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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-18
TAMPICO- AFTER
THE BATTLE ENDED
Victors Are Astonished at
the Devastation and
Conditions.

Tampico. Mex, May IA, via Calves
TON Nav 1.-THE biggest fight the
corst,tut,onalists. who have just capt
ured Tampico. will have Will be Tor the
san;tat,on of the city and the restora-
tion Of commercial activities, both OF
which fell into a deplorable state dur
ing the weeks OF fighting. Without ex-
ceptiol. the city at present is the most
unsanitary spot in Mexico. being posi-
tivelv foul and full Of epidemic-threat-
ening conditions.
During the siege by the rebels the
Federals were too busy defending the
citv to have time for anything else
The water supply became low and FOUL
streets grew filthy and alleys became
choked with refuse. Many soldiers lay
where they had fallen, and when Cen
eral Gonzales, the rebel commander
and his army entered the city they were
astonished at the conditions which they
found and began at once preparing Tor
the renovation Of the entire place.
General Gonzales discovered that
hundreds Of soldiers had been buried In
shallow graves in cemeteries just
bevond the city limits. In some places
the bodies lay only few inches under
.h. surface. so hurriedly had the work
been done. and the rebel officers were
annaIIed at the possibility Of danger 10
the nublic health in consequence.
Bodies of Federals slain on the last
dav Of the battle have been collected
hv the rebels and buried or burned
Tbev were left where they fell when
General Zaragosa retreated toward the
railroad leading in the direction OF
vsx,co CITY. General Gonzales an
nounced that graves in the city limits
would be emptied at once and the bod
ies in them burned, and the same pro-
cedure followed in the course OF a few
d.vs with similar graves In the out
skirts.
4 large number Of poems have been
set To work removing the dirt and
burning the debris which had accumu
lated during the siege, and within ten
or fifteen days, it is said. the sanitary
condition of Tampico will be as good
as in normal times.
Financially the city is at SKIES and
sevens. Every kind of Mexican money
imaginable, from the shin plaster oi
rho rebels and Federals 20 ordinary
Noxican silver, is in circulation, but il
is all of practically no value. The shin
master variety is not worth CONT
mental" and the Mexican coin, except
gold. has sadly degenerated, but the
gold cannot be found in Tampico. Al
the banks suspended business months
ago. and that is why, though there Is
plenty of money in the city, the fea
article is as scarce as hens teeth.
An American newspaper correspond
ent was regarded as a millionaire be-
cause Of a few double eagles in his
possession.
General Gonzales announced to-day
that he would do everything in his
Continued on page 3, column
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-18
MARC KLAW HEARS
HE WON $4,000
Hundreds of CongratulatOry Mes.
sages Sent to Him, but, Alas!
the Fact Was Otherwise.
(By Gable to The Tribune J

London, May 1S.-Marc hlaW re-
ccived hundreds of congratulatory mes
sages and kilograms in consequence OF
a rumor that he had won $4,000 at
Monte Carlo.
To nut il in his own words, Il was
knee deep in messages. am wen
known. but | never recognized before
that had so many friends. They con-
graduated me in shoals, from Bristol
and Brighton to Penzance. Man.
chester and Birmingham TO Paris New
York. Dublin. Edinburgh, Rome and
Berlin all sent messages. but unfort-
uratelv. am still busy explaining that
the statement is inaccurate as dld
not win anything at Monte Carlo OK
cept good health"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-18
Policemen to Testify.

The District Attorney is expected TO
show that Becker was in the immediate
neiehborhood Of l2ith st. and Seventh av.
where the Harlem conference Is sup
nosed TO have been held on the night in
question. by the testimony of Policemen
charles NJ Steinert and James c. White,
who were formerly members Of Becker's
"stong arm squad"
s,e,nert and White are said to have
assisted Becker in raid on a crap
,o,nt" near that corner on the night OF
the alleged conference They are also
under subpoena by the defense.
The policemen testified at the first Z ii
for tho defence in association with Beck
ers raid on Rosenthals gambling house
in West 18th II. I'm April, 1912 The DIS
,,ict Attorney did not know at that time
that they figured in the Harlem raid.
Apparently the prosecution intends 10 oea'
Continued on page 4, column
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-18
Winston Churchill Loops Loop.

