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HUERTA, AN INDIAN,
ROSE FROM PEONAGE
4 Relentless Warrior and Called
the Mexican Napoleon.

iiuertas itienus nave euloSized nm
ahu oeciarea tha' ne was the Napoleon
OF MeNico' MS enemies nave denounced
MN as the most unscrupuious dictator
Latin america ever knew. ae the inur-
derer OF president Madero. traitor to
ms country, AZ man become rich py
oespoihng nus nauons treasury
but tms mas oeen conceded by enc
Hies al" iriehus a"ke-hat ne was one
:" the stron9est men that Mexico mas
seen IN receih years
MS s'rehs,n was armed strenstn: an
ArWy man al H's Nie, ne oehe'eu III
vigorous measures OF repression me
,usuce oI mos .. 'nese fheasures mas
oeeh assaheu uS nus opponen's' ou' ms
suppo,.ers nave proeiairieu 'he'h as No
so'u'ei! heSessar! 10 ihsui peace IN Mex
100.
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ARMED DLNTERVEW7lOW
KEEP OUT OFMEXCO, LANSING WARNS;
BANDIT CHIEF SLAIN, ONE CAPTIVE
BANDITS TO BE DEALT
WITH, SAYS ARREDONDO

%/dSHINGTON 13ercnn Ambassador
~ receipt communication
sent the foho,cin0 reply:
have the honor acknow remedy the situation
edge the receipt Of your Excel State OF Durango
lency this with its In" a''e mat.er mas
,..- ~, -, been brought to the attention Of
e"'io'ufe e"e '" VIC "e Mr.. while
by Villa forces OF sixteen Amer
gentlemen the city of bring the
Chihuahua above mentioned
the State of Durango tlemen justice his
Your Excelency feel tatve have nevertheless
that Government and munated with him
myself deeply depore the das the subject.
tardy the Villa forces Renewing Exceency
will be the of
bring the murderers for the
justice and that my Government f. ARREDONDO,
will the necessary Ambassador Designate
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Rodriguez Reported Cap
tured and Ordered
to Be Shot.
LAWLESS CONDITION
CONTINUES TO EXIST
Lansing to Instruct Con-
suls to Get All Out Of
Bandit Areas.
MUST USE THEIR
OWN DISCRETION
Admits Relatives of Mur-
dered Men May Never
Get ReparatiOn.

WASHINGTON. Jaa. 13.-"I would
again urge Americans TO keep ont ~ all
sections Of Mexico where lawies eondi.
tions stiil exist II Americans 20 into
such territory they take their chances"
Thus Secretary OF State Lansing is
sued another warning this afternoon
to Americans to get out and stay out
Of lawless sections Of Mexico.
The warning was issued following
the receipt of Official confirmation Of
the killing OF another American citizen
by Nillsta bandits eighty miles west
OF Santa Ysabel. where Mondays
massacre occurred, and likewise fol-
lowing a renewal of assurances to the
Secretary OF Eliseo Arredondo. Car.
ranza's Ambassador designate to the
United States. that the Carrsnza Gov.
ernment will live up TO its assurances
given at the time OF it's recognition.
The State Department received
word tonight that two Of Villas Cen
erals who are supposed to have been
implicated in the massacre of the
eighteen Americans near chihuahua
have been taken. one OF them alive
and the other dead. with Q number nf
their compa Mons.
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7zvo More Americans Are
Slain by Mexican Bandits
Intense Excitement Prevails Along the Border Following
Reports of New Outrages-Victims of Santa
Ysabe Massacre Are Recovered


