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VOLUME II.
RICHMOND," KENTUCKY, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1914.
NUMBER 8.
MEXICANS ATTACK
U S CAVALRYMEN
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American Soldiers Shoot One of
Attacking Party, But Suffer
No Loss Themselves.
VILLA'S ACT STIRS BORDER
Consul Edwards Reports Benton Was
Executed After , a Regular Court
Martial Trial American Miss
ing From His Cell.
El Paso, Tex., Feb. 23. Under cover
of darkness a body of Mexicans at
tacked the camp of Troop M of the
Thirteenth United States cavalry,
but . was driven away when . Cor
poral Jenson, who was on guard duty,
called his comrades to arms. -One of
the Mexicans was shot, but none -of
the American soldiers was wounded.
There was a- feeling of -sharp ten
sion here as a result of the attack
on the cavalrv camp, and the execu
tion of William S. Benton, a wealthy
British subject, by General Villa. The
dislike that Americans of the border
towns always have telt for Mexicans
has been turned to open hatred here
by the developments of the last 24
hours. The city authorities fear that
race riots will break out at any moment-Mayor
C. H. Kelly refused to
grant permission for open air mass
meetings to be addressed by ex-Governor
George Curry of New Mexico,
who was appointed by El Paso citi
zens to investigate the death of Ben
ton. Fate of American a Mystery.
There is much conjecture as to the
fate of Gustav Bauch, an American ac
cused by the rebels at Juarez as being
a spy, and of two Englishmen "lost" In
Juarez. '
Bauch disappeared from his cell.
This was discovered by relatives, who
reported the fact to Thomas. D. Ed-
j wards, the American consul at Juarez.
They had gone to take bedding and
food to him. He is believed to have
been shot.
Of the Englishmen, one is said to be
a ranches named Curtis, tfronr New
Mexico, and the other John i Lawrence,
chief engineer of the California De
velopment company at Yuma, Cal.
Samuel Stewart, known also as
Thompson, an English soldier of for
tune, reported their disappearance.
He said that tbey went : to Juarez
Wednesday to aid in the search for
Bentcn, a schoolmate of Lawrence,
and were seen no more by him or
other friends.
Villa Refused to Add Details.
City of Chihuahua, Mexico, Feb. 23.
General Villa refused to add any de-
- o his story of the execution of
William S. Benton as given to United
Sates Consul T. D. Edwards at
.T; urP7. Immediately upon his arrival
litre he busied himself with prepara
tions tor the attack on Torreon...
Villa's train brought a large ship
ment of ammunition, and this was sent
to the front.
"I shall not retain to the border un
til Torreon has fallen," said the rebel
commander. "As soon as my artil
lery is in readiness the attack will be
opened.". . . v
. U. S. Will Take No Action.
Washington, Feb. 23. No action
will be taken by the United States as
the result of the execution of William
S. Benton, a British subject by -the
rebel General Villa. This was an
nounced by Secretary of State Bryan
following the receipt of a lengthy dis
patch from Consul Edwards at Juarez
to the efTect that Benton was shot aft
er formal court-martial.
Edwards' report to the state depart
ment came as the result of a request
from Secretary Bryan. Secretary
Bryan's telegram to Edwards followed
a personal request from the British
ambassador, Spring-Rice, for the first
hand information concerning the fate
of the Englishman.
Tha text of the Edwards report was
not made public. Secretary Bryan
merely said:
Benton Shot After Court-Martial.
"We have received word from Con
sul Edwards that. Benton was executed
after a formal court-martial.
The secretary added that he con
sideredthat this was sufficient to dis
pose of the matter, and indicated that
the United States will not take any
further steps.
Consul Edwards, he said, had all
the proceedings of the court-martial
and was transmitting them to the
state department by mail.
While the state department declined
to make a direct expression in the
matter, it waTs indicated that it ex
pected' Great Britain to lodge a formal
. complaint - with this" government, and
to demand a further investigation. -
All the official information that has
come to the state department anl the
. White House is to the eft ect that Ben
ton was armed when he entered Villa's
camp. The Impression was. conveyed
that General Villa was justified In hold
ing a court-martial because of the al
leged threats made by the English"
GOVERNOR E. F. DUNNE
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t- txa& ,.n vnftnV nr.
Governor Dunne, it is rumored, may
enter the Illinois senatorship fight by
announcing himself as a candidate for
the Democratic nomination in- opposi
tion to Roger Sullivan. This, it is be
lieved, would please Secretary Bryan.
man and that the death of Benton
probably has been put in the wrong
light.
