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Correspondent at City of Mexico Sends Inside Details of Battle at
Mexican Port and Tells of Attitude of Huerta Administra
tion Toward Foreign Correspondents Constantly
Threatened With Deportation.
It b seldom that a correspondent In tho
City of Mexico flnds opportunity to smug
lo "copy" or manuscript cut of the coun
try telling tho truth about the govern
ment. To bo caught In this act would
bring (lira and disastrous consequences,
tho least of which would bo arrest and
expulsion from iyiexlco. In tho following
artlclo a Mexico City correspondent gives
noma lnsldo details of the Battle of Tam
plco, and tells of tho attitude of tho
Huerta administration towards foreign
correspondents. Ed.
City of Mexico. Foreign correspond
nta in Mexico have been threatened
with deportation aB "pernicious for
eigners," as provided In artlclo 53 of
the constitution of tho United States
of Mexico, if they do not mend their
ways and desist from sending out
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Tamplco Customs House, One of Main
Points of Attack by Rebels,
false news, as it Is alleged they have
been doing. As a matter of fact, the
foreign correspondents now In Mexico
have boon at great pains to secure
and send out tho truth, the whole
truth and nothing but tho truth, and
that is just where the shoo pinches.
It is well understood among tho cor
respondents that any nows of rebel
successes, of financial near-panics, of
business depression, of federal losses,
of anything not wholly favorablo to
tho government, will be denied by the
government, and, consequently, brand
ed as "false news." So any corre
spondent caught sending out such
facts Is liable to bo adjudged a "per
nicious foreigner" and sent out of the
country for tho country's good.
A striking example of the difference
between the news as officially provid
ed by the 'Mexican government and
tho real news that is, the truth is
that of tho attack of tho Carranzlstas
on Tamplco in December, that was
done there and tho final withdrawal
of the rebels. The official reports,
for publication in tho local press and
for the use of foreign correspondents,
told in detail how soveral thousand
Carranzlstas attacked tho city from
tho 10th to tho 13th of December,
fought llko demons trying to take it,
and finally were" repulsed by the well
directed artillery fire of the batteries
in tho city, assisted by the cannonad
ing from tho gunboats. It told how
tho panic-stricken rebels skedaddled
Federal Troops Defending Tamplco.
towards tho north, closely pursued by
the federal cavalry and how whon
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night foil December 13, fully 1.S00
rebels lay dead along tho routo of
their flight. Ono account, sent out by
a gulllblo correspondent, stated that
"the blizzards which inhabit tho Mexi
can coast and which for generations
have been protected by law, floated
today over tho battlefields In numbers
bo great as to present tho appearanco
of low-lying black clouds." Which
prompted another correspondent to re
mark that tho "low-lying" was all
right, but ho doubted the buzzards and
tho black clouds, for as a matter of
fact, it is well known that tho buz
zards won't eat dead Mexicans, and
you can hardly blame thorn.
General Arznmendl, ono of tho fed
eral commanders at Tamplco, said
later that tho reports placing tho num
ber of rebels killed In tho attack at
moro than 1.000 were not exaggerated,
as ho saw piles of 50 and moro rebel
corpses In many placos on tho battle
field and that at least 1,500 wore
wounded. These statements were
mado for tho newspapers and wero
published with big hoadllnes hero.
From several Americans who wore
within tho rebel linos, during tho bat
tle, but who took no part In tho en
gagement, and had no Interest In It
oxcept as spectators, another story Is
obtained. These Americans are con
nected with various oil companlos In
Tamplco and may bo considered im
partial witnesses. Their stories wero
obtained at different times and agreed
wonderfully well.
According to these men who were
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on tho ground and saw all that went
on, not more than COO Carranzlstas
woro engaged In tho nttack on Tam
plco from start to finish. Their losses
for tho thrco days were seven mon
killed and 43 wounded! Tho federal
losses woro 83 killed and 211
wounded.
"I was at one of tho oil refineries
In Dona Cecilia on tho morning of De
comber 10, when tho attack began,"
said ono of tho oil hien to tho writer.