London. May I.-Winston spencer
Churchill. First Lord OF the Admiralty
looped the loop to-day six times oy",
Sheerness Hsrbor in a mOnopl1p.
driven by Gustave Hsmel, the Engliah
aviator.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-18
Friend of Ex-Lieutenant Is
Expected to Reveal
Murder Motive.
AID TURNS ON CHIEF
AFTER A QUARREL
Two Policemen to Testify in Ell.
fort to Prove Basis of "Har-
lem Conference"

The testimony Of Charles Il. Pitt.
IT,. who il is expected will be called as
a witness by the prosecution to-day,
promises another sensation at the trial
of Charles Becker, second only to that
created by Mrs. Lillian Rosenberg,
widow Of Lefty Louie" the gunman,
at the last session of court.
Pitt was Becker's press agent and
confidential man" during the time of
Beckers power at the head OF the
"strone arm squad" when the state
contends the Rosenthal murder plot
was planned and carried out al
Hackers request Pitt was an unirn-
portant witness at the first trial, but
recently turned states evidence.
He is expected TO furnish strong cor
roboration of Bald Jack" Roses story
Of Becker's part in the murder. Pitt
went to Sing Sing with Becker the day
he was taken to the death house a1tef
his conviction on the first trial. ana
visited Becker frequently in prison up
10 a short time before he was released
pending a new trial.
Becker and Pitt Quarrelled.
Becker and Pitt had faliing out IL
is said. and the latter discontinued MS
visits. Pitt will probably be able 10
furnish convincing evidence as TO
Rockers motive for wanting Rosentnai
ont of the way. His intimate knowl-
edge of the quarrel between Becker ana
Rosenthal. and possibly threats Of the
former against the gambler 'squealer'
are said to be big points which the
prosecution will seek to bring out
through Pitt as witness. Plltt ap-
pearance on the stand may force the
defence to put Becker on as witness
in his own behalf in order TO furnisn
direct denial Of some OF his testimony.
He was close TO Becker in all his RAIDS
II Becker takes the stand he probably
will be called in rebuttal to support
some Of the graft evidence against
Rocker. which the state may introduce
tor tho n,,rnose Of showing motive ana
attackine the credibility Of the defend-
ant Pitt has not had a savory repu-
tation ot times and the defence Is ex"
nected TO make the most OF H.
In that event the prosecution VIII
seek to show that Pitt owed any
defamation of character to Beckers IN
Nuence. His story probably VIII pesih
with the obtaining of the affidavit from
nor. Gilbert. Rosenthals former wife,
., bor home on the night of the muir
dar Pitt was sent there by Becker, IL
,ros eaid n secure the affidavit from
tho Gilbert woman attacking the char-
acter of her former husband.
Rose was also present at the making
- the Gilbert affidavit. according to
his testimony. Pitt may also testify
IN regard to the so-called Harlem con-
ference
Further proof of the Harlem confer
.nce" which has taken an important
n,acA In the present trial in view Of criti-
cis,o of its proof at the last trial in the
decision of the Court of Appeals IN grant
,rg Recker a new trial. is expected to be
op,ered by the prosecution at the opening
NJ court to-day. Pitt may not be
witness until the afternoon session.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-18
Some Badly Burned.

Ii was decided to tighten the boat by
casting the bodies overheard at once.
some who had tumbled from their
hunks at the first explosion and had
rushed on deck half clothed succum bed
TO the cold. Others, weakened by star
walton and thirst. gradually sank into
lethargy that was scarcely to be dis
tineulshed from death.
Somehow the survivors managed TO
keen the boat head on to the seas when
the weather became rough, but for the
last few days little or no effort could
he made to guide the craft. Day by
oav the number dwindled, until the
four who were left sank Imply TO the
bottom Of the boat and awaited the
end.
When the lookout of the Seneca,
canning the horizon for bergs on the
ice patrol. sighted the small boat
through his glasses not sign OF life
was seen. The Seneca put on all speed,
running down 10 the lifeboat and sent
her gig alongside. The emaciated sur
yivors were quickly transferred to the
Continued on page 2. column
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-18

Breton Woods Hotels, White Mts, n. n.
The MI. Pleasant the Mt. Washington.
Booking Office. 2iS 9TH Av. Tel 9-So 50
-Adyt
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-18
TINY CRAFT HELD Is,
BUT II SUCCUMBED
Exhausted Men Will Be
Landed This Morning
at Halifax, N. S.
BODIES CAST IN OCEAN
Limit of Human Endurance Is
Reached When Biscuits and
Water Are Exhausted.

