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VOL. XXXIII., NO. 13.
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WITH ALL THE LOCAL NEWS.
SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JAN. 13, 1916.
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NEWS-TIMES
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MARK REACHED
THIS MORNING
First Real Winter Weather
Hits City Some Thermo
meters Around City
Register Eight Below.
MANY CALLS MADE ON
ASSOCIATED CHARITIES
Two Families Are Left Desti-i
tute When Fathers Leave.
Father and Two Sons
Are Out of Work
Fun rise this morning brought the
temperature here down to the lowest
point it has reached this winter, the
government thermometer at the
weather bureau showing three , de
grees Ltlow zero about " o'clock. Al
though this was the ofikial report
other thermometers around the city
showed as low as eight below at
that time.
Eetween 8 o'clock and 1 o'clock,
there was only a four degrees
hange, the official report this after
noon giving one degree above zero.
A strong wind was blowing through
out the day.
Streets all over the. city were cov
ered with an inch of ice. caused by
Wednesday's rains freezing, but no
delays in traflic were reported on
the city street car lines. All trains
on the steam and electric lines run
ning into South I'.end were on time.
Incli of Ilnlii.
A range of 37 degrees is shown
in the temperatures for the last 24
hours. The maximum was reacehd
during the afternoon Wednesday
when the mercury went to Hi de
grees above. Nearly an inch of rain
fell Wednesday.
Numerous cases of extreme suf
fering have been reported to the As
sociated Charities as a result of the
t o-d weather. Requests for nearly
10 tons of coal were received at the
offices Wednesday afternoon and
Thursday morning.
Two eases of desertion, in which
the families have been bit desti
tute, were reported Thursday. In
one case, the father of seven chil
dren, the oldest of which is 12 years,
left the mother and family without
fuel or food and very little clothing.
Two of the children were not even
able to go to school where it is at
least, warm because they had in
sufficient clothing. Th" father has
been deserting his family at intervals
for 16 years and this time the wife
is going to have him arrested, she
tays.
Trtmn (lilt of Work.
Illness and lack of work have
caused other families to seek the
assistance of the charities. A father
and two sons, one IT and the other
17. were suddenly thrown out of
work. leaving three other children
and the mother without food or fuel.
Cold weather prevailed all over
the northern, eastern and western
parts of the country, the reddest
place on the American continent be
ing Eattleford. Saskatchewan, where
it was .". v degrees below zero. The
warmest temperature, 7s degrees
above, was at Tampa. Fin.
South Fend is in the middle of the
cold wave, which covers the entire ',
i o?ion between the Rocky Mountains
and the upper Ohio and middle
Tennessee vallevs. The uae is ad
Aancing eastward.
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International News Service;
CHICAGO. Jan. I -..With the
mercury standing at mx decrees be
low zero, Chb'a-o to. '.ay shivered in
the grasp of the coldest weather of
the picsent winter. The weather
bureau predicted that the mercury
v. ould shrink to at least 11 below
before tomorrow.
All trains entering Chicago from
the west today were from six to
hours late on account of the io!ent
storm th.it swept a wide area in
Kansas. Missouri. Iowa and Minne
sota. In Chicago two deaths frm
accidents on icy pavement were re
ported. Five hundred men were
given shelter in the municipal lodg
ing house las; nicht on their promise
to do two hours" werk on the wood
pile this no rr.n.g.
In Kansas C;ty two persons were
k.llej daring a h avy snowstorm.
The temperature there dropped 00
degrees in lt-s than -I hoars.
A snow storm struck St. louis fal
lowing a day of s; nngl.ke rain. The
I oliee of Fast t. I..uis rescued 1.S
hildren who w r-r" marooned by huh
vatr in a fiamn;ar school.
