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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-01
INQUIRY REPORT
PRAISES SLOCUNI
Colonel Commended for
Repulse and Pursuit of
Villas Bandits.
tFrcn The Tfitnno Bureau ]

Washington, July 3l.-Completcly ex-
onerating Colonel Herbert J. Slocum, of
the 18th Cavalry, from any blame In
connection with tho surprise attack on
Columbus, n. NJ, by Villista bandits
last March, a formal report OF an Of
fetal investigation of the raid, made
public to-day, quotes General Funston
as stating that the raid never would
have taken place had the instructions
then in force from Washington per-
mitted Slocum to send scouts into
Mexican territory.
"The fact that he was barred from
sending patrols across the boundary
line into Mexico" General Funston
stated, deprived him of the only sure
means Of discovering the presence OF
bandits or others with hostile purpose
in time to adequately protect his terri
tory from sudden incursions by them"
The recommendation of Major Cen
eral Hugh L. Scott, chief of staff Of
the army, was approved by Secretary OF
War Baker and is as follows;
81 recommend that Colonel Slocum be
advised that no stigma rests upon his
conduct Of command at Columbus, y. NJ,
at the time of Villas attack, and that
he and his command are highly COM
mended for their prompt and valorous
action in the repulse of Villas forces
and in the pursuit of same
The investigation was started under
circumstances that threatened pos
slble court martial Of Colonel Slocum,
who was blamed in Administration cir
cles for having brought about through
negligence the dispatch of the punitive
expedition into Mexico after Villa.
In forwarding the report General
Pershing remarks: Although a brig
and, Villa was not presumably an en-
envy of the United States, nor were
Mexico and the United States at war.
To my mind, the results present good
reason for complimentary the officer In
command, instead Of submitting him to
I technical criticism which could serve
no good purpose.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-01
Relieved as Regiment Re-
turns to Its ArmOry
in Brooklyn.
LIEUT.. COL. BALDWIN
DISPLACES HIM
Men Happy to Get Back, but Dis
appointed Because They Saw
No Border Service.

When Colonel Ernest f. Jannicky
commanding the 47th Regiment of the
National Guard, arrived with his men
at their armory, at Marcy Avenue and
Hayward Street, Brooklyn, last night
he found awaiting him telegram from
Brigadier General Daniel Appleton
commander Of the I'd Brigade.
you are hereby temporarily re.
lieved of your command Of the 47th In
fantry, n. G. n. Y, until such time as
you can straighten out your accounts,
read the message.
At the same time Lieutenant Colonel
Harry c. Baldwin found telegram
naming him colonel and instructing
him to take command of the 47th.
After d morning spent in loading
equipment the regiment left the PARK
at o'clock, taking the subway "a
Fourth and Atlantic Avenues. Brooklyn.
After detraining the men marched TO
the armory, at Hayward Street and
Marcy Avenue, arriving at 1880.
Most of the men in the 47th are glad
to be back home, although many are
disappointed in not having seen actual
service A large number of officers and
men say they will join either the 18th
or the 23d Regiment, now in Texas, so
that they may have border duty.
The order 10 return reached the
regiment just one month after IT was
modified. The fact that the regiment
is dsbanded when the men are en-
titled to an even months pay caused
some members to express the opinion
that the militia appropriation was run
ming low. After disbanding they will
receive no pay.
With the departure Of the 1st and
10th regiments from Beekman and the
entrainment of the Goth, of Buffalo.
now being reorganized as the Sd Heavy
Field Artillery, for the border, Camp
Whitman will be disbanded. 1t is said
the first two units have already re-
ceived orders to return TO their armo-
ries, and the artillery regiment is re-
ported as being nearly ready for bor-
der service.
Colonel Sidney Grant, Of the 18th
Coast Defence Command, went TO
Washington yesterday for conference
with the Federal Militia Department.
1t is hoped by members of the COM
mand that the colonePs trip will result
in the cancellation of the order TO
abandon the units annual target Prac-
tice at Fishers Island recently issued
ostensibly because Of infantile paraly-
cic
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-01

