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THE SUN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL
5,
1916.
f- 3
BAKER MAY SEND
MORE TROOPS IN
gflOO Infantrymen Crossed
Iho Horrfer on Snhinlay,
Others Will Follow.
J9 APACHE SCOUTS ALONG
WAMtlNUTON, April 4. Tho War Dp.
rurtriirnt received from Orii. Kumttnti
IMilsht Opii. I'rrshltig', rrjiort on tho I
tmnd tight with tlin VllHstun, In which
fnrty .Mexican wero killpd.
Hi.Tfl.iry Jt.ikor cxprotued thex belief
(Miiglit that tliPro xvaa no qno.it Inn but
Out tin encounter liud resulted In heavy
lesse among tho Yllllstan.
VII1.1 himself dori not appear to have
l-fn present .it tlin fight.
pix-pitcho I" tho Stat t)ppartmrnt
tol.iy troni Consul Letcher at Chlhua
liii di d ire tlut Villa himself, with n
miall bodv guard. Is noutli of Hint city
nd IiimiIIiic for Torrpon. A thp torrl
lory vxliern Iho tiandlt chieftain Is mip-pn-iil
to lie I -On miles from San tie.
rra'nii ranch, oIIIoIiiIh hero nro more
rvptloal th.m riiT of tho report that
HU in haihy Injured.
Willi the American udvance colututiM
mrv.irty limit! than 400 tnllea from the
harder tho War Department la believed
t.il seriously considering the bonding of
kd'lltlnn.il trocji Into Mexico.
."vrtt.iry Haker announced to-day
tM on i-'aturday (Jen. Imston dos-r-iieV.I
from Columbus N. M.. llio
Tw er!-tl and Twenty-fourth Infantry,
MSrciatliig sumo H.UOO men, to lo used
murd'ug tho "-teadlly lengthening llneK
i.f coiiiinlinlcHlliiii. Ill) also announced
t'lM nineteen Apaclw lndlim scout. had
lfn scut to lien. Pershing's hcadquat
tfn to In" Used III trailing llm bandits.
AlCiotigh I'm A.,r IVpartiiient Ih
I row n In havo given more than casual
retiH'IcraMon to a suggestion of offer
lie a reward for Information leading In
tlip capture of Villa theie N no procnt
Iriii'i'iioii. it m mild, of ndoptinc; nueh an
vi--.IiPiit. Tho Dop.irtiticnt haa no inn
flrm.itnn of rt'ort fiom the boriler Hint
Vl la adherent havo offered to betray
tliH r'lleftain lor u conKaleration.
Tiip deipatoh from C.en. IVrKhlnc. for-
nariied to iho Department tii-nlcht by
(Jen, I'liiiftoii Is MippleniPiited by a
flatpjnont from the latter reasseratln that
Cal. (IcarRe A. Ixdd wan In oinmiaiiil
of tb Anieriean forres whlih defeated
lip !JIItas In the llrft encounter be-
'en the American forves and tho
iainllt.i. Tho rershlnc retnirt follows:
HMPQCAtrrURH IN TUB KlTLD, April
4 -Dally report for April 3. Itetiort
Ju-t reeelvid from Major Kvuns of Iho
Tenth Cavalry by lourler from vicinity
i'f Ituhlo atales that Col. Hrovrn ulth
Ntuaflron of the Tenth Cavalry n
countered a band of Villlytaa on April
1 arid wan purMiliiB them throuBh San
A'ltonlo (Mi'xleo). No further dctallo.
Xu reiiort from Hrown. but natlvra
from Chihuahua elate that ltrown's
ci'iuuand. a part dismounted and a
pnrt monntcd. rurpried VllllHtan at
run meal wiih 1iiIm crazinK near
AcuHM-nlictitcH, almut twenty niilcs
f.iiltheait of Hachlneba.
N'.ules i-ay from thirty to forty
V Mlstas killed and camp number of
h.ir"n catitured. All thin lackw verlil-e.i-
'ii from official fource. Have not
hiard from Hi own In Home days, but
t ih tails lo-inurrow.
c.en. Tin-ton's statement TPcardliiR
:h.' ronitnand In the eiiKacemetit at Sun
Hf-iuilnio was Inspired by newspaper
parts to the elteci that Col. Irwin audi
t Col. I'nihl was In command of the
A- ! an fincf. I'unston says:
Tniops In lilierrcKi eiiKiisement were I
ccn mantled i.i peroii by Col. Dodd. Tho
tin HiK.iued were the Seventh cav-
it rv Col. I'wln with netacnmein troin
uri troops from that command was pres-
tnt I
; Col. Dodil Is In command of the
br s.uk' of which the Seventh Cavalry is
h part army otTlceis here say that Col. '.
Im r was acting ns Junior officer In I
rrnund. i
DODD'S MEN RIDE
WITH TIGHT BELTS
In l.onir Stretelies Witliont
lood to Trail Villa In
fantry Hunts in Hills.
CofMRfa, N, Mm April 4. American
tronpirs on the trail of A'UU have been
!th -it food for Ion? stetche. at a time,
axfl'xl'ig t sumo of those invalided
wick to the hoider, Acconilng to othera
t. .!) is often a shortage of bread in
't ' i njw in uer tho liorder. at which
t.nit- ' ih sohlli'is pay tho Mormons 15
t i a loaf and the Mexicans 2.'i tents
f Tie Mexicans exact 10 eenU
; ' i f ai tho Americans' for fresh
fr.'n f whK a there had lieen no sale
li-'nri. thi r a i rival.