It was pointed out by administra
tion officials that scores of non-combatants
have been killed In every war,
some of them accidentally and unjusti
fiably. .
British Press Assails U. S.
London, Feb. 23. British newspa
pers assailed the United States gov
ernment for its policy in Mexico, and
declared that action should promptly
be taken to prevent any further crimes
such as the murder of William S. Ben
ton, the wealthy ranch owner.
The foreign office stated that it had
no information concerning' the execu
tion of Benton beyond the newspaper
reports and the officials refused to dis
cuss the matter.
The Globe, speaking editorially,
says:
"It is intolerable that British sub
jects should continue to done to death
without redress. . . . ; The United
States have not only the responsibility
which is involved in the assertion .of
the Monroe doctrine and its denial of
the risjht of a European government to
protect its own subjects in Mexico, but
they have the additional responsibili
ty of supplying General Villa and the
Mexican rebels with arms and thereby
promoting lawlessness, which has had
such grevious results to British lives
and interests. President Wilson has
gone too far to shrink from going
farther."
"Benton's summary execution," says
the Evening Standard, "if it's a fact,
only emphasises the fact that Mexico
is a semi-barbarous country and some
kind of international compulsion will
soon be necessary to stop its wallow
ing; in this style of. corruption and
cruelty."
The Evening News hold President
Wilson partly responsible,. though de
feding his motives. . , .
TRAGEDY1NDS AFFAIR
Husband's Love for Wife's Sister
Causes Two Deaths.
Discovery Results In Girl and Man
Both Blowing Out Their
Brains.
Alexandria, La,, Feb. 23. A double
suicide enacted here ended the lives
of a prominent young farmer and his
pretty sister-in-law in the most dra
matic tragedy in the history of Alex
andria. Miss Amanda Nugent, . a
young and beautiful girl,, and Harry
Hooter, her sister's husband and the
father of a few weeks old baby.
During the night Hooter kissed his
wife and baby goodby and told them
he was going to Alexandria on busi
ness that would keep him away all
night. Instead of coming into the city,
he went back, to his father-in-law's
country home, where he made, his
home, and entered his sister-ln-law's
room by the window.
It was nearly dawn when Hooter's
father-in-law passing through the hall
way heard conversation in his young
daughter's room. He recognized his
son-in-law's voice.' Breaking the dyor
fastening he rushed into the room and
grappled with Hooter. In the strug
gle a revolver which one of the men
had drawn fell to the floor. Miss
Nugent caught it up and fired a bullet
into her own brain., . .
Escaping his father-in-law and his
brother-in-law, who had been attracted
by the noise o the fight. Hooter leap
ed out of the window and ran two
miles to the home of a neighbor. He
went to a room, exchanged his night
clothes for a suit belonging to the
neighbor, wrote a note to his wife
and baby asking their forgiveness for
his illicit love for Amanda, put the end
of the barrel of a shotgun in his
mouth", pressed .the trigger with his
foot and fell dead, with the top of his
head blown off. . ,.-
F A i;
14 LIFE SAVERS
LOSE THEIR LIVES
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! Lifeboats Capsize While Wen Are
Trying to Rescue Crew of (
Wrecked Steamer Mexico.
SAVED FROM BRITISH BOAT
Rescuers Use Breeches Buoy in Bring
ing Men Ashore From Steamer Ren
erdale, Which Crashed Ashore
in . Terrific Gale.
Queenstown, Ireland, Feb. 23 Four-'
teen heroic life savers lost their lives
in rescuing the crew of the wrecked
Norwegian steamer Mexico off Wex
worth. One of the lifeboats capsized
and all the members of the life saving
crew aboard were drowned.
The work of rescue was kept up by
other life savers, however, and all the
steamer's crew were subsequently
taken ashore.
Save Remainder of Crew.
Later the sea grew quieter and the
lifesavers went back and began tak-1 i
ing off the rest of the crew. j
. The steamer rides high on the beach
and a wrecking tug is standing by to j
pull her off. Heavy seas are breaking
f over her stern, but it is not known
whether there is" water in her hold.
Her cargo of lumber will prevent her
from foundering, however. The Reh-
erdale was putting into Norfolk : to
coal when she struck.
Rescued From Steamer.
Norfolk, Va., Feb. 23. After risk
ing their lives time and again in a
terrible gale, members of the little
island life saving station succeeded
in rescuing three men from the Brit
ish steamer Renerdale, Captain Lori
mer, from Port Arthur, Tex., to Rot
terdam, which crashed ashore in a 5&
mile gale off here.
