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Deserters Who Rush To American Side Are Driven
Back By Uncle Sam's Troops-Heavy Casualty
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Prosldlo, Tex., Jan. 2. The Mexi
can federal garrison at Ojlnaga can
noUvhold ' the place much longer
ngafnstjjthe deadly artillery and rifle
dttackBot the rebels. This Is the he-
lief of the United States army offi
cers on this side of the line.
Shrapnpl and grape wero exchanged
throughout the engagement by the
federals and rebels, with terrible de
struction to tho men of both armies
contending for the possession of the
little Mexican' town. Tho'' iebels
fought their way practically inlo the
breastworks of federals, and it look
ed for a time as though the rebels
would either capturo tho garrison or
force the whole federal army to cross
the river Into the United States.
Quito a number of deserters did
rush to tho American side, but were
driven back by Major McNamoe'a
United States troops. The federals '
made a desperate rally and succeed
ed in driving the r.ebelB back and
have been holding their ground
since.
It has been mostly a battle of hoavy
arms, few rifles coming into action
except to make or repel a charge.
One of the shrapnels from the fed
eral battoiies fell upon tho American
side of tho Rio Grande and exploded
close to a group of United States sol
diers patrolling tho river to prevent
deserters crossing into Texas.
Additional hospital supplies, sur
geon ind nurses arrived hero from !
Marfa to glvo relief to tho wounded,
who now numbor over 100. Sqmo ot
these have been carried across the
cold, muddy steam by wounded com
rades, v.ho waded In water up to
their waists to get on American soil.
All wounded men are being given
food and medical attention, but every
Ttloxlcan who comes across without a
Now York, Jan. 2. Miss Kathryn
Davis, tho first woman to head a Now
York city department, and who suc
ceeds Patrick A. Whitney as commis
sioner ot correction, arrived without
any flourishes at the old-fashioned
dwelling in East Twentieth street at
9 o'clock today and went to work.
Miss Davis has a face remarkable
for its pleasantness. She said: "Thl3
'Cairo, Jan. 2. Dgnnlor, another
1 French aviator, arrived hero by aero
plane from Paris. Ho loft the French
eapltal on Nov. 10. Donnler was de
layed a week at Adana, Asia Minor,
on account of damage to the propel
lor of h"!s machine. Although JuloB
PadrlneH forestalled Win In belnc the
NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT n s ATTORNEY DONATION
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Can Not Hold Oat Much Long
wound Is being disarmed and forced
to return to the Mexican side.
There aro no avallabjobuildlngs ot
tents for the wounded and many ot
them are being treated invtho open.
As the nights aie freezing cold man?
aro expected to die from exposure, na
blankets and bedding are also scarce
Battle at Laredo.
Laredo, Tex., Jan. 2. Mexican fed
erals nild rebelB, fighting for posses
sion of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, are
resting Jn Relatively tho anKj.iposivJ
tions as-wheavtheihattre''beganrvPr8m1
150 to 30(Kdead Iny where they fell
and several hundred wounded sut
fered Under poor attention. The reb
eln, under Qenf'pl p-j'o r .i
were less than a mile from the town,
and the federals weie entrenched
within Its border?
Hucrta Promises Action.
Mexico City, Jan. 2. President
Huerta received not only the foreign
diplomats, but all tho high govern
ment officials. He made a speech to
each minister as ho shook hanas and
told tho minister of war, General
Blanquet, that beginning with tho
new year military operations will
talio on an activity hitherto unitnown.
German Murdered In Mexico.
Mexico City, Jan. 2. The Gorman
minister has gone to Leon, In tho
stato of Guanajuato, to investigate
personally the death of a man of tho
name ot Heller, who was a German
citizen, murdered supposedly by ru
rales. Heller was a school teacher
and was on his way to Europe.
Coffee grounds burned In a room,
wo nre Informed, will remove tho
odor of state tobacco smoke. After
which It will be easy to remove tho
odor of the binned coffee by boiling
onions or cooking sauerkraut In tho
room. IT you don't believe It try It.
Is no time to talk about my plans. 1
think the best thing for all of us to
do Is to take Mayor Mltchel's adv'co
and keep still until Ave learn our
jobs." r
A chair In London sold tho other day
for ? 1,725. Tliero Is one in Washing
ton that has often cost n thousand
times us much
flist aviator to reach Cairo from
Paris, Donnler enjoyed tho distinc
tion of being the first aviator to 'be
seen flying over Jerusalem. He ar
rived at that place Wednesday 'from,
Beyroitr Tho people of Jerusalem
wore amazed at the aeroplane. Soma
ot them wero greatly alarmed.
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lEXPRESIDEHT W T 2.DR.W-C.GOR6A5 &FA.VANDERUP 4..DR.L.L.F1SK.
Albany, N. Y. Jan. 2 Announce
ment Is made here of the Incorpora
tion of an unusual organization to be
known as the Life Extension Institute.
The name Indicates the purpose of
the corporation, which will seek, to
lengthen human life by applying mod
ern science. Professor 'William How
Columbus, O., Jan. 2. "-Hor kimono
ablazo from a gas grate, Hazel K,
Curtis, 20, dashed through the lower
rooms of her homo In Bryden roa-1,
fanning the flames, which burned ner
so badly that she died soon afterward.
