The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, April 03, 1915, Image 8
?OLICfTOR R. A. (<K>l'rll ADVIS
i s si w iii-.itKY sin.mrr.
lveilnee What In Meant by Private
Room under Gallon-s-Month Act?
Ainu Telia of Rights of Person to
RcvrKe and Trainiert Whiskey.
Correspondence was given out |
terday at the governor's office in re?
gard to the much discussed "gallon
a month ' law. The matter came up
through correspondence had between
Gov. Manning and Shelff itleasc of
Newberry county, the governor hav?
ing written all tbe sheriffs of the
state, inclosing a copy of the law.
In vouchsafing his cooperation, sher?
iff HI rase wrote that he had asked an
opinion upon certain sections of the
law from the solicitor of his circuit.
R. A. Cooper. The solicitor replied
wi'h a categorical opinion upon the
salient features of the luw now in
dispute.
The following questions relative to
the law were asked by Sheriff Dlease:
"I. (a) Under section 5 please
advise me what is a 'private room.'
"(bf Is a room over a man's store,
which he uses for private conversa?
tions, with no bed in It. a p'rlvate
room under this section?
' <c) Would a room annexed to a
lawyer's office, said room being used
only for private conversation, be a
private room under this section?
"I. Has a person the right
to buy from the dispensary in Co?
lumbia any whiskey and bring it to
Newberry. a dry county, for his per?
sonal ua?
"I. If a person has In his
possession a pint of whiskey for his
own personal use. Is he In violation
of this act?
"4. Have I the right to enter the ex?
press offices and depots tJ examine
their books and see whether or not
any one baa received more than a
gallon a month?
"a. Under this set. would a person
living in Newberry county have the
right to transport or convey for his
own use a gallon of whiskey .hat he
ordered from a point from without
tha Htate. if that whiskey is received
at sn express office In another county
?for Instance, Falrfteld county, a dry
county ?"
The following Is the opinion of
Solicitor Cooper:
"I have numbered your questions
for convenience and will endeavor to
answer each one.
"1. In replv to your first question,
subdivisions a, b and c. 1 beg to r 1
vlse that In my opinion a 'private
room' as contemplated under this act
la a room where s person sleeps or
which Is bis home.
"i This question has given mo con?
siderable difficulty. Under section 1
of the act It is provided that 'no per?
son, firm, corporation or company
shall receive or be in possession of
any spirituous, vinos, fermented or
malt liquors or beverages containing
more than 1 per cent, of alcohol (or
his, her, Its or their use or for the
use of any other person, firm or cor
?oration, except as provided else?
where In this set.' It Is clear that
If the act had stopped with section
1. ws would have Statewide prohibi?
tion and no person could be in pos?
session of sny whiskey at any point
In tbe State without violating the law.
We must therefore look to other pro?
visions of the act to ascertain In
what cases s person may handle or
use whiskey. Under section I any per?
son Is permitted to order from a point
without the Btate not exceeding one
gallon within any calendar month ami
liquor so ordered m ly be kept by
such person In his private room Of
house. Had the act stopped at the
end of section 2. there would be no
difficulty In Its construction.
'The part of the act which has
given me serious difficulty Is Motion
i. Under this section It Is provided
that nothing In this act shall prevent
the shipment or transportation of al?
coholic li p,n or beverages to or
from sny dispensary authorlaed by
the law of this State to sell same in
the county of such dispensary.' It
the words, 'in the county of such dis?
pensary.' had been ?omtt. l. 1 think
It would be clear that any person
could purchase whiskey from u dis?
pensary and carry It to any pom*
within the State. The purpose of tin
legislature seems to have been to pro?
hibit the transportation and delivery
of sny whlskev Into any county In
the Ststo hiv in; no dispensary,
whether for personal use or not, ex?
cept as provided in section 2, and
I am. therefore, of the opinion that
It would be unlawful lor any person
to purchase whiskey at a dispensary
In Columbia for his personal use und
( Mrio.y 1? Into MM county of \eM bcrrv.
I am not giving an opinion as to the
constitutionality of this provision, but
1 am trying M giv e my con-,: i net log
of the art as It reads and as It should
bt> enforced until deel ir? I constitu?
tional.
"J. I do not think a person Would
be violating this tot by ha vim: a pint
of whiskey In his pocket for Ml OWi
Use. provided such whlakcy is obtain
GRACE MUST ENFORCE LAW.
