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SRMY IS CRIPLPED
BY RESIGNATIONS
The Government’s Precautions
to Preserve Order in Ulster
Over the Home Rule Bill Has
Precipitated a Crisis Unpar
alelled in History of British
Atrnv
PUBLIC CURIOSITY AT
FEVER HEAT AS TO HOW
IT IS TO BE DEALT WITH
King George Holds Long Con
ferences With Ministers. War
Council Held With Field Mar
3hal Lord Roberts. Sigh of
Relief if Sunday Passes With
out Rioting.
London,—Th* m>v«*-nm*tit', .military 1
pt emotion* to prs»«rve ordwr tn tU»t< r
hnv* precipitated n rrlnm wltboul par- ,
sllcl In th* hlntorjr of th* llrlllnh »r toy.
Rather than til |«twced In a punltiun
wlirri they mil 111 ho called upon to not
again*! th* t'lntor covenanter*. mimhrtii
of officer* have resigned their onra-.
mlMlona
While the war office refuaea to any
how many have realgned. popular tie- |
lief I* that the number of wllhilrawral*
her rrtppled the whole military organl
- In Ireliinit and prevented carry
ing out the order* for moving aeveral
i.iVge liodie* of iroop*.
The Murqul* of Londonderry, an ft -
*tat leader. I«i||ght aald that noth tig of
the aort had occurred In the Itrltlah
army alnce the daya of the American
revolution.
At Fever Meet.
Public rurtoettr lent fever heat over
1 hr- question M» to lr>w the government
le to den I with the realgtiHllnti* The
I.IMwl e« nt Intent le that the officere
ehoiilit be court-mertleletl Many con*
ecu illvce argue that the nltuatlon
nmoiinte to civil war and that the of
ftcera ahoubl have liberty to chooee
which faction they alioubl ally them
selves with.
The entrance of Kin* (leorge on *h«
acene ae peacemaker wne the itramntlc
event of the .ley The Kin* held Inn*
conferencee with the prime mlnleter. Mr.
Aaqutth. the eecr. btry of elate for war,
Colonel Hedy. end eeveral high officer*.
Me afterwnrde eummnne.l K eld Marghal
la»rd Roberta, who hae tarn criticised by
encouragement to the rebebhtue officer*,
liberals for tilterancee conelrued »*
The Army Council.
Prom the p*l*ce the veteran field
it Mtahnl drove directly to the war of
fice. where he had a lon* talk with the
ear ratary of war Tile unity council
t eld a lon* ellilng at the war tgflce.
*encrals and lesser nfflctala .ts the sluff
comln* and *ultt* throughout the day.
In the meantime Ihe troop movement
t United In Ireland The center of
t.ceet baa ablfted to Curragh. US mile*
f n.n intblln. where the third cavalry
■ r'c tie, nntler tlenrriil clungh, and the
Fourteenth Infantry Itrlaade, under
t' lonrt Rolt, are atattonrd. General
> • Aftnnr I‘aget commanding tb#
forces! in Ireland, apent the day In camp.
Me held a conference with fifty officers
»f the Curragh. Dublin. Kildare and
Vabridge garrison* It wtt* aald that
order* lied arrived for the dlapetvh of
tic Third Brigade to t'latrr. but that
three could not be carried Into esecullon
t ecauae nearly all the officer# bad re
etgned. Itrdera for the dlepatrh of the
Sixteenth Lamer* alan fulled of exeru
t on by reaann of the wholraule reelg
nat one
Refuse Information.
According to some reporle the military
mm have unanlmoualy refuaed Infor
mation, hut « Dublin dispatch aaya that
the resignation* from the ('urrtrah forces
number forty. oilier advice# place the
number at It>9.
The government Is embarrassed by
the dlaaffe. lion. whiqh even eslels
union* ll.e officers who continue on
dint for the army la officered from the
:ri iat-.orat|r famMlea and the great ma
jority of the .rlstocrattc eta a* aympa*
thlge with" the covenanters Many
minors were afloat throughout the day.
Among those published and denied were
reports that the government had Issued
an ultimatum to tb* officer*, giving
them twelve hours to decide whether to
obey orders and that two companl#* of
the Dorcelshite regiment In Belfast had
thrown down thetr arms.