Broadway, 202; o. II. Van Norden, 81
Broadway, 2oi; P. 7. Gardiner. %
Thomas Street, 1877.
Also G. U. Harvey. Flushing, Long
Island. 1893; W. S. Winslow, ia West
1sist Street, New York, 1919; II. $. HILL
Hopewell, ". j., 1871; c. J.. Bristol,
University Heights, New York, 1874;
George Willing, l53 West Sixteenth
Street, got; o. r. Raab, Orange, N. j.,
200; M. S. Siocum, 80 Church Street,
New York. 1876; II. l.. Meyer, 100 West
Seventy-second Street, 1875; ID. d.
rfaelzcr, Montclair, N. j., 1872; J. VI.
Benore. 1902 West Eightieth Street,
New York, 200; J. V. Stilwell. % Cliff
Street, 1913; F. II. Mellert, 1892 Mount
Hone Avenue. The Bronx, 1876; K. W.
Nix, IT,. 28l Washington Street, 1913.
Also William G.. Highan, 30 Liberty
Street. 1871; ]. NJ. Loyejoy, New ko-
chelle, 2l2; NJ. c. Rorty, 10 Dey Street,
New York, 203; T. Lindsey, 50 Beaver
Street. 1876; G.. A. Peacock, 40 West
Forthwith Street, 1913; r. p. Howard,
Stamford. Conn. 1893: NJ. T.. ODonnell,
54O Koeciusko Street, Brooklyn, 1913.
The itinerary of the hike as finally
decided upon to-day and on which the
rookie troops started out this morning
at SAB. takes them along the Lake
Champlain road to camp for the first
night on the Little Ausable River. To-
morrow they will march 20 camp on
the plains Just west of Keesyille, and
the next day they go by way Of Chm
tonville 20 Rogers, where they encamp
for the night Of Wednesday, August 2,
on the Ausable branch of the Delaware
and Hudson Railroad.
Thursday they proceed by way Of
Forrona TO Hardness, Friday they go
to camp at Schuyler Falls, on the Sal
mon River, and they bring the week TO
an end the next day by marching TO
camp at Cadyville, on the Sarenac
River.
Promise OF Ice Cream.
They will remain encamped at Cady-
Vile over Sunday, having the trst and
only dinner with dessert on the hike.
This special favor will consist OF ice
cream and 500 pounds of cake. Mon
day they will march via MoTTinsville
10 camp near the reservoir, about three
miles west of Plattsburg, where they
will sleep under their pup tents for the
last time, making the short march back
to the original camp early Tuesday
morning. The closing ceremonies con-
sist of turning in the government
equipment they have and collecting
their s. rebate, or such part Of 1t as
is not charged against them for lost
or damaged government property.
The following additional student
officers have been appointed: 4th
Regiment, regimental sergeant major,
Albert w. Ferre, 440 Oakland Avenue,
West New Brighton; color sergeant, P.
b. Knowlton, Marion, Ohio; 9TH Regi-
mcnt, sergeant major, D. n. Swain,
Roxbury, Mass; color sergeant, II. L..
Whitney. 9th Regiment, sergeant
major, E. Orion. jr., Columbus, Ohio;
cclor sergeant, w. II. Hutton, jr., De-
troit, Mich. It'll Regiment, sergeant
major, c. NJ. Abbot, WATERFOWL, Mass;
colon sergeant, P. W. Hobart, 43 Ex-
change Place, New York.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-01
ROCKIES ON HIKE
DEFY HEAT WAVE
Tramp Eight Miles to Lit
tie AuSable River With
out a Break.
EXPERT MARKSMEN
WIN CAMP AWARDS
Recruits Cheered by News That
Secretary Baker Will Join
Marchers To-day.
TFrorn star Correspondent, OF Tho Tribune

