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. LARGEST SWORN CIRCULATION IN NORTHERN INDIANA AFTERNOON Edition READ THE 'WANTS' i fj 1 EWS THE WEATHER. INDIANA Fair fr.iht and sktturdav. LdWKl: MH'IUHAN Fair tonicht nr.'l Satur day; frt in expo- d placs ton.-rht. AVERAGE DAILY NEWS-TIMES CIRCULATION FOR APRIL WAS 16,889. VOL. XXXI., NO. 142. SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1914. PRICE TWO CENTS BENBN KZ LOOMING-IIP D Revival of Propaganda in Favor of Former Dictator Now in Exile is Hinted in Secrecy of Juntas. VILLA FORBIDS LOOTING OR PILLAGE IN TAMPICO Constitutionalists, Hoping to Make Good Impression Up on Foreigners, Keep Strict Order in Captured City. iiv iiAitKY ii. nrxv. i-'taff Correspondent. VKRA CKi'Z, 01 ay 1,. The pros pert of the speedy fall of Gen. Huerta now that the constitutionalists have taken Tampieo. lnus resulted in a num-l,-r of new rebel movements which are being hatched here. These indi ,;nc the- fact that disturbances in Mexico may not end with the consti tutionalists in control of the central fc-ovprr.nifnt in Mexico City. Little knots of politicians are gath ered in every cafe speaking in -whispers of secret juntas and hidden head quarters of revolutionary activity. The latest movement is a revival of the Felix Diaz propaganda. Diaz, who is believed to be in the United States at present, has taken no part in the con stitutionalist movement nor has he iven it any sympathy. Consequently lit- is not looked upon as a friend by either Venustiano Carransa or Gen. Villa. Diaz belongs to a group, less nnserative than -the faction of Huerta. but more so than the consti tutionalists. His name is the one most, frequently heard in the. revolutionary 'gossip which has followed the fall of Tarn pico. Superiors May Iteturn. Tho most influential supporters of Diaz were exiled or jailed by Huerta, but they urn expected to return now that Huerta's end seema very near. In fact there arc many who think that Iiuerta will be a tenant of tho national palace 13 than a week long er. The- political situation in Mexico is more interesting, yet more complicat ed than it h;us been at any previous time. The constitutionalists now prac tically control all of the territory north of the capita! with the excep tion of two or three cities and are ready now to open operations in J.he southern tier of states. A dapper, secretive- Mexican came hero from the capital last nitrht and held a long- conference "with Gen. Dehesa, former governor of the state .f Vera Cruz. He described himself as the private secretary of Kodolfo I .eyes, former minister of justice and a member of the combination that overthrew Madero. Sopor Dehesa is a Mexican of the old school and gov ernor of this state during' the presi dency of Portirio Diaz. It was re ported that they had arranged a se cret code with passwords and signals, but today neither would talk of tho conclave. Maintain Order in Tampieo. Word from Tarn pico says that the constitutionalists are trying to make a good impression upon the foreign ers, especially the United States, by maintenance of order in that battle scarred city. Gen. Gonzales has established a mil itary police force and the city is be in cleaned up. The wounded soldiers are being treated in hospitals. Guards have been established around the oil properties of American and British capitalists. The rire. which was caused by the rebel artillery, did slight damage. Gen. Gonzales issued a manifesto to tho people of Tampieo. asking them to resume normal business affairs, as suring them that they be protected. Gen. Zaranoza is now belieed to hae escaped to tin gunboat Zara 4:osa, which was lying in Panueo river during the battle. Together with the Vera Cruz and the Hravo, the Zara goza passed down to the mouth of the river when the federal retreat began. Another message reported Gen. Zaragozu. as being on a train bound for San Luis Potosi with a few of his troops. Practically all of the .had have been buried, except the corpses of sol diers who were shot down in the "brush and swamps along the Panueo luivi Tamos rivers, west of this city. No !vootin;r Allowed. A detachment of constitutional.. are cleaning up the debris left by the destruction of the federal ammunition depots, which were blown up just as the government troops e;icuated. Although there was some looting it was iiaid that the period immediately following the capture of Tampieo was more orderly than that after the tak ing of Torreon and Gomez Palacio. Vili: sent word to his otlicers to re P a! 