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"Q VE US CORN," MEXICO CITY WAILS
Cr&JBL IJLJi
HERALD
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Utter Rout of
Villa
Army Is
SEI TRAP,
Says He Got Behind and in
Front of Villa and Gave
Him Crushing Blow.
VILLA'S TRAINS
' REPORTED TAKEN
Villa and Angeles Escape to
Mountains With a Few
Men, Report Says.
FOLLOWING a five. da battle Gen.
Francisco Yfila and his arm has
been routed at Leon and that city,
long the headquarters of the "division
of the north," has been occupied by Geo.
Aivaro Obregon. Announcement of this
is made in an official report by Obre
gon to Carranza. The report is me
first official adv ice sent by Obregon
since tbe fight started last Monday
morning
The Obregon report was received tn
Veracruz Sunday and caused great re
joicing. Further details from the bat
tlefield declare that Villa, and Angeles
have escaped to the mountains north
west of Leon with small detachments
and the latest reports describe the bat
tle as a "complete rout.
Obregon Claims Jflf; 1 Jctory. j
'After a battle of five dajs, Angelas '
m4 "Vflla tvlfk h.,11 .n....... 1 I
lira era. fled J rfiffau Mrt .a 1
" ? oifrces ?.Tjrs3sssr&'rts.
lenuessijr pursuing- the enemy north ox
Leon. The city of Leon has been oc
cupied by our troops under Gen. Fran
cisco Murguia All of tbe enemy' i
trains, and artillery have beau pastured.
I am unable as vet to ghe you complete
details .as the battle extended over a
zone of 50 kilmeters. I have ordered
the immediate repair of Railroad and
telegraph lines. Aivaro Obregon."
Official Villa messages receives! here,
dated "headquarters at Slteo" Friday,
state "Yesterday we -stormed- and
captured Obregon" entire advan9
trenches, at the same tune capturing
a great many prisoners ."by a well
directed flank movement? Obreson'i
ai-my is surrounded. This snessage is
from Dr S B Raschhaum. Villa's per
sonal physician, who passed through
here a few days ago from the east.
Raschbaum wired Sunday that the
Obregon forces were surrounded.
Villa la Flanked.
Advices received by Carrancistas sub
sequent to the Obregon message state
that the capture of tbe Villa trains and
artillery was effected bv a flanking
movement that cut the railroad at San
Francisco. ,a few miles north of Leon.
This important move was effected by
a few hundred cavalrj When the lme
was cut, Obregon. leaving a small de-,
taehment in the trenches at Trinidad
to hold Ansreles, suddenly moved south
against Villa at Stlao. At the same
time fresh troops that had been sent
from Pachuca moved north against
Villa. Caught between two fires and
unable to secure assistance from An
geles. Villa was forded to abandon his
positions and retire to Leon, the Car
ranza report says He was closely fol
lowed and, when forced to evacuate
Leon, was unable to move his trains
sfnd artillery on account of the cut in
tbe line at San Francisco ,
Rooalie Hernandez Fleet;.
Kosalio Hernandez has been forced to
leave Coahmla for refusing to go to the
assistance of Gen Raol Madero at Mon
dova, according to Carranza. advlcs
received here It was reported here
Sunday that Hernandez was in 1 Paso
but no one could be found who had
actually seen him- The report also
states that Gen. Man-era. has defeated
the VIIHstas near Parras, Coabaila. t
nenavldrs Killed.
Gen. Eugenio Aguirre Benavides, for
merly Villa's most trusted general, who
later deserted with Kalalio Gutierrez'
and for the past month has generally
geen accredited as a Carrapcisca, was
shot by Carrancistas near Nuevo Laredo
on Saturday Carranza advices to this
effect have been followed by reports to
relatives of Benavides here from Lare
do The reports state that Benavides
was attempting to cross to the Amer
ican side with a small command when
he was surrounded by tbe Carranza
troops and killed. Gen Isabel Robles.
who was with sensvides, escaped.
