Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 39, Number 160, 16 May 1914 — Page 1

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TUXPAM FALLS BEFORE ATTACK OF GEN. BLANCO

Federal General Divides Defending Forces and Rebels Defeat Divided Army With Little Losses. British Interests in Captured City Heavy and U. S. Expects England to Demand Adequate Protection. BY THOMAS P. COATES, 6peclal Staff Correspondent of the International News Service. VERA CRUZ, May 16. The capture bt Tuxpam, center of the rich petroleum district, by rebel troops, led by General Aguilar and General Blanco, has developed a new complication that Increases the seriousness of the situation involving the United States and Mexico. Aguilar and Blanco profess no allegiance to General Carranza, but have been acting independently, like General Zapata. Extensive property is owned by Lord Cowdray and other Britons at Tuxpam and it is possible that they will demand protection for their interests. The United States would be unable to secure this from either Huerta or Carranza. The Federal garrison, commanded by General Ocaranza evacuated the city after his tr.oops had suffered a defeat at Tamiahua. It is believed that Ocaranza has taken his forces to Teziutlan, where they will entrain for Puebla. This city is said to have been selected by Huerta for his final stand. Reports received here fro mTampico Etate that city is quiet and that all commercial houses have re-opened for business. Refugees Bring News. Confirmation of the fall of Tuxpam was brought here by passengers on the launch Azora, which arrived today with the first news from that point that has been received since three days before the fall of Tampico. Their stories indicate that General Ocaranza had committed a grave tactical error in dividing his forces which made the rebel victory easy. "On hearing that forces of rebels were operating beyond Tamiahua he sent Major Guillermin with 500 Federals to attack them. i The Federals were overwhelmed at Temapache and fell back to Tamiahua, vbere they were again defeated with heavy losses. General Aguilar then sent a courier to Ocaranza demanding the immediate surrender of Tuxpam, declaring that if the Federals resisted he would take the city with "blood and fire." Decide to Evacuate. General Ocaranza called a conference of his officers and it was decided to evacuate, there being no hope of securing reinforcements. When the refugees left Tuxpam on the Azora the Federals had crossed the river and were In disorganized flight. The city fell into the hands of the rebel troops Thursday afternoon after desperate hand to hand fighting between the opposing forces. Xews of the fall of this important oil center was brought to Consul Canada by a party of Spaniards who left Tuxpam in a small steam launch, narrowly escaping capture by the rebels. They were on their way to Vera Cruz a whole day and night, experiencing many hardships. Protect Foreigners. Consul Miller a.t Tampico reported to the state department that General Pablo Gonzales, of the Constitutionalist forces, has issued a proclamation Assuring foreigners of protection in the city and outlying districts. The proclamation invites all foreigners to return and oil men to resume their business. Consul Miller reports that the city is quiet and that normal conditions are being restored. A report from Consul Bonney by wireless from the Morro Castle, enroute to Galveston, said that upon May 3 no Americans had been killed in the Kaltillo district, where he was assignpd. The railroads, he reports, throughout that section, were paralyzed from a lack of fuel. The American consulate has been left in charge of the British vice consul. CHRISTENS PLANE. CHICAGO, May 16. "I christen the L. A. V. Y.," said Mrs. Jack Vilas, wife of the wealthy Chicago aviator and sportsman, as she broke a bottle of wine over the prow of her husband's new hydro-aeroplane just before it swung out over the lake on its initial flight.

Seek High Standards in Teachers League

Officers of the recently organized Federation of Teachers of the Richmond public schools today issued a statement regarding the purposes of the organization, declaring that it was solely to promote r higher standard of the profession. "It is not the purpose of the organization to work for better salaries for teachers; that will come with the raising of the standard of our profession," declared Miss Martha WhitBcre. "The interests of the teachers will be promoted and we want to get in closer touch with the parents of school children." The statement in full is as follows: "For some time the teachers of Richmond have contemplated forming i federation, but no definite steps were taken until early in the present school year, when at a meeting of the superintendent and principals a committee consisting of Miss Thompson, Mr. Pickell and Mr. Steely was appointed to investigate the federation in other diana cities.

