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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, THURSDAY. JANUARY- 13. 1916. VILLA LED BAND THAT KILLED FOREIGNERS SAYS SOLE SURVIVOR Details of Massacre Are Told by Tom D, Holmes, Who Escaped. VILLA WAS RECOGNIZED Holmes Heard Companion Say "There Comas Till Klmself," and Thinks He Becofnized Vole of Leader. K Paso. Tfias, Jan. 13. fl. X. S.) Tom D. Holme?, only survivor of the land of 20 forpisrners who early Mori ray morning fell victims of General Villa's wrath against the Washington j.overiiment, readied the border iate : e.-terday. Half crazed by the slht of seelnir l.i.s companions clubbed, bayonetted Kr.i shot down like dogs by the savage Yilllstas. his clothes and fltsh torn 1 v rr.psqiiltd and cactus and by prick ling brush, while making bin scapo to the border, Holme;? was a vi'ifnl look ing object when he reached American territory. Tells a Horrible Story. He tells a horrible story of Hie fiendish cruelty Tay the Vlllistas. prai -ticed on hi unfortunate rjmjanion.s and an unequaled tale of suffering while making his' escape. flis x;i--e:h was broken by sobh when ne toll cf his companions' misery ami s' i f f r i n qr, and several times he broke lov. n and cried like a enlld wh'n he reiate ll'e retails of the no Tihle assassinations of the other members of the party. "Monday afternoon." said Holmes, "our spocial was stopped by derailment of some cars on the train ahiad of us. I was sitting In the passenger coach with Tom Kvars, when our special came to a sudden stop. Tjin Invited me to go out and see what tlio trouble was. Mexicans Emerge From Crash. "Our intention was to get a b;t of frrsh air and stretch ourselves while we waited. Mr. Watson and cne cr two of the others In the p irty joined us. "No sooner did we alight from the rear p!atfori than a ?roup of about 20 Mexicans appeared from th3 thick brush nearby, and lmnu-d;.". :ly opened fire, yelling "viva Villa,' and "down with gringoes." Tom Kvai. who wa the first to alight, fell victim ..f the first bullet fired. I Jumped back Into the car and hid In the lavatory, but saw Watson siart to run 'a tne oppo site direction from the oandits. "By this time the firing nrjw into a regular fussllade. and bullets cr.i ned through the windows and sides o! the coach. Zieader Kay Have Been Villa, "I heard one of my companions rj the car yell, 'There comes Villa him self; run for your lives,' and a moment later heard the Mexicans board the train and order every American out. "t saw Watson trying to climb an nibankment. and while doing so, fall lak with a bullet through his throat. My companions were suffering similar fates- I could hear the Mexicans order them to remov? their clothes and shoes, and saw two of the Americans staMed In the back with bayonets until hlood flowed when they refused to comply with the order. Hall, who was trying to follow Watson, fell dead beside, him. "What became, of the other members of the party I don't know, because they were takn off the other side of the train and marched away. Could H--ir Shrieks. "Occasionally I eould hear a shriek, as one of my companions was either Clubbed over the head or struck with a bayonet by the savages. "When I heard the Mexicans ap proach the t ain again. I left my hid ing place, dismounted from the train fnil began to run. Five or six shots were 'fired at me without effect, but ct the same moment I tripped on prftirie prass and fell down. This is what saved my life, for the Mexicans believed I had been shot and gave up their chase. I did not arise. Instead, I lay there without daring to breathe. Tie Dnzzl A STYLE Idea showered witk Common Sense A Dressy Overctat under a clear sky Cravenettc Rain Proofed to baffle the frown scowl tears of the clouds. Clothes of Culture Wash ington at Sixth Skin Muddy? Doll eyes, blotches and other skin blemishes result from a disordered di gestkm. Purify the Wood, tone the stomach, gently stimulate the liver nd regulate the bowels and bile with BEECH kWS PILLS 4- Lert SeU of Amy M4ica ia tk WorU. even though I -ras lying on a clump of cactus. "I could hear the Mexicans then s sault the passenger coaches ahead. Two other