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Fair tonight and tomorrow.
Tuesday Evening,
December 9, 1913 12 Pages
TWO SECCTOJfS TODAT.
REBE
LS OUTWIT FEDERALS:
BOARD GUN!
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ERMAC
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BOAT, DISABLING
FORTIFY
MEXICO CITY, Mex., Dec. 9. The rebels under Gen. Candido Agnilar, in the
virnity of Tuxpam, scored a success, over the federal troops there yes
terday by slipping around the edge of the town and boarding the gunboat
Tuxpam while the federal troops were not looking, disabling her machinery and guns
and getting away with a quantity of dynamite.
According to the story reaching the federal capital, the trick of the rebels
was due to "carelessness on the part of the federals." The gunboat was stationed
some distance above the town to observe the movements and to menace the rebels.
The latter got a gasoline launch, manned it with 20 men and boarded the gun
hfcat while she was in charge of a small crew, which they overpowered.
FOUR KILLED AT MORENGI;
EXPLOSION IN RESERVOIR
MORENCI, Ariz., Dec. 9. 'Four men were killed and three injured here late Monday afternoon by the pre
mature explosion of a charge of powder which had been put in the pit for the new Arizona Copper com
pany .reservoir.
The bodies of the dead have not yet been found.
The charge was a large one, including 1 0 cans of black powder and a quantity of dynamite, and was the last
one to be used before the completion of the excavation work.
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I THA W'S SANITY WILL BE
DECIDED BY U. S. COURT
OJINAGA;
lllllt IN FULL
CH HI
CtilHII
Is Administering Affairs of
State From the Govern
mental Palace.
yiLLA NAMES NEW
CIVTL GOVERNOR
EN. PANCHO VIJJjA has taken up
his residence in ahe governor's
palace at Chihuahua and la di
recting military and ciril affairs of
the state -from, this place, according to
word received in Juarez Tuesday by
"Constitutionalist" military author
ties. Meager news of the occupation of
the capital by Villa's army has been
sent to Juarez on account of the de
stroyed telegraph line between Sauz
and the state capital. Sauz is 18 miles
north of Chihuahua and is the souther
most point of communication by wire
from Juarez. Mounted couriers car
ry messages to and from this place to
the capital.
A telegraph operator has been sta
tioned at Sauz and transmits all mes
sages from' Gen. Villa to the border.
These messages have to be carried
overland from Chihuahua to the send
ing point. Telegrams sent from Juarez
also have to be "relayed" by courier at
Sauz. On this account, only important
messages are transmitted over the
-wires and few details of events fol
lowing the occupation of the capital
by Villa's army on Monday have been
received in Juarez. Lack of copper
wire has delayed the repairing of the
line into Chihuahua. Juarez rebel au
thorities are purchasing wire in El
Paso to send south on the first train
to complete the repairing of the line
to the capital.
Homes .Looted by Federals.
Americans arriving here from Chi
huahua by automobile say that many
homes were looted by federal volun
teers from the division under Gens.
Orozco, Salazar and Rojas, before the
evacuation of the city last Sunday
veek. Provisions were confiscated
from a number of stores and cattle
were taken from ranches near the city.
The stock was slaughtered, it is said,
in the main plaza and the entrails left
in the streets.
A New Governor.
"While not formally removed, Fed
erico Hoye, governor pro tern, is not
performing the duties of his office, it
is reported. Sylvestre Terrazas, editor
of a Spanish paper here, is said to have
been appointed civil governor by Villa.
Terrazas accompanied Villa when the
rebel leader left Juarez last week. He
is acting In an advisory capacity to
Villa, who virtually tends to all the
Important civil as -well as military
business.
Good Order Maintained.
Perfect order was maintained by
the rebels who entered the city, say the
Juarez authorities. Quarters were
found for the men in private residences
that had been abandoned by their own
ers. Citizens of Chihuahua received
the rebels with open arms, it is said,
and are planning a celebration in honor
of Gen. Villa. More than 3000 men,
including the command of Gen. Manuel
Chao, are quartered in the state capi
tal now. according to figures furnished
ly rebel officials across the river.
