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ll'-"'-5- THE PAPER THAT B008TS KEO KUK ALL THE IME. Subscribers of The Daily Gate City are Served the full teased Wire Ser vice of the United Preaa Associations. VOL. 11£ NO 62 Mexican Thermometer Sizzles at Two Spots Where Rebels Are Ktaking Assaults. VILLA HAS HOOK WORM Chief of the Insurgent Anny Lounges Around and Caresses His New ,, -Rifle. ^•By Jb'lfti' E. Nevln, staff correspon dent of the United, States.] WASHINGTON, March 13.—Renew ed efforts to get details of the exact situation at Tamplco and Torreon wer3 made by the state department today. There has been skirmishing in the vicinity of these towns for sev eral days, but the department is anx ious to know whetih^r the decisive tombat has starbsd. It is understood to have been the plan of the constitutionalists to at tack the two cities simutaneously in the belief that If these important places could be captured it would ba a death blow .to the Huerta cause ana result in wholesale desertions from the dictator's armies. Because of this fact the state department is following events very closely. The state department was still '-.without details of Carranza's reply to ll'veg and property of ail foreigners In northern Mexico* to the revolution jtiry ftrst chief. Unofficially it 18 rum- jfliBe and to have the American con.- tiano Carranza to sular representative,, through whom Inquiries are made, designated as the representative of the nation affected. In support of this plan Carranza is reported to have told Consul Simples that this would not Involve recognition of the belligerency Of the Insurgents. instead he said it would 'bo parallel to the situation existing at Mexico City where, although this government haB positively refused to recognize Huerta, Charge O'Shaughnessy Is in constant touch with, him on mattars It is not believed \thai this govern ment will accept any such suggestion from Carranza. In fact it was report ed that there has already crept into the messages being exchanged be tween Washington and the various constitutionalist headquarters through tha United States consular represen tatives, a note of sharpness Indicating ftctual impatience here with the vari ous contention.3 of Carranza. Officials indicated today that the present attitude of Carranza and his csrn to the United States. It has given the opponents of the tMminis- tratlon policy at home aaid abroad, actual facts on which to oritlclse. And it has raised grave doubt in the mind of President Wilson whether Carranza is really the "man of the hour" In Mexico. No information regarding the action of the carranza commission In placing responsibility for the Benton killing on Major Rudolfo Fieiro, a relative of and aide of Villa and discovering that Gustav Bauch was ordered exe- Secretary Bryan has asked the con sular representatives at Juarez an*. ,Chihuahua City for a report but it has apparently h«en delayed. Villa Does Not Move. CHIHUAHUA, Mexico, March 13.— Although the bulk of General Fran cisco Villa's Mexican constitutionalist) army is already at Escalon, or closer: to Torreon,_Villa himself still remains -n/r a here today. When he will depart with the troops remaining here, is proble matical. Villa himself does not seem to have madte up his mind. Every night he warns his chief lieutenants and the newspaper correspondents that they may "be called to the field," but be-1 yond that statement he is silent. Villa kept 200 persons including several Maxim silencer and he has been act* tion that they to make of the rifle in battle, Villa I said! he always fought like a common acquisition on the firing line and tak• ing chances with the men In the Secretary Bey an's demand that he point just north of Bermijillo, where [ers believed it might be the means bf holding their jobs ln^lack times when jrjfeoognize t&s right of this government Villa's outposts ar» located. ... ,a No Report Wide been „,es,d mission's o,rder, that cuted by Colonel Fidel Avila, com- Acuity, after cutting railroad and tele man dan at Juarez, has been received here by the state department. Sends Word That They will Hang Around for a Year Perhaps. ARMY OF HOBOES REFUSES TO MOVE OUT OF (ff¥ or recommendation.. followers. Is a source of grave con- troops bring the Juarez garrison up, ney Whitman today Rebels on~the March. EAGLE PASS, Texas, March 13. Constitutionalists are today gathering' graph communication between the town and Lampitos. General Murgia with 1,100 men4,bas joined Castro at Monclova. (Continued on page 2.) in S a a a 5 j. tleR. In reply to the order that the "army" must, disperse immediately or .