MWXIXIi GIVH mayor WSBK
IN WHKH to COMPLY.
( I. ulestou Ofllclnl raid Visit t<) Gov?
ernor to Discuss l4iu Enforcement
und Not Regulation of Vices.
I Vlumbiu. March It,? ?Definite ac?
tion must he taken within a week,"
Gov. Manning tohl Mayor Grace, of
Charleston, this afternoon at a con?
ference between them, "1 asked May?
or Craee." saul flu* governor, as
head of the government of Charles?
ton to enforce the law. 1 specially
rm mi med the gambling law and the
liquor law. 1 asked for enforcement
and not regulation. I pointed out to
Mayor Grace that as so much has
been said and written on the situa?
tion, and as so much time has al?
ready elapsed on account of his ill?
ness. sinc<> 1 had first taken the mat?
ter up with him; that definite action
must he taken within a week; that
the public Is so well informed on the
situation that nothing could be gain?
ed by further delay."
The statement of the governor fol?
lowed tho publication in the local af?
ternoon newspaper of an interview
with Mayor Grace, in which he was
(looted as saying:
'Gov. Manning told me unequivocal?
ly to enforce the law in Charleston.
I took his order." Continuing this in?
terview says: "Mayor Grace was
rather reticent in discussing tho li?
quor situation in Charleston, saying
that everything appertaining to th*e
Illegal sale of intoxicants had been
aired by every one on every occasion.
He averred, however, that Charleston
should be granted autonomy, that the
people of the city should be allowed
to regulate their own affairs as to li?
quor selling in a progressive way.
"The Charleston Mayor is of the
opinion that the State needs a new
constitution, which will do away with
Uie present cumbersome system of
legislation and allow progressive
measures to be passed. He also thinks
that Charleston needs a new city
charter, but it cannot be granted un?
less there Is a change in the organic
law of the State."
Mayor Grace reached Columbia to?
day on the Carolina Special and went
into conference with Gov. Manning
\t the executive offices, their talk
lasting about an hour. At first the
governor would have nothing to say
for publication, and it was not his In?
tention to give out anything, but when
he saw the statement of Mayor Grace
in the local paper he dictated the in?
terview. In which he said that May?
or Grace had been given one week In
which definite action must be taken.
\S hut he will do if the mayor fails
to take definite action within the
specified time was not Intimated by
Gov. Manning.
ASKS FOR INFORMATION.
Spring-Rice Seeks to Know When
American Note Will he Dispatched.
Washington. March 29.?Ambassa?
dor Spring-Rico conferred with Secre?
tary Bryan today, and it was under?
stood later that he sought information
as to when the American note on the
British order in council, decreeing a
virtual blockade against commerce to
and from Germany, would be for?
warded. The note awaits only the
tlnal approval of President Wilson.
FOUR LOST IN FIRE.
Mother and Her Infant Twins Burn?
ed to Death.
Watertown. N. V., March 21.?The
village of Norfolk was swept by a
flro this morning causing a loss of two
in .lr. il thousand dollars. Mrs. John
Thomas, with her infant twins, and
her sister, were trapped In their home
and burned to death.
ed in accordance with law.
"I. I'nder the decision of our su?
preme court and of the United States
sapreaM court. I do not think you
have the right to examine the rec?
ords of the railroads and express of
?aaa
I think that a person would
have the right to transport or convey
for his own use a gallon "f whiskey
Ordered from a point without the
.-:at-', even though the whiskey may
be received at an express Oflies in an?
other county, in other words, there
is nothing in the act which requites
that the consignee should have his
srhlakey delivered to him within his
eounty, nor does it provide that he
shall personally receive it at his
n? a rest railroad or express olliee. It
only provides thai It must be per?
sonally delivered to him.
Gov. Manning made the following
t epiv to sin riff Bleaao:
' i gag to acknowledge yours of the
19th with mclosures from Mr. Cooper.
"Mr. Cooper being the solicitor ol
your circuit, I think you have done
well In seeking advice Horn him. As
governor, I can not pretend to con*
?true the hi .. but hope that you and
your ma gist rates will use your utmost
endeavor to enforce It."
WILSON FOR CLOSE RELATIONS1
on BOARD ARGENTINA'S NEW
BATT?EBBTP PRESIDENT FX
TRNDfl GREETINGS.