County Treasurer William G. Ben
ham, who lives near by, saw the girl
from h's house and, running across
tho Intervening lawns, smashed in a
window nnd rubhed to her. Ho lore
off tho blazing clothing with tho hell)
Grand Rapids, Mich, Jan. 2. By
authority of President Wilson, Frederick-
Wetmore, United States attor
ney for the western district ot MIchl-
can. with headnuarters here, was re
moved from ofllco by Attorney Gen
oral Me.no nolds. It was said ho was,
"out of sympathy with the 'admlnis- i
tratlon." "I have been out of liar-,
mony v Itli tho Wilson administra
tion bemuse I am a Republican, and
I Intend to rotnnni," said Wetmore.
Sidney, O, Jan. 2. Following the
filing of a petition bearing tho names
of 700 women, the saloons of thin city
romalned closed New Year's day, and
no "Tom and Jerry" was served In
Sidney. The town was dry nil day
A local optfon fight Is on Jn this city
wniiFNniTCF RFFILSF II)
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ORGANIZATION FORMED TO
EXTEND THE LENGTH OF HUMAN LIFL
ard Taft Is chairman of the board of
directors, and Colonel W. C. Gorgas,
who did much to reduce the death rate
in Panama, is to be a consultant In
sanitation and hygiene. One of the
originators of the organization is Dr.
E. L. Fiske, the prominent insurance
company medical director of New
of neighbors who had airled, and
rolled the girl on the floor, burning
his hands in tho act. Miss Ciutis
only recently submitted to an opera
tion for appendicitis.
Says pr. John P. Muiphy of Chicago.
"The latest thing In surgery Is that
we aie trying to avoid operations."
Now tlint suigooiiH aie cnlthuting self
restraint everybody's appendix Is con
siderably safer.
Cleveland, O., Jan. 2. John D.
Rockefeller's Now Year's greeting to
Euclid Avenue Baptist church, which
he attends regularly while in Cloe
land, wns a gift of $7,000. Three
months ago he pledged himself to
glvq $1 for every 10 cents contributed
by the rest of tho congregation from
Nov. 1 to Jan. 1. Tho congregation
gavo $2,P00 Tho money will go In
the purchase resnrvo fund.
Mlddletown, O, Jan. 2. Tho legaV
ity of tho commission form of 'OV'
ornment adopted In this .city will bo
tested. Mayor Heerand all tho pics
ent city officials reftlso to relinquish
their offices to the five commission
ers-elect and their appointed heads
of departments,
Tw'wrimimiajfMi3srX,
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York city, whose scientific researches
have covered wide scope. The new
corporation will perform Its service
both for life insurance companies and
for the general public. F. A. Vander
lip, president of the National City
Bank of New York, Is on the board of
directors.
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Napoleon, O., Jan. 2. An automo
bile occurred by Harmon II. Brockel
man, 47, and a party of relatives, was
struck by a machine driven by John
Douty, a manufacturer, here and
oerturned, and three persons wero
injured. Brockelman suffered a bro
ken elbow and a dislocated arm; his
mother in-law, Mrs. Jonas Shumaker,
C5, rece'ved cuts on the hands and
Buffered a nervous- shock, and his sister-in-law,
Mrs. Sam Shumaker, 50,
suffered contusions nnd spinal in
juries. Urbana, O , Jan. 2. Lena Owens,
6, was burncU to death at her homo
when her clothing caught flro from a
stoe. Her mother, an Invalid, was
unable to movo and she saw her lit
tle one burn,ed to death before her
eyes.
NTev. York, Jan. 2. Inspector Fuu
rot and his detrctlesv$re searching
for tho mombors of dio party of
which Ian Martysowritzch, who is
supposed to havo been a momber at
tho time ho died. Faurot said again
ho did not believe the nan bad been
murdered, but had choked to death
and been packed in a trunk as the
quickest means of getting rid of the
body,
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POOR SHOWING
MADE BY PELKEY
Gunboat Smith Shows His Super
iority Over Canadian Giant.
END GAME IN FIFTEENTH ROUND
Terrific Wallop, With Pelkey On the
Receiving End, Closes the Engage
ment, and Demonstrates That
Smith la the Hardest-Hitting White
Heavyweight In the Ring Today.
Review of the Big Mill.
San Francisco, Jan. 2. Gunboat
Smith Is America's best heavyweight.
With a powerful right cross to the
Jaw ho knocked Arthur Pelkey down
in the fifteenth round of their cham
pionship mill at Daly City, and when
the dazed man unsteadily arose, a
rushing left to the back of the head
toppled him over again. This time
Pelkey was stretched full length on
the can; as. Ho rolled over as his
fate was being tolled, finally resting
with one knee on the canvas when
Referee Griffin counted him out. Tho
referee would have awarded the fight
to Smith, for Pelkey was In no con
amon to proceed. He was dazed as
well as helpless when helped to his
corner.
