The intelligencer. (Anderson, S.C.) 1915-1917, June 22, 1916, Page PAGE FOUR, Image 5
ESTABLISHED 186?
. Published every morning . except
Monday by Tho Anderson Intelligen
cer et KO Weat Whknor Street, An
.t.OS'?.0'1, ?J. (j.
'i'"' i M i 'i. I, , i ' I 1 ' ' 11 l^'
SEMI-WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER
Published Tuesdays and Fridays
L. 28. GLENN..Editor and Manager.
Entered as i ?econd-class mattel
Ap-.il 28, ISM, at the post office at
Anderson, South Carolina, ander the
Act of Match 3, 1878.
y - "'-*-'* T"1'
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES
Velepbone,... ... .. ..331
?CRSCRIPTION BITES
DAILY
One Year.. ,. .. ... ?V .. ..55.00
Six Months...?. 8.SO
Three Months .. ...1.?S
Ope Month .. .. .. *. .'**?..'. -42
?kia Weet.. *?
SEMI-WEEKLY
Oas Tear.. ..y ,?11.80
Six Months....7C
The Intelligencer ls delivered by
wrier in the city.
.; Look at the printed label on your
Soper. - The dato thereon shows whe n
te subscription expires. Notice date
, tnd label carefully, and 1* not correct
?pdasa notify ns at date.
^Mibaoribers desiring th? address of
?t?lr pipe? changed, will please, state
la their communication both tba ?dd
?nd new1 addresses... . , ...
Tc. Insure prompt delivery, com
f kinta of ncb-dellv?ry in the city
ff Anderson- should be made to the
Circulation Department be foro o a. m.
? sud a copy will he sent .at one?.
All checks and drafts Should K
drawn foThe'Andorsbn Intelligencer.
, ADVERTISING
Hates will be furnished on appllea
.tion. ? -^ty&iPiT
. v ?No M advertising' discontinued ei
jespt on written order
The Intelligencer will publish brief
sud rational letters on subjects vi
geharsl interest whpd they are ac
companied by the ,names and - ad
.banco of thc authora and are.not ot
'M :? -?-fifanjatory nature Anonymous
?WaimunleationS will not be noticed,
itejastsd tnarUsortp?? wiX not tnt r*?
tbrdod.' ' . -. . . . ? .
In order to avoid delays on account
of p?r*oesl absence, letters, to ;. Th?
intelligencer intended for publication
should not bo addressed to nny indi
vidual cohno?t?d^wlth tho pacer, but
simply to The Intelligencer.
^THURSDAY. JUNI0>?2? 1D1G.
What hos becoiiio of Ibo old fashlon
!udy. who wore a tbreast pin. 'V it
. lt's;safe to ?ajr. Villa will . ste
cienr?* of the border ' hereafter.
?V.. Something seems; to haye taken ' the
$ftigh out of ous* oteto campaign.
Wilson's, note^ to (Carranza wsa.V
vory; ?fikrpi ohs and yet it was very
blunt. ?.' . .'. ..' ..;'.'h:
.r- .: . . v
We-flogged Mexico before the Civil
Way; and wo ought to bb' ?bl? t? do
it again.
Old . Whiskers will soon learn that
:,he oasoed Dbcle Sam just ons time
.too; many.
soldier's sweetheart glories In
call tb ?rms." too,.but it's differ
ent,kind of arm?, you sao. '??
C^ran2ft wSU '^ud out that demand
ing A thing and getting .lt ?re entirely
diff?rent propositions. \v ^'
|ma? fact that Mexico h&a-:.njpl"]m8
must make our fighters who ^.arakon
thc sea mighty envious' of. our land
"abhors, . '';,. i-.;;' ' '.. V
. ; .-Vf ~4-?r-- '-} \ :'v- ?';'
iV Virginia judie holds that Sunday
music in hotels and cafes ts unlawful.
When a commodity gets thst good it
?V?iU'btar watching. .
