The Omaha Sunday Bee
PART ONE.
NEWS SECTION
PAGES ONE TO TWELVE.
THE WEATHER.
Cloudy; Colder
VOL. XL1H NO. 36.
THE OMAHA UNDAY BEE: FEBRUARY 22, 1914. -SEVEN SECTIONS. SIXTY-EIGHT PAGES.
SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
AMERICAN IS PUT
TODEATH BY REBELS
IN BORDER VILLAGE
Gustav Bauch Executed Wednesday
Night, Report Brought by Cat
tlemen to El Paso.
ANOTHER U. S. CITIZEN IS SLAIN
Killed at Same Time as Alleged Spy,
According to Story.
ACCOUNT BY SOCORRO STOCKMAN
Comes from El Paso Jail with Tale
of Assassination.
CONSUL HAD BEEN REASSURED
Tolil Shortly lleforo Jicxin oC Murdre
llrouKlit tlint llnllrond Mini
Hntl llcen Merely Trans
ferred. EL. PASO, Tex., Fob. Sl.-Quatav Bauch,
an American, wan executed at Juarez last
"Wednesday night at 9:30 o'clock. An
"other American, said to have come from
Eagle Pass, Tex., is reported to havo
"been killed at tile, same time. This news
was brought out of the Juarez Jail by J.
J. Baca, it cattle raiser of Socorro, N.
M.t fifteen miles east of here.
Eh PASO, Tex., 'Feb. 21. The alleged
disappearance of John Lawrence, an en
gineer, of Yuma, Ariz., and a friend of
his by tho namo of Curtis, In Juarez
last Wednesday, or whether they have
disappeared at all, constituted aniystcry
today.
In Juarez officials denied that any such
men had been detained. The American
consul, Thomas D. Edwards, was offi
cially informed that Gustav Bauch, who
waa reported executed as a spy laet night,
had merely been removed from the La
redo street bnrrackB, whero he was held
Incommunicado, to another lockup and
tho consul was assured that probably ho
would be released in a day or two.
The accusations against Bauch, so far
as could bo learned, simmered down dur
ing the trial to the charge that he had
assisted in repairing locomotives for tho
federals. Bauch Is a railroad mechanic.
Ilea nit of Inn Meeting.
If the statement to Edwards proves
true and ho is released, American refu
gees hero say It will Indicate that tho
indignation meeting held hero last night
to protest against tho murder of William
S. Benton by General Francisco Villa In
fluenced the rebel decision'.
Tho most significant feature of the
mass meeting la said to be-that it could
be held at all with foreigners having in
terests in Mexico present. For throe
years they have avoldod even the appear
ance of having - an opinion on' affairs
south of- the river, except confldentally
among themselves. Last night stating
that they realized, what their new atti
tude might mean to their interests and
possibly to their lives should they at
tempt to return to Mexico, they showed
themselves In tho open where Villa's rep
resentatives, who were present, could rec
ognize them.
Denial by Villa' Doctor.
Anions the Villlstas in the audience was
, Dr. Lyman Itaschbaum. The doctor, who
ia Villa's personal physician, today Issued
a signed statement declaring that the
statement in tho resolutions that Amer
icana havo been murdered because of
their nationality was untrue.
The resolutions, which condemn tho at-
tltudo of tho Washington government on
Mexican affairs and accuse tho State
depardtment of suppressing1 vital facts in
the interest of a peace policy, were sent
to President Wilson by telegraph last
night. Copies were mailed to the British
ambassador and to the senators from
' Texas and New Mexico.
Although Villa promised Consul Ed
wards that the gravo of Benton would
be marked, Its location was still unknown
to Benton's friends today.
Ilnuoh Taken to Chlhnnhun.
Colonel Fcderlco Gonzales Garcia,
counsellor to the garrison cammander at
Jaurcz, Colonel Fidel Avlla, told reporters
today that Baucli was taken to Chihua
hua yesterday on the train which carried
Goneral Villa and his staff. Consul Ed
wards was at the station when his train
left and carefully scrutinized the passeng
ers on the 'platform without seeing an
American. lie admitted that one might
have escaped detection. He said -be ex
pected an official report of the Bauch
case by night.
