El Paso herald., May 08, 1916, HOME EDITION, Image 1

About El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931

Image provided by: University of North Texas; Denton, TX

                
TODAY'S PRICES
Wxni) bank notes atate MiJto 10", $
1- MfXl'Brt pos 5fc Nnclonales Mils
1 . i arranra urrenry - Har slHr
illam'j l Hnrraon quotations) 74,
Pr 38 60 21 0 Grain higher
.. k steady Stock Irn ffular.
HOME EDITION
MEM
WEATHKIt rORECAST.
TA Iao ami rrrt Texan, fair, cooler;
Nrw Mrxlro, fair, colder; Arizona, fair.
LATEST NEWS BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.
SINGLE COPT FIVE CENTa
EL PASO. TEXAS. MONDAY EVENING. MAY 8, 1916.
liLLJVi.I 1D vrnilLF l ' l.N'TS MONTH
FOURTEEN PAGES TODAY.
AIDERS FLEE FAR SOUTH INTO MEXICO
El A 4211 cMtbdD pAfsTI
, -:
H
It
w
Calling Oul Portion of ihe
Militia Is Not Considered
By War Department.
TROOPS MAY BE
IN MEXICO NOW
Obregon and Scott May
Work Out Plan Of Pro
ceeding Against Raiders.
MAJ.
flx
plam
AJ.
GEX. FnnDimicic
VSTOJJ today continued
n for pursuit of the
3texlcans nlo raided Ihe "Big
Bend" count rj-. Asked If be con
templated sending troop Into tie
raided xone. In addition to the
fonr em airy troop nlrcady or
dered out. Gen. Punstou saidi
"1 haven't any mare to seDif
Gen. Funnton said Mnratlinn
nroald be made the base of oper
atlons.
WASHINGTON". D. C, May S.
A new American expedition
mar now cross the Rio Grande
n pursuit Of the Mexicans who raided
Glen Spring lut Friday alsftt.. Sec
retary of war Baker said today be had
1 eceiveeVA report from -Gen. Funston as
to steps taken In that direction, but de
clined to reveal its contents
He said Gen. Funston's original or
ders stood, however, and thejr gave Mm
authority to cross whenever the need
Arose
On the basis of consular dispatches
c celved Sunday, secretary of state
Lansing has forwarded a report to the
Mexican de facto government, calling
.mention to the latest bandit activities
1 1 one the border. State department of-
in ials said it was assumed that prompt i
pursuit of the raiders already had been
ii r - v. . -"
ordinates.
Uepe For Agreement.
It was believed possible some method
f direct cooperation for the extermina
tion or capture of the Glen Springs
'-alders might result from the confer
ence today between Gens. Scott and
Obregon at Kl Paso. The war depart
ment has heard informally that Gen.
"arransa approved the Scott-Obregon
ulan with the minor exceptions It was
lioped here the wbole natter would be
disposed of today bv the conferees.
Tio Step to Knlarge.
There was no indication at the de
partment that steps were In contem
plation to increase the border forces
because of the Glen Springs incident.
-eretary Baker would not say whether
',cn Funston had made new recom
mendations on this question It is
known that the calling oul of a portion
r the national guard to aid in the bor-
!e- patrol Is not now under considers
i ion
Have I.onc Kxpeeted Such Attack.
Arm) officers have feared some such
occurrence as that at Glen Springs
-ince it became necessary to break up
ihe border guard into squad patrols.
lr Is understood that company com
mandeis In several Instances have
urged that their commands be held to
gether for protection
Large Ontifiw Force Xenr llorder.
Indications that mon tban 6O0 out
laws might be hiding in the hills south
of the border were sugebted In a mes
sage from Gen. Funston The appar-
nt ease with which the raid was con
nwcted saie rise to fi-arj that it might
be duplicated at a number of other
". alleles where conditions are slml
lir It was also pointed out that the
raiders entered ll"e 'nlted States from
'oahuil. the native state of Gen.
