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DEMAND W
UPON PR]
FOR INFORMATION REGARD
ING MURDER OF VERGARA
BY FEDERALS.
CABINET MEETING
Considers thc Matter of Serious |
Import and Quite Different
From Benton Case.
( Ity Associated Press.)
"Washington, JW" 27.-Two hours
of discussion of thc Mexican situation
lu ail its pifases by President Wilson
and his cabinet today developed a
unanimity of opinion that the time bad
not yet arrived for any change in the
policy of the Washington government,
the factn surrounding the execution
Though still reserving judgment on
of \Villi;.i!! S. Benton, the British sub*
ioct. the president and his cabinet,
lt was learned authoritatively, were
inclined to regard as of serious mo
ment the hanging by Mexican federals
of Clemente Vergara, an American
citizen.
Immediately after the cabinet meet
ing Secretary Bryan cabled Charge
O'Shaughnessy to demand of the
Huerta government the punishment
of those responsible for Vergara's
death. An explanation will be sought
by thc American government of why
any harm befell Vergara, when assur
ances had been given to the American
consular representatives that he was
safe.
Incidentally the memor?ndum cir
culated by the Huerta gov .nment
among diplomatic representatives In
Mexico City pointing out to the United
States that the rebels were unable to
protect ' foreigners and therefore
ought to be deprived of the rights to
get arms in the United States, did not
reach the state department. Secretary
Bryan said it had not. been received,
and there were lntlr.ations from high
officials that the memorandum meant
little in view of the wanton murder}
ol Vergara.
Aggressive Pursuit of FactH.
VI
that country was discussed by the
cabinet. .No conclusion waa reached
as far as could be learned, exespt
that there had been aggressive pur
suit of tacts in both the Benton and
Vergara deaths.
Late in the day Secretary Bryan
cdnforrod with Sir Cecil Spring-Rice,
whom he informed that Gen. Villa
had consented to allow the body of
Bsnton to be seen or examined ny two
representatives irom thc American
government, two from the British gov
ernment and the widow and any rela
tives of Benton who desired to accom
pany the party.
Mr. Bryan told the ambassador that
a special train had been promised by
Villa to take the party to Chihuahua,
where the bi*dy is located, and that a
Btart probabler' will bo made tomorrow
or tho next day. lt had nut been de
cided today exactly who would make
up the party, but it ia regarded as cer
tain that ute British consul, Charles
A. 8. Perceval, and his secretary;
George C. Carotbers, American consu
lar agent at, Jusrez. and Marion
Letchcr, American consul at Chihua
hua, will view the body, along with
two army surgeons.
While there-has been no satisfac
tory answer to thc request of the
Ame loan government that the body
bf Benton be delivered to the widow,
this point ls temporarily being waived
pending the exam inst lon of, the corpse.
There is a possibility' that after the
evidence oh the case hits been gath
ered that the widow miy consent to
its Interment in Chihuahua. If she
insists, it is understood, the American
government will demand surrender of
toe body to her.
* BB'TAIN IS AROUSED. *
* m Paso, Texas, Feb. 27--- *
* Charles Arthur Perceval of the ?
* British consular service* sent *
* here to investigate the del th of *
* William 6. Benton, plunged tn- 4
* to the inquiry Independently to- ?
* day. G?n?ral scott late today 4
* c alled formally on the British 4
* visitor. . Perceval did not men- '
* lion the subject of his mission *
.. here. k- ?
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Anderson Post
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Special Correspondence.
Washington, D. C.. Fob. 27.-First
Asa?s\a'ht;,^tnt?ster General Roper,
when asked bouborning the rumor of
developments in connection with the
\ Anderson ooet office, stated that noth
ing had reached him concerning the
. matter as yet.
lt waa inferred from this statement
that a report ls soon exnoeted, it tva.
ing unaetstood that inspectors have
been investigating the office recently.