Avilla vehmently denied that any for
eigners are locked up at Jaurez at pres
ent and he said the Lawrence and Curtis
were persons he had never seen or heard
of until he read the newspapers. He or
dered that a, roster of all prisoners be
prepared today for his scrutiny and in-
(Continucd on Page Two.)
The Weather
Forecast till 7 p. m. Sunday:
For Omaha, Council Bluffs and Vicinity
-Mostly cloudy Sunday; colder.
1'emiiernturc nt Omaha Yesterday.
U Hours. Deg.
fiV N 6 a in. M
& 7 a. m a
8 a. m u
f- 9 a. m 33
I' iv a. m ii
t II a. m S3
It m
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l P. m S7
E 2 P- m...., 3S
T) 3 P m
4 p. m to
5 p. in..,., it
Comparative Local accord.
... i . , 191C 191i JJit 191L
Highest yesterday 41 23 26 21
Lowest yesterday 30 13 21 5
Mean temperature...).,. 36 24 24 II
Precipitation T .51 T .0)
Temperature and precipitation depar
tures from the normal:
Normal temperature 23
Excess for the day j
Total excess since March 1 12.27
Deficiency for the day (a Inch
Total rainfall since March 1., .. inchcj
Deficiency since March 1 .4.60 Inches
Bcflclency for cor. period, 1913. 4.45 inche
eflrlency for cor period, 1912.13.78 inches
T" Indicates tra-o of precipitation.
L. A. WELSH, Local Forecaster.
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EIGHT TREATIES RATIFIED
General Arbitration Pacts Are Ap
proved by 'the Senate.
NONE OF THEM AMENDED
All Become LmrM In the Form In,
"Which They! Were Nesrotlnted
by the Department of
Stnte.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 without any
amendment whatever to limit their scope
tlm senuto by more than a two-thirds
voto today ratified tho general arbitra
tion treaties between tho United States
and Great Britain, Japan, Italy, Spain.
Norway, Sweden, Portugal and Switzer
land. Ratification of the conventions clean
tho diplomatic atmosphere, so to speak,
which has been charged and surcharged
for months with complexities, relating to
tho Japanese protest against the Cali
fornia antl-alien land laws and British
protests against tho tolls exemption at
Panama. The, phrase that the United
States was "in a state of isolation"" was
frequently used in describing the situa
tion. Tho British treaty "had been held up
particularly by thoso who were opposed
to submitting tho tolls question to Tho
Hague. President Wilson's plan to re
peal the exemption, included first the
ratification of the British treaty aa well
as tho others, "to first rehabilitate the
diplomatic relations of tho United
States," as somo ndmlnlstratlun support'
ers havo described It.
Technically the senato ratlflol agree
ments to extend the treaties ftvo years
from Juno 4, 1913, tho date on which they
expired.
Administration supporters hurriedly
sent word to tho president and ho ex
pressed deep gratification at the re
newals. Attempts to exempt tho Panama tolls
question, or questions of Immigration
and public education, which wcro re
lated to tho treaties with Great Britain
and Japan were defeated and the. con
ventions go Into new forco In tho same
general terms as existed before they ex
pired.
Prince William of
Wied Accepts the
Albanian Throne
NEUWIED, Germany, Feb. 21. Prince
William of Wlcd entered tho ranks of
European sovereign today when he for
mally accepted tho throne of Albania,
tendered to him by Easad Pasha, at the
head of a deputation of Albanian nobles.
Essad Pasha, who dofended Scuttarl for
the Turks against the Montenegrins dur
ing tho Balkan war, and tho other dele
Bates salued Prince William tn "king"
and "your majesty" oltliouTh tho Euro
pean powers had conlemplateaac66rdlns'
him only the title bf prince.
A member of tho Albanian deputation
had brought with him a casket containing
sand, earth and water from Albania,
which Prince William1 accepted as a
symbol of his new sovereignty.
Tho chosen monarch of Albania as
sumed his honors under strictly Prussian
conditions. During tho ceremony ho wore
tho uniform of a Prussian major and a
German military band played.