ISJTI Thai Nations of West Should
Fncourugc Growth of Affection and
Sympathy between Them?Tech?
nically on Foreign Boll.
Annapolis, Md., March 29.?Speak-;
ing today at i luncheon given in his
honor on board the new Argentine
battleship Moreno In Annapolis roads
by Or, Romulo s. Kaon, the Argentine
ambassador. President Wilson em?
phasized the "growing warmth of af?
fection, as well as understanding," be?
tween the United States und other na?
tions of the Western hemisphere.
The president spoke ir. reply to an
address In ? similar vein delivered by
Ambassador Naon.
From the time of the president's ar?
rival her?' on the Mayflower, shortly
after .toon, until his departure for
Washington at 7 o'clock tonight, his
attention was given to ceremonials
and recration. The lunch, exchanges
of formal visits, and a golf game here
late this afternoon filled his time. He
is expected to arrive in Washington
at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning.
Technically the president was on
foreign soil during his visit to the
Moreno.
"It is with great pleasure that I
find myself in this interesting com?
pany and in this interesting place," he
said in his address. "There has ob?
tained a custom of the United States j
which has seemed to amount almost
to a superstition that the president of'
the United States should not leave its
territory. I do not know whether
that was out of distrust of the presi?
dent or out of precaution for the coun?
try?whether there was fear that he
would not behave himself outside of
his own jurisdiction or whether it was
thought that he was absolutely neces?
sary to the country and its adminis?
tration. I shall try on this occasion,
at any rate, to relieve the country of
the fear of his misbehavior.
"1 am particularly glad that this
great vessel, which I have so much
admired, should represent some part
of the reciprocity and connection be?
tween the* United States and the great
republic of Argentine. We have been
supplying you with this great arm of
war because wo are so sure that neith?
er of us will ever use such an arm
against the other.
"I feel that I am speaking the sen?
timent of my fellow countrymen when
I say that there is a growing warmth
of affection as well as understanding
for the other countries of the great
American hemisphere which we are
coming daily to understand better, and
which are, I hope, daily coming to un?
derstand us better, and to which we
are drawn by feeling as well as by in?
terest?by the desire to be comrades
in some common undertaking for hu?
manity as well as neighbors.
"It is a fine thing to believe, and I
believe it in the midst of this period
of war, that the real ground of re?
spect is justice and fairness and
good will, that you can not respect
a man or a nation for which you can
net sooner or later acquire an uf
fection. And the great advantage of
intermixture, not only of actual in?
termixture of blood, but of constant
intercouse between nations, is that
there grows up a common under?
standing. We speak different lan?
guages, we have followed to some ex?
tent different customs; we have to
some degree different national tradi?
tions, but at the bottom we have got
Just the same sort of hearts and un?
derstanding and the same essential in?
terests and when we mix with one
another and touch hands, we are apt
to touch hearts also.
"I want to congratulate you upon
the completion of this ship and upon
all that she stands for in the way of
reciprocity between ourselves and the
great country you represent, and 1
i
want to express my feeling as pres?
ident of the United States that wo
are rapidly approaching a day when
the Americans will draw together as
they have never drawn together be?
fore, and it will be a union, not of
political ties, but of understanding and
mutual helpfulness,
"1 want to drink to the health and
success of your president, your gov?
ernment, and if l may, I wish to in?
clude your ambassador, for whom we
have the greatest respect."
Alter the lunch the president and
Secretary Daniels were shown over
the Moreno by Admiral Martin, pros
Ident of the Argentine naval commis?
sion; Ambassador Naon and Capt.
Gallndea of the battleship. Later the
ambassador was invited to accompany
the president on tin- Mayflower Into
the naval academy grounds. As Dr.
Vaon boarded Iho Mayflower a salute
of 11 guns was flred,
a the Mayflower, carrying the
president and his party, neared the
naval academy the Itelnu Mercedes,
the Argentine training ship, began
llrlng a presidential salute of ::i guns,
which was promptly answered by th<
Mayflower. Rear Admiral Fullman,
superlntendenl ol the acadi my, th^rt
paid an official call un the presldeg\
MANY LOST WITH SHIPS.
MORE THAN" 150 J.OST WHEN
SUBMARINES SANK VESSELS.
