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The Tomahawk., 1916-05-25
HELD TO ANSWER
TREASON CHARGE
EASEMENT AND IRISH CONFED'
ERATE COMMITTED END OF
PRELIMINARY HEARING.
TO FIGHT FOR LIVES IN COURT
Sir Roger and Daniel Bai!y Probably
Will Be Sentenced to Death if
Convicted, Easement Being
Hanged With Siiken Cord

London, May 1S.-Sir Roger Case
ment and Daniel Bailey have been
committed for trial on charges of
high treason by Sir John Dickinson,
presiding magistrate, at the conclu-
sion of the preliminary hearing.
Both Sir Roger and his soldier con-
federate will now go on trial for their
lives in the high court Of justice. If
convicted they probably will be SEN
fenced to death, Easement being given
the privilege accorded his rank Of be-
ing hanged with a silken cord.
Defense Reserves Evidence.
The magistrates decision was an.
nounced after the crown, at a brief
session, had completed the framework
of it's case against the two accused
men.
Counsel for Easement and Bailey,
during the three days of the parlia-
mentary hearing, contented them
selves chiefly with cross-examining
witnesses of the crown, reserving
their actual defense for the trial later.
The date of the trial and the court
before which it will be held have not
yet been announced.
The Tomahawk., 1916-05-25
To RE0RGAN|zE
ATLANTIC FLEET
SECRETARY DANIELS TO MAKE
ANNOUNCEMENT OF CHANGE
OF COMMANDERS SOON.
MAYO TO SUCCEED FLETCHER
Former Considered Live Sea Officer,
Being Man in Command at Tam
pico at Time of Huerta
Incident.
MAYO TO SUCCEED FLETCHER

Washington, May 19.-Plans for re-
organization of the Atlantic fleet will
be announced soon by Secretary OF
the Navy Josephus Daniels. 1t will
include the retirement Of Admiral
Frank F. Fletcher as commander-in-
chief, it was announced after Mr.. Dan
ials conferred with President Wilson.
Vice Admiral Henry r. Mayo, now
commander of the first division of the
fleet, with his flag on the Arkansas,
will succeed Admiral Fletcher as COM
mander-in- chief. Admiral Fletcher au-
tomatically returns to his line rank
of rear admiral and probably will be
assigned to important strategic work.
Rear Admiral Dewitt Coffman, one
of the division commanders of the
fleet, will become vice admiral.
The change becomes effective at
once.
Admiral Fletcher has completed his
term as commander-in-chief.
Rear Admiral Mayo is considered a
live sea officer. He is the man who
was in command at Tampico when
he demanded salute by Huerta to
the insulted flag Of the United States.
The Tomahawk., 1916-05-25
Washington

Landing of more American marines
at Santo Domingo City to deal with
the revolution led by General Arias,
dent Jimines was reported to the navy
department at Washington by Rear
Admiral Caperton, commanding the
American forces. So far no hostilities
have been reported.
pairing a protest characterized by OIL
cials at Washington as "very vigor-
ous'' against the interference with
mails to and from the United States
by Great Britain.
President Wilson's nomination Of
George Rublee for federal trade COM
missioner was rejected by the senate
at Washington.
Instead of approving Intervention by
the United States in Mexico, the pow
ers OF Latin America will be. opposed
to any such action. Notification to
this effect has been given to the secre-
tary of state at Washington by repre-
sentatives of the interested nations.
The Glass rural credits bill pro-
viding for a federal farm loan board
and a system of IL land banks passed
the house at Washington by vote Of
295 to 10.
Secretary of State Lansing at Wash
ington instructed Ambassador Gerard
to learn from the German foreign Of
flee what manner of punishment was
meted out to the commander of the
submarine that attacked the channel
liner Sussex.
The Tomahawk., 1916-05-25
ACCEPTS FIRST lNVITATlOM TO
ADDRESS PACiFisT SOCIETY
SINCE OUTBREAK OF THE
EUROPEAN WAR.
STATEMENTS EXPECTED TO
INTEREST BELLIGEREWTS
President Is Known To Be Giving
Deep Consideration to Possibility
of Bringing War to an E"a--
Time for Proposals Believed
Propitious.

