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SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1914.
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BECKER L
ASSAILS STORY OE
Begin Effort to Break Down;
Testimony By Prosecution's j
Chief Witness in Grueling1
Cross-Examination.
DISCLOSE CONFLICTS
THROUGH TRIAL RECORD
Gambler Admits Discrepancies
in
Details of Testimony
Prosecution Scores When
Reference to Appeal is Barred
N'i:V VmUK. May 1 :b Counsel for
pv-,'.i!irt' Lieutenant Becker, on trial
fi.r the svi'innl time for the murder if
lorman Rosenthal, attempted today
to tear down the fahrie of the story
told mi the witiic ;m stand yesterday by
"Bald .Jiit k' Rose, gambler and under
world ( ha ra t r , whose testimony fur
fishes the corner stone of the prosecu
tion's ras Rose faeed a gruelling
day when lie entered court for his
cross-examination at the hands of
Martin T. .Manton. one of the shrewd
fst ( loss-examiners at the New York
bar. Mr. Manton said that the de
fence was more hopeful than at any
other time since the trial started.
'Ye are in a position to show Rose
Up for. the discrepancies in his story
je.-terday are sultieient to give us
to, nl -rounds for an attack." said
Manton. hief lawyer for Becker, just
before entering Justice Sea bury s court
room. "Rose's admission that Her
man Rosenthal, himself a gambling
bouse keeper, had act d as a stool
pigeon fur Recker is a strong link in
the chain we are forging to show that
Rosenthal was the victim of a war
aiming the Xew York gamblers."
Charge Gamblers' IMot.
The contention of the defence, which
pecker's aw ers w ill try to strength
en was the testimony of Rose. Sam
Shepps. Harry Vallon and "Bridgie"
Webber, is th.it the quartet of gamb
it r plotted Rosenthal's death them
selves, and concocted the story they
told on the witness stand at the lirst
trial of the police officer.
Rose's grilling by Attorney Manton
t egan w ith an attempt to prove him a
disreputable character. He tried to
show that IIo.se had been engaged in
Iiite slavery, and that he was a petty
I lief, and that he had tried to black
mail Tom Sharkey for Sl.r.OO.
In reply to questions Hose said he
was born in Russia and was brought
to this auntry when three years old.
He denied that ho:had accepted t;e
turnings of women of the streets and
was emphatic in his declarations that
he had ever aeted as a "steerer" for
an opium "joint" formerly operated
bv r.riduie" Webber in Chinatown.
Rose craftily professed ignorance of a
number of terms common amoung?t
the rambling fraternity.
Manton then switched to Chicago.
"Weren't you driven out of Chicago
1 v Mike White?" the lawyer asked.
"No." replied Rose.
Tells 15, .;ition With Koscr.tlial.
Rose said he tirst met Rosenthal 20
years a so and later went into the
gambling business with him. Hose
v. ,m president of the Hesper club but
denied the imputation that Uosenthal
had him ousted.
Rose denied that he had ever "hired
ar.v mmmen for Rosenthal", saying he
ain't know Rosenthal ever made use
of any .uangsters for this sinister pur
Pose. .-'..,,. ,,f t T i details of Rose's testi
mony , - i e not identical with those of
his ior toi.j at the tlrst trial and
Attorin y Manton proceeiled to dwell
n these ,tt length. hie of these con
cerned the i;t of places where Roso1
ami !'. i la i- were in the habit of meet
i n. g.
Another discrepancy in Rose's story
concerned the amount of money that
T'erker had sent him to Rosenthal to
collect after the first night's play In
the gambling lnm that Rosenthal
and Recker were promoting. At the
;.r.-t trial Rose had said it was Sl..i00,
but this time the witness said it was
Mr. Manton also read from the rec
ords show that Rose had iven tes
timony not given at the first trial.
Tile prosecution scored a point
wL-v Justice Seabury ruled that no
reference should be made to the court
of appeals rexersal of the Tirst Recker
conviction.
PILOT SHIP RAMMED
FIVE HELMSMEN DROWN
C. UPI FF. Wales. May 1". Five
pilots were drowned otT this port in
Bristol Channel today when a pilot
boat was rammed and sunk by the
British steamer .-"tar of New Zealand.