Will Be Arrested.
A Dublin message b* the 1 atndon
Tree* Association aaya the off . era who
refused to obey orders will lie arrested,
and that in.tny of those who have un
dertaken to go to I’later have done an
on enndith n that they are not to carry
hVio* against tl. fnlotilata.
Throughout the two <btys' crlala Ire
land has not witnessed a breach of
the peace anywhere If Sunday passes
w t limit Holing* officials will draw a
sigh of leilef The Nationalist#, act
ing on Joint Redmond'# ttdvce, have an
nounced their parade tn l.opdonderry,
whhh would have Iteon almost rertatn ot
result it elastic* with Orangemen.
Since 1901.
Inland has striven for horn# rule
without # moment'* cessation ever
~ ip, Irteh parliament wn* *t#»i|*h
ed »nd ihe legislation union of Great
1(1 1* II and Ireland w#s priM-t*tnied nn
January Ist. tfH’b In Hie thirteen year*
ihm have pa seed since that dute. the
gltattnn has *,'iie on under various
l.irm* pacific and violent, led by such
patriot* aa I'ailiel O'Fonnell William
smith HUrlen Fligele, Stewart Par
nell, O’Donovan Bo,aa and Michael Da
vtu, to mention tmly a lew of Ihe more
prominent. These were aurreeded by
the Redmond, and tbe Healey# wlvo nre
111 tlie forefront of the movement today.
The patriot l> movement was aiippre,,-
ed time afler time by Coercion acta paaa
ei to t tie British pat lament. only to
Pike another form. The Molly Maguire*,
the Young Ireland part', the ].and I*m«
(Ul . imd the National League w.S'ii ml
Irteh political eociellea which had their
d*>.
Thouaand, In Prlaon.
Thousand* of Irish N'#l9>natl»t» served
term* of Imprisonment for their partici
pation In the fight for leg atattve tnde
t. ndrnce from (ire I Britan Hundred#
■ere diet many of them proceeding to
the United Slates.
The agitation sometime* took on th«
sped of exlrente violence, a* when
1 r<rd Frederick Cavetidtah. the chief
secretary fur Ireland and T, H Burke,
permanent secretary, were w.ausatnati-d
by invincible, on May Sill, lh!, In Phoe
nix Park. Dublin.
The parliamentary ftg-ht for home rule
was waged for many decade* and gave
riee to extraordinary scene# In the
ritually staid British parliament, often
bringing at»out the expulsion of mam
hers and the stoppage of huslnes*.
By Gladstone.
Ttie ftrat effort of the British gov
eminent to meet the denv nd for Irish
home rule was made hi the late Wil
liam Ewnrd Gladstone when preinter In
HIS« The hill was rejected nftw It*
Introduction had brought atiout n gTeat
split In the I.lhe-al party, which cauaed
the secession of Joseph Chamberlain and
other leading IJbersla, who since have
acted with the conservative party on
Irish question. Since then several Irtish
borne rule bills have been Introduced by
LEADER OF OPPOSITION
AGAINST IRISH HOME RULE
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SIR EDWARD CARSON.
Aa leader of thn opposition against
the Irlali Homo Rule Hill, he loiuid
It impoaalbln t<> control himself when
Joseph Hevillit. a loader of tne Irigh
Nationalist*. began a review of the
t'Hm,)ii |m>l It It'll I career before the
House of Uonimona, and jumped to
lilh feet denouncing IJovllln's state
ments a- InlHmoim lie#.''
Liberal government* and the Inat one
paaaed the houae of common*, hut wa*
tiy th* house of lord®. This
led to the pH**»*e three year* ago of tin
parliament act under the*provlalone of
Which any hid. not *n appropriation
hill rejecled by the hooae of lord* be
come* automatically a law on paaalng
the houae of common* on the three *ue
ceaalve sessions
Without the Lord*.
The preaent ngltntlon ha* been mainly
brought about l>y Ihe practloal certainly
Of premier Asquith's Mah home rule
hill heeomlng law without the consent
of the houae .if lord*. Kir Ifidward I ar
aon I* at the head of the agitation
again*! ham* ride among the LnmnlatH
of Ulster.
They Inalated that I’later ahou'd ha
left out of It* operation.