• :md county officials here were indlg nant when they learned Governor I'Johnson had ordered Adjutant Gener [Unlted Press- Leased Wire service.] al Forbes to send home all the mllitia- SAQRAMENTO, Calif.. March 13 —jn.en who had assembled here and to The unemployed men encamped across keep bnl.v the Sacramento national tne river fn Yolo couuty w^re still de- other measures will be taken, the un- employed leaders sent back a message refusing to move and adding: "We will stick a year if uece?sary." City (guardsmen fiant today uesplte the iljtimatum by "other measures" served. $iy sheriffs and district attor-1 made clear. ready. Just what is meant MAT GET DIME FOR EACH DOLLAR Depositors in Seigel's Private Bank Must Not Expect Very Large Returns.. and ranks. Frank Vogel, his business associate. Wham Villa moves south he will one thousand of the employes who' moves south he will leave 4,000 troops distributed through- out the state of Chihuahua as garrl- through the closing of the stores, were sons for the cities. Chihuahua will depositors in the savings bank, run have 1,000 and Juarez, 600 Parra., connection with the Siegel enter 300 Santa Rosalia, 200 Jiminez, 200, prises, it is declared today. Sometime and 1,700 will be left in smaller towns, they may receive ten per cent of their Villa has a total of 16,000 troops in Chihuahua, 6,000 in Durango and be- tween 5,000 and 6,000 in Coahulla and that some deposited their savings Nusvo Leon. His army has repaired with the Siegel oank that it migM in the railroad from Chihuahua to a! dicate their loyalty to the firm. Otb- Yet. "V? JSJ i»ASO, Tei^s, March 130BW': era! Framjtro, Resident tit the com- itro ajac*" cutlon of Wm. Benton, an English man, and the disappearance of Gus tave Bauch, an American, today 13-|said sue® a denial! that the commission, ^uBt He branded as false, a report c'rou*] lated here and in Juarez that the com.: two high officers of General Villa's rebel army, one in Juarez and. one in Chihuahua, were the murderers. concerning American lives or proper- pa88engers who arrlvad from Chi ty in the territory Controlled) by the federals. WILL LOSE ALL Store to be Closed, Throwing Hun dreds of Girls Out of Work and Pen- niless. generals and high persons waiting in an ante room while he cleaned a rifle, knife February 26 Recently he was presented with a! [United press Leased Wire Service.] new high power rifle fitted with NEW YORK, March 13.—Reallza- vvere ing like a child with a toy ever since their savings, but their positions as a it came. The silencer is thj first he result of the failure of the Henry ever saw and he has announced he will provide all his sharpshooters with these devices. not only to lose -_f il, sudden arrival of a )eara!d„f°! sSo.rcans0 A Arrival during the night of 200 con-1 was escorted from the store and stitutlonallst troops from Chihuahua to reinforce the Juarez garrison is With representatives of his office 1* causing speculation. Within tm days Boston and Chicago Preparing to ln^ General Carranza's body guard of 1, vest irate tb ramification of the bus!. 000 soldiers will arrive. The new to LOW also. 