The nilot boat was earrving helmsmen
to n!.oimd shit s to steer them into the ,
harbors when she was run down in a .
Tiie boat sank so quickly that
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li'f I "IUI I.I 'I I'"-
The Star of New Zealand hails from
Belfast, where she was built in 1
Hr net registered tonnage is 'Snr;.
Mils. iuh:ii:n suud
I OB
si, mi:ii.
I.'tS .NGKLF Cai.. .Mav .1::. Mrs.
G.l B..rde?i. wife of G.til Borden, the
millionaire milk manufacturer, was to- J
'.tv sue.i in the superior court n a
"BALD JACK" ROSE
.: ;nv of slander by Mrs. Mary A.;ations in Mexico caused the report to
. 1 1 ; : . h r sister-in-law. K.", "c i , lam-' the house today of an urgent deficiency
f - s '.,-mg
iske.l.
mi im:i: ii:owm:i.
M.l i:r.UBGH. Kngland. May
Fourteen men were drouned
toda v
W h '! a teamer eoliier W as apsizedj
). a biu'h Wind off Southwold.
i OMBI V A TION MOIBI.
MANrilFSTFK, N. II.. May 1 ?.. A
rom bi nation snow ! ru and thunder
storm ?tn:' k Mapch- st r today, but
til MXIOW milted as soon a-s it fell.
INDIANA STUDENTS
WIN SCHOLARSHIPS
AT PENNSYLVANIA
PHIIADHLPHIA. May 12. Resi
dent? of Indiana share in the list of
0 University of IN'Mti-ylvanla students
who, are named as winners of fellow
ships and scholarships for next jfar.
The awards were announced today as
follows:
Bellow hips under the (;. I. Harri
son foundation in Kngllsh Edward
McDonald, Bloomington. Ind.; in
Latin, Roger Gephart, Marion, Ind.;
in ilitioal science. Charles Creenan,
Bloomington. Ind.; scholarship in
Kngllsh. Kmily lianna of Blooming
ton, Ind.
TALBOT SEEK!
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RACTICE OF LAI
John W. Talbot, of South Bend, has
Med a petition in the appellate court
cf Indiana, seeking reinstatement be
fore the bar of the state to practice
law. The application is the lirst in
stance of a disbarred attorney taking
advantage of the law passed in 101".
by the Indiana general assembly,
which provided for proceedings be
fore the supreme or appellate courts
whereby disbarred attorneys might
apply for readmission to practice. The
appellate court recently adopted a set
of rules governing the proceedings for
readmission. The action of the Elk
hart circuit court in liojG in disbarring
Talbot and Lemuel Harrow, formerly
mayor of Laporte. Ind.. caused a
statewide sensation. The law tirnis of
Korbly & Xew. of Indianapolis, and
Kistler and Kistler. of Logausport.
represent Talbot before the state court.
The two disbarred attorneys appeal
ed from the decision of the lower
court in their eases and the supreme
court upheld the FJkhart court. Tal
bot is head of the Order oi Owls.
Forty-eight South Rend attorneys
signed the petition, which accom
panied Talbot's plea for readmitKnce.
Three attorneys at Mishawaka, thir
teen at Laporte, nineteen at Elkhart,
fifteen at Goshen, twelve in Starke
county and fifteen from Marshall
county signed the appeal. The clerk
of the local court here has ordered the
publication of the application for re
instateruen4 in a South Rend and an
Indianapolis paper, to give anyone op
portunity to appear against the peti
tion. The case for several years lia-s
rttracted much attention locally and
throughout the state.
AMERIGANSASK U. S.
FOR MARINES FORCE
TO PROTECT PROPERTY
WASHING!' X, May l:',. A com
mittee representing all fhe American
companies having properties near
Tampico pleaded with President Wil
son today to land marines to patrol
these properties and prevent their de
struction or seizure by constitution
alists or federals. The committeemen
told President Wilson that a lire at or
near the oil wells at Tampico would
seriously endanger the world's oil
supply and mean a loss of $f00,000.
000 to American interests there.
The president took the ' matter
under consideration.
