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THE BEK: OMAHA, THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1916. FIRE ON AMERICANS FROM THREE SIDES Troopers Go Up Mountain with Knivei in Their Teeth in Battle of Temochic. FIFTY BANDITS DEAD OB, HUM FIEU) HEADQUARTERS. April . iHy Motor Courier to Columbm, N. M., ,My !.) Th?r wa man to man flghtlng nnd some of the Americans went up Hie mountain side with knives In their teeth, during Colonel George A. Dodd battle with Vlllisias on April it at Temochic, "It wait the devil's own play ground." Tilt ae Colonel Dodd's description f the tcrrlan of thla battle In southwestern 'hihuahua among towering mountain! Mhere 1.V) bandits aought refuge. For two hours Dofld'a troopi of the Seventh cavalry, K, H. I and U fought from an Immense hollow, with bandllb n three sides, charging deliberately over marked ground with bullet puffs In the dust all about their ft, where the Mexl sns had their exact range. They ac- ounted for at leant fifty bandlta killed ..i wnunded airainat an American loss r,t iwn dead and three wounflwl. O )n Mexican woman waa wounded by bandl Ills. Handlfs Kle Hurriedly. Two nights before thla fight, the Amer icans overtook the bandit at the Yootilvo mine, where they ware lying about camp flreii, telling the natlvea atorlea of ho I hey claimed to have whipped Amer icanos," at Columbus and at Guerrero, They showed big lumps of gold and silver taken from Mexican town an'l melted down, which they asserted were spoils of war. Shortly before midnight an outpoat ran In breathloaa, exclaiming. Los Amerlcanoa are coming in." Srorea of dark forma leaped through the fire light, bugle blew and In ten minute the whole bandit command had galloped out of town. When the cavalry came In they found two American mining men, a Mr. Kecferth and another who had paid $2,0W" ransom to the Vllllstaa, and whoae Uvea probably had been aaved by the Seventh arrival. The Americana eeld the band Hi were led by Candelero Cervantes, Jeu Del Rloa, Cnu Domlngue and Manuel Haca, who waa killed th following Hunday after the fight by a Mexican. Among them were followera of Julio Acoata and General Beltran. They were remnant of all tbo beat known Villa commander" veteran, and all that time at 1eaat the last known band of Vllllsla's remaining bad men whoae nervo had riot been shaken by defeat at Columbus, Guerrero and Augua Callantea. Saturday afternoon at 4:), Uodd'a men, rrlvlug at the aouthern rim of the hill forming the cup In which the town of Temochic lie, saw the rear guard of Vllllata riding out of town, Ahead of them they hw the main body of the hsndlta waiting behind rock to glv but tle. A machine gun waa placed to aweep this ridge while the American rode down Into the cup In pursuit. They de mounted In town, advancing on foot with ilfle ready, led by Troop U and accom iiiinled by th two guide. America a 'Trooper HM. While tll In town a trooper waa hit nd mortally wounded. The ahot came from the flank, from a cave In a moun tain averlooklnf Temochic, Out tf big adobe chimney the troopa pulled' a, nlper. the only one caught In the place. Beyond the town, Troop L advanced to within range of the crest aboveThey crossed the rang In abort rush, lying down and firing, then advancing a few yard. Colonel podd with hi staff rodo through thl anno of fire, while bulleta fell within a yard or two of every man until they reached a email knoll beyond Ihm tnlWfft li"rOm tiara riodd directed the fight Another machine gun waa brought up cloo to play on tne rorce ai mi ret In front of the knoll. Out along the American line a trooper wa lying on hi etomarh firing. HI comrade aaw a bullet etrik forty feet ahead of him. In a moment more a third ball atruck him In tha head, killing him. A lieuten ant lying among hi men, directing the fire, wa wounded. Mexican' rlr t keeked. Meanwhile the American had gotten ,i,. ... .r Km MexitAna on the Trent and checked their fir. Several freshly made grave on thla eret, round nru a.u L.tirioH to the American' aim. One Mteslcan loader on a gray horaa rnde Into iglit on thl any tin nan a unwm tlmea, but seemed to be a charm against bulleta. Hla grey mount waa the laat livln ohlect the Americana distinguished before darknea ended the fight. Thla hor wa found wounded next day at u.nin Tnmaa. where Manuel Baca, the Vlltli.ta leader waa killed by I.ondro Alvaret, a Mexican paclnco, ror tne pne of twenty allver pesos, about I.' American money. The Mexlcana aald th hors waa Itaca". British War Craft Disabled During Raid ' llEr.UN. May l-llly Wireless to Tufkrtiin.