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Full Leased Wire Dispatches Today's News Printed Today JOURNAL " 1 " - - THIRTY-SEVENT VILLA IS -ACCUSED OF I BUTCHERING HUNDREDS OF FEDERAL PRISONERS Shocking Charges Made Against Head of Revolutionary Army Following Taking of Torreon He Admits 500 of His Men Were Killed and 1500 Wounded During Eleven Days' FightingBelieves 1000 Federal Were Killed in Battle But Does Not Estimate Number of Wounded Plans an At tack on Monterey and Salti Ho Next Steps Taken to Clean Up Torreon Inhabitants Facing Starvation. Torreon, Mexico, April 3. With Tor reon nr inst completely in fcu hands, General Francisco Villa was already preparing today fo attacks on Mon terey and Saltillo. In the meantime liis men are doing their utmost to get in food supplies and make city habit alile. A thorough' cleaning up' wns urged, if a pestlence was to be avoided. The 'inhabitants w.ro on tho verge of Htnrvation. Villa ia Housed of butcher ing nuniived or prisoners. Considering the number of men en Raged in the pnst'll days' fighting, tile losses were enormous. Of the rebels 200 were killed in Sunday night 's. fighting nlnue, antt it was estimated GOO federals were slain and 1,000 were wounded- the same dav. Villat put tho number of rebels kil'led after his men Rot inside the city tit 500 and the wounded at .1,500. Asked how mnny federals fell from first to last, Villa replied: "You'll not go far wrong if you say the fed oral loss- was total." Geuoral Volasco Escapes. Oi'ficiMlly Torreon fell rt 10:30 Inst ni;.rht. ' (icneral 'e)asoo, tho federal commander, escaped at the last mo fii"nt. Last Tuesday a detachment of his men succeeded in leaching the Canon del Ounrnche, several miles nut side (ho city, where they entrenched themselves strongly.' Velaseo and a weall bodyguard broke through the federal cordon during the oorifu.'ion of the final nsnnlt and r.-.nnageil to join this force in the canon. A body of rebel cavalry pursued them hotlv. ' l'p to today it had neither roturucd'nor re ported. Villn promptly put Ms prisoners to work burying the dead, caring for. the wounded nnd clearing up the wreckage. Tin) damage done by shells, bombs nnd fire was enormous, und the removal Of debris will be n heavy task. The food problem, too, was a serious one. Supplies were ordered rushed from Chihuahua City nnd Juarez, and details were sent out to drive in herds of cnttle from tho TIP! (T 1, Knii nn- I ranches. Koup kitchens were opened under military management and nil ap plicants, men, women nnd children. ".uriMi.imm rcneis, combatant and noii combatant, shared alike while the food lasted. Tuts Prisoners at Work. To facilitate the assault upon Mon terey nnd Saltillo, Villa had forces of federal prisoners at work repniring-tho railroad eustward and rebuilding the bridge over the- Nnzns rivef, which was uestroyeu during tho fighting. Villa wus inclined to think Mori-' terey and Saltillo would fall oavily. I In view of the Torreon garrison's do-' Htruetion and the citv'a capture, with u greater store of artillery and military! wupplies than the Huertaists possessed i anywhere outside Mexico City, he could ! not believed it would be deemed worth I while to reinforce tho defenders of either of his next points of attack. And ! unless they were strongly reinforced, be felt confident of mnki'ng short work of them. Differences Boon Forgotten. The fighting at Torreon over, the ' rebels and their federal prisoners frn-! ternizod rendiiy. By their desperate re-Hstnnr b resistance which was a I great surprise to Villa the federals ' had won the respect of the rebels. (In ! the other hand the federal were ur-, prised nt being nn. tnl,, Many of them would hnve pui rendered i Homier, thev nid. but their officers i convinced them they would be tortured , to death if captured. ' Volunteers Kissing. it was a noticeable f. ature. In wcvor, -t'l.-it the t.risoners were all s.iliiidcr.