Adrian and Rafael Benavides, brothers
of Eugenio, left El Paso Sunday "o se
cure the body of their brother. The
dead man's brother was at one time
Villa's secretary and censor
AMERICANS INVADE MEXICO;
OBTAIN YOUTHS' FREEDOM
Nogales, Ariz, June 7j Two Ameri
can youths. George Vaughn son of the
storekeeper at Dueqneene, Ariz, and
Henry Chang, son of a Chinese-Amen
can at Washington camp, were released
bv Mexican troops at Santa Cruz Son
late Saturday when armed American
tow boys rode across the border, leveled
their guns at the Mexican- colonel and
put tbe case plainly to the officer. He
looked into the guns while ISO of his
troops stood awaiting developments,
and then acquiesced without demur.
It was claimed the American youths
-were kidnapped from Arizona by three
Mexican troopers O K Franklin, a
V Ji j T,. : " jnuia, says iae iinai warn lorraisi in
driven handcuffed, across the, border j dicates the crop now coming Into the
Sheriff McKnight at once organized a harvest will total 382.0C7.0o0 bushels,
possee and started toward the horde". Much of this wheat will be shipped to
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miner, reported naving seen the boys
Each Factionistln Mexico Seems Willing
TEUTONS ARE
SflBBFirB"
id con
Heated Debate Features the
Suffragist Convention;
Steam Roller used.
Chicago. Ill, June 7 The mid- ear
conference of the National American
Woman Suffrage association was only
half an hour old today when verbal
sparks began to fly. The participants
were Br Anna Howard Shaw, president
of the association. Mrs. Thomas TV. You
mans, president of the Wisconsin state
organization, and, as peacemaker, Mrs.
Harriet Taylor Upton, president of the
state organisation of Ohio
Mrs. Yonmans accused Dr Shaw of
flattening her out with a steam roller.
- Militancy Involved.
Tee trouble arose over the congres
sional union, a suffragist organisation
said to advocate militant methods in
cluding attacks on parties and indi
viduals which oppose the woman move
ment. This Is one of the most import
ant subjects to come before the confer
ence. Mrs. Youmans offered a resolution
calling for an arbitration board, on
which the congressional union should
have fair representation, to consider all
matters bearing upon the subjects, the
committee to report later to the confer
ence. Debate Ik Quashed. .
A motion to table by Mrs. Stanley
McCormick of New York, carried 49 to
15 above the pretest of Mrs. Youmans,
who insisted that she had a right to
address the delegates on the subject,
v "A motion to table is not open to
discussion," said Dr. Sbaw as she
brought the gavel down and Insisted on !
order The vote was taken ar ' the I
Wisconsin leader obtained recognition
long enough to say:
I wish to enter my solemn protest
against tactics which shut off discus
Mrs. Unton examined that tH tab
ling of the resolution was not doe to
opposition to the subject matter in It,
but to the necessity of straightening
oat the varioes problems before the
conference
New Yorkers Pay Nearly
$12,000,000 in Taxes in
One Day to Save Interest
New York. June 7 To avoid the pay
ment of interest, taxpayers of New
York heaped nearly 312.000.000 Into
the city treasury one day this week.
Of this amount the largest single pay
ment was made by (he New York Cen
tral .Railroad company, which sent a
check to the office df the receiver of
taxes for J1.S04.1O0.S7. The next largest
amount came from the Pennsylvania
Railroad company, which paid $809. 644.
81 These payments, however covered
only tbe taxes paid by these companies
on property owned by them in the "tr
ough of Manhattan. Throughout the
day hundreds at persons stood in line
I and the recording of their payments
reqwree tne services oi a large corps
of extra clerks. It was the last day on
which tax payment might be made
a lthout interest charges beiigmade by
tbe city When the business flay ended
it was estimated that payments in th
Borough of Manhattan amounted to
between $8,000,000 and ?-.0,000,00. 'At
tbe same time it was estimated that
taxpayers in the Borough of Brooklyn
paid more than $1, 00,000, and nearly
$-1,000,000 more was paid by property
owners in the Bronx, Richmond and
Queens boroughs
ALAM0G0RD0 BANKS WILL '
CONSOLIDATE THIS MONTH
Alamogordo, N M, June 7. Ar
rangements are being made to liqui
date the First National bank of Ala
mogordo. an institution whirh was
founded in 1000 A meeting of the
stockholders will be held on June 14,
for the formal ratification of this
course. Tbe Alamo State bank will
move into the building now occupied
by the First National and will take
over the accounts and business. The
controlling interest in both of these
banks is owned by Charles E. Mitchell.