lfrOtn St9N 'Orrrpprdent OF lue inpuhc
Plattsburg, NJ Y, July 31.-The
rockies on the hike failed TO encounter
any other enemy to-day than hot
weather, so that they made their first
days march to the cooling waters Of
the Little Ausable River without any
more work than it takes 10 tramp
eight miles in the heat with forty-seven
pounds hanging like a fend on ones
back and a tiresome rife in ones
hands.
officers in charge Of the expedition
saw their army Of rockies to bed with
considerable relief tonight The com
mand is more than four times bigger
than any mass of business men and
student soldiers that have ever been
handled in the same way before, and
if the hike is successful 10 is expected
TO impress the American Republic as
in the same manner as the trip of the
feet around the world in 1908 was In
tended to impress the nations of the
earth.
Captain Stewart, Camp Adiutant,
said that the number Of men who had
to fall out and come in by team was
negligible.
Baker to Visit Camp.
Considerable cheer was felt around
camp because of an announcement in
dicating that the Administration at
Washington had at last awakened TO
the fact that there was such a thing
as Plattsburg. This announcement
was that Secretary Of War Baker would
come TO the camp tomorrow and
accompany the troops for some dis
lance on the march, TO get an idea Of
just what the rockies can DO.
The completion of the shooting rec
ord lists for the 7th Regiment show
that the following men from New York
and vicinity won the grade Of expert
rfleman by making 210 points or more
out Of the possible $50: II. A. Loeb,
$50 Fifth Avenue, pa points; II. San
ford, 400 Park Avenue, 213; G. B.
Stuart, 1873 East Seventy-third Street,
2l2; Reginald Barlow, IS Gramercy
Park, 90; r. B. Bowen, 94l Fourth
Avenue, 210; f. De Long Cunningham,
Union Club, 215 L. r. Boals. Newark,
oil; J. VI. Lovejoy, New Rochelle, 212,
and G. N. Perez, 30 Church Street, New
York, 2i1.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-01
ELLEN AND HAYSEED w
WIN QUINCY CUP RACES

Marblehead, Mass, July 31.-Two
races for the Quincy challenge cup
were sailed to-day under the auspices
Of the Boston Yacht Club, the Ellen,
defender Of the cup, winning the morn
ing the morning race over a nine-and-
a-quarter-mile triangular course, in
the time Of 1:05:03, and Hayseed w
capturing the afternoon event oves a
ten-and- half mile course in 1:0S:e
The breeze was light and variable
during both cor ests. The final race
will be sailed tomorrow. The boats
are being marked on the point basis.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-01
Auto Company Head AL
lays Fears of Wives of
Employees in Guard.
FIRM MORE THAN
KEEPING PROMISES
Three Cases Investigated Show
Privation Is No Fault of
Motor Car Concern.