It is not likely, however, that any
thing will be given out at this end
of the line ?n advance of whatever ac
ES. HUERTA
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o Preparing for Emergency.
o Pensacola, Kia., Feb. 27.-Thc
o United States navy transport ol
o Prairie, with 700 marines on o
o board, tonight waa prepared to o'
o leave here for Mexican waters o
o at a moment's notice. Coaling o
o of the vessel today was hurried- o ,
o ly completed and 400 marines o
o were added to thc 300 already o
o on board. Several tons of sup- o |
o plies which today reached here o
o for the transport Hancock to- o1
o night were reshipped to that o,
o vessel at New Orleans, special oj
o request being made to the rall- o'
o road foi- quick dispatch. o
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STAGGERS IO DEATH
BENEATH GAR WHEELS
INTERURBAN TROLLEY KILL
ED GREER MAN
WILLIAM J. MASON
Motorman Could Not Stop Cai
and Man Waa Horribly Man
gled and Ma ?ked
Greer, Feb. 27.-Attempting to flag
an interurban car near Knox, stationl
early last night William Mason, a mill i
employee of Appalache, staggered'
down the track toward the oncoming
car and wa3 crushed to death beneath
the 'wheeb- Information regarding]
the tragen, waB meagre, but lt ia said
Mason had been Bitting upon the track j
talking to-a companion when the carl
appeared in sight, and wa.le his com
panion ctepped to one side he, instead
of fol lo wtej^dk
ward tho swiftly m?--.
The motorman blew his whistle re
peatedly aa the headlight from the
motor revealed to him the desperate
situation before him. The warnings
of the motorman proved to be in vain,
though, the car hitting Maaon with
full force. His left leg was ground to
pieces* beneath the huge wheels and
practically every nb'ln bis body brok*
en.
Tho mangled form Was tenderly
placed by the motormen and several
ot.'.er volunteers upon the car and- car
ried to the undertaking establishment
of Jobn Wood in Greer. Little could
be learned of Maaon. Hu is said to
be a resident of Apalache and has a
Bon liv.ng in that place .
Coroner Black was notltfled of the
affair and will hold an inquest over
the remains here. The coroner said
he would stop at Knox station to In-,
ve?'gate the killing.
OR. WYGHE GRADUALLY
RECOVERING ATTACK
Aged Member of Legislature Re-1
moved From Columbia to
Prosperity.
?.
Columbia, Feb. 27.-Dr. CT. Wyebo,
?peaker pro tempore of the House,)
who was stricken with paralysis
three weeka ago tonight while he was
presiding over the House and baa been
undergoing treatment in a hospital In
Columbia a?nee the attack, was taken
to his borne at Prosperity today by
hts son, C. C. Wyebo, member of the
House from Spartanburg. Dr. Wyche
la gradually .? ecoverlng the use of his,
llmba on toe left side of hts body,
which waa affected by the paralysie. (
He Is one of the oldest members of,
the House tn term of service end uni
versally esteemed by bia colleagues
who elected him speaker pro-tempo re
at the beginning of the session by
unanimous vote.
?SS ~
zing Investigated
. . n
lion the department may . take in the
matter. T. A. D. |
The above dispatch from Washing
ton was received too late' for Inquiry
last night. It la understood that In
spectors are here, but that th? finan-'
dal affaira and business management
Sf the Institution have given no trott- i
b!e. The .Hastier ?s??r investigation
ls said to be political activity br some
such report Rumio rs of pending
changes at the post.omeo have been
rife, and there are numerous appli
cants. \
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BEN* wrtrt AGE,
STARTS ?FE ANEW
ri--tHv I I
Woman Who Killed Husband
Thirteen Years Ago Is
Set Free.
(By Associated Press.)
Reading, Ta.,' Feb. 27.-Mrs. Kal?:
Edwards, who bas been under Hen-!
tence of death for nearly thirteen,
years for killing her husband, today ?
was released from the Berks county!
jail under a pardon granted by Gov.'
