KILLED GIRL TEAC
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Thousands Fall in Furious Battle at Torreon
COMPLETE NOVEL
EACH WEEK
EVENING WORLD
"Clnnlmtion Book Open to AH."
"Circnlation Book Open to AH."
SCHOOLBOY TELLS HOW HE
FINAT
si EDITION.
PRICE ON"E CENT
4000 KILLED
SELL RAGING N TORREON
FEDERALS AT LAST STAND
Slaughter as Mines Are Ex
ploded Under Feet of Troops
and Guns Rake Ranks.
VILLA PUSHES ATTACK.
Huerta Troops, in Terror, Fast
Deserting and Others Cap
tured Are Put to Death.
Hi Tnltad rm.l
TOBKKON, Meslco. March 10 (I A.
M.) Fighting CM the possession of
Torreon It "till In progress. While
Oea. Francisco VUlaVg t'unstltutlonal-
let forces are gradually taking all the
Important poeltlone of the city, they
are meeting a resistance they did not
anticipate. The Ion of life on both
Idea will be enormous much greater
than In any other battle evor fought
on the soil of Mexico. Kully MM Fed
eral soldiers am dead, according to
Bebel leaders, and it l bsllsved as
many more have heen wounded. Ttie
Kebel losses are estimated to bo at
least MM killed.
nn. Villa's subordinate d'j nut be
lieve Oen. Kefuglo Velasco, Federal
commander, has more than 9,000 able
bodied men now In action.
When the Constitutionalist cap
tured Cnrru de la Cruz, early Sunday
the m at crushing blow of the wltole
i .imp:' i mi was delivered against the
Federals. The latter uhandoned :iil
v their artillery ami great stores nf
ammunll ton there, Some L-uns bad
lx.cn dlsuhled before the 1-Ydurala n
treated and much ammunition de
stroyed, but the reliels found many
i s..iis h' ill tit for use. Those were
f turned uon the small section of u.e
city still held by the Huertlstaa, ths.
rebel gunners using Federal ummu- i
Tiltloi Just captured.
With the loss of t'orro de la Cru
the now or or t tin Fedora li to dorn
age approaching Conatltutlonollot
forces was red Uced to B mlnitniim.
Hundreds of r'edoiula nave deserted
to the rebel oati n llla'i offlcsrs say,
Joining tit" Constitutionalist IvrOM
i on inking tii' ""Hi oi ollsgtonoo.
The Federal 0 IB OS 11 captured were
disarmed and sent to the rear as
prisoners. Home reports cay all huvej
been put to death.
H08PITAL8 ARE FILLED WITH
THE WOUNDED.
EL, PASO, TK.V, March JO. Har
rowing stories of the seven-day battle
In and grotlhd Toino.i were (Old li' i:
to-day b) psssengori from Chlhuo
bun, who bag their descriptions n
the report! mode by wounded Megl
tun, rsdsral and rebel soldiers
brought friili) IbS front to hospitals '
In Chihuahua.
More than liOO' wounded Constitu
tionalists are In Chihuahua hospitals '
end more are arriving daily. Hi sides I
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IN BATTLE
Saloon Porter Admits He Saw
Athlete Lying Helpless
for Hours.
Anthony Fuchs, who was arrested
to-day h Detei rives Thomas Phclan
and Von Twlstorn, on suspicion of
murdering Arthur J. Slevln in the
cellui of Costello ft Holes' saloon at
No. 637 sixth avenue, was committed
to the Tumbl this afternoon wlthosn
ball. Hlevln, who was a graduate or
St. Francis College, Montreal, and a
former athlete of note, wast found
dead In the cellar yesterday morning.
Fuc'ns was the porter of the sa!oon.
Detective I'lielnn found suspicious
tains on his clothing when he re. j
ported to work to-day and decided '
to arreat htm. He was questioned
for three hours In the saloon cellar
and was then subjected to a long!
examination ut Police Hesdquartere
prior to his s-ommltment to the
Tomb '
Throughout these ordeals Fuchs j
stuck to the story that he had oh
erved Hlevln lying In the cellar from
tl o'clock In the morning, when ho Mrs:
Went there, until shortly after )1 !
O l lock, when he ran to lohn Hoi.. -,
one of the proprietors, With word
that the young athlete was 'cad He
declared that hu had lUPPOSed Slevln
was sleeping off s Jag and bad on
served nothing wrong with blm until
the task of shaking down tba furnace
had caused him to step closer to him
INSISTS HE DID NOT NOTICE
THE WOUNDS.