Washington, May 2O-DiscUssicn of
the possibility of an early restoration
of peace in Europe was given addcd
impetus among diplomats and officials
here by al announcement at the White
House that President Wilson had &C.
cepted an invitation to speak either
Friday or Saturday of next week be-
fore the League to Enforce Peace OK
which former President Taft is pTesi--
dent.
Favors Force to Maintain Peace.
Since the outbreak of the European
war the president has refused many
invitations to speak before peace Or
ganizations, but recently he advocated
some of the things for which the.
League to Enforce Peace is working,
including the formation of league OF
nations with a common police force to-
maintain peace, and the establishment
of an international court of Justice.
While no details of what the presi-
dent will say in his adress next week
were disclosed, it is understood he will
make a statement on the subject Of
peace calculated to attract deep inter
est in European capitals.
Time for Peace Proposals.
Mr.. Wilson is known to be giving
deep consideration to the possibility
of bringing about peace and to have
made a collection of every authorita-
tive statement on the subject made
by any responsible official in the bel
ligerent nations since the outbreak Of
the war. While officials realize that
much of the peace discussion may be
propaganda, they nevertheless believe
it is entirely possible that the time is
rapidly approaching when peace pro-
posals may be welcomed by all bel
ligerents.
The Tomahawk., 1916-05-25
T.R. BOOST AT IOWA G. o. P.
MEETING: STARTS NEAR-RIOT
Kisses Greet Mention of Roosevelt's
Name-Cummins is Endorsed
BY Delegates.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, May 19. - The
Republican state convention here re-
suited in a near-riot from the attempt
of Robert Healy of Webster county
to boost the candidacy of Roosevelt
for the presidential nomination at the
expense of Senator Albert B. Cum
minis. Healy declared this time for
the party to choose the strongest man
and characterized Roosevelt as '"The
greatest man in the world
At the mention of Roosevelt's name
a bedlam of Kisses and yells broke
loose and Healy was hooted from the
stage. Harding is the delegates
choice for governor.
The Tomahawk., 1916-05-25
Mexican Revolt

Official notification from the Carran-
"a government that export taxes on
various metals have been increased
from $50 per cent upward was re-
ceived at Ell Paso, Tex. The new de-
cree takes effect Immediately.
Mexican bandits raided Polaris,
mining camp seven miles below Lo-
chiel, on the border, driving out the
Americans, who escaped to Nogales,
Ariz., in automobiles.
Curtis Bayles, an American farmer,
was shot and killed near Mercedes,
Tex, by a small band of Mexicans
who succeeded in escaping. presum-
ably to the Mexican side OF the Rio
Grande.
The Obregon-Scott conferences over
the Mexican situation ended at Juarez,
Mex, in a disagreement. All future
diplomatic negotiations-if there arc
any-will be between the secretary of
state and Mexican Ambassador Are
dondo in Washington.
The Tomahawk., 1916-05-25
Austria Protests Sub-Sea Warfare.

Vienna, May 1S.-The foreign min
istry has delivered note to the rep
resentatives of all the Allies and neu-
trail states at the Austrian court in
which he says: The foreign minis
try was able to lodge with the repre-
sentatives Of the Allied and neutral
powers on March %, protest against
the torpedoi1g of the hospital ship
Electra by an enemy submarine. This,
however, was in no wise the first case
where an enemy submarine attacked
peaceable ships in Austrian waters"
The Tomahawk., 1916-05-25
u. S. AGENT in Mexico Recalled.

San Antonio, Texas, May 1a.-Un--
confirmed reports reached General
Funston that James l.. Rodgers. spe-
cial agent of the state department in
Mexico, has received instructions to-
return to the United States. Mr.. Rod
gers has had some difficulty or ac-
count of wire conditions in commun-
eating with the state department and
his summons to this side of the bor-
der was said to be merely for the pur-
pose of reporting more fully on con-
ditions in Mexico.
The Tomahawk., 1916-05-25
Airman Hits British Cruiser.

