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OMAHA. FJUDAY MORNING, MAHHI 27, 1914 TWELVTj PAGKK.
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The
HELD MARSHAL SIR
JOHN FRENCH QUITS
THE BRITISH ARMY
Chief of Imperial Guards' General
1a Staff Resigns Commission Be
cause of Ulster Row.
HE SIGNED THE GUARANTEE
Regards Repudiation of It by Cab
inet as Personal Slight.
OTHER RESIGNATIONS COMING
Adjutant General Ewart Also Ex-
ARMY WILL RENEW CONFLICT
Officer of ItcKlmcntH In Irelnml
Who Withdrew Itcfllgnnt Inn
1VIII This Time Resign
In Knrncat.
LONDON, March 26.-Field Marshal Sir
John French, chlof of the Imperial gen-,
eral staff of tho British army, resigned
his commission today.
Tho field marshal who was 'ono of the
signatories of the memorandum to Brig
adier General Hubert Cough giving guar
tees to the army officers that they would
not be ordered to fight the Ulster union
ists, regarded tho repudiation of the doc
ument by the government as a slight on
hlmbelf. For this leason ho resigned.
A question was asked at the opening
of the House of Commons regarding the
resignations. Mr. Lloyd George replied
I In tho absence of the premier, who hart
cone to Buckingham palace to see King
yGoorsc.
The reply ot Hr. Lloyd George was
l taken generally by members as a con-
had tendered their resignations. One
Ewart also has resigned.
Officer Will neslirn Asnln.
It Is now asserted that as soon as tho
government formally withdraws tho
guarantees given by Colonel Seely,
secretary for war, the officers will again
resign their commissions as one of
them said, "this time In earnest."
There Is also to be settled the ques
tion of what the army council will do.
Brigadier General Gough, commander of
the Third Cavalry brigade, In an Inter
view, said:
"If Premier Asqulth withdraws the
.guarantees, ho will have to throw over
the army council and tho government
will be faced with disruption of the
army."
The Liberal press in tho provinces,
while endorsing what Premier Asqulth
has already done, Insists that he must go
farther and actually withdraw the guar
antees glVen to the officers. These news
papers say the premier must make It
plain to all,' officers' -ot the.- army, ana
xiavy that they must under all circum
stances obey the orders given them.
. Many, liberals think. Premier Asqulth
should have accepted the resignation of
Colonel Seely, for he always has been
euspected of being really mora unionist
than liberal In his sympathies.
Tho Liverpool Post, a liberal newspaper,
cays that June Is given as the latest date
for a general election. It Intimates that
as o result of the Intervention of King
Gcorgs an agreement has been reached
by the unionists and the liberals under
the terms ot which the home rule bill
and the Welsh disestablishment bill shall
be passed with the understanding that a
eeneral election shall follow.
"Tho only thing not absolutely settled
In the agreement between the parties,"
eays the newspaper, "was whether the
plural voting bill also should be passed.
,Tho differences In regard to this latter
bill are likely to be surmounted, how
ever." Women of Bay State
May Be Given Vote
BOSTON, March 26.-Woman suffrage
!von a victory hero today when the house
concurred with the senate In adopting a
resolution which proposes an amendement
to the constitution, in which the word
"male" would be stricken from the pro-
Vision describing the qualifications of a
voter. The vote was 164 to S3.
The Weather
Forecast till 7 p. m. Friday:
For Omaha, Council Bluffs and Vicinity
-Unsettled; colder.
Temperature in o.-tsiTja Vvsterday.
Hours. Deg.
iiC-- v . . 6 a. m SI
IVto. . I I 1 n. m " SS
,-3 0 a. in 35
Z Sa, m.. 33
Ej in n m nr.
T 11 a. in S6
f 12 m 40
' 1 n m iVi
L- f. ...
2 p. ni 42
E P. m 45
T) P. m 47
u Bp, m 8
6 P. hi 47
p. m 44
S P. m 43
Comparative Locul He cord. ,
1014. 191i Ml?. 191!
