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Lower coast gazette., 1914-05-23
None Of the first five bodies re-
moved from the debris was identified
| before being taken to the morgue.
"LEFTYs" WIFE TEsTIFIEs
Heard Plot Formed at Becker's Insti
cation to Kill Rosenthal-Saw
Money Divided.

New York.-Mrs. Lillian Rosenberg
the young widow of Lefty Louie" one
Of the four gunner el~ectrocuted for
the part they played in the murder of
Herman Rosenthal, was a witness for
the state at the trial Of Charles Beck.
or, charged with being the instigator
Of the plot her husband helped to car.
~ out.
In swearing she heard Jack Rose
urge her husband and his three com
panions to kill Rosenthal because
Becker wanted them to and that she
saw the quartette dividing the money
they received in payment for the crime,
the pretty widow directly contradicted
the testimony she gave at her hus.
bands trial and furnished what Dis.
trict Attorney Whitman declared ia
be proof beyond all doubt" that wit.
nesses for the state have told the truth.
On cross-examination the widow of
Lefty Louie" was asked why she had
not testified at the trial Of the gunner
as she did now. With tears in her
eyes the girl answered:
81 lied then because I wanted 10 save
the man I loved from the electric
CHAIR
Mrs. Rosenberg appeared to be on
the verge Of collapse. But she grasped
the arms Of the witness chair and
quickly regained control Of her emo
lions.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-05-23
REBELS PREPARE
TO TAKE SALT|LL0
TOWN Is INVESTED, BUT AS
SAULT MAY BE DELAYED
FOR A WHILE.
VILLA SHY OF AMMUNITION
Every Effort is Being Made to Get
Ammunition to Tampico and Then
Overland to Villa-Federals
viii Fight.

Paredon, Mex.-Ramon Arispe, six
miles north of Saltillo and close to
Buena Vista, the old battle-ground
where the famous conflict was fought
In 1547, will be the scene of the next
conflict in Gen. Villas campaign
against Mexico City. Two-thirds of
the Constitutionalist army are now
here and the rest is being brought up
fast.
The roads between this place and
Hipolito were found to be in good con-
dition, but the %retreating Federals
raised havoc with the forty-fve miles
of track between here and Saltillo.
Hundreds of yards of track at inter
walls Of about three miles between
were ripped out and fully two dozen
small bridges burned.
Gen. Villa called a conference Of his
officers to decide whether the advance
on Saltillo should be pushed at once
over land or whether they should wait
for the railroad to be repaired. As the
Federais are showing every inclination
Of remaining where they are and put
ting up a fight it was decided not to
advance until the road can be par
TALLY repaired. This may keep the
COnstitutionalists cooped up here for
. week or ten days.
A factor In the decision to delay &C
ton Is the shortage Of ammunition,
but this is not admitted by Villa or
any officers. Every effort is being
made to get ammunition to Tampico
and then overland to Villa here, but
his necessarily is slow work.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-05-23
MISUNDERSTANDING
Various Questions Will Arise to Com.
plicate Situation-Rebels Will
Get War Supplies.

Observation-Disclosures fall, enlarg'
ing the constitutionalist sphere OF con-
troll and giving them a seaport through
which munitions of war may be direct
ly imported, injected into the Mexican
situation new phases to occupy the at
tention Of official Washington.
interest contored on Tampico and
the vigorous prosecution Of the c0nsti-
nationalist campaign southwark. The
American government already has be.
gun representations to the constitu-
tionalists to secure protection for
American and other foreign operatives
returning to the oil wells, and Ameri.
can warships have gone up the Panuco
river to their old stations before the
town.
Discussion centered chiefly on the
question Of shipping arms and amrnu-
milton through Tampico. The consti.
tutionalists, short Of ammunition. are
certain to avail themselves Of their
first seaport to import wal supplies
for the campaign against Mexico City.
The American government has never
made q clear definition Of its policy
toward shipments Of arms into Mex,
leo from countries other than the
United States.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-05-23
TAMPICo QUIET; BURY DEAD
No Foreigners Were Hurt in Battle.
American Boats Steam Up. Panuco
River to Tampico.