The committee consisted of Rich
mond levering, of Richmond. Iever.
ing and company of New York; George
S. Davison, of the Gulf Refining com
pany of Pittsburgh; W. A. Thompson
of the Texas company or' New York;
Thomas A. O'Donnell. of the Mexico
Petroleum company of Eos Angeles;
and Joseph Reese, of the Mexican r uei
company of Pittsburgh.
PHILADELPHIA PAYS
HONOR TO BOYS WHO
FELL AT VERA CRUZ
PHIIAIi:LPH1A. May A". In si
lence and mourning. Philadelphia to
day paid tribute to the memory of
George McKenzie Poinsett and Charles
Allen Smith, the sailor boys who gave
up their lives in the occupation of
Vera Cruz by the United States. In
the chamber once occupied by the
supreme court of the United States, in
the building' where the liberty of the
nation was first announced to the
world, the bodies lay. Thousands
moved by patriotism and a feeling of
personal' loss, passed reverently past,
heads uncovered and bowed down in
respect. Between the caskets were
the wreaths which President Wilson
s r. to the sorrowing families.
,'iools and many factories were
do. : this afternoon.
Sailors and bluejackets from the.
Philadelphia navy yard at League isl
and escorted the bodies to Monument
emetery. where "taps" wero sounded.
WATER FILTRATION
CUTS DOWN TYPHOID
PHILAHFLPHIA. May I?.. At to
day's session of the convention of the
American Waterworks
association at
the Bellevue-Stratford hotel, this city.
Tohrison ;1 riinsllnin .n,w.
j neer of New York
i ing how the reduc
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. read a paper show-
tion of typhoid fever j
rr.ortaiiiN in tne past five jears was
due to the introduction o? filtration
plants. A paper on "T".- Kftlciency of
Household Filters in Chicago," was
read hv Pr. Arthur Ledcrer.
ur.rouT ii:ricn;NCY hill.
WASHINGTON. May t::. The oper-
' bill carrying 7 7". ;::'. Nearly all of
this amount is for the army and is
! ased on estimates recently submit
ted to th" war department.
AiTitovi: ovi: hill.
WASHINGTON. May 1.:. The
(uen bill prohibiting the use of mails
in furtherance cf fraudulent or harm
ful actions en sto.-k exchanges was ap
proved by a majority of the senate
hankins and currency committee today.
DD I TO
FOLK SUBJECTS
MELLEN TO SECRET
i
T
Former President of New Ha
ven Examined Privately By;
Counsel for .Interstate Com
merce Commission.
iirnn in.
V.SIIIf;Tr)V. May IS. Attorney
General MelCCnoliN imlay dicv((
himself of any re-Nn-.ibilit y for itn
miinlty wliieli imy bo oltainnl liy
Charles (). .Mellen. William Rockefel
ler, John I.. Ilillnrd and other imHrt
unt New Haven' witnesses on account
of their sworn testimony in the Inter
state -oinnier- commission investiga
tion.. In a letter to the t oinniKdon he
pla-es entire rfsiMmlhillt.v In' the
hands of the prex-nt im eMlgators.
T " 1 . ... .
rresiueni Charles S. Mell
V, !
len, of the !
ew naen railroad svstem.
was ex-
amined privately by chief counsel Folk
ot the interstate commerce commis
sion which is probing the New flaxen
system, at a hearintr at the Shoreham
'hotel lasting from midnight until near
ly daylight today. Cloxernor Folk de
clined to announce the results of the
exa initiation.
News of the secret hearing given to
Mr. Mellen caused intense surprise.
Attorney General McKeynolds is said
to have objected to Mellen and his
associates being ealled as witnesses
jby the interstate commerce commis
sion lest they set up a claim of having
received an 'immunity bath" in case
criminal proceedings are brought.
'It is not
question of immunity
a
but of whether th truth shall he sup
pressed," declared Mr. Folk today in
a statement concerning the attitude of
Attorney General McKevnclds.
Want Whole Truth.
"Mellen as a witness veiling the
truth would be a thousand times more
valuable to the public than Mellen
MID NIGH
POOBEI
coutd possihiy he as a defendant. ance of the federals entrained upon
"The situation is now as it has been J 10o Height cars which had been held
from the beginning. I shall insist ! jn readiness to transport the govern
that all witnesses having knowledge ,mnt forces to San Euis I'otosi.
of the matters under investigation he; i.,,.t
placed on the stand and they will be
(ufsuon'u wiuioui niniiaiion as to ine
mi An4l ,.it.. 1.-. . . .1..1 rr V 1.1
oiiesiiuos 10 oe asKeu. lie w Of
Whole
ttuth will be brought if it is po
iblo
to do so, no matter who it hits.