Highest yesterday 4S 23 43 1
lowest yesterday 33 14 3 2 24
Mean temperature 40 IS 38 42
Precipitation (Xj T .00 .23
Temperature and precipitation depar
tures from the normal:
Nurinul trmpernturf 41
Peflicency for tho day 1
Total excess since 11 arch 1 , 32
Normal precipitation , .03 inch
Excess or def. for the day 00 Inch
Total rainfall since March 1 22 lnoh
Deficiency since March 1 f 6 Inch
Excess for cor. period, 1913.... 1.91 Inches
"Excess for cor, period, 1912..., 1.30 Inches
ilrpnrtn from Station nt T 1. M.
Station and State Temp. High- Rain
of Weather. 7 p.m. eat. fall
Cheyenne, pt. cloudy 46 48 ,00
Denver, clear.. .... 54 SI .00
lies Moinoa, cloudy 48 (4 .23
Dodge City, clear 41 a .00
Lander, cloudy 60 M .CO
North Platte, clear 44 60 .00
Omaha, clear 44 48 .03
Pueblo, pt. cloudy 54 tt .00
Rapid Nlty. clear S2 40 .00
Halt Luke City, cloudy.. 52 (2 .04
Eonta Fe, pt. cloudy 54 ES .00
Sheridan, cloudy 34 31 .00
Kloux City, clear 40 44 .00
Valentine, pt cloudy 32 34 .CO
T indicates trace of precipitation.
LAV. ELSli, Local Forecaster
or.
GREAT FIRE IN SIOUX CITY
Quarter Block Burns, Causing Loss
of Four Hundred Thousand.
TWO FIREMEN ARE KILLED
Three Mon Trapped In Frank Hotel
Jump Safely Into Life Nets
Two Firemen Sllghtly
Injured.
SIOUX CITT, la., March !6.-Two fire
men were killed and three Injured and
between $300,000 and 1100,000 damage done
In n fire which swept the quarter block
at the southeast corner ot Fourth and
Nebraska streets, the heart of the busi
ness district, early this morning.
The losses are: Moore Clothing com
pany, $76,000; fully Insured. Anderson
Furniture company, $75,000; insurance
$42,uOu. Most all of the small losses nre
covered by Insurance.
The dead are:
FHANIC FULTON, plpeman, Company
No. 1.
SEELY LA WTO N, driver for Flro Chief
Kellogg.
The injured firemen are:
Ed Hotht, captain hose company No. 3.
Kenneth B. Gantt, pipeman hose com
pany No. 6.
Captain William Doyle, plpeman hose
eompany No. 2.
Tho men were not seriously hurt.
The blaze broke out In a five-story
building occupied by tho Anderson Furni
ture company. Tho firemen were fighting
the. flames from Fourth street when the
wall fell and two ot them were caught
under It and killed. It was nearly two
hours before the men were missed by
their comrades.
Men Cnught In Life Not.
Tho flames rapidly swept through the
Anderson building and communicated to
the Frank hotel adjoining. Occupants
In the hotel wero warned and most of
them escaped by tho stairways. Throe
men In tho hotel wore cut off by the
flames. They wero forced to leap for
their lives. They were caught in nets by
the firemen and were uninjured.
Tho flames swept through the hotel on
ono side and on the other side of the
Anderson building communicated to tho
three-story building on tho corner occu
pied by the Moore Clothing company.
Thrilling escape from the third floor of
the corner building, over the Moore
clothing store and the Central bank, was
made by several men and women who
leaped into life nets.
Fire nt Kathcrrllle.
ESTHER VI LLE, la., March 2G.-Tho
explosion of a lantern In a livery barn
in the heart of tho downtown section of
Estborvillo today caused a fire which
wiped out nearly nn entlro block of busi
ness houses and entailed a loss of $160,000,
about half covered by Insurance.
The fire started at 4 a. m. and It burned
so rapidly that a three-story brick build
ing and several smaller structures wero
completely destroyed.
The nowspaper plant of the Estlberville
Enterprise was completely destroyed, tho
loss being estimated at about $10,000. The
dry goods stock of L. M. Chrlstlanson,
valued at $5,000, was a total loss.
Two Ardent Workers
for Votes for Women
Are Wives of Aliens
GREENWICH, Conn., March 26,-Mrs.