Tampico, Mexicos-The constitutions
alists in Tampico are burying their
dead and Strengthening out the tangle
of a local government.
The cruiser Dcs Moiaes and the gun.
boat Dolphin steamed up the Panuco
river and are anchored off the wharf
at Tampico. Rear Admiral Henry T.
Mayo is on board the Des MONIES.
Every hospital issfilled with wound.
ed men and the dead lay on cots be-
side men who ere dying. Dead men
lay in the trenches where the federals
made their last stand, and which were
stormed and taken by Gen. Gonzales
and his men.
No Americans or other foreigners
were killed or wcunded during the
battle which preceded the fall Of Tam
pico. But there ase many constitu.
nationalist and man federal dead and
wounded.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-05-23
AGENTS ARRIVE

Key West, Fla.-The three peace
commissioners, Emilio Rabasa, Angus.
tin Rodriguez and Luis Elguero. ap.
pointed by Provisioner President
Huerta Of Mexico to represent his gov.
eminent at the mediation conference
on the Mexican situation, to be held
at Niagara Fails, Canada, arrived here
from Havana on the steamer Miami.
Immediately after the steamer dock
ed the commissioners and the other
members Of the party completed ar.
rangements to proceed on their jour
ney, and within an hour were whirl.
ing northward on a Florida East Coast
railway train, which had been held
for their arrival. They made no state.
ment on the situation in the republic
Lower coast gazette., 1914-05-23
BRYAN AND WILSON SEND STRONG
MESSAGE TO HUERTA-AcT
DESIGNATED As HOSTILE.
RECEIVE WORD OF EXECUTION
Brazilian Minister Says Parks Was
observation-disclosures Not Say He
Was Shot As a Spy or Wheth.
81 Body Vas Burned.

Washington.-The United States
demanded of the Huerta government
news of the fate of Private Parks, the
American infantryman who straye1
into Mexican lines near Vera Cruz, de-
claring that unless information about
him was given Immediately, the Amer
lean government would consider that
AN unfriendly act" had been commit
ted in violation of the understanding
for a cessation OF, hostilities pending
mediation.
President Wilson and Secretary Bry.
an drafted a strong communication,
after receiving word from the Brazil.
ian minister in Mexico City that Parks
had been executed" No mention was
made in the minister's report OF
whether he was shot as a spy after a
court-martial or whether his body was
burned as has been reported persist
emily to Gen. Funston.
The American government cabled
the Brazilian minister to inform the
Huerta government Of the strong feel
ing of the United States in the matter,
directing him to make vigorous repre-
sensations concerning the incident.
The note asked the minister to pro-
test to the Huerta government that If
Parks were alive, the failure to explain
his whereabouts was in itself an IN
friendly attitude. and that If the sol.
dier had been executed, as has been
reported, such execution Of a man who
came into the Mexican lines IN full
Uniform was contrary to military pro-
cedure Of civilized nations and was an
act of hostility.
No mention was made in the Ameri-
can note of the course the United
States intends to pursue in the mat
rsaSaasrr1icaal close 10 tie prest'
dent said it was one Of the things
which would be held up against the
Huerta government when the final
reckoning came over offenses commit
ted against the United States.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-05-23
Bill to Restore Racing.