I air an za himself, and where he has
maintained control almost unchal
lenged The Carranza government, in
iln negotiations, has ceen Insisting
that only in Chihuahua ana Honors.
were bandits active
The renewed raiding may consider
ably prolong the stay of American
forces in Mexico. It is believed, how
evr, that they will n -t materially af
fect present disposition of Gen. Per
rhings Chihuahua campaign, though
some of the troops now with Gen. Per
Hhlng may be drawn ipon for any new
xpedltlon In pursuit of the outlaws
who raided the Big Bend district.
Gen. Funston. it is known, has sug
gested changing the base of the whole
Mexican movement from Columbus to
Presidio, opposite Ojinaga. to shorten
the line of communication In Chihua
hua. This plan ma be renewed, to
furnish a base tor easy disposition of
troops to cope with the border condi
tions in both Coahuila and Chihuahua
30 STATES TO SUPPLY
AIRPLANES TO MILITIA
New 3 ork. May 8 The movement
to equip the national guard with air
planes through public subscription,
lias been extended to Indiana, Massa-
tiusetts MVst Virginia and Oklahumu.
it wan announced here today, by the
xero club of Ameriij which inaugu
l i ted the plan las) fall
The militia of i;hode Island, where
( 'G.000 has been r ilsed. has 'jeeu au
'Morlzed to organize in aeronautic sec
tion the clubs dimounrenient added.
ThlrM slates have now joined tbf
movement
Remember
GERMANY CAN'T DICTATE TO U. S.
The War At a Glance
f u'fllE Germans are continuing
I the further offensive at 3'er
dun which (rained them im
portant ground botli east and west
of the Meuee Sunday They made
no further advances during their
attacks of Sundav night, how
ever, Paris declares, and Sunday
night French attacks drove them
from one of the occupied trendies
south of Haudremont Near Hill
No. 201, northwest of the fortress.
the Germans were ousted from a
communication trench occupied
during Sunday's drive
Iondon reports the sinking bv a
submarine on May . of the French
bark Marie Molinos There were
no casaultles among the crew
Washington advices state that
a new note to German) has been
virtually completed and will prob
ably go forward todaj
Washington, D. c . Maj 8.' A stand
ing army of 250,000 men, provided for
in the senate amendment to the army
bill, was rejected by the house today,
2tl to it J. The house bill provided for
146,000 men.
The senate's plan to provide for a
volunteer army of 2S1.GCG was repected
by th bouse by a vote of 251 to 109.
A discussion followed the votes on
the senate's nitrate plant amendment,
favored by president Wilson, which was
opposed by many Democratic and Re
publican members. Some leaders on
both sides expressed belief that the
proposal might be defeated.
Outstanding in the debate on the
proftoeed army increases was me aec
iarAtif.n nf -renresentative Kahn. ol
3C- I
California, that he was convinced fo
reign nations at the close of the Euro
pean war would demand indemnity
from the United States for losses to
their subjects or citizens In Mexico
aW that-lt- vrtt b advisable to have
a large army in such a situation.
Methodist May Omit
Word "Devil" and Use
"Sin" In Its Stead
Saratoga Springs, N. Y.. May 8. A
revised ritual, now before the Methodist
Enisconal church conference for accent-
ance would omit the word "devil" wlier-
Ker it occurs and substitute toe woru
"sin" instead, the contention beinfr that
the devil is merely a figurative repre
sentation of sin.
A service for the burial of children
and their reception into the church is
proposed. Previously only a ceremony
for adults has existed.
The new form soffFcsted provides that
the service for the baptism of infants
and for ordination shall be greatly
shortened. The burial service would be
modified bv the insertion of additional
scriptural selections, giving fuller ex
pression of the Christian hope as found
in the New Testament.
In the marriage ceremony it is pro
vided that when the ring is used the
words and with all my worldly goods
I thee endow" shall be omitted for the
reason, the committee reported, that the
ceremony itself implies common owner
ship of property.
