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NEBRASKA'S ROOSEVELT
MEMORIAL QUOTA $75,000.
Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 19. Maj.
Gen. Leonard Wood was the chief
speaker at a conference here of the
Roosevelt Memorial association for
the district made up of Missouri,
Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska. The
district quota in the $5,000,000 me
morial fund was announced as $250,
000 each from Missouri and Kansas,
$60,000 from Colorado and $75,000
from Nebraska.
GAIETY RETURNS TO
HUNGARIAN CAPITAL.
Budapest, Aug. 19. A remarkable
cljange has come over this city. A
fortnight ago death ruled by night
and terror by day. Now crowds are
turning out in 'gala dress and bril
liant throngs are promenading up and
flown the fashionable Riverside.
Dazzling uniforms of all nations are
seen, and the people of Budapest are
rubbing their eyes as though awak
ening from a nightmare. Only the
food situation remains acute, but
supplies are being rushed into the
city from Belgrade.
PRINCE FELIX TO MARRY
' DUCHESS OF LUXEMBURG.
Geneva, Aug. 19. A brother of
t-x-Kmpress Zita of Austria, Prince
Felix, is engaged to marry the
Grand Duchess of Luxemburg, it is
learned on reliable authority. Prince
Felix is now seeking permission
from the allies to visit his fiancee.
WILL TAKE PLEBESCITE
ON LEAGUE OF NATIONS.
Washington, Aug. 19. Word was
received here today that a plebescite
ni the league of nations is to be
taken in Cole county, Missouri, in
which Jefferson City, the capital, is
located.
It is agreed by republicans 'and
democrats that the result of this
plebescite probably will have great
influence on public opinion.
The example of Cole county is
likely to be followed by other coun
ties in Missouri, as the political com
mittees of Cole county acted under
the state's general election law.
ZITA VENTS 'HER WRATH
UPON AUSTRIAN NOBLES.
Geneva, Aug. 19. Additional de
tails about the visit of a deputation
of Austrian nobles to former Emper
r Charles and of the wrathful an
swer they received from the former
Empress Zita are given by the news
paper La Suisse in a dispatch from
Vienna.
"Life at the H of burg (the Haps
burg castle) has been hell for us,"
she told the delegates. "Personally
I have been treated with hatred by
persons who were in the pay of your
clique. Your emissaries insulted mc
when I spoke to my children in my
native tongue. I have always been
a foreigner to you. My husband and
I have done our duty and we Tjavc
suffered enough."
At these indignant words of a
woman who never fett at home in
the country in which she was em
press and queen the deputation hur
riedly departed.
"DO NOT'' STRIKE OUR COPS,"
WARNING OF TULSA MAYOR.
Tulsa, Okl., Aug. 19. -"Do not
strike our cops," is the warning of
Mayor C. H. Hubbard to strikers
7of the city police department, fol
lowing reportts of their "ragging"
new policemen who went on the
- force following the strike to "break"
the strike. -
SEIZE CANNED TOMATOES
STORED SINCE OCTOBER
Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 19.
Twenty-three thousand cans of to-
inatoes were seized .today on. a( libel
order issued by Francis M. w!lson.
United States district attorney" for
Missouri. Ownership of the toma
toes has not been definitely estab
- lished. According to Mr. Wilson the
tomatoes had been stored since Oc
tober,, 1918.
FOUR "CONSCOBS" FOILED
IN BREAK FOR LIBERTY.
San Francisco, Aug. 19. Four
:onscientious objectors.-after break
ing into the commissary department
at Alcatraz island and - supplying
themselves with civilian clothing, at
tempted to escape from the barracks,
but were captured by Capt. George
Kornsman before they could make
Weir getaway.
- Two of the men were captured
aboard the tug "General McDowell."
after it had left Alcatraz, bound for
Angel island. The other two were
found hiding behind a pier on Alca
traz. The four men were recently
brought to Alcatraz from Leaven-
worth and are said to have been
among those whose friends recently
made complaint to the War depart
ment concerning alleged unsanitary
conditions and harsh treatment at
vthe prison which resulted in a mili
tary investigation of conditions on
- the island.
SQUAW TO RECEIVE
FRENCH WAR CROSS.
v Oklahoma City, Okla., Aug. 19.
The presentation of a croix de
juerre to the mother of a dead hero
,nay be delayed considerably because
of the inability to secure an interpre
ter. Mrs. Manda Harjo, a full
blooded Creek Indian, will be the
recipient Her son, William S.