Baton R0uge.-1ntroduction Of the
Refnhardt bill providing for the resto-
ration of racing in New Orleans was
postponed until this week. Repre-.
sentative R%einhardt, who gave notice
that he would introduce the bill an
nounced that he found 80 many
of the friends Of the measure had ask.
ed for leaves Of absence that he de.
cided to wait until their return before
introducing it in the house. Il want
1t distinctly understood" MI. Rein.
hardt said, the delay in introduction
Of the bill Is not due to a case Of cold
feet. l found that 20 or 30 OF the
members Of the house who will sup
port the bill will be absent from their
seats the latter part Of this week,
and I concluded that the proper course
to pursue was to wait until we could
muster all of our strength on any
move that the opposition might make"
Lower coast gazette., 1914-05-23
KNIGHT. Of Columbus Officers.

s-
New Iberia.-The Knights Of Co.
iumbus Of Louisiana elected the fol-
lowing officers: Past State Deputy
L. P. Caliouet, T%hibodaux; Past State
Deputy Judge Paul Leche Of Donald
sonvile; State Deputy P. e. Burke,
New Orleans; District Deputies Chas.
s. Hebert, New Orleans; Guy ]. Kno-
bloch, Thibodaux; John M. Prescott,
Bunkie; John P. Hird, Shreveport;
State Secretary L. Paul Amiss, Baton
Rouge; State Treasurer Chas. A. Bar
ker, Plaa uemine; State Advocate E.
L. Lafargue, Marksville; State War
den Geo. Going, New Orleans; State
Chaplain Right Rev. Van de Ven,
Natchictoches.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-05-23
HuERTA TRICKS AMERICANS
Transfers All Customs Dues From Vera
Cruz to Puerto Mexico-Saves ST.
100000 Pesos a Month.

Vera Cruz.-Huerta has scored once
more. The willy old Indian has 3.st
issued lam order establishing Puerto
Mexico as the sole Mexican port of en-
try on the eastern coast. Simultane-
ously he has ordered all merchants to
clear their ships through the custom
house there under penalty Of seizure
of their shipments.
Thus the lesson intended by the
United States in the seizure OF Vera
Cruz has been rather spoiled. Ports
dues and customs here used to total
about a million pesos a month, but
under the new conditions 10000 pesos
would be more like the figure.
Puerto Mexico has better railroad
connection with the capital than has
Vera Cruz. There IS no break in the
line and the route is only a little long
or than from this city. Under the
armistice it is doubtful whether there
is any way for the United States to
seize Puerto Mexico, and so Huerta
will save a tremendous revenue for the
Federal Golfers.
The irony OF the situation is more
biting, inasmuch as the United States
will shortly have a fleet OF warships
riding the herd at Puerto Mexico on
two tiny Federal gunboats that man
aged to escape from the Tampico trag-
edy. The cruiser Tacoma and the
torpedo destrovers Cassin and Cum
mings are now escorting the Zaragoza
and Bravo to Huerta's new entry port
and the cruiser Chester has just been
detached from the fleet here with Or
ders to join In the procession and help
keep an eye on the ammunitionless
Mexican navy. i
Many curious situations have grown
out Of this peaceful war, but none
could be more humorous than that Of
Huerta collecting his revenues under
the guns Of the American navy-and
still It Is said that humor has no part
in the Indian makeup.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-05-23
DETROIT RUBBER co.'s PLANT IS
EXTRAORDINARY OTHER
BUILDINGS DAMAGED.
ALL OF INJURED WILL DIE
Ono Body Blown Through Wreekage.
Three Burned Beyond Recognition.
Said That Rubber Vat Ex.
pIoded-Many Escapes.

