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The chronicle=news., 1913-02-11
WICKERSHAM REFUSES TO
GIVE HOUSE WARRANTS

Washington, Feb. I.-Attorney
General Wickersham today declined
to send to the house, in according
with Representative Garner's resolu-
ton his reason for Withholding
bench warrants issued on Texas in
dictments against John d. Archbold
and other Standard Oil officials,
charging violation of the Sherman
antitrust law. Tho attorney gener-
al replied with the approval of Pres
ident Taft that It was incompatible
with the public interest to disclose
the situation Mt this time.
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Virginia is bound. IL cut off from 70.
| linblr Information from the Mexir.
an capital and the pcopi. ar. .yrit-
ed over n rumor that tho rebels arc
planning 70 attack tn. seaport.
Washington. Feb. 1.-THE battles
| ships Virginia and Georgia OF tn.
Atlantic fleet put out from Guan'a-
namo at IL. m. today Tor Mexico.
The Virginia will 20 10 Vera Cruz
and the Georgia TO Tamrico.
The Colorado and South Dakota
nj San Diego are under orders to sail
today for Mexican ports on tn. pa
ciiic side.
Pedro Lnscuran,. Mexican minis
tor OF foreign affairs today telegraph
cd the embassy here.
Reported resignation OF Pr.si-
dent Madcro absolutely false. Tn"
governors OF the states remain faith
Iul. The capital Is In the hands OF
the government, rebels holding only
the arsenal
DiEtrict attorney Frederick, who
appealed TO the state department Ia
behalf OF Roy l.. Rankin OF Los An
Kclcs. was advised today that bccau..
OF the unsettled condition OF tho fed
"ral government nj Mexico City ha
had better make his appeal direct 80
she governor OF Lower California.
San Diego. Calf. Fob. il.-in,icr
hurry orders from Washington. tho
nrnsorcd cruiser Colorado. finpak!p OF
III. Pacific fleet with Rear Admiral
W. ". Southcriand on board. sailed
this morning for Azatland. The adj
, nirhl VIII direct tn. movements Of
the several United States vessel.
~ N t0A
coast.
The cruiser South Dakota Is ready
TO sail on shor, notice.
III Paso. Tex. Feb. il.-Generai
I'ianduct remains loyal to President
Madcro. say private messages r.ceiy.
ed In Juarcz
II was said that the forces o:
Illanqnct and General Iiucr,a carly
this morning formed to assault. Tho
position OF the Diaz rebels.
The Mills. Chihunhua. closed yeS-
tcrday due to continued rebel uctiv-
ity ana the railway has been out Of
commission for many weeks. A large
wood working factory at El Paso is
threatened with n shut down II rail-
way communication Is not restored
soon.
London. Feb. n.-The British
government was urged In the house
OF commons today by William Mitch
ell Thomson to urge on the United
states the desireabilIty OF taking ac"
tion for the restoration OF order in
Mexico.
Sir Edward Grey stated In reply
that " would be entirely contrary
to International practice to approach
the United Staes government In the
manner suggested. He added that
the action OF the British Govern
ment had been confined to interest
ing tho Mexican government to pro-
tect British interests.
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New fOrk. zen. il.-pTiSAtc I'D
vices received here this afternoon
confirmed the reports that fighting
has been r"sumcd In Mexico City and
is proceeding briskiy. Tho federal
telegraph lines conn:cting with the
rebels have bc"n In tho hands OF the
government all day and news dis.
patches have not been Permitted 10
com. through promptly.
Mexico CITY. Feb. Il.-Thc rebels
and III" federal troons In tn. Mex
lean capital hny" taken IN positions
ana fighting is expected tn begin NJ
any moment. The government troops
ar. slowly closing In on the rebels.
Mladcro has n total Of not less than
ak thousand soldiers In tn" city ana
expects further rcinforccIncnts short
iy
Felix Dlaz. tho rcbc, leader. has
some 5000 men under his comma nd
The advantage given him by the
capture OF the artillery has now been
lost. sine. the government mas had
time to hiring mp field guns even
from mn Tar RS cuernavaCA
Generals Victoriano Hu-ria. Fe-
lipe Angles and Joe Marie ID. Ven
xua. tn" federal commanders began
placing their men in position hCior.
dnybrcMk today. The streets l~adinp y
westward fro m the palace toward
the position occupied hy tho rebel,
were nscd for parking the rcsrrv~,
or loyal infantry. cavalry and ar.
! ti1cry. Al the ends OF these streets
federal ou;pos's were stationed. To
begin the battle.
The Alameda. the big Central park
OF the caIstal was selected by tn.
federal commanders as the mobiiisa-
'!on point FOR the government troops.
The seen" OF the battle is in the
very heart OF the Mexican capital.
Should the cannon of the opposing
forces come into action. and there
appeared to be no doubt this morn
ing that such was the Intention OF
the lcadcrs. the bursting shecls will
Inevitably do enormous damage To
the buildings in the commercial and
residential quarters. A considerable
part of the structures in both dis
tricts ar" occupied by foreign sec
t!ons. The cable office Is directly
In the line OF attack.
President francisco Madero and
the members OF his cabinet spent the
night in the national palace.
Washington. Feb. ll.-i'ncon-
iirmed reports are received here that
ZacHtecns and Oaxaca have declared
FOR IDiaz. who IA quoted as saying
that delay was hurting his cause hut
that he preferred TO avoid mora
blood shed and to arrange. If pos.
siblc. "a good issue from negotiations
being carried on with General Huer-
tn
Organization of the foreign guard
Is progressing and in response 10 AM
hassador Wilson s representations.
tluertn has placed uniformed police
in tho American residential district.
Vera Cruz. where tho battleshi %
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WARR|NG MEXICAN FORCES
PREPARE FOR Bic BATTLE:
MADER0 INCREASES GRIP
Mexico City Mexico Feb l1-Fxhtine has been progress
10 o'clock this
the federal had obtained advantage
The action accompanied bv heavy artillery