Rebel Army Disappears.
What has become of the rebel ad
vance guard under Gen. Maclovio Her
rera and Gen. Rosalio Hernandez? This
force, comprising some 3500 men, left
Juarez four days before Villa, but nev
tr entered the capital, according to re
liable reports. Trace of the division,
so far as the public is concerned, was
lost after it reached Moctezuma last
Thursday.
The general opinion in Jaurez is that
this advance guard was sent across
country to try to intercept the federals
under Gen. Mercado and there are ru
mors that the rebel force and some of
Mercado's men have been fighting in
the -. icinitj of Falomir, 80 miles from
Ojinaga. Juarez military officials
claim to know nothing of the matter.
Xo Trains South, "Vet.
No definite information as to when
trains will be run to Chihuahua from
Juarez is available. This depends, says
Oen Benavides. on orders from Gen.
Villa Xo trains are due to leave
Tu' sda and it is likelv that none will 1
y - sent south before Tnursdav. Tele- j
grapnic communication, direct to Chi- 1
CONCORD, N. H., Dec 9. nidge Edgar Aldrich ruled today that the men
tal condition of Harry K. Thaw must he determined in tie federal courts.
The court's announcement was made at the hearing on Thaw's petition
to he admitted to hail.
"The constitutional questions involved in this case," added judge Aldrich,
"are of such importance that I shall n ot pass on them -myself, but shall for
ward them as promptly as possible to the supreme court of the United States.''
The constitutional questions are co ncerned with Thaw's extradition, his
status in New York and his status in N ew Hampshire.
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Rescue Crews Double Their
Efforts to Reach Maroon
ed Thousands.
MANY ARE PERCHED
ON TOP OF HOUSES
H
OUSTOX, Tex Dec. 0. Victims of
the Brazos river flood up to
noon today included 163 persons,
the majority of them negroes. Rescue
crews doubled their efforts today to
reach the thousands of marooned per
sons menaced by starvation and death.
Illght motor boats carried food to
flood victims perched on roofs or im
prisoned In cotton gin buildings, while
larger craft made their tray throngh
the bottoms carrying refugees to con
centration camps. The crest of the
flood nearing the gulf, appeared today
to be in Fort Bend county.
REFUGEES
CROSSING THE LIME
Great Suffering On Desert Trek
ut No Deaths Rebe
quentjy On Party, Addin
Terrors Of the Hegira
huahua
Fr
From Chi
Is Fire
r To
Resolution In House Urges
Action on Report of Lobby
Probe.
COMMITTEE FLAYS
THE MANUFACTURERS
W
Most Artistic Liar
in the World Drowns
in River, in Arizona
Phoenix. Ariz., Dec. 9. News of the
drowning of Joe Mulhatton, which oc
curred at Kelvin last Friday, has
brought to mind the fact that for years
he was regarded as the biggest and
most artistic liar in the United States.
He was proud of that reputation.
Thirty years ago Mulhatton was
traveling out of Louisville for a whole
sale hardware house. In his spare
moments he would invent wild and
weird yarns which he would telegraph
to the leading papers of the country.
Invariably his yarns had an air of
plausibility and dozens of them were
published. Usually they were about
some cataclysm of nature.
Once Mulhatton sent east a story
of tjie falling of a gigantic meteorite
near the Ripsey mine, in Pinal county.
It had buried several Mexicans, accord
ing to Mulhatton, and 24 hours later
was so hot that no one could get with
in half a mile of it. The story was
published under his name by a New
York editor who supposed that Mnl
hatton's reputation for veracity was
known to the whole world. But some
Harvard professors accepted the story
as truth and came to Arizona to in
vestigate. No other case is on record of his
yerns having caused anyone inconven
ience. He said that he invented them
to amuse himself and entertain the
public In business affairs his word
was as good as his bond.
