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Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-02-13
PASSENGERS MEET DEATH
IN THE CUMBRE TUNNEL
Nine Americans and Forty or More
Mexicans Perish When Train
Runs Into Bandits Trap.

JuareZ, Mexico.-The nine Anleri.
Gems and forty or fifty Mexicans whose
fate has been a mystery since the de-
struction of the Cumbre tunnel on
February 4, were suffocated This
information was received here Satur-
day evening at the head quarters of
the Mexican Northwestern railroad
The tragedy is laid at the doors of
Maxine Castillo, the bandit leader
Railroad men here and in Ell Paso
are furious at Castillo's act. On Tues
day twenty-five of his men were cap
tured and executed by the rebels and
the next day, apparently in revenge,
he captured the freight train, ran it
into the south end of the tunnel about
300 feet and there set fire to it.
The passenger train entered the
death trap from the north unsuspect-
ingly, probably travelling at its usual
rate of about twenty-five miles an
hour When the engineer discovered
the trap it was too late.
Nothing but charred bones and but
tons were found by the rescuing party
which, with the aid of oxygen helmets
and pulmotors, succeeded in penetrat
ing the Cumbre tunnel on Sunday.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-02-13
DEMOCRATS WERE IGNORANT
OF PLANK REGARDING TOLLS
Georgia Congressman Declares That
Provision Was Inserted In Plat
form Surreptitiously.

Washington.-The provision for
free passage for American ships
through the Panama canal was in
jected into the Democratic platform
without the knowledge Of the major
ity of the resolutions committee at
the Baltimore convention, according
to the assertion on Saturday of Rep.
resentative Adamson Of Georgia,
chairman of the interstate and for
eign commerce commission. He had
met but three or four members of the
convention. he said, who knew of the
existence of the tolls plank before
the platform was promulgated.
Branding the tolls exemption pro-
vision as hereto doctrine" Adam
son issued statement paving the
way for congressional debate on a
repeating bill to be introduced in ac-
cordance with the determination of
President Wilson that the United
States should recognize the claim of
American ships is in violation of the
Hay Pauncefote treaty.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-02-13
PERUVIAN PRESIDENT TAKEN
PRISONER BY REBEL BAND
Uprising Came as a camplete Sur
prise, Minister Of War Being
Killed in Attack on Palace.

Lima, Peru,-The president of the
republic of Peru, Guillermo Billing
hurst, was taken prisoner Wednesday
by military revolutionists
President Billinghurst was later
taken by the rebels as prisoner to
Callao from which port he will be,
sent into exile in foreign country.
The rebels attacked the presidential
palace Wednesday morning under the
leadership of Colonel Benavides. Gen.
eral Enrique Varelc, premier and min
lister of war, was killed in the hight
which ensued Dr. Augusta Durand,
former revolutionary reader, took pos
session of the palace.
The attack on the palace began at
half-past four in the morning. In
habitants of Lima ran into the streets,
alarmed by the firing. Soldiers were
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-02-13
WILL CAUCUS ON
TOLLS QUESTION
DEMOCRATIC SENATORS BELIEVE
SUCH ACTION NECESSARY IN
INTEREST OF HARMONY.
Claim That Fact That Party Endorsed
Toll Exemption Policy at BaIti-
more Convention Should Not Be
Subject Of Controversy.

Washington.-Re of the pro-
vision of the Panama canal act ex-
empting American eoastwise ships
from tolls, favored by President Viii
son, is to be made a subject Of con-
sideration and action by a Democratic
caucus of the senate.
That this would be a wise and nee
essary course in the interest OF party
harmony and the nations foreign pol
icy is the conclusion of administra-
tion senators who have discussed the
subject with the president.
How soon the caucus will be called
has not been determined, but several
senators on Monday asserted the
Democrats would get together to
weigh the situation as presented by
the president and settle for them
selves the whole controversy. The
fact that the Democratic party indoors
ed the toll exemption policy at the
Baltimore convention, these senators
and President Wilson hold, should not
be subject of open controversy a
this time because conditions involv
ed in the tolls question have changed
since that time The point to be set
tied is if the policy of tolls adopted
by the nation through the action o
congress should be reversed regard
less of the declaration in the Balti
more platform.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-02-13
SUIT INTERESTS THOUSANDS.
May Result In judicial Pronouncement
of Theory Of Beneficial Use of
Water.

