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ASSOCIATED PRESS Leased Wire WBATHXK FORECAST. Fair tonight and Thursday. ORHER-IIISE IS REVERSED ON Because Judge Harper Had Failed to Have the Jury Specify Degree of Murder. OTHERWISE, COURT FOUND NO FAULT Jan. J1- The court or appeals today reversed and remanded the case of Mrs.

Agnes Or-ner appealed from El Paso county. The appellant was convicted iu connection with the killing of her ch.ld. Ullie Orner. and sentenced to lite imprisonment in the penitentiary lor murder In the first degree. In this case, appellant was alleged to hae poisoned the child by pouring arsenic In her coffee.

The court reversed the case because the erdlct of the Jury In assessing Ufe imprisonment did not specify the oe-gee of murder of which the appellant was convicted. This question would sot have Been suggested." said the opinion, "had the court directed the jury When the verdict was read in c'irt. to change It In ompilance with the law. which declares a verdict must specify the degree of murder for which a defendant Is conlcted." Judge James R. Harper was the presiding Judge in the case when Mrs.

Or-nr was tried. Judge Harper now a candidate for a Judgeship In the court i civil appeals. COLOMBIAN HOOTED BY PANAMA. CROWD Feverish Correspondence Precedes Demonstration by People of Canal Zone APPEAL i) ireOUlCUl VUl.lz-tuii. i tVl -tanle Egyptian cotton, and or 2L tte become piqued at the Panama, Jan public demon- Tlmaand PhSnlx the state frustration significant of the feeling ex- rtorlties are expertmenUng with a ZfF- Xt aU depends on O.

B. Col-istlng in Panama agalnst the vlew to the eduction of several ape- j. rHM bians was made last night In front of the resiaence oi toe cumiuotuu ocut of Colombia The Incident had its origin in an article written to the Star and Herald Antonio Zubleta, a prominent young (nAflnt Panaman. In answer 10 an uuuhiok -rticle published recenUy In a Bogota 1 Tm Mt- I eponse the confidential agent of Colombia here Issued a fly sheet signed hv himself and another Colombian and containing offensive remarks concerning Panama. a protest against his conduct, undreds of citizens gathered last night id front of the confidential agent's noose, where they hooted Colombia and made a terrific din and oheered for Zubleta.

and for Panama. No violence occurred, bat governor Paredes. as a precaution, ordered the police to disperse the wowd and placed a strong guard In the Colombian agent's residence. A sentiment strong Indignation r'Awfnnnr auusr riiMnm. against xne uiummiuiB evident everywhere.

makes itself UPTON'S PARTNER DIES IN POVERTY James Boyd, Once Millionaire, Is Buried bv Char-itable Organization. Trinidad, Colo Jan 11.. James Boyd. one time millionaire tea merchant of Glasgow, Scotland, and business partner of Thomas Llpton, world renowned acht racer, was buried here today by a iiw.l ohvitiLble association. Bovd told a storv on his death bed.

attri- butlng his failure to the actions of his! wife whom he said began a dissolute Hie soon alter ineir monwse. uijr his trouble he first went to where he became still richer He returned to England and falling to become reconciled with his wife, gave her his fortune. He then came to this section and burled his past In the coal mines of this distrlot where he worked for vear. He had been, in destitute circumstances for years. He died yesterday In the pauper ward of the local hospital.

DIES ON TRAIN AS JOURNEY NEARS END Buck Was Being Rushed From Albuquerque to California. San Bernardino, CaJit. Jan. 31 W. Buck, head of the mechanical department of the Santa Fe system, died today on a special train that was rushing htm from Albuquerque, N.

to Iios Angeles, for treatment. Buck had acute tonsiBtiG and died a few moments before the train reached this city The remains wiB be sent to Chicago for Interment. 9 DEL RIO DOCTOR IAND LITTLE SOX ARB KILLBD Dei Rio, Texas, Jan. 1L Dr. A.

J. Hooper and 1 year son were killed yesterday by being knocked off the railroad hardest. Dr. Cooper had prac- tlced here 20 years to. but left and lived several years in Idajho and returned here about two years ago.