1 ' o' tho Infantry foiumands, no-r-r
i g i i a story brouaht out to-day,
kii a-i exclt ng experleiico with n flio
' ft got started in the diy gnus about
t. .p and did considcrablo d.imago
jfe it lotiM bo put out. Several puna
e lUm.igfil and a tiiantlty of ujii-
tfi.'i was exjiloded by the heat of the
tiit-
vii iuii:-i; letiinilng fiom the front
i 'he poor ro.nl.j.
left Coloiiia Duhlaii at S o'clock
Ha ruing and travelled all day,
..i.K lioca lirauilo at 7 In tho eve
1 '. " pr tho worst loads it lias ever
m'ii ii iiafoitiiiio to rlilc," one man
mi J 'j-'I.o, after arriving on an auto
tni!(
Nvi iiioiiiiiig wo tlartcd for the bor
l''t rfi ,i n'eim k a ml reached Columbus
a' iij-'i Wagon trains aro four days
toii.ing ii n. u.rder and llvo days going
J"iLk - 1 1 loads, and they kill from on
'" 'Ix mules mi every trip down.
'The Infantry at Colonia Dublan has
J'eii i-ent into tho mountains In the last
'lavs to tako up the trail of A'illa
"i locihiiPM which tho cavalry cannot
pftiMra'i '
Tlat army paymaster was at Columbus
K;ttrila making payments and went
"''Hi I'l-tlay.
CELL FOR FAKE HEIR LAWYER.
niniern Sentenced fop TrylnK to
''Im Off Actor na an tl'Kprfc.
CIlUlll'S C Mlliinii.iru lr.U'ar- unit wrllop
icoving plctuui M'Liiarl(i, who pleaded
""t to attruvittil grand laiceny fol
'nlrsf ail flillli-ttnnt lrii iillpimilliiif to
Wlm oft a fako heir to tho 13,485 estate
tuonuN rrlveefe, will nervo from thieo
iith.i to two jeara on Hlnckweira Isl-
""4 miner an Indeterminate sentence tin
l'Ml jesti rday by Supremo Court Jus
C'rilllii In llri.Llvii
, HuininerH lived nt'lonla, N. .1,, with
a wire, and shared m law olfloe In the
"Ickubocker Tieati Untitling with
iicriry Wtiif, another lawyer. ioth were
inilet on statements made to a Deputy
om(.v-tieuprt by Mark 3. Jordan, a
rtlinllefa nrtnr whn tirautH am (t'Kppfe'a
ffPjw-w and heir to the estate. Wolf Is
iirie itaymond atreet tail awattlntr trial.
U. S. TROOPS KILL FORTY
IN SECOND VILLA FIGHT
t'nnllnnril I nun I'trH I'nn'.
(lied or litonu.'te of being disabled for
hick of malnutrition. II H II u
j they would be.
II let known lit tlon. I''iinlnn'i head.
quarters now that It was ton troopa of ;
tho .'ovcnlli Cavalry which surprised tho
MlllntnM at Ouctrcro March IJ uml Mlf
cecdod in killing Kty MpxI.mii... i
Tim extension of the chase so far
southward pI.icph u now plump on the '
KltiiHtlon. Kltlicr rallnnv transport!!- '
lion must hp 1i:n, It Ik admitted lit lipnd. '
quarters, or mora troop may bo found
tm'nu ,.,,.. ...I..... ...... it., i.i . i '
... (. , ,utt-i iitiuiiijio it-gimciii.
are tlip .Soroinl Cavalry mi. I Tlilnl and
Thirtieth Infantries. pxVrpt thoi along
Ill liorder direct V. and Ihnie. It Ih
htalel, iMiinot lie withdrawn and their
present Millions left uiiBarrlsoned.
i:nnlp Pnaa Menaced.
A new comnlication linn ariNpti In
Mexlniii nffalrx. luvordltiK to Informa
tion reaibliiK tleu, KimMon's headiiuur
tem to-day, liy the appearance of a lartfe
baml of Mexlcaim between Sablnaa and
l'iedran Negran, which In oppnpltn Kaulp
rasa. It miuibera between 3(" and 400
and Ik led by two men termed e.x-VII-IlKta
ofllcera, iiiiiiiph not made known.
Tho Information mid Iho baud humeri
two bridge between Sablnaa and I'ledra
NPKra. on Monday ntalit and cut the
telegraph line. Thin clone rail and
wire communication Iwtwcen Monelova
and tho north. The llttlo army Ut KaM
to ne reprn-entiiiR a new- faction.
Tile military ha evidence that It la not
l'cllx Dlnx cause, which In declared to
be conilultiir ta operations to tho noutli
cm iart of the icpuhllc.
It Ih considered probable tlut tho band
la Vltlleta In tendencies and may havo
a Its object the RiirrLson at 1'ledr.m
NeKrim, xxhlcli conlt. of nhout :IOO
men. The ctitthiK of communication Ik
Interpreted n ti denlfe of the band to
keep troop of Moucloxa from Koine to
tho aid of the army at 1'ledran Nesrns.
Ai attack on the latter place I looked
for If tho original report la correct.
