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f Jakn B. Keymotir when th latter took
th atand following Mr. Bwaysc.
"No," sad Mr. Heymour, "except from
hearing Mr. Hwayzn thin morning."
"Well, what were tho olrcumHtaneea
Which led your brothur to go to District
Attorney Hwatin?"
"I law In the newspaper that our
fcrlrM had .been tapped mid a detects.
hoae Installed In niir ofllce, Two men
IfWB the Val OTarrrll detective agency
cam to our olllco nbotit fix wcekN ago
ftnd Mill our wires had been tapped.
We didn't believe II. It wan said th.it
hs Burn people hud put a dctectaphonn
In Mid the uTarrcll turn Investigated
for teveral hours, but found no Indica
tion of a detectaphone. Then they went
to Mr. 8wann. Mr, tfvvunnscnt for Hums
nnd It Im said that tlurns admitted
putting a detect.iphone In there. Then
tv didn't believe It."
"Wtll. let me tell you," said Mr. Mom.
"that your telephone wire was tapped
MW ths rtirl by tho I'ollre Coiutnln
Klonar to Utn It. Your niune la on the
lUt"
"That'll a revelation to me."
"Now. tlm Intercut nt thin committee
II 0 llnd out whether the police tapped
your wlro presumptively on suspicion of
detecting crime, when In reality It wan
wet for that reason,"
"Why, of course It wasn't to delect any
crime. Not the. shadow of one. There
a largo bmlnesn tiunsiictlon- a mu
nitions transaction for tho Allies Uh
large Interests on both pMw, In our
office."
"Did O'Knrroll my ho employed
umr
"Wo, but that what we want to find
Ut Thero could have been hut two
Interests who would have desired to put
detectaphono In our ofllce two com
mercial Interest. The District Attorney
ye a detcctaphono aa put In and the
Wtree wore tapped. He has promised
to prosecute If wo make a roinpl.ilnt. We
heve asked the building agents to oncer
tain whether nny one tappe.l our wires
e-nd they are now makliiK nu Invcstl
Mlon with counsel,"
"o rrlme Intuited.
lejm 8. b'emour Is a quiet little man.
had his surprise at the proof that his
wire had been tappi-d was written all
eer his face. He has been a lawyer
, for thirty-eight years, ha wild, u Yale
wn of the clasa of '75 nnd Law '78.
He was u deadlock session Senator from
Connecticut nnd a United .States com
lsloner of patents under President
Cleveland. He has practised law before
the Supreme Court of the United Btates
M the Ktato courts of New York ami :
Connecticut. His brother, Frederick.
vrho did not rome to the stand until I
afternoon, Mihstantlatcd his version of
the Incident a month or more ago.
"Does (he transaction that was In
JrWr office." aked Mr. Moss of Fred
erick Seymour. "Involve any crime which
detectives or tho police might desire to
py upon?"
1 don't know of anything." ho an
wered. "t am eurc there Is nothing
In our office of a criminal nature no
criminal cases, no civil cases Involving
y conduct that would lead any one
to suspect a crime. Tliero Is nothing
there In which any crime was Involved
directly or Indirectly."
"The matter was entirely commercial
and business?"
There could he no other but a com
mercial or business motive."
"Could there bo that motive?"
"Yes."
'1 think," raid Mr. Mo to S -later
Thompson, "that th.it Is us far as I am
Prepared to go Into the wire tapping
now."
John L. Swayio described wire tapping
M "bridging over'" or "censoring." He
aid there had been listening In hy the
police, and he found no record of'any
other tappings, although Information
about tappings had been eislied by the
Dtatrlct Attorney of New York and
Klnce counties and there was talk some
time back of listenings In by the District
Attorney.
"Suppose tho Individual were a re-
pec table woman, not socially prominent,
end her home were put under surveil
lance by the police, do ou look Into the
aee?" Senator Thompson asked.
"We do not. How to draw tho line as
to people we should Inquire about I
don't know. Fortunately we have never
keen calleu upon to do so."
, "Suppose It wore a law firm, a re
spectable firm that hail never been be.
fore the Uar Association?"
"Well, if It did not occur frequently or
the firm were not prominent we would
put the tai on."
"Suppose It were lie l.uiu ey Nlcoll ("or
Mr. Moss," Interpolated Mr. Swayze),
would you ask ciuestlonH""
"Yes, uf course. It Is an Inaccurate
method not In tha proper shape. The
first step we took was to get the iu
thority of l'ollce Commissioner Wood",
and wo have watched the police and
found that they .no nut using it un
reasonably. There ale 35n,n( telephone
HUbscribers and there have been only 350
taps In tho last your and a half You
must also consider that there ato iil0,0'u
public telephones in the city and onlj
twenty-five tap now nn We reallz-d
before tho tapping trouble broke out on
certain wires recently that some wlr3
should not have bten lapped without
making an Inquiry. Then the matter was
brought to me and I rte. iim tn make
tin inguiry in tlie future In every case."
