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• •• McHENRT PtAfftBEALER; McHENRY, ILI* 4 •' •'i^ r"v\'*** V'*„«. > .-Vv. * 40MRRANZISTAS SLAIN IN BATTLE WITH U. S. FORCE 0 ' •>.< Pershing Says Americans Were |fn Invited Into Parral and $ Then Attacked. TOMPKINS WAS SHOT m >y r * ^ !^v L' *• >>£ "Oaests" of Mexican Officer* Were " ; i, Attacked by Force Three Times < • - Their Number.--Retreated y* From Town and Fought ~." t i k i * f o r ^ T e n M i l e s . :-i . San Antonio, Tex., April 18.--It was a force of Carranza's soldiers that en- •; Raged the little detachment of Ameri­ go"1"' 61111 cavalry at Parral Wednesday in a & ^ , regularly organized action, according " to a detailed report vjitten by Maj. fif •' Frank Tompkins and forwarded to General Funston by General Pershing. > Forty Mexicans Killed. ^ . Forty of the Mexican soldiers, iri- clhding > one" major, and one civilian, were killed by the retreating Ameri­ cans. The American casualties were two killed and six wounded, including Major Tompkins. His wound was * Slight. List of Dead and Injured. Etollowing are the names of the dead . and wounded in the action at Parral: Dead: Sergeant Joe Ridgley and Private Herbert Ledford. Wounded: Maj. Frank Tompkins, t Lieut. James B. Ord, Corporal Benja­ min McGliel, Corporal W. E. Willing- ham, Corporal Richard Taunous and Private I. M. Shedyer. In addition, Private Charles Eichen- berger was reported missing. With the exception of Lieutenant s Ord of the Sixth infantry all belong to the Thirteenth cavalry. : " Corporal Taunous' injury is the only one reported as serious. Can't Extend Lines. .i. ...... General Funstoii said that the main , |b>, w line of communication, now as far < * south as Satevo, could not be extended further south with the present num- ? * *«, her of troops available, and frankly ex- , , pressed his conviction that operations farther south couljl not be conducted *_,» {.*,.•? unless authority was obtained for the •p- H- establishment of a new border base, P . the free use of railroads or the ma- z5? \ terial strengthening of the forces now In Mexico. He said that in stretching the line to Satevo the maximum of its elas­ ticity had been attained. Fight Outside Parral. f . t: The fighting took place outside Par­ rel and was continued over a route of eight miles to Santa Cruz, a station eight miles northeast of Parral on the railroad. General Funston said that while Ma­ jor Tompkins undoubtedly acted in ac­ cordance with his best judgment in re­ tiring, he regretted that he had not made a> stand on account of the ill ef­ fect the story of his retreat will have cm the Mexican people, who will nat­ urally regard the incident as an Ameri­ can defeat. Tompkins Had 100 Men. " j'lfajor Tompkins arrived outside Par* #on the forenoon of April 12 with two .troops, M and K of the Thirteenth cavalry. Reduced in number, the to­ tal of these companies is approximate­ ly 100 men. The report that unarmed men went into Parral appears to have been er­ roneous. Major Tompkins admitted that he did march his small detach­ ment quite openly along the trail into the city, where they were met by Gen­ eral Lozano, who received them most graciously. » Civil Officials Join. The civil authorities arrived and Joined in the courteous reception of the major and his troops. The inci­ dent appeared to be progressing with­ out unpleasant features. General Lo- fcano and the civil authorities discussed with Major Tompkins the question of camping sites, he and the local offi­ cials deciding on one juBt outside the city, to which Major Tompkins was directed. Major Tompkins entered the town upon the invitation of an officer of the Parrel garrison. He stated that the officer met him ten miles from Parral, introduced himself, and urged hiqj to ' f-accept the hospitality of the military And civil authorities. , 8. Convinced of Trap. <ThlB fact> coupled with Major r- , flPwnpkins* report of the subsequent "v attack, caused officers here to express !„ * - the opinion that he and his men had 4§'* ^ been deliberately led into a trap, al- XJ' though perhaps not with the knowl- %• edge of General Lozano, commanding , officer. Major Tompkins was preparing to ' move out to the designated camp when soldiers and citizens began to CELEBfiATE AT MEXICO CITY Carranza Expected to Remain in . Capital for Some j_ Tim®. T j ' 4 'Washington.--General Carranza' tot tremendous welcome when hi ar- ^rived in Mexico City/ according %o an , ; official message to the embassy.; - - - "Notwithstanding the tardy / hour Of arrival," Baid th« dispatch, ""the * M»wb quickly spread, and great popu- , lar demonstrations followed." j -;- ^ WOMEN TO WEAR TROUSERS JHembers of SeJf-Defense League of York Vote to Don Mafa ;< "i? Garment. ! •• "• • , ' -- I New York.