'YuarerofficiaVf denied depositors In the Siegel private bank here could r.v« expect to mafce terms with the indicted merchant-banker through Assistant Dfstrict Attor- the new movement had any sp ciaj significance, declaring it was' merely the carrying out of orders is sued" by Villa before he went to Chi huahua. sl))le is neariy Monclova for an attack on Piedras NegraB. General Isrario Castro with 600 men, captured Monclova yesterday with little dlf- the effect that has not been A Siegel stores and private lank and the,gaid w°m™ [lost $2,300, all the money she had, the When ask3d what use he proposed! Z7 I caused a near-fiot among clerks in the Siegel Fourteenth street store here today. Sales girls became hysterical soldier and Proposed using his new: firat tlme_that.!heu^ :An nd with theh. crie8 were clamatlon8 of ..let-8 ex. wreck the store," Seated denunciation of biegel and will loso their jobs tomorrow night deposits but no more. Investigation among clerks is said to have shown the fptce was likely to,}& cui* pphiding ^ed believe ,1 whether action can be taken because of the employes having made deposit unless it should. devetov imat coerci- The trouble in the store today fol lowed the appearance of Mr£. L. Matte son, 113 West Eleventh street. She she had been In Europe and had learne^ cf has made any report on the matter depositors have been sent to a West General Carranza or to anybody else, ^hlrteenth onljr empty mission had found that both Benton overcome with rage. and Bauch wer3 murdered and that ..j have huahua today brought rumors that counters and gathered about Mrs. Major Rudolfo Flerra, a relative of Mattesov Villa and an army officer had been arrested, charged! with the murder or two American railroad men and the man bslleved responsible for Benton's death. Fraustro said If Fierro had! the bank failure. All 8treet office. and when jjrg, Matteson went there and found i0ft she returned, fair- been robbed," she declared. "All the money I had in the world hau bcon stolen." The young women clerks, laboring under great nervous tension, "»ft their A« her anger increased soma of tVe clerks broke into tears, then tmv became hysterical and oth- rei clerks returned to their counters, 7 ness of Henry Siegel, District Att i^^eni^|J)fJ^nht^ Frank E. Vonol. At least ten fhe 8u.em™t. Boston wore have been talained. It '»md declared. Many of the 2,200 sales girls who will be thrown oUt of em- ployment when the Simpson-Crawford and Fourteenth street stores are closed here tomorrow, will be in des perate straits, it Is feared. KJiOK MARCH 13, 1914 GANG TO KILL MAN Woman Agr Gangsters to Pay $500 if aid Murder A aid Killed [Unltej*- yfg Leforeft" Wire SeVvicfc.] NRV /RK, March 13.—Arrest of a wealthy woman who lives in luxur ious apartments in a leading Broad way hotel, was expected today fol lowing charges by the police that she offered three gangsters 500 to mur der Maurice Keating, rich contractor, in revenge for the death'of her pet dog. Police last night arrested Harry Bressler and Stanley Hermon, who admit membership in the "Dopey Benny" gang, for assault on Keating, who was slashed in the face with a Detectives got their first clue when the gangsters and the woman quar reled because she paid them only $200 for the attack on Keating, when $500 had been promised. The woman is piuiuiocu. A lie WUU1UU IB tQ have refuaed the fu„ ammmt I because Keating was not murdered. influential man, said to have been the go-between for the woman and gangsters, will also be arrested, po lice say. Keating, a month before he was at tacked, found a fine dog dead on the he killed the dbg. Keating later was acquitted in court of killing the brute. MOST BRUTAL CRIME COMMITTED Young Man Found Hiding Under Bed Where (Murdered Body Was. [United Press Leased Wire Service.] CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 13.—Po lice entered an apartment on Trumbei court and arrested Frank Stick, twen body of Emily Pdlidgy. The youth was Immediately charged I fnd with marder. His clothing was sat- .™a.tt6r.of. FERTILE FIELD SK! jfc" den in Graves nev Train was still working with a view of obtaining additional indict ^'rav®s inidreTXlUaon! ments against Siegel and his partner, SpleV: fann Mn MUdrej All or ... |his trail. Excitement in Manlius and" PoUce advam the theory that the' surround^g vlllages is running high crime was the result of an attempted ^d a lynching Is feared should the assault. The woman's nose was com- Mex can be captured pletely severed from her face, the! The Mexicans employed In a con throat cut and the upper portion detraction camp along the railroad the body slashed In a dozen places, ni?ar Manlius, boarded the freight A rope of neckties was tightly knotted