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VOL. XXXIV.
DEATH LIST
NO CONFLICT
SOUTHERN RY.
THE WEATHER
IS NOW 31
WITH TEXAS
IS ATTACKED
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GEN. BLISS SENDS REPORT.
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Indicates His Senatorial
Aspirations.
FIRE CHIEF CALLS
VERGARA’S SLAYERS
MOVEMENT OF COAL
ASSAILS SHEPPARD
and hired Mexicans.
CLUB A FIRE TRAP
TO BE PUNISHED
DIVERTED, HE CLAIMS
BEFORE CATTLEMEN
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He met the body
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Carolina.
MRS. VERGARA
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PRES. REA DEPLORES
PAID MONEY
RAIL RESTRICTIONS
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Mr. Garrett was
come and identify it.
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CAPT. SANDERS’ REPORT.
THE DAY IN CONGRESS.
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AMUSEMENTS
MUCH SYMPATHY EXPRESSED.
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$250,000 FIRE AT TERRE HAUTE.
all
HUERTA’S CAMPAIGN PLANS.
Cast.
“The
Scientists’ Doll,” Thanhouser.
bers of the commission on the Benton of the remains has been made. There'
Who’s Brown
at
Earle Williams
FEBRUARY GIN REPORT.
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The Mischief Maker
TODAY AT
The Queen
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MONTHLY MEETING IS HELD.
ENGLISH AVIATOR IS KILLED.
THE SHEEP SCAB LAW.
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GARRETT SENDS REPORT.
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ITALIAN CABINET RESIGNS.
Feature Photo Playhouse.
TODAY AND TOMORROW:
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Sanders
rangers
Capt.
Texas
GOV. COLQUITT
i CUTS LOOSE
UNITED STATES DEPOSITARY
Depositary of the State of Texas
Senator Tillman Introdu-
ces Resolution.
Cabinet Discusses the
Vergara Incident.
Number May be Slightly
Increased.
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QUESTIONS MOTIVE
OF MR. UNTERMEYER
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U. S. Will Take Further Step
Demanding Action by Mex-
ican Federals.
Motion to Endorse Colquitt's
Policy Results in Futile
Uproar.
Building Inspector Also Says
Fire Stairways Were Not
Built.
Urges Investigation Into Coal
Distribution of South
Telegrams From All Parts of
U. S. Show Sympathy With
Expedition.
Senator Hitchcock Revives an
Old Stock Transaction at
Hearing.
Pennsylvanian Makes Plea for
the Consideration of
Capitalists.
STATE OFFICIALS
EXAMINE CORPSE
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Crystal
No. 1.
TODAY:
Seats Reserved First Show Every
Night
TONIGHT:
Th® Siratford-Upon-Avon
Players
in “The Merchant of Venice.”
Prices—50c to $2.00.
Official Announcement Is Made in Par-
liament at Rome.
Rome, March 10.—The resignation of
the Italian cabinet was officially an-
nounced by Premier Giovanni Giolitti
in the chamber of deputies and senate
today.
On the Altar of
Patriotism
A two-part Pathe Drama.
. CHILDREN OF DESTINY,
Biograph drama.
TOMORROW:
Essanay, Lubin and Edison comedies.
COMING SATURDAY AND SUNDAY:
“Through Fire to Fortune,” a Lubin
Masterpiece in five parts.
Chicago Operators File Voluntary Pe-
tition in Bankruptcy.
By Associated Press.
Chicago, March 10.—The W. A. Fraser
company, board of trade operators here
since 1898, filed a voluntary petition
in bankruptcy today. The assets are
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DIXIE THEATER
Home of First-Run Films.
TODAY:
Crystal Majestic Theater
TODAY:
Edith Storey
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informed that a small party of Ver-
gara’s friends had gone over the river
at 2 a. m., exhumed the body and
brought it across. Mr. Garrett adds
that the Texas rangers had no hand in
bringing the body over, but went there
to view it when notified of its loca-
tion.”'
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OF CALVES TON
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Commencing Wednesday:
“MINISTER’S MISTAKE.”
An Hour of Sensible Nonsense, With
a Lot of Laughs.,
Mutual Weekly No. 60
Showing All the Current Events.
LITTLE BILLY’S CITY COUSIN,
Keystone film.
Chauffeurs Meeting
Tonight
All members are requested to be pres-
ent. SPECIAL business.
Chas. C. Markard,
Secretary.