The worst storm in .' v e.ir lit
Minneapolis. Snow was piled to su.-h
depths that all trams ami street cars
U. a.b. J. ruar tl.-j t.ty were stall-d.
SIX BELOW MA
tiiiee is prepared
IOK KAINV wiixtiicil
Max Adler reported to the po
lice Thursday morning that the
show cas" which stands in the
lobby the Quality Shop, Michi
gan s and Washington av., was
opened during the night and
cifj'ht umbrellas and four rain
c(.'its stolen. Detectives were de
tailed upon the case. The rob
liory is considered particularly
bold because of the fact that a
police liox stands within a few
feet of the burglarized case,
which Is pulled by an officer
everv l. minutes.
LEI IS STILL
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Man Wanted as Possible Slay
er is Not Located Kar
harski is Released.
As far as could be learned no
trace of "Kanush" Frank Cillen.
wanted by the local police depart
ment upon burglary charges and be
lieved to have been connected with
the Muessel-Chrobot murders on the
night of Dec. 30, had been found up
to late Thursday afternoon. Circu
lars which were issued Wednesday
by Chief of Police Millard I Kerr
relative to the double slaying at the
Muesscl Erewing Co. office and upon
which was the picture and descrip
tion of Gillen, had failed to pro
duce any results.
The report that Rurnett Karharski,
alias "The Jack Rabbit," another
polce character, was believed to be
connected with the Muessel-Chrobot
case was denied Thursday by Chiefs
Kuespert and Kerr who said that
Karharskl had been arrested as a
suspect but was discharged on Jan.
8. Jack Raski, the man who is al
leged to have been overheard mak
ing the remark that he cut the wires
and pulled down the blinds but did
no shooting is still held by the police
under 5500 bond, upon a charge of
vagrancy with three other suspects,
according to the police.
Kuespert and Kerr refused to
comment upon the reports printed
Wednesday that füllen with two
other men had been seen on the
Three-Eye tracks near the Muessel
Erewing Co., on the day of the dou
ble slaying. Their only statement
was that the person or persons giv
ing them the information regarding
Gillen were considered unreliable
sources of information but did not
deny that such information as was
printed was in the hands of the de
partment. "We have very little on Gillen and
nothing on Karharski," declared
Chief of Detectives Kuespert. "Rut
we want to either eliminate or in
criminate Gillen, There is some
question as to whether he was in
South Rend, as is alleged, and this
we must clear up. Our source of
information did not say that Kar
harski was one of the men seen with
Gillen on the day of the murder."
It was intimated by Kuespert and
Kerr Thursday morning that the ef
fort to capture the murderers of
Muessel and Chrobot was being in
terfered with by other parties and
Kuespert stated that the police de
partment was handicapped by this
alleged interference.
MAYOR AND MRS. KELLER
TO LEAD GRAND MARCH
New ami Ohl Fa-Jilonod laiiev to
Ik (tivcn at Iaurel School
Saturday.
Mayor F. W. Keller and his wife
will lead the grand march, which
will be followed by dancing, at the
community center entertainment to
be given by the Iaurel Civic club at
Iaurel scheel Saturday night. New
and old-fashioned dances will lie in
cluded in this part of the entertain
ment. Resides Mayor and Mrs. Kelle-
the following will lead the grand
march: Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Miller,
Mr. and Mrs. I). L. Guilfoyle and
Mr. and Mrs. F. . Schoeppel.
Community singing led by Mrs.
Fern Parker ilson. supervisor of
music in the public schools, will open
the entertainment and the dancing
will be the last number on the pro
gram. Mayor Keller and Mr. Guil
foyle will ive short talks or. neigh
borhood social life. The Laurel
Women's Athletic club wi!' meet the
Kaley Women's Athletic club in bas
ket ball, while teams from the Men's
Athletic dub will compete against
each other.
SKATING RINK IS READY
Oliver Field i:iHvtcil ti ! Cnmd
tM Flare Tonight.
.Skating will be started Thursday
nUht at Oliver playground as a re
sult of the zero weather. Workers at
the t.eld have made three or four at
tempts to Mood the link, but each
time warm weather has spoiled their
efforts. Those in charge of the field
worked all night Wednesday and
continued to spray water over the
place Thursday. The toboggan will
also be opened Thursday night.
