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THE ARIZONA. REPUBLIC
AN INDEPENDENT PROGRESSIVE JOURNAL
TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR
10 PAGES
PHOENIX, ARIZONA. WEDNESDAY MORNING. APRIL 14, 1915
10 PAGES
VOL. XXV. NO. 323
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TARIFF PROBLEM
solved er n
SAYS MARSHALL
.Vice President Tells Jef
ferson Society America
Need Fear no More Im
migrants Either WTien
Great Struggle is Over
PRESIDENT'S PEACE
POLICY IS PRAISED
"Give Him a Chance" Says
Vice President Ashurst,
Hayden and Others Tell
; About Jefferson Offi
cers Elected.
"You talk about the tariff problem:
there is no tariff problem. It and the
immigration problem have been solved
by this war between the nations of the
old world." declared Vice President
Thomas R. Marshall speaking at the
banquet of the Jefferson society
held at the Adamis Hotel last
evening. "If the war lasts until Aug-'
ust first there will be three hundred
millions of dollars worth of goods man- 1
ufactured in this country which would,
ordinarily have gone to Europe, and
yet you thought you needed only a
home market. We want a foreign
market, and peace, commerce and con
cord with all the world."
In a clear-cut address in which he
confined himself almost entirely to a
study of Jeffersonian principles and
their present-day application, the vice-'
president took occasion to pay a hig'il
tribute to the peace policy of Pres -
dent Wilson and to predict its success-,
ftil outcome. "If anybody here doesn't
like the effort of the president of the'
United States to keep 'this nation tt
peace, the recruiting offices are opm
in Paris, London and Berlin tonight, '
and he can get steady employment
there as long as it lasts. I do not
know how it is all going to come out,"
said the vice president, "but I do know
that If this people can preserve their
patience, maintain their equipoise, and
bear things hard to bear and that
perhaps they ought not to have borne, j
nothing can prevent this nation from'
marching at the forefront of civlliza-,
tion and being the torch bearer tor all
the years to come." I
Although in the main he avoided pal-;
ities. the vice president took occr.fcion
to make a prediction for 1916. T:e
time was coming he said when the pro-1
gressives would be asked to answer the'
question as to whether they left the
republican party because they believed
the proceedings in 1912 were dishonest,
"or w hether they simply "went off mad"
An effort, he declared, was being made
to rehabilitate the old party, but al
though the hands were the ham's of
Esau, the voice was the voice of Jacob.
As to the situation In Arizona, he hojed
that the people would by experiment
learn what form of government was
best, a
and If the people insisted In lay-1
erything to il.e Wil.sor. adminis-'
ing eve
tration, they would at least give it full
credit for filling the Roosevelt dam. j
Speaking of the aims and times of,
Thomas Jefferson, Vice President!
Marshall told the society that bears the!
name of the third president, that Jef-
ferson was both an aristocrat and a
democrat and in glowing terms praised j
his services for the nation. As founder
of the university of Virginia, he de
clared, Jefferson was also 'n effect the
founder of the entire common school
system of the country. "Times have
" changed since the days of Thomas Jef
ferson," be said, "but his theory re
mnins thesnme. Jefferson's aristo
cracy enabled him to put into effect -i
system of government that is a bene
fit to all mankind. The people of this
country, all the 'people, are in charge
of the affairs of this government; they
can be aristocrats and democrats, but
they cannot be the highest type at aris
tocrats unless they become democrats."
The vice president In the course of his
speech pointed out that collectivism
and communism were not really de
sired by any individual. People who
talk about that sort of thing don't
want it" he declared. "Every man
wants his son to have the chance of
becoming president of the United
States, but don't train riim to be a vice
president," he added amid laughter.
Vice President Marshull decried the
tendency of the American people to
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Governor Signs Paroles
For Thirty-Six Prisoners
Acting on the recommendation of the
new board of pardons and paroles,
which was sustained Monday by the
supreme court. Gov. Hunt yesterday
signed thirty-six certificates of parole
for prisoners at Florence. .
All of the men paroled had earned
their paroles under the merit system by
work on the state roads, having served
for sufficient time In the road camps
to entitle them to release under this
plan. Recommendations for their pa
lole, which were filed with the
governor some weeks ago by th par-,
don board had not been' acted upon
pemiing a derision in the Lnird case.
