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ather Tells
How Carranza
Men Slew Son
Frequently Called Upon to
Defend Homes Against
the Raids of 8oldiei>.
Senate Committee Hears
I Attacked U. S. Officers
J
Somali Declares Husband
and Party Were Robbed
and Thon Murdered
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By Wilbur Forrest
EL FASO. Tex., Feb. 4.?The grimy
rar of the H'R Bond district of Texas,
uhieh was proceeding with Mexican
g?gjession durihs the darkest hours .
0f the European struggle in 1917 ami
jll8 began ' ?? fold here to-day be?
fare the Senat? committee investigat
- ? Mexico.
Xhrerwhclmed with European war
new?. possibl> not one American in?
10,000 real ed that while Americans in ?
that district had sent their sons to
geht the Germans, fathers and
younger brothers were called upon to
?jght foi tl - I ?", ; - and property on
.'.;,. Amei can soil, described by tho
??at curvi of the Rio Grande River,
*Mt of El Paso. This condition con-'
. . unt . American troops wore .'..-.
tfched from European destinations in
goch numbers as to patrol the entire
???si ?;,-? . ? . ten fight off the ?n
? ?
; ? |jrs1 B e Bend w itness before the
Senate o n m tti was Edward W.
Xf- il e, xr\ ? two years ago was a pros
perous rancher. To-daj he operates a
small rest iran! at Marfa, '?'ex., the
army h< ' ? " ' ' ' ? Big Bend dis?
trict. N'evilh ' type of border
American, ' his story in even
tones, altho gl ??> a recitation of a
tJiril] <_-. un ?? battle resulting in the
death of ! " N ? Ho, his eighteen
year-old ?on. Ne1 ? related the pur
cbas< of ? uill rai ??'?? in the western :
Big B< nd I . in 1917. "On March
25, 1918," ? 1, "I h :': on horseback ;
to pay sonn b Us and transact business
? \ .?: M rn ?hero I met severa!
Amener- lid ?" -? who told me of re?
port- tl ?' ? "- ' ? '? band had crossed
the R o ? ; : u ai d was raiding on the
Ameri tained that this
hand wa? ? ' nity of my ranch. \
and left Vai H< - immediately, rcach
ng tl ' ? ' '? ? ' iwn.
Finds His Son Dead
"Glcni , on, lia.) heard nothing
about thi ra ? rs. As we talked in the
ra? ird men approaching.
Xhej . the M< xicans. There
?v. r of them. Taking
cover : uildings, thi y opened
ning I u-"1 down my
V the wall and Glenn
.'? ' '
"VI - : ?mod tl c lii ing and killed
The fighting con
. " il 3 :"" in the morn
'"?.'?'?was low,
i it; ido. ? was ready
anted t 3 save < ilenn, and
to) ; jo to the hill nearby and
? ?
"We par' d. ai ?'. ! got into a ditch
? ? ? f a i , but t oward dayl i ghl when
the " .;. - had - topped shoot ing I
? ke<l v a; I vard thi hill to see
ii 1 could find my boy.
"Al out ? ?me Troop (?, United
States i h y, had arrived, and I re?
turned to the house. Glenn was lying
in froi f the ous< with his head
beat) :: ? a pulp.
Ameriran Soldiers \re Attacked
Answi r ng questions by Senator Smith,
?-. i that he recognized at least'
ave of the assailants as Carranza so!- i
diers to whom he had talked a week
previously.
"But," he added, "they are always for
Viih oi ' arranza, or whoever has con?
trol i n Mi :. i< an side. At this t me
Carrai was in control over there."
ihc witness continued, declaring that
Colonel Langhorn, commander of the
-?>- United States Cavalry, arrived j
? fter the appearance of Troop'
G and trailed the Mexicans across the i
Rio Gra
( olon Lai ghorn is now in El Paso
and is scheduled io testify before the
Senate committee to-morrow.
'??'. ? ;-. o ti tified of tin crossing
of fift; ( arran/.istas in No
vi I r. 1917, to attack an American
ant, thi American soldiers, hi?
? ho were watching the
"1 ? American side hear
Carrai rs frequently cross
?? ? : '. ? ?? a nd kill livestock. ;
' ? ? - Ni ?? sold his ranch i
another American, who
found it too dai gero - and got out.
Says Husband Was Murdered
Mrs. James Carney, whose husband:
was a pi pei is American contractor:
in Mexico ' to chaotic condi- ?
tici the death of her hus
bai ? : several other Americans. Her
hu^bar.-i lo I irg? sums of money in i
Mi . ures in 191-1, the wit?
ness said, and they left Mexico. He re-;
tur:. : ? Mi xico il 1915, she related,
as sup< tendent of a construction J
company near 1 lurango.