Dares Woman to Stab
Him; She Plunges a
Knife Into His Heart
Baltimore. Md., Dec. 9. Baring his
chest and handing a pocketknife to a
woman companion, Joseph Myers
known in sporting circles as "Buffalo"'
Myers, dared her to stab him. The
woman drove the knife into the man's
heart, helped him to the street and then
fled. Myers died shortly afterward in a
hospital.
Mj ers and the woman were seated at
a table m a restaurant when he made
tne aare
ASHINGTON, D. C, Dec 9. A
resolution to determine wheth
er representative ilcJDermott,
of Illinois, has not been guilty of "dis
graceful and dishonorable conduct,
rendering him unworthy of remaining
as a member of the house, was intro
duced in the house today following
the reading of majority and minority
reports of the committee's lobby in
vestigation. Another resolution re
quests the house to determine whether
the National Association of Manufac
turers and Its agents have not been
guilty of contempt.
Criticise McDermott's Acts.
Results of the house loboy investiga
tion by a committee, headed by repre
sentative Garrett of Tennessee, were
made public in two rejJorts, the ma
jority report signed by Democrats and
Republicans alike, and a supplemental
report filed by representative McDon
ald, of Michigan.
The majority made no recommenda
tions but declared that representative
McDermott, of Illinois, had been guilty
of acts of grave impropriety, unbecom
ing the dignity of his position, though
"we cannot say that he has been cor
rupt in his votes."
The majority report also held that
McDermott. having intimate relations
with I. H. McMichael, former chief
page of the house, knew that M. M.
Muihall, a "lobbyist for the National
Association of Manufacturers" and the
American Federation of Labor engaged
In political activities and expended
money to effect nominations and elec
tions of the members of the house of
representatives.
Representative McDermott who
agreed with the majority findings, de
clared that congress had fallen some
what from its high estate in the esti
mation of the American people. He
made recommendations for legislative
reforms.
Definition of a Lobby.
The main conclusions of the majority
define a lobby as "person or body of
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MARFA, Tex., Dec. 9. As far as the eye could reach from Presidio today, there stretched out over the desert
south of Ojinaga, Mexico, opposite Presidio, the straggling end of the Mexican federal army and the civilians
who fled from Chihuahua to safety on the United States border. It was expected that the refugees would continue to
arrive at Ojinaga all day. It is declared that none of the refugees died on the way, but many are ill from exposure
and poor food.
Between 200 and 300 refugees crossed the Rio Grande into Presidio at 9:30 today. More are expected during
the day. American consul James I. Long, from Parral, came to Marfa today. Judge W. W. Bogel and sheriff Chas
tain went to Presidio today to investigate sanitary conditions. .
FEDERALS FORTIFY OJINAGA.
The federal troops, including the most important federal generals in the north, 'continued their work of fortif ying
the village of Ojinaga today. This, taken with the fact that Gen. Ynez Salazar, immediately on his arrival, communi
cated with Mexico City, indicated that the federals, intend to .make, a defence on the border, at least until they can
receive orders from the Huerta government. J
Food supplies, of which the federals were in great need, will be sent across the border, but the United States of
ficials have been instructed to guard closely against any infraction of the neutrality law.
Just how many refugees are in the party b not known. Some couriers
say there are only a few hundred, others say thousands. Gen. Luis Terrazas
and party have not yet reached the border. They are being guarded by Pascual
Orozco's command, and Orozco is in personal charge.
The troop of cavalry at Marathon has been sent to Marfa in place of
the Marfa troops, which was summoned to join the troop at Presidio.
It is asserted by a rebel agent here that a man who crossed from Ojinaga
yesterday to Presidio to buy food supplies, claiming to be a Chihuahua mer
chant, was in reality the federal paymaster, and that he had but $ 1 0 with him.
The civilians who endured the hardships of the eight-day march from
Chihuahua, mostly on foot, rather than face the invasion of Chihuahua city
by the rebels, are to be allowed to cross. They will be taken 50 miles by
automobiles and wagons to Marfa, thence by train to El Paso and other cities.
STORY OF HARDSHIP.