train near Normandy early today. about the arms and body and fastened Suspecting that they knew something securely to the foot of the jed. Neigh-i a shock of corn, the body of o., H. G-raves, 45. retired business manj0, Tuesday night, was found, his throat I p0j slafihed from ear to ear. Fred S^eik, murdered by Henry Spencer, opium I ^?,^orM bv Henrv Spencer opium I 1 twelve new InOictments will be asked v_ I urday. land Train aeclared the number P--1^ ^oj ton^t limitless. |ea1,ai' ,v in a large force at Monclova for an information reaching Whitman is to 1 ™11es broiker who wasiabl' Saturday. Warmer tonight. Mod Chicago store in 1 which Siegel wac 'r.terested, has been rmo'ey maker, but of hi. «.!» unto my.tertou. U'l GOT IN TBE WAY OF THE BULLETS] Jv"e ed the saloon of James McMenemann and demanded drinks. Refused, they threatened M'CiMenemanu who direw an empty pistol. Instantly all five gangsters produced ,their guns and began firing, retreating through the door. V. few weeLp 4,!Three Men Suffooated and One Received Fatal Si F^ve Gunmen Shoot at Bartender and BRIDGEIPORT, Conn., March 13.— One of Them is Burn'- KILLS MAN Shot Two Others and Two of Them Were Cap tured by the Posse. HIDDEN IN CORN FIELD One Made His Escape But Will be Trailed by Blood Hounds and Run Down. roof of the apartment where he lives.!are bjlng rushed to Princeton in auto He took it to thie woman who charges mobiles to escape lynching at the [Unlted Press Leased Wire Service.] PEORIA, 111., aMroh 13.—Surround ed by a sheriff's posse In a corn field nsar Manlius, 111., a Mexican band'lt.. one of four who shot and killed Art Fisher of Pekin,, engineer for the Chi cago and Northwestern Railway com pany, and wounded two officers when they held up a freight train early to day, is making a dssperate fight to resist capture. Two other members of the hand were wounded by the offi cer's bullets and were captured. They hands of angry Manlius citizens. The two officers wounded in the gun battle that followed the hold-up are Leslie Byers, son of ShsrifT Char les F. Beyers of Princeton, and? Bert Skoglund, deputy sheriff of Prince ton. Skoglund was shot In the neck and shoulder and has a slim chanoe for recovsry. Young Byers received a bullet In one of his legs and is not seriously injured. The wounded men are being cared for by physicians at Manilus. ,, bors reported having heard screams train crew ordered them off when the in the house early today but it was train reached Manlius, several miles many hours later that one of them ilo- south of Normandy. tifled the police, who Investigated. ,! Instead of complying with the DEAD At ten o'clock this morning, the mor® amf un tion a 1 nd !ls caPture 0.?ly 8hwt «me. The of recent thefts of merchandise, the .. woods toward Sheffield. 'hiimino- Missouri Athletic club after!i,n of th, the of Joliet, who has been missing since: j)U]]et8i *"T ^^11 a ^or Iowa: Fair tonight and' prob- Fairman, Chicago broker, who was .. killed' by a Chicago and Northwestern kuicq ujr n. -O I erate &e°' PERISHED IN BURNING HOUSE i* [United Press leased Wire Service.] [Three men perished and a fourth was Killed. S„ I probably fatally burned in a fire which destroyed a six story tenement house NEW YORK, March 13.—Ciuglit in day. a cross fire of his own friends' bul-1 Fifty persons were asleep in the lets, James Foley, gaugman. was shot building when the fire wa-* j'.scovered. United Press Leased Wire Service.! the' Italian district here early to- probably Saturday, and warmer to to death early today in a battle In ajA panic ensued and It was oply by re- 12 7 p. m.——30.23 41 S Cieai saloon in Bridge street, Brooklyn. sorting to extreme, measures and the! 13 7 a. m. 30.24 30. VV Clear Pol^y and four other gunmen entei-|liberal use of their clubs that police. were able to clear the building and avert further loss of life. The men who perished were.