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the sierre Madre range. where the bandits
are in hiding.
Senior Arredondo, over the long-dlstance
telephone, confirmed the report of the
murders
II am very sorry to state that the
murders we're committed" he said.
General Carranza has issued the most
drastic orders that these men, General
Villas followers. must be captured and
punished. l am awaiting further infor-
nation"
The telegram which he sent reads as
follows.
General Carranza has wired General
Trevino, commander at chihuahua, to
get the men who shot the Americans
and not to report until the thing has
been done. Our people realize that
this thing must be stopped
EBISEO ARREDONDO.
The bandits will be shot when captured,
Senior Frezieres said, for they are beyond
difficulty, however, of apprehending the
band. the members OF which know every
foot of the mountainous district in which
they are hiding.
"1t was a despicable piece of work."
he declared. THE murderers, under the
command of General Rodriguez and act
ing under Villas orders, committed this
outrage TO stir up trouble between the
United States and Mexico"
I'VE are dealing with men at bay and
in utter desperation" he continued.
They realize that they must fall sooner
or later and in their stupidity they have
done the worst thing they could have
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,oIT q CITIZENS AND ONE
BRITON ARE KILLED IN MEXICO

cooperate in Intervention to restore peace
and order.
The resolution declares that anarchy
and murder prevail throughout Mexico
and that the Carranza government seems
to be powerless to check It, The Senate
referred the resolution to the Foreign
Relations Committee.
Representative Dyer, of Missouri, in
troduced resolution In the House re-
sarding the massacre of Americans by
Nillista troops near Chihuahua, and ask
Ing the President to ADVISE Congress IL
the "watchful waiting" policy should not
be ended.
snap judgment should not be taken in
fixing responsibility for the wholesale
murder.
At the White House Secretary to the
President Tumulty said the President
would await all positive facts" before de-
Gliding on any change in policy. He said
that there was no intention OF issuing
any statement dealing with the murder
at this time"
I'VE do not have to assure the public
that we will do our duty" he said.
Until reply is received from General
Carranza 1t Is the intention of Secretary
Lansing and President Wilson to take
no definite steps. However. instructions
have been sent to consular representa-
tlves to get the bodies of the slain Ameri-
cans at Chihuahua and make arrange
ments to send them to the United States
at once on special tram
Secretary Lansing was much disturbed
over reports that the Americans who
were slain were given assurances by a
Government official that they could pro-
ceed into Mexico. He ordered an inves-
tgation of these reports. Mr.. Lansing
announced that no American official had
been authorized to grant permission to
Americans to 20 into southern Chihua-
hua. He said that while It was true that
Carranza, at the time he was recognized,
had agreed to protect Americans through
out the republic, he could not be eN-
pected to do so in sections controlled by
rebels
The attitude of the state Department
was outlined in the following statement
given out by Leon j. Cavino, head of tho
Bureau of Mexican Affairs:
I'VE have warned our people repeatedly
to get out of Mexico, especially Chihu-
ahua. On October Q, In our warning we
directed all consular agents to employ
messengers and get this word to Ameri-
cans In the interior. Yet in spite of these
warnings these Americans who were slain
were In the section where 30 other Amcri-
cans were held UP lately, where ranch em-
ployes were robbed and one killed and
where Vilistas threatened to do the very
thing they have now done"
a large number of kilograms have been
pouring into both the White House and
state Department, urging armed inter-
vention in Mexico. The kilograms for the
most part were from people interested in
American-owned properties.
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DEPUTY PRISON KEEPER FIRED
Four Assistants Are Suspended Be-
cause of Convicts' Escape

TRENTON, Jan 12-As direct result
Of the escape from the State Prison last
week of Joseph Thomas and Fred Will
son, the Board of State Prison Inspectors
today directed Head Keeper Madden to
discharge Deputy George S. Raum and
suspend four other keepers
Guards David Spear, James Devlin,
Franklin Schultz and James Haney are
the men affected. Spear is suspended for
20 days, Devlin for n month and the other
men for 10 days each.
Beside the escape of Thomas and Will
son, there have been several attempts re-
Gently and the board holds the deputies
guilty Of negligence,
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accomplished They are utterly without
restraint. coarse men who follow their
Instincts and impulses, undeucated and
lacking IN reason. They have absolutsf1
no moral standard. They represent tfe
very worst element Of outlaws. 7Her
realize that their end Is near ana are
attempting to drag others down with
them like the crazy man who kills az
many persons as he can before he him
self is killed.
You may be sure that our troops win
bring them TO Justice. I cannot express
my sorrow that this thing has happened
II is a pity that the United States Of
f1cials treated Villa as considerably as
they did"
The district in which General Villa,
with perhaps 300 or 400 followers, is In
hiding is Wild and very thinIy settled.
according to r. Cooper Shapley, an at
torney with Offices H. the Stephen Girard
Building,
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MEXICAN CONSUL SAYS
DEATH AWAITS BANDITS
WHO SHOT AMERICANS
Senior Frezieres Receives Tele-
gram From Arredondo Say
ing Carranza Troops
Seek Outlaws
FIRST CHIEF DETERMINED