A 1 Americans in Durango were;
warn? I : the American government to I
depart, . , dared, and about fifty, re?
futed ? - ?,:' transportation by Mexi
- lUtl ? es, started to walk to
safety, rhe group in which her hus?
band -'. aa ing i a nevi ?: been
Mrs. < 'ai ney said. Sue
? el evi I they were robbed and
? : > n d. Tl e widow is now employed
ger for the Western Union
i . raj i ompany in El Paso.
The ca? ?: timidation of wit?
nesses ? committee continues
Tiffany & Co.
Fifth Avenue &37I3Street
Pearls Diamonds Jewelry
Silverware Stationery
hero. "Kl Nacional," a Mexican news?
paper published in LI Paso, to-day
printed a dispatch from Mexico City
purporting to show that the Senate
committee had attempted to force Mex?
icans to testify against their country,
and that the Mexicans had persistently
refused to do mi. The names of three
"so persecuted" were cited.
Mi xicans were advised by the news?
paper that if they were "suffering"
from this cause thev should make im?
mediate representations to the nearest
Mexican consul.
"El Nacional'" also published a
lengthy editorial attacking reports ap?
pearing in The New York Tribune re?
garding conditions in Mexico. The edi?
torial took particular exception to an
opinion voiced in The Tribune that the
forthcoming presidential elections in
Mexico would not be affected by the
voice of the Mexican people, and in
contradiction to this belief declared
that Presiden; Carranza was determined
that the people of Mexico should "be
left free and unmolested to vote as
*hey please," and to this end had
started an energetic campaign against
Mexican rebels in the North and South
of Mexico.
Convicts Turned Dugout
into ?High Art' Gallery
Two Sinji Sing Prisoners Tell'
W arden of Experiences Dur?
ing 54-Hour "Burial"
Alfred Fripdlander and Percival Mc
Ponough. who attempted to escape from
Sing Sing Prison by hiding in a dug?
out they bad constructed in the yard
of the institution., were brought yester?
day to Warden Lawes's office, and,
sheepish and crestfallen, told him the
story of their lifty-four-hour/ self
burial.
The men wer? drugged from their
dugout Tuesday night, after the whole
prison hail been- searched for them
again and again. They had made the
underground chamber as comfortable as
possible for themselves, even going -o
far as to bang pictures on its wall-.
Friedlander had a photograph of him?
self, his mother and brother and an?
other of his sweetheart,. McDonough
went in heavily for "high art." and dec?
orated his side of the dugout with pic?
tures of girls in bathing suits and less.
The men tob! Warden I.awes that.
they bad been busy digging the hole
each Saturday afternoon and Sunday
since December 1. The hole was shield?
ed from -.lev. by the coal pile, tine man
dug, while tin1 other stood watch. They
would not say what they did with 'in
dirt excavated.
"It was dark as midnight in the hole,"
Friedlander said. "The time passed
slowly, believe me. When the whistle
blow the dinner signa! we knew it was
noon. When it blew for quitting time
in the shops we knew it was 4 o'clock."
Warden Lav.es has not yet fixed the
penalty he will impose on the two men.
Friedlander can be compelled to serve
four more years on his term and Mc?
Donough twelve more.
Trouper Leg Skirl Appears
Paris Model* Are Held to Shoe
Tops by Straps
PARIS, Feb. 1. Daring Oriental
suits of lustrous gold and silver tis
tuos ending in trouser legs, which ar?:
held close to the shoe tops by straps,
sometimes embroidered in precious
stones, passing under the wearer's in?
steps, are features in display of sum?
mer models in Parisian modistes' par?
lors. Some models coyly veil the trou?
sers with filmy materials.
Recent rumors that, tight lacing was
to be restored to favor have proved to
be erroneous. In fact, little, if any,
corseting will be needed next summer,
except by stout women. The length of
street dresses being shown is about
the same as that most in vogue last
full, but the hem is narrower.
Bright textures will appear in many
of the most popular creations, and pat?
terned materials will be featured by
some of the more famous houses. One
of the most popular models will show
a flounce effect and a tight underskirt
of jade green. A smart little packet,
with gorgeously embroidered lining,
has been given the stamp of approval
in some of the more exclusive shops.
Time U.S.ReliefWorkers
Slain by Syrian Brigands
?v y c?
Official Dispatch Fails to Give
Names; Victims -May Be Na?
tives, Mr. Vickerv Savs
WASHINGTON', Feb. 4.?The murder
of three American relief workers in
Syria was reported to-day to thl State
Department. The Americans were part
of a convoy for American relief sup
plies, and were killed by brigands on
February 1 near El Mali, north of
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? Aleppo. The names of the Americans
j were not given in the dispatch.
The relief expedition was under the
; auspices of the American Committee for
j the Relief of the Near East, the hcad
i quarters of which is in New York.
