Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 30, 1916, Page 1

VOL. XLVI—NO. 11 RMEXICANS SLAY & ' HOUNDED UPON CARRIZAL FIELD One of Returning Soldiers From Chihuahua Prison Says En- emy Killed Some of In- jured Soldiers. S00UT BLAMES CAPTAIN R Q_Spillsbury Repeats Charges of “Bullheadedness” on Boyd's Part. CHEERED AT EL PASO El Paso, Tex., June 29.—The twen- ty-three negro troopers of the Tenth cavalry, who at Carrizal, Villahu- mada, Chihuahua City, and Juarez, have been central figures in the most striking and potential chapters of the Mexican situation, are once more safely out of Mexico. ] Survivors of a bloody battle with a vastly superior force; victims twice of mobs that stoned them; more than ) once gripped with the fear of execur tion for their part in the Boyd ex- pedition, and, lastly, objects of in- tercession by, the president of the United States, they were bm_ught to the border from Chihuahua City on a special train today and turned over to General George Bell, jr, com- mander of the El Paso base. Tow Stories Told. With them came Lem H. Sp}lls— Bury, the Morman scout, who guided ‘aptain Charles T. Boyd and his lit- tle command over thetrail that lead to the Carrizal encounter. Spills- bury spent the night at the home of his ‘brother here. The troopers were |/ quartered at Fort Bliss, awaiting or- i/ ders from General Funston at San Antonio. Two stories, widely diverg- ing, were brought back from their daptivity by the prisoners. One told by Spillsbury, upholds statements he was credited with mak- ing at Chihuahua City, charging Boyd with “bullheadedness” in advancing in the face of a certain Mexican at- tack. The other narrated by fighting men of the Tenth, declares the Mexi- cans to have been the aggressors and blames them for the ensuing slaug- ter. The latter account is embellished with charges that have not hitherto been brought to light. Killed Wounded Americans. §Private William D, Gibson de- clared that he was certain that after the Americans had quit the field of \ the Carrizal battle, the Mexicans went over it and killed several Americans who were wounded, but still alive. ' Gibson’s assertion was corrorbated by Privates Archie Jones and Luther Alexander. Numerous others of the troopers claimed they had been robbed of money and valuables following their capture. A The arrival of Spillsbury and the ngro troopers at the border today took rank in the annals of El Paso and Juarez with the recent visit of Generals Scott and Obregon. Thou- sands gathered in both cities to wit- ness the event. ; In Juarez, a big crowd at the Mexi- can Central railroad station, viewed e disembarking of the prisoners their special train with curiosity, but gave no outward evidence of enmity. Jers From Mexicans. Now and then, as they progressed from the station to the disinfecting plant, from that point to the coman- dancia, and finally to the international bridge, there were scattering disap- proving jeers. In the main, however, the Mexican populace acted with re- serve, X Once the crowd in Juarez acted with genuine good humor. That was when the troopers descended from the train. Stripped of theri uniforms after the battle of Carrizal and with restoration only partly made, the “\\dusky soldiers were decked out in i striking and motley garb. Their ap- (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) The Weather For Omaha, Council Bluffs and Vicinity— unsettled; not much change In temperature. Temperatures at Omaha Yesterday. y 254 3 Baggasy. peay M. ios . 86 Record. 1916. 1916. 1914, 1913 92 16 80 94 Lowest yesterday .. 72 64 60 76 ¢ Mean ‘temperature .. 82 70 70 g8p Precipitation Tt 00 - Temperature and precipitation departures rom the normal: Normal temperature . Deflciency for the day . Total excess since March Normal precipitation Deficlency for the day . Total rainfall stnce March 1. Deficlency since March 1 . Deficiency cor. period In 19 Excess cor. perfod in 1914 Reports From Statio Station and State Temp. of Weather, Choyenne, cloudy .. Davenport, clear . Denver cloudy Des Moines, Dodge Ci Sherigan, part cloud. Stoux City, clear . 7 Valentine, ' cle . 00 92 T indicates trace of precipltation. . L. A. WELSH, Moeteorologist. MRS. CORNELIUS VAN- DERBILT has offered to the New York Guard a' motor ambulance. It will cost be- tween $20,000 and $25,000. 