Amarillo Daily News (Amarillo, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 175, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 25, 1912 Page: 1 of 8
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AMAMLLO
AILY NEWS
AMARILLO TEXAS jATrn.iAV MAY JM 1012
III. NO. 173.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
U
ICIt
Chamber of Commerce
Workers Add MoreThan
Two Hundred to List
IS
hkigadf or pimk;kessivks
UILI.CONTINI K mhoksfoh
GltKATKU AMAUILU TILL
MONHAV SOON
"I'm lu"' is the motto and actu-
ating luipjMlse of the Chamber of
Commerce membership committee.
Yesterday's work by the committee
proved highly satisfactory to all con-
cerned and more than two hundred
new members were added to the lists
of the organization.
Again today the committee divided
Into two squad will work for an
Increase In the present membership
stnd. finally the campaign will be
rounded to a lose Monday forenoon
beginning in each caso at 9 o'clock
In the forenoon and ending at 12
noon.
Two teams were hastily formu-
lated yesterday forenoon the first
headed by I. l. Hewing as captain
who had as Ills first assistant 8. F.
Sullen berger E. W. Hardin secreta-
ry I j. W. Pntton Earl Cobb. Edward
xVPrien. Hob Ames. F. F. Cady. G.
A (Josser W. C Keeves.
Second squad. V. II. Fuqua cap-
tain Ray Wheat ley. first assistant.
Dick Seay. secretary M. H. Hardin
A. W. Patterson. P. H. Seewald. F.
A. White. F. W. Foresman. J. I.
Johnson. T. F. Kervln. Mark Iogan
J. L. Pope.
Practically every man was prepar-
ed for the advances of the committer
only the fewest number asking for
time In which to consider Investing
In the enterprise. It was made plain
to the im-mber secured that not
only their money but their Influence
and time aro requested Ib this the
greatest campaign looking to the
building of a real city Greater Am-
a rill. 1
Heretofore there has not been a
rtaHr stronr effort - mad to enlist
th financial and moral sunport of
the entire citizenship for t'j Cham-
ber of Commerce. The memberships
w re formerly placed at $25 per year
but they are now reduced to $5 per
annum with the privilege of buying
as many memberships to the Individ-
ual as may be desired. This charge
was made for the reason that the
people as a w hole are wanted to par-
ticipate in the affairs of the city's
improvements.
Formerly the price of admission
was so high that many men of mod-
erate means were kept out of the
aff)liatlon. but this will be true no
more. The people are showlnx ap-
preciation of this change by coming
Into the nioveomnt. The low price
of membership is only for the ac-
commodation of those who find them-
selves unable to pay the greater sum.
and it Is not expected that any who
have the ability to Invest a greater
amount will aval Ithemselves of the
privilege to come In for the minimum
fee.
Co-operation and an Interchange of
Ideas a touching of hands and of
shoulders Is the thing that Is greatly
desired In connection with this work.
It is belnjr shown that the cheaper
membership fee will make this pos-
sible In large measure. The nine
honm' campaign is on three hours
spent yesterday another thre hours
today and the final three hours Mon-
day. Following are among the men en-
listed In this fieht for a Greater Ami-
rlllo .with promise of success on a
grand scale:
G. C. Plack. Geo. Thomas. M. !. E.
I Pipkin. W. A. Askew. Kenyon
Grain Coal Co.. Harry Slater. L.
P Ivldson. E. A. Temple. E. A.
Holdhrook. 3. P. Hayter. W. S. Ken-
yon. J. W. Collins. A. J. Lundegreen.
It. I.. Rogers. Crume Klllough.
Panhardlo Warehouse Co. A. E.
LoomU. G M Idford. W. F. Cobb.
I Culling. Pike Stroud. Clyde
P Ong. E. O Thompson. Ernest E.
HoMnson. W. M. Adams. C. T. Hlsh-
or. Paul Pierson. I W. Pope. W. W.
Golden Frank E Hiirklngham. F. S.
Krai kiln. .?. F. Speed. M T. Lacker.
K ; Mynl Perry Pearson. Clement
H Yost It. E Slaughter. E. E. Cop-
ier V 11 MMIiken. C. E Hawkins.
Carl Urson. TV V. Plackwell. J. M.
Kirdred. I. K. Wheatley J. E. John-
.n. Hugh Whltfomh. .?. W. Croessi
ir V Prandall. ... C. Johnson. J. W.
Pirk.tt. Fred C. Cornelius. J. E.