Harjo, was lulled in France. Reuben
Smith of the recruiting service will
make the presentation if he can se
care an interpreter who understands
Creek.
NEGRO WHO SAVED GIRL
VICTIM OF HYDROPHOBIA.
Kansas City. Mo., Aug. 19.
Joseph Perry, 39, a negrodied in
the city hospital here of acute hydro
phobia, the result of his efforts to
Drevent a white girl from being bit
ten by a supposed mad dog.
On Tune 25 Perry saw a mad dog
attacking a" white girl. With his
bare fists he prevented the dog from
biting her, but was severely bitten
himself. Anti-toxin treatment was
given him at the hospital and he was
discharged.
Three days before his death he be
came seriously ill and was taken to
the hospital, where he was found to
k ;n cmciiK ami showinsr svmDtoms
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of the dread disease. Paralysis set
in and he died. The name of the
white girl was never learned.
OMAHA, THE GATE CITY OF THE VEST, OFFERS YOU GOLDEN OPPORTUNITIES.
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WILSON DISCUSSES
PEACE TREATY WITH
SENATE COMMITTEE
Declares League of Nations Covenant Imposes No Legal
Obligations For Use of American Military Forces
in Protecting Any Other Nation But Might
Involve "Absolutely Compelling
Moral Obligation."
Your Uncle Is Liable to Get Mad Yet
ASSERT LEAGUE
WOULD INVOLVE
U. S. IN WAR RISK
Johnson and Borah Maintain
Facts Brought Out at
Conference Justify
Their Contention.
Washington, Aug. 19. President Wilson, interpreting
the league of nations covenant today for the senate foreign
relations committee, declared it imposed no legal obligations
for the use of American military force in protecting the ter
ritory or independence of any other nation.
But he added that the covenant might involve, in certain
circumstances, an "absolutely compelling moral obligation"
which might be even stronger than a legal promise.
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tion by committee members who in
sisted that the whole arrangement
was a "rope of sand," he asserted
that on the contrary he considered it
as placing the nations in "an attitude
of comradeship and prbtection,"
which would compel respect for the
principles of justice and liberty.
Entire Discussion Made Public.
Meeting the committee in a round i
tabic discussion in the cast room ot
the White House, in contradiction
to the precedents of more than a
century and with the whole nation
listening through the medium of a
relay of public stenographers, the
president went into many of the de
tails of the peace negotiations and
touched on all the hotly debated
questions which have divided the
senate in its consideration of the
peace treaty.
. Article 10 of the covenant, guar
anteeing the integrity" of league
members against aggression, he de
clared, would leave to each nation
"complete freedom of choice as to
the application of force." Even if
the American representatives on the
council joined in an unanimous rec
ommendation for military action, the
final decision for peace or war must
rest so far as coHcerned the United
States with congress, he said.
Whatever advice the council gave
under its authority to take such ac
tion as is "deemed appropriate,"
must also be deemed appropriate by
the United States to be binding on
this government, he argued, though
in the background would he such a
potential moral force that he doubt
ed if the nation would often decline
to act.
Japan's Promise in Writing.
The president revea'ed that
Japan's promise to return Shantung
province to China was reduced to
written form in the minutes of the
peace conference. He asserted he
had "every confidence" that the
promise would be carried out and
told the senators it was "the best
that could be got" out of the nego
tiations, Japan having given notice,
she would withdraw from the con
ference if her demands were re
fused. The American delegates, he
said, had tried to keep the nation
free from obligations in European
affairs "so for as it was honorably
possible to do so," but he. asserted
that it might be necessary to keep !
some American troops in the Rhine
district under the treaty for the next
15 years.
He declared the nation would he
its own sole judge whether its obli
gations had been fulfilled under the
disputed withdrawal clause of the
league covenant; that purely domes
tic questions were safe from the
league's interference: and that the
Monroe doctrine was clearly pre
served. The league, the president ex
plained, was built on the plan of
General Smuts of South Africa.
Makes Claim to Yap.
Mr. Wilson revealed that he had
suggested the United States fake no
part of the German reparation, but
had asked that the conference re
serve disposition of the German Pa
cific island of Yap.Xin a suggestion
that it was needed for an American
naval station.
Some of the senators' questions
the president declined to answer on
the ground of international policy.
How the American delegates voted
(Continued on rage Two. Column One.)