-Th British cruiser 1'enelope ... .a badly damaged In th naval en gagement off th Hritlsh coast, which fallowed the Oerman bombardment of liwettoft on April that It cannot be it-paired, according to report revived In Holland, as the Oveea New agency ir.day, , Th frlttli cruiser I'er.eS'p" l ; cf I )!. ft !. built at trmw III Wtl, t' main armament con .1,1 f two Inch and at f.ur-ln h ,!ivt, ilh four lrrdn tut It t uf 'Its Arthue flat, t' Awthu. ItMlf !, i ln ma lull l-teii afir I .iiifcut a tiiln ttt lb l ng'i A .-ki.m edmtraU l-t en A!1l IS id that a ftMtUH rul.r f the Ar- lnn la h4 e tS itir i't fie l4'W' i tM an Wt wiih a twrid i frm l u Mla mII1iIHi all I l irin, of I i'.t a . f i.i !. It rok But ' vt IK H.1U.H , a.ir Bti tt ka I i4 I t -; ' r.t BISHOP IAWLLR AK3 PARTY AT RAPID CITT I I M ' 1 T t . i . 1, 'I 4l f t(, ' -1 -i t i-i i a ' M t -. 4 "I 11 U ( '!' t'. th tf . tiw iM r r' v e a4 I ' - ((111.: l - l r . i(t M a ! r'l ,!( - ipU ak t I ' li4 t t'f l" " ! MtEf tu ie ..tivifc A"-n,4M .4 I i rf H.f Kf l."i k . ' tl. !Mti U!.1 f : l t,Kep t .' f'-lr l t'i f it I W 4, t;.H , mA . !'.)' . ht a 'u tt ) vil( l.- t r m I . . -i ,'i MISS ANGELICA BROWN, packing: French wax kit, one of 200 notable New York society women to see moving pictures of themselves packing kits for the Lafayette fund. The pictures will also show the distribution of kits to the soldiers on the firing line. One Year Ago Today in the War Th Riuialan began a goneral retroat from th Carpathian. Italy denounced the Triple Alliance treaty with riermiiny and AiiMtrla. fetrograd admitted enemy had forced paaaage of the Dunajec river In Oiillcla. Allle reiumed offennlve In the lmril. nelle. advancing Into Interior of tjttlll poll penltiaula. Turk, after two day' fighting, e- verely defeated by ItimaJan In Khori Pulmon region In the Caucanug. Dr. Karl Liebknecht, German Socialist Leader, Is Arrested B Kit LIN, May l.-ny Wlrelea to Say villo ) Ir. Karl Mebknecht, the nclIUt eder, w arreated on My 1 In connec tion with a May day demonatratlon in Berlin. II wor civilian clothe when apprehended. Th Overea Mew Agency aay that th dlaordet In connection with th May day demonatratlon were not (eriou and that th manifeatanta were quickly dis persed by the police. "Many Inhabitant of th aouthern ub urb of Berlin were called to a meeting at I o'clock In the evening In I'otmtam tiiar to celebrate May day." th newa agency aay. ' Soma few curloua person wnt to th much frequented quar, but were easily dlaperaed by th police. Nine a r reel wr made for disorderly con duct." Aa Ir. l.lebknecht la a aoldler, an In vestigation of hi conduct by a military tribunal was ordered, Thl tribunal caused his arrest. Unofficial dispatchea from Kngllsh cor respondent in Holnd and 8wltierlnd ay th May day demonstration In Berlin assumed serious proportion, One dis patch give a report tht twenly-flv persons were killed and wounded. Similar reports In the past have been characterised In Berlin aa false. tir. Mebknecht has aroused much oppo sition by tils sever criticisms In th Helchslag of th German government, and recently waa expelled from the -cUllst prty In th Relchatag. Strikers Attack Harvester Plant flUOAno, May S.-Ivral hundred striking employe of the lnterntlonl !lrv(er company today stormed th trador plant on thn west l.. A rt it fall waa snt In by th r"'l The strik ers wor driven brk within a short tlms, Tw men r rfrted Injured. Awordtng ( th polls about M men sbnotied tb faetmr building with attoMa and slime une p,..nisn at lb eat ketd them ay with hi rm until "i rrttl tf reserves, wbsit th ink'- i rn.tud. U'll lianisi A tne, th ld An f'"it Ufon th t ef l ' knl f arbitration !- '! th slum U unlr r Ab-ut I'm1 ni-l v fr mm lb lttni aid l.'iVn! a Uis if tb c.n,rt r . t V Hrothe Siln t m iiv: M m r . i "i . mv i ' .. eulfUl,!er, ttniyi . TH' V; SS lSt KS IH!tl -tt4l fw' s. i l . 4. t .'ll l-i t till ' fv)-te t-l lni. S.