A Religious One
The Chief point at t**ue In Ireland «
Ihe rellglou* one Out of a total pop
ulatlon Of about 4,MiI).OSS. upproalniate-
Iv [,00.000 ore I'ltileetant* of varloua
denomination* Moil of them are found
In Ihe four Ulster counlle* of lamdon
,terry, Antrim. Armagh and I'own. The
other five countrle* of Ulster are pre
ilonilnantly Catholic. A* a matter „f
foot I * later return* aeventeen Nation
aiiPta and only qjxtten llninnlats to par
-1 lament.
There le emrelderable difference be
tween Ihe people of the caat.Vn pafl ot
I’lnter anti thoee of the re*t of Irlnnd.
Many of th Uaterlleo are deeeendant*
of Rngltsli pettier* *ent there by from
well to footer the agriculture and In
iloptrle* of Ireland after he lied *ub
tilled Ihe country.
CM hen a r»* dticpndtntß ncotti»n
covenanters Not all the IVoteetante
of Ireland ere agalnet Ihe home ride.
Parnell hlmeelf wae a Protestant.
CARSON ISSUES
HIS STATEMENT
t* ' " ■ -
Says the English Gov’t is Try
ing to Cowe Ulster, But the
Purpose Will Fail.
Belfast, Ireland Detail# of the
tlisHadslaction among the troop# ai
Cur mugh, published fully In the even
Ing papers lierp, created no demon
#{rations ltclfa#t tonight 1# wealing
a normal aspect save that the Sat
urday shopping crowd# were lncrca#-
cd.
A council of war was held late to
day at t’ralgtown between Sir ISd
ward ("arson, the Fit-tor hauler; lien
oral Sir George Richardson, comman
der in-chief of the lister troop#, nd
forty officer* comprtatnK the regimen
tal commander# of the force# at which
mobilization detail# were perfected
Sir Edward ("arson made a atalc
meat to the Associated Press, after
the conference, regarding the military
situation Me #ald
"The government is attempting to
cowe lister by tntiiuidatlou and pro
vocation, but IxUlt will Tail."
To Incite Riots.
A Dublin dispatch announce# the
sweating In of special magistrate#
for lister. Tills and the iorwardlng
of detachment# of special constable#
from Dublin to Belfast are regarded
here a# an attempt to Incite rlott
All the regular troop# In Belfast
were confined to barrack# today,
causing great discontent among the
men Thirty-five hundred volunteer#
spent the afternoon manueverlng on
the estate of U>rd Shaftesbury which
I# called Belfast I'aatle Other volun
teer# spent the day in target prac
tice
The Marquis of Londerderry said
to the Associated l’res# tonight that
he thought the wholesale resignations
of officer# was the first instance of
the kind In the British army since
the crisis preceding the war against
the American colonies
Postpone Unveiling of
Confederate Monument
Washington. D. C. Failure on tho
contractor to complete the ho»e of the
Confederate monument under erection tn
\Y i- gton Notional Cemetery on time
rallied nn inneunerment today by
President Ilert»ert of the Confederate
Monument Association of the pout pone*
Iment of unveiling cere mon lee until June
4th.
The inemoii.il fund was rained by the
United L»»ufhter» of the Confederacy.
BENTON IS
KILLED BY
FIERRO
Major in Villa’s Office Prob
ably Stabbed Englishman to
His Death* Think This Will
Be Findinq of Carranza Com
mission
a '
Courtmartial Story Was For
Purpose of Shielding Kins
man. Fierro to Be Charged
With the Crime and Punished
Washington.— William B. Benton, the
Itrltlah aiihject wai not allot by <l*ne
ral Villa, atahbed to death In
Villa's office at Juarez by Major Ku
dolfo h'hrro. according to person* t>p
llevcd to be converaant with the find
ing* iliun for of Ihe apecial Mexican
coinmieelon appointed by (leneral Car
ranxa to inveatlgute Benton'* death.
Hrlll«h Copul I’orceval, who ba* left
Kl f’ußn for tile piait al fJalve*ton. lut*
forwarde.l a report to the llrltlah *m-
Imeny here, which It I* understood cor
rolioratea the finding of the Mexican
rommlsalon to the extent that Benton
wa* stabbed but doe* not dearly estab
lish, It I* said, by wlp»m the act was
committed. This report i* expected
here Monday.
