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April 26, 1912 16 Page
TWO SECTIONS TODAY.
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HOOSHELT ISITftFT LE
SUBJECT OF
DEBATE
Harvester Correspondence
Causes Sensational Talk in
United States Senate.-
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MfSSOURl
ASTOR'S BODY OLYMPIC!)
RECOVERED
Eight Delegates Instructed
For Roosevelt After an All
Night Session. v
SENATORS BRISTOW "
AND WILLIAMS LEAD
HEATED DEADLOCK
LASTED 24 HOURS
FROM
FORTY-NINE MORE
BODIES IDENTIFIED
Washington, D. G. April 2. The
first sensational political debate in
the senate at this session of congress
broke today over colonel Roose
elt's official correspondence about
the International Harvester company
when he was president in 107.
Senator Bristow of Kaasas. was the
principal speaker in the support of col
onel Roosevelt, and senator John Sharp
Williams of Mississippi, was the prin
cipal assailant.
The debate became almost ultra
sensational when senator Williams
read to the senate a parody on the
apostles' creed as follows:
Reads a Parody.
' I believe in Theodore Roosevelt,
maker of noise and strife, and in am
bition, his only creed. (My Lord.) H
was born of the lore of power and
suffered under William H. Taft: was
crucified, dead and buried. He de
scended into Africa. The third year
he arose .igaln from the jungle and
ascenc'isd into favor and slrteth on the
right hand of his part, whence he
shall come to scourge the licked end
the dead.
" 1 believe in the holy Outlook, the
Big S ick, the Ananias club, the fr-
gneness or political activities, the 1 be ;", "r.
n-Burrectinn of nntiMmtui .n.Kiinn. I De ""instructed.
and the third term everlastingly
amen amen, amen.' "
TKe debate was precipitated by sen-
i-ior Bristow's return to his charge of
St Louis, Mo April 26. Gov. Her
bert 'S. Hadley and his friends early
today swung the Missouri state Re
publican convention tor Roosevelt af
ter a 24 hour deadlock in which the
Taft leaders finally were driven to
complete rout. Bight .delegates at
large to the national Republican con
vention, all Roosevelt men, and all In
structed for him, were elected after
two Taft leaders had been elected and
then had resigned their places on the
Missouri delegation, when the conven
tion voted instructions for Roosevelt.
Was Dramatic Fight.
The convention will go down in the
annals of Missouri politics as one of
the stubborn and dramatic fights in
me nisiory or tne state Republican
organization.
-Mayor Frederick H. Krelsmann, of
New York, N. Y April 26. The bodies
BEIIV ARM
r TRANSPORT Tl RESCUE
AMERICANS ON MEXICAN COAST
Mackay-Bennett Also Picks ' Ship Abandons Trip and
Up Bodies of Straus and
Hays.
Returns to Port Had
Passengers on Board.
7rASSENGERS WILL
SAIL ON THE BALTIC
Southampton, England, April 26. -
of Col. John Jacob Astor and of lsadbr j The White Star liner Olympic which
Straus, the millionaire merchant, of had been held off Ryde, Isie of Wight.
thiB city, who lost their lives in the since Wednesday by a strike of her
Titanic disaster, have been recovered , firemen, today abandoned her trip to
and are on board the cable ship Mac- ; New York and returned to port. This
Ira vT3Aniatt Tauro nt (h. a4WIIaiv a? ' vara ..!.. ........... t. ., j f
the bodies was contained in a dispatch of her seamen this morning, when tho
to the White Star line company today.
The body of C. M. Hays, president of
the Grfind Trunk railway, has been
added to the list of identified dead
picked up near the scene of the Titanic
disaster.
Forty-nine More Identified.
The wireless dispatch, which came
line attempted to replace the striking
im-men witn nonunion men.
One hundred and twenty-one passen
gers, who were awaiting the Olympic at
Queenstown. have been transferred to
the Baltic, which will leave here today
for New York. Fourteen hundred
sacks of mail, which were to
to the company from the cable ship ! have been forwarded by the Olympic,
juacKay-uennett, gives additional lden- win oe neld at Queenstown for the
tifications of -49 of the heretofore un
known recovered dead on the cable
ship. Among others, the bodies of Col-
Cunard liner Lu si tan la sailing from
Liverpool tomorrow for New York and
due here on Sunday. The Cunarder Is
John Jacob Astor and Isador Straus i likely to reacn New York ahead of th
elected and whn ZZSlJZt i Jeaders names of 91 have been sent ashore by
at inLW?.r?ifS.,M dleStes wireless.
yesterday that collusion had existed I ,i," ?" """" gentleman s agree
Kptwraa.. tha .anatA a wA t-ha .fan... I ..
between the senate and the rieonrt- I
ment of justice in the sending or the
official correspondence yesterday, and
that partiality had been shown in that
only correspondence regarding the
course of president Roosevelt's ad
ministration had been sent to the sen
ate while the papers relating to the
Taft administration had not. He as
serted again that attorney general
Wickersham had his reply ready to
send when senator Johnson's resolu
tion yesterday reached him, and re-
xerrea io tne iact that two similar res
olutions by senators Overman and
Lea had not been complied with.