Student Charged With
Murder of Girl Released
For Want of Evidence
Casenovia, N. Y.. Aug. 19. Don
ald W. Fether of Los Angeles, stu
dent at Cornell university, charged
with murder in connection with the
death of Miss Hazel Crance of
Ithaca in Cayuga Lake, July 19, was
ordered released on the ground of
insufficient evidence by Supreme
Court Justice M. H. Kiley here to
night. Fether had known Miss Crance
but a few dayshen he invited her
for a canoe ride on Cayuga lake,
from which she never returned. He
claimed the boat was accidentally
upset and that he was unable to
rescue his companion.
Search of the lake brought to
light his trousers, which contained
two knots, a foot or 50 apart. The
prosecuting authorities stressed their
argument on this feature of the evi
dence. There were marks on the
canoe and the authorities alleged
these indicated a struggle- .
Washington, Aug. 19. Senators
Johnson, California, and Borah,
Idaho, republicans, declared in a
statement tonight that upon the
facts developed at the White House
conference today the position they
had maintained "in respect to this
covenant of the league of nations
is justived and confirmed."
"The league of nations as con
strued by the president," they said,
"leaves it clear and unmistakable
that when we enter it we are under
a 'compelling' moral obligation, to
say nothing of the legal obligation
which other supporters contend we
are, under, to take part in the dis
turbances, the conflicts, settlements
and the wars of Europe and Asia,
if any should arise, and it is equally
true that under his construction Eu
rope would be under the same im
pelling force to take part in the
settlement of American affairs.
The senators said that in their
opinion "the significant facts de
veloped by the interview with the
president" were:
"There yet remain treaties of
peace to be made- with Austria,
Hungary, Bulgaria and the Otto
man empire. Those treaties deal
with subjects as important, terri
tory as extensive and matters as
intimately affecting th United
States as the treaty with Germany.
The obligations of the United
States, therefore, that our country
assumes in the future cannot be de
termined until these treaties are
completed and presented to the
United States senate.
Obligations Require Action.
"The president regards the obli
gations which will be assumed un
der the league of nations, and par
ticularly under articles 10 and
11, as moral obligations. These,
however, are of 'compelling' force,
and would require action upon our
part. For instance, the president
concedes in the case of aggression
from -the Balkans upon the newly
acquired territory of Italy, it would
be our duty to come to the assist
ance of Italy and prevent such ag
gression. The president's construc
tion of article 10 is at variance
with the construction of the demo
cratic attorneys of the senate.
"A moral obligation, the president
insists, rests upon us to carry out
the terms of the various treaties of
peace. This moral obligation, the
president states, requires us under
the German treaty for 15 years to
maintain American troops in Europe.
"The president did not know nor
had he heard of the secret treaties
for territorial acquisition and parti
tioning various territories until he
reached Paris. (Here the senators
outlined the treaties referred to.)
Facts in Shantung Case.
"The president opposed the Shan
tung decision. It was officially con
(Contlnued on Page wo. Column Five)
War Department's Food
Surplus Meets Ready Sale
Washington, Aug. 19. Reports to
the Postoffice department indicate
that the War department's food
surplus which was offered to con
sumers Monday through the post
master was meeting a ready sale.
Assistant Postmaster General Dock
ery instructed postmasters that no
war stamp tax was applicable to
parcel post shipments of army
foodstuffs.
Roumanians Present New
Armistice Terms to Hungary
Paris, Aug. 19. Reports from
Budapest state that the Roumanians
have presented new armistice condi
tions to the Hungarian government,
which has forwarded them to the
allies.
The Hungarian government has
declined to accept any modification
of the terms of the armistice of No
vember last, the dispatpl ff '
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CAVALRY CROSSES
BORDER ON "HOT
TRAIL" OF BANDITS
American Punitive Expedition Guided in Quest by Two
Ransomed Aviators Band Sought, With Start
of Five and a Half Hours, Believed to
Have Scattered in Mountain
Passes and Canyons.
NEWSPAPER MEN
HERE STRIKE FOR
SALARY INCREASE
Bee Reporters and Copy Read
ers Out Will Attempt to
Form Union.
A dozen reporters and copy read
ers working on The Bee quit their
jobs on a moment's notice yesterday j
eveningyfttter a peremptory demand
for a 35 per cent increase in pay. In
the morning a paper bearing their
signatures was served upon Victor
Rosewater, addressed to him as pub
lisher, reading: ,
Demands Made.
"We, the undersigned members
of the staffs of the Omaha Morn
ing and Evening Bee respectfully
request an increase of 35 (thirty
five) per cent of our salaries, re
troactive to Saturday, August 16,
and a six-day week to provide one
full day or night off a week. We
will expect your answer not later
than this evening."