Mexico may be short of food bat
ier? ls plenty ot food for thought in
that hot? Dacie Ssm has just dia
uatehi-4 to old Granddaddy : Long
B?iird. hW^?^^?^?rMW^
W?'are juBt hcblng to s^e thst for
j? v . w?rteblo ?M^xicou ; nary ? (consisting ot
" '.Wo^Bb^te't?o?iw* ti^spo'rii?y.sa.
' Unc?s ?am >'arcay, of euperdread
weons has seid that "when Ena*
gets fighting mad something ti
I to ^oappen^z-vsPrajr,^.? how; long
lt take o&?^my\?> get hui
.,. jdy aatd thstr.?a the.event of war
ith Germany' hs and hts, ?ons and
? - - - iu icw w?AUd -, ? w?! ^i**- st
:?|?^t^
IF WE GO TO WAB
War with Mexico apeara now to be
inevitable. There ls a bare posit
Dlllty that lt may be averted, but
lt ie not at all likely. Carranza, the
first chief, will,, if war ls averted,
have to show that ho possesses .more
ibrain capacity and greater leadership
than has so far.been recognized. Un
fortunately the vast majority of. the
' Mexicans are illiterate and they
actually believe it posible for Mexico
te whip the United States. Cerrau
za's popularity as a leader depends
very largely upon the adoption of
prevailing Ideas and opinions. This
being true, it can be understood that
his reply to the Washington note
will be framed In accordance with
public demands. Besides, it is not
hard to see thai iie is on the vergo
of losing lie hold upon the people
as the result of the agreement with
?nr'asniaston permitU?g tho punitive
expedition into Mexico, and to regain
the prestige lost, be will most likely
cast the die against his own judg
ment
In the event war proven to bo in
evitable lt ls to be boped that human
ity, magnanimity and . justice will
characterise every movement of this
government Mexico is wasted and
impoverished., She has no navy, on
ly a li:!il tc J quantity of muniUona
for her army, and no hope of assis
tance from any. other nation. There
should be no slaughter of the ? Mexi
can army , nor destruction of her cit
ies. 'Never, again, perhaps, in the
.hlr.tory bf the United States will ouch
an opportunity be presented for thia
nation to show to. the world that hu
manity,' justice, and magnanimity sra
the true and only motives in armed
' in tor vent Ibu; that thin nation instead
o? desiring the exploitation of Mexican
wealth,, ls beet .upon giving Mexico
; a stable government and '~?elng hei
; people contented and prosperous.
. With, a large body of troopB on the
! border-a force sufficient to give evi
dence cf the strength and determina
tion bf the United Statesman d s
?reasonable fleet iii the Gulf of Mexico
to a-realization that Bhe? ls ae com
pletely hemmed tn as a rat In a trap,
: If this falls to bring capitulation, thc
border force!could bs Gradually mov
ed Inland toward the coast, forcinj
j tho Mexican army back with as little
bloodshed as possible until', capitula
i tlon became an absolute; Necessity.
It would be vastly moro eepnotnica'
and humane to take time for ? move
ment of this character than to sacrl
flee the young man of both nation:
In rapid, .bloody. _ encounters^. There
ia no greater asset to a nation thar
Its yoong men. :j Mexico will need
thom when the reconstruction norien'
arrives,- andf arrive lt most c?rtsjalj
will, and thia country- needs; even
yoong man now. preparing to go t<
j tho front. The least amount 0
bloodshed In conquering Mexico, tin
greater will be'tho glory roi icc te i
upon the United States.
GETTING HEADY FOB TUE FOUBTl
We haye grown much moro sensl
bio about the Poor th, of V July .alnci
tho .shameful calobratlon o? 1909
when 466 of us were slaughtered t*
make, aa American % holiday. Ou
' progress has been especially rapl<
in the last six ? years, since..the" "sat
and jsane" ! propaganda waa- nndoftak
en In earnest In .1909 there wer
215 death and over 5.000 injuries, o?
the whole the ? ?at record yet.
This ysa?; 1? ls sought to la&prov
that record, and r.t tho same time di
min lah still" further the dost met lo
ot property that always aicompan le
fireworks celebrations. There' ls mor
need o* caution than ;uao(i
on ne count of tho present high Ud
o!, patriotic fervor. Young Amorte
will probably malm Itself . one* , bur
Op Its environment, with its old torvo
unlsna, d r a sMc . prey en tl ve methods at
adopted.