PRESIDENT OF SINN FEIN
REBEIvS IS UNDER ARREST
Dublin. Ireland, May 8 John Mac
Nelll, president of the Sinn Fein vol
unteers, who disappeared on the day
the Irish disturbances began, has
been arrested On the Saturday be
fore the trouble sta.-ted he sent out
a notice postponing Indefinitely the
parade of volunteers arranged for
Easter Sunday.
MacNeill held a high position in the
accountant general's office, but re
signed to take a professorship in the
national university. A large number
of looters have been arrested They
are being tried in the police courts.
Countess Georglna arkovicx, one of
the prominent figures of the Irish re.
volt, was sentenced to death after her
trial by court martial, but the sen
tence has been commuted to penal
servitude for life, it is officially an
nounced The death sentence upon
I Henrv O'llanrahan was also commuted
to a me term.
COURT'S MANDATE ORDERS
SPY LINCOLN TO ENGLAND
Washington, D. C, 3Iay 8 The su
preme court todav issued the mandate
in the case of Ignatius T T. Lincoln
requiring his return' to England by ex
tradition to answer a charge of for
gery. Lincoln was formerly a member
of the British parliament and a con
fessed spy
PltRI'AIti; COI,ISF,lT3I rtiii
THU HEPUBI.ICA.V CO.Vn,TIO
Chicago, 111 , Mav . Preparations
for the opening of the Ilepubllcan na
tional convention on June 7 were
started today when carpenters pre
pared to transform the coliseum into
a convention hail
According to present plants, the full
national committee will meet June 3
to make up the temporary roll of the
convention So far only eight contests
have been filed as against 2Zi filed
four years ago.
UTO UDMGU IIlKsIIIRT. '
gkv jimim:s ruhic.s.
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
May i Oen Juan Jiralnes. president
of the Dominlcian republic has re
signed In order to avoid armed interven
tion b o.e Unitec States Quiet has
been restored
III REJECTS
1 if NJH
"Bundle Day" Tuesday For Charity; All Schools Receive Clothing
GEIIS REI1
I
Fighting, After 77 Days, Al
most Equals violence of
Early Engagements.
Paris, France, May S. Fighting of
great violence continued Sunday night
on the Verdun front Furious German
attacks near Hill 301 were broken by
the French, the war office announced
today. v
After 77 davs of battle the Germans
are making a new attack before Verdun
with another formidable army. Fight
ing almost equal in violence' to that
of the beginning of March Is in progress
on both banks of the Meuse.
The losses of the Germans are de
scribed as extremely heavy The
I rench attacked cast of Hill 301 and
drove the Germans from a communi
cating trench which they ' penetrated
Sunday.
East of the Meuse, in a series of
night engagements, the Germans Were
driven irom a irencn soutn 01 nauu
reniont, which they occupied today
and SO men, including officers, were
captured.
The principal effort of the Germans
is being directed against Dead Man's
Hill. Following the Napoleonic policy
of attempting to turn what cannot be
carried by frontal attacks, the Germans,
with a whole army corps made the as
sault by way of the ravine between
Hill No. 304 and Dead Man's Hill, seek
ing to crush in the French line along a
front of one and one-half miles. The
ground there is favorable for attack
and the French commander, aware of
the weakness of the position, placed one
of his best trained army corps at that
place. This corps disposed of the ini
tial attack without ceding any import
ant ground but the battle is still raging
and, according to the latest advices,
the result will not be known until some
time today.
Bast f the' Meus-eT tte o. de-
llvermt Cmir. illl. n- a.fmnt r.r -nun
vards. ekoh nXvnnee hJn A. VJ a
yards, each advance being made by a
different Prussian regiment. TJ
in there is as fierce as en tile other
side of the river and as Inconclusive.
Gen. Nlvelle, whose promotion to the
command at Verdun put him In charge
at saeh a critical time, is a man of 60
and is one of the discoveries of the war.