'he rule giving their troops forty- :ght hours for license and pillage. M'.d to shoot any who disobeyed orders a-air.st looting. FIRE DESTROYS 30,000 BARRELS PETROLEUM . i ': I lil H.r.Ti V. N. V. May 15. Kin-j V ''. i K !.-..! .. ..;t ..'t. ...... ... .i 1... . pi u. i of the Standard oil t .. near i'!u..:. iiie, . xploded a tank contain- -.' "i barrels .f petroleum. The wr- communicated to a sec " ' e 1 '! k whib' tiremch and em;. lows i urki:g to prevent the tire spreading to eight ihr tanks it. Co . mi! ni:w ym:k she ' x.w.--v t.., M h. u- pid-r and p. tint, w ;im ; ! l..iii:ti;i-! '. I -1 -1 to bis witY'y ait'-mpt .-t.t.n m--.. mi,ii of tlielr '.lil-l. T'.i- itt I ,;t I ! j !; r i-1 i " 1 1 ? 1 p.iJl'!tt .tMiI t . I i hi.- - to "ht t ' ia h. r a f.ir. . Th y N WH S RINGS REVOLT OF NEW What Americans Are Doing in Vera Cruz; a Vivid Picture Of a Night on the Plaza Fred L Boalt, Staff Writer for The News-Times Describes Scenes in Mexican Port While U. S. Forces'Rest on Arms. iiv rin l. iioalt. Staff Correspondent. VKFtA CltCZ, Mexico. May 10. 1014. Xight on the plaza. Vera Cruz is trying to pretend it is enjoying itself. On two sides of the square hotel in front of which we drink lemonade. The waiters, who love us with their lips and hate us in their hearts. are devastated with grief because there is no ice. Being members of a stern and heroic race, we continue to drink the warm, sickish stuff. On a third side of the plaza the cathedral. One of its bells is silent battered by a can non shot from the fleet when the city fell. In the tower four sentries Ftand. looking down into the plaza. A fifth man hashes message? to the fleet and tho outposts. All around the signal Ii'-Oits are Hashing. .Shafts of light from the searchlights streak the sky. On the fourth side of the plaza is the Constitucion where troops aro quartered. The provo guard brings ilERTft F AT CAPITAL CITY HY THOMAS I. t'OATKS Staff Correspondent. V Kit A CUUZ. May 13. President Huerta's dictatorship is drawing to a stormy and tragic close. Reports re ceived here state that the federal troops at Tiedada barracks, only a short distance from the center of the city, have mutinied and that the reb els under Gen. Zapata have attacked Huerta's troops at Tlalpam, only 12 miles from the national palace. These reports indicate that the dictator may fall even before the constitutionalists bring their artillery to bear on the capital. In this case there is likely to be complete anarchy in Mexico City, a condition that may result in wholesale murder of foreigners. Persons arriving here today from Mexico City picture terrible condi tions in the capital. Nearly :.00 wounded soldiers have been taken there from battlefields where the federals were defeated hy the constitutionalists. The wounded soldiers were dumped like cattle into freight tars, with a little mouldy straw for a bed. They nveived no medical attention on the way and very little after they reached hTe as surgeons are scarce and medical sup plies at a low ebb. Food and Water Iackin. Food was lacking as well as water and medical attention and the suffer ing of starvation was added to the pain of gunshot wounds. Soon the rotting straw was damp with matted blood. Some of the soldiers tried to bear their pain stoically. Onevrefugee told of seeing a soldier who had amputated his own lep with a dirty, rusty pen knife. Gangrene naturally followed. The Mexican generals treated their wounded with absolute indifference. One general stabled his horse in a box car lilled with wounded. Buildings wt re transformed into hoitals here but aside from afford ing a shelter they did little else for the sick federals. A report is current in the capital that Jose Lozano. minister of public works, and Querido Moheno. n inister of commerce, compiled a list of Amcr han property to be blown up. Gen. Huerta is said to have added to it the residences of a number of Americans. The plan to destroy the property was foiled b.v Kduardo Iturbide. governor of the federal district, who objected so stronglv that it was abandoned. INVESTIGATE CLOSING OF PRIVATE BANK DF.S MOL"KS. la.. May 1 Au thorities today began an investigation of the closing of the