, Tho National Firs Prevention. Con
mutee has started a campaign to rrak
thia \tho s?fes^ of ;*U F>)tirthE> !
? virgiug tho go?crnor of every sta!
to isuo a proisciamattcn ae??l?g publl
officials to- enforce strletty oit" sift
' ty regulationo, and to wara the publ
' of^thol WW? ;:^taa ?'ow^?i ttr<
crackers, flreworkn and explosives
It recoromenda -?hat officials instill'
ted. with authority to ?regulate the Ul
of fireworks bo glvea such watrwctle
Sputetet,
; J.:;.That ^tssae.ao pem?lte i?
j tho- ija?o at , retail ;j? flreworkB or>
? $?2, Y1j$ii% :.?a#;tsi8aoV'a<>'?^rt?ta';f(
r .tba i?j$*;?f,. fb?o?^|uj;;at'-:^M?M
! axa?ptr for vdeUverie?i ontatdo nt. tl
I mi$oMM(&toB M?CO? ^htsi ii
[ Permit.:'/ :-;;:,.;?;;j.
J That tor .t?n:.4ay^ ? prior; to Jd
[stor^ wu^
? mb' ?some. 1 _ _ .
B. That they obtain a supply of
tetanus antitoxin for instant use as'
a preventive of lockjaw in cases of
injury.
It would be well ls tbese recommen
dations were followed everywhere.
And one of the Items, at least, might
well be made even stronger. Wby
remit the. use of "papor capo?" Buch
cups aro presumably meant for nee
In toy pistols, and the toy pistol IBJ
universally recognized as one of the
moat pernicious devices ever exploded
In tho name of patriotism. Inju
ries caused <by lt are peculiarly li
able to result In lockjaw. , .
WHY NEGLECT AVIATION!
Tbe Aero Club ot America presum
ably knows something about aviation.
It seriously objected to the slight |
provision for arelal defense In the j
army appropriation bill. Many sen
stbr* and fvprvu?ni&iivoa ihi-roupon
Joined In asking the club what, in
the opinion of its experts, would ho
need to provide an ad?quate aerial
force. The club has replied with
recommendations which aro entitled
to respectful consideration.
lt ld well understood that aviation
is the weakest branch of our mlUtary
service. We are entering upon a
program calling for the expenditure
of hundreds of millions of dollars for
naval defense, and of that there ls
no criticism. The Aero Club, how
ever. ?howB that for the cost of only
ono oatt io cruiser, S20.400.000-and
congress has authorized fire such
cruisers-a suitable. program of avia
tion Development could be carried ]
out.'
The present appropriation of $',
222.000 for this branch Pf the army
service, the club suggests, should be
I raised to |5,000.00. The equipment
Sot one aero squadron in the field,
ready for service, would bc $773,550.
That would provide 80 high-powered I
.aeroplanes, of the latest type, with'
ox ern motors, gasoline, oil, tent hang
ers, field repair equipment, etc. The
army should alBO be given, says the
club, at least $2,000,000 to provide
dirigible baroona and kite balloons,
useful for observation purposes, par
ticularly in the coast defense. There
shuuld be an adi tiona' $1,000,000 spent
for developing a roserve ot- civilian
aviators ready to take flying commis
sion? In time of need, and the appro-,
tfiatloh of '$78900 for the training
of militia aviators should he raised
lo il,000,000. It would Ilks to seo
another million spent for ,militia avia
tion equipment t -
Ti t* modest allowance undo for or
my aviation ts difficult to understand,
In view of the vital part that military
flying is playing in tho , Europeah
!wur. Shall we profit by, nea lessons'
an' taut of the Skagerrak battle pud
pay n.i hoed to the air leesons that
are taught id every day's news. ',' it
isn't .too tate for congress to revise
ita'aviation plans In accordance, with
tho judgment of experts. In no other
phase of the whole ' business of de
fenris can it get so much for co little
money, giving such general satisfac
tion with the imposition of so llgbt
a burden on the tax payers.