Ij'.v'.-.nd. P. S Klllo'ieh. J. L. Sum-
Cor'ln 'i'i on Pas r i
iP 1 FUR
HERS I
NA.MF TlllllklKl.li
EIGHTH
ltSll
Minneapolis Minn.. May 24
Dy a vote of 537 thirty-
eight more than necessary to
elect the General Conference
of the Methodist Episcopal
thurch today elected W. P.
Thlrkleld president of How-
ard University a negro insti-
tution the eighth and last
bishop on the twenty-sixth
ballot.
CUR CUT-OFF
Actual Construction To He
Started Within Next
Ten Days
Sprcial lo Pkily Neat.
Clovls. X. M. May 2 1. There is
great Interest here today over the pos.
Itive announcement that construction
work of the Clovls-Coleman cut-off is
to be started at once. Your reporter
had an interview- this moruiug with
Santa Fe managers at this end of the
line ami they assure linn that this
line is to be built into Clovis within
the next i'u days and that construc-
tion is due to begin from Lubbock or
Slaton within the next ten days. In
fact much construction material is
now being unloaded at Texas points
where it will be accessible and con-
struction is to begin at that end of
the line.
This line will not only be an Im-
mediate benefit to Clovls but It will
open a vast territory southeast of
here beyond the Texas border which
is now very remote from railroad con-
veniences. Mr. Post of breakfast food fame
has a large tract of land covering
practically a whole county lying Just
west of the proposed line and he has
a proposition before the Santa Fe
now which they are giving serious
consideration according to their own
men.
The proposition Is something like
this: The route of the cut-off is to
be varied sufficient to cut this tract
of land and five a townsite to Mr.
Post and be in return is to give the
company a right-of-way through his
holdings which will mean about
miles of right-of-way and Is to pay
them a bonus of $ ion (inn.
Thlj will make the mileage four
miles greater from here to Slaton.
Texas than the former route but
taking into consideration the fact
that the Santa IV mtempiates also a
line from Slaton to Uoswell N. M
It will he really a saing of some 2"
miles of trackage as the track from
Slaton to the post town can be use"
for both the Clovis and Koswell lines.
It Is said also that this route will
cive a mi:eh better grade than the
first survey which it is thought will
more than over-balance the inras
of four miles .acka.ee. Surveyors
are rushing the work on the surveys
and the definite route will evidenly
be announced within n very fe
days.
PRESS BOYS OF
Newspaper Makers Gather
in Force at Convention
in Muskogee
Muskogee. Okla.. May 21 Mak-
ers of Oklahoma Xewspapers round-
ed up here In force today for the
twenty-first annual meeting of the
State Press association. An invoca-
tion by Ilishop Thurs'on opened the
proceedings this morning. Other fea-
tures of the forenoon program were
addresses of welcome tv Mayor Mill-
er and President Spauldin? of the
Muskogee Commercial Club a re-
s(itise for the visitors by 'ohn Gr-
bie of Guthrie and the annual ad-
dress of Horace S'heppard of Altus.
pretddent of the asori.v!on The
'afternoon seslti was riven to i
coi't ronres T cirro morning
PI .hop os nf the M K h ;rrV
South Will address te etor on
"The Moral Influence of V-wapa-
pefS ''
Matters of Inportar.'e t.
newspaper fra.frntr-. ;'! ' - vtwri
th'ro'igh discus-ion tv .... nMri
!:!. ers. and )'itere' t. : f-t' :res cf
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11 BEET
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Statement by Taft s Man-
ager Presages Bitter
Fight at Chicago
IS
McKINLLV HF.CI.AKEs COLONEL
AMI lOLLoWEKS WILL Kl-
soKT TO EVEKV MEANS
Hi TFUKOKI.E
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Washington. I C. May 24. The
botteniess nf the iuht that is to rage
altout the U.publi.aa national com-
mittee when It begins consideration of
the contests In Chicago on June was
emphasized today by a statement troui
William 11. McKinley. manager of
Taft's campaign.
He declared that it is becoming ap-
parent that Roosevelt "and his follow
ers would resort to every known
means to terrorize the Chicago con-
vention." This statement was siven out as
the result of widespread reports that
Roosevelt desired the removal from
the national committee of members
whom be knew to be strongly oppos-
ed to him.
KooxEYELT MEX
OIUHT TO KMT
Chicago. III. May 2 4. Ormsby
Mel lard one of the mauagers of
Roosevelt's campaign tonight said
that the Roosevelt forces will refuse
to abide by the selection of Senator
Elhiu Root as temporary chairman
of the national convention.
