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"CARRANZA REPORTS NEW BANDIT OUTRAGE
[nvaders Checked by Montenegrins
ALLIES AID
foka FA
PEAGE
.(I( International News Service.)
ONDON, Jan. 17.—~A wire
less dispatch from Rome reports
that the Austro-Hungarian ad
vance in Montenegro has been
checked by the Mont rins. The
same dispatch stated Q'u Turk
ish troops that were withdrawn
from the Dardanelies are being
returned there.
(By International News Service.)
VIENNA (via Berlin wireless), Jan.
17.~Montenegro has sued for peace,
it was officially announced to-day n
the Hungarian Parllament by Count
Tisza. Premier of Hungary.
This announcement was greei:d
with joyful shouts. :
“Both King Nicholas and the Mon
tenegrin Cabinet have asked for
peace terms,” sald the Hungarian
Premier.
“Montenegro has agreed to lay down
arms And stop fighting,” declared the
Hungarian Premler. “Word has just
been received to that effect from the
front,
“Negotiations leading to. a peace
treaty will be opened at once.”
o |
Kaiser Leaves for
.
Russian War Front
(By International News Service.)
BERLIN, Jan. 17.—Emperor Wil
llam, officially announced to be com
pletely recovered and returning to
the front. is reported in high quarters
to be on his way to the eastern thea
ter of war. It is in the east that well
informed persons expect the mnext
great battles to occur, and the arrival
of the Kaiser there may be the signal
for a renewal of the great German
offensive against the Russians, which
was halted by the Serbian campalign.
Germans in general belfeve that the
war will be won In Russia. The dead
lock in the west is one that can not
be broken by either Teutons or Allies
without enormous losses that would
make victory in such operations an
empty one, according to some German
experts. They point out that the
length of the front in Russia makes
the eastern theater of war the only
one in which there can be any exer
cise of military strategy. |
The belief is growing in Berlin that
there will be no campaign against Sa
loniki. . By its victory in Serbia, Ger
many accomplished its twofold pur
pode of making Bulgaria its ally and;
stopping the transportation of am
munition to Russia from Saloniki.
Nothing further would be gained by
the' capture of Saloniki, the expertsl
say; '
The enlistment of Bulgaria as anl
ally of the Teutons and the severance
of communication between Salonikil
and Russia was a blow to the Rus-I
sians that has been little appreciated |
except in Berlin. |
The Czar's army got a large part ofl
its ammunition supplies from England I
and France through Saloniki. Now,
it is dependent upon its own exer- |
tions and upon supplies that can be|
carried over the-trans-Siberian Rail
way or taken in through Archangel,
which is completely icebound in the
winter. !
9
Council Puts Budget
Over to Thursday
The City Council Monday afternoon
postponed consideration of the new
budget until an adjourned meeting to
be held Thursday afternoon. This was
done in order that copies might be
distributed .among the members and
allow them to become familiar with
the matter.
‘The request of the Southeastern
Fair Association for an appropriation
of $75,000 was deferred until after
eongideration of the budget.
3
; Weather Just as
' Foretold b{ Noted
.
- Seer of Griffin
I PRO’. A. L. SNIDER, the noted
$ Griffin prognosticator and
; goosebone diviner, was pleased
Monday and flled with the satis-
Jaction that comes from good work
well done. He had again called the
‘Mulhrmlm.nd’dm
{ over on the professional forecast
ers.
I Verifying, by long-distance tele
! phone, his prediction of several
I weeks ago that “Janwary 19 will
{ be a rough rider, with mow,” and
| remarking that it had come just
) one day ahead of schedule, he
: gave out the following interview :
: Fair and colder Tuesday
. and fair and cold Wednesday.
: Tuesday will be about the
! coldest of this “rough-rider.”
: It was all wrote down in the
! forecast and that's the way
! its to run.
| had some mighty good
signs, but_they're secret signs
' that | don't teli.
McK e t
Fight Suit
f W.f
The answer of Harold McKenzia,
voung capitalist, to the divorce suit
recently brought against him by Mrs,
Minnie Lou Rodgers McKenzie, popu
lar society girl of Macon, was on file
Monday in the Superior Court.
