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The War in Mexico
Latest Developments Among Our Revolution
ary Neighbors of the South.

bridge between the scene and this
place to delay pursuit. Telephone
wires also were cut and news of the
wreck did not reach here until early
this morning Five hundred soldiers
and civilians are following the trail
left by the bandits
The dead are Corporal McBee and
P. H. Kendall, engineer. The wound
ed are H. J. Wallis, G. s. Mccain, G.
II. Laymon and Claud ]. Brashear
Several other passengers were beaten
with revolver butts.
The bandits, who are reported to
have been led by Luis De LaRosa,
noted Mexican of Matamoras, removed
the bolts and spikes from a rail and
fastened a wire to each end of the
| loosened steel The train reached the
scene about 1890. The rail was jerk
ed from its place and the locomotive
and two forward cars went into the
ditch. Kendall was crushed under his
engine. but Fireman Woodall was only
slightly scalded by steam.
! Before the passengers recovered
| from the shocks, five MeXicans enter.
ed the first car, still on the track. and
J began shooting. Three United States
soldiers sitting near the door were
the first victims. Corporal McBae was
instantly killed. Mccain and Wallis
ran into a toilet, but were dragged
/ out and shot.
| Mccain was wounded IN the abdo-
men and will die. Wallis was wound.
ed in the left arm and his left hand
shot away.
More Mexicans piled into the car
and ran through the train shouting,
death to the gringoes." Kill the
soldiers."
| Passengers were told to hand over
/ their valuables and show of resistance
was instantly met by dubbed revol.
vers. Several passengers were forced
! to remove their shoes and outer cloth
ing One swarthy bandit stopped and
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other extra half million dollars an
,nually.
Maintenance Of much larger fleet
on the Pacific coast within two years
It was learned today, is planned b.
Secretary Daniels. Continued opera
tion of the Panama canal Is the prfn-
cipal factor in his proposals for Pa
cihc fleet. The Atlantic fleet will be
be given frequent cruises to, the Pa
/, cific and when drydocking and repaii
facilities at the Pacific, coast yards
are permanently enlarged, It Is pro-
posed to divide the fighting forces to
keep fleet of strong size In Pa
cific waters.
With the awards yesterday Of con.
tracts for sixteen new submarines
and six torpedo boAt destroyers In
two years. the effect Of that Increase
will be shown.
Bids viii be taken November II at
the navy department for .wo new pat
tleships authorized by the last con
gress, which will be completed In 1918.
Republican Support
WASHINGTON, Oct. Ex-senator
Smoot of Utah, republican senate
leader, today declared republicans Will
support q preparedness policy.
IAN enormous amount OF business
will come before congress-, said
Senator Smoot. 'It will adopt navy
program and provide a small increase
in the army. It will provide more
dreadnaughts for the navy, large
number OF submarines, swift cruisers
battle cruisers above all-and
number OF Golfers and auxiliaries
Moreover we must provide an ample
supply Of ammunition for both the
army and navy. This has been woe
fully neglected in the past. The lack
Of ammunition has been little short
OF criminal"
Defeat Of the government ship pur-
chase bill was, predicted by smoot
He said the sugar tariff would be re-
stored, but no tariff placed on wool or
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ENGLAND