Then lie found that his head had
been gashed Wltb an axe and his
leather belt knotted about his throat
so tightly innl the lontber pronged
Into the ttrsh. lie did no question
Dr. kind's declaration, when he was
called from New York Hospital, that
Hlevln nad been dead for throe or four
hours. He merely said that he had
not observed his wounds or the blond
which bud partly covered the floor,
since ho had'not koho near the body,
l ing T print experts examined the
axe. which was found near the body,
but found no marl s on It. Nevertho- I
less, i'uehs was charged Wltb homt- I
Ida ami Inter will be questioned '
Assistant i nst re t - Attorney gklnnor.
Mlevlll had told moo ..bout ' he ss- i
loon lie wan tho son of a wealthy
lioston man who had disowned him .
He hud been u salesman, but drink
had brought him down until he was
put out of his lodgings and worked ,
about the saloon at odd Jobs for his
food und the privilege of sleeping In ;
the basement.
lie had mentioned two girls, one
name Helen" and stiother named'
"Kose," but the police do not under- I
stand how lealousy UOUld have had
anything lO da with the. crime. Post
.-arils in his pockets may laud ti a
learlns up of this part of the inys-
tery.
FELL DOWN AND DOWN TO THE
LAST DEPTHS.
According to the story hu had told,
his first job was for the Cudaby
Packing Company In Bolton. He ac
quired a taste for drink and lost h'-g
ob nitd the affection ol his family.
Af'er corulttg lime he worked for thai
KdlgOli company for i time, but aga;n
drink drugging bltn lown. Tboltnttwo
.vee'.s ot his lift bt slepi in the inioon
l.sr.
t'tie dei I iran was a ftort of .1. I.
S'ovm ui n hs a nhalP "f baioei
. nops in Ho in. Ho tpokf trench '
gild other foreign lanKuacs, and
through his knowladgs of ntnlotlns
had met a n.tmber of New York
uportlng writers, for whom he often I
did srranos. 1
SUSPICIOUS STAINS
FOUND ON SUSPECT
IN CELLAR MURDER
IW frm
lerk Wsrtt)
mBL
loALou 5tUKtlAKY
OF STATF FflR WAR
VI Willi L I VII II I III
Col. Seely Resigns and the;
Prime Minister Performs
Clever Coup.
HOUSE GIVES OVATION.
Sir John French and Gen.i
Ewart Formally Give Up
Their Commissions.
IiONDON, March SO. Premier An
quith performed a olever political
coup to-day when be accepted the
resignation of Col. J. E. B. Beely,
Hecretary of War. appotntsd himself
to the position mads vacant by Col.
Heely, and then resigned from the
House of Commons. While acting
as Secretary of War he will continue
to not sa Premier.
Tho full significance of the move
did not occur to the opposition until
the Premier bsvd left the House of
Commons after making his announce
ment. He will now seek re-election
to the House from Eust Fife, his
oonstltusncy In Scotland.
If he Is returned by his own people
as doubtless he will be It will be
aken as an Indication that the cause
of the U eminent hss the sanction
of the people. I nst end of the whole
ministry resigning and going before
the country the Premier, represnnting
the ministry, goes before his con
stituency alone and asks for endorse
ment. PREMIER'S ACTION MET WITH
WILD APPROVAL.
The unexpected manner In which
thu Premier met the opposition's at
tempts to overthrow his government
as a result of the army tangle threw
the coalition forces Into a frenzy of
excited approval, even though As
qulth did announce that Field Mar
shal Sir John French and Uen. John
Spencer Ewart had stood firm In
their Intention to resign.
Failure to placate these officers fol
lowing tho repudiation or the War
Cnun. il note to tjen. i nigh giving a
guarantee that his troops would not
be expected to Dgbl l ister mads
drastic action to save the CgblnSl
nscssgnr)
In announcing Mini king (Jeorge
had signed ills approval of his as
sumption of the War port folio. Pre
mier Asqulth concluded:
"I have taken the law to the high
est legal authorities to obtain their
opinion, and all the lawyers nre
agreed that I must resign Pom the
Houue of Commons. I therefore,' In
a x'ordencc with the law, retire front
the House until m ronstltusnta ibnii
have Kiven their approval of my sc.
(Sptuncs ot this ollice."
In a brief personal statsmenl Col.
