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WIDESPREAD STORM
SWEEPS COUNTRY
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Middle West and South in Grip of Fierce
Wind, Rain, Hail and Snow Storms Scores
of Lives Snuffed Out, Hundreds Homeless,
Millions in Property Destroyed
: LONG DEATH LIST IS GROWING
i Heaviest Loss of Life in Alabama, Tennessee
and Georgia Cyclone Half-mile Wide
i Sweeps Through Counties, Wiping Out Whole
Towns Telegraph and Telephone Wires Down
.
Widespread storms of cyclonic in i
tenpity swept over Ihe middle west
and the south during the last twent
I four hours, cut their way through I
towns and cities of five states, snuffed
out stores of lives, made hundreds
homeless and destroyed propertj val-
ued high in the millions. At noon to-
day 51 persons were reported killed
and the death lint was growing
Other sections of the country from
I the Great Lakes to the gulf and the
eastern seaboard to the Rockies were
I swept b gales, rain and snow
Heaviest Toll of Life.
The storm took its heaviest toll of
life in Alabama. Tennessee and
northwestern Georgia. From Nash
1 ville and Memphis .ime reiorts or
j cyclones half a mile wide b t ;eping
through counties. tumbling over
scores of houses, crushing a half dox-
en towns and killing 20 persons.
I Rome, Ga . told a similar story of the
I storm in northwestern Georgia during
i I the night, placing the dead Bt IS.
A cyclone one hundred yards wide
plowed through Dekalb county, Geor
H gia Just cast of Atlanta, cut it off
i from the world and killed five per
fnns Two persons were Killed In Cn-
i) ri t m i ii. :- ' in northern Alabama.
Fifty-Mile Gale.
A fifty-mile gale that passed over
f Chicago and Illinois during the night
caused damage estimated at $1.00',
I I 000.
, From the storm-swept areas come
meager reports of devastation, indi
te ratine that the property loss will ex
I ceed by fur the earlier estimates.
Many towns have been cut off from
r the world and In sections of four
I states thousands of telephone and tel-
epraph v. ires are prostrated
I GEORGIA IN
STORM PATH
Five Dead, Many In
jured, Property Loss
Thousands of Dollars
i
f Atlanta. Ga.. March 14. Five men
are dead and at least a score Injured
and thousands of dollars loss today
1 marked the path of the Bevere rain
and hall storm which swept the sec
'4 Hon Just cast ..f the city last night.
J"t The storm cut a path about inn yards
lj wide and evrended through Dekalb
H county Todaj the devastated section
(8 is entirely cut off from wire commute
I Ication and later reports, It is feared
H will swell the 'i-t ot casualties. Reh.-i
parties were sent out from here early
II today.
i TRAINS MEET
IN A STORM!
J Colorado Special and
Atlantic Express Col
lide, 4 Killed, Many
Hurt
It Gothenberg. Neb., March 14. Union
f.icitic passenger train 'o. 12, known
i,r- ( nl..iadO Special, from Den
flfl , , r rllTi ii. in train No. 4. the Atlantic
j Kx press, from Portland, here at 'i
! i o'clock this morning, during a bllnd
l Ing snow storm, killing four passen-
gers and seriously injuring eleven
j i
The Dead
: EDMUND R OUSTENHAUTT ol
ItJ , Saiain.M ca N V traVl ling al. mi. at.
. AUGUST METERS of Wall Lake.
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MRS AUGUST BfBTERS, Wall
Lake. Iowa
.MKs EDITH HOON STOCK WELL
of Cheyenne. Wyo.
Mr. and Mrs. Meyers were en route
home from lxing Beach. 'al Mrs
Stockwell was the wife of Sergeant
Stockwell of the Pourtb field artitl
lery She was en route to Des Moines
low a.
Those Seriously Injured.
O. R. Ordler. Walker. Iowa, internal
injuries.
w. H. Dickerson. Cheyenne; back
sprained; cuts.
W. G Tinney. Omaha, ankle sprain
ed, bruised.
A. R. Colvin, Sioux Falls. S D. ; hip
injured, back sprained.
F. .1 Laughlin, Omaha, body bruis
ed, cuts.
Edward Rose, Omaha, back sprain
ed, cuts and bruises.
Mrs E. E. Bagley. Allen, Neb.; leg
sprained, bruises
J. G Klncaid, Norfolk. Neb ; back
sprained, body bruised.