The men were brought to shore in
the breeches buoy and were almost
helpless from exposure and exhaus
tion when taken into the life-saying'
station, ....'.' 1
The high seas compelled the . life S
savers to abandon for the time being;
their attempts to rescue twenty other
persons on board, but they reported
that probably they will be able to do
so later. -
Ship Asks for Aid.'
Santa Barbara, Cal., Feb. 23. The
sfsamer Eureka. Ventura to San Fran
cisco, sent out distress signals- off
Moore b8y and the steamer Santa
Clara has gone to its assistance.
Give Up Hope for Schooner.
New York, Feb. 23 After nearly
three days of futile searching for the
schooner Kineo, reported sinking 16'
miles off the Diamond shoals, hope for j
her safety has been practically given
up by her agents here.
DEMANDS THAW BACK IN N.,Y.
Jerome Argues Claims of State at the
Concord Habeas Corpus
- Hearing.
Concord, N. H., Feb. 23. The
grounds on which the state of 5w
York seeks the return of Harry K
Thaw to answer to a charge of con
spiracy to escape from the insane
asylum at Matteawan were set forth
by William T. Jerome in the federal
court. Thaw's counsel, headed by
William A. Stone, former Governor of
Pennsylvania, had argued in favor of
the issuance of a writ of habeas cor
pus and asked for ruling on the ques
tion of admitting their client to bail.
Mr. Jerome" appeared In opposition.
It la expected that the habeas corpus
will be carried to the United States
Supreme court and Judge Edgar A1
drlch intimated that he might leave
the question of bail to that tribunal.
A$KS U. S. TO FIGHT TYPHOID
Senator. Ransdell Urges .Government
to Aprppriate $50O,CO0 for the
. Purpose. V
Washington, Feb. 23. Contending
that it was just as proper for the fed
eral government to spend money to
eradicate malaria and typhoid fever
as to investigate the cattle tick, hog
cholera or dourine in horses. Senator
Ransdell introduced a bill to appro
priate $500,000 to fight malaria and ty
phoid. In explanation of his bill Sen
ator Ransdell said the federal govern
ment was justified in fighting typhoid
and malaria because the victims of
these diseases travel from state to
state. He added that the government
could do no better work than to show
the farmer, particularly, how to eradi
cate the conditions which produce
these diseases. r
Two Dead in Fire.
Pittsburgh, Feb. 23. Two - men,
watchmen, probably perished in a fire
which destroyed Mohn Brothers' laun
dry, Madison and Spring Garden ave
nues. North side. Several adjoining !
properties were damaged and '. eight j
families were forced to flee to the i
snow-covered streets in their ; night '
clothing. l !
PASSES ASKED IN
NAME OF DENVIR
.
Commerce Body Issues State
ment After Investigating
Demands on Road.
HO EXPLANATION IS OFFERED
Illinois Solon Did Not Explain Al
. though Opportunity Was Given
Him Threats Against I. C.
" as Well as the Burlington.
Washington, Feb. ,23. Correspond
ence,, between "John T. Denvir," who
represented himself as a member of
the Illinois legislature, and the Chi
cago, Burlington & Quincy railroad,
in which Denvir demanded from the
railroad a personal pass and threat
ened legislative action because it was
not supplied, led the interstate com
merce commission to issue a supple
mentaf report upon the inquiry made
by the commission into the issue of
free, transportation by western rail
roads. There was a John T. Denvir
In the Illinois legislature. He in
formed the commission that he did not
sign the letter and that it was not
sent by his authority.
No Explanation From Denvir.
The report of the commission says:
"Although opportunity for a full ex
planation was afforded Mr. Denvir.
it was not forthcoming, and we deem
it our duty to make this record of the
matter. It is well to add that our
investigations of the records of other,
carriers at Chicago show that many
requests have been made in the past
for free transportation for the use of
John T. Denvir.' The records of the
Illinois Central show that a refusal
to issue such a free pass was followed
by the receipt of a letter by its vice
president as follows:
: "'I insist yon grant me transporta
tion requested and will not accept no
as' the answer. In the event kyou dis
regard my request you can rest as
sured that In the next general assem
bly, the forty-eighth, of which I will
be a member, I will introduce a bill
with -regard :to frontage on the lake
front, from Sixty-third street to Ran
dolph street, which belongs to the
state of Illinois and which you realize,
was never purchased or leased. It is
not iny aim to be disagreeable in
the matter and I am, therefore, at a
loss" to understand how you can con
sistently refuse riie.'
"The signature to this document ap
parently is in the same handwriting
as the signature to the letter quoted
above." -
This letter also was signed "John T.