determination is the vengeance pursu-
ing the band of Mexican outlaws which
shot and killed II American citizens on
the Mexican Northern Railway, between
Juarez and Casas Grandes, Monday, to
stir up strife between the Carranza gov
ernment and the United States.
General Trevlno, Mexican commander at
Chihuahua, has been ordered by General
Carranza to get" the bandits and not to
report until he has accomplished his mis-
sion, according to a telegram sent by the
Mexican Ambassador, Senior Eliseo Are
dondo. at Washington, to Consul Theodore
Frezieres, in this city Mexican troops
are now proceeding into the foothills Of
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SENATOR SHERMAN URGES
STRONG ACTION IN NEXICO"

Administration leaders in Congress were
reused over the massacre.
This is a deplorable affair" said Chair
man Flood, of the House Foreign Affairs
Committee Severe measures must and
will be taken to stop this wanton murder
of Americans in Mexico. I expect to see
Secretary of State Lansing during the
day regarding this latest outrage"
Senator Lodge, OF Massachusetts, rank
ing Republican member of the Senate
Committee on Foreign Affairs, called at
the state Department early today and
requested an immediate interview with
Secretary Lansing. 1t was granted him.
After he had been with the Secretary
five minutes, Leon j. Cuna, head of the
Bureau of Mexican Affairs, was called
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BIG U. S. FORCE MASSED
ON MEXICAN BORDER

Approximately 5000 American regulars
are at Ell Paso, the nearest American
point to Chihuahua City, ready for In
stant action should the United States
decide on an expedition into Mexico to
punish the bandits responsible for Mon
days massacre, when 16 American citi-
zens and two British subjects lost their
lives. These troops are the 4th, 9Th 9TH
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18th and Goth infantry, the 9Th ae!d artii-
lery and the sth cavalry. They are COM
manded by Brigadier General John
Pershing.
Practically the entire mobile regular
army Is now massed on the border under
command of Major General Frederick
Funston, who is at Fort Sam Houston.
His troops number approximately 5000
men, War Department officials said to-
day. The troops that can be rushed to
El Paso by him include the Ninth Cav
airy, Batteries A and Il of the Sixth
Field Artillery and the Sth, 18th and
22d Infantry bodies
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into the conference He took with him all
dispatches received by the state Depart
ment to date on the massacre OF the
Americans in Mexico.
This is deplorable affair, but ] can
not say what action should be taken
yet" said Senator Lodge as he went into
the conference.
The state Department issued a list oil
the murdered Americans, received from
It's consular agents along the border:
The list did not contain the names OF
w. b. Pearce, J. w. Moon and u. w. Coy,
carried in press dispatches.
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SHERMAN URGES
STRONG ACTION IN MEXICO

WASHINGTON. Jan. Ex-senator Sher-
nan. Republican, OF Illinois, today intro
aueed resolution in the Senate calling
upon the President to demand that Car
,anza give assurances of protection to
american lives and property in Mexico,
sha falling to obtain such assurances. to
'asi'e all the pan-American countries to
New-York tribune., 1916-01-29
KANSAS WELCOMES
VOTELESS WIDOWS
New York Ballot Pioneers Ready
TO Go, but Married Women
Fear Divorce BOgie.

VIII it be the special privilege Of
widows TO migrate to Kansas in order
to enjoy the pleasure of the vote next
fall
Governor Capper's letter published
Yesterday settled the fears Of New
York women who are tired Of their
yoteless state that there might be un-
suspected obstacles in the way Of their
voting in Kansas. 1t had sounded too
easy. but the Governor stated that nll
they had to do was to register SIX
months before election. They need not
sDend tho entire six months within the
state, either. This will leave them
free to join in the Iowa suffrage cam
Wrs. Nina c. Van Wrinkle, president
of the New Jersey Women's Political
Union. Mrs. Harriet Stanton Blatch,
Mrs. Margaret Stanton Lawrence and
Mrs. Emanuel Einstein are the pioneers.
These four are widows,
Sufragists whose husbands are living
are in some doubt as to their right TO
establish separate legal residence
from said husband.
'Of course they cam" asserted Mrs
Nora Blatch de Forest last night.
a woman can have a separate legal
residence for divorce. surely she can
for anything so important as vote. l.
ave consulted a lawyer on this point.
Other women say, however. that the
divorce comparison doesn't settle their
fear. Suppose ;hey did establish
separate legal residence. and then
found themselves launched ipso facto
on the divorced.
New-York tribune., 1916-01-29
l.OO0-ROOh HOTEL
FOR SEVENTH AVENUE
Pennsylvania Road to bulld
100000 Structure.