The story brought by the refugees was that they left Chihuahua on three
trains, hoping to cover the distance to Falomir, the end of the uncompleted
railroad, about a third of the way across the desert, but that a short distance
out of the city, their train was wrecked. All then had to start the journey on
foot, the federals first dynamiting the engines and burning more than 1 00 cars
to prevent their falling into the hands of the rebek, who pursued.
The refugees assert that rebel troops followed them a great part of the
way and that there was almost constant fighting between the federals guard
ing the refugees and rebel bands. Whether the rebeles were small bands from
the Ojinaga section or a part of Villa's army which left the Mexican Central
between Juarez and Chihuahua and headed for Ojinaga, is not yet known.
U. S. ARMY READY
FOR WAR; GENERAL
OFFICERS ASSIGNED
w
ASHINGTON , D. C. Dec 9. The army war college, it was
authoritatively learned today, has completed plnas for the invasion
of Mexico if intervention occurs.
This plan contemplates the following assignments of general officers:
Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, chief of staff, to take the field in chief com
mand; Maj. Gen. William W. Wotherspoon to remain in Washington as
acting chief of staff; Maj. Gen. William H. Carter, commanding the second
division, at Texas City, to be assigned to some other duty; Maj. Gen. Thomas
H. Barry, now at New York, in command of the eastern department, to com
mand the Hawaiian department; Maj. Gen. J. Franklin Bell to remain in com
mand in the Philippines rvBrig. Gen. William Crozier, chief of ordnance; Maj.
Gen. John J. O'Ryan, of the New York national guard, and Col. Herbert J.
Slocum, of the cavalry, to be appointed major generals of volunteers and as
signed to commands of divisions, and six present or former cavalry officers, in
cluding Brig. Gen. Edward J. McCleman, retired; Col. Cunliffe H. Murray,
Twelfth cavalry, and Lieut. Cols. Frederick S. Foltz and Henry T.' Allen,
general staff, one field artillery officet Col. Edwin St. J. Greble and two
infantry officers, not yet named, all to be appointed general officers of volun
teers and assigned to divisional or brigade commands.
It is said the president has approved the plan.
MORE TROOPS TO COME
TEXAS & PACIFIC
BRAKEMAN KILLED
Big Springs, Tex., Dec. 9. Sol Crowd,
T. & P. brakeman here, was Tun over
by a switch, engine in the yards last
night and killed. He leaves a young
wife.
ARIZON'A FOST3IASTER RKXAMED.
Washington, D. C, Dec. 9. Jesse T.
Jones was today reappointed postmas
ter at Chaparal, Ariz.
Two more squadrons of the 12th cav
alry are to be brought to the border
from Port Robinson, Neb-, to complete
the regimental formation here, ac
cording to Fort Bliss army officers.
One squadron of the 12th is already
here, in camp in the Cotton addition.
. The tw.o. other, squadrons, composed of
eight troops and a machine gun platoon
are reported to be under orders to Join
the first squadron here.
Sixteen men of the field signal corps
.company have been ordered back to
Fort Bliss from west of Nogales where
they have been stationed during the
revolutionary activity in Sonora.
FLOOD SUFFERERS IN TEXAS
ARE APPEALING FOR
AID
A'
LST1X, Tex., Dec. 9. Much Buf
fering by flood sufferers Im pre
vailing throughout certain sec
tions of the state, and people are in
need of assistance, according to mes
sages received today by the executive
department.. Messages were nlso re
ceived offering aid.
GOvKRXOR APPEALS FOR AID.
I. I, Brady, mayor of Hesrne. tcle-
jgraphed that many are destitute and in I Gen. Bliss, on orders from secretary of J
need of bedding, mattresses and cloth
ing. Arrangements will be made to
supply their nnnts.
The governor has issued nn appeal
to the people for aid which will be re
ceived here and distributed to the flood
sufferers.
TROOPS TO FURXISH TEXTS.
Troops In Texas, commanded by Brig.
vrar Garrison, Trill furnish rations,
tents and blankets to the destltnte.