Farmers' bank, a private institution at lladelift'e. H. I. Himmell. the president, and his brother. J. K. Ihmmell. the vice pres ident, left town shortly after the bank was closed and were later located at Fldora, but they refused to make a statements. Whe.i petitions in bank ruptcy were tiled in Kldora. the broth ers gave their assets at $130,000 and their liabilities as $:bc.C00. TWO KILLED WHEN AEROPLANE OVERTURNS LONDON. May 15. Another British army ot!a er lost his lift in a double aviation fatality today. Lieutenant Kmpson and his mechanic, named Cmlmort. were killed when the aero plane in which they were making a Might owr the Scaton poll" course struck a hedge ami was overturned. The bipUne was descending at the time. poth men were crushed to death. i'HICAC.O Robert H. Hault, pro l sst of ps cholouy at Northwestern university, found that his criminal t-st n;ts a failure when he endeavor el to as.'f rt.'tin wh wiretl his desk so tliat eery time he emphasized a l.int witb bis !ist. a 1&U r-.ni:. He a ctivi a studious junior who was tto- oidy urn' in the c'.mss who did not know of the joke. ' . -K - '.. . i ' ''i ' J Boalt AC NG MUTIMT in peons who are drunken on vino. They think they aro going to die. Tomorrow, sober, they will be re leased and fed. Already they are learning that to be arrested the Americanos is not half bad. In the stand in the middle of the plaza a soldier Uind is playing-. When it r-iiikes np "The Star-Spangled Banner", we rise, our soldiers and officers very stiff and erect. An American planter who has lived in Mexico 1'0 years, says: "Hy , that listens good!" Don't "Taki Sides". Hut the Mexicans sit scowling at their little tables and. a group of Lritish naval o trice rs from the Kssex remain seated. No discourtesy is meant. To stand at such a time miKht he interpreted as "taking sides". Not so a group of French marines in their top-hravy white helmets. They rise to their feet and bare their heads. Thry are short, stocky men, nd they hi k cilicient, for all their ill tittimr clothes, hut on their sweating faces is an almost sickly pallor that contrasts curiously with the ruddy complexion of the Americans. The band strikes up a lively ragtime tune. Two soldiers, khaki-clad, slither over the flagged floor of the plaza. A rifle is slung over the sho-'lder of one of them. Kven the Mexicans are compelled to smile glumly at their antics. Very dilhcult to place are the wom en at the tables. A few are the wives of ottieers. Others are expatriates. Kven the young among them seem old. They are over-dressed. Their faces are strained. Perhaps it's the heat. One imagines theyare tired, and that their gayety is artificial and forced. There are celebrities on the plaza. Jack London, in loose-fitting khaki, knows every one and continues his bout with John Barleycorn. Richard Hording Davis, the novelist, looking uncomfortable in correct and starchy clothes, holds aloof. To him comes a filthy beggar, whin ing and showing hideous sores. Davis shudders and turns away. Crowds at Tables Thin. The crowds at the tables thin. The women have gone to bed to toss through sleepless hours in stifling rooms. For in Mexit,, no woman of virtue may go abroad without escort at any hour, and not at all after ? o'clock. Come then pretty and smiling senor itas of the underworld. Come, too, slinking from the alleys, the creatures of the Mexican nigh.', to search for scraps among the tables, and in the gutters. Gaunt they are, and very timid. Taps has long since sounded. The magpies in the plaza no longer chat ter. AH round the lights are winking, from hill and ship and steeple. They are telling the story of the night that there is order In the city, and the federals are keeping a re spectful distance- from the outposts and all's well! And so. llnally. we go to our beds. T was having breakfast on the side walk of the pla.za, when a boy stole a roll from my plate. He expected in stant death. So when I spared his life ami let him eat the roll he ex plained to nie in dumb show that his father, too, was hungry. 