Gov. Hunt's action yesterday was the
FORMER PRESIDENTS
ARE PALL BEARERS
NEW HAVEN, April 13. Much
interest was shown in he ap
pearance of former Presidents
Theodore Roosevelt and William
H. Taft at the funeral of Profes
sor Thomas P. Lounsbury of Tale
held in the college chapel; as it
was the first time they ha been
in each other's presence since they
became opposition candidates for
the presidency in the last cam
paign. The honorary bearers 'in
cluded the ex-presidents and Ar
thur T. Hadley, president of Yale
university. Many prominent in
the literary and public life of the
country attended.
WES REQUEST
FOR CHANCE TO
j MAKE REPAIRS
Commander of Germau
Commerce Raider Asks
for Three . Weeks and
Permission to Send Ship
Tnto the Dry Dock
associated press dispatch
NEWPORT NEWS, April 13.
Commander Thierfelder of the Ger
man converted cruiser Kron Prinz
Wilhelm delivered to Collector Ham
ilton a formal request for time to
repair his ship. Letters followed to
the secretary of the treasury, the
contents of which were not divulged.
While Jt is understood the German
commander asked for three weeks
as the maximum, he stated he would
make every' effort to complete his
temporary repairs, and leave port
before that time.'
The request related only to tem
porary repairs, as a thorough over
hauling of the Wilhelm would re
quire months. Captain Thierfelder
did not request coal or provisions,
explaining he would do this when
the Washington government decided
how long he may remain in neutral
waters.
It is understood his request includ
ed a petition for permission to go
into drydock immediately. Until this
is granted, the merchant raider must
remain at anchor In the James river.
Unofficially the captain urged that
action regarding the ship be expe
dited, and in this connection asked the
state department through the Ger
man embassy to have the naval
board make an examination at onc.
While the opinion prevails here
that the Wilhelm will intern, Capt.
Thierfelder insists that he must re
turn to the high seas.
"We must get out," he said again.
"We got in and we can get out.
The fact that warships of the enemy
are waiting for us must not deter us.
They might sing us, but that has
no fears for me."
Dr. Joseph Goldberger of the pub
lic health service examined the beri
beri patients aboard the ship. Few
opor (unities have been afforded the
United States health authorities to
study this disease. Dr. Goldberger
found about 95 cases, several of
which have improved considerable.
He returned to Washington tonight
with his observations.
One French warship and a British
cruiser were sighted off Virginia
Capes by pilots who brought ships
into port. The pilots brought a
report they had received from mer
chantmen that the British knew the
Kron Prinz Wilhelm had steamed
north frorp the equator several weeks
ago and that she was believed to
be in American waters. The vigilance
outside the capes seemed to be great
er for outgoing than incoming ves
sels, they said.
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BIG HODK-HOFFIilAII SUIT
Tnat the superior courts of Arizona
have jurisdiction to determine the
ownership of , Arizona corporations
where action is brought against a non-
, first taken in accordance with the rec
ommendations of the new board. He
did act xm a recommendation to re
prieve the five murderers, who were to
have been executed March 19, but in-
! stead of granting reprieces for a thirty
day period as was recommended, ex
tended the time to seventy days, -on the
ground that the time specified was not
long enough to permit the supreme
court to pass on' the Laird case. The
men's reprieves expire May 28. Al
though the cases have been up for con
sideration before the pardon board, no
final action has been taken as yet. . It
j is expected that the cases will be acted
TWO GATEWAYS
10 HUNGARY
REMAIN BARRED
Despite the Tremendous
Hammering by the Rus
sians the Beskid and
Ugsok Passes Not Taken
Bv Invaders
OPPOSITION IS
MOST STUBBORN
Russians Have Command
- of Road Leading to Ug
sok Pass But Teutonic
Allies Check Movement
In This Direction
associated press dispatch
LONDON", April J 3. Two gateways
into Hungary still remain barred
despite the' tremendous hammering by
the Russians, as the Beskid puss, the
less important of the two strategically
and further advance into Hungary
hangs upon the possession of the
Uzsok pass, where the invaders are
meeting the most stubborn opposition.
SeVeral days ago the Russians cap
tured a position which gave them com
mand of the road leading to the rear
of the Uzsok pass, but since then the
Teutonic allies . have .checked the
movement in this direction.
In the west the French, apparently
satisfied with the recent successes be
tween the Meuse and the Lorraine
frontier, claim only to have come in
contact with the German entangle
ments irt this region. Official Ger
man reports assert the determined at
tacks by the French were repulsed in
this region.