Resolution Different.
Senator Johnston denied these .had
been an understanding, and said lie
had seen neither the attorney general
nor the president for a month. Sen
ator Clark of Wyoming, pointed st
that the Johnston resolution differed
from the others in that it called for
certain specific information. He said
that senator Nelson gave instances
in which colonel Roosevelt when pres
ident had withheld correspondence
from the bureau of corporations.
Senator Bristow remarked that evi
dently there was no disposition oa
either side of the chamber to criti
cise Mr. Taft. to which senator Wil
liams protested vigorously.
"If the senator can show me the
president has traveled in the same
way as the former president, I will
condemn him as strongly as I would
Roosevelt," he declared.
"It would have to be a matter ol
grave public concern in which vital
interests of the country were affect
ed." returned senator Bristow, "be
fore I would dig up the confidential
correspondence of my predecessor's
secretary, and his cabinet officers In
regard to matters in which he had t
perfect right to believe would be kept
within the confines of the depart
ment and print them for political
campaign purposes."
Attaeks Roosevelt Administration.
The house met at noon and com
menced the consideration of the pen
sion bills. Later in the dav the in
terest of the house was centered on an
attack by congressman Stanley on the
Roosevelt administration, with refer
ence to the harvester trust.
National Park For Elephant Battc.
benator Fall, of New Mexico will '
St Tiinfa on, oko-iIV. "-"" "j j jonn jacoo Astor ana isaaor Straus i mceiy io reacn rew iork anead or the
St? JoseDh the laSttrhi?-?1-.? naTe oen embalmed. Of the 205 dead Baltic and for this reason the mail will
state ,,f. "Z. irJ???.of "e on board the Mackay-Bennett. the i be entrusted to her.
-i.-.J . . "" "" iaera : names of 91 have bii sent ashore hv i The strike has a serious aannot be
yond the matter of inconvenience to
trans-Atlantic travel, as the seamen,
having signed for the voyage, have
now laid themselves open to the charge
of mutiny.
Immediately following the walkout
the White Star officials aoocalad to the
1 7ltll... AT. T TkuW... ? CU I 11 tllfftl-l ! AC vHth A .oaillt I ha llta
Philip Stokes, Ldwin S. Pety. William Olympic's I0 seamen were arrested
uasnwooa, w. nan ton. Thomas Ander- ' " uw came ssnure. xney win pe
son, A. Laurence, J. Adams. A. Bothy
Ragotzy, Abel J. Butterworth, A. Rob
ins, S. Louch, Olson F. Penny, Charles
Chapman. Albert Wlrz Achllle Wallens.
Carl Asplande, J. F. Johnson, J. Allen,
W. Y. Anderson. H. P. Sodcres. G. Tal-
" 'arge to tne national convention
when the state convention vniH t
instruct the delegation for Roosevelt.
In making their resignations they
charged violation of a "gentleman's
agreement," by which they declared
the Roosevelt muinn hi ..xtui
them that the delegates at large would
governor Hadley replied to the
declarations of mayor Krelsmann and
chairman Morris in this connection by
asserting that he had not been a party
The dispatch, which came through
the steamer Caledonia and the Cape
Race station, reads:
"Isroay, care White Star Line, New
York:
"Further names
Washington, D. C, Apr'A 26. The army transport Buford will leave San Francisco Sunday for the west coast
of Mexico to pick "P anJ American refugees who may wish to leave the coast. The Buford will visit Topotobampo.
Allata, Mazailan, in the slate of Sinaloa; San Bias, Tepic, ManzanSlo in Colima and Acapulco in Guerrero.
The vessel is sent at the request of the state department under argent requests from many Americans stranded in
the states bordering the Pacific. t
Since the rebels began to make headway in their operations along the Pacific coast, communication has been cut
with many interior towns where Americans reside. This has left the slate department without information as to their
safety, and this in the face of reports of wanton acts of bandits and organized rebels.
Constant appeals came to the stale department to use some method of ascertaining the welfare of these people, but
the officials tried other means to ward off the necessity of sending a United Stales vessel to the coast.
Today's reports declare the situation throughout Mexico as generally becoming worse. Marauders are causing
much uneasiness by their activity.
The transport Crook first was selected for the relief expedition but officials later decided that that vessel had in
sufficient accommodations-for Americans who might wish to leave Mexico. The Buford, therefore, was designated.
While the Buford is a government vessel, stress is laid on the fact that there will be no soldiers aboard and the only
persons bearing United Stales commissions will be the doctors and some members of the hospital corps.
Slac department advices indicate there are perhaps 500 Americans likely to avail themselves of this opportunity
to leave Mexico. About 200 are at Los Mochis and vicinity and probably 300 more scattered down the coast as far
as Salina Cruz.