Ernest Thompson Seton and Mrs. Her
man Paul!, suffrage leaders, after yearB
of work for the suffrage cause have dis
covered that even if the women of Con
necticut should receive tho rlgth to vote,
they individually could neither voto nor
hold office. Both married' foreigners, who
never' have become naturalized American
citizens.
Ernest Thompson Seton, author and
naturalist, has lived in this country many
years, but never has made an effort to
become a citizen. Ho was born In Eng
land. Mrs. Seton, a native of California,
was married to Mr. Seton In 1896. Accord
ing to law she must be considered ot the
same nationality as her husband. Only re
cently upon her return from abroad
she discovered that she was nominally an
alien, subject to the immigration laws
and liable to a head tax.
Mrs. Herman Paul!, pho Is press agent
for the suffragists in this section. Is a
native of Colorado, and has even exer
cised the franchise In that state. Her
marriage to Mr. Paull, an Importer of
New York City, made her an alien, as
Mr. Paull never was naturalized.
Trinidad Business
Man Fatally Slugged
TRINIDAD, Colo.. March . William
M Williams, 65, pioneer lumber dealer
and a former director of the Trinidad
Chamber ot Commerce, was found in his
office early today, unconscious from an
assault supposed to have been committed
laBt evening. He was taken to a hospital,
where he was reported to be In a critical
condition. His skull was fractured and
he sustained other injuries.
The authorities said today that they
were investigating the case on the
theory that the assault was the deed of
parlies In some way connected with the
coal miners' strike.
Williams, last Friday, signed a state
ment, with other business men, indors
ing the policy of Governor E. M. Am
nions In sending state troops into the
strike zone and urging him to keep the
militia on duty.
That the assault may have been com
mitted tor the purpose of robbery was
suggested by A. E. Messer. business
partner of the Injured man, who said he
found that $25 in bills which were In the
cash drawer last night was taken and
that a nickel was found on the floor,
apparently dropped by tho assailants of
Williams. The pockets of the Injured
man are declared by Mceser to have been
turned Inside out.
Three Killed in Auto
Wreck Near Dallas
DALLAS, Tex., March 26. Three per
sona were killed and throo were seriously
Injured today when an automobile
swerved from the road and plunged forty
feet Into a ravine. Dr. Samuel P. Tip
ton, driver ot the car, and Mrs. Katie M.
Loving and her son were crushed to
death. Two women and a man were the
otner occupants of the car, All were
residents of Dallas
RULE LIMITING DEBATE
ON SIMS BILL OFFERED
Measure Obstructed in House.
Motions, Roll Calls and-ft
Agencies of a
mm
FILIBUSTER IS TlPgBKTED
Opponents of Administration Use
All Efforts to Block.
PRESIDENT RESTATES POSITION
Tells Callers South American Press
with Europe.
FOREIGNERS' ATTITUDE ISSUE
Executive Amierts He la AkltiK No
Jinn ti Itevrrne Ills Opinion,
lint Merely to Correct n
Situation.
WASHINGTON, March 16. A rule to
limit debate on tho Panama canal tolls
exemption repeal bill to twenty hours was
presented to the house at 4 e'clock this
afternoon. Adjournment was taken be
fore a vote could be reached on tho rule.
The bill was obstructed In the house
today by a parliamentary situation, rich
In motions, roll calls, demands for a
quorum and nil tho agencies of delay at
tho command of Its opponents.
Just when tho rules committee had
agreed on an arrangement to parcel out
twenty hours for debato between the con
tending factions and the first skirmish
of the fight was about to start, a new
stumbling block a conference report on
tho urgent deficiency bill was Inserted.
A threatened filibuster on that prolonged
tho situation.
A Asurnnccs for Wllion.
The administration supporters, chat
lng ot the delays, got their forces Into
position to take advantage of every
tactical opportunity; the opponents drew
on all their resources to hamper tho
measure.
President Wilson, confident of the suc
cess of tho fight, received reports of
the situation at tho White House. lead
ers assured him a safe majority would
carry the repeal. .
Tho negate began its own debato with a
speech by Senator Owen. Senator Lewis
introduced resolution for equal tolls for
all.
Representative Klndcl ot Colorado spoko
on his controvery with the Postofflco de
partment over the franking privilege.
President Ilentntcn Position.