T SECRETARIES SAY WORK BASED Oil CHURCH TRUTH

Barbour and Latshaw Tell Richmond Men How to Combine Into Efficient Force Religion and "Y." Church and Y. M. C. A. are two great organizations working hand-in-hand to lead men to the kingdom of God, not separate institutions working to selfish ends, Dr. C. A. Barbour and Dr. D. G. Latshaw, international secretaries of the association, told eightyeight men of Richmond, who gathered at a banquet table at the Y. M. C. A. last night. The aim of the association, Dr. Barbour said, is to administer to the whole boy, to his integrity. Products of the association should be wellrounded and not fractional. A fraction, he said, is made by something under the line and something over the line. "The greater the number under the line the smaller the number over the line." An institution which enjoys the rapid growth of the association during the last ten years is in danger of becoming "institutionlzed," Dr. Barbour said. By "institutionalized" he meant it might grow of itself, by itself and for itself. This, he believes, should not be the case either in the church or association. Church Primal Order. "The church," he said, "has a right to expect the association to recognized its primacy. The Y. M. C. A. is not trying to build up a church within its walls, but is working in connection with the church and not trying to take its place. "The church has a right to expect that the association will lead men and boys into it as rapidly as possible. The church has a right to expect that the Y. M. C. A. will do work which the church can not very well do with its building and equipment, but which is necessary to produce well-rounded men, physically, morally, socially and mentally. "The church has a right to expect the association to teach in its men and boys' Bible classes the evangelical truth of the institution which gave it birth." Calls for Evangelism. After the outline of the relations which should exist beween the association and the church by Dr. Barbour, Dr. Latshaw emphasized the need for association men to go out to the "unchurched" men, who are found in all classes and take the truth to them. They would respond, he said, with a wonderful hearing. The message for which they called from coast to coast, be said, was "The Word of Jesus." When this is taken to them on their own time, of their own accord, on their own working grounds, they have respect for the men bringing the message. More than this, he said, the country needed a demonstration of brotherly love, not condescension. DICKEY JAKES EXAM Richmond Boy Prepares for Lutheran Ministry. After completing the examination for the ministry today, Harry E. Dickey, a graduate of the Richmond high school and of Wittenberg college and seminary, will be ordained at the First English Lutheran church tomorrow evening. He makes the third member of the congregation to enter the ministry during the last three years. Following his ordination Mr. Dickey and his wife will go to India as missionaries. High officers of the church who are in the city today conducting the examination are: Doctors Fenner, Miller, Wilson, president of the Synod, Rev. Mr. Wren, Muncie, Rev. Mr. Hoerner, Indianapolis, and Rev. Mr. Estel, Muncie. PIERCE DIES HAGERSTOWN, Tnd., May 12. Mrs. L. M. Pierce, 56, died Friday at her home on Main street after a severe illness of gangrene poisoning and other complications. The husband and son, Claude Pierce, her mother, Mrs. Kate Porter, and brothers, Ed and W. IJ. Porter, of Hagerstown, and Knode Porter of New Castle, survive. The funeral services will be conducted Monday afternoon and the burial will be in Westlawn cemetery. "Last week a preliminary meeting of all teachers interested in the project was held at the high school building and a committee, consisting of one teacher from each building was appointed to draft a constitution and by-laws. "At a called meeting at 4 o'clock Friday this constitution was adopted and the following officers were elected : "President, Miss Martha Whitacre, hight school; vice president, Miss Anna M. Lupton, Starr; recording sec retary, Miss Emily Walker, Warner; corresponding secretary, Miss Katherme Cox, Starr; treasurer, Mr. E. D Stevenson, Garfield. "The purpose of this federation as stated in the constitution, is to advance the interests of the teachers of the Richmond public schools and to bring the teachers into closer connec tion with the parents and general pub

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BUTLER ORATOR RETAINS I. O. A. TITLE IN STATE

