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EV EI FREE PRESS AND TlUi WIM'TELD TRIBUNE 8 Fa 1 EVERYBODY IS SATISFIED WITH THE PUBLIC LIBRARY SITE CHOSEN VOL. XXI. TUESDAY WINFIKLD, KANSAS APIUL 18, 1011 No. 277 STING FEDERALS ARE ROUTED BY REBELS IT IS NOW MAYOR GEORGE COLTHURST Mayor Wallace Presided at His Last Council Meeting Last Night. Made Short Address.

Refunding Bonds to the Amount of $29,676.37, to be Issued at Once. Most Important Battle of Mexican Revolution, Though Not r. BOOZE IS DESTROYED Fifteen Bottles of Deer and 350 Bottles of Whiskey Destroyed This Morning. The three and a half barrels of whiskey and fifteen bottles of beer which have been stored at the city building over a year, were destroyed by order Mayor Wallace by Mar shal James McLain in the rear of Finally Decisive, Leaves Insurrectos in Power With Only Slight Losses Douglas Again Fired Upon. W.

them was a supporting party that kept under cover of trees and bushes. The federals reserved their Are, but an unceasing stream of bullet pour An T. 16" loa p. fed "'-s Grice, stenographer. 7.00 Sewer District Kleven.

Winfleld Construction bal on Sewer District 11 189.86 Winfleld Construction 564.36 Sewer District Thirteen. Winfleld Construction 24.48 Sewer -Bistrict Ten. Water Commission .8.82 Sewer District Kleven. Water Workjs Commission. 11.56 Sewer District Thirteen Water Works Commission 9.32 The mayor and clerk were directed to sell bonds of sewer district eleven.

The recommendation of Councilman Bourdette that the old gravel pit south of town be used as a dumping ground was adopted. The sewer committee composed of Compton, Rupp and Mogle reported that they had examined sewers in districts ten, eleven and thirteen and found them in fair condition, excepting two or three places. The city engineer was directed to determine whether the laterals in these districts was put in according to specifications, and report to the sewer committee, who have the power to act. The following resolution was unanimously adopted: Whereas, Upon a vote by the electors of the city expressing a choice of a site for the proposed library, and the corner fronting on Milling-ton and Tenth streets known as the A. O.

U. W. corner having received a majority of all the votes cast. Therefore, Be it resolved by the mayor and council that we are in favor of the election chosen by the voters and recommended to the board of directors that, it permanently locate the library on the site so selected. Dated this 17th day of April 1911.

On motion of Councilman Bourdette the city attorney was instructed to draw an ordinance igoverning the bnsines sof the commission merchant. An ordinance providing for the funding of the outstanding warrants of the city of Winfleld amounting to $29,676.37 by the issue of bends, twenty-nine for $1,000 each and one for $673.37 payable in ten to twen ty years, was passed. This was made necessary by tho bill passed by the recent legislature. An ordinance providing for vacating a part of the alley in block 147, north of the Lutheran church, reserving use for city purposes was passed. The request of the ball fans for the use of the tract in, the northeast part of the fair grounds for a ball park was granted.

The new mayor and council were then sworn in. the Alexander mill this morning. A representative of each of the Winfleld newspapers was present and helped In the smashing. One consignment of the whiskey was shipped to Winfleld in care of a former local dealer in wet goods and the other was taken from a traveling bootlegger. As the bottles were broken one by on and as the sparkling liquor was spilled into the gutter eome of the old boys, whb like the liquorwhen it is red when It giveth its color iu the cup, stood with anxious eyes and watering months as if to say "What a shame to waste all that incense." The county still has some old booze in storage, which will some day be destroyed by order of the district court.

THE PUBLIC LIBRARY SITE The A. O. IT. V. Site Was Chosen by an Almost Unanimous Vote.

The library site proposition brought out a vote of 1296. Twenty-seven other persons took ballots Taut forgot to give their ballots to the ludges to deposit in the ballot box. The vote was a surprise in that it was almost unanimous in favor of the A. O. IT.

W. corner, that site securing 1073 votes out of a total of 1296. The following is the vote of each site: Site 1 The Huffman property. 44 Site 2 A. O.

IT. W. corner 107S Site 3 The Honnold property. 6 Rite 4 The Donley property Site 5 The Johnson property Site 6 The Simpson property. Site 7 The Stratton property.

