Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 2, 1914, Page 4

GENERAL VILLA IN MEXICO CITY Enters Capital at Head of 25,000 Soldiers. NARROWLY ESCAPESDEATH Constitutionalist Commander’s Train Is Wrecked in Collision and Thirty- two Pergons Killed and Forty In- jured—Says His Only Mission Is to Restore Peace. Mexico City, Dec. 2.—General Villa has entered the capital at the head of about 25000 troops. He arrived dur- ing the previous afternoon in the sub- urbs, where he remained some hours receiving delegations and foreign con- suls. Villa did not enter the capital until the arrival of Provisional Presi- dent Gutierrez. General Villa had a narrow escape from death just before entering the city. His train collided with the train of General Chao above Tula. Thirty- two persons were killed and forty in- jured. One mile below the scene of the wreck six mines were found con- nected with a battery concealed in a ravine. The general's train passed over these mines, which were not dis- covered until the next morning. General Villa issued the following statement to. the press: Villa Explains His Mission. “My only mission is to restore or- der in Mexico and not to take person- al revenge on any ome. I promisz that order will be restored at once. | am acting as the subordinate of Pro- visional President Gutierrez and the national convention. “The provisional president is now the supreme power in Mexico and [ am merely acting as field commander of the armies. All foreigners and for- eign prpoperty will be protected.” Villa left Tula after receiving ne of the capture of Pachuca by the ¢ alry brigade of General Raoul )i > The Carranza troops retired skirmish between outposts. “This is better than- my last vis when I came here as a friendl pr cner of Huerta,” remarked General Villa upon his arrival. DAVID LAMAR IS ON TRIAL “Wolf of Wall Street” Accused of Impersonating Officers. New York, Dec. 2—David Lamst accused of impersonaling offcers of the United States with intent to fraud Wall street bankers and con panies, was placed on trial in the fed eral court here. District Attorney Marshall announc: ed that Lamar would be prosecuterd only on one indictment—the one charging him with impersonati Representative A. Mitchell Palmer with the intent to defraud J. P. Mor- gan & Co.and the United States Steel corporation. It is charged that La- mar, in telephoning messages, repre- sented himselt as being Mr. Palmer and sought improperly to have the Morgan firm and the Steel corpora- tion employ Edward Lauterbach, a lawyer. WILSON REPLIES TO GARDNER Asks Conference Before Military In- vestigation Is Begun. Washington, Dec. 2.—President Wilson's letter to Representative Gardner on the latter's resolution for congressional investigation of the military preparedness of the United States has been wade public. The president wrote: “You may be sure that I do not have an attitude of indifference to the great subject which you broach, but I should like to have a conler- ence with you before the resolution you have in mind is offered, in order to present my views to you more fully than is possible in a letter.” DISMISS RECOUNT PETITION Ohio Anti-Saloon League Loses Effort to Compel Review of Voting. Columbus, O., Dec. 2.—The Ohio su- preme court dismissed the petition of the Anti-Saloon league for writs of mandamus to compel a recount of the votes cast in Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus and Toledo Nov. 3. Representatives of the league as serted that a recount in the cities would prove that gross frauds were perpetrated which resulted in the de- feat of the prohibition amendment and the adoption of the home rule amendment, a wet measure. Drug Habit Exaggerated. Washington, Dec. 2.—That the num- ber of persons in the United States addicted to the habitual use of drugs is not nearly so large as had been supposed is the conclusion of the pub- lic health service. It had estimated that between | and 2 per cent of the population were drug habitues. Sealed Bids for Wood. Sealed bids, in lots of 50 cords, will be received by the School Board of Independent District of Bemidji for 600 cords of green tamarack and Jjackpine wood, sawed ends, delivered on the School grounds not later than April 15, 1915. Bids will be opened at the regular meeting of the Board to be held on Wednesday, December 9, 1914, at 4:30 P. M. The board reserves the right to re- Jject any or all bids. J. P. LAHR, Clerk. 2td 122-5 1tw 123 Female school teachers in Califor- nid are pair an average salary of $77. 