1% v} TIARS QURNELIUS VANDERBY, DIPLOMATS AGAIN OFFER MEDIATION Ministers of Bolivia and Salva- | dor Make Second Call Upon Secretary Lansing. TIME IS NOT YET RIPE Washington, D. C., June 29.—Ig- nacio Calderon, minister of Bolivia, | and Rafael Zalvidar, minister of Sal- vador, called at the State depart- ment today to renew their efforts to learn whether the United States would entertain an offer of media- tion in the Mexican crisis. Mr. Calderon talked with Secretary Lansing about five minutes. After- OMAHA, FOURTH'S OFFICERS PASS ALL THE TESTS | ~ WITH GOOD REGORD FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 30, 1 None of Men in Charge of ““)\ w\‘:\g o Regiment Fail to Pass :§;\\\° 1) Examination When It G\o'-‘\" -<ER AND Is Given. WR?® T HIS CcoNvoY | NEED OF A NEW FLAG FELT QINTL FIPMT SERVICE | —— \ | Regimental Colors Need to Bci | Replaced Because of | | Hard Wear. OPERATION TO GET IN RANK | (From a Staff Correspondent.) { § B | Lincoln, June 29.—(Special.)—Some | § | patriotic citizen would find his ef-| : | forts very much appreciated if he | i would present the Fourth regiment | of the Guard with a new flag. | | The present flag, when unfolded | yesterday, was found to be in such bad shape that it nearly fell apart | This fiag is not the Stars and Stripes, | but the official regimental flag, made | |up in a field of blue with the coat of |arms of Nebraska in the center, with {the “Fourth Nebrska Infantry” | printed on the field of blue. The flag is a part of the stand of | colors and is a companion to Old ‘(}]nry bourne by the color guard when | [ on parade. Signal Corps Hit Hard. | The signal corps from Fremont was | hit harded by the examinations on | physical fitness than any company in | 916—TWELVE PAGES. Un Trains, at Hotels, News Stands. etc.. 8o MOTORCYCLE DISPATCH BEARER AND HIS CONVOY—Dispatch bearers mounted on motorcycles and accompanied by armed convoys form an important unit of the New York National Guard. The photograph shows one of the couriers and his convoy ready to dash away with orders from headquarters to a distant command. |the Guard so far examined, twenty- | to overcome the disability a |later. One man, anxious to go, was | much disappointed to find himself dis- | qualified by having two toes grow where only one was supposed to ‘grn\\x He asked the surgeon if the difficulty could not be remedied by | having ‘one or both taken off. He| I was informed that he could. He at | once submitted to an operation and | is getting along all right. The young | {man is Private Ford Jackson. His ARREST IS FRAMEUP Guy Brent, Taken Into Custody After Suicide of Banker, Denies Guilt. GROSS INTO MEXIGO | Detachment from Columbus Goes South to Help Guard | Pershing’s Supply Line, GIRL IN THE W00DS gins Third Day Under Cross. Examination, “THOUGHT SHE WAS DEAD" THE WEATHER Cmy SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. RUPTURE WITH MEXICO SEEMS LESS PROBABLE Order of Carranza for Release of Americans Held at Chi- huahua Oauses Tension to Relax. ANSWER EXPECTED SOON Preparation for Guarding the | Defendant in Murder Trial Be. ¢ | parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jackson, were | present and seemed pleased to know | BANK EXAMINERS AT WORK (From a Staff Correspondent.) MEN GO ON MOTOR TRUCKS | Columbus, N. M., June 29.—For the| Waukegan, 11, June 29.—Resum- [that their son would be able to re-$ ain in the service. Robert E. Dunlap, chief of the Dun- dee fire department, joined the com- pany of Captain Todd yesterday. ward he said he had been told that the United States could not discuss!"‘ mediation in the absence of informa-| tion that the Ameri¢an prisoners had | actually been released and as to Car-| i % ranza’s reply to the demand for a| Officers Pass “Exam. statement of intentions toward the| The officers, both field and staff, of expedition in Mexico. | the Fourth regiment, took their ex- The minister reminded Mr. Lansing | aminations today, and all passed with of the interest of all the American|a gaod record. This puts the Fourth republics in preserving peace and said |in good shape and ready for serv- he would call again when Carranza's |ice as soon as the final order comes. | first time since their mobilization on the border National Guards crossed into Mexico on military service last Clarinda, la, June 29.—(Special Telegram.)