AMN M SSI
BLOCKADE OF
. GEflMUr TO
BE TIGHTENED
May Cut Off All Shipments of
Contraband Merchandise
to the Scandinavian
Countries.
SERB SOLDIERS WILL
EVACUATE MONTENEGRO
Will be Sent to Greek Island
Which Has Been Siezed by
French Now Mount
ing Artiilery.
International News Service:
LONDON, Jan. 112. Official an
nouncement of a more stringenet
blockade of Germany by England is
expected within the next 10 days.
Developments of prime Importance
which will probably have a strong
bearing upon the United States, are
believed to be Imminent.
In the wake of the speech of Wal
ter Runciman, president of the
board of trade, that England is de
termined to exert still greater pres
sure to "starve out and strangle
Germany," have come reports that
the Rritish government is on the
point of adopting a new policy.
It is possible that England will cut
off all shipments of "contraband
merchandise" from the Scandinavian
countries except on certain condi
tions. It is openly charged in the news
papers that much of the merchan
dise shipped into Sweden, Denmark
and Holland during the past year has
found its way into Germany.
International News Service:
ROME, Jan.. 13. Montenegro
is to be evacuated by Serbian troops,
it was officially announced today at
the Serbian legation.
The Serbian soldiers that retreat
ed Into Montenegro when Serbia was
overrun by Austro-German and Bul
garian armies, are to be sent to the
Greek island of Corfu, where a new
army will be organized and equipped.
Corfu has already been seized by
the French, despite protests of the
Greek government, according to ad
vices from Athens. The French Mag
has been hoisted over the villa on
Corfu owned by Emperor William,
Artillery is being mounted on the
grounds to repel Austrian warships.
Reports that the German and Bul
garian forces on the Greek border
have started an offensive with a
great bombardment with heavy guns
still lack confirmation. The impres
sion prevails here that the Anglo
French positions are so far removed
from the boundary that they could
not be reached with German and
Bulgarian guns unless the Teutonic
allies actually advanced into Greece.
Montenegro Capital Totters.
Cettinje. the capital of Montenegro,
now seems likely to suffer the fate
of Belgrade, and British observers
are already asking anxiously what
menace the Austrian conquest of
Montenegro Is likely to hold over
the allies at Salonika!
Fighting is going on all around
Cettinje. the small town which near
ly a year ago ceased to be the seat
of the Montenegrin government.
Never before in the long history of
the little Montenegrin kingdom has
it been compelled to bow to a for
eign conqueror, but there seems lit
tle hope that it can lon.tr withstand
the overwhelming strength of Gen. !
Koevess in men and guns.
Assix i.ited Press Service:
ROME, Jan. 12. Two Italian
steamers, the Rrindisi and the Citta
Di Palermo, have been sunk by
mines in the Adriatic sea.
Half of the passengers on board
the Brindisi were lost. The crew
were saved. Nearly all on board the
Citta Di Palermo, which was an
armed vessel, were saved.
The Rrindisi was sunk Jan. and
the Citta Di Palermo Jan. n.
cmsi: SCHOOLS.
Itjtem:iti:i.il News Service;
SHEER YViLLE. Ind.. Jan. 13.
The schools at St. Paul ar1 closed
today as a result of a grip epidemic.
THREE ARE INJURED
Intertiational News Serrtr:
MILWAUKEE. Wis.. Jan. 13.
Three persons were probably fatally
hurt today when a Chicago bound
Chicago and Northwestern passenger
train crashed into the rear of rt
Madison train at Allis. a suburb sta-i
tion. More than a dozen other per
sons were seriously Injured.
Cold which impeded the automatic
Mock signals, was believed to have
caused the wreck.
The steel train ripped through the
I parlor car on the rear of the Madi
son train.