MrtDEROKOLD
ker. G. F. Bailey. O. & Woody. T. Hew
ltt, P. Connors.
j iiooits nmDalmea.
"All fnltntHn,. thl. Wave Kaa. ' ..
balmed:
"C. C. Jones, Isador Straus. Reg
Butler; H. H. Harrison. T. F. Newell.
John Jacob Astor. Milton C. Long. W.
said captain Roberts, commander of
colonel Aster's steam yacht. Noma.
was in Halifax and would look oat
for the body.
shnrti,- imr. kin i::. .."'." i vent riat instructions for Roosevelt
..j ...... vuv. wo in tne senaxe ' t. .. i .- ... .
to create a National ntarv nrf -.m i . 1u.1 "c wre swept on tneir feet
more than two to
The. n- i
out the .hlttW; ftXrZzru1 1ST0?? I bot- J- Robinson, j. C. Hell, J. W.
rorm'af "J TteLE?! the GI". 51? Joha Ml. K. JT. Bar-
r -..-..... .. m-D uiuimuuo no
had refused to attempt to deliver the
votes of Roosevelt delegates on any
proposition.
The Delegates.
The eight delegates at large to the
national convention, each with one
half vote finally elected by the state
convention follow
Governor Herbert S. Hadley, Jesse
Tolerton. of Branson; Walter S. Dick
ey, or ivansas City; Fred Essen, of
Clayton; John D. McNeeley. of St Jo
?SpnJ.,HVeh Mclndoe. of Joplin; John
W. Tlnoin. of Sorlne-fleld nnri Xtfyma
S. Spear, of Chamois.
" As national committeeman from Mis
souri to succeed Charles NageL secre
tary of commerce and labor, the state
convention elected Thomas K.. Nled
rtatfhaus. wr 8t Louis. -e -
Had Fear Beats.
The Roosevelt forces only achieved
final sweeping success In the conven
tion after four distinct fights with the
Taft leaders, who resisted each step
stubbornly
The first fight came on the question
of seating contested delegations from
Kansas City, St. Joseph and other im
portant points in the state. This fight
occupied all of Wednesday night and
late Thursday resulted In the seating
of nearly all the Roosevelt delegates.
The second bitterly contested point
was that regarding chairman of the
convention. Governor Hadley was
piacea in tnat position after his fol
lowers had demonstrated that they
held the balance of votes on the con
vention floor.
The third struggle came in the reso
lution committee, where Taft men re
fused to endorse Roosevelt. After the
committee had submitted one report to
the convention it was withdrawn and
an amplified report, containing a
straight endorsement of colonel Roose
velt, was presented and adopted by
acclamation. A. minority report -was
as promptly vted down on a roll call.
The final battle, after daylight had
flooded the big armory and the dele
gates were almost completely worn out
by their all day and all nia-ht strne-irii.
was on the question of instructing the I
ttitvht l--lAO'At.A at 7: a wa'A .. .1... 1 1
al convention. The Taft forces, led by
members of the St. Louis delegation,
made a last rally in efforts to n.
arraigned In police court at i'orttmoutb
charged with mutiny.
The National Sailors' and Firemen's
union repudiates the action of the sea
men, who are said to have been ad
vised by the Seafarers' organisation,
which recently withdrew from the
parent body.
The firemen of the Olympic struck
Wednesday five minutes before tne
vessel was due to sail for New York.
Their grievance was the alleged fail
ure of the company to properly equip
the steamer with lifeboats. Subse
quently a deputation of union firemen
witnessed a test of the life savins-
s
TEPIC UNO
All Other Towns on Mexican
Pacific Coast Are in the
Hands of the -Rebels.
VIII YGR
IS KILLED
FEARIREBELS B SIN
MM
TOTHESDUTH
REFUSE TO JOIN
THE 0R0ZC0 CAUSE
.-uaa-iw-i Vj. liUiic n. -a-. .
C. Dulles. R- J.. Allison. Georse Gra- !f Jriu n"5n"8"1Ul lhB
nam. jbcod Birnbaum. Austin Partner, ' "i -a - .-"." n ninn.
F. F. White. Tyrell W. Cavendish anu Demand Firemen's Discharge.
Henry Villnor." Meantime, however, their fellows had
William Dobbyn. secretary to colonel dispersed, leaving word that they
Astor. sait he had been advise hv th. ' would not -rejoin the -shin unless If
White Star line of the recovery of firemen who had remained aboard when I
colonel Astor's body. Mr. Dobbyn . tne others left were discharged. !
.1.
Fall And Catron Fll, Kxpenses.
Senators Fall and Catron have filed
their campaign expense statements
with the secretary of th senate.
Senator Fall says he expended $704
for hotel expenses while entertaining
friends at Santa Fe.
Senator Catron's expenses show that
he gave Solomon Luna 5509 as treas
urer of the Republican state committee,
and $750 to Celso , Lopez, treasurer of
the Santa Fe committee.
To Investigate Mexican Claims.