Eerly Next Week.
The Krttlah government a* well as
th state department here I* awaiting
Ihe report of the Mexican commission
which It la thought may be made early
next week, as tienoral (Virranza l« ex
pected to arrive In Juarex Monday.
Itoberto V. Peaquelra, confidential
agent of the conHtltutionallsts at
Washington, 1* en route to Juarez to
meet General Carranza In connection
with Ihe Benton case. He know* tlio
general feeling of the American gov
ernment over the lnchlpnt and the de
sire for a clarification of It* mystery.
Charged With th* Crime.
That Major Fierro will he ehafgcd
with the crime and punished I* the
expectation of many Mexicans here.
They explain General Vlllh'x story of
a court martial a* an effort to shield
Fierro, who 1* said to be his distant
relative. The Carranza commission,
however, I* reported to have declared
It* purpose of punishing Fierro, de
spite Villa's effort* to protect him. The
arrest of Fierro has been reported from
Chihuahua but confirmation la luck
ing.
Secretary Bryan Saturday said that
while he had heard numerous versions
of Ihe Benton hilling, comment would
he withheld until the Carranza com
mission hud finished It* work.
Sec’y Bryan Bids Good-
Bye to 50Y.M.C.A. Secy’s
Washington. Fifty young men
shout to go to various parts of the
world as secretaries of Voting .Men's
Christian Associations, wore told hy
Secretary Bryan, who received them
In Itl* office today, that their success
es In Ihe field of peace could he ns
great as those accomplished on the
ha ft I*ll eld
2,000 Creditors Get 10
Per Cent Siegel Dividend
Bouton.—-Two thousand unsecured
crcdltora «»i the Henry Slenel Com
pany «»f this city Saturday were grant
ed a ten per cent dividend by the ref
eree In bankruptcy. The trustee* have
on hand approximately $400,000 and It
in expected t thlw amount will he con
siderably Increased when the accounts
receivable have been collected.
SECOND VICTORY OF THE
AIKEN POLO TEAM
Camden. S. C. liming brilliant
|M>h> from first to last the Aiken polo
loam gained Its second victory of the
tournament today when it defeated
the team from the Kleventh ("itvalry.
t'. S. A„ 14 to 7 1-2. Aiken played
a wonderful game against Camden
yesterday but displayed suplerlor
Term In Its maten with the army to
day
Mopping was the star for the vte
tor# and was the best ground gatuer.
Paul and Alexander Brown also plai
t'd well The best play for the losers
was contributed by Lieutenant Marry,
although the work of Lieutenant
Timmins In riding hts opponents of
the ball was speetarnlar. ine match
was played under difficulties, the
weather being very void Sleet fell
during the closing periods.
ACCUSED OF STEALING
MAIL POUCH.
Mscon, C<*. Sam Murray, a negro,
was hehl to the federal grand jury by
United States Commissioner Krwin
ti >, accused of the theft of a mult
pouch, one of three that has been
missed here during the past few days.
The police say that Murray admits
part of the theft, but postofflce in
spectors are still at work and other ar
rests are expected.
CUBAN GROCERYMAN KILLS SELF
Tampa, Flu Raoul Gonzales, Cuban
grooerynmn, blew hts t rains out tn a
rooming house In Ybor City this af
ternoon He was a prominent mem
ber of the Latin colony here.
BOYS CONFESS TO ROBBERY.
Tampa, Fla—Ruins Townslev, aged
16. and Marvin l.lsk. aged I*. who
confessed today that they robbed the
postoffice at Gary, a suburb of Tam
pa. last Thursday of registered mall,
were sentenced to tb ep years im
prisonment In the federal reformatory
b> Judge William B. Sheppard to
night.
EARLY VOTE ON GRAIN..
Washington H> a vote of :i.’ to .'*6
the senate today made the McCumber
federal grain inspection bill the un
finished business. Supporters of. the
measure have been presing for action
for years. This put the bill in line for
an early veto.
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MRS. WILLIAM K. VANDERBILT.
