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Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-06-06
.HUERTA'S FAMILY LEAVE MEXICO
Wife and Sons Said to BE ABOARD
Ypiranga, Which Has Departed
for Europe.

Vera Cruz Coincident with the
sailing of the Hamburg-American
steamer Ypiranga from Vera Cruz
Monday persistent rumOrs originating
in the City OF Mexico and brought TO
Vera Cruz by refugees were circu-
lated that Sonora Huerti- and her four
sons were aboard the ship. The
Ypiranga cleared for Europe by way
of Havana. As she left the harbor
the German cruiser Dresden uneX-
pectejlv hauled up her anchor and
followed to sea. There was report
also that the liners destination was
Puerto Mexico.
Neither Brigadier General Funston
nor any other army or navy officer
heard the rumOr that some of the
Huerta family were aboard the
Ypiranga until after the steamer had
sailed.
There is no means to verify the re-
port or secure a positive denial. SINH
lar reports of a more vague nature
were in circulation. but these the
ships officers and agents denied.
There was an element of mystery,
however. in eight locked staterooms,
originally reserved for DIR. Urrutia,
the former minister of the interior,
which were not otherwise disposed of,
although he had proceeded to Calves
ton.
According to the reports in the City
of Mexico, Sonora Huerta and her
sons went to Puerto Mexico several
| days ago ON a special train, escorted
| by palace guards, boarded the Ypl
| ranga there and remained in seclu
sion during the steamers stay in
Vera Cruz.
General Funston said that his might
be possible, as no attempt had beer
made to ascertain who was aboard
the steamer. It was reported also
from the capital that Sonora Huerts
drew from the bank 100000 peso:
before she started.
Still another report from the CAPT
tai had it that President Huerta him
self had left for Puerto Mexico sew
eral days ago in sleeping car with ;
trainload of the Twenty ninth Infan
try ahead and behind. Refugees de
clare that they passed a train of thi
nature on the way from the City o
Mexico and noted that more than 80
soldiers of the Twenty-ninth Infantr,
were aboard.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-06-06
TAKING VERA CRUZ

plaza between these buildings and
estacion Sandal After a sharp en-
gagement, in which ships in harbor as
sisted by Smelling, the naval academy
and market were taken. The San
Francisco's guns were firing on the
naval academy. Fire again became
desultory after this engagement and at
1890 our regiment was deployed along
Gale Zaragoza from c. Benito to c.
Estaban Morales.
THE San Francisco's battalion act
ed as a support all along this line.
At noon we were quartered in custom
house and have since held custom
house and surrounding territory as
signed to our precinct. This district
comprised the section of the city from
Gale Zaragoza to water front between
c. Vicario and c. Montesinos. Our po-
sition was fired on by snipers from
time to time during the night
April %.
Sinners continued firing along our
front, principally from incompleted
market building. This fire was ST.
fenced as often as 1t broke out.
Having suspected firing from the
Sonora, a Mexican steamer moored to
the sea wall just northward of Muelle
Fiscal. we arrested the crew of this
steamer and they were incarcerated in
the municipal Jail.
April "a.
Same conditions as preceding day
except arrested chief engineer of So
nora and a secretary Of the Navigation
Company of Mexico. who we're on that
vessel. These men were placed in mu
nicipal Jail. German steamer Ypiran
ga and Spanish steamer Libertad were
locked at Muelle Fiscal. Both allowed
to land passengers and baggage.
"Patrolled district under our charge
night and day.
During the period covered in above
report the San Francisco's battalion
has suffered no casualties. The bat
TALON were quartered in No. 1 ware
house in the custom house compound
during this. time.
The list of dead and wounded caret
for by the San Franchises hospita
corps after the engagement OF Apri
On 1914. is attached hereto"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-06-06
U. S. Navy Officers Report of
Capture of Mexican Port.
Ensign Ralph Martin, With Spartan
Terseness, Tells His Brigade Ad-.
jutant of Occupation Of Town
by American Forces.