VILLA HEADING SOUTH.
(ien. t.mlrrrra fend Three I'oreen
to Intercept II Im.
)'.U I'ako. Tex.. April 4. Nothlnc la
known at the border, or In fact at the
front, as to the exnrt w herealKiuts of
Villa, (ien. I'crshliiK's report on th
battle .Saturday did not allow whether or
not Villa was with the defeated, land.
If Villa la wounded, att American and
Mexican advices both claim, he Is be
lieved to be hldliiK somewhere in the
mountalna In the xiclnlty of Uuerrvro,
and I'nlteil States Infantry Is U-Iiir front
to tliat reRlon from Cini Orandeii to
sonlo Hie ci-.iks and peaks in a hunt for
him. Italian scnuta from Kort AlKicJie,
Ariz., aro llns rent Into Mexico to lead
the Infantry In tta hunt.
If ho is not woumli'il. tho cencrnl
belief la that he haa slipped poiitli of
liuerrero and Is nttrmptlnc to mako his
way Into the Interior of Mexlix tw far
aa his tired linrse can tiiko him from
the American border and tho American
tnHis.
(!en. Oavira, commaiwlini; the Juarei
RarrL-on, t-ald to-nleht that the conclu
sion of the C.irranxlstaa as the lst
Kues. rcKanllnK the whereabout of Villa
is that be is ut Katevo, outh of Guer
rero, on the' theory that his Kurta in
richt, ho raid that it force of Carranra
troops had been pent out from Chi
huahua to attack the place from the. east
and another band under Gen. Cax-ajoa,
who met Villa in battle recently at tJuer
rero. xvas advanctni; from the north.
American troops haxe been rejiorted 1
in that reslon for some time.
A despatch to-nluht from ilen. T.ula
Cutlcrrez In Chihuahua s.is that lie has
i-ent Uun. Luis llerrera to IliiMlllos. Hen.
Oaiza to Satevo. Cul. llernaiiilez to
Nulca, where he will distribute his com-
miiiid between that point and Santa
(iertrudes, while lien. Cnvasos Is round-
ins up the A llllnta tor an nttnvK. lien.
nuiierrez sajs ins inionnniion is inai
Villa Is seriotily wounded,
The American forces admit that they
have lost him, and the Carrauza otllelala
reluctantly make the uime iidmlsslon.
All claim that A'illa is In this region.
George Carother. State Department
agent here, and 'A. .. CX)bb, custonw col
DIAZ PLOT TO CAPTURE
JUAREZ FAILS; 6 TO DIE
Conspirntors to Be Kxecnted In
Tulilic To-day More in
.Tail Face Same Fate.
JfAiicz. Mexico, April 4. Sl.x Instiga
tors of a plot to tako .luartz and start a
revolt on behalf of Tellx Diaz will bo
shot here to-morrow morning. Ileforo
the night ends more names may bo added
to the Hit.
Tho information that the plot had been
dlscoveied and the men sentenced was
ollh-ially made publUj this afternoon.
Tho name of the plotter were not
given, but all six of the men aic in
prison, as are also half a dozen moro
under suspicion. The Hirst tdx admitted
their guilt at the court of Investigation,
which has been In progress for nve uay.
Tho plot originated in i:i lUso, and
some forty peisons on tho American
side. motiy Mexicans, were Implicated.
The Instigatois of the libit secured
(liarters opposite the various barracks
in Juarez, rne memoo oi aiuicK nan in
have been to watch the barracks until
only a few men were on duty and then
to open lire, wnon me wounie nfgun
rccrultH for thu relielllon would cross
from 1SI Paso.
(ien. (lavlra said to-night that there
was no question that all tlui men cm
vlctetl aro guilty ami that had Iho plot
not been discovered in Units an outbreak
would havo followed. Ilo said the exe
cution would bo public; In order to serve
aa an example, and that It would occur
jjome time to-morrow morning.
One of the men Implicated ill the re
bellion waa a former A'illa Colonel, who
turned Carran.lta. Heniuse of the fact
that tho troops under flen. Oavira aro
from tho south It was not known that
tho sohlicra had been Vllllata.
Tho assassination of tleu, (iavlra was
a part of the plan tif the consplnilors,
It was stated to-night. It boa also been
learned that the conspirators planned tho
distribution of a largo mm of money
among tb" Carrauza troops In northern
Mexico to gain recruits for the new
movement.
CAN0 DEFEATED VILLISTAS.
I arm nun l.radrr Killed firn. Itm-n
anil no XI en, He Nil) a.
llANIMIll S.VN (iKttONIMO, Mexico,
April 4. by aeio to Colonia Dublan,
radio to Columbus. N. M. Tho mmiii
taliiH ojipnalle this ranch are tho objec
tive of ID0 A'llllslas, encountered on
March 31 nt Hancho Kanto Domingo by
the Carrauza force under Col. Cano,
acconilng to a murler hu M'lit to Col.
iimid ut Provlilcncta.
Manuel Haca, Villa general, was
killed Ui the fight, with llfty other casual
tlss. The band la fleeing In this direc
tion, demoralised and carrying many
wouadtdj from tta Querrtro battle.
lector, who llle all repnits to AV.-ishlng-ton,
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 that they do lint know where
Villa Is, and neither of these men ha
any wuree of Information not available
to the nowspaiii'i' corrcs pontlpnta.