--"Don't be ashamed of »ur arms and legs. < Get acquainted [th them. You ar® far more Immod- it in evening clothes than^you would in breeches." 7 / That argument, backed up by a dem­ onstration ' by Miss Anna Higgins, and itfrij Jkmsrican ii; ISO: throw stones and to shoot at the Americans. Realizing that the action wae that of a mob of civilians and of soldiers who had gotten beyond the control of their officers, Major Tomp­ kins made no stand, but retreated his men without making resistance, toward the city limits. - Shouting crowds followed them, while stones and occasional shots fell among them, but without doing great damage. Railway Bank la Defense. It was after noon when Tompkins led his men into a defensive position behind a railway embankment out­ side the town. The mob respected the advantage the Americans had taken, but within a brief time there ap­ peared on their flank a force of 300 Mexican troops, who began- in mili­ tary fashion a formal attack.. Major Tompkins was still averse to fighting in anything but a defensive manner against this ijprce, since every officer who"has entered Mexico with the puiiitive force has had it impressed upon him that clashes with the troops of the de facto gov­ ernment who are supposed to be co­ operating with them in their pursuit of Villa and his bandits must be avoided. . • ; Also it soon became apparent that the Mexicans' superiority in number® made a retreat from the position bo- hind the embankment imperative. Retreat Eight Miles. A retreat was begun that was ended only at Santa Cruz. The Mexicans pursued them almost the entire dis­ tance of the intervening eight milesi The Americans contenting themselves with a rear guard action. in the running fight the Americans cared for their dead and wounded. Major Tompkins' information that forty-one Mexicans had been killed was secured from one who passed over the trail from Parral after th$ fight. Major Tompkins and his two troops reached Santa Cruz just before dark, and there met Colonel Brown and Major Young with a squadron of the Tenth. Later in the night Major Howze arrived with his picked squad­ ron, making the force there about 500 men. Doubt Villa's Death/ San Antonio, Tex., April 18.--'Mes^ sages from General Pershing and oth­ er army officers received after the Mex­ ican reports make no mention of Villa's body, and one message would indicate that Villa* was alive as late as Saturday morning. General Funs- ton will not believe Villa is dead un­ til General Pershing identifies the body. Reports coming from various sources friendly to General Carranza asserted that Francisco Villa is dead and that his body, disinterred some days after burial, is in possession of Carranza soldiers. In contradiction of these' reports Major Tompkins submitted an official report to General Funston at San An­ tonio, saying that Major Howze, com­ manding a squadron of the Tenth cav­ alry, asserts that Villa is in the moun­ tains southwest of La Borja, north­ west of Parral. U. S. to Refuse Demands. Washington, April 16.--A situation of extreme tension, involving, among other things, the possibility of an armed clash with the de facto govern­ ment of Mexico--or the withdrawal of American troops from Mexican terri­ tory--faces the president and the American people. This situation has been produced by two grave developments. The more important is the battle which took place at Parral between an American force of 160 men and the people and Carranza garrison of that city. While General Obregon, the strate­ gist cf the Mexican army, has given instructions to prevent further fight­ ing, General Carranza declares "the excitement is so great among the peo­ ple that 1 fail to know whether the struggle can be stopped." The second development grows out of a lengthy note, presented by direc­ tion of General Carranza, charging President Wilson with bad faith in entering Mexico and closing with the statement that it is ,already time to treat about the withdrawal of the American troops. Demand Troop Withdrawal. This statement has been re-enforced by a dispatch presented to Secretary Lansing insisting on the necessity of directing the return of the American forces from Mexican soil. The Mexican ambassador, Senor Ar- redondo, was a,uthG|*ized to "make use of any argument he deemed advisabl to put an end to the situation created by the presence of American troops in our territory." Secretary Baker gave instructions to General Funston to institute an inves­ tigation. The general further Was di­ rected to advise the commanders in Mexico to observe the greatest care in avoiding towns hereafter. The United StateB will not with­ draw its troops from Mexico, accord­ ing to high officials here. Provisional President Carrapza