As.Ltnncc Mom VnlnnMe.
"Why did you think an Inquiry was
neeeskary In thla particular case?"
"Becauso tho person affected was n
man who occupied a protei.lunal posi
tion, which in or ot llflf should havo
led us to tnaku an inquiry Not that this
professional position relieved him of any
suspicion of crime "
"You think this was a case that should
not havo been luttrleied with?"
"I cannot say We know nothing of
the results of wire tapping (Xcept aa
wi read In the newspapers that unests
have been made after llstnlng In. A
letter comes to us from tho l'ollce Com
missioner. Wo put thfi tap mi mill until
It Is removeil v-e know uothliiK about
what passes, out thi lino Wi arc
tlmply notitleri that they no long'ir wish
to usn the line and we remote, the tHp.
The police hao told ua that our assist
tuiCH 1i;ih leii most valuable tint
murderers havo been captured and con
victed, thieves apprehendeil nnd gangs
of robers have been found. Hut we.
know nothing of our own knowledge 8o
jar as I havo been able to bMrn, then
tiave been no requesta for tapi b others
than the New York police
"Is there any reawm i1i you should
Iiot tell us the cat-o which mhi believe
rdiould not have been tapped without In
quiry?" "Why. no. It was Kather I'arrell's
wire. If It had conic to me that it n.is
1'ather Farrell, one of the leading prlets
In tha Brooklyn dlore.-, I would have
inade an Inquiry "
"Did you Utid'UM.iIid that the (Inn of
fiymour Feymonr was tupped on
fcusplclon Uiat ciinm had been com
mlttedr "We had the same letter mi that as
on other cases."
Their wire was included on th lin "'
"Well, Mr. .Mius, if wn gn Into the
names of the ;tfift mi the list, serious
damage will havo been done to peopb
who never have been proved guilty of
nny crime and it will not serve the
rurposo of this committee's Investiga
tion." "We'll take that matter up In exeeu
five session," said Henntnr Thompson
"The reason why I mention 'Seymour
& Seymour," aald Mr. Moj, "was to find
cut whether nny effort was rnsdo to
differentiate between criminal matters
and commercial matters."
"We nukn It an Invariable rule," re
turned Mr. Swayio, "that only In crimi
nal eases should this information be re
quired." Heir 'on Woods,
Tou rely on the O, K. of the Tollce
Commlrsloner?"
"Yes, wn do Wn havo applications
almost weekly from people who want In
'ferrnatlrm for private. eommrcj, poli
tical in nth ' pn line., nut I don't be
lieve that rule, has ever been broken.
The company has made every effort to
liedgo In the tetepliomi from uses for
bribery, blackmail, A.C. And fiont I Im
tlmo wo made tlm ariangenietil Willi
Commissioner Woods I led that there
never has been an attempt cc.t.ilttl.v not
until this latest unpleasantness -loiihue
the privilege of getting the information
desired. There litis ls:cn a great iKil of
talk about dete.'tlvo ngem Irs gt King In
on the wires. That la absolutely untrue.
They c.nnot, except where a man hai a
largo Internal tt lephotie system of his
nun and wants to check up somebody In
his employ."
"Can a subscriber know that his wire
l. tapped?"
No, not without going over tho wire.
The tap does not Impair the service."
"You showed to the chairman of th
committee a list of wires that had been
lapped In the list e,ir and a half. Doe
th..' show them all?"
"Mv the l'ollce Commlrsloner. yes. sir."
"Will you furnish the chairman, not
for publlo Ufc, but for Ids own private
me, n copy of the list?"
"Vr, but I should llkr to appear be
fore you In executive session to give my
reasons why the list should not be made
pttblk "
"I would like It understood." said Mr.
Moss, "that the committee has no desire
to hide In executive session anything
that may bo of public i oncern."
"The New York Telephone Company,"
continued Mr. Swayze, "never derived
any benefit, financially or otherwise,
front lapping wires. II Is a lerlous dis
turbance, nnd a matter that we would
like to be relieved of. Wc thai! be glad
tn cooperate In framing n law which
will stop all espionage on wires, but tho
situation Is a serious one. The practice
Is a great aid to the police and of bene
fit to the general public In tho apprehen
sion of criminals, and therefore the com
pany does not feel Justified In refusing
In aid the administration of Justice."
"Are you quite burn that no private
agenev has tapped wires?"
