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( i ''V , ' .-THE WASHINGTON-TIMES, SATURDAY, OCTOBER B, 1912. 9 T0FLEEMEXIC01N FEAR OF REBELS Censorship of Telegraph Lines Is Re-established by Government. MBXtCO CITT, Oct. B.-Ile.eiitabllsh-merit oft the censorship over federal telograph. Unci caused deep anxiety here today. Hundreds of American and other1 foreign residents are pre paring to flee In fear that the situation In this state Is more serious than the government has admitted. No censor ship has been placed on the cable, but a rigid one has been put on the land lines. Nothing definite has been heard, of General Oroxca for soveral days and It is reported that ho has slipped into Central Mexico and has assumed lead ership of an army, whose aim Is tho capture of the capital Itself. Nothing has been J heard from General Huerto, who was recalled because It was be lieved he leaned toward the revolu tionary side. It Is believed possible ho may have Joined the Inturroctos. A state of anarchy prevails In south western Durango and southeastern Blnaloa. There are no troops available for service there and the British mines ha ve been abandoned. Foreigners are without protection. Native women have been tortured and slain and brigands are looting unrestrained. Mexican. Rebels Taking Towns in March on Capital Simultaneously with the report that the revolutionary movement In the north of Mexico Is on the wane comes the news today that success Is attending he efforts of the rebels In the south, who are, capturing town after town In their advance on the capital. The two revolutionary bands, ono headed by General Agullar and the other by Gen. Felix Dlas, are about to Jon forces. In the state of Mexico tho people are In panic The town of Villa Guerrero has been taken, and It Is believed here that the town of Tenan clngo will fal. beforo the rebel onslaught by night. Tho guerrilla warfare being carried on by General Zapata and his horde of bandits Is also menacing the life of tho Madero government. Brig. Gen. K. Z. Btcever, In command of the American forces along the Itlo Grande, reported today that General Oroxco and his column have retreated from the border and ho Is believed to be marching to the south to Join the other lnsurrectos. Generals Rojaa and Escobaso, rebel leaders In the state of Bonora, are re ported to have made overtures to tho coventor of that state looking to their surrender. The American cavalrymen along the frontier, acting on orders from Wash ington, have redoubled their efforts to capture General Salaxar, lieutenant of Orozco, who Is reported to have fled to United States territory to escape the wrath of the federals who are pursuing the Insurgents. The father.of .Oroxco and his brother, together ''with General Campa and a number of rebels, are now being held prisoners In American Jails, and should Halaxar be caught, Oroxco will be the nly remaining rebel chief In the field In northern Mexico. COMMUTERS ARE AROUSED BY FARE Residents of McLean, Va., Think Car Line Charges Too Much. Protest against the high rates on the Great Falls and Old Dominion Railway was made at a meeting of commuters In McLean, Va., last night It was called for the purpose of gaining signatures to a petition which will shortly be presented to the In terstate Commerco Commission. The specific cause of complaint Is the fact that McLean Is now In the third-fare zone out of Georgetown, where It used to be In the first. Resi dents now pay 16 cents and one car ticket for a ride Into the city. Com mutation Is allowed to Cherrydalo, and from that point they pay tho usual city fare. Indignation meetings have been held at McLean, Cherrydale, and other points along the line. Crandal Mack ey. Commonwealth's attorney for Al exandria county, has been Instructed to brlnp suit against the railway company. TRAIN KILLS THREE AT CITY CROSSING Flagman Is Run Down Trying To Save Two Pedes , trians. NIAGARA FALLS, N. T., Oct. 5. Three men were Instantly killed today when the Gratwlck Special, of the New ITork Central railroad, ran them down In a dense fog near the Twenty-fourth street crossing. The dead are: ALEXANDER MCDONALD, twenty eight years old. JAMES STERLING, twenty-eight years old. MARTIN RYAN, flagman. Ryan saw tho two other men on the track a few minutes before the train was due to pass a crossing, and ran to tell them of