The president told callers that the
South American press had joined the
opposition ot European countries and re
garded the Panama canal act as a viola
tion of a treaty. Mr. Wilson pointed out
that, perhaps, there was a mistaken Im
prcsslon in congress as to his reason for
desiring the repeal. He emphasized that
it was, not his own oplnlonajone that (l
mlstaxtm economic policy ana a nrcacn
of treaty was Involved, but it was a uni
versal opinion tnat an International situa
tion needed correction.
Mr. Wilson told his callers that he was
asking no man to reverse his opinion,
but merely to correct a situation. He
foela that those who base their opposi
tion entirely on the question of whether
there was a breach of treaty, do not
realize that their own opinions are not
the main point Involved. The chief Is
sue, he pointed out, was the attitude
taken by the foreign governments and
just so long as they considered that tho
United States was violating a promise it
would be difficult to make any mora
treaties with them. Mr. Wilson said that
congressmen were not being called on to
compromise their attitude, because the
necessity for a repeal was based on con
sideration which was not in their minds
when the original action was taken.
The president denied that he had oven
seen any document alleging that the
British government would not oppose a
tolls exemption If confined "exclusively"
to coastwise shipping.
Rumor of Sinking of
Ship is Discredited
by the Company
HONOLULU, March 26. The InterUnd
steamship Maul, reported to have gone
down lost night with all hands after an
explosion, reported today from Kaul by
.wireless that she had arrived there
safely, after an uneventful voyage.
Representatives of the Interlsland
Steam Navigation company, owner of the
Maul, discredit the alleged statement of
soldiers at Fort Kamehamena that they
aw the ship blow up and sink. It Is be
lieved tho vessel will arrlvo safely at
Kauai", its destination.
The Maul left this port late yesterday,
cnrrylng a cargo, which Included a large
quantity of explosives.
When the report of the ship's destruc
tion was rocelved every available tug nnd
launch. Including the naval tug Intrepid,
put to sea.
The Maul has aboard about forty men,
Including the crew and a number ot
Hawaiian laborers.
'FRISCO LONG ON BACHELORS,
SHORT ON CHILDREN
SAN FRANCISCO, March 20. Next to
Newport, R. I., San Francisco has more
bachelors than any other city in the coun
try. A report to be made public soon by
the Association of Collegiate Alumnae
School Survey Class, which has been In
vestigating Ban Francisco's schools, esti
mates the percentage of unmarried rn,en
here between 25 and 45 years of age at
46.5. Newport's percentage Is a trifle
higher. The report will also say that San
Francisco has a smaller number ot
school children than any other American
olty of Its population.
TWIN BABIES DRINK GIN
WHILE PLAYING DOCTOR
FRANKLIN, Mass., March 24,-As the
result of playing "doctor" while their
another was ill. the 4-year-old twins of
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard McCahlll are dead
from drinking the contents ot a bottle of
gin. One, Joseph, died yesterday. The
death ot the other, Margaret, occurred
tods"
The
Drawn for Tho Bee by Powell.
LOCAL INDUSTRY ENJOINED
Restraining Order Asked Against
Suits in Distant Counties.
FOUR SUITS ARE STARTED
Court I Asked to Stop Prosecution
ot Actions In Fnr-Anay Courts
Conntltutlonnllty of Stat
ute Is (lumttoncd.
The thriving local industry of bringing
contingent fee damage suits in distant
counties against Omaha saloon keepers Is
threatened with a new1 obstacle. Attacks
from two angles on the law under which
this Industry has been built up by in
genious lawyers who socuro service on
agents ot the bonding companies In re
mote towns wero made In district court
by Attorneys Sullivan and Ratt, repre
senting several saloon keepers and their
bonding companies.
In four suits tho court Is asked to pro
hibit by Injunction as many plaintiffs
from prosecuting actions in faraway
courts, and an answer In a suit pending
hero questions the constitutionality ot
the s'tatute. Dozens of damage suits
pending in various parts ot tho state will
be affected, It Is said, by the test cases.
Call I.nw Unconstitutional.
The statute on which Mrs. Llbble Leo
based her cause of action against Fred
A. Quade and tho Illinois Surety company
Is unconstitutional, It Is alleged, on the
ground that It violates the federal con
stitutional guaranty of due process of law
and the Nebraska constitution prohibiting
special legislation.
