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Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1914-03-10
CALIFORNIA WRESTLES
With A REAL PROBLEM
YoLO AND SACRAMENTO coUN-
TIES BOTHERED BY uN-
EMPLOYED ARMY

Sacramento, Cal. Marcn 10.-A con
ference between the boards of super
visors of Yolo and Sacramento coun-
ties and citizeng committee to de-
termine what to do with the disrupted
army Of the unemployed now camped
at the Yolo county approach to the M
street bridge opposite this city, was
held this morning.
The Yolo officers declared there
were 1900 men IS actual count in
the army. They accounted for the
large increase by al the additions
had nozna from aat0s These
figures were questioned. The army.
minus leaders, was offered transpor-
tation to san Francisco BY Yolo coun-
ty, but refused it. An application to
let the army march through sacra-
mento under heavy guard on its way
to Washington was then considered.
with Yolo county officers insisting
that Sacramento take its guards off
the river bridges and permit the In
dustrial Workers to pass through Sac
ramento and wend their way eastward
and Sacramento officers refusing to
do this, the problem developed into a
clash between the two counties.
When the disorganized army re-
fused the offer Of District Attorney A.
G. Bailey Of Yolo county that it ac-
cept transportation back to San Fran
cisco bay Bailey asked the Sacra-
mento officers that the bridge guards
be removed. He was told they would
moi be and replied that he would al
peal to the courts for a restraining
order to prevent the closing Of the
bridge to traffic.
Meanwhile the unemployed we're
trying to reorganize and held several
meetings on the river banks. The
citizens committee Of Sacramento
sent the "army" a load Of provisions
today cooked meat, coffee and bread
Yolo county having refused to feed
them.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1914-03-10
REFUSES TO ANSWER QUERIES
NEBRASKA soLoN SAYS LAWYER
Is SILENT REGARDING
RAILROAD DEAL
ACCUSED man MAKES I -REPL Y
HE DENIES HOLDING X. AND M
STOCK FOR MARKET MANiE'-
ULATIoN PURPOSES Z

Washington, Marcn 70 Samuel Un~
termyers motives in,pressing the sen
ate banking committee for fayorablep
action on the stock exchange bila
were questioned today by Senator
Hitchcock, democrat, Of Nebraska ait
hearing.
Untermyer, Senator Hitchcock said
had refused to answer questions about
his connection with the sale Of Ka-
nawha & Michigan railroad stock
either for himself or for some other
persons.
Mr.. Untermyer said he believed the
matter was brought up to obscure
the issues involved IN the pending
bin. but declared the charges that he
or his clients had been involved iu
any improper transaction in the stock
named had been inspired BY the pub
1icity department Of the New york
stock exchange Although he read
letter from John g MiIburns counsel
for the exchange. denying the pub
licity story, Untermyer Insisted he be
liered Mr.. AIilhugn haa been Iiea W
lhg mensbefs 81 llI
Tnte rhr
cured about ter yeaH o
represented protective eolau
of stockholders who refused ID SEN
their holdings to the majority stock
holders until the stock had been
dropped from the list Of the New
york exchange. They then sold It at
160 or thereabouts 4 share, and ne
testified under questioning BY sena-
tor Hitchcock that the majority hold
ings had paid only $40 share Or less
for other stocks they had bought in.
by means Of which the line passed to
the Hooking valley road and was fin~
ally absorbed BY the Chesapeake a
Ohio. He denied that the committee
held out its holdings for purposes OF
market manipulation.
Mr.. Hitchcock announced that ha
would have some very pertinenN
questions to ask when the commit
tee resumed later in the day
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1914-03-10
Arbitration Not Favored

London, March 10. The death at
Juarez Of William S. Benton came up
for discussion in the house Of com
mons today. The foreign secretary
was asked whether it was not pos
Isible to refer the question Of redress
for the Benton murder to The Hague
for arbitration.
Sir Edward Grey replied that tech
nically and theoretically it was, and
continued:
In practice, however, at the pres
ent moment, there is no satisfaction
to be obtained by arbitration, and |
am not prepared to admit that in this
case arbitration would be the most fit
ting method of securing redress"
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1914-03-10
CONVICTED BANKER
GOES TO PRISON
WILLIAM J. cUMMINs PREVENT.
Ed EXECUTION OF SEN.
TENcE 300 DAYS