He said Roosevelt managers will
Inftst on the naming of the chairman
in accordance with Roosevelt poliel
The nau.es of Governor Hadley of
Missouri Governor Johnson of Cali-
fornia aud tteuator Ciapp of Minne-
sota are mentioned as acceptable.
For Church I'nloa.
lly AMymit ti '
Baltimore. Md.. May 3 4. Nego-
tiations for the ormnlc union of the
Methodist Protectant and Vnlted
Prethren churches. which were
broken off. will be renewed by terms
of a resolution adopted almost unani-
mously at today's meeting of the
General Conference of the Methodist
Protestant church here.
I aiuo of lieniiiark's Kiiiu.
Copenhagen (nv 21. The new
iKitig Christian X. now reigns
lover iNnmark Ills accession has
been hailed wiMi all appropriate en-
thusiasm and ceremony though sor-
row for the death of Frederick VIII
is still the predominant sentiment.
The title which the new King bears
has one peculiar feature which may
be truly said to distinguish the royal
family of Denmark from any other
it being the law of Denmark that
Frederick must be succeeded bv
Christian and Christian by Frederuk
Consequently when a king of Ihmi-
mark dies there is no ground for
simulation as to the title that will
be assumed by his successor on 'he
throne.
To attain the desired end without
th changing of names every Danish
prince no matter what other names
he may receive always Includes Fred-
crick and Christian among them. and.
therefore every king of Denmark
has as his official title either Chris-
tian or Frederick and It has been
thus for 4 00 years. The alfernatlOL
of names and titles has been tns
on uninterruptedly since Frederick
the Peaceful succeeded Christian the
Cruel the last named being the
rrandson of Count Christian of Old-
enburg who founded the royal house
of Denmark nearly fifty years before
the discovery of America and adopt-
ed the royal title of Christian I
Why this provision as to the name
of Danish kings was adopted histori-
ans are tot agreed but It Is generally
supposed to have been adopted In the
rterest of uniformity and continuity
for no other European country ha
fund It necessary to have tich a i
rile Most Vines tske the title thevj
r':oos. anil It is not deemed ei'i'l'
'.I the srepter st ill b tritris'ej
Ve lands of one im!ed. n-t i. . t
hou between two raniex. but
ti2l name for there cannot !. un-i
! -r the D.in'sli Ivw. two FreWf k I
r two Christians in efi;enre j
American Consul Killed. j
'.! : tt i'el t.lte (Vns ll ;en '
r-i' Frar k li Mi'.1 of VP.nesota. wisl
kii:...! t y ::.! n. r -h.v ril r v' r-f !
alrca"e of a bo!el her- He'
f. Kind cn e -mri f or i'i a '
III COII
ma says
SELF DEFENSE
Millionaire Cattleman Will
I'nter Such Plea to
. Murder Charge
B OUT STATEMENT
IUI..Vi:s IM-IIH'.Ms LEADING
i p. in killing i;sti:k-
HAY IV GIIIIWIN IIUTI.L
AT PAIHCAH
f
S'e I to Nt
FoA Worth. Tex.. May 21. Capt.
S. H.lituruett millionaire cattleman
of F. Worth who shot and killed
rfe layers a stockman of hint;
counM In the wash-room of the God
win Hotel Paduiah Thursday will
plead self-defense.
Th's was indicated Friday morning
In au Interview with a reporter at th
law office of W. P. McLean one of
attorneys selected to defend him.
Captain Hurnett arrived In Fort
Worth Friday morning.
Reports reu( bed Captain Hurnett
during the recent Fat Stock Show
that Savers had threatened him. ac
cording t his declaration Frldav tr
noon. From that time he avoided u
meeting with Savers he sa and his
tlsit to his King county property was
the first since the cloning of the cat-
tlemen's convention. He says that
when In' entered the wash-room at
the hotel he saw Savers reach behind
him and then fired believlnt! bis life
in dant-r
The Fort Worth firms of McLean.
Scott aiid McLean und Cowan & llur-
n ey have been retained to defend Cap-
tain Hurnett in addition to counsel
at Padurah
Capt all n llurnett's statement fol-
lows. "I feed under the i irctimstanccs. I
should make a statement to the pub.
lie ootieernlnjt the killing; of Farley
Sayers. Hie first trouble between
Vr. Sx; anu me tegun 1 believe
' ' of !ie fact that while ws
ij's j n ' as lared with the
teft on som of my cattle. Since
!h;tt time' he has continuallx in vari
ous part f Texas threatened to
take my life.
'There are many wltnesse who
hud told me on various occasions that
Sayers said he was Koine to kill me.