The Alamo State increased its capital
stock from 515.09 to $16,000, effective
June 1. in order to take care of the in
creased business which will follow the
closing of the First National. Mr
Mitchell organized the Citizens' Na
tional here in 1900. liquidating it and
organizing the Alamo State in Janu
ary, 1912 The work of closing out the
accounts or the First National will be
carried forward as rapidly as possible.
NORTHERN TEXAS CROPS
RUINED BY RAIN, HAIL
Wichita Falls, Tex.. June 7 Contin
uous rains for nearly a week have, al
most destroyed grain and other crops
through this section and demoralized
railway traffic until today Wichita
Falls was cut off from everv communi
cation Hail and high winds added to
the crop damage, the grain, almost
ready to harvest, being described as
literally beaten into the ground, and in
some sections 'under water
Dallas and Fort Worth were" with
out gas for light and fuel Sunday
night, the second time -within two
months, a break in tbe mains being
caused by the water.
! IDI1. IS FRODUCI'VO
L GREAT WHEAT CROP
Ottawa. Ont, June 7 A London dis
patch, quoting a message from Simla,
I The War At a Glance
A
GENERAL Italian advance
across the Isonzo river for a
distance of 40 miles north of
the "Ulf of Trieste, has been begun.
A dispatch from. Udlne, Italy, says
heavy fighting is in progress ' at
Gradlsca.' The Italian advance, the
most formidable movement of the
campaign, is meetingwlth the first
determined resistance offered by
the the Austrians and an 1 iportant
battle apparently Is developing.
Turks Say Allien Repulsed ,
Contrary to .he French and Brit
ish claims of victory on the Gal
lipli peninsula, the Turkish war of
fice announces the allies were de
feated in the recent heavy fighting,
sustaining large losses, A counter
attack by the Turkish right wing
against positions captured by the
allies is said to have been success
ful. Rumors of Battle in Baltic
Although no official accounts
have been received of the recent
fighting in the Baltic sea between
Russian and German warships, a
Petrograd dispatch Indicates that it
came as the result of a German at
tempt to land troops along the galf
of Riga. It is reported several
German transports and one large
vessel w ere sunk and that the Rus
sians lost an auxiliary. Apparently
the Russian and German battle
squadrons were not engaged.
Three Ships Sunk f
The French mine layer Casabl
anca was sunk by a mine in tbe
Aegean, with a probable loss of
about 60 men.
German submarines sank the
British steamers Star of the West
and the Sunlight, with, no loss of
life.
Germans tgaln Attack England
The third ZenDelin raid over
England since the early part of last
week, occurred Sunday night. It
resulted in the killing of fire per
sons and wounding of 4 by bomhe
dropped by the Germans. It is said
the attack- jats made on the east
coast.
The British admiralty annoenced
that a British aviator destroyed a
Zeppelin over Belgium.
Germans Tell of Mr Attack
.A wireless dispatch from Berlin,
which escaped the British censor
ship, gave in an official announce
ment the location of the places at
tacked in the Zeppelin raid of last
Friday night. It is stated the forti
fied mouth of the Humber and the
naval port of Hardwich. both on the
east coast of England, were visited
and that many bombs were dropped,
causing considerable damage.
Leathers' Slay Fall
At Galicla the vigorous advance of
the Austro-oerman forces con
tinues. Telegrams from Vienna say
that Lemberg. held by Russians
since the early part of the war, may
be taken at any moment by the
Teutonic allies.
DEPUTIES TO
GOTDPRISON
New Brunswick. N. J, June 7 Nin
deputies convicted of manslaughter hi
connection with the killing of two
strikers and wounding of many others
last January at Roosevelt, N. J., we. e
sentenced toifav to serve not less than
two ears and not more than ten iu
states prison.
Of the ten men placed on trial, otao
was acquitted by direction of the court.
Sixteen other deputies, facing the same
charge, murder, are in the county jail
here awaiting trial.