The Albanian nobles were greatly im
pressed with their queen, who before her
marriage waa Princess Sophia, of Schoen-
burg-Waldonburg. She wore royal robes
and carried a diadem on her hald and
stood beside her consort, although this
was not consonant with Moslem usage.
Rail and Wire Lines
in Six California
Counties Tied Up
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Feb. 21. Three
days of unprecedented rainfall brought
six southern California counties to a
condition of complete prostration today,
Thero were no street car or railroad lines
In service. High winds off the ocean
prostrated wires and for hours today Los
Angeles nnd surrounding territory within
a radtuB of 200 miles were without power
or telephone and telegraph service
-Five men and women lost their lives In
the floods since Wednesday.
Great damage has been done by the
storm waters, which were the most men
acing in tho recorded history of tho
southern end of the state.
Coroner's Jury Holds
Kailroad Negligent
TECPMSEH. Neb., Fob. 21.-(Spcclal
Telegram.) At the conclusion of an In
quest before Coroner C. P.. Bnell In
Sterling today a Jury found that the
Burlington Railroad company had been'
negligent In the manner it ran trains
through the main streets of that town,
in not keeping its gong- In reoolr-at the
crosses where Manuel Boatstnan was
struck by a train and killed on February
5; that tho crossing Is dangorous and
that the train In question was running at
an excessive rate of speed.
Two persons have been killed at this
crossing within the last few months.
CREIGHTON MAN SECOND
IN ORATORICAL CONTEST
UNIVERSITY PLACE, Neb., Feb. 3.
(Special Telegram.) The annual contest
of the Nebraska Collegiate Oratorical as
sociation was held this evening1 In Ne
braska Wesleyan auditorium. First place
was awarded to Earl A. Everett of
Grand Island college, his subject being;
'The Lawyer, a Forerunner." William
J. Flaherty of Creighton university took
second place, speaking' on the subject,
"Peace and Press." Everett J. Mitchell
of Wesleyan was third with an oration
on "The Dynamic Power of Civilization."
Other schools represented were Cotner,
Bellevue, Doane, Hastings and York. The
winner was especially strong in delivery
while Crelghton's representative excelled
In thought.
The judges were Superintendent A. E.
Fisher of Aurora. Judge 8. H. Sedgwick
and Prof. H. W. Caldwell of Lincoln.
Only a few rooters from other schools
were present, Creighton having tho
largest delegation.
COMMITTEE FINDS A
PBISONEBTOO MANY
Strike Probing Body Orders Four
Witnesses Looked Up and
Fifth is Discovered.
THREE FROM POUR LEAVES TWO
Attorney for ompany Accounts for
Presence of Extra Man.
THINKS HE WOULD BE VALUABLE
Roar from Counsel for Miners Fol
lows Announcement.
INVESTIGATORS ARE PUZZLED
Per no nil In Question "Wanted to
Give Kvldence as to Alleged
Peonage, In DelcKiut Col
liery TRINIDAD. Colo., Feb. 21. Three from
four leave two. This was the mathemati
cal proposition that throw tho con
gressional Investigation of tho Colorado
coal strike into confusion late today. For
tho subcommittee, having ordered Ser-geant-at-arms
Martin Jakle to Intern
four witnesses and hold them incommuni
cado under the pains and penaltlos there
fore provided, and after seeking the bulky
form of Mr. Jaklo leisurely planted bo
fore tho door of tho witness room for
several hours, suddenly discovered that
it had locked up and fed and extra
man.
It was Representative Evans of Mon
tana who first inado tho discovery. He
bethought himself of interviewing tho
captain of the guards. Jakle. "How are
liio prisoners, Jake," ho insisted.
"All right," replied tho upholder of tho
dignity of the congress of tho United
States in the" Colorado coal fields.
"Tho two who havo already testified are
locked In another room, ono on the wit
ness Bland now, and the other two are
here." . .,
Tho Other What.
"Tho other what." almost shouted the
congressman
"The other two, course," replied Jakle.
Mr. Evans descended upon tho hearing
like a coyote on a goat.
"I want tho scrgcant-at-arms to ex
plain how many witnesses wcro given
Into his custody," he announced, inter
rupted tho peaceful session.