Senator Smith, of Arizona, introduced
a bill in the senate today to investigate
the claims of American citizens grow
ing out of the late insurrection in
Mexico. It is similar to the one intro
duced by representative Smith, of
Texas, in the house.
To Probe Financial Interests.
I an
SWEARS CALIFORNIAN
IGNORED THE TITANIC
Passenger on Liner Says Dis
tress Signals Were Seen, '
But Not Heeded.
Washington, D. Q.. Aoril 26. A
sworn statement that the captain of
the liner California refused to go to
the aid of the Titanic although only a
few miles away, today was filed by
Ernest Gill, donkey eaginesnan on
the Callfornlan, with the senate com
mittee investigation of, the Titanic di
saster. Gill said thtft the distress rock
ets were plainly visible from the deck
of the Callfornlan and most have been
visible to both the bridge and the look
out. Gill was placed on the witness stand
immediately after senator Smith, the
chairman had finished reading Gill's
affidavit.
"I saw the ship, which I took to be
the Titanic," said GilL after being
sworn, "some time before midnight.
She was about 10 miles away and went
past us apparently at- full speed. She
was a big ship and I saw two tiers
of lights. The Californian at the time
was caught in field Ice. Her engines
were stopped and she was drifting
with the floe."
Iiraored Distress Signals.
The vessel, GUI testified, must
.- , . - w jms-a-. vvaaa LCDU.inu. uiuol
preserve at Elephant Butte dam. ?, k?- TaminaJ?Kosve" t,de 1 have been plainly visible to the bridge
which she sent np later. The Califor
Morris as delegates to the Chicaaro eon
vention and the election of Roosevelt
men in their places.
Taft Men Held Convention.
Taft leaders, dissatisfied with the
results of the Republican state con
vention, whiah adjourned here at 6-30
oclock this morning, met in a hotel at
10 oclock and named four delegates at
large to the national convention. The
Taft delegation was announced as fol
lows: Joseph E. Black, of Richmond. Mo
John A. Duncan and John G. Laliw of
St. Louis, and Harry D. Train, of Kan
sas City.
Former state senator Henry L. Eads,
of Jamesport. presided, while B. L. Guf
fey. of Hayti, was secretary. Fori.
The bouse yesteraay empowered Its """"- mat a resolution condemn-
banking and currency committee to j j?g, governor Hadley for betraying the
make a sweeping Investigation of the Ta" "ien 'n the pre-convention agree-
financial interests of the country; ! ment 'w'as adopted. The resolution
heir relations to industrial, transport- i also Praised the administration of pres-
atior. ana panning interests, and the "" t""
extent to wnicn tnelr inter-relations
nay constitute a money trust.
By a vote of 241 to IS, the Pujo
-esolution embracing practically all
.he allegations and authority of the
riglnal Henry money trust resolution
was passed by the bouse after repre
sentative Mann, of Illinois, Republican
leader, had charged the Democrats with
'.ry lng to hold up the corporations and
force them to support the Democrat
-andidate for president.
Bills have been introduced in the
senate today as follows: By senator
Mark Smith to appropriate $150,000 for
a site and erection of a public building
at Nogales Ariz.
Annex for Soldiers.
By senator Catron for erection of a
public building at Raton. N. M.. -to cost
j 180,000, also providing that an an
nex to all the national homes for dis
abled volunteer soldiers be established
in Ten Mile gap between the Organ
and Franklin mountains, N. it, in sec
tion 24, township J5 south, range 3
east. New Mexico meridian, about 28
miles north of EI Paso. Tex. The an-
one the Roosevelt foVcVs ?riJi'?k , and lookouts as well as the rockets
one the Roosevelt forces carried their' vhi-h h wnt nn later. The Callfor-
pomi. wnicn resulted in the withdraw
al of mayor Krelsmann and chairman
In the hotel parlor when chalrmo-
Eads announced the result were Otto
F. StifeL Taft leader in St Louis
"Lib" Morse, of Excelsior Springs, and
seven other Taft adherents.
Other Taft men who were in an ad
joining room counseled against the
naming of a rival delegation and ad
vised sending lawyers to the national
convention to plead their cause. Eads
and Stlfel, however, said they did not
think a Taft protest would have
weight unless a contesting delegation
was on tne ground.
There- Are Contests.
Aside from the Roosevelt victory in
the convention, the colonel now has 14
uncontested delegates from Missouri
and Taft has eight. Roosevelt has
six contested district delegates and
eight at large, each with half a vote.
Conventions are yet to be held In
the 13th and 17th districts. Roose
velt had carried the first, second, third
(contested by Taftl. fourth, fifth, sixth,
seventh (contested by Taft) eighth,
3 4th, and loth (contested by Taf 1. 1
Taft has carried the ninth, 10th, llth
and 12th districts
plan's captain, he said, paid no atten-
f-ls ii 1a tha iH.fr.e. slMilll Anil hill T
fusal to get up steam and go to the j
aid of the stranger so ineensea tne
crew that Gill tried to organize a
protesting party among tne men. ne
failed, he said, because "the men were
afraid they'd lose their Jobs."