Provo, Utah.-Suit which may af-
feet the entire system of water diver
sions from the Provo river and which
may result in judicial pronouncement
of the theory of the beneficial use Of
water" as governing rights Of apn~o-
priators in this section, was filed in he
district court here Saturday by after,
neys for the Provo Reservoir com
pany against all persons claiming a
right or interest in water of the river
or its tributaries.
Defendants include the cities OF
Provo and Heber, the towns of Mid
way and Charleston, about fifty,
canal companies and corporations, in
GLIDING the Utah Light G Power com
pany and other interests holding
power sites along the river, and about
a thousand individuals OF the per
sons named as defendants, about one
half are citizens of Utah county, one
third of Wasatch county and one
sixth of Summit county The rivers
sources are in Summit and Wasatch
counties.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-02-13
RED CROSS Warned
OF COMING FLOODS
NATIONAL DRAINAGE CONGRESS
WITHOUT FUNDS ON EVE
OF EXPECTED DISASTER.
President Perkins Predicts Flood Rav-
oc such as That of Last Year,
Which Cost the American Peo-
pie Nearly Thousand Lives.

Washington.-Fina starvation
mas halted efforts of the national drain
age congress to guard against a re-
currence of the floods which damaged
the middle western and southern
states last year.
Edmund T. Perkins. president of the
congress, On Sunday notified Ernest
F. Bickness, national director of the
Red Cross society, of his inability to
continue operations because of lack
of funds and warned the Red Cross
TO be prepared to cope again IN a
few weeks with flood havoc such as
that of last year which cost the Arer-
lean people nearly a thousand lives
and property to the value of $500 COO
900"
Mr. Perkins asserted that the alb
normal winter, with light snowfall
gives ground to expect the Red Cross
will again be set to the alienation OF
disasters which the American repub-
tic has not yet decided to avert" The
misery of Mexico and foreign coun-
tries, he said, has overshadowed the
threatening calamity in the United
States; congress has failed to act and
such subjects as reclamation of west
ern arid lands had been allowed to
eclipse the pressing demand for flood
prevention measures.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-02-13
DESIRES ACTION
ON CANAL TOLLS
PRESIDENT WILL ENOEAVoR TO
HAVE EXEMPTION OF COAST
WISE SHIPPING REscINDED.
Believes Treaty With Great Britain
Guarantees Equality of Treatment
to All Nations, Including United
States, in Subject of Tolls.

Washington.-Pres Wilson an
nounced on Thursday that he would
endeavor to have repealed at the
present session of congress that pro-
vision of the Panama canal act which
exempts American coastwise ships
from the payment of tolls. He made
his position clear to callers in un-
equivocal terms. The president be.
lieves the ay-Pauncefote treaty with
Great Britain guarantees equality of
treatment to all nations, including
the United States, in the subject of
tolls, and that the United States is in
honor bound to charge American
vessels the same tolls it imposes
upon those of foreign nations The
president impressed upon his callers
that he would use every legitimate
influence at his disposal to have the
exemption clause eliminated from
the Panama canal act.
| This announcement was expected
by administration leaders at the cap
itol The presidents views will be
carried out in the house, according
to Representative Adamson, chairman
VI LnC AnlSLSldC5 anu IOlGA6h JUN
meree committee.
Not so certain, however, are some
of the Democratic leaders in the sen
ate that the president will be sus
tanned in his resolve on this ques
ton, which has agitated American
relations with Great Britain for sew
eral years, and has been a subject o
international controversy since tn,
passage of the Panama canal act il
August, 1912. Senator O'Gorman
chairman of the interoceanic canal
committee, which had charge of tn
bill. who led the victorious fight il
the senate to exempt American coast
wise vessels from tolls, has asserte
his purpose to stand by his conviC
tions and fight the president
desire.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-02-13
ROUNDUP AT LOGAN CLOSES.
Gathering was Most Successful One
Yet Held.