4 new twelve story. thousand-room
hotel is 10 be built BY the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company on the east side o.
Seventh Avenue. between Ihlrty-Sec-
ond and Thirty-third streets.
The plans. which are now being pre-
rared BY McKim. Mead q White. call
for one of the inest hotels IN the city
70 cost $4,000, 600. and to be built on
property assessed for taxation at So
ooO 600 a total which compares abou.
evenly with the amount invested IN
the first class hotels with which It VIII
compete. The railroad company. It Is
understood. intends TO lease the struct-
IRE. and not 70 operate the hote itself.
This is 10 be the first OF the new
improvements planned by the company
for the zone surrounding ITS termina
station. and il is expected that the
consequent rise in value of neighoor-
ing property. in addition 20 the future
onening Of the Seventh Avenue subway
will bring a renaissance IN the build.
ING and business Of that section o.
the city.
New-York tribune., 1916-01-29
JUDGES FAVORED
IN HUMANE JOBS
Society Also Discriminates
in Magistrates Who Will
Hear It's Cases.

Some magistrates obtained jobs for
men az agents Of tho Humane Society
of New York. while others were denied
the privilege Of passing on arrests
made By such agents. Magistrates
Brecn and Appleton and the late Magis-
trate Butts we're named as those who
recommended men for jobs. while
Magistrates Corrigan and Herman
were tabooed b. the society.
These statements were made yester-
day IN the Supreme Court in the trial
Of suit for $4,000 for alleged libel
brought by David Beleis. president Of
the Humane Society and one Of its or
ganzers, against William a. Mallett
Westchester contractor. Mallett
wrote a letter in which he said that
Belais was mot on the level" in his
work. The jury gave verdict Of ST.
500 for Belais. on motion to set
aside tho verdict. Justice Philbin asked
for briefs.
Senator "The" NcManus. who also
recommended men for the job Of agent,
had the bill passed in the Legislature
which gave the Humane Society OF New
York an official standing. Fines col
lected on cases prosecuted by the So
cicty are turned into its treasury
Many OF these eases are heard ~ the
Court Of Special Sessions. Herbert
Gray, who WAS appointed as superin-
tenGent on the accommodation of JUS
ticc Lorenz Zeller, formerly Of the
Court of Special Sessions and now on
the City Court bench. testified yester-
day.
did Mr. Belais give you any in
structions as 20 whore the agents were
to present their cases ." asked counsel
for Mallett.
ale told me not to allow the agents
10 take their cases before certain
judges" said Gray.
"M no were these certain judges ?"
Magistrates Herman and Corrigan -
"When he gave that order what did
he say"
"Ie said that the m,n should not
arraign prisoners before these magis-
trates because he didn't think they
were taking the right view and that
they were imposing only small fines
and doing lot Of discharging Of pris-
oners."
Did you appoint agents on he rec
ommenGation Of judges ?"
yes, on the recommendation OF
Magistrates Green. Appleton and
Butts"
Nallett vas a life member of the
Humane Society.
New-York tribune., 1916-01-29
THIS ART UPSIDE DOWN,
BUT NOBODY KNEW 1T
Crowds Sigh for Weeks Over
BOttom.Up Paintings.

Every day since the first of the year
GROUPS of temperamental men and
women have moved slowly sideways
along the exhibition Of Cezanne water
colors at the Montross Gallery, 500
Fifth Avenue. inhaling ecstatically and
muttering professional admiration. The
C6zanne paintings are, according TO the
catalogue. Expressions OF the frst
vital sensations received from intense
observations The freshest eX-
pressions of what one might call col
ored geometry"
Then came a critic with highly or.
ganized sense Of balance. He stopped
before picture which. IN spite OF It's
resemblance ( an animated RIBBON
counter. was, as any child coul I'd see by
consulting the catalogue, "A kochy
Ledge" He gasped and clutched at ms
lowing tie. The thing was hung up
side down. and so, likewise, were Two
Of its neighbors:
The critic rushed TO the manager OF
the gallery. My good man. he cried
you have Pictures l3. 90 and 80 hung
INSIDE down." The manager went UP
and looked for himself.
"WeU. II really doesn't make any
difference" he confided; two OF them
have been sold already
The guardian Of Cezanne's "eNpres-
.,ors" Who was on duty yesterday
of,crnoon was confidential. There
~ man I'm here swho claimed that
emo pictures we're hung upside down,
nc said. but he couldn't prove 1t.
New-York tribune., 1916-01-29
NEED A BOMB OR LEG?
VISIT POLICE AUCTION
Silver and Gold to Mix with Junk
Under Hammer.