"Two hundrod and fifty cavalrymen
rode out from Tamplco that morning
and stopped at tho refinery to eat
their breakfast. It was about nino
o'clock when they wero eating and
they wore about half through break
fast when two of their men who had
been sent out to watch for rebelB
came back on tho dead run, shouting
that the rebels were coming. Tho
two men nover stopped n moment,
but dashed on towards Tamplco. In
stantly those 250 cavalrymen were
going for their horses and mounting
and as fast as they mounted thev
went off helter-skelter for Tamplco.
In less than two minutes not ono was
left at the refinery.
"Fifteen minutes later 20 Carranzls
tas under General Castro came rid
ing in They had the!. carbines rest
ing over the pommels of their saddles
and were looking about keenly for
federals, but they wero not In any
formation. They simply straggled in.
Whon they reachod the refinery they
asked If any federals wero about. We
told them that tho federals had gone
to Tamplco. So they dismounted and
ato their breakfast, using some of
tho food which tho federals had left
behind In their hasto to get away.
"While they wero eating they heard
the whistlo of a locomotivo and saw a
train, loaded with refugees, coming
from La Varra to Tamplco. General
Where Tamplco Refugees Embarked
to Board U. S. Warships.
Castro called to ono of his men, a
llttlo follow about five feet tall, a
dried up llttlo Mexican who I learned
later was from Texas, and told him
to go over to the station and stop the
train. Tho station waB about 500 feet
away. The llttlo Texas-Mexican
jumped on his horse and trotted to
tho station. Ho reached thoro just as
tho train was pulling in. He pointed
his rifle at tho engineer and told hlin
to stop The engineer stopped and
started to back tho train, but tho lit
tle rebel wouldn't have that. He
mado tho engineer stop tho onglno
and get out of tho cab. By that time
all tho passengers wero piling out of
tho train and getting away as fast
as they could in every direction.
Thoro wero nino federal volunteor
guards on that train, but they left
their rifles and cartridge belts and
their uniform caps in tho cars and
got away with the passengers as fast
as they could. Tho conductor and oth
er trainmen escaped, too. Finally
Genoral Castro sent two or three oth
er men over to tho station and they
WISCONSIN'S FIRST
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Irwin Maxwell Gregg nnd Graco Margaret Knoll woro tho first man and
woman to bo married undor the now eugenic law of Wisconsin, which re
quires that every person entering matrimony havo n physician's certificate
of good health. Mr. Gregg la director of tho Milwaukeo Y. M. C. A. and his
bride is an all round athleto.
got on tho train ana made tho cngl
ncer run It into tho ynrds Then they
hold him for furthor use Lator on
thoy employed him In helping to shift
cars In tho yards nnd make up trains
"When tho rebels left Dona Cecilia
Docembor 13, they took sovon locomo
tives, six tank cars of fuel oil, four
tank cars of wator, four cars of dyna
mite, thrco cars of black powder,
thrco of corn, ono of shoes and a good
many passenger eoachos nnd empty
frolght cars. They had picked up
about a thousand peons' In Dona Ce
cilia nnd tho neighborhood and mndo
them go nnd repair tho track for 30
kllometors. Then thoy brought tho
men back and turned them loose.
"I Baw tho cannonading from the ar
tillery and tho Mexican gunboats. It
kept up for three days, but In all that
time not one shell landed near onou&h
to tho rebels to do any damage Sev
eral shells from the Moxlcnn gunboats
foil In tho federal trenchos, however,
nnd killed nnd wounded tho 'volun
teers' who wero lying there, In somo
Instances chained together to keep
thorn from running away.
"Tho rebels under General Castro
only executed ono man. He was Chief
Rebels Storming OutpostG of Tamplco.
of Pollco Alcala of Dona Cecilia. Ha
had been very active in arresting
rebel sympathizers and so when the
robels came, they took him and exe
cuted him as a warning to others.
General Castro sent that same llttlo
dried up Toxas-Mexlcan to tako tho
chief of pollco. Tho llttlo rebel wont
to the chief's houso and found It
locked. Tho chlof was rolled up In a
mattress. The llttlo rebel had to hit
him over tho head with tho handlo of
a six-shooter, for tho chief mado a
llttlo resistance, but ho was taken
easily enough. That night ho was
shot on the plaza.
"Whon General Castro told mO De
cember 13 that ho was going away
with his men I was surprised.