^CtocaLed. Tliey were: •. JAMES STADTO GEORGE KOCOl/K, JOHN KATRICE?, m. Fourth fW or-J Mexicans were wounded. One ..qj, pieage. come baeb Mexicans, his body punctured. favor wag a(. jangjeyt ed lo taken to the de where he was report- dying. THE WEATHER pr(ybably tonl«ht 80"^3ri-„ ror ulmols' For Illlnols: Fa!r i,y ,e^f'and For Mjssour ai80tonight I TWENTIETH BODY FOUND Three Found Last Night and One This Morning in Ruins of Wrecked M. A. C. Building. Three recovered during the night were identified as those of William R. Borders, Frank. W. Albright and Thomas B. Shyne. Location of tbe bodies indicated that all had rushed wildly to the ele vator shaft, crying frantically to be taken down. That Mrs. W. J. Kinser, made a widow by the- fire, is planning to sue the club for $100,000 damages, be came known today. She had been living In a 'ocal hotel apart from her husband. A diamond ring and currency folded in a peculiar manner, aided in the partial identification of a body as total of bodies recovered to twenty three. Seven or more are believed to be yet in the ruins. Are extinguisher. plgffljtter. the Mexicans drew revolvers and i|^ women in the Building? AM commanded the engineer to ipull his L.OUIS, Mo.. March 1 and g0 VV a farmers son, discovered the body on an abandoned section of his father's farm, near St. Charles. Neither a knife nor a razor w^found near the ^l^dnity: Fair "to-'their ^"had'be^nicft"h7"the build- I United Press Uased Wire Service. I body and county authorities brieves was murdered. One mi from| Mod«rntf winds moat.iTlthe vounz women talking excitedly on s-""1' v-hihlrpn of E-J W atson. Ponca the Splek farm Mrs. Mildred Allison. Rexroat, Chicago tango instructor was Moderate w5nds 80Ut^ljr. ton,*bt 1 mostly the young women talking and 8at'ia moment Sat urday. Warmer tonight. Light to moderate southerly winds. Weather Conditions. The weatba* Is generally fair In all districts this morning, Seattle being the only station reporting precipita tion. With the movement of the western field of high pressure to the gulf. It Is cooler in the southern states, while it Is somewhat warmer In the north ern districts, under the Influence of a d'epraeslon which Is fiaoving through Manitoba, and conditions indicate fair weather for this section tonight and night. March. Local Observations. liar. Ther. Wind W'th'r River above low water of 1864, 2.1. Change in 24 hours, rise 3 tmths. Mean tempei-ature 12th. 35. I.owest temperature, 21. Highest temperature, 46. liowest twnperature last night. 25. FRED Z. GOSEWISCH, Observer. THE WEATHER. Fair and Warmer. Local temp—i p. m. 41 a. m. 30. Frank W. Albright, although the fea-iof material for adverse criticism. tures were unrecognizable and most of It Is understood the matter was the head burned away. discussed-not only between the pres- J. W. Albright, of Gary, Ind., who dent, and Secretary Bryan, but also identified the body of his brother, said at today's regular cabinet meeting, he would Inspect other bodies but un- Secretary Bryan announced that he less developments alter his plan, he had cabled the ambassador to send would ultimately claim It and ship It by the first, steamer a complete copy to LaPorte, Ind., for burial. of his speech. This will be turned In addition to the torsos taken from the ruingi this morning, workmen col lected seVeral fragments, some of which J. ov®r Thrjfc More Found. the Chamberlain resolution. It Is faT. LOUIS, Mo., March 13.—Bodies hoped by the close friends of the ad of three more M. A. C. fire victims ministration that by the time the «re uncovered this morning by the text of the speech Is received day shift .of .aearchers, bringing the here, the acuteness of the Incident might represent declared the bones another body. An inquest was begun today by Cor oner Hadberg, who promised that the Investigation would be thorough and the responsibility established if pos sible. One body recovered was later Iden titled as that of Allen Dew, buyer ofja victim of condensation, was Am Nugsnt Brothers Dry Goods company, bassador Walter Hines Page's That Dow died game, was shown by planation today cn his Monroe doc the fact that his charred right hand trine and Panama canal speech when still grasped the nozzle of a small lie admitted that lis was preparing a reply to the senate resolution, asking for the text of his remark. Page uodav received cablegrams from Sec- -How Do me a baa' go caa. You must go back.'