will be notified within the next few days that this government will not change its an­ nounced policy to "get Villa." -A, IT CARRANZA MEN TRAILING VILLA IN THE BRUSH It is expected the first Chief will re­ main in Mexico City some time, though no announcement was made. A message to the embassy lElB^-said the advance guard of the constitu­ tionalist army is now in plain sight of Cuernavacas, Zapata's chief strong hold. ' Many states have appointed com­ missions to regulate prices of food and other necessities, the exactions of dealers in this respect becoming un­ bearable, the embassy was ad vised.. ~ ,....... Woman's League for Self-Defense de­ cided in favor of adopting the garb of jthe male soldiers. Military efficiency for a time seemed lik< ly to be brushed aside by sent! me: t, Mrs. General J. Hungerford Mill- ban c asking the assembled women to pon ler on the thoughts of "contem- plal ive husbands and sweethearts" the; gazed at tlj*w?kirtless ladies. 1 >rc8Bea belong to the women of the ast generation, and have been the curj a and burden of women, Miss Hie- glnf countered, ^rv-v^ y v i According Wreports, Carranza believes his troops would be able tQ caPtiire Villa if the job were left to them. Some of the Carranzistas are here seen on the trail of the bandits. ' GASOmiiljSERS~WTAITH TO RITTMAN PR0CESS~^~~ Representative Randall of California proposes, in a bill before the house, that the government buy by condemna­ tion proceedings all the oil-producing area of the country. He asks the secretary of the interior to report on the advisability of having the bureau of mines establish oil-pumping plants and make gasoline by the process discovered by Dr. Walter F. Rittman. The picture shows the plant in Pittsburgh, where Doctor Rittman's process for obtaining a greater yield of gasoline from crude oil was perfected. This experimental plant was erected at a cost of $250,000. Doctor Rittman, shown at the left, has resigned his position as chemical engineer of the bureau of mines to become head of the Pittsburgh corporation. « TURKISH DIPLOMAT'S WIFE i .. ' ti This portrait of Mme, Abdul Hak Hussein, wife of the Turkish charge d'affaires in Washington, was made re- She is popular in diplomatic r€les and entertains frequently. Efficient Friend of the Allies. Col. Isaac N. Lewis, U. S. A., re­ tired, who has been authorized by the French government to construct an ordnance factory at St. Etienne for the manufacture of the Lewis rapid- fire gun, is an American, whose in­ vention was submitted to the war de­ partment while he was on the active list, and was not accepted. He then tried Germany, who^uickly /realizing the importance of tie weapon, asked for the sole right to use and manufac­ ture the gun, but was refused. Next he tried1 England. The British gov­ ernment consented to the sale of the guns to her allies, but at that time would not guarantee to purchase all that Colonel Lewis could manufac­ ture, so he went to Belgium, where he was given orders without restric­ tions. Final delivery was only twenty days before the European war broke out. The Belgians were the only sol­ diers having the Lewis guns. The English army is being supplied from the Birmingham factory. France will receive the gun in large quantifies as soon as the new Etienne plant is ready. Safer. "It says in this book that you can subdue any wild animal by looking ft|m squarely In the. eye. Do you suppose that is true?" "I don't knoW, but I'd rather take the author's word for It than to try It myself." The Borrower. "I don't see any new books scattered around your library, old chap." "No. I've been so busy lately I haven't had a chance to visit any of my friends."--Judge. PERSHING STUDYING MEXICAN MAPS W&mk 'wj", fa s An intimate study of General Pershing, commander of the expeditionary force in Mexico, taken at field headquarters at Casas Grandea. The photograph shows the general in his camp chair in the shade of a tree. GUARDING RAILWAY TUNNEL NEAR BORDER P0STCRJPTS Batter is being sold in Leeds, Eng­ land, at 47 cents a pound and in con­ sequence many people are turning to margarine at 20 and 24 cents a pound. People in the middle classes as well as In the laboring classes are now learning to use it. Without resort to computation, a new nautical instrument, to be mount­ ed over a ship's compass, enables the directions of objects at sea and their distance away to be determined. ~ • a,. In Mexico and parts of Colorado there grows a "soap plant" the roots of which on being placed in water, form suds and are suitable for wash­ ing. The population of Bridgeport, Conn.. is estimated to have increased during the present year by about 35,000-- growing from 115,000 to 150,000. ty thousand persons are said employed In Bridgeport by on cern, in three shifts of eight each. This phenomenal activ: the result of ' war business." 