Tho sergeant was produced. He ex
plained thero wcro five when ha got them
and that nono'of them had got away
rot on the honor of a former Illinois
sheriff.
"But, there were only four when we
ordered t.hcm into custody," said Evans,
"They were tho four Italians from Dela-gua,-
whom - we had -sent -for -to -testify
on the charges of peonage.
"This other fellow, and where did he
come frpm?"
Fire IJned Up.
The fife witnesses were then lined, up
for tho inspection of, Giovanni Mlnnottl,
whoso story on tho etond yesterday
caused the order for the four nun's sum
mons. He pointed out the four men
whom ho had told -the commission were
held in tho Delagua mlno against their
wishes. "I not know dat feller," he
added, pointing to Ihe fifth.
Frank E. Gove, attorney for the Victor
American Fuel company, then stepped
into tho breach. "I assume responsibility
for the presence of this man," he de
clared. '
"it. i tim nn who sinned contracts for
the Italian workmen who could not write.
We thought he would be a valuable wit
ness." "I havo the fullest confidence in tho
integrity of Mr. Govo," Interposed E. P.
Costlgan of counsel for tho miners. "But
I BUbmit that It is an- astounding situa
tion when tho committee's own witnesses
ordered held Incommunicado are locked
up in the same room with a witness for
tho operators."
The committee wbb puzzled. Finally
Chairman Foster ordered Anof Yamlcelll,
the mysterious fifth man, placed on the
stand for Immediate Interrogation.
Zion City Tobacco
Ordinance void
SPRINGFIELD, 111., -Feb. 2L John Al
exander Dowjo's dictum against tobacco,
which has been tho law of the faithful
In Zion City, HI., was overthrown by
tho Illinois Bupremo'court today. The city
ordinance of Zion City, forbidding the use
of tobacco In any form within tho city
limits, was declared unconstitutional.
Attempts to enforce the ordinance "have
kept Zion City In the throes of Inter
mittent rioting for several years. Since
tho electrical apparatus factory, one of
the Zionist enterprises, was taken over by
an outside concern and numerous other
non-Zlonlsts moved In, tho faithful havo
been outraged dally by the spectacle of
men smoking tobacco.
Under the direction of Wilbur Glenn
Vollva, successor to Dowle, the Zionists
were not slow to retaliate by building a
cement chapel next to the electrical fac
tory and preaching and singing energetic
denunciations of all who deflfb the air
with tobacco smoke. The result was war.
Doth tides appealed to the state courts.
The Zionists asserted that the Zion City
government, which until recently was In
the hands of an independent faction, did
not give them protection against tho
smokers.
Boys Kill Turk Who
Cursed the Cross
WATEBTOWN, Mass., Feb. 21. In de
fense of the cross, Nlshan Aprahanlan,
aged 16, and Man cog Garabedlan, aged
17, Armenians, killed Sunlu-Xada, a Turk
on Tuesday, according to a confession
given out by the police today. The body
of Sunlu-Xada was found in a field.
The boys, when arrested said they had
been taught in Turkey to fight for their
faith and they had taken an oath to de
fend the cross. Sunlu-Xada- "cursed the
cross" they said, and believing it their
duty to kill him, they did so.
iu tor 'ine Deo by i-owell.
PROGRESSJBACKWARD
Numerous Conferences Fail to Make
Slate for the "State
Offices.
ORDERS COME FROM THE EAST
Several Attempts Made to Select'
Candidate to Hun Afrnlnst Sen
ator Cummins Ilcanlt In
Failure.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
DES MOINES, In., Feb. 21. (Special.)
In no state of tho 'Union has there 'been
better opportunity than in Iowa for early
disclosure of the Inherent weakness of
the bull moose movement in politics; and
the opportunity has been improved for
very satisfactory demonstration of the
trend In politics.