In imposing sentence justice Bergen
said there was little doubt that'tnero
had been provocation on the part of the
strikers and there was a possibility
I that some shots had been fired by
them. The deputies, doubtless, believed
they had some official standing, hav
ing gone through tbe form of beln't
sworn in as aides to tbe sheriff. They
had no standing that gave them the
right to shoot any one, in reality they
had no more official standing othT
than any other citizen, tbe court as
serted. JAPANESE EMPEROR APPROVES
NEW TREATY WITH CHINA
Tokio, Japan, June 7 The emperor
and privy council gave approval today
to the new treaties with China, ego
tiated as a result of the concession
made by China in accepting Japan s
ultimatum. The treaties will be rati
lied Tuesday
The house of representatives rejected
today by a vote of 130 to 23: tbe resolu
tion introduced by tbe opposition on
Saturday, expressing lack of confi
dence in viscount Kanetake Oura, min-
the charge that he corrupt'y received '
a present of 1000 yen (J5.0O) at the time '
ui ine jwrcn eiecuon irom a canaiaaie
for membership in the house Tbe
opposition then introduced another
resolution against the cabinet, alleg
ing interferen-e in the recent genera!
election.
ARTESIA TO VOTE ON THE
SALOON QUESTION JUNE 15
Artesia, N. M, June 7. On June IS
Artesla will have a hot fight on the
oalluin Icens Tl.. nuntilhlilnnisis kavo
oaivvu simut. xuc "JlvuiuitivuiotD aa y .
organized and will get out a large 'vote !
against the saloon. As Artesia was the '
first town in New Mexico to banish
gambling and the saloon, the town's
reputation on the liauor Question Is at
stake The anti-saloon vote will carry J
tne town three to one. It is oeiieveo.
BESIEGING LEMBERG
9ALIGIAN CITY
SOI 8E
Germans Reinforce Western
Line, But French Report
Another Advance.
ANGLO-INDIANS WIN
ON TIGRIS RIVER
Turkish Gunboat, Barges and
Steamers Are Captured;
Turks Demoralized.
LONDON, Bog, June "- Telegrams
from Vienna say that Lemberg,
capital of the Austrian crownland
of Galicla, now in the hands of the Rus
sians, may be taken at any moment by
the Anstro-Gerinan forces, -cording to
- .--..., frnn Conenhagen. Den
mark, to the -Exchange Telegraph com- I
one message from the Austrian capi
tal says that the Austrians are 26 mil-,
from the town and other advices esti
mate the distance at only lollies. Thi3
indicates a long Russian retreat east
ward from PrzemvsL
German! Reinforce letern Line.
Following the capture of the Russian
positions at PrxeraysL uancia, i
Germans apparently Jwesent heavy
reaforcenvents to , the western line,
where mn are dtstHMs-"8 .r "'
sumption of the oHansrre on the part
of the invaders. Nevertheless, the
French report a slow and uninter
rupted advanee la tbe section north of
Arras, and important gains north o
the Aisne. , .
According to a French official report
French troops after a very effective
bombardment at a point east of Tracy-Le-Mont
and north of the river Aisne.
carried two successive lines of a
trench on a front of one kilometer, to
gether with several German works.
Petrograd announces a Russian suc
cess alone the rtver Prnth near Kolo
mea, where the Austro-Germans are
said to have been forced back across
the river.
Ansio-Indlan Army 1 Ictorlous.
This morning the British public was
informed that their soldiers had won
a brilliant success at a point far from
the main lines of Battle on tbe con
tinent. Sir Percy Cox, at the head of a
strong naval ana military force, haa
gained a foothold at Amara, on the
Tigris river, half way frdTm the head oi
the Persian ulf to the city of Bag
dad. During tbe last -few days the
Anglo-Indian army operating in this
field has cantured many prisoners as
vtell as guns and ammunition and has
taken a gunboat, steamers and steel
barges It Is said that the Turkish
army opposed to It is so demoralized
that it is doubtful if it will be able
to offer serious resistance to a further
British advance in Mesopotmia.
Both side I,ote hlpn.
The only naval activity of the week
end was the engagement at the branch
of the Gulf of Riga In the Baltic, which
according to Petrograd. resulted in, the
sinking of several Germsn transports
and one large unnamed vessel, with
the Russians losing one auxiliary shio.
It Is expected in London that the
Germans will renew their efforts o
land troops on the Baltic coast of Rus
sia. TOSS Captured at rrzerayxl.
Special disfsstches received in Berlin
from Austrian army headquarters give
certain details of the capture of
Przemysl by tbe Austro-Germans which
have not hitherto bees published.