John K. Tener, and secretly waB,
taken from the city to begin life over|
again. She was convicted of n>st de
gree murder In 1901 and sentence-! to
be hanged, but four governors de-j
dined to fix a day for her execution. I
After her conviction petitions were
circulated in many parts of the coun-'
try and were signed by thousands of
women protesting against thc execu
tion.
Mrs. Edwards* case was several
times taken to the board of pardons,'
but commutation of sentence was al
ways refused. Lust month, however,
the board recommended site bc par
doned, provided she would not be a
victim ot further notoriety. She waa
released before daylight today. She
is nearly 60 years old,
Mrs. Edwards was convicted of the
murder along with a negro who was
employed with her husband in a
quarry. The husband was found dead
with his head battered in. A short
time after her arrest the woman gave
birth to a negro child. 8he later con-1
fessed that the negro was innocent of
the crime, and he was granted a new
trial and acquitted.
TWICE NAMED JUDGE
IBENTH CIRCUIT;
Action Necessitated Because of
Error in Creating the New
District.
.''di um bi a. Feb. 27-Thomas J.
Mauldin, of Picken?, has' the unique.
..h*Y?n? hea* eic
the past two
Si both times by a unanimous
vote ot the joint assembly. The two
elettionu fdr judge of the 13th circuit
were necessitated by the fact that an
error occurred in the act creating the
18th Judicial circuit which it was!
necessary to correct by passing a]
special act
Judge Mauldin was elected judge,
of the 13th Judicial circuit the sec
ond time to insure to validity of his'
election since the first elected was
hcid before the passage of the act
correcting the error in the law, creat
ing the 13th Judicial circuit Senator
EaTle of Greenville, who nominated
Judge Mauldin two weeks ago, again
placod his name before the joint as
sembly tonight on behalf of the dele
gation's from Greenville and Picken?.
Ute two counties embraced In tho 13th
ciroulL
For Lieutenant Governor.
Columbia, Feb. 27.-J. A. Hunter,
member of the House from Bamberg,
announced definitely tonight that ho
would be 'a candidate for lieutenant
??vernor noxt summer. . tHe is serv
ng his second term in the House and
waa a member of the committee ap.
pointed to investigate the asylum. He
Js a sob of Sheriff Hunter or Bamberg,
and ls a Baptist minister.
Beerev Organisation.
Douglas, Ariz, Feb. 27.-It was
learned today that Mexicans identified
with the Huorta contingent have been
negotiating hero for the purchase of
two - machine guns.
-Huerta sympathizers here Bay seve
ral hundred former federal soldier*,
supposedly deserters from Ojinaga's
command, have a secret organization
ready to take the field when Northern
Sonora ls stripped of defenders hythe
march to Chihuahua.
NEGRO ARRESTED
AS ACCOMPLICE
?ed to Know Who Is Re
sponsible for Tragedy at Bar
ber's Junction.
Raleigh. N. C.. Feb. 27.-Charged
with being an accomplice of an un
fc?sw? negro, believed to have mur
dered Preston Lyerly and then fired
the store building in which his body
waa' oroated at Barber's Junction
Tuesday night. Rufe Balley, negro,
waa arrested here' tonight The au
thorities say they have reasons to be
lieve Balley knows who committed
the crime.
A Conilict In Utah.
Salt Lake City. Utah, Feb- ?7.-At
tomey General A. R. R*raee. of Utah,
today transmitted to Secretary Mo
Ados an opinion that State banks of
Utah cannot participate In the federal
reserve bank system because Utah
laws prohibit ownership by State'J
banka of stock tn other cor DO ration*. I"
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COTTON TO END
BILL FAVORABLY REPORTE
BY COMMITTEE ON AG
RICULTURE.
PASSAGE A SURETY
wt
Deprives Trader? Who Disregard
Standards ?ff Value the Use
ol Commodities.
(By Acspflated Press.)