Logan, Utah-The most successful
roundup in the history Of the Agr4cul-
ture college closed February T. Be-
tween 1900 and 1,4O0 people have
awaited themselves Of the opportuni
ty of hearing an instructive course of
lectures on farming and home econo-
mics. Many have attended every SEES
sion. Notebooks have been numerous
at every meeting, and men of years
of experience in farming could al
ways be seen noting down the things
they heard in order that they might
take the instructions home and put
them into practice
The roundup now moves to Rich
field, where a similar gathering will
be held beginning Tuesday and CON
tinuing until February 81.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-02-13
WillTest Law.

San Francisco-Not satisfied with a
state supreme court decision which
denied her the right to vote in this
state because she is the wife Of an
alien, Mrs. Ethel c. Mackenzie, wife of
Gordon Mackenzie, the singer, has TAX
en- her case to the supreme court OF
the United States with the intention
of determining the validity of the fed
eral statute which says that an Ameri-
can woman who marries an alien
thereby takes the nationality of heI
husband.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-02-13
Asks MEETING of Governors.

Denver.-Governor e. M. Ammons
has received a communication from
Secretary of Interior Lane suggesting
that meeting of governors of west
ern states and individuals interested
in reclamation projects be held with.
in the immediate future to discuss
in detail the irrigation and reclama'
ton of arid lands of the west. Sec.
rotary Lane suggested that the meet,
ing be held simultaneously with the
western governors conference, which
S to convene in Denver, probably in
April
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-02-13
WHOLE VILLAGES BURIED.
Flooded by Torrent Of Flaming Lava
And Buried Under Hail of Rocks.

san Francisco.-The first detailed
account Of the terrible eruption of
Sakurajima, on the southern coast of
Japan. was received here Saturday by
mail The correspondent places the
loss of life, conserVatively estimated.
at several hundreds"
Not only was the Island of Sakura-
jima itself, with its dozen villages.
flooded by a torrent of flaming lava
and buried under hail of incandes-
cent rocks, but the beautiful city of
Kagoshima, overlooking the golden
gate of Japan, was partly destroyed,
several towns and villages on the
mainland to the east were sore hit
and the villages of Akamidzu, Yokoy-
anna and Koarike we've literally swal-
lowed up by the molten lava. Until
they are dug out, no specific count of
lives lost ever will be possible.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-02-13
coNFEssEs CAREER or CRIME.
Aged counterfeIter Says He was Once
Notorious Bandit.

Salt Lake City.-Milton H. Lee, ar
rested in Salt Lake several days ago
on charge of having counterfeit dies
in his possession, in signed confes
sion has admitted, according to the
Herald-Republican that he is the
once notorious Gentleman Bandit OF
the Yosemite" who for more than
twenty years terrorized the desert
towns OF southern California, and
who has committed stage holdups and
robberies by the score, and served
twenty-seven years in various prisons.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-02-13
Would Riuht a Wronq.

Washington.-Secre of the Navy
Daniels will recommend to congress
TO reinstate in the marine corps Lieu
tenant Colonel Constantine Marrast
Perkins, who. he has become con
Vinced. was run out of service by a
clique in the marine service in Wash
Suufnu
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-02-13
Pass Farm Demonstration Bill.

Washington.-The house agrieultur-
al extension bill passed the senate on
Saturday without dissenting vote.
The bill provides for the demonstra-
tions on the farm of approved meth
DDS and scientific discoveries as to
farming and some economies made in
the state agricultural colleges, expert
menetal stations and in the federal
department of agriculture.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-02-13
Gunman Kills TWO.

New York.-A policeman and cit
izen were mortally wounded by a
gunman in a downtown section of
Brooklyn late Thursday night. Their
assaffant was pursued by a mob be.
fore being captured.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-02-13
Missionary Priest KILLED.

San Antonio. Texas.--S. Virum
Brales, a Spanish missionary priest,
was shot and fatally wounded at the
country home of Charles Baumberger,
a wealthy San Antonio manufacturer.
Baumberger and his son surrendered
tn the sheriff
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-02-13
Frees Wife for Another

Sterling, nl-Charles Applegreen
on Monday voluntarily freed his wife
SO that she might marry another man,
forgave the rival, who had won her
from him. and started for San Fran.
cisco to forget the past while cruising
with the navy
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-02-13
No Change in Policy.

London.-A statement issued by
Christabei Pankhurst. the militant sui.
fragette leader, and made public Sun
day, says the secession from the Wo-
mems Social and Political Union OF
her sister. Sylvia, will bring about no
change in the policy of her union.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-02-13
MERGER ON MINERS UNIONS.