Judges Award Lawrence Bridge Honor Over Speakers Representing Colleges of Seven Middle States. Norman Cawley, of Wisconsin, Receives Second Place in Contest Association Elects Wm. Jewell Head. POSITIONS AWARDED Lawrence W. Bridge, Butler, Indiana. Norman Cawley, Lawrence, Wisconsin. John W. Scott, Fairmount, Kansas. Stanley Newell, Wesleyan, Iowa. Robert W. Peden, Hiram, Ohio. Robt. J. Hamilton, Olivet, Michigan. Theo. Lentz, Park, Misouri. Temporary pandemonium reigned when one hundred Butler College students realized that Lawrence Bridge, Indiana's representative, won the inter-state oratorical contest, at the coliseum, last evening. Norman Cawley, of Wisconsin, was second, with John W. Scott, of Kansas, third. With ie Inter-State Oratorical contest, the greatest public speaking classic in the Middle west, in progress at the coliseum, less than five hun dred people, according to the authoritative statement of one connected with the contest, heard the orators. In the audience of less than a half thousand there were scores of townspeople, almost a hundred Butler college students, while Earlham college, with its 426 students, was for the most part in the background. Bridge Veteran Speaker. Lawrence W. Bridge, the Butler orator, who carried off the premier honors of the evening is a veteran public speaker. His style is terse and effective while his delivery is slow, forceful, clear with little or no inflection for dramatic interest. Despite the momentary hesitations he held his audience throughout his oration dealing with the prime factors of war. Bridge at one time won the Ohio Peace Contest while a student at Hiram College. He is now in his senior year at the Indianapolis college. He preaches at a small church in New Paris, O. Who could take the ordinary Jewish citizen, raise him above common re proach, set him high on the standards of wealth, art, genius and convince an audience that the man despised by the Gentile has had ' his. hands in every great movement for the past three centuries? This is what Norman Cawley, of Lawrence College, Wisconsin did at last night's contest. Although awarded second place his oration was one of the most convincing of the seven submitted. Pleads for Jew. In art, music and drama, the Rubinstein, Meyerbeer and Mendelssohn had their place and rank among the world's greatest geniuses. In finance, there is the Rosenberg, of Chicago, in politics the Strauss, of New York, and it is said that in Columbia University every second man is a Jew. Cawley pleaded for a reformation in the Gentile attitude of the deposed Jew. In a broad, comprehensive manner, John W. Scott, of Fairmount college, Kansas, told how industrialism claimed a toll of 100,000 workmen annually from the shops and factories of the (Continued on Page Six) E MAY HEAD W, S, UUN 1915 West Side Man Mentioned to Succeed Dr. E. B. Grosvenor, Retiring. The year's business of the West Side Improvement Association was closed last night and the association adjourned until the first Friday in September. A nominating committee of George M. Guyer, Levi C. Peacock and P. C. Hubbard will prepare ballots and candidates for an election at the September meeting. Dr. E. B. Grosvenor will retire from the presidency at that time. Dr. Grosvenor has been president three years and has taken upon himself a large amount of the association's work. He has attended every meeting during that time while in the city. As it is not customary for a president to hold office for more than three years, Charles Moore is spoken of as the next officer. The work of the association for the past year was gone over. Members feel well satisfied with the showing made, especially insecuring public improvements. There are several street repairs now going on and when these are completed, the entire West Side will be in good condition. The National road hill, which has been the source of trouble for two years, since it was first tarviated, will be repaired soon. The association was the influence which caused the purchase of tarvit and other necessary material to restore the road. In case of any business during the summer, Dr. Grosvenor, who holds office until September, will call a special meeting. WEATHER FORECAST FOR INDIANA Sunday Increasing cloudiness. Probably followed by Showers by night. TEMPERATURE. Noon 64 Yesterday Minimum 27

