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FRENCH LAD GREETS
SPY'S DEATH SMILING
German Pamphlet Describes
Shooting Of Boy Scout Who
Refused to Bctray Soldiers.
PITY FOR COURAGE WASTED
Special ca5,e Despatch to Tnr st,

LONDON. September 30.
The official news bureau issued to-
day under the heading German At|oci-
ties Self-confessed" extracts from a
German pamphlet, "l<riegs Chronik,"
copies OF which have been seized hy
customs officers at English ports.
The bureau says of them: AS show
ing the methods of thought OF the
enemy these are Of considerable value.
II is not the truth or falSity Of the
tales in them that matters. bat the ap-
plause and self congratulations OF the
writer's on deeds Of gross treachcry and
cruelty claimed Is have been dune by
the writer's themselves or their COM
radcs
The following will serve as cx-
amples
"'A patro. OF German Dragons. on
tering a village mcautiously. were sur
prised 70 find IL occupied by the French
The majority escaped. Two wer, SUR
rounded By eight French lnfantrymen
They pretended to surrender. but when
the French sergeant came forward Ia
receive their carbines one of the
drayoors r,,rnor,,rg "a b,rd ovor his
,,.,',,o, sbo, ~. ,n,, tbrn,,,h IN. ho,d
.i,a,' e.ar,n,,o,, o,y ,yI,b hi. con,ro,lo Tn
n,hor s.,,er ErAnrhncn who hod
ara,,,dad ,hat- riaos and werc ,i,i,e nN
,boir yunrd fa,lad IN hit them ms they
49, r.
"r,Is 10 oai,a, .e,n l,uebnes pei,ar.
s,,art,oha., ,,d Ca sn,u.n of -. a p,I.
,ar, ,a,,oIr,. r.at
"A,n,hor .,,ry ,e,atsa bv nm artillery
"a. ,,,,,.,.o,t,,c, tn ralgiu,n fnIlovs.
",r,n ronntrysida ia fru Of ON
,r,.,,. n.,.erthaI.ss rho sfrnid peasant.
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AUGUSTOWO TAKEN.
special coo's Dcspa'rh 70 THr sr~,


LONbuN, september OO
An official statement issued by the
Russian War office Tonight announces
that Gen. Renncnka mprs army has re-
occupied Augustowo. IN russian Poland,
after extremely severe fighting" with
he Germans.
This information & held to certify TO
the retreat Of the German army Of Gen.
Won IlndenherR from the province of
Suwalki, az n result OF the battle which
has been raging since Sunday morning
along "A front ey ending from Grodno 10
Drussenik', on the N!c,nen River
tAugus,owo ia In suwalN in Rus
sian Poland. Z 80 miles northeast %
WARSAW TIE Augrstowo Canal
commences shore. connecting the Wis
tula River with the Eemen.l
The fighting around Augustowo has
been exceptionally intense for several
DAYS. The Germans occupied the town,
which Is n short d!stsnc" from the
Russu- East PrusslRn frontier, abou' two
weeks ago. and Gen. Rennenkampf has
been marshalllng his forces in the for
ests surrounding the town IN prepara-
ton for supreme effort
Dispatches received here from various
Russian embassies indicate that Rus
sian successes along the entire battle
front from East Prussia 20 Galic!a have
been uninterrupted during the last two
DAYS. 4 fresh attempt, and violent
one. by the Germans to cross the Niemen
has been repulsed and nj various points
Won HIndenberg's forces have been
pushed back across the frontier. although
/ heir retirement has been ~ the stub
born character that has marked oil OF
/ their operations.
! The battle at Tarnow, forty-cight miles
east Of Cracow, and an important rail-
road centre. continues to-day. Both
sides have suffered tremendous losses
but Il Is believed that tho Austrians
must 9oon succumb, rs The Russians are
In SUPERIOR force and have high mo-
ralc. tostcred by succession Of VIC
tories.
Late dispatches indicate that large
Austrian army. driven from the pukIa
Pass. has been surrounded and that es-
copc is possible only ut the price OF
disintegration. The Russian Ambassa'
dor In Rome has announced that the
defeat Of the Austrians In this quarter
IL complete and that all or the rooo
ammunition and war supplies which
we're being taken back to Austria after
the disaster In Galicia were captured
by the Russians, including 300 military
automobiles loaded with munitions Of
every description.
Reports from Lomberg tell Of the IN
stltutlun there of complete Russian civi
government. The ceremony was at
tended BY tho Austrian provincial anC
, city officials, together with tho churcl
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RUSSIANS DRIVEN BACK.

