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THE WEATHER FORECAST.
Fair, continued coo1,,tH?ay; fair, slightly
tin.
warmeriaeynor
Detailed weaihefTeporiililMHund on page 13.
VOL. LXXXI. NO. 216.
NEW YORK,, .SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 1914. Copyrloht, 1914, by the Sun PrinHng and PublliMno AtociaUon.
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'PfCE TWO CENTS.
NEARING PORT
WITH 77 DEAD
The Bcllcventurc Saves 112
Sealers From the Wrecked
Newfoundland.
OTHER VESSEL SOUGHT
Fears Expressed That the
Southern Cross With
173 Men Is Lost.
SAP NEWS FOR ST. JOHN'S
Large Number of Blizzard Vic
tims Came From That
Town and Vicinity.
6t. John's, !.- F., April 3. Latest re
ports respecting the disaster to the
sealer Newfoundland are that
Bellaventure, the Stephano nnd
Florlzel rnnimed their way to
tha
tho
her
through the Icefloes to-day and reached
her nt 1 o'clock. They then mustered
her survivors and checked her list with
those of the dead and survivors they
bad aboard. They then forwarded this
report:
The Newfoundland had 189 men
altogether. Of these 112 arc alive, about
TO of whom were on the ice and got
back to the ship. Thltry-slx of these
will need hospital treatment.
"Of the seventy-seven dead bodies all
but eight were recovered,, thene few,
It is supposed, having walked Into seal
blowholes during the blizzard and hav
ing been drowned.
"The Bellaventure took aboard all the
frostbitten survivors and all the bodies
on the three other ships, and started at
: P. St. for St. John's. Three hours
later she sent a. wireless message that
the whs seventy miles from port, mak
ing slow progress through heavy Ice,
and that she expected to arrlvu early to
jorrow morning-. Her owners, how
ever, expect her to reach port about 7
j 'lock In the late afternoon.
Tho Stephano, whose captain, Abram
..can. the commodore of the fleet, la the
sther ot tho master of the Newfoundland
txl who was remaining by that ship until
.ii r owners finally determined what would
done with her, sent through the names
vt tnc saved. These were bulletined as
tve.iid by tho newspapers and telegraph
t;l;:. .v and from the lifts It was wen that
Johns and environs would suffer se
ktrc,)'. Probably twenty .five of the
ver.ty-.even dead hailed from here or
.le-arby fishing settlements.
The lists have also been sent to every
telegraph otllco In the Uland, as the crew
bad men fiom many places and it is cx
Kcted to-morrow the Government will be
deluged with Inquiries regarding tho dead
and the maimed survivors.
The Government meets to-night toToake
final 'arrangements for the reception of
the ship and determine with regard to
funeral arrangements. Individual pref
erences will bo considered and the bodies
will bo sent to the homes of their rela
tives or burled In St. Johns, as the rela
tives decided.
The gloom oppressing the community Is
heightened by tho failure of any news
from the Southern Cross. That'shlp, It
above water, should be showing herself
loon, and every hour's silence Increases
the general apprehension. The steamer
Kyle is being rushed to sail at midnight
and Archibald Plcuott, Minister of Marino
and Fisheries, goes by her to direct her
searching operations. Shu will cruise In
waters south and west of Cape Pace until
he finds the steamer or In hlB Judgment
further search Is futile, and If the South
ern Cro.su Is disabled she being a powerful
us.itl wilt tow her to St. John's. The
Southern Cross has 173 men on board.
Th s city presents a strange attitude
to-night. The streets nre crowded with
people waiting patiently for more news.
All day similar scenes were witnessed.
1'nonnous crowds gathered after every
cutlet, n w.is posted and It Is certain that
whatever hour tho steamer urrlvea thou
tuiids w II witness her docking.
T.ie Government has appealed also to
tae I tilted States for aid In the search
'or 'hi Southern Cross. The captain of
.c American revenue cutter Seneca, on
. j rol duty oft the southern coast, got
ori of tho great apprehension on the
i art of the Newfoundland authorities and
ii.d'jubiedly proceed the moment he
4 su'ling orders from Washington.