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SCHOOL CHILDREN III COUNTY SHOW INCREASE OF 143

City Gains 196, While County Outside Shows Loss of Fifty-three for Last Year in Report. In the city of Richmond where more than one-half of the school children of the county live, a gain of 196 children is shown while in the county outside of Richmond a loss of fiftythree is recorded, according to the official school enumeration report of County Superintendent Williams. In the county there are 10,729 school children of which 5,304 are white boys, 5,017 are white girls, 197 are colored boys and 211 are colored girls. The total gain is 294 with a loss of 151 making a net gain in the en143 school children. In Richmond there are 5,803 children of school age. These figures are divided among 2,812 white boys, 2,698 white girls, 136 colored boys and 157 colored girls. An additional report shows that 691 of the 5,803 children are between fourteen and sixteen years old. Following are some of the figures shown in the enumeration report: Township Totals Gain Loss Abington 135 5 Boston 135 2 Center 283 2 Clay 215 27 Franklin 280 9 Greene 211 .. 12 Harrison 104 . . 6 Jackson 258 7 Jefferson 241 18 New Garden 330 5 Perry 206 15 Washington 228 6 Wayne 959 .. 21 Webster 124 .. 15 Dalton 108 .. 9 Totals (Twps.) 3,996 98 63 (35) Towns. Cambridge City 441 .. 12 Centerville 179 . . 38 Dublin 122 .. 23 Hagerstown 166 . . 13 Spring Grove 22 .. 2 Totals 930 . . 88 City of Richmond. . .5,803 196 Grand Totals 10,729 294 151 (143) HONEYMOON FUNDS FROM FIRING HOUSE Former Richmond Woman and Fiance Arrested for Unique Method. Mrs. Grace Brown, a former Richmond woman, and her fiance, Harold Smedley, were arrested at Lafayette yesterday on an arson charge, it being alleged they set fire to their home in that city to collect $500 insurance so they could go on a honeymoon trip. Both confessed to the crime. They were to have been married next week. Mrs. Brown lived in Richmond until about four years ago, when she was divorced from Ernest Hoffeiner, whom she married in this city. Later she married a man by the name of Brown, from whom she was divorced only two weeks ago. She has never been in trouble before, but one of her local relatives says members of the family have had little to do with her in recent years. Her mother is Mrs. Wasson of this city, and she is a sister of Mrs. Joseph Krick, who lives near Richmond, Members of the woman's family are greatly shocked over her escapade. A dispatch from Lafayette says that after Smedley and Mrs. Brown set fire to their home they went to a moving picture show to await developments. The property was partially destroyed. They were arrested shortly after the flames had been subdued. Bavis 25 Cents to Good After Visit by Robber A burglar broke into the home of Alfred Bavis, president of the board of public works, 411 North Thirteenth street, last night, while Mr. Bavis and other members of the family were up town, and when the city official returned he found he was just 25 cents better off because of the thief's visit. The man took no valuables from the house, because, Mr. Bavis says, there were none to take, and in making a hurried departure, dropped a quarter out of his pocket. A boarder at the Bavis home, a young man, returned to the house early in the evening. He knew the members of the family were not at home and a light in one of the upstairs rooms attracted his attention. He called but received no response. He then telephoned to police headquarters. While he was doing so the thief "beat it." GARLAND TO SPEAK It is believed Frank Garland of Dayton will be heard by a big audience Monday night when he speaks on charity question at the Commercial club. The meeting will be open. Garland will be able to give some information on the work of the National Charity, association.

FLY CATECHISM

- The following questions and answers were prepared by the Indiana State Board of Health. Every word is true- We urge you to read all this carefully. It will save you money. It may save your baby's life. 1. Where is the fly born? .In manure and 11th. 2. Where does the fly live? In every kind of filth. 3. Is anything too filthy for the fly to eat. No. 4. (a) Where does he go when he leaves the surface closet and the manure pile and the spittoon? Into the kitchen and dining room. ib) What does he do there? He walks on the bread, fruit and vegetables. He wipes his feet on the butter and bathes in the milk. 5. Does the fly visit the patient sick with typhoid fever, consumption and cholera Infantum? He does and he may call on you next. 6. Is the fly dangerous? HE IS MAN'S WORST PEST, AND MORE DANGEROUS THAN WILD BEASTS OR RATTLESNAKES. 7. What disease does the fly carry? He carries typhoid fever, consumption and summer complaint. How? On his wings and hairy feet. What is his correct name? Typhoid fly. 8. Did he ever kill anyone. He killed more American soldiers during the Spanish-American war than did the bullets of the Spaniards. 9. Where are the greatest number of cases of typhoid fever, consumption and summer complaint? Where there are the most flies. 10. Where are the most flies? Where there is the most filth. 11. Why should we kill the fly? Because he may kill us. 12. When shall we kill the fly? Kill him before he gets his wings kill him when he is a maggot in the manure pile kill him while he is in the egg state. 13. How? Keep the stables dry and clean and don't allow any manure to stay on the premises longer than one week. Have all other filth and trash accumulated on your premises removed or burned at least once a week. 14. If your neighbor fails to comply with these rules and allows flies to breed on his premises to visit you, screen your doors and windows and keep them out. Let us all work together to make Richmond a flyless city. The Fly Committee. , Supt. J. T. Giles, Chairman. BUTLER ENTHUSIASM ROUSESJLEEPY CITY Supporters, of -Winning. I. O. A. Orator Parade Main Street and Jollify. Three hours' pent-up college enthusiasm is one hundred Butler college students broke out and surged through the Coliseum last night when Lawrence Bridge, the Indianapolis college man, idol of the students in the Capitol city school, carried off first honors in the interstate oratorical contest against six other speakers. No more had the words of Howard McMinn left his mouth until fifty lustyvoiced young men jumped to the platform, headed by the cheer leader, and began the famous Butler song of victory. Round and round the platform stamped the procession, joined by scores of colleagues in sympathy. Then the unexpected happened. Bridge, hearing the cheering emerged from the door leading to the stage. Five stalwarts of the Butler delegation grabbed their chief, swung him high on their shoulders and chanting the victory song, started a parade, which woke the sleeping Quakertown at 11:30 o'clock. Filled with enthusiasm, the marchers took possession of Main street, and headed by Bridge, went to the Westcott hotel where a reception had been scheduled. At the hotel fifty guests slumbered in Bilence, a few "night owls" remained in the lobby. Suddenly the doors opened to a throng mad with joy. Over the smooth tile, up the grand staircase went the relentless mob. Guest, suddenly torn from sleep, wondered at the demonstration. But the Butler youths could not sleep. Their special cars left the city triumphantly bearing the publicspeaking idol of the middlewest. To Bridge is accounted the words, "Boys, it's great." MEXICANS TORTURE VICTIMSOF ARMIES The most cruel and barbaric forms of torture used by Indians or by savage tribes are no worse than those described in a letter to Perry Williams from his cousin, Mrs. Elizabeth Grover, who lives in San Rafale, New Mexico. The letter in part reads: "I guess things are in a dreadful mess in Old Mexico, and the cruelties practiced there are more than we can believe. It seems the warriors catch people, cut their ears and toes off, and then turn them loose. They often torture them beyond human endurance, burji the bottoms of their feet and the palms of their hands and their tongues and then turn them loose to live as they can. "Everything is shut down there now and the stores are selling off what they have but not buying more for fear the soldiers will come and take all away from them. My brother has returned, and he says that in the interior many are hungry now. The last three days he worked there, the soldiers shot at them if they got from behind tree or cover." .