MANCHESTER. Mass. sept. 30.--Dr Kon-
stautn bumba. the INSTRUMENTATION
ArnbaSsadpr has received word from the
War Ministry iu Vienna 10y wireless that
the Russians who were trying to cross
III" 'arpathians and 10 break into Hun
gary have been sgnal.y defeated al every
point Count Berchtoid informed the
Ambassador that these unimportant In
curs'ons sir from the theatre Of war dld
not attain their end Of alarming the Hun
gariau popula ton"
"pcThGps' the message continues,
these invas.nus were arranged To- create
abroad the impression OF new Russian
gucC-sS,s
hr. Dumhi characteriz"s as pure Ne
ton" the reports OF Russian victories at
, Tarogl9v. which. he declares. Is not a
fortress and was not captured by the
Russians on Monday. as reports from
Pctrograd said The Ambassador an.
nounced that IN western G1liCia the Aus
TRAN army Is being constantly strength.
encd, without opposition by the Russians
vino are checked by the forts at
| Przemyei,
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GAINING, SAY AUSTRIANS.
Arcbdukc Frederick Issues Encour.
aging statement TO Armies,

NIENHA. Sept. 3O.-Archduko Fr-dc-icl,
% Austria, IN" commander In chief OF
the Austrian army. issued thu following
statement to-day:
9TH" situation OF ;he Germans and
AuStrians is favorable. Tn" Russian Of
t"n>iv" IL beginning to break down. We
with IN" German troops. shall bent again
tho cn"uly alrcad. beaten al Krasnik.
Hamusc ,hnth ~ Russian PolaudI, In
s;erburs tnd Tiuueuburg east Pruss,aN
I'm" German main army. without
hndrhnca, has penetrated deep into
France. Whe-r n now and great victory
is Imminent
IN the Balkan theatre We aye lighting
N the 'u"0N's terr!tory The Scrv.un
resistanc" r. beginning 20 weaken.
"lutcrua. dissatisfaction, msuyrvcttun,
and lack OF food threaten our enemy In
the rear. viii" the Qua, Monarchy and
Germany ar" united and huvc full con-
hd"n'o of fighting out TO the end this
wa which was forced upon US This Is
the truth about the situation
This proclamation must b" made
known 10 all officers ard men IN their
resp"Ctiv" mother tongue.
"AEsHDlKE E'UCDFptC.,
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COUNT BERCHTOLD IN
DEFENCE OF AUSTRIA
Foreign Minister Says Russia,
Stirring Scrvia, Forged
the War.
SAYS ENGLAND AIDED CAR