Tl,
Soutmrn Cross, besides tier crew,
., bo..rd nt liast 17,000 sealskins.
fl was used by Sir Ernest
'in in his Antarctic voyage.
)- leinalned up all last night In the
1,,
'
' it word would come confirming
the report that the Southern
"I steamed safely Into the channel.
' t approach of dawn a rumor was
i nut one of the sealers was then
i; tli" harbor, und a crowd ran
' tue water front. After waiting'
(
k
'in the anxious ones sorrowfully
r 1 to their homes.
foil iwltig private message wah re
'rom St. John's yesterday by Dow
' ('). of 17 Jlattery place, this city,
' or a number of sealing ships off
. wfoiiwlland coast, Including the
''I. which went to tho aid of the
' Ji'dland's crew !
km to Inform you that 100 of the
"""ii r Newfoundland were caught In the
i howling hllzzunl Tuesday night,
h.'ve picked up between sixty and
ieii frozen to dentil. Thirty men
k 'd the blizzard have been picked
'her ships."
' alii nt tho company's office, that
ion vu4 to the effect that the
ii.ii.ind had not been damaged.
The Sun's Spring Book Number
THE SUN publishes this morning
separate section of eight pages
its annual spring book number, de
voted to reviews and criticisms of the
best of the season's publications and
to articles on literary matters by well
known authors.
PAID MOTHERHOOD, SHAW'S AIM.
Writer Advncatea Fee of 10,000 for
Kvrrr Child Horn.
Special Cablt Dupateh to Tn Sox.
LoNUaN-, April 3. Oeorgo llernard
Shaw thinks that child bearing ought to
be a paid profession. He told a meeting
of .the Kablan Society to-nlght that If he
were a woman his fee for becoming: a
mother would be 2,000 ($10,000).
Mr. Shaw said a woman ought resolutely
to refuse to havo children unless nhe wnn
paid for bo doing.
TO ARREST GREENWICH BANKER
Caahler of Cloned Inktltalloa
Charged With Knibeaalement.
TJMDOKronr, Conn.. April 3. Judge Jo
seph P. Tuttle Issued a bench warrant
to-day for the arrest of William L. Fer
ris, the veteran cashier and bookkeeper
of the Greenwich Savings Hank, which
was recently closed by the State Dank
Commissioners. There are three counts
against Ferris, one charging embezzle
ment of 160, the second charging cm
bezilcment of 11,641.25 and the third
charging a false entry In a dally deposit
book. Donds were fixed at $3,000.
'WOMAN REBEL' BARRED
FROM USE OF MAILS
So It, Will Use Express, "With
Go to Hell
Look.'
Tho Woman Rebel, published by Mrs.
Margaret H. Sanger of 31 Post avenue,
this city, has been excluded from the
malls on the ground that some of Its sub
ject matter violates a provision of the
criminal code.
Mrs. Sanger said last night: "Wo will
send out our papers by express and from
hand to hand. We received notice that
the It'omiin Itrb:l was unmnllablc, but I
do not know why it was excluded."
An article in tho March number of
ll'omun Htbcl sets forth that "rebel
women" claim the following "rights":
"The right to be lazy.
"The right to bo an unmarried mother.
"The right to destroy.
"Tha right to create.
"The right to live.
"The right to love."
The editor promised In this. her first
number, to publish a series of articles on
sex questions. Kmtna Goldman, the an
archist, contributed one on "Love and
Marriage," and there was another, un
signed, on the editorial page that Is be
lieved to have caught the eye of the post
oftlce officials. It ended with theso words:
"As Is well known a law exists forbid
ding tho imparting of Information on this
subject, the penalty being several years
Imprisonment. Is it not time to defy this
law? And what fitter place could be
found than here In tho pages of the
Woman ItrbtlT'
On Its black bordered front page the
monthly has In conspicuous type "No
Gods. No Masters," and defines a woman's
duty "to look the whole world In the face
with a-go to hell look In the eyes; to have
an Ideal i to speak and act In defiance of
convention."
In an editorial Mrs. Sanger urges
women, particularly working women who
are of the opinion that they are op
pressed, to rise and fight. The editor
makes It clear that her purpose Is to pro
tect "young and Innocent girls" and en
lighten them as to the exact difference be
tween clean living and prudery.
