The chronicle=news., 1914-05-01

direct charge ,ha, Major r. T.. Lester,
killed in the battle at wsissnburg
"Wednesday. Mas deliberately mus
dsrsd Will. wearing a Red Cross
bfsssard and attending the wounded ;
that he MAS sho, from the side on
ahish the emblem appeared. that Ihs
buli., sss fired from a distance al
zoo yards. and that the strikers
stripped the bois Of sa,s. hat. shoes
Aa,rh. sword ani money which
might have teen in III. p..k.,s. Gsnr
sfai Chase has presented all his ssI-
ishs. in the sas- la G0s.rn1E Ana
mons with the request that the al
legged violation Of all rules Of civil
iz.si warfare b. called to the atish'
lion oi i'r.sid..t' wiIso.,
Foiioains the s,a,.m-a, fEoHs III.
siiu,ah, E-n-rsi. NmnloHs ia.hassi'
lately aired
Secretary -, Mar. Washington. u, a.:
Dg- T.. y. i.@s,sE, nsISF IN the has-
pi,ai s.Flss. s'Si0ra.i. Na,ianal ausri
soaring it-si sia.s n'ssssTl. aas ssS,
ami kiil-i Ahii. attending a1and.si
ssili-r in wais-nblTs battle Ths
strikes Hired al :sS yards. b,iiisI .n-
i-Fing i-t, bS-ssI
Ei.iAs ~, AMMuNS.
'sos-FH0F-
In III. s.ia,aI, ssn.Fai's otIiF- 4,
is hSEs-i Ihs, Ih- washins,1h au-
ihosi,i-s .ili order a tuil isSssIisa-
,isn By miiI,aTs n-h noa in ,h- ii-id.
$. ih- aasioaat saara heads aiii
have aa spp0Etaalsy 4" PE"S" sh-
charges
''is .as = as0s. stF~rl1us thlas.
said .hss. Ia commenting "a lester :
death ~Malsr LESTER ilSsa in Wal
s.ablFz and pss a ns-mb-F os ,b-
hos ti,ai sssps. ii- sas oSit Sr lhu
ti-ia ai,-nains 10 tb- -~snarst
i.i-ts,-.sr, scott. I b-iI-s- n. eoFo
IA. H-d "S"ss -aabi-aa soEspiruapsiy
aH his l.Gt arm sl-aS- ,h- slbas IN
,h- usaai place, II spuii Ea' b. Hsis'
,as1ns
'7rhs buti., that KILLED bjal -H-
tered trpsn iha, slide, The mas ~ ha
IIgrd that shot ags, has- sr~n shr
-nibl-m. II vas Ia direct iibr aiti.
bis s.si- sish, ani sh. tell did aus
miss i, as6Er than ,hrr % 'nlF larh'
So
Th- z-nrr4i broadly latin agrt
that il vas almost a. II ihr itrsi Etuss
On a ~bi'- zruasd hsi b+ya picked
uu, as = Iarzs'
''Th. t.o-iy iay .i, an the field ;a'
some time. t"n,iau-d the siIs;aa'
There .as ,.nsid-Tasi. bot uEb'ias
r.si.t a. ths, point. and strikers Wrs'
Passing and E-.assins in aasa.-e 80
N'h-n the t-ass finaiiS col 4" u. ~
-rsshinE ~ 'ain" was some nnil1'arl
coat. campaign hs,. watch. si~es=
everything. The p@rs-,s af tbs
,ruis-rs --T- turned insii- "si'. snd
u the ns!o- bal any rnasY nn his
i.-Fsan. that. too. wen, Z" !"iu ,bs
other is-.,.
OF s.sFs-. with ,h~ tus, 1"ni sh'
Rcd CF"ss brasssrd. aud that msl
have b-cn on. reason iur the sub'
berry.
such things sr.r u1, done iu iii
is-,i warfare. aud would like fall
Investigation "f this mus, iAmnahl'
ease. The inquiry mishi sb"w ~
some .f ,h- awful conditions 'h'
state guard has b-rn up sEsin I IN
tho E"u,h-rn field "
= = M"rri5. r-pr'f 'n'aiiN- ~ 'h'
National E-,i Crusf society for 'h'
I,scEy M,uniliu district. wEH in.
.iin-d 4. ,urrni-"rs," all "f cha 3
statements. lie said his Information
showed that Lester was wearing ih'
emblem aud ,ha, the bullc, cam.
from that Side
II, must have been fired -, very
close range. from what have
heard said Morris. 1t caused al
mos, instant death. Tn" major only
had tim. to humble few word
bcfur. he died. Aud the bullet did
no, mi.s our emblem very far. eth
or. II entered the loft breast. Jus, .
few inch-. away from the cross.
The brassafd Is large enough Ia
be seen a, u considerable distance.
and 1t is highly colotcd In red and
whit. for tho one purpose OF making
1, stand out. II cannot be easily
passed by"
Governor Ammons showed much
resentment OVER the Lester killing.
admitting that all the evidence at