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New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-03-05
PPO|NTMENTSURPR|SE
WILSON NAMES CAMBRIDGE
COLBY TO SUCCEED LANSING.
FORMERLY PROGRESSIVE LEAD
Err AMONG FOLLOWERS OF
ROOSEVELT.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington, Feb. 26.-Bainbridg'
Colby, who is an independent in pol
tiles, with Democratic leanings, ha'
been appointed secretary of state by
President Wilson to succeed NOber
Lansing. The appointment came as /;
great surprise to Washington Officials
and politicians who had expected the
President TO name a strong Democrat
10 The post of ranking cabinet officer
Colby was one of a group of nine
the nomination of Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt by the Progressives. After
the nomination of Hughes by the Re
publicans, Roosevelt wired the Pro
gresslye convention urging that the
former Supreme Court justice be in
dorsed. A resolution to this effect
was Introduced in the convention
Colby fought II vigorously, still de-
handing the nomination of Roosevelt,
When the convention voted against
him he refused TO accept Hughes and
joined the Democrats in support of
Wilson.
The first hint Of Colby's appoint
ment came a few minutes before the
formal announcement by Secretary
Tumulty. The early reports that he
would get the place were not gener-
ally credited. Following the announce
mcnl of the appointment Colby APP
peared al the White House and was
taken to see President Wilson.
Colby is n lawyer. His home il in
New York. lie was born in st. Louis
in 1869.
C0lby's appointment is believed TO
have been decided upon very recently.
Friends who talked with him in New
timation of his appointment al that
time.
Since Lanslhg's resignation, which
was announced the night of Feb. 13,
Undersecreiary Frank l.. Polk has
been acting as secretary. He handled
the sending of Wilson's last note to
the Supreme Council in connection
with the Adriatic dispute. 1t was
known that Polk was being consid-
cred for the appointment as secretary.
The circumstances of Lansing's
resignation are believed to have been
discussed by Colby and the President
AT u long conference, at which time
Wilson went over with the new sec
rotary the policy he expects him TO
pursue. it was learned. II was sug-
gested that a ''housecleaning" may be
in prospect in the state department,
which will put the handling Of Amer
ica's foreign affairs in the hands OF
an entirely new group of men, as n re-
suit of the clash with Lansing. The
present State Department staff Co
operated with Lansing in the interna-
lional dealings To which the President
is believed TO have objected.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-03-05
PLANE FALLS
FIVE MILES
MAJ. SCHROEDER BECOMES UN-
CONSCIOUS AT GREAT HEIGHT
FOR LACK OF OXYGEN.
PILOT UP 5000 FEET
TEMPERATURE SAID TO HAVE
BEEN 81 DEGREES BELOW
zERO-UP SEVEN MILES.

Western Newspaper Union News Service,
DAYTON, Ohio, Feb. 2S.-An airplane
carrying Mai. II. W. Schroeder, chief
test pilot III McCook field, fell oven
five miles after reaching an altitude
of :}6,Oo0 feet, said TO be 300 feet
higher than the worlds record.
The major is suffering from shock
and temporary partial blindness. In
struments on The machine indicate
that il fell more than five miles in
Two minutes. While still 1000 feet
above The ground the airplane right
ed Itself and glided to IA graceful
landing. When the plane settled al
tendanls who rushed toward it found
Major Schroeder sitting erect in the
machine apparently l~ifcless. For n
brief time residents Of Dayton were
sure II meteor had appeared in the
sky. They had mistaken the trail of
ii sped downward for "A stranger in
the heavens"
Major Schroeder lost consciousness
when his machine had reached Il
height recorded by Instruments as
5000, or 1920 feet higher than the
worlds record established by Roland
Rolphe last summer.
His senses nunibed and his eyes
frozen shut in Il temperature said TO
have been ~ degrees below zero,
Schroeder rcgained partial conscious
ness when 1000 feet above the earth
IN time TO right his machine and pre-
vent il from crashing to the ground
out Of control.
Major Schroeder was temporarily
blinded and his limbs were numb, de-
spite the electrically heated suit in
which he was encased. lie was suf-
fering from the effects of a lack of
oxygen. When nearly seven miles
above the earth his oxygen tanks he
came exhausted, and it was this
which robbed him of consciousness,
causing the fall.
The Instruments on his machine re-
corded the best story of the expert
encc of the aviator in his flight TO
beat the record of Roland I,ohlfs and
bring first honors to the air forces of
the United states army. The Their
momrirr registered 4 temperature OF
~ degrees below kerr centigrade, or
CO degrees below zero Fahrenheit.
Attitude figures from the Paragraph
reading indicated Il height of 5000
feet aud when calibrated by Capt.
Harrison W. Flickinger showed an Of
ficial altitude of 5000 feet, a new
worlds record and Il variation of less
than 1000 feet.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-03-05
GIVES LIFE TO SAVE DOG
ing to Rescue Pet From
icy Waters.