(' M. Terrencc. Charles City, Iowa;
bruises and cuts
George F Rrown. Tonopah Nev .
internal injuries, bruises.
General Scott. Omaha; bruises.
Relief trains were sent to the scene
of the wreck from Omaha and Grand
Island and those Injured were put
on a train for Omuha at 7:45 o'clock.
COMMISSIONERS
AT SCENE OF WRECK
LincolD. Neb., March 14 The Ne
braska state railway commission was
this morning notified by Edson Rich,
general solicitor of the Union Pacif
ic, of two wrecks on that road to
day, one at Sidney and one at Go
thenberg. and was requested to make
an investigation at once
Commissioners Clarke and Hall, to
gether with U G. Powell, the com
' mission's accounting expert, left on a
i 10:40 train to visit the sceues of the
j wrecks.
MANY HOMELESS
IN TENNESSEE
Memphis. Tenn.. March 14 Latest
reportB received here today from the
storm-swept sections of Madison and
Henderson counties do not add to the
list of dead. Five were killed and
over 100 are homeless
At Lexington nearly a hundred hous
es were practically demolished.
Telegraphic and telephone commun
ication is still cut between Jackson
and lxlngton. It Is not believed that
any further casualties occurred.
The small towns of Camden. Tim
ber Lake. Huron. Life and Sharon suf
fered property loss.
Rome. Ga., March 14 Eighteen are
dead and many more Injured us the
result of the storm which swept over
northwest Georgia last night The
J property damage was very heavy.
STORM BULLETINS
Columbus. Gn- March 14 A storm
of cyclonic proportions struck Colum i
bu6 today, causing damage estimated
M several hundred thousand dollars
Two persons were reported killed
Factories and residences were blown
down and street traffic demoralized.
Denver, March 14 Heavy snow bi
gan falling early today In northeast
ern Colorado, through Nebraska and
northeastern Kansas, accompanied bj
a high wind that in many cases pros
trated telegraph and telephone wires
Meager advices Indicate that severe
blizzard conditions prevail in Nebras
ka, the snow drifting and seriously Im
h iin r.ulroail trafl !
New Orleans. Mar. 14. The death
Hat in the storm that swept scleral
southern states yesterday was rais
ed to thirty three early this morning.
Latest reports of life loss came from
rear Atlanta where five were killed
Pierre. ?! D, Mar 13 The most
) severe snowstorm of the present wiu-
$ Evening Newspapers Give Opportunity To
Be Read and Considered
Readers of the evening new spa -
I pen have opportunities to read
1 and ma ulcr the ads and to de-
; i .I.- on purchases to be made The
r routine of the average man and
tv fQMge woman i das permits ad-
i readlnc in the evening at home
And what paper is read at borne,
evening, rhc morning or the even-
' Ing paper'.' Your answer to this
difficult conundrum should con
vince you as to which of the two
kinds of papers Is the better ad-
I vertlsing medium.
ter in prevailing here tonicht Re
ports from other parts of South Da
kota indicate that the storm Is gen
eral over tho state
The temperature has dropped to tho
in. ting i.nlni and with a hlch north
east wind the snow Is drifting badly.
Qulncv, Ills. Mar. 13. A heavy
windstorm early this evening tore,
down wires and broke windows. Sev
eral large boats were broken loose
from their mooring in the bav and
many launches were swamped by the
high waves,
Peoria. Ills, Mar 13 A windstorm
which swept over Ihe counties of
Peoria. Woodford and Tazewell at B
o'clock tonight did damage estimated
at several thousand dollars
The wind at Peoria reached a Te
locity of fifty miles nn hour. Win
dow Klass and signs In the business
part of the citv were broken and trees
'uprooted In the outKlng districts
I Sm3ll buildings were overturned. Both
telephone and telosraph communica
tion Is practically at a standstill, few
wires working out or the city
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FOUND SHORT
IN ACCOUNTS
Trusted Employes of
San Francisco Banks
Embezzle Large Sums
San Francisco, March 14 Trusted
employes or two banks In this city
have been found short In their ac
counts. One of the men is In custo
dy, charged with the embezzlement
of about $2.0oii. The other, whose
shortage is placed at over 10Q,000,
mav never be prosecuted. .