Denvir."
Burlington Rejected Request.
Denvir requested an annual pass for
himself on account of the "legislative
public utilities commission." The
. urlirgton road declined. A letter sub
gpquently was received by the general
counsel of the mad, written on the
cia1 letter head of the committee,
and signed "John T. Denvir." It said
in part: f
"As chairman of the public utilities
commission you can look for legisla
tion that will work hardship to-your
company, and I wish to assure you
that when our commission gets
through with you that you will find
your roads in the hands of a receiver,
for you certainly are violating the
laws of the state."
Similar letters were found in. the
files of other railroads examined, the
report says. ' -
Regarding the Montana investiga
tion the report states that the com
mission regards it as reprehensible.
An act of ihe legislature recently
"ftssed authorizes ' carriers to issue
free transportation to state officials
when traveling within the state on
public business. Instead of being ad
ministered on that , basis, hoever. it
was ascertained, the passes were dis
tributed widely among state officials
and others. ,
"On broad, general ' grounds," says
the report, "all must condemn such
practice and the carriers which dis
sipate their revenues in that form
y.nd recoup the loss in their rates,
will find sooner or- later that this com
mission will not lose sight of the
practice . when their rates are ques
tioned in complaints before us."
BELL BLOWN FROM STEEPLE.
- Paris. At Dijon a hurricane blew
the bell out of the tower of the Church
of Notre Dame, a 13th-century struc
ture, and sent it crashing through the
roof of the chancel. The edifice was
so shaken that the tall steeple threat
ens to fall at any moment, and th
police have roped oft the adjoining
streets. ;
Fibs to Keep Husband Home. ,
Chestertown, Md.,- Feb. ' 23.-Mrs.
Jeff Hurd, who lives near here, admit
ted to the authorities J.hat the story
she told of an attack by a negxc while
she was alone with her two children
at night wai a fiction concocted to
kep her husband at lome nights. .
CONGRESSMAN MANAHAN
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Congressional inquiry into the or
ganization and operations of the Chi
cago and Duluth boards of trade and
the Minneapolis chamber of commerce
to determine their influence over
wheat and flour prices in the country
was proposed in a resolution intro
duced by Representative Manahair of
Minnesota.
PFANSCHMIDTIS SAVED
Boy Sentenced for Quadruple
Murder Gets New Hearing.
Wins on Writ of Error in Illinois Su
preme Court First Trial Attract
ed Wide Attention.
Springfield, Ili., Feb. 23 Ray Pfan
schmidt, convicted in the Adams coun
ty circuit court of a quadruple mur
der, won in the supreme court of the
Btate when the lower court's finding
was reversed on a writ of error. He
will have a new trial
Quincy, 111., Feb. 23. The crime
with which Ray Pfanschmidt is
charged was one of the most grew
some ever committed in Illinois. Four
persons, Charles Pfanschmidtj father
of the accused; Mathilda Pfanschmidt,
his mother; Blanche Pfanschmidt. a
sister, and Miss Emma Kaempen, a
cphnnl tpanhpr hnardine with the
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I Pfanschmidts, were found dead in the
ruins of the Pfanschmidt home, elev
en miles southeast of Quincy on Sep
tember 23, 1912. The bodies, al
though badly burned in the fire, which
oae8troyed the house, showed signs of
having been beaten and chopped. It
was the testimony of the experts at
the trial that the four victims were
killed and their bodies later burned.
Ray Pfanschmidt. then not twenty
one vears of age and the only surviv
ing member of the family, was ac
cused of the crime. Bloodhounds had
followed a trail to the camp where he
made his headquarters and later he
was arrested when a bloody suit such
as he had worn was found in an out
building. '
CHINESE BANDITS KILL 1,300
"White Wolf's" Gang Mrssacres Men,
Women and Children When
They Sack Town.
Pekin. China, Feb1. 23. Bandits led
by "White Wolf" maseacred 1,300 men .
women and children, when they sacked
Liuan-Chow, province of Ngwan-Hwel.
January 29. On that occasion they
murdered Father Rich, a French Jes
uit missionary! and captured and held
two other foreigners for ransom. An
army of 25,000 Chinese troops is con
verging on "White Wolf's" ste-oncly in
trenched position in the vicinity of
Cheng Yang-Kwan, farther to the
north in the same province. . "White
Wolf" has a force of 2,000, half of
whom are. armed with modern rifles.
The opinion is expressed here that
unless the opportunity is seized of ex
terminating "White Wolf" and his fol
lowers, they will form the center . for
another rebellion. The government
troops, however, show a strong disin
clination to - come to close quarters
with the bandits.