—That the alleged specu- lations of a bookkeeper who had grown up with the bank from I)u)-}"igl‘h hood so warked on the mind of H:Ar-i Three motor trucks were loaded vey R. Spry that he became mentally with New Mexico guardsmen and dis- "“";""“i"}‘" ;‘“f‘ ”"I’}\’ )'il-‘lm“v ‘i‘ the | patched down General Pershing’s line xplanation being offered he: ¢ UG vice president of the Clarinda State |against its being cut. bank, on the same day that Spry| This action was taken following re- |all reply to the note of the United States had_been received. Hay Resolution Sent to President For Signature Washington, June 29.—The senate today approved and sent to the White House the conference report on the Hay resolution authorizing the presi- dent to draft into the federal service National Guardsmen taking the prescribed oath. As finally agreed upon, the resolu- tion is stripped of both the house provision for financial relief for de- pendents of guardsmen and the sen- ate amendment authorizing the re- lease of members of the guard having families without means of support. Transferring of guardsmen to the federal service will make them availa- ble for any service, like regulars, and they will be taken over “for the per- iod of the emergency.” Any who failed to take the new oath will retain their National Guard status and will be available for border defense service, : Cotton Seed Crushed Shows Big Decrease Washington, June 29.—Cottonseed crushed from the crop of 1915 totalled 4,201,059 tons, compared with 5,799,- 665 tons in 1914, the census bureau today announced. Linters obtained numbered 930469 equivalent 500- pound bales, compared with 856,900 bales in 1914. 1t is understood that they will first be sent to El Paso, and from there sent to New Mexico for patrol duty. Two of the staff of the Fourth are Methodist preachers, the ar|juta|_n, John F. Poucher, and the chaplain, killed himself, the bank examiners ar- rived. The bookkeeper, Guy Brent, 25 years old, soon to be married, is in the county jail, stoutly denying his guilt. “This is a frameup; T am be- | 1 |Joseph M. Leidy, so it is probably| ficers will be well looked after. Rev.| Mr. Poucher has been notified by his | church board, one of the Omaha| ‘churchcs, that they have granted him | good wishes, sent him a month’s sal-| besides being pastor of one of the, Omaha churches, was conpected with | | the county in the capacity of juvenile | officer. Warn Iowa Captain - ToStay Away From ~ Home Long Time | Des Moines, la., June 29.—Captain J. C. McGregor, commanding Troop D of the First Iowa cavalry, two- thirds of which organization has re- fused to take the federal oath, re- ceived today from citizens of West Branch, la., his home, the following: “You tried to take our boys to war; you need not return to this town.” , ; Adjutdnt General Logan, Brigadier General Allen, Major Howell, com- | manding the cavalry, and Colonel | Morgan, U. S. A, chief mustering of- ficer, went into a conference today | to decide what to do with the First cavalry, two-thirds of which refused | to take the federal oath. | president ing made the scapegoat of circum- that the spiritual welfare of the of-|stances over which I have no con-| trol,” he told a reporter when the latter visited him in his sell. Further than this he would not talk. “Wait until the bank examiners get a leave of absence, and to show their | through and see what the directors | have to say. Then there will be ary as pin money. Rev. Mr. Leidy, |plenty of time to prove my inno-| cence,” he averred. Letters Are Withheld. Brent's arrest followed the discov- ery of tow letters written by the vice before he shot himsdf. These letters are being withheld from publication by Dr. F. H. Clark, county coroner, who also refused to hold an inquest. One was addressed to the bank, telling, it is said, that Brent was guilty of irregularities, and the other was to his wife, advising her of the disposal of certain properties and explaining his act. N. H. Carmody and V. W. Miller, state bank examiners, are at work on the books, but on account of the ab- sence from the city of the president and cashier, who are taking their va- cations, it will be at least two days more before the exact condition of the institution is known, directors say. They offer positive assurance, how- ever, that depositors will lose no money. All of the directors are wealthy and they say they will per- sonally make good any shortage, should such a development occur. The only shortage so far amounts to about $4,000. Rumors of Grain Speculation. The Clarinda State bank is capital- a surplus Guards Resent Criticism of Delay |, 700, i b s i In Getting Ready to Move Soutn BY P. A. BARROWS. Lincoln, June 29.