Detroit.-Ten men were killed and
three badly injured in an explosion
which practically wrecked the plant of
the Mexican Crude Rubber Company.
About twenty-five employees were at
work In the plant.
Most Of the victims were skilled me.
chanics. One body was blown through
the building. Three others were
burned beyond recognition.
Three men were removed to a hos.
pital and physicians said they did not
expect they would survive. Dozens Of
windows in buildings near the rubber
company's plant were shattered.
Several causes for the explosion
were assigned, but survivors said a
vat containing a large quantity of
molten rubber exploded. Officials of
the company declined to issue a state
ment until they had conducted an in.
vestigation.
The plant, a one-story concrete build
ing in West Detroit, was destroyed.
Flying debris ridd}ed adjoining build
ings, and concrete blocks weighing
several pounds were found more than
two blocks from the scene. of the ex-
plosion.
The factory Of a motor car COM
pany about 100 feet from the rubber
concern was badly damaged. Nobody
in the building, however, vas seriously
hurt.
The explosion was witnessed by
scores Of pedestrians and narrow es-
capes were many.
One mar told the police he heard a
roar: the factory seemed to split into
three huge pieces, two of which melt
ed away" The third, it is said, shot
high into the air and broke into frag-
Inents.
None Of the first five bodies re-
moved from the debris was identified
before being taken to the morgue.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-05-23
REBELS QUIT GOLDEN RULE
Mexiaan srifis as nsX11s.sSse se2cl g
Are Arrested and Held.

E- -
Vera Cruz.--It appears from the
Stories told by passengers just arrived
from Tampico that the victorious
rebels have already tired Of the effort
Of living up to the Golden Rule pro-
gram proclaimed by the leaders when
they entered the captured city.
The first indication Of ~reversion to
the old Mexican spirit Of revenge and
oppression when In power was the re-
vocation OF personal sailing permits.
At frst prospective passengers did not
require any passes from the military
authorities. Then 1t was announced
that no Mexicans would be permitted
to leave the city, and finally the rule
was amended so that only those who
were able to prove by witnesses that
they were not affiliated with or in SYM
patty with the Huerta cause might
leave the city, no matter what their
nationality might be.
Three wealthy men were arrested
without apparent cause and thrown
into Jail. 1t was limited that the OBJ
feet was to force them to contribute
to the rebel wal fund. The German
consul and a local steamship agent
protested to Gen. Gonzales against
these arrests and insisted that foreign
ers be permitted to leave the city with
out restrictions. They were informed
that they, too. would be jailed II 1t
should be thought advisable. After q
hot argument, in which some Of the
refugees say q pistol was drawn, the
consul and his companion went away
indignant. In the meantime the rule
stands unamended.
Looters are still being punished
with instant execution and sentries are
on guard at all the big stores and at
the homes Of the Weather residents
Of the city.
Refugees say that while no war tax
has been levied so far. it is generally
believed that such a measure will be
Initiated very s0on.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-05-23
THREE DIE IN AUTO SMASH
Train Hits Machine at Kaufman. III.
and All Occupants Of the Car
Are Killed.

St. Louis. = Three persons were
Killed at Kaufman, Ill, when an auto.
mobile in which they were riding was
struck by a Toledo, st. Louis & West
ern train.
The dead, all Of whom lived in Ma.
rtne, Ill, are: John Stuckwisch, Mrs.
John Stuckwisch and Oscar Maurier,
brother Of Mrs. Stuckwisch.
Stuckwisch was a bookkeeper in a
mill at Marine, III. With his wife and
brotherin-law he had started for an
automobile ride to Jacksonville, Ind.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-05-23
PREPARES FOR FINAL STAND
Say o'shaughnessy Told Wilson That
Huerta Was Preparing to Flee.
Rel art PuebIa Fortified.

Washington.-That Gen. Huerta, pre-
pairing for a crisis, has long been plan
ming to leave Mexico City with his
troops and make a last stand at Pueb'
la, midway between Mexico City and
Vera Cruz, is understood to have been
told President Wilson by Nelson
O'Shaughnessy, former charge at the
Mexican capital.
The president, it is said, was In
formed that Huerta had picked Puebla
for his last refuge in case rebel as.
sailants get too close to Mexico City,
and that late developments in the rev
olution had caused him already to be-
gin fortifying and provisioning Puebla
Nj. O'Shaughnessy is said to have
told the president that Huerta had nc
intention Of resigning, but that the
Mexican dictator realized that his re-
gime could not stand long. AT Puebla,
according to plans said to have been
upon months ago, he would
sussff-rs4nnrzuasn consent 70 Gamma
ton.
Realizing that he eventually must
be sdeposed. Huerta, 1t is said, desires
to acquire as much glory as possible
before the inevitable happens.
Mr.. O'Shaughnessy is said further
to have told the president that the
number of troops which Huerta has at
his command is greatly exaggerated,
and that as a matter of fact they mum.
Der only 1000 to 5000 men. Neither
Zapata mol Villa would have a-v great
difficulty In taking the city, is under
stood to be the view that MI. O'Shaugh
messy erpessed.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-05-23
SHREVEPORT NEGRO
BRUTE IS HANGED
CROWD BATTERED DOWN JAIL
DOOR AND HUNG HIM TO A
TELEPHONE POLE.
WHITE PoPuLACE lNCENsED
It 10 Not Thought There Will Me Any
Serious Charges Following
Mob's Action.