-i f tiie feeri'l regular army, and that there ! were no "hai,derns t-i, lo nidus a ; '"ips of v.Junteers organiz-l J.v ii-n- j er:il Orozen in 11U2 when lie jebolkd ; npiinpf Mndero among then:. j These volunteers were declared trrut- , Ms by (icm-r.,1 Villa, who promised i The Weather f,ff)D I "j Tho Hi. key llird 'Kl.t and .V.,:r-: day fho'vers. north vet portion; ar tially cloudy in couth m.d east l-ortions, prulatdy chow. r; light southerly breezes. .-..v. ' ' to exeaute every one w:io fell Into his 1, ..J T Ul. 1 1. .T 1 iiuiiun, av wus ueiieveu uo am so, Not counting tho preliminary fight ing in the suburbs, the main nttnek on Torreon began Saturday night. Tight Open3 Dramatically. It was opened dramatically. Riding along the lino of his troops, General Villa pjolnted to tho city und shouted: "Comrades, there 'a Torreon. We must take it. Will you follow me'f" Tho responso was a thunderous chorus of cheers. "Ksta bueno," cried Villa. "Let us- go." . The roar of tho rebel artillery and tho rattle of rifle fire followed imme diately. From that time forward the constitutionalists closed steadily in on the town. Tho federal artillery nnd linemen rougut cooiy ami courageously but their enemies' advance was at no time even checked. Sorry to Miss Tut). The wounded rebels seemed to care less for their hurts than for tho fact that they would be unnlde to partici pate in their comrades' final triumph. "I don't care so much about this," said one officer to a newspaper corres pondent, as ho touched a shattredo arm, "but I'm sorry to miss the fun." Wh-.it.furryii.sed.tho jebeU must was the federals' contiwed resistance after the former were actually in the streets of Torreon. They had expected a fight to got into tho town, but once in side they had believed it would bo over. -Strongly Barricaded. Instead, the thoroughfares were found strongly bnrricaded and held by federal troops who contested every step of their foes' advance, fighting from behind the barricades and pouring a murderous fire into the rebel ranks from the tops of tho flat-roofed adobe houses. Villa had by this timo been com pelled to stop his artillery fire to avoid mowing down his own men. Hand grenades wero used instead. Much of the fighting was at such short rnnge that occasionally a federal on a house top would succeed in cntching nn tin exploded grennde in midair and hurling ii iwh ur rue reoeis. Villa seemed to be everywhere, riflo in hnad, cheering his men on and being cheered by them in turn. Slowly driving the federnls before them, the rebels took one after another, tholiull ring, tho smelter, a lurgo euar tel in tho southern part of tho city and a number of strongholds constructed by. tho piling of cotton bales together. Holds Back Announcement. Hy Tuesday night they wero in com plete control of tho city except for two positions which it was impossible to shell effectively und until last night these continued to bold out against at tack after attack by riflemen and gre nadiers. Iii tho meantime Villa would permit no announcement of victory to be sent out, saying it would be "time enough to make such a claim when tho street fighting was over. The rebel commander riduculod re ports that fresh forces of federals wero viuviTgiiig upon trie city. The rail ronds wero cut In every direction, ho snid, und his scouts w?re on tho alert 50 miles out. He declared he would be sure to know it if any considerable federal do tnehment were nearer than that. Say Prisoner Killed. The rebels accused tho federals of kiitinff ri-bel Itrisonerii mul wmi,i,l,..l At Gomez I'ulnMo, following the first iiiincK, wnicu tne federals succeed beating off, they asserted thlire n mnKsiicrc. They were eornpelli leave n-nrv w.rtnded on the field ed in was I'd to . Ii nd when they finally took the position they found all these had been butch ered, as well as 500 or 300 prisoners. ( M'li'Ttil Villa's message to General CarranzM, announcing the rapture of Torreon, was as follows: Many Killed or Wonnded. "At tiiis moment the reinniuits of tho iVucrnl.1 are leaving Torreon in flight, 111 ''T ll dnvs of terrific fieht- ing. in WMKJI we lost Lot") wound a-i.l fiol) killed, and the f,.;l,-r,.l, i,,, -1l in;; f r on the number of hodii- burred, i.ie:,t hnve had more than 1,000 killed Their number of wounded 1 lira tumble to estinii.t-'. "Our forces hnve full pofsession of 'i'.invo.t. "I ligr.