Al"do TOME Fed IIRcpos .
he an
M"s!c" federal
bombardIng rebels
II on
Mah"ro communication Mex
from y.
IA Nn,Iou
h.
The chronicle=news., 1913-02-11

Designating l.. r. Easicy ms candi-
date for tho nomination OF mayor of
tho City OF Trinidad at the primary
election on March 4. plcdging all
candidates designated TO an econom'
ical administration OF city affairs:
sounding the note OF warning
against the efforts OF the gang TO
deceive the people by ~ocalled
Citi1epa ticket to he made up OF men
affiliated with the machine admins
trntiou. and recording approval OF
the plan to rcdixtrlct the city ns 10
ward and precincts. the Democrats
OF tho city Of Trinidad In assembly
1t the court house this morning d.s-
tguated u city ticket made Mp Of
substantial business mon interested
IN the moral and material benefit of
tho city.
Tho assembly was unanimous in
itG choice OF designated candidates
l.. =. Easicy for mayor. A. a. Bcn-
nett for treasurer and James II. Ro-
hrrta for city clerk. There was no
opposition voiced TO tho. selection Of
GeorEr Mason MS chairman. The bus
iness OF the assembly concluded n,
lI:30 when adjournment was taken.
The Democrats In adopting the
and ax rcnd by David n. Raiston.
wen, on record ms opposed to the
domination OF the Republican gang
which has disSrnced the city and
county for years. They viewed the
attempt Of the gang 10 maintain con-
troll by the socalled Citizens ticket
hs confession OF dcfeat---a politic-
al trick and subterfuEe to deceive
the honest electorate. that the ma
chine hcnchmcn might maintain
their places at the pie counter from
which they have fcas'cd these many
years
II was the attitude OF the Demo-
Gratis that the boundaries OF the city
should bc changed 10 include tho
residents and property owners of n
section now out side the city limits.
who receive the benefits OF tho nu-
nicipality. UT do not pay their jus:
share OF the taxes. The resolutions
wcrc adopted without n dissenting
voice.
The assembly was called to order
at ten minutes after ten O'Clock by
r. 8. McChcsney. chairman of the
city central committee. Foriy-two
delegates from eight precincts OF :hc
city were present, In person or by
proxy. II. l.. l.. Anderson and George
Mason were placed In nomination
for temporary chairman. the former
Withdrawing his name and the lat
ter being elected by unanimous vote.
q. II. Dasher and g. e. Headley cs-
corted the chairman to the chair.
Mr. Mason made no attempt at ora
tory. merely thanking the assembly
for the honor and proceeding nj
once to business. l.. A. Wheeler
wus elected TO act rs secretary.
Committees were uamed MS fol-
lows: Permanent OrRRnization. T. s.
McChesney, o. T. Clark. S. b. Light
foot. A. A. Bennett and j. W. Wolfe.
Resolutions and Order OF Business
u. II. Sipc. d. N. Ralston and j. J. J.
Abercronbie. A recess was taken
10 await the report OF the commit
fees.
A. F. Ilollcubeck read the report
OF the committee on credentials, the
list or qualified delegates, which was
adopted. W. j. Wolfe read the or
9anization report providing that the
The chronicle=news., 1913-02-11
DEADLOCK IN WEST VIRGINIA