The Teutonic allies took 7000 prison
ers, 31 cannon and 30 machine guis
when they entered PrzemysL The
Russian garrison had been given or
ders to hold Przemysl to the last man,
but was overwhelmed bv the terrific
artillery fire of the Germans and the
Vustrians.
GERMAY TO PVV INDBMMTY
FOR MMING CHEEK SHIP
Athens, Greece, June 7 The German
government has admitted the respon
sibility of the commander of the Ger
man submarine wnich, on April IS, tor
pedoed and sank the Greek steamer
Ellispontos in the North sea.
The government agrees further to
compensate the owners of the vessel,
the value of which Is to be decided by
two experts, one Greek, and one German
GEIUItNY I 1"VKSTIG VTING
TOlll'KDOING OF MSnilASK IN
Washington, D. C, June 7. Ambas
sador Gerard reported today that the
German admiralty as yet had not re
ported on the torpedoing of the Ameri
can steamer Nebraskan but was con
ducting an investigation.
SWIMIBN AMI RUSMVFORM TREATY
London, Eng.. June 7 V Stockholm
dispatch to the morning Post says a
new treaty between Sweden and Russia
has been ratified at Petrograd. It
governs tbe financial, commercial and
industrial relations of the two coun
tries. BHITSII LOSSES, ZOflOO.
London. Eng, June 7. Tbe casualty
list for the weekend Is the heaviest
Issued since the war began. It includes
SO officers and S020 men. of whom 1074
were killed This brings the total
British losses during last week to 9M
officers and 20,000 men.
I
GERMAN HE IS
READY TO SEMO
Bernstorff Believes Crisis Is
Past, Since He Has
Talked With Wilson
Washington, D. C, June 7 The
American note to Germany concern
ing tbe sinking bf the Lusitanla was
virtually ready today for transmission
to Berlin. President Wilson worked
until a late hour Sunday night to com
plete its phraseology.
The note is said to be a vigorous
reiteration of previous demands that
Germany exercise the right of visit and
search before attacking unarmed mer
chant ships. The delay in forwarding
the note -was to enable the president
to so phrase it that there could be no
room for doubt or further argument
concerning the attitude of the United
States.
It was, expected the note would be
cabled to'ambassador Gerard at Berlin
tonight or early tomorrow.
Benutqfff Thinks CrisU Past.
Count voh Bernstorff. the German
ambassador, believes that as a result
of his conference with president Wil
son, the crisis has now passed.
Secretary Bryan had a conference
with president Wilson at noon today
and is understood to have gone over
the final draft of the German note
with him. After leaving the president,
Mr. Bryan refused to say whether the
president bad given him the note for
transmission to Berlin and would not
discuss it is any way
REAR ADMIRAL BENSON LOOKS
FOR TROUBLE AFTER WAR
Philadelphia. Pa, June 7 Rear ad
miral William a Benson, chief of oper
tiens of the Dulled States navy, warned
the United States aeainst tronnie ra--mediately
fallowing the European -war.
in an address at a banquet tender-!
him here Saturday night.
He said In part.
"When the war in Europe is endxJ
there will be tremendous indemnities
to be paid. Our national wealth will
remain undiminished. Already the
eyes of avarice have been turned upon
us. What tbe result will bo God alone
knows. But we do know that if we are
prepared there is no nation that wilt
dare attack us. I do not believe we
will have trouble At the same time
the best safeguard is preparedness.
Everything in this direction that can
be done. 1 am sure, will be done.
THREE SUBMARINES ARE
TRAPPED, IS REPORT
New York. June 7 Three German
submarines recently were trapped and
captured in the Firth of Taj, near
Glasgow according to persons arriving
here today on the steamer Comerenia
from Glasgow and Liverpool. It was
asserted that the undersea boats had
penetrated far into the Firth of Tay.
not far from the city, had been detect
ed there and trapped by nets dropped
in the narrow railway, through which
thev would have to leave. They re
mained submerged for 00 hours, it was
said, then came to the surface and sur
rendered. ITALY DEVELOPS AIRSHIP
DESTROYER OF AIRCRAFT
Rome, Italy. June 7. Destruction of
enemy aircraft is planned throngh the
operation of a big "destroyer" aero
plane which the Italian government
has perfected. It has 250 horsepower,
.and consists of two big biplanes, built
side by side, but a considerable dis
tance apart Each biplane has its own
engine, and In the connecting works is
a third, engine and a field gen which
has a free-range of fire in all directions.