Washington, ?eb. 27.-?Thc Senate
committee On agriculture and forestry
today subir.ittedj a favorable report
on the bllt Intinduced last spring by
Senator Smith ?of South Tarollna. to
regulate ,{he aittiag of cotton. The!
bill, deifl&ff^lfr .reform the rules,
and regpumnojwar the Kew York and ]
New Orleans c/j?on exchanges, would j
require aay peraDn or corporation In J
the making of aja offer for future de
livery ot cotton,; to specify the grade (
or grades contracted for in each eon-,
tract, such gradee to bc in accord-1
ance with United States government
standardization. ,
The secretary of agriculture would
be required tr, standardize the grades
of "upland" and "gulf" cotton sepa
rately, "gulf" "cotton not to Include
Siythlng. below the grade of "good or
nary" or above "middling fair."
Tbe bill further would require that
in 'dealing with long staple cotton, thc ?
length of. the :;!apie shall be desig
nated in all contracts and deliveries
woul be made according to contracts.
Many dealings? In violation of thl?
..ystem would te punishable by a
tine not to exefcptt $5.000 or Imprison
ment not ana year and both.
The bill wottW also den/ the use of |
the malla, telegraph, telephone, ex
press or othef -methods of Interstate]
communication''.fdr transmission of!
niormation r^gi?ruing any cotton fu
ture ?ales not^i.accoroance with :be j
proposed regaiatlons. Vlolatior.s of j
this provis o. i
In" the >repert tin -the* bill, thv com- ]
mlttee said:?
"No great losses'would be sustain
ed by thc eroducers ot -cotton If the !
cotton exchanges were to be limited
in tbe'r deli veriee to tba government |
standards, and the price*- of the dif
ferent grades made to conform to the I
spinning values of the different
grades aa determined by the official
teats above .referred to. In this bill
they ?re li^?iai lo* t?v ay-isiSc grades. ?
. "It ls the opinion of the committee
that this bill should pass. According |
to the findings of the department ol
agriculture, and the testa referred to,
the evi!s complained.. of would be
eliminated, lt is \ho opinion of the
committee that the passage of this
bill will ultimately force the exchang
es to accept the government stand
ardisations and to acknowledge that
the fictitious differences as they have
heretofore.fixed them between the sev
eral grades arc unwarranted and un
real."
OVER HALF OF REVENUER
CONSUMED jY WARS
Past, Present ??d Future Hiring
and Equipment of Men for
Murder Es pensive
(Oy Associated Press)
Washington, Feb. 27.-Opening de
bato in Ute house today on this year's
$190,000,0000 army appropriation bill.
Representative Hay of Virginia, chair
man of the military committee, de
clared the measure wag essentially I
one for peace and not for war, and)
that the war department did not con
template any necessity for a war bas-j
ls.
Represntatlve Kahn, of California,!
followed with an attack ot. the adr i-1
lstratton'8 policy.
Army officers Who aproad wari
acares and tales of. unpreparedness
for war when anny appropriation
bills are under consideration were
sharply criticised by Ropesentatlve
Mc Kel lar. of Tennessee, who declared |
that documente were c????lste? under
the frank of the chief of staff of the
army, which were calculated to fright
en congressmen into increasing ap
propriations.
"The time has come." he - said,
"when a law should be passed, If a
law la necessary, to prohibit army of
ficer* from making these statements
of our unpreparedness for war. I be
lieve. In fact, our army ls the best
paid, beat equipped and most efficient
in the world. Sixty-five per cent of
all our reven nea now go*? to pay for
wars, past, present and future. We
should not be asked to do more than
that."'
Representative Sisaon of Mississippi
made a plea for International dlaarm
mnonl
SPECULATION PUT
CASHIER IN JAIL
Memphis Banker's Friends Put Up
$300,000 to Save the
Depositors.
(Hy Associated Press.)
Memphis, Tenn , Fob. 27.-Payment
in lull ?o depositors whose individual
accounts arc lesa titan $1,000 and thc
refunding of 75 cer cent of their de
posits to those whose claims arc in
excess of that amount, is proposed in
a plan formulated today by directors
of the suspended Mercantile Dank of
this city, who have offered to contrib
ute I300.0C0 to a fund to he added to
the asBcls held by the bank.