E. C. BENEDICT'S CRUSE ENDS.
Brlnara Gur.u Hack From Writ
In.
die on Yacht Oneida.
The steam yacht Oneida. Commodoie
K. C. Benedict, arrived yesterday from a
cruise to the West Indies. The Oneida
left New York on March 3 with her
owner and guests, stopping nt Hennuda,
San Juan, Trinidad, Martinique, Curacoa
and Kingston, from wlilch port shs stnrted
on March 28.
The guests nre Dr. Alfred Stlllman,
Harry Rowo Shelley, Miss Porn Mitchell,
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hastings and Miss
Turnbull, the commodore's granddaughter.
MAYOR GOES TO ATLANTIC CITY.
Won't C'hooae New Pollen Head Un
til lie Itetnrna on Monday.
Itefore going to Atlantic City yester
day afternoon Mayor Mltchcl made n
brief but comprehensive statoment on the
Police Commlfwlonershlp situation. He
said:
"There Is no news to-day."
He will return from his week end vaca
tion on Monday morning and within two
or three days thereafter expoctn to maku
known his choice of a successor to Doug
las I, McKay. Ho mild he would dismiss
tho whole matter from his mind while
away.
Because city Chamberlain Ilruere and
Ilobert S. Ulnkenl, secretary of the City
Club, nocompanled Mr. Mltchcl on Thurs
day night to and from Albany, where
they wero guests at the annual dinner of
the legislative correspondents, the theory
was advanced yesterday that Mr. Ilruero
Is to be made Police Commissioner, that
Arthur Woods will bo First Deputy and
that Mr. Illnkerd will euccecd Mr. Woods
us the Mayor's iiecretary,
Nothing to confirm this view could bo
found at thn City Hull. On the contrary,
the best Information Is that the leading
candidate for the Commlsslunershlp of all
those publicly mentioned Is Mr- Woods.
i it r. ir. n t it 1 1 i: n co r v ii
Pure l.lirht IX'llcM" Old.
AtlDlU'.W UHllliK ft CO., I'llluburgb. Alf.
DEAD PILED HIGH IN THE STREETS OF T0RRE0N;
CITY LOOTED; FEDERALS FLEE TOWARD MONTEREY
TERRITORY MELD By
PRtVIOUS TO THE MARCH ON TORRF.ON.
FOUR GDNMEM TO GET
RESPITE WEDNESDAY
Glvnn Will Issue Order Five
T. ,, fiii.., a..l '...
Pays Before lime Set. lor
the Executions.
M AW PERSONS URGE STAY
JIA.Al I rill.lu.VTi m w
Governor Fears Miscarriage
Justice Lefty Louie's
Father Fiends.
uf
I
AI.BANT, April 2. ov. Qlynn will re-!
nrleve the four gunmen sentenced to die ;
at Sing Sing on April 13 for the murder .
. ,?-...., ,n.nthnl th.. .-.mhler .!
"""'' . ", ,'
Formal announcement of this reprievo
will probably be made next Wednesday,
Just five days before the time set for
their executions.
A statement on the matter was given
out to-day by one of Guv. Glynn's con
fidants and came directly from the Gov
ernor. It followed n visit pnld to the
Governor by Ixiuls Rosenberg, father of
Lefty Iule. and Itabbl Kopsteln of New
York! city.
the four young men
Gov. Glynn admitted to-nlght mat tne
nllcatlon for a reprieve until a decision
ap
has been reached In the Pecker caso was
causing him worry.
District Attorney Whitman, who prose--cuted
tho men, and Justice Goff. who1
sentenced them to die, oppose granting
tho reprieve, while ten of the Jurors who
voted to convict them and a largo num
ber of prominent men, clergymen, law
yers, Judges and others, nre urging him
to stay the execution of sentence.
Gov. Glynn's remarks Indicate that he
has no notion of permitting the gunmen
to go to the chair on April 13 unless he Is
convinced beyond doubt that they are
the real murderers of Rosenthal. The
Governor admitted that In his belief
their cases are so linked up with the
Pecker caso ns to warrant a delay.