4 He leaves a wife and two small daughters. j. PA WNS WOODEN LEG TO GET COIN FOR DRINK Hartford. Dean. Jan.

31 Became he has repeatedly panned his wooden leg, iHrnisbea aim by the town, and otten drunfc on the proceed. William Armstrong, of Manchester, has been ef fectHalty checkmated by the town officials aHd new he Is in a rage. Armstrong was asked by the char Hy department, which bought It for him, to give ap his artificial leg. and, -rrhen It was returned, it bore indelibly engraved the following' Inscription. Thl leg Is the property of the tow of Manchester, loaned to William Armstrong, and Is net to be pawned, sold or exchanged except by a majority vote ef the selectmen ef the town of Manchester." Since Annstrpag arrived from Irel and several years ago, he has been mere or less a pauper and the state has refased to accept him as an Indigent, beeaase he la not an American citizen.

It was at the suggestion of Horace II. Cheney, selectman, that Armstrong was given a aappert for his severed leg. and Mr. Cheney likewise con-rted the plan to thwart YrmstroHg's persistency to pledge It In order to obtain money to get drink. HUE UN OASIS COLQUITT IS IS SUMNER PIQUED I VALLEY "BIB" Phoenix Is in a Land of Plenty, Resembling Egypt on a Small Scale.

ROOSEVELT DAM; ITS GREAT ADVANTAGE By Frederic J. Haakin. Phoenix. Aria, Jan, SL Phoenix, the capital of the new state of Arizona. Is built in the fertile oasis of the green Salt River valley and Is a city upon which the son always shines and yet whose lawns and gardens are never parched.

Hera is tbe dry air of the climate in which the evaporation Is two or three times greater than the annual rainfall, and yet Phoenix is surrounded by fertile fields whose fruits and flowers make It a veritable paradise. The Salt River valley is the exemplification of that higher degree of civilisation and culture that follows the conquest of aridity by means of irrigation. It Is. on a small scale, Egypt ana the Valley of the Nile over again The resemblance to Bgypt and to the oases of northern Africa and of Arabia is borne out in the produce of the valley as well as in its general characteristics. Here is found the bountiful date tree.

bearing its fruit In huge 40-pound clusters; the almond whoseplnk February blossoms 'will welcome the boon of statehood to Arlsona; the gray-green olive tree, weighted down with fruit, the Jaffa orange, more nearly approaching the perfection of Its i ka it Anvwhere else in the world: and huge hordes, or flocks, or whatever they may do, ot Arabian ostriches. A little farther to -nttie-httfirmHMl of Yuma, the farmers now are growing cies of Egyptian plants and vesetables, samples of which were recently sent to Arizona by his highness, the khe-dive of Egypt VoundinK of Phoenix. Phoenix was founded In the Salt Rl- x-w whn taok ad- ver valley by AinerlcMS who tJJK want.fPA TT1A DKIUrU UilUI vantage of the natural opportunities for cheap irrigation by gravity ditcney. It has been bound up in its htetory with the progress of the entire Salt Blver valley, and that progress has been determined entirely by the aaaount of water available to reclaimed desert land. More than twenty yearsago It was evident to the people of Phoenix that more land was being put into cultivation than there was water adequately -to Irrigate.

Tkis led to the agitation or a storage dam in Wo mountains that would restrain the waters of the flood season and make .1 r.ii. hi. thrnntrhout the year. The Dream That AVa True. Out of this necessity was norn a UUL 111 w.w nf tltt Amim the fam Lira itxia I ous Roosevelt dam In many respects the most marvelous piece of irrigation engineering In (the world.

In 1889. James H. McClintock. W. M.

Breaken-rldge and John R. Norton, all of whom are still prominent In the affairs of Arisona, made a summer trip on thrnnrh what was known as the Tonto basin country Upon their they reportea mat tnej from tne roatrum In favor of state sen-ered a natural reservoir site, about i rnande R. Hndsoeth. who was s- A rMAirnlr site, about miles east of Phoenix ano a nan. rant, below the Junction of the Tonto creek and Salt river.