I The mercury stood at 11 decrees
I below zero at the time of the wreck.
I RAILROAD WRECK
Small Riot is
Staged During
Peace Meeting
International News Service:
THE HAGUE. Jan. 13. 111 feeling
which arose last evening during a
peace mass meeting under the aus
pices of the Ford pacifists, was still
in evidence today.
The mass meeting nearly broke up
in a riot when Johan Ilollenberg, a
Danish delegate to the peace con
clave, charged the French with
atrocities upon the Germans.
The charge was followed by cries
of "lies." and "you are speaking
pro-German lies."
It was nearly five minutes before
order was restored.
John D. Barry, one of the Amer
ican orators, was interrupted by cries
of "Ford is nothing but a man with
money." Mr. Barry replied:
"Yes, but he is putting that money
to good use."
TO BE ADM
Mrs. Möhr Accused of Murder
Receives Her First Ser
ious Setback.
International News Service:
PROVIDENCE. R. I., Jan. 13.
Mrs. Elizabeth Frances Möhr, per
haps the most nonchalant woman
ever the central figure in a sensa
tional murder trial, received her first
serious setback today.
The prosecution scored heavily
when Justice Stearns, over the pro
longed protests of the defense law
yers, struck to his tentative ruling
of late yesterday and said he would
permit Chief Inspector William F.
O'Neill, of the Providence police, to
tell the jury the details of the alleged
statements of the negroes, Brown
and Spellman, that Mrs. Möhr prom
ised them $5.000 to put her hus
band, Dr. Charles Franklin Möhr,
out of the way. O'Neill, during a
preliminary examination in the ab
sence of the jury, when Mrs. Mohr's
attorneys were contesting the admis
sibility of the statements, said that
they were never signed.
The statements of the negroes
which had been since repudiated by
Spellman and Brown, who said they
were tricked, coerced and starved
i!to making them, dealt not so much
with the shooting of Möhr and the
defendant's woman rival for his af
fections as with the negotiations.
Mrs. Mohr was alleged to have CJir
ried on with them to procure the
murder.
TRY TO LYNCH GENERAL
.Mob at EI Paso Would Kill Mexican
Official.
iLternntinnal News Service:
EL PASO. Texas, Jan. 13. An at
tempt to lynch (Jen. Inez Salazar,
a former follower of Gen. Oroczo,
was frustrated here early today by
the vigilance of the sheriff, who spir
ited Salazar from his hotel before
the mob arrived.
Word was received in Juarez that
Gen. Jacinto Trevino, commander of
the Carranzista garrison in Chihua
hua City, has left Santa Ysabel with
300 troops to hunt down the Mex
ican bandits who massacred 17
Americans.
Gen. Travino has declared he will
shoot the bandits on sight.
Latest in the
blow vi nuinci:.
International News Service;
PA II IS. Jan. 13. The railroad
bridge over the Struma river at De-mir-Hissar
(Greece) has been blown
up by French engineers as a pre
cautionary measure, says a dispatch
from Salonika.
Demif-Hissar is Z0 miles northeast
of Salonika.
British troops withdrawn from
the Gallipoll peninsula are being
disembarked at Salonika, according
to a news agency telegram.
CALLED TO BEHLIN.
Interr.;iti'iial News Service:
HOME. Jan. 13. It i. reported
from Athens that Queen Sophia of
Greece, has been tailed to Berlin be
cause of the serious condition of her
brother, the kaiser.
ON OFFENSIVE.
It.teiT;Mti"n.il News Service:
BEULEN'. Jan. 13. (via Sayville
wireless) Both the British and the
French are on the offensive, accord
ing to the German war crhce.
An official statement, issued today,
announces the repulse of British
forces near Armentieres and 'of
French at Champagne.
Two more British aeroplanes have
been shot down by Germany's most
famous military aviators Lieut.
Boelke and Lieut. Immelmann.
nu n nKowx.