The text OF an official statement given
by the Austrian Foreign Office TO the
representative Of the Newark, y. j..
EUening NeiCS has reached this coun-
try by courier via Denmark. The state
ment followed an audience granted the
Erenirg Nclrs man by Count Bercn-
told, Austria -Hungary's Minister OF For
eign Affairs. It was given about sep
tember 10 The statement Ia fuil, whlch
the Nclcs has copyrighted, is as follows:
"Austria-Hungary looks upon this war
az a ydrely defensive one, which has
been forced on her by the agitation d.
rccted by Russia against her veEy eX-
istence. Austria-fIunEary has given
many proofs IN late years Of her peace
ful intention. She rofralued from any
interference with arms In tho Balkan
war. though her interests were az stake.
Subsequent events have proved what
serious danger the increase IN territory
and prestige which II brought Scrvia
were for Austria Hungary.
"Servla's ambitions have since grown
and have been solely directed against
the Dual Monarchy. Russia has tacitly
approved of Scrvia's action because
Russian statesmen wish 10 form an
iron ring Of enemies around Austria
Hungary and Germany in order that
Russia's grasp on Constantinople and
on Asia should never again be meddled
with
"Austro- Hungarian soldiers are ilght-
ing for their homes and for tho main
sla IlftgCiu N =
are lighting to help the Russian Car to
gain the rule of the word, to destroy
all his neighbors who may he dangerous
to Russian ambitions.
England Is helping tho Russians "a
Dust her German rival. She feared for
som. time that German culture and
German scientific methods would prove
tho stronger in peaceful competition,
and she now hopes TO crush Germany
with the help Of Russia and France
And France is fighting to win hack
Asace-Lorraine. to take her revenge on
Germany, which the French nation has
been aiming at for tho last forty-four
years
That is how Austria Hungary looks
upon the war She never wished for
territorial increase. sh" wished for
.
Nciop IN safety.
/ Germany equally had nothing a.
gain by war, out Germany knows
. that Austria Hungary's enemies are her
enemies and that the diymc1nbeiTnont 81
/ the Hapsburg monarchy would mean
( the isolation Of the German Empire.
And so, after all efforts to keep Rus
Ria and England from l.. eaking the
peace Of Europe had failed. she Dire"
( her sword TO defend her and her ally'i
+ interests.
Truth and honor ar on the sd" OF
4 tho :wu empires in this way. The un
spcakable Inventions and pr.varications
published by the French. Russian and
. English press IN the last weeks aloae
must prov" 90 the American people who
can anurd 20 tell the truth ana noih.na
but the truth In this wa.
The Austrn- Hungarian and German
people have a clear conscience and nee,
fear no misrepresentation Of the!r ac
ton"
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dignitaries. In assuming the office of
Governor General OF the captured
province. Count Brobinsl<y was greeted
by the Mayor ot Lemberg. NJ Rutovsky.
who said:
II was not withou; our efforts
that the Austrian troops retired
from Lemberg without firing a shot,
There was no light here. thanks in
part to our efforts We believe you
have been Informed that the Rus
sian troops found here cordial CO.
operation and a considerable rcccp-
ton. In this transfer Of authority
to you permit me to express my
gratitude To the former Military
Governor. who lesscncd oar hard
ships.
Count Brooinsky replied. outlining his
policy toward the city and Eastern Ga
ltcia as follows:
consider that LembeCg ana Fact
pru Galicil are .nr seats OF the Rus
sian nation. for the original popuia-
ton vas Russian. The rcorsan!2a-
ton %: the government will Dc based
on Russian deals. and we shall "a;
once introduce the Russian Kan
Suage 0nd customs. We shall a.
the outset limit this 10 the appoint
rnent Of Russian Governors aid
other officials We shall suspend
the sessions Of the Dict and prohibit
municipal. assemblies during the
war. Socai and political organiaa-
tons can continue only after re-
ce!v!ng special permission.
CouU; Brob!nsky also made an impor-
tant announcement concerning the
Russian attitude toward the Poles when
he said in referring 10 western Galic.a:
As regards western GaltCia where
the people are mostly Poles, when
the Russian arms have also cleared
this territory Russia Will apply til"
principles indicated I'm the previous
proclamation by the Emperor. pro-
vided the Poles are friendly TO Rus
Sia. Religious liberation IN this dis
trict has been promised ana will he
allowed. but tho Russian state
/ Church will be- PROTECTED from At
tacks.
The Gar upon the taking over O
/ eastern Galicid, sent to Count Bro
/ binsky, this message:
| Convey to the Populations and
! the Russian organizes tons in CalIcia
! who appeared before you with eN-
pressions OF love and loyalty my
heartfelt gratitude ana my wei
come to the long suffering Russian
people. All Russia rejOlccs with
me IN the accomplished reunion
with ancient UgrO- Russia, dear 10
every Russian heart. personally
wish you entire success.
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noticed. Even Russian Poland. where
public opinion has been reticent because
the Poles In Gt.icia have had autonomous
government. now openly sides Win
Russia. When Cracow is taken tho whole
Of ancient Poland. except the part in
Prussia, viii be united.
That Russia viii really create an
autonomous Poland Is believed and there
fore thu desire - invade prussian S.icsia
ana Ioscn ia becoming equally ardent
among the Poles. An incident reported
from Lub'iu shows the growing confidence
Of nc Russians and Ioirs in each other
certain regiment had been ordered to
tn" front ard Is officers were entertained
10y the Poles IN their club When the
moment for saying farewell! arrived the
fol't and Russians embraced ~ brothers
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CHILE HOLDS GERMAN SHIPS.