Seven years later the federal government sent out an engineer of the geo loeical survey, who, after spending Ti CVB 41 nn th nronoei- several montns in we bmuuj bulld'ng a storage dam at this X01 i 1900 the cultivaUon In the vallev had increased until there was not nearly enough water to properly irrigate it all. There was too much in the rainy season, too little in the dry. The need for a storage dam bepame pressing. A county commission was appointed to devise some plaB for storing water, but the millions of dollars required could not be raised. Then an appeal was made to the federal government, and although commissions were appointed and much discussion was had, nothing was done.

In 199? congress passed the reclamation act. and by strenuous efforts the Arlzonans succeeded In having it amended so as to provide for the construction of Irrigation works for land, privately owned, as well as for that publicly owned. The original plans for the Roosevelt dam, at first called the Tonto dam, as made under the reclamation act, were dated December 1. 1902. The project was tentatively authorized by the secretary of the interior In u.mi.

tut nrAnaratifiBR were be- gun for the construction -of the greatest storage dam ever undertaken up to hat time. The Scenic Roosevelt Road. One of the first things neeessary was the building of a road from Mesa, the nearest railroad town, to Roosevelt, a distance of 60 miles, the mountain trails being utterly Impassable for vehicles of any kind. This highway, known as the Roosevelt road. Is one of the most magnificent scenic roads In the world, and was constructed at a cost of more than $200,900, more than $70,000 of which was" contributed by the' towns of Phoenix and Mesa.

For 22 miles the road runs over a dry mesa and for the other 38 miles it winds like a serpent through rugged and beautiful mountains. The road was completed In the spring of 1906, a government sawmill was established in (Clntinued on Page Six.) I Reported He Is Angry Because Peticolas Has Been Sidetracked. JUDGES PRESENT AT RING MEETING Overshadowing the lov evidenced by 'the rinir" nt rne announcement that Jim Harper would run for the court of appeals, comes a dark cloud. One O. B.

Colquitt, now occupying: A cmithwrilan ln-the gubernatorial chair down Austin terlor of the rock Smithsonian way. is said to be responsible for th stitution experts regard the age of the glooms that have hit the ranks of the earth as 'tried and true." for Oscar Is not well i 200.008,000 years, the minimum "sure i tb, i i- nAnntcA th nrobable age iu aifu uuc iVI vrsvai ID JIUi nleaseri at tlift action takn hv the El Paso organization In attempting to throw the rollers under Judge W. M. Peticolas. Colquitt favors Peticolas; is strong for him.

The Bar association of El Paso county endorsed him and then In the face of this endorsement, came Harper's announcement. This Is not the first time that Harper has thrown his candidacy into the teeth of the bar association, for once before when that august body ohose to endorse A- M. Walthall for district judge. Harper told the members to go to the" bow wows: that he was going to be a candidate anyway. He was.

and he won. The present governor has been friendly to El Paso and when he was the guest ot the city during the state- "the men higher up in the county to another. W1U Colquitt remember the good vote that tha -wets" of El Paso bLm governor and keep i sail or will he become piqued at the 3icvi uiiii 6vv'iur ana Keep will he become piqued at the At a "convention" of "tHe ring," held ty tbe district court room Tuesday night, James Harper, E. P. Hig-gins and J.

F. McKenxie were endorsed as judges for the eighth court of civil appeals in Bl Paso, upon motion of Percy W. McGiee, city alderman, seconded by half a dosen others present. Each of the three candidates made a speech In which each of the three thanked tbe "representative Democrats" attending the "convention" for the endorsement. The longest of these speeches was made by Jodge James R.

Harper. In his own eert room, not -from the rostrum where Mis whett trying cases, bnt from a position he occupied at the "convention" outside the rail, where Jurors sometimes tand. Here 1 Years: Officeholder JS, During his talk judge Harper in- formed those present that he had county of El Paso for 18 .11 years and that he had been a resident of the city of El Paso for 21 years He said that he was proud of the "organization" and that It had been made up of progressive men who had made El Paso what It is. B. McClintock.

justice of the peace. caHed the meeting to order at eight posed to have been called. He retired raui an nuur aiicr zi was Bup- lectea as cnairman ana who tnanaea the "convention of representative Dem- AMrata" fAr dalnnrlntF him tVlla hnHAF Then James J. Murphy, who had a lead pencil this time, was elected secretary i ano scratcnea a lew notes Precinct reports were called for, but few were forthcoming. E.