Heely told lbs House IhsrS was no
difference be'wcen himself und his
(ol lea tides In the t'ablnet on any
point of policy of prinOiplS. lie suld
he hail preseed Ids resignation lie
cause there appeared, although such
was not his Intention, to have been a
bargain with the army officers re
gnrdltlg the service they would ren
der to the Crown. Neither had ;-tir
John French run Sir John Kwftrl the
Intention of ninking such a bnygsin,
FRENCH AND EWART FELT IT
NEEDFUL TO RESIGN.
Col . iy -.aid be did not wonder,
however, that lbs House hud resented
the idea that there should have been
such a bargain The.-.- iwo ornccrs
had In these ie ullaily Ironical cir
cumstances felt It to be their duty to
resign an 1 ll was clearly tho duty of
lbs Sei reiary of War to do lbs mini"
in older that it might never appeal
thai a Minister of the Crown had
mane a bug n with Crown lervunis
regarding what should ba done
AttdfSW ll"iiar LgWa legtloj or thi
Opposition, thOUgbl it WUUid Im im
possible in proceed wnii tin Irish
Home Ittila bill in lbs s use nee of His
Premier, but Piemiei Asquilh r"
msrked that be would be at hand It
sCoskiaausd on nsoonu
NEW YORK, MONDAY, MARCH 30, 1914.
Rapid Fire Gun on Train Car
Used by Rebels at Torreon
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COUNSEL FOR GUNMEN
ASKS FOR A REPRIEVE !
Calls ;n Executive Mi ui-ion With
Application w hen ivemor
i- Not ai Home,
ai.can If, Uaroli so, Kiiriiial sppll
cntlon for corumutntinn "f the death
sentences or u rnpriuvs or the four
gunman wns tiled al the Biscutlva
CiMmnsr to-day by thali counnsl, H.
L Krinvjle
The (ioi'ernor was nol pTSMnl when
Mr. KrlnglS ailed
With the S4pllcatiun wna u.e peti
tion of Isn Jurors inking that lh"
Hia he grant d until ths nuteoms
of fierier Polii e 1,1. UtSMM Keek
er's second trial.
I. W. W. "RAID" A BOOMERANQi
After lliey had consumed $lUi worth
r food in ih Unfnyette restaurant, No,
ill l.iiia).tti street, i""ta.v four men
tendered msnl llckel lo Abraham
Lessnian, ihe proprlstor, lessman r -fussd
to aoespl 'i"' ttrknt, declaring
hey had no rlghi to it although fi
hole I." pami l called Policeman
keiiy und tin iuartel was arrested
Ths men save ti,. ii names ss Msrshsll
Martin. Joseph lirown and wllilani
Hlmroak. all ni No, 113 ilrand street,
ind William llossman of No u-i i.i
drldgi sti'ssi
i. iv, VV. no oihei i,ip asrds and liter
ninri were found on nil or tin men,
snd s'hen taken befon Maaiatrsie Hevy
in I'sntrt Htrcoi Court iney said ihvy
ad r and th' meal Uckel
"Voii heal au huilnfss with ll," ia
lured the Mar:, ii.it. Two Uollnr'
sash "
All i UrtlL" laid ihe I IV w .,
ndlh. hill i.i thu ntseis tu MnVoi
e e e.e e s s s e s s e s e e s e-e s
AUTO, WITH HURT CHILD,
WRECKED BY TROLLEYCAR
Owner Taking I iuie One, wiio
VN'.i Struck, to Hospital When
New Accident Occurred.
Albert J. Schw ar.h r, a weiltliv
Irons contrnotori came near losing
ill life tO-dAy, and did lo;. his Ida
touring i'ur while peed ins with llttlo
Qensvleve Miller, isn years old, of
J No. 4U3 Boat Ons Hundred I id I'lity
third street, to Lebanon Hospital,
The child had been struck hy n mud
rguord oi the nutomobils .it Melrose
avsBtis mid Ons Hundred tud rifty
i si tit Htrcet. Mr. ktobwarsKr plckud
In i up, piatisd her In th" mac hoi.'
and startesVf"! tho hospital villi in
On the wT he stupped to Inform
puirolman Mnlons "r tie tceidcni
'!'h- policeman ot in the ir and h il
lbs ntth girl in hi arms
liaf ting "Ho a i rims .ill- -i t Mi
I Hnhwaraisr pui on full sp id, mi
I ni n t rlsd to cut in ahead ,,f , ti d
Is) cor in Third avenue, h did not
quits make a und the at smosho.l
Into His machine, crusblnN I, against
I ha elevated pillars. At iut n was
I thought lhal every one in the ma.
thins w a Imdl) hurl pf killsd, an I
an ambulance w:us lummouod from
i.. i am -n Hospital. Moth the ownvi i
the machine and ths pollneman
.i i a ' l wiiho ui a scratcn. i'oor Iltli
iillckleve WSS III' only oil" tn tie
iiuii. bul an eganiiuatlon showed
hul "! ' had shared In the gone ll
'd lucii. f"i- her Injuries er- mere
i bruise, ri.c.-e hurts 'ei dress.il
nnd lue 1 1. iid was token nonm b bsi
imithsr,
Tim nutomobils was cumplsiel)
wrsoksd.