' ?-- '
WEATHEB FOBECAST
" For South Carolina: Probably lo
cal thundershowers Thursday, and
S?? . . j 't&??\
~-c-- ?
i All tho Spaulah-American war yet-.j
crans of the First and Second Re
; Ciments and ail other veterans ot
this war in the city ?re asked'. ; -to!
moot at the city hail today 'at'.' l's!
o'clock noon. At thia time more de
finite arrangements are to be made
about tho ba rb ecu o which, ls to bo
givrn to tho men cf .t'?ompany B to
night.
: Tho firs'depSrUnent waa called-to
tho home, of Mra. john Watkins ou
Marshall avenus yesterday afternoon
about 5 o'clock. There ivas a smalt
bisse bb ?ho roof and thia was ex
tinguished -vjory quickly, little duiu
a'S-T be!og. deu?... . .. ? j
?BjMsi^T^ evange
lia t who has been : preaching in the |
churches' ot the;? 'ttl' vHlag*B for'thal
past fs^^n^^-^w^l- ..o?-:;''.ft?ajr?
night ai 8;30 o'clock, pi^,'^^
?enlrei Presbyterian church cr this
;P.^'^;:^8^?'?a? an:' opp\>tuulty:
. wilt .^l??isp*4 V'hy .' ipany people !.
thia city. "
:|^,i?oi?: L*r55?^>tjl apeaiS
Pertes t* the 'ltf*;$8Wi?Bt*f*tf't
ternoPh pt 6:30.^ He trttl alco sj ?L
; at . Bexwct on inp p^ric. ???jB
j : 8;80.^*?e-.: "?ornes -. to ; Anderson; wiih
.<^j]%tfri?m ti?itoHitito irids #r
dcreon Six-Forty. Thoy climbed in*
side, on tho running board, and
everywhere that they could manage
to hold on. They appeared, to be hav
ing a good time.
Two new show cases of the Amer
ican Beaty design havo been installed
in the store of W. H. Keese & Co.,
jewolers.. They matcli these install
ed last year, are of french glass and
have a marble base. They add much
to the appearance of the interior of
the store.
Mr. J. J. Bipecomb of Charleston,
a traveling man, left Anderson yes
terday afternoon for his home where
he goes to see his sons before they
leave for Styx. Mr. Lipscomb has
only two sons and both are members
of tho National Ginni.
STATE NEWS j
Boy of ll Wo i? hi Fight
Columbia, Juno 2.1.-Governor
Mp.nning has detailed Lieut. Colonel
Wheeler of his staff .for service at the
State armory to facilitate work there.
Keudreil William:., aged elevn, ' of
Mullins, wired the Governor yes, of
fering his "services in defense of his
country." he Governor wired in re
turn that the ''spirit that prompts you
itt symbolic of all true South Carolin
ians and di server tho highest commen
dation. I only regret that your youth
prevents the nation from receiving the
benefit of?your services."
Expecting a Gall
! Greenwood, June 21.-The news in
today's dispatches that General Fun
r.ton will call for not less than 60,000
atnte militia to report for border ser
ivlce by Saturday leads Capt. Gaines,
of the Greenwood Coast Artillery
! Company, to believe that at an early
'date his mer. wi'.l.bv ordered to repovt
forcoaat duty. In order that the full
cuota of men may. be ready to go
('apt. Gaines asks th?t all members
who have signed the "two-year pled
ges, but who have not signed the pled
ges under the Hay bill do so at once
las lt will be Impossible to make re
quisition for uniforms'and equipment
until.all tho men comply with these
?requirements.
Bible Class Meet
j York, June 21.-The Fourth Annual
Meeting of the South Carolina Bible
Class Federation ot the Methodist
Episcopal Church, ,South, will be held
lin Sumter July 3, 4 and 6. Last
|year' the meeting waw*Jheld ia 8pnr
t an bu rc and nearly l?,GtR) 'were in ;st
tomluncc. ! This year plana have been
laid to maka the mee'-ing In Sumter
reach the high "water mark'in''avery
rcupect. '-. The railronda have- gran ted
exceedingly low rates and taken in
hil the trip will be ont ol nominal
cost. Repr?sentatives. from classes
here will atton J.
