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FIRED ON BY MEXICANS.
Troops of Carranza May Have Taken
Part in Fray.
Washington, April 13.?In a battle
in Parral, betweeen American
^ troops and the civilian population
last night, Gen. Carranza telegraphed
his embassy * here today "many
deaths" occurred on both sides. Carranza
troops are said to have aided
the Americans in attempting to restore
order. Gen. Carranza has apthfi
United States to recos:
nize the dangers of arousing the natives.
t American troops in Mexico had
their first battle with the natives at
the moment Gen. Carranza was urging
their withdrawal.
Americans Fired On.
On Wednesday night, while the de
facto chief's note was on its way to
Washington, troopers of the 7th cavalry
under Major Tompkins were
fired upon in Parral, a Villa stronghold
in western Chihuahua; were
pursued to the suburbs, while the
Carranza garrison took a double part
in the affray and were attacked again
during the night.
Complete informtion regarding the
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losses to the American troops or to
the Mexicans had not reached Washington
tonight. Secretary Baker in'
formed President Wilson that a brief
dispatch to the war department said
that, according to unofficial reports,
one American cavalryman was killed
and that the troopers used a machine
gun against the Mexicans.
Funston's Orders.
Mr. Baker announced later that he
*\.r had ordered Gen. Funston to take
any steps that might be necessary to
'f. prevent further trouble. When asked
whether this might mean the enV.
forced use of Mexican railroads for
^ the movement of soldiers and supplies,
he said Gen. Funston was on
the ground and would act as any
emergency required*
The secretary expressed the hope,
. however, that the troubled Parral
I A was purely local and did not presage
more difficulties.
Gen. Carranza, directing his embassy
here to poiht out that the clash
Hr proved his contention that the presIC
/eppe of American troops in Mexico
P is leading to a situation which threatens
to go beyond his control, telegraphed
that "many deaths had ocj
v curred on both sides."
v Foreign Minister Aguilar, in a dispatch
sent before that from Gen. Carranza,
said one American trooper was
V>;: killed and several civilians were
rV . wounded.
Citizens Protested.
uonsili uarcia, mo unauta agcui.
at El Paso, wired the embassy that
llpH v'several persons were killed on both
sides." His dispatch added that when
the American troopers entered Parral
"the people protested, and it appears
thd' garrison did also." K
This latter statement is in direct
contradiction to the dispatches of
Carranza and Aguilar, which declared
the Carranza troops attempted to
hold back the Mexican mob. A re
port to the State department from
Consul Letcher, at Chihuahua, fory
si :.
* * \ warded through Qen. Funston, said
? there^had been some "trouble" at
Parral, when the American column
^ was fired upon by Mexican civilians.
The State and war departments, re
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ceiving from the Mexican embassy
- :1 their first information that the clash
had been a serious one, sent out orders
for a full report. It had not
been received tonight.
Soap 60 Cents ir Mexico.
* That the price of a cake of soap in
Mexico today is 60 cents, and that
the lack of it among the natives is
causing .the epidemic of typhus fever,
is the information contained in a letter
which has just been received here
I \ i from the Rev. W. E. Vanderbilt, a
graduate of Auburn Theological eemii
nary, who is doing missionary work
I in the State of Michoacan, Mexico,
relates an Auburn, N. Y., dispatch.
Mr. ^anderbilt is stationed with
his. wife at Zitacuraro, and his com,
munication was sent a few days before
the American troops entered
Mexico. The letter States that in
hie own town, with a population of
8,000 at least ten die every day from j
^ ' the disease.
The cost of living in Mexico, Mr.
Vanderbilt's letter states, has increased
from 50 to 100 per cent, in
three weeks. Corn has increased in
price from 30 cents a quart to 60
y vuulo.
Some of the other prices which he |
gives are beans, $2 a quart; muslin,.
$6 a yard; cheap calico, $3 a yard,
and shoes from $30 to $150, according
to quality. These amounts are in
the money of the country, worth
about 5 1-2 cents of American money.
Mr. Vanderbilt states that he had
just paid a dollar for a haircut, and
was paying about $12 a day for board
I for himself and wife.
A full-grown elephant yields 120
pounds of ivory.
Chicago and Albany lead in the
average number of people per telephone
with 6.1 for each phone.
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U. S. HAIR-GOODS TRADE.
New York Its Centre, With Chicago
and San Francisco Following.
Little or no influence is said to
have been exerted directly on the
hair-goods trade in this country by
the war, which generally has been
supposedly to have its hand in everything,
says the New York Sun. Its
most marked result to the hairgoods
business was the practical
stoppage of shipments irom f ranc
and Italy, those countries, upon
which the United States previously
depended largely for these articles,
sending little here nowadays.
Liberal Supply from China.
China, however, is shipping liberal
supplies constantly, and this, coupled
with the fact that the stock here is
so large that it would take 10 to 15
years before a shortage could possibly
result has prevented anything
like a rise in prices.
The hair-goods trade is not a creature
of fashion, though it has to follow
styles. Women at all times
have used and in all times will use,
additional hair. Their own may not
be sufficient for .this or that reason
and may have to be supplemented.