"Tint is an actual fact, not subject
to any qualification "
I'ollre Commissioner Woods could not
be reached last night to comment on the
developments In the Semour wire lap
ping. Senator Thompson would not
say whether or not he would call Com
missioner Woodfl as a witness. Th
Mayor, however, expressed hlmeelt rather
freely about testifying.
Mayor Rendy to Testify.
"I assume." he ald, "that what every
one wants tn know Is the facts, and I
am prepared to give them. 1 will bo
glad to lake the ttand whenever Senator
Thompson wants m. He asked me sev
ernl days' ago If I would give htm the
facts, and I told him I would. The law
providee that wires may be tapped when
Information that a crime has been com
mitted or Is contemplated has been
lodged,"
"Then the authorities tapped Kather
Farreil's wire with your approval?" he
waa asked
"In that sense, yes." he replied.
The Maor said he knew nothing of
a request from Gov. Whitman that Sena
tor Thompson avoid calling him to the
stand In the wire tapping case
T. A. Ollleeple and I'redcrlck Tem-h.
the latter of the Terry A Trench con
tracting company, also tesililcd at Iho
Thompson hearing yeeterdny. Mr. Tench
gave the committee to understand be
fore that he did most of the work on
that part of the elevated third tracking
which was handled by the partnership
between Ills (I'm and the T A. dllesplo
companv. Yesterday ho Inslkted that
the work was done by both together.
Mr. Ciillesple brought several of his Niw
York account books to the hearing He
reiterated what he said about nothing
In his books concealing anything wrons
or Improper.
The committee resumes Its sessions
this morning.
WOODS ON STAND.
Brooklyn (irnnd Jury Bnsy on
Wire Tapplua Case.
The recalling of various witnesses who
have figured In the wire tapping Inquiry
by the Kings county Grand Jury and
tho request attributed by Frank Moss
to District Attorney Ja-wIs that the
Thompson legislative committee hold up
l.s Investigation landing Grand Jur
action are held to Indicate that Indict
ments are not unlikely, but Mr. Uvvis
himself ha declined to give an Inkling
of what Is In his mind.
In faet. Mr. Invls feels that tho
statement concerning postponement of
action by the Thompson committee pend
ing completion of the Grand Juiy In
quiry places him In a false position by
indicating that the Thompson committee
held the matter In abeyance at his re
quest, and he wishes to emphasUo tlm
fact that tt w.is not ho vvlio gave
nut the statement.
The witnesses scheduled to testily to.
day Include the Itev. Father William H
Farrell. the Itev. Dr. Daniel C. Pot.er
and fir 1'otter's son, Dean I'ottei. a
lawyer the three whose complaints llrst
brought the siible,-t of wire lapping Into
the limelight. They have testified before.
Commissioner Charles II. Strong will
testtfv also. It Is said It was during
the harltles Investigation, conducted
by Commissioner Striinc, that Iran
scripts of conversations between Father
harrell and the I'ottei were produced.
l'ollco Commissioner Woods, Chailtles
Commissioner Kingsbury and Special
Deputv Corporation Counsel llotchklss
testified vesterdav. Commissioners
Woods and Kingsbury v.ero In the Grand
Jury room nn hour and twenty minutes
and thirty-live mlmites H'-p.-etlvely It
was the second appearance of both
The Ilrooklyn Har Association, it was
announced yesterday, has taken up the
matter of wire lapping with i view to
determining whether special ltglrlatlon
should be p,isd to suppress It A special
committee has been appointed bv ex
Chief Judge IMg.ir M. ull?n of the
Court of Appeals to Investigate ami n
lorl.
WARNING FOR STRAUS.
Thompson Te11 of Advising Head
of V. , I'.
State Senator George f Thompson,
chairman of the committee Investigating
Ihe Public Service Commissions, talked
nn his favorite subject before the fie.il
Ustnte Owners Protective AesMlatlon
lat night In Dm Hotel Majestic He
entered ihe room Just ns a wordy quar
lei was going on between President
.loseph s Schwab nf the organization
and fieorge A. Wheelo'k, a member who
wished to express n Krlevrnice, 1ml who
wiib ruled mil of older
"Your meeting resembles mane of the
ineillnsH of our ommlltee," said Senator
Thompson, smiling, "so I trust you won't
think that I sin i inhaiiassed "
Senator Tlminp-on discussed vntiotis
phases of ilie Investigation Into the
tlnnnies of the rapid transit sjeteni of
New York lie sought to show how the
taxpayers indirectly were paying for
mniiv rxtravngnices. lie reviewed fc.i
lures of his investigation. Towaid Ihe
end of hl talk he said-
"Thev tell me I have lemoved tlx u
Public Service I'mnmlsMunerH. Thai Is
true 1 have pm live out nnd five nunc
In, but they will go along Just the lame
as their predecessors. I say that hop
esll.i nnd slnreielv, with Ihe greatest re
spot for ihe men themselves, because,
ihey don't know- what thev are up
against Mr sitnms i u splendid mini,
but he doesn't know what thev are doing
to him 1 ndvieeil him confidentially that
he must get lid of a iloi.n oi so men
oxer there In the commission ottlces or
else he would be up ugalnst trouble"
TAPPING OF WIRES
DEFENDED BY WOODS
Snys I'oHit Must IV Most
Modern Methods in Hun
nlnjr Dovn Critm.