Des MOines. Ia.-Lester Wilson, ten
year-old son of Harry Wilson Of Val.
ley Junction, ave up his life in an ef-
fort to save his pet dog. The dog
went through the ice over Coon River.
Lester was drowned in an effort to
saw him.
Lester and two other boys were
coasting down the bank of the river.
The other boys broke through the ice
and Testers dog jumped in after them.
The boys scrambled out, but the dog
could not get a foothold.
The Wilson boy reached out 10 grab
his pet and losing his balance plunged
headl0ng into the river under the
ice.
The dog dived beneath the ice when
he saw his master disappear. but was
pulled out by the other boys.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-03-05

ton CONTINUED
WILSON APPOINTS NEW CcMMIS
SION ON FUEL WITH HINES
AT HEAD.
TO DISTRIBUTE COAL
ACTION NECESSARY ON ACCOUNT
OF INADEQUATE FUEL
SUPPLY.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington, March 1.-Coincident
with the signing of the railroad bill,
President Wilson issued executive or
ders providing for continuation of the
powers of the Fuel Administration,
but dividing them between the direc-
tor general of railroads and ii COM
mission of four. Director General
Hines will retain jurisdiction over do
nestle distribution while the commits
sion will handle bunker and export
coal matters.
The commission will be composed of
4. W. Howe, Rembrandt Peale, +. NJ.
Whitaker and J. F. Fisher. 1t will
function through the Tldewater Coal
Exchange, which is restored for that
purpose, having been suspended be-
fore the resignation of DR.. Garfield as
fuel administrator
The order creating the commission
is effective until April 30, next.
The order said the action was taken
because of the present emergency
and in order to insure al adequate
supply and equitable distribution, and
to facilitate the movement, and to pre-
vent locally or generally, scarcity of
coal" 1t directs specifically that the
order issued by the United States Fuel
Administration, Nov. q, 1917, relative
to tidewater transshipment of coal at
Hampton Roads, Baltimore, Philadel-
phia and New York, and for the EN-
ployment Of and cooperation with the
t|idewater coal exchange, AS II common
agency, To facilitate transshipment
and to reduce delays in the use OF
coal cars and coal-carrylng vessels,
suspended by DR.. Garfield Feb. 20,
1919, be reinstated.
The commissioners named are au-
thOrized TO exercise the powers re-
served by the United States fuel adj
ministrator. by said order of Nov. 6,
1917, and they are further, from and
after II :0l O'Clock Il. M. ON March l.,
1920, vested with the authority now
vested in the director general Of rail
roads relative to the export Of coal
from the United States
The second order, investing Mr..
Hines with the powers Of fuel admin
istrator, so far AS domestic distribu-
ton is concerned, said doubt had
arisen as to whether he could con-
tinue to exercise those powers after
control. A new order was therefore
executed, extending Mr.. Hines au-
thOrity beyond the date Of the return.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-03-05
MIDWEST OFFICES
ROBBED OF BONDS
MIDWEST REFINING COMPANY
LOST LIBERTY BONDS IN
DARING THEFT.
BIG SECURITIES GONE
TAKEN FROM STRONG BOX IN
OFFICE WITHOUT LEAVING
ClEW.
Western Newspaper Union Nv Service.