—(Special.)—The attempt of an Omaha newspaper to cast reflections in the officers of the National Guard who have had charge of the mobilization of the Nebraska | Guard and the enlistment of new men to make the quota because _nf the de- lay of getting away, met with strong s | condemnation by every officer and the mep of the two regiments who read the attack. The charge was so absolutely un- called for that much indignation was shown around camp headquarters. Mobilization of a National Guard is no small work. That the troops have not been moved is not due to inef- ficiency of anybody, much less the of- ficers in charge. General Hall and Colonels Eberly and Paul of the Fourth and Fifth regiments have been working night ‘and day in an effort to get the guard equipped up to . | standard. In less than forty-eight hours after the Guard reached Lincoln the Fourth | regiment was ready for muster, Th_is was oply not done because of delay in receiving orders to so proceed. Cap- tian Tupes and Lieutenant Wrightson | of the regular army have been on duty and carrying on the work of muster- ing the companies just as fast s it could be carried on and they were this week reinforced by Lieutenant Parker, Anyone in close touch with the work knows that if there has been any unnecessary delay it has not been the fault of the officers in charge of the. camp. Every officer connected with the work had chaffed at the delay as | much as the men, but they know that it has been unavoidable, because there | has been a lack of equipment for the new men mustered to fill the ranks. | The equipment arrived Monday | night and as fast as the companies |needed it has been issued. The men | could not go to the border. without equipment. They could not go with- out first taking the medical examina- tion. It takes an average of ten hours for each company. However, there is more than one examining surgeon, 'STI that the work is being pushed rap- idly. Everybody <8 working, and work- | ing hard, Every member of the Gen- | Haysel, has been on duty long hours eral Hall's staff and especially Major‘ Mr. Spry recently lost large sums in l\\hea( operations in the Omaha mar- ket, but this talk is indignantly de- |nied by his colleagues, who say that | had he been speculating they would certainly have known it. Mr. Spry, at the time of his death, was president of the School board and | was prominent in church circles. He {was perhaps the most enterprising | figure in Clarinda, and the develop- | ment of this city is largely due to his | efforts \ “It_might possibly sound strange to those who did not know him that he | should take his life because of worry |over the acts of another,” said C. A. Lisle, one of the bank directors, who |is also a relative. “But that is just the kind of soul he was. He knéw that irregularities ad occurred in the bank, and though he was innocent, sill he was afraid he would be blamed |anyway. The worry was so great that his reason became unbalanced.” Brent Long With Bank. Young Brent worked up to a $75 a month position from the rank of of- | fice boy at §8 a week. He had been and working unceasingly. [ witl the bank for nine years and this Of course, if one is looking only for |is the first time he has ever been in something to criticise and passing up | trouble. the good things which should be| Bank officials menticned, he would probably find |arrested him b se of Mr. Spry's many things to find fault with, but|letter. They signed no complaint when one considers that it was less | him, though they declare that kis ex- | y Sheriff Whitmore | ceipt of a report that the Carranzis- | tas have been cnncentrltin% farge forces of cavalry at or near Guzman, |on the Mexican Northwestern rail- road. Such troops would be in a po- sition to interrupt the American com- | munications, which are but ten miles distant from Guzman. / large number of remounts left here yesterday for General Persh- ing’s headquarters and were ordered | turned back by the American com- mander because of fear that the re- ports might be true. No further in- | formation has been received here re- garding the supposed presence at Guzman of the .de facto government troops. | Thousands of De Factos Massed to Hem in Americans Columbus, N. M., June 29.