They may need an entirely new supply?what
the trade calls a parted
price, or a front piece?or only a
switch or so-called transformation
to help out the scantiness of their
own.
Women Frankly Admit Facts.
It is generally something that the
average woman needs in this life,
and collectively it means that more
additional hair is worn nowadays
than ever before. Once, there was
almost hypocrisy in the.matter. No
woman then would admit that any
of the hair on her head was not her
own and it was almost a case for
censure to he discovered with what
then used to be stigmatized as "false
hair." Today it is a matter of course
and jthe puffs, transformations,
pompadours, Psyche curls, coiffures
of this and that description^ and
what not are worn without any compunction
whatever, but only as a
matter of hair dressing style.
A New Coiffure.
The leading hair-goods stores are
showing now, for instance, a new
coiffure arranged with the aid of a
thre^-strand switch, each strand
rolled in a puff with an extra set of
three curls. It is a novelty that is
said to be meeting with great favor,
and so the manufacturers keep on
with their creations until every styl
ish woman, each one arranging her
hair to suit herself, is sure to find
something to meet her particular
need
New York city is the centre of the
manufactured hair-goods trade in the
country. Chicago and San Francisco
are next in prominence in the industry.
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The Discovery of Dickens.
By exploding a mine the British
managed to capture a small portion
of a German trench near Lille and a
dozen of our "field grays" were taken
prisoners. Some hours later they
were examined by a colonel.
When it came to his turn, under
officer F , who spoke English
fluently, was surprised to see the colonel
turning over the pages of a copy
of the "Pickwick Papers," in English,
that must have been taken from
his haversack. The colonel held the
book under F 's nose and the following
exchange took place:
*How did you come by this book?
You stolje it from one of our dead?"
"No. I got the book from home."
"Why didn't they send you a German
book?"
"Because I wanted to read something
of Dickens for a change."
"Why do you read English books?
Are you a tutor?"
"No, I'm a barrister. I read it
for recreation."
"When people want recreation they
play football; that's better. But who
is Dickens?" 1
"He is one of the most famous of
novelists and humorists. Every educated
man in Germany knows him."
"Ah! Then he is an American?"
"No: he is Enelish."
"What's he doing in Germany,
then? You have naturally got him
in a prison camp, you damned Huns?"
"No; Dickens died in England in
1870, I believe."
"Oh, he's dead so long ago as that?
Then it's no wonder I don't know
him."
And with that the examination
ended. But Sir Thomas Skeggs turned
over the pages of "Pickwick" for
a quarter of an hour. He soon had
enough, called a servant, and told
him to pack the book up and send
it to Mrs. Skeggs.
And for four weeks after that, as
soon as Mrs. Skeggs'or one of her
four children met an acquaintance.
their first words were:
"You don't know Dickens? O-oh!"
?Philadelphia Ledger.
School children in Seward, Arkansas,
went barefoot in December. This
was not on account of destitution, but
because of the exceptional warmth of
the Japanese current.
FEARFUL CONDITIONS.
> Inscribes German Treatment of 4*rit- I
ish Prisoners as "Indescribable/*
London, April 9.?The government
committee on the treatment in Ger- *
many of British prisoners of war, of s
which Mr. Justice Younger is chair- *
man, has issued a report characteriz- s
ins: as "indescribable" the conditions ^
prevailing in the Wittenburg camp during
the typhus epidemic of last 6
year. * *
The report is based on information c
from prisoners and especially from
Maj. Priestley, Capt. Vidal and Capt. c
Lauder, of the Army Medical corps, f
who were sent to the camp shortly ^
after the outbreak of the epidemic, r
and who were recently released from t
i Germany. The three officers men- *
tioned are the only survivors of six ?
British doctors sent to the Witten- 1
I burg camp by the Germans "to take c
up," says the report, "the place of ?
duty abandoned by their own medi- ?
cal staff when the presence of typhus t
manifested itself."
The records of the epidemic kept r
by the British officers were taken, s
but the report gives in detail the con- ^
dition of the camp and the treatment 1
of prisoners and patients which' the *
American ambassador, James W.
Gerard, in his report last November r
said was "even more unfavorable T
than I had been led to expect." t
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An Enormous Population.
According to released officers there 1
are 15,000 and sometimes more pris- c
oners in the camp, which the committee
says "is an enormous popula- ^
tion for so restricted an area as 10 and
a half acres. There were no c
proper heating arrangements and the v
men are insufficiently clothed. Brit- c
ish overcoats having been taken from
them, their clothing being in rags.
Many had neither boots or socks. *
There' was an insufficient supply of *
water and\ soap and Maj. Priestley ^
says he found the men gaunt, of a e
peculiar gray pallor and verminous." ^
The supply of food also was.insuf- E
ficient even in the hospital until supplies
arrived from England. c
"The only provision for personal ^
cleanliness made for the men," says c
the report, "was one cupful of soft 1
soap issued at intervals of many c
weeks to a room containing 120. In ^
consequence, the men became increas- c
ingly verminous, and the condition, f
coupled with cold and want of prop- *
I er nourishment, was undoubtedly the s
principal inducing cause of the epidemic."