At the outbreak of hlstilltles he was in
command of the fifth regiment of ar
tillery. Gen. Joffre soon singled him
out for a leading role. He was pro
moted to be general of briga.de on Oc-
placed in command of the 61st Infantrv '
division, on December 13, 1816. he re
ceived his three stars and at the same
time was appointed commander of the
third army corps.
Germans Seize Trench System.
Berlin, Germany. May S.) By wire
less to Sayville,, I I.) In the recenx
fighting on the Verdun front the Ger-
mans nantiifAjl in antlpa miaM ..
trenches on the northern slope of Hill
.xo. sot, tne war omce announced to-
day.
KAISER WRITES POPE TO WORK
FOR PEACE CONFERENCE
ixmuon. LnK. May 8. The corres- I
pondent at Rotterdam of the Exchange
T.tAo.anli .nmrni ..at.1 t th. fnllnw. '
ing today
"On the occasion of the Easter fes
tival, emperor William sent an auto
graph letter to pope Benedict, er
pressing the hope that the pontiff,
with the king of Spain, would be able
to construct a scheme witn tne oo- I
Ject of bringing together, under the I
aupicious emblem of the dove and olive
branch, a conference of belligerents '
for consideration of an immediate
armistice. In the fervent hope of secur
ing an early peace without detriment j
to tbe legitimate aspirations of na
tionalities.' " !
The correspondent says he obtains I
this information from a circular just I
issued by the German league.
RUSSIAN TRANSPORT SUNK;
NEARLY 600 LIVES LOST
Berlin, Germany, May S (by wireless
to Sayville ) The sinking of an allied
transport in the Mediterranean with the
loss of nearlv all the COO Russian troops
who were on board Is reported in a
dispatch from Corfu, says the Overseas
News agency
The transport was sunk by striking
a mine about the same time the British
battleship Russel met a similar fate,
the advices state.
KIUJNCII 11 A UK TOHPBOOBDt
CREW OI" 18 IS SVVE1J
London. Eng., May X. The French
bark Maria Molinos was mink by a
submarine on 3Iay 3. All the 18 mem
bers of her crew have been landed.
The Maria Molinos was last re
ported on her arrival at Nantes,
France. March 27, from Iqueque. Chile
She was built in 1899, of 194 tons
gross and was owned at Havre.
PIU-SGI! AON I1UEI.OW IS
MMMUAKil nY JJMPISUOU
London, Entr. .sflay 8. Prince von
Buelow. German imperial chancellor
has been summoned to headquarters by
emperor William, according to a dis
patch to the Exchange Telegraph com
pany from The, Hague. Ills visit, adds
the dispatch, is said to be of great po
litical significance.
UMiLAM) IS HMMHNO
ZKPPEI.I TiI'K VIRSIIIPS
London, Eng . May 8. That England
11 .building airships of zeppelln type,
was disclosed in the house of com
mons today by Thomas James Mac
Namara, financial secretary of the ad
miralty, who said that It was not in
the public interest to say how many
such aircraft Great Britain possessed.
IIIMTIM! MjI1MRIK IS
SU.NK 113 GEIIIIAN AVlllSIIU
Berlin, Germany. May 8. (By wire
less to Sayville.) The British subma
rine E-31 was sunk bv the gun fire of
(Continued on pate 12. Col. 1.)
HI
T
PRESIDENT US
DISPATCHED
MESSAGE
Diplomatic Relations Con
tinue As Long As New
U-Boat Order Observed.
NATION STANDS
BY ITS DEMANDS
United Slates Cannot Allow
Germany to Interfere With
Other Negotiations.
WASHINGTON, D. a. May S.
President Wilson today com
pleted and forwarded to Ber
lin a short message, to be made public
Tuesday, informing Germany that aa
long as the new instructions to sub
marine commanders are observed, dlplo-'
matlc relations will be continued, but
that the United States cannot allow
Germany to dictate its negotiations
with Great Britain.
The president worked on the pro
posed communication early today, fol
lowing his conference with secretary
Lansing Sunday night.