Ii.teni.itio.ial NVn! Srl-e:
GALVESTON. Texas, Jan. 13.
Four of the five members of the
crew of a United States artillery
corps distribution boat, were drown
ed today when tho Lout waa run
STATEMENTS
ESIDENT NOT
SPDSED TO
Sen. Morris of Texas Pre
sents Telegram Urging
Intervention to Chief
Executive,
AMERICANS WARNED TO
STAY OUT OF MEXICO
Resolution Authorizing Wilson
to Use Military and Naval
Forces Presented
' in Senate.
International News Service:
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12. rres't
Wilson made it perfectly clear to
day that his position regarding Mex
ico has not changed. His opposition
to armed intervention is as strong
tX. s c v c r
Sen. 'Morris Sheppard of Texas,
called at the white house and laid
before the president a telegram he
had received from Dr. C. C. Young
of El Paso, urging that this govern
ment intervene in Mexico as the re
sult of the massacre of IT Ameri
cans near Chihuahua.
Dr. Young stated in his telegram
that Gen. Obregon, Carranza's com
mander, has authorized his oflicials
to guarantee the Americans protec
tion. It is understood that Pres't
Wilson told Sen. Sheppard that de
spite these assurances from Carran
za oflicials, the Americans who were
killed had been warned by repre
sentatives of this government to
stay out of that section of Mexico.
Holy on Carrana.
After his conference with the pres
ident, Sen. Sheppard stated that he
believed the administration will rely
upon Carranza to capture and pun
ish those guilty of murdering the
Americans. He said there was no
indication that this government
would take any other steps at this
time.
No word was received at the state
department during the morning of
the reported massacre of eight more
American men, one American woman
and an English woman at Madera.
At the Mexican embassy it was
stated no word had been received
from Gen. Carranza.
Favors Intervention.
A resolution authorizing Pres't
Wilson to use the military and naval
forces of the United States in Mexico
was presented in the senate today
by Sen. Lewis of Illinois. Sen. Lewis
resolution would give the president
the same power to use the army and
navy that "is now being exercised
in Nicaragua and Haiti," for the
protection of American citizens.
Sen. Lewis explained that his
resolution was hastily drawn, and
at his request it was laid on the
table to allow him time to prepare
a substitute measure.
Eliseo Arredondo. named ambas
sador to the United States by Gen.
Carranza, has assured Sec'y of State
Irnsing that the head of the de
facto government in Mexico , will
make every possible effort to bring
the murderers to justice. The state
department today gave out the text
of a note it received from Arredon
do. News World
down by the American tank steamer
Charles- E. Imrwood.
I ICE UTA WO IISC
international News Servl-e:
EL PASO, Texas, Jan. 13. Gen.
Yictoriano Huerta, former dictator
of Mexico, was reported this morn
ing to be sinking rapidly. At 5:30
o'clock the attending physicians an
nounced that Gen. Huerta had funk
Into a state of coma and that they
believed death was a matter of only
a f w hours
MEN ON STKIKI
Ir.b : !nal News Service:
CHICAGO. Jan. 13. Three thou
sand members of the Excavating
Grading and Asphalt Teamsters'
union were called out on strike to
day. The men walked out without
demonstration, and th? police anti
cipated no trouble. The teamsters
and the contractors employing them
failed to reach a wage agreement.
QUITS T. IE
lnternatlnc.nl News Servl--:
WASHINGTON. Jan. 13. Jane
Addams of Hull House. Chicago, has
severed her allegiance to Col Theo
dore Roosevelt and enlisted under
the banner of pres't Wilson in the
hitter's foreign policy.
Miss Addams so announced today
while speaking to the .house military
affairs committee.
TIPTON. Ind. Bloodhounds fail
ed to follow a satisfacte ry trail after
the robbery of Shields jeweiry store
it Sharpsville. The tt wn probably
vj.11 incorporate and obtaiu police
protection.