. .. . ?? -.-- . ?<<..?
'Jay Walkers" Ordlitnucp.
; Greenville, ^ June 21,-The, Jay,
.walkers ordinance that, was' present
ed to council at thc regular.meeting
last night, was "turned into a ' "re
qu?t/t," and , Instructions made that
every Command included ' In' the or^l
uance be enforced except tho ono per
taining to th? fines. . Tho city en
gineer waa accordingly instructed to
?paint a line five inches wide across
tho intersection - of every bloAc on
Main street, from North to Broad,
and to make > the passageway. . the
width of the sidewalk. >lt . was .pro
posed to make this an', ordinance,
with ? fine not to exceed $100 for et
ienne, but tho issue met ' with so
much opposition ba council, that the
fathers decided to moralise, 'and
;,"educate" the masses Jo . walt to. the
Scorrier when they wfeheAs to', croat
the afreet. Some of i th!? aldermen
argued that Uio "Jay-walker?" would
not heed: the request unless it be put
in the form of an ordinance, but the
! decision waa that .the ,cops should
' kindly Instruct . all pedestrians to
protect themselves by crossing . the
street, at the gwalla lines, .
A Final fienfl.Off. .
? Sparenburg, Juno 21.-Tho cham
ber 'qf commerce, assisted :by * local
citizens gave' the Bampton Guards
a final send-off this afternoon, fol
Jowlng tho parade of the company on
th? Etouera at -6 o'clock.Dr. Jv Q.
Clinkscales delivered an address to
'? the soldiers and Han's band,. played
several selections. This was th?
finai parado drill of the Hampton
Guards before they lsar> for the
concentration: camp et. en Fri
'"dey'7 morio^vi^^^^HS^^^''
Major Coast Art?tlet y. . s
Greenville, Jurte 2l>^Catt; Wm.
F. Robertson of tho local company
of coast Artt?l?ry has ?ifejftt ^?tSeXed
major ot: tna south carolina' Ccswt
Artillery f>V?M? pNews to : this effect
AS FINE AS S?L
In fact there is sono silk on
the outside is as fino aa the i
oughly shrunken, properly tail
styled, Palm Beach. The cc
varied bot do not vary from
ideas.
The Price is $?.50.
a'statement Issued''last night from
the office of tho adjutant general, at
Columbia, the four Charleston com
panies of the Sd South Carolina in
fantry will leave for the mobilization
camp at Styx, near Columbia, Satur
day at G o'clock In the morning over
the Atlantic Coast Line railroad. At
Lanes they will be pome J by the
headquarters, division from George-'
-town, and at Sumter by the Sumter
and Tlmmonsville companies. They,
uro scheduled to arrive at, Columbia
at ll ; 15 o'cl eek Saturday morning, !
where, a. chang? o? engines' will* he
made, The troops will'then ge car
ried, over the tracks of the Southern
Tollway to Styx, which they are'
t-cheduled tppreach ,not later than.]
vum. ' ; . . ; .. ';;. "'*'. !
- Tho four Charleston companies
which will leave -Saturday are: Sum
ter Guards, Company A*. Washington
Light Infantry, Company B; Irish
Volunteers, Company C, and German1
Fusiliers, Company D. No -orders.
have been received as to when the
Charleston Light Dragoons will
-.eave, but it ia expected? that, orders
vin bo issued for its., departure, thia]
week. ? "'
OME
INGULAR
T?RIES
HOMANS SET JUNE MARRIAGES
"" j -. - ': v ? ; i
Foshlou Began. Because May - Was
Considered Unlucky Month.
(From Tho Indianapolis-News.)
And now it's June, the month ot
brides and ' roses and leaves every
where that leaves can grow,' lt.'waa
Coleridge, in "Tho Ancient Mariner."
who called June the "leafy month,'
but' lt was the Romans who Bet the j
fashion ot June ' marriages.
Among them May was considered
un unlucky month, and Hon sequent]?
tho brides hold aloof until it had gone
its way and June had come. Obliged
to take, care ,of the brides ot . two
months, June then became the month
of the greatest number of marriages.