Onl Two Wlpp,
-MHtcrlnti "Kedcial lelegratili ad
Mips," "couriers fiom (he south" and
other such tonus a source. of Infor
mation nllrRcd to bring direct news as
to tho whereabouts or Villa and what
hi Intention nro rcvelvn no ciedll
liere. A a matter of fact Hie I'Vderal
TelcKt-apIl III MpxIco la no more, so far
a the border I concerned. Theie are
but two tctcifrnph lines Into Juarez, iiiip
Is tho railroad wlro of the Mexican Cen
tral to Chihuahua operated by the Car
ran.a officials, and the other I the rail
road wlro of tho Mexico Northwestern
operated Jointly by tho railroad ami
Carrauza official. I Story wold that
cornea off these wire is read bv Car
rauza officials and only such ns they
slvo out reaches the public, United
Stales officials or othcra. It matters
not who.
Tho fnct Ihnt A'llls's force hao In
tentionally or otherwise been split Into
ho many band makes It linposlbl for
tho Americans or Carranzistns to say
which band ho Is aecompali Ing He
ports aro going the rounds that ho has
grown a long beard, and that ho has
shaved off Ida mustache. These reports
of temporary difgulse are as often cir
culated ns tho report or in where-1
about. uml his intention. i
Tho tnith I, ns a Carranz.i ofib or
said to-day, that A'illa Intends to do bis
worst wherever he cots, and that lie
Intend to go whom he can and to tight
to tho last, lie Is not believed by Amcr- j
lean or Mexican officials to have any
set vrogTamine except to elude the
American and Cnrranza forces and at
tempt to mako his way to wifely, some
where In the mountains of tentral
Mexico.
That he would like to reach the l.a
gima dlstllct inoiliiil Torn m is belleVPil.
for he knows that section well and could
secure flesh horse aritl kiep hlmsilf sup
plied with iirovllon. meantime get fur
ther ftoni the American base.
.XI ny .loin ltee.
Cauuto Iteyei has bein operating In
that region for some time pa-t In the
nanip of A'illa, and for thin icaim the
belief Is strong in some ttiirtei that
VIIIh. Is heading there to Join Kt) i s.
Thin view received something of a sit
back to-day, however, when authenti
cated report catne from Torreon stating
that Iltye Is negotiating with the Car
ranzlstaa for tho surrender of his com
mand. Aoinosty ha. l"ou iiromlsetl If
surrender I made In ten tlajs.
Heyes has aked six wppks on the
ground that lit cannot summon In all his
men from the surrounding country In ten
days. Carranzlstaa fear to grant moie
time, lest Iteyea 1 merely playing it
gamo t" recelvo protection until A'illa
can reach him.
Contnras, another bandit leader,
claiming to bo nitrating In behalf of
Villa In tho vicinity of Torreon. has not
been hoard fmm lately. Soma lri diet
that he has started north to Join A'illa.
Another name lias been added to the
llt of dead American soldiers of the
-Mexican campaign. Private .lames T.
AVakeley of Troop K, Thirteenth Cav
alry, died at the Kort Hllsa lnt hos
pital to-day of heart disease, lie was a
part of tho nrst oedltlonary fotvo
which went Into Mexico after A'illa, hav
ing been with Col. Sloeum when the regi
ment crossed tho liorder first, loiter
Private AVakeley was brought to the hos
pital from the front suffering from heart
disease as a result of the excitement.
Private Wakeley's enlistment expired
only a few hours before he died and he
had made his arrangements to take a
furlough until his health was restored
and then reeiillst with bis regiment In
the field. He wa a native of Kentucky
and his brother, Charles AVakeley, lives
in Pari. Ky.
The second American soldier to de
velop appendicitis on the expedition Into
Mexico was brought this afternoon to
the Kort llllss Hospital. He is Corporal
.1. AVelsh, Company I, Sixteenth In
fantry. Capt. II. I,. Brown of Ambulance Com
pany No. 3 at Casa Urandes, also ar
rived from the front to-day. lie had
developetl pneumonia. Kleven privates
completed the list of Invalided men ar
riving from the front to-day.
GARRANZA RECALLED
ANTI-AMERICAN CHIEF
Sent Hack to Torreon From
' Ii i Ii n a Ii ii a 1 1 errera a n !
Cano Xot in Revolt.
CimtV.vilf.t, Mexico, April 4 The
city of Chihuahua Is absolutely uulet
and while there nro runners that A'illa
may attack the city there lt nu Informa
tion of a positive character us to his
whereabouts. There nro no conditions
here that arc cauIng any alarm to for
eigners,
liov. ISiiriquez and the Auieilixiu dm
kill, Marlon Letcher, are working hand
in band to preserve peace between tho
two republics uml to allay trouble among
tho people.
ien. Knriqupz has had circulars Is
sued stating the nature of Iho presenco
of Anitrlttin tioops In Mexico mid their
purport' of exterminating the Villlstas.
Ii, thine clicularf. which nio potted
about the city, he Ims stilled tho condi
tion. under which the expedition Is op
crating and calls upon Iho people to
respect tho wish of Iho President and
lend themselves to the principles of
peace,
Tho Ice factory and tho street railway
of Chihuahua city are now operating,
as well :ih tliu shoe and tho overall
factory.