Western Federation and Mine Work
ers of American Plan Consolidation.
Denver, consolidation of the
Western Federation of Miners and the
United Mine Workers of America, tot
aling more than half million men,
bers, with yearly revenue in excess
OF $6,000,000. is foreshadowed by the
action on Saturday of the executive
committee of the Western Federation
in semi-annual session here in agree
ing to appoint subcommittee to con-
fer upon the proposed consolidation
with a subcommittee from the Unit
ed Mines Workers.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-02-13
Indorse supreme NavY PolIcu.

London.-Unqualified and unani-
nous Endorsement Of the British pol
Icy of maintaining supreme navy"
vas voiced Monday by a great mass
meeting of representative business
men of the city of London.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-02-13
MlsauIded elrl Murders Woman.

Newark, N. J.-Hazel Herdman, an
innkeepers daughter, confessed, af-
ter taking fatal dose Of poison late
Saturday, that it was she who Friday
night shot and killed Mrs. Harriet
Manning, wife of Charles /. Manning,
garage owner. She said, on her
deathbed at a hospital in Montclair,
that she had killed the woman in
order that Manning might marry her
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-02-13
RANcHER ON THE wARPATH.
Domestic Troubles Alleged to Be the
Cause of Near Tragedy.

Tremonton, Utah.-Jasper Phillips
of this city was shot and severely
wounded at an early hour Friday
morning by Jesse Orwin, ranchman
of Garland A bullet from Orwin's re-
volver crashed through Phillips jaw
and lodged in the back of his neck.
The bullet was extracted by Drs. Bow
man and Pitt. and unless blood pois-
oning should set in, Phillips is not in
danger. The shooting, it is said, was
the result of domestic troubles be-
tween Orwin and his wife.
Orwin and his wife were recently
divorced, and it is said that Phillips,
who is a cousin of Mrs. Orwin. figured
in the proceedings.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-02-13
Intends 10 Free convlcts.

Columbia, S. C-Gov. Cole L. Blease
expects to clear the South Carolina
penitentiary Of some 400 prisoners by
next August, according to his state
ment during an inquiry into the CON
ditions at the state hospital for the
insane.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-02-13
BLACKBURN Gets Position.

Washington-The house has passed
the senate resolution appointing For
mer Senator Joseph G. S. Blackburn
of Kentucky resident commissioner
of the Lincoln Memorial commission
at a salary of $4,000 a year
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-02-13
Former Congressman 4 smuaqler.

New York.-Lucius N. Litteaur, a
former congressman. and his brother
William were fined $1,000 each and
sentenced to six months in jail on
Wednesday for smuggling. Tbs Jail
sentence was suspended.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-02-13
sfays Wrono Man.

Barcelona.-An attempt was made
to kill Senior Osserio4Salardo, who was
governor of Barcelona at the time of
the disorders in 1909. The ex-govern-
or escaped. and. in his stead, an inof-
fensive citizen was shot dead
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-02-13
Gambling Apparatus burned.

Baker, Ore.-Gambling parapherna-
aia taken by Colonel Yawson and his
militiamen from Copperfeld and Hunt
ington last month. went up in smoke
Sunday, In accordance with orders OF
Governor West.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-02-13
Arctic Survivor Dead.

Washington.-Wil H. Bell lived
through the hardships and ,privations
of the Greeley arctic expedition of
1882 to die in bed at his home
mere Monday. He was one of the
two living survivors of the gallant
Marty
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-02-13
zamor Forms Cabinet.

Port An Princeton. orestes
zamor, who was elected president of
Haiti by congress in succession to
Michel Oreste, who fed on the out
break of the revolution, formed his
cabinet on Monday. The capital is
Iuiaf
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-02-13
Called to Happy Hunting Ground.

Watonga. okla.-Mhite Antelope,
S5. a former war chief of the Cheyenne
Indians died Saturday. He was one
of the seven Cheyenne chiefs who
signed the treaty with the Cherokee
commission thirty years ago. eeding
the Cheyenne and Arapahoe lands to
the government.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-02-13
Rrlbers Sent to Prison.