While the German note has averted
for the present, at least, a break In
diplomatic, relations. It was md to
day that the president was riot satle-
lgjggffl&ut
I "r 5 "?."?""'. 'l U1"W States
"i""?? J . Germany
fight-fistion of International law. regard
cease her attacks on vessels In vio-
less ut negouauoBs wnien may oe
carried on with Great Britain oicr the
food blockade
HEPOfiT GERBIInK
1DEBSJRE0DT
J.xrJJS.CShargBB Against Brandeis
at Washington, today received the re
port that two German raiders, accom-
i Panied by ' two submarines, are op
eratmg in the Trans-Atlantic steam
ship lane off the Azores islands, about
1S00 miles from New York.
The naval attache said he Intended
to wire at once to Halifax so that
British pphi..p ..nw in mian
waters would be warned The Canad-
Ian authorities at Ottawa also may be
asked to take prompt action to guard
British transports.
"If these are really German raiders
escaped from Kiel, the will have a
short lease of life Undoubtedly there
will be great excitement in London
when the newa, reaches there that
German raiders are loose again." said
Capt. Gaunt
London. I.ngland. Ma) 8. It is re
ported that the steamship Cymric, noi
of the largest ships engaged in trans
atlantic travel, is sinking
The Cymric sailed on April 29 from
New York for Liverpool. The Cymric
has been In the service of the British
government for some time. She had
on board no passengers on her last
trip
3It' CHILIANS KILLED
111 FIli:.CII 3IUMTIOXS
Berlin, Germany. May 8. (By wire
less to Sayville.) "Eight men. ten
women and nine children, all civilians,
were killed In April In the occupied
portion of Belgium and France by ar
tillery and airplanes of the enemy,",
the Overseas News Agency says
"Twenty three men. 29 women and 23
children were wounded. The total
number of v lctims since September.
1915, is 113D"
GEtrIA3' StlS FOBS StlMI
TROOPS IIMIER REU CROSS FLG
Berlin, German, May s (Via wire
less to Savville ) "According lo a
dispatch from Athens." says the Over
seas News Agenc), "the British and
French, by means Ot the use of a Ked
Cross flag, have effected the transport
of Serbian troops on hospital ships so
as to avoid the danger of torpedoing
by submarines."
GREAT FOREST FIRE BURNS
3BIII I. S. TROOPS LN MKXIfO
Namlquipa. Mexico, May $ Forest
and prairie fires have broken out in
this vicinity They are ver spec
tacular and the clanger is increas
ing hourlj The conflagration is
the greatest of its kind in this sec
tion of Mexico.
STEWED CYIIC
SB, REPORT
PBIVATrSOLDIEfi iS HERO OF" "
TIE BUTTLE IT GLEH SPRINGS
Loses Life in Defending Comrades From Attacking Mex
icans; Soldiers Fight in Burning Tents, Then in
Adobe House Until Roof Is Burned Off, When
They Are Killed in Attempting to Get Out.
BV A. 31.
May S. By the
A LPINE, Texas,
f- heroism of private
William
Cohen, who lost his life in
the attempt, the garrison of nine
American troopers of the 14th cavalry
at Glenn Springs were saved from com
plete annihilation. Private Cohen, who
was on sentry duty, saw the Mexicans
coming and fired his gun a number of
times, fighting off the Mexicans until
he could warn his comrades in the
house tent where they slept.
Cohen made his escape to them, and
they fought the Mexicans from the
tent until it was burned over their
heads. With legs and arms frightfully
burned, the troopers made their way to
a nearby adobe hut, rooted with thatch,
where they successfully held their own
until J a. m , when the Mexicans suc
ceeded In setting fire to their roof.
Ammunitions 12xhnunted.
Their ammunition exhausted, the nine
brave cavalrymen charged out of the
door, three of them to meet death al
most on the threshold. Each one was
shot through the head and frightfully
burned. The dead are private Cohen.
Coloe and Rogers, of troop A, 14th cav
alry.
One Trooper, Two Civilians 3IIsslng.