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HOLD 1ETINGJF PROTEST Decide to Refrain From Selling Milk in City For Thirty Days if Council Passes Ordinance Now Pending

Dairymen who furnish the milk supply of Richmond have hurled down the gauntlet to the city council and have dared that body to pass the milk inspection ordinance which comes up for third reading at the council meeting Monday. It was learned today that over thirty dairymen held a meeting in this city last Tuesday and passed a resolution, declaring that if the milk inspection ordinance was passed they would not sell milk in this city for a period of thirty days. Such action on the part of the dairymen would of course cause a milk famine in Richmond and the results would be serious. Ordinance Is Stringent. Since the introduction of the ordi nance, which the councilmen have all along recognized as a live wire, it has been handled with gloves and two special sessions were held for the benefit of the dairymen for the purpose of obtaining their opinions on the measure. The ordinance has also been radically changed, being made less drastic, but still an effective measure and a big Improvement over the existing milk ordinance. With the latest revision of the ordinance the majority of councilmen were satisfied with its terms, and it was the general opinion that there was not much opposition to it on the part of the dairymen. Consequently the action of practically all the men who supply milk to the city in threatening a boycott if the measure is passed comes as a surprise. What effect such action will have on the councilmen who have heretofore championed a square deal for the dairymen is not known, but it is believed the majority of the members, believing the dairymen are unjust in their attitude " towaTlT theTneasnre, will resent the apparent effort to coerce them into voting against an ordinance deemed fair to both the public and the dealers, and will support its passage. Threaten Boycott. It was learned today that the dairyj men resent any attempt on the part of the city to provide through restrictions for the milk business in city, and have threatened a boycott on such grounds rather than opposition to any particular provisions of the ordinance. It is also known that some of the dairymen have no particular objections to the measure but have joined in opposition to it for the purpose of being in harmony with those dealers who are most strenuously opposed to it. While the dairymen have stamped the pending milk inspection ordinance with their disapproval, the majority of councilmen admit there is a public demand for thorough regulation of the