Americans who were in there tried to escape, but were shot down, and their assassins Immediately began to remove their clothing and shoes."' Crawls Away From Train. "When these men walked away, I crawled on my stomach In the direc tion awey from" the train. When I leached taller mesqulte brush, I broke Into a run and did not atop until I reached a Mexlc. n farmhouse near Santa Ystbel. I gave the ranchman some money to permit me to hide there until I recovered from exhaustion and he nursed the bruises and scratches I had received trying to escape. That night he drove me into Chihuahua and I arrived there early Tuesday morn ing. "When I reached there I became un conscious for some time and cannot re member all I told the Americans, but they understood enough from rue to make an investigation. I-ater we lound out that out of 20 foreigners, 1 was the only one who had escaped. OlTen "Shot of Mercy." "Watson and Anderson were only ladly wounded at first, but when Villa's bandits noticed their struggles for the last breatn of life, they gave them what is kno..n in Mexico as the shot of men y.' A person's brains are blown to pieces to stop suffering. Three other of my companions were found with the top of their heads L low n off. "The massacre '. as the most fiend ish horrible and blood-thirsty crime ever committed in Mexico. The only object was to murder the Americans on board tne train. Not one of us car ried a gun and we didn't have a min ute's warning before the shooting was started. Showed Ho Mercy. "The Mexicans showed us no mercy, and when one American began to pit-ad for his life, a soldier burst out laugh ing and pplit his head open wit:i the butt of his gun. "Although 1 did not see General Villa, 1 thought I heard his voice and am thoroughly convinced that lie di rected the massacre. The cry from one of my companions, when he recog nixed Villa, Is sufficient proof that the arch-fiend was there in person." MUTILATED BODIES OF VICTIMS TAKEN OVER THE TEXAS BORDER (Continued Krom Pace Or.ei , the polir authorities made an elev enth hour change in the plans and had the "death special" switched Into the freight yards of the Santa Fe rail way. The bodies were Immediatelv re moved from the train and carried away on trucks to three different un dertaking establishments. United States cavalrymen guarded the coffins while they were being ta ken from the station. The police have received orders to disband all crowds. Mexicans who are not well known In Kl 1'aso have i been warned to stay in theli homes. I Soldiers Patrol Streets. American soldiers are patrolling the streets of El Paso ready to quell any disturbance which may arise. Hundreds of people rushed to the undertaking shops when it became known that the bodies had arrived. The police, however, would not per mit any crowilj to gather. i When the Americans went out from Chihuahua to the scene of the mas sacre Tuesday they found 14 bod ies piled together in a little gully withtn three feet of the track, while Watson, Romero, Mcllatton and Woon lay where they had fallen. Their bodies were also stripped. Not a man of the eighteen had the 1 slightest chance to fiEht for his life, not a man was ermed If any had weapons in their suit, ases they h id no time to get them, to no resistance was offered. 30,000 Pesos Stolen. I Besides the watches and personal be ; longings possessed by the men, -I'.i'ou I pesos, which were being taken to the I mines to pay employes, were secured ! by the bandits. I No attempt was made by any of the ' passengers to interfere. The w hoie thing was over In less than haif an , hour, during which tinve the train rt ' inained stationary. Finally the ldw.lv sceno was ended and the bandits iu.Ic i away toward the mountain.", a fev 'miles west of the railway. The train j was backed Into Chihuahua City, where it arrlsed with the. newa at 'j oVloik Monday night. Tuesday morning, at 9 o'clock, a (party of 14 Americans, headed by Dr. J. O. Newby, left Chihuahua on a spe 1 clal train consisting of three box cars. K. L. Wemple, superintendent of traf ! fic for the Northwestern, furnished the train and assisted in getting needed supplies, Military Escort Afforded. I A military