Charleston. W. Va, Feb. Ii.-No
election OF n United States Senator
resulted in todny's halloting In the
legislature.
The chronicle=news., 1913-02-11
EAS[EY HEADS. CITY
DEMOCRATIC iICkET--
ORlf7 STRONG PlIz;:s,eel
THE DEMOCRATIC CITY TICKET
Candidates Designated ut Assembly,

r.
For City Treasurcr-A. \. Bennett.
For City Cicrk-James II. Roberts.
Aldermen
First Ward--F ". Caldwell aud y. u. Sipc.
second Ward-W. T.. iAwer and A. j. Chavez.
Third Ward-Gcorse Mason and q. H. Mulberry.
Fourth Wnrd-J. j. Marty and g. C. Iicadley.
Fifth Ward-Chas. Mcdonald and !. Connors.
The chronicle=news., 1913-02-11
THE WEATHER
PHElK SAYS

Tn Turkey trol
is gettin' out O
date. TIL free
for all Asiatic
dash Is proyin
more popular in
tn near East
where all these
now ia n < ] e d
sQuirmy didos
are Invented.
The chronicle=news., 1913-02-11
PHILOSOPHICAL
Weather Bureau Report,

Cloudy tonight: local snow and
colder central southeast portion.
"Wednesday generally fair,
The chronicle=news., 1913-02-11

Lost articles are usually found
By honest peopie-for most all
people are essentially honest. You
car recover your vaiuablss II your
Lost ai sounds ths alarm
promptly.
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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-05

Willette has a striking personality.
Thick grey hair. worn very much like
Henry Ward Beecher's, brown eyes that
have never aged, a smile that indicates
the good fellow and boon companion.
His home and adjoining studio are
filled with reproductions of his past
work that has brought him fame. \
large panel in oil hangs in his library.
a painting which he calls THE Goddess
of Absinthe.'
This [ rescued from the Did Chat
Noir when 1t was being dismantied," he
said, pointing it out to the writer. II
had painted it for the glorification OF
our meeting place.
"The Goddess of Absinth" Is a life
sized picture of a young girl in aarlS
rich robe. A halo of bright yellow sur
rounds her head bringing into promi
hence a large black cat perched there
Photographs of Willette are every
where about the studio All show HIM
in masquerade. All his life this has
been one of his fads and it did not re-
quire the occasion of a costume ball
to bring it out. He has a passion for
caricaturing himself in the flesh. He
has been, alternately, the emperor
Louis Napoleon" an apache, grandes
OF Spain or a woman In skirts.
Here is my life" explained Willette
as he took off the shelf of his bookcase
a large book. one of the series of six.
In these six books are clippings and eX-
tracts from newspapers and magazines
that covered the whole of his artistic
career.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-05

Here is a little problem in the popular
courses, What becomes of the money!"
A small bundle of linen Is sent to the
laundry The bill is 30 cents. But in do
ing the work the laundry loses the house
cap worth so cents. The laundry willing
ly adjusts matters and gives its patron
90 cents for the lost cap. The patron, IN
turn, gives 30 cents back to the laundry
for the work done, says the Indianapolis
News. In reckoning the result this was
apparently the case. The owner of the
linen-ininus the missing cap-had 20 cents
to show for the. lost article. But the cap
was worth SO cents. Therefore the rat
ron's loss would appear to be 80 cents.
1t apparently was no better with the
laundry. The laundry received the 81
cents justly due IL for work. But IL felt
impeled to make good the loss of the
cap to. the customer, which meant tho
taking of so cents from the laundry's prof
its. Now If the laundry thus lost 50 cents
and the customer lost 30 cents, who got
that money? Perhaps some expert ON
the high cost of living can figure il out
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Famous Partisan Bohemian Tells Of Renowned "Chat Noir