"The great question before the
American people is to secure honestv
in ine management oi me railway s-j
tems of the cAUtxu.e,.- i
That the secret examination of Mr.
Mellen will result in no change in the
situation according" to Attorney (len-
Piiti.m was: indiraTrd when it t.ee.i me
known that Mr. Mellen was not sworn
r.t the examination by Governor
Fok
Not being sworn, no question of im
munity is involved. It is the opinion
of lawyers and others connected with
the case that Mr. Mellen may not ap
pear at a public hearing at all. In
this connection It is pointed out that;
Governor Folk would not have taken
occasion to examine Mr. Mellon seeret
lv if he had expected to examine the
(CONTINFFD ON PACK D
DOES SOUTH BEND NEED A CLEAN UP ?
Here's a Typical Scene Half Block From the Court House.
"South Bend needs a thorough
cleaning up."
This was the statement of Dr.
Charles S. Bosenbury. secretary of the
hoard of health. Wednesday morning,
after a complete tour. of dow n town al
leys had been made for inspection
purposes. With a. photographer and
newspaper men the trip began early
in the morning and lasted nearly until
noon. Practically every down town
alley wa.s scrutinized anil few escaped
criticism.
Mayor Keller accompanied the party
for a short part of the trip and ex
pressed himself in entire accord with
Dr. Bosenbury. Several photographs
i w ere taken.
i Within one hundred feet from
Washington St.. and a short distance
from Michigan St.. in an alley, a half
dozen dead rats were found piled on
an old ash heap which had been used
for dumping garbage and other refuse.
Similar conditions were found in other
equally central locations. Old bottles,
tin cans, boxes, rubbish, garbage and
other refuse was found heaped against
the sides of buildings or thrown neg
ligently Into the alleys.
In hundreds of places sanitary con
ditions the health board secretary as
serted, were the worst possible. Unless
clean-up week is taken seriously in
stead of being the ( leanest city in the
great state of Indiana. South Bend will
be the opposite, declared the health
olticer. At the rear of restaurants,
saloons, stores, tenement houses and
hotels, in numbers of places, large i
heaps of refuse has accumulated. i
Piled high against the north side of
the old court house boxes of refuse,
heaps of excelsior and old boards have
been placed. A match carelessly
dropped into the excelsior could easily,
set fire to adjoining buildings .the
refuse constituting a tire menace as
well as being inimical to health. j
There are hundreds of instances .
where refuse is heaped against build- !
ings along alleys. A blaze might be
started. Dr. Bosenbury asserted, that !
would threaten the entire business dis
trict, from the numerous piles of
debris thrown negligently at the rear
cf some buildings.
Conditions seem to be the worst
:n
centrally located places.
In most of
the resident districts the results of ;
cleaning up is being shown, ashes hav-j
ing been hauled away and gencraj j
c!ean-up work having been aee m
I lished. Ofticer William Lichtenber
ger has been inspecting conditions and
hundreds of ih n tow n property own
ers have been ordered to clean up. The
orders given Monday in many in
stances had been carried out by Wed
nesday morning.
That there is a need of a more
fef t ive
owners
law for compelling property
to keen their places clean is ;
the
eninion of Dr. Bosenbury. as he
tb it rin ivt.eiitionr ur.' not desir-1
s;lid
ble by the health bard. He declar-!
HERE'S NEW CHANCE
FOR MEDIATION.
WASHINGTON. May IS. Ja-ol
I". Conner. Conner mtiMil at St.
I'etrrsburg. and lYank M. Ilaus
kett, private reiarj to Si retary
Rrjan. had a IKt fight today in the
anto-r.wHii to the .irctarys ollicv.
Conner landed a right jah on llau
kett's face below the ee when be
was refu-eil ad minion into Ilrjan's
olliev. Ihuixkctt retaliated.