'the waiter, wHose Fngli?h was bet ter than my Spanish, would have driven him away. "Why are they hungry?" I asked. "They were prisoners, senor," the waiter said. "The sailors of the Americanos came and rel-.u-ed them from over yonder." "Over yonder" was the bull en be hind the Constitucion. It can e seen from the plaza. A huge building, like a public market place, but barred. "Why aro they prisoners?" With many gestures and shoulder shrugs the waiter told the story. It was Diaz who put them there they and many others. They were peons and very poor. Their masters told them to fight the soldiers of Diaz. So they fought. They did not know why they fought, save that the master told them to. Madero ousted Diaz. Still lingered the father and son in the bull pen. They were forgotten. Many lHe in lVisoti. Huerta came into power. Still they stayed in the hull pen. They stretch their skinny claws through the bars, begging food. They lost all track of time. Maybe it was two years, maybe three or four. Often prisoners died. The corpses lay untouched for days, rotting in the heat. When the Ameiicanos came and rpened the doors, the prisoners thought they wer-- some new and strange kind of Mexican rebels and that they would be immediately slain. Instead the doors were opened and they were given food and let go. They couldn't understand it. They can't now. "Ask them where they came from and why thev don't go home?" They had worked for the master. It was far away. How should they know how far? Where? They did not know. Had the man a wife, the boy a mother? Si. senor. Alive or deid? How could they tell? Did they know what the Americanos were doing in Vera Cruz? Nu. senor. I gave them 10 cents Mex. to pose for a picture and they called down upon me the blessing of the particu lar Virgin of the district whence they came. There was the look in their eyes that you see in thr eyes of a mongrel who expects a kick and receives a caress. CLUB WOMEN MAY PUT BAN ON "SILHOUETTE" AND TIGHT SKIRTS CHICAGO. May 15. An ultimatum against tiht skirts and ilholJtte i f:i)wns will most likely be issued when j the Federation of Women's clubs as sembles here next month. Mrs. Mary I I. Wood, manager of the bureau of in i formation of the federation, located at I Portsmouth, N. II.. in a letter received there today said that because of the sentiment among clubwomen against the prevailing fashions, drastic action would probably be taken at the meet- j "Is it not tim' we should cease to adopt antl countenance style set for is by Parisian nouses, regardless of the influence of such styles upon our comfort, taste or scn.-e of decency?' t the writer asked. BOARD OF SAFETY II HAVE TQ BUY PRESSURE PUMPS Following the theory of Aaron Burr, that anything is truth that is "stoutlv asserted and plausibly main tained". South Bend's water depart ment may never be able to furnish the pressure necessary for effectually lighting big fires in the far outlying districts of the city, without resort to oirect pressure that might otherwise be dangerous, or the addition of pumps or boosters to the ftro apparatus, ac cording to information placed before, the board of safety by Pres. Morris of the board of works, and upt. Toyne of the water department, at the meet- ! inc Friday morning. The two visit ing officials were called in for light on the subject preliminary to the making ui of the annual fire depart- I rnent budget. A test, however, was made during the afternoon by the fire department and water board cooperating, the re sult of which has not as yet been given out. on account of distances, elevation of the land, friction, and the size of mains. Supt. Toyne explained to the board that with the standpipe filled, about the best they could ex pect would be a 0 pounds pressure, while Chief Sibrel of the fire depart ment insists that it should not be less than rt." or TO pounds. "With the standpipe 22', feet hUht, 'with present diameter." said Supt. Toyne. "it supplies a pressure of s. pounds at the base. Between that point and the south city limits there is a 10 0 foot elevation, which re duces the pressure A'.l pounds, leaving ."4 if nothing were lost by friction and size of mains. That might be in creased by direct pressure from the t ity p. imps but it would add such heavy pressure in the down town and lower districts that it might prove dis astrous to a lot of plumbing in busi ness blocks and homes." Can Pump 1 1,000.000 Gallons. Pres. Morris explained that the city now has a .1,000.000 and 6.000.000 pump in operation at north sta tion, and two 2.300.000 pumps at the old station, giving a total capacity of 1 4,000, 000, and that there i no ques tion about the