Halifax, y. s.. May 17.-After four
teen days Of terrible suffering in an
open boat four survivors of the freight
steamer Columbian were picked UP In
the north Atlantic by the United States
revenue cutter Seneca to-day.
Eleven others of the boats crew,
whio' left the Columbian when she was
burned just south of Sable Island on
MAY s. succumbed in the mean while
TO injuries and privations and their
bodies had been cast overheard. The
death roll Of the lost freighter now
stands at fifteen.
The men snatched from death by the
Seneca to-day were Robert These, Oscar
Kendall and Peter Bellanger, seamen,
and Michael Ludwigsen, a fireman.
The Seneca reported that she was
Fastening TO Halifax and expected to
reach there tomorrow morning.
Had Only Ships Biscuits.
The survivors had lived on only few
ship's biscuits and a cask of water,
which had long since been exhausted.
They had gone the limit Of human en-
durance.
Hope for the missing third boat was
abandoned after a dozen of the trans
atlantic liners had searched for five
DAYS within a wide radius of the spot
where the Columbian burst into flames.
That was in the vicinity of latitude
4I.19 north. longitude $3.50 west. To
seafaring men it seemed impossible
that so small boat could pass through
the series of gales that has since swept
these waters, and the news that the
Seneca had picked up survivors was
received almost with incredulity here.
Although the survivors We're too
weak from their suffering TO tell the
story completely, the revenue cutters
officers gathered that some of the six
teen who had hastily piled into the
third boat had been so badly burned
that they died within the first few
days.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-18

Continued on page Z, column
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-18
WEATHER

To-day. fair.
TENPERATURE YEsTbHDaf
High. 7s: Low. 81.
Full report on Page 10.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-11-07

il he would take the oath of allegiance
to the United States. He did sc and
returned to New York, subsequently
coming. to London where he has been
keeping a small shop in Bloomsbury
AT the outbreak of the war he claimed
American citizenship, but the author,
tiles compelled him to register as an
alien enemy. Engels made no protest
until the recent attacks on German
shops cause dhim to fear the same
fate for his establishment and he has
now asked the embassy to decide
whether or not he is entitled to the
protection of American citizenship.
The embassy has been unable to find
any precedent for Engels' case and
has submitted the question to the
State Department at Washington for
a ruling.
The oath reads as follows:
United States of America, State of
Alabama, County of Jackson, l.,
Charles Engels, of the County of
Kings and State of New York. do SOL
EMMY swear that | will bear allegi-
ance to the United States. and sup
port and sustain the Constitution and
laws thereof; that I will maintain the
national sovereignty paramount to
that of all State, County, or Confed-
crate powers; that | will d%iscounten-
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-11-07
COAST Wrestler IS
after JOE NOVACK

Fred Kellogg, the speedy weller.
weight wrestler of Seattle who has
cleaned up everything in his division
along the Pacific coast, has issued a
challenge to Joe Novack, who is max.
ing his head quarters in this city.
kellogg asks tnr an early date, as his
time is limited in this section. No
vack has wired his acceptance Of the
chal engc, but The definite date Of the
bout has not been announced.
NOvack has been training for two
weeks for his ~etprn match with John
Eliadis. the Gre k Demon. which was
scheduled fer Friday night at Glen
Uliin. The Demon evidently lost his
desire for ,nr engagement, how
ever, and left Gen Ullin Friday after
all arrangement had been made and
the match advertised. Therefore,
Novack is in the pink of condition for
the match with Kellogg, which is
bound to be a stiff bout. Novack fl.
cures that il he ~ rim Kellogg and
then win over or man in st. Paul, he
can get his match with Miller for the
worlds welterweight championship.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-11-07
earl ROBERTS IS
RAISING BIG FUND