. Launch U. S. Gunboat.
Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 23. United
States gunboat ' Sacramento was
launched here. Miss Phoebe Brigge,
daughter of Dr. Ellery Briggs of Sacra
mento, Cal.. christened the vessel with
wine made in Sacramento from grapes
grown in Sacramento valley. .
', Foes of Mosquito Organize.
Atlantic City, N. J., Feb. 23. Plans
for the extermination of the mosquito
were given impetus when, mosquito
commissioners from every county In
the state gathered here and effected
a temporary organization for the elim
ination of the pest. Dr. Ralph Hunt
of East Orange was elected tempo
rary chairmAn. ,
TERRIBLE STORM
IS TEARING 'EM UP BLIZZARD
SWEEPING TOWARD THE
SOUTH -AND EAST.
Paralyzing Roads and Prostrating
Wires Many Cities Are Facing
Grave Fuel Famine.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Chicago. Preceded- by sleet and
high winds, a blizzard came out of
the northeast and continued with una
bated yigor all of the day. It is still
In progress, but the temperature is
lowering rapidly, and the snowfall is
likely to diminish in volume during
the night.
The snow is drifting badly because
of the high northeast wind, and trains
in every direction from Chicago are
reported late. They are unable to
make steam becanse of the cold and
snow blowing into the pipes and fire
boxes, and the tracks are under sev
eral feet of snow in the cuts.
The sleet did much damage to wires.
Los Angeles and San Diego aud other
cities in that district have no wire
and no railroad communication. They
are getting their news of the outside
world by boat from San Francisco.
The total of death in the storm is
reported to be eight.
BAD RAIL STRUCK
Seven Passengers Are Injured When
Pennsylvania Coaches Are
Ditched.
Sharon, Pa. Seven persons were
badly injured and scores of others es
caped with slight bruises, when Penn
sylvania Train No. 216, south-bound,
was ditched at Pymatuning, eight
miles north of here. A spreading rail
caused the accident ..The train was
running full speed, in a blinding snow
storm, when the locomotive struck the.
bad raiL The engine remained up
right, but the six coaches left the track
and were overturned, going down an
embankment. The injured were brought
to Sharon on an Erie train which pass
ed the scene of the accident on the
parallel track, about half an hour
later.
ALMSHOUSE IN RUINS.
Port Huron, Mich. Seventy-three
Inmates of the St. Clair County Poor
house at Goodell's were rendered tem
porarily homeless by a lire which , de
stroyed the structure. Some of the
inmates, old and feeble, had to be car
ried from the building, but none of
them was injured. They were given
shelter in Maccabee Hall aud near-by
homes.
WATERWAYS' REPORT TO REST
Congress Will Not Act on Secretary of
War Garrison's Report at This
Session. .
Washington, Feb. 23. It seemed
certain that there would be no action
In congress at this session on Secre
tary Garrison's recommendation for
fedral co-operation in the proposed
lakes to the gulf waterway project by
opening an eight foot channel in the
Mississippi and Illinois rivers from
Utica, 111., to St. Louis, in conjunction .
. with waterway improvements pro
; poped by the state of Illinois from
i Utica north to the lakes. Members
! of the rivers and harbors committee
j said because of the pressure of legis
I lation at this session of congress Mr.
Garrirc'n's report probably would be
held until the December session.
FOUR ARE FATALLY BURNED
Mother and Three Children Suffer by
Fire When Home Is
Destroyed.
Preetonburg, . Ky., Feb. 23. Mrs.
William .McClanahan and three small
children were fatally burned when
their home was destroyed by fire.
Lexington, Ky., Feb. 23. The fam
ily of Henry Fujtz, a wealthy fanner,
living in the mountains of Knox coun
ty, was aroused by the glow of the
flames which were consuming their
barn. Rushing to save their property
they were met with a volley of bullets.
Henry Fultz fell, shot dead, and bul
lets pierced the . clothing of several
other members of the family. The
assailants escaped before the neigh
bors arrived. Posses are scouring the
country and feeling is intense.
FOREIGN SOLDIERS DEPORTED.
Chihuahua. Gen. Villa, ordered all
foreign soldiers in his army, especial
ly those of American or British ante
cedents, and all foreigners In the state
of Chihuahua, except those who are in
business or are vouched for by busi
ness men, to be, immediately deported.
He gives as his reason for .this order
that so ' many foreigners are coming
Into this country and being reported
missing or having been executed that
the constitutionalist cause Is being
greatly Injured. '