UNITED Press Leased Wire Seryice1
LONDON, Oct. 19.-Seen at The
Hendon aviation grounds today,
Claude Graham-Whlte personally de-
MED repeated reports that the Brit
Ish recently shot him az spy.
WANTS CABINET CHANGE.
LONDON, Oct 19-As a sequel to
his resignation as attorney general, Il
was generally believed today Sir Ed.
ward Carson would begin an active
stump campaign against the British
cabinet. He was Understood to con-
slider present allied methods Of con.
ductlns tho war fundame entaIly wrong
and to hold now administration ab.
solutely necessary TO beat the Ger
mans.
LINER Is SUNK.
LONDON, Oct. 19.-Slnklng Of the
British Wilson liner Aleppo, $3.50
tons, presumably by a German sub
marine, with the rescue Of the crew,
was announced today.
WILL PUSH WAR.
DUBLIN, Oct. 19.-From Attorney
General Sir Edward carson's resigna-
tlon from tho British cabinet and GEN.
erai Sir Charles Monro's appointment
as successor to General Sir Ian Ham,
ilton In command Of the British forces
on the GaIllpoll peninsula, the Irish
Times inferred today that the London
government means to push the war
at the DardaneIles, as we'll as else
whore, With renewed vigor.
The Irish independent EXPIRE sse d
the opinion that Carson's resignation
will not make him a popular idol. In
as-much as he quit Just when It was
most necessary for tho cabinet to
maintain a united front.
AsoUITH rs ILL.
LONDON, Dot. 19.-PremIer As
quith was III today, necessltatfna a
few days rest.
CAMPAIGN WAS FAILURE.
L LONDON, Oct. stitutIon OF
General Monroe for General Hamilton
as British commander at the Oar.
daneIles, was Interpreted here today
as meaning both a confession that th.
campaign thus far has failed and that.
instead Of abandoning It, as was re-
Gently suggested, the government In.
tends to Increase its energy.
FIGURING ON PLANS.
LONDON, Oct. 19.-The most effec.
tice method for Italy to cooperate
with the British and French In the
Balkans is being considered by the al.
lies, Minister of Munitions Lloyd
George told the house Of commons to.
day. The minister, speaking for Pre-.
mier Asquith, said il was not yet pos.
sible to name day for the promised
government statement concerning tho
governments DardaneIIes policy.
A HOUSE DIVIDED AGAINST IT.
SELF.
[By Ed. L. Keen, United Press Staff
Correspondent
LONDON, Oct. 19.-"can tho As.
quIth cabinet Iast7" all England was
asking today.
That there have been differences
among the ministers concerning mary
of tho wars gravest problems has
been known for some time. Sir Ed
ward Carson's resignation as attorney
general, emphasized them 50 sharply
that many politicians looked for the
whole administrations speedy fall.
Announcement today that Premier
AsquIth was 50 III as to necessitate
several days complete rest, strength
ened this feeling. OF the genuineness
Of the premler's illness, no doubt was
felt. It was recalled, however, that
Just such a previous announcement
was the forerunner Of Theophie De.
Casse's resignation as foreign minis
ter In France.
On one hand, strong pressure waa
being brought to prevent wholesale
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BROWNSVILLE. Texas, Oct. 10
Two men were killed and three wound
ed when Mexican bandits attacked the
south bound passenger train on the
st. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico
railroad. after wrecking it near here
last night. Four companies of in
fantry and two troops Of cavalry have
been sent to the scene.
The dead men are H. Fl. Kendall,
the engineer and United States cav
airy man, whose identity had not been
learned early today. Dr.. e. s. Nc
Cain, county physician, was shot
through the abdomen and will die;
Harry Wallis and P. e. Horan, the
conductor. also were wounded.
The attack occurred about ten
miles north Of here at II o'clock last
night. The bandits, about seventy-five
in number, removed rail- They then
cut the telegraph line between
Brownsville and Villa Neuva Ths
engineer discovered the broken track
in time to prevent a bad smash-up,
but the locomotive ran into the gap.
The bandits swarmed aboard the train
and began shooting.
A former U. S. soldier escaped
through the back door Of the rear
coach and made his way to Olmito
where he telephoned the first story OF
the attack to Brownsville about
a. m.
Sixty In Bandit Party.
| BROWNSVILLE, Texas, Oct. 10
Sixty Mexicans, most of them dressed
! in the uniform Of Carranza soldiers
wrecked and shot up" a south bound
night. killing two Americans and
Brownsville and Mexico railway last
night, killing two Americans and
wounding four others. They escaped
after robbing the passengers and loot
J ing the baggage car.
| The wreck occurred five and a halt
miles north of Brownsville The Mexi
cans afterward burned a 300 foot
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VILLAGES CAPTURED.

LONDON Oct. 19.-capture cf a
long list Of obscure villages few
mIIes inside the eastern and north
eastern Serbian frontier was claimed
today In an official Bulgarian report
received from Sofa via Vienna and
Berlin. The Morava valley, 1t was
asserted, had been occupied by the
Buigars in the Vrania region. All
along their line, said the report, the
Bulgarians are advancing.
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TRUTH TRIUMPHS
Madison Citizens Testify for the Pub.
lie Benefit.

a truthful statement of a Madison
citizen. given In his own words.
should convince the most skepticai
about the merits of Doan's Kidney
pills. If you suffer from backache,
nervousness. sleeplessness, urinary
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use a tested kidney medicine.
A Madison citizen tells of Doan's
Kidney Pills.
Could you demand more convinc-
ing proof of merit?
William Morgan. 800 West Fifth
street, Madison, says: II suffered
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age and contained sediment. l used
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Price SO cents at all dealers. Don't
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SIOUX CITY LIVESTOCK MARKET