Conner was diMoU-cd from the
xniilar crlcf alnnit two months
ago and eamo to ree the secretary
to itKpiire as to the mux for. Ills
removal. '
GETS SIX MONTHS FOR
DISTURBING SERVICE
IN NEW YORK CHURCH
XEW YOllK. Mav
Rouck
White. head of the church of the so
cial revolution, was this afternoon
sentenced to six months on Blackwell's
island, following his conviction on the
ehare of disturbing the services at
the Calvary Baptist church. John D.
Rockefeller's house of worship.
Robert H. Eoan and Edward R.
Ames, two of White's followers, were
placed on six months' probation, and
muel Lopez was sentenced to
st,rv,
ten days in jail.
REPORT TAMPICO IS
FALLEN TO REBELS
AFTER HARD BATTLE
VERA CRFZ, May 1 Tampico is
in the hands of the constitutionalists,
according to a dispatch received here
! at neon. The dispatch stated, that
lighting was still going on about the
railroad bridge and in Donna Cecilia
and the Sixteenth of September st.,
but it was only to cover the retreat
of the federal army under General
Zarauoa.
While the rear guard fought the
advancing constitutionalists, the bal-
. I ( 1 I lalllllFlllF I It." IlirirciTij 11' Ol,
on tire and the military headquarters
; u-,.re l.dh
i
damatrcd bv shells from
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i.u,. ..i..a
i nc i. ' v
I I I I I I I I J'o.n. U V,'
ridge.
During the morning General Zara-
goza eommunicated with Admiral
M 'itiil 'ivl.-itil !V V I'oili.r'i !: tk-rkiilf?
ailwed to retrpal OII thoir KIIU
I . .... ; . .
1 given.
Throughout
eral gunboats
the morning the fed
Zaragoza, Rravo and
! N eni trilZ.Were
;i Die ii on i.nr mi le
11 A . .. 1 A A I
I nrm
owing to the shortage of am-
j munition. ine ieoeis uok au am-
age oi this to press forward into thes,ms suspected of having secreted
city.
Fnder cover of the artillery fire
from' tile" rebel' guns on Cofredia
ridge the constitutionalists passed
from the suburbs into the city proper.
No report hail been received here
up to early afternoon of the destruc
tion of foreign ' property
fields at Tampico.
in the oil
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This is one of th? photographs obtained by Secretary Bosenbury of th e
-peefion to detimine th need for a. dean up. This is a view of the pm r
vest of the c.urt house, on Washington hlvd. This picture is typical of
i f the business district, the conditions within a stone's throw east of th e
of the above, as the photographs shov.
ed that a law should lie enacted to sive j
the city permission to clean up at tnejrexi e.tr are unoer ,n,
evpense of the owner if he D fused toiv.ill he made next season
of.oy the orders of the police irrspeotor.1
MINERS FLOCK TO
C
C
ADO MILITIA
One Hundred Members of
Troop A Face Charges of
Firing on Women and Child
ren and Burnmg Tent Colony.
DENVER. Col.. May U. The court
martial of tro'op A of the c"obrado
' national guard which resulted from
the battle at Ludlow and the burning
of the tent colony there when twenty-five
persons were killed, including
two women and eleven children, was
opened toi'ay at the Ritle Range near
(Jolden by the state military commis
sion. Col W. A. Davis, of the second
infantry, presided.
Faces Murder Charge.
"Major Patrick J. llamrock, in com
mand of the state militia at the battle
cf Ludlow April L'O, was arraigned on
charges of murder, manslaughter, ar
son and larceny at trie opening of the
militia general court at the sL.te ritle
range near Golden tc day. He pleaded
not guilty to all charges.
On two specifications he is charged
with arson tor wilfully and malicious
ly burning or causing to be burned the
strikers' tents, used as dwellings, store
houses and offices at Ludlow.
On the murder charges he is held
responsible for the death of each per
son, except the militiamen, killed in
the battle.
On the ground of the burning of the
colony he is charged in separate speci
fications with the murder of each of
the two women and eleven children
"ho were burned or suffocated. One
specification charges murder directly
and another vonspincy.
The manslaughter article with
twenty specifications charges respon
sibility for the same deaths.