New York.—That Mr. and Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt. Sr., far many
years leaders in the aristocracy of New York and Newport have decided
to establish permanent city and country homes in F'rance, is the sum
and substance of a surprising report that lias been heard at recent so
ciety functions Mr. and Mrs. Vanderbilt, it is said, plan to make only
occasional visits to America. "Idle Hour”, their palatial resilience at
Oakdale Long Island is to be detained purely Tor sentimental reasons,
and there will he buried the members of the family.
Another Bloodless Revolution;
Dissolution New haven Road
Reuresentatives of New York,
New Haven & Hartford Agree
to Placing Property in Hands
of Trustees
TO SECURE INDEPENDENT
PROPERTY MANAGEMENTS
Various Properties Controlled
By New Haven to Be Sold
Within Specified Length of
Time.
Washington.—Alter several weeks
of negotiations the department of jus
tice and the New York, New Haven
end Hartford Railroad tonight an
nounced that they had reached a com
plete agreement Tor a dissolution of
the New Haven.
The announcement was made in the
following terms:
"The attorney general has indicat
ed to representatives of the New
York, New haven and Hartford Rail
road. the arrangements which he
think would result In bringing the ut
fairs of that company Into harmony
with law. The representative* of the
railroad are willing to a ere: t the re
quirements Indicated and to endeavor
to put them into effect without de
lav ts approved by the stocs.udders
in'a meeting to be called immediately.
"The indicated arrangement stated
In general terms follows:
"(It The Boston railroad holding
com pan v. a Massaehusßttes corpora
tion bolding a majority of the stock
on the Boston and Maine Railroad and
ninety per cent of the former stock,
in turn Is owned li the New Haven
Railroad. The character of the hold
ing company prohibits it from dis
posing oT the Boston and Maine stock,
ihe legislature of Massachusetts will
be asked to remove tills prohibition
and. if this is done Hie stock of the
holding company will be transferred
five trustees and, after arrangements
have been made to protect the min
ority stock of thft holding company
they shall sell the Boston and Maine
stock, prior to January 1, 1617.
"(21—-The stocks of the companies
which control the Connecticut and
Rhode Island trolleys will be (laced
In the hands of trustees five for
each- and shall be sold within five
years from July 1. 1914
"CD—The majority stock of the
Merchants and Miners Transportation
Company now held by the New Ha
ven Ralriroad, will he placed In the
hands of three trustees and shall lie
sold within three years from July 1,
1914
Sold Within 3 Years.
"(4) The minority stock in the
Eastern Steamship Corporation, loud
by the New Haven Railroad, shall he
sold within three years from July 1.
1914, and in the meantime shall be
deprived of voting power.
"CO- Whether the New Haven
Railroad *hall he permitted to retain
the sound lines will be submitted to
the interstate commerce commission
for determination under the provis
ion* of the Panama Canal net
"(6) —The Berkshire trolleys shall
; be sold within five years from July 1,
1914
‘it7l A decree embodvin" tb ' fore
going shall be entered In the United
States district court for the Southern
District of New York The deer e
further shall provide that on appli
cation of the New Haven Railroad
for the trustees and tor good cause
shown the time within anv of the
above mentioned stock shall he sold
tnnv be extended by- the court
"Trustees satisfactory to all p.vties
have been suggested. Those propos
ed in conn "Ot lon with the Boston and
Maine stock have signified their wil
lingness to serve and their names
are; Marcus P Knowlton and James
The W. K. Vanderbilts
To Quit America
L. Doherty, Springfield, Mass; James
L. Richards and Charles P. Hall, Bos
ton, and Frank P. Carpenter, Man
chester, N. H. Names of the others
will not lie made public until accept
ance by them is dully assured.
Mcßeynolds' Second Victory.
Tonight's agreement marks the see.
ond victory Attorney General Mcßey
nolds lias won without litigation in
his efforts to have 'big business" ad
just itself to the Sherman anti-trust
act. The complexities in untangling
the New Haven were said to be vastly
greater than in any previous nego
tiations.
The announcement shows that with
in the last fpw hours the New Haven
was granted certain concessions for
which it made a strenuous fight. Ihe
length of the trusteeship for the Bos
ton and Maine stock owned by the
New Haven was held to lie one such
concession, the decision to leave the
disposition of the so-called sound
lines of the New Haven to the inter
state commerce commission another.