611E0 IN WRECK EXPRE88 CRASHES INTO tOCAL NEW HAVEN AT BRAD- -J FORD, R. I. ^ FORTY PERSONS ̂HJIBT Fire follow* Collision and Vtfctfrris Are Burned to Death--Rescuers ... . j^||A^Ajreol. by Flames--Bodies , _ j"* lire Badly Charred. Bradford, R. I., April 19.--The Gilt Edge express, a faBt all-steel through passenger train from Boston on the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad, tore a shattering path through the rear cars of a local train that was taking a siding at Bradford station on Monday night to give the express the right of way. In the grinding crash and a ftre that quickly enveloped the two rear coaches of the local, and spread to the freight and passenger station near by, at least six persons were killed, and nearly forty injured. The only person among the killed so far identified is Jeannettp Clark, daughter of William Clark, president of the Westerly mill of the American Thread company. Among the more seriously hurt are: Edward P. Barber. \ William Berber. W. H. Blinn, New York. Mrs. Calbert Cattrell. The victims were imprisoned in a jumbled mass of twisted steel and splintered wood all aflame, so that rescue work for a time was impossi­ ble. The dead and most of the in­ jured were passengers on the loeal, and the bodies which were recovered from the wreckage were charred al­ most beyond recognition. Many of the injured suffered severe burns be­ fore they could get out oflhe wreck- age. The local train, before starting to take the sid|pg, sent back a flagman, who may have been passed unno­ ticed In the heavy fog which hung low over the tracks, but it was said officially that the block signal was set against the express, and that besides its engineer had explicit prders to stop at Bradford. J The fire that ate int</ the wreckage Immediately after the crash destroyed the telegraph wires leading out of Bradford and made communication with the town difficult. When communication was restored help was summoned from Providence and New London, the former sending a wrecking train and physicians and1 the latter city dispatching a hospital train. United States infantrymen guarding a tunnel on the El Paso and South­ western railway west of El Paso. Its destruction was threatened by Villa sympathizers. CART. VON PAPEN INDICTED Recalled German Military Attache Charged With Being in Plot to Blow Up Welland Canal. New York, April 19.--Capt. Franz •on Papen, recalled military attache to the German embassy at Washing­ ton, was indicted on Monday by the federal grand jury in connection with the alleged plot to blow up the Wel­ land canal In September, 1914. Von Papen was one of the five per­ sons Indicted in. the case, including Capt. Hans Tauscher, husband of Gad- ski, the singer, who already is under arrest charged with being concerned in the plot. It was charged when Tauscher waif arrested that he and four accomplices obtained a large quantity of dynamite in New York and took it to Niagara Falls for the purpose of blowing up the Canadian waterway. The plot for some reason was abandoned. Two others of the five persons in­ dicted are Alfred J. Fritzen and Kon- stantin Kovannl. The name of the fifth was withheld by the district at­ torney. U. S, AERO CHIEF IS OUSTED Lieutenant Colonel Reber Relieved of Duty--Two Others Are Hit by Baker. Washington, April 19.--Creation of a separate army corps for aviation distinct from the signal corps was fore­ cast by Secretary Baker in announcing a general shaking up of the flying branch of the army by tlxe-^resident and the war department as a result of the recent investigations of the serv­ ice. Colonel Goodier was censured by President Wilson as commander in chief of the army for having failed "to observe the , attitude which his office and seniority of rank required him to observe among junior offi­ cers." Secretary Baker censured Brig. Gen. George P. Scriven, chief signal officer of the army, "for his failure per­ sonally to supervise the disciplinary features of the aviation corps' admin­ istration." Lieut. Col. Samuel Reber, chief of the aviation section, signal corps, was relieved from that duty and censured by Secretary Baker. Auto Workers Strike. Syracuse, N. Y., April 19.--About 3,000 men quit work in the Brown- Lipe Chapin plant, the Brown-Lipe Gear works and the New Process Raw­ hide company plants. The plants are baid to be making autos for the allies. 8ay Soldiers Mutiny; Berlin, April 19.--Soldiers at Nikol- ajewsk mutinied and set the barracks on fire, 27 perishing in the flames, says a dispatch to the Overseas News agency. The mutiny, it is said, re­ sulted from ill treatment by'officer^ 'To Establish Trade Bureau. Berlin, April 19«--To facilitate the opamtion of the German-Roumanian trade agreement selling bureaus will be established in Bucharest and Ber­ lin. These will exchange lists to gov­ ern exportation and importation. •- 25 Winnipeg Men Killed. Winnipeg, Man., April 19.