B. Elfers said: "Up to a few minutes before this meeting. I am Informed there were zil poll taxes paid and SO exemptions Issued In precinct eight, while last year there were but 175." Crowson reported 420 poll taxes paid In precinct pine, and D. Greet reported 357 poll taxes and 12 exemptions issued in precinct 11. Dr.

Anderson reported 54! poll taxes and SI exemptions In precinct 12, and Jack Dawson reported 5 poll taxes and it exemp tions for precinct 13. which, he said, is about the voting strength 'of this precinct. There were no other precinct reports and mayor C. E. Kelly suggested that the men were out working and could not come to the meeting to report The "Representative Democrat-." During their speeches the three candidates for the court of appeals and senator Claude Hudspeth all spoke of the "representative Democrats" present, but failed to say what they represented, so here Is a partial list: E.

Kelly. W. S. Clayton. Percy Mc-Ghee.

Sam Blumenthal. I. Hewitt. M. Maloney, Dr.

W. H. Anderson. Charles R. Brownlie, Steve Dawson.

Joe Grant. K. Behr, W. Lelghton. Dave Sullivan.

Adrian Pool. A. Bart-i-4 a VittrirM.h nalioeman Stubble- field. F. Raynaud.

R. Harris, W. H. Wlntec, W. Greet, all holding city offices.

Park W. Pitman, George Huffman, A Escajeda. B. McClintock, Murphv. W.

Brown, N. Stanley Good, J. J. Clifford, all holding county offices: Judges Harder, E. F.

Wlgirlns. J. P. R. Price.

H. Burges. B. Elfers. senator Claude Hudspeth, Nick Carson.

Tom Nealon. Tom Cain, and a Jew more who do not hold any offices. No report having been had from the Mexican precincts. Joe Escajeda was called upon for one, and said "Wo have no account, but there will be more poll taxes paid than ever before In th history of Ei Paso and they are all right-" The meeting adjourned, subject to the call of the chairman. JUDGE H4.RPER MISQUOTED OX LAW ENFORCEMENT Judge Harper was quoted in the morning paper as having made this statement at the meeting.

"There Is not a word of truth In tne charge that the laws are not enforced in this city and that the clt Is going wrong. Whoever says -so lies, for money or for hope of you can tell them that I said so and that I am right here." This afternoon, -Judge Harpor 8la "I did not make any such statement. I did not refer In my speech to enforcing the law During the morning of the same day. judge Harper, upon sufficient evidence before him, had Issued six Injunctions against pool halls of the city, restraining them from continuing to operate jjarrfbllng In violation of the law: and the grand Jury has within the past few dkys indicted saloon men for violating the law. The police Tuesday night on Information furnished by a citizen.

raided a room in tne and arrested fie men on charges of gambling -roe men nigner up" in the county asrainst John B. Sneed, aceused oi tne i killing When court proceedings Will Colquitt get madT Will he look "resumed defence attorneys be-with 111 favor upon El Paso whose po- Mn arsrtiment for a continuance of the liOcal bosses have given him tbe dou- rlai We hook under the ehln? Or will he Throckmorton, who is a son of a just sit down. These are questions that former governor of Texas, was stricken are worrying -the ring." suddenly ill last night. One Question of tbl Irlnrt lo.o hut i 2.ZZ ThrIfmnrtnn's 111- Lying Dormant 60,000,000 Years Mosquitos Hatch Larvae Found In Prehistoric Deposits From Brazil; Yellow Fever Insects Executed. Washington.

D. Jan. Si After lying dormant in. larvae for 60.090,08 years, two mosquitoes were born in Washington a day or so ago. Also.

It being ascertained that they were yellow fever mosquitoes, just like the ones found in Central America today, they were immediately executed. Some time ago assistant secretary or state Alvah Adee received a somewhat curious prehistoric deposit from Brasll. 4r. Adee is a chemist, and analyzing the rock found two minute larvae. This astonished Mr.