"What time did the Callfornlan get
up steam?" asked senator Fletcher.
' I dont know, exactly," said the
witness, "but it was sometime after
5 o'clock."
From the rockets Gill judged the
distressed ship to be not more than
20 miles off. He described the rock
ets, his description tallying with that
given by fourth officer Boxhall of the
Titanic, who sent them aloft.
Captain Stanley Lord, of the Cali
forainn. prepared to ertter a sweep
ins denial of the statements by Er
nest Gill, next took the witness stand.
Important Witnes-es Called.
To learn whv a nearby steamer did
not offer to aid the sinking Titanic,
and to fix the exact hour at which the
This concession was refused br the
company, which said It weuld lay up
the Olympic rather tna to suffer co
ercion. Seamen Strike. ""
Officials of the line forthwith began
to recruit a mew force of firemen from
Sheffield. Liverpool and Portsmouth,
and yesterdap announced the Olympic
would sail at daybreak today. This
morning tugs containing 2S0 firemen
to replace the strikers came alongside
tne. Olympic ana were putting the new
men aboard when the seamen struck.
They declared they would not work
with nonunion met and promptly clam
bered over the ship's side Into th wait
ing tugs.
Captain Haddock appealed for assist
ance to the cruiser Cochrane, whose
commander boarded the steamer and
warned the crew that any of them
taking part in the strike after having
signed for the trip would be guilty of
mutiny. This had no effect on the sea
men who proceeded to 'shore.
Here they were met by a strong force
of police and placed under arrest on
the ground that their presence in town
under the circumstances might lead to
disorders. Later the strikers were
hauled into court.
When the helplessness of the Olympic
became known a steamer was dis
patched from here for Ryde to take off
the saloon passengers wno -were
brought here pending arrangements
for their transfer to other vessels.
Thre hundred first and second class
passengers of the Olympic volunteered
to act as firemen, replacing the
strikers. The captain thanked them,
while declining their services.
Distress Great.
Crowds of seamen and firemen
thronged the docks throughout the day
and many of these condemned the ac
tion of the strikers. The distress in
this port Is already great in conse
quence of the loss of so many heads of
families with the Titanic and today's
events will perceptibly add to the
hardships.
Later it was decided that the saloon
passengers of the Olympic would pro
ceed by train tonight to Liverpool,
where thev will embark on the Lusi-
tania which will sail for New York
tomorrow.
Trial Monday.
This afternoon the striking seamen,
who included six quartermasters, were
arraigned in police court at Ports
mouth, charged with mutiny. They
pleaded noli guilty and were remanded
for trial next Monday. The court
accepted bail for their appearance.
TUB MACKA.Y-BBXXHTT WITH
TITANIC DBAD BRINGS IN BODIES
Alamogordo $Ian Robbed of j Salazar, With 1000 Men,
$4000 in Sinaloa and Is j Leaves For Escalon; Oth-
Missmg.
APPEAL MACE TO .
. AMERICAN CONSUL
Masatlan. Mex.. April 20. (By Mall.)
This is the rendezvous of American
refugees right now, also of many of
the leading Mexican families. There
must be 150, at least of the former
here from as far north as the Cullacan
valley in this state. Some 2 Mexi
can families have coaae from the city
of Cullacan and one large mercantile
establishment lh- "Tnwi- t.t Ralutl
of Cullacan. shinned lt roods down J5:rk who recently was robbed of
here and oneneo nn for hmtiu& 1 ,eIt Sinaloa shortly after the at
woiif.x. N S.. April 2. To prevent
the crush of a morbidly curious crowd,
the militia department has acceded to
a request that the cable ship Mackay
Bennett on its arrival here with Its
j. .a.r jiivMr n.t the 2-un wharf.
ucou iu; .. . f...n. .. anA ntrmA infri Oiilf.M.
Thi is tne most careiuny guuucu - - . .......
lost liner was warned that she was in , mlutIf oroperty in the city and no vis-
here and oneneo us for business.
There arrived here yesterday by the
boat! "Carmen," 21 Americans and one
Englishman from the Cullacan valley.
They embarked at AJtata. the port
for the Cullacan valley, on the 17th
Inst, Among them were L. O. Tay
lor, who for nearly eight years was
editor of the Chihuahua Mex.. Enter
prise, and his wife; also L. E. Thomp
son and W. G. Hunt, representatives
of large Los Angeles interests in the
Cullacan valley. There were left at
Cullacan, Navolato and Yerbavito
about 15 Americans, among them R.
w. blendinnlng, assistant general man
ager of the -Sinaloa Land Co., and Ster
ling Lines, superintendent ot Nelson
Khoades' sugar factory at Navolato.
They all bad planned to leave on some
later boat from Port Altata or to seek
some place of safety. The last two
American women to come out were
Mrs. L. O. Taylor and a Mrs. Mason,
who were of the party of 22 who ar
rived here by the "Carmen" yesterday.