that is bizarre, fantastic and risoue.
where art only thrives in the copious
makeup of the little Minis who frs
about and prance around to the delight
of the unsophisticated seeker after
Paris sights
The Chat Noir,s continued Wnlette
first took form in the mind of an art
student at the Beaux- Arts named Ro-
dolphe Sails. Sails was not the type of
dreamer trait dominating the usual
artist 50 after many years of study he
realized that although his appreciation
of art WAS unlimited he lacked tho
requirements needed to become a good
artist After calm summing ND Of
obvious deficiencies he decided 20 open
a cabaret on the outskirts of tho city
Montmartre was then a suburb--a place
where his fellow students could ccngre-
gate. have their drinks and a simple
meal If wanted. A brilliant idea. SAID
his chums and Sails was encou.aeed to
get the place.
Always with the practical in view.
Sails chose Montmartre There were
two reasons for this selection: FIRST,
rents were nominal and secondly. the
fellows could have there the privacy
found in their ateliers The prying
tourist would never discover 1t.
"A tiny place was bargained for and
beAuIeO oH the boulevard ROEcHOuart
and Sails entered upon his new duties
of proprietor. 1t had the primitive as
pect of cave and was not much larger
but, according to custom, it had to have
the dignity of a name
Sails was an apostle of Edgar Allen
Poe. The black cat in one of Poe's
weird tales suggested itself as q name
and the proposition was put before the
students. The decision however. was
not reached until that night Sails, on
one of his evening strolls, saw beau
tiful black cat In the garden of a fine
house With not even a twinge of con-
science he stole out into the garden,
captured the animal and soon had 1t a
prisoner in his cabaret This cat was
to be the mascot and clinched the name,
he said. We all agreed. In a few
days modest sign reading lie Chat
Noir. was hoisted over the door of the
entrance.
Sails had bought few rough tables
and kitchen chairs for our Comfort
Such names as Caran d'Ache. H Somm.
Edmund Deschaumes. the editor. de Ia
Gandara, the portrait painter, Edmund
bepelletfer the present proprietor of a
Paris journal. Steinlen, the artist, and
Delarue were the nightly patrons of the
place.
THE heretofore incipient cunning in
Saiis' nature began to unfold. AS he
daily watched us draw. write or COM
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limitation of this great mine is the mar
ket demand The liquid sulphur from
each well is pumped into huge pound,
about $50 by 250 feet, made by setting
posts in the ground and siding them up
with pinch planks as the sulphur pile
grows. The hot sulphur is turned into
the center of these pounds and imme-
diately spread out, cooling so rapidly as
to permit continuous opera ton. AS this
mountain of sulphur grows in thickness
the sides of the pound are raised by
means of additional planks and boards
When the pound is filled another is
built alongside so that continuous blocks
of sulphur may be formed AGO or 800 feet
in length by $50 of more in width, and
with height of 60 or 65 feet. These
titanic blocks sometimes contain 10000
tons of sulphur. To ship this sulphur a
railroad spur is run alongside the block,
the mass is thrown down by blasting
and the sulphur is picked up and loaded
into cars by locomotive cranes with grab
buckets, each taking two tons at a bite.
and loading 35-ton car in IA minutes.
Shipments from the mine frequently
reach 1000 tons a day.
An incident il this great work is the
use of 5000 barrels a day of fuel oil for
water heating and pumping. The value
of the output of this mine last year was
in the neighborhood of $5,000,000
The sulphur deposit in Louisiana is
between 500 and sou feet thick, and under
lies an area of a half mile in diameter
AS II this was not enough sulphur word
now comes of similar discovery near
Bryan Heights, Texas, where with ex-
cellent shipping facilities and cheap
fue-oi supply the Frasch process of
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flues. and all his other shop necessities
where he pleased.
lie would patronize one establish
ment until something occurred to ir-
ritate him and then he would transfer
his trade to another. All the supply
men knew his peculiarities and did
their best to keep in his good graces
His plant was SO big that his account
was well worth having
One day a suaye, diplomatic gentle
men, connected with one of the largest
hardware concerns, called to see Mr..
Moynihan and prevailed upon him to go
to luncheon with him. When the old
man was in mellow mood the host,
In as discreet a manner as possible,
explained why he wanted to talk with
Mr.. Moynihan. There was a great waste
in the supply business, he said. There
We're too many houses in the business
There was a duplication of CLERKS, of
statesmen. of stock. etc. Rent was e
big item. 1t was an economic neces-
lsity that this waste should be done
away with. 1t would wipe out senseless
competition. 1t would tend to lessen
the cost of the material move was
on foot to consolidate some of the sup
ply houses The men behind this con-
solidatton wanted their customers to
benefit through the economies intro
duced They wanted Mr.. Moynihan to
share If Mr.. Moynthan would agree
to buy his supplies from the oombin-
alton he would find II really to his
advantage. The combination would
sell to the general trade at a
certain figure. but to men like Mr.
Moynihan. whose accounts were large
and whose trade was well worth hav-
ing. a concession would be made. This
concession would not be made at the
time of purchase of goods, but a check
representing a certain percentage of
his purchases would be sent to him at
the end of each month or at the end
of each quarter.
us 1t a ray-bate that you mean?"
inquired Timothy j. Moynihan.
"We1l," said the other gentleman
smilingly, you might call 1t re-
bate"
rive been in business since 1882"
said Mr. Moynihan. land I've never had
ray-bate and I don't want one. I'll
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We worked and sang and drank ana
recited and disputed" Willette paused
for a few minutes and seemed lost in
past memories. .uickly arousIng him
self he went on
YES l certainly had my fists dou-
bled many time. One tragedy was
the result of these arguments OF
strength. Sails got into a fight one
night with a student and the poor stud
ent was killed. The blood stain was In
delibly marked on the door sill as long
as the cabaret stood.
THE garcon of the cabaret, | remem-
Der, we called Red Donkey When the
cabaret got to full we went out TO the
bench on the boulevard where Red
Donkey was ordered to bring our
drinks and playing cards
The art student in those days was
the real anarchist. There were no laws
for him. Many Of the students lived
in the Latin quarter | have seen
them take the old horse bus that piled
between the Odeon and Montmartre,
climb up on top and when IN route
command the driver to halt. a command
that was always obeyed. \ united
shout would bring garcon from a
neighboring cafe and drinks would be
brought us Not until after our re-
IltSlfneIIS MDulu our lDuS proceed OH
its course. Tue passengers accepted
the delay in tolerant, friendly good
humor.
Our paradise was without its Eve
No woman had the temerity 10 entef
the Chat Noir. In the first place 1t was
too dirty and another obstacle was vol
luminous skirts versus boxlfl5e compact
ness. for those were the days of the
starched erinoline This fact in Itself
makes the old Chat Noir unique.
In three years time Sails had tucked
away a neat little sum. profits of his
cabaret and paper combined. lie
yearned for other opportunities and
finally. he took them. Thus 1885 ended
the life of the little cabaret Of the first
period. Sails installed himself in more
pretentious quarters. the Chat Noir OF
today which Is in the busy section oil
the rue Victor Masse. This is the Chat
Nor of the second period.
The cabaret of Boulevard ROUGH
Quart was student life; the second and
last phase is that of the acadeniiciar
and the theatre where I am not. | ced-
ed my Fauteuil fright to preside) to
Maurice Donnay. the playwright.">
Willette declared that. although the
students in the old days were partic-
ipants in many wild festivities. yet q
proof that work was not neglected is
the fact that practica lly all of that lit
tie band of students have since made
names for themselves
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Ron1ances Of the Business Wor1d-A. Noa,, TT,