Two other troopers, privates Borrlck
and Corskem. were wounded and badly
burned, but they are expected to re-
cover Private Sweenv is missing,
Mr. Compton. a civilian, is also missing,
and he and his deaf and dumb son.
Wllod
is ilsOT
-
It Is -rnnerallv aireed by the surviv
-
ors that the attacking Mexicans shouted
"Viva Carranxa" and "Viva, Villa."
Man and Wife Kcape
Mr and Mr W K Ellis, who lived
I about '00 yards from the camp, saw the
(WILSON DEFENDS
COOflTllIE
Are "Intrinsically Incred
ible," Says President.
Washington, D. C. May 8 President
Wilson's letter, giving his reasons for
nominating Louis D. Brandeis for the
supreme court and urging his confirma
tion, was read to the senate Judiciary
committee today by chairman Culber
! 'on. but no vote wast taken,' as hard
been expected, and no time .-was fixed
for one.
President Wilson characterised the
charges against his nominee as "In
trinsically incredible to anyone who
really knows Mr. Brandeis." and de-
clared they ' proceeded for the most
I part from those who hatarl Mr Ttmndeifl
because he had refused to be service
able to them In promotion of their own
selfish interests, and from those whom
they had prejudiced and misled."
The president added that the propa
ganda in this matter has been verr
extraordinary and very- distressing to
those who love fairness and value the
dignity of the great professions."
Intended llrnndrin for Cabinet.
The president wrote that he believed
the reports of the subcommittee which
investigated the Brandeis nomination
had already made it plain that the
charges were unfounded He said he
had serlouslv considered appointing
Mr. Brandeis to ins cabinet three years
ago and at that time examined his
qualifications verv thoroughly. He
aded that he had tested Mr. Brandeis
by seeking his advice on perplexing
public questions and had dealt with
him in matters "where nice questions
of honor and fall -lay. as well aa
large questions of justice and the pub
lic benefit were Involved. '
The president closed ty eaylng that
"I beg that your committee will ac
cept this nomination as coming from
me quick; with a sense of public ob
ligation and responslbllit)."
REPUBLICANS OF WYOMING
CONDEMN WILSON POLICIES
Cheyenne, Wyo . Ma 8 Condemin
tion of the foreign policy of president
3Vilson was the central figure of the
planks submitted to the resolutions
committee of the Republican state con- I
........... ....... ...i. i..r iv.uaj. ....,
endorsing Lnlted states senator Clar- i
-uic i' i ittitv aiiu iuiiKre!iiMii r. tv. j
Mondell for reelection also were sub-
mined
A proposal to insert a statewide
prohibition planl. was expected to be
fought out in the resolutions commit
tee. FILIPINOS HAVE ABANDONED
HOPE OF QUICK FREEDOM
3Vashington. D C. Mav 8. Manuel
Queson. Philippine commissioner, who
has been urging Philippine independ
ence told president Wilson today that
he and his followers had abandoned
the idea of freedom in the near future
and hoped congress would pass the
house bill giving a greater share of
self government to the Islands, but set
ting no date for independence.
BRANsO.V.
raiders and escaped to nearby wooded
hills. They say that at dawn on Sat
urdav 100 of the raiders rode back to
Mexico, while about 50 started to pack
up the booty and then followed their
comrades. After they had left. Mr. and
31rs. Ellis went back to their house, got
their car and brought the first news of
the raid to Marathcr.
Reinforcement Too Late.
A detail of nine troopers on their way
to relieve the squad at Glenn Springs
arrived there Saturday morning to find
their comrades dead or wounded. They
hurried the victims back to Alpine on
the truck which arrived here this after
noon. The driver was almost Insane
.from laejc of food, the heat and the
siencn or uiooa. ins oouiee o iue
dead will be sent to their homes to
morrow morning with military honors,
sheriff Goes With I'osr.
A posse of 39 men went to Glenn
Springs Sunday from Marathon. Capt
Cole and ten troopers left Alpine Sun
day for Glenn Springs with sheriff
Walton- and have not yet returned.