water supply, even thought the two latter pumps may have to be put out of commission for a time undergoing overhauling which they are said to need. "It isn't the water that worries us so much as the pressure." Pres. Aug ustine, of the safety board explained. "If the city plant cannot furnish the latter we must buy boosters or pumps which will mean an expenditure of some $ 1 0.000 that we must ask for in our annual budget." "What we want is facts to go he- ' fore the council with," said Commis sioner Hibberd. The agitation appears to have been the growth of a recent fire at the res idence of Jerry Donovan, out Michi gan st., south, when it was necessary to lay l.fiOO feet of hose to reach it from the nearest hydrant, and then there was insufficient pressure to give it any force. Chief Sibrel referred to the Winkler factory, the Ftudebaker, Lincoln and Oliver schools, aside from scores of residences, In danger from such condition?. Other matters coming before the board Friday were largely of a rou tine nature. WHEELER DECLINES FEDERAL BANK JOB WASHINGTON. May 15. Harry A. Wheeler of Chicago has definitely de clined to become a member of the federal reserve board, according to an announcement at the white house today. His letter of declination will not be made public at present. Mr. Wheeler is president of the United States Chamber of Commerce. TWO DEAD, THREE HURT IN ALBION ACCIDENT ALBION, Mich., May 15. Two per sons were dead and three others suf fered from serious injuries today, this result of a Michigan I'nited Traction car striking an automobile at a cross ing near here. The dead are: Mrs. Tolly IJndsey and Mrs. Ambrose E. Ijampman. Charles II. Landsey and wife and A. K. Lamp man were badly hurt. VOTING MACHINES TOO SHORT FOR CANDIDATES DcnuKTaey's Turnout I'onvs Tse of Two Rows and Starts In junction Talk. Rumblings of a possible injunctica suit and considerable dissatisfaction was heard Friday when it was learned that on account of the nurer of) democratic candidates for county and j township ottices it would be necessary to use two rows. ins. tea d of one, a-s usual, in order to get all names on the voting machines. It was pro posed to restrain the hoard of election commissioners from having the bal lots printed for machine use, and in cidentally, secure a mandate, if pos sible, requiring them to print the old fashioned Australian ballots instead. The claim is that dropping the names of a part of the candidates to the lower row, places them at a disad vantage, the complaint being: taken up by progressives and republicans as well as democrats where there are contests, and a portion of them must drop down. The progressives and re publicans are complaining, because, they say. so far as they are concerned they could all run on one row, if making room for tho democrats did not prohibit. The matter was pretty well ironed out during the forenoon, however, and though some dissatisfaction remains, the injunction salt appears to have subsided. All day long there was a rush of candidates to secure their number on the ballots, but fe- of them succeeded. It was promised they would all b obtainable ia the evening. Here Are Two of Huerta's Peace Commissioners on Way to Niagara Falls x -V' .: . . V. r...- Emilio Tlabasa (lower) and Luis peace commissioners "snapped" by P leaving Vera Cruz on their way to ACID EXPLOSION II DETROIT KILLS 13 MEN; 17 HURT HULU7TIX. WrniOIT. Mifli.. .May (lorton Latta, of (iohen, Intl., was one of those killed. Mr was the son of wealthy parents at (Joslten.- DETROIT. Mich., May 15. With a force that demolished the one-story plant and shook the neighborhood, a retort of sulphuric acid blew up in the works of the Mexican Crude Rubber company at Solvay and Mackie avs., this morning at 10 o'clock. Thirteen workmen are known to 1k dead and 17 injured. Five of the latter are be lieved to be in a serious condition. The superintendent of the plant says over 2." men were in the plant, and only eleven have been accounted for. So terrific was the force of the blast that at least one man was blown clear out of the building. The bodies of several of the victims are so badly b trned as to he unrecognizable. I The exact cause of the explosion is nt known. Coroner Rothacher has started an investigation of the accident. Just what caused the acid to explode will probably never he known. The Mex