As for the report that lien, llerrera
has broken with tho Constitutionalists
few believe it mid lit una lias de
nounced it.
It was not lien, llerrera nor Col,
Cano who caused apprehension at Chi
huahua following tho American expedi
tion Into Mexico but a tirucral on tho
htaff of Jarluto II. Trovlno, commander
of the Constitutionalist army of the
northeast. Tho name of this nfflci.it
could not ho learned, but from definite
sourceH,lt Is saltl this tiencral had a
oomiuand of l,.'iiio men and had been
ordered to Chihuahua from Torreon.
Upon reaching Chihuahua bo .
pressed himself ns hostile to tho Idea
of American trtsips on Mexican sol) and
I saltl to havo inlsiiuilerHtood citluplctcly
tho puriMiso of tho expedition. Ilefore
ho had lime lo cause any large defection
if tho troops under lien, tiutieirez ho
was lecallitl to Torreon by thti Klrst
Chief, whofo ho Is now In coniuiand of
oiio of thrcti sector under the leadership
of lien, Trovlno.
Tho threatened trouble waa suppressed
and the blame fell upon Iho shoulders
of den. llerrera and his chief of staff,
Col. Cam
China In ( elisor Cablegram.
Tho Coiuiiieiclal Cablo Coii,iao an
nounces that cablegrams for Swntow,
Chaochowfu, Ynmchow, Dinchowfu, Pak
hol, all in tho province of Kwniitung,
must circulate through Hongkong, sub
ject to ceniwship and at vender' risk.
' vVATro
Blends
incomparably
with all liquors
GUATEMALAN REBEL
ARMY CUT TO PIECES
Ciiliivrii's Ki'inilitr Troops In
flict Ileiivv Losses uml Scat
ter Priido's Force.
PKSOS CO II'
A(i.IN
unit l iililt lifpntcfi to Tiir Sis
Mkxico Citt, April 4. Travelleii' Jun
arrived fiom thp i iuatemalan border s.iv
that a ttirte of ISstrada Cabrera's legti
lirs under lien, (iutlerrez piosspiI the
frontier Inio Cblati.ia leu ilas ago and
cut the liuatpinal.in revolutionary fore
to pieces at a point about half way be
tween Tapachtila and Tuxtla. I iutlerrez
then iPtutned to i iuatemala with a num
ber of prisoner, leaving the dispersed
revolutionary tnrcrs In the Chlapis
Mountain..
The lebels liad been under lien
I'r.t'lo mid Itinuano aiul were oiierattng
Jut lnlde the I iuatemalan Imrder,
having wcuti'.ed several Mnall towns.
At the news that Otrad.i Cabrera'.
force of well armed antl finely disciplined
regular wa after them the ri bids fled
Into tin' Chiapas .Mountain-. They wero
hotly pursued, however, and at bet at
tempted to make a stand. The Infor
mation ts additl tht the magnitude of
tho i i ii.i t ci mi I i ii revolution ha been
greatly exaggeraied. Traveller say
that Cabiera lias the situation well In
hand.
There was a steady rise In cuirency
to-day that upset the Ktovk market, many
tersoiis lieing unwilling t pl stts-k.
aeqinreil dearly when 'mk wete at Its
than two cuts Amitrlc-iii money for
the rlilit'UloiHv small sums offered In
same p.---w xvhich cIomiI to-day strong
at four and one half cent. Sharebobiei-s
are fe.nnig a new drop in the pes. and
many bu.vers are holding pesos for a fur
ther rife to-day.
Few Mocks were offered or solicited,
but the feature was tho tremendous drop
in prices orferctl fur oil and banking
shales, buvei niferlng much Ies than
half amounts generally nlTered two days
ago.
The loc 1 1 chamber of i 'ouimeii e met
to-day. tin- nietchants agieclng lo re
tim e prices but the reduction hitherto
agr I upon, ai'e nut prdportiou.it' to
the ris" In peos ami the public con
tlnues to slitter.
Carrauza dwrenl to-day the estab
lishment of a special monetary coinnil
slou of live member, the president be
ing the .Mlniter of Kinance and one of
the principal being Treaurer of the
nation, the object being to icorganlze
the circulation currency throughout tin
republic, put In cliculation such
amount of new American made note
n It deem nec".ary. guaranteeing the
value thereof with metallic depo-tlts, antl
ledeemlng pro-out currency.
The commission will have principal of
fices In Mexico city, with agencies
throughout th" republic nnd a special
financial representative In New A'ork.
The .ominlfi-ion Is to be authorized to
adiuluter all (loveiTnent funil. make
currency stable ami cfabllsh fixed ex
thaiigi" rate.
The local finance officials ny Car
l.uiza to-day forbade the lssu.ni of
a single p.'Mi more of the present cur
rency, which I to hi? illumed, beginning
proliibly .luly t
It Is officially announced that the
conference- Is-tween the authorities and
tin- Mexican tramway management are
progressing sitifaclurlly ii ml that the
properties will be returned to the liov
ernment In two month, the lines In tho
Kederal district having been previously
repaired "l the Administration's ex-pem-c.
ATLANTIC FLEET RECALLED.
Milliou Order TnUen lo Xlenn Xlex
I on ii I rll I I'lml.