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states positively
crossed the border.
Vergara’s Body Was Recovered
Relatives—Consul Notified.
By Associated Press.
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, MAR. 14-15.
MATINEES DAILY.
The Season’s Sensation—Thomas Dixon’s
The Leopard’s Spots
PRICES—Matinee, 50c to $1.00. Night,
35c to $1.50.
Joan of Arc
Maid of Orleans; a gigantic produc-
tion. Hear the new pipe organ and
Professor Lubalin's Orchestra.
Capt. Downer of Army Corps Meets
Death When Mehine Falls.
Salisbury, England, March 10.—Capt.
Cyril R. Downer of the Northampton-
shire Infantry regiment was killed to-
day by a fall with his aeroplan© while
flying ove rthe military aerdrome on
Salisbury plain. He had only recently
been detailed for service with the army
flying corps.
Go Fishing
BETTISON FISHING PIER.
Launch leaves wharf, foot of 20th
street, when parties apply to captain
of Standard or Globe. Phone 1318.
FULL SCHEDULE APRIL 1, 1014.
placed at $420,000 and liabilities
$180,000.
Washington, March 10. — Secretary
Bryan, upon entering the meeting of
the cabinet today, said American Con-
sul Garrett had reported that relatives
of Clemente Vergara recovered his
body on Sunday and that Texas rangers
did not cross the border. Consul Gar-
rett said he had been notified that if
he would go to a place on the Amer-
ican side of the Rio Grande across from
Hildalgo, Mex., at 4 o’clock Sunday
morning he would find th© body. He
went there in company with Captain
Sanders of the Texas rangers and the
body was delivered by friends of Ver-
gara. Mr. Garrett added that he was
sending a full report by mail. Mr.
Bryan said no new representation had
been made to the Huerta government.
26,640 Baise Were Ginned in Staate
During Last Month.
By Associated Press.
Austin, Tex., March 10.1—The depart-
ment of agriculture today made pub-
lic the report of cotton ginners for
Feruary, which shows the total num-
ber of bales ginned in Texas for that
month to be 26,640. ■
THE CARBON COPY,
American, with an All-Star
TOMORROW:
“Repaid,” two-reel Broncho.
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, MAR.
11-12. MATINEE THURSDAY:
The Biggest Musical Sensation of the
Century.
ADELE
PRICES—Matinee, 50c to $1.50. Night,
5Oe to $2.00. Seats on Sale Now.
Section 1 Held Unconstitutional by the
Attorney General.
By Associated Press
Austin, Tex., March 10.—Section 1 of
the sheep scab law is held to be un-
constitutional and void by the attor-
ney general’s department in an opinion
to the county attorney at Paint Rock.
High Federal Officers Have Been Or-
dered to the Front.
By Associated Press.
Mexico City, March 10.—To push the
federal campaign in the north and
other parts of the republic, President
Huerta has ordered many high officers
of the army to take the field immedi-
ately. Gen. Javiea de Moure was or-
dered to retake Matamoros, Gen. Guil-
lermo Rubio Navarette to open the
railroad between Zacatecas and Tor-
reon, Gen. Manuel Zozoya to protect
the railroad line between*San Luis
Potosi and Parras, and Gen. Felipe Mier
to protect the railroad between Guada-
lajara and Manzanillo.
The state of Chihuahua has been di-
vided into three districts. Gen. Pas-
cual Orozco is the military governor
of the central district, Gen. Inez Sala-
zar of the northern district, with head-
quarters at Juarez, and Gen. Carlos
Garcia Hidalgo of the southern district,
with headquarters at Parral.
Capt. Howard, U. S. Cavalry, Describes
Condition of Vergara’s Body.
By Associated Press.
Washington, March 10.—Secretary
Garrison received today from Brig.
Gen. Tasker H. Bliss, commanding the
American border forces, the following
report on the Vergara case by Capt. H.
P. Howard of the Fourteenth United
States Cavalry:
“Investigation shows Vergara was
taken from the Hidalgo cemetery Sat-
urday night by relatives of Vergara
By Associated Press.
Laredo, Tex., March 10.—It was Mrs.
Vergara, widow of the American lured
to Mexico and assassinated by alleged
federals, who paid the $400 for recov-
ery, of her husband’s body from its un-
marked grave in Hidalgo Sunday Morn-
ing, J. S. Hill, Vergara’s brother-in-
law, employed the men who comprised
the expedition, acting, it is said, as the
widow’s agent.