"'Why, what Is tho matter?' 1
asked. 'You haven't been defeated,
have you?'
" 'No,' he said, 'wo haven't even had
a real flght; but wo havo all wo camo
for and so wo aro going nway. We
may como hack again before a long
timo and take the city, If wo want It,
but that depends on orders from Car
ranzn.' "Two messengers camo to Genoral
Castro while tho shooting was going
on. Thoy wero sent by Admiral
Fletcher with a letter. Tho letter
quoted a clause from Tho Hague arbi
tration tribunal agreement that 24
hours' notice must be given before n
city may bo bombarded, according to
civilized warfare. It also said that
thero must be neutral ground whore
tho non-combatants could gather in
safety, and suggested that tho main
plaza of Tamplco and a radius of two
blocks from It bo considered such
ground. It further said that foreign
property must ho respected and not
fired upon.
"General Castro had tho lotter trans
lated, although ho can read English.
Then ho answered It, saying that as
tho United States did not recognize
tho revolution, he did not feel bound
by rules of civilized warfare and
would uso his own judgment what to
do. Ho added, howovor, that Carranzn
had given Instructions to lespect for
eign property as much as possible, and
that he would respect those orders."
After a story llko tho above, told In
plain, direct fashion by an Impartial
witness, and backed un by pthers who
wero on tho ground, it is pretty hard
to picture that battleflold strewn with
a thousand rebol corpses and with
"low-lying black clouds of vultures
hovering ovor It."
EUGENIC COUPLE
PREVENT SPRING FROST INJURY TO TREES
Various Good Forms of
Tho disastrous froozoo of 1894, 1895,
and 1899 In Florida nnd thoso of 1912
mnd 1913 in California, and In many
sections of tho mlddlo statoB, havo
caused tho fruit growers to cast about
for Botno moans of protection against
sudden or lato cold waves.
Tho oxporlonco of southern Califor
nia last winter would almost mako It
seem ns though thoro Is no such thing
as frostloB8 land; particularly so Inas
much as Bomo of tho groves damagod
tho worst had nover been touched be
fore. Tho lesson suroly should bo
that no man can afford to lcavo his
grovo unprotected if ho has tho slight
est Indication in Ills past experience
that his grovo Is Unblo to damage, es
pecially when It has been so ofton ami
thoroughly demonstrated that It Is not
only possible hut practicable to pro
tect a grovo through periods when tho
Arrangement of Material on the Out
side Borders of an Oregon Orchard.
thermometer outsldo tho protected
area drops as low as 20 degrees for
many consecutlvo hours.
The burning of different kinds of
fuel In an orchard for tho purpose of
raising tho temperaturo has been em
ployed a great many times. Tho suc
cess nttondlng tho work varies undor
dlfforont clrcumstancos and with dif
ferent conditions. Whon tho drop
in temperaturo is nccompanlod by a
heavy windstorm and rain or sleet, it
is almost Impossible to accomplish
anything In tho way of orchard hont-
Ing. Fortunatoly, freezing wenther
lato in spring 1b usually nccompanlod
by a rathor still atmosphero and free
dom from rain or snow.
A great many kinds of fuel havo
been employed for orchard heating;
wood was probably tho first, and It is
still used to somo oxtent. Coal, coke,
and fuol oil may havo special advan
tages ovor others In Bomo particular
placo. In general, it may bo said that
tho fuol-oil method hns given satisfac
tion moro frequently than nil tho
others combined.
Tho varieties and styles of hoators
offered by tho trado aro nenrly as
numorous as tho vnrioties of fuels.
Usually the moro complicated In con
struction tho heater- is, tho loss effi
cient it becomes in Its practical work
In tho orchard. Even a ten-pound lard
pall, holding moro than n gallon of
fuel oil, compares very favorably In
efficiency with n great many of (ho
patented hcnterB, In somo cases oven
proving superior to them.