Hear ye, Hear ye! All ye Junk
dealers, dime-museum men and flfth
Avenue curio collectors Here is your
chance for q lot of good and bad things
cheap if You keep an eye on the prop
crtv clerk of the Police Department,
and learn when he intends to dispose of
his wares at auction.
His report went in yesterday TO the
Police Commissioner ald anything he
hasn't accumulated within the last year
isn't worth mentioning Articles Of
value and plain ordinary junk that have
come into his possession are estimated
10 be worth more than S1,00O,OOO. or
course. much of it that was stolen
property has been restored. Some Of 1t
is evidece Of unsolved crimes that no
body could buy.
Prominent among the latter is the
trunk in which the body Of Elsie Slgel
was found.
There is. however, d fairly good va
rietv Of artificial limbs. Also on. eXI-
hihition is a most complete set OF VI
cious looking bombs.
New-York tribune., 1916-01-29
FATHER PREDICTED
SLAYER'S DESTINY
Dobbs Ferry Murderer, Eighteen
Years Old. Killed for Busi-
ness and Pleasure.

Murder is rot only the chosen FRO
feason Of eighteen-year-old william
Mcnamara. but his favorite pastlme "a
vel Yesterday he confessed that he
had aided in killing one man for a
stated price. He also killed one other
anC wounded three or four during his
leisure time about dance halls.
When Mcnamara, who is known as
"Prother Mack" completed this confes-
sion in the Hoboken jail, he found a
certain measure Of satisfaction m an
nouncing that his father had predicted
lust such a career for him.
The old man told me I'd go to the
chair if kept on. and | guess that's
where I'm going" he said. well, it's
ali in a lifetime,"
Mcnamara first was connected with
the killing Of Antonio Gregglo. AZ
Dobbs Ferry. several weeks ago. when
Katherine Meow told the police that
she had hired him 20 handle the job
VIXEN she and Greggio's wife decided 70
get Antonio out of the way. Yesterday
Acting Captain Van Wagner. OF the
Staten Island Detective Bureau, identi-
fed Mcnamara and filed warrant
charging him with the killing of Jo-
seph Carroll at Harmony Park last Sep
tember
Brother Mack" according to Captain
Van Wagner, tried TO force his way into
the dance, was rebuffed then returned
ard fired a volley OF shots into the
crowd OF dancers. Carroll was killed,
and George Burns, one Of the dancers
was shot in the abdomen but later re-
covered. Two others, including wo,
man, were injured. Mcnamara IL said
by the police 70 have confessed connec-
Ion ,rith hoth shoofingS
New-York tribune., 1916-01-29
WILL O. WISP LED
TO HIS DREAM BOG
Rainbow Riches Were Hid
in LimitIeSs Peat Tract
of NO-Man'S Land.