The members of the troop, which is
composed of 100 men, were present
when the hearing opened. They are
charged with turning machine guns
on the tents where the women and
children were hiding and then apply
ing torches to the frail canvas after
saturating it with oil.
The commission invited all strik
ers who were present when the tent
colony was burned to appear as wit
nesses. Several hundred
witne.sesi
will be examined by(he comiiissi(n
and the hearing was expected to last
at least two weeks.
The disarmament of all persons ex
cept F. S. soldiers and state officials
continued throughout the strike re
gion today. Col. Lockett in charge
of the federal troops, has ordered the
frcjhle seizure and search of all per-
arms shall begin at a o'clock this af
ternoon. The disarmament order cre
ated considerable feeling and for fear
the situation might become more
acute an additional troop of cavalry
was scheduled to arrive today from
Fort Wingate to assist if necessary,
the federal troops already here in en
forcing the order.
Plans for conducting clean-up veek
,n enori ;
t.) interest i
tne city
clubs and other such organ-
A.
TIT
STRIKE BREAKERS MUST j
KEEP OUT OF DISTRICT'
SOLDIERS CONTROL
WASHINGTON. May 1 Strike ,
breakers will not he permitted t u .
into the Colorado mining districts!
where federal soldiers are admini.--
tering affairs. Secretary of War Gar-;
rison stated today. Notwithstanding j
the advertisement liy the coal cm- j
panics which seek to employ miner.: i
in the three affecled Colorado dis- i
triets. all men responding will le
turned back by the troops.
ASKS CHANGE OF VENUE
IN LIQUOR THEFT CASE
An affidavit asking for a change of
venus from Judge Funk was tiled
Wednesday morning in circuit court
by the attorney for William Robert
son, who va arraigned for grand lar
ceny. Robertson is charged with hav
ing entered a store in Lakeville and
taking a quantity of whisky. It is
further charged that he went to Plym
outh and got drunk with the alleged
stolen goods.
GOES TO REFORMATORY
FOB CAR ROBBERY
Fred Miller was sentenced from one
to eight years in the Jeffersonvilb re-
formatory Wednesday by Judge Punk I
for his robbery of a car on the P. and j
O. tracks at Walkerton. The defense
contended that the evidence was pure
lv circumstantial.
SHRINERS ELECT NEW
OFFICERS, ROCHESTER
MAN IS AT THE HEAD
ATLANTA. Ga.. May n. The Im
perial council of the Mystic Shrine of
North America today promoted its
highest officers in accordance with
long established custom.
Tne new officers are:
Dr. Frederick R. Smith, Rochester.
N. Y.. imperial potentate.
J. Putnam Stevens. Portland,
imperial deputy potentate.
Henry F. Niedringhaus. jr..
Louis, imperial chief rabban.
William Rrown. Pitshurgh.
perial assistant rabban.
Benjamin W. Rowell. Boston.
Me..
St.
perial treasurer.
Charles K. Ovenshire, Minneapolis,
imperial recorder. ,
Kliax J. Jacoby. Indianapolis, impe
rial high priest and piophet.
YY. Freely nd Kendricks. Philadel
phia, imperial oriental guide.
James S. McCandless. Honolulu, im-i
wi iai in a rsnai. eiecxeti ;uur me un
expected resignation of William J.
The parade last night through
streets blazing with electric decora
tions, eclipsed the wildest expectations
of the Shriners themselves. Over a
quarter of a million spectators massed
the streets for mile?, frenziedly re
claiming their enthusiasm at witne?-s-
ing such a cavalcade of splendor. 1 he
line oi marchers. neatly ten miles,
long. with over twenty thousand
Shriners in multi-colored garb, occu
pied over three hours in passing, and
it was early morning before the hist
man passed. Fifty-two bands .T-ued
the last touch to the enlivenment of
the parade.
.'4 ; i
lea
rd
health, on his tour of
or in-
o' premises Wlinin .i nl.es threw
r
'r-at many obtained i r the heart
court house bejnu' iwa' t du plicated
ization as well
the s -h.iol ehildreu
and it is belic(,j
ponse will be o!i-
in t ne
t hat a
proposit ion
quicker rc
tamed.
ROBE OF
OF U. S. SOLDIER
I Secy. Garrison Declares Gov-
ernment Must Find Out If
; Orderly Samuel Parks Was
i Tortured by Mexicans.