Adee greatly. He sent the embryonic animats iu a tn fnrthr scientific LUrtt-1 UCJJluiti" v. invoaHratloTi. Under treatment tne larvae promptly developed into mag- SLU' the In- i. oitnntnri a thA nrobable age I IIMB trtroi cwf- Y.

of the Braxuian mosyuuuoo. SNEED WITNESS IS MYSTERIOUSLY ILL Physicians Think, However, That Throckmorton Will Recover. Fort Worth. Tex, Jan. 31.

After working all night over Edward Throckmorton, regarded as chief witness of the sensational shooting of A. G. Boyce, sr physicians today said he would re- r. -Lj v. tn oVo the stand cover nu against John B.

Sneed, aceused of the nM had not been cleared away during the night. There have been told many stories to account for his One of the most widely I HrnniniiKi is that for several days he has been In the company of two men supposed to be private detectives unknown In Fort Worth. As the hour for the opening of court drew near It was announced that Sneed's attorneys would ask another delay on the ground that defence wlt nesses were absent was Throckmorton who sat talkhig to captain Boyce In the lobby of a local hotel when Sneed stole up and began firing. Boyce was Instantly killed. The defence said It expected to prove by testimony of Omaha people that Boyces son and Mrs.

Sneed registered In the Nebraska city as Mr and Mrs. A Brooks, and that while there. Mrs Sneed was often seen crying and heard talking ft aar children. It was saw-Tttat the cashier of the Midday Bank and Trwst company iif Dathart had been summoned as a witness, but that he could not be found. It was argued that this bank had been oontroled by the elder Boyce and Mrs.

Sneed. LISBON STRIKE IS BROKEN BY FORCE One Thousand Agitators Are Arrested in Por tuguese Capital. Lisbon, Portugal, Jan. 31. Proclamation of martial law here and the arrest of more than 1000 of the most active among the agitators.

Including all the members of the strike committee has virtually broken the backbone of 'the general strike, which began on Monday In sympathy with the street car employes of Bvora, province of Alemetjo. The repressive influence of the military under the command of general Carvalhal, who had SOOff troops under his orders, has awed the strikers and the street car service started again to-dav Several bombs were thrown at the cars as they Jlassed along the streets, but no casualties have re sulted. NORTH WESTERN MAIN UNE IS COMPLETED First Train to Chihuahua to Be Run on Thursday: The hwt of the steel for the Mexico North Western main line between Juarez and Chihuahua will be laid late Wednesday afternoon and the first train will be run through- on Thursday, February 1. as originally announced by general manager H. C.

Ferris, of tbe Pearson line. The passenger service cannot be started until the Mexican government has Inspected the new roads and given tlfe necessary consent for the operation of trains over It. RALPH CAMERON TO QUIT POLITICS Is Not Candidate For Any Appointive Office in Arizona. Washington. D.

C. Jan. 31. Delegate Ralph Cameron, of Arizona, denied today that he will be appointed United States marshal of Arizona. "I am not a candidate for any appointive office, as soon as I retire from congress, I will go Into business and will leave politics he said.

ISSUES APPEAL FOR AID FOR STARVING CHINESE Laramie, Ja. 81. Ira B. Fee. secretary of the Wyoming branch of the National Red Cross today issued an appeal for aid for the sufferers from floods in China, at the suggestion of William H.

Taft. president of the United States and president of the National Red Cross President Taft says that millions of human beings are now facing starvation. BECAUSE The El Paso Heralds MOTIVES ARE NEVER OPEN TO SUSPICION, it is the-strongest newspaper "in the Great Southwest. 100 Reasons Numter 69. i' HERALD HAS M.UIIi.llUII CLASH WITH McNamara Detective Is a Witness in the Lorimer Investigation.

RESENTS REMARK OF LORIMER ATTORNEY Washington. Jan. 31 Detective William J. Burns testified before the Lorimer senatorial investigating committee today and fwrsdshed a mild sensation when he engaged In verbal battle with attorney Hanecy. representing senator" Lorimer.

The exchange of words between the men became so sharp that chairman Dillingham Intervened frequently. William A. Kannally. a member of the Illinois legislature which elected Lorimer, continued as a witness when the hearing began. Attorneys for the committee sought to have him tell where he got SiBOO In the summer of 1909 It had developed that Kannally had loaned $3600 about that time.

