THE BEE; OMAHA, FRIDAY, ' JUNE 23, 1918.
AMERICAN TROOPS
RIDE INTO PITFALL
Xexicin Civilian Brinan Haw Ver.
' , won of Fight in Which Gen
eral Gomel Was Killed.
, JHUHUTE GUItxISE DEADLY
1 Puo, Tex.,-Jane 22. A new vef-
; lion of the engagement ni brought
. here today by a Mexican civilian, who
' was la Villa Ahomada early yester-
day afternoon, and who aaid he as-
aiited in dreasing some of the Mexi-
- can wounded. He aaid that General
Felix Gomez.' the ' slain Carraneista
; leader, had been ' aware of the ap
proacn or ine Americana tor twelve
. noon and had aent a number , of
courier! to them warning then to re-
. turn to tneir encampment
' "When they oeraisted in their ' ad
, vanee, he aaid, pitfall aeveral hun
dred teet tn length waa dug, directly
, in the trail over which the cavalry
men mutt ride. Thia waa cleverly
concealed with brain. Aa the Amer
ican i rode unsuspectingly through the
aand dunea toward the entrenchment,
General Gomea lay concealed eome
hundred yard away in the mesquite.
The horaea of the American vanguard
plunged into the pitfall, unseating
uicir rwer enu injuring a numoer O
tnem. .. -
KlIMlNMI AfHol,afia fantiirAI
Then, the Mexican asserted! the
Carranciitaa, lying in ambuah, raked
the American rank with machine
gun. The heavy fire forced the Amer
., icana to withdraw, to reorganize their
line, and the Mexicana captured sev-
. enteen soldiers, wno had been thrown
, into the pit.
He asserted that it waa then that
General Gomez went forward under
, a nag ot truce, ana tnat betore the
propoied parley had begun, an ir-
responsible soldier again atarted the
; macnine gun lire.
A mall detachment of cavalrymen
charsed toward General Gnnwi mil
hit party, who were in the center of
a field, directly between the two eom
mends, their pistol fire killing the
Mexican icaaer.
Both Commande Withdraw.
According to the story, both com
i mands withdrew The Mexican was
unable to estimate the Mexican dead.
- but asserted that the American dead
. numbered forty, his statement agree
ing with the Mexican official reports
. tnat we American dead numbered
forty. . .
: Military authorities here expressed
no doubt that both commands suf-
fered heavily in the fight, but pointed
. out that no information concerning
v the engagement other than that from
' Mexican sources had been received,
v Even the two Americans. - James
. Maxey and J. C Hubble, following
the engagement in Villa i Ahumada,
which u nine miles from the Santo
Domingo ranch, on which the battle
, took place, and who brought the most
detailed accounts to the border, said
that their informants were all Mexi
cans. Hope was expressed that the
American casualties will not prove aa
. heavy as the Mexican report have In
?t dicated. " t- i . v . .
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CLASH IN MEXICO
BRINGS NATIONS
- TO VERGE OF WAR
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equally anxious to receive from Mex
ico City some indication oi Carran-
aa's attitude toward the American
note sent Tuesday, 1
If the fight represents the answer
t. the note there Is little doubt that
President Wilson will recommend
that congress declare war against
Mexico.
The incident vesterdav renewed el-
forts of the War department to nre-
pare the National Guard for imme
diate service at the border. It waa
said some units alreadv mob 1 zed
might be ordered to entrain not later
than tomorrow.
Fodder has become a inmi mnA
high in Austria that the Central Fod
der bureau in Vienna is paying 9 cents
a pound for dried cockchafers, a va
riety of fat, laty beetles, to be fed to
cattle, i J ,
GUARDSMEN SPEND
LAST NIGHT ERE
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bandage which waa bound around
hia arm. "It's a religious reason I
have," he said. The officers would
not believe him and they made, him
take it off. ' Underneath was evidence
of physical deficiency, and he was
tumea down.
"I want to fight for my country,
even i nave to ne, waa nis ex
Blanatlon. .
The fibbers are quickly spotted,
nowever, ana tney cannot get past.
The following are the newest re
cruits: i ........
ChrlM H, Fnuuk, OHrii N. Bompa.
luocw. An w. MM
carl llarean. ' Ralnh B M. 11
William Has torn, Harb D. Ounnr.
Thomaa Baeala. Matthew B. Walter.
Our H. rolar. Howard A. Wilton.
Fiord A. Rutherford, George It. eraser,
O). A. Lovatandy, Oaorae R, Nawberl&,
W, .A. LOTelady, Bn Luttbarf. I
Bd W, JohMOQ. . Qoorva D. Tobay,
John Bilk, Ruuall Hollow?,
Otto Oawlnnar. . CJIyda Btout,
John Coatallo, will a. Scihranak.
Ployd A. Brady, Jacob W, Koyas.
a rrueK Wlowll, Jullua . Orollok. ,
MEXICAN ENVOY
.ASKS EXPLANATION
Ambassador Wants to Know Why
. Americans Were So Tar Away '
. from Base. " "'
TEAS, ATTEMPT TO TAKE TOWS
Washington, June 22, An official
communication from' the Mexican
foreign office, announcing the clash
between Mexican and American
troops at Carrizal, and saying the de
facto government found it difficult to
understand why the Americans
should have been so far away from
their base, was delivered to Secre
tary Lansing today by Eliseo Arre
dondo, the Mexican ambassador de
signate.
Mr. Arredondo also aousht an ex.
planation of the reported action of
General Pershing in occupying the
towns oi lasas uranaea ana wuevo
Casts Grandes. savins: such an act
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wouia oe one ot open nostinty.
Official Mexican dispatches were de
scribed to Secretary Lansintr indicat
ing1 that the Mexican forces thoueht
the American troops who approached
tarrizai intended to take the town.