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CMAIE STANDS
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CHEATS CIIAIK BY
TAKING OWN LIFE.
lLteraation.il News Service:
OSSIN1NG, N. Y.. Jan. 13.
Cheating the law of its "just toll,"
Angelo Leggio. sentenced to be
electrocuted for hiring a man to
slay his rival, committed suicide
in the. death house at Sing Sing
today by hanging himself.
Two cells away was William
Fleck, the man whom Leggio
hired to do the killing.
Leggio used the sheet from
his cot to take his life.
IN OF CABINET
HILL KEEP POSTS
Military Service Bill is Passed!
in House on Second
Reading.
InteriKitionnl News Service:
LONDON, Jan. 13. The Miners'
federation, composed of English.
Scotch and Welsh coal miners, today
decided to oppose compulsory mili
tary service.
International News Service;
LONDON. Jan. 13. Government
loaders today declared that not only
has opposition against eonscription
collapsed, but the fight to overthrow
the Asquith cabinet has also come to
naught.
The easy passage of the military
service bill in commons on second
reading by the overwhelming vote of
4 31 to 39 was declared today by gov
ernment newspapers to show that
"the people are with the government
and that its strength cannot be
shaken.
That Premier Asquith's conference
with leaders of the labor party has
borne fruit, is shown by the fact
that Arthur Henderson, William
Brace and George H. Roberts, who
resigned from the government, have
decided not to press their resigna
tions, but will remain in olfice.
The labor party will hold a con
vention in Bristol later this month '
when new political policies will be
adopted and a definite stand upon
compulsory military service.
MANY ACCIDENTS IN
NEW YORK HARBOR
Ferryboat Carry ins 300 Fassengers
Ituns Aground Dur
ing Fog.
International News Service:
NEW YORK. Jan. 13. A heavy
fog which paralyzed traffic caused I
numerous accidents in the waters j
around New York today. A Hamil
ton av. ferryboat, carrying 300 pas
sengers, was driven ashore on Gov
ernors island, but no one was hurt
and the boat was pulled off shortly
afterward by tugs. A taten island
ferry crashed into a coal lighter,
causing a panic on board.
The Boston freighter Pequotic
rammed a cattle coat loaded with
600 cattle and sheep, killing some of
the steers, but the damage to the
boat was small.
Four big ocean liners were held j
up at quarantine and sailings were j
delayed.
TWO SHOCKSREGISTERED
Distance From Warrington is Ktrk-
onod as 2,700 Miles.
Internat ionnl News Service:
WASHINGTON. Jan. 13. Two
distinct and violent earthquake
shocks were registered on the seis
mograph at Georgetown university
early today. The first shock began
at :04 a. m. and lasted until after
3 o'clock. The second started at
2:4?, and continued until after 0
o'clock. It was impossible to de
termine from what direction the dis
turbances came, but the distance was
reckoned at 3,700 miles.
PLOT IS SUSPECTED
Dupont Powder Co.' Plant Damaged
by Explosion.
Internntinn.nl News Servb-c:
PORTLAND. Me.. Jan. 13. An ex
plosion that was felt live miles aw.1v
occurred today in thp Newhall plant;
of the DuPont Powder Co. No one i
was hurt. Plotters are suspscted. j
STUDENT KILLED 111
ML BOWL FIGHT
Iatcri.atioiial NVws Sern'.:
PHILADELPHIA, Pa.. Jan. 13.
Three investigations are under way
to determine the responsibility for
the death of William Li f son. the 17-year-old
freshman of Elizabeth. N.
J., who was killed in the annual
bowl fight of 700 members of the
freshman ami sophomore classes of
the University of Pennsylvania yes
terday afternoon.
Gordon S. C. Smyth, a freshman,
who was pulled unconscious from
the struggling heap of Mudents with
Li f son, is in a serious condition. Re
sides the y.)uth who was killed,
seven students were severely hurt.
The flas over the Phi Epsihn Pi
fraternity house, where Li f .a on lived,
is at half raa-ät.