Western Newspaper Union New Service.
Shreveport.-No grand jury investi-
cation into the lynching of Earl Ham
1lton, an eighteen-year.old negro who
assaulted a t%en-year-oId white girl
here. will be made until the session
OF the jury three weeks hence. 1t is
thought no serious charges will be
presented and the investigation will
be merely formal and nothing of a
serious nature is likely to result.
Birdie Caldwell, the little, girl vic.
tim of the negro, continues to'improve,
and the physicians attending her
hope for her recovery, although she
Is still in a precarious condition. The
little girl is al adopted child, and a
collection is being taken among chart.
table people here to aid her foster
mother, who is said to be in destitute
circumstances.
In the sight of thousands of men,
women and children Hamilton was
lynched by a mob of unmasked men
just opposite the Caddo Parish Court,
house shortly after noon Tuesday. The
negro was strung to a telephone pole,
where he hung for nearly half an hour
before being cut down.
Within a half block of the courthouse
Tuesday morning, Hamilton assaulted
Birdie Caldwell, a t%en-year-old or!
phan. She was horribly mistreated by
the black and her body was fearfully
lacerated.
The little girl was on her way to
school and had stopped in at the rest
room Of a moving picture house when
the black grabbed her and dragged
her into q basement. On the verge
Of collapse the girl ran to the police
station and sobbed out her pitiful
story.
Half q dozen policemen immediate
" surrounded the theater and the ne
gro was quickly taken. Acting City
Judge Charles F. Crane issued a NIT
timus, charging rape, and the Negro
was locked in a cell on the upper floor
Of the parish jail.
The sight Of the girl running tc
the station crying, followed by the
arrest Of the negro were quickly
pressed together into one incident and
a crowd gathered in the lobby of the
City Hall. The report Of the negro's
crime hastily spread, and within an
hour after his arrest thousands of de
termined men gathered in front Of
the jail and demanded that the negro
be delivered to them. No attempt was
made to conceal the faces Of the mer
and everything was done openly ani
~fearlessly.
The men and boys who took part II
the lynching had stood in a drivins
rain for two hours before the negro
was finally taken from the Jail.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-05-23
REBELS CAPTURE TAMPIco
FederaIs Put Up Desperate Fight, But
Are Handicapped by Lack Of
Ammunition.