ican Crude Rubber company manu factured an imitation leather made of rubber, sbellac and o'.her materials spread over cotton fahiie. The plant was a one-story cement building. This wis practically demolished by the ex plosion and windows of buildings sev eral blocks away were smashed. MEDIATION SESSIONS PUT OFF TO MAY 20 AT MEXICANS' REQUEST WASHINGTON', May 15. At the request of the Mexican envoi's to the mediation conference, it was announc ed at the state department today that the beginning of the mediation ses sions at Niagara Falls have been postponed from May IS to May 2 0. WASHINGTON. May 15. Secy of State Bryan today announced that the explantion by the I'nited States of the occupation of Ibos island has been accepted as satisfactory by the Huerta government. :.tptivK - ' -"- ".. :i 'rfr l - ':- i ' . ;-:-. ,fcv 4 K" :iViVfi.;r', - , y.'7;y;-v-."t-.'1'.-v." v 1 J . f j I f l ' x- c.-' ,- -sV:-.... .: 1 - - I .v. .-v ! v , V T xv t . v .11 : :: : :::: . :'. 'l I J Y 1 i -'. W v ::T'- y WASHINGTON. May 15. President Wilson today formally received the South American mediators at the white house. The reception was in th? nature of a farewell to the three diplomats who are goir.g to Niagara Fall in an effort to adjust the differ ences between the lnit?d States and Mexico. Secy, of State Hr'an was present. The diplomats were received with all the formalities attendant upon the usual international function. naval and military aide beirg present in full dress uniform. President Wilson expressed th-wi.-'h that the efforts of the mediators would be successful and bade them a mcst cordial farewell. v.x.v.V ' Klirnero (at top), two of Huerta's hotourapher DurborouKh as they were Niagara Falls, Canada. S ST PUNCHED 81 NEW YORK. May 15. Harry Val lon, whose testimony is relied upon in sreat measure by Dist. Atty. Whit man to convict ex-Lieut. Charles Hecker of the murder of Herman Rosenthal, was trapped into many important contradictions by Atty. Manton. counsel for the defense, to day. The cross-examination of Val lon. following his direct testimony in which he had corroborated in most p-unts the stories told hy "Bald Jack" Rose and "Bridgie" Webber, was the most satisfactory inning that the de fense has yet had. Yallon on cross-examination not only contradicted testimony that he had given at the lirst trial, but he also contradicted testimony that Web ber had given on the stand yesterday. Mrs. Herman Rosenthal will be called by the state as one of the wit nesses against Becker. It became known today that through her testi mony Dist. Atty. Whitman expects to proves the close "business" relations that existed between Becker and Rosenthal and that her story will i. a corroboration of the tale of "Bald Jack" Rose as to the quarrel and break between the two men. Sam sdirpps Next. The next witness on the state's list was Sam Schepps. whose participa tion in the trial resulted in Becker's first conviction being overruled by the court of appeals. Then will come other witnesses to corroborate details of the murder plot story. In the meantime Atty. Manton. counsel for the defense, is strength ening his lines to put Becker on the stand and throw the whop- onus of the Rosenthal murder upon Rose. He has already established the basis for such a defens- by showing through Rose's own testimony and tli.it of Webber that the bald-beaded gambler and Rosenthal were on terms of enmity. Relations between t'n counsel jn the case are becoming more strained daily. Justice Seabury has smother ed many ouibreaks, but Atty. Manton shows bitter feeling against Dist. Atty. Whitman and at every s-sj,,n accuses him of eoa hing the witness es. Observers of the tti.il pr-dicted today that before -t w;i- over, there would be a sensational ej.h. RUM ELY TAKES NEW JOB Will He Scc-retary Treasurer of Helm Cement Co. at North Liberty. LA PORTE. May 15 A. J. Burr formerly president of the Rurr.ely has taken a larue financial irdere the Heim Cement Products t in : North Liberty, assuming the po: of secretary and treasurer. K Neiri is president. tin j v 1 t The company's business rr' ti'i from thl ritv . ! greatly expanded, the plan remaining at North Ki i ty, :11 I, w ill ho v . i - be VALLOM COIT IGTOJS ADMITS B MUTA MURDER OF WHOLE FAMILY l 0 Harley Beard, Arrested in Chi cago As He Alights From Train, Confesses Horrible Crime Committed in