VALPARAISO, >ChIe. Sept. 9Th
chilean Government has issued strlc.
orders FOR tho maintenance OF Chlle's
neutrality In tn" European war and hl,
distributed the ships Of the navy to on
force these orders.
when the cruiser Bremen was IN the
chilean waters tlc chilean cruiser Al
m'rant" Lynch followed her until she
LETT Notification also Ia, been given 10
several German steamships about 20 sail
from chilean ports whose departure there.
was reason to believe im'ght be a breach
OF neutrality. that they must not leave
and 'hat II they persist they VIII h. pur-
sued and stopped
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DEFENDS RHEIMS ATTACK,

BuRpEAUN. sept 3O.-Thc Royal
Academy ot Berlin, replying TO the
questions hy the Academy Of Fine Arts
Of -. Luke's at Rome in regard 20 the
destruction of the Rheims Cathedral.
supports the reasons given 10y the Ger
man General Staff for the bombardmcnt,
which were that Rheims was a fortified
city on the French line Of hattl,
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TO RESTORE LOUvAIN LIBRARY
Dutch Curator Hopes to Get the
Money From His Countrymcn.

'F'0'1' "UV1t IT EI'l''-' 10 ~ 49,
THE HAGUE, Sept. 30--A committee
presided over by Dr. Fruiu. keeper Of the
State archives. has started a movemo nj
to restore the library OF Louvaiu. de-
stroyed In the German. bombardrleut Of
that town.
II II hoped TO accomplish ;.Is work by
Dutch subscriptions.
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AUSTRIAN WARSHIP BLOWN UP


special cable Despatch 10 TINS stN
ROME. Sept 3o.--An unconhrmcd re-
port has been received from Bari say
ing that two bis Austrian varsh'pS
at .emptcd To- make a sortie from Cat
taro yesterday, presumably with the
idea Of making a dash for Pola. wherr
the main body al the Austrian feet
l. reported to hr under the protection
Of the land fortihcatons.
The report says tho allied noct pur-
sued the two shipS and destroyed one
with a torpedo.
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Russians Continue Pursuit.

After having rcputaod Ne German at
.'h~ at bru.'Hluik ana Iiopctzkin the
.4s-,ar- took up thr pursuit. y head
H..'r- hullcun says:
In 'Iu AuguStOWo forests our troops
nEHW- ,lnN' way on rapidly
Tn Augu~tuwo forests is the general
lame 30, r4r district filed with lakes
'nu ,wlmu- between the River Niemen
M 'ne i,ouuor Of East Prussia. It
'rer.ut.. very great difficulties to ad-
tur.na 'roops as the roads are practi-
Ily arul,s, not allowing in most places
H" drpoyment Of large forces and MAX
H' 10 q difficult task to keep the col
mas loo connection.
lur country - not favorable TO the
'anfnaT If heavy gums, and this may
on" great hindranC". II the Rus
-ln pursuit a. undertaken with very gu
% r.ur forces ANA -uoce"ds ~ pcnetrat-
.s 600 sex 70 would he most serious for
ne troops hcsirgirS Osowiec whose only
~ "t rc.rolt would thus he cut off.
H.- may account for the furious as
.u.ts now h"luG made on the fortress.
I.r Differentiation Of tho Austrian
'ni'S appears TO have been definitely
- a'llSl'd. I'm a detachment of prison
IF 'Hh"n south Uf ltlashev We're sol
# from Twenty-Five different regi-
u"nI@. This indicates that this IL No
"Hsrr AN army but an armed horde
without military value. Though these
Men may DE only stragg crs, other iartS
~ l' armies may succeed in rutrcatine
better condition.
Many stories are told Of tho readiness
Cd. the Austrian SlaNs to surrender The
-"urral Impression is that a large mum
'f ut Au,trias soldiers will offer IL
nor" resistance to the Russians. one
Au''rian non commissioned officer wen
%" Russian lines and asked to So
oh" commander. To him the Austrian
Sod:
My men sent me 20 ask II you ar,
st. receiving prisoners"
uu receiving o reply IN the affirma
Nv" III" Austrian brought his men Il
-, camp and surrendered.
Polish land owner, NJ, kleneyslSy
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DANISH LOAN OF $4,000. 900.