WANTS ARMY 01 .10.000
The tapping of telephone wlrv for the
prevention of crime, was defended by l'o
llce Commissioner Woods In a bpeech
before the Wholesale Dry Goods Asso
ciation at the Afkwrlght Club. 310
Hroadwoj, tesierdny. Without mention
ing telephones directly lis e-ald
"Wo are not allowed to work longer Iti
partnership with thieves, although that
inelhoil wns extremely successful tn
checking the thief's work. We muM Uie
the must modern methods and we must
use them to the limit Home of these
methods have been a good deal In the
public eye and would be manifestly out
rageotm If they touched honest citizens.
Hut they are necessary with thieves, tly
their use have been nblc to meet n
thief when he went out to ste.il and take
him bsfore the thefl with enough evi
dence to obtain his conviction while still
preventing the contemplated crime"
Mayor Mltchel, although lie did noi
mention telephone tapping, did refer to
the charities Investigation In tho course
of which tho telephone ceplottaito was
dl'closed. He said :
"You know of our attempts to obtain I
good service and to apply to all depart
menu of the city government the prin
ciple" of business. We have asked of
those charitable Institutions that are
maintained privately with tho addition
of payments from the city that they
observe In their sdminlstratlon the same
principles of good eervlee that we ex
pect of purely public Institutions. Never
has any effort of the city government
on behalf of the poor and the families
of the poor been so handicapped by un
derhand opposition as this. Never has
the city government been subjected to
more gross misrepresentation und libel
lous comment than In theee efforts to
obtain Justice for the children of the
poor."
Commissioner Woods gave an Inkllne
of his work to prepare for the defenco
of this city In the event of overwhelming
disaster, such a a conflagration or
earthrjuake or an enemy's Invasion.
"We hive on paper plans to deal with
such a calamity as befell San Fran .sco,
for example," s.itd Mr. Wood. "When
til e swept that city In 19 there was
chaos until the United Slates soldiers
took charge. In the netit of such a
disaster here I think I am safe In say
ing that there would be no chaos. As
an Instance I may say that we tire ready
to take care of tho transportation of
the is-ople of this city from Urooklyn
to Manhattan, or from Manhattan to
Urooklyn. even though all the connecting
bridges and under river lubes should
have been destroyed. We have also laid
our plans to caie for half a million
homeless people.
"From ",lO(i to 3,000 of the police
force of the city are to spend some time
this summer In a sort of 1'lattsburg
camp at Fori tVadsworih. aeeiulrlng
military- training The members of the
police force are now all required to go
th ough the revolver practice of the
United States army. This has two good
rcsultstho ludlceman dots not blaxe
avn so readily In pursuit of a criminal
and when he does tire lie H far more
llkelv to hit what he alms at.
"U'e Have ,ri,iul V enlist, l..-ed th pit.
uatlou of the city In the event of
"
itreat emergwnry such as nono now
living has witnessed In New York. There
are. as I understand, only about C.OOO
to 3,000 troops of tlm United States army
available between the seaboards. Under
rertaln conditions it would be our Job
lo see that order was kept In the city
while Us horn's wen- defended.
"For that purpowc tliero has been or
ganized the Home Pcfeucn League. We
want 40,000 members men w-io will give
n very slight amount of their lime to
rudimentary police woik with the under
standing that the are only lo be called
out to defend our homes In great emer
gency With the vreseni police force we
would thus have a total of ,1(1,000 men to
preserve order and defend the city "
MISS TOWER KILLED BY AUTO.
Dnuahtrr of Kx-.tmlmsMitlnr
Ilea
of Injurlea In llnspltnl.
riill-vritii.riiu. May 17 Miss Oi rtrude
Tower, daughter of CharlemaKiio Tower,
e.Ambas.idor to German, died lalo
this afternoon at the l'rsbyterlan Hos
pital ns the result of injuries sustained
In a motor accident Saturday evening
Miss Tower wis thought to be recov
ering, but laM night fh wifferisi a re
lapse Miss Tower, with Thomaji Harvey
Dougherty, .tr.. a banker, whs, Injured
when the motor, which Mr. Dougherty
was driving upset to the park
Mr, I.saugherly was seriously Injured
and he nNo Is In the Presbyterian IIok
jfrankUn Simon & (To.