New York. March To-. william ].
Cummins. at one time head Of the de-
flnct Carnegie Trust company, who
was convicted nearly three years ago
Of the larceny Of $4,000, was taken
to Sing Sing prison from the Tombs
today TO serve out a sentence Of not
less than four years and eight months
and not more than eight years and
eight months. By reason os appeals
and other moves. counsel for cunimins
kent him orr of sing Sing far nearly
900 DAYS after his conviction. ae win
now appeal to Governor clgnn Tor 2
pardon On the ground that ha render
ed assistance to lhe state in tbe heals
ings regarding tho trust company
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1914-03-10

authorities. Governor o. B. Colqutt
is out Of the city on a two-day trip to
Fort Worth.
Henry Hutchings, state adiutant
general, has begun at Laredo an in
vestigation ordered by Governor COL
quitt, who did not make public what
specific instruction, if any, he gave to
Hutchings. It is known that the
stories of torture, based on the charr-
ed condition Of one of vergara's hands,
will receive close attention in this in
vestigation.
There still was no intimation, SO far
as known here, from Captain 8 J.
sanders of the Texas Rangers, as to
the identity OF the person or persons
who he has claimed informed him he
would find the body on the American
side Of the Rio Grande river at $3.50
o'clock Sunday morning. Sanders re-
ports also are blank as to the identity
Of those who made the night trip into
Mexico
The burning Of vergara's hand,
which is apparently discredited in
General Bliss report to washington
today, was reported as fact by Cap
tain Sanders Of the Texas Rangers,
whose official statement read:
@One hand was burned to a crisp"
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1914-03-10
uRlosTE lNnIcTEp

Santa Fe, N. M. March 10. The
grand jury this afternoon reported
two indictments, one against Francis
co Urioste and the opher against El,
lis Kibble. colored. Both are charged
with murder
Some time ago Urioste was arrested
charged with killing bis own child and
then came reports Of the mysterious
deaths Of other children in his family
who had died several years ago, one
after the other.
The grand juTy's formal report is
not expected until tomorrow.
The petit Jury was empanelIed this
afternoon. Judge Abbott having to ex-
cuse several jurors selected earlier in
the day. They made 8 plea that they
were past 60 years Of age and they
were excused.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1914-03-10
cAs LEASES TAXED

Oklahoma City, Okla March
oil and eas leases II JNshoma
mated = b worth from zooo9o
10 $50o.1aoo00 were rendered
ieet to nent ana taxatibn g
decision d the ataGs supreme
here today opholdIs she staEe
q equallz ion's valuation 81 h
Clan Te ex ii'Hmlaalin 90 on
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1914-03-10
RioTs OF ROME

s Rome, March 10--A number Of
strikers were wounded today, and one
is reported killed in a serious affray
with the police in the vicinity of the
ministry Of the interior. The mount
ed policemen fired volleys Of ball
cartridges into the crowd. After the
strikers had been dispersed the
wounded were taken into the minis
try Of the interior for treatment.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1914-03-10
dozed' by any such statement

dozed' by any such statement a
that
This committee is no going to b
fbulldozed' by you or anybody else.
said Chairman Taylor, addressing Hi
ton.
Nichols finally was asked to nam'
the witnesses. and gave Andrew Hol
lister, a bridge policeman; Mr. ant
Mrs. Archie Hail. Hancock; Elme,
johnson, railroad employe at Hough
ton; Albert Newman. Ben F johnson
and Harry Reed, Calumet, and Mr.. ane
Mrs. Narcotic. Of Houghton.
Preceding Nichols. the committee
heard four employees Of two detective
agencies testify against the methods
Of their former employees, and also
listened to the concluding evidence in
defense Of the conduct Of militiamen
in the strike zone.
MdHODSy Is ~
Charles Mahoney, vice president of
the western Federation of Miners,
was operated on here today for ap-
pendicitis, and is said to be in a crit
ical condition. Charles ii. Meyer was
at Mahoney's bedside most Of the
day.
At the opening Of the afternoon ses-
sion of the committee Chairman Tay-
lar said that counsel for the strikers
had informed him that they did not
care to have the statement offered bv
Nichols admitted into the record
thus relieving the committee ot the
responsibility of deciding this cues
ton. Mr. Taylor said that it was the
attitude Of the committee that 1t did
not care to 60 into the deportation at
great length as long as it had been.
known that Meyer was deported forci-
bly,, and this had been shown by the
testimony Of Charles IT. Tanner and
the testimony Of Nichols, who had
statements from persons who claimed
to have witnessed the deportation.
Ben Goggin, an organizer for the
Western Federation Of Miners. was
the only witness at the afternoon ses-
sion. He testified that he was as
saulted by deputies at Red Jacket
December II, without proyocation. He
said the militiamen we're accustomed
to follow strikers and stop their pa
rades.
1t was announced that Meyer would
appear at the session tonight and
would Be the Ia Witness Cor ahe
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Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1914-03-10
WILL Be NO CONFLICT
UNITED STATES AND TEXAS Gov
ERNoR WILL NOT HAVE
MISUNDERSTANDING
RANGERS Did NOT CROSS
THE REPORTS SHOW REMAINS
RECOVERED BY DEcEAsEDs
RELATIVES