Amsterdam. via London, May 19--
According to the German version OF
the sea fight off the Belgian coast, a
British cruiser was hit by a bomb
from a German aeroplane. The &C
count says:
Some British naval forces appeared
off the coast of Flanders. German
warships, accompanied by patrol boats,
went to meet them. A short fight en-
sued at long range during which a
German aeroplane dropped bombs on
an enemy cruiser, which was observed
to be hit near tie coming tower"
The Tomahawk., 1916-05-25
Michiaan Democrats for Wilson.

Lansing. Mich, May 19.-Michigan
Democrats at a harmonious state con-
vention here indorsed the administra-
tions of President Wilson and Cover
nor Ferris and named delegates to the
national convention who are pledged to
ident. Governor Ferris surprised many
of his supporters by issuing a state
ment that he would not be candi-
date for a third term. After the DEM
onstration, delegates felt confident he
would head the ticket again uext fall.
The Tomahawk., 1916-05-25

Ten persons were killed and n
others injured when diners In the
Crystal restaurant at Akron, O., were
crushed under the crumbling brick
walls of the building as the structure
collapsed.
Fourteen men were killed and 80 in
jured in a terrific explosion at the
Repauno plant of the Du Pont Powder
company. near Gibbstown. N. J.
Jesse Washington, young negro,
who assaulted q white woman at
Waco, Tex, was taken from the court
room while on trial and publicly
burned in front Of the city hall.
Four persons were drowned in Reel
Foot lake at Hornbeak, Tenn, when
gasoline launch in which they were
riding overturned. The dead: Mrs
Frank Dane, Mrs. H. F. Keller, John
Hamilton, Infant Hazelhurst.
Miss Gertrude Tower, daughter of
Charlemagne Tower, former ambassa-
dor to Germany, and G. H. Dougherty
of Germantown were injured serious
ly when Dougherty's car turned tur-
tie at Philadelphia.
Lieutenant Sinclair of the army avi-
alton reserve corps of Chicago, who
was engaged for exhibition purposes
during the interscholastic meet at
Champaign, ILL.,, fell and was slightly
hurt. His machine was wrecked.
The Tomahawk., 1916-05-25
Much Liquor Found in "Dry" Town.

Girard, Ala. May 19.-The search in
this town for liquor held in violation
of the state prohibition laws, which
resulted in confscation of stocks worth
nearly half million dollars, was con-
tinued by special deputy sheriffs and
national guardsmen. Among the con-
cealed containers found were several
barrels attached to ropes and anchor
ed gnder water in the Chattahoochee
river Although no resistance has been
encountered. a second company of
militia was br:ught in from Alexan-
der City.
The Tomahawk., 1916-05-25
Mine Laying at 80 krot Speed.

WTFEFS Idy'''S es % '>'.0S SFNNe''
Norfolk, Va, May 19.-The destroy
er Benham has arrived here to make
tests with new type of mine turned
out by the Norfolk navy yard and de-
signed to permit mine laying from a
vessel going at high speed. The Ben
ham will try the process at speed Of
80 knots
The Tomahawk., 1916-05-25
Foreign

The Rockefeller Foundation propos-
ads for the relief Of Poland have been
accepted by Great Britain, the foreign
office announced at London.
The Koelnische zeitung (Cologne) an
nounces the impending appointment OF
food dictator" to take charge of and
control all matters concerning food in
the empire.
A riot occurred at Osaka, Japan.
as result of Arthur Smith, an Ameri-
can aviator, delaying the commence
ment of flight. Smith was injured
slightly by stones thrown by the mob
and was taken to hospital. His aero
plane was damaged, and its shed de-
stroyed.
The Tomahawk., 1916-05-25
Kinq of Denmark Under Knife.

Copenhagen, May liking Chris
tian was operated on for an intestinal
trouble similar to that which necessi-
tated an operation early in 1915. The
king was under an anaesthetic for an
hour. Surgeons announced the opera
ton successful
The Tomahawk., 1916-05-25
Sporting

East triumphed over West again in
the forty-second Kentucky derby held
at Louisville. KY, when George Smith,
owned by John Sanford Of New York,
won by a neck over Star Hawk, A. K.
Macomber's colt. Franklin was third
Freddie Welsh. champion light
weight boxer, was suspended by the
Wisconsin athletic commission at Mil
waukee from engaging in boxing con-
tests in Wisconsin for period Of four
months for delaying the recent con-
test between himself and Ever Ham
mer
The Tomahawk., 1916-05-25
Railroads Increase Wages.