The survivors of the raid say that
the ground where the fight occurred Is
blood soaked, indicating that many
Mexicans and horses were killed and
vvounueu, inuuBa ma .ucjticttiw icii uu
bodies on the Held
Feor Presidio Attacked.
Keen anxietv la felt for the handful
of civilians and soldiers at Presidio,
south of Marfa, where the population is
largely Mexican At Ojinaga. across
the river from Presidio, is a large Mex-
lean garrison, which has often been
renqiUd hostile. x .the -Vuieweaus.
w- ' JtleenieT's Bodr Found, J;
The Mexicans are- berlerecr ta
cross e
ednnto Texas at rfocfBHIa?.
h place' thy Atade a prisoner
T.
which :
Deer. tit store keeper.
tVfenH
Rmre vhs Borneo mncL it nan rwuonvu.
. -. . i.. . --. , ,x .
: , - - - -7 - . - ...
here last tngnt tnm nis uoay nan Deen
fourid with, the throat cut.
ISO MEXICANS
WERE KILLED
Survivors of Glen Springs
n:j r t-x x. TT-A. tTam
XMM J3rOUgnb lU X Ol 0 JO.ua-
pital Sunday Night.
Two surv.vors of the Glen SWlj.
raid were brought to El Paso from
Alpine Sunday nightand are now at the
base hospital at Fort Bliss.
The men are privates Frank Defree
and Joseph Birck, of troop A. 14th
cavalr) Both were burned and private
Birck was wounded in both legs. A
30-39 bullet entered his left leg below
the knee. Defree escaped with a num
ber of burns on the hands and chest,
story Of Attack.
The story of the attack and escape
of five members of the guard as told
by Defree Is as follows. "I was stand
ing out by private Cohen, who was on
guard, when suddenly we beard SV
chorus of Mexican yells, and a num
ber of men we judged to be about 30fl.
appeared over qne aide of the hill aptf
on a small load We rushed into the
tent and awakened the men there,
while I raji into an adobe building and
roused three members of the guard
who were asleep 1 had looked at mv
watch a short time before, and it was
11.30 ocloik when the attack occurred.
House Fired.
"To my knowledge seven members of
the guard then rushed into the adobe
building, vvlnle two were cut off in
the hay tent Ml of this time shots
were being poured at us Tbe adobe
had two doors and four windows and
had been built foi the use of the guard
at that place 33 e replied to the fire
as best we could The made a num
ber of attempts to fire the building and
at last succeeded in getting a quantKy I
of candelllla weed, used on the roof,
ablaxe. The heat of the tin roof then
set the rafters on fire and it became so
hot that we decided to break down the
door and make a rush for shelter
Head Blown Off
"Private Cohen, who was. manning one
of the windovis suddenly threw the
window open nm! jumped out. He re
ceived the full charge of a load of
buckshot in the face, hid heao being
llteralK torn off Private Birck then
told the men that he was going to lead
them out of the building. He
as nrst
ana l was seeona.
Roof Fell.
"As Birck stepped out of the burning
door It fell across my chest and hands,
burning them I do not know how the
other soldters came but Private
Stephen J Coloe rushed across the
space between the adobe building and
another rhack and was shot dead, a
number of bullet woun's being found
in his bodv The Mexicans used mili
tary formations and were arranged so
as to cross fire us when we stepped
out Rogers was killed about SO feet
from the adobe building Birck niv
self. Sergt. Snfvth. and privates nemp
sey and Crosken then ran for a hill east
of the town and succ ceded in making it
Body Of Hoj
"Sergt Smytli then went back to the
Compton home., where he found the
(Continued oil pajce 2 Col. 1.)
Report Says Posse and Small
Detachment Of Soldiers Is
Now In Coahuila.
STILL ATRIVER,
ANOTHER VERSION.
Troops Of Cavalry Are Sen!