It indicated that young McKenzie
will fight any effort that may be made
by his-wife to recover allmony, he
pleading that he not be forced to pay
her such money. Mrs, McKenzie did
not ask for alimony in her original
suit for divorce, but the answer of
the husband was prepared so as to
resist any future plea that might be
contemplated in her behalf,
McKenzie denied the charge of de
sertion as made by Mrs. McKenzie,
and on which she based her plea for
divorce. The husband asked that his
disabilities be removed in the event
his wife should be granted a divorce.
Attorney Reuben Arnold filed the
answer. Attorneys Little, Powell,
Smith & Goldstein represent the wife,
Statue of Whitlock
In Paris Proposed
(By International News Service.)
PARIS, Jan. 17.—The Petit Journal
to-day suggests that a statue of
Brand Whitlock, American Minister
to Belgium, be erected after the war
in recognition of his courage in re
turning to help the Belgians in their
trials and sufferings.
B e R N NN N N N W W N eok P W e werwwywararers,
|An Effective A i i
- An Litective gent in g
' Finding Lost Articles :
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; ; §
g' The Daily Georgian and Sunday American’s “Lost and g
Found” column leaves nothing undone to help in the recov- !
§ ery of lost valuables. I
It prints a descripfive list daily of the articles found by 2
the police, found on trolley cars and in moving picture |
theaters. : ¢
§ : It takes the news of all losses printed in their columns I
; into 52,000 homes daily, more than' 82,000 Sunday. They I
§ practically cover Atlanta, and can hardly fail to reach the ;
¢ finder, who, in turn, is doubtless looking for the loser. 2
; Help to make restoration doubly sure by putting your %
“Lost” ad where others will be most likely to see it. This
soa is only another way of saying : Sl T §
Telephone It to The Trhh I
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Georgian-American .% f'{szr I
i Main 100 or Atlanta 8000 §
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VOL XIV. NO-MS.________ ATLANTA, GA, MONDAY, JANUARY 17, 1916 .S« 3 CENTS WVihi¥omm
| B
T'he coldest day of this rather miid
mannered and gentle winter arrived
Monday, when the mercury dropped
to 18 above zero between § and &/
o'clock. and a 36-mile wind swept
banks of slect Into the corners I
Professor Snider, of Griff The |
Georglan- American’s oxclusive pr g
|
nosticator, awoke to find himself vin-|
dicated, if vindication were needed b) I
an expert like the Professor For o{
had prophesied a “rough rider,” a reg- 1
ular rip snorter, with snow attached.™
for January 18 And here it was ,t‘
day aheat of time |
For that matter, the officiai bure ;.1I
says the 18th (Tuesday) will be al
trifle colder than Monday—a falr,
clear day, which will warm up & bit
along toward noon The forecastsr
thinks that will bring the end of this
cold snap
The bureau's official report on
weather conditions Monday sald
A severe cold wave appeared
Sunday and advanced rapidly
southeastward, and this morning
covers the entire central valley,
the Lake region and New Eng
land sections, and the northern
half of the cotton belt The 7
A m temperatures ranged this
morning from 54 degrees at Jack
sonville to 18 degrees at Ajlanta
gzero at Louisville, 2 degrees above
zero at St.iLouis, 4 degrees below -
zero at Chicago, and 16 degrees
below at Sault Ste. Marie In the
Northwest it is warmer
Moderate disturbances exist off
the New England coast and on
the South Atlantic coast, accom
panied by rain or snow. New Or
leans received 1.26 inches of rain
Mobile 1.44. High winds were re
ported at New York, 52 miles
Galveston,” 36 miles, and Mobile,
46 miles
Fair weather is indicated for
to-night and Tuesday, with con
tinued cold. The cold will begin
to moderate rapidly Tuesday aft
ernoon at Atlanta
Water in pipes should be cut off
to-night to prevent freezing.
SPANISH STEAMER SUNK.
LONDON, Jan, 17.—The Spanish
steamship Belgica has been suynk at
sea, according to a Lloyd's dispatch
received to-day. Twenty-three mem
bers of the crew were picked up.
THE WEATHER.