Sioux City, March 25.-Receipts of
cattle for the midweek session were
moderate, some 80 cars or 1000
head, as against 1880 a week g
and 1,456 the corresponding day a
year ago.
Killers formed the big end of the
days supplies. Stronger wires from
outside points, together with a broad
call from local packers and shippers
infused more life into trading and
prices were given a boost of 10 @15c,
on desirable grades of both steers
and butcher stock.
Attractive grades of stock cattle
met a ready sale at the strong figures
while there was the same slow in
curry for the common kinds as has
been noted before this week.
Hog market suffered another re-
lapse. Increase in receipts, together
with bearish wires from other CEN
tiers were the cause. Opening sales
were about "a 10c lower, sales being
mostly to shippers, while the close to
the local packers figured a dime low
err. Tops for the day landed at $3.50
while the bulk of sales ranged from
SEAS a 6.55.
Unchanged release was had for the
moderate delegation of sheep and
lambs yarded at the local center, al
though some weakness was noted in
the reports from other centers.
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SENT BY FRIENDS IN CHICAGO
Six Thousand Post Packages of Food
to Germany.

Chicago, March 25.-Six thousand
packages of food have been Sent by
C~hicagoans to friends and relatives
in Germany within the last four days
by means of the parcel post.
Waterproof paper boxes containing
-four. rice, noodles, tea, cocoa, pre-
serves and other foodstuffs, weighing
not In excesssof ten pounds, have been
prepared by a number of stores ready
for shipment. Each package contains
an assortment of foodstuffs and there
are nine assortments. The cost OF
the packages is from s1.90 to s2.15
postpaid.
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which touches the American border
west OF Eel Paso. Sonora Is a Yaqui
Indian stronghold, and 0bregon Is
proud Of the fact that the blood of the
Yaquis, among the best of Mexican
lighters, Is In his veins. However, he
Is not a full blooded Yaqui, and the
fairness OF his complexion Is due to q
liberal mixture Of pure Spanish. Like
wise he has a little of the Mayo Indian
in him.
"Paradoxical as II may SEEM" said
Francisco Elias. an old friend of Obre-
gon and now the Carranza consul gen
eral In New York. ''Obregon. while our
most capable military leader at this
moment. Is at heart and by training no
soldier at all. While acquitting him.
self with great credit In the campaigns
he is conducting to drive villa and the
other enemies Of the country out OF
power. his constant dream Is neverthe-
less one OF peace. He Is a farmer and
always will be one. l know that he
hopes some day to return to his Sonora
ranch. More than once he has X
pressed his disgust for warfare. which
he has called a devils game In which
humans have no business to indulge.
HE is a splendid physical specimen.
He Is six feet in height and tips the
scales somewhere In the neighborhood
OF $50 pounds"
1t was not until Orozco, tho Chihua.
huan who had been Madero's right
hand man. turned against his old chief
that Obregon decided to take the field.
Obregon entered the revolution quiet
" and without consulting any one.
lie went among his Sonora Yaquis and
armed and organized a battalion OF
about 400 men. He ~telegraphed Ma
dero. then In the last days Of his pres.
idency in Mexico City. that he had
his men and stood ready to oppose Or
ozco fhe man who accepted Obre-
CONS offer was Huerta. then directing
the field operations OF Madero's armies.
Less than a year later Obregon was
to be IN OF Huerta's most persistent
military opponents.
But nov the contest in Mexico is be-
tween Obregon and villa, with Obre-
gon the master In the southwest and
villa still supreme In the northern
tier OF states. At Pueblo Obregon In
hicted a crushing defeat on the yilIista
force and followed 1t up by a second
entry into Mexico City. which was
evacuated by the villa and Zapata
troops. Now 1t Is reported that Obre-
gon has a second time evacuated the
capital and that the bandit Zapata II
once again supreme there.
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COLORADO CONVICTS
HAVE BASEBALL TEAM
Warden Rewards Good Prison
ars by Allowing Them to Play.