Site 8 The Reinhardt property 152 8 2 11 0 TO THE FRONT Captain John O'Connor, of Co. K. N. of this city, has been ordered to the Mexican border toi witness the maneuvers there, and to prepare himself in case of war with Mexico. He will probably leave Sunday morning.

Captain Samuel G. Clark, of Co. H. First regiment of K. N.

and Captain Guy P. Martin, of Co. A. K. N.

G. have also been ordered to the Mexican border. The Southwestern tracic team went to Emporia yesterday to play Kansas Normal this afternoon. The boys that went were Hamilton, Fred Clapp, Ralph Davis, Riley, Gardener, Zeigler, Newman, Morgan, Hutton Hodges and Fisher. Agua Prieta, Mexico, April 1 6 (via Douglas, from the Associ ated Press correspondent In the field).

The most important battle of the Mexican revolution was fought here today between 1600 federals un der command of Lieutenant Colonel Diaz and 1000 rebels under Balas- sario Garcia and resulted in the re pulse of the former. The battle, however, was not Anally decisive. It lasted from 6:30 a. m. until sundown.

At nightfall two federal machine guns were in po-session of the rebels and at least 200 killed and wounded. The rebels gave their own Toss at 20. From the beginning, of the battle, regardless of the warning given by the United States government to the leaders of both forces, a rain of bul lets poured into the American town of Douglass, and when the day was over it was fonnd that seven non-combatant residents of that city had been wounded. Tt was a day almost of terror in Douglas. Daybreak revealed the federal forces formed in fan-shaped battle line in the level country about a mile distant from Agua Prieta with their machine guns in' the cented.

They gave notice to the enemy of their approach with a hail of bullets from the machine guns, supported by rifle fire, their evident intention being to gain the international line wth ts adobe guard houses and from this vantage ground turn their fire upon the rebels. The Insurrectos directed their fire at the crews manning the machine gunSi But the fire of the federals was so fierce that it forced them back to their second line of entranches-raents. The federals advanced slowly. As they came nearer the fire of the rebels became more effecive. Leaving the iprotection of their breastworks, they moved out into the open, continuing to concentrate their fire upon the machine guns.

The federals, finding the defense, after three hours' fighting, too strong to enable them to carry the trenches, be.san to retreat. Presently the machine guns were silenced. Sh'IP shooting had made it impossible longer to man them. Sheer exhaustion occasionally caused a partial lull in the-fighting. A Second Advance At 11 o'clock the repulsed federal had reformed and again advanced to fain the boundary, masking their movement with heavy rifle fire.

The nachine guns were silent. The rebels encouraged by their early success, returned the fire eagerly. The interval had been employed, by the rebels in erecting new trenches. The advance guard of the federals in this attacTt consisted of 60 cavalrymen and 300 infantry. Behind I The last council mefttng of the administration of Mayer Charles M.

Wallace was held last and at the close the new mayor, George Colthurst, and the new council were sworn In. In resigning his duties to his successor Mayor Wallace made a neat speech stating his gratitude to the press of the city for the fairness with which all city news had been reported, to his associates on the council for their assistance, and to the city clerk and the city attorney for their faithfulness. The three years of Mayor Wallace's administration have beer an era of good feeling, and the public business has 'been conducted in a business-like manner In a harmonfous spirit. Mayor Colthurst assumed his duties modestly and was visibly embarrassed. The new council as sworn in are: David Cook, A.

P. Dauber, L. R. Mo-gle, I. J.

Glass, Doug. Bourdette, and W. J. Kennedy. The hold-overs are T.

R. Naden, S. E. Compton, Benson Rupp and E. E.

Baker. Mayor Colthurst. appointed W. J. Kennedy.

T. R. Naden and A. F. Dauber on the finance committee.

David Ccok, Benson Rupp, S. E. Compton, Dou? Bourdette and J. J. Glass were appointed on the streets and committee.

The other appo'i tments will be made later. The city council met In regular session at the citv hall with Mayor Wallace, Cleric Sloan, Attorney Fuller and Councilmen Bourdette, Camp-ton, Glass, Mogle, Naden and Rupp present. A petition of a number of property owners asking that the south end of Andrews street between the new high, school and Central ward school be submitted to the people to vote on as a library site, was read. The petition was filed April 17, too late for action. A remonstrance to oiling Main street was read.

May 1st has been set to complaints on this An invitation from the University of Kansas to the mayor and council to attend five lectures by Prof. Charles Zueblin. a Boston publicist, on Civic Improvement and Civic Problems, was read. The following claims were allowed: 1 Street Improvement. Geo.