The Illness of Charles F Baker,
assistant cashier of the Crocker Na
tional bank, placed another man at his
desk a few days ago and the shortage
was discovered. According to Wil
liam Crocker, president of the bank,
the shortage will amount to over
$100,000. The bank is protected by ,
an Insurance contract more than cov- j
erlng the bonds required of its trust
ed employes
"How Ihe bank shall act." said
President Crocker, it Is too early to
say My life, has been devoted to
helping men. This poor fellow has
fallen and may need help This is a
national bank, however, and the bank
examiner has jurisdiction. What no
may do I cannot say."
Began as Messenger Boy.
Baker entered the bank as a me
Bengei boy He Is known as a man
of modest tastes and no explanation
of his shortage has been found.
Rupert T Hooper, head of the trust
department of the Mercantile Trust
company, is In th custody o-private
detectives until he closes his affairs
and surrenders on a warrant charging
embezzlement. Vice President John
1 1 MrKee ot the company stated to
day that the total shortage uncovered
would be close to $14,000. Hooper has
been an employe of the company lor
eight vears and is said to have en
gaged in real estate speculations.
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ADRIANOPLE
ASSAULTED
Bulgarians and Serv
ians Make Fierce But
Unsuccessful Attack
London, March 14 A fierce but un
successful assault was made on the
south fortress of Adnanople last
night.
According to dispatches from Con
stantinople the besieging Bulgarians
and Servians sustained heavy losses
and were eventually repulsed all
along the line.
BOTH CLAIM
THE OFFICE
Two State Senators
Declare They Are Gov
ernor of Arkansas
Little Rock. Ark . March 14. Two
state senators yesterday laid claim to
tho offbe of governor of Arkansas,
and each established an office at the
capital.
After the resignation of Governor
JO ph T Robinson last Saturday Seu
ator W. V. Oldham, then president of
the senate, su' i ceiled hint
The senate elected Senator John M.
Putreii. president pro tern., to act as
lieutenant governor. Futrell today de
manded thai Oldham rctfre. Oldham
refused and both men soiiRht to ex
ercise gubernatorial functions Botb
declared they would call a special
election for governor.
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DANIELS SOLVES
BLACKHAND NOTE
Washington, March 14. "Black
hand" desperadoes. It was thought for
a time, were on the tracks of Secre
tary Daniels of the navy department,
but navy officials today are chuckling
over the matter.
When th sei reiarv hurnc-d into bis
j office late yesterday he found on his
I desk a black hand epistle scrawled in
red Ink and bearing the imprint of a
smudgy palm and four fingers and
thumb across the linos. The note
rca d
"Leave S 10,000 on the old stump.
or you die "
The secretary studied the ultimatum
cloBely for a moment and then called
in his secretary.
"Were an: of my sons here-" ho
inquired He has four. The secre
tarv acknowledged, that two of the
boys had called and had made free
use of their lather's office In his ab
sence. "I thought so." said the secretary
laughing The young rascals," he
added, and plunged into the mass of
papers oti his desk.
PEASANTS
I SHOTDOWN
Three Hundred Un
armed Albanians Kill
ed by Servian Troops
Frankfort -on-the-Maln. C.ermany.
Mar 14. Three hundred Albanian In
babltants of Llnraan, In the Turkish
province of KOSSOVO, were shot and
killed without trial vesterday by Ser- 1
vian troops, according to a dispatch
lrom Lskup to the Frankfort C.a.ette
Unarmed Peasants
The inhabitants of the district to-
ta'led l"V- the dispatch sa s 'They
were unarmed peasants and did not
follow the example of the rest of the!
All anians in fleeing to the moun-
tains.
"All were captured by a column of I
Servian troops, who. after shootinu
nou of them, brought the surviving 100
prisoners to Prisrend, the capital of
the province."
MISSOURI KILLS
SUFFRAGE ACT
Jefferson City, Mar l.T The con
stitutional amendment providing for
n Oman's suffrage was kllle.i today b
the Missouri senate.
EXACT TERMS
REQUESTED
California Commission
Asks R. S. Lovett for
Details of Lease
San Francisco. March 14 - The al - j
Ifornla railroad commission on tho
data now before it finds itself un
able to pronounce an opinion on tho
modified plan for the dissolution ol
the Union Pacific-Suthern Pacific
mercer piesented by the railroad at
torney. In a message to Attorney
General Mclteynolds. outlining Its
policy us to the dissolution, the com- J
mission so state todaj
San Francisco, Mar U - The Cali
fornia railroad commission telegraph
ed today to Robert S. Lovett. chair
man of the executive board of the
Union Pacific, for the exact terms
of the lease which it Is proposed the
(''iitral Pacific shall gjj; to the Un
ion Pacific on Its lines in California.