W'tsiliNCTiiv. April I - Indication
that the Mexican nisi. is believed to
be safely passed la n-tn hole Ln arrange
mints which ate being made to have
tho Atlantic battleship fleet come north
from Cuantananio on April 13. The
battleships will go lo their respective
homo yanlo for oveiliaullng and such
minor repairs ns may be needed,
Capt. Milliard of the niival wireless
eervap wild to-day that tho .Navy )e
paitinciil planned to equip several more
vessels of tho fleet with xvlrolem tele
phone iipparatu when the vessels reach
their homo jcanls.
McADOO ON AMERICA'S DUTY.
To Cure Ciirope's W ollnil", He Sn
Hi l-'liiiiiii'lnl I iinferenee.
Hi i;nos A vr.ns, April I The inteina
tloiial lluancial toufcrence nut In thu
chamber of Deputies to-diiy. Pres-itleut
Do la liaza welcoming the delegates.
Honor (illva, Mlnistrti- of l-iniince, opened
the confereiico and declared the Idea of
Pan-American sublimity is daily Ih-coiii-lug
mote practical mill iltilnlte. The
MlllistclH of Kinanre of Itrazll, Chile,
l-Sciiiitloi' uiiil I'l iigiuiy also spoke briefly.
William Ii. .McAiloti, who followed,
said. "There was never a nunc urgent
call lo adopt, the ineiihiires we conteni
philc, uml tint lofty alma of the Argcn
thin peoplo make jlueiio Ayies a most
favorable t-pot this kind of labor,
"The war pioluibly Will ! followed
by eniiiiinius ei'iiuoinlcal tiimiges, Tho
liuiopean tuition" will waul man) yen re
to repair the damages of the war. Thus
they will not be able In lake p.ut u the
development of Anniic.i to the same ex
tent us befoie. The most lolly miu-cp.
IIoiih of duly ami fiieudshlp tllctato to
the American nations the need to cine
the wiiunilH uml icpalr Iho ohcs of
I'lllltipe."
Mr. McAiloti pxpresH'd the boie Dial
the t'liopt'iMliiin of Auii'iic.in capital In
the iloicli'piuciil ol I. aim America would
not bo regarded as prejudicial to its.
interests, American capital, while help
ing the Mster republics t grow strong
would attto help to accomplish tho ideal
of American unity, which has been tho
aim of generations, lie said.
HUSBAND SLAIN, SHE
FLEES ZAPATA BAND
Knjjlfsli Woniflii Here Tells of
Flight, With Children
Thron-rli Wilds.
(Ol liD.VT KISS IIKA l MAN
There la a llttlo woman nt llm Jtidann
In Washington Squate. who wears black
brrniisp m January 4 last her husband
was killed by Mexican ban. Ills while de
fending hi home, bis wlfo ami Ihiee.
email children at a small mining settle
ment lileli in the mountain laO mlKx
south of Mexico city. She Is Mrs. Frank
Henry.
"My husband was a llritlsh subject,"
paid Mrs. Henry yesterday, "lie was a
graduate of lmdnn I'nlvcralty nnd had
studied engineering at Hangor I'nlver
ally In Wale. Nine je.irs ago, when he
was 3? jeara ohl and we wore newly
married, be took me to Mexico. Two
jear ago ho became superintendent of
a silver mine owned by the Han Miguel
Tlnxp.unp.'i Mining Company nt Zaciial
pan, In the Slate of Mexico. I remained
In Mexico cily, hut a year ago tho
threo rhaldrcn and myself went to Xa
cualpan because we could not get enough
food In the capital.
I'pon wprcnila Alarm.
"At 10 o'clock mi tho night of Janu
ary 3 I.T-t a in on ran Into our house.
lie w.otj greatly exiiltd. Tie I'arrali
zlsla troop had left the town without
a word of warning. It was news to
causp moie than exi itemeiil even in a
peon. I tut to us Ii meant much more.
It meant tint Him Zapatista lw.ndlt
would In all probability rlile into the
iwttleineut with the next dawn mid begin
their looting.
"W'n n ii, allied awake nil night, not
knowing what to expect. it was a
matter of common knowledge that the
Xapatl-tas were ill the vicinity. There
wl no doubt but that they would corn"
sooner or later. The night p.issl
quietly mid the next morning. Hut at
noon the bells liegan to ring and ne
knew that the flist of the bandits were
m their vt. iy.
"Then follow piI a period of tbirtv min
utes silence. Pin. illy It was broken bv
the sound of rifles and the breaking of
glass aiul tltsir". We knew that the work
of looting had begun, lb-fore long tint
sound of a cavalcade of galloping horses
told ii. that a kind of the men was
approaching our house. ,M husband
sent ii.. 1mo our bedroom with the three
ehllilien and told m to n-ai.i n then
until he cuno for us. Thn he picked
up h" lillc and threw open t ie front
diMit
"l-ifty bandits were leaping fumi thlr
horses at the gatp. My husband culled
to tin m to wait and he would talk to
them. Hut they laughpil and prying
Itsi-e lall front the fence began to open
the gate. This, meant but one thing.
They were bent on loot and no oil"
lotild tell what horrors. Mv husband
stepped b'-lnnd a pnlai aiul In it. in to
shoot.
Her Huslinml Main.