Mr. Arredondo aaid he called Secre
tary Lansing's attention to the dis
tance traversed by the American
troops from their, base and to what
he called "the lack of onidence of the
American commander k approaching
the Mexican railway."
He said hia reports showed that
aeventeen American soldiers had been
captured, but did not give the number
of casualties among either the Amer
ican or the Mexican forces.
Secretary Lansing had no official
information on which to discuss the
Carrizal affair and. according to Mr.
Arredondo. also was without knowl
edge of whether any Mexican towns
actually nad been occucir j.
. Text of Communication.
The communication telegraphed by
General Aguilar, Carranza a foreign
minister, follows: , '
"Please bring to the attention of the
Department of State that an engage
ment occurred today (the 21st) at
Carrizal, near Villa Ahumada, Chi
huahua, between American forcea
numbering about ZOO men with a force
of our government, during which en
gagement General Felix Gomez and
several of our troooos were kilted.
There were several casualties among
nmencan troops, seventeen taken
prisoner.
"According to the statement made
by the interpreter, who was acting as
guide for the American foreea. the
commander of the latter is responsible
tor tne encounter. -
"Please make proper representa
tions to the department and say to
ma secretary oi atate tnat tnia ov-
ernment finds It difficult to underatand
why the American troops that took
part In the engagement should have
been at Carrizal, a point on the line of
he Mexican Central railroad some dis
tance from Ciudad Tuarez and rth
far from the point which is alleged to
be the base of the rest of the Ameri
can troops which entered Mexico by
Columbus. Further details will follow."
GREECE ACCEPTS,
ENTENTE DEMANDS
Kew Premier Agrees to Meet Terms
. of Ultimatum Delivered to .
r:,:;. ; Him Wednesday. ;:':;
BACKED UP B7 ALLIED FLEET
BIG GUNS POSTED
ON HILL COMMAND
'CITY, OF JUAREZ
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Athens, Wednesday, June 21. (Via
London, June 22). Greece has ac
cepted unconditionally the demands
made by the entente powers., This
decision was communicated to the
French legation by M. Zaimis, the
former premier to whom the forma
tion of a new cabinet is reported to
have been entrusted.
The new cabinet will be made up
on non-political lines, even including
one or - two adherents of former
Premier Venizelos. 1 ' i
Late tonight the sound of a heavy
explosion drew a crowd to the home
of M. Venizelos, owing to the ground
less fear that an attempt on his life
had been made.
The ultimatum of the entente pow
ers was delivered to the Greek gov
ernment at noon today (Wednesday),
i Fleet Cruising OS Piraeus. -
Paris, June 22. An allied fleet has
been ordered to cruise before Piraeus,
the port of Athens, according to a
Havas despatch from Saloniki. . It is
said the fleet eventually will be sup
ported by a landing force.
. The fleet, made up of aquadrons of
the allied nations, will be commanded
by Vice Admiral Moreau.
" The despatch savs the action of the
landing party "will depend upon
events."
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Piraeus, the second lareest citr of
Greece, is five miles southwest of
Athens. It is 200 miles below Saloniki,
the base of the allied forces in Greece.
HW to Cm Coosko aad Oslda.
Xoop out ot drat to, avoid oxponro. Bat
and lira Hint and tako Dr. Xtaaa Now
Dlaooriry, in w ovor 40 yaara. Oaaran-
tood, All draciiata. Advartlaamant.
cially reported on this, side that three
train - loads of soldiers - had gofte
southward during the early morn
ing and that three more trains had
been loaded in preparation for de
American army officials expressed
the opinion that evacuation would .be
completed during the day. until the
Mexicans were beyond the range of
General Bell, instead Nof going to
Fort Bliss this morning, remained
downtown with temporary headquar
ters at tne ioitec club, where he
lives.- - -4 .:'' ' -Notwithstanding
"the preparations
for departure, soldiers .remained on
guard at the customs gate and Gen
eral Oonzales headquarters, while a
few roamed tht streets. - . -.
Captain Tames Allison, provost
marshal of El Paso, received a report
from a Mexican' source early today
that the evacuation waa alreadv un
der way and that one train of box
cars and -day coaches, heavily loaded
with soldiers, some of whom were
fierched on the tops of the cars, had
eft for the aouth over the Mexican
Central, line.
inrougnout tne night the streets
in Juarez were filled with cavalry
men, a number of small detachments
moving from the city into the hills
beyond, while 'others left Juarez os
tensibly to take station at border
points within a- few miles of El Paso.
However, neither. Andres Garcia,
cusa the reported evacuation, over the
telephone. - -.
Dismantling of the Mexican wire
less atation waa accomplished at
noon, while the Carranza barracks,
just across the street from the famous
old Juarez mission, was stripped of
all eauioment. Another train load of
soldiers left for the south this aft- ,
ernoon. ' . ,, ' '- ".
Bob Meldrum Faces
Trial for Murder ,
, For the Third Time
" Cheyenne, Wyo., June 22. Robert
(Bob) Meldrum, once widely known
as the "gunmen marshal" of Tellu-
ride, Colo., and later marshal of
Raff. Wva fafA trial in inn rlia- 4.
trict court here today for the third
time on a charge of murder for kill-f1'.
III K I Willi x. ,vuil.k, uunm . wh&9
lanuarv 6. 1912. ,
. rMpiim iintr $10 010 hnnd. rfir
appeared a few days before the case.
was to be i called at Kawiins,Nfenru
ary. 14, 1916, but later gave him
self up in New York and was re
turned here for trial , .'; .-''
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The Store for Shirtwaists
Friday a sale of all E. A.
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to $7.50,' all go Friday
for--. .
$3,95
The June Clearaway
Offers reduced prices on desirable Suits,
Coats and Dresses.
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