Washington, d. C.-With Spartan
terseness are written the army, navy
and marine reports which officially tell
the story of our advance into Mexico.
There is little attempt at literary
style and none at bringing into promi-
hence spectacular events and heroic
deeds. Yet through these dignified.
Straightforward pages runs an under
current for the careful readers that
thrills with tale of romance and gal
lantry..
Here is how Ensign Ralph Martin.
adjutant OF the marine battalion OF
San Francisco, writing from the Gus
tom house at Vera Cruz, tells his brig
ade adjutant of the capture Of the
town. He heads his latter Data Con-
corning Landing Engagements"
The San Francisco's battalion land
ed at midnight, April 81. This force
consisted of nine officers and 116 men.
comprising two four-squad infantry
companies, two Benet-Mercier auto
mates and special details with gun
cotton party.
April %.
Upon landing reported to regimen
tai headquarters at Hotel Terminal
and then proceeded to custom house
IN rear of which our battalion was oil
rected to erect a barricade between
No. / warehouse and the water front
in prolongation of Gale Miguel Luer
do. This work was completed and bar
ricade manned before daylight
One of our automatic guns and one
from the Utah mounted on the roof o.
south wing of custom house began mr.
ing on Hotel Oriente at daylight. Ho
tel was captured and several prison
ers were taken. Desultory firing al
along our front during morning ant
| forenoon, which we succeeded In 81
lencing by volley firing.
About nine a. m. the Second Nava
regiment passed in rear OF custom
house and proceeded to southwark o
our line. When they came abreast ma
val academy and the incompleVed mar
ket they we're subjected to a heav!
fusillade. principally from these build
ings. The regiment deployed In tn
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-06-06
THOMAS wins 5OO-M|LE RACE
All Speedway Records From Five to
500 Miles Broken-Barney Oldfield
First Of American Racers.

Indianapolis, Ind.-Rene Thomas,
driving a French car, won the fourth
annual 500-mile race on the Indian
apolis motor speedway Saturday. All
speedway records from five 10 500
miles were broken.
The first American to finish was
Barney Oldfield. in firth place.
Thomas time was six hours, three
minutes, 10 and 99-l0O seconds. The
winner maintained an average speed
of S247 miles an hour. The former
record of hours y minutes and 300
seconds was estab Iished by Joe Daw-
son in 1912.
Arthur Duray finished second, seven
minutes after the winner.
Albert Guyot. teammate of Thomas,
was third, and Jules GouX, winner Of
the 1913 race, finished fourth, six min
utes ahead OF Oldfield.
Six men were injured, none serious
". Joe Dawson suffered broken
collarbone and minor injuries when
his car turned over after trying to
/ dodge the wrecked machine of Ray
/ GilhOoley.
We're Barnes, Dawson's mechanician,
was hurt and GilhOOley and Nino
Zonani, his mechanician. also suffer
ed minor injuries. Jean Chassagne
and Albert Mitchell handling an Eng
lish car, limped away from their ma
chine after ii rolled over on turn
The race was an exciting one and
rivalry among the foreign teams made
one of the most exciting finishes ever
witnessed at the Indianapolis course.
George Boillot pushed his car to such
excessive speed that in the one hun
dred and forty-seventh lap, when lead
ing the field, he was forced out be-
cause of a broken frame.
Duray thrilled the spectators by his
sensational effort to catch Thomas
seemed always to be a contender for
first place. Thomas made one stop
at the pits, Duray two and Guyot one
Thomas drove the last 100 miles at
an average of more than eighty-four
miles an hour.
ried the same number to victory last
year. Thomas won first prize of $50,
600 and accessory prizes and trophies
will swell this amount to about
$4,000.
Josef Christians, in a Belgian car
finished sixth; Harry Grant, in al
English machine, was seventh; Keent
and Rodgers, in an American car
placed eighth, and William Carson
was ninth. 4. Y. Rickenbacker, IN al
American car, finished tenth, the las
of the prize winners. Haupt, MulforC
and Burman, in Knippers entry, finish
ed the race in the order named. One
hundred thousand persons saw thu
race.
; Thirty cars, representing six nations
: United States, Great Britain, France
= Germany, Italy and Belgium-battlet
) for cash prizes totaling $4,000
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-06-06
Queer Beuuest.