Forecast—Fair and warmer Mon
day night and Tuesday.
Temperatures—6 a. m., 18; 8
a. m, 18; 10 a. m,, 19; 12 noon, 19;
Ip. m, 19; 2 p. m, 20.
Sunrise, 6:43; sunset, 4:55,
T e
,B itter Winds
I I
Dr. Henry Alford Porter, new p.l-1
tor of the Second Baptist Church, had
a donation party Monday just before
dawn. He was greatly surprised at
the token of esteem from an anony
mous guest ‘
Dr. Porter had just settled in his
new Ansley Park home, No. 60 Prado, |
and was sleeping the sieep of thol
righteous. But at 3 a. m. the door
bell rang. !
s “Ah., some visitor,” he muttered,
“some young bridegroom, rather slut.
tered, come to ask that I perform a
wedding in the early dawn.”
But when he threw wide the porull
pever sign of man nor mortal did he
see beneath the sleet fall. He who
rang the bell had gone.
Through the park the wind was
howling, down the street the dogs
were growling, but the only thing the
Doctor found was one vest, upon the
floor. But the pastor had no holler—
in the pocket was a dollar; one crisp
banknote for a doilar. Said the Dec
tor: “Hope there's more”
But there wasn't. And after won
dering untll after breakfast whether
it were a contribution or a conscience
fund, Dr. Porter telephoned the palice
that he had somethirg that dian't be
jong to him and the owner might
come and get IL P
Ship Captain Says
. .
Submarine Fired 14
.
Shots at His Vessel
i
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.—The
State Department this afternoon re
ceived an afidavit from Captain
Hugh Thompson, of the Standard Oil
tanker, Petrolite, which was fired on
and damaged by an Austrian subma
rine in the Mediterranean early in
December.
Captain Thompson asserts that the
|submarlne fired fourteen shells at his
vessel after he had stopped. One of
the shells damaged the vessel and
injured a Danish sailor. The affi
davit declares that Austrian officers
boarded the vessel and held some of
the ¢rew hostage, demanding food as
the price of their release. The food
was produced.
lAuto—G_as Kills a
Petromortis, the new malady re
gulting from automobile gas poison
ing, Monday claimed a former resi
dent of Atlanta, when Kern Beath,
aged, 45, a prominent insurance man
of Bloomington, 111., was found dead
in his garage at that city. Press dis
patches told of his death.
Mr. Beath was connected with the
Gulf Refining Company in Atlanta for
four years. He left here five years
ago to return to Blomington, his
home city.
He is survived by his wife and one
brother. The brother lives at Jack
sonville.
1,000 Homeless as
| Fire Sweeps Town
ki
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA., Jan. 17;
One thousand people were rendered
homeless by a fire which destroyed
almost the entire business and resi
dence section of Wirt to-day. The
Governor has been asked to send
troops to prevent looting. The
Headlton oil fields are on the out
skirts of Wirt and it was feared that
the flames would reach them. Only
meager reports have reached here, as
all wires are down,
Ski e RSI S
I Aid Reach Warden
The list of appeals for help at City |
Warden Thomas Evans' office went up
like the mercury with the arrival of
the cold wave. On last Thursday he
had 50 appeals, on Friday 102, SBaturday
106, and Monday promised to eclipse
them all, 76 calls having come in by
noon.
I
I (By International News Service.)
NEW YORK, Jan. 17 Fines ag
{Kr\“fl’vh’“ $3.100 were imposed to-day
upon four Germans indicted for at
'!"‘ pting to send rubber to Germany
us personal baggage They pleaded
guiity
‘ The men and amounts of Lthe fines
were
l Max Jaeger, 31.500; Edward Weber,
§iso Paul Schmidt, 3760 Richard
Goldberg, 100 Mrs. Annie Dekkers
who was indicted with the men, was
not in court, being Il
Rubber is one of the chief articles
on England's list of contrabands of
war
! e
Mobile Rector Wi
| e Rector Will
{Mobil
| Decide on Call Here
Members of St. Philip's Episcopal
I"hur‘; in Atlanta Monday were hop
{ing that the Rev. Thomas H. John
'flnr“ rector of All Saints Episcopal
Church in Mobile, had been favorahly
I mpressed with the Atlanth rectory
| after his visit here Sunday and wouid
I’“ ept the call extended by St. Phil
lip’s
Mr. Johnston was invited to Atianta
| following a visit to Mobile of C. L.