He said that ho did not want tho re
sponsibility for the death of the gunmen
resting on his .shoulders lu the event of
evidence being adduced nt tho Pecker
trial to show that they were not guilty.
The Governor's closest adviser, a man
who has been associated with the work
of bundling the fate of criminals for the
last twenty years, has advised the Gov
ernor against permitting the gunmen to
go to their deaths on April 13.
Tho Governor denied that ho would
reprieve the gunmen for ninety days, al
though his formal reprievo may dellne
thlH length of time with the understand
ing that It Is to he extended until tho
Pecker case has been settled. Kvrn If It
takes a year to decide thu fato of Pecker
the Governor believes tbnt It would b
butter to permit the gunmen to live out
another year than to find after they had
been executed that they wero not guilty.
beckerIvitness caught.
t'omniodnr-e Hutch," M'nntril at
Flrat Trial, la nt l,aat Found,
District Attorney Whltmnn's men havo
found another Important wltnesn whom
they were unable to subp'tua for the first
GEN.
VELASCO
ii 1 1 iljiliil additional TErarciTore.
''"'"I'111!! HELD BT THE REBELS.
trial of former Potlce Lieutenant Charlei
Pecker. He Is Isldor Greenberg, better
uiiuwii nmong nis irienni. ;u i imiiiiouore
Dutch.
Mr. Whitman ould not say )-terday
how Dutch will fit Into the ca?.' he Is
going to build against Pecker, but the
tiutiri'vlon gained strength around the
'Criminal Courts Hulldlns that tho new
witness will be ImiKirtanL Subpena nr-
(w marche(1 nU'over town for Dutch
I 'or "'ft ,,rBt lrl!l1' 1,1,1 were un-
Karly yterday Detective Maxwell of
1 the District Attorney's staff found Dutch
H "n1""11 '-nr n"ri1 nv'"u nnl t-
Mark's place. He tried to hand the man
' n subjxena. but Dutch Ignored th paper
ifiml Mlnrlml fi ,ln Tti..,t KTiivic.tl ufnlf
lout his foot nnd trlpjied Dutch. Tho ser-1
! Vl fllT Of OlM MllltTiiXM!! IV11. Il.MV !tft.-r f Ii 11 1
)utch went to the Disflct Attorney's
, office nt 1 o'clock yetenlay and was with
I Awlstant District Attorney tiroehl for
I more than an hour.
Mr. Groehl also had a sslon with
Jacob Goldman, the other new witness,
who iillegn that ho heard llevker tell
Jack ltne at the Lafayette baths that
"osenthnl "must bo croaked." He will
corroborate tho testimony of Morris
Lillian.
BOY, 9, ROBS SUBWAY AGENT.
Take, fdno From Tlpkei teller nt
math Street Stntlon.
Albert Aektrman, ? years old, brought
coffee nnd sandwiches to Henry Klmbel,
tho ticket agent In the subway station nt
LJSCth street and lnox avenue, last night
Just nrtcr he had wono Klmlul noticed
that the canvas bag on the shelf by his
i nnee wan cut open ana mat the nays
I receipts, amounting to about
JS50, h.ul
been stolen,
Klmbel sent the gatemnn around to
young Ackerman's house, where he was
found with his mother. The boy was
arrested, and when questioned sold that
he had handed the bills nnd silver over
to two colored boys whom he knew. Ho
said they were Leonard anil Arthur lilack,
11 and IS eara old, who live at 174
West 13Mh street. These bojh were ar
rested too nnd with Ackerman taken to
the Children's Society.
No trace of tho 1.150 could bu found
last night. 1 tot li the colored boys Ins hted
they had lost the money given to them.
DR. PEASE ARRESTS SMOKER.
I.anda Deputy Slirkeyor of 4'uatoiiia
In Mitiwny Stntlon,
Dr. Charles O. P.nse of 101 West
Seventy-second street, who divides his
time among dentistry, writing letters
signed "Annette Hazleton" to the news
papers praising his own efforts nnd ar
resting those who smoko where they
shouldn't, nicked another notch In his
gun handle l.ist night.