The plan has been approved- by the
State superintendent of banks, J. 1,.
Hutton, and if a majority ot thc larger
depositors agree to the scheme, lt will
be submitted to the chancery court
for approval.
Audit of the bank's books showed a
shortage of approximately- $1,000,000,
which lt is alleged C. Hunter Raine,
president or the institution, loBt in
cotton market transactions. Raine Is
in jail, awaiting trial on a charge of
embezzlement. To make up this
amount $300,000 In cap tal and sur
plus is available, and tho personal es
tate of tho accused bunker, which
has been turned over to Mr. Hutton
as received, will approximate a like
amount, !t is rtatel. A contribution
or $_300,0C0 by the directors which has
been agreed to by them will make up
a sumcient sum to settle w.th the
smaller depositors in tull and liqui
date three-fourths or the larger de
posits. .
BECKER REMOVED
FRGMDEATH HOUSE
Kisses His Wife for First Time
In Past Sixteen
Months
(Dy Associated Press.)
New Pork, Feb 27.-After a trjp
from Osalnlng during which he talked]
Charles" Decker, ?tho former lieutenant
bf thc New York police department,
was lodged In the Tombs tonight. He
was placed in a cell three doora from
the ene he occupied before he was
taken to Sing Sing for the part be Is
alleged to hare played in the murder
of Herman Rosenthal, the gambler.
Mrs Becker arrived at 8ing Sing]
prison early In the afternoon with
a bundle of her husband's clot bing. !
When RccHe-'s ??iorney, Joseph A.
Shay and two deputies arrived with I
an order authorizing the release of |
Becker from the death ho -je, the for
mer policeman -and his wife were Bit
ting In the warden's ofricc; Once thc
warden and guards turned their back.
"That'B tho rirst time I have kissed
ray wife In sixteen months," said
Becker afterwards.
As Decker and .bia attorney, his
wife and the deputies guarding him,
stepped outside or tho p-iron, a * trus
ty" working almost opposite waved
his hand toward the long gray stone
building. Immediately thora waa
shout from the barred windows. Asl
Decker was driven past the row of(
cell windows another roar went up1.
On tho way to the station, Becker
expressed regret that ho had not been
able to say good bye to all the other
inmates in the death house. He
changed his clothes in the warden's
office and did not ??ave time to go |
back before the train left.
"I am sorry f didn't see-them," he
said. I am especially sorry t?at I
waa unable to say a word or two to
the four gunmen.
And I want to take this opportunity ]
to say that I didn't really mean what |
T said yesterday r/x>ut going
back Into the police department
pud cleaning up tho gunmen tn
New / York. I wou'd not go
back on the force for all the money
In the world. There is nothing that
could induce me to live in New York
after I am finally freed, for I am
confident that I will be.
"I see that District Attorney Whit
man ls quoted as saying that he plans
to. have me brought to trial again
within tho next sir weeks. I hope he
does. I do not tear the district at
torney. I believe him to ba a just
man. If he is, personally, and no on?
else prosecutes the csa? against me
I know the thing will be done right
Whitman is on the level. I can say
no more than that."
"Gyp the Blood,"' Lefty . "Lewie."
"Whitey Lv?!?,'T and "Dago Frank"
jointly cr ivicted with Becker, for the
murder of Rosen timi, wlll.be electro
cuted during the. week -begining April
IS. The date waa fixed by the court
of appeals today, when . the ? Judges
signed the four death warrants.
DATE FIXED
(By Associated Press.)