Pettygrew Atlanta attorney, who
,‘.'uirvl him preach there. He dellvered
la sermon at the Atlanta church Sun
‘\i-v and received an urgent call to
the rectory of Bt. Philip's,
Mr. Johnston will decide this week
whether he will come to Atlanta., He
returned to Mobile Sunday night. ;
Accuses ‘Joe Brown'
0f Welching on Shave
I Charley Vacallis, formerly of Pel
leponesus,- was peeved Monday. He
conducts the refined ladies’ and gen
tlemen’'s case immediately wcdjacent to
the new barber shop in the Connally
Building, and he says Joe Brown Con
nally promised him a free shave,
shampoo and halrcut, provided he
were first on hand at the grand open
ing Monday morning.
“1 was there at 6:30,” Charley pro
tested. ‘“And Mr. Connally, he hasn't
I(‘ome down yet. I was back at 7 and
Ihe isn't come yet. 1 got busy in my
| case, and when I go back I wasn't thes
| first man. 1 got to pay for my hair
|cut."
lEggs Are Scrambled,
Driver Hurt in Wreck
I liggs were scrambled and scat-
Itnn»d for two blocks and so were
{parts of a Ford truck Monday af
ternoon when a machine ran away
with the negro chauffeur and turned
over on Fort street, between Auburn
avenue and Houston street. The truck
fell on the negro's head and was
badly smashed. The driver, Arnett,
Kinard, of No. 52 Hood street,
crawled from the wreckage with'a
few scalp wounds.
The truck belonged to the Blue
‘\':lllpy Butter Company and was
loaded with eggs.
.
Col. Stevens Still
I In Critical Condition
Colonel O. B. Stevens, promlnent‘
Georgian, who has been ill for several
weeks, Monday had not improved and
Iwas in a critical condition following
a restless night.
Colonel Stevens is suffering with
vertigo. He is at his home at No. 304
Fast Linden avenue
I RESULTS. I
W
AT NEW
FIRST - Three 3 'fl?-.hm
(McAtee), &, 6.5, 1.5, won: Sliver b
118 (Manovia), 11-38, second fis
Represent, 12 (Andress), 12 4, 75, th
::”'l !’J‘n‘l: Dot, Cousin ':l.r:
reet, ¢
Mary also ran
BECOND--BSix furlnogs: Mollle' Reach,
110 i Koerner), €, 2. even. won: Btephen
Ay, 113 Centaer Sa % l!"%-t.mm'
. cAtee) - - "
Time, 117 ¢-3. Ellsabeth m
sa McMakin, Elen buuh Wa -
I:{um“' Insurgent, Watch 'l’m Blep
THIRD-Bix furlongs: Dr oncal
117 (Hanover), 5-10, 1.3, out, nx-; 'm'-'
;m, 114 (Andress), 3, 7-10, 1.5, sec.
Time, 11008 mes Wing, darl, Do
‘ : - ue ne, -
dl::. Meelicka also ran
WRTH--Bix furlongs: Kate 113
(Hanover), 3, t-? 1-4, won: mu‘hu
nie, 114 (Gentry) 4-5, second; Tod
dling. 130 (Lilie 1.4, %, -5, third. Time,
1:161-8. 111-&bi':um t Read
ef, Colinet also ran
FIFTH-Mile and 80 yurds: Jessie
Louise, 113 (Andress), 5, 7-5, out, won:
Dnfl'ml‘ 197 (Litler, 3, -5, out. mee
ond; Royal Meteor, 113 (Koerner), 5.5,
3.5, out, third. Tine, 1.452.3 Lucky:
H..le’o ".l)u nd
- and one-sixteenth miles:
AMcaTg-c-. 110 (Hanover), 7, l’t. even,
won; Reaupre, 107 (Brown), 4, 7.5, 1.3,
second mnfllu. 107 (Koerner), 3, even,
s-h third. -\L'n 4-5. Mary Ann K,
ode, Brian u alse ran
Sissrempesrin
AT JUAREZ
FIRST —Purse, 3-year-old maidens, 3
eron*r Nasledovati 107, a-Guifstream
112, and 107, u.‘.‘m 112, a-OM
Harry 107, Jean 112, man 112, Boot
lenn h? 112, Eleanor Marie 112
(a-B._ A Jones entry.)