technical charges. Miguel Diaz Iom-
bardo. Villas former Secretary Of For
eign Affairs and one Of the few Nexi-
cans sim loyal TO villa, was among those
locked up.
AT the same time a mob OF enraged
mining men sought to find Gen. lose
fnez Salazar. a former Mexican army
leader, but the police hurried him ou,
OF the city while the mob was gather
ing for an attack on his hotel.
Following the arrival OF the bodies In
this city alarming reports gained Gre
d.nce everywhere. 1t was reported once.
twelve more Americans. including two
women. had been murdered BY Mexican
bandits.
Another report was TO the effect that
Gen. Jose Rodriguez q Villa chief, who
is alleged to have instlgated Mondays
massacre. had been captured near Ma
dera In Chihuahua. The message en-
anating from MADEIRA stated that Amer!-
cans had captured him and killed sew
eral OF his party in pitched battle.
This story later was discredited. as
the number OF Americans in and about
MADEIRA is not large. and few OF those
known to be In that vicinity are believed
10 be of the sort to undertake to capture
bandits.
Furthermore, Rodriguez could hardly
have had time to get back to MADEIRA
from the scene of the execution. The
report OF his capture persisted however.
with the added details that the success
ful Americans had been led by Maxi
miano Marquee. an employee of the
Hearst interests at Babicora, who had
with him l25 Americans and a few SOL
diers.
onicial announcement was made last
night that Gen. L. Elias Gales, Car
ranza's commander in Sonora. was pre-
pairing to send 5000 men from Sonora
into Chihuahua 10 help exterminate Gen.
villa and his bandits operating there.
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Victims Had Been warned.

Again to-day the fact was empha-
sized by the President as well as tho
State Department officials that the
Americans who were murdered AT
Chihuahua had been warned not TO
enter Mexico.
Resolutions were again introduced
in Congress looking toward armed in
tervention and speeches were deiiv-
cred indicating deep feeling.
Secretary Lansing said he would ad-
dress n new set OF instructions 10
American Consuls in Mexico. reitera,-
ing those OF last October which d,-
rected the Consuls to employ riders II
necessary TO carry 10 Americans IN
dangerous areas the warning to re.
turn to the United States.
The Secretary did not specify in hts
warning the sections where "lawleSs
conditions" still exist, He said Amer
leans must use their own common
sense In the matter, The Department.
however, has received word that be-
sides the area in western Chihuahua
where the recent murders occurred
the States of Durango and Sonora are
also in the danger zone.
Ambassador Arredondo in q state
ment issued tonight from the Mexican
Embassy referred 10 the killing ~ the
Americans as "regrettable," "deplor-
able" and "atrocious," but. az was the
case with Secretary Lansing, he
placed blame on the victims for failing
to heed the warnings to keep out OF
dangerous territory.
Mr. Arredondo admitted subsequent
~. however that these Americans he'll
permits from the tarranza military an.
thorIties for use within the Carranz.
lines. hut added that these permits had
been asked for by the individuals and
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General that IL was his ambition to JDin
the army Guerra took him to Mexico
city and prevailed upon President Diaz
to appoint Huerta to the Chapultepec
Military Academy. In 1876 Huerta was
graduated with honors.
For the next twenty years he led the
life OF an army officer. with little ac-
tive service to perform except an occa.
sional excursion against brigands. In
1870 he was promoted to Colonelcy
and recalled to Mexico city. where he
remained Tor ten years with the General
stan. being In charge of the Topographic
cal and Astronomical departments. In
1901 he quelled a rebellion OF the Yaqui
Indians. and as reward for this he
was maue a Brigadier-Gcneral
Mistrustrd by Dias.
This made him one OF the military
heroes -: Mexico. although President
Diaz mist-usted him exceedingly. Diaz
Kept him inactive in Mexico city, and
in 1907. when Hucrta thought he would
never asaiu see important service. he
obtained three years leave of absence
He spent II in Monterey. helping. in the
capacity of civil engineer. 10 build up
Monterey's lighting and street railway
system. There were stories AT the time
of large sums he was charged with hav-
ing extracted from the contractors, but
nothing ever came OF them
In 1919 he reported back to the army
and year later when assigned TO the
task Of directing the campaign against
Emlliano Zapata. who had revolted and
was pillaging towns in the south.
iiuerta conducted strong campai ign.
but was unable 10 capture Zapsta.
When Huerta was recalled from this
campaign he was ore of the leading
military figures pf Mexico. although his
fame had not spread through the world
When President biaz abdlcated In the
spring of 1911 he asked IIuerta to take
command of the military escort OF the
train which was To- take him to Vera
Cruz The train was attacked by rev-
DlutioniSts. and the two old soldiers
fought side by side. The revolutionists
We're driven of.
FRvOrit~ Of DE Ia BRrrn.
When Lcenciado Francisco l.. de Ia
Barra became provisional President
Huerta's star rose fast Senor de la
Barra trusted Hucrta. and at once as
signed him to the task OF conducting an
other campa !gn against Xapata. Huerta
and Iapata kept up "A running fight. with
Zapata always two jumps ahead. and
Huerta failed to capture him. In spite
of the failure of this campaign Huerta
became the military hero of Mexico
Then Francisco Madero became Presi-
dent. Madero did not trust Huer;a: the
General was recalled from his campaign
ana for a year remained inactive In
Mexico city.
Then the revolution of Orozco grew ia
proportions which were alarming TO Ma
dero. The Federal troops met Orozco's
army and were badly defeated. The
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Inc STATE Department deSpat ch,
which came from FL Paso, said that
Gen. Jose Rodriguez had been cap
tured and Gen. Ameda killed by car
ranzas troops. Gen. Gavira, in charge
or the Constitutional!sts has ordered
the execution Of Rodriguez
The despatch To the state Depart
ment did not indicate the part which
these two Generals are supposed 10
have taken in the numbering of tn.
Americans, but IN Mexican quarters
here IL was learned that they are the
two Villa leaders who were in con,~o!
Of the territory in which the murders
took place. The despatch to the state
Department did not say how MANY
~ the followers Of the two Generals
were captured
The two were taken at MADEIRA.
which Is more than 100 miles from
the scene Of the murders.
Late despat tches from the border laa
night said that no confirmation Of the 10.
port OF Gen. Rodriguez's death had been
received II was added that tho report
is officially discredited. The npinion was
that the report of his death was sprc,i
by 'arranZistas to allay American in
dgratiOn.
While feeling in Congress over the
latest Mexican outrages continued to.
day to grow in intensity, the President
still maintained his determination to
deal with the situation through thu
Carranza Government.
AT both the White House and tho
State Department II was apparent
that everything possible was being
done to stand Off any action which
would force the Government into
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THE WEATHER FORECAST.