Responsible heads of the bull moose
or progressive party movoment called a,
statewldo conference for eurly In the year
which was advertised to bo tho starting
point of a hot campaign. It was an
nounced that a full stato ticket was to
bo got Into the field at onco and the
matter would bo decided at this confer
ence. Not all ofthclr "state commltteo". at
tended and not over 30 per cent of tho
counties were represented. Money was
pledged, but not much cash taken In. It
was announced that a "state organizer"
from Colorado, former resident of Iown,
but who had .never dono anything, in
state politics, had been working two
months wlthput n cent of salary and
paying his own expenses. Money was
needed to keep him In tho field. Slnco
then he has apparently disappeared.
No slate was made out for the promised
state ticket at the January meeting and
In February another meeting was held.
At the first one two or three managers
of the movemont from outside the stato
did most of the talking. At tho last one
.three or four others appeared nnd by
reason' of their talkativeness they got
Into the papers with much display and
boastfulncss.
Second District Fiasco,
Almost Immediately, however, came tho
bye-election Jn the Second Iowa congres
sional district to fill a vacancy caused
by the death of Congressman Pepper,
democrat. At the election a year and a
half ago 'the republicans were so badly
discouraged they did not even have n
candidate in the district. And tho demo
crats elected every" member of tho legis
lature from the district. But this time,
with a ten-day campaign only, they put
up such a fight that, as compared with
the vote for presidential electors, the
republicans gained 23 per cent in their
vote, the democrats lost 75 per cent of
their Vote and the bull mooscrs lost about
80 per cent of theirs. Tho democrats won
in a strong democratic district, but by a
much smaller plurality than usual. The
surprise to everyone, however, was the
fact that the bull moose party all but
disappeared.' And they hod done most of
the shouting, before the election day.
The practical demonstration of tho
trend of tho times In Iowa politics
seemed to be closely related to the evl-
(Contlnued on Page Two.)
The National Capital
Saturday February SI, 1014.
Tho Senate.
Met at noon.
Senator Oliver offered amendment to
the trado commission bill to exempt cer
tain small corioratlons.
Conferences on Alaska railroad bill
postponed to Monday.
Telegrams on tho killing of William
Denton at Juarez read at the request of
Senator Fall.
The House,
Met at noon.
Urgent deficiency bill taken up,
Trust bill hearings Were continued.
MOOSEHS
Show It to George
JUDGE GUNNARSON A CITIZEN
Father's Naturalization Papers Arc
Found in Musty Archives,
CLEARS UP A - MOOTED CASE
Cltlsen of Anrora Whose night Wits
Questioned Una Difficulty tfn
tousled After Thrco
Years.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
Washington, fd. si.-(Spociai Tele
gram.) Yellow witli ago nnd covered with
duut after reposing for more than n quar
ter of a century in the archives of tho
goneral land office of tho Interior depart
ment, tho .original naturalisation papers
of tljp father of Oscar Gunnarson of
Aurora, Neb., camo- to light today to
establish finally the right to American'
citizenship of Mr. Gunnarson, a matter
that httB been In legal dispute for the
last throe years.
During that time, Judge Gunnarson has
been waging an uphill fight to prove his
rights to citizenship, ho having been
brought here from Swodon by his parents
when but 6 years old. tn all these years
nnd after holding important office his
status as a citizen had never been ques
tioned until nn immigration Inspector at
St. Louis thrco years ago demanded that
he qualify as an American citizen before
his testimony would be accepted In nn
Immigration cose.
Although ho knew his father had taken
out' naturalization papers, ,tho moat dili
gent search among family effects failed
to . locate them and consequently his
testimony In that and other cases was
thrown out of court
Some time ago Judge Gunnarson sent
Senator Hitchcock $1.00 to cover tho land
offlco fee for furnishing a copy of the
patent to. tho land granted his father a
a. homesteader. This money will bo re
turned to Judge Gunnnrson, for, to tho
surprlso of tho officials of tho depart
ment, the original naturalization papers
of his father were' found snugly nestling
in tho time-worn, department flics with,
the homestead grant, and the aged, but
precious, document entitling him to full
American citizenship was sent tho Au
rora man today,
Indians Turned Down,
Henry Hollow Horn Bear and tho oth
ers of the Indian delegation from the
Hoscbud, S. D., reservation wore informed
today by tho commissioner of Indian af
fairs that tho department was unable to
offer. encouragement in the matter of in
creased salaries for Indian police, and
also that the request to establish an In
dian court has been referred to the super
intendent of the reservation for a report.