Th? ?A?ta havo sung of Juno and
ita glories every since poets learned
(hat ihero was something in nature,
to sing about. It was an American
?port. Lowell, who as?ed a question
i about june to. which there! can oe
bu t one answer ; *
What ?B BO rare as a day in June?
i Then, if ever, come perfect days;
? Tb?n heaven trios tut? earth it. it ba in
tune.
Wm
mm.
One great thing
mer clothing is
rice that we ?hov
any particular i
ones--Pahr Be
weightless worst
. ' fe*v 'J'l'-fjCi'K
The colors are r
is ready, plain ?
The prices $5 t<
You'll feel bette
Another import
'M. We have the ri
lp _ right when ?he
' Lissi' J three figures,
the inside, and
WSJi^SZ The Klosed-Kri
!?? . I-ownat-Slar
Manhattan Slid;
famous Manhai
$1.60.
The Store with*a
. He Btruc kthe windshield of the
ear and. went through it. His body,
with the wings flapping, whizzed by
Orval Jones, the driver and through
the rear curtain. The car did not
stop.'.Neither did the turkey till he
Struck the ground. The pause then
was only momentary, because with
'a wild squawk the turkey made Jar
the shelter of an adjoining wheat
field and disappeared. Jones drove
on into town and reported the oc
currence.'' .
Busala as'a Future Market.
(The portland Oregonian.)
. ?Ojne result of the war. will.Surely,
be .' a great-impulse to the develop
ment of Russia, in both ' ??ropo and
?S'I?I. It has upited. tho. 'Russian
people, turned' their attention to in
dustry, stimulated .them ? to organize
and increpo their productivo power
by mopping the wastage ' of vodka
drinking. A now Russiavwill come
. ddt of the fire ot war.
' Russia ls the economic double of
the United States; ? It covers -, tho
eastern, the United -States the- West
ern, portion of . the Northern Hemis
phere, and Its 'resources are. similar
to oura. ( lu development?V:,I?-'
fancy, particularly in Asia, and it
offers a vast/market for American
manufacturers. As the .eastern states
supplied material for settlement and
development of the . west, oo the
whole of the Unlte?" States may sup
ply .material for development of
Ru'sBla. -The- great empir? will need
farm implements, .railroad material,
electric machinery and texiilo Varea,
which, the United States ' ?an heat
.Supply. ovt eastern Siberia. at
least, these can bo moro cheaply
Carried aer?se the Pacific : Ocean
from tho United States Utan across
the .wide''stretches of'Russia " from
Western ?ur?po. . *">.
; ' Says Fish Tollu
Bangor, Me., June 21.-Stephen
Decatuv Bridges, of- Verona, 1 near
Bangor, who is known as the Salmon
and Awiawlfo King of tho Penobacot,
is positive noto nly that fish have
brains, bot that fish reasona xidof 1ml
brains, but that fish reason and form
dislikes and likes, ; and toil their
opinion to each other. ";*.-.
Bridges explains tho. disappear anco
o? salmon tt?>m the Penobseot in two
ways-either "salmon tell other sal
mon how dirty ils waters larc and
how lt Ia not flt, for any respectable
salmon ,to Uro "in," br tho fish re
^M^t; because at the hatchery; in
East Orland they aro taken from the
water and'stripped of tholr eggs."
Trafefli?re?cni that booauso St
against nature." Mr. Bridges asserts, i
*Th?y:. decid? they1 Are not being
treated right an? Blay away."
FtAQ B/SK 1EA?3? ?Sfi tf? .
. mm km PIGBT -fSffSMi
(CO^NTINTJE? JPROM ^AGffl OtfSU
Gosici was slain ? deeral. ? Censales j
als$. ?ave tho Mexican expia nation et
hoar Oie twttY?res?''tirio* 4?'" <k??ta?>^
.lAccenrdlng to'General Gwcas^'. a?!
wa* intortaed.t^?ehe^
VillaA>u*i8^!a^^
ence of tno A?ertc^ .^estv?^ fce^ ;
**#enpu?api^^^
t?a days ks- (mgtidla^y ^irncts^!