SECOND-—Selling, 2-year-okis and up,
s W: xGerthelma M, Katherine
aG. 163, ‘: 106, Jpgl Spohn {O6, sln:!
You-& , Veno Von 108, Vireo 106,
xDr. Mack 11 107, Captain Druse 107,
‘P'?ann":ou lC:.“xl"n.«ln m‘ ;‘l.l?
WAn Zeno! , Originator .
In!’onu 112,
THIRD-Belling, 4-year-olds and u:. 1
mile: xlad 88, xGerds 88 xFirst Star
100, xEastman 108, xCharley McFerran
105, Kid Nelson 108, Transparent 108,
iovnm~n.we?. 3-year-olds and
lrl‘:. 3% : Kittie ¥y Cfi;-
finm 3-year-olds, & fur
longs: xHappiness J xsDash 95 xßed
Cloud 8. xQuis 85, Thanksgiving 102,
Meal Ticket 105, xLeah Cochran 105,
xC. M. Johnson 107, xLittle Blues 107,
Asawa 110, Circulate 112
SIXTH--Selling, 4-year-olds and up,
1 mile: xßeansplller 5, xMarie Co
ghill 98, Type 100, xßoggy Johnson 100,
' xHenry Walbank 100, Alda 103, Gano
Im, Rey 106, Husky Lad 106, Mollie Cad
108, Prorealis 108, Moneymaker 113.
xApprentice allowance claimed.
Weather clear. Track fast.
I AT HAVANA.
. FlßST—Three furlox{!: 2-(ur-oldn:
Bray 104, No Friend 104, 0?:-: ia W 107,
Seminole 110, Cruses 114, ntana 114,
Cadiliac 114,
SECOND-SBlx furlo:;l: 3-year-olds;
gelling: Galeswinthe 1 Idler 102, Tony
Fashion 104, Smilax 105, Belle of the
Kitchen 105, Emily R 105, Medea 105,
Alta 110,
THlßD—Selling; & mrlon&; 2.year
olds and up: Quick Start 100, Copper
town 100 Sosius 104, Ada Anne 104,
Zall 105, Sonny Boy 105, Bunice 105, Fe
tina 106, Wolfs Bath 105, Elsewhere 106,
POURTH-‘SolHnfi; 5 furlongs: 4-year
olds and up: Stonington 97, Chitra 97,
Yellow Eyes 98 Ajax 98, Inlan 99, Page
White 101, Bulger 103, myufm 104,
Louise Ma 104, Jim Malladay 105, Miss
Prlm#lyl e
FIFPTH —Selling; mile and 50 yards;
4-year-olds and up: Baby Sister 102,
Lazerain 102, Ravenal 107, Della Mack
110 Jesse Jr. 110, Luther 111
Weather clear. Track fast.
Only five races Tuesday,
AT NEW ORLEANS.
FIRST -Mile; 2-year-olds: Tatiano
100, Margaret O 102, Larkin 102, Lady
Powers 102, Mayme W 105, Little Gink
107, Rose Juliette 108,
SECOND-—Selling; 2-yvear-olds; miie:
Sands Diamond 102, Welga 104, Invest
ment 105, Miss Atkins 106, Lyndora
107, Chivator 107,
THlßD—Three-year-olds and up;
11-16 miles: Helen M 103, Best Bib and
Tucker 109, Cotton Top 111, Mary War
ren 111, River Klnf 111, Business Agent
111, Old Jordan 113, Perth Rock 113,
w.' W. Clark 113, CGolonel Fred 114
O]?"” 116, Dick Deadwood 118, Garl
116.
FOURTH—Selling; 8-year-olds and
up; mile and 70 yards: Kneelet 105.