These facts were admitted here to-
day upon receipt of news that official
dispatches had reached Washington,
and that Hill’s connection with the af-
fair had been made public here. Hill’s
participation in organizing the expedi-
tion wae reported here Sunday, but
dissemination of this report was sup-
pressed at the request of Consul A. B.
Garrett of Nuevo Laredo, that no men-
tion of names be made until he should
hear from the state department.
State Adjutant General Henry Hut-
chings who arrived today to make the
official investigation for Texas was
told the condition of the body made it
unlikely that he could inspect it. Gen-
eral Hutchings nevertheless went to
the cemetery to try to examine the body
before interment.
Reports that Vergara had been tor-
tured were exploded today when an
examination of his body by state offi-
cials disclosed that his left hand had
not been burned.
HUTCHINGS, SEALY & CO.
EstskEzhed BANKERS Eetab’zhed
(Unincorporated)
For ’
Banks, Individuals Corporations
American Bankers Association Trav-
elers Cheques for Sale.
at a landing opposite San Enrique with
Undertaker Convery Sunday morning.
Convery brought the body to Laredo
7.30 p. m. Sunday. He states there
were no signs of burns on the body.
Found four bullet wounds. Neck chafed
but not broken. Body decomposed, but
pants match coat left at home by Ver-
gara. Identification seems reliable.,
Recovery of body said to have cost $.
J. Hill, brother-in-law of Vergara,
$400. Body being held at request of
Adjutant General Hutchings. No ex-
citement.”
Four Buildings in the Business District
Badly Damaged by Flames.
By Associated Press.
Terre Haute, Ind., March 10.—Fire
early today damaged four buildings in
the heart of the business district,
causing a loss estimated at $250,000.
The blaze, discovered, in the building
occupied by the E. H. Bindley company,
wholesale druggists, spread to a store
occupied by a large clothing company,
a hardware and a second drug house.
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W. A. FRASER CO., BANKRUPT.
portions of the United States and Tex-
as telegrams are reaching the execu-
tive department congratulating the
governor on the result of the expedi-
tion which had the effect of bringing
back to Texas the body of Clemente
Vergara. One message from Maryland
says: “Hearty congratulations to you
nd your state for the action of the
rangers. I believe all patriotic Amer-
icans are with you in heart 'and re-
joice at the success of your sturdy
example in the Vergara incident.”
One from a citizen of New Mexico
says: “Congratulations, go ahead; Tex-
as can do the job herself. People with
you.”
From El Paso, signed by the mem-
NO. 89.
' E / meridian: Un-
“ 5 settled tonight
and Wednesday; probably rain in
east portion; colder tonight in the
interior; freezing in northwest por-
tion; colder Wednesday. ■
For Texas, west of 100th me-
ridian: Tonight, fair, colder; cold
wave in north portion, with temper-
ature 24 to 28 degrees; frost in south
portion. Wednesday, fair, colder in
southeast portion.
For Oklahoma: Tonight, fair,
colder; cold wave, temperature will
be 26 to 30 degrees. Wednesday,
fair, colder in east portion.
Winds on Texas coast: Moderate
to brisk southerly to westerly.
Trust Bills Are Shaped Up for Action
an Early Date.
By Associated Press.
Washington., March 10.—Senate met
at noon.
Samuel Untermeyer testified on the
stock exchange regulation bill before
the banking committee.
Senator Tillman asked for an investi-
gation of charges that a coal trust dis-
criminates against Charleston, S. C.
Committees in charge of trust bills
hurried consideration of the measures
for early action.
House met at noon.
Debate was resumed on the agricul-
tural bill.
Committees in charge of trust legis-
lation began speeding ,up their work.
Interstate commerce committee re-
ported revised Sims bill to repeal Pana-
ma tolls exemption.
Judiciary committee dismissed as
“uncorroborated” the charges of Wade
H. Cooper of Washington against
Associate Justice Wright, , supreme
court of the District of Columbia.
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VESTON TRI
GALVESTON TEXAS: TUESDAY, MAROH 10, 1914. TEN PAGES.
ROSENBERG LIBRARY
FREE LECTURE
By Lieutenant Robert C. Richardson Jr.,
Twenty-third Infantry
WEST POINT
(Illustrated with the stereopticon.)
TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 1914.