Fair and colder to-day; fair, continued 4
cold, tomorrow. .a1n2
Highest temperature yesterday, 81; lowesA
Detailed weather. mail and marine reports pagers
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-08-05
THE WAR FAN.
that it costs

citizen who makes pretension to scholar
ship but admits interest in history is having the
time o his hfe-reading the He buys great
quantities OF newspapers and magazines, and reads
every line about war. He studies all the maps
and follows all the campaigns in detail from day 10
day and takes personal in all the generals
prejudices or sympathies; is wholly
lectual
"For twenty years" he says have known it was
coming 1 preparing it,.
have read the history of the nations involved. have
studied politics the diplomacy, the military sys-
tens racial characteristics the geography the econom-
les OF Europe all with this end view l knew that
the present struggle inevitable, although l didn't
know just when coming afraid it wouldn'
come until after my time. But here it is All my life
have been interested in wars. and here a big
ger and fascinating than all the put together
thank God that L have permitted live in this
time, and watch the great drama unfold"
Perhaps this fan L be held up ex-
serves ilumine the surprising ndifferences that
many presumably intelligent and cultured people show
toward the
a great historical very likely import
this enthusiast represents it, yet there
tens Of thousands of Americans including supposedly
wideawake high school college students. who seem
interested in the petty of distant en-
balmed in musty books. than in bigger and more
fascinating than all of them put together" throbbng
with life affecting their present and future in
countless and coming TO them fresh every day in
the columns of their newspapers
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-08-05
OUR SCOOP" EXPOSED.

1t COMPOUNDED queer, that, having been
licked to a FRAGILE down on our backs crying for
help; that pestferous. pudgy peascod a Laporte
Herald, still keeps jumping onto kicking in the
Stats posting defects, calling Just
take a squirt at this:
What. south News-Times the paper
that dies things suppressng an auto joy-rd-
ing accident just because the participants be-
longed families? hope
paper that loud fighting for the
peepu can't possibly like anybody with silk
stockings. though they be joy-riders, suf-
ficiently wish help them their night
owing"
And still we're "scooped," by someone it seems and
don't Unless the 'joy-riding accident re-
ferred the that the board of safety nvest
eating evening contemporary for telling about
sorting that place ETC. were against it,
But heavens. folks the participants in that didn't
belong the families" did they? We doubt if
Patrolmen Parker Miller could recognize silk
stockings" they them, while the third
party, "deponent saith not"
Maybe an accused like would pass for
know. In South Bend. however, isn't admitted even
true lest the participants might be of stuck
up themselves, and refuse recognize Still
anticipate that they be of the best fam
lies probably good the first" if silk
stockinged" And, anyhow, if this is the bar.
the scoop permitted account Of those
things can't blame getting printing
a story that
We the paper that does things"-not the paper
that does no-things.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-08-05
FIRE LOSSES.