NO WARSHIPS WILL GO
TO TAMPICO AT PRESENT
Secy. Daniels Says Vessels Will
Not Be Sent Unless Ameri
can Lives Are Endangered
By Heavy Firing.
mu.imx.
WASHINGTON. May IS. A report
from Rear Admiral .Mayor to tho nay
department today, says that hoary fir
ing around Tampico tvaxvl nt ?
o'clock Tuesday afternoon. The con
stitutioiialits iKgan an attack early
Unlay hut so far as inl be learned
nttl only one field gun which Mas
hrcd infrttjuently. Mayo said his In
formation was to tin cfToet that tho
conMitutionalKis yesterday tempo
rarily oivupied some of the federal
trenHief. Heavy casualties on lioth
sides were rciortctI.
WASH INGTON. May 1 3. "Unless
American lives are. jeopardized or
Americans or foreigners murdered,
no American warships will proceed to
Tampico." said Secretary of the Navy
Paniels today.
The fact that the oil wells in the
Tampico section are in danger because
of the presence of the. constitutional
ists and federals in that neighborhood
will not alter the determination of Hie
administration to take no steps that
will appear to be a violation of tlo
time with Huerta. Hundreds of
thousands of gallons of oil are drifting
away in the oil fields north of T.unpico
and representatives of oil interests
! have asked that .secretary i-aon-is
rder American warships up the i a-
nueo river so that workmen could
I int.. tn.. fields and conserve the oil
mi" " '
supplw , , ,
Artificial lakes which hae held the
overflow from the wrKs till now, htw
leached their capacity. Within the
next ten davs it is estimated over it
thousand barrels of oil a day will run
off into the river.
. . TK. dkasTIT ACTION.
,v t-.v l : Th.at
, ; ,, ni ... t iken bv 'ecre-
urasiic o .- -
tnrv f War Garrison if it should bo
fiearlv proven that orderly Samud
Parks of the 2th infantry had been
ruthlesslv murdered and tortured by
Mexican soldiers near i e.ieu.i
i dicated
rodav bv Mr. tlarn-on. .no
action will be taken, however, until an
investigation now being mooe cicari
proves that Parks wa.s not in the
wrong in going to the enemy s lines.
'If polite, decent measures fall. Mr.
Garrison said, "then we will take th"
next step. If he was tortured. It was
an act of barbarism whether war was
on or not. We do not want to nwK
anv miteps in a delicate, situation.
We do not want to inflame the co'Jn
t rv
':V.nequentl all we have don
thus far is to ask information, for we
feel that the initial responsibility he
with the piivate for deserting h:s
command. Of course, we feel that he
must have been inr-aw, hut we have r.o
proof of the reason for his departure.
I IV WILLIAM m:lso tait.
taff Correspondent.
W ASH I NG T N. May 1 Z . H u e r t a
1 must go: l-i ev.ii. oi . - -
termined that the dictator must be
I eliminated from the Mexican situation,
'lie has taken that position ever SiPe
1 the
i .
Mexican criM. aroe ami n;s orlo
has bfen strengthened, it became
ion
known toi
formation
lav. as a result o: xne m
' given him hy Charge
d'Affiiires S!i,'ji2ri-nr. .u i.o-4i
lereri'e last flight.
The opinion held at the white house
now i that Huerta. sorely presd by
Villi on the north and Zapata on the
south.
is anxious to orini ;h.ul joi'-i-
entbn by
n w.'iv Jfs
the United srates in a
to "iret out from under
('roj.i.nt WiNon is as
stronglv de-
termined that there shall be no Inter
vention . . , ..
There is no
no ilo.ibt that a rapm sw-
es-ion r,f 1( l' ,r
1 tones i ine eoiiMou-
i.i. tvf.lpomed. If the
; . . r . . 1 i S t S O . i 1 ( I : i e
Irive Huerta out it
Onrranzistas
tit it.
would hasten
the .lawn of j)eace m
! Mei i
Plan onmii ion Form.
The
n; ed iat c
r till are working "ti
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uo iri the fur:;! of
a ci i.m n". i -: ion
but
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not
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REPORTED MURDER