-t to annou'iee that th noun-led were (ienernls V. dil-'s nnd Cnlixtit Conturea. among Vzubel "1 coni-rat ulnte nnd salute you wtih the n-pe t i.n-1 esteem I have hud fur you rdwHvs." Denies Torreon Ha Fallen. Washington, April 3. Moxirnn (Continued on pags BJ Grants Pass Baron Commits Suicide BECKER, HEAD OF MINING COM PANY, HAD BEEN WORRIED BY LITIGATION BECENTLY. Grants Pass, Or,, April 3. Arnold Becker, president of tho Althouse 1 lacer Mining company, which has ex tensive operations on Althouse creek. near Holland, committed suicide last night about 6 o'clock by shooting him self through tho head with a 32 cali bre revolver, death being instantaneous. Broken health is supposed to have been tho cause of the deed. Becker was an Austrian nobleman, born at the Austrian coinrtilato 4,3 years ago. His Austrian title was Baron Ar nold Becker Von Rosenveldt He was educated at Berkeley, Cal., adu at Harvard, and had attained na tional prominence as a mining nd civil engineer. Ho had recently organized the Alt houso Placer Milling company, and a Bucyrus elevator, the most 'oxtensive equipment on a Southorn Oregon plan er, had iust been nut into aiicoskfiil operation, and was handling 1000 yards or gr.ivei per nay injunction proceed ings instituted against tho turning of the Wllter of Althouse into T)em gulch by the Booker company, in its miuing operations, worried Meeker and aggravated his nervous eodnition, his associates allege. Becker's wifo mul daughter reside in New York City Ill AN Arkndelphia, Ark., April 3.- Intense excitement prevailed hero today over thohmirdor last nieht. of Mrs Kliinh Francisc nnd her two children. Tho slayer killed his victims with an axe. l'rancis and nnothor child escaped. Bloodhounds were put on the trail of the murderer this afternoon. ' Francis, whn is f?S vmtrt nl.l fnl.t tlta authorities that the murderer killed his who and children anil then burned their home to cover the prinm. Tie said he was nwakened at 4:30 o'clock this morning by thn barking of a dog, and found tho house to bo in flames. "I seized my 8-year-old boy," he snid, 'and started to awaken my wife. I SllW a man with nn nxn liMivinir Itnr room, and 1 picked up my boy and ran ' The bodies of the three victims wero cremated BRYAN HAS COLD. Washington, April 3. Secretary of State Bryan was suffering this after noon from n severe cold. He remained nt home all day. Recent Anti-Home Rule Meeting and Signal Corps i Zijy ' , w y.i. w i k Tiie abova pictures wer takcu at I tlnn Home P.ulo bill. A typical man meotin of Belfast la ahown above, A Unionist 1-Alr.ur BALEM, OBIOON, FEIDAx, APRIL 3, 1914. ICE HALTS ARK OF TROUBLE Belle Ventura Delayed With 58 Dead and 33 Survivors by Ic Field. ' MOST OF SURVIVORS ARE IN BAD SHAPE Several Frozen! While on Ice Floes During Terrfible Ocean Storm. St. Johns N. F, April 3. With 58 of the stoarn sealer Newfoundland's crew dead and 33 survivors from tho same crow on board, the sealer Belle Ven tura wirelessed at noon today that it was fast in tho ice off Capo Bonavisto. The ship, a powerful one, waa bucking tho floos, and tliej captain said he hoied to mako port !by Sunday It was added that many of the survivors were in a serious condition from exposure. Hundreds oi relatives of tho seal hunt ers had gathered here, anxiously await ing news. Tho Btephano was said to halve one corpse ami two living men on board, and tho Florizel five dead. This left 1!) unaccounted for, if, as stated, 120 of tho Newfoiinilnnd's company were seal hunting on the ico when tiie bliz zard struck the fleet. May Severely Frozen. It was sti-tod .n several wireless mes sages that most of the survivors were sevorely frozen, and preparations were being made to care f)or them in the lo cal hospitals. Last night's advices left no doubt that, the Newfoundland with Captain Wesley Kfn and 2f of his men on board, weathered thVutorm, though un nhlo to pick up tho hunters, who were on tho ico when it broke. Much relief was also felt at the newB that the Southern Cross, whoso loss, with 170 men, had been feared, was snfe at Channel, N. F. Claim Ship Not Safo New York, April 3, A private dis patch from St Johns today said tho steamship Southern Cross "was not nt Channel, N. F., ns reported. The source of the information was not slated. Attorney Gale Hill, of Albany, was in the city on legal business yostor dnv. Tm, r-f-T, -. 