Denver, March One of the most
startling %robberies perpetrated In
years, enacted in the heart of TIA"
Denver financial district, aStonished
The police when officials of the Mid
west Refining Company, with Offices
on the eighth and ninth floors of the
First National Bank building. re-
ported the loss of Sls,3JO in Liberty
bonds, which disappeared from the of
flee Of Henry \. Jones, treasurer Of
The company, some time between = 30
O'Clock Saturday afternoon and s 30
yesterday morning.
Appearances indicate thai the theft
WAS what the police term IAN inside
job"-the work of someone familiar
with the office surroundings.
The bond burglary affords y paral-
lei to similar Liberty bond lhcfts in
The New York financial district re-
Gently which caused police all over
the United States concern. with alb
s%olutely no tangible clew, the author
lilies have begun an investigation. DE
~tective George Sanders being assigned
to the case.
There is not the slightest evidence
that IA sneak thief unfamiliar with the
office could have robbed the treas
mrer's desk, which apparently had
been opened with Il key.
Inside the desk an iron strong box
which held the bonds was found with
its lid pried open and the contents,
$4,000 in Liberty bonds of all de
nominations and $500 Of personal Sc
curitles, missing.
Treasurer Jones reported the rob
berry to the police Immediately after
he had opened the desk and noted HE
loss. lie declared to the police that
he had left the box inside his desk,
securely locked, saturday afternoon.
As he left the offices ON the ninth
floor of the bank building, he said, he
noticed several clerks perusing the
ledgerS and accounts, working Satur-
day afternoon, which is II half-holi-
day. to catch w.
The missing bonds were held by the
'ltaSuifi i'i hiS'l lbulloH ailbllS YIN
piOyes as they made final payments
for them by II time subscription ar
rangement. The police say that the
bonds are not registered, and thus are
readily negotiable.
That the robbery is the work OF II
person familiar with Mr.. Jones office
Is evidenced by the fact, the police
say, that the burglar entered office
number sos, that of the treasurer, |
without molesting any Of the dozens
~ other private offices. Nothing but
the strong box within the desk was
tempered with, the robber going di-
rectly to the Don and making away
with his loot quickly aud quietly.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-03-05
WANT LOAN FROM U.S..
BOlSHEvIkI WILLING TO ACCEPT
DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT
WILL WITHDRAW DECREE AN
NUlllNG RUSSlA'S FOREIGN
DEBT, is REPORT.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington, Feb. 21.-In n new
peace proposal 10 the great powers,
reported III official dispatches re
ceived, soviet Russia pledges cstab-
lishment of democratic principles in
Russia and the calling of a consiltu-
rnt assembly. II promises further Ia
Withdraw the decree annulling Rus
sia's foreign debt, restoring go per
cent of the liability, and also to pay
arrears OF interest, giving as "A guar
HIlee for The fulfillmenl of its obliga-
of platinum and silver 10 an Anglo
American syndicate.
In return and in addition to the
formal peace treaties, the soviet gov
eminent would require Great Britain
and other countries to abandon all in
tervention in Russian affairs.
II also proposes that the United
States allow Il credit 10 RuSsia, on
ditional upon considerable conctssrams
in that country.
4 dispatch from London quoting a
Moscow wireless message, said the
soviet government had made new peace
oyertures Ia the United States. japan
and Ruman'a, No such proposal has
reached the State Department and
officials were unable TO say whether
The peace Suggestion contained in the
other official adrices as outlined
above were those referred Ia in the
Moscow radlogram.
The suggestion thai The United
States had been coupled with Japan
and Rumanla in Il new peace offer
was received with some surprise.
II vas assumed, however. that the
new offer was In line with the on
sistent policy of the soviet govern
nient 10 attempt separate negotiations
with the allied and associate powers
The Supreme Council at London has
announced that it would not negotiate
with the soviet, for the present IA
least. This action does not bind the
United States, however, as the Ameri-
n government is not represented in
the council.
In the absence of amy official in
timatiOn Ms 10 the probable course of
the United States should n peace of
fer come officially from ia" soviet
government, il was recalled that the
American government VAS the first
To proclaim the Bolsheviki rs intcrna-
iional outlaws. In tonne quarters il
was said that in view of this il ap
peared probable that the United States
government would not consider peace
proffers unless democratic principles
actually had been applied To the Rus
sian government.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-03-05
Execute Twenty-nine Bandits,

Hermosillo, Mexico. -Twenty-nine
members of the band of brigands who
raided the Campo Los Torres mine
last week and abducted seventeen
wives of Mexican miners. were sum
marily executed following their cap
lure by Csrrsnza troops. Fifteen Of
the kidnapped women were rescued.
Two died as the result Of brutal treat
Dent they received. T~wenty-eight Of
ne bandits were shot and their leader
vus hanged to a tree.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-03-05
Might Withdraw Treaty from Senate.