their danger. lie had hardly begun to shout when the train bore down on all three, cutting them to pieces. St. Patrick's to Open The Winter Schedule The winter schedule at St. Tatrlck's Catholic Church will be opened with "the dovotlon of tho forty hours" to morrow, at 11 o'clock, with mass, to be celebratod by the Rov. Mst. William T. Russoll. assisted by the Rev. Eugene Rev. Thomas E. McQulgan, the Rev. O. llentges. C. S. P., subdeacon. The Rev. Thomas E M.cOulgan, the Rov. William J. Carroll, the Rev. James A. Smythe, and Charles N. Fisher wljl be masters of ceremonies. The sanctuary choir, undor the direc tion of R. Mills Silby, and the mixed choir, under Miss Jennie Glennan, will take part In the special musical pro gram. High mass will be celebrated on Monday by tho Rev. John M. Mc Namara. The procession and benedic tion of the blessed sacrament will close the "forty hours" Tuesday evening. GAVE $4000,000 Declares Aged Warrior Is" in Debt for About "" $1,000,000. NEW YORK. Oct 5.-Declaring his In tention of driving Gen. Danlet B, Sickles Into "an old soldiers' home'' because ot his "base and untruthful attack upon tho character of my mother," Stanton Sickles resumed hts bombardmont upon the aged warrior. He mentioned the names ot two more women, besides the prominent Manhattan society woman her had beforo named, to whom, he de clared, hts father had been devoted and. had given sums totaling appproxlmately 11000,000. He said his father Is at pres ent In debt to an extent that may reach 11,000,000. This money has been lost principally In Wall Street, according to the son. Not content with these revelations, the son mado publlo a love letter writ ten by the New York society woman to tho general In 1896. He challenged his father to disprove his assertion that he and his mother saved him from a serious legal entanglement seven years ago. Tells of Raising 1.40,000. ' "My father came to me In great dis tress m March, 1806," recounted Mr. Sickles. "He told me that he had been Intrusted with 140,000 by the Govern ment to disburse for the Gottysbura- Chattanooga Memorial Association; that he had found other uses for the money, and that he should be forced to replace 11 ur "'! 1 ui urn year. lie wantca my wife to let him have the money. I refused to allow my wife to make the sacrifice but told my father I would see If mother could spare that amount. I sailed for Spain In May of that year. She agreed to furnish father the money She got It together In cash, and It ar rived In New York two days before father had to render an accounting of his stewardship. . V.1 p,aS? m5r 'Cher's financial down fall at the door of four women." con. tlnued the son bitterly. "Three of these are the New York society woman I have mentioned, her mother and her aunt. The mother Is dead. The general was with these women for almost half a century. I have In my possession a letter from him to his first wife, Te resa Dagloll, asking If she were Jealous of 'Fannlo,' the aunt of the woman I have named. The aunt is now alive and prominent socially, "Inheritance Is Stolen." "These three women have stolen my Inheritance and those of my two sis ters, In addition to that of father. This money came from the estate of my grandfather, George K. Sickles, who died In 1887, and amounted to approxi mately 14,000,00. "My father la now In a pitiable finan cial condition. When he sent a hurry call for mother to pay the W.000 note held bv the Llnooln Trust Company, I learned that he owed sums ranging from $32,000 down to $100 or S00 for gro ceries, the care of his horse, and such trivialities. I should not be surprised If hts total Indebtedness amounts tq tl.000,000." Mrs. sickles, who was present dur ing the Interview, here Interposed. 'Things have reached such' a pass that I cannot Interfere, even If I would." she exclaimed excitedly. "I must keep my Income. It Is all I have' to live on. My husband will probably be dispossessed from the home he loves, but I can do nothing. I am powerless." Democrats to Meet. A publlo meeting ot the Wilson and Marshall Demooratlo club 'will be held In the Southern building .tonight The speakers will bo Charles' A. Douglas, Walter M. Baatlan. Levi H. David, Charles M, Dlggs, T. Howard Duckett, Henry H. Flnley. and William W. Bride. 