It was the final of a fight in which
from the ninth round there was little
or no question as to tho winner. Pel
key's vaunted ability was wholly
lacking, and even the form of his
gymnasium workouts was not dis
played. Slow and without a guard,
ho was beaten down with body
punches from the eighth on to the
finish, until he was so tired and slow
that Smith found his mark for the
dreaded right and delivered the
goods.
In a day Smith has climbed out of
the "white hopo brigade" into cham
pionship material, but it can not ba
said his performance was satisfac
tory. San Francisco fans neer saw
Smith miss as many times as he did
jesterday evening. Time and again
the blows would find Pelkey in bad
shape, and yet the Gunner failed to
assume the aggressive. A follow-up
A'ould have brought a speedier end
ing, and Smith would hold back. He
npparently entertained a healthy re
spect for Pelkey's right-hand punch.
Pelkey seemed to hae been filled
with Instructions as regards Gun
boat's right. He guarded It and
ducked when he could and for a time
it made the Callfornian look foolish
Smith neer faltered, however, and
at last came the chance for whicn he
was looking He landed it with suih
purpose there can be no question tf
his being the hardest hitting heavy
weight in this country today.
Tommy Bums, manager of Pelkey,
stood with wide-open mouth as thfe
finish came. "All I want Is a chants
for myself," said Burns. "If Coffroth
will glvo me two months' time in
which to train, I will fight Smith,
winner take all."
Old age never can know half what
youth thinks It knows.
One sclentlest says that fish have no
mercy. But a lot of 'em don't bite.
Some men who pretend to be In
search of knowledge Insist on doing all
the talking.
Russia wants to withdraw her troops
fioui Peklng-possibly to transfer them
to Mongolia.
FEARS NIHILISTS;
CANCELS CONCERT
Paderewski, Piainst, Guarded By
Sleujiis, Leaves Denver.
iv, Colo, Jan. z. Alter navins
ardedan his private car nere
Burns detectives, Ignaco Pad
orewski. who was billed for a concert
here, left suddenly for Colorado
Springs, declaring he was too ill to
gvo the performance. The inu
slolan's wife gave out a stattmen.
sajlng that tho real reason for he:
husbnnd's departure was that be had
learned ho was followed to this city
by Nihilists, who hae threatened his
life,
The six delecthes accompanied
the Paderewski party to Colorado
Springs. He is to give a concert
there tonight, but his wife declare?
that she doubted If he would venture
upon tho stage oven In that city,
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WILL VISIT
I2CITIES
In West In Connection With.
Regional -Banks
McAdoo and Houston Will Have
Ottice On Wheels,
FINE STEEL COACH SEGUREH
Undertaking of the Reserve Bank
Organization Committee To Be
Unique In the History of the Gov
ernment Small Army of Clerks T
Be Taken Along Details of the
Proposed Trip.
Washington, Jan. 2. Some of thw
preliminary steps taken for the long
western trip of the reserve bank or
ganization committee indicate that
the undertaking will be unique In the
history of the government. The com
mittee expects to have an ofllco avn
wheels for more than a month, andJ
to insure the safety of its records anrf
documents on hie 10,000 mile journey
a steel car of the latest type has been
secured.
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo
and Secretary of Agriculture Hous
ton, the committee, will live aboard
this car most of tho time for the
month; will go over the testimony
taken in the 12 western cities they
are to -visit and keep up with the
mass of correspondence that will ba
forwarded to them from Washington
Each secretary will take his own pri
vate secretary with him, and besides
there will be at least fonf stenogra
phers, a couple of messengers and
possibly a lawyer from the treasurr
department.
This will make a little government
army only surpassed in trip3 of thli
sort by the suite which accompanies
a president of tho United States on
his travels.
Tne currency law put $100,000 at
the disposal of the committee in
reaching a determination of tne boun
dary Une3 of reserve districts and ln
locating reserve cities. By making
use of e special car the committee ex
pects to make this trip much more
cheaply than if It wero compelled f&
nse the ordinary means of travel,
lloreoter, the secretaries want to
have at their disposal an office where
they can retire and avoid persistent
boosters, urging the claims of their
cities tor resere banks. The plan
contemiJates the keeping of the rec
ords of the public hearings in the 12
cities up to the minute, so that tha
cabinet officers will be able to com
pare the arguments made for or
against -various cities as they travel.
When Washington Is reached on
the return trip It is hoped that the
records will be In such shape that all
the testimony can be laid before the
federal reserve board at once, if that
body has been organized by the presi
dent. Ironton, O., Jan, 2. The city of
Ironton today has two ohlefs of po
lice, two chief engineers of water
works and other minor positions In
the municipal service are filled by
two men each. A. J. Hannon, Repub
lican, became mayor ot the cltj, suc
ceeding T. J. Kennedy, Republican,
and ono of the new mayor's first acts
was to demand In writing tha resig
nation of overy member of the polloo
and lira departments All refuse to
resign and will contest removal. -
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Columbus, O., Jan. 2. Word reach
ed here from Washington that Miss
borothy Virginia Landon, daughter ot"
tho late Hal Landon a well-known;
Ohio newspaper man, mistook poison
for aspirin at her mother's hino in
the national capital and expired soon,
aiterward.
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