Washington, March 1O.-No conflict
will arise between the federal gov
ernment and the state of Texas over
the recovery Of the body Of Yergara,
the murdered American ranchman.
Further steps demanding the punish
ment Of vergara's assassins will be
taken.
This was the status Of the case af-
ter cabinet meeting today. The
officially accepted view was that Yer
CARA was lured across the border and
murdered and his body was subse-
quently recovered by his own friends
not Texas Rangers who crossed in
to Mexico as private individuals and
not as an armed expedition.
After today's cabinet meeting, at
which Consul CARROTS reports were
read, Secretary Bryan made the fol-
lowing paraphrase Of Mr.. Garrett's tel
egrams:
Consul Garrett went with Captain
Sanders OF the Texas Rangers and
deputy sheriff to Palafox, Texas, last
Saturday, for the purpose of mailing
further investigation in the vergara
case. They went to the vergara
ranch and examined Witnesses who
saw the horses belonging to Vergara
taken by the Mexicans and who also
saw vergara cross the river, and those
who saw him captured. The investi-I
cation kept them up late Saturday
night when they reached Coleman's
Camp two miles abovv Palafox, where
they ate supper and concluded to re-
main over might.
about 4 a. m. they we're informed
that vergara's body was on the Texas
side Of the river. Consul Garrett
reused the chauffeur Of his automo-
bile and went five or six miles away
to a point opposite San Enrique's
ranch, about three miles below Pala-
fox. Mr.. Garrett there found the body
with number Of reIauves Of vergara
who had also been notified TO come
and identity the body. Mr.. Garrett
was informed that a small party Of
Vergara's friends had gone over the
river at 2 o'clocR p. nj. Se4Bdsned the
body and brought It acrCsR Mr.. Gar
rett adds that the Texas Rangers had
~ hand in bringing the body over
but went there to view it when noti-
fed, as he was"
Secretary Garrison had from Brig
der General Taslker H. Bliss, com
manding the American border forces,
the following report Of the vergara
case, by Captain H. P. Howard Of the
Fourteenth United States cavalry:
Investigation shows vergara's body
was taken from the Hidalgo cemetery
Saturday night by relatives of YER
CARA and hired Mexicans. Captain
Sanders states positively no Texas
rangers crossed the border. Tie met
the body at landing opposite san
Enrique, with Undertaker Convery.
Sunday morning. Convery brought
the body to Laredo at 1880 p. m sun
day. He states there were no signs
Of burns on the body.
He found four bullet holes The
neck was chafed, but not broken. The
body was decomposed, but the pants
match the coat left at home by Yer
CARA. Identification seems reliable.
Recovery Of body is said to have cost
s. T. HILL brotherIn-law Of vergara,
s4O0. The body is being held at re-
quest Of Adjutant General Hutchings.
No excitement"
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1914-03-10

Austin, Tex. March 1O.-No further
information Of the acts Of the party Of
Texans who recovered Clemente Yer
gara's body from its Mexican grave
was expected today. pending informa-
ton q the official Investigation new
~ progress by both federal and state
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1914-03-10
TODAY IN CONGRESS-

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J washington, March 10 Senate:
Met at noon.
Samuel Untermyer testified on the
stock exchange regulation bill before
the banlaing committee.
Senator Iallman ASKED for an inves-
tigation Of charges that q coal trust
discriminates against Charleston. s.
d.
Committees in charge Of trust bills
barred consideration Of the measures
for early action.
House: Met at noon.
Debate was resumed On the agricuI
tural bill
Committees in charge Of trust leg
islation began speeding up their work
Interstate commerce committee re
ported revised Sims bill to repeal
Panama tolls exemption.
Judiciary committee Dismissed ai
4uncorroborated9 the charges 81 wade
H. Cooper Of Washington AGAINST
Associate Justice WRIGHT Of The SD
preme court of the District of coIum
bia
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-28
DISEASE VICTIMS
PROVE NUMEROUS
Twenty Six Gases of Smallpox
in City During the Month
of June Are Reported.