Milton P. Jackson, duptity surveyor of
customs, had left his home nt 105 West
Seventieth street In evening clothes and
toil hat. Mr, Jackson smoked a cigar and
neglected to remove It from his teeth as
he entered the NUhway station at Seventy
second strtet, which Is above tho street
level, He purchiseil lilts ticket and was
about to drop It Into the box whin Pease,
who was biililnd hlui, tappid him tin the
shoulder.
"You are my prisoner," he said.
Jackson wanted to know why, nnd
wanted to know why,
Pease told him he had violated the s.inl-
tary rode. Sua policeman was called tb
cHiort Dr. Pease and his prisoner to the
West Slxtj-eUhth ntrect station, where
Mr. Jnckkon was hooked, and soon balled
out by Miles It. p.s'ker. recently ap-
pointed deputy tax appraiser.
tYow
TJUDT TM 0 TAD DO AD
DHl.Llfl uIURCu Uf
PRINCES' TRUST FAIL
W. Wcrtlieim k Co
Liabilities $1,500,000.
nnd Assets .$l)2r.,J00.
i OFTEN' IN DIFFICULTIES
HllSillPSS Organization
Had a Very Stormy
KoVlll
II US
Career.
" llrfnaea to Take llnck Cheek lie ent dllststorm there wiih every sort of tight-
Speciil rtti,u finpateK to Tits So , for the xlcklei llellef I'nnd, ing known long distance artillery tight
IlKr.UN, April 3. W. Wcrthelm & Co.,1 Sometimes It's Just as hard to gel folks maehlnu gun sorties In nutomo-
which company conducts big department
stores here, announced Its failure to-day,
The firm was apparently Involved In the
downfall of the Princes' Trust ycstenlaj.
The liabilities are given as 14.600,000 nnd
The amounT of tho
assets at J6:r,000,
assets, however. Is believed to be exag
gerated and It Is thought they will not
exceed 1125,000.
The firm has been In dllflcultles for some
time and lately sold two brunches to the
more ptoperous department stores of A.
founded the firm of W. Werthelm & Co.
It Is known that W. Werthelm Is deeply
Indebted to the Prllicen' Trust and It Is,"0 ex-Miennr wnen the ru.'id
believed that thn monev received from'" "'"K raled. In sending the check i
the sale of the two branches was used to
liquidate the debts of the trust. It Is ex-
peeled that tho creditors of W. Werthelm
& Co. will suo for the return of this money
for their benefit.
The Deutsche Hank Is now In complete
control of thn tlrms owned by the Princes'
Trust and Is trying to straighten out mat-
ten.
The members of the Princea' Trust ara
Prince Max l.'gon zu Fuerstenberg an I
Prince Christian Kraft zu Hohenlohe. It
was oiganlzed seven year!, ago on a huge
"community of interests plan, it built
dn luxe hotels In Perlln and Hamburg, ,
l oignnUed a bunk lu Palestine und ,i j
i steamship line to the U'Viint. department ,
.stores lu Pirllu and a realty ami build-I
Ing company ; It organised an omnibus l.ne
lu lleilln und bought tin and copper mines
In Silesia besides establishing breweries' wrapped In brown pnpir and addressed
In the Plack Forest The two I'rlnces ( to Ms( Mn(, t-,vm ;,..,,, r,,, w,.Mf u,7t,
"entme V ,:!5'n00'U00 ,n t,ldr ' street, brought Dan lh.pklii.on. a com-
The trust has been In difficulties for j ll"tlbles Inspector; sewra! policemen, le
several months. In order to pay some, of tectlves, reporters. Miss Campbell and Mr.
Its debts Prince zu Fuerstenberg mort- i Rnd Mr.). George Stull, with whom she
gaged his estates In the Plaek Forest to , , , , f Trinity .Vine
thu Deutsche Paul; for 5,00H.(H'0 to cover . . . , ,, , ,
a loan. At the sanio tlnu Prince zu I u'ry' ,r'3'1 Hlr,'", "roadway, early
Hohenlohe raised a big loan lu Huug.iry
by pledging some of his lands. The
princes are both related to the Kaiser,
who was frequently the guest of Prince
zu Fuerstenberg at his castle In the lllaok
Forest.
The princes were unable to meet their
obligations to the Poutucho II. ink und the
trust has collapsed completely.
"""""
So Limit to Value of llaKKiiKe.