New York.-Joseph Cassidy. former
Democratic boss of Queens county,
.and William Willett, former con-
gresham, convicted bribers, were
sentenced to serve a year and six
months and to pay 81 900 fine.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-02-13
Broken Rail Causes Wreck.

Sioux City, Ia--A broken rail
wrecked the Twin City Limited pas.
;enger train on the Chicago, st. Paul,
Minneapolis & Omaha railroad at
3igelow, Mimi, early. Monday morn.
ing. j. Bloomfield of Surprise. Neb.,
VAS killed and fourteen injured.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-02-13
Indians to Consider Grievances.

Tacoma, Wasb.-Announcemen was
made Saturday that Indians of all the
fsh-eating tribes of western Washing
ton would meet in a pow-wow here
Two weeks from Saturday to consid-
.er their alleged wrongs and demand
e1etter treatment.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-02-13
Millions for Fortlfications.

Washington. = The senate has
passed the fertilization appropriation
Dill. carrying $6,S95,2OO and materially
increasing the house appropriations
.or artillery and ammunition.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-02-13

Tokio-The police have forbidden
a mass meeting called in the park
adjoining the diet. Popular excite
ment against the government has
been increased by .1fiammatory
speeches.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-02-13
Boat Crushed by ice.

Chicago.-Three men, two of them
employed at an intake crib two miles
off shore. were drowned in Lake
Michigan when the small boat in
which they we're trying TO return to
the crib was crushed in the ice
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-02-13
Stock Starving.

Mountain View. Wyo-Live stock
on the Wyoming ranges in this section
of Uinta county, some miles north of
the Utah line and due east of Evans.
ton, is in danger Of starvation as
result of the heavy snow fall.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-02-13
Murders Girl and Suicides,

Greensburg, Pa.-Love for two six
teen-year-old girls, neither of whom
knew of the others existence. prompt
ed John McFadden to kill Anna Lutz
and himself as they sat in an automo-
bile near Ligonier, Pa.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-02-13
MlIson,a oplnIon of ROLLS.

ADMINISTRATION Wilson. in
letter to William L. Marbury of this
city. says that the exemption of Amer
can coastwise ships is a mistaken
policy from every point of view" and
benefits for the present, at any rate,
only a monopoly"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-02-13
.lmmioration Bin Passes.

Washington.-The Burnett immigra-
ton bill. prescribing a literacy test
for applicants to admission to the
United States, was passed by the
house Wednesday afternoon by vote
of PAL to 1876
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-02-13

ordered to fire volleys into the air
in order to prevent the formation Of
crowds and by this method they kept
the panic-stricken people moving from
place to place.
A civilian bystander was killed by
a bullet
Peru's sudden revolutionary truoble
is due principally 10 President Bill
inghurst's earnest efforts to place the
finances of his country on sound
basis. His scheme for doing this in
volved the strictest economies
throughout the public service and nat
urally proved unpopular, particularly
among officeholders, who saw their
salaries and estimates pruned with a
merciless hand.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-02-13
Fortune From chewinu Gum,

Ghicago.-Jonathan Phillip Primley.
aged 81. who acquired fortune
through the manufacture of chewing
rum. died Monday at Pasadena, Cal,
according to the word received at his
home here.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-02-13
Abandon .Contracts

Washington.-Parcel Post in the
mountainous country of the west has
become so great that mail carriers
are abandoning their contracts. The
postoffice committee is urged to take
steps to give them relief.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-02-13
Six Meet Death in Fire.

Remidji, Minn.-Six men are known
to be dead. several are missing and
thirteen were seriously injured as
the result IF a fire which DESTROYED
the new 4 ree-story frame rotes at
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-02-13
Ordered Back to MEXICO.

Versailles.-Seventeen officers of
Mexican army, who have been study
ing aviation here. received orders
Sunday to return to Mexico on the
first steamer and rejoin their regi
mentH
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-02-13
Brains Himself With Az.

Greenwich, CONFUSING the blunt
end of heavy ak to crush in his
skull, William A. Stedman, promi-
cnent member of cotton brokerage
firm of New York City. committed
suicide Saturday.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-02-13
cost Of western Fuel rrlal.

San Franeisco.-The cost of the
Western Fuel company conspiracy
trial in the United States district
court here was estimated Saturday
to have reached a total of $3.50, 900.