Rebels Take Cullacan.
Only meager news has been received
here from Cullacan, but it is certain
that the revoltosos (they areaotdlgni-
ne by the term Liberals oa this side)
begun entering Cullacan on the 17th
inst and that they took possession
of the city without resistance. Only
a small federal force had been sent
back there. It is said here this morn
ing that the revoltos had named at
Cullacan, Amado Zarzueta as provis
ional governor. It was reported iere
this moruig that 600 federal troops
were to be sent north to drive the rev
oltosos out of Cullacan; also that
120 federals were to come down from
San Bias and 200 from somewhere
else to join in the recapture of Culla
can. No one is foolish enough to think
that the federals will even attempt the
recapture of the state capital of Cul
iacan. Caliaeaa Looted.
Undoubtedly Cullacan was badly
looted for the revoltosos in this state
were and are of the very worst ele
ments. The Pacific Mexicans feared
them more than the foreigners did.
They did and do not care for any
principle in this revolution. They are
out for robbery and loot: first last and
all the time. It was reported about
Cullacan during the last few days that
Gen. Pascual Orozco had sent over a
man named Franco Into Sinaloa to try
to get the numerous revolutionary
bands in the state to come in under
his (Orozcos) leadership. This Is, per
haps, true, but the reports were that
Franco was having trouble with one of
the leaders. Pilar Quinteros. one of the
worst of the leaders, and that It was
the latter who precipitated the attack
Another
Bisbee, Ariz.. April 26. Conditions
along the west coast of Mexico become
more alarming dally, according to
refugees who told today of the fears of
friends of Virgil York, a wealthy min
ing operator, formerly of Alamo
gordo, N. M.. and ad American physi
cian now missing, that the two men
have either been killed or Imprisoned
by rebels.
Was Robbed ef S4BAA.
tack upon that cltv. aecomnanled bv
the physician, headed for the mining
town of San Jose de Gracias.
Appeal to Consul.
Their friends have not heard from
the pair since and fears for their
safety caused them to report the mat
ter to Americas consul Taylor at
Guaymas.
Consul Taylor has advised Americans
to go to centers of population or leave
the country.
ers to Follow.
CLASH IS EXPECTED
TO OCCUR SATURDAY
ZAPATISTAS LOSE
200 IN A BATTLE
Federal Advices Say Htrit-
zilac Fight "Was a
Rebel JDef eat.
Mexico- City, Mexico. April SS. The
retaking of Huitxilac, state it More
los, by federals last Monday, after an
artillery bombardment, cost the Zapa
tistas 200 men killed, according to re
ports received here today. The loss
of the federal troops is oficlally given
as eight men killed.
Reports from Nleves, in the depart
emnt of Zacatecaa, say that 150 reb
els have surrendered and accepted
amnesty.
Telegrams say San Bias, on the west
coast, is in danger of falling into the
rebel hands.
(By Phil McLaughlin.)
Jimenez, Mex.. April 2. The big
movement to the. south began this
morning with the sending of 1000 men.
under Gen. Salazar to take up head
quarters at Escalon. From there ex
ploration parties will be sent farther
south, followed by larger bodies.
Telegrams reaching here this morn
ing announced that the federals have
evacuated Bermejillo. returning to
within close proximity of Torreon.
-Bannors are current here that the
United States government -will recog
nise the belligerency of the rebels and
will permit the passage of arms and
ammunition across the border.
Gen. Orozco will take up permanent
headquarters at this place, where he
will direct the operations.
Mobilization of all troops between
here and Escalon is going rapidly for
ward and according to the officials, the
march on Torreon will be made In three
divisions today or tomorrow.
Torreon will be cut off from all out
side communication. Railroad bridges
and telegraphic communication will be
destroyed by small band near that city,
acting under orders from Gen. Orozco.
Clash May Oceur Saturday.
(By Associated Press.)
Jimenez. Mex, April 28. In the ab
sence of official declaration, it is Im
possible to state just when the long
threatened clash of rebels and federals
will occur, but Saturday. April 27, is
the date nine out of ten of the Liberals.
some of them close to Gen. Orozco. be
lieve will see the beginning of the ad
vance to the south.
Gen. Orozco will probably visit the
camps south of here tomorrow and he
and Gen. Salazar, who doubtless will ho
in direct command, will make their
final plans for closing in on the govern
ment army directed by Gen. TIctorlano
Huerta.
Expect Federal Retreat.
There is prevalent a feeling that tha
federals will not offer battle, but will
fall back on Bermejillo. Maplmi and
Torreon. Should they do so there Is
doubt if there will be any battle at aJL
The Liberals are not ignorant of the
fact that the government has placed a
Guaymas, Sonora. Mexico. April 26. 1 Orozco probably will adhere In tha!
i an interview, prefect Ramos states I cse,!5 hl? or!sflnal plan of beseiglng
PREFECT THINKS AMERICANS
I.N GUAYMAS ARE VERY SAFE Jquantlty of artillery at these points and
that
g
i the federals.