16 PAGES
WILSON REJECTS
DUDLEY F. MAlJONE 1"" 1 ,"LLLU ' """"-
mm JO GET REVENGE FOR
'My Own Tongue Is My
Mouthpiece," His Comment
on Attack on Glynn.
WASHINGTON, Msreh 30.
President Wilson wss ssksd to-
dsy If Dudley Field Mslone had
spoken for the Adminiitrsfffon
when he expressed opposition to
Gov. Glynn's recent sppointmsnts
in New York. The President re
plied that the only "mouthpiece"
of the Administration wss his
own tomjoe. snd that he did not
intend to reflect on Mr. Mslone'e
uttsrsnces, but merely wished to
indicsts that ths views sxprssasd
were individual and not inspired.
Mayor Ifltehol tn-day condemned
the notion of 'iov. 'ilyun for giving
! tho mnjor portion of his state np
polntmsnts to men affiliated with
Tammany Hall.
"As a Democrat who wishes to sss
jan Independent, self - rsspsotlng.
Iionoralde arid iruKi'eHslve party, as
contrasted with the old party of
which Murphy ami his friends nre
the leaders, I have great reirretM over
tns major portion of Oov Olynn's I
State appointments." sold Ihe Mayor.
"Dt 1 wish it distinctly understood,
uiui now spews ns n pis in, every
day Democrat who has the intsrssti
of hil patty at in ail 1 dl not wish
lo Hgurs in Huh si an official M)
opinion of the Qlynn appointments
are merely those or a private rltlsen.
CONCEDES RIGHT OF GLYNN TO
MAKE APPOINTMENTS.
"Of Bourse, Mr Qlynn is Ihe iov-
rrnor of the Stale nnd he him I right
to 'make whatever apti'dntioents h
less nt. i
motives ii.
lo urn even question his
making those appoint
mcntH. Tint tboae to; ; olii'ineiits do
not represent th" hem Interest I of the
progrcssivi Psmocwy New Iforlt."
"What do you think or Qov, Qlynn
as thi Ii adi r of the Issmoorntl pirty
in He UtotsT" He Mayor was ssksd.
Mr Miti led laughed,
"i want to he ssoussd from oniwsr
log that nunsi Inn ju- now," mid ths
Mayor.
"You have said th tl you i re grlstrsd
over Hi" mnjor portion of Qov,
lynn's appointments, Can you spe.
riry one appointee and himi your
reasons for opposition to hnu'.'" the
Mayor w as oskod,
"I have said I sm cppotcJ la
o.ott of Hi? sppuiritmeots." said
ths Mayor "hut at the same time
I cannot take in cl them up and
sluts my oppoiitcin. It scemi to
me that no particular purpose
would bs ssrviri by my ooinj 10,
st this time at lStt."
! II is Igld Hi" Mayor partly I, lames
Qov. Qlynn for the failure of the pas
sags of ths Polles bills.
RllV Kll I m
DISGRACE AT SCHOOL
mm
17-Year-Old Pupil Tells, According to
District-Attorney, How He Lured
Young Woman to Scene
of Murder.
FATHER OF VICTIM SHAKES
PRISONER'S
Gianini Tells Where He Threw
Wrench With Which He Slew
Miss Beecher on Lonely Road.
LITTLE FALLS. N. Y.. March 30. Jean (iiaruni. iintbr nrresri far
j the murder of Mb LyrJgj Bdddier,
found beaten and stabhed lo death
fessed his guilt, nv-cording to District-Attorney Farrell.
fjianini siys in his confession, which vns made Saturday and dis
closed tn-day, that he had iskdd Miss lleecher to go with him to see hfa'
parents in regard to his reinstatement in the Poland High School, from
1iioh he hud len expelled at the young woman's instigation. He told
iter , ik: Mjrs, iii.it nfsj vvcic ai i i
homt.