The imiKTtance of the Carpathian
operations is indicated by the half
hearted actions reported from the oth
er sections along the eastern front
where even the counter offensive in
East Galicia, which was evidently
planned to divert the Russian efforts
from the passes seems to have been
prosecuted with little energy.
The whole campaign in the east
pivots on the Uzsok pass, where the
Austro-German forces arc in such
great strength that the effoits of the
Russians to . reach the Hungarian
plains are likely to be prolonged.
. Probably no session of the British
parliament since the opening of the
war has been awaited with keener in
terest thati the sitting which will be
gin tomorrow. "Dry" England, un
known except for a period of two
5 ears, 150 years ago, is not beyond
the possibilities, but the government
has given not the slightest official
hint as to what action may lie expect
ed in its undoubted determination to
attack the problem of restricting the
consumption of alcoholic liquors.
On Way to Carpathians
VENICE, April 13. Messages from
Vienna say the passage of a large
number of German troops through
Budapest on the way to the Carpa
thians has somewhat reassured the
Hungarian population, which had be
come alarmed by reports that a.
Russian Invasion threatened. It is
said the defense of the Carpathians
has been largely entrusted to the
Germans. Viennese journals assert
the German troops have not only
succeeded in repulsing the Russians
but have Initiated counter-attacks
and captured large stores of war
munitions.
EXPLOSION FROM FIRE
associated press dispatch
LONDON. April 13 A fatal explo
sion at Lerwick, Shetland Islands,
yesterday resulted from fire, accord
ing to recent despatches reaching Lon
don. ERSED III
resident defendant bV substitutive pro
cess, the corporation not being a party,
was settled in supreme court yesterday
when by a divided decision, that trib
unal reversed Judge Lockwood of the
Cochise court in the now famous Hook-
Hoffman case. By this decision, the
controversy over the ownership of
about a fourth interest in the rich
Mexican mining property of Jjv Demo
crata will now become an issue in Ari
zona courts. As determining a point
of law that has never been brought di
rectly before any court, and which is
therefore unique, this decision is a
highly important one. It was written
by Judge Franklin, Chief Justice Ross
concurring and Judge Cunningham dis
senting.
La Democrata mine was originally
ow ned by Lycurgus Lindsey of Los An
geles, and under his administration de
veloped into one of the richest gold
propositions in Mexico. He sold it to
Herman H. Hoffman, who is defendant
in the present action and to Leo Cloud.
They formed a company, In which
Cloud was to have received a tenth in
terest, on account of work that he did
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WA TER NEARS SPILL WAY AND
PEOPLE PREPARE FOR TRIP
TO ROOSEVcWATER FETE
BROOKS IKES
PLAIN DOES HOT
FAVOR UNIONS
Vice President of the West
ern ' Union, as Witness
Before Federal Industrial
Relations Commission
Tells of Opposition
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
CHICAGO, April 13. The Commer
cial Telegraph, a business at present
the subject of an inquiry b.v the United
States commission on industrial rela
session here, was presented
tions in
witnesses were S. J. Konenkamp, pres
ident of the Commercial Telegraphers
Union, who completed his testimony;
Eelvidere Brooks, vice president and
former general manager of the Western
Union; Henry Lynch, a telegraph op
erator who ciaims his unionism forced
him into exile in Canada; H. B. Per
ham, president of the Order of Railway
Telegraphers; Edgar Barrett, a West
ern Union employe who confessed him
self a former special agent or "spotter",
and Edward Reynolds, general man
ager of the Postal.
Brooks made plain his opposition to
the union, as at present constituted.
He said that thirty years ago his com
pany opposed the union, but just prior
to ISO", when a strike was called cost
ing the company 5,0no,000, the union
became rejuvenated and no protest was
made. A short time later an agreement
was reached, but the very next day a
strike was called in San Francisco, he
said, which eventually spread all over
the country. Since then the company
has not cared to employ men interested
in the union.
The witness repeated considerable
testimony similar to that given by
President Carlton of the same com
pany, as for instance, that the wages
were not high enough.
' We cannot deal with an organiza
tion like that, as we could do with one
headed by a man like Perham or Com
missioner Garretson," he said.
Mr. Jerham took the stand to ex
plain when the titrike called by S. J.