Library Lecture Hall, 8 p. m.
were two bullet holes in the head and
one hand was burned to a crisp and
the head looked like it had been
mashed in. It is intended to bury the
remains this afternoon (Monday,
March 9, 1914). Hidalgo, where the
remains were originally interred, is
just south of and in sight of Palafox
on the bank of the river.’
"I have directed that the body of
Vergara be held pending- the arrival of
Adjutant General Henry Hutchings!
from Austin. After consulting with
Attorney General Looney, I directed
Gen. Hutchings to proceed to Laredo
and have proper measurements mad©
of Vergara’s body, and photographs
taken showing the wounds and the
burned hand.
, “O. B. COLQUITT, Governor.”
hhhBy Associated Press.
B Fort Worth, March 10.—Speaking to
K the Texas Cattle Raisers this morning,
■ Governor Colquitt replied to Senator
■ Sheppard’s attack on his Mexican
h policy, and indicated that he would run
■ for the United States senate. A mo-
W tion in the convention to endorse Col-
. quitt’s policy precipitated an uproar.
F Finally it was ruled out of order.
Ik In an impassioned defense before the
■ Cattle Raisers’ association of Texas, of
k “Texas’ right to protect the lives and
■ property of its citizens,” Governor Col-
■ quitt man. a number of startling state-
" ments and a clarations at the first ses-
sion of the cattlemen’s convention
t Tuesday morning. Among them were:
’ The declaration that he was afraid
to turn himself loose, for fear he
t would not stop until he went to Wash-
f ington, and changed the policy of the
[ government there.
y DEFIES THE WORLD.
> The defiance of “any authority on
the face of the earth to take from the
governor of Texas the right to defend
its citizens from wrong."
The declaration that, during the ill-
ness of Senator Culberson, “Texas is
without representation in the senate of
1 the United States.”
L A challenge to Senator Morris Shep-
i pard to resign from the United States
senate while he (Colquitt) resigned his
place as governor, and go before the
people of Texas as opposing candidates
e for the senate, to see whose views will
■ be sustained by the voters of the state;
The declaration that he had formed
the policy of opening negotiations di-
M-ora-devasnsdtsateeasnenuas cenme Bhxaramnaerazaxuaranarem
AMUSEMENTS
By Associated Press.
Washington, March 10.—Samuel Un-
termeyer’s motives in pressing for
favorable action on the stock exchange
regulation bill was questioned today
by Senator iHtchcock, Democrat, of Ne-
braska, at a hearing before the bank-
ing and currency committee. Senator
Hitchcock said he had refused to an-
swer questions about his connection
with the sale of Kanawha and Michi-
gan railroad stock, either for himself
or for some other person.
Mr. Nntermeyer said he believed the
matter was brought up to obscure the
issues involved in the pending bill, but
declared that the charges that either
himsel for his clients had been in-
volved in an improper transaction in
the stock named had been Inspired by
the publicity department of the New
York stock, exchange.
Untermeyer explained that the Kan-
awha and Michigan transaction oc-
curred about ten years ago when he
represented a “protective committee”
of stockholders who refused to sell
their holdings to the majority stock-
holders until the stock had been
dropped from the list of the New York
exchange. They then sold it, he said,
at $170 or thereabouts a share. He
testified under questioning by Senator
Hitchcock that the majority holders
had paid" only $70 per share or less for
the other stock they had bought, by
means of which the line finally was
absorbed by the Chesapeake and Ohio.
He denied that the committee held out
its holdings for purposes of market
manipulation.
rectly with the Mexican authorities for
the righting of wrongs to Texans.
An appeal to the Cattlemen’s asso-
ciation to endorse his policy.
Colquitt’s talk was marked by ap-
plause, but when, after he had fin-
ished, J. N. Bassett of Crosbyton pro-
posed a resolution “agreeing with Mr.
Colquitt in his action in his defense
of the people of Texas,” Ed C. Lasater
of Falfurrias, former president of the
Cattle Raisers’ association, rose in op-
position.
LASATER’S RETORT.
“I feel that Mr. Colquitt has pre-
sumed on the courtesy extended to him
to make the statements he has,” de-
clared Lasater. “He has attempted to
get a condemnation of the national
government from this association. Not
one man here is competent to pass on
the questions involved, for this nation
has come to be a world power, and the
problems before it, as such, are more
than local.
“From time immemorial the policy of
this convention has been to keep out
of politics, and I hope the gentleman
who introduced the resolution will
wthdraw it, and not force it to a vote.”