Mrs. Lee brought suit for damages al
leged resulting from tho salo of liquor to
a member of her family.
The petitions In tho injunction cases
concede that serving on bonding com
panies' agents in foreign counties Is suf
ficient to give the outside courts juris
diction in the cases, but allege that such
procedure Is "neodlessly harsh, oppressive
and vexatious; is a gross misuse of legal
process and Is Intended to cow, overawe
and intimidate plaintiffs and force them
to pay largo sums which they ato under
no legal or equitable obligation to pay."
It is charged that the bringing of suits
In counties hundreds of miles distant
compels liquor dealers to pay the sums
demanded or to go to largo expense to
try the casos.
One of the damage suits Involved In
tho Injunction cases was brought In Kim
ball county, whose court Is located in the
town of Kimball, which has 454 Inhabi
tants. Another was brought In Custer
nnd two others In Merrick county.
Fifteen Hurt in
Wreck in Arkansas
FORT SMITH, Ark., March 26. FJfteon
persons are reported Injured In a head-on
collsslon today between St. Louis & San
Francisco railroad passenger train No.
5, southbound, and a northbound local
passenger train at Maney, sixty-five
miles west ot Fort Smith. At the local
office of the railroad company it was
said none was killed.
The National Capital
Thursday, March 20, 1014.
The senate.
Met at noon.
Senator Owen spoke In suPDort of TeDeal
pt the Panama tolls exemption.
Representatives of prison contractors
told the Interstate commerce committee
the Hughes bill to restrict the traffic In
prison products was unconstitutional.
The House,
Rivers and harbors bill was hurried to
completion.
Leaders agreed to twenty hours' de
bate on the Sims bill to repeal the Pan
ama tolls exemption.
Public lands committee heard suDDortsra
of the bill to open oil and mineral lands
of the public domain by- a leasing system.
judiciary committee neara wiinajn 11.
Ingersoll of New York speak In favor of
a proposition In the trusts bill to permit
manufacturers to tlx retail prices.
Goal of Watchful Waiting
1924
Proposal to Use War
Ships to Carry Mails
to South America
WASHINGTON, March 26. With a view
of developing communication between tho
Unltcl States and South America, Sen
ator Weeks, republican, of Massachusetts
today Introduced a resolution requesting
the secretary of the navy to prepare n
plan for establishing a line ot naval
cruisers to carry passengers, freight and
mall between Now York-, 1 New Orleans
and Valparaiso, Chile, and intermediate
firtn, The resolution' 'designates us trie
ships to be Utilized for such serVico th'b
Hiu.aern Columbia and Minneapolis, and
the scout cruisers' ' Salem, 'Chester and
Birmingham. '
"At prcsont South American malls am
sent at lonir and sometimes lrreguTar Jn
tervals and all American malls so
the equator arc carried on vessels sail
lng under a foreign flag," said Senator
Weeks, explaining his resolution .
"The service Is slow and this, It maybe
eaijly assumed, militates against the
development of our trade with Soutn
America. If, later on, private capital un
dertaken a line over this route, I should
bo Inclined to withdraw the government
line.
"Wo are In tho position of having
spent $400,000,00) in tho building ot a
cunal, one of the reasons for doing so
being that It should aid In extension of
our foreign trade, but as far as I know
thero aro no American steamers prepared
to undertake this service,"
Senator Weeks' proposal Interested
many southern and Paclflo coast senators
and there was animated discussion In
which no opposition appeared.
Pineapple Juice
Importers Charged
With Swindling
NEW YORK, March 26,-Two suits ag
gregating $680,560 were filed In tho fed
eral court hero today against the J, H.
Johnson company, dealers In pineapple
juice, on behalf of the government. The
actions were Instituted under the revenue
laws and allege mlsclassttlcatlon and
undervaluation of juice imported from the
Inland ot assau, whore the company
has a plantation and canning plant. It Is
alleged that since 1898 tho company has
been importing pineapple Juice, which Is
dutiable at 70 cents a gallon, as plneapplo
preserved In its own juice, which Is dutia
ble at the lower rate of 20 per cent ad
valorem.