Official notification of the killing or
the Americans was given by General
Gouraud, the French High Commis?
sioner at Beirut, to American Vice-Con?
sul McCutchoon at Beirut. General
I Gouraud formally expressed his regret.
The three members of the American
' relief convoy slain by brigands near El
. Mali, north of Aleppo, on February 1
! may have been natives and not Ameri?
cans, according to C. V. Vickery, sec?
retary of the Near East Relief Com?
mittee, in Xew York, who yesterday
: cabled Major James Nicol, in charge of
the relief work at Beirut, for details.
Much of the transportation of food,
clothing and other supplies, he said, is
! done by natives in the employ of the
committee.
Mr. Vickery said the organization hau
approximately 500 American workers in
the Near East, and that it should be
understood conditions in Aleppo ?nd
other cities are safe.
Army Awards 'Largely
Informal,'Says Spaulding
I WASHINGTON. Feb. 4. Award of
! Distinguished Service Medals was
1 "largely informal," Colonel Thomas M.
Spaulding, of the War Department
awards board, said to-day before the
, House committee investigating army
awards.
Communications suggesting medal
i awards would often come from Secre
I tary Baker's office, he said, with pen?
ciled notations, "What about this?"
. or "Anything to this?" Many were re?
ferred directly to the board without
goine; to Mr. Baker, he added.
Asked concerning the ?ward of the
Distinguished Service Medal to civil?
ians, Colonel Spaulding said that in
one instance, that of James Flaherty,
supreme knight, of the Knights of Co?
lumbus, the award was made by Sec?
retary Baker. The request for a suit?
able citation carne to the board, he said,
with a newspaper clipping of a speech
by Mr. Baker.
Colonel Spaulding said that the
board had-been requested several times
to write citations when "Secretary
Baker was about to rush for a tram
to make the presentations."
Bryan indorsement Sought
FARGO, N. P.. Feb. 4.?A resolution
indorsing W. J. Bryan for the Presi?
dential nomination and instructing
North Dakota delegates to vote for
him in the National Convention was
introduced in the Democratic State
Convention this afternoon by E.. A.
Fulkerson, of Churck's Ferry.
It was referred to the committee on
resolutions.
Short Day Increases
Product of Women,
Says Mrs. Kelley
I Feminine Workers Camiol
Endure Strain of Long
Hours ami Output Suffers ;
English War lest Cited
It i^ "silly" to argue that n short?
ened workday for womon and minors
| means a reduced output, Mrs. Florence
Kelley, general secretary of the N'a
I tional Consumers' League, declared yes
! terday in an address before the local
i branch of the league, meeting at the
Cosmopolitan Clubv
? Women and children "simply can't
j stand the gaff" of a prolonged work
? day. as men can, she said, and she
! brought the experience of England
I during the war to bear as an argument
j for shorter hours for factory and shop
employees.
"Health insurance," Mrs. KclleV said
"is the acid test of relative strength ol
, men and women. When the laws wen
?passed in England the actuarial calcu
] lations assumed equal sickness rates
; for both sexe?. This proved so great at
! error that at the outbreak of tlio wat
, the government fund became bankrup
?and Parliament was forced to gu?rante?.
the deficit caused by increased mor
bidity among women workers."
Deprecate Opposition to Bill
The Foley bill for an eight-hou
workday for women and children fac
: tory and shop workers, whicli is nov
?before the state Legislature for th>
i tenth consecutive year, Mrs. Kelle,
?said. is. "like all legislation of tin
; character, meeting with unusual diffi
i culty this year-because of the silly cr
? that if you shorten the working da
you reduce the product, just at a lim
when the whole world need.-; evcrythin
, that can be produced."
The Supreme Court of the 1 ' 11 ? t ? ?
?States and courts of last resort ?n N'c
Yorw, Mas-aeuhsei is. Oregon, Ca!
fornia, Michigan, Ohio and oijicr in
portant industrial states have uphel
?Statutes shortening tho work d^y (
?adult women. Mrs. Keile,- said. Sh
declared that briefs tiled by M
, Brand?is before he was made a men
her of the Supreme ('our' showed thi
, reduced hours under present cond
tions of "speeding up" in industry ten
to higher production because of tl
steadier work performed :n\t\ tl
greater vigor of women employees.
Other speakers were: Ordway Tea
of the Bureau of Industrial Researc
'and Nolle Swart/, chief of the Dures
of Women in tndusty of the State li
dustrial Commission, on "The Minium
Wage," and Dr. John B. Andrews, >
the American Association for Labi
Legislation, on "Health Insuran
Legislation."
