Nevada State Journal (Newspaper) - January 7, 1912, Reno, Nevada J 'The highest I temperature recorded I day was 47 g The forecast for today Is SILVER in iS 56c. 7 JANUARY 7, 1912 Unnecessary Cause of Alarm Upon Part of Residents Is Soon Dispelled Rising Thermometer Aids in Work of Relieving ed Situation Fears of a water shortage in Beno were last night toy the moderate weather and the ance of Campbell of the Reno Light Water com- pany that it was probable that a full flow of be coming through the ditch by The ice in the had been chopped and removed to a distance of three miles from the reservoir by 11 o'clock test night and the 200- men at work were making excellent The waiter shortage scare came denly and promises to depart same Ice in the above had broken part of the An overflow and the congealing of anchor blocked and damned up the stream which withi creasing was turned into a solid mass. This was dislodged and broken up at one time and water got and past when again it aginst the floating Ice which haWed a new bridge was The was to stop water flowing into the One reservoir was drained dry by the de- mand for water in the The ond had but a few feet of water left by Hydrants had not turned or ta ibut the supply con- stantly In the outlying and higher parts of the the ished force to send the water into some of the Yesterday morning who noticed the scanty of water running from the con- the idea of a water The Idea grew by noon the town was in a sort of panto aver what was more of a possibility than Housewives fitted barrel's and palls and bathtubs In dread of a Fire Marshal made arrangements to double the crews op fire alarms and to draw wa- from the Irrigating that flow Un of The rumor of the tibout the same time -as the in. was The up freezing the Ice and snow On the clogged ditch the gave way more easily no new ice At the continued favorable and with lease water was led through row spaces between the ice floes coaxed vl towards the Often in the work the ice would be dislodged a apace only float down and pack again In re- sistance to passage of the These packs were repeatedly up time the goal was the fej reached and the of water empties the reservoirs the danger ed although will be to on Jhe The ice Be tn other The scare was day afternoon was by the water for Alt night the officials salid they were confident the critical stage day afternoon were made to divert water from the the gas tanks to in the absence of the regular Manager No Danger of Shortage of Water in Difficulty Passes With Warnier ICE JAMMED 10 DITCH FIRST ACCIDENT AT FALLOW SUGAR BEET FOREMAN CAUGHT IN MACHINE Special to The Journal Jan. foreman of the sugar beet was painfully but not injured at midnight last night in the accident that has occurred since the factory haa been .in Blaylock sustained a fractured shoulder and was badly bruised about the body when he a fall of sixty feet after having been Hurled upwards to the top of an elevator and then dropped the by the who came from Santa was attempting to start the frozen pulp from a hopper Into a chute that it be caught up by the buckets attached to an endless chain which forms the He was using a stick to force the frozen beet pulp and was standing on the elevator Which had also Without warning the elevator started catching and hurled him Blaylock was unable to stop the ascension and after being carried to the top of the elevator was dropped into the a distance of 60 He was picked up by fellow employes who noticed the but were powerless to prevent trie assistance was hurriedly It was found that a fractured shoulder and a number of bad body bruises comprised the extent of the REIA CLARENCE RICHESON TO GIVING POISON TO FORMER SWEETHEART States That Under The Lashings of Remorse He Had Suffered Tortures of the Damned and Finds a Measure of Com- fort in Admitting His Guilt Before the World By Associated Press The Jan. ence V. T. to the murder of his former Avis Linn ell of In a ment made public by his counsel The declares that accused is of tho offense of which he is la dier in the first Whether wiBI pay the ex- treme which under law is In the electric no court official cared to The confession oras January 3, 1912. L. A. R. Esq. Deeply penitent for my sin and earnestly as far as in my power to make I confess that I am guilty of the offense of which I stand am moved to this course by no Inducement of self-benefit of Heinous as is my God has not wholly andl my con- science and however de- and win not admit of my still further wronging by a public trial her whose pure life I have Under 'the lashings of re- morse I have suffered and am ing the tortures of the In I a measure of In my mental I recognize that is by tho of the some remnant of the divine spark of goodness still lingering with me. I could wish to live only because within walls I in some small measure redeem my full help some despairing and at last find favor with my are to deliver Ihfe the attorney or to the judge of the V. T. The Indictment against THE RICHESON CASE October 14, nell once fiancee of Rev. C. V. T. found apparently a by cyanide of in bathroom oC Boston Young Women's Christian ner finds that girl took poison believing it was medicine and fr she was October seeks relief from notoriety at home of Miss Violet his prospective a October learn that William A. a ton sold Richeson cyanide of October ar- rested at after all night attempts police to communicate with in- charged with de- gree murder by special grand November set for January 15. 