Into Big Bend Country to
Begin Pursuit.
m BV ? S' BnAADERBTOV
LPINE. Texas. May S.FJeelns
through the wild mesa lands of
northern Coahuila, the o
more Mexicans who raided the AnJen
, ,v rraay, Killing thr
cavalrymen and a nine ,- , ..
are believp.l t t. h...t.
neMmS n o '
""rior todnv. many miles fro-u
scene of their depredation
i ITk!,1 of. vthe Sei,5an? mW Ce-ahuii.
-t ir ons nsiv-e sjt that t'i
Amerfcans have not fonfed the. Tr,
- , .. : --- -.
ji.. -- -- ...... rr.v. sm :i
uraynfl 'lr. tnii.a rr n n k ,
i waiting at the
riv er for reeiiforc
ments.
Troop 3IoTlng Into "nltf Bend."
capt Caspar Cole, is hurrying to Bo-
iuiin to tae command wlille tw
companies of the 14th cavalry and a
1 machine gun company are expected
here or at Marathon this afternoon
when they will head southward to the
"Big Bend" country.
I It is not known whether the new
troops contemplate a long pursuit of
the bandits into Mexico, or will be
placed as an additional guard alone
i nSSSB My that there are
many bandits ODaratlnc haiVan -o
quillas. and Presidio, jn.t south of The
mo uraiwc.
Mexican Have n Lone Lead.
T I- I..... l j .
Vh ItoK n"a,"a""
' the Rio Grande and as the bandits
already have a three days start, onlv
a relentless pursuit will bring th
Americans into contact with thel
quarry. The two soldiers, privates Birck and
Defries. wounded In tho Glen Springs
raid, have been taken to the hospital
at Ft Bliss.
Nothing- Heard of Tyree.
Nothing has been heard of privat"
Jloscoe Tyree. who was last seen a
he ran from tbe adobe house wher
he and his eight companions for two
long hours fousrht against the Mexi
cans and then fled because the roof
of the house was set aflame by fire
balls.
Private Croskem, who was In the
fight thinks that Tyree was wounded
and wandered off In the hills, where
he died.
Others believe that Tyree -was cap
tured and carried off a prisoner and
probably killed later.
Deemer's Throat Cut.
t'nconflrmed information says that
J Deemer. the storekeeper at Boquillas
has been found dead on the Mexican
side, with his throat cut
His clerk, O. G. Compton. Is known
to have been a captive of the 3Iexl
cans. He is thought to have suffered
the fate of Deemer.
There were only a few Americans in
Glen springs and Boquillas at the
time of the raid and the Mexicans ap
parently made no efforts to locate
them. They escaped into the hills
when the shooting started.
3 omen nnd Mexican Not Jlolested.
Several women are known to be liy
Ing on the scattered ranches In th-
Big Bend country, but there Is noth-
I Ing to indicate "that they have bee
molested. The 3Iexican emotove
the Ellis wax factory in Glen Springs
were not molested
The bodies of the three soldiers kille I
in the Glen Springs raid, 3Villiam Co
hen. Stephen J Coloc and Hudson
Rogers, will be sent to their homes to
day. The body of the Compton bo
has been taken to Marathon.
3Ir. nnd Mr. Bill Escape.
3Irs. 3V. K Kills and her husband
whose wax factory was destroyed bv
the Mexicans, had narrow escapes Mr
Ellis was the only woman in Glei
Springs when the bandits swooped
down upon the little settlement neai
I midnight Tn the flickering lights of
i hurning' buildings, she and her bus
i band stole out of their house and fled
in sifetv to the hills where they wan
dered around until morning
See Opcnlni; of VttacL.
Telling her friends or her experlencev
in Marathon where she Is resting to
day. Mrs Kills said
"A fusillade of shots roused my hus
band and mvself and peering out of
the windows, we saw the forms o'
men moving in the dnectton of the
soldiers' camp
"The flashes of their r fles were ltU"
lightning strevks against the darkness
and we knew there must be a numbe
(Centinued on page -. Col. X.)