Additional information also is asked
as to the use to be made of the
Itenicia cutoff between Oakland and
Sacramento, and of the terminals and
the industrial tracks controlled by the
Southern Pa die and the Central Pa
ctflc. Until this information is forthcom
ing the commission will withhold its
opinion, which, it i"1 announced, will
take the form not of a decision, but of
a memorandum.
FREIGHTS
IN WRECK
Five Missing, three
Stockmen, Conductor
and Brakeman
Tuaha. Neb- Mar. 14 Two freight
trains on the l'nion Pacifio ollided
at llerdon. Neb., early today, Three
men are reported missing.
Cheyenne, Wyo., Mar. 14. Advices
received hero by railroad officials
state that three unknown stockmen,
conductor Phiiiii snd Brakeman
Craddock. of the Union Pacific, are
missing, and prcsum-'il.h killed in a
wreck twelve miles west of Sidney.:
Neb., at 4 a .m.. today.
The trains lnWd were extra
stock train und an extra height train
The extra irclght crashed into the
rear of the stock train and demolished
the caboose in which the missing men
j were.
JOSEPH E. DA VIES
OFFERED POSITION
Washington. March 14 President
Wilson todav formally offered Joseph
K ):iic ol Madison. Wi sc. n : n
Of the Democratic national commit
tee. an .' ppolntment as assistant sec
retary o v.m
MANY NAMES
ON PROGRAM
Important Confer
ences Planned for Day
at White House j
Washington, Mar. 14. President
Wilson had a number of Important
conferences planned for todaj Rep-
re entative Jones of Virginia had an
engagement to introduce bis col
league. Representative Saunders, but
he expected to take up with the pres
ident the naestlon of Philippine Inde
pendence for which he haa a bill
pending in the house.
Other names on the president's pro
gram were Representative A Mitchell
Palmer of Pennsylvania, chairman of
the Democratic caucus; Joseph K. Da
vies of W isconsin, secretary of the
Democratic national committee: Gen
eral Rlhb Grays of Alabama, mention,
ed for assistant secretary of war. and
Secretary of State Bryan, who leaves
tod lor a ten days' trip to his home
In Lincoln. Neb.
The president promised to met
Senator LaFollette this evening. This
will be the president's first consulta
1 tlon with a member of the Progres
sive Republican wing.
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MEETING AT
THE BORDER
Officers Provide for
Maintaining the Neu
trality Laws
Nogales. Ariz., Mar 1t. Colonel
'Wilbur K Wilder of the Fifth United
i States cavalry, held s conference at
I the international line today with Gen- I
err,; Obregnn. commander of the
Bonora state troops which yesterday
captured Nogales. Sonora. The meet
ing was at the suggestion of Colonel
I Wilder, and was to discuss provisions
for keeping order and to reach an
understanding regarding neutrality
I regulations. Obregon promised to
! keep order In the Mexican portion of
the town and expressed sorrow at the
v.ounding of one American soldier .ami
(thr. " cans on the American side
of the line.
United States customs Inspectors
seized forty-seven head of horses be
longing to the federal troops. The
I horses were brought across the line
hj the federal refugees last night.
WILL SUBMIT
THEIR PLAN
Modified Dissolution
Agreement to Be
Placed Before St.
Louis Court
Washington. Mar 1 I The modi
lied plan for the dissolution of the
I Union Pacific-Southern Pacllic mer
ger, agreed upon b the interests in-j
volved. will be submitted to the Unit, i
eu States district court at St. Louis
'tomorrow without the approval or dls.
approval of Attorney General McRey
nolds The altornev general today
'instructed Untied States Attorney,
I Gouts at St. Louis to inform the'
court when the plan is presented that (
he had not had time to study and pass
Judgment on it The representatives
of Ihe rallroaus iniornieu ".
nev general that It was necessary for
them to present the plan to th!
court before Saturday, under h e i
agrei meni with the syndicate which
Is to underwrite the stocks to be sold.
Mr M Reynolds said today he had
received a telegram from the railroad
men which showed in a general way
thru the fundamental change oer the
Old plan was that the Union Pacific
would enter into a traffic In
stead of a trackage arrange
menl in reaching the coast over the
Benlcla cutoff. The California rail
road commission objected to the pro
vision of the old plan which permit
t,.J the Union Paclflc to use the
trrclage of the Southern Pacific to
the exclusion of the Western Pacific
CONN ACCOMPLICE
IS UNDER ARREST
Detroit. Mich. Mar 1 1, Detroit po
lice todav placed under arrest Mrs I
Pods in' connection with the Owen
Conn" burglary ease at San Fr mn -. o
They immediately began a search of
her effects Mrs. Pope said she first
nel 'onu In San Francisco and know
him well She claims she does not
know Mrs. Mabel Clarkson.