4> December himself in cell at necessitating serious surgical January 3, writes to confessing January makes confession 4 made the set for January 15, would be and that lie would accept no compromise in the way of a plea to a lesser It was out that if the dis- attorney maintained this attitude an insanity commission or com- mutation Ijy the council and the governor could from the electric It tho court and the district ott to accept a such modification usually coming through some weak Hnk In government's 1'o-pm most interesting murder in the of the was noil ther unexpected by some of those with the From the the prosecution have their was when it to the actual delivery of t-h-e the there to be a missing r Richeson himself that and of Oils gave Mlsa of with and that be murder In the District Attorney declared today after had been PROTECTION OF BETWEEN PEKING UNO SEI French and ese Troops Stationed Along Line of Traffic By Press to The Jan. treaty ers have undertaken the protection of the railroad between Peking and the Interruption of traffic along this which has prevented the passage of the malls for four has re- Suited in this Detachments of Japanese and French troops have been stationed at Intervals between and Chin Wang according to the plan de- Vised two months A Japanese general is in as he is the ranking The respective nations assume charge of different sections of the Great Britain taking care of the section between Peking and Yang France of the section between Yang Tsun and Germany be- tween and the United States Tangshan and and Japan between chow and The linked has no troops in China except the legation and has been unable to sume responsibility for the section lotted to but British troops are that district until Americans Just when additional troops will reach China is though Minister Calhoun eral days ago tp the state department at Washington advising the dispatch of a regiment on a peace So far he haa received no It is announced tonight the tracks have been repaired mails are but a similar statement has been made by the nese foreign board several times be- libly the greatest sensation In the ease in the early hours of morning of December 20, he so mutilated himself that hits life hung in the balance for some and was saved only by an It is said to have been at that time that Richeson first insisted upon co Even while from his he is said to have cJung to nia A. and to be to tell him the Feeling his might be laboring a lose of as well as physical Mr. refused to hear ing his Richeson re- mained tn almost the attorneys visited their client this cried out he was guilty de- his Intention to make a clean of Me was fore Without basis of The foreign number 150 to 300' according to the dis- tance The British has sixty-five miles of This is the longest American section is thirty-three The troops have been ordered to avoid if and the rebels will not interfere within the foreign though they may beyond Chin Wang The legations regret that they not control the Chinese Imperial road up to the Japanese junction in thereby insuring a con- of the trans-Siberian but the protocol does not authorize anything further than maintaining communication to the the nearest open port being Chin Wang as Tsin is ice Yuan Shi Kai is pleased with the action of the because it re- the imperial administration of responsibility add insures the tenance of communication which the imperial troops might be unable to The powers do not assume the administration of the district and consequently the imperialists by the the not being available to the Premier Yuan Shi Kal has sent a telegram to Wu Ting Fang ing that it is inconsistent with the tional constitution to establish a re- the president of which has taken an oath to overthrow the Manchu Yuan asks to be Informed as to the object of of a republic and whether the president could be removed should the national convention decide upon a constitutional It would appear as if the premier Is seeking believing dissension will spring up in the Several generals are urging to but it. in thought he will await an The people of Chi LI and Shan Tung who are for the most part are but are not in a to take part in a as they are without rifles or Should the im- perlai army become the case would be The empress dowager has Issued ders to the princess not to leave Recently there been a stiffening of the court's determination to hold Captain J. H. military at- tache of the American legation at and Captain Thomas special attache of the will proceed to Lanchow morrow to inspect the American tion of the under groat stress and on COMMITTEE OF DEMOCRATS TO MEET IN WASHINGTON Selection of City in to Hold onal Convention Makes the Meeting Interesting Looks As If Another Fizzle Was About to Be Putted Off in State Fighters Sign Articles and Specify This State As Battle Ground By Associated PreM to Jan. After eighteen months of Jack champion heavyweight of the today articles to a finish battle with the Pueblo generally regarded aa one of the The will place somewhere in next tentative July 22 was but may be at any The will either at ward or For hia la Co re- and one-third of the from of the picture share of purse not lite will protected his Jack who