Omaha, Neb., May 19.-The North
western railroad has announced an in
crease of ; per cent in wages of GER
tain classes of employees. The Bur-
lington railroad has announced an in
crease of per cent in wages of all
employees.
The Tomahawk., 1916-05-25
ENGINEERS ORDERED TO
PREPARE FOR SERVICE
Michigan National Guard Company Re-
ceives Instructions-Mays Be Called
For Duty in Mexico.

Calumet, Mich, May 19.-Company
A, engineers, Of Calumet. one of the
few national guard engineering COM
panies in the country, has been Or
dered to get in readiness for possible
military service on the Mexican bor-
der
The Tomahawk., 1916-05-25

An official announcement issued at
Berlin says that during the month or
April SO hostile merchantmen or 21o,-
900 tons have been sunk by German
and Austro- Hungarian submarines or
mines.
Russian troops drove the Turks
from Rivandouza, on the Caucasus
front, and seized ammunition depots
says an official report from Petrograd.
President Poincare in an address
at Nancy, France, responded to Ger
manys declaration regarding peace
contained in the German reply to the
American note France does not want
Germany to tender peace" said the
president, but wants her adversary
to ask for peace"
The Austro-Hungarian passenger
steamer Dubrovnik has been torpe-
doed by a hostile submarine in the
Adriatic sea- it was announced IN Ber-
lin. The Dubrovnik was torpedoed
without warning.
1t was officially announced at Dub
lin that all the signers Of the Irish
republic proclamation have been ex-
ecuted. The last three to die were:
James Connolly, commander of the
rebel army; S. MacDiarmad (McDer-
motif; G. Ceannt.
Captain Boy-Ed, formerly connected
with the German embassy at Washing
ton, and whose recall was demanded
by the United States, has received
the Order of the Red Eagle, third
class, with swords, according to dis
patch from Berlin.
Peace overtures by Germany as out
lined from American sources cannot
be accepted as a basis for British ne
gotiations. This statement was made
at London by Lord Robert Cecil, un-
der secretary for foreign affairs.
The Tomahawk., 1916-05-25
Mexican Story Secuted.

The entire Twenty-third regiment
is mourning the death of Sergeant
Furman. He was one of the most
popular men In the regiment, being it's
crack machine gun operator, an all
around athlete, and a splendid horse
man. The idea that the sergeant could
have been intoxicated is secuted by
officers and enlisted men alike.
The Tomahawk., 1916-05-25
POPE APPEALS TO GERMANY
Seeks Abandonment of U-boat War;
fare Britain Hears.

London, May 19.-Sir Edward Grey,
foreign secretary, has announced iH
the house. of commons that the gov
ernment had been informed by Sir
Henry Howard, British minister at
the Vatican, that representations
have been made to Germany by the
Vatican with view to inducing Ger
many to abandon submarine warfare.
The Tomahawk., 1916-05-25
U. S. AIRMEN RAID GERMANS
Aviators in Service Of French Army
Suffer Heavy Smelling.

Paris. May 19.-The American avia-
tors, who have been in the service OF
the French army for the past year and
who recently were brought together
to form a flotilla under the name Of
the Franco-American flying corps,
took part in an expedition over the
German lines for the first time as a
separate unit. They suffered partic-
ularly heavy shelling as they recrossed
the front.
The Tomahawk., 1916-05-25
cARRANzA COMMANDER SAYS IN
FANTRYMAN WAS INTOxICAT-
ED WHEN HE CROSSED
BOUNDARY.
INQUIRY IS BEGUN BY
OFFICIALS AT BORDER
Entire Regiment Mourning Death OF
Sergeant, Who Was Crack Machine
Gun Operator and Splendid Horse
man-Scout Idea Fie Was
Intoxicated.