The department, however, it was
pointed out, has arrived at a definite
understanding for the dissolution of
an alleeea monopoly which has been
under fire, and under investigation
for years and which once was in the
courts hb a violator of the Sherman
act, but which never before has been
brought to the point where such de
mands made of it and accepted.
Before the announcement was made
public tonight the attorney general
nail u talk with President "Vllr.on and
It was understood, outlined to him the
plnn which later was ratified.
"The essential reason for placing
the iroperty in tne hands of trustees
is to secure their immediate indepen
dent managements.
"The outlines of the proposed de
cree and truse agreements have been
diseussi d and are understood. Their
verbiage remains to be worked out,
but no difficulty Is anticipated In
that respect.
"This statement has the approval
of both the attorney general and the
representatives of the railroad."
LEVY WANTS TO KNOW.
Washington. A resolution request
ing President Wilson to forward to the
house Information why the Inter-state
commerce commission had not grant
ed uncontested rate Increases whs In
troduced today by Representative
Levy of New York The resolution
asks why increases have not been
granted where no protest has been
filed anil in cases “where shippers
have requested the Increase as just
and reasonable "
The resolution was referred to the
Inter-state and foreign commerce
committee.
WOMEN DEPUTY ASSESSORS.
Chicago The feminist movement In
Phlungo progressed another step today
when eight elub women Were appointed
deputy asaeraors. They will seek es
pecially to locate and assess Ihe prop
erty of women, who at present com
prise less thn(j one-half of one per cent
of the tax pavers of the country.
Frank W Kornleskl. secretary of the
board of assessors, today said he be
lieved women would make excellent
deputies.
GAME CALLED OFF ON ACCOUNT
OF WEATHER.
Athens. Ga.—There will be no ball
game ou Sanford Field Monday, the
games scheduled for Monday an I
Tuesday between the University of
Georgia and Mississippi A. an.l N.,
having been called off tonight on ac
count of weather conditions It has
been snowing here since 3 o'clock
this afternoon.
Mississi pi A and N. may come
later sos two games.
SAW MILL MEN MEET.
Waycross. Ga. Saw mill men from
Smith Carolina, Georgia and Florida
come to Way cross Monday for a meet
ing of the Georgia-Florida Sawmill
Association, cypress llvislon. The
meeting wIP he held at the offices of
the Hei’ard Cypress Company.
THE TURNING POINT
IS TORREON BATTLE
m FEDERAL!)
WERE KILLER
AT TORREON
Rebel Net Drawn Closer
Around the City. Reported
That Only Three Rebels Were
Killed.
Constitutionalist Hospital Base, Ber
mejillo, Durango, Mexico. —The rebel net
about Torreon and vicinity wan drawn
closer today and Genera! Herrera fought
the in* et Important engagement of the
advance near Hacienda Santa Clara,
mile* nort hos Torreon. In the engage
ment 106 Federal* were killed, according
to reporth. The rebel lose Is reported
aw alight—three killed and seven wound
ed.
The fight took place over possession
of a spot on the banks of the Big Tla
hualito irrigation ditch where Herrera
wished to throw a bridge and the con
struction of which lie began immediate
ly, on retirement of the enemy, whose
mntibeiw he estimated at 400.
Federal* R® reated.
Constitutionalist Hospital Base, Ber
mejillo, Durango, Mex»co. —At other
points the Federal advance guards re
treated precipitately, burning and
wrecking as they went. At Noe, the
small railroad shops were burned.
General Villa was elated beyond meas
ure, and when he took possession of a
telephone wire which was working into
the city of Torreon he lost no time in
calling up the office of the Federal
ennmander, General Refugio Velasco. An
officer of the latter's staff answered the
call.
“1 am coming to have supper with
you.” General Villa begin.
"Who are you?” inquired the Federal
officer politely.
"I am an hombre called Francisco Vil
la ’ replied the chieftain.
“Web, come whenever you are ready,"
came the J^iswer.
Villa tamed from this city, which he
took at a gillop without resistance His
scouts brought word that the Federal*
had made a poor Job of wrecking the
Vail road tarcks.