"One Mexican fell dead. Another
dropped to the ground badly wounded
At this some of tin- men mour-.tnl a
If to rule away, but In that instant i
bullet struck my liu-band ami 1 e fell,
Instnntlj killed. The firing rea-nl aial
1, hiding :n Hie IiiiJm' with my children,
gin-sed uu.it had happened. A moment
later I heaid tin clanking of spurs ovei
tho floors and knew thai tin. intti wtie
in the house
"They found me In a few moments
antl dragged til" Into tin- main living
room. The place was crowded with th
bandits. The one who had ken wounded
pushed his way through the othera and
talnd the butt of Ills rill" to Hnke
my little boy, who stood at my side 1
snatched him away, but not ton soon.
The blow which hail ken aimed for
hi. head feel on h. arm and broke it.
"I kegO'd the b ailers to let me go, but
tiny would not. They began a system
atic search of the house. Shelve were
sw.-pt clean of ensiiery, picture were
tot ii from the walls, furniture was
smashed, the bed pillows ami mat roses
were sill open arid emptied onto the floor
Angered because they could find no,
money. we had none one of the men j
seized my hand ami torn the wedding
Hug from my linger. It tolbd to thu
floor ainlil the tlehri, and two of the
I audits fought for it Jhissc sslou like
two dog for a bone.
"dually I persuaded (ien. Mollno, who
was out' of the leaders, to let me go. If
It had not been for my tluee-) ear-old
httlo girl, who was cr.vlng In my arms,
1 do not believe ho would have mailt
that coneislon. There is only mio thing
that will move a -Mexican to mercy it
is the sight of a crying child.
f'oiiltln'l liiiibrace Hotly.
"We ran from tho house ami Into the
hills. 1 bad no idea of direction M)
one purpose was to get away. I had
sought as I left to embrace ill) bus.
band's body as It lay across the thresh
old, but I was warned that I would lie
shot If I attempted to.
"I hid among the trie with my illicit
children for an hour or so, when a Mexi
can peon came to me ami oll'cicd shelter
In his house. 1 accepted It, and Iht-io
1 hid for two days while tho ..tpattstaa
toiitlnued their marauding mid looting.
Hut It was an Impossible sllu.itlnu. The
peon who had housed m discovered that
I was to be killed. So theie was iiiithlui;
to do bin Ike. With the children I
walked to a ranch house some the miles
nwa). Then I prevailed mi the ow ni r to
suppt) nic wi h a small donkey and two
peons a guides.
"As we left the bouse on our thlce
du.Vri walking tup to the railroad the
Imdy of the mall who hail killed my hus
band was brought In. He hud attempted
to steal tho wife of a peon, who had
btabbeil him In the back.
"This trip to Teii.ingo del Valle wa
tilled with halikhlps. We iinitliiu illy
hoi to seek covi'i ill the bush to escape
marauding pal He of Zapatistas. Kven
the clothe on one's back went not safe
lino of tho peons ciiiiicil my three-) c.u
ohl girl on his back. My little Isiy ans
girl, the boy II yens and tho girl ,
took turn. riding the donkey. Wo pad
nothing lo eat but torn nn-al cakes ami
wero fiil'teil to lie on tin; ground ut
night without envoi mg."
That is Mis. lltniy's storv When
she leached Mexico city ho cniitiai ltd
typhus mid for a tlmo was In a hos
pital, Upon her iccoveiy she collected
threo months pay which was due her
husband from the president of ,iin. mm.
lug company. The amount was l.lPin
pens, which amounted to nboiit $.io In
AniPileau gold. The llritlsh (iovernnient
supplied her with funds to reach l.'ng.
Ian I, Sho came to New A'oik by the
Ward Line and will leave to-day mi thu
Finland for Ihiglaiul, wheio her aged
father lives,
iriciu NQTiCEa.
ASK FOR and GET
HORLICK'S
THE ORIGINAL
MALTED MILK
Chssp sttbsHtotM cost YOU sum prkw.
NILE FOR MILE THE MOST HIGHLY
DEVELOPED RAILROAD IN AMERICA
I ca m r3 r.n m czm a rir i ra lj m
SAYS PHOEBE
era D era in tr ci c- t i ilj tri i
i
FEAR ANTI-TRUST VIOLATION.
t.H.xxir lo HUcu lropiieil Ad
xHliee In I'luiln ISnurav lim l'rlee,
Assbt.mt lusti, t A'toiney W'lillam
llaruiiin Itla. k wil' meet Hie attoine.vs
Sir the photo Hngr.tvcit. Iloaid of Trado
this nioriiliii t ibst:ss the legality of an
nlltrjcil ngrteimnt .iinong a majority of
the photo engraving cstabllsbint tits of
lli.s 1 .lv to adopt a nn fnrm scale of
ilicc- for photo ongiavliig.
Aiigustin .1 I'owcis of l'cn i Kap
lan, iittolin, and ut the IVvveis limto'
Huureviiig I'miniany and the roweis lb--i-,nlil,-lloii
i'nn ,-iany, piesititetl eel tain
facts to lMstrht Attonn-y Sw.iiin, which
prompted the bitter to unlet- an liitpiliy,
although 111 chaws or thuati- have linn
mail-. Ir. Kl.nk has already talked tho
situation over with several meinbei of
the Itoiid nf Ti lde
Mr Swarm ".nil last night tti.il Mi,
Powers, who waw ,tu A"-Mtaut Instil-1
Attornc) under William Tiaveis .limine,
t illetl the attciitiun of the iitlltt At
torney's otlUt" to the alli-.i-d a;-:i 1 nu nt
by whh h, be sahl. In. re.ista vmmiIjI bo
osketl in photo engraving tanging from
'JO to 100 per cent The confeieiue will
the itttiirne.VH for the rngtaveis is to tl.s.
ins the propriety f anv sin Ii notion In
View of the provl-ioii.. of the I '-mildly
antl-ttust net of this State,
LITTLE STORY OF BIG CHECK.