Publisher's Reply.
To this the following reply was
made to the spokesman:
"Answering your communica
tion dated August 19, I can not see
my way clear to comply with such
a demand, which does not even
attempt to present a justifying
reason. Those who wish to quit
will please notify me in writing by
tomorrow, (August 20) noon. You
will convey this answer to all who
signed the paper.
"Verv truly yours,
"VICTOR ROSEWATER."
One of the signers of the demand
had been employed on the Bee for
only 10 days and but two of them
had been with the paper continuously
for more than two years, of whom
in that time one had already had his
pay raised 30 per cent. Their sal
aries ranged from $20 to $35 a week,
according to experience and service
rendered.
Want Writers' Union.
Presumably, after conference. The
Bee was notified that those making
the demand would not continue at
their work.
The newspaper men were joined
by an agent from Labor Temple, to
which place they went last evening
and organized a writers' union. It
is understood an effort will be made
to get the writers of other Omaha
papers to join.
The newly formed union applied
by wire to the American Federatibn
of Labor for a charter.
Omaha Plane Wrecked;
Two Men Escape Injury
DeWitt, Neb., Aug. 19. (Special.)
Lieut. Arthur Balis, pilot of an
airplane owned by the Omaha Fly
ing Co., wrecked his machine, a
Curtiss biplane, here last evening,
while attempting to make a flight
with a passenger," James Norton.
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about 100 feet, when the accident!
occurred. Neither the pilot, nor nis
passenger were injured
OVERNORS WILL
ASSIST IN TIGHT
AGAINST H. G. L.
Discover Cause and Provide
Remedy Decision of Con
ference; McKelvie De
fends Producer.
Salt Lake City, Aug. 19. A
change of program arranged for the
first business sessjon of the gover
nors' conference, which opened here
Tuesday morning, precluded discus
sion of state budgets, which was to
have occupied the attention of the
governors at the morning session
and the subject of living costs re
ceived consideration at both morning
and afternoon sessions.
Discover the cause and, provide the
remedy. 'This is the result of the de
termination of the governors today
to devise ways and means by which
the states may co-operate with the
federal government in its efforts to
reduce fhe cost of living. Find the
causes of the high cost of foodstuffs
and other commodities and tlie rem
edy will be provided without any
great difficulty, was the sentiment of
the governors. To this end a com
mittee of seven vas appointed to go
to Washington to confer with the
president as to the best course of
action to be taken.
In offering the resolution for the
appointment of the committee, Gov.
Frederick' D. Gardner of Missouri,
said:
"Certainly there are enough brains
in the conference to find out just
what is the cause of the high cost of
living and to provide the remedy for
it. The problem is a national prob
lem and. must be handled as a na
tional problem by the federal gov
ernment with the states co-operat-ing.
Resolution on H. C. of L.
"The governors of the states of
the United States, in conference as
sembled at Salt Lake City, Utah, this
19th day of August, 1919, declare:
"That we recognize in the high
and in many instances the excessive
cost of necessities throughout the
nation the cause of much of the un
rest now prevailing:
"That it is highly important that
prompt and effective action be taken
(Continued on Pace Two, Column Six.)
House Orders Probe
of High Cost of Shoes
Washington, Aug. 19. A resoluv
tion directing the federal trade com
mission to investigate the high cost
of shoes, and determine the cause
for increased prices, was adopted
today by the house, which refused
to extend the inquiry to clothing and
food.
Wheat Prices Fixed
I,ondon, Aug. 19. The wheat
commission today fixed the follow
ing prices for imported wheat:
For 480 pounds: Canadian. $12.60
to $14.40; United States, $12.96 to
$14.40; untreated, $.14.64; Argentine,
S14.16 r
ONE KILLED, 28
INJURED, IN RIOT
, IN MILWAUKEE
Home Guards Ordered Out
After Clash Between
Strikers and Police.
Milwaukee, Wis., Aug. 19. Three
companies of state home guards
were ordered from Camp Douglas
Tuesday night to aid deputy sheriffs
in keeping order at the Cudahy
Packing company's plant at Cudahy,
near here, where one man was killed,
eight slightly wounded and a score
injured in a clash between strikers
and the police this afternoon.
More than 600 strikers, men and
women, took part in the riot. The
wounded and injured were not in a
serious condition, it was reported.