This camp, where Villa has an im
mense store of ammunition, is just Out-
Bid® tftt# ettj and vv is th*- MWt« ut gf#|
activity today as cartridges and sheila
were being forwarded by rail and packed
on mules and burros to Herrera, Bena
vides, Conteraras and other generals.
George C. Carothers, United States
consular agent, was given renewed as
surances of fiir treatment to foreigners
by General Villa today.
General Reports a Rout.
Chihuahua, Mexico. —The following of
ficial report from General Benavides it
the front was received here today:
"Met Federal army outpost n«*»r Ber
mejillo an d completely routed them.
The enemy fled toward Torreon, leaving
ninety dead on the field. We lost but
one. killed."
In military circles here it is believed
tlie rebels will encounter little further
resistance in securing themselves in po
sitions for the Torreon attack. Little
resistance is expected by the rebels un
til the city is completely invested and
the main opposing forces are within
rifle range.
The victory of Benavides and Her
r<Ta at the irrigation ditch, an immense
artery which feeds its water supply to
many smaller ditches about Torreon, is
reported to have fired Villa’s troops
with the greatest enthusiasm and con
fidence.
PERSECUTION,
SAYS CASTRO
Ex-President Declares He's
Surrounded By Spies and
Enemies. Wants to Be _Let
Alone.
Port of Spain, Trinidad.—General
Ciprinno Castro, the deposed president
of Venezuela, has been residing in
Port of Spain since last July. His
presence was discovered today by po
lice who were searching a house which
has been occupied by his brother, Gen
eral Carmelo Castro.
According to his own story the ex
president came here on a Royal Mail
steamer from Southampton. He kept
to his cabin on the voyage and as lie
was clean-shaven when he lunded, be
escaped recognition. He has remain
ed in seclusion, he said, because of
persecution which he has suffered ev
erywhere since leaving Venezuela. He
declared that he had been surrounded
by spies and agents of Juan Vicente
Gomez, the Venezuelan president.
General Castro today expressed con
fidence in his fair treatment by the
British government. No arms ' were
found tn the house and apparently he
had no connection with the arms seiz
ed during the raid on a hotel here yes
terday. tie proposes to remain In
Port of Spain, if he is permitted to
do so.
It is reported that the government
has received instructions from London
not to disturb General Castro for the
present.
TREATY WITH SPAIN.
Washington.—Secretary Bryan and
Senor Rlano, the Spanish ambassador,
signed Saturday the rtnal ratification
of the general arbitration treaty be
tween the two countries agreed to re
c* ntly by the senate. The exchange
merely was the formal acknowledge
ment of acceptance by Spain and the
United States.
METHODISTS FAVOR SUFFRAGE
Pottstown, Pa.—The Philadelphia
conferenee of the Methodist Episcopal
church unanimously Saturday adopted
a resolution favoring woman suffrage
ad recommending that the churches
make a s( eclal study of the question.
The laymen's association of the con
ference adopted a similar resolution
Friday. '
SNOW IN TEXAS.
Wichita Falls, Texas.—Snowfall In
this section of the Texas panhandle to-
I day was the latest recorded here in
March in many years.
SUNDAY. MARCH far.
Will Indicate Clearly the Rel
ative Strenqth Between Mexi
can Rebels and the Huerta
Government
- - \
OUTCOME EXPECTED TO
INFLUENCE POLICY OF
THE AMERICAN GOV’T
Rumor That Huerta is to Re
sign in Favor of Rojas, Who
is Now Conferring With John
Lind.
M,xlco City.—An engagement be
tween the federal and rebel armies at
Torreon begun today, according to a
terse message received at the Mexican
war office at noon.
One Hundred Dead.
El Pa, o, Texas.—Official dispatcher
from General Villa at Bermeplllo, to
Governor Chao now at Juarey. a few
mile* ncA-th of Torreon. states that the
rebel* entered the former city this aft
ernoon after an hour'* fighting. In the
street*, the rebel* found 104 dead and
three wounded, the dispatch add*, and
give* the Constitutionalist loss as one
captain and two private soldiers. Moat
of Ihe F'ederal wounded. It I* lielleved,
were removed by their comrades.
Preliminary Skirmishes.