They were furthor informed that taxn
tlon on real estate and personal property
held in trust by tho United States is not
subject to state taxation, but that land
patents, fees and personal properey ac
quired by tho Indians are subject to such
taxation.
George Klowlt, on Omaha contractor, Is
in the city on his way to New York,
Tho nephew of Representative Klnkaid,
"Jack" Klnkaid, who is well known in
O'Neill, is visiting the congressman, hav
ing arrived from Los Angeles, Cal., where
he has Just graduated from high school.
BOY IS SUFFOCATED ON
TOP 0FSH0P BOILER
HUItON, S. D Feb. 21.-(SpocIal.)-Fu-neral
services for the late Clarence Quale,
aged 28, who was found dead on top of
one of the boilers at the Chicago &
Northwestern shops here, were held here
today and burial made here. Tho young
man's death was caused by suffocation,
it being very hot on top of tho boiler, al
though it Is bricked over, the coroner's
Jury finding that he climbed to the top
himself and evidently lay down to sleep,
the heat proving too much for him. Ho
was employed by the company at the
shops and knew tho boiler room well. It
Is supposed he got up thero during the
night, his body, paitlally cooked, being
found there at an early hour In tho
morning.
NINTH ANNUAL MOTOR
SHOW OPEN MONDAY
Doors of Auditorium to Admit Visi
tors to Exhibition in the
Afternoon.
OPEN REMAINDER OF WEEK
Fine Dlsplnr of Motor Car for Pab
Ho Inspection Hvery "Afternoon
nnd ISvenltiK for ICutlrn
WecU.
All day Saturday tho' 'Auditorium wno a
veritable boo hive, with men running
hither nnd thither In nn apparently Irre
sponsible and inconsistent manner, but
in reality with every move figured out
many days ahead, livery automobile man
In tho city had forsaken his sacred pre
cincts of business nnd had hied himself
to his exhibiting space at tho Auditorium
to personally superintend the arrange
ment of displays preparatory to. the open
ing of the ninth annual Automobile show
Monday afternoon.
Karly Saturday morning a flbck of auto
mobile men swnrmcd up to tho big build
ing and llko muglo that hugo structure,
barren ns a barn because of the uncertain
condition, tho exploding opera left It In,
began 'to take 'on a prosperous air nnd
by' afternoon it could almost be called
cozy. Tho exquisite' decorations designed
by Decorator Collins wero thrown up and
the ("paces were partitioned off In the,
most attractive manner possible.
' To Open Monilsy Afternoon.
It Is absolutely certain that ihe show
will throw open Its doors Monday after
noon. Manager Clarke Powell will seo to
that no matter what else happens.
Powell Is also preparing to handle the
MggPBt opening night crowd of his onroer
Monday evening. Powell has been work
ing hard and the. opening night should be
a good night as it will bo the first chance
tos ce everything and everything 1 R
ing, to be pn hand the opening night this
year, although at some former times that
was not th.o case.
The show will be open every afternoon
and evening noxt week, opening Monday
afternoon nnd closing Saturday nlfht.
The biggest night of tho show will bo
Thursday night. That will be society
night and the dolnsg on that night will
be some class, according to Doss Powell.
What Powell has up his sleeve Is not
known, but It Is one sure bet that It will
be well worth while. Musical night will
(Continued on Page Two.)
Too Many Male Seals,
Says Expert Clark
WASHINGTON, Feb. H.-An echo of
the old fur seal Investigation was .heard
in congress today whn the house' com
mittee on expenditures In the Department
of Commerce examined George Archibald
Clark of.Leland Stanford university, who
was a member of the fur seal commis
sion of lS9fi-7 and a special agent in 1908.
Tho commltteo wanted to ascertain If the
law had been violated in 1809 when the
lessees were alleged to have swept tho
hauling grounds of all seals coming up
from tho sea at the Priblloff Islands In
Bering sea.