escort of 200 men with machine guns was given the "rescuers'" by General Jacinto Trevino. All the Americans were heavily armed. The party consisted of Dr. Newby. Roland Anderson, Joseph Anderson, (father and brother of the dead Maurice); Fred Stevenson, W. N. Kin k, K. H. McKay, K. M. Bell, Dr. J. M. Smith, J. H. Bar ker, A. R. Carson. Hay Harrell, J. j M. Murray, W. L. Churchill and M. J. ' Luna. . The box car special and the military train arrived at Santa Ysabel at U o'clock Tuesday afternoon, after heart rending delays. Santa Ysabel is two and one half miles from the scene of the massacre. At this station the Mexican troop detrained carvalry. ma chine guns and all. to reconnoiter. Two hours were consumed In this work, and finally Mr. McKay asked the officer In 'command to lend him 10 men and two machine guns, so the Americans could proceed to the scene. TUlistas Sid In Ambush. This request was granted and the rescue train started up the track. When within half a mile of the Bpot, the train was flagged by two Mexicans, . who warned the Americans that a band of Vlllistas were lying in ambush for them near the point where the bodies lay. Several mounted men could be seen In the distance watching the train. o the Americans returned to Santa Tsabel and secured 60 more soldiers from Colonel V. Garcia, the command ing officer. By the tlme they had returned to the scene it wae nearly dark. Still horsemen could be seen in the hills a mile away, and It is esti mated that about 400 were in the group. But there was to be no delay. This time the "rescuers" alighted and i began searching for the bodies, carrv- tlng their rifles ready to repel an at- iac. ine -Mexican troops also de trained. Bodies Plied trp Beside Track, In less than half an hour the 18 bodies had been found. Fourteen, said Mr. McKay last night, were piled one atop another in a slight depression less than a yard from the track There -were from two to three bullet wounds in each corpse, while every one had a bole In the head. It presumed rrom this that the murder I km had shot the victims through the I train as a "trio de jrracla" to put an end to their sufferings. The bodies of Mcllatton, Romero, Woon and Wat- win lay where they had fallen. There wan a bullet hole in each man's head. While thin work went on in silence, the Vlllistas disappeared from sigh: In the hills. Two o'clock Wednesday afternoon found the "death special" leaving Chi huahua on Its sad Journey to the bor der. In the rear coach rode IS Mexi cans; Carranxa General Is Frsised. Klght of the "rescue" group accom panied the bodies to the border. The rest were too exhausted to leava Chihuahua. In eaili coach ahead of the Pullman were the 1 coffins. Ail the way to the border the eight men of the "rescue" party, who were still armed, took turns guarding the en trance to the car of death. No incident marked the Journey to the border. The death train reacheo Juarez a few minutes before I o'clock. A guard from the Juarez garrison stood at attention in the railway sta tion and dipped a Mexican tlag as the train rolled slowly in. (ieneral Jacinto Trevlno, commander of the Carranza forces at Chihuahua, left the tate capital yesterday morn ing with iin troops for Santa Ysabel. H'fore leaving he assured the Ameri cans that he would hunt the mur derers to death. Ail the Americans who arrived last night were agreed that the general cooperated with them in recovering the bodies and arranging transportation to the fullest extent. General satisfaction at his conduct as expressed. Think Interpreter ; Has BeEn Murdered , Peter Peteraoa of Burns Detectlre j Agency Xiored Prom Home In Seattle ! by Porged Telegram Bot Seen Since i Seattle. Wash., Jan. 13. reter Peter son. Russian Interpreter for the Burns Detective agency, is missing, and after a thorough Investigation, operatives of the agency today came to the conclu sion that he has been murdered. He has not been seen since October 15. when he w a lured from his home in Seattle to Mount Vernon by a forged telegram. ; A day or two later he saw Sheriff Ed : Wells in Mount Vernon, and the Skagit county officer gave him several Rus sian letters to Ik- translated. Peterson i