The trouble began when women
office employes started to leave the
plant late in the afternoon under
guard of deputy sheriffs. A num
ber of women, wives of strikers,
threw sticks and stones at them,
they said, and the deputies came to
their rescue. Strikers then joined
their wivesand became so riotous
that the deputies drew their guns
and fired into the air. A free-for-all
fight ensued and the deputies said
they were forced to fire into the
crowd to restore order.
The Cudahy plant has been closed
for two weeks. A disagreement over
wages and unionizing of workrnen
caused the walkout.
A committee of strikers was in
conference Tuesday night with
Michael Cudahy, president of the
company, trying to reach an agree
ment that would end the strike.
Tuesday morning a mob of 500
strikers stormed a train that stopped
at Cudahy. The men said that they
thought the train brought strike
breakers to the 'plant. A riot call
was sent out and deputy sheriffs ar
rived. One strike.- was arrested and
for a time the men threatened to
storm the jail. This feeling brewed
all day and reached a climax in the
afternoon riot.
Paul Helmskie, 35 years old, the
man killed, was one of the strikers.
Must Hurry If You Want
to Buy an Army Blanket
Colonel Bingham, in charge of the
quartermaster's depot here and who
has been selling the army blankets,
for which there has been such a brisk"
demand, has received orders from
Washington to discontinue the sale
ofthe blankets after tonight. This
loeans that those who have delayed
in getting in their orders for blank
ets to the army building at Fifteenth
and Dodge streets will have to hurry.
Sailor Escapes Jail
When Legion Intervenes
William Verner, discharged sailor,
with a record of 16 months overseas
and 23 months in the navy service,
was sentenced to 15 days in jail on
a charge of drunkenness by Judge
Foster, sitting in central police
court, and later released through
the efforts of the Omaha chapter of
the American Legion,
WOMAN CHARGES
RAID OF PLACE
IS CONSPIRACY
Mrs. Blakeley- Says Man
Planted Whiskyand Then
Police Came and
Found It.
An" Amer
ican Antonio, Aug.H9. Maj. Gen. J. T. Dickman, -commander
of the Southern department, will personally direct
pursuit of the Mexican bandits who captured Lieutenants
Davis and Peterson and on whose trail troops of the Eighth
cavalry crossed the border early today.
General Dickman left here today, ostensibly to inspect
army posts along the border, but it became known tonight
that he was expected to reach Marfa, Tex., tomorrow and
would assume direction of the pursuit troops.
V Marfa. Tex., Aug. 19,
ican airplane returned tonight from
a scouting trip into Mexico with two
bullet holes through the machine.
The aviator obesrver said he was
fired on by three Mexicans. He re
turned the fire with a machine gun
and believes he killed one. The cav
alry is pursuing the band, he said.- :
Pursuing Bandits.
Rain soaked and saddle-weary, the
American troops of the Eighth cav
alry tonight were pursuing the Mex
ican bandits who held Aviators Pe- ,
terson and Davis for ransom over
the Mexican mountains south of the
herder.
Lieutenant Peterson and Lieuten
ant Davis, the ransomed flyers, are
riding with the columns to help lo
cate the place where the bandits
made them prisoners and to identify
the bandits if captured.
Fallowing release of the two avia
tors' near San Antonio, Chihuahua,
early today, American cavalry troops .
crossed the border. Reports received ,
from the troops in the field late Jto
day gave no intirrktion that contact
had been made with the bandits, or
that there had been any fighting.
Handicapped By Rains. $-
Storms sweeping the Mexican
mountain district south of the Rio
(rande Big Bend district multiplied
difficulties ot , the American
Sensational charges, involving
persons who will be accused of con
spiracy to thwart her plans to ob
tain additional alimoly from her
former husband, are promised to fol
low the arrest of Mrs. Ruth Blakley
at her home last night, 541 Twenty
fourth street, on charges of illegal
possession and sale of intoxicating
liquor.
Mrs. Blakeley was released on a
cash bond to appear in police court
this morning. She was arrested fol
lowing a raid , by Detectives
Cunningham, Janda, Jensen and
Haze. A half pint of whisky was
alleged to have been found in the
woman's apartment.
Mrs. Rlakeley declared the raid
on her apartment was the result of
a conspiracy on the part of certain
persons who were interested in see
ing her fail in her suit against her
husband for additional alimony,
which was filed recently in the dis
tiict court. ,
She was divorced from her hus
band, who lives in Lincoln, several
vears ago, and he since has married.
Place Searched Often.
The woman declared Jhat she has
been hounded by the police and
other persons for . iore than a year.