\ * t
The epidemic broke out in Decern- c
ber, 1914. "Thereupon," says the re- c
port, "the German staff, military and s
medical, precipitately left the camp, 1
and thenceforth, until August, 1915, c
no communication was held between ^
prisoners and their guards except by
means of directions shouted from t
guards or officers remaining outside t
the wire entanglements. 2
''All supplies for the men were t
pushed into the camp over chutes, 2
and no medical attention during the ;
- ' ' * I t
whole time was provided Dy me uer- *
man staff." 8
Capt. Lauder reports that while in
the bungalows there was normally c
one mattress for three men, in the 1
improvised hospital there were no 8
mattr^ses at all. ' t
Shy of Hospital. g
"In consequence," he says, "there
were many typhus patients scattered
over the compounds who were determined
not to come into the hospitals
if they could help it."
In one compound, he found 50 hidden
cases of typhus in the first '
month. The food ration for each pa- ?
tient was h half petit pain (roll) and 1
a half cup of milk a day. The only
soup obtainable came from the camp
kitchen and as it was brought in open
wooden tubs it was full of dust and
dirt. *
"In truth," says the committee's
wnrvftpf "fVlo fofir?r? TXT Q c Tint fk T*n t i HT> I
I cpui I y tliu A UClVAi ?? MM UVV v? * MW
at all. It was a pretense. * It was not
even possible to give the* patients
warm water with their milk."
Four British doctors were infected
and three died. It was then that
Maj. Priestley and Capt. Vidal went to
the hospital to join Capt. Lauder, fl
who was down with typhus. Maj. ?
Priestley says that the patients, alive Q
with vermin, lay so close to one an- ic
other on the floor that he had to ~
stand straddle-leg across them to examine
them.
There were other conditions that
are indescribable. There was difficulty
in getting sufficient drugs and
dressings for a long time and ex
treme bed sores were common. In
several cases the toes or the whole
foot became gangrenous. The washing
of patients was out of the question
until a supply of soap was obtained
from England.
This shortage of necessaries was
not due to lack of supplies, the doc- "
tors said, for on a visit to the town
they saw an abundant supply of every
requisite.
i ~ , ^
ur. Ascnenuacn. who was 111 cnarge
of the hospital, and who, the committee
understands, received the iron
cross for combating the epidemic,
only paid one visit to the camp, according
to the report and that after
some order was evolved. Sixty deaths
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BIG DEMAND FOR MARBLES.
Cach Spring 200,000,000 Are Used in
The United States.
It has been estimated by statisicians
that more than 200,000,000
mall clay marbles are used by the
)oys of the United States every
pringtime. It. is a known fact that
25,000,000 marbles are made every)
ear by one clay marble manufactur:r
whose plant is in Summit county,
)hio. And these marbles are made
>r rolled by young girls.
The marble manufacturer does not
levote all his attention to the manuacturing
of the "game marble." j
rhere are various uses to which the
narble is put, and as a matter of fact
he size varies according to its inended
use. The Standard Oil com-)
)any is one of the largest buyers of
narbles, and these are used for oil
ans and larger sizes are started in
graded pipe lines to clean out the
)arafine which gathers on the side of
he pipe as it flows to the tanks.
Clay marbles are used also by the
nanufacturers of rubber, ink and
alt, chemical and powder makers.
They are used also in grinding the
arge stones of the lithographer and
>y railway supply people.
The sizes of the clay marble as
nade in the United States vary from
tine-sixteenths of an inch in diameer,
which is the small "pill" the
>oys play with, to one measuring six
nches in diameter, or about the size
if a small cannon ball.
Except that of China, San Marino
las the longest national hymn.
iccurred among the British and the
'ictims were buried outside the
amp.
Insults for Dead.
"What the prisoners found hardest
o bear in the matter of burial," says
he report, "were the jeers ' with!
i'bir?h rnffins were freauently greet-1
id by the inhabitants of Wittenburg,
vho stood outside the wires and were
>ermitted to insult the dead."
After the middle of April the conlition
commenced to improve and
vitli the arrival of warm weather the
ases rapidly decreased and by the
niddle of May all the British were
onvalescent. Adequate provision
vas made to deal with any future
mtbreaks, improvements being efected
as a result of the visit of Am>assador
Gerard and members of his
staff.
The committee condemn the retenion
of Dr. Aschenbach as head of the
samp, and as evidence of his attitude
site an incident. When one of his
staff reported the request of Capt.
^auder for medical requisites, he
surtly refused the request with the
vords: "Schweine Englander."
The report continues: "The cruely
of the administration of the Witenburg
camp became notorious. Savige
dogs were habitually employed to
errorize the prisoners; flogging with
i rubber whip was frequent. Men
vere struck with little or no provocaion
and tied to posts with hands
tbove their heads for hours.
"Capt. Lauder reports that many
>f these men went so far as to look
ipon the typhus, with all its horrors,
ls a Godsend. They preferred it to
he presence of German guards."
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