One London church has an annual
income of $4,000 from a charity fund,
but the charity is not dispensed today
in precisely the terms of the original
bequest. For, IL the terms of that be-
quest were carried out literally. $4,000
worth of bread and cheese would be
thrown annually from the steeple.
The income consists of rent derived
from a certain piece of land. In Tudor
times, when tbs bequest was made. the
land was probably worth $40 year,
and the scattering OF $40 worth of
bread and cheese was not an extrava-
CANT charity. Today the land yields
$4,000 a year. and more suitable ways
for distributing it among the poor have
been found.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-06-06

lis until they reflected that the second
spire neutralized the bad effect of the
first
Beyond the city we could see the
Pearl river. and near il the Normal
college for training Chinese teachers,
which stands upon the site of the old
examination cells. BY the lower
slopes of the hill called Queen of
Heaven Mountain. We found the ia
nous City OF the Dead, where bodies
Of defunct Chinese wait in their cof-
fms. sometimes several years, before
the priests are able to determine an
suspicious day for interment. The
City of the Dead has many mansions,
II by that name may be designated the
little rooms, each 10 by Is feet. with
whitewashed brick walls and paved
with pale-red tiles. Before the collin
hung a curtain, and in front of this
stood an empty chair, a table spread
with food and-in the case of man
tall dolls standing on either side to
represent girl attendants. ~
Eggs Eighty Years Old
Near the F1owery Pagoda in the old
deer park. formerly part of the Tar
tar Generals palace grounds, visited
the British Yamen. where English ca
diets studying Chinese used to be quar-
tered before il became customary for
them to go to Picking. Very different
from the quaint charm of these build
ings was the somewhat squalid aspect
of the courts of the famous temple of
Su Mong Mu.
One evening | was shown a number
of the fantan gambling houses. In
! which the banker puts on the table
double handful of the common coins
called cash, and then withdraws
! them in tours with a small stick, the
game being to bet on the last remain
ing being either one. two, three or
none. At restaurant my friends en-
tertained me to a typical Chinese
! feast. Nearly all the dishes were pala-
table. and several extremely good, es-
| pecially some eggs which were re-
puted to be eighty years old and tasted
like a glorified almond paste.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-06-06
Ienient to Deserving Hero.

Paris.-"The only punishment l
should like to see imposed is that he
serve France as he served Greece"
was the announcement of Government
Commissary Alix at the court-martial
of John Corinthious, a Greek, who de-
serted from the foreign legion to fight
for the land of his birth in the Balkan
war. At the conclusion OF the war he
returned to the foreign legion, having
served heroically. The court agreed
with the prosecutor and unanimously
acquitted him.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-06-06
Dying Woman Says She Started
Chicago Conflagration.
Miss Rebecca Thrift, on Death Bed,
Declares She, and Not Mrs.
O'Leary's Cow, Was Cause
Of Flames of 1871.

Lima, O.-The legend that Mrs.
OLeary's COW kicked over a kerosene
lamp and started the fire which swept
Chicago In 1871 is challenged by
the death bed declaration of Miss Re-
becca Thrift, who died in the county
infirmary here, aged about seventy.
Il started the Chicago fire." gasped
the strange old woman, and fear
ing arrest, l fled while the flames
ragged"
Further details, whatever those de-
tails may have been, we're sealed by
death, and were buried in the potter S
field along with the body of the WON
an whose life story has for more
than 40 years been an impenetrable
mystery
Coincident with the burning OF Chi
cago in 1871, this woman was found
secreted like a hunted animal in a
straw stack on the Booth farm, south
of this city. With her was a man.
The vigilante spirit, rampant in those
days. asserted itself in the form OF
tar and feathers, but warned the man
to leave the country. He fled and NO
tidings concerning him have ever
come.
The woman, sullen and dazed. made
no explanation at that time. except
that she was homeless and sick. She
gave the name of Rebecca Thrift. She
was at that time apparently a little
less than thirty.
The authorities. not knowing what
else to do with the odd charge thus
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-06-06
s2O,OOO,OOO IN MAYO ESTATE
Board Of Trustees to Handle Estate Of
kentucky National Com
mltteeman.