'G^er?l - ?omeavb^
Dot?ibgo raucti^^VwaSrs'thei-IA^ertcaaS',
'were reported in \Vi&?uiarflfn for?e/^
cad. .advise- their: : ;tedfidn*tesaer <?&> \tt
^*A?ettc4A' :..cenun*?3S*:' wi
; about our showing of swa
the great awortmanta of fab
f. We set up no howl about
?bric, we carry all the good
ach, mohair, s?klike, crash?
eds.
ight, th i model of your liking
TS pouch backs.
? $12.50.
k off with one of 'em on.
ant role is the underwear,
ight kind to make you feel y
itch' in the gauaiest fabrics
td $1.50.
sback Union Suits, by the -
ten Shirt makers at $1 and
Conscience
ranks of the Americans that the latter
wera - not inefficient," -however, was
PTO vc t? by number" of Mexican dead
and, wounded removed to villa .Ahu
mada and. witnessed by the Am??i?
cans coming north ou. a train bound
for Jaur?s? ? , . ?:
[' A story brought to Eil Paso by^Ji*
C. * Hubble, an American who ! has'
been ; employed hy the Compa??a
Agricola at Boquillas bears out sev
eral -ot details of engagement pre*
?ented by General Gomez. Hubble's
story was coarobbrated by james
Maxey, another American, who, atsb
was on his way to El POBO from tbs:
interior. Hobble and Maxey said
that whiie their train was'stopping
at Villa Ahumada they noticed num
bers of -dead and wounded being
brought in and were told by Carran
za captain that the.b?ttle had taken
place. Captain informed them, they
said,.,that the number of American
prisoners had been locked tn a - cat*
tie1 car and were taken to Chihuahua
City to be-hanged.
They mentioned Mexican, soldiers
who told them that several hundred:
Americans and i~0 Mexicans bad beeb'
engaged. . ' '?
Treated With Courtesy.
? 'The Mexican officers ?at Villa:
Ahumada; treated us with the, great-,
eat. courtesy" , 'said'.. J(2r.:': ^Hubble.,
"They answered bur questions' quiet
ly and .with.no show of antipathy or ,
excitement. '
"According to ' the story they fold;
ns the Mexican command was co
coaled In tho under ' brush when
was discovered, the . American1 caval
rymen riding toward them over
sand. General' Felix Gomez, Mexican
commander, . Immediately sent a
courier: asking; for parley under, the
flag of truc?with-; American comW
mander. A parley^was arranged and
as the Mexican, leader and two, aldea
started forward tho Americans mid
don ly deployed' In: a . a em 1- ci rc alar
skirmish line.
"General Gomez,? apparently - be
lieving that he was about, to bo at-'
tacked; raised hts1 arm and signalled
the. machine gun in the rear to open
flr? on-tho Americans. The machine
gun- swept the cavalry ranks,. ca us
lng heavy losses.
' Xexlean Loader Killed. V
"Immediately, however, detachment
ot American , troopers dashed for
tinder heavy fire, te ? center ol
field Where General Genies and his
staff , were Sitting'; on their horses."
In resultant encounter, one of the
cavalrymen killed the Mexican leader.
:With tits pistol while tho. remainder
of the. Carrawa- party . eBc'?p?d \\o
thslf .?rv-n lines."
/"Kfttther Maxeyof Hubble was able
to J learn whethor Mexicans had 're-'
??ete???j?t being jointed out that all
of the' ft?ex?cnts? with whom i:v .thsy
Lhwpd....?.apparently .left the field .'bc*
fore the engagement, had been com
plet od4. Lalo iiordght preparations,
apparently werer under way for
.peaceful evtacuailon bf Juares. Sev
eral troop trains worev pdi^stf^uw
tho railroad yards ready for Imwed-r
late, y?e. Andr?as Garcia, Mexican
oonBul in El Peso, cramed the. Rio
Grande following ' the first reports
ot engsgementS; aad remained with
General* Gouzeies through Aha night.
He kepi In touch with General Bel!
.however, neither the consul h?r the
Mexican military as^britl??! > wb?ld
ciscu?B . .tho: rupari of tb* proposed
MMWRlon.