100 or More of Falaba's Passengers
and Crow and 20 From Aguila arc
Missing and Arc Thought to Have
Perished.
London. March ?Upward of 160
lives wert lost in the sinking by Oer?
man submarines Saturday.and Sunday
of the Dempster liner Falaba. bound
from Liverpool for the eoast of
Africa, and the British steamer
Aguila, Liverpool for London.
The Falaba, torpedoed Sunday In
St. George's channel, had aboard ICO
passengers and a crew of 90. Of
this total only 110 were rescued. Eight
of those rescued died from exposure.
The Aguila was sunk by shell fire
Saturday night off the Pembroke
const. She carried three passengers
and a crew of 4 2. Twenty-three of
the crew and all of the passengers
were lost. Another Dutch steamer,
the Amstel of 853 tons, was blown up
by a mine off Flamborough Head to
do v.
In the case of both the Falaba and
the Aguila, upon sighting the sub?
marine the captain tried to escape by
I putting on all speed possible, but the
I underwater craft overtook the steam
jers, showing that Germany now has
some of her most modern submarines
engaged in the operations against
England.
The captain of the Falaba, who
was lost, was given five minutes to
get his passengers and crew into the
boats, but according to the survivors,
J before this was possible a torpedo
hit the engine room, causing an explo?
sion. Many were killed, and the steam?
er sank in 10 minutes.
Trawlers rescued most of those
saved; others got away in the boats.
Those still on the steamer when the
explosion occurred were thrown into
the sea and it took the fishermen an
hour or more to pick up those in the
water who managed to keep afloat.
The Aguila was attacked by the
submarine U-28, which opened fire,
killing a woman passenger, the chief
engineer and two of the crew. Even
after the crew had comme' ced to
lower the boats, according to the sur?
vivors, the Germans kept up their fire
and some of the boats were riddled.
The captain ol the trawler Ottilie,
whom the commander of the sub?
marine told of the sinking of the
Aguila, went to the rescue and picked
up three boats containing 19 of the
crew. A fourth boat could not be
found, and it is presumed she foun?
dered. On their arrival at Fishguard
several of the crew wore banduges,
having been wounded by the fire from
the submarine.
The admiralty statement follows:
"Twenty-three members of the
crew and three passengers ire miss?
ing from the steamer A :ila.
"The steamer Falaba, which also
sank carried a crew of about 90 per?
son:', and about 1C0 passengers. About
|14 0 survivors have been picked up.
eight of whom including the captain
died afterward. It is feared that
many persons on the steamer were
killed by the explosion of the torpedo.
"The Dutch steamer Amsel, a vessel
of 853 tons, belonging to P. A. Van
Es & Co. of Rotterdam, when on a
passage from Rotterdam to Poole,
Eng., struck a mine at 4 a. m., the
29th of March, in a German mine
field off Flamborough (Yorkshire,
Eng.) The crew has been landed In
the Humber by the Grimsby trawler
Pinewold."
BOAT FIRED UPON.
Survivors Tell Terrible Stories of Ex
Derlenoe With Submarine.
Fishguard, Wales, March 29.?Thir?
teen members of the crew of the Brit
ish steamship Aguila, sunk by the
German submarine U-28 on Saturday
night, perished. Survivors who ar?
rived here today said the Aguila was
sunk 50 miles southwest of the
Smalls, a group of rocks on the south?
east Irish coast. The crew was given
four minutes to leave the ship, but,
survivors said, the steamer was fired
upon while the men were getting into
the boats. The chief engineer and two
others were killed by shell fire and
ten other men were lost.
The submarine's captain hailed the
steamer Ottilie, which was sent to the
rescue.
Capt. Bannerman of the Aguilaaaid
the submarine fired across the steam?
er's bows, but he speeded up to 11
knots, only to be overtaken because
the submarine was making 18 knots.
One rescued sailor said a boat In
I which wane ten sailors, a woman pas?
senger and a stewardess, was fired on
and the passenger was killed, while
the stewardess was hurled into the
water ami drowned. Finally the boat
eapslxcd and sank.
accompanied by his aides.
President Wilson played golf with
Dr. Carey T. Graysott, his naval aide,
at the academy golf club, while Sec?
retary Daniels went to the boine of
Admiral Pullman and later Inspected
the academy.
BELSER CHOSEN PRESIDENT.