League Indorses Legislation
The lcasue adopted a resolution v
faffirming its indorsement of the mir
mum wage, eight-hour day and heal
? insurance bills now liefere the Legi
Nature or to be offered at this sessii
Mrs. Frederick N'athan was elect
an honorarj president of the loi
?league, which celebrated its iwenl
I ninth an r. ?versa r\ yesterday, and the
other officers were elected: Miss Ai
| Aldrich, .president: Mrs. F-'crcj Jac
son, first vice-president; Mrs. Ilann
Dunlap Andrew-, second vice-pre:
dent; Mrs. Landreth King, treasure
: Miss Mary P. Herter, correspondit
secretary, and Mrs. Herbert B. Shop
: recording secretary. A new board
directors of forty members also w
! elected.
$1,000,000 Needed Here
For Immigration Plan?
Hampton Finds Many Addition?
Necessary to Put Station
on Proper Basis
Allied Hampton, Assistant Commis?
sioner General of Immigration, con?
tinued his investigation of Ellis Island
yesterday, accompanied by Bvron II.
Chi, Acting Commissioner. He re?
turned to Washington last, night after
expressing the belief that at least
Sl.ooo.unn would be required to put the
immigration service in New York back
upon a pre-war basis.
"Whatever the cost," said M. Hamp?
ton, "it will have to be met, for taking
care of the immigrants is one of the
government's compelling duties. ? do
not believe thai there is a spirit of par
i simony prevailing anywhere in govern?
ment circles which would fail to meet
; the cost of handling the. tide of immi?
gration, no matter how heavy its flow."
Eighty inspectors were needed before
the war to handle the incoming tide of
foreigners. At. least that many will be
needed from now on, ?t was pointed out
yesterday, lu It'll these men received
from $1,400 to $2,000 a year. They will
have to he paid a considerable advance
over this wage scale now if the depart?
ment is to get the same caliber men.
(it Ihm- employees on Ellis Island, ste?
nographers and the like, must be hired
at pay above the pre-war rates.
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"Parsifal" With English Text
General Manager Giulio Gatti
Casazza announced yesterday that
Wagner's "Parsifal," with English text
by Henry Edward Krchbiel, will be
restored to thi' Metropolitan Opera
Company's repertoire at a special mat
? ?nee Thursday afternoon, February 19,
beginning at. 1:30. The cast will
inc'.ud" Clarence Whitehill as Am
fortas, I.eon Rothier as Gurnomanz,
Orvillc Harrold as Parsifal, Margaret
Matzenaucr as Kuudry, and Adam
Didur as Klingsor.
The opera has been rehearsed and
will be conducted by Artur Bodanzky,
: The scenery and costumes have been
designed by .Joseph Urban,
Mixs ^largolies in Recital
Mollic Margolies, pianist, displayed
an agreeable and good musicianship at
: her rectail in Aeolian Hall yesterday
? afternoon. Her interpretations were
no more original or interesting than
those of many of her contemporaries,
j but she kept well within the laws of
correct piano playing, which unfortu
liately cannot always be said of the
young people to whom a New York re
I citai is indispensable. Her program
included Litsz's Sonata in B minor, and
pieces by Bnch, Gluck, Schubert, Amani,
Ganz and Chopin.
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Council Accepts \
Big Church Union |
Plan Tentatively!
Leaders in Movement Say
Less Opposition Has Been
Expressed on MergerThan
Was Expected bv All
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 4. The plan
j of union of all the evangelical
I churches in the United States as pro
posed by the ad interim committee was !
tentatively adopted to-day by the
inter-church council of organic union.
Certain portions of the plan and sev?
eral amendments were referred to the
committee on plan, which is to report
to the council to-morrow when final
action is expected to be taken.
Leaders in the movement, including
Presbyterians, Episcopalians, Metho?
dists, Congregationalists and others of
the thirty denominations represented,
expressed satisfaction with the prog?
ress made to-day and declared that
less opposition to the proposed union
has been expressed than was antici?
pated.
Dr. Joseph A. Vance, of'Detroit, rep?
resenting the Presbyterian Church in
the 1'nited States, emphasized the need
for organic union and said now is the
. time to go ahead. He pointed out that
? . , .- m i
the three chief things the council h ope S
to obtain is to combine the individual
denominations into one church in over*
churched areas, to recognize among the
denominations the ministerial relation?
ship, the ministration of the church
sacraments and similar forms, and ta
combine the missionary boards through
which the efforts for evangelism ara
furthered in this and other lands.
Others who urged the consummation
of the proposed union included Dr.
Peter Ainalie. Baltimore, Disciples o?
Christ; Bishop John W. Hamilton,
Methodist; Dr. George E. Hunt, Madi?
son, Wis., Presbyterian; Dr. George W?
Richards. Lancaster, Pa.. Reformed
Church of United States; Dr. W. H.
Roberts, stated clerk, of the" Presby?
terian General Assembly, and W. A,
Shanklin. president of Wesleyan Uni?
versity, Middletown, Conn.
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