At.UANV, April 3, Liability for loss of
a passenger's baggage cannot be limited
lie ii railroad unless there lu u sneelii,.
contract. William J. Henley of Kch.rn.i..
' tady sued the New York Central for the'
value of the contents of n suitcase1
li ft In the I'nlon Station nt Albany and
which was given to some one else. Ho
wn awarded 70.l0 by tho lower court,
'and the Appeals Court to-duy atllrmed tho
verdict
LZZl
TEriRiTorcy held
By THE FEDERALS.
STORMS BELAY BIG SHIPS.
floth the .MnuretHiiln Hint the Frnnee
.ri llunra l.ute.
The Mauretanla of the Cunard Line.
swiftest of turbine merchantmen, artlved
late lust night front Liverpool nnd an
AssilTllS; chored In Quarantine, delayed mor.- than
half a day by riotous weather. She will
dock this morning.
Tho French liner Franco, greatest of
Continental turbines and usually a Friday
ship, will not be up to her pier until this
evening. Iter skipper, CapL Poncelet,
ent a wireless message to his agents
here yesterday morning reporting that he
,,ad been held buck by heavy head'seas
nnd gales.
i
GEN. CATLIN NO INDIAN GIVER.
to take back money, o ex-Sheriff Julius
Harburger found out esterdny, as It is and sharpshootlng, bund to bond corn
to get others to contribute. When Stan bats In streets, sniping from tsuif. hand
Comptroller Sohwer wrote Mr. Harburger. grenades from windows, but nlw-nv. .
""J" 'd TT"1 ""V
t-uutu urn lunHiic un' mini in s'jo w men
the ex-Sheriff raised last year to help
... , , . , . .,
Gen. S ck es out of flnanc al troubles Mr.
I donors the cheek sent hick to him by the
I State Comptroller.
w- k -en. Sickles lost a leg In
"o
,,!l,"k Mr. Harhrr.cr yesterday Gen.
c"l wrote In part:
1,1 ni not an 'Indian giver.' My nffrc
i Hon, admiration nnd sympathy for one
'of the great heroes of our civil war In hlh
i temporary embarrassment affected me to
such an extent that 1 sent the check as a
j matter of course.
ei-nnerm s omy nope now, ne said
yesterday. Is to try to Induce rcn. Sickles
to accept Gen. Catlln's check.
"BOMB" WAS JUST AN APPLE.
Tnna Sent April I nml Ctrl lilt, a
.Note II ll lie Iler Dn.
. n rIlp- rp" "-"Pie nnu an ntieetionaie
note soldered In an ordinary tomato can
I nit lugm In a pitch of excitement.
When the crowd had been Increased by
u few automobile parties Inspector Hop
klnson ordered everybody at a distance
while be assumed a Christy Matnowsou
pose and Immediately tho "bomb" went
kerplunk against the wall, It was hulled
l.. 1 .1... ..... l....L.... ...I t'l,. 1. ...... ....
I UKiUII mill llie 1V' ,w-"i-. , ,,v nni'Hii
I cautiously approached and pried It off,
I Th waH ,tm nolo Inside, above the apple;
I "Think of me when you take a bite,
ThH jst n sample. Samuel W. Sea-
Kl"vu-
Lock llox 41, 1'xbrldge. Worcester
County, Mass.
Mis Campbell empbntlcnlly denied that
knew "th.it man." Th.1i some one
,.... Ih(, osliuark on the A-ranner
U, , at , l",H""nrK on r,lp"r
which hud ei.clos.i the bomb. It was
"April 1, Uxbrldge. Mass."
Conservative Estimate Fixes
Dead at 1,500; Wounded
at 4-,000.
BODIES TO BE BURNED
Stores and Homes in City
Robbed by Victorious
Troops.
DUST SAVES FUGITIVES
Bliui1iiir Cloud Sweeps Over
Country, Pelnyintr Villa's
Men in Pursuit.
CIomez IUbActo, April 3. Gen. Fran
cisco Villa Issues his orders from Tor
reon to-nlght.