CHAMBER OP COMMERCE ELECTS
OFFICERS FOR ifM.viuin.
G, \. Lemmon Chosen Vice-President.
and ?F. W. McKlevor und J. 2. Hear-1
on Redected?Importance of Grata
Mill Discussed?committee to Oon
tlnne Efforts.
The annual election of officers of
the Sumter Chamber of Commerce
was held yesterday by the directors
as requested by the constitution and
by laws, resulting as follows:
President, Ii. U. Belser.
1st Vice President, G* A. Leir.mon.
2nd Vice President, J. W. McKleV
er. re-elected.
Treasurer, J. Z. Hearon, re-elected.
13. I. Reardon is continued as Man?
aging Secretary during the pleasure
of the board of directors. The man?
aging secretary having the right to se?
lect his assistant has reappointed the
efficient and popular assistant secre?
tary, Mrs. Wesley A. Brown, who has
held that position for two years.
Messrs. W. Percy Smith, W. B.
Boyle and H. X. Forrester, the newly
elected directors, were present and
assumed the duties of their positions,
j Messrs. G. A. Lemmon and J. W. Mc
[Klever, re-elected directors, requested
jthat Messrs. Smith, Boyle and For?
rester be designated as the three-year
term directors and that the directors
re-elected be designated to serve for
.two years, filling out the unexpired
two-year terms of Messrs. D. D.
Moise and D. R. McCallum, resigned.
This was agreed to.
Those present expressed sincere re?
gret with parting from President D.
D. Moise and directors Xeiil O'Don
nell and D. R. McCallum from the
board of directors, Mr. O'Donncll de?
clining the nomination for another
three year term on the board. The
retiring directors and president have
assured the present board that they
will hav> the same interest in the
Chamber of Commerce that they have
heretofore showed, and that they will
back up the president and the pres?
ent board of directors composed of
the officers above menMoned and
Messrs. H. M. Stuckey and E. L.
Witherspoon.
A matter of much concern to the
directors and which elicited a lengthy
discussion was the importance of fur?
nishing a market and manufacturing
facilities for market and grinding
corn, wheat and oats.
Mr. O'Donnell had attended this,
the last meeting of his tenure of of?
fice, for the express purpose of em?
phasizing *he Importance of the busi?
ness men of Sumter assuring the pur?
chase of the .Parrott Milling company
plant and the addition thereto of a
Hour mill and additional grain storing
capacity. He felt that the business
interests of Sumter are confronted
with a crisis in their affairs by' the In?
ability of the Chamber of Commerce
committee to secure the necessary
capital stock therefor.
He considered this marketing and
manufacturing plant the greatest of
Sumter's immediate needs, and he felt
l that failure to get up sufficient capi?
tal stock means thousands of dollars
of lost trade to Sumter's business es?
tablishments. He felt humiliated and
surprised that Sumter should even
think of failing In this matter. He
alluded to the number of mercantile
establishments which have not taken
stock, but which will be benefited by
the thousands of dollars obtained
from grain which will take the place
of thousands of bales of cotton, if the
milling plant is established, as pro
l posed. He counseled continued and
i
determined efforts by the committee
to impress upon Sumter's business es?
tablishments of every kind what
Sumter stands to lose by failure to
organize the stock company for a
milling plant.
He will continue to give his best ef?
forts towards assisting the commit?
tee. Mr. Lemmon and Dr. Hearon of
the special committee expressed their
approval of Mr. O'Donnell's views,
and all present agreed with them.
Messrs. W. B. Boyle. W. Percy Smith
and H. M. Stuckey were added to the
Parrott Milling company soliciting
committee to aid Messrs. Hearon. Mc?
Callum and Lemmon.
CORP. CLARK WOUNDED.
Brother of Dr. A. B. Clarke, of
Planters Tille in Battle at Nemo
Chappcllc.
Corporal fj. Walter Clarke, an offi?
cer in one of the Canadian regiments
of the British army at Ncuve Chap
pelle, France, was badly wounded by
bayonet in chest and shoulder in the
fierce battle with the Germans on
March 11th. This message came to
his brother. Dr. A. B. Clarke on Mon?
day last.
This young man was in Georgetown
county on a visit to bis brother i?t
tiio breaking <>ut of the war. and im?
mediately returned to Canada to en?
list for service. He made many
friends here, who will hope for his
quick recovery, although from the
brief message received, it would
rn thai bis injuries wore of a des?
perate character.?Georgetown Times.