There were 26 cases of smallpox In
Rock Island during the month of
June, according to the monthly report
of Dr. G. G. Craig, health commission
er, submitted at the weekly meeting
of the city commission yesterday
afternoon. Quarantine was removed
in % instances and A houses were fu-
migated.
The detailed report follows:
Division of contagious diseases:
Scarlet Fever, 1; Smallpox, 20; Tuber-
culosis, 3; Diphtheria, 1; Typhoid Fe-
yer, 1; Erysipelas, =; Measles, 6;
Chickenpox, 4; Wnooping-cough 3;
Quarantine removed. 30; Houses fumi-
gated, A.
Division of nuisances: Complaint,
rubbish, 6; garbage, 10: vaults, Is;
miscellaneous, 104.
Division of sanitation: Inspection
of grocery stores :; restaurants. 4;
meat markets, 4; miscellaneous, g:
number of loa1s IF tuobish hauled
$50. ni.ris ar of leads of garbage haul
ed 275.
Miscellaneous: Births IA; Male 5;
Female, 8; Deaths is; Male u; Fee
male, 6.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-28
WEATHER CONDITIONS.

A trough OF moderately low pressure
which extends from the southern por-
zion of the Rocky mountain region to
the north Atlantic coast. with the
greatest barometric depression over
Virginia. and another low which IS cen
trail over southern Saskatchewan have
been attended by scattered showers
and thunderstorms from the Mississ-
ippi valley 70 the Atlantic sections
and At occasional stations in the
Rocky mountain states Somewhat
lower temperatures in the upper Miss
issippi valley and the lake region are
resulting from an area of high pres
sure which Is central over Lake Su-
perior but IL remains warm in about
All OF the remainder of the territory
from the eastern Rocky mountain
slope 70 the AIleghanies. Continued
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-28
Liverpool Situation.

Liverpool, July tablespoonful
American cables caused some selling
here and opening values were ss low
er. Following the opening there was
a sharp scramble of shorts to cover,
being induced by the break in consols
and a report here that actual war had
commenced between Austria and Ser
via. Russian advices continue bull
ish and this of itself is having a strong
tendency in all foreign markets. and
cargoes are firmly held with spot mar
kets strong. European demand has
again become insistent and much ap-
prehension is felt. The market here
is very nervous and duIing the morn
ing some speculative interests were in
clined for profits and this caused some
reaction, but at 1870 the undertone
was strong with prices q to q higher
than opening and Il to % higher than
yesterday.
Corn opened unchanged and later
there was some little selling. The po-
litical situation offset easier American
cables. but later pressure developed
on reports of fine cold weather in Ar
gentina, and at 1870 prices were I'M
changed 10 Is lower than yesterday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-28

Vienna, July 2S.-If the present at
titude of Austria toward Servia
plunges the two nations into war, the
object long sought by Austria will
have been attained. Austria views
with apprehension the rise of a Slav
power on her southern border. She
wants war now while Servia is COM
paratiyely weak.
For 100 years by every art known
to diplomacy, by craft and force, by
commercial discrimination and con-
tinual menace of war, the Hapsburg
empire has hampered the develop
ment of the Servian nation.
Thc Hapsburg empire has reason to
fear Servia, since that nation is the
nucleus of a great people. Servia
proper, even with the accessions' of
territory which resulted from the
Balkan war, has only some 100000
inhabitants. But in Montenegro and
Albania, in Bosnia and Herzegovina
and in Hungary are twice as many
more. Today Servia is one of the
most thoroughly organized military
states in Europe and so systematic
has been the extension of the Pan Serb
propaganda among the. Slav peoples
of Austria-Hungary that the loyalty of
whole provinces is in doubt.
Servian hatred of Austria dates
back nearly 200 years. In 1719 Aus
trian armies captured Belgrade from
the Turks and the Austrians were
hailed as deliverers by the Serbs. who
had been in practical slavery since the
fall of the Serb empire, late in the
14th century. Twenty years later, to
gain some petty advantage elsewhere,
Austria sold the Serbs back into Turk
ish slavery. The Serbs have never
forgotten it.
When the war of Servian independ-
enve was in progress 100 years ago the
Turks were aided in every diplomatic
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-28
SNAKE DANCE OF HOpI INDIANS