TRYING TO STEM
JOB HUNTER TIDE
Washington. Mar. 14 -Despite vig
orous dentals by treasurv officials
th'it Secretarv McAdoo contemplates
sweeping the present corps of Unit
eri Suites Bocret service operatives
out of office, applications for the po
sitions of Chief Flynn and his sub
ordinates continue to pour In by the
hundreds dally The desk of Colonel
Lvman the treasury department ap.
pointment clerk, is littered with let
ters glowing with descriptions of the
qualifications of would-le sleuths
One man credited hinlseU with dis
covering a ilancerous counterfeit
dime. He sent Secretary Mc Vdoo two
of the "spurious" eoins. They are
genuine Another to prove the gov
ernment's need of him In "gum shoe"
work, said he could talk freely and
well and attracted attention where
ever he went. A third applicant of
i red indorsements of his "caricature
and habits."
With four thousand applications on
file since March 4. and no vacancy
in sight, the treasury department Is
endeavoring to stem the tide of applicants.
GEN. BLISS
EXPECTED
Major in Command at
Nogales Reports Jeop
ardizing of American
Line
Washington. Mar. 14. It w-as x
1 pected thai Brigadier General Tasker
H. Bliss would arrive at Nogales,
I Ariz , todav from Fort Sam Houston,
j Tex.
.Major late nas reported to uenerai
Bllfls that the bullets which poured ;
Into Nogales. Ariz., Jeopardizing
American lives, apparently came from
the Mexican rebels and that he does
not return the fire, as In doing so he
would have been more likely to hit
the federals than those whose care
lessness had leen respon?Ible for the
shots which entered American terri
tory. Reports from .Liare? Indicate con
ditions there and elsewhere alone the
border quiet. Railroad and telegraph
service in Chihuahua is regular Gen
eral Bliss has been informed that the
federals are manufacturing bombs in
the railroad shops In Chihuahua.
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CAPTURE
ISDENIED
Report of Execution
of Governor Carranza
Declared Untrue
El Paso, Tex.. Mar. 14. Carranza
leaders in Piedras N'epras positively I
deny there is any truth in the re
ported capture and execution of Oov- .
einor Carranza. They claim to hae
received telegrams from him this
morning.
RUMORS NOT CONFIRMED
Eagle Pass. Tex.. Mar 14 No con- I
I firmation of the reported capture and
execution of Governor Carranza. the
iCoahulla Constitutionalist leader, has
been received here. The report came
lavt night In a private telegram,
j The Texas-Mexican border is quiet
I todav The scene of the reported
fiuhtins In Mexico opposite the Texas
line i to P'u miles in the interior.
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ALLIES SEND
THEIR REPLY
Will Accept Mediation
by Powers Under Five
Specified Conditions
Sofia. Bulgaria. March 14 -The re
ph oi ihe P.alkau allies on the ques
tion of mediation by the powers was
pi, sent ed today to the foreign lega
tions here It declares that the Bal
I kan nations will accept European me
diation on the following conditions:
First -As a basis of negotiations for
the dellminatlon of the territory be
tween Turkev and the Balkan allies
a line shall be drawn from Kodosto
on the Sea of Marmora to Cape Malnt
ra. seven miles south of Midia, on the
Black sea. Excluding the peninsula
or Gallipoll. which shall remain Turk
ish, all territories west of the Hue. In
cluding Adrianople and Scutari, shall
be ceiled to the allies
Second Turkey shall cede the Isl
ands of the Aegean sea to tbe alHes
Third - Turkey shall renounce all
her interests in ihe island of Crete.
Fourth The jorte shall consent in
principle to the payment of a war in
demnity, the amount of which shall
be fixed when peace has been con
cluded and also to the payment to
private individuals of compensation
for damage caused prior to the war.
The allies shall participate in the de
llberatlons regarding the Indemnities
Fifth -The allies reserve the right
to Bettle by definite treaty of peace
the treatment to be shown the sub
jects and their trade In tho Ottoman
empire, as woll as the guarantees to
be civen regarding the privileges of
ihe orthodox churches and the legal
1 standing of their racial brothers, who
i are Ottoman subjects. The military
I ope-iations shall not be Interrupted.