TO
TO DEATH 01 ILA SOLDIERS
I
be:
Latest Massacre is Said to
the Work of Soldiers
Acting Under Gen.
Rodriguez.
BODIES OF VICTIMS
ARRIVE AT EL PASO
First Detailed Accounts of the
Killing on Monday Are
Told Doubles Guard
at the Bridge.
EL PASO. Texas. Jan. 13. Fol
lowing closely upon Monday's mas
sacre of 17 Americans and one Can
adian in Mexico, word was received
here today from Chihuahua City that
nine more Americans, including an
American woman, and one English
woman have been killed by follow
ers of Francisco Villa at Madera.
The latest massacre was reported
to be the work of former Villa sol
diers, acting under orders of Gen.
Jose Rodriguez, who recently issued
a proclamation saying he would kill
Every American who fell into his
hands.
The special death train, braring
the bullet-riddled corpses of the
Americans slain on Monday at Santa
Ysabel, arrived in Juarez at l:3r
o'clock this morning and after a
short delay crossed the Rio Grande
to the Santa Fe freight yards where
the bodies were removed.
Death Sixxial Arrives.
Accompanying the bodies was an
armed escort of four American. that
had cone out from Chihuahua City
to recover them. The "death spec
ial" was followed by a troop train
filled with Carranzista soldiers.
The arrival here of the victims of
the massacre Inflamed still higher
the intense feeling which has been
growing ever since news of the
massacre was first received.
Military guards on the bridge
across which the bodies were borne
were doubled upon orders from Gen.
John Perishing, F. S. A., and extra
squads of policemen were on duty
throughout the city all night to put
down any outbreaks or anti-Mex-i
ca n de m o n st ra tion s.
Croups of weeping relatives await
ed anxiously for the arrival of the
death train. As rapidly as the bodies
were taken from the train they
were turned over to undertakers
without any red tape or formality.
Corp-es Mutilated.
The corpses were terribly mutila
ted, showing that the victims had
not only been shot, but had been
cut and staid. ed. The body of C. R.
Watson had been decapitated with a
bayonet and a long search was
necessary before the head was
found.
Fro.-h details of the massacre were
received here with the death train.
These showed th;it the Mexican
bandits had exercised the most fiend
ish brutality in putting their help
less victims to death.
Here is the story of the massacre
as gathered from persons who wit
nessed it:
About 1:".3 Monday afternoon the
"massacre train" stopped at Kilome
ter No. 6S, a short distance from
Santa Ysabel, the '.rammer: ep!ain-
intr that a supply train had been
derailed a short distance ahead.
VillUta Apiear.
Some of the passengers bejran
leaving the coaches to walk up and
down beside the tracks. As they
did so between HO and 4 0 armed
Mexicans were seen running toward
the railroad tracks and along the
crest of a range of low hill in the
distance several hundred mounted
men suddenly sprang into view. All
were Villistas.
The Mexicans on foot, upon reach
ing the train ciambored up the te;c
and entered the coaches, in th
meantime ordering all who had left
he cars to return to their se.it.
They were armed with army riwcs
and regular service pistols which
they used in the most threatening
manner.
"Stand up, all you gringos."
sho .tr-d a Mexican who seemed t'o
he the leader of the band. He was
dressed in a uniform and wore a
heavy sombrero covered with silver
mountings.
Not Much Alarmed.
The passengers thinking that they
had been held Up ar.d that the Mex
icans would be satisfied with taking
their money and jewelry were not
very much alarmed.
However, this feeling of compar
ative safety giving way to intense
anvietv when the leader began walk
inr down the aisle of the car poking
various passengers in the rib with
the muzzle of his pistol and demand
ing: "You Americans?"
At the end ef each car stood sev
eral of the handits. their rifles car
rying bayonets.
Most of the Mexicans knew a little
English, their vocabulary consisting
rhieiy of oaths.
We Art Ilohhcri Again.