--A new nadian casualty list, received here, ntains the names of 25 Winnipeg en, who were killed in the fighting ound St. Eloi. Thirty-three were ouii4ed in WVl th .A tlnkif ic nauii. Ul .i' • j^swar Drinking Hot Water Before Breakfast Says cant look or feel rlfht with the system full of poisona. •, '--- Mui&ir'of folks" batilif^' now instead of loading their ays with drugs. "What's an inside hath?" you say. Well, it is guaranteed to per­ form miracles if you could believe these hot water enthusiasts. There are vast numbers of men and women who, immediately upon arising in the morning, drink a glass of reai hot water with a teaspoonful of lime­ stone phosphate in it. This is a excellent health measure. It is tended to fluBh the stomach, liver, neys and the thirty feet of intestines of the previous day's waste, sour biW and indigestible material left over in the body which, if not eliminated every day, become food for the millions of bacteria which infest the bowels, the quick result is poisons and toxins which are then absorbed Into tho blood causing headache, bilious at* tacks, foul breath, bad taste, colds, stomach trouble, kidney misery, sleep­ lessness, impure blood and all sorts of ailments, People who feel good one day and badly the next, but who simply cus not get feeling right are urged to ob- taij a quarter pound of limestone phosphate from any druggist or store­ keeper. This will cost very little bu{ is sufficient to make anyone a real crank on the iubject of internal sani­ tation. Just as soap and hot water act on the skin, cleansing, sweetening and freshening, so limestone phosphate and hot water act on the stomach, Jiver, kidneys and bowels. It is vast­ ly more important to bathe on the in­ side than on the outside, because tho skin pores do not absorb Impurities in­ to the blood, while the bowel pores do. ---Adv. Save Meteorites. Hie South African Journal of Sci­ ence records the steps that have been thus far taken, at the suggestion of the South African Association for tho Advancement of Science, to securo legislation in various countries in the interests of science. The committees of sections A and C of the British as-, sociation adopted the following resolu­ tion at the Australia meeting: "That in view of the fact that meteorites which convey Information of world­ wide importance are sometimes dis­ posed of privately in such a way as to deprive the public of this information, the council be requested to take such steps as may Initiate international leg- islation on" the matter." Since tho Australian meeting this resolution has •been accepted by the council of tho British association and transmitted to the International Association of Acade­ mies. Embarrassing Affection. A Baltimore woman has in her em­ ploy as butler a darky of pompous and satisfied mien. Not long ago he permitted a chocolate-colored damsel* long his ardent admirer, to become his spouse. On one occasion, when the lady of the house made temporary use of the services of her butler's wife, It was observed that whenever the duties of the two brought them together, the bride's eyes wouli} shine with extraor­ dinary devotion. "Your wife Beems wonderfully at* tached to you, Robert," casually ob­ served the mistress. "Yes, ma'am," answered Robert com­ placently. "Ain't it Jest sickenin'?"-- Everybody's Magazine. Young people who marry for fun are in a different humor by the time the divorce court is sighted. The almighty dollar covers • qiulti- tude of queer transactions. A woman's idea of a good husband is one who does things for her folks. "good report Doctor Proved Value ef Postum. Physicians know that good food and drink, properly selected, are of the ut­ most importance, not only for the to* lief of disease but to maintain health even when one is well. * A doctor writes, "I count it a pleas* ure to say a good word for Postum with which I have been enabled te re­ lieve so many sufferers, and which I count, with its valued companion. Grape-Nuts, onethe daily blessings. "Coffee was banished from my own, table some time ago and Postum used regularly In Its place." (Coffee is in­ jurious to many persons, because II contains the subtle, poisonous drug, caffeine-) "I frequently find It necessary to tar struct patients when they take Pos­ tum for the first time to be quite sure that it is properly made according to directions, then it has a clear, seal* brown color and a rich, snappy taste, as well as health giving qualities. 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