Vera Cruz.-Tampico has fallen. II
succumbed to a general assault by
rebel infantry, the soldiers under the
supreme command Of Gems. Pablo Con.
zales and Luis Caballerose advancing
under heavy artillery fire.
II is impossible to estimate the mum,
Der of dead, but the slaughter during
the thirty.six hours siege was horri
flying and hundreds Of slain obstruct
the streets.
Dona Cecilia la Bara and Arbol
grande, suburbs by the seaside, were
taken early in the siege by the rebels
and from these points the invaders en-
tered upon the main streets OF the
city In q triumphant rush, driving the
federals back step by step.
Gen. Zaragoza's troops showed fierce
resistance, making their final stand al
the abandoned Southern hotel. Am
pushed behind the pillars and portals
Of the old hosiery, the federal sharp.
shooters picked off the rebels by
scores and prevented their advance
for some time. Federals were also
lodged ON the roofs Of the hotel, the
custom house and other houses. the
victorious rebels subduing them only
after hard and deadly hand-to-hand en-
counters on the parapets.
Gen. Zaragoza fought valiantly him
self and urged his men on long after
al! chance of victory had gone. He es
capped with his life. Thousands oi
federals we're driven into the Panuco
liver, many wounded losing their lives
by drowning.
In what direction the federals are
evacuating the town has not been
learned, but 1t Is believed that the con
stitutionalists have overrun the terri
tory around San Luis Potosi and Mon.
terey, which would make federal es
cape in that direction possible only
by q continuous running fight fol
many miles.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-05-23
FOR GREAT
s.
''eCUSSED
GULF AND INTEROCEANlC HIGH.
WAY PROPOSITION UNDER
CONSIDERATION.
IMPORTANT STEPS OUTLINED
viii Rush Survey Across the State.
But Few Links in Long Road
From Atlanta Remain Now.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
New Orleans.-The Gulf and Inter
oceanic Highway plan is forging ahead
fast. President Joseph Schwartz held
a conference last week with Vice
President Walter Gex of Bay Saint
Louis, Secretary John B. Kent of Lake
Charles, Alabama Highway Commits
sioner John Craft, and other leaders
in the association organized a month
ago. Important steps were decided
upon.
The east and west line across the
state is to be surveyed without delay.
but a few links remain to be charter.
ed, and in about so days, before the
legislature adjourns, Gov. Hall will is
sue a proclamation setting. aside q
day Or several days, when all the par
ishes along the line will seek to finish
the long road. The legislators are ex-
pected to join their constituents, and
the Association of Commerce and kin
dred bodies will play on important
part.
C~alcasieu, Jefferson Davis, Lafay.
cite, l~beryille, st. Mary, St. Charles
and Jefferson parishes have their sur.
veys ready. st. Charles and Jefferson
have provided the money to build the
road to Des Allemandes, which will
leave only six miles to construct in
order to reach Houma. A general
effort will then be made to assist La
fourche and Terrebonne to carry It's
highway forward to connect with the
western end Of the road. With the
six-mile gap filled, the line would pro-
coed direct to Morgan City, instead Of
going by way Of Donaldsonville. The
projectors figure that the new plan
will save at least Is miles.
East from New Orleans the outlook
is also very gratifying. Commissioners
Ia1aye ed his colleagues IN the city
government will head the movement
to have the legislature appropriate
funds to construct Louisiana's half Of
the bridge across Pearl river. The
Mississippi solons have passed a bill
to pay for the other hall.
Vice President Gex Of Bay st. Louis
reported that his county has voted a
100000 road tax, and that the big
bridge across the bay there will be
erected. This will save IS miles, doing
away with the detour o compulsory.
One of the immediate Ideas is the
campaign of education to spread the
sentiment imperative to achieve quick
success. Mr.. Kemp, who is not only
an enthusiast, thoroughly posted, but
who has a reputation as a speaker, has
been prevailed upon to act as field
agent. His first work will be to in
crease membership in the general or.
~ganization. The dues for active mem.
bers are 81 q year, while honorary
members contribute at will. The main
dependence is in Sustaining mem
bers, and the list Of these is already
very encouraging.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-05-23
Prevents Escape, Then Drops Dead

Prevents Escape, Then Drops Dead.
Baton Rouge.-O. F. Thompson, Jail.
er of the parish jail, risked his life in
confronting three desperate negroes
who had all but gained their liberty,
and came through unscathed, only to
drop dead half an hour later of heart
failure. The negroes, Jim Brown,
Robert White and Sol Lewis, all await.
ing trial for penitentiary offenses, had
bored and scraped through the brick
wall of their cell and were making for
the outer wall when discovered by the
jaiIer, who succeeded in frustrating
their escape with a revolver.