91 a year. LUCIUS TUTTLE. Former President of Boston and Maine Railroad Dead. Lucius Tuttle, former president of the Boston and Maine railroad, is dead at his home at Brookline, Mass. Death was due to angina pectoris. HELD ON MURDER CHARGE Man Jailed Following Fatal Quarrel at Road Camp. Granite Fails, Minn,, Dec. 2.—John McManus arrested and locked up here charged with the murder of A. M. Adams in a road camp near Canby. Toth were employed in Duilding state roads. It is alleged Adams, Mc- Manus and a companion named Ried engaged in a quarrel and it is said McManus stabbed Adams to death. Ried was injured slightly. NAVAL BATTLE NEAR IN SOUTH ATLANTIC Montevideo, Urnguay, Dec. 2.—Brit- ish and Japanese warships are said to be closing in on the German squad- ron in southern waters. A big sea battle is expected at any time and traffic in the South Atlantic has been practically abandoned. The CGerman squadron of Admiral von Spee is now reported off the mouth of the Straits of Magellan, Ten British warships were reported off the Brazilian coast recently and are| & headed for the Germans, while the Japanese Pacific squadron likewise is following on the Germans' trail. The British steamer Voltaire, bound for New York, heard wireless mes: sages exchanged between German ps and immediately put into|: port, fearing capture. Officers of the Voltaire said the ans were calling for their sup- All vessels have been warn- ed that trafiic will bo hazardous until the hostile warships are out of the vieinity. 100,000 MEN THROWN AGAINST ALLIED LINE] 2—Every ablebodied | Paris, Dec. German in that can be spared from g on duty is on ‘the fighting line between Ypres and the coast. A report received here declared that in the lull following the past week Belgian towns back of the' lines were emptied to the last man that could be spared in the maintenance of order. A fierce attack is said to have been directed against the allied lines be- tween Ypres and the Lys. More than 100,000 Germans are massed for this assault. The rush of reinforcements to the northern line to the amount of 100,000 is believed to be due to a fear of an attack from the French and British. In case of a German retreat being or- dered heavy forces would be needed to hold the allies in check and to cov- er the Germans in their withdrawal to the line of concrete trenches, further toward the interior. Belzium L R R FRENCH ORDER 10,000,000 CANS OF BEEF. Chicago, Dec. 2.—Additional orders for 10,000,000 cans of corned beef and 250,000 fat hog backs have been placed with Chicago packers by the French' government. Lo o b GENERALVON OSWALD KILLED Three Other German Die of lilness, Berlin, Dec. 2.—Lieutenant General von Oswald of Wurttemberg, who was taken from the retired list and given command of a landwehr infantry bri- gade, has been killed in battle in the west. Lieutenant Generals Henning, com- mander of an infantry division, Benno and Von Grumbkon, mander of an infantry brigade, have died of illness resuiting from strenw ous_field service. Notice. All those knowing themselves in- debted to me are kindly requested to settle their book account or note be- fore Jun. 1, 1915. I am obliged to ask customers to favor me promptly to enable me to meet my own obli- gations. ‘W. G. SCHROEDER. Since receiving municipal suffrage over 28,000 African women have reg# _istered in Johannesburg. Commanders | & the latter com-|H VICTIMS FOUND ALONG RAILWAY Ronning Battle With Rob- bers on Freight Train. THREE DEAD; THREE HURT Killed and Wounded Picked Up Be- side Track Over a Distance of For- ty Miles, Indicating That Struggle Lasted More Than an Hour. Sandusky, O., Dec. 2—Three men are reported dead and three others seriously injured as a result of hav- ing been pushed from a moving Lake Shore freight train during a running battle with three robbers evidently lasting more than an hour while the train sped between Toledo and Cleve- land. Dead or injured men were found along the track for forty miles. Only one of the dead men was iden- tified. He was William C. Gallagher of Cleveland, teamster, found beside the track six miles west of Sandusky. Frank Diels, said to be a tramp, was found severely injured a mile further along the track. Police say one body was found near Amherst and another near Port Clin- ton. Two negroes and a white man are said to have robh the other men while all were and then thrown thc! workers in Japan are women: .. Get your clothes washed and all flat pieces ironed, 265c per doz. Home Laundry. Phone 498.—Adv. SHOW INTEREST IN WONDERLAND TRAIL (Continued from Page 1.) miles of this splendid highway. 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