Ike T. Pryor of San Antonio re-
quested Acting President Jackson to
rule out of order both the resolution
and the speech opposing it and this
was done.
Texas Railroad Commission is in Ses-
sion at Austin Today.
By Associated Press.
Austin, Tex., March 10.—The rail-
road commission is today holding its
regular monthly meeting with a large
attendance. There are thirty-three
matters on the docket for March. The
commission granted the proposed re-
vision of rates between Texas City
and points in the state, and heard and
took under advisement these proposi-
tions: Proposed amendment to classifi-
cation rule 16, applying on tanks and
cisterns; proposition to apply grain
rates and transit privileges on feterita
and tortina; proposed readjustment of
ratings on automobile tire chains; pe-
tition for depot at Luella on the Cotton
Belt, also for depot at Reagan on the
Houston and Texas Central.
By Associated Press.
St. Louis, Mo., March 10.—Careful
checking of those known th have been
at the Missouri Athletic club Sunday
night and those heard from since the
fire, resulted in the compilation of a
death list of 31. This number may be
slightly increased.
Fire Chief Swingley said today that
six or seven months ago he warned the
management of the Missouri Athletic
club that the club building was not
safe for sleeping quarters.
“I found conditions pretty bad on
three, upper floors,” said the chief.
“The building was not constructed for
hotel purposes, but for a business
house. It had been converted into a
hotel by dividing the upper floors into
rooms for sleeping purposes.”
Former Building Inspector Smith said
that after personally inspecting the
club house he had ordered the board of
governors to put in two fire stairways,
but they objected.
“I fought this case for three years,”
he said. “I was harrassed at every
step with changes of venues, continu-
ances and compromises.”
Ed Bronmueller, secretary of the
club, said the members often discussed
the danger of fire. “Still we could not
jump into the street,” he said.. “We
had to stay somewhere and we antici-
pated no such tragedy.”
The explosions which firemen re-
ported were attributed to escaping gas
by H. C. Henley; chief of the fire pre-
vention bureau.
One of the bodies recovered today was
identified as-that of E. P. Williams, a
banker of New York. The body was
fully dressed, and unmarred. Apparent-
ly he had been suffocated. The other
body was burned beyond recognition.
It was found in the same room on the
sixth floor in which Williams’ body was
found.
Firemen who entered the ruins today
recovered three' bodies. This brings the
total number of bodies recovered to
ten. Of these six have been identified.
Twenty-two or possibly twenty-three
bodies are believed to be in the ruins;
THE LIST OF DEAD.
KESSLER, EDWIN, St. Louis cashier
Ludlow Saylor Wire company; killed in
jump from sixth floor.
RICKEY, JOHN MARTIN, Chicago,
treasurer Ford Manufacturing com-
pany (roofing materials); burned to
death on third floor; leaves widow and
child.
REILLY, JAMES D., St. Louis, mem-
ber of the firm Ware & Reilly, con-
tractors.
ERD, W. M., East St. Louis, III., real
estate dealer; suffocated and burned.
HANCOCK, ALLEN R., St. Louis,
salesman Underwood Typewriter com-
pany.
AN UNIDENTIFIED MAN, mutilated
body recovered on third floor; gold
band ring on third finger, containing
initials “B. T.” and date “2-23-1914.”
AN UNIDENTIFIED body mutilated
beyond recognition.
LIST OF THE MISSING.
Following is revised list of those
missing and believed to be buried in
the ruins:
L. R. RUFF, St. Louis, buyer Sim-
mons Hardware company.
MARSHALL BIER, St. Louis.
J. E. CHASNOFF, Sedalia, Mo., ad-
vertising department, St. Louis Repub-
lic.
BURT CROUCH, assistant sales
manager Western Electric company.
ELL DOWE, buyer for Nugent &
Brothers dry goods company, St. Louis.
THOMAS B. SYNE, salesman, Under-
wood Typewriter company, Syracuse,
N. Y.
W. J. McGINNIS, buyer for B, Nugent
& Bros. Dry Goods company, St. Louis.
FRANK W. ALBRIGHT, traveling
salesman Rice Stix Dry Goods company,
St. Louis.
J. L. HAHENLE, engineer, LaClede
Gas Light company, St. Louis.
E. P. WILLIAMS, New York travel-
ing salesman.
W. A. HUNICKS, St. Louis, assistant
operating engineer, Missouri, Pacific
railroad.