Paintsville, Ky-The body OF John
c. Calhoun Mayo, Democratic national
committeeman from Kentucky, ar
rived at the Mayo home here. Gov
ernor McCreary and state officials at
tended the funeral. 1t was officially
announced that Mayo's fortune. esti-
mated at more than $40 ,OOO, 900, is to
be placed in the hands Of trustee or
board of trustees.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-06-06
HITS FIRE LEGEND

thrust upon them, committed her to
the county farm.
Here, for 43 years, she has re-
NAMED a county dependent and never
once has she consented to give the
names and addresses of relatives or to
reveal other family history. and no
one has ever claimed her. No one in
authority ever believed she had given
her real name and no one was ever
able to learn her age. Less than the
width of a city street away from the
pauper grave into which the Lima
woman of mystery was lowered is the
spot where she sought refuge in q
straw stack in 1871
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-06-06
Trade Increase Campaign On.

Washington-Five hundred manu-
facturers and representatives of COM
mercial organizations launched the
first national foreign trade convention
Wednesday. At a banquet Secretary
Bryan outlined the administration
attitude toward the campaign for in.
dustrial relations with other countries
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-06-06

Il am self-supporting and brave
enough to admit my age. My address
is care Box 2s. Bangor. Me. ! am a
woman who offers some upto-date
Bostonian or New England bachelor
an opportunity to dodge the bachelor
tax. l am lonesome and want to get
married.
Il would as soon have homely man
IL he is only lovable and good. | am
thirty-four years old, not awfully
homely and not awfully good looking,
but am lonesome and want the COM
panionship OF a real, lovable husband.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-06-06

iron columns and wrought iron floor
beams. The floors we're of fiat-arch.
terra Gotta construction. The frame
work was found to be in excellent con-
dition, the wrought iron beams show
ing a practical absence Of rust and
the cast iron columns. with three
inch cast irc2. shell around them for
fire protection, showing only a few
localized patches of rust and heavy
rusting only at few special points,
Scientific American.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-06-06
Fair Dates Have Been Changed.

Nacogdoches, Textile dates for
the East Texas fair have been
changed to Oct IA, Is, 16 and II. This
fair has grown to be one of the best
In East Texas anc has done much to
develop the agricultural and stock.
raising industries of that section
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-06-06
Volcano in Eruption.

Redding, Cal.-Mount Lassen, lat
ent volcano of the Cascade range,
erupted for IS hours, beginning Satur-
day, throwing out smoke, steam, rocks
and volcanic ash. The outbreak is
the first recorded in California in 20
years and the first of any Importance
in 200 years.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-06-06
Another Eooistic Theorist.

You can't deny that the country has
enormous wealth.
Yes" replied Mr. Growcher; but
| don't get any I'm beginning to think
the country is suffering from mis-
placed prosperity"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-06-06
Huerta Exile in Galveston.

Galveston, Tex-Dr. Aureliano Ur-
rutia, formerly minister of the interior
In the cabinet of Provisional Presi-
dent Huerta, who fled from the Next
can capital to escape the wrath of the
dictator, arrived in Galveston Mon
day on board the United States naval
transport Hancock.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-06-06
Woes of Women.

What's the matter. girlie?"
Il have lost my ideal. He has mar
ried another"
Il lost mine in a slightly different
way" said the older woman reflect
lively.
How was that?"
He married me-
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-06-06
Scholarships Are Awarded.

San Marcos, Textile Sons of Her
mann have awarded scholarships to
the following Southwest Texas State
Normal students: Senior class, Nata-
liza Hoffman, Erna Louden; junior
class, Elfreda Buehring, Norma STRIFE
Der; freshman class, Erna Tauch,
Stella PfefferkOrn.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-06-06
Flood. Shifts to East Texas.

Beaumont, Tex.-With the Colorado
river falling and the Brazos', crest yet
far up the river, the center of flood
activity has shifted to Southeast Tex
as, and more particularly the Neches
river valley. At Beaumont the river
is higher than it has been before with
in the past seven years.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-06-06
Argentine Beef Protested.

San Antonio, Textile Texas Cat.
tie Raisers' Association has filed,
through the Texas congressman, a
protest against the war departments
discrimination in selecting Argentine
beef for United States soldiers in
Mexico.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-06-06
MORGAN BOOKS TO BE SOLD
$780, 900 Collection Owned by Late
Financier Will Go at Auction
In France.

Paris.-The Foulc collection of rare
books on ornaments and architecture,
purchased by the late ]. Pierpont
Morgan in 1910 for 100000 with a
view of supplementing the Hoenchel
collection of art objects in the Metro
politan Museum of Arts in New York.
will be sold at auction by Andre Les
Vouges.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-06-06
Fort Worth Gets Red Men.