Fifth
flfep Shoe Shop
4 WeSt38th St. Separate Shop, Store Floor
Men's "Banister" Shoes
Low or High Shorn Fifty Stylen
Of Dark Mahog
any, Tan or Black
Russian Calf, also
in white Buckskin
or black patent kid.
New lasts and leathers, including com
binations of Mahogany Calf and Brown
Buckskin or Kidskin; also Black Calf
and Taupe Buckskin or Kidskin.
Complete Stock of
J RAN KLIN Shoes 5.00
Thomas Cort Shoes 10.00
Golf SHocs 5.50
SCOUTS FAIL IN VILLA HUNT,
ARMY OFFICERS DO BETTER
Men Supposed to Know the Mountains Unable to Lead
Troops Through Short Cuts Used
by Bandits.
Bv I.COIMiK II. CLBMEJITS, i
I
"W-M U. 8 army near Nam.- 'Xa rnwr" W ' f TT"
qulpa, Mexico, May 10, by mall to Co. horses are dying or disabled from dls- " ''oieu Chinese merchants In Han An
lumbus, .V. M May 17. Knllure of the temper because of a lack of forage, the tMilo, Mexico, after the American troops
Amerlcm forcee to capture or kill morn driigom nre doing good work In cleaning withdrew.
bandits smee entering Meglc, on the ZmIIIII XZXlZr"" " " American troops left
chase, after Villa and his men has been I Up in this tlmo few of the many rumors j the city, the truck drivers said, than
due to lack of guides. Natives had to I which have caused the night rides to bo 'the. place was raided hy a bandit gang
be depended upon at first and they were
afraid, If not absolutely unwilling, to
furnish the deslrod Information or to
act as Ktildes tn the gorge and can
yons which It wn believed the maraud
cts wero Using as daylight hiding places.
The miiio condition of affairs still ex-
Itts so far as the natives are
ceiiied. but eo many officers and men
have npciit hi much tlmo In exploring
the country that they are able to get
about now without being required to
trust to natives or even to the Ameri
can scouts brought from the border and
whose knowledge of terrain war mostly
i. v......i tu .i.. ..
remote period they had helped round up
a tra moad of cattle In the hills.
This latter observation Is not made In
disparagement of the genus cout, but
the fact is that many of the men who .
attended (he army under tho guise oi ,
scouts were as little fitted fne the . nrl '
which they claimed to be able to do as
could well bo Imagined. They had been 1
In the country. It Is true, but when It
came to leading a troop of cavalry tn'h.ive they in, d the effect to curtail the
nv p),1cf nt
well liuidnvirkeil thcy'gr'" suppl.v but they enforce long de -
. ton In this desert land 1 1 "its. thereby causing loss of valuibb
were us much at
as they would have been In mid At
Untie.
Didn't Knorr hort Cuts.
Titers Is but little question that many
of the expeditions undertaken by the
troops since coming Into the country
have failed through the Inability of
guides, American as welt as native, to
pick the rhortest way thiough the laby
rinth of gorges and deep canyons leading
to the hiding places of the bandits sought
Just at present attention Is being paid
largely to tho movements of Camielarla
Cervantes, one of Villa's Jcfes, who, to
Judge from the reports from various
sources received from all sorts and con
ditions of natives. In Just about as
ublqnltoiiM as Is Villa himself.
Namlqulpa Is the honii of this much
hunted and much wanted man, and he Is
said to visit It frequently, but ho alvvavs
seems to be able to evade captuie
Kardless of the cunning traps which have
been laid for him. The fact probably i try and being familiar with the Intrlca
Is that he has not vlsltod the town since cles of the pusses through the hills, hav?
the arrival of th Americans In the , an advantage, and for that reason us
vicinity. ually make their getaway.
However that msy b, the fact still As a rule hills and canyons In every
remains that not a day passes that a direction arc found next morning to be
leport Is not lerelvcd locating him ali)-a Inn of peopb' as they were the pre
where from a mile and a half to fifty , ceiling days of tip trip, despite the Utile
miles from headquarters. None of the i ruction of the night before. The bandits
reporta are given much credit, but they have accomplished their purpose. They
eantio be Ignored, .md the result Is the , have creatfd a diversion by throwing a
sending of a del.iehnient or a hunch of few men In the way of the pursuers to
detachments to Investigate the rumois Mop them, while the main body escaped
with a hope that some of them may to some prearranged rendezvous in '.he
provo true. j next to inipjssuhle country being hunted
Night riding after the bandits Is now over.