ROBIN GREEN, Herrin Supply com-
pany, Herrin, Ill.
E. V. McKENNA, guest of a member
named Jennings.
A. T. RANUS.
MICHAEL THUMA, Berwyn, Ill., em-
ploye Alchuler Dreyer & Click Clothing
company of Chicago.
MARX HAMMAR, St. Louis, president
Neusteter Cloak and Suit company, St.
Louis.
WILLIAM E. BECKER, St. Louis,
president Becker Moore Paint company.
D. E. FITZGERALD, sales manager
Pierce Oli corporation, family residence
in Springfield, Mo.
THOMAS J. WRIGHT, auditor Lemp
Brewing company, St. Louis.
GEORGE GOENER, president Hol-
stein Commission company, St. Louis.
A. J. ODEGARD, St. Louis, sales
manager Spencer Otis company, rail-
way supplies, St. Louis.
NORMAN HANCOCK, salesman Curio
Clothing company, St. Louis.
WILLIAM J. KINSER, treasurer Kin-
ser Construction company, St. Louis.
By Associated Press.
Washington, March 10.—No conflict
will arise between the federal govern-
ment and the state of Texas over the
recovry of the body of Clemente Ver-
gara, the American ranchman. Further
steps demanding the punishment of
Vergara’s slayers will be taken.
That was the status of the case after
a cabinet meeting today. The official-
ly accepted view was that Vergara was
lured across the border and murdered,
and his body was subsequently re-
covered by his own friends—not Texas
rangers—who crossed into Mexico as
private individuals and not as an armed
expedition.
After today’s cabinet meeting, at
which Consul Garrett’s reports were
read, Secretary Bryan made the fol-
lowing paraphrase of Mr. Garrett’s
telegrams:
“Consul Garrett went with Capt.
Sanders of the Texas rangers and a
deputy sheriff to Palafox, Tex., last
Saturday for the purpose of making
further investigation in the Vergara
case. They went to the Vergara ranch
and examined witnesses who saw Ver-
gara’s horses, which were taken by the
Mexicans. These witnesses also saw
Vergara cross the river and saw him
captured. The investigation kept them
up late Saturday night, when they
reached Coleman’s camp, two miles
above Palafox, where they ate supper
and concluded to remain over night.
“About 4 a. m. they were informed
Vergara’s body was on the Texas side
of the river. Consul Garrett roused the
chauffeur of his automobile and went
five or Six miles away to a point oppo-
site San Enrique’s ranch, about three
miles below Palafox.
Mr. Garrett there found the' body,
with a number of the relatives of Ver-
Telegrams From All Parts of U.
Pouring in at Austin.
By Associated Press.
Austin, Tex., March 10.—From
FORECAST.
For Galves-
ton and vicin-
ity: Tonight,
and Wednes-
day, unsettled;
probably rain;
colder Wednes-
day. Moderate
to brisk south-
erly winds,
shifting to
northerly Wed-
nesday.
For Texas,
east of 100th
indignation meeting reads: "We, the
undersigned, the chairman and mem-
bers of the commission on resolution
at the Benton indignation meeting
recently held here, desire to congra-
tulate you and the rangers under
your authority at your Success in se-
curing Vergara’s body. Your diplo-
macy is of the American brand which
always secures results and we earnest-
ly hope your example may be adopted
by others, the people who have Mexico’s
best interest at heart endorse your
action.”
By Associated Press.
Philadelphia, March 10.—The Penn-
sylvania Railroad company stockhold-
er's: at their annual meeting today au-
thorized their board of directors to cre-
ate a mortgage under which bonds
may be issued in such amounts and at
such times as may be required prop-
erly to finance the company.
President Samuel Rea, who presided,
read a statement in which he denied
published reports alleging that railroads
had manipulated their accounts to show
increased costs of operation. Mr. Rea
also referred to the question of in-
creased freight rates, stating that the
interstate commerce commission and
state commissions probably had failed
to appreciate the consequence of legis-
lative enactments and regulation, deal-
ing with every phase of railroad oper-
ation. The result, he said, is higher
maintenance and operating charges.
The railroad's as a whole have not
been spending enough for maintenance,
he added. Continuing, Mr. Rea said:
“No serious public consideration is be-
ing given to the investors who have
furnished the capital for all the rail-
roads, and thereby provided the most
substantial foundations for the past
and present progress of the country.