I.oNnoN sept. 30.-THe Central News
has a despatch from Copenhagen auuouu-
cling that IN" Danish Government Is issu-
ing q domestic State loan Of 81. 00D. 900
I,roners Sl5.Ooo. 000l.
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POLES APPLAUD RUSSIANS

PETRoGRAD, Sept. 3O,--The victorious
progress OF the Russian army IN Ga.lcla
has SO !nhamed the patriotism Of Russia
that the check IN East Prussia ~ hardly
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The Russians and Austrans, according the latest
reports are lighting for the possession of Tarnow.
which is the railroad between Jaroslav and Cracow
and about seventy miles from the latter place
The Russians have fought their way through three
passes in the Carpahians and reported have
tered Hungary to within about 12O miles of Budapest
tered Hungary to within about 3O miles of Budapest
They also claim great victory over the Germans after
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several days of hard fighting at Augustowo in Russian
Poland the border of East Prussia.
report from Petrograd is to the effect that the
Russians will not attempt to capture Cracow, but that
they will rather isolate it with large force and press
toward Breslau and Berlin
The Germans. according the latest information
are forming strong line along the - .san frontier
from Cracow north to the River Wharf.-The.
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GREATBATTLE
ON GALICIAN
UNEXPECTED
Real German Concentration
Appears to BE on Cra-
coW-Warta Front.
EAST PRISSIAN MOVE
MAY BE ONLY 4 BLIND
~ u. ". NoHRtGANRD.

". IuHIlF ttH N-N lFu tNc
Iun",4 bilJ Mat"
ptrEoGRAp. September 20.
II coming apparent that the Ger
MAN military preparations in East
rru..a have the character OF demon
...a'luu. or ia other words, are a big
.ll
b. many ingenious means Germany
3 cu.t.rsd the idea that she Is con-
ut-l,nG To. bulk of her troops IN
...-t PRUSSIA. As more precise Informal
"a . available this appears to he an
.....lpt fn .G.l," tnr Uu-slaNs 10 divert
us. forces from the Galician front.
L .- r,w clearly understood that the
cal G,rmlu concentration is on the
,.tsJ. 'FRONT.' from Cracow uorthward
~ ,hr River War,a. The Germans are
.rry based on the rich districts of Silo-
..,. with 70 Wei developed railway SyS-
IN. large depots Of war material and
he strong furtrcsses % Brcslau and
"o4,n. Here. where three empires meet
he gigantic battle deciding the fate
Europe viii he fought.
Al ofdcia, announcement made to-
.ay says:
Tho Russians after desperate fight
e captured on september % German
Hos..ors near Augustowo. koptzyevo
vas occupied yesterday. The enemy was
.ppy sed 30 Suwalkl. The Russian Of
.'.s.,y continues.
German II 20 ar:illery continues the
Jmy1y1m, MT Of Osovetz without sue
IS. There have been minor engage
u.uta i'm the uciFhhorhod Of Shtshutshin
nd the Audrieve district"
headquarters bulletins are never very
.J..... Tp-dlys contains the follow
l. ntorm1t.on:
ON 'ha S!.esisu front the enemy has
c.N.a considerable reenforcements
I'D Isl Displaying gr,a; activity. This
...y'y consists IN terrifying this area,
reat'rg "a Inc Of defence armed with
cav, guns and transforming the whole
4uHt.y Into an immense fortress
Hungarian Invasion Unlikely.
/ may add tina. the best informed
...,agy .h,,ys here share my view OF
ice situation. In these circumstances
e Invasion of Hungary at the present
ais .s very unlikely.
Tic happenings ON the east Prussian
.ygt winch a couple Of days ago en-
s-.d ai intcres ar, now reduced
. q -ocuudarv character. East Prus-
ed may Ice considered one huge armed
aa.y Va.cu uue- not need u very large
...-. tor is defence.
s.. ur ..uU~ events have clearly dem
..-lrr.d. ,h, Germans apparently 10
20, .'t Nd to- attempt an important often
r.,tWu, o from East Prussia. where their
,...s nave not been REINFORCED lately
81 View Of tn impending Russian I'd
A. rN t~uvpN ana SilcS.a.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-02-23
Australian Wheat Exports.