Moruiin lint, vt 7lt,IHIII,(illi Paper
to Pay for (.HiiHiln'u llonilx.
Not long ago tho signing of a check
f 1 as much a Jtu.OOo.ono In .Wu- Vnrk
city attracted much attention The win
carrliil the news all-ovc- tlie cnuni t
Hut lu recent vcais the ., h.uig,. 1,1
buue slims of mom y b) nn ins nt a oap ,
slip has beeiuii mmoupl Veti-
day the largest check t-ver tlriwn In thl 1
count iy for more than 70,otiii,iiiiu. 1
IMssed thivnigh tlie New Vork Clearing '
House mid was only casuallv noticed.
.1. I". Morgan - Co drew the check ir j
pa) tti' nt for the recent isiie of c.hi.hIi hi
Clovcniment Iminls. The exact minium '
was not made public, but It Is uiitlci stood
to have bet n a little flmrt of STI.oiio.imiii
It wa made nut 1,1 the Hank nf Mon
tieal 011 the N.ttloi.al H.tiik of t'oium.-icc
mid desltid In the National City Hank
After meeting It tho National City Haul,
had a balance of 1 1, "00, Hon on ,m, m
Its vault I
Tarzan
By Edgar Rice Burroughs
Famous ape-man becomes
King of the Jungle again.
AT ALL BOOKSTORES
A. C. McClurg Co., Pub.
I The '
Beasts
of
r3 ct tj cri m czzn a rrn rm tr-1 rrj em c3
SNOW: -
While tome may wait
And hesitate
To bring their stations
Up to date.
They're new and bright
When you alight
From off The Road
of Anthracite
v4
In the remarkable period of reconstruction of the
Lackawanna Railroad covering the last 15 years.
NEW STATIONS have replaced old ones at nearly
all of the more important points. This is one of the
features making the Lackawanna "Mile For Mile The
Most Highly Developed Railroad in America." No
where in the world in a corresponding length of road
is the public served by so artistic, substantial and con
venient a system of station buildings.
i iz j ri trrj tz3 t2 trza 13 t-: 1 lttj i
THE ROAD
OF ANTHRACITE
R0FRAN0 MAY SURRENDER.
I'.x-l lty OltlrlHl. Imtleled fop .Alnr
tier. I. tine Miicp 'pieinlMr.
Wortl icaiied Asl t.int Plstrlet At
torney Ht other. .vesterday that Michael
Itofrano, a tinnier deputy In the Pcpart-
iletit of Street ('leaning, who is under
ndlctincnt for murder, would surieinlei
himself fills week. The Information
came from Aembl)uian I'm pur Harra.
who reported thai he had overheard two
Italian'! talking about the ca-n and say
hat P.rtraiio was In the city antl was
omit to glvo himself up.
Itofrano ha been a fugitive from Jus
tice since last September, when an In
The Spring Selections of
Saks Overcoats
and Suits for Men
may be summed up thus:
Not the limitations of a table
d'hote but the latitude of
an a la carte bill of fare.
r In a tthlr il'mlc incjil the restaurateur
tells you what you shall eat in an a h
carte meal you tell him.
The distinction is singularly apropos as
applied to men's clothes this season because
of the great scarcity of woolens.
There are a lot of table a"lmtc clothing
selections in town this Spring, hut there
is one clothing shop which affords all the
liberality of an a la carle selection, from
caviar to coffee, and that is Saks'.
The Saks selections are an
unparalleled exhibition of variety
' And we are not going to go beyond that
statement, in this advertisement, not oun
to discuss the accentuated beauty of Saks
styles. One point at a time is enough. And
we know of no bigger point in our faor
today than this one: ''( irmlever be ,i
man's wants in tlie shtijir of .sprintj Clulic
ire are equipped to Huppltj tin m.
Sprint,' Suits, SIT..".!! in sis
Sprinji Ovm-oals, S 1 ,1.00 lo S.t."
Broadway at
a
m trm cm ct t3 czi a cm rra a c3 I
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i en rrj cj c3 uj l
1
dictment was filed against him. Harra
represented liaetmio Montimagnn, who
was convicted ft kllPus Michael
lialmail, a iolltlial I li-tl 1 'l I of
Thonia I-' Fob y Tammany It-adfr nf
tho Second As-embly t-ri't Mon,,
iiLirnu is In the tli-ath houe at S -Sing
pending an appeal.
AA'Ue AA'eiori rhllllt'imr oil llefeilce.
Henry A. Wise Wood, liiilnu.m nf
tin' I'tiufeicnce ('oiiimlttee mi Pteparid
nets, vesterday challenged Pr I'limv
IS. Jefferson, chairman of the AMI-I'ie-pareilnes
1 'ommlttte, which I to hold
a ma meeting against national ibfei,,
to-morrow night ai Carnegie Hall to It-'
him attend the mooting and tit bate w t'i
the speakers.
34th Street J
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