COCK MAINS BEING HELD?
MRS. WEATHERBEE CLAIMS
THAT COCK FIGHTING Is GO?
ING ON IN THIS STATE.
Writes to Attorney General on Sub?
ject. Who Riefen Letter to Gover
nor?Manning- Calls on Beaufort
sheriff to Enforce Lew.
Columbia. March 30.?Mrs. L. T.
Weatherebee, secretary of the Society
for Protection of Cruelty to Animals,
of Savannah, In a letter to Attorney
General Peebles, says that cock fight?
ing is being vigorously indulged in
on the South Carolina side of the Sa
vannah River. She says that the so?
ciety at Savannah has been fighting
this evil for two years and to evad*
the officers the "sports" cross in;o
South Carolina for thejr flgnts.
"Sundays and holidays seem to be
their favorite time and I am told
Scriven's Ferry is a place frequented
by them," says Mrs. Weathersbee.
Attorney General Peeples referred
the letter to Governor Manning and
quoted him the law, which makes it
a misdemeanor for a person to en?
gage In or be present at a co^k fight
within three miles of an institution
of learning in thia State. Governor
Manning sent the letters te M. D.
White, of Beaufort county, and asked
j him to see that the laws were enforc
jed in his county.
ALLIES CAN'T TAKE FORTS?
"The More Ships Against Dardanelles
the Better Satined We Shall Be,"
States Von Der Goltz.
Bucharest, March 30.?Field Mar?
shal Von Der Goltz, the German mili?
tary commandant of Constantinople,
interviewed by the Adeverul, declared
the defences of the Dardanelles had
proved more effective than had been
expected and that he now would af?
firm that the allied fleet would not
force a passage.
"We await a new attack without
fear," the field marshal is reported to
have averred. "The more ships there
are the better satisfied we shall be.
We do not lack ammunition for Turk?
ish factories supply us all we want.
Turkish industry has been sufficiently
developed to equip a fresh army of
500,000 which it will be easy to mob?
ilize.
"Constantinople is calm and the
STultan still is in his Bosphorus palace.
Enver Pasha, minister of war, is most
optimistic and we are convinced we
Bhall win."
Field Marshal Von Der Goltz has
left Bucharest for Berlin.
Announcement that Field Marshal
Von Der Goltz had left Constantino?
ple for Sofia, Bulgaria, was made
from Athens on March 26. His
departure was believed to have an
important bearing on the develop?
ment in the Balkan situation which is
causing concern in Turkey. It is
evident that he stopped in Bucharest
on his way to Berlin after leaving
Sofia. ?
i VILLA NOT TO BE PRESIDENT.
Again Abjures Ambition for Political
Preferment in Troubled Mexican
Republic.
San Antonio, Texas, March 30.?In
; a letter to Monterey business men, ac?
knowledging a contribution of 1.000,
000 pesos demanded in behalf of the
poor, Gen. Francisco Villa today reit?
erated that he has no desire to be
president of Mexico, according to a
dispatch from Monterey.
When the contribution was per?
emptorily demanded several weeks
ago Gen. Villa scored a committee of
Monterey merchants who visited him
and, it is said, the delegation was not
permitted to leave the palace until as?
surance was given that the tax would
be paid.
"I don t care what you think of
me." Villa is quoted as saying in his
letter. "1 am not a politician; have
never held office and don t want to
be president. When the people have
secured the government for them?
selves and we have peace I will retire
to private life happy."
NEPOTISM ALLEGED.
Gov. Manning Reproves Richland
County Board for Choice off Ms>
pensnry Employes.
Columbia. March 31.?The Rich
land County Dispensary Board was
called before Governor Manning this
nu>rning and reproved for alleged ne?
potism In selecting the dispensary
employees.
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CARHANZA TROOPS AMBl SHED.
Body off six llundr(vd Cavalry Hi
Danger of Annihiliation.
Douglas, Arizona, March SC.?Asa
l ushed by the Vlllaiatas a body of
six hundred Carransaistas cavalry is
fighting for their lives twenty-five
miles southeast of Agua Prieta. Run?
ners reached Agua Prieta early this
morning, appealing for help. Scores
of the Carransistas have been killed,
it is reported.