No Objection to Showing Books. KannaUy said he had "not the slightest" objection to a committee of representatives examining his bank books. He explained In detail how money came Into his hands in 1409 from his father's estate, which had been entrusted to him for management. Burns took the stand when the attorneys had finished with Kannally. Barns Tells of Work.

The detective testified the committee's attorneys had employed him on July 11. 1911, to work on the case and particularly on iuo Charles McGowan. He continued until about Oct. 26. Then a representative of the Chicago Tribune employed him about Christmas to continue the work, he said.

McGowan had testified he was on a train when C. F. Wiche In the presence of "a young Canadian" was alleged by William M. Burgess of Duluth. Minn, to have told about a $10.0 Lorimer election fund.

McGowan testified as to the Canadian and said he was on the train but heard of no such talk. Burns told of a trip to Canada to get young McGowan to come to Washington to testify again. He talked to Mc-Gowan's father, he said, about the matter, referring to his son having "perjured himself." "The father objected and called me a liar." said Bums-Senator Dillingham wanted to know why Barns thought tbe committee needed help in getting McGowan to appear a second time "Don't you know your services were discontinued by the committee beeaase nothing bad accomplishe?" Inquired senator DiHisklUtih. Barns said he supposed his. services had been discontinued because of lack of funds.

Fire Begins to Fly. Fire new when attorney, Hanecy for the defence, began cross examination. "I think my reputation compares with yours and Is even better: Til band that every time," shouted Burns reply to one of Mr. Hanecy's re marks. A moment later Burns complained a question was Involved.

"It may be to some minds." said Hanecy. "Now. you keep on Burns began to warn the attorney as he leaned forward. Chairman Stopi Quarrel. "This has got to stop, shouted chairman Dillingham.

"If the committee will direct the witness to answer began judge Hanecy. "We have. The committee will take care of Itself Burns denied he was employed to work on the Lorimer case generally, but as he understood, only on the Mc- Gowan feature and to locate witnesses. Recess Interrupted the warfare be tween the detective and the attorney reen the detective and the attorney When th? wa resumed. Burns testified that his fees from the senate "committee had been about 32600.

Clashes between Hanecy and Burns continued throughout the afternoon session Hanecj sneerlngly referred to Burns as "the great detective." Burns appealed to the committee. "If you don't stop him. I wHl." he exclaimed. Senator Lea Interposed that Mr Hanecy was Insulting the witness and senator Fletcherydeclared he was not. Fight Orer Steel Bill Starts.

The fight over the question of instructing the Democratic finance committee to report the Democratic steel bill within 20 days was begun when the senate convened today Senator Reed, of Missouri, a Democrat, demanded such instruction. Republican leader Penrose protest eu iw aajrs iiieuuiaem time ior tariff consideration, particularly for hearing Paclfio coast interests. ed 20 days was Insufficient time for Senator Lodge made a point of order and vice president Sherman deferred reference until after disposition of the pending children's bureau bill. i ne senate void on me reierence ot the bill today may Indicate which way the Republican progressives will line up. It has been reported a number of them will take a position with the Democrats, as they did on the tariff legislation of the special session.

Child Bureau Bill Pauses. The senate today, after a reur hour debate, passed senator Borah's bill creating a children's bureau In the department of commerce and labor. The vote was 54 to 20. A similar bill Is now pending in the house. Senator GaJlinger offered an amendment to Investigate the birthrate "among all classes of people." "If we have race suicide.

It does not apply to the poor classes to which past investigations have been confined." said the senator. senator Root declared there sr. no classes in the United States and pro- I tested against legislative recognition of any. The Galllnger amendment was lost The Day In Congress. The senate convened at noon.

The final consideration of the children's bureau bill was begun. -rne nicni uu tne aisposiuon or tne The Costa Rican neutralisation treaty was unfavorably reported. Detective-Burns testified "in Lorimer election Investigation. The United Shoe Machlnnrv comDanv was denounced as an Illegal conspiracy before tne senate interstate commerce committee. The house met at noon.

Representative Berger Introduced a bill for government acquisition of railroad, telegraph, telephone and express properties Revision of the chemical and sugar tariff schedule will be taken up next, leader Underwood declared. X' leaders appeared before the Judlciar committee HANEGY EDICT IS SIGNED Imperial Family- Accepts Terms and Gives Up the Chinese Throne. TO RETAIN TITLES AND RECEIVE PENSION PeMn, China. Jan. 31.