-M I he lii H-t iM i I . ' Bell-ans Absolutely Kcmovca I ml 1 U C S tloiU Ono v.u .igtf pruves It L'.'c at all t!ni.:i u h , U'f Uikl i rieni m mi m UlODt 3 KAISER'S ANSWER WILL BE DEFINITE, CLEAR AND EXACT (Continued fruin Tag Ons.j lean food to th french civilian popula tion at th town In which the !ial(iiar ler I located and In the neighboring vil lage. They also conferred with mernbor of th Amerlcn commission for relief In Belgium, who arrived on a special train from Brusnols for that purpom. They also visited the German front. Con ference and thiuia aide excursions took up every moment of their stay, during which they were guest at the residence of th chancellor. Waahlagton la llopefal. WAHIHNUTON, May 1,-Tha announr. rncnt from Berlin that new and deflnlt Instruction r to be given to German lubmnrlti commander i the first posi tive Indication of how Germany will at tempt to meet I'resldent Wilson' final demand that It declare and effect so abandonment of the present mathoda of submarine warfare. Whether the new Instruction will meet the term of th last American not and thu prevent a break In diplomatic relit tiona can only be determined by a close ind careful examination. President Wilson is represented by those closest about him aa unshaken in hla determination that th lain I not negotiable; that a settlement cannot be delayed by discussion or aide Issue s ich a the British blockade and retaliatory measures; that the controversy between the countries can proceed further in di plomacy only If Germany effectually atop destruction of ahlp without warn ing and tukea measure to bring Ita sub marine operation otherwise within th confine of International law. With a declaration that auch orde-a hav been given and evidence tht they will be called out In good faith, the president la willing to discuss th con duct of aubinarlne warfare, but only upon that basis. The nswa that new Instructions to sub marine commander will ho announced served to encourage hope of a favorable outcome of the long dispute, but Ml comment Is being rejerved until th neweat Oerman communication can thoroughly conalrtered. kidneyIroublT wears you out I bad kidney and etomach trouble for several yeara and lost ovsr rt pounds In weluht; tried everv remedy that 1 could and got no relief until took ftwamp Boot. It gave tii quicker relief than any thing that I ever used. 1 now welsh 1 pound and am alrigtng th praises ol lr Kllmsr Hwanip-Uot and recom mending It ium to all who ha stomch and kidney truubles, ltie.'tfiUv ymits. f. r. MKNUKNHAl.I,, M.Nll, Arksnsas. r! iWrt,4 ,n.l sworn to bofni lit, a itM iii-lk this ;,"ih day ( .Utr h. Hl J W. HMKa, Nli libll tt Pr. anwsf Ce , Btttita, T T. r tii4i).iaratM n, t-n ..! i.. Klimat f, I Kl' ... N X, . a MinpWl . u It ill vt.iuta snvtifu t SlI si. i. i a b-'k(. t al,M m. fi.CH tl li.g '. ! th lilny taj t I e. .4 i . moti t i, iik l'iii It g I fit . .. I . " t w!t!s v i an )' i . HAY ' I K 't Aii -' '''. W9 IMMKBtATB la.k MiM t k t ,,t WESTERN HAY v.t GRAIN CO. va, ACCUSED OF FALSE ENTRIESJN BOOKS Former Bookkeeper in Iowa Na tional Arrested by United States Officer. WILL WAIVE HIS PRELIMINARY DKS MOINES, May t. -(Special Tele gram. )Accused of making false entries In book uf Iowa National bank to hid' a shortage of about $:i,0irl. A. I.yle Brad 1 '. i(ed Ti, former bookkeeper, wa ar rested by Deputy I'nlted States Marshal Vanlwrwilt last night. Tie was released on $1,000 bonds and will be arraixnnd before United Htates Commissioner Fitrjilmmon. Brad ley de . tared that ha will waive to tha feJeral grand Jury to escape publicity of a pi:blln preliminary hearing. lie refused to comment upon hi arrest. Brad;ey wa dlschsrged from the em ploy of the bank three month ago fol lowlrg the dl-ovr it the ehortaie. Thu shortag wa created In small amounts taken during a perlJ of two year, c lordlng to rprentatlve of the I'nlted ftate. Fidelity and Guaranty company, who signed Bradley' bond a bookkeeper In the bank. Ivelltrates Mratertoa fire. Th tat fire marshal I investigating Hie mysterious burning of the barn of Tom flcott, a farmer near Perry, In which nine home were burned to death last Wednesday night. No clue as to th origin of the flra ha a yet been ob talnod. Tba two horses stolen from the barn were found wandering along the rOHtlalde near Boone. It I thought they were abandoned by tha thlva after be ing hard pressed, 'asi-ad Branch Mna Case. By a decision of two to on the ritate Bosrd of TUIIrosd Commissioner today refilled to recommend th making over of th Cascade branch of th Mllwtuke from a nsrrow gauge to a standard gauge road. The malority opinion, written by Commissioner John A. Gulher, waa con curred In by Commissioner Jam II. Wlon, but Clifford Thorn, chairman of the board, dissented. Figures