Reports from border camps that en-
ployes of the Packard Motor Car Com
pany who, as members of various Ma
tional Guard regiments. are on duty
there. were not being cared for in &C
cordance with promises made by the
company, have prompted Alvan Mac
Auley. president Of tho organization,
to send personal representative 10
investigate the complaints.
Mr. McAuley yesterday sent the fol-
lowing telegram 10 Colonel Walter
Barlow. commanding the 3st Michigan
infantry. the regiment to which most
Of the 500 Packard employees belong:
"The newspapers. or rather q few of
them. have misrepresented the at
titude of this company towards the
families of its employees who enlisted
with the National Guard for service
in the field. and 10 is important that
FL Packard men should be assured that
their families will not be allowed to
suffer want or privation.
Will Meet Reasonable Needs.
while the men are absent on their
tour of duty, this company will see
that their reasonable needs are adeQu-
ately provided for. II is important
that this word reaches our men as soon
as possible and we ask your good
Offices to this end
The original plan of the Packard
company, as publicly announced wher
the Guard was modified, was 70 pay
salaries for two weeks following the
order and, in addition, 10 pay salaries
for the vacation period TO which each
man was entitled. Special assistance
was TO be given cases where 1t wal
necessary. In order that this wori
be carried on properly, the company
representative will interview all EN-
ployes now at the border.
In an effort to correct the impress
sion that it was not living up to tn
promises made TO the men, the Pack
ard company recently published al
advertisement in newspapers in severa
cities, stating exactly how it stood II
the matter.
Cases Investigated.
Three cases of New York Guardsmer
who reported that their wives had no
been able to collect the money du
them. were Investigated by the New
/ York office. In two II was found tina
| there had been some trouble becaus
/ of misunderstanding on the part o
the paymaster, and il was speedily ad
| justed. In the third case the Guards
mans wife bad moved and Inspector
were not able to learn her address
/ The company hopes TO obtain it through
/ her husband, now at the border.
Instead OF failing TO keep its promise
/ investigation shows that the Packar,
/ company is doing more for its mel
/ than it announced at the time of tn
mobilization order. In addition to pay
ing the salary for two weeks and tn
vacation period, It is keeping clos
watch on conditions in the families o
it's men, and where extra help is need
| ed is giving it.
at will be better TO do more than W
promise" said Henry B. Joy, chairman
of the board of directors, when tn
company announced its stand, than {
promise more than we can do"
It is in this spirit that the Packar,
company has sent its investigator t
the border.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-01
DRUGGED BY CANDY,
GIRL BLAMES WOMAN
Young Wife Found Unconscious
on Roadside.

Mrs. Frances Werner, eighteen years
old, was found unconscious yesterday
on the outskirts OF East Rutherford
Physicians at the Hsckensack Hospital
assert the young woman is suffering
from choral poisoning.
Sunday night, Mrs. Werner says, she
left the telephone exchange where she
is employed, in Hoboken, for a stroll
through a park She was approached
by stylishly dressed woman, who Of
fered her some chocolates. She says
she became i'll, lost consciousness and
has no idea of what occurred between
that time and when she was found
lying at the roadside near East Ruther-
ford.
The police believe she was hurried
into an automobile and that she was
left at the roadside by two young men.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-01
A NARROW ESCAPE.

"Suddenly the awful thing happened
Before my eyes Ravanel, 70 whom I
was rOped, was sliding sliding slow
" but surely off the rocks into eter-
rity!" So exclaims Miss Dora Keen
in "The Saturday Evening POST IN
telling of a perilous ascent Of the
Sharks Tooth, in the Alps. "All at
once | saw him wheel about; he gave
a mighty heave of his axe for his life
and drove it into the snow above his
head. The axe held. He had saved
himself and US" Miss Keen found this
a deep spiritual experience"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-01
Killed in Fight with Five
Mexican Bandit
Raiders.
EIGHTH CAVALRY
TROOP IN ACTION
Sent from Fort Hancock-One
Soldier Seriously
Wounded.

Fl Paso, Tex, July 31.-Two Amer
leans were killed and one wounded in
a clash with Mexican bandits who had
crossed the Rio Grande, near the
Sanchez ranch, FIVE miles below Fort
Hancock, Tex, early to-day. The five
bandits in the party were all killed.
Private John Twoney, Troop +. Sth
United States Cavalry. and Robert
Woods, n United States customs in
spector, were killed. Sergeant Lewis
Thompson, Troop +, Sth Cavalry, was
seriously wounded.
American patrols reported that q
small detachment of Mexicans had
crossed the Rio Grande and apparently
were making their way toward an iso-
lated section about ffty-fve miles
down the river. It was believed they
were either smugglers or stock thieves.
Bandits Taken by Surprise.
A small detachment OF Troop F, sth
Cavalry, was sent in persuit. The
Mexicans were surprised, and none
escaped.
Captain II. D. Cushing, commanding
Company c, 18th Massachusetts In
fantry, at Fort Hancock, reported che
few details he was able 70 obtain TO
General