Small on the Pacific coast could not be
reached with news of the agreement
and the men in San Francisco walked
out in ignorance of it. Commissioner
Aishton asked if it would be possible
for Mr. Perbam's executive committees
to make so important an agreement
and leave him In ignorance of it. The
witness thought not. Mr. Perham ex
plained that perhaps he would not be
so popular with Mr. Brooks if the lat
ter knew there are still railroad offices
where he would not be received.
Mr. Reynolds said the welfare of the
employes of the Postal company was
his personal and special consideration.
He spends much of his time making
visits to the various offices. There is
a union within the company he said,
the officers of which take up the
grievances with the heads of the com
pany. Vacations with pay are allowed
and there is a benefit system.
In li07 there were members of the
Telegraphers Union employed by us,
but a strike was foreshadowed when
the union men began coercive tactics,"
he said. "They made errors for the
purpose of placing their non-union
companions in a bad light, and when
they struck they did so without having
made a single complaint or demand to
the company.
"We were merely informed that they
had been ordered out. It damaged the
company greatly and would have
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Women In War
Service Want Pay
Same As The Men
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHJ -
LONDON, April 13. Thirty-three
thousand women had registered
themselves for special war service
up to the end of March. This state
ment was made tonight by Walter
Runciman, president of the board of
trade, to a deputation representing
various women's societies in London.
Sylvia Pankhurst, militant suffragette,
urged the government to take meas
ures to secure- for the women in
whatever capacity employed the same
pay as men receive.
Six thousand of the women, Runci
man said, have declared themselves
as willing to work in the armament
factories, four thousand in the cloth
ing factories, seventeen hundred at
dairy work, five hundred as garden
ers, two thousand at various branches
of agricultural work, eleven hundred
as shop assistants, five hundred as
leather workers, and five thousand as
clerical work. Six hundred women
have been given employment at the
board of trade, he added. The gov
ernment, the speaker continued, in
sisted that women employed on gov
ernment ' contract work be paid the
same piece rates as the men.
Nine Inches of Dry Concrete j
Between Lake Level andj
Overflow Point: Water
May '-'Spill" Into River;
Tonight
PREPARATIONS j
ARE COMPLETE
! Salt -River Vallev and Gila
Countv Readv to Mobil
ize for Motorcade to Damj
Tomorrow; Some Already
on the Wav
Some have gone, more will go to
day, apd tomorrow, everybody will
be at Roosevelt dam, for the great
est celebration since Hon. Theodore
Roosevelt spoke the words that de
dicated the just completed water
bank- In tomorrow's celebration, there
!o ha a imrnnfi. eorverl pntirplv
outside of the pleasure such a fete
will give to those who participate.
Going out over the wires, the story
of what happens at the dam, will
let the world know that the firsc
and biggest reclamation project has
"come clean" is a success.
This morning, water is within a
few inches of the spillway on .the
south end of the dam. Last night's
reading showed it to be within nine
inches of the top. Calculated at the
rate of its ordinary daily gain, today's
increase will if sustained, put the
first few drops of water over the
hitherto dry concrete lip of the
spillway during tonight. Project
Manager C. H. Fitch said last night
that the use of a few acre feet a
day to help out the lagging Verde
to supply the crops of the valley
would not be a consideration in the
filling of the reservoir. Yesterday
not over a thousand acre feet were
let .down the river,- and then only
because it was absolutely necessary
in order to supply the heavy crops.
At yesterday's meeting of the com
mittee here, everything was arranged
for caring for the crowds. President
John P. Orme of the water users'
announced that he would have four
men on the road to help with the
patrol. Sheriff Jeff Adams said his
men were in readiness. Globe wired
down that their end of the cele
bration was all complete. Romaine
Fielding took two auto loads of his
motion picture people to Roosevelt
yesterday to be on hand to film the
celebration. Fred Kenyon of the
Kenyon Tire company let it be known
that he would put a truck load of
tire men on the road to follow the
motorcude, and handle' accidents free
of charge.
In brief, gait River Valley and Gila
county are all . packed and ready to
leave for the central point, and the
only one that's kicking is Harry
Welch, who cannot find enough autos
to carry all the people that want to
go. Some more of his distinguished
guests are coming and they need
friends with cars to pack them up
to the dam. Among those who will
arrive today is George H. Maxwell
one 'of the founders of reclamation,
.a member of the speechmaking crew
and a highly Important addition to
the festivities. c. M. Cooper was
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TO CONTROL ALCOHOL SUPPLY
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
LONDON, April 13 The Evening
t nronicle, which is in close touch
with the cabinet, says the government
is considering a plan for the complete
state control of wholesale and retail
trade in the domestic supply of alco
hol.