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Washington. March 14. Former
Governor John Burke of North Tako
ta Is among the foremost In President
i J son b consideration for appoint
meht to the position of treasurer of
the United Stales Some of tho gov
ernor's friends expect that bis nomi
nation will be sent to the senate to
morrow. i
SEARCHING
FOR CRUISER
Greek Squadron Has
Been Sent to Locate
Turkish Warship
London. Mar 14. No Important ST
fiiitln' in the near-east has oc-
"rre, sinc-o Snndav. according to an I
oflicial Turkish statement and tbe
position of Adrianople Is unchanged fil
strong squadron of Greek wasps j .111
bus been sent in search of ihe Turk- itllfl
Isti cruiser. Hamidieh. ! Ill
The Duraxso correspondent of the
Vienna Relchspost. accuses the Ser- 'Ififl
vlans of burning villages in that fill
neighborhood and thereby causing the j til
death of many women and children 11
The Turkish government is unable lG
to meet treasury Mils to the amount til
I of 18,250,000 which fell due yesterday. iH
It has admitted Its liability for nine ill
per cent interest on the defaulted jfl
bills until paid and has undertaken ' IlH
to redeem them out of the first loan 11ll
operation. ffH
IMPLEMENT I
MEN CALLED I
Defense in Harvester
Case Claim No Unfair
Methods Are Used
Omaha, .March 14 Practical imple
ment men were called today to testify
in behalf of the International Harvest
er company in the government's mer
uit against that company. These
included general sales agents of com- ttl;
petlng concerns, as well as a district III 'I
agent of tbe International.
I barlton C. Troxell, for eight years
district acent and manager of a large
"independent" testified that in his ex- tflil
perlence in that capacity he had met H
competition of the defendant. Whll Bl
this had been strong, his own business HI
had Steadily increased, he testified. flljl
He had no occasion to complain of fftl
unfair methods employed against blm tylw
by agents of tbe International. ffla
r n
TROOPS ARE I
ON PARADE I
Victorious Rebels In
stitute Order at No
gales Loss Reports
Differ
NOgales. Ariz.. Mar. 14. Displaying HI
perfect discipline, the victorious state Mil
ttoops toda paraded the streets of 1
Nogales. Sonora. The military au- M
thoritles instituted good order, clos- Hj
lug all saloons on the Mexican side PJj
and policing the outlying districts of jfli
the Mexican border town. U
leaders of the contending forces In m
Yesterday's battle differ largely as to Hj
the killed and wounded. Colonel Dj
Koeterlitaky, of the federal garrison, H
a rerugee here, estimates his losses m
as only three killed, six wounded and Wj
1 eight taken prisoners, while he as- H
Iserts that the attackers lost at least Ml
.lead. On the contrary General B
1 Obregon declares today that his loss HI
was only eleven killed and forty-two Ml
wounded, while tbe federal loss is j
given by Obregon ;is sixteen dead and Hj
; thirt -one wounded. t
Rd Cross Treat Wounded
Tbe American Red Cross volunteers m
have treated forty-five wounded.
Twenty-two of the most serious cases HI
are in tbe hospital here. The nurses 01
found onlr five dead, but many more
are believed to be in the canyon. 0
where a party of the attackers was 0
trapped earlv in the day. A rescue 01
party set out today to seek more
wounded and locate tho bodies of the 0
.dead on the field- I
no 0
TARIFF TO I
BE FIRST I
Washington. March 14. No current I
legislation or any other legislation
will be taken up by the extra session
until congTess disposes of the tanft Jl
This Is the position which President Bj
Wilson practically agreed upon, ac- B.
cording to Representatives A. Mitch- !
ell Parmer of Permaylvanla, chairman 1
of the Democratic caucus, who dls-
cussed legislation with him today. ,
State Senator F. D. Roosevelt of
New York, who has been nominated .
for assistant secretary of the navy.
paid his respects to the president
Representative JoneB of Mrginla
recommended the appointment of T
F Morgan of Warsaw. Va., to be pur.
, printer. Senator Hoke Smith pre
sented the name of W. J. Harris. Dam- I
oeratlC state chairman of Georgia, to
be commissioner of th census, and 1
A. Stovall of Savannah to be minis-
ter to Switzerland. I
After these conferences the presi- Ml
dnt was rlosoted with Secretary Br H