The destroyer is fitted to carry a huge
load of large bombs capable of de
stroying a Zeppelin or damaging a
battleship.
BRITISH TRAWLER AND
BARK SUNK BY GERMANS
London. Eng, June 7. The British
bark Sunlight of Liverpool, Eng, 12s
tons net. has been sunk by a German
submarine. The captain and crew of
ithe bark arrived at Queenstown to
day They say that they -were given
time to take to their Loats before the
vessel was sunk by shell fire from tbe
submarine Tbe Sunlight left Mareoris,
ban to Domingo, May 1, for the Clyde.
The trawler Dromio, of Hull, Eng.,
also has been sent to the bottom by
submarine. The crew escaped and has
been landed at Peterhead Both ves
sels were owned in Aberdeen.
MASSES OF ITALIANS
CROSS ISONZO RIVER
Undine, Italy, June 7 - gtneral
Italian advance is taking place today
across the Isonzo river The move
ment is one of importance and hard
fighting is taking place at Gradlsca
and in the vicinity of this town. Masses
of Italian troops have been concen
trated on the roads from Cormons,
Palmanove and Cervignano.
The resistance of the. Austrians is
daily becoming stronger Tolmino. -m
the east side of Isonzo, is one of the
Italian objectives
CITIZENS "ASHAMED" OF U. S.;
PASSPORTS ARE REVOKED
Berlin, Germany, June 7. On in
structions from the state Gepartment at
Washington, the American embassy
here has revoked the passports of two
American citizens, R. A. Raines and
Karl Recknagel.
Tbe men. it is said, criticised the
American government In the present .
crisis and declared in newspaper art!-
cles that they were ashamed of their j
citizenship. '
That the
King Conslantine Is
Feverish and Restless.
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'MHC COMSTAMTIME Of OREECS
Athens, Greece, June 7 V bulletin
issued at midnight regarding the con
dition of King Constantine states that
his wniBtMilnro was lO., iris- pal se
ll and U respiration XS. His sleep
was broken frequently during the
night
BIEMITS
Paris. France, June 7 The ministry
of marine has given out an official
announcement reading
"The French mine layer Casablanca
has struck a mine at the entrance eC.1
a bay in the Aegan sea. rue captain
and another officer and 04 sailors wore
picked op by a British torpedo boat
in tbe vicinity It is suppox d the other
survivors were able to reach shore,
where they were taken prisoners by
the Turks."
The Casablanca had a complement of
128 men.
Ancona, Bombarded By the,
Austrians, Is Important City
Washington, D. C June 7. Ancona,
the seaport bombarded by the Aus
trians during their first raid upon the
Italian coast: is. after Venice, the most
5?,!E.U?i-,2L,22?,f-t5: i?3
of the Adriatic sea, says a Geographic
society statement.
It is also a port capable of strong
defence, its torts being thoroughly j
modern and well placed on the semi- I
circular heights that surround the city.
Its harbor the finest on the south- I
western coast of the Adriatic, and one ,
of the best possessed by Italy, has been I
tbe opjeci ox cosuy engineering im
provement from the davs of Grecian
settlement down to the present dav.
The basin la an oval about half a mile
in diameter.
England Rejects American
Offer Of 5,000,000 Shells
London. Eng, June 7 That the
British government recently refused
an American offer to supply S.000.000
shells at lower prices than are now
being paid, was admitted by tbe war
office in the house of commons this
week. "The offer was refused for rea
sons unconnected with the' price." sail
the war office representative, adding.
"It would not be in the public interest
to disclose the reasons"
WHOLE ARMY. TO ACT AS
GODFATHERS FOR PRINCESS
Berlin, Ger , June 7 -rown Prince
William's infant daughter is to have
tbe whole of the crown prince's army
as her godfathers Ai.nouncenrent to
this effect is made in the Vossische
Zeitung. which sas
"We are informed that, in addition
to other personages, the crown prince
and princess have chosen as god
fathers the whole of the Fifth armt,
of which the crown prince is the head.