She asserted that Omaha detectives
have been making a habit of search
ing her place at all hours of the
night
Three men, whom she never saw
before, she asserted, called at her
apartment yesterday afternoon. One
of thyem had a bottle of whisky in
his pocket. When he left he asked
permission to leave the whisky in
the apartment, saying he would re
turn and take it away; that he was
afraid to carry it in his pocket on
the street.
Want to Injure Her.
"I have realized for some time,"
Mrs. Blakeley said, "that there was
a -plan under way to injure me. I
let the men into my rooms in the
belief that 1 would be able to ascer
tain what they were driving at. It
did not occur to me that they would
send the police to my flat. I was
told afterwards they reported at the
police station the whisky had been
bought from me and left in my
rooms as evidence."
Mrs. Blakeley declares she did not
know whether or not the police were
aware of the conspiracy which she
asserted had been organized against
her. - "I shall go over the matter
further with my attorney," she said,
"and follow his advice as to whom
charges should be filed against."
Mrs. Blakeley has been living in
Omaha the past four years. She was
awarded $8,000 when she was di
vorced from her husband, and now is
seeking additional support on the
grounds that she is entitled to the
money and her former husband is
fully able to grant it.
Bodies of 18 Men
Killed in Explosion
Removed from Mine
Trinidad, Colo., Aug. 19. The last
of the bodies of the 18 men who
were killed' in the explosion at the
Oakview mine of the Oakdale Coal
company yesterday, were removed
from the ruins by rescue crews late
Tuesday.
A miners' club has been converted
into a morgue in charge of Dr. W.
H. Thornton, coroner of "Huerfano
county.
Several members of the rescue
crew who had been at work all night
yere overcome this afternoon as the
result of the nauseating fumes lin
gering in the mine.
The mine is not as badly wrecked
as was first supposed. The bo(fies
of the men who perished in the dis
aster are not badly burned or dis
figured, indicating that death was
largely due to breathing deadly
tumcs following the blast
the
troops. In the Ojinaga district tor
rential rains made it difficult to fol
low the "hot trail" on which the
troops crossed. Ys
Clouds and low visibility prevent
ed the airplanes from rendering good
scout service.
Despite the handicaps the Amer
icans swept forward. " The bandit
band, led by Jesus Renteria, is be
lieved to be hiding in the mountains
and army officers familiar with the
rough country through which the
pursuit is being made said it prob
ably would be necessary to search
every canyon and mountain pass to
locate the scattered bands.
It now is believed a comparatively
small number of bandits was in
volved in the kidnaping.
In Wild Country.
The district within the angle
formed by a junction of the Rio
Grande and Conchos rivers is the
wildest section 6f northern Mexico,"
noted for rugged mountains, deep
canyons and barren deserts. The
Conchos river flows into the Rio
Grande near Ojinaga after tumbling
through San Juan pass from Cn
chillo Parado to San Juan Del Rio.
Both rivers are lined with cotton
wood trees.' Lowland farms in Delta
Conchos are the only green spots to
be seen in the entire district, where
palo-verde, mesquite and cactus
grow. Barren hills, rocky canyons
and mountains are superimposed on
mesas beyond the border over which
winding trails are traced in vhite.
Along these trails the cavalrymen
were making their way tonight. The
columns often were forced to break
into deachments and wind slowly
up the sides of mountains, down
box canyons, always alert for a
bandit arnbush. The soldiers and
officers wore rain-soaked uniforms,
covered with dampened dust. Their
horses were tired from the long
forced march. -
The troops are on field rations
from mule pack-trains, as no field
kitchens were taken.
Maintain Communication.
The communication line is being
maintained to the border, along
which supply trains and couriers
pass from the base on the American
side to the columns in the field.
A field wireless pack and air
planes are maintaining communica
tion with headquarters here. The
storm if interfering with field tele
phone communication throughout
the district.
The line to Presidio tonight was
out of order and nothing was
known of movements of Carranza
troops from Ojinaga, opposite thai
point. Orders were issued at hai
quarters here to all commanders iilt
the expedition to use every care to?
protect peaceable Mexicans. -
The remainder of the $15,000 ran
som which Capt. Leonard F. Mat
lack brought back to Candeleria'
after having tricked the bandits into
releasing Lieutenant Davis without
paying the Full ransom, was depos
ited in a bank late today. It
amounted to $6,500.
It was said here tonight that it
virtually was impossible to carry
out Maj. Gen. Joseoh T. Dickman'
order instructing officers to pay the
bamlit the full ransom, unless tK
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