Observation-Disclosures Wilson IN
his reply to the British and French
premIers on the Adriatic question adj
heres to his previous decision that un'
less the terms OF settlement are re
turned TO the provisions OF the agree
ment of Dec. ., he must take under
serious consideration the withdrawal
of the treaty of Versailles and The
French alliance from the Senate"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-03-05
SEEK LUSITANIA TREASURE
Engineers and Divers Will Try to
Recover v~aIuabies From the
Sunken Liner.

London, England.-Eforts to raise
some of the treasure from the ILL.,
fated Lusitania will be made Don
Engineers and divers who have been
prospecting about the sunken liner be-
lieve that they a get at least thou
sands Of pounds worth of ~valuables,
hut that it will he impossible TO raise
the steamer or much of the cargo, ow-
ing TO the great depth of the water in
which 1t is lying.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-03-05
Exiting Radicals.

Washington.-The governments tie
portation machinery is working at full
speed but quietly. MANY reds are be.
ing exiled, but with as little advertis-
ing as possible, it has been learned.
The dispatch Of another soviet ARK" il
opposed by Secretary of Labor Wilson
because the notoriety it gives the reds
enables them 10 pose AS martyrs and
results in agitation against deporta-
lions.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-03-05
U. S. viii Seek Canadian Paper.

Washington.-Thc Senate passed
and sem to the House the Underwood
Joint resolution creating Il commission
Il treat with Canada for abrogation of
the restrictions on the export of pulp
wood and news print paper. Senator
Underwood told the Senate some ac'
ton was imperative, AS the newspaper
publishing industry in the United
States almost faced extinction" be-
cause of the dwindling newsprint sup
ply.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-03-05
Attempted $1,000, 900 Robbery.

Vallejo, Calif.-An unsuccessful at
tempt was made to rob the bank of
Suisun ut that city, it has been learned.
This is the biggest bank in Solano
county. Robbers who had drilled three
holes in the main vault by means of
acetylene torches, apparently were
frightened away. In the vault, it is
officially reported. was close To ST.
OOO,OOO in bonds, gold, silver and cur-
rency.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-03-05
She Baked Many Pies.

Philadelphia.-Susan Lisby, head
cook of the Pennsylvania Military col.
lege. Chester. during the last six years
has baked 23.6OO pies. For ten years
previous at Swarthmore college she
baked seventy-five pies per week, or a
total of 5000. So in the last sixteen
years 62.OOO pies have come from Su-
sans oven. If placed one yard apart
this collection of pastry would stretch
from city hall to the public library
at Doyletown. A man consuming one
pie per day would have to EAT for 107
years TO level the pie mountain.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-03-05
Oil Leasing Bill Signed.

Washington. - President Wilson
signed the oil leasing bill which opens
M for development millions of acres
Of land In the West. The bill waS
passed by Congress Feb. II and was
signed the last day Of the time Presi-
dent Wilson was allowed in which -
take action. The oil land leasing bin
will open for development about -
100000 acres Of public land in ,he
Western states. 1t specifies u minimum
royalty and allows the leasing, hut moi
The sale, OF federal land for the pro
iuclion of oil, coal, gas, phosphate,
sodium and oil from slale.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-03-05
Reject Bids for Ships.

washington.-Bids on the steamers
Yale and Harvard were rejected by
the Navy Department as o low. The
vessels, which we're operated in the
English channel transport service dur
ing the war, were purchased by the
navy at an appraisal of approximately
100000 for both. The present ap-
praisal Is s1,7j0,Oo0, against which the
highest bid received was S1,5S0,000,
submitted by q Los Angeles company.
A new bid win be invited in the near
future.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-03-05
French Rail Strike Settled.

Paris.-The strike on the French
railroads is ended. An understanding
was reached between directors of the
railways and the railroad men. and the
national federation Immediately or
dered the resumption Of work. Rail
road federation delegates met railway
directors on the initiative of the fed
GRAFTON and an agreement was reached
on most points of the federation's pro
gram. which really was not in dispute.
Some difficulty arose v 2 penalties.
but this was quickly settled.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-03-05
Orders Protection Of Americans.

Laredo. Texas-Gen. Francisco Mur
guia, commander of federal forces ir
the state of ~Tamsulipss. has ordered
his troops ito exercise strict vigilance
in the oil fields between Tuxpam snd
Tampico. in order to prevent further
assassiuations of Americans The
paper Excelsior of Mexico City says
General Murguia. in a report % Presi-
dent Carrsnzs. gives a detailed &C
count of energetic measures he has
adopted with this end in view.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-03-05
Bandits Kill storekeeper.