Ell Paso, Texas, May 20.-Sergeant
Harry Furman, a member OF the ma
chine gun company of the Twenty
third infantry, was shot and killed on
Mexican soil a mile and half east OF
Juarez by Mexican customs guards.
General Gavira, Juarez commander,
and other main officials, say Furnan
crossed the international boundary In
an intoxicated condition and fired upon
the customs guard before he was made
the target of their fire.
Gav1ra Reports Shooting.
Furman's company commander says
that he saw the sergeant but short
time before the shooting and that he
appeared perfectly sober.
The shooting first was reported by
General Gavira to General Bell at Fort
Bliss. General Bell detailed Major
George D. Moore and Captain VIM. B..
Graham of the Twentieth infantry to
make joint investigation in company
with the Mexican military Judge and
two officers named by General Gavira.
Searching for Stray Mules.
This investigation disclosed that
Furman, while searching for stray
mules, rode horse upon strip OF
Mexican soil left north of the Rio
Grande by the shifting of the river
bed He was armed with a pistol. Am
erican army men admit that he was not
within his rights in penetrating Mex
lean soil. His pistol had been recently
fired, two chambers being empty. Gen
eral Bell said he had no evidence to
show whether Furman or the Mexi-
cans fired first General Bell will re-
port the occurrence to General Fun
The Tomahawk., 1916-05-25
Domestic

Ruffln Ii. PleaSdnL, DelHOCldt, was
inaugurated governor of Louisiana,
succeeding Luther E. Hall.
Carl Limberg, driving a Delage car,
and r. Pallotti, his mechanician, were
killed in the running of the 15O-mile
Metropolitan trophy automobile race
at Sheepshead Bay speedway. The
race was won by Eddie Rickenbacker
of indianapolis. Rickenbackers time
was 1881.
General Funston has ordered an
investigation Of the fires at Fort Bliss,
near Ell Paso. They were incendlary,
it is said, and evidently deliberate
attempts to destroy the garrison. Two
stables were burned.
Five persons were killed and three
seriously injured at Jacksonville. Fla,
when a Florida East Coast railway
work train struck an automobile driv-
on by Mrs. w. L. Bell.
Miss Anne Morgan, daughter of the
late J. Pierpont Morgan, appeared IN
police court at Ridgefield Park, N. j.,
as a defendant and paid fine of $3.50
for exceeding the speed limit.
Subsiding of high wind probably
was all that saved the business dis
trict of Sandusky from destruction by
fire, which wrecked score Of stores
The loss Is estimated at 100000.
Boise, Idaho, experienced the most
violent earthquake in the history OF
the city. The tremor lasted about
three seconds. In the downtown dis
trict people rushed from the buildings
to the street.
Delegates representing 620,7O0 men,
hers of Young Mems Christian associa-
tions in the United States and Can
ada met at Cleveland, o., for the tri-
ennial convention, which will continue
four days.
William X. Price, the American min
lister at Panama, delivered to the Pan
anna government the final demand for
the surrender of 1900 rifles used by
the Panama national police. The dis
armament of the police force has been
sought on account Of riots which re-
suited in the deaths of Americans.
The warning of w. w. Russell,
American minister, that the city Of
Santo Domingo would be taken by
force unless it was given up by the
rebels resulted in the evacuation of
the city. The rebel forces stripped
the fort of guns.
Col. George O. Squier, United States
military attache in London, arrived at
New York to take charge of the avia-
tion section of the United States
army The colonel's arrival indicates
the first step in undermining the avi-
alton branch Of the army.
A "war" settlement warrant for 1868,
signed by w. G. McAdoo, secretary Of
the treasury, was in possession at
Butte, Mont, of the heirs of Samuel
H. Pipes in payment of Is Missouri
mules which the government rez',ins-
toned from him In the Civil war
The Tomahawk., 1916-05-25
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
The Keota news., 1916-09-15
SALE OF SCHOOL LANDS

