
at Utica.
Miss Ward has returned
TO her home in Illinois. after a visit
to Miss Virgie Bennett
Mrs. Sallie Drake, who has been
on the sick list for some time. is i'm
proving.
Mrs. John withrow. who has been
sick. is able to be out again.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1913-03-12
He LITERALLY CUT HIS
THROAT FROM EAR TO EAR
Almost Severing Head From
BOdy-AdOpted Horrible
Form OF Suicide.

7 MIR. James Burden, a farmer liv-
[ ing a few miles from Sunnydale,
this county, committed suicide last
Saturday morning in horrible
manner.
He had come to Dukehurst, a
small station on the NJ, II G. +. rail-
road, about five miles from Hart
ford, and went to the residence of
his daughter, Mrs. Tilford Aldridge,
from whom he asked the loan of a
razor She got the razor for him,
remarking at the time that it was
not sharp enough to shave with He
said he guessed 1t would do" and
taking it, walked away towards a
country store run by Mr.. Geo. Hick-
ey about hundred yards away.
Thinking his attitude little
strange. his daughter watched him
and saw him stop near the store,
stoop over in a mysterious way and
then fall to the ground.
Mrs. Aldridge gave the alarm and
men came from out the store, but
when they reached him he was APP
parently lifeless. He had literally
cut his throat from ear to ear,
making three distinct slashes and
shorter cut. His windpipe was cut
in two. as were also the jugurar.
veins, in fact his head was only at
tached to his body by the neck car
tilage and skin and muscles at the
back of his neck. He had died al
most instantly.
No cause was assigned for the
rash deed. other than that perhaps
he had been worrying over some
trouble his son Clifton had gotten
into some months ago. 1t will be
remembered that young Clifton Bur-
den shot and killed Claude White
awhile before Christmas. which it
was claimed was a mistake or acct
dent on Burdens part. The young
men were working on the railroad.
had quit work for the time and
White had gone on ahead of young
Burden towards home. While Bur-
den was on his way following
White, the latter sprang out from
hidden place to frighten Burden. In
stantly Burden fired upon hit1 and
the wound caused death.
The Coroner's jury acquitted
young Burden of criminal intent in
killing his friend White, but the
grand jury afterwards indicted him.
and also included the charge of
carrying concealed deadly weap-
on, and he is now out on bond. 1t
is said his father was on his way to
Hartford Saturday to consult his
lawyers about the case when he de-
cided TO kill himself.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1913-03-12
WILSON INAUGURATION
EXPENSE WAS $4,000

Washington, March S.-Woodrow
Wilson's inauguration as President
of the United States cost approx
mately $4,000. The expenditures
of the Citizens Inaugural Commit
tee were about $4,000, while the
receipts from all sources were ap-
proXimately $4,000. The deficit of
$4,000 will be made up from the
guarantee fund of $Ss,0OO. which
was subscribed in Washington.
The Joint Congressional Inaugu-
raj Committee spent about s25. 900.
which was appropriated by Congress.