Heat is what is wanted and not
smoke. Smoko will help nt times, but
cannot often be depended upon. In
a deep valley tho smudgo vnluo of
Paper Sacks Filled With Shavings and
Sawdust Saturated With Crude
Fuel Oil.
smoke would bo tho greatest. If
smoko can be mado to hang over the
orchard It sorves tho purposo of pre
venting tho escape of a great deal of
natural heat which radiates from the
earth. It will rarely be necessary to
ralso tho temporaturo moro thnn two
or threo degrees In order to savo the
crop. Swelling buds, full blown flow
ers and oven young fruit can stand
moro cold than Is genorally supposed.
Tho degreo of cold that will bo fatal
will dopond upon tho stngo of devel
opment of bud, flowor or fruit. The
Orchard Heating Devices Which
Orchard Heating Apparatus.
farther along tho young fruit Is In 1U
dovolopmont, tho loss cold It can
stand. Tho most tender stago 1b not
whon trooa nro In full bloom.
Tho danger points for poaches nro
as follows:
Buds appreciably swollon, zoro.
Buds showing pink, 15 nbove zero.
Almost opon, 25 abovo zoro.
Flowers newly opened, 2G abovo
zero.
Petals beginning to fall, 28 abovo
zoro.
All petals off, 30 abovo zero.
"ShuckB" (enlyx tubes) beginning to
Bhcd off, 32 abovo zero.
Tho danger points for apples would
correspond pretty closely to tho differ
ent stagos enumerated for poaches.
Tho dangor polntB mentioned nro
conservative as In each caso a little
lower tomporaturo would not kill, but
hoators should bo lighted as these
linos nro approached. This applies to
oil burners. When coal Is usod tho
heaters will havo to bo started from
30 to CO minutes earlier, as thoy are
slowor In warming up. Tho Bamo
thing 1b true of burning wood. Whon
tho tomporaturo Is falling rapidly, In
nil cases, heaters should bo started
docldedly earlier thnn whon It Is going
down gradually.
Comploto preparations for tho heat
ing Bhould bo mado well in advance.
Tho heaters mny havo to bo filled nnd
left in tho orchard two or threo wooks
before thoy aro noeded. In tho mean
tlmo thoy must bo carefully covered,
as rains may occur and wot coal, or
water In oil, will cauBO very inefficient
fires.
Iio careful of dotalls, torches, wicks,
etc., should bo on hand, as thoro Is no
tlmo to look for thoso things when tho
tompornturo suddenly goos down.
Watch your thermometers. System
atize tho work. Give each man n
doflnlto lino of work. This will add to
efficiency. Bo prepared to roflll tho
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Fires Burning In an Iowa Orchard.
pots during tho night If necossary.
This may savo your crop when other
wise It would bo lost, oven after ex
pensive equipment has boon installed.
Keep In communication with tho near
est weather bureau ofllco. Tho huroau
Is always anxtoiiB to co-opornto with
growers who mako application. Thoy
will glvo tho weather prediction for
tho noxt 24 hours, nnd this can bo
rollod upon, except In caso of Budden
changes.
LANTERN IS HANDY
ABOUT THE FARM
Will Be Found Useful in Cellar,
Where There Is Danger of
Fruit Freezing.
Outsldo of Ita ubo at night tho lan
tern may bo used In othor ways about
tho farm.
Whero a bedroom 1b situated at a
considerable dlstnnco from tho
warmer rooms tho lantern or n lamp
placed in tho room un hour or two bo
fore retiring will help to romovo tho
chill from tho room.
When thoro Is an unusually cold
night iukI thero Is danger of tho fruit
and vegetables freezing in tho collnr,
light tho lantern nnd lcavo It thoro
ovor night.
Ono must mako sure that tho lan
tern Is hung up securely or lo placed
that It will not bo upset, so thero will
bo uo danger of sotting tho houso on
Hro.
A vessel of llvo coals may bo used
In tho same manner, but thoy too
must he carefully nrranged to prevent
sotllni; fire to anything, nnd if rats aro
uccustomed to a visit a cellar It would
porhapB bo safer to placo no flro thoro
whatovor, ns tho rodents aro very
likely to scatter It and cnuno trouble.
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No sick headache, sour stomach,
biliousness or constipation
by morning.
Got n 10-cont box now.
Turn tho rascals out tho hoadacho,
biliousness, indigestion, tho sick, sour
stomach and foul gases turn them
out to-night and keep them out with
Cascarcts.