The imperial foreign board announced Uiat the em press dowager Informed the members of the cabinet at their meeting in the palace today that the throne had decided on a solution of the situation which would Insure peace. She Instructed the ministers to arrange accordingly. Imperial Edict Issued. An imperial edict issued tonight foretokens abdication and indloates that Yuan Shi Kai has discovered a way to escape acceptance of the Mar-nn(HtA offered to him hv the throne. The edict consents to a request from Yuan Shi KaL in which, he states tnat he does not dare to persist la his refusal of the title, but begs the throne to delay honoring him until peace has been restored.

Conditions Are Accepted. It is understood that the imperial family has accepted the conditions laid Ivaa. KAAnwAil A iWUlrllf I Ana lalll I down Dy toe repuoiicans ana xne abdication will be announced at once. At a conference yesterday between the empress dowager, prince Chun, the ex-regent and prince Chlng. the former premier.

It Is believed to have been decided that the Imperial family and princes would abdicate if they were allowed to retain their empty titles, raside in Pekin or elsewhere at their pleasure receive annual pensions aggregating 3.000,000 taels (approximately and that the transference of power would be carried out with as little loss ot dignity to tne throne as possible. Edict Reported Signed. London, England. Jan. 1.

The edict of abdication of the Chinese throne has been signed, according to a message from Tien Tain. The court will not quit Pekln for a month, as the Manehu troops of the garrison threaten to shoot the royal family and the princes If they attempt to leave the capital. Panic Seizes Tlea Tain. A terrible panic among the officials in Tien Tsln caused many of them to seek shelter today in the foreign concessions. Martial law has been proclaimed in the native city The mayor has resigned and.

fearing that the lives of the members of his family are endangered, has sent his family to a French concession Teh armistice between the Imperialist and republican forces wfclch was offl-eiatUy renewed yesterday to being disregarded by the rejmfaUeanJroop. ac-cordWto a ifcws aaa Jttsngtch re evedhere today ttm Be Tin. Fellows Up AdvwntaBC. The republican army Is following tip the advantage It gained at Kucheng. where It defeated the Imperial ovees commanded by Cheng Haun on Tuesday.

The victorious rebel army is now marching towards the city of Suchow, th. Ti.n Tain Hnkow railroad. 1 Mongolian agents are now endeavor- notrntintW for the purchase of arms and ammunition at rew t-nwang, the Manehu nan seaport Prince Na left this morning for Mongolia. LEADER AND AN EDITOR ARRESTED Military Will Not Permit Strikers to Parade at Funeral. aAn.A M'RfK JftE.

-The rest of Jos Ettcr. leader of the strikers nnd his principal assistant. Arturo Giovannitl. editor of a New York Socialist paper, during the night a charge of being accessories In the ,2, Looao. an Italian woman shot Monday nlgnt.

had little effect In the strike situation earlv today, Col. Sweetxer, In command of tne mllttarv forces, announced today that he would not allow the strikers to parade In connection with the funeral of Anna Loposso. Angelo Rocco a high school student, Ts-ho Is alleged to, have delivered inflammatory speeches, was arrested to-dav, charged with rioting. Judge Chandler centinned all the cases until after February 9. holding the men without batt.

cTDivFB -wrpiitT fRHW OF FIVR IS IW BOUND Duluth. Minn, Jan. The steamer Crescent, captain WlTOam John, of Duluth. is trapped In the Ice near Two Islands on the north shore. She leit Grand Marais a week ago with 40 tons i herring bound ror iuiikh.

im I Jo hope of a tug being able to reach her. She carries a crew of five. ranuu CONTRACT LET FOR THE BIG NEW HOTEI t. Joaes of New Orl cans, was awarded the contract for th coHStrHCtlOH of the Paso del Norte hotels thef bid, however, does not Include Inhalation of elevators, marble finish In the lobby nor the finish of the nine floor. The total constractloa cost will exceed FItc contractors entered bids.