Nogales. Ariz-Alexander Frssier,
American storekeeper and mining en-.
gineer. is dead. and his brother, ]. A.
Frasier. is in a critical condition as a
result of a battle with two Mexican
bandits who raided a general store
owned by the Frasier Brothers at Mon
tana Camp, thirty miles from here. J.
A. Frasier. who WAS shot through the
head. is said to have identified one of
his assailants as a member of a band
Of outlaws which has terrorized the
border for many years.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-03-05

arose in his coffin to an upright posi-
ton and addressed the following
words to his family and friends:
You thought me dead. ! may have
been, but the u is Of your revelry
awoke me. Shame OF you all for
spending my money In feasting! l
have done with you, and prefer the
next world to Your society"
The a thereupon sank back in
his coffin and died in reality this
time. He was buried the following
day, the whole village turning out to
attend the funeral.
The Svenska Dagblad, which prints
this story. appends the signatures OF
70 witnesses who testify TO its truth.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-03-05
last v. S. Troops Leave Siberia.

washington.-Arrival at Nladivostol
for e~mbarkation of the last army de
tachments in Siberia was indicated in
a message from Major General Graves
commanding. which said the last de
tachment Of the Twenty-seventh infan-
try had reached that port. en- route to
the Philippines. The regiment has been
on duty since the summer of 1915
guarding the transsiberian railway and
assisting in the withdrawal of Czecho
Slovak forces.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-03-05
Bio Cut in Army Officers.

washington.-Eight thousand fewer
army officers than asked for by the
War Department r provided by the
House army reorganization bill, pre-
scented by Chairman Kahn of the mil
itary affairs committee. Reductions in
the number of officers were made in
every branch of service, but the sharp
est cut was for the aviation service.
which received only 1,514 Of the $50
asked for. IN all the department
sought 2GIT9 officers and the House
committee granted 1s.S20.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-03-05
Saw. svffrsoe Unconstitutional

washington.-Formal notice has been
served upon the secretary Of state that
the state of Maryland. which already
has sent a delegation of Legislators to
West Virginia 10 work against ratifica-
ton of the federal suffrage amend
ment. denies the lawful right of pow
err of Congress to propose such amend
ment, or the validity of such an amend
ment as part Of the federal constitu-
ton. even if ratified by three-fourths
of the states. The delegation is led
by Mrs. Rufus Gibbs.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-03-05
v. S. to Sell Land.

washingion.-Public sale of 16,.0U
acres of land in the former Cheyenne
river and Standing Rock Indian reser-
has been ordered by Secretary Lane.
Lands in the Lennon. =. D., land dis
trict will he offered at Lennon MAJ
%, and those in the Timber Lake. $.
H.. land district, at Timber Lake, Jan.
l. Appraised prices Of the lands are
~ cents to Sc an acre.. and none will
b.. sold at less than appraised value.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-03-05
Guarding Oil Land.

Casper, wyO.-Holders Of priority
rights on undeveloped oil lands within
the Withdrawn area of the Salt Greek
field. the richest oil region of the
Rocky Mountain region, are not plac-
ing dependence entirely in old titles.
locations and assessment work done
i'm the past. Is a result of the leasing
Law. Realizing that possession Is
niBe-tenths Of law" armed guards and
resident lookouts are scouting their
properties as q precsution against ai-
tempted clsim jumping.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-03-05
Adopts Change on Mandatories.

Washington.-The Republican rescr-
walton regarding manufactures, at
tached 10 the peace. treaty last No
vember over the opposition of thirty
three Democratic senator's, "a re-
adopted by n vote of SO to 4 in tile
Senate after administration leaders
had withdrawn their opposition TO 1t.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-03-05
Murders Head Of Girls School.

Los Angeles, Calif.-Miss Florence
Housed. ~ years old, proprietor of The
Huntington Hall School for Girls AT
South Pasadena, was murdered in her
bed by an assassin who tried 10 con-
zeal his crime by setting fire 10 The
building. II. W. Brown, 10, the mali
suspected of numbering Miss Housed,
committed suicide,
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-03-05
soyjets Have Executed e,64t.

Paris.-A Warsaw dispatch says The
report Of the Russian soviet commit
lee "of the struggle against counter
revolution" officially he
number Of persons arrested during The
last three years as 12S,O00. The num-
her Of persons shot, says the report,
was 9.6il.