Earl Roberts is raising a fund which
will be devoted exclusively to the use
of the Indian forces in the present
war. Already he has received $780,
900 and within two weeks he hopes
to have enough money to equip a
special hospital in the south of Eng
land for the care Of the sick and
wounded Indian soldiers.
The fund will also be used to pro-
vide warm clothing especial suited to
the Indian troops. iRations Of the
English army are wholly unlike the
customary diet of the Indians and
special dishes will he provided for
them out of the fund. Indians are
especially fond OF sugar, spices and
all sorts Of sweets..sA6
Princess Mary and her advisers are
making special preparations to send
the Indiane Christmas gifts which will
especially appeal to them. It is like
ly the gifts will take the form of
boxes Of candies and other sweet
meats particularly relished by the
men from the Far East.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-11-07
SEMMLER ELECTION
UNIQUE IN n. DAKOTA

BY decision of the people, Carl
Semmler, Mercer county auditor, was
reelected Tuesday on the Democratic
ticket, thus in a way reversing the de-
cision Of the district and the supreme
court.
The election of Semmler is some
thing unique in North. Dakota cleo
tions. At the primaries the count of
Republican votes showed that he had
gained the nomination 42S to 425, over
Chris Fuerst. The latter contected
the election. On the recount each
candidate vas found to have secured
425.
Fuerst took the case into district
court and won the decision and nomi-
nation before Judge Nuchols. Semm-
Ter then took an appeal to the sup.
rene court and lost.
However, at the primaries Semmler
received several Democratic votes as
a candidate for that party. There
was a sufficient number to give him
the Democratic nomination. When de.
feated in supreme court Semmler
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-11-07
.RAVAGES MADE
BY TROOPS
Russian Army Leaves Dreary
m Waste in Its Wake.

London, Nov. 5.-A correspondent
returned from the scene of the opera
tons about the fortress OF Ossoyetz
and the watering place of Druskieniki
reports that the ravages made by
waves of troops, both Russian II
German, across this region, chiefly in.
habited by Jews in the villages n
Poles and Lithuanians in the rural dis
tricts, have for a distance of m hun
dred miles swept the country bare OF
any signs Of crops.
Trenches, pits, dugouts, embank-
ments and mounds are everywhere.
Scattered over the fields are remains
of property Of every description.
Rarely can a sound tree be found,
practically all being the sign Of shrap-
mel and other shell fire. Houses and
huts are in various states Of ruin and
the fields Uttered with the wreck Of
transport trains, wagons, harness and
remnants Of barricades, and the coun-
try side reminds one of a Kansas dis
trict ravages by a cyclone.
No Uncommon Sight.
1t is no uncommon sight to e a
man owning a hundred acres OF fer
tile soil begging for food. Kovno,
which in normal times has a popula-
ton of 10000 now shelters 10000, 70
per cent Of whom are Jews and 80
per cent of these are old people and
children. The position of these Jews
is all the more pitiful for, under the
Russian law, all of the governments
east and north Of the governments OF
Wilma and Warsaw are closed to them
notwithstanding the fact that 100000
CT heir brethren are fighting in the
r ian army. twenty-siX of whom up
to the present date have been dec
grated with the st. Georges cross.
the equivalent of the Victoria cross in
the English services. 'H
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-11-07

ance, discourage and forever oppose
secession, rebellion and disintegra'
ton of the Federal Union; that | dis
claim and denounce all faith and fel.
lowship with the so-called Confeder'
ate States and Confederate armies
and pledge my honor, my property
and my life to the sacred performance
of this, my solemn oath Of allegiance
to the Government of the United
States Of America.
"(Signed) CH. EN H2LS.
Subscribed and sworn to before NE
this 9th day of August, 1863.
"%(Signcd) VIM. in. WiLl.&.
lit. Col. & p. NIL"
Engels is firmly convinced that
such a binding oath made him a citi.
zen of the United States and is con-
tident that the State Department will
sustain his contention.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-11-07
CANADIANS CARRY
EN7RENCu|NG TOOL

iBasingstroke,s England, Nov. G.
Canadian troops arriving at Salisbury
Plain carry an sentrenching tool that
is novel to the Englishman. 1t is
capable of being used as a shield and
is slung across their shoulder in a
leather ase The tool is a spade,
weighing about four pounds, and con-
sequently can be. carried at all times.
The spade has an oval hole in the
center of it through which a gun bar.
rel can be thrust. The tool thus
serves both as a..rifle rest and a shield
to the sholdier in the trenches.
All the spades have been subjected
to heavy fire. and the metal in them is
practically bullet-proof. At a distance
OF. 200 yards heavy ammunition cracks
the shields and noes not penetrate
them. IS
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-11-07
STRANGE OATH
UNFARTHED
German AmericanUses It To Sc
cure Protection in London.