1WU . 1 - A, . . when tlster w at fever heat over tin g of protect In one of ths public squares arn-y algnal corps on review li shown CRASH OF AUTOS IS BAD ONE One Man Misscing and Five Injured as Result of Two Mishaps at Venice. JENNINGS HAS HIS SKULL FRACTURED Cars Go Crashng Over While Negotiating Sharp Curve at High Speed. Santa Monica, Aprl 3. One man is dying and five others are more or less seriously injured as tho result of two automobile accidents which occurred hore early today. Both mishaps wore at the eamo spot, a sharp curve on the Washington boulevard at Compton av enue, just outsido of the Venice city limits. Fatally injured: R. P. Jennings, of the Phoenix Man ufacturing company, skull fractured; protmlily will die. Seriously injured: Warren Vaneo, of tho Vaincc Canoo- vuii Automobile company, Los Ange les. Warren Hucksmoiith, chef King ueorge note, painruiiy cut. A B. Cone, e.lork l.'mprcss hotel. - James Howard, traveling salesman Henry Lesnor, of Ocean l'ark. At 1:30 o'clock this morning the car occupied by Lesner and Howard over turned. , Tho second accident was at fl o clock, when the automobile, in which tho second party was driving threw a wheel and smashed mtotho ditch BAIL CASE NEAR3 END, Washington, April 3, Representa tives of custom railroads, who have asked permission to increase, their freight rates five per cent, closed their testimony today, and asked the inter state commerce commission to finish the case next week in order to etprdilo its decision, l ho commission is ex pocted to render ils doclsion May 1, MISSOUBI PACIFIC WEAK SPOT IN 8T00K MARKET New York, April 3. Missouri Pacific was tho wenk spot at the stock mar ket's opening today, dropping a quarter on account of tho abnndoninent of tho plan to bring tho Gould ronds under cntrol of tho liockefeller Interests. Oth erwise tho market was firm, most of tho changes being upward Goodrich roso 1. Railroad stocks fell off Inter, in spito of a good report of March cur loading by western rads, and the mar ket as a wholo agnin declned. Bonds wPro irregular. liock Island collaterals wero off to 35 3-8. The ninr- ket closed dull. on NAMINCfcOF KANSAS CITY AND ST. LOUIS FOB BEOIONAL BANKS LAID TO POLITICAL INFLUENCE OF CERTAIN SENATORS. Washington April 3 Strong criticism from everywhere over tho seloetioii of two Missouri cities among the li! sites for regional reserve banks under the new currency law, poured In hero today. The organization committee, after threo nioiilhs of work, yesterday divided lh-i country into 12 districts and selected I" cities where government reserve bunks are to bo located under tho nev law. The eilies selecte 1 are New York, Philadelphia, llost.m, Cleveland, liich iriond, Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, St. Louis, Kansas City, .Minneapolis and San Francisco. , The naming of both St. Tiouis and Kansas City as regional bank cities drew sharp criticism, It was openly charged t hat Knntasj City was ehosei. through the influence of Senators Heel and Stono of .Missouri and Senator Dwell of Oklahoma. Many congressmen and senators also Insisted that Denver mill (Imahn were disoiiininnted against. Tho orguuintioit ec niiiiltti'e formally certified tho list of reserve bank cities today, and tho comptroller of ttiii cur reii.