Must uT the Americana had risen
AMERICANS ARE
BEEN PUT
Brothers Demand
U.S. TaJe Action
Intem.ntion.il News Ser: e:
SAN FRANCIS , Jan. k,a ::
lnp that tins government take imme
diate action on the killing of 17
Americans in Mexico on Monday, th
four brothers of Charles A. Pringle,
one of the murdered mining m n,
sent a lengthy telegram to Pres't
Wilso n.
The telegram demanded that all
the Mexicans who took part in the
massacre be executed. The brothers
also sent a telegram demanding ac
tion by the Fnited States to en.
Phelan of California. Mrs. "orndi.
J. Pringle, mother of the slain man.
was prostrated today.
to their feet, holdinc: their hamla
above their heads. One of them
called out:
"Well, boys, we are ribbed nain."
No sooner had the words left hli
mouth than a shot rang out and W.
D. Pearce fell back in his seat with
a stream of pain. He had been shot
through the body.
The real nature of the foray now
became apparent, but most of the
Americans remained cord, hoping to
escape in some way or another.
After the shooting of Pe.irve sev
eral of the Americans were roughly
seized by Mexicans who began to
drag them toward the doors of the
coach. However, no resistance was
offered.
"Come on. you gringos, get off,'
was the next eommani of the lead
er. As the Americans left the train
they were surrounded by the armed
bandits and held prisoners.
Did Not Move Fast Enough.
Apparently the Americans did not
move fast enough to satisfy the
Mexican bandit chief, for there was
a volley of shots in the car and the
cries of pain which followed showed
that some had been hit.
"W. J. Wallioe was just descend
ing the steps of the oar when a bul
let struck him in the oack of the
head, and he fell sprawling in a pool
of Lood. A Mexican dropped hH
rifle, kicked the body o'.ct of the v. ay
and then started to rummage in the
pockets of the clothing.
Mexicans fell upon the other
bodies like wild animals, dawing at
the faces with their hands and tear
ing off the clothing.
Four or five of the A n .eri r.s were
killed in the coach or a they were
leaving It.
The Americans died bravely. Net
one of them begged for merer.
Those who had left the r-,,n h stood
white-faced, anxiously awaiting their
turn.
It was seen that e-ape was im
posüde, as R. Watson, leader of
the party, had been kille, 1 u hib try
ing to make his way t safty in a
small ravine.
First to Leave.
Watson, against w hm the hittef
est hatred of the Mexican was di
rerte.j. was anu'ii? th :ir-t to le.-e
the ar. As he dropped to the
ground on the east side ,,f the train
he started to run. The Mexicos
raised their rifles and fire.i a ..l!ev.
but Watson did not fall. Another
valvo of shots rang out ::r. Watson
fell to his face, his ''dy sliding
along the gpc.nid for 1 t 1? f'fT,
He had been wounded t?ire tiroes-.
Several Mexicans ran up to the hod-,
and one. believing the American
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wired the state depirtr
trnt Villi w;.s re.
near Fhihuahua r.d . '
scene of the ir.asi'ie of
cans a eo-ip'e ,.f davs
did not state w h s t .
leader. o:?;a!s h re to ,
to indicate that Villa ' i
close t"'ieh With the o;.
the bandits.
Another di-pCe, to
rrent from 'ob' state. t:
f t :
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the re' . J
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had
eern re --d
I
Part 'ramer, an Ar.- r.
slain by Mexican band:
ranch. '' miles west of
ta Y. , '
th;t '
ar.d
i reported
further
I
Pablo I.pez.
v
Rey r. i w ere in -. .
bandits who murd
car..-'. He s iid th.,
icar.s w ere tak n
soldiers v.,r,d lir ed
trac ks. hut di 1 not
the killings.
The co lb-, tcr r.
thi.t the handits fV
of Corretns. Tr";
from the- "a r ra n::.i :
red t he Am" rl-
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MASSACRE SCENE
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