The, choice shows afresh what a beauti
ful relationship of confidence exists
between tbe leader and his army
ALLIES AT GtLI.lrOl.I
REI'lLSETJ! LOSSES HEAVY
Constantinople Turkey, June 7. The
allied troops on the Gallipoli peninsula
have been driven back with heavyloss
es, according to an official statement
issued today by the Turkish war office
which says
"Stubborn fighting on the Seddul
Bahr front has been successful for us.
This was achieved by our ring wing
counter attacks. The enemy was driven
back in disorder into his old position
after suffering heav y losses"
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Others Should Quit
Ten Thousand Cry for Food;
"No Hope But Peace,"
Says Convention Head.
300 ARE CRUSHED
AND CARRIED OFF
Builds and Bayonets Fail to
CheckPileous Clamor for
Food Supplies.
(By Associated Press)
M"
EXICO CITY. Max, Saturday.
May St (By Mall) For the
last three days the sessions of
the so-called national convention in
the chamber of deputies building have
been scenes of the wildest disorder Not
only the galleries, but at times the
floor and speaker s tribune have, been
rusbed by hordes of hungry men, wom
en and children.
Tbe shouts of "We want corn"
drowned all others, and even tbe show
of bayonets and the firing of the sol
diers over the heads of the mob. have
not checked their vain and piteous plea
for food. The Bad Cross has been kept
bnsy carry ias; off immii and children
and. in some cases, old men, crushed
or overcome in these manifestations.
o Relief, Says Garza.
Tea thousand gathered outside of the
chamber today and nearly 300 were
carried off on stretchers. Acting pres
ident Gen. Roque Gonzalez Garza, ap
peared before the convention delegates
and a portion of the mob to tell them
that the treasurv was empty, the fields
laid waste bv the contending revolu
tionaries, and that the only hope for
the coming winter was that all Mexi
cans lay down their arms and begin the
tilling of the fields Repeatedly the
crowds answered him. saving-- "Gne
us corn. Our women and children are
dying of hunger Give us com. '
A comparatively' small supply was
obtained from the foreign relief committee-
and this assuaared tbe wants of
he day.
Famine in States.
Crops everv where are short and in
all save five of the 27 stales of Mex
ico there is absolute want. The new
harvest is many months away and
mythical because to a large extent un
plantedj Even states as productive as
MorelcV and'Guana juato are calling for
corn, while armies turn their cavalry
nito anything to be found and kill cat
tle and other farm animals for their
hides.
Million Face Starvation.
It is estimated that, unless relief
comes from the outside, more than
13.000,000 people will be in danger oC
starvation. In normal times it re
quires approximately 1 800.000 tons of
corn to feed these 13.0M.000. Farmers
sr.n dealers say'this must be ob
tamed in the "United States, but as
Mexico has no mosey to pay for even a
part of what is needed, she will be
compelled to throw herself on the char
it) of the United States, according to
these, authorities
EFFI
nnoioGES
What federal officials believe was
an af-mDt to mine the Mexican Cen-
tral and Mexico Northwestern rail-
road uridges across the Rio Grande was
prevented Sunday night when 20 cases)
of dynamite were captured on the
I American side The capture was made
, - - -, - -- --
by customs inspectors G. A. Kyes and
W. T Griffith at the American end or
the. Mexican Central bridge.
The inspectors were informed that an
attempt was to be made to cross the
dynamite. The two inspectors went to
the steel bridge of the Mexican Cen
tral and the-e found two Mexicans,
each carrying cases of dynamite. The
two were seized and were marched to
wards the Santa Fe bridge when one
of them, in the darkness managed to
escape. The other gave his name as
Antonio Vtllabero.
Twenty cases of dnamite were
found on the hank near the bridge
These were confiscated and have been
sent to the Courcheshe powder maga
zine for ssfe keeping No one has
come forward to claim them.
Federal officials base tbelr belief
that tbe bridges were to be mined by
the fact that there Is no embargo on
dynamite and that the shipment could
have been crossed at tbe international
bridges with no trouble.
FEDERAL AND CARRANZA MONEY
HIGHER; VILLA REMAINS LOW
Mexican Federal currency, the old
money of Mexico, increased in value
in El Paso Monday from 124 to 14
cents and Carranza currency went
f-om t to 7 cents Chihuahua carrencv.
the Villa issue, remained at X 1-4 cents.
m TO MINE