Profit in Smuggling
Opium is Large
SAN FRANCISCO, Cat., March 20.-AS-slstant
United States Attorney Thomas
H. Selvage estimated today that $10,000
was cleaned Up by the sixteen customs
guards and others charged with con
spiracy in opium smuggling. Eleven ot
this number aro now on trial In the fed
eral court hare, five having entered pleas
of guilty. Two of those that confessed
their guilt testified on the witness stand
yesterday that they had each made from
$2,000 to $3,000, or even more, as their
share of the smuggling profits.
INSTRUCTION CAMP FOR
MILITIA MEDICAL OFFICERS
FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan.. March
26. (Special.) A camp of Instructions for
medical officers of the militia of Kan
sas, Oklahoma, Iowa, Nebraska and
Arkansas, will be held here. May 17 to
23. There will be seventy-five officers
and sixty-five noncommissioned officers
to attend the camp. It will be the first
camp held solely for Instructions of the
medical personnel of the organized mllltla.
Medical officers of the regular army will
act as Instructors,
MAILS SHOWJIG INCREASE
Indications Are Forty Per Cent More
Handled Than in 1010.
MORE MONEY FOR RAILROADS
Parcel Post Adda to the Tonnnse
Government Officials Say Thero
Is ?fo Chnnee to Pad
the WelBh.
The first tabulation ot weights ot tho
quadrennial weighing ot mall In this dis
trict, has beei received by C. M. Reed,
superintendent of the railway mall service
her,
The Union Pacific, which carries the
heaviest malls out of Omaha, under tho
terms or tho weights ot 1916, received
$1,MiO.000 ddrlng the fiscal year ot 1913-14
and tho preliminary results of tho wolgh-
mK.j which started on February 18 and.
iicoiuinue ror it nays iroin tnat umo,
show that an Increase of nearly 40 per
cent has been made In the weight ot mall
handled over that line since the weighing
ot mo.
The contracts for tho transportation Ot
malls over railroad linos west of tho
Missouri river, which are Included In the
district now being weighed, amount to
nearly $18,000,000 a year and the addi
tion of tho parcel post business will likely
bring the total amount well above that
figure for the next four years.
The heaviest run of mall for a single
day ovor tho Union Pacific lines west out
of Omaha during tho present weighing
was on March 14, when 339,2Wi pounds of
outgoing mall and K.W pounds of Incom
ing mall was handled In twenty-four
hours, or a total of nearly 20J tons or
mall,
(lift- Tolnl for Week.
The total for tho wcok ending March
17 showed a total of 1,037,621 pounds ot
outgoing malt and 220,000 pounds of In
coining malls handled over tho Union Pa
clflo lines west of Omaha.
"Tho system of weighing and checking
employed by the government during tho
quadrennial weighing of the malls makes
It next to impossible for the railroads or
allied corporations to pad the malls,"
said Superintendent Reed.
"There have been many stories told
about padding the mails during weighing
periods, but thero are really only a few
Isolated cases. There havo been some
prosecutions for this, but the dlfferenco
In the grading of tho contracts, makes it
not profitable for the railroad to try to
Pad the malls, even if thev wer nhl in
do so. There Is no danger of the bigger
roaas padding tho mail, for we would
detect any effort of that kind at once.
Most of the stories told about paddlm;
tho malls durlnir the weighing period aro
fairy talcs, without any real foundation."
Comparative exact welchta fnr thU ,11.
vision are not obtainable hero this year,
because In 1910, at tho last weighing, th's
was part ot the Chicago division, and tho
computations of weights were not mado
for this district alone.
To Show II I ii Increase.
In 1910, the weights of the western di
vision showed an Increase of 31 per cent
over thoso of IMS, und U .Is estimated by
officials here that tho weights of 1914
will show an Increase of 40 per cent over
those or 1910. The payment to the rail
roads is based on tho welsht. nlus tlm
distance, or the ton mile, tho rate per
ton diminishing as the total welaht In.
creases. Tho Union Pacific receives,
under the 1911 contract, annroxlmatelv B.i
conts per ton per mile for the carriage of
the malls, since that total falls within tho
highest total weights, at the lowest rat
paid for the transportation of the malls.
rno contracts range from $42.70 ner mile
of track on lines handling less than 200
pounds of mail dally, down to 1194 nor
ton per mile of track on lines handling-
more than 45,000 pounds ot mall dally.