FACTORY FIRE DRIVES
Workers Also Escape Hurriedly
h um I Maze in the ( ias
I luiiso District.
Dense, stifling smoke from a fire
In the factor) Of P It Mitchell iVm-
psjiy at Noa. (0 and 11 Ksst stovsn-
,,., , ,.,., f ,h ,,,,
dWrtct, ,BV1 , , tenement
houses in Avenue ll between Hevon
lei nth and Klghtoenth streets this nr
lernoon and drove hundreds of wo
man and children li, panic to the
street. The blaas wus confined to I hi
building in which ii originated.
The p it. mii inn t torn pony man
ufactures curled i.air. pickings, feather
down und materials for bedding mil
I powi
it occupies s four-story build
In ut Hsvonteenth itreel addresi
Md k two-story building adjoining In
.h. rMr ma racing on Kosl Risrhtssnth
street.
Th" Hi. started in a sp rac io.an on
the third iiom ami spread so rapidly
thai the iwsnty-flvs girls at..i Rftssn
ni",' employed iii ihe piacs abandoned
their COOtl and hats In V rush for safe
ly Hy I hi time the first snglHSg ar
rived the lower tbrss HOOTI re ihla.e
und 'ii i t Morrison or Bnglns iu
tin ned In a Second nlarm
This brottglll IWO llrolsiala and
wltb their al l thu lire was IrOWItSd
out The loss is estimated hy Mr.
Mitchell at III
DifSCtiy to the east of th factory
nre Mg tanks of the Con "llda'Md
Has Company winch were nihd with
una. Tin gas wag nun kiy piped off
to tanks In Bighlssnth street ami
Nineteenth ttrsst lo ovoid ths rtingsr
of on ssploolon,
STEAMSHIPS SAILING TO-DAY.
K. Wm. dcr Crost. Bremen. .10 A. M.I
Indian Prince, Srssil 3 P. M.
PRICE ONE CENT.
TFAPNFD
HAND IN CELL.
the young school teacher who wis
in the woods near Poland, has con
snnimusG auuui n.ui .1 nine oevonu ins
Before their arrival Miss lleerher
become frightened, he sold, und in
sisted upon returning. Qlonlnl d
olnros he then hit her with a wrench
which he hod concealed In Ids pocket
und knocked her down. Then he
heat her. stubbed her several times
wllh n knife, draKKod her body Into
ths bushes, went home and to bed.
The body of the murdered girl wss,
to-day taken by her parents to their
hntjiK In Kennett, I'ayusa County,
wlnro funeral services will lie bold
lo-morrnw lb-fore hli departure nor
father, tin I lev a. W, Beecher, vis-
l Hid (llanlnl'a Ijihcr to offer him
mpoth) and consolnUni
"1 cannoi liellevu my son is Kuiity,"
said tin- elder Qlonlnl, "but If lis Is
I'd ruther bo in your place than
mine."
This mornlni? Itev. A. W. Beechor,
father of the murdered gtri, called at
Hje Herkimer Jutl to see the slayer of
his daughter, The clcigynuta put
out his hind and there wus o warm.
handclasp bstwssn ths two.
"lean, there Is one oiinstlon I wont
to ask you Did I.I la walk up the
lull wllh you?" asked the preacher.
The boy quickly returned.' "Vee. I
told lo r thai my father bad built a
m v house up there. Hhe suld, 'Well,
I srtll write your father.' "
Tin nvstSstlion ended abruptly.
lie hoy showed absolutely no
u""'
Th" "v idenco against ths youth was
presented to
tho Orund Jury this
aftsmoon.
District-Attorney Kurrell and Cars
tier Huyi k an u result of some time
-pent with lbs boy's companions hove
ohtnlnsd from one of them ao aftt
, davit, sworn to before a Justice of ths
Peace, In which be asanrts
Qlonlnl attempted to have him
In the murder of the school
snd later the two boys wars to
tho -if" In the Union Store at Poland.
This boy, Hrulnerd Wilt, elshtosss
years old, ab.iulutely refused to he
come a party to thu plot, ho swore.
Miss Itcechers effort to
young i ilanlnl from hla path of :
rlglhlllty may have hear, the Indirect
emmo of her murder. In the opinion
or Herkimer County authorities. Ths
young school teacher, tbo daughter of
the Itev and Mrs. WlUlom A.
; or riennett, Cayuga County, ho
sWvgrl years Imbibed a deeply
lous spirit and planned to quit
teaching this year and offer herself ns
I a Presbyterian missionary hi