r ZR. MOUNTAIN had one tooth, q
MI bald head and temper. The
i tooth was In the upper gum di-
rectly in the center and made quite q
show when Mr. Moynihan engaged in
conversation. The badness of his head
was expansive. There was only fringe
of hair about his ears and the back of
his neck and this fringe was stained
end dyed by the CRIME of the shop. His
temper was unimpaired. 1t had devel-
oped with his years. He was a boiler
maker. 1t was his proud boast that
he had started in business in 1853. His
shop was in Beale street. San Francisco.
He made good boilers, as is testified to
by the fact that a fair share of the
steamers that plowed the Pacific were
equipped with Moynihan's boilers. So
long as you didn't cross the old man
he was delightful to deal with. He had
rich store or Irish wit and could tell
- story as well as any man. When he
was angered, however. he was primitive.
Old as he was, he wasn't adverse to q
fist fight. Age had not withered his
muscles. He was rich, proud and an
earnest, hard working citizen.
score of times propositions were made
to him to combine his plant with that of
others. Invariably he would answer: II
started here in 20. made boilers before
you were born, or anyhow before you
were anything but wee bit of gos-
soon. I've run my shop without your
help or anybody else's help. I'll run 1t
myself until l die; SO that's all there is
about it."
If the caller tried to argue with him
the old man would arise in his wrath
and say: Get out of my place. and
If the visitor wasn't spry the old man
would push him into the street.
Some of the smaller boiler works COM
hined, but 1t didn't affect Moynihan. His
reputation was so well established and
his patrons were so well satisfied that
he went along year by year making
plenty of boilers, making a fair bit of
money and perfectly contented.
But combination was in the air. II 1t
didn't succeed very well in the boiler
line, 1t did in the supply houses. Mr..
Moynihan bought his sheet metal. his
,x1vets, his hammers, his sledges, his