Springfield, (Mass.) Republican.
Insurance companies, Of course,
keep a close watch upon fire losses.
not only from month to month. but
from day to day, for it is with them
a matter of business. But such
waste is of no less interest TO all of
us. for every owner Of building is
interested in that which affects the
rates he must pay. For the first
four months of this year the ire loss
in the United states and Canada
amounted TO $97.555.420. as COM
pared with the loss of $7O,10S. 500
for the same period in 1915 and of
SSS.162.54O in 1914. Last years
record as a whole was by compar-
ison a favorable one. and this year
starts off badly. March was an es-
peciallv bad month, with tre losses
amounting TO $SS.S2O25O. while the
April loss is only, $12, 6S1,O5O. No
where in business is preparedness
more TO he desired than in guarding
against the loss caused by fire.
Carelessness and criminality are al
ways playing too large a part in this
matter. We are making progress in
the direction of better regulation Of
building in the cities, but more than
all else eternal watchfulness and
honesty are needed
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-08-05
SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 1910.
HUMANIZING THE WEATHER REPORTS.

The Philadelphia Public Ledger finds fault with the
weather department for the lack Of human appeal
forecasts. weather bureau officials
understand that they merely shooting proph-
ecies space but they forecasting human
beings, millions Of them. who wish the fore
their and social relationships par
ticularly his time the year their hoidayings
unable to do account of the scientific
vagueness in which, without any real meteorological
reason for IT, the forecasts are so often phrased"
The point is well taken. What does the ordinary
citizen know about high pressure areas and Glow
pressure areas? What does the percentage of hui
mildly or the barometrc reading signify to him? OF
utility scientifically statement
RiI be partly cloudy when nothing is said about
Tire probable temperature
The citizen for whom these announcements are pre-
sumably intended wants to know whether it's going
be wet or dry. whether it's going to hot or
That's all there his curiosi-
ty which the federal weather paid minister
TO. is seldom satisfied by simple, clear definite
statements
There is much to be said for the criticism that
city folk have neglected favor OF the farmers
navigators. 1t is highly important, of course,
send out storm warnings for the protection saips
and crops couldn't the weather department DO
little for the of millions Of city folk who
7rnISd welcome more helpful weather hints in
ing their work and play-partculary their play?
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-08-05
WITH OTHER EDITORS
THAN OURS
CHILDREN AND BOOKS.
Cworchester. Mass. Gazette.

(WOrchester. Mass. Gazette.
There is nothing so harmful in
the world as bad book, because
it touches the subtlest and most
delicate of our powers-the magma
ton; it leaves a SCAR on the heart
and a stain on the mind" That is
what Hugh Black thinks about
reading a bad book, and I am great
ly inclined to think the same way,
aren't yOu2
In the case of an older person.
the reading of bad books is more
or less OF a desire TO be curbed or
given into at will. but when we
begin 10 think of the books we
wish to have our children read it's
a much harder problem 10 solve
Children need a literature of their
own, a literature of such a sound
ness that they will not only uncon-
sciously look for the best in litera-
ture. but the best in life as we'll
woefully lacking it is true. Authors.
publishers. librarians and parents
realize this. but there are still
stories enough TO start the children
in the right path.
To begin with the small child who
first shows an interest in the story
hour. The stories they like best are
the old stories of course the fairy
stories. the tales OF adventure and
the myths. Here in this beginning of
the literary taste, great care should
be taken Old myths and legends
were written for adults. remem Der.
but their action and highly colored
aHegory make them the most enter
tanning OF stories. when told in a
simple way Then the old. old fairy
stories OF Andersen and Grimm. and
the Mother Goose rhymes and sim
pie little poems that come from
Robert Louis Stevenson. and ever
and ever so many more are at the
hand Of every mother for the story
telling hour These stories. start
ing out with the best. will develop
literary taste in the child 10 d
greater DEGREE than the childish
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-08-05