San Francisco, Feb. 23.-Australia' S
exports of wheat for the past year
will exceed those of the United States,
according to Matthew H. East of Ade-
laide, Australia, who arrived from
Sydney on the Union steamship Mo-
ana.
Australia will export 125,000,O0O
bushels out of the crop of 191S," said
East. "This means that the record
of the United States will be bested
by more than 25,OOO,OOO bushels, for
it is stimated that your exports
this year will not reach 1O0,00O,0O0
bushels.
eve believe that within eight years
Australia will export more than 200,-
100000 bushels, so you see we are at
last beginning to be factor in the
feeding of the world.
"We have increased our production
Imperial Valley press., 1914-02-23
WESTERN FUEL MEN WILL
FIGHT FOR FREEDOM

San Francisco, Feb. 23.-The three
convicted Western Fuel men, vice
President James B. Smith, Superin-
tendent E. c. Mills and Weight Check
er E. H. Mayer will make as bitter {:
fight to keep out of the penitentiarv
as they made in the last three months
to prevent the verdict of guilty which
they received last Tuesday at mid
night in the United States circuit
court.
Before Federal Judge Dooling, when
they came up for sentence, their at
torneys, headed by E. J. McCutcheon,
will max motion for new trial and
probably will ask for continuance in
order that they may prepare the elab-
crate arguments which will be made
in support of that motion.
If Judge Dooling denies this request
for new trial, the Western Fuel de-
fense will straightway take steps to
perfect an appeal to the higher fed
eral tribunal. This, too, will take time
as it will be necessary for the lawyers
for the convicted men to draw up their
bill of exceptions, refer it to the spe-
cial prosecutors for amendment and
then have it passed upon by Judge
Dooling.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-02-23
c CONFIDENTIAL AGENTS WILL
STOP CHINESE SMUGGLING

San Francisco, Feb. 23.-The secret
ring of Chinese and white men who
for years have been smuggling Chi
nese into this country will henceforth
have to fight another secret ring
backed by the United States govern
ment and consisting Of the shrewdest
detectives and confidential agents in
the federal service.
And the plans, methods of work and
of this second ring will
never be disclosed. It's operations will
be guarded as closely as the most i'm
portant naval and military secrets Of
the nation. Only nine men at present
know the details of this latest ven-
ture to stop Chinese smuggling. These
men are the members of the federal
industrial relations commission which
recently met in Washington.
Harris Weinstock of this city, men,
Der of the commission, who just ar
rived Washington, says thet new plan
will make Chinese smuggling imprac-
ticable and therefore impossible.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-02-23
Investigating Compton Case.

Oakland, Feb. 23.--The State De-
partment at Washington has ordered
the American consuls at Chihuahua
and Juarez to investigate the case of
Harry Compton, Oakland carpenter,
who was, according to letter snug
gled out of a Mexican prison and
forwarded to his wife, to be exc
cuted Sunday, Feb. Is. Mrs. Comp
ton, who lives at 1903 Canning street,
Oakland, received this telegram from
Secretary of State Bryan:
Department has sent telegraphic
instruction to American consuls at
Chihuahua and Juarez to investigate
and report as to whereabouts and
condition of your husband and to
extend all possible and proper pro-
lection to him."
Compton's letter was mailed in Ell
Paso, Feb. 16. In it he said he was
handcuffed prisoner, closely
watched and sentenced with five
to be shot Sunday, Feb. IS. The
letter was written in Chihuahua and
Compton said he was to be taken to
Juarez in half an hour. The fact
that the letter was mailed from Ell
Paso has led Mrs. Compton to be-
lieve her husband reached JuareZ,
across the river from the Texas city.