Millions of men nnd women tako a
Cascaret now and then and never
know tho misery caused by a lazy
liver, clogged bowols or an upset atom
fich.
Don't put in nnothcr day of distress.
Lot Cascarcts cloanso your stomach;
romovo the sour, formonttng food;
take tho excess bllo from your liver
and carry out all tho constipated
waste matter and poison in the
bowols. Then you will feel great,
A Cascnrot to-night stralghtone you
out by morning. Thoy work whllo
you sloop. A 10-cont box from
any drug storo means a clear hoad,
swoot stomach and clean, healthy live
and bowel action for months. Chil
dren lovo Cascarcts becauso they
never grlpo or sicken. Adv.
Harsh Judge.
Judge Stephen C. Grcono, at a din
ner in Charleston, wa3 defending a
harsh sontenco.
"I am u conservative," said Judge
Grceno, "and I bollovo thnt It Is bet
tor for law nnd order that uontoncca
Bhould orr on tho side of harshnosa
rathor than on tho sldo of lenity.
"Look at nature, tho groat judge of
us all. Was thoro o'er a harsher,
sovoror Judgo than nnturo, who son
toncos each nnd ovcry ono of us to
hard labor for llfo?"
TAKES OFF DANDRUFF,
HAIR STOPS FALLING
Glrlsl Try Thlsl Makes Hair Thick,
Glossy, Fluffy, Beautiful No
Moro Itching Scalp.
Within ten minutes after an appli
cation of Dandcrino you cannot find a
clnglo traco of dandruff or falling hair
and your scalp will not itch, but what
nlll plcnBo you most will bo after a
ow weeks' uso, when you soo now
hair, fino and downy at first yes but
really now hair growing all ovor tho
Bcalp,
A llttlo Dandcrino Immediately dou
bles tho beauty of your hair. No dlf
fcrenco how dull, faded, brittlo and
ocraggy, Juct moisten n cloth with
Dnndqrino and carefully draw it
through your hair, taking ono small
strand at a time. Tho effect is amaz
ing your hair will, bo light, fluffy and
wavy, and havo an nppenranca of
abundance; an lncomparablo luster,
uoftnoss and luxuriance
Got a 25 cent bottlo of Knowlton's
Dandorlno from any storo, nnd provo
that your hair is ns pretty and soft
db any that it has boon noglected or
Injured by cnreloss treatment that's
nil you surely can havo beautiful hair
and lots of It If you will just try a llt
tlo Dandorlno. Adv.
Complimentary.
"Harold, I dreamed about you last
night."
"You dear girl, did ybu?"
"Yes. I think It was something I
ato." Judgo.
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"Pape's Diapepsin" fixes sick,
sour, gassy stomachs in
five minutes.
Time it! In five minutes all stomach
distress will go. No Indigestion, heart
burn, sournoss or belching of gas, acid,
or eructations of undigested food, no
dizziness, bloating, or foul breath.
Pnpo'a Diapepsin is noted for lta
speed in regulating upsot stomachs.
It 1b tho surest, quickest and most cer
tain indigestion romedy in tho whole
world, and besides It Is harmless.
PleaBo for your sako, got a largo
fifty-cent caso of Papo'B DiapopBln
from any storo and put your Btomach
right. Don't keep on being miserable
llfo Is too short you aro not hero
long, so mako your stay agreeable.
Eat what you llko and digest It; en
joy It, without dread of rebollion In
the stomach.
Pnpe's Dlapopsln belongs In your
homo anyway. Should ono of tho fam
ily eat something which don't agreo
with them, or in caso of an attack of
indigestion, dyspepsia, gastritis or
Btomach derangement nt daytime or
during the night, it is handy to giro
the quickest rcllof known. Adv.
What He Did.
Grace I told him ho must not seo
mo nny more.
Her Brother Woll, what did ho do?
Graco Turned out tho light! Dart
mouth Jack-o'-Lantern.
Only Ono "BUOMO QUININE"
Thai li LAXAT1VH 11UOMO QU1MNIL Look for
tho signature ot 11 W QUQVH. Cures Cola InOn
Uar.Cure UrlplnlVo Dy. Z4a
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It Isn't always tho blggoat man who
looks down on his neighbors.
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