The plan, the newspaper adds.
involves the state of the monopoly in
the manufacture and sale of liquors,
CONFERENCES ON JAPANESE
DEMOS AGAIN DEADLOCKED
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
PEKING, April 13. Conferences be
tween representatives .of China a,id
Japan have been resumed, but there
is no break in the deadlock which
had arisen. The Chinese government
declines to recede from the position
it has assumed, notwithstanding the
fact that Japanese Minister E. Hioki,
threatened to discontinue the nego
tiations. Chinese Foreign Minister Lu Cheng
Hsiang refused to discuss Group V
of the Japanese demands. T,his group
relates to a number of the most im
portant demands mude by Japan, In
cluding the employment of Japanese
political, financial and military ad
visers and. Japanese police; Japanese
supervision of the manufacture or
purchase of Chinaj's war munitions
and rights to railway and mining
operations.
Hioki endeavored to draw the
Chinese representatives into the dis
cussion of article V of this group
which has to do with the concession
of Japan of rights for the construc
tion of railroads. He intimated that
China, had favored Great Britain with
railway concessions, and had not giv
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TttlRTY I!
EDITOR NELSON
OF KANSAS CITY
William Rockhill Nelson,
Founder, Owner and
Editor of Kansas City
Star, Dies at Home After
Long Illness
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
KANSAS CITY, April 13 The fun
eral services of William Nelson, editor
of the Kansas City Star, who died
early today after a long illness, will be
held Friday afternoon, it was an
nounced tonight. Hundreds of tele
grams of sympathy have been re
ceived by relatives.
William Rockhill Nelson was found
er, owner and editor of the Kansas
City Star. Although he did not en
ter the newspaper business until he
was nearly 40 years old, he brought
to it such originality, ability and
energy that he built up one of the
greatest newspapers of the country.
Mr. Nelson was born in Fort Wayne,
Indiana. March 7, 1841. He came of
two centuries of American ancestors.
His maternal grandfather, William
Rockhill, settled in Indiana when that
state was a wilderness in 1819, and
was the first farmer in America to
plant a thousand acres of corn. His
father, Isaac DeGroff Nelson, was
identified with the upbuilding of the
state and took an active hand in its
political life.
William Rockhill Nelson was edu
cated at Notre Dame University.
After a short experience as a young
ster in cotton growing in Georgia just
after the war, he returned to Indiana
and became a general contractor.He
engaged in the building of roads,
pavements and bridges, and was as
sociated in a contract for the con
struction of the Southern Illinois
State Penitentiary.
Intense admiration for the reform
work of Samuel J. Tilden brought him
Into contact with the great democrat
and when only 34 years old, he be
came Tilden's Indiana campaign man
ager. His interest in political leader
ship made him turn to newspaper
work as the best way to influence
men in the mass. He bought an in
terest in the Fort Wayne Sentinel
and a business reverse determined
him -to devote all his time to jour
nalism. He soon became convinced that the
opportunities In Fort Wayne were too
small, and after looking the field over.
he decided on Kansas City as the
most promising city of the country
He persuaded his Fort Wayne part
ner, Samuel E. Morss, to make the
venture with him. They sld their
Fort Wayne interests, went to Kansas
City and started The Evening Star
as a little, four page afternoon news
Daner. on September 18. 1880. Mr.
Morss withdrew from the enterprise
after a few months on account of ill
health, and Mr. Nelson continued as
sole owner and editor-in-chief.
In politics he was, as he often said,
"independent but never neutral." But
he would never consider any elective
or appointive position.
In 1881 Mr. Nelson married Miss
Ida Houston. Their one child, a
daughter, Mrs. Irwin Kirkwood, lives
in Kansas City.
JEANETTE DEFEATS LANGFORD
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
I SnSTOX. Anril 13. Joe Jeanette
defeated Sam Langford in twenty
rounds. They are heavyweights.
en similar rights to Japan. He again
urged that China grant the con
cessions demanded, and permit Japan
to take subsequently with Great Brit
ain any question which might arise.
The Japanese minister has again
postponed consideration of the Man
churia group of demands.