REBELS BEGIN ATTACK ON SALTILLO CAPTURING OUTPOSTS OP BIG CITY

BY J. L. ROBERTS. Special Staff Correspondent of the international News Service. CONSTITUTIONALISTS' HEADQUARTERS, Paredon. Mexico, via El Paso, Texas, May 16. Fighting has begun in the Constitutionalist campaign against Saltillo.- The first clash has been won by General Villa's troops. A Federal force of five hundred men was surprised by a body of Constitutionalist scouts near Reita Junction, north of Paredon, and routed with great slaughter. The Huerta troops left fifty dead on the field when they fled. The Federals are said to have been the garrison which evacuated Monclova. There is wild rejoicing here over the fall of Tampico, news of which has just been received. Constitutionalist officers declare that now they will have an opportunity to get all the ammunition that they need for the campaign against Mexico City. Army in Motion. The great Constitutionalist army is now in motion. Trainloads after trainload of troops, ammunition and artillery is being sent out of this great concentration camp. Genera! Villa is giving his personal attention to the transportation of troops, supplies and water trains, and small arms and ammunition. While General Felipe Angeles devotes his time to the shipment of his artillery. He will have sixtynine guns which will bombard Saltillo and a plentiful supply of ammunition. Forty-three machine guns and ammunition have been sent with the infantry. It is believed the trainB will be able to reach Ramos and Arizpe, nine miles north of Saltillo, without interruption. For several days large bodies of troops have been sent to th'e front to protect the railway repair gangs from foraging parties which have been making sorties from the Federal garrison. Supply Trains Move. Three supply trains of thirty cars each, laden with food and other supplies reached Paredon from - Torreon last night and more were rushed to the front following the troop trains.

handling and delivery of milk, especially on the part of the women. The public learned the necessity of such regulation, when non-sterilized bottles delivered by one dairyman resulted in a serious epidemic of typhoid fever and several deaths. The principal feature of the proposed ordinance, against which the dairymen have dared council to pass, provides for the tuberculin testing of all dairy herds; the proper sterilization ot bottles; the delivery of all milk in quantities of a gallon or less in bottles; the delivery of milk at a temperature of 55 degrees or less; thorough sanitary arrangements for all dairies; a score card system for all dairies; the licensing of all dairymen and other less important features. Increases His Business. One of the dairymen who has joined in the protest against the ordinance has established a most lucrative business in this city because for the past two or three years be has been voluntarily conducting bis dairy along lines identical to those provided in the ordinance, and he has never found it necessary to increase the market price of milk, as some of the dairymen have contended would be the first result of the adoption of the measure. Councilman Frank Howells, a member of the ordinance committee stated today that he believed the pending ordinance in its revised form properly safeguarded the public so far as it Is possible to do so by legislation and at the same time was fair to the dairymen. He favors council calling the dairymen's bluff. Mr. Howells says that Councilman Weishaupt who showed an antagonistic attitude toward the measure while it was trimmed into shape, was surprised to learn from a friend in Ft. Wayne, to whom he had written for information, that the ordinance in that city, which has been closely copied in the drafting of the local ordinance, had no effect on the price of milk and that it was being in forced satisfactorily. Council Is Lenient. In their dealings with the dairymen councilmen have been very lenient and considerate, city officials contend, and have incorporated into the revised ordinance the majority of their suggestions. The section Oi the ordinance pertaining to ice cream manufacturers has now been adjusted to their entire satisfaction. One provision has been changed by the ordinance committee permit ice cream dealers who purchase pasteurized and sterilized milk outside the city to have their supplies shipped without any fixed temperature limit. No ice cream manufacturer ships in a sufficient quantity of milk to have it transported in a refrigerator car.

Two flanking corps of two thousand men earch are marching overland from Hipolito, spread over a front of nearly twenty miles, driving everything before them to Saltillo. Many bands of Federals who have surrendered to them voluntarily and asked to be allowed to swear allegiance to the Constitutionalist flag, were taken into the rebel ranks. It is expected that the investment of Saltillo will be complete by night, and General Villa, following his usual custom, will attack the city under cover of darkness. Including a portion of the Constitutionalist forces under command of General Pablo Gonzales, hurried here from Tampico, General Villa has no less than thirty thousand men in his attacking force. But all of these men are on the firing line. Some are detailed to scout duty and others are employed in guarding the railroads and supplies. Several thousand Constitutionalists are being held in reserve as a rear gauard to prevent an attack by Federals or a flank movement. Federals Given Strength. It is believed that the Federal force in Saltillo has been greatly strengthened by conscripts, but the fighting ability of these "soldiers" is doubted. In addition to the conscripts there are a number of citizen volunteers in the Federal ranks, as General Huerta ordered the Federal officers in Saltillo to spread the word that the Constitutionalist army is in reality an army of two thousand American soldiers who are fighting with the Constitutionalists. It is said that Huerta caused the report to be published in Saltillo that Villa had been commissioned a colonel in the United States army. Manuel Crivas, who reached Paredon From Mexico City by way of Zacatecas and Torreon. having escaped through the Federal lines In disguise, says in all the cities dominated by the Federals every effort is being made by the Huertistas to create the impression that Mexico City has already been invaded by the Americans and that Torreon, alleged to have been captured by the Americans, is being used aa '

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