Ironton. LOVE AFFAIR WITH DAUGHTER IS CAUSE Murderer Declares That Girl's Brother Struck Him in Face and He Crushed Latters Skull With Club in Return. CHICAGO. May 15. Harley Board. aiTtMcd here as ho aliglitctl from a irain al l'2:M) p. m. from lmuton, ()., ouilVscd to the mnrdcr of Mrs. Den nis Mav-lc and lier son Koln'rt, and daughter, .Mary, near that city last night, according to the lic Board is bring held cndiiig the arrhal of Ohio authorities.. Ac ording to Capt. Thomas .1. Coughlm, acting chief of detectives. Beard said a love affair between the daughter and himself was responsible for the tragedy. Beard, according to the police, said: "I started in to work for the Mass ies last September and worked with them all winter. I got along pretty go with them, but on the whoI- they treated me rather roughly. Says Bob Started l ight. "Wednesday afternoon Bob Mass!e attempted to strike mo with a hatchet. Later he start d to enter the hou and 1 followed. As we got part way up the stairs. Bob turned and started to punch me in thr lace. I picked up a club which was hing on the ground and struck Bob. He fell and Mary, who heard the commotion, came running towards us. When she saw Bob lying on the ground, sin made a start for me. I thought sh' was going to do me harm so I bit her on the head once or twice. She fell and 1 then went into the hoiu ami when Mrs. Ma-suo started for me. I hit her." Beard said ho then went to It's room and got a razr to r'it the.r throats as he did not believe tiny were dead. The boy said he took ?20 and i Couple of gold watches which were in the house and went to ironton. later coming here. He said also that complaints be had made to Mrs. Massie regarding her daughter's actions was the. cause of Bob Massie attacking him. I RONTON, ().. May 1 5. A triple murder wa-s committed at Oreasy Ridge, near here, last night when Mrs. Dennis Massie. 75. son Robert. 5-, and daughter, Mary. 45, were slain at their home by nn unknown bend. Their bodies were found today. Of ficers are hunting Harley Re;ird. -1. employed by the Massie's. w ho is sai I to be missing. The body of the mother was found in the front yard, her throat cut from ear to ear .and her skull leaen to a pulp. The body of the son wa.s dis covered near the barn. His head was crushed. The daughter's corpse lay on tho kitchen lionr. Her heard was nearly cut off and beaten in. It ii believed that the murdered first at tacked Mary ami that Robert was at this time, n tho barn. After killing her it is supposed ho pursued Mrs. Massie, who had run into the yard to escape. When he had killed her he went to the barn, the authorities believe, met Robert coming out and finished him. The Massies are well known her. W. H. Massie. deputy stnte tax. com missioner, is a son of the murdered woman. He is a prominent demo cratic politician. POSTMASTER ZINKY TAKES JOB SATURDAY CJeorge W. Zinky, formerly justice of the pea e and a member of th Klein & Zinky law hrm. will asv.nr.o the duties- of postmaster of the outli Bend postoifice Saturday morning. During Friday afternoon and evening' the books of t).e office will 1m' checked up. probably by John M. Hunter, pot ojfice inspector, before tin y are turn ed over to the new postmaster. The Kb in .v Zinky law brm was !i----olved shortly atfr Zinky ;o-e;ted th. postrnastership a ir."r:t!i -g . Kl ,:i Will continue m the et!;.( e. ZiV.kv V. appointed to the a!'e e ..f ;.ostm:,..t. r shortly alter tin- nig:;v;o", of p1 mus Crai'ill. who h.is held the ;e-:!:":i for e:-nt ears-. Mi. O.tbiU. !.- i .---of ill health, uili retire for the ; r. .--ent from active hvsiricss tr.o !.;.g the summer n.a take an ft.-:i;; ti.p. RIDE "TO BUSINESS" QUICKLY IN AEROPLANE sax i'i:.xc:s o. m persons took ii'i'. ant .i-;e of th- .. re place ;.ni'U ;.t'..:; Mi:: 1 ra e. . o and . i r. I i i .1 ina::ir:r.;t. .1 1 Sit - " b ri -1 oi -rs"!t , a io.af a!.it-:. to " .- t bcsii.ess" tn.ijv . Tile i o !:d !!.; . I niiT i;:'o!e t n tuir-.Mte- r r . -: - ffetsou's .ieropiai:e i.trii-' r . i-- s -timers. .V feulaf s-r;e will ' mailitailled betWec;i the t 'll- r. WILL ADDRESS "GRADUATES Lieut. Cov. O'Neill Will 'c Heard at st. Mark's of tin V(mmN .hiac I N I ) I . N Ai'i'I.lS, M.:y 1 ". W'.li '-ti TV 'e.ll. Ia tit. - : : t;--. !;..s a t o! .lit i ii 1 1 ,t t eat i ,!,; tie '.nhi.ttion address at St. M .. s of tiio Wood, Tcrre Haute. Jm.e