Canon City, Colo.-Warden Tom ].
lyman OF the Colorado pe~nitentiary.
described as 1.-THE man who put man
Ia humanity In prison REFORM" an.
nounces that he Is organizing a base
ball team among the convicts-his
wards" as he always calls them.
lyman vas the first penitentiary
warden to install moving pictures and
the first to try the system OF rewards
for good conduct by sending the best
behaved convicts to build and improve
the roads of the state. He proposes to
have a baseball team to compete with
teams of the state league and other
teams from the surrounding towns and
cities. lyman Is a baseball fan" him
self.
i've got some crackerjack material
down here" says lyman. land I'm
going to utilize 1t. Got a housebreaker
that can outrun ny Cobb. Join the
Feds? No chance. No bush leagues
for us. Wen be In the IA class or
o n at ALL"
The convict team will 60 into train
ing as soon as q wall Is built around
four acres OF ground which the war
den has laid out for the purpose.
Teams throughout the state will be
invited to play the convicts on the
home grounds" Later In the q .
the warden may take his team on two
or three short trips. II possible he
will arrange a game with the Denver
Grizzlies or the Western league.
Il will use the prison baseball team
to encourage good behavior among the
men, he says. ITO be permitted to
play on the team or to watch Its games
win be a privilege bestowed only on
the best behaved. The moment a play
er breaks a prison rule he no longer
will be considered a member OF the
team, and the fan who Is recalcitrant
will be barred from the games.
'Since we have had moving picture
shows for the prisoners there have been
40 less reports OF bad behavior. For
a slight ~infraction Of the prison rules
the privilege Of attending the prison
movie entertainments Is taken away
for a certain period. We have a house
ful Of movie fans, and most Of them
would rather suffer any kind OF ply
steal punishment than miss the pic
lures thrown on the screen in the
chapel every two weeks"
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MODERN EMOCH ARDEN
RETURNS, BUT ALAS!
Stern Judge Tells Him TO Get
Out Of Town at Once.

Binghamton, n. because Adam
Rundel of Lestershlre took twenty-one
years to return with a list Of groceries
for which his wife sent him In 1894 he
has lost his wife and has been exiled
from Lestershire.
Rundel walked into his home the
other night with the groceries. His
daughter, grown to womanhood,
thought he was q burglar and scream
ed with fright. He treasured her. dis
closed his identity and asked for her
mother. Her mother was dining with
friends at a downtown restaurant. the
girl told linn.
Rundel found the restaurant and
easily identified his wife and her party.
Hello. Anna.' said he cheerily.
I've brought the groceries home.
Let's 70 up and have supper"
The wife tainted. but a nan at her
side ordered Rundel out.
"Why?" asked Rundel
Because she's my wife" said Hen
nv Pickering. who married Mrs. Run.
del ten years after she had given mp
hope Of Rundel's return.
Then they mixed. When the police
arrived Rundel WAS on the floor.
Later he was arraigned in police court.
Il Just went away" he told Judge
Ingals. II went To Warren Center.
Pa. whore I've been eve since.
thought ia Ike 10 soc my family again
aud camo home"
eco back to Warren Center. and nov
or come here again. You are discharg
ed" said the Judge
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APPLY TAR AND FEATHERS
Widow Charges Two Women and
Boy Attacked Her.

Hugo. Okla, March 25.-Charged
with tarring and feathering Mrs. Bird
King. q widow OF Fort Lowson. Okla,
Mrs. Charles Rankin and Mrs. Sam
Fitzgerald Of that town we're arrest
ed and placed in jail here.
Mrs. King charges that Mrs. Ran,
kin and her twelve-year-old o at
tackled her and after throwing her to
the ground sat on her while Mrs,
Fitzgerald. she alleges. applied a coat
OF tar and feathers.
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Dozen Steamers Answer Ap-
peal for Help.
VESSELS GO TO BOTTOM
Mallory Liner Denver and unidenti.
fed Ship Damaged in Collision IN
Midocean Manage to Keep Afloai
Until Assistance Reaches Scene.