VIENNA PROTESTS TORPEDOING.
... , .
ts.rrt. French Marked Austrian
Mtraraahlit Without Warning.
itmiu. m. tiHi viut t? tvtutia
of the t,r,...li,llirr nf 111.. Allltrlan l..ani.
- .... ... -
j ,tlp Dubrovnlk und the subsequent death
I nf eleven pi r sons are given In a sum-
IrMrv tn4de public, by the Overseas News
I t .h- -... u..
. .iftnuj ui tur iii,is I'li'uri wic
Austrian tlovernment to neutral nations.
The steamship was toriiedoed without
warning in the Adriatic on May 11, ac
cording lo the summary. Tho nineteen
passengers and the crew rushed to the
lifeboats, but the submarine flrod a sec
ond torpedo, which crushed the starUiard
lifeboat. Sixteen wero rescued In anoother
boat. Among the passengers were two
clergymen nnd several women and chil
dren. It is stated that the bodies of
three women passengers have been re
covered, and four more passeneers and
tour of the crew are still missing.
The summary quotes the Sttfatil agency
as saying on Mav 10 that the vissel was
a transport and carried ammunition
This statement the summary charac
terizes as "a flat Invention."
"The Austio-Hungarlan Oovcrntuent
states that the rtrlng of the second tor.
pdo against the sinking steamship and
ihe floating lifeboats must lie. qualified
as 'liitentliin.il murder,'" says the sum.
marv "The. Austro-Hungarian Uoverr
anent holds the Italian i invernmrii'
equally responsible with the French fiov.
eminent, slnco the French submarine
was operating with the Italian forces."
WON'T ACCEDE TO BERNST0RFF.
tanmlnK Does Ant Relieve Mer
chantmen sccli nhmarlnr.
Washington, May 17 Secretary
1-tnslng indicated to-day that this Oov
rnnieiit would not follow Ormany's
suggestion otivejeil in a note f re n
fount von lenitnrfr that c.iptalns of
merchant vesveln be warned not In ap
prnieh ruhmarines which call on them to
Avenue
the most exciting occupation of the army (
with Gen. I'crshlnK. There Is little elto
5i-irI. pr0i'"' '"5V."i ""fa fou,m,n
been taken In vain so far as resulting
In tlm .iriest or captura of bandits Is
concerned, but even so they havo not been
ai iouiiti',1 us loss of effort. Tho bandits
have been kept from concentrating or
ifiom recuperating and to that extent at
I least h.ive been weakened and rendered
moie vulnerable
The rides "t,e usually of three days
duration and from a physical point of
Mew am trying on thu mettle of men end
horses. The riding Is confined to the
roughest sections of the mountain ranges
iwnicn parallel me valley tnrougn wnic.n
"" , i'
'' lll: supply trains of the expedition
fioni ( olumbus.
In addition to the roughness of t'1"
country the night riders have to contend
"'''' f"rt' fires which threaten on
every hand. These fires, rt.irtert by thi
bandits with a view tcmrard starving the
horses of the cavalry sent In pursuit of
t .em aro pu-itlvc menaces. .Sot only
fine, and the heavy pall of smoko makes
It Impossible to detect tho movements of
the bandits, known many times to have
teen In tho Immediate vicinity.
Try tn arronnri Bands,
On numerous occasions word Is sent
back by the advance that a small bunch
of the enemy has been sighted and the
lethargy horn of the silence and tho cold
la thrown off and the fighting men be
come alert. The Commandei disposes his
men so as to surround the "bunch." In It
Is really where tho senilis report It to be,
and the advance Is begun. Many tlm's
the alarms are false, but the excitement
while It lasts Is as genuine us though
the enemy was present In full force.
Sometimes the bandits are there, and
for a mlnuln or two there Is the addi
tional excitement which at'e alu the ex
change of shots and tin i ic or less
wild riding which follows order to
. charge. The bandits, knowing the coun-
?0- , ,n response to a question Sec-re.
tary Lansing said ho never had heard
'of a merchantman seeking out or ap.
, rrouctl(ng marine on the 1,11, seas
until the Ambassador's mite mentioning
i f-.e lJutch steamer llandoeng was
DIOUglll IO nis ailcilllun,
'1'he insinuation In the Herman note
,nal I'rltlsh merchantmen made a
practice of this. Secretary lousing has
never credited ilerniati reisM! ascrlblnc
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BANDITS KILL AND LOOT
AS U. S. TROOPS LEAVE
Po.rii riiinohp Merchants Sliiin
in Snn Antonio for Selling
to Americans.