Away of in that mystic land where
castles in Spain. Captain kidd's buried
treasure. realization Of youthful am
bitions and the end Of the rainbow are
to be found. Arthur l.. David dreamed
Of limitless bog Of peat that would
yield richer dividends than any Of the
tangible variety that are visible to
human eye.
To the average man that would nave
been as far as the dream project would
have gone. But David is no ordinary
human being. So he staked down his
peat bog. charted it, numbered the sec
tjons Of land and set price upon each
plot.
Then he called upon an employe Of a
certain downtown trust company that
deals in oil land and held long, whis-
nerad conversation. The trust com
pany employe looked surprised ana eN-
cited. and David departed. satisned'
Tho result was that David soon re-
ceiyed certain extremely confidential
communications from his trust com
ranv friend, in which he was informed
Of all the secrets he had whispered IN
the ear Of his friend. But the secrets
lad taken on the added prestige OF pc
ING written on the trust company ;
stationery and bearing this paragraph
.-o b,.4pre pf the letter.
"Kcep this strictly 20 yourself. Don I
LET a soul know about II. but the COM
pany is going to buy up this land soon'
and you'd better get piece OF IL your
self" ,r-..
David. who, by the way, exhibits as
unlimited an Imagination IN giving
himself new names ds he does IN plo',,
ting out Dreamland as peat Dogs, acted
unon the advice Of his friend by pllac-
ING tho letter where his next caller
would be certain to see and read IT,
When the caller exhibited interest ne
became as communicative as a clam'
Rut David had "A big heart. II the
caller pleaded long enough David would
reiuctantlv consent 10 let him have
choice bit of his Dreamland real estate
lust as p matter of friendship.
lust how long these transactions
NIGH, have continued had David not
made the mistake OF using the mails
Zoo generously is not known. The pos
tai authorities learned OF the frlehuIE
sales. however. and made an lnvesteA-
tion. The facts were turned over 20
John c. Knox. Assistant Distrlct AT
torrey. who insists that the pnilah-
tbropic David is guilty of conspiracy 70
Ge,raud investors. Moreover, Mr.. Knox
declares that the trust company en-
Move. whose name he reiusel 70
tivulge until his arrest, IS equaIly
guilty. and will be compelled 10 s'd"u
trial on q similar charge. =
David. who also uses the names oi
Robert A Tourbillon, Don Collins ana
Sir Robert David, wrote letter % MS
trust company friend IN which he re-,
forred TO purchasers as "saps ana
nonev "a filth" lie made the ans,
couraginc comment that one sap nag
been able 20 raise only $500, so hau
been abandoned. while the o,ner iou'e
didn't know enough 10 bite =
David is in the Tombs IN deieult 9l
$50 600 bonds on charge Of blacAmall-
INC in which he is said 20 have opera'-
cd with 2 Philadelphia confederate
ray,ed Butler. The two are charged
Win rrofting through a woman ac-
Complice. who lured prosperous ousl- o,u
ness men across the state line into Ne"
Jersey
New-York tribune., 1916-01-29
Stars Only Bright Lights
Couple Now See-HOme
an Old Farmhouse.
RECEIVE THEIR MAIL
AT A GROCERY STORE
New Automobile Sole Reminder r
Of BroadWay-NO Kelly
Reconciliation.

With guinea hens for watchdogs. Al
Davis and Eugenia arc living happily
forever after in a spacious Quaker
farmhouse near jericho. Long Island.
The nights at Jericho are so dark
that the tiniest star wrinkles conf
IDENTIFY. and the silence is so intense
except for the steamboat whistles over
the Sound. that the falling Of per
sistcnt oak leaf causes one to look
harply about
Eugenia goes for her mail to the
Jericho posto;licc. which is in the gen
cral store. where anything from n bale
of hay 70 a dimes wuth a sweet cuba
may be bought or charged. The
Daviscs are good customers, the store
keeper says. The mail boxes next TO
Eugcnia's in the store postofficc bear
the names Vanderbilt. Kahn. Hartman
Stevens and Morgan, along with those
Of the potato-raising farmers Of Long
Island
Letters from Mrs Kelly? No, VIC
never hear from her" said Davis last
night There has been no change In
our relations with her
Mornings at the Davis home are
spent in the most approved countr!
gentleman fashion. On their bloode !
hunting horses. Al and Eugenia often
gallon along the country roads. fol
lowed b. ten much admired Great
Danes. These same Great Danes. IN
cidentally. Join full mouthed IN the
vocal welcome that the guinea hens
accord "A nocturnal visitor 10 the
Quaker house. The youthful Eugenia
on these morning rides over toward
OYSTER Bay or down 20 hubby's gravel
pits AT Cold Spring is the subject Of
many admiring and n few envious
glanccs. as. prim in her riding habit,
she dashes into view around curve
in the road. racing with the dogs.
new toy. however. IS claiming the
afternoons these springlike days, for
this week Al and Eugenia made them
selves belated Christmas present OF
"A new car. They have gone into New
York" said a maid, when caller
raped al the thick wooden door yes
torday afternoon. "but they Will be
back by : o'clock. without fail. Your
last train back into town is at 1923,
she continued. consulting a time table
on the back of the white-panted stair
door. after leading the way through
roomy. low-ceilnged sitting room and
dining room.
At exactly s O'Clock down the Jeri-
cho Turnpike came the sharp barking
Of an auto horn.
broadway? Russian Ballet We
know nothing about such things any
more" said Mr. Davis. I'VE nre al
ways right here in this old house By 5
o'clock. or . at the latest We have
nothing TO do with Broadway; we
know nothing about what is going on,
and care less"