Paris, Feb. 27.-June $7 Wa* chosen,
lt waa announced today, as the date
for the fight for the world's heavy
weight championship between Jack
Johnson and Frank Moran, of Pitts
burgh. The Volcdor.mo D' Hiver,
which bas a seating capaoty of 30,000
waa cbosen as tho place for th? con
BOP
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o Washington, Feb. ?7.-Emt- o
o lient educator* tonight present- o
o ed to tile house education rom- n
o mittee arguments favoring the o
o creation ot a great national o
o univers! ? In Washington. Tho o
0 commit* took up the bill of o
o Reprcsei..atfVe Fess of Ohio to o
o provide for a national univer- o
o slty, endowed by the govern- o
o ment und controlled and admin- o
o istered by government officiais, o
o ( 'omniiueos of the National o
o Association of State l'niversi- o
o tics and the National Education o
o association were represented. o
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FRANK DOESN'T GARE
fl ANY SYMPATHY
CONDEMNED MAN TALKED
TO REPORTERS
WANTS JUST?CEl
U
'All I Waritis n Square Deni and
It has Not Yet Been Given
Me," He Said
(Hy Associated Press.)
Atlanta, Keb. 27.--"Gentlemen, Il
don't ask for sympathy. I don't need]
sympathy. What I want is a square|
deal, and 1 haven't had it yet."
The speaker was Leo M.. Prank In
the death cell at the Fulton county
tower. He waa for tho first time
pleading his own case, making bis
own speech. Ho wasn't making lt to
the court. He was making it as he
t'sld. to the people . of . Georgia.!
- Atlanta nowayanar mon
_wSTTOl!lirtrfjBl 'jt.y j ifrni lilli
TWPfrr1|y vlv"'! ;" * '?
'I have not yet lost faith in human
honesty," he continued, and I believe
that the people of Georgia will see to
lt that I am given justice in the,end.
He reviewed the' whole case freely
and with candor, answering all the
questions the newspaper mon put to
him, and commenting at length both
on the murder of Mary Ph a gun and on
the trial.
"I Itavo nothing to conceal." he said.
"Ask ma anything you want to."
Most of bis discussion of the easel
hinged on the a(t.tude of the solicitor, |
Hugh Dore-.y, toward tho Conley tes
timony. "I don't wish to be person
al," he said, "I would even hope that I
am mistaken in my conclusions that
thc prosecution of n?y ease was un
dertaken In an unjust and unfair spir-1
lt. But what am I to think of the ap
parent relationship'of Conley and tho
solicitor of tito manner in which his
alleged evidence was uBed. It ls a
terrible thing to suggest that a public
official would advance bis prestigo at
the expense of an innocent man's life.
And yet-you cnn seo how it ls. |
There is not jnruch glory ti>. bo gain
ed by convicting a negro of a sensa
tional crime. , \
"And I want the people of this com
munity to judge for themselves tf it
was. proper for the State's officials to
conceal evidence which would have
el i in Ina ted me from any connection
with this-crime.;,' 1 will let the peo
ple or tills community judge if it wai
fair for the state'simply to be hunting
(or a victim, and to deliberately sup
press the truth w!*.en lt didn't Ot Into
their plans."
lt was only by a colncidenco, Frank
said, that the Atlanta Journal, through
its own Invcstlgat on lind developed
the fact that the bair found on the
latho handle On the second floor was
not Mary Phtgan's. "This is only
the beginning," he added, "and gen
tlemen, tba; truth will out!"
Prank's statement 1? tho most-talk
ed of thing in Atlanta today. Things
have got to tho point that the man on
the street ls beginning to aa khlmself
in amazement if Leo Frank ls after all
the victim of a frightful frame-up.
The) pendulum of public sentiment I
which went so far in one direction, at |
thc time of the trial is apparently be
ginnlng to swing back._ "
Tied Up IndefiM
l?v*W- '*' . - ort X?
Special Correspondence.
Columbia. Feb. 27.-The free con
ference committed on the general ap
propriation bill was unable tc settle
the differences b? thc .'iouae and
Senate tonight by ll o'clock, rr* the
House adjourned until Saturday at
10 o'clock.
All prospecta, cf thc adjournment j
of the general assembly sine die this j
week vanished tonight when the free.
conference ceihidtlttee on the general
appropr.atloh bill failed to make' al
report The session will not end be
fore the IktiAf p*>rt of Eert ~~ch.