Washington.—The battle of Torrsaß
will lie the turning point In the Mexican
revolution. In the opinion of high ad.
ministration official*. Little official In
formation today as to Ihe preliminary
skirmishes was at hand but it is be
lieved that within a few days a battle
will have been fought which will indi
cate clearly the relative strength of the
Constitutionalist cause and the Huerta
government.
The outcome is expected to Influence
the American policy to a considerable
extent.
Non-Committal.
Official* did not commit themseive*
as to proposals supposed to have been
made to John IJnd at Vera Cruz by S*-
nor Portllloy Rojas, Mexican minister of
foreign affairs. The Washington govern
ment is willing to listen to any new
pence plans, but a* yet definite infor
mation Is lacking as to what General
Huerta's ohject may have been in send
ing the cabinet officer to see Mr. Lind.
The presence In Vera Cruz at this
lime of Charge O'Shaughnessy and
Charge Hohler. of the United States
embassy and British legation, respect,
lvely, In official circles here is taken
to mean that the British government is
co-operating with the United States n
efforts to find a peaceful settlement.
Not Acceptable.
Discussion among constitutionalists
here of the possibility that General Hu
erta would retire in favor of Senor Por
tillo developed the probability that ha
would not be acceptable to the Consti
tutionalists because of his affiliation
with the clerical party.
Mr. O'Shauglinessy expects to return
to the City of Mexico in a few dajs,
according to his. dispatches to the state
department. Hl* te'egram makes men
tion of his ill health, but there Is no
suggestion, according to Mr. Bryan, of
contemplated resignation. Retirement
of Mr. O'Shiiughnessy at this time would
he diplomatic illy embarrassing, because
to send another charge d'affaires 'a
Mexico City in his place might involve a
recognition of the Huerta government.
The trip of Rear Admiral Fletcher to
the City of Mexico was not explained bv
officials here .but it is generally sup
posed that lie went tn l-'-ok after a re
cent shipment of arms for the protec
tion of American residents.
CAPT. TURNER
DIED YESTERDAY
Former General Manager of G.
& F. and a Man Highly Re
garded in Augusta Passed
Away From Apoplexy.
Raleigh, N. C.—Capt. John M. Turner
of th 8 city, aged 56, former general
manager of the Georgia and Florida
Kallwtiv, and builder of several rail
roads in North Carolina, was stricken
with apoplexy and died suddenly in
Maxton, N. C. t tonight.
The above Associated Press dispatch
from Raleigh, N. C., will be read with
the deepest regret in Augusta where
Capt. Turner was so well known and
so highly regarded. Coming here In the
very Infancy of the Georgia & Florida
Railway he worked with the road during
its pioneer stages of development and
made an able official. He did more to
popularize the road with the than
probably any other one man. “Capt.
Turner was always genial, always hid
a warm handshake and a cherry smile,
and there never lived a man in Au
gusta who made more friends in as
short a stay.
Capt. Turner was in Augusta as gen
eral manager of the Georgia & Florida
Railway for probably five years, re
signing to take charge of the affairs or
a railroad which he was building out ot
Raleigh, N. C. For years before coming
to Augusta he was a veteran builder of
railroads in the Tar Heel State.
Capt. Turner’s death will be learned
of with sadness by thousands of Geor
gians today, for he was not only popu
lar here but throughout the length of
tHe road for which he had such a strong
affection and with which he worked so
hard. ______
ENJOIN MAYOR FROM
RAIDING OFFICES
Terre Hsute, Ind.—Mayor Drnn M.
Roberts, all city officials and Police
men and all peace officere. of V ’*')
county, were enjoined late today to
prevent a ra d on the offices of bpsckil
Prosecutor Chalmer# Hamilt and the
taking away of evidence, which it is
said, will he used against Roberts, on
trial charged with adeged elect-on
frauds At the time the injunnetion
was Issued by Judg, Charles M. For
tune. Chief of Police Edward Hotter.
Harry Montgomery. president of The
hoard of works: llenry Raeber and a de
tachment of five patrolmen were in
possess on of the law office of Humme l
and hts assistants.
PERUVIAN REBELS LOSE.
New York The rebel forces of
Concha, leader of the recent uprising
against the Peruvian government in
Esmeralda* have been rouied by fed
eral troops, according to a cablegram
from President Plaza made public to
day by Dr. S. S. Wither, first’ secre
tary of the Peruvian legation.