Notice Is hereby given that ! will cell: At
ssl 4sess oa the 9Th day 'o u
r. n. At the ofics Of The state Board OF Land
Commi..io.ers Capitol Building. Denver. Col;
ia Weld County. Colorado. viz: NEa. Section
ia. Township north. kanee q rest. minimum
nriee per rs ieri Rsass s.s & &isinnm n o. D,se psr
acre $500.
Subject to any or all easeneots or rishts q
way heretofore Legally obtained and DOW In full
Re,srvinx however, to tho State OF Colorado
all rights to any and all minerals. orss and
metals Of every kind aud character. and ali
in or under said land. and the right Of inxress
and esress Tor the purpos" q minine together
'h enough q ~, ,e s n1oes, o. snd enorsnien,
working of such minerals aud substances
No land will b. sold at less than the min
in,um price per sere. .: given shovs The par.
s.me more or less The above land will be Of
fered in tracts Of not more than ls0 acres aud
s mo, mss 3. ds.orminsd b, the STATE Bo. I'd Of
Land Cnmmissioners
Terms Of payment shall be rs follow. viz ::
On lands ceiling for 8 % to rs per rere- 10 rer
cent. Of the purchase money on the day OF sale.
the balance in eighteen eanAl annual rssyments
At 8 per cert. per annum Lands selling a,
acre. 70 per cent. cash on the day OF sale. the
balance in fourteen equal annual paymen's At
per cent. per annum. Lands selling for SIS
aud upwards. 70 per cont. cash, and balance in
seven equsl annual payments At per -~nr in.
t-rest. II tho purchaser does not own the inn
Purchaser will execute bond. ss provided in
Section q, Act July !. ! aO5: must he "a citizen
Of the Uufted States or ono who has declared
his intention Of b.co ming such: must pay ap-
praisement and advertising fees.
Tho Board reserves the right to reject any
and all bids.
No sale -hall become effective until approved
by the State Land Board
APPLICATION No. A HO29.
Date snIe ordered by Board 7-3l9l6.
Date of sale October 1. 1915.
JOHN r. VIVIAN.
Register State Board Of Land Com missionsrs.
Publish Sept ]. 8. 5. q
The Keota news., 1916-09-15
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Department of the Interior
u. s. Land O(ISce NJ Steyilna. {

u. s. LlNd OSlbce II SteYjln8. Coo.
August 7. 1916.
Notice b hereby given that Arthur l. Rupp. Of
Buckingham Colo. who on September 20. 1903.
made homestead entry. No. 0S93s fos 81 of
NVt and 81 NEl. Section 81. Township north,
Ranse 50 west. 9Th principal meridian has fled
establish CHIN to the land above described. BE-
fore u CommissioneS. Clyde l. Stanley. At
Claimant names as Witnesses: Wallace A. Llst.
William N. Dennis. Charles n. De Ford. Samuel
S. Potter all Of Buckingham. Colorado
~ A. F. BROWNS. REGISTER.
The Keota news., 1916-09-15
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Department of the Interior
u. S. Land Once at StesilnG Colo

u. s. Land OlSce At SteYtIn0. Colo.
August 20. 1916
Notiee b hereby sjvea thst Clyde II. Sayder. Of
Keota Colo. WHO on Januuy 2. 1912. January II.
tries, No. Ol6S4O and No OleA96. ios SWtSEt.
SlSW... Section ~. SEtSEa. WISE. SWaNE!:
SEtNNa. Section Is. Township ~. RANGE So
W., 6 r Meridian. has6led notice Of intention to
1kk 6nal three year proof 10 establish Claim TO the
land above Described before United States Commis-
sioner. Clyde l. Stanley Ai keota. Colo. the l8
day q October. 1916
Claimant names as witnesses: lohn Deal. Fred
Ashdosn. Lester Snyder. Willie R Stewart. all of
Keota. COLORADO.
81 A. BROWNS. Register
The Keota news., 1916-09-15
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Department of the Interior
J. s. land O1Ice at Sterth9. C0IosAdo

u. s. Land On5ce II Sterling. COI061d0
August FL, 1916
Notice Is hereby aiven that Rose N. Dusbtn. Of
keota. COLORADO. who on October %. 1909 and
July 1916. made original and additioal home
stead entry. No. O9493 and No Oi9226. for NvNs
Sec 80. EiSMa HNt SMt: SEA NWt: Section 2S
6led notice of istention to make 6nal 1--WE year
proof 10 establish claim TO the land above
described. before U. s. Commissioner Clyde
October l0i6.
Claimant names u Witnesses: Eliza Dubtn,
Alfred N. Dsnhin. Caroline linsefbaeh. Herman 7.
SO a F. BROWNS. Register.