I Reports from Zacatecas. Jalisco and
Durango are that there are thousands
of men in that region ready to act un
der orders of the Chihuahua general
and with these added to the S0OO or
8090 who could be taken from this
state, would effectually starve into
.u omission the-loyal garrisons.
The forces between Escalon and
Rellano were augmented today by some
600 men under Gen. Liber ado Galablz
Generals Pninil an iama .
called here last night to confer
In
that he is positive that there is no dan
ger of an anti-American uprising in
Guaymas at the present time. The con
ditions here are materially different to
those in Sinaloa, as there are no rebel
bands in Sonora, and Guaymas should
have no fear whatever of the Yaquls,
as the Indians have never been known
to attack a town. Ramos says he con
siders it entirely unnecessary at this
time for Americans who have business
interests in Guaymas to be in the least
concerned about their safety.
WHO WOULD BENEFIT IN
CHANGING FORT ROAD?
the vicinity of dangerous ice, senator
William Alden Smith, chairman of the
senate committee Investigating the dis
aster, has summoned three important
witnesses.
They are J. H. Moore, captain of the
steamer Mount Temple, which passed
Ithln a short distance of the Titanic
when she was in extreme distress and
the captain and wireless operator of
the liner California, which sent the
warning. All will be put on the stand
today.
Summons were issued for the master
and operator of the Californian. while
announcement that captain Moore
ould appear, was contained in a tele
gram from acting premier Foster, of
Canada. Captain Moore's story prob
ably will k I .-j . r S.I- .
a ; v ucaiu nisi, iuj iiib suifj
, ""'to sail from St. John. N. B., late
memh W method of examining the
K v? "l i"e crew 01 me nianic nas
.. w '""'Pted to
nex i stn he oecunied M married in-
"nex is to be occupied by married in- j roosrviett kv; ttk mn x-nm
r-voi- hoonn,. marnhore f th n-Hnnnl I "" BI.T SALS UK DID A OT
homes for disabled olunteer soldiers,
Including the Battle mountain branch.
Ta Give Philippines Independence.
A fayrablp report was made to the
house todd Y the insular affairs com
irittee on representative Jones's bill
providing for the gradual taking of
the Philippine and roiiplete mdepend
tnee m 1921. The bill alstu. pro ided
tl'at th United States, beforp then,
will endearor to negotiate treaties for
neutralization.
iir.o i allowed within its precincts
unless tbeir business is made known
to the sentries. Only such as seek
admission for the purpose of Identifi
cation of the dead will be allowed with
in the limits of the property.
It is thought that the ship Is now
on her way and If not delayed should
reach here by, Saturday night.
HOISE OK LORDS TAKES UP
THE TITANIC CATASTROPHE
London. England. April 26. The
house of lords took its turn last even
ing in Questioning the government on
tbe senatorial inquiry at Washington
into the Titanic disaster. Earl Stan
hope remarked that the inquiry seemed
to have only two grounds of justifica
tion The first was that the steamer
company concerned was not altogether
r..i.r.i. .... ...Hv American.
oiiusa uut.
The only otner gruunu ms uasea on
terrible loss oi mtv
... . . "" iiit-ii air iiijAiu
" ineir hum.. ! r-a-i..j a .-,n...
tTrrt member of thp (Oinmittee e-- '
- jSX understood tl -xainlnation of,
f group -,-ith the intenlion nt releas-
SUPPRBSS TRUST REPORT. ! ,Mch. as had nothing of importance
oyster Bav. N. Y-. April 261 The talk i h. Vi" ' ".c committee, ine other will
about the "suppression of the report" I of theVe t1n J. s,and- T1, names
Is nonsense, said Col. Roosevelt in a I lie. be had were not made pub-
siaiement setting rortn nis connection ; Virtually u
.." ." j,. tho terrible loss or me,
Wtch. Tfir- . r-,.5." .iT'.n Karl Stanhope agreed that the Amer-
with the International Harvester com
pany case.
Col Roospelt asserted that at a
meeting wUh his caoinet. at which Mr.
Taft was present, it was decided that
the bureau of corporations be instruct-
(Contlnued on Page J. our.;
p entire nnv txrao o-K'bji
mm- tr .. . . . . z " r'-
, . Muesnoning ugneimo Marconi,
inventor of the wireHss teleeranh. and
neaa or the rinnrain pearlnsr ..l- nump. 1
-; !. titanic and the Carpathla
pipped with the Marconi appa
ratus. Harold T Cottam. the wireless
perator on the Carpathla, also was ei-amlned.
..1.1 Ka l.ft fk InA vAAJ
ii an inquiry w" " t,i;ui
snsp of the American people. rne
international relations between this
country and the United States, he said.
ere so friendly that no international
question could possibly arise.
BOY SCOUTS WILL AVEAR
MOURNING FOR COL. ASTOR.