He made these threats in Fort Worth
at Mie last stockmen's convention u
the day of the killing I had been on
my ranch and came in to Padmab
Set ween 0 and l" o'clock I did
not know that Savers was in town
.ti'd had no reason to know that be
was there About ten minutes before
I entered the wash-room where the
s ting occurred. I was infoinnd
th.it Sayers bad threatened to kill m.-
it suht and was goin'4 to kill me
I went Into the wash-room about
I I to wash my f.ce and band" for
dinner
As I entered the room. I nntli-
e three men two of whom I did not
know- and did not reogme Mr.
Sayers until I was near the ah
stand where was genu to wash mv
face and hands and when I did recog-
nize him he was reaching with his
ruht hand towards bis left brcccbcs
pocket I then relie that I wa to
b.u murdered or that I wat to kill
him. I Jerked my pistol out of my
iMicket and fired one shot I did not
have time to get ntv pistol hardly
straight shoot inir the moment I
snatched It from mv pocket
"I regret very much especially
at my age having any trouble but It
was absolutely unavoidable as will
! shown at the trial bv the evi
dence of witnesses whos xersrlty
cannot b questioned shall de-
mand a trial at the first tern of
court "
Mire Ijimt for Settler.
North Yakima. Wash May IM
Tomorrow there will be an exception-
al opportunity to prixure a choii
Irrigated farm on the Yakima Irrita-
tion project a Bhort distance west of
this p!a-e. On that dav the Tif.o
unit of the projeif. i oniiri-:i. t'
fjrn.s if 21 and v' aires -ai-b. will
l' opened to entry for hortit ei k r
niler the homeste:i Htid ti 1 ; s i -. i 1 1
laws V:.ich settbt ill Tech.- 1
and f..r the filinir fee and for l.!!-
on jt five yearn Me must In addi' on
issunie Ms share of the mst of run-
struc'ins the re tarnation dams and
itials. an a re and 'f the tost
if maintenance at firesent t ' per
.ore per year This amoi;nf be will
'e ierniited to iay In ten annual In--t.-iltnen's.
fp to date th t'ni!"1
jtes r- Inma'b'ti ervb b;ts h ! -i
T.jrlv ';niin..iiii the Yakima Ir-
'I'd! ion proleit and epe t In
'or.t f ' fino'i'ii more
OH ICK Or MAHI KO
PAPEIt HYNAMITKIl
El Paso. Tex.. May 24.
The offices of the Paso I H I
Norte a newspaper located In
the business heart of this city
which has been an nrden' sup-
porter of the ydministratlou
of President Madero was
dynamited here tonight at a
late hour. Xo x cupant of the
building was injured.
litsrir
VI0LEI.GE CHOWS
Fierce Fighting Between
Strikers Police and
Troops Renewed
lly -! il r Pir
lludapest. May 24. Fierce fighting
between strikers ollce and troops
occurred today again here although
the strikers were ordered by labor
leaders to cease agitation and return
to work.
The strikers used revolvers stones
ami other missiles while the troops
replied with volleys from rtfles. Many
persons on both sides were wounded
and the strikers were worsted.
As on Thursday the strikers con-
tinued their wrecking tactics and
mm h damage to property resulted.
VLOYIS to YOTF.
ON HCIIOOL IUINDM
Jlv s.v uinl Prr
Clovis. N. M. May i An ehn tion
has been ordered by the mayor and
city council for June the 18th to de-
termine whether Clovls shall Issue
$2i (lull bonds for he erection of a
city high si hool building. The pro
position Is receiving the unanimous
support of the citizens here and it Is
doubted If there will develop any op
po-'fluti at ftM Al present 'he ctfy
has a $2r ono 'brick building and two
frame bulldfnes for the grade nnd
the past term enrolled about Sou pu
pils This will likely he Increased to
l.iMiii the coining term and It he-
comes necessary to provide more
room for the Increased number of
pupils.
An letant site will be secured di-
rectly between the business part Of
thi' city nnd the prosisei site for the
eastern Ne Mexico Normal school
which Clovls iii.w feclhiortain will be
liKiited lu te before the adjournment
of the present legislature and when
these two additional Institutions are
in operation. Clovls will be able to
boast herself as the education. I 'en-
ter of easieru New Mexico There Is
aii enthusiastic educational senti-
ment hero Adding the student body
of the Clovls Coinnieri ial college and
the eu Mexico Conservatory of
Music to that of our public schools
wealready have a tot.d student body
of about l.niiti This Is perhaps one.