the Their identity Is a Each tighter agreed not to in a contest between May 1 and the datn of. this without the mutual consent of other and This means that with MeVey may toe or in favor of the Fliynn Before 1. will fight Al In. Toronto possibly Al Johnson protested match A referee toe Tim Sullivan ot New held Che forfeit money f sc was Be- fore 14, a forfeit of and and Fylnn or the will be Johnson to only two tions of the to having to McVey CHICAGO STILL One Death Reported and Much Suffering With ter Seven Below Associated The Jan. the rest of feel tonight while continued charity the far to Assuage the oi One- was reported Campbell said Fast night r the A plan that he had not any Fhouse of a A n in 1-1 f Via i t SYn tl fov announcement of the condition be- canise of the fact that the ment would do no particular The water would run until there was no more and early not make it test He did notify the public he and they were in position to figure out of If the water comes in this as both reservoirs will in a few two 1 enough to last of nearly was taken up by other firms and the United Charities was able to open shelter In half a ecore of vacant and stoves and provide hot At p. the weathe repeat indicated a temperature of degrees below little hope for better condition was held out by the weather though a for IS LED ELM DEATHS III BITTER COLD waa One Hundred Tons of Coal Is Distributed Among Poor in Kansas City By Associated Presa to The KANSAS Jan. extreme cold and snow in Trains in. aid directions were from to twelve hours late Union No. was up all' day at selll ijy a- heavy snow Tho train stijl stalled No trains from the on rive railroad today The temperature was 13 One hundred of given a who withheld his from were distributed to poo families here The lodging houses of North End be gam to flH tonight Many of the save to had no All Winter's Coldest Day in New York City This Season By Associated frees to The NKW Jan. of from the extreme coVd Vas record In this f the day had eight at 8 from of 16 IK tonse of a marked tip in e furious Lower was within the next ten The sudden cold haa so many thousands of destitute anu homeless to seek shelter In the cipal the covered places and even the the leaders of the mission pealed to the churches tonight to open their doors to the By Press to The Jan. a1 majority of the of the here and delegations from two cities seeking the national con- vention for 1912, the meeting of next promises to be one of the most inter- esting held in yeara Party leaders are strongly cating Introduction of In- novations in the way of selecting de- legates to the convention by primaries and the abrogation of the two-thirds rule are being frowned Norman 33. chairman of tho today with democratic members of congress and other party Mr. ever we have had a every candidate haa secured a two- thirds vote of the and I cannot see why the democratic party should make a change at this Five cities St. Denver and New York are seeking the St. and Baltimore are the The last week In with June 25 the of date for some urging that work for a The arrival tomorrow of J. who holds the proxy of Nebraska is awaited with as it is understood Mr. Bryan will advocate presidential aid In the effort that an official forecast that it would below wilt be made to air Guffy as a member com- from of who holds proxy of that he to Introduce a resolution providing for primaries It Is understood that the of Governor Woodrow of who a candidate for the presidential willi make an effort to have abrogated the rule for of This Trey of secretary of the national com- said today there the as the probable to time most favored for holding the White has the on of the mer there Is a strong sentiment that be held is soon after the republican tion There are two for the com- to A Mitchell Palmer s trying to displace Colonel James A. of and John J. Vertrees is seeking to oust K. E. the Tennessee com mi t- contests will be taken up by the committee as the first ter of The contestants from both were busy today ing their cases informally to members of the and the amount of money he to to receive for He wanted three trip to Salt Lake and tho transportation of three explained to Johneon a training site at eighteen miles from Salt and would bo for tt would agree to the tlon and this so pleased h t he signed without further He will go to lAgoon a month the The meeting was held in a own hotel and open to Before he fighters Curley began the of Johneon made a a man who Intimated he fight would a If the newspapers are going to ontinue to say such untrue I will refuse to At the conclusion of the the and his V whose display now hat he prove a real He says he wilt build to 1S5 pounds entering the Flynn now weighs 184, he Is was little sentiment for of nominating a hundred SLIGHTING SOLDIERS COSTS THIS MAN 8, It cost a of a rink at to deny admit tance to army officers In Khaki unU form last The attorney gen erol has informed the war that the district attorney at Tucson prosecuted this man upon of guilty the fine A case at is about to he Johnson weighs about 236. Would Have Called Bluff Had He Been in Position By speech here Akv Follette iMt power a- few wRo He claimed of the country aria to the viatt Roosevelt Mongan aiM predicted a they took over the Tennessee OoMt and Iron one ta the i to the tint you know I had tome the I their