-y immediately notified the haulm of the country. Within III) Hnys the banks must begin p'lying for thn stork in the government reserve banks in their district. President Wilson wss expected to an nounce toon his np"iintments to the, regional reserve board. Thomas Green Pays Penalty MAN WHO " KILLETi f!AT.rpTVTA BANK CASHIER SHOWS NO SIGN Of i'EAS ON SCAFFOLD. San Quentin, Cal., April 3. Thomas Groen, murderer of William A. Bowles cashier of a bank at Blytho, California, wont to his death on the scaffold la the state penitentiary here at 10 o'clock today. He aied without a sign of fear. Green In company with Paul Case at tempted to rob the Blvthe bank, and whon Bowles tried to escape and aounded an alarm, shot and killed him. Oreon mounted the scaffold at ex actly 10 o'clock. Before tho black cap was adjusted he asked for Warden Johnston and thanked him for his kind treatment. Asked If he wished to re veal his true name, Oreon said: Refuser, to Tell Uimi Kama "I will not toll my real name. My moinor ami ratlier are good people. They raised me properly and gave mo every advantage. "I want to go to my death with my Identity still unknown M aged parents kuow nothing of this affair, and now I know they never will. I brought this tiling on myself. Uf course I am sorry that I killed tho cashier of that bank. 1 fired before I knew what I wan doing. I am ready 'to take my medicine an I tho quicker you get this thing over now mo Hotter satisfied 1 will bo." His Neck Is Tirol. nn Tho trnn waa siirunir at. 111-tlH n'..ln,.U mm me nony wns cut down I I minutes liter. Till) llli I Wlia limlrmt After tho execution Wnnlen Jul. said: "flreen wont lo his denth liko a man. Ill) showed no sicim nf four nn.l u-ullu.l unassisted from tho death house to the ncniroid. Ho seemed anxious to get it over as ouicklv ns nossililn nn.l tl, ecution was onmou through without a niKii. COOPER WILL NOT BE CRIMINAL ACTS OP TirTttfiTTTrj MAKE OREGON'S EXECUTIVE AGAINST APPLICATION 1UU HOOD EIVES MAN. Governor West this morning refused to honor tho requisition of Governor II. Hnnnn, of North Diikotn. His reasons aro as follows: 'in view of tho developments In the Mcliniu-Coopor enso, which discloses J. A. Sullivan's criminal acts while in this state, and mnko his statements unwor thy of credit, I believe re.iulsition should not bo honored, Believe you will agree I havo taken proper course, when you rend evidence taken at hearing." i oopor was wanted In coiuioetion with a I lean, I lnrv.liritilnir In n im,. wherein ho wns defemlnnt. nn a rhon.n of murder. Tracy It, Bangs a leading ;ortn uakota attorney,, is ha,viug a liearina today on a dm run nf lunn.i i,. plicated in tho bribery of several jur ors. J. A. Sullivan an ex-policeman, was alleged to havo secured Cooper's confession in Portland but wns thor oughly discredited in a hearing held be fore Secretary llobbs recently. It am. shown ho had another man Impersonate nioper in mailing the confession. TANTS SET Fl London, April 3. .Militant suf- sV fraoivttCM lust, nljlit nut C!in X l.ieburn castle. In Antrim. Trnlnml A The flames were extinguished, and T it was sai, today the dnmnge was not serious. SV It. Will, fldmitt.ol lit Hin lintnn nt. X fiee (lint Mary Hiehnrdsoti, who r munintod einsquez' Kokoliy Yen- us in tho nation. il museum, was being fed forcibly in prison to keep her from starving herself to death. BELIEVES RADIO WAVES ARE KILLING OFF PELICANS Sun Diego, ' til., April I). llu- inane Officer Muters of this citv Is on tho trial of 'l o government a big wireless station on Point I.oion. Ho believes that tln powerful radio mum sent out by the station. ure responsible for the disappear- aue.i of pelicans from Han Diego harbor ai d vicinity. Mutters snid 4 today he had seen pelicans by the score stricken in mid air and fall dead to the water. Formerly there were mnny in the bnyj now there nr only a few. Mutters is going lo tho wireless slstion tomorrow to sen If the government can tono down the waves. PRICE TWO CENTS. MSWJWSKP KUNTZ T0;! QUIT HIS JOBrjlERE Superintendent Schools and 11 Principal End Their Ser vice This Year. DEPREDATIONS OF STUDENTS ONE CAUSE Action Taken at Recent Meet ing of Salem Board of Ed ucation. At a star chamber mooting held br tho members of the Salem school di rectors last Weducsday evening at th high school, it was decided by th ma jority of tho members that Siiperinten- ilnnf t T V... ... ik. -'a I i ...... . ... uiii.,, ui uiu eiiy B.