The two houses are only a matter
EPORT
flS MURDER
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CAPT. SANDERS TELLS OF
THE KILLING OF VER
GARA.
HE WAS DECOYED
And After Beins Induced to Crocs
River to Get Pay for Horses
Was Ruthlessly Killed.
(My Associated Press.)
Austin,- Texas. Fob. 27.-Ranger
Captain J. J. Sanders, reporting to
Governor 0. M. Colqmtt lato today.
I said:
"Ftv'e federal soldiers under com
mand of General I .odrlgucz crossed
I the Rio Grande into the United States.
?In passing tho house of worgara,
which stands on the banks of the riv
er, on tike Texas side, one of the men
j went to the river and called to Ver
gara, requesting bim to come across
t'-c river, as tho captain wantod to
arrange with him about paying for
jibe horses.
'Vergara and bis nephew crossed
in ti skiff to the Mexican side, wbero
two more mun struck him three blows
on ibo head with a pistol, dragging
him to. the bank and carrying bim to
Hidalgo. On Sunday at 2 a. m. be
was taken from the Hidalgo jail and
started with guards, ostensibly to
Piedras Negras, but was shot to death
after passing only a short distance.
"Vergara was born and reared in
i Webb county, Texas, and I am , In
formed that he had a pass to cross
j the river, signed by Sheriff Sanchez,
i of Webb county, and by Garsea Gal
Ian."
Mot Extraditable for Murder- )
Attorney General H. F. Looney, In
I an opinion given the governor today,
beld that requisition may properly-be
made for the soldiers and .General
?Rodrigues, but such be made In tho
nbitrict where Vergara waa captured.
Inasmuch aa Vergara was killed out
side cf Texas, Mr. Looney said, tho
?governor could MR
; Hon on a charge
donnas < taeSMMiW]
Was Hein? to ftepesH Mosey When
Held t>
Chester, 8. C., Feb. 27.-Assaulted
..vh I le coming ont of the Seaboard Air
line office at Chester late today, A.
Pat Wilson, agent and operator, was
severely beaten and robbed ot 1261.80.
wtt'ch bo was carrying to tbs freight
office to denoslt In ?be raliway Com
pany's safe.
Two men tonight were arrested st .
Wlnnsboro, thirty miles away, and dre
being held as suspects.
THE SKY THE LIMIT
ON PARCELS POST
Senate Refused to Hamper Ad
ministration With Any Kind
of Restrictions.
(By Associated Prose.)
i Washington, Feb. ?7.--A1I attempts
to limit the authority of the poet mas
her gonoral to change the weight,
rates or zones In the parcel pr^t ser
vice were defeated today in th j Sen
*to t %
An amendment to tho bill as lt
passed the House, proposed by tho
Senate postoffice committee to prevent
the postmaster general from making
these changes, was defeated. Then
Senator; Bankbead, chairman of the
committee, sought to forestall a pro
posed Increase tn the maximum
weight ot packages to one hundred
pounds by an amendment of more
than fifty pounds. Thia was defeated
by one vote, the roll call standing 28
to 27.
Sonator Clark of Wyoming, attack
ed a provision of the bill granting $2,
0C0 to the legal representatives . of
specified employes Of the postoffice
service killed while on duty, and suc
ceeding ia having stricken from the
list, certain employes not engaged In
the railway service. He said If the
bill, as presented .were passed, the
government would have to Insure the
lives of employes In every other de
partment ot the government service.
. ?. ? . ?-~
$$opriatUm Bill
.11 '.'1 1- . '
of $400.000 apart-and tho Governor
ls yet to be heard from with his veto
power*.* ' . *?.
Consul 1 sq airing.
Washington, Feb. 87.-Thus tar
the State department has received no
satisfactory adv?T? ??j^KjrrBms isua
tav Bauch. Consul Sawards reportad
that he saw him in the justice Js'l
on Feb. 18. that srace then bis where
abouts have been unknown. V l'a
denying that Bauch wad in Chihuahua
city. Further inquiry has
mode.