* This is what one of the girls said to her escort. N'on of the partv re entered the building. One man walk to the entrance and slopped. "I thought the gir'.s meant one of Saturday. Warmer Ing." declared Paul Kloeris. who heard PONCA. Neb., March K,.-Two I the north side or Washington avenue a.fter Warmer south and central burning bulbing and ran across the Moderate winds. they had 1?ft ll'e street. Kloeris Is a window dresser for Nugent's. and was leaving the store when the fire was discovered. Declaring that there h*ve Brazilian Says That He Even Saw the Request for $3,000. TEN PAGES WHAT PAGE SAID AT THE BANQUET President Wilson Worries Over It Because it Makes Material for 1 [United. Press LeJised Wire Service.! ST. LOUIS, Mo., March 13.—With! the finding of a body at 3:20 this morning, night searchers in the char!WOULD red ruins of the Missouri Athletloj club brought the total of recovered': bodies to twenty.-Ten or eleven more! are believed to be in the ruins. By the Time Page's Complete Speech Criticism. LET IT DIE DOWN Gets Here, the Incident Will be For- gotten. [United Press Leased Wire Service.! WASHINGTON, March 13.—The ad ministration was admittedly troubled today over the speech of Ambassador Page, dealing with the Panama canal and the Monroe doctrine. It was con fidentially stated by those closest to the president that Page has at least "talked too much" and has given the enemies of the administration plenty to the senate In conformity to will have worn off. It is believed that as a result of this utterance, some senator close to the administration, probably either Shiveley or Lewis, will within the next fiew days incor porate in a speech, a general reaffirm- Indicated iftey Tirt^St his. A 'fttlbB for 4he adaiifltitrfctibn of tbe twenty-fourth body. One of the frag-!positiveness of the Monroe doctrine. meats was of a pal vie bone. It was' This will likely take thfe form, as I declared the* nelvld Ma not mlSslne..I rmiIiImi tn nnlism pelvis yas jao't miSslng, Prfsid^t, WUS^Ji'p^renaarks to caltera rwr... jyiAt the minds of any one that the Mon roe doctrine is just what it says and the government will never consent to any foreign country gaining a foot hold on this continent. 'v-.-v /./•: Blames it on Reporters. LONDON, March 13.—That he was said that his remarks at. It I :ll *7,Tr',,^ST the Association of-Chamber of Corn- were of an entirely different naure when their contents were known. TWO CHILDREN BURNED IN HOUSE Fathtr Succeeded in Rescuing Mo'.hsi* and Three O'.Iier l,ittle Ones. mall 'children of E'J. Watson, business man, were burned to death and his wife and three other children w?re injured in a fire w'1-0''! destroyed their home despite the father's despei ate attempts to save all. The injured children and the mother will reconar. STICKS TO HIS STORY OF COLONEL PRESENTING BILL The fire started' on the first floor been and had gained considerable headway many rumors umt wumm car- before the family sleeping on tha rled out of the M. A. C. at 2 o'clock second floor became aware of it. Mr: Mondav morning, the St. Louis Times Watson carried out the members of today offared $100 for the names of, his family one at a time through the these women, with the exception of, flames until th 3 floor collapsed, the manager's wife and- the young Emma, 9, and Alfred 6, were car rled down with the falling building (Continued on page 2.) I before the father could reach them. I lug the Brazilian historical society, stood by his interview here today. Ar riving'on the liner Mauretania, Lenfes- 1 jt London interview appeared and denied I United press Leased Wire Service.] I the story. NEW YORK. March 13.—Jt)hn T. D. A. McMillen, representative of Lenfesty of Chicago who declared In [tne Brazilian Traction Co., also arrived 'lxndon that while in South America Ion the Mauretania and declared he he heard that Colonel Roosevelt had [had seen what purported to be tho bill presented a bill for 15,000 for address-1from Colonel Roosevelt ty declared the Brazilians -were pos itively insulted over the matter.' j* Lawrence Abbott, presicleut of tbe Outlook c:o.. denouueed the asser lions as malicious gossip when the