Laird o' Kirkcaldy 110, (}allor 110, El
Pato 110, Africa Beau 111, Chilton King
112, Supreme 113,
SlXTH—Selling; ‘4-year-olds and up;
1% miles: Mary Ann K 110, Marshon
115, Lucky George 115, Counterpart 118,
Ringling 110 Batwa HI;. Armour 115,
Weather cloudy. Track muddy.
.
Council Body to Take
On motion of Councilman Edwin
Johnson, a special committee Mon
day afternoon was appointed by
Mayor Pro Tem Jesse Armistead to
consider charter amendments. I
The committee lis composed of)
Councilmen Johnson, Frank Reynolds
and Claude L. Ashley, and Aldermanl
Report Giants Get
Kp ff From Sinclai
(Bv International News Service.) \
NEW YORK, Jan. 17.—Harry Hemp
atead, president of the New York Giants,
announced to-day that he had purchased
Benny Kauff, the Federal Lea;l;ue out
fielder, from Henryl Sinclair. he price
paid for Kauff was not announced.
Hempstead announced at the same
time that he had secured Bill Rariden,
catcher with the Newark Federals last
year, and Fred Anderson, the Buffalo
Federal pitcher.
FINAL>¢
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“An ageressive suffrage aummscnl
with the immediate shject of obtain- I
ing the ballot for women in municipal
elections in Atlanta is scheduled to be
lsunched within the next few days,
following an announcement Monday
by Alderman Albert Thomson that ho‘
had pledged suffrage leaders that he
would take up their fight If they cou -iI
show Atlanta women really wnnlnli
to vote . 3
A committee of women who llfi‘
jeaders in the fight for suffrage sought |
te enlist my ald’ sald Alderman
Thomson. *1 told them if they would
%‘-1 up a petition signed by 5000 At
§l«n!4 women | would offer a resolu-
I““” in the City Counecil calling tnr‘
a charter amendment that would en
franchise women for all municipal
elections
“l think that women are as intelli
gent as men and should vote, and, If
they desire the ballot, it is the duty
of the city's officials to give it to
them
l; “The members of the committee
|| seemed to think favorably of the
proposition and said they wounid take
it up with thelr associates.”
| Other Members to Aid
{ Other members of Council have sig
| nified their willingness to aid Alder
fman Thomson in the fight A petl
tion of 5,000 names, it is declared,
would convince many more that it is
| time for women to have recognition
| in politics, particularly the municipal
Ixnvornmem. with which they are so
i vitally concerned.
While a bill by the General Assem
bly would be required to enfranchise
| women for elections, local sentiment
’ulnn» could force their recognition In
! primaries, which, after all, decide
practically all elections. The primar- |
jes are but the machinery of the Dem
ocratic party for nominations. The
City Democratic Executive Commit
tee could allow the women to vote, or,
if the committeemen did not care to
take the responsibility, they could
submit the issue to the people in the
next city primary.
Seek Primary Ballot.
Certainly the women would be al
lowed to vote in the primaries if they
were enfranchised for the regular
elections, it was pointed out
I The suffragists apparently have de-
Iri‘led to congentrate their present ef
ir‘:»rt.». to the gaining of the right to
vote on municipal affairs. Their ar
’uumunt is that schools, sanitation,
streets, parks and such matters con
cern them really more than they do
the men, and that they should have
the right to put their ldeas into ac
tion through the ballot box.
@Girl Jay Walker Hurt
Girl Jay Walker Hurt
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But No Case Is Made
Miss Fradona Rhyne, of No. 394
Whitehali street, was recovering Mon- |
day from injuries received late Satur
day when she was struck by a bicycle
ridden by Eddie Christian, a boy, of
No. 102 Kelly street. She was not se
riously hurt, : |
Policeman Eberhart made a report
of the accident to Chief Mayo. No
case was made, he reported, because
Miss Rhyne was injured while “jay
walking.”
The accident occurred at Alabu‘ma.
and Broad streets.
Mack Denies Selling
Baker to the Yanks
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 17.—The report
coming from New York that Cannie
Mack has agreed to sell Frank Baker to
the Yankees for $25,000 was denied by
the manager of the Athletics to-day.