The weird and uncanny snake dance
OF the Hopi Indians is described in
communication to the National Geo.
graphic society. at Washington, D. c.,
by Miss Marion L. Oliver, daughter of
former Assistant Secretary of War
Robert Shaw Oliver.
1.-The chief of the harvest priests
first appeared, carrying in his hand a
weird wind instrument, which as he
swung sounded like the angry sough-
ing wind of a Storm she writes.
"Others followed carrying rattles
which made the sound OF falling rain;
others had ears Of corn, or others
harvest emblems. Suddenly l saw a
priest ascending the ladder leading
from the Snake kiya. He was COW
cred with a long coat, and carried a
great bag, the contents of which with
ed and wriggled. He deposited his
bag of snakes under the tepee-like al
tar. Just as the rays of the setting
sun struck the top rung of the ladder.
several wild figures emerged. Now
the ceremony began. ; Crossing hands,
they swayed from east to west with
eyes half closed. After about 20 mo-
tions they burst into deep-voiced
chant. Soon some of the priests be-
gan to look half hypnotized, and sang
with their eyes fixed and heads bent.
Suddenly the singing stopped and
the snake priests stood in line. single
file, only every other priest had his
hand on the shoulder of the one in
front of him and in the other hand
carried wand of eagle feathers.
A
with a funny. housekeeping motion.
As they passed the altar they paused
and stamped twice on a board that
was over hole to awaken the spirits
TO hear their prayers. The second
time the priests passed the altar
saw them pause. but only when they
had turned facing me did realize the
horror. Every other man had
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-28
Cruel Kindness.
Whats the matter, old man."

Whats the matter, old mani"
"Oh, I've had bit of hard luck"
Haven't been hit in the stock mar
ket; / hopper"
mo, a fellow who pretends to be a
friend of mine has a box at the opera
and he has invited my wife and my
self to go as his guests next Tuesday
evening,
81 shouldn't call that hard luck"
You would IL it made it necessary
for you to buy your wife a new hat.
new gloves, new silk stockings. new
twelve dollar shoes, new gown. a
new opera cloak and rent taxicab
for the night.''-Chicago Record.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-28
THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS TUESDAY. july g. 1914

Temperatures In southern Illinois, Kan
sas. Oklahoma and Missouri ran 20
to 100.
December corn on its around 2,S5o'-
000,0 900 promise continues at a 10 cent
discount below September. Any ar
rival of liberal rains will increase this
difference. The old corn months are
expected to retain these levels. Rains
would break the September corn ana
some predict September corn will work
back to 67 or 6S on its next down
swing. Central west corn is making
a fair showing on these sprinkles, out
Kansas complaints are now due.
Run of new oats is on and oats
promise to continue marooned in their
bulge sale position.
Provision news indicates that only
a short, swift, temporary satisfaction
can be CLEANED on selling side. Our
reports from Illinois, Indiana, Ohio
and Missouri this morning again show
the necessity of general rains. There
are many complaints, especially from
Illinois.
On any recession in wheat today we
advise the long side. Foster wires:
Am expecting increased rainfall in
cotton and corn belts before end of
rains"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-28

squirming live rattlesnake in his
mouth. TheA snakes were curling
themselves into all kinds of horrible
shapes, and their, evil heads went
darting this way and that. / saw one
RATHER strike a man just under the
ear He had to pull it loose, but took
a fresh hold Of the snake nearer its
head and seemed none the worse for
it.
Now I saw the reason for the sec
ond priests with feather wands. Their
duty was to soothe the snake by strok-
ing it with the feathers, and to guide
the snake-carrying priest, who often
looked as if he were in a trance. The
snakes would hiss and try to coil
and strike, but the tickling of the
feathers would make them uncoil, and
the priests would pick them up with
about as much concern as most peo-
pie would pick up a rope Two OF the
snake priests were little boys who
could not have been more than S
years old. One of them danced with
a bull snake bigger than himself.
which he had to hold with both hands
as well as his teeth to prevent it from
getting away.
"A group OF Hopi maidens now en-
tered. The priests then threw all the
snakes on the ground in great
squirming mass at their feet, and the
maidens sprinkled the hideous rep
tiles with sacred meal Then the
priests bent down and each seized two
handfuls OF snakes, and turning. ran
with Incredible swiftness out of the
piazza down to the desert. where, with
parting message to their spirit
brothers, they left them
rode back to camp very silent.
the whole thing leaving me rather
dazed. 1t seemed so wierd. SO unreal;
and yet the knowledge that the dance
was the elimination OF I6 days of
fasting and prayer. and the intense
religious attitude of both priests and