'Board Trade Rejects' World Fair Proposal Charles Freeman Johnson's adminis tration of the world's permanent expo sltlon project received another set-back at the hands ot the Industrial Interests committee of the Board of Trade, at Its, meeting yesterday afternoon. Mr, Johnson, through Chairman D. B. Torter, asked the committee to recon sider Its previous unfavorable action by """Intlng a special committee of three to InvesUgate the project The request was denied, and a motion passed that the committee would take no further steps until Mr. Johnson had 'Med and held a meeting of the ad visory committee on the exposition re Mlv appointed by Commissioner Ru dolph. Ate the Dead Really Dead, In Heaven, Hell, or Purgatory? Go and hear a clear and satisfactory answer Sunday after noon at Columbia Theater, t o'clock. Advt S &L f There Are But 2 Left of 1 I These Magnificent Homes They face Rock Qeek Park overlook it at its most picturesque part Nine rooms two baths five porches. Washington has never before seen such a home value at the price; nor such a location that's why there are but two more to be sold. If you want a home that is a truly magnificent residence in itself and in point of its surroundings, that home is right here. Prlce;$7.950 $1,550 Cash $48.50 Monthly Take Mt. Pleasant cars direct to Park Road and then walk to 20th and Park Road. MIDDAUGH & SHANNON (Inc.) Owners and Builders SHANNON & LUCHS, Agents 713 14th SL N. W. S &L i, ' 'N. , U .CLCCTRlC AND 0A3 FIXTURES S" COLLAPSIBLE lF'"rB iTBBilWl - r THE PERFECT KITCHEN V S&L $5.11 A Week Buys This Home at r bbbbbbbbH Wf Wo matter wfcrre your shop ping trip ends yon hare tae choice of 3 double-track ear lines to your name here. That's another valuable convenience. COLUMBIA HEIGHTS On Columbia Road at Sherman Avenue N. W. Five dollars and eleven cents ($5.1 1) is probably less than you are paying for rent. It is all the money required out of your weekly salary, to buy a Colum bia Heights home on the SHAN NON 8f LUCHS Easy Payment Terms, after the first small cash payment. For your convenience these payments are payable monthly $22.50 per month. The full price of this home is but $2,750 whether you pay cash or take advantage of our Easy Payment Terms. This picture will give you some idea as to the exterior at tractiveness of these homes. Your personal inspection is necessary in order to do justice to these homes. TO INSPECT Take any 11th street car going northwest set oft at Co lumbia Road and walk ono square cast! or any lith street car going northwest, get off at Columbia road and walk thiee squares east; or any Ninth street car going northwest, get off at Columbia Itond and walk one square west. & Mmm9mMB .mliiiii qy"r!L""" . " mr...l,llfv rjBrBnial--Btssl---------lrSfl ! ftMpW-H 4 ' - OT-HslilHiTSH s"M"tMSsUsssissp It is an Artist's Drawing of the Kitchen of Our Warder and Newton Street Homes It will give you a practical idea of the working arrangement of this kitchen. It cannot show you the splendid dimensions of the large china cabinet on the right or the complete equipment of the double-deck gas range just this side of the china cabinet. 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"Look for Our Green and White Sign" S&L Just to emphasizo the fact that every other room in this model home has been given the same careful attention on the part of the builders as the kitchen even more attention in many cases, in proportion to their importance, we reprodu above photographic view looking over the house from the hall on through the parlor and dining room. As this photograph was taken without the aid of a flashlight, you can appreciate the perfect, natural illumination giyen this home by its many windows, interior glass doors, etc. We Arc Selling This Home for $3,975 to $4,250 Only $300 Cash and But $32.50 Per Month Is it any wonder that today we have but six left for sale? And hadn't you better make your inspection now? Even if you are not ready to buy a homo just yet, you will want your kitchen exactly like this one, or as near like it as possible and you ought to see it with tho rest of the homes while you still have the opportunity. To Inspect these homes take any Dth street car, get oft at Park Road, and It Is but a moment's walk (east) to Warder and Newton streets tho location of the properties, overlooking the beautiful grounds of the Sol diers' Home. SHANNON & LUCHS 713 14th Street N. W. "Look for Our Green and White Sign"