Cot-itMsns, N. M May 17. Truck
drivers fmm Gen. 1'ersblnc'a base
that apparently had been awaiting with-
urawai.
The Chinese were shot and their stores
,vtre looted. The American commanders
had not been advised that there were
any bandits In the vicinity.
It had been known, however, that the
Villa furiw had threatened death to any
Prison who sold goods to the United
States forces or helped them In any way.
Thu friendly Mexicans In the Kan An
tonio region wero panic stricken when
they heard the Americans were with
iinivvlng and many fled north with tho
lr.ops, deserting their homes nno. prop.
. ,.rty
I Hecnusn of an Incipient epidemic of
tj plittn among the. natives Hi Casus
,;riul(f5l tlm nearest pflTnt to the main
Anierlcan base at Colonla, Dublan. the
a.,i,. s,,i,iisrs Ium been ordered not
x , xo ncar ln(, tonI1. , cecs have been
I r,.t,ortcd among the Midlers.
I
1 f k DD A fly A MAY TAKF
lilinl Hint M ni.b
LAND OWNED IN U. S.
Kifrurinp a Way to Get, Hack
Hip Ranches Sold Hy
Porfirio Diaz.
Special CaKfe PeijmicA fo Tan St'
Mexico Citt, May IT. Oen. Car
ranza's secretary said to-day that the
First Chief Is studying to find a way
for the administration to regain pos
session of extensive tracts of land ulong
the northern border acquired during the
Porfirio Dial regime by the following
American land and cattle concerns:
Cananea Cattl Company, tho Lucky
Frako Company, the Ponora Land Com
pany, the Markal Company, the Monete.
ztima Company, Spearman Company and
the Kiehnrdson Company.
The secretary says that foreign own
ership of such great tracts of land, s
pci ally near the frontier. Is undesirable
ami conlllcts with den. Carranza'a re
cent decree on national sovereignty. He
sa.vs also that the aforesaid companies
ate smUEgllug cattle across the border
extcnsvel.
KILLED, 75 CAPTURED.
Trnek llrlvrr Tells of Victory of
Major l.anaborne.
Marathon, Tex., -May 17.- A truck
driver returning from I'oqulllns to-day
reported that Major Inghorne's forces
had killed six of the Mexican raiders of
Olenn Springs and had taken seventy
live of them prisoners.
Armv headquarters had no report of
this affair.
U. S. TROOPS JN A WILD
NIGHT HUNT FOR BANDITS
Coiilliittrif from First fag.
ttepped nut Into the growing light of
dawn lie looked 1lk a Mexican.
"Who aro vou?" the Major asked.
"t'm Monroe Payne, Colonel," the
giant negro replied. "Lord 1 sure am
gl.nl you're here Mr. Deomer, It'a the
soldiers our soldiers here's the sol
diers here."
In response to the shouted message a
tall man wearing u, blue work ahlrt and
overalls stepped to the door and looked
out timorously. Ills hand sought the
gray stubble on Ills chin. Then he af
llxed ii pair of silver rimmed eyeglasses
and walked nut
"Hi llo, Major LHnghome!" said
lieemer, extending his hand.
"I've been hoping you'll get here. You
leniotnlicr urn? 1 met you In HI Paso,
fild you have a hard ride? How"
Ills Interrogation wbji Interrupted by
n tnnie Important one from tho Major.
"Where aro the bandits?" demanded
the otllcer "I thought you were pris
oners here. Where did they go?"
"They have gone south," said the
Hoiekeeper, "the last nf them left here
i.iiiy this morning. Th-ro was only ten
In the last parly. I don't believe thev
thought ou weie so closo to them. I
and Pane are still prisoners,
"We were left hero on our words not
In escape Also we aru III the custody of
Uugens Kstrada, the foielnan of the
ranch. We. promised that we wouldn't
escape and the bandits sild they would
1,111 Hstrada If we wero not here when
they returned."
Hand Farther Month.
"VMicro did they go?" demanded the
Major.
The strict now waa filled with
ununited men. The scared facen of Mex
ican men and women, mostly the latter,
began npsarln' in dnois and windows
In the mini w hs, while fmm within
nine t lie walls of wajilng babies anil the
balking of dogs.
"Tiny went to Ccrro Itlanca, twenty
live tulles to the south," replied Peemnr.
"(luadulotipe Castro Is their leader, llo
laid lie had n camp there. He was going
there to get more men and horses, 'nicy
had no spare horses and thor Is why
Ihey couldn't take us. They said they
would be back In three days.