—Accord- ing to reports received here, 10,000 Carranzista cavalry have been mobil- ized at Bustillo, on the Mexican Northwestern, 12,000 men are at Vil- la Ahumada, 2,000 are at Guzman and General P. Elias Calles of Sonora is moving large bodies of troops toward the Sonora-Chihuahua border, If these reports are true, the envel- oping movement of the Mexicans around General Pershing’s army is | becoming more and more pronounced, | Army officers say, however, that the | American commander is readjusting | his men to meet every move. A company of New Mexico militia will leave here late today for Deming | to stand guard at the hanging of Jose | Rangel, Juan Castillo and two other | Villista raiders at Columbus who are |to be executed tomorrow. News from Mexico Causes Advance in The Leading Stocks New York, June 29.—Advances of 2 to 5 points in leading stocks was Wall street's response to the more fa- vorable over-night developments in |the Mexican situation. Stocks with Mexican connection were among the Smelting, Green Cananea and South- ern Pacific gaining 2 to 4 points. The entire list strengthened to the point | where most losses of the early week were completely obliterated. leaders in the buoyant rise, American |000 ing today the cross-examination of Will H. Orpet, on trial charged with the murder of Marion Lambert, At- torney David R. Joslyn asked ques- tions concerning what happened fol- lowing Orpet's return to Madison af- ter he had left Marion dead in the | woods. “Did yqu get up early to get the newspapers to see if Marion had lived died 2 “Why, weren't you anxious to learn whether she lived or died?" “We didn't get the papers at the house.” “You testified that you hovered over Marion’s body thirty seconds or a minute, How did you know she was dead unless you had given her cy- anide of potassium?” I said that T was at her body prob- ably less than three minutes.” “She lay on the grpund and she looked dead,” the witness said. “Did you, as a matter of fact, know that she was dead until you read the papers at Madison?” “I thought T did. The newspapers corroborated this."” Sir Roger Casement, Sentenced to Die; Bailey is Released London, !une 29.—Sir Roger Case- ment was found guilty of high trea son this morning and sentenced to death. After Sir Roger had been sen- tenced, DnnielJl. Bailey, the private soldier who had been ‘held as his ac- cnr.nrlice, was placed in the dock. The chief justice directed the jury to re- turn a verdict of not guilty and Bailey was discharged. Hay Introduces Bill to Take Care of Soldiers’ Families Washington, June 29.—Representa- tive Hay introduced as a separate measure a bill to appropriate $2,000,- 000 to provide for dependent families of dguan‘lsmen. It will be considered under suspension of the rules .Mon- day. . The bill also would authorize the discharge in the discretion of the secretary of war of any enlisted man with a dependent family except those who marry after July 1. Senate Passes Urgent Deficiency Measure Washington, June 29.—An urgent deficiency bill appropriating $27,536,- 0 for emergency expenses connected with the movement of the National Guard to the Mexican border was passed by the senate today without debate. It already had passed the house. Border and Pursuing Ban. dits to Oontinue. MR. ARREDONDO TALKS Washington, June 20.—Official an- nouncement of Carranza’s order for the release of the American troopers captured at Carrizal reached the State department early today from Special Agent Rodgers at Mexico City, When he sent the message last night Mr. Rodgers expected to be handed a reply to the American note at any moment. p Danger of an immediate break with the de facto government had been relieved last night by press dis- patches saying the prisoners had been started for the border from Chihua« hua city. Until Carranza replies to the demand for a statement of his attitude toward the American expe- dition in Mexico to protect the bor- der, however, the crisis is only less imminent than it was before. Will Maintain Border Guards. Even should the Mexican reply dise claim any hostile intention and withe draw orders to Carranza military commanders offensive to the United States, the border patrol would be maintained at the strengtlr now con- templated, while any danger from bandits continued. To free. itself rom the menace of an army mobil- ized on its northern frontier, the Mexican government must comply also with the demands that it police , adequately its border states and estab- lish such firm military control there that raiding into the United States is improbable, and he assembly. of any large group of bandits impossible. In announcing he had been advised by his foreign office of the order for the release of the prisoners, Mr. Ar- redondo said hi; information was that Austrians Ma'king i Stand at Foot of The Carpathians Berlinh, June 28.