New York, N. Y.. April 26. The ex
ecutip committee of the American
K Scouts, of which the late Col. John
Jacob Astor was vice president, de
cided todajr to send out an order no
tifvirR all troops of the American Boy
fc-couts "to decorate their colors, gui
dons am' side arms with crepe for 30
uas in memory of CoL Astor."
of the worst df these leaders of bands
is cmco vtuinteros, of Cobradtlla, in
the Cullacan valley. It was this
Quinteros who recently raided and
looted Navolato where Nelson Rhoades'
sugar factory is located. Immediately
after this latter ever.t federal troops
went to Navolato and then burned the
house of Chico Quinteros near Co
bradtlla. Anti-American Feeling.
The great fear of the Americans
and other foreigners, especially in the
Cullacan, valley was and is the anti
American feeling which was growing
among the people: that hunser was
imminent among the people of Culla
can city. There was practically noth
ing left there to eat three days ago
and there was no work going on in
the valley except at the Nelson
Rhoades snjrar plantation at Navolato.
That institution could not get in money
to pay help and was getting in corn
and beans to feed its people. A fam
ine was and is staring that entire val
ley in the face for there is not enough
to feed the regular population and
the hundreds of re oltoso robbers which
were daily increasing. There were no
mercantile stocks of importance, left
in Cullacan for the city's inevitable
fall Into rebel hands had been foreseen
for three months past.
Quiet In Mazatlaa.
Here in Masatlan all is quiet with
no communication of certainty except
by water United States consul Wm
Alger, had communication with Mex
ico City for a few minutes on the 18th
Inst. Consul Alger advises that In his
opinion Mazatlan is perfectly safe for
Rebuilding a present road or the con
struction of a new road to Fort Bliss
will be one of the subjects considered
bj the county commissioners at their
ireeting Saturday. The owners of Man
hattan Heights are urging the con
struction of the road through that new
addition. The horn- owners on Bliss
street and in Gov. rnment Hill -axe
fighting hard to prevent the road be
ing changed. The home owners on
Bliss street are signing up the follow
ing petition today, to be presented to
the commissioners tomorrow.
"We, the following home owners, re
siding on Bliss street, hereby petition
the honorable county commissioners to
make no change in the present drive
way to Fort Bliss, believing that tUe
army engineers who laid it out select
is carried onto the mesa through Man
hattan Heights It will twice cross the
track between the city and Fort Bliss
and will run through a section now al
most totally devoid of settlement. The
present road accommodations 25 or 30
home owners, who live upon Bliss
street, and at the same time serves a
community of a hundred or more otr.
home owners who lire near, on Tula
rosa. Cloudcroft and cross streets ed-r
of Piedras street. It also accommodates
the residents of Government Hill. wn
would be unable to reach anv rnaol
that might b constructed across t
upper mesa. There is everv argunr'
in favor of the present road if th
number of people to oe accommodated
is taken info consideration.
"As showing our interest in thp rr,a
tT- ma hA-AV.- - .. "
..., w ,tri-u, attiee to
ed as feaxlhlp rntlte a. noa.11,1.. an ' . lT' "V. "' i" '" " our na
knowing as'we do that The reonstruc: selected for the" nVw od iT u 11
tion of the p-esent road would benefit constructed alonjr Bliss street as at
more people, now residents of north- I present, the -ost t be aD -ortionori f
tenoEJ. ?aSO' n tUe ,bu,ldl"S ot I wording to t front feePt of proper
the road liir nv nthr fktlta . I rt.aaj i.. w - . !"& il
--- -.- ' - - , .rn if., -icn ci us. in tnp
IContinued on page 5.;
"We bouirht our lota and built our
homes on .this street, believing that it
would r-nnaln the recognized route be
tween Kdrt Bliss and the city of El
Paso: we; have nothing to sell, no un
improved 'property to enhance In value
by reason of the continuance of the
road whre it Is, but we believe as
borne owihers, we are entitled to more
consideration than property owners
who wouiid change the route of the
road, if posslble, that they might more
readily se 11 unimproved lots.
"By no other route than the present
cculd the, road be built to accommodate
as many Viome owners as It now serves,
and it tould be no more feasible In
Qr e t.trwf . !. a .tnn 11... . a .1......
1.. i'ii uiirtnun inr IVttU ootra
not crosfi the railroaj track and if it
manner that it is apportioned in street
pa-, lng throughout t city, and if vour
iiuiajir way cm ses to give tr s
consideration, we a.e confident fit
e can Induce those owning i.nimproie.l
property upon Bliss street to sgn an
agreement to pa for the paving alo
This petition has nly been presented
to home owners.''
Said one of the petitionees "Even if
there were no homes on Rliss street
and It was the desire to aecommod-ta
the greatest number of owners of un
improved property. Bliss street wou.a
be the logical one for the road as ..
property on this street is owned ' n
small pieces b many individual own
rs. while the Manhattan Heights r-oo-erty
13 owned by one corporation,'-