Of these, three were local firms and ene- from Houston. The New Orleans orapany. whose bid was tbe lowest, received the contract. i The contract papersSvIU be drawn up ednesday. and work en the eon-HtrucMea will begin as soon a the Jo nes company can get Its organization en the greand.

The company will bring Its own of ftdals and foreman from New Orleans bat all the lBer Baed ot lhU bf local MeB The Jones company guarantees to have'the building completed wltbJa nine month. POLICE ARREST FIVE MENONGAMING CHARG wire men were-arrested by the police Wednesday morning shortly after 1 ecleftk on a top nooc of ithe Crawford flats in the Crawford theater haHdlng, and carda and chips were found In the. room they occupied, according to the report of acting night sergeant Ira Ware. The arrest was made following a telephone call hy a man who notified the police of the conditions, and said: "If yon do net do something; I will go ahead With it myself." The men arrested gale the names of Bitty Merphy, Jamen Kelly, Bd. Nolte.

Jack tktes and John -Williams, and furnished a bond eaeh to guarantee their appearance In poHce court Wednesday afternoon. They were released and will forfeit their beads. 1 Paso, Texas, Wednesday Evening, January 31, 1912-18 Pages MANY illCTl OF MEXICAN Nearly 300 Men Are Killed in Battles in the Vicinity of Cuernavaca. ZAPATISTAS ARE HEAVIEST LOSERS Cuernavaca, Mexico, Jan- 31. In a series of fights between the federal troops and the Zapatistas which have taken place in this vicinity since last Thursday, the federal troops have lost 22 killed and five missing, while the Zapatistas he lost between 200 and 2S0 men.

Cuernavaca is now considered safe from an attack by the Zapatistas. Thirty Zapatistas were killed and nine federal soldiers were wounded aa the result of a fight which occurred six miles north of this city yesterday. The combat lasted from l' oclock in the morning until five oclock in the evening. Eventually the Zapatistas were routed. Four towns and two haciendas wer raided yesterday and last night by the Zapatistas, accoraing to icpwt MrAA his followers Into tarn handa ajaA they nave owieowu to about 50 men in each band.

It Is said he appears unwilling to risk another fight In the open. Just south of Cuernavaca rurales had a brush with the guerillas yesterday, driving them to cover. All direct wires from here to Cuernavaca have been cut and dispatches are coming by way of a long sowthera wire principally used for offcial messages. LIGHT THROWN ON' MARGIN SYSTEM Witness Says They Were Used in Purchase of Cattle. Chicago, Jan.

SI. Farther light was thrown on the use of the margin system in the dressed beef business ia tbe packers' trial today Government counsel James M. Sheean continued the direct examination or Herman Pbttsof. a margin clerk for the National Packing company and brought out that the daily margin summaries played an important part In the pu--chasing of cattle by the packers. Copies of these summaries, the wu ness said, were sent to each cattle buj -er daily as a guide and were an important factor In determining the price paid for the animals By means of-these margin summaries the government declares the packers j- enabled ta keen a close check on the work of the cattle buyers.

coir- arisen or the cost ana pron-: on can it of cattle purchased it made ard rivalry among the buyers is maintained. Pottsof was followed by George i Roberts, manager of the Hammond company at Bridgeport. a selling agency of the National Packing company, and formerly assistant manager of ihe National Packing corapam a New York. Roberts admitted that he frequently obtained daily margins and selling prices from Armour. Swift and Morris by telephone, and telegraphed them to his office in Chicago JAPANESE GRANTED A MEXICAN CONCESSION Mexico City, Mexico, Jan.

31 Japanese minister to Mexico sayj a i. group of Japanese have obtained i-om tne government a. cairctrsoivu to fish In a limit zone on the Pacific coast, bat as Individuals and not as a syndicate. Similar concessions, he declares, have been granted to American and British subjects In Lower California waters. FORT STOCKTON HAS NO MBNINGITIS CASES Fort Stockton.

Texas, Jan. 31. In your issue of the 29th appears the statement from Alpine that it is reported there that Ft Stockton has two oases of meningitis and that there has been one death here from that disease. I wish to ask that you correct this statement. We have no cases here at all and there has been no death from that disease Ft.

Stockton has taken ever precaution to guard against the disease and we have none here Jemes ttooney, Mayor i A a a a. a a A A MM.