W. Miller, street cross ings Board of Education. 29.76 20.00 Routsong Thomas, cement intersections 112.25 N. Taylor, labor on street. 15.00 J.

R. Furcell, street clean ing (: H. L. Thomas. Rock.

Minnie Fraft, Rock George Hudson. Rock J. R. Dow, dragging streets R. Hunter, street laborer H.

R. Foust, street labor. "Floyd Mitchell, street labor. S. Gann, street labor J.

R. Rowe, street W. M. Wolfe, dragging streets Routsong Thomas, Bldewalk Routsong Thomas, sidewalk General Fund. Dell McAllister, care of band stand E.

Bunner, plastering ceil- ing city hall Wm. H. Mann, cleaning Mis-" slon building i J. Weakly, room rent, city ,23.20 3.20 .50 2.00 9.00 24.75 13.50 12.00 24.00 24.75 9.00 30.00 90.00 4.00 1.56 1.00 ed from the trenches. These, striking the dry earth, made it appear as If a dust storm was raging and far a time served to obscure a view of the The advance of the fed erals again found the strength and determination of the insurrectos -too great for them.

They fell back, but in good order, firing as they retired and left the field, and their two may- chine guns in the possession of the enemy. BENEFIT FOR ST. MARt'S. Home Talent Play, "The Woman Hater" to lie Put on for the Hospital by Locnl Talent. The cast has finally been assigned for the home talent play to be staged this spring by Depew Head and Prof.

F. L. Gllson, and rehearsals will begin immediately. Arrangements have been made to give the play os a benefit for St. Mary's hospital a worthy object, and one in which, aU Win-, field is Interested.

The management went to the Sisters of St. Mary's unsolicited, and, with the idea in -mind of a charity in which the whole (own is interested, which the entire town would delight to help, offered to give this benefit. The play to he given is "The Woman Hater," a delightful four act comedy which will be interesting and amusing to the people of this city as were the "College Widow" and "My Friend from India," both of which have been produced in previous years by the same people, with practically, the same cast as will be used in the "Woman Hater." Miss June Bellman, Miss Carol Albright and Miss Rachel Nixon are the young ladies in the cast all ot whom have made special successes in previous plays. The men in the cast, who are now assigned are Depew Head, Prof. F.

L. Gilslon, Dr. E. McQuillan and Justin Hinshaw. The entire' cast will be announced within a few days.

Rev. R. Flnley has just returned from some weeks labor in Oklahoma Tear Woodward. Rev. Flnley is one of the men who always talk about.

the Winfleld Assembly wherever they go. He says that a number of people in and about Woodward are laying plans to come again this year. They were much, delighted with their visit to the Chautauqua here last season. LOWEST INTEREST RATES, We want all the farm loans we can get. Interest fates are lower now, than for months past for first class farm loans and now Is the time to see us for best rates and easy paying privileges.

Call and we will save you money. THE STATE BANK. George Ward was tried before Judge Addington at Arkansas a charge of stealing horses from William Klink and bound over to the district court on a ond of S1000. He was lodged in the county jail. Jay Goldstein returned last night from a short visit at Kansas City." THE WEATHER FORECAST Fair tonight and Wednesday with, frost tonight and cooler In east por- Nominations for Auto Contest Coming in Fast List of Candidates for Auto-Piano Contest will be printed in a few days.

Why not: you win one of those prizes? Now is the time to start in. There is no time like the present to start in if you want to win one of those big prizes that are going to be given away free to the young ladies of this community- The big Auto and Steger Piano and the other prizes that are going to be given away are causing lots of comment Nominations started coming in before the paper was of the press last Saturday and are still coming. If you are contemplating entering or nominating some one else, do it now so that you or your candicate may have an equal chance with the others in the race. Remember that the contest will be all oyer in one month or less and the one who wins that big auto will be getting paid at the rate of just about $40.00 a day. You might just as well be that one as any- one else- The race is open to every lady in the town and you should start in now, today and -star In to win Of course, there is a possibility that you may not win the grand prize, only one can win but-there is every chance on earth that you will win a prize that will repay you far better than any other line of endeavor ycu might engage in for the amount to time and energy that you Don't put it off but start right away and come out three or four weeks from now with a handsome touring-car or some other valuable prize to show for your time.

DO IT NOW, S.OO 89.90 200.00 election Judges and clerks of election O. P. Fuller, trial of Boyd Ulon. 1 cases ill I 1 4.