fifth of our population which S'aKs
volume for tl ducational enter-
prise of t his new city
IS CEIEHED
All Canada Joins in Tribute
to Memory of Enir-
lish'Queen O'tawa. ont.. May r All Can-
ada todav joined in celebrating Vic-
toria l'.i whbh Is observed annu-
ally in memory and honor of the late
ij'ieen Victoria Military and patrl-
otn exendsen ere held in all the
principal i'ies but the chief observ
ant of 'he holiday as in former years
lonsisle of athletic competitions and :
-tiTt it.i: event More than ordinary
lli'irevt at'u' bed to the athletic colli-
i'e't'vui .. is iii several instan' 's the
.-re serve us trvinit for Catia
' ih I" -'iM.it l es fi te Olymptrj
.ii...- i' '.' KT.-it!t ttiis s'imriier
leln.i Gea lie l our s re.
I'. ici.rd. N II . Mav 21. Kt. It. v
William WtMidruff Nll.-s. Protectant
Ktdseopal bishop of New Hami'shlre
re;n bed Ills eichtieth tdrthday ann!-
erir olIV The ner:it!e blh-
- i - ve of t)-ie' ee and a -trad-1
i.ate of Trinity Colleire He hi.s t ; I
i
'h.- 'end cf the Fpls'op-ij ch'ir'h iv .
y'i n 1 1 i '" 1 -h T- f r firtyti. Vea's '
ROUTED REBELS
TRACK
Orozco's Troops Retreat
Northward Burning
Bridges
DEAD STREW BATTLEFIELD
GKNP.KAL IHKKTA MX'LAKKS
HIS MLN FOI'MI LIGHT 1IUN-
UltF.D SUMS AMI WOUND.
KH INSl KUFCTOS
H AMKIltl Pl.
At Federal Headquarters of Gen
eral llucrta. Helluno. Mexico Mar
4. -General Orozco's rebels driven
out of town by the troops of General
1 Inert a after a desperate battle are
retreutinK further northward to-
night. The rebels could be seen
burulng a big railroad bridge In front
of Jlmtnez now the rebel headquar-
ters. I'he Federal advance guard under
Generals It a bag o and Tulles search
ed the battlefield seven miles north
of here today and found scores ot
rebel dead. Twenty-six dead bodlei
were fouud in one place and seventy-
six In another.
Rebel prisoners de lare that Orozco
was opening bottles of champagne
while the battle was In progress yes
terday. Many bottles of liquor were
found on the battlefield.
General llucrta declared that Ills
men found eight hundred rebels dead
and wounded. It is estimated that of
the eight thousand men under Gen
eral Orozco two thousand deserted
In the fight. Huerta said that ho took
two hundred prisoners and that his
own loss in the engagement was tea.
deid and thirty-eight wounded.
ZAPATA THREATENS
TO ATTACK CAPITAL
By Asocitcil Pre"
Mexico City May i 4. Relief ta
experienced generally here as a result
of the decisive nature ot yesterday!
battle at Rellano but today cam a
threat from Rmlllano Zapata that ke
would attsk this cu within eight
davs If President Madero falU to re-
!slr.n within that period
Although the threat is looked upon
by the government as a H)ssible ruse
of Oroio's Intended to halt the ad
vance of the Federals toward the
north If will not be overlooked.
Precautious will be takeu to guard
avalnst a surprise.
It is rcMrted that General Huerta
is proceeding north and that General
lilati'iuet. after recapturing Avllea
ten miles south of Torreon on May 21
had a further encounter near Sabino
where he is said to have routed the
enemy with considerable loss.
Travelers of Two SUten
Hutchinson. Kas . May 21. -An ar-
my of knights of the grip invaded
Hutchinson today nnd will remain ta
possession of the city until Sunday.
They are the delegate to the annual
grand council meeting of the I'nlted
Commercial Travelers of Kansas and
Oklahoma which held I's opening;
session this morning In Odd Fellow
Hall Following the customary ei-
i ha n lie of irreetirgs the urand council
w4nt Into) executive session. The
business proceedings will rnn'lude to-
morrow morning and In the afternoon
!je annual parade will be held
NCI I. MIUMI LAFLH
VKIIICLK IHXil MTIONS
The ity council met yesterday
morning and passed an ordinance set-
ting out conditions throuch which
drays carriages hacks and delivery
wagons together with other styles of
vehicles for street traffic may be per-
mitted to stand on certain highways
and alleys of the city
No definiu- action wa taken in tfce
matter of awarding contract In the
laying of swer mains It is prob-
able that at a nie'tlnif of he 'un-
i 1 this morning the contract will be
awarded
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Texa--General I v clear and hot:
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northern part: nortin TempcratuTe
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