After almost twelve days of fighting
In which his forces won four general
engagements nnd one pitched battle, with
only a single reverse, he has nil north
ern Mexico at his mercy. Off to the
eastward Gens, llerrara and Ortega are
chasing the remnants of the Federal
troops who tenped from the doomed
city yesterday afternoon and are trying
desperately to reach Monteroy, 200 miles
distant. Other commanders ure pressing
hotly on tho demoralized forces which
attempted to reenforco tho city. Villa
himself, showlnir his mixed blood In his
smiled and his loosened cartridge belt,
sits back In his chair and waits for re
ports while he watches tho blue denim
clad regular soldiers of Mexico ptlo dead
bodies high In the streets to be saturated
with petroleum und burned. H knows
only regular soldiers among nil those
captured nre allvo to-nluht. Those who
fought with the Irregular troops ot
Pascual Orozco nnd Ynez Salznr, the
men against whom hu has a blood feud,
are among those whot-e bodies lie In the
streets whllu he dictates messages of
congratulation nnd triumph to Gen.
Venustlano Carranza, his titular chief, at
Juarez. He has no worry over Monterey,
third largest city of tho republic or over
.nltliln they will fall Into ills out
stretched bunds whenever he extends
them.
tirealeai Untile of II rk olut Inn.
The history of Mexico contains no
record of harder, more desperate light
ing than that which ended In the fall of
Torreott. Kvery tradition of Mexican
warfare was violated In tho campaign,
Mexican soldiers, tepulsed In onu charge
by the devastations of machine nun. r.
peated at once and th.jy fought ut night,
which una without precedent. From the
day the advance guard went Into Iler
niejlllo, now twelve days ago. until the
remnants of Wlasco'.s command stole
from the city yei-tcnlay afternoon In n
biles, cavalry charges. Infantry charges
orald.. advance toward the
, . ,
Ilia, may have had l.'.OOrt m-i attains
. ,, , ,,, ... , . . 'lKnms
j.vvv ... v.,,, i i ..I , i'ui iHr.'iicicicaiiy nis
was always at a disadvantage. 11m men
charged over level gmund luoken by Irri
gation ditches iti;iilnst artillery behind
I r.imiMrts : his c.ikalrv w. nt .n-.,i,it i,
, fantry and artillery Intrenched on moun-
tain sides, l.'ntll his
men under Gen
llerrera on Sunday crept under the cover
of adobe huts In Torreon they had fought
morning, noon and night in the open, but
they alw.iyit fought. The history of that
sU das lighting lu the city where one
side was lodged on one Hide of a street
and the other Hide on the other has few
counterpiuts In the history of the world.
The losses cannot be told to-nlght. Villa
says that he has at bast 5tn) men killed
and at least 1,500 wounded. Tho.e figures
are not otllclal und the truth may never b.
known. It has been said that 1 "00 Fed.
erals are I) Ing dead in the streets, of Tor
reon to-nlght or lu the wells and cis
terns where their bodies wero thrown,
while S.500 are wounded. Tho truth of
this cannot be vouched for.
Villa himself was asked legnrdlng the
Federal losses to-nlght, and lie smiled us
he s.ild: "Von may put them down n a
total loss." He did not unite mean thai
He Is sparing the regular irmy soldiers
who ure polking the towns, but every
Irregular soldier bus bud short shrift
There will be a similar leport on the fug
lives If th" pursui rs catch them
Mores und Home Looted.
Torreon to-nlght Is a stricken city p
was looted by the Federals themselves- h.i
fore they left, us Is. the custom, but H war.
torn apart by the e'onstltutloiuillMt soldiers
who llrsl took possession. Tlnri Is no
estimating the damage to tin Gi-tmuii
French, Spanish. LuglHh and a few
American mi l chants. The shops havo bcei
torn asunder. There Is no longti iny mer
chundlse left, und wheie loot could no:
be used It was trampled under lout ami
destroyed.
Tho looting w..s i lirivlli ge thai could
not be de'ii. il n' tlrst, lu' It 1 isn d onlj
two bonis After tlii Villa asserted
himse f lie mder. d n uleiinnte provon'
guard and geiier-l pul'en o pi even
riikiig ng '' d ""es . Kilns nomc i
He ulso ordered the lb strue- mii it every
drop of ' nutir in the t ivrniin i0