Mr. Clark explained reports he had
made to the Department of Commerce
and submitted to the committee two un
published reports of his dealing with con
ditions In the fur seal Islands in 1912 and
1913. In these reports he said the male
seals had Increased rapidly since pelagic
scaling was abolished and a closed season
for land sealing established. He argued
that this Increase would be very detri
mental to the teul herd In fifty years
becauro the great number of males would
kill many of the female reals and trample
many of tho young seals to death.
On the basis of the figures In this re
port, he argued that the Dixon law of
1M3 and recent legislation governing land
sealing would be a failure.
L
OF BENTON'S DEATH
IS AT WASHINGTON
Government 1 formed that British
Ranchman Threatened Life
of Villa.
WAS TRIED BY COURT-MARTIAL
Agent Says He Was Excoutcd Ac
cording to Rules of War.
WAITING FURTHER INQUIRY
Consul Edwards Ordered to Demand
Protection for Bauch.
BENTON MURDERED LIKE A D0d
Trlrirrnm from It. N. Dndley of Kl
Inno, -Which Snya There Is No
Rvldenee nenton AVas Ak
Krror, Itend In Senate.
WASHINGTON, Feb. !l.-Whlte House
officials stated today that official reports
from General Villa nnd his friends de
clared Wtlllnm S. Benton, tho British
ranchman, waa executed because he en
tered tho camp of Villa armed and had
threatened tho II fo of the constitution
allst commander.
In view of this latest report thero was
n disposition at the White House to
nwnlt a full Investigation of tho facts be
fore expressing any opinion. It was also
staiod that Great Britain wns holding in
abeyanco any representations pending
the completion of a report on tho affair
by tho American government.
Lata official dispatches to tho State
department containing Villa's version of
tho affair, wero brought to the Whlta
Houpo, but a complete account of tho
killing, as personally explained to Coun
sul Kdwards, Is on Its way by mail.
Official dispatches from American con
sular representatives say further that
Villa claims Benton came to him armed
and that during tho course of a long argu
ment nnd quarrel, Benton raised a gun to
shoot, but was disarmed, and a trial by
a military court followed.
Villa takes tho position that a foreigner
who threatened the life of a military of
ficer, Is subject to no Immunity or the
right ordinarily extended to non-combatants.
"
Itehel Agent's Version.
Roberto V. Pcsqulcra, onstltutlonalist
agent here, mad publlo the following
telegram from constitutionalist head
quarters at Jaurez:
"Benton ontered Villa's apartment very,
unexpectedly, demanding protection for
his Interests end bitterly Insulting Villa
and tho constitutionalist army. , General
VlUa told him that he coneb,ha.an,
enemy to the constitutionalist cause and
that In order that ho might not con
tinue to work against it. ho, VUJa, was
going to pay him the value of ills (Ben
top's) property In the state of Chihuahua.
"Benton .became very exasperated at
this and drew his revolver, Intending to
kll tho general, but tho latter im
mediately knocked him down, disarming
him and sent him to Jail. Benton was
atterwurd trlod by a special military
tribunal, sentenced to death and duly ex
ecuted, all in accordance with the laws
and usages of war,"
Announcement that Benton met death
In Juarez after a court-martial ordered
by Villa waa mado today by Secretary
Bryan, who said he had no further de
tails. His information camo in a dis
patch from Consul Kdwards at Juarez,
who said ho had read tho court-martial
proceedings, which wcro forwarded by
mall to Washington.
Demands Protection for Itanch.
Socretary Bryan communicated to Con
sul Kdwards tho latest messaga
from Sir Cecil. Sprlng-lUco, the British
ambassador, and Instructed Consul Ed
wards to demand adequate protection and
a fair hearing for Gustav Bauch, an
American citizen, for whose safety In
Juarez grave apprehension has been felt.
Friends of Balich in El Paso have tele
graphed to Representative Smith of
Texas that ho had been shot as a spy.
No report had been received at tho State
department today on the reported disap
pearance of two other Englishmen, Law
rence and Curtis, who were said to have
gone to Juarez in search for Benton.
Mnrdered I.lke a Dos;.
A telegram from n. N. Dudley of El
Paso, Tex., to Senator Fall, declaring
(Continued on Pago Two.)
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