Fort Worth, Textile council of
great chiefs, meeting Wednesday. Sc
lected Fort Worth as the 1915 meet
ing place of the Red Men of Texas
February 16 was selected as the date
This years State meeting was post.
poned.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-06-06
Radium Kills Throat Cancer.

Baltimore. Md.-It was announced
that radium had effected a complete
cure of cancer of the throat for which
A. L. Glass, a prominent railroad Of
fetal of Gainesville, Fla, came to
Baltimore for treatment two months
ago.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-06-06
BoatIoad of Rice Is Lost.

Cove, Textile schooner Lena, in
command of Amos Fisher, carrying a
load of rice from Anahuac to Hous-
ton, struck a reef near Cove Saturday
and. springing a leak, caused the loss
of the cargo of rice.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-06-06

| want my husband to be clean and re-
fined and not under forty years of age.
! want an everyday. good. honest man
who will fight the battle with me as
it should be fought want him to
have money enough to give me a good
home"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-06-06
Demolition of First Sky scraper.

There has recently been demolished.
to make way for larger structure. a
ten-story tower building. at so Broad.
way. New York city. The building was
erected in 1889 and has been in serv-
fee for a quarter Of a century. Natural
ly the condition cf its framework wss
a matter Of interest for architects and
engineers. The frame consisted Of cas-,
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-06-06
Man Protected Her From Snakes.

Central Valley, N. Y.-Answering
her husbands charge of unfaithful-
ness, Mrs. Percy Anderson said AL
bert Grant accompanied her on walks
in the woods because she was afraid
of snakes.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-06-06
Onion Shipments About Over.

Laredo, Textile onion shipping
season from Laredo is practically
over. no cars having gone out since
Friday A total OF 1910 cars were
shipped.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-06-06
"STRENUOUS LIFE" is SCORED
II Is Least Effective and
Efficient.

Providence, r. 1.-The strenuous
life is in most cases the least effective
and efficient" William c. Redfield. sec
rotary of commerce. told the Brown
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-06-06
FINE STORY FOR SINGLE MEN
Massachusetts, Woman Wants /;
Good" Husband. and Says Home
ly Man viii Answer.

Decentralization bachelors here's
your chance to make good matri-
monially. Here's a woman who wants
a husband. You don't have to be an
Adonis 10 fill the bill. She says a
homely man will do il only he is
good" Here's her letter 20 Boston
paper:
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-06-06
Militants Are Refused Bail.

London.-Five suffraggettes, who
were arrested by the police during a
raid on a west end flat May 81, were
brought before a magistrate Tuesday
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-06-06

London-Personal property left by
the late Baron Strathcona and Mount
Royal amounted to s23,257. 900. accord
ing to the probate granted Wednes-
day
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-06-06
To Celebrate With Movie.

Jamaica, n. Y.-The sane Fourth of
July committee has decided that the
tango is no Improvement over fire.
crackers. They will celebrate with
movies"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-06-06
Farmers Desert the Dat Crop.

Salado, Textile farmers have
given up the oat crop and with few
more days of rain the wheat crop will
be a total loss.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-06-06
Commercial Navigation for Trinity.

Dallas, Tex.-Commercial naviga
ton of the Trinity river at Dallas viii!
begin in about 80 days.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-06-06

A girl who H. chummy with her
mother can manage to get along pref
ty we'll without a chaperon.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-06-06
Noted Socialist Dies.

New York.-Dr. Emil Gruening. a
roted eye and ear s2ec.9list, died a
His home Sunday
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-06-06

university students in an address on
Effectiveness"
1t is an infantile view of industry
which measures its results by either
the duration or the extent of effort
he asserted. Both the hustler and the
apostle of strenuousness have become
back numbers in their methods. They
are in the same category with him
who also ram"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-06-06
Children Answer Purpose of Clock.

Winsted, COINS. W. McCleve tells
the time of the day by the faces of his
IL children. who laugh and cry at
regular intervals.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-06-06

'OST people have read highly
colored descriptions of Can
ton as a barbarous city. What
the traveller finds within
few yards OF the landing