volunteered to bring the letters back to Seattle with him for translation, and stepped out of the courthoute door, apparently to take the train for Seattle. That was the last seen of ,him. A few days ago came thle message from the remnant of a gang of Rus sian bank robbers and highwaymen, who have been operating on the Pa cific coast during the past two years: i "We have killed Peter Peterson." Estranged Pair Pass Each Other on Ocean Wife of Hawaiian ex-Judge and Candi date, Suing for DlTorce, Cornea to United States, Husband Beturns. San Francisco. Jan. 13. (P. N. S Mrs. A. A Wilder, wife of Judge Wilder, candidate for ttve position of governor of Hawaii anil former justice of the Hawaiian supreme court, ar rived heie today on the liner Manoa from Honolulu, having passed her hus tand, whom she Is suing for divorce, at eea. While Mrs. Wilder was com ing eastward aboard the Manoa. Judge Wilder, aboard the Great Northern, was on his way hark to Honolulu, where I he arrived yesterday. Mrs. Wilder refused to dlseues her domestic troubles, or shed any further light upon the quarrel with her dis tinguished husband, which had led them to the divorce court. Kalama Timber Case Is Nearing the End Kalama. Wash.. Jan. 13. The case of Mountain Timber company vs. General Fire Assurance company of Paris. France, was resumed Monday morning before Judge Parch In the superior court. Mr. I.udgate. who had been tes tifying fr the Insurance company part of lt week, was turned ovrr to K. '. Strode, attorney for the plain tiff, when court resumed. Both sides have rested their case with the exception of a few minor matters, after just three months spent in taking testimony. Woman to Drive Auto Stage. San Diego, Cal., Jan. 13. ( V. P.) Thriven from the jitney business by the drastic measures of the council, which abolished the passenger carry ii.g automobiles, pretty Miss Helen Tullock. the first woman jitney driver In the city, has secured a stage driv er's license and will pilot an automo bile stage over the mountains and desert to Imperial Valley dally. COFYHIOKT ISIS Tne house or KUPraNHsjMnj Mm Ml 1 m ' MICE IS CANDIDATE FOR RE-ELECTION AS FOOD COMM SSIONER Incumbent Refers to His Rec ord as Dairy and Food Commissioner of State. r 1 - J. D. Mickle. J. D. Mickle has formally announced his candidacy for reelection as Oregon dairy and food commissioner. The announcement follows the reso lution adopted last week by the Oregon Dairymen's association commending his work and earnestly Inviting him to submit his name for reelection. In the same resolution the dairy men's association pledged Itself to the cooperative creamery association plan advanced by Commissioner Mickle, as a means of Insuring to dairymen and the smaller creameries fair competition in marketing butter. "I do not feel that In my first term the work which I desired to do for Oregon has been entirely acrom pllshed." explained the dairy and food commissioner. Conditions Are ZmproTed. "We have secured great improve ment in the condition of public eat ing places, dairies, slaughter houses and food manufactories. "We have taken position against selling Chinese eggs as Oregon eggs or foreign butter as Oregon butter, with some results "We have established, for the flrft time, harmonious cooperations with other health agenclee the city health bureau, the Mate board of healtn, the federal meat and dairy authori ties and the Oregon Agricultural col lege. "We have Secured the enactment of what Is recognized to be the best food and dairy law Oregon has ever hs 1 and have adopted the practice for th first time of giving public circulation of scores given after inspection of dairies, food manufactories, slaughter houses and eating places. "There Is more to be done along each Oi these lines. 