Mack said:
“That's another wild one from « New
York. No, there's nothing to it. No one
connected with the Yankees has ap
proached me about Baker, nor has any
one else, for that matter.”
By International News Serviea)
EL PASO, Jan 17.--Victor Hamils
. { ! aO, and Albert Simmons
¢t Los Angeles, two Amerioan eoits
e were murdered at Pedricini,
! Mex y Villa andits, according
to a dispatch from Juarez this affs
T he eport of he killing of the
. America came from the Cars
anza militar Micials 1t Juares.
i They eclare that Simmons and
| Hamilton had been Kkilled by bandits
inder the leader p of the Arrels
brothers
The . vere mining prospeciors
T'he Carranza ofMicials sald that as
{.'u as they have been able to learn
he two America vere kilied withe
joutl A COA s 1o get out of the couns
1t vy and that the murders weres coms
mitied Simply because the men wers
americans and subjects of the Wilson
» | Administration which is suppeortng
he Carranza government
F T he eport of the assassinalion of
y | the Americans reached the Carranss
sdguarters at Juarez shortly before
2 p. m to-day Pedricen!, the place
» where the Americans were killed, s
.| 80 miles west of Torreon
i
2} ke A A
\Safety Assurance ' .
. . g
| Given to Miners
| (By International News Service)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.—~Blame for
"!ena massacre of seventeen An .
|at Santa Ysabel a week ago
IIW“ placed squarely on the heads of
| Carranza border officials. In a
| talled statement to the State Depart
ment of the conditions under n
| the American party entered Mexico
| Collector of Customs Cobb at El Paso
| finds that the American party did not
| start for the Cusi mines until o
| ances had been received from de facto
| officials that a military garrison i
| been sent there and that “e 3
| was qulet.”
| Whether the Watson party ked
| for a military escort is still undeter="
| mined. In regard to this, Collect ~
| Cobb telegraphed as follows: 2
| “It is reported that a person com
nected with one of the companies on--fi
erating in Chihuahua on the day the
Americans started had a conversation
with Watson and asked him if a Mex~
jcan escort was to accompany his par
ty. He replied that such an escort
would not accompany them, as he had
talked with the authorities and they
had told him it was not necessary.”
Collector Cobb's report follows: .
Collector’s Report. )
“Holmes, the only survivor of the
massacre, has no knpwledge as to
whether Watson and companions re
quested a military escort or guard for
their trip from Chihuahua to Cusl He
states that if they did so the authori.
ties declined Lo furnis). an escort or.
guard. Holmes says that all the mem
bers of the party felt safe In makiag
the trip.
“Asked as to what assurdnces, if
any, Watson and his companions naé
recelved from Mexican authorities
that it would be safe to resume opera
tions at Cusi, Holmes said: -
«‘Knowing that the Cusi mines were
situated at Cusi and that the gurpo:o ‘
of the return of Watson and com
panions to Mexico was to resume the
operations of these mines, the immi
gration authorities in Juarez, upof
application of the El Pa.o cgent of the
| company, gave a general passport to
the party.
“'The Governor of Chihuahua alse
gave a .Fersona.l passport to Watson.!
hree Troop Trains Sent. i
| “watson went to Chihuahua and
was there on January 4 to ascertain
it it would be safe to resume opevas=
tions. While there he got the de facto
authorities to send a garrison to and
maintain it at Cusi. On that day th { ;{a
| trains of troops of twenty cars each,
supposed to carry a total force of “’j‘
troops, in charge of General Jose Ca~
bacos, of the de factor government,
left Chihuahua for Cusi at 9a. bos'
1:30 and 4 p. m., respectively. =il
“On January 6 the Chihuahua
of the Cusi Company, with whom I
had just talked in my office, tele
| graphed Watson at El Paso in 'IW{;
| ence to the above-named civilian pas=
| sengers on the second military ti w:fq
| information received by him from
Cusi by phone, as follows: ‘Boys ar
rived Cusi safely: last night. ‘hey
| found everything quiet there.” ' Sl
|~ “As this telegram mentioned the
'| boys without mentioning the troo) j’i'g{
| Watson on the same day, to m:w
certain that a garrison was estaba