London, Nov. 6.--The American EN-
bassy here has examined many curl
GUS claims to American citizenship
during the war but none more unusual
than a moldy oath of allegiance dated
1868. 1t was presented by Charles
Engels, now a resident of London but
at the time of the taking of the oath
a prisoner of war in the hands Of the
federal forces in Alabama.
Engels went to America from Ger
many as a boy Of eighteen in 1856
and settled in Brooklyn, N. Y. At
the outbreak of the Civil war he was
in Alabama and joined the confeder-
ate army there. One of the first union
forces penetrating that state captured
Engels had promised to parole him
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-11-07
took the Democratic nomination and
ran against Fuerst, beating him by 90

Miss Rodena, Nelson, eldest daugh-
ter of MI. and Mrs. S. P. Nielsen, OF
near Kenmare, had a serious runaway
The horse she was driving became
unmanageable, SHE'D to the side Of
the road, with the result that the bug.
gy struck a telephone pole, and Miss
Nielsen was dragged to the ground.
She was quite severly bruised but no
permanent or serious injury was sus-
tanned.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-11-07

Because of the excellent weather,
which has afforded the farmers an op-
p%ortunity to continue farm work, they
have had little time to gather their
corn for an exhibit, and so at the re.
quest of a large number, the contest
at Kenmare has been postponed I'm.
til a later date.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-11-07
JACK Johnson WILL
Fight JESS Willard

Chicago, Nov. 6.-The next battle
for the worlds heavyweight cham
pionship will take place within the
gates OF the race track at Juarez, Mex.
leo. The principals will be Jack
Johnson, the negro who hold the title,
and Jess Willard, the Kansas COW
boy. who for a long time has been
considered the best of the white
hopes" The date has not been set
but the bout will take place within
the next three months, it is said.
The contest will be staged by a
syndicate Of New York sporting mel
who have guaranteed johnson the
$4,000 which he demands. win, lose.
or draw. Willard also will be guar
anteed a certain amount, but just
what he will receive has not been
made public. This definite informa.
ton was brought to Chicago yesterday
by a New Yorker who is financially
Interested in the match.
The principal members Of the New
York syndicate are Harry Frazee. a
theatrical promoterJ James Butler,
owner of the Empire City race track
OF Yonkers, N. T.. and the Laurel
race track of Laurel. Md; Jack Cur
ley, former manager of George Hack
enschmidt, the Russian wrestler, and
Harry Pollok, manager of Freddie
Welsh, worlds lightweight champion
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-11-07
PARK, GRANT B. MORRIS, Distributors, Fargo. NORTH Dakota.

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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-11-07

Order your. coal In carload lots
from the famous Black Diamond mine
Write or phone your orders to John
satterlund, WashbQrn. n adv
The Washington times., 1914-04-11
TO STOP ELOPEMENT
OF SEPTUAGENAR|ANS

UNIONTOWN. Pa. April u.-Morgan
Gaskill, seventy. and Miss Nancy
Hagar. seventy-two. are being closely
watched by the authorities here today
for fear they will elope. Gaskill was
arrested yesterday on complaint OF his
wife. and Miss Hagar was arrested and
held in $500 bail on a warrant issued at
the request OF a married daughter Of
Ciaskill.
Mrs. Gaskill brought charges against
her aged husband, alleging that he is
the father of eleven children born to
Miss Hagar. When Miss Hagar was
arraigned her children were lined up
alongside Of the courtroom. For forty
years Gaskill and Miss Hagar have
been friendly. Mrs. Gaskill alleged, but
her husband has repeatedly refused to
agree to a divorce, because. he said
"is would soon be time for him to die. -
When she received word that Gaskill
was planning to elope with Miss Hagar
she decided to take action.