Idle Chief Conrloted,
SACRAMENTO, Cal March 35.-E.d-ward
"RoughnecK" Teesdale, first of the
"unemployed annv" leaders arrn.iH h.M
on charges or vagrancy during the riots
three weeks ago to face trial, was con
victed by a jury. Teesdale will be sen
tenced tomorrow,
REPORTED DEFEAT OF
VILLA CONFIRMED IN
WIRE TO MEXICO CITY
War Office Receives Dispatch Giv
ing Kebel Killed at Seven
Hundred. Men.
INSURGENTS AT BERMEJILLO
jRevoltos Said to Bo Retreating
.twenty Miles from Torreon.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS HEARS SAME
Feds at Border City Say Advices of
Foes Defeat Received.
CHA0 GETS CHEERFUL NEWS
Conotltutlonnlliit Chief Tcletrrnplin
He linn Gomes pnlnclo nnd
Will Take Torreon liy
ftnturdny.
MEXICO CITY, March 2S.-Conflrma-
tlon of the reported defeat of General
Villa's army at Torreon by federal forces
under General Velnsco was given in a
message recclbed at tho Mexican war of
rico at noon today. The rebel losses are
placed at 7W men killed.
The rebels are said to be retreating at
Ucrmojlllo, a town on tho railroad twenty
miles north or Torreon.
At the war oKlce It was said that the
message was sent from San Pedro de
Las Colonlas, a town thlrty-soben miles
northeast of tho battlefield, and was filed
by a federal officer.
It was tho first dispatch to conic
through from tho fighting zone.
Ilrcelve official Advices.
RAGLE PASS, Tex., March SU.-Fedoral
officials nt Plcdras Negras, Mexico, oppo
site Eagle Pass, today announced they
had received official advices ot the de
feat of General Villa's forces nt Gomcr
Pnlnclo, a suburb of Torreon.
Notices were posted In Plcdras Negras
declaring Goneral Villa had been repulsed
"with a loss of 2,0iYl killed and wounded"
and that the rebels were "retreating to
ward Escalon," 100 miles northwest ot
Torreon.
Cnnfllctlnir Ilrpnrt.
EL PASO, Tex., March 2. Confllctlns
reports today left the situation at Oomcr
Palaclo nnd Torreon a matter of con
jecture. General Villa telegraphed to
Manuel Chno at Juaroz that he had been
In possession of Gomes' Palaclo since
morning and predicted that the rebels
would havo Torreon not later than Sat
urday. On the other hand, Miguel Die
bold ot President Hucrta's consular serv
ice exhibited telegrams declaring that thp
rebels had been repulsed at all points.
Dlobold alleged tiot when at first the
rebels thought they had-fjomt Tahtclo
they were the. victims of a trap as the
result of which tltey lost heavily in dead
and wounded, not to mention the loss ot
600 prisoners.
Il(reat a Feint.
Tho federal retreat, he raid, was a feint
to draw the rebels over 127 dynamite
mines, which, ho said, wore exploded
under the Invaders, with the result men
tioned. General Villa's telegram, as given out
by General Chao, asserted that the rebc'l
woro still maintaining a ' base at Kl
Vcrjcl, five miles from Gomes Palaclo,
while the railroad lino between the two
places was being repaired.
He added that tho federals had at
tempted to evacuate Torreon through hills
to the south, but wero driven back Into
tho cltv.
VI I In Confident.
Ocnoral Villa Is Bald by Chao to have
asserted that for the twenty-four hours
preceding hi taking of Gomes Palaclo
tho battle was confined mostly to artil
lery practice. Today General Villa Is
quoted as saying that tils men were mov
ing Into positions for tho attack on Tor
reon proper, and he believed the federals
would be In no position to wlthstund an
assault after the bombardment which the
rebels have in storo for them.
Observers of tho situation here believe
that they havo boen misled so ofton in
the last ten days by so-called official re
ports of both sides that neither official
Utterance was Impressive. More Impor
tance was attached to the renewed em
bargo which has prevented newspaper
correspondents at the front from sending
Impartial stories of events under their
observation,
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