New York, March 25.-Loss at sea
OF the Mallory liner Denver and an.
other ship, stated to be the Aviland.
and the rescue of all souls aboard
both vessels was reported in a wire
less dispatch received here by the
Atlantic Transport company.
A collision between the two Is Civ.
en- az a reason for the catastrophe,
according to brief wireless messages.
The rescue of both crews and groups
OF passengers occurred In midocean.
The Megantic rescued the captain,
his wife and seventeen members OF
the Denver's crew and also the cap.
tain OF the Aviland, said to be an
American steamer.
The Mallory liner Manhattan res.
cued the remainder, said to number
ffty-six.
Because Of her higher speed the
Megantic was believed to have ar.
rived at the scene OF the collision
frst and that the Manhattan had the
remainder OF the passengers not talk.
en- or by the Megantic.
Within twenty-four hours after the
Denver, leaking badly, flashed out
the =. o. 3. 1000 miles off Cape Race,
o dozen stea mers, including the ST.
Louis, Megantic. Manhattan, Mary.
land, Vehtris and Latonia, closed in
around her. Three boats we're sent
from the Manhattan, one of the first
steamers 10 reach the sinking liner.
Crew and Passengers Saved.
These took of the few passengers,
the sixty-nve members of the crew
and officers of the Denver, which was
abandoned In midocean.
II was growing dark when the st.
Louis steamed away from the desert.
ed hulk and resumed its voyage TO
Liverpool. But at hat hour Captain
jameson wirelessed that the Denver
was heeled over on one side and
apparently ready to settle to the bot.
tom within a few hours.
The Denver was q single screw
steamer OF 1919 gross tonnage. owned
by the Mallory line. She carried a
crew OF sixty-fve men and was com.
handed by Captain Avery. She sailed
from Bremen for New York on
March 16 after delivering a cargo OF
cotton. Her passengers consisted OF
the crews OF American steamships
stranded in Germany by the sinking
OF their craft or other mishaps
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General Obregon, Now In Lime
light, a Sonora Farmer.
SEVENTH LEADER APPEARS.
Strong Man Of Today Is Well Educated
and Has No Desire to Continue War
but Only Fights For What ts Con.
siders the Best interests Of His Fell
low countryman.

Mexico City.-The tragedy OF Mexico
has a new leading man. the seventh In
q period OF a little more than -four
years. He is Alvaro Oregon. the
Sonora farmer. who has had a chief
place In the news from Mexico for the
past few weeks, the man who by his
capture OF the ancient city of Puebla
and his subsequent dictatorship In the
distressed City OF Mexico has com
PEELED a world, weary of Mexican revo
lutions. to turn on him, and not villa.
the limelight of notoriety.
or the leading men OF the Mexican
tragedy Porfirio Diaz was the first.
Then came Madero. then Pascual
Orozco. then victoriano Huerta, then
Carranza, then VILLA and now comes
Obregon, educated and apparently one
of the ablest OF the ore Of guerrilla
fighters who have appeared In Mexican
history In the past half century.
The Carranzlstas admit that their
hopes are In this nan from Sonora
They call him the Napoleon OF the
West" the fright hand of Carranza'
and "the general who car read as well
as write"
Obregon. like villa, Orozco and Car
rama, is a northern Mexican. He
comes from the great state OF Sonora
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Seated at the head OF the table,
Brigadier General Hugh l.. Scott,
chief of staff of the United States
army. at the little hotel at Thomp.
sons, Utah, served four docile and
apparently happy Indians at dinner
A few days ago these Indians were
accounted the bloodthirsty leaders OF
u desperate band of outlaws.
The Indians were Old Polk, chief
OF one of the divisions OF the rene.
gade Piutes; Tse-ne-gat. son of Old
Polk, who is charged with murder
Old Posey. chief of the other division
OF renegades, and a o of Posey.
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South st. Paul, March 24.-Cattle
Receipts, 300; steers, s4.50@7.75;
cows and heifers. $4.50@6.40; calves,
$4.00M10.00; stockers and feeders,
S42506.90. Hogs-Receipts. 5000;
range. $6.50Q6.70. Sheep-Receipts,
200; lambs, $4.O0@9.25; wethers, 1925
@7.50; ewes. 5 3.O097.25.
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SHOOTS WIFE AND HIMSELF
st. Paul Man Dead and His Spouse
Believed DYING.

St Paul. March 25.-Clayton Smith,
forty-five years old, a carpenter. shot
his wife, probably fatally, and then
killed himself at their home in this
city. The tragedy is said to be the
elimination OF a year OF domestic
difficulty. Mrs. Smith is believed to
be dying at the City hospital.
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Portland, Ore, March 25.-A city
ordinance went into effect here by
which city laborers and laborers EN-
ployed by all contractors on munich
pal work will receive a minimum wage
OF SO for an eight-hour day.
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NOT FEELING "Jusr RIGHT"

When you get tired early In the day,
have bad breath or suffer from indiges-
ton or constipation you will find Foley
Cathartic Tablets quick and comfortable
in action. They are wholesome n
health giving. Mr.. l.. l.. Levy. Green
Bay. Wis, says: They do not grippe
and their effect is quick and sure. The
finest cathartic I ever used"