-iiuois, and Prlneinn.1 Karl KilnutrlcW .f ih.. Salem high school, must not make ap- I'.ieauon ror re-election at the end of the tiroscnt. school ver i-liWh n,l. ,tn. on tho first, of next June. Allien eftort was made to keep thoso flletS COVerod nil by nrlnin i,,n,l,.. of tho school board since tho mooting neiinesuay evening, but the facts leak- ed OUt this lnornimr whnn n n.iWuin 1... cal business mnn was overheard com- inonting upon tho action of tho board in virtually "firing" Superintendent Kuntz and Principal Kilpatrick. inree favor Change. It is lllldersfnn.l niinn firut ..loan ..!. ority that the reasons given why rwuni7, is no longer desired ns super intendent of HiiImiu's hi has failed to work harmoniously ivnu uio griuio tenctiers In the respec tive institutions mul Hi -it 1, 1,,,,, l.., unablq to bring about conditions in tho schools in general befitting a standard wnicn fiio pcnooi ooitrit Ua" sdopted within the past six months. It is said that, Sunerintomlni.t T",,.,l cannot get along with the grade teach ers mid the result is that tho schools havo beeu retarded to a considerabl extont in efficiency nnd general con duct. At the st-ar ehninbop iti.i,Ui,,. nt. ' roctor Miles. Leo and Hnren voi.'.l I,. favor of a rntnMiti.in n.lil.il. that Superintendent Kuntz and Princi- ...,l Tr: I. .. . -i i. i .. . . . . - . I'm ruipmricii sunn not no retained by tho boar.1 when thn uln,.ii t .,.... officers is mado for the coining school yenr. Poor Discipline Cliarffod. TicHSOIIS UlVen nt. thn slur 1, session of the board for refusing to accent Prineiiinl Kilnntt-o-lr n. nM the head of tho high school wero to thu nneci Hint tlio )irinenml has failed to maintain discipline. In tho m-liool of which ho has charge. Certain members in i no noani contended that the stu dents at tho Salem liinh ,-l,,,l absolutely out of the proper control ... ute principal ami voted to dlsponso with Principal Kilpatrick ' services af ter tho coining end of the tiroscnt school year. It WHS also fhnnro.l tlnrim (1... lnut Wednesday's meeting thnt Principal Kilptariek is Incompetent and unfit to hold tho position as principal any lonir- ' or. " Will Resign. Belli? thoroilotllv llilrin.l t.u In r,---.' ' M.i V" III. opinion of the majority of tin, board, both oficers of tho local institution signified tjieir intention of resigning when school closes next Juno. Principal .imi.riin wits caneii netnro tno lueni Iters of tho bnnrd ,tnrin,i 11. .,... meeting anil was asktsl numerous ques- tiuns coueeriung tno charges which wer milllo ntruinst him bv nortnin ,..,,. i, ... of the directorial body. Principal Kit- piimca, it is saiil liv one or those who attended the meeting, showed a willing ness to iniiKo everything clenr to tho best of his 'ability conci.rimr ih. charges that ho has failed tu kw; discipline in tho high school. It seoms, that the whole trouble has arisen out of the many depredations which havo been tiorPormiJ In il. l.l-.l. school during the past four months. Do- .uusii mo prineipai tins lulled to pre vent or detect tlin iit-,,iii. i.i..tl..M u.l... havo been destroying proiierty nnd 'ii-iiRiiiK mm tno seuool Innldlng, the board, or the majority at least, havn como to the conclosion that the princi pal in lucking in discipline. Pontics Charged, If wltnt well k hnve beeomo acipminted with latest act tion of tho school board pay Is true, " politics has created tio small amount uf ..... :.. i : . . i i . . . rrvju'iicn I'uiween tnrei" niemtiera ot tho board, or tho majority, and the sup erintendent, nnd the principal, It n asserted by some while there nro no lll-tiiitiilti C.r Din .t,ii..... I.. . ' ""' "i.il..-l .llllllt, IIIIIHOI. Superintendent Kunl. Biul Princlpiil Kilpatrick, they ate so retnotn as to hi subject to a w hin nil I uiiprejiullec'il in vestigation before any action shnul I no tiiKen to luir thn Instructors from making applications for nauth-'r term. Just what tho outcome will be re mains to bo seen, but It is nn assure.-! fni.t Ihi.f Miii,il,iln.l.,,. l.- M...I I'rinei;-n Kilpatrick will not pi eel thembselves in the Salem schools itt lllll nVflllt 11... Inniilrllu .,P ll l..,..r.l M.I. hers to the opinion they eApre-neU lust Wednesday evening at tho star cham ber session, , , . m