New St. Louis
Indicted On
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
ST. LOUIS, April 13. August Fred
erick, who on Tuesday was elected
president of the St. Louis board of
aldermen, a position in which he wiil
share with the mayor and the city
comptroller the responsibility of draft
ing the annual -city budget, was in
dicted for forgery in the first degree.
It is alleged the.t Frederick forged a
deed of trust which was sold to a
personal friend for J3 500.
I FOR
VILLA ARMY IS
GIVEN BEATING
AT 1TA1RAS
In Sortie, Carranza Garri
son Inflicts Heavy Blow,
on Villa Army Report
Saying Three Hundred
Troopers Are Killed
DRAWS LONG
PROMISED SHELLING
Both Factions Refuse to
Permit Persons to Cross
River at Brownsville to
Obtain Direct News of
the Fighting
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
BROWNSVILLE, April 13. In a
sortie the Carranza garrison at Mata-
moras inflicted a heavy blow to the
Villa army besieging them. General
Navarro, second in "command of the
Villa troops was brought to Browns
ville dangerously wounded. The Car
ranza consulate here claimed the Villa
dead numbered 300.
The sortie drew from the Villa forces
the long promised shelling of Matamo
ras, but the shelling was stopped when
the Carranza garrison returned to the
trenches and tonight the firing ceased.
All positions of the armies were prac
tically unchanged.
Both factions refused all day and to
night to permit persons to cross the
river from Brownsville to abtain direct
news of the fighting and both claimed
to have won the fight. Villa officers
said the sortie first drove in the Villa
outposts, but the Carranza troops re
treated when the Villa cavalry brought
up its main forces.
The Villa troops were known to have
some dead and wounded, but they de
nied the number was 300.
Col. Blocksom, in charge of the
United States post and border patrol
here, arranged to guard the. American
side of the boundary closely tonight
and extra forces were sent to the In
ternational bridge.
The Carranza consulate issued the
following statement after the battle:
"Our forces captured prisoners, abont
200 horses, a large amount of ammuni
tion and rapid fire guns and a largo
number of carbines. We also captured
all the Villista supplies of food this
side of Las Rucias.
"On our side the losses so far were
17 killed and 60 wounded. Among the
killed was Lieut. Colonel Guerrera."
During the bombardment eight shells
passed completely over Matamoras and
four others dropped in the city, where
they did little damage. The shelling
demonstrated that so long as the Villa
cannon retain their present position to
the extreme west of Matamoras,
Brownsville probably will be safe from
shell fire but it seemed to demonstrate
sharply what would happen to Browns
ville if the besieging artillery fired at
Matamoras from any other direction.
Shells from other points fired as thoso
sent over Matamoras would have
dropped into Brownsville. The last
shots from the' Villa artillery were
fired when a train of freight cars, arm
ored and with machine guns attempted
to leave Matamoras in the direction of
the Villa lines. 'The Villa guns dropped
two shells close to the train, whereupon
the engineer backed into Matamoras.
Prisoners Are Executed
LAREDO, Texas. April 13. Mexican
soldiers at Nuevo Laredo declared
that General Maclovio Herrera caused
200 Villa followers and prisoners to
be executed after the Villa defeat near
Huisachito, twenty miles south. Tho
Carranza commander's reply to ques
tions was: "The prisoners have been
disposed of."
In his official report to Carranza
regarding the battle, Herrera, it is
said, did not mention the executions.
Information tonight from Carranza
officers and soldiers In Nevo Laredo
indicated that 350 Villa soldiers who
surrendered after yesterday's battle
between the Villa and Carranza armies
near Huisachito, 30 miles south of
the border, as well as a number of
Mexican women, were summarily ex
ecuted by the Carranza forces. Tho
Carranza general is said to have or
dered . the machine guns tuned' on
one party of surrendering Villa men,
resulting in the death of seventy-six.
The wounded, it is said, were bay
oneted on the fieid.
Another Carranza officer is credited,
with having killed 120 prisoners with
machine guns, while other Carranza
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Alderman Is
Forgery Charge
The grand jury is still investigating
Frederick's affairs with relation as to
whether other deeds of trust allege
to have been sold by himi are au
thentic. The deeds alleged to have
been sold by Frederick and the genu
ineness of which is being investigated
will aggregate approximately $40,u00.
Frederick, who was technically arrest
ed last night at. the direction of the
circuit attorney, was formally arrested
on' a bench warrant today. He made
arrangement for a $10,000 bond.
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