"Did you get my letter ubout the ex
change of prisoners? They want to get
their Lieutenant-Colonel, Natlvdl Al
varez, hack nd they have been afraid
that you might have executed him. It
was for an answer lo my tetter tiout
the exchange that they said they would
come back."
"They treated me all right," Dcemer
iepe.it. il frequently "1 ate Just what
i.tiey ate. The people here ut the ranch
have been very good to me.
"1 know our troops will treat them
all right. 1 am a little sick from the
food that 1 had and some that I didn't
have, but I'll be all right. I'm sorry
1 raused you so much trouble."
Major I.anghorni! tljen gave orders
for the command to go Into camp on the
idge of the settlement, for the aban
doned motors to be brought up and for
the animals t,i be fed and watered. At
the same time he called oltlcers nnd
guides together tn form plans for a
hurried advance in an effort to over
take the bandits. The advance will be
taken after a short rest fr man and
beast.
Ilia Aldert li Krrinanaf
Deemer made one significant statement
In his talk with the Major.
"I had beep talking with the Mexi
can guarding me, all tho way, I have
lived among them so long that I know
their was He told me that he and his
comrades were acting under orders front
Villa He said Villa Is taking over
many Carranzlstos who want to go with
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him lo fight the tlrlugo't. He eaM t f
order had been given In kill all Ainer'
cans, men, women and children,
lo spare the liciinans, biMvnuse the Ctr
mans wero helping Villa."
MORE WARNINGS SENT.
Consul Ednarils .tantn Tells Amer.
trans to lesve Mcilen.
Ut. I'aso, Mnv 1 . Item neii artitnir
tn Americans In Mexico lo gd out of th.
country were, forwarder to-dhy in
AmerlcHii f'onettl I'dwitrrU In Juare'
HlmultHiieouMy v'oneul Marlon l,e .
snd six Amerlc.iiirt mlved Ht the iif
to-night on the tlrm trnln from 1'Mhn.
hua In several iIhvji.
Consul lMwnrdi s.'ild there were .ilv,
I.OMh Americans r.tlll In hb district
northern Mexico, Including 100 in t .
Mormon colonic?, at prrnent ntidir t .e
protection of tlen. I'ershlnir's arti.v
These people ot the, uime unroll v,
rmt to others, but they decline to inov
out tin 1on an ihe iirmy remslnn.
c!on'ill Ietener den'ed that he h,
com to the border to remain, but !
hie wife, who Ik In H I'aso.
Mr. le'tcher irported conditions nu t
III Chihuahua city nnd Kild t'arim--troops
were, tnovlnc In from the eoin--nnd
transferring to the rnllroad le.nlinr
wcNtward In tho direction of th Am 1
cn army.
ARIZONA GUARD SLOW.
rullnro In Mobilise Left llnrrire
Open, !'8 (Jen. I'nnston,
Wasiiiniiton. Mny IT. - Kai'u-.-
the Arlzomi National Ouard to r.r '
promptly to the call of Ihe I'rn rle
for service iitotiK the Mexican "ni"
the leanon given b Sen I'tmsni
the lack of a r ufllclent number of tiv
to guard tho Arizona border fiom
gales to Yuma.
The explanation was ivlred to v t
War Department to-day by Oen Pun
ston In response to an Inquiry mnde e
him by Oon. Bliss concerning a con
plaint which the Department tee!vd
yesterday thiough Senator Arhurst '
Arizona from the Chamber of Commerce
of Tucson. Ariz., that I.SOn defence
I'm men, women and children livim
along the border were tit tho mercy cf
marauders owing to tho fact that ther
were no regular army patrols there an
that the Arizona National Ouard lud
been called out for eervlee with t i.
resular army.
Oen. Kuni.ton's ruiort states thai er
receiving the orUlnal appeal he I,
ordered n troop of rnvulry to the are
named und that by this time he wou .
havo had more trooi tliero hud t i
Arizona National Ouard been iri
prompt In responding to the Prce-ldi rn e
call. II" declared that the mohltlz.itlr
of the Kt.ite force was not it ulteee:i .r
confuted, although tho call was tu.-i,-more
than a week aJo.
Speclnl Agent nodgerH of the Mn
Department, who haa been III In i
pllul In Mexico clly Mirteritig from p'
malne poisoning, reported to. da'- I i
Carranm lux ncraln agreed lo tnie
tain modl!lcatlon.i In tho recent mlrlnc
decree, complained of by American "
eintors.
The decree in Its or'glnul form
jiei.ied heay taxe-, on minis ntol t"
output and provided that the d f m
Government, which collected the tax
In go'd, could have alt the product of th.
mine It may desnc In pomeut ot i"
ninz.i paper currency. KodBerw aKo
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