—(Via London, June 29,)—For several days it has seemed that the fighting in the Russian front has come virtually to a stangdstill, the Russians having reached the moun- tainous region of Bukowina, which the Austrians had selected for a strong stand, and that neither side apparent- ly was able to make substantial proe gress in Volhynia. Today's laconic announcement in the general staff bulletin of the cap- ture of Linewka village in Volhynia, however, reflects an important Ger man success, but it gives no indica- tion of the terrible fighting there. The correspondent of the Lokal An- zeiger, writing June 23, says the fight- ing at Linewka has been of the hard- est along the entire front. U. 8. Buys British (uns and Munitions New York, June 29.—The War de- artment, it was learned tonight, has een able to obtain for immediate de- livery, through the courtesy of the British government, 250 Lewis ma- chine Sunn, made by the Driggs-Sea= bury Ordnance company for use in Europe. At the same time, because car- tridges of the kind hitherto used b: United States troops are not suitable for the Lewis gun, the War depart« ment has ordered 6,000,000 car- tridges from the United States Car- tridge company. The am.nunition also was being manufactured on Brit- ish specifications for shipment to the British forces. Both cartridges and guns will go forward at once. The a.nmunition order represents only a few days’ out put of the cartridge company. Asks Fifteen Million Dollars for Air Craft Washington, June 29.—The war de- partment submitted supplemental es- timates to congress todng' calling for an appropriation of $15,000,000 for army and National Guard air sery- ice. It asked that the money be made available immediately. The estimates show an increase of gIZ.OO0,000 over senate figures and 14,000,000 over the house military committee plan. The increase is due to a signal corps plan to outfit, at ohce, twelve National \Guard aero- plane squadrons, one to each tactical division. Each squadron would have thirty-six scouting and battle aircraft. in addition to its motor truck and motorcycle equipment. San Diego, Cal., June 29.—Captain C. C. Culver, U. 8. A, aronautical | radio expert attached to the signal | corps training school here, succeeded ’Captain Culver Sends Radio Message From Army Aeroplane he was convinced he could have kept in communication with Captain Cul- ver ' at a distance of seventy-five miles. than a week ago that the Nebraska travagance of the last few months today in sending a radio message| The instrument used was a modi- twenty miles from a military areo- | fication of the aeroplane radio set Guard was ordered to mobilize a:u”warrants suspicion. The young man that in that time one whole regiment iwus soon to be married to Miss Wil- and several detachments have been|mer Rinker, an employe in a local mustered in, examined and fully|store. She spends her time now at equipped, while the other is nearly so, [ the county pail, comforting the young | it would appear th;& the officers of [man whom she believe "is being the Guard were entitled to credit in- | martyred. Brent will have his hear- stead of criticism, ing next week. { plane flying at an altitude of 5000 feet, it was announced here today. By arrangement with Dr, R. O, Shel- iton, an amateur wireless/ enthusiast, Captain Culver sent his message from a machine piloted by Sergeant Will- iam Ocker of the army aviation school. After the test, Shelton said |usc}J by the French flying corps. Lxperiments in receiving messages while in flight will be mase soon by Captain Culver. . Capt. Culver is a son of Gen, J. H. Culver of this state, and is well known to many in Nebraska. The news of war, politics, sport and dress are no more important to you than Bee .Want-Adnews i)