sub mitted to the board by th railroad as sert that In 191 tha road waa operated a' a loss of $17,607.0, In 1913 th deficit was tl,770 and In 1812 $23,H2. It I clalmod that to change to a standard gauge road would cost $451,1111, without changing th grade, which It i eUlmed la Impractical. Or If tha grade wa to b changed the cost would amount U $(kV,,21tl. Hale Against ( blroprator, Th supreme court In a decision handed down today affirmed the district court of fttory county, U. E. Fry. judge. In it finding (gainst If. A. A. Edmunds for practicing medicine without a license. Kdmund la a "rblroprctor." Slay Open Coal Mines. Coal mines may be reopened at ftawn, la., on the nock Island some fifteen mile southeast of De Molne. Several yeara ago there were thriving coal mine at thl point, but they war worked out and j the field abandoned. It I believed that there I still coal to be found In paying quantlttr there and a company ha been prospecting there of late. RB Folic lor Help. I Mrs. M. Q. Minolta, 1$ year old, a brld of a few week, deerted her home for the police station last night because of trouble with her own mother and hnr husband. She asked tha police to let her lay at the station awhile. The attention of the police was called to th daughter and her mother, who were quarreling on th street. The mother declared her daughter had been guilty of misconduct nd li wa trying to correct her. The daughter waa permitted to remain over night In tha police matron' ward. Bny (Ittaen Rank Stock. Brenton Bros, of Dalla Center, bank er, stockmen and farm owners, have fTHc You may trust his honesty his f T , ability, but can you trust him to I f tV'-'M J-y I IndlViaUal Ih-e? 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After futile effort to establish th Identity of the man burned In a straw stark near Rising flun a few day ago th county coroner yesterday ga order for th burial of th body in the potter' field. Th last to look at the body wa Mr. and Mr. J. W. Btephenon of Mur ry, la., whoe on, Honry Stephenson, dlappeard three wek go. They ld th body was not that of their on. Shillington Is to Represent State At Peace Debate Friday evening th Interstate peace contest will be held In the North I'rtsby terlsn church, Twenty-fourth and Wirt streets. College of Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota, Missouri and Kens will compel In th oratory. The winner will go to Lake Mohonk, N. Y., to represent the western group In the national peace conteat. Nebraska will be represented Friday venlng by Waldo H. Shillington of Crelghton, who recently won In the Inter collegiate contest of Nebraska. The contestant from the different states and their subjects are; AVoldo K. Shillington, Crelghton univer sity, "The Foundation of Peace;" Clarln don Haringhurst, Kansa university, "The Coming Conflict;" Francis Case, Dakota "Wesleyan university, "The Modern Para dox ;" George V. Price, Wllllsm Jewell college (Missouri), "The Suicide of Civili sation:" Joseph A. Miller, Rlmpon col legs (Iowa), "Th Paramount Issti." The orators will be limited to epeeche of fifteen minute' duration. SPANISH STEAMSHIP SUNK BY SUBMARINE LONDON, May i.-The sinking by a submarine of another neutral teamshlp. the Spanish vessel Vlnrfreda, 1 reported in a Lloyds dispatch from Corunna, Bpaln. ' On member of the crew was lost. The Vlnlfreda, 1,441 ton gross stid 2 ' F W feet long, was built In Sunderland, Eng- Ok. I s , rt land, In "99 and owned In Blltiao. , jfeJS, Mf&X Several Killed in May-Day Peace Riots in Germany LONDON. May I. "Sortoua troufil I reported to hav occurred In Berlin and tlss wher In Germany on llay day," say the Amsterdam correapondent of the Ex chango Telegraph company. "Vai crowd compoaed for the moat part of women of tha laboring classca clamored for peace. The crowds were dispersed by the police and many person were ar rested. Two women were wounded at C'hemnlts, Saxony." A Geneva teleirram to th Central News says: "During food riots at fxlpslr the po'loi killed three persons and wounded reventy. "In rlo s in f f vlln It Is r-norte.d Iw.-nty-ftve persons were killed urd 100 wound d." i,'viarlmon t Ordrra. WA6IIINGTO.V, May 3,-(flpe-ial Tele gram.) iVa!lsc E. Kanflln has been ao liolntx'd posirnaster at Lyman, Ulnlah county, -,v yo., vice C. O. Cherry, r tnovfd. Th Postofflre department ha accepted the proposal of W. T. 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