“If large numbers of railroad men,
and others depending on railroads for
every character of supplies and, work,
are out of employment and a general
loss of confidence exists and suspcion
has been engendered, no attempt must
be made to place this responsibility
upon the railroad management. The
time has come when all fair minded
men and investors must individually
and collectively impress on their state
and federal representatives that they
are a part of the nation entitled to at
least fair consideration.
“This statement is not made to pre-
dict calamity, but it is made to prevent
calamity.”
can “invasion.”
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By Associated Press.
Washington, March 10.—Charging
that the Southern railway was domi-
nated by ' men not financially inter- -
ested in coal mines in its own territory,
but in mines elsewhere, and that for
this reason the Southern was not al-
lowed to move coal through the port
of Charleston, S. C., Senator Tillman
today introduced a resolution for a spe-
cial investigation by the naval affairs
commitee into advantages of Charles-
ton as a permanent point for coal dis-
tribution as compared with Norfolk
and other Chesapeake bay points.
Senator Tillman declared “it appears
the power and influence of the so-
called coal trust is being persistently
used through the management of the
railroads touching Charleston to pre-
vent the free movement of coal not be-
longing to the coal trust.”
Mr. Tillman’s resolution sets forth
that “in view of the early completion
of the isthmian. canal, and of its im-
portance to the United States navy and
the national defense generally, to the
development of an American merchant
marine and to the development of trade
with Central and South American coun-
tries, the establishment of adequate
coal supplying facilities south of Cape
Hatteras is deemed imperative, and the
only available harbor having sufficient
depth for the modern battleships and
larger merchant vessels, as well as ex-
tensive water frontage for the proper
handling of coal, is located at Charles-
ton, S. C.”
In support of his charge that the
Southern railway is not allowed to
move coal through Charleston because
of financial interest in coal properties
accessible to other ports, Mr. Tillman
said: “As a concrete example of the
flagrant abuse of power, the Southern
railway, having had for ten years its
own rails reaching from Charleston to
the great developed fields of Virginia,
Tennessee and Kentucky, and reaching
developed mines with a present an-
nual capacity of from 12 to 15 million
tons of coal, which has no other outlet
to tidewater, has moved no coal for
outlet at that port.
“It is believed that the so-called
trust is using other railroads leading
to the coal fields in a similar manner,
not only to destroy private property,
but in many instances wholly against
the interest of the railroad thus used,
and tyrannically unjust to the country
in which these railroads are located,
and from which they receive their reve-
nue and protection.
“It is believed that these railroads,
all being dominated by the same influ-
ence, mainttain a secret rate-making
body of men, in defiance of the 1w,
who ‘farm out’ the territory and make
freight tariffs in such manner as to be
free from every element of competition,
and who have practically destroyed the
usefulness of the interstate commerce
commission insofar as it affects the
average shipper and the small ship-
pers on account of the great expense
and the extraordinary delay brought
about by the tactics of the railroad,
whose agents resort to every method
known to political trickery.”
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Gov. Colquitt Gives Out Wire Received
From Ranger.
Special to The Tribune.
Austin, Tex., March 10.—The gover-
nor last evening made public the text
of the report he received from Capt.
J. J. Sanders detailing how the body
of Vergara was recovered.; Following
is the report:
“Have received the following further
report from Capt. J. J. Sanders, in com-
mand of Company B, Texas Rangers, at
Laredo, regarding the recovery of
Verara’s body:
“ ‘I left Laredo Saturday mornin,
March 7. 1914, and went to Palafox
with Consul Garrett. Sergeant Hines
and Private Felps, of my comand, were
already there, also Constable Petty of
Minera, Jim Hall, a relative of Ver-
gara, and some others I do not know. I
worked up all of the evidence I pos-
sibly could during the day. I left Con-
sul Garrett at Coleman’s Ranch Satur-
day afternoon. I left the Coleman
ranch about 7 o’clock Saturday even-
ing and went down the river on the
Texas side, four, five or six miles. I did
not go across the river at all. Ver-
gara’s body was brought across the
river on a stretcher about 3.30 a. m.
Sunday, 8th March, 1914, and deposited
on the bank on this side about four
miles down the river from Palafox.
This was the first time I saw the body.
I do not know who exhumed it. I
turned the body over to Vergara’s
relatives, who were on the river bank
and took it to Laredo and put it in an
undertaking establishment. I do not
know that any one held an inquest, or
that any medical examination
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