is freer than ever before. Even in Germany and
Austria democracy is stirring. Even in Russia millions
Of human cods feeling themselves men and gath
ering strange Of power The worlds spectators
are seeing too And again will nations trust
their destinies the hands OF irresponsible
men in crowns uniforms
Democracy will not emerge all at once There may
still be vast struggles in Russia possibly between Rus
STA and the rest OF Europe before the thou
sand years is won But end is certain. II will
world democracy The present war may be the great
est contribution to that end time began And il
So it will be worth the blood and treasure and pain
that il costs
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-08-05

rebilt after havins its little unpleas-
antry with Germany. These fellers
over in New England was John
Chess EllwOrth who runs a store
locally & Kernel geo. Studebaker
We heerd both of them has been
walkin a couple of miles ever morn
in before breakfast down 10 the New
England postOffice to get this paper
& reed about Jake and his pals. FL
nally Mister Ellsworth discovered
he was havin to weight sum days
so he comes home where he can get
it fresh ever morning. An belief us
or knot sum mornings Mister Heck
aman & his life sketchers is sum
fresh. Doctor Hill who il is said is
considerin givin up his experimental
medicine to tell stories has bios
somed out this weak in a new white
canvas hat, that seems to be the
goods & no misteak. Doctor Hill calls
it his marine hat & wares it just on
special occasions. Which reminds
US that knot long ago Bill Dunkel
was on his way to work at $50 when
he sees Doc Hill laborously pushin
the lawn mower to and fro in front
of his house on Ulane street. The
over to the walk just as Mister
Dunkel past him. SEE ne. telephone
me to come quick on a hurry up call
as soon as you get down TO the drug
store & Mister Hill come rompin
down Name street. He was ridin in
his ford bein in no hurry as soon as
he had got out of the job of cuttin
the grass. Mister William Keyes
Lamport has went to Wisconsin to
40 sum fishin. Doctor Jefferson is
back from the penal farm. Mrs.
Evans sees her lawyers quiet fire.
quently these days. Mister Hecka-
man is we'll & SEE he is still firmly
agin ledge Hughes. an feels more
strongly against him ever time he
lamps his likeness.
ADAM CROOK.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-08-05
HE .KCK-OFFN AND THE "GOAL."

With the lapse of years since the in Europe
began with knowledge of the through
the world; with underlying conditions somewhat
;lnveiled and taken into account-few people still
heve that it all by man; nay.
by the kaiser nor the crown prince. the spon-
taneous combustion of ideal impossible to hold
any individual responsible for or any group of in
diyiduas or any nation group of nations. So vast
a struggle explainable only 10y the collision of ir-
reconcable human forces.
It must have its origin in history. can
not be accidental for either belief i'm God belief
in scientific order precIudes accident.
Why II doomed to come? What is il all about?
What is the result to be? Only partial and doubtful
answers can be given now 1t was half century or
before the significance the French revolution
realized. This may have even more meaning
Cor than that great upheavaL The conviction
grows that born of the and is work
ing to the same end
From the beginning of history there have been two
rival forces work in human society. They au-
tocraey and democracy divine right and public right
the principle by sef-apponted rulers and
the principle individual liberty The conflict these
two forces has caused nearly all revolutions and
the great wars.
Anybody who reads history carefully can the
slow growth democracy through all the ages-not
continuous the slow swinging of the pendulum
rights always sinking back, but all the
way back and always on the stroke going little
farther toward tho goal individual freedom. or
perhaps "a truer hgure the ascending spiral
senting slow upward climb of humanity. that never
shows until new turn of the circle is complete.
Perhaps the human race even now. is completing
the greatest and highest of the spiral of de-
mocracy.
There has been much tak since the war besan of
being struggle between the forces of autocracy ON
one hand represented by Germany and Austria and
OF democracy the other represented by France
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-08-05
DAN PATCH DEAD.

Illinois state Register (Springheld).
The name Dan Patch 8 known
from ocean 10 ocean. Probably no
horse in modern times has had such
a large host of admirers and wor-
shippers as Dan Patch, the pacing
champion of the world. This speed
horse established the worlds psc-
ing record of 1856 in St. Paul. Mimi.
Sept S. 1906. This mark has stood
by itself and il is doubtful if it will
be eouaIled during our time and gem
Grafton.
Although horse racing has been
superseded TO a great extent by the
automobile speed demons. who have
annihilated distance and time. yet
no piece of machinery driven by
death-defying driver has ever sent