The advices received by the gover
nor state that thousands of bales of
cotton have gone down the Brazos
river in the flood.
TWENTY DEAD AT HEMPSTEAD.
Twenty persons, ten of whom were
Tthite formers, ore known to hove lost
.aelr lives in the neighborhood of
Hempstead,
Salaxar's Arrival. &-
Gen. Tnez Salazar, at the head of
the bulk of the Chihuahua troops, num
bering about 5600, marched, into and
took possession of Ojinaga at 1:30
yesterday afternoon and at once es
tablished a city covernment and be
gan making preparation to fortify
against the rebels, should they at
tempt an attack.
It is reported that Gen. Pascoal Oroz
co and Gen. Luis Terrazas, with the
remainder of the Chihuahua federal
troops and the bulk of the refugees,
are within a few miles of Ojinaga.
marching very slowly on account of
poor conveyances. Many are said to
be moving on foot and suffering from
the long Journey overland from Chi
huahua, with very little foodstuff.
They are likely to arrive in Ojinaga
some time today and it is presumed
that the remainder of the federal
troops will occupy Ojinaga with -Gen
Salazar, while the refugees will make
their way to Marfa, thence to El Paso
and other points.
Xo Inclination to Quit.
Capt Mitchell, with the troop of the
14th United States cavalry, stationed
at Marfa, has moved to Presidio to take
charge of the situation, provided the
Mexican federal soldiers wish to sur
render to the United States, but they
have expressed no desire to surrender
themselves to the United States gov
ernment troops and are busy fortifying
UJlnaga.
A few hundred of the refugees, who
were more prepared to make the trip
overland from Chihuahua, arrived with
the advance guard and are beginning
to cross over to the Texas side.
Quite a number of automobiles have
gone to Presidio from Marfa to help
the refugees to get to the nearest
railroad station.
Salazar Wires Haerta.
Gen Salazar last Bight was in com
munication with Mexico City.
In the remarkable negrra. which
struggled for eight days over the 18S
mile trail through the desert and en
dured great hardships for 'want of
food and water, are Gen. Salvador
Mercado. Huerta's deposed military
governor and commander of the. federal
troops In the north; Gen. Pascual Oroz
co. Gen. Antonio Rojas, Gen Marcelo
Caraveo. Gen. Tnes Salazar and a host
of subordinate officers.
They had deserted their posts in fear
of Gen. Francisco Villa's rebel army
and virtually had surrendered to the
rebels Chihuahua, the state capital and
the largest of the far northern cities.
Along with them came, burdened
with what property they could carry,
men. women and children, representing
some of the richest families in the re
public. Their flight with the army was
(Continued on next page. Is column.)
CHANCELLOR DEFIES
GERMAN PARLIAMENT
B
EBXJN. GERMANY. Dec. 9. The
imperial chancellor, Dr. Von Beth-man-Hollweg,
today defied parlia
ment to pass amendments to the con
stitution, proposed by the Socialists,
making the imperial chancellor re
sponsible, to the house for the acts of
the emperor and providing for his dis
missal on demand of the house.
Philipp Scheidemann, one of the So
cialist leaders, at the opening of the
budget debate today, moved the adop
tion of the amendments put forward by
his party and appealed to the house to
vote supplies qntll chancellor Von
Bethman-HollWeghad either resigned
or been dismissed b the emperor
The chancellor thereupon rose and
attacked the amendments, anil an
nounced that he had neither presented
his resignation nor did he intend to
do so.
The fate of the Socialist amendments
and the proposed refusal of supplies to
the government was settled regardless
of the chancellor's attitude when Dr.
Peter Spahn, of the center party an
nounced that his prt would oppose
the amendments and would vote the
budget, "not for the chancellor, but
for the cen ration "
He asain gave utterance to a censure
of the chancellor for his failure to In
form the imperial parliament that the
necessary steps had been taken to keep
the military authorities at Zabern In
their place. He scored the government
also for punishing the town of Za
bern and not tne guiltv officers, by
remowng the garrison from the place
and shutting off a source of revenue
irom the citizens.