'And there rests upon the ofice if dairy and food commissioner responsi bility for saving the dairy Industry of Oregon from decadence by leading the way In the establishment of a plan for fair competition in marketing butter. Cre&merlee la Control. "At the present time prices for but ter and butter fat when bought from the dairyman or country creamery or sold to the consumer are controlled by a few large creameries. I am no; an enemy of these creameries but am a friend desirous of their success as of all other state enterprises, but the r r A Clearance of Kuppen heimer Suits and Overcoats The supreme value-giving event of the season. En tire stocks of famous Kuppenheimer Suits and Over coats at deep reductions. All styles and sizes. Blues and blacks are included. $20 and $25 -1 J Garments at JL 6 00 $30 and $35 0 Cj! Garments at CpSfO.OtJ? $1.00 Men's Underwear reduced to 85' $2.00 Men's Underwear reduced to SI. 45 $2.50 Men's Underwear reduced to $1.85 $5.00 Men's Sweater Coats, at $3.85 Manhattan Shirts reduced. See window. GUS KUHN. Successors to Steinbach & Co. basis of competition is not fair at the present time. "The producer and the consumer must figure more in the quotations In other words the amount and quality of production and the public demand for the product. By establishing co operative creameries, membership in which will be confined to dairymen, the actual producers, and by a central or ganisation of cooperative creameries, I believe competition can be put on a fair basis and the dairy industry made one of the most important state assets. "1 shall rest the success of my candi dacy on the work I have done and have tried to do and the confidence which the people will have in my Intention to be even more usefiil to them as a public official." REPUBLICANS WILL GATHER Formation of New Republican Club Will lie Discussed. Republicans will hold a mass meet ing at 8 o'clock. January 20. at the Cen tral library for the purpose of organiz ing a new Republican club. A call for the meeting has been signed' by more than 200 Republicans. At the head of the Hat is the name of Charles A. Johns, who has been one of the leading spirits in planning the organisation. The leaders are already planning that perhaps the first affair that will be held under the auspices of the new club will be a banquet on February 1 .', I,lncoln's birthday anniversary. Mr Johns said that efforts are now being made, to have speakers of national prominence here for the occasion. Dr. 'e (jfs East. Dr. Henry Waldo Coe. national com mitteeman for Oregon of the Progres sive party, has gone to Chicago to at tend the meeting of the committee, be ing held today. Dr. Coe has been one of the most active members of the Progressive party in Oregon. CARGO OP-JAPANESE IS BONG SALVAGED Freighter Went Aground on Belle Chain Reef in Snow storm; Badly Damaged, Seattle. Wash.. Jan. 13. (I. P.) Salvaging the cargo of the Japanese freighter Knkon Maru To. 3, aground on Belle Chain reef, between Mayne and Paturna Islands, began today by Captain W. H. Dogan and crew of the steamer Salvor of the British Coluir bia Salvage company. The Kenkon Maru Is laden with stee: car wheels and other heavy railroad equipment for the t r ns -SI erian rail way, and was destined to Vladivostok under charter to Frank Waterhouse company of Seattle. Her navigators, losing their way !n the blinding unow storm, the freighter crashed on the rocks Wednesday morn ing. Teasel Badly Damaged. The vessel's fore peak Is full of water and she is badly damaged. The Salvor was dispatched to the assist ance of the big craft as soon as It was learned that she was In a dangei ous posit. on. The vessel loaded a cargo of 6600 tons of railroad equip ment and other freight, sailing from Seattle late Monday night. She pro ceeded bianalmo. B. C. whre she t-ok burfweTsupplles for her voyage to b! her la. The steamer was on her way to sea In charge of a British Columbia plbit when the accident occurred. Bringing heavy shipments Of hemp and other rrelght from the orient, the Kenkon reached Seattle on December SO. The greater j-rt of her cargo is consigned to the Trans-Siberian railway. ronnerly a Briton, The vessel was nearly two miles out of her course when she crashed on the rocks of Belle Chain reef The steamship formerly operated under the British flag when nh was known as the Ailsar-raig. A number of years ago, she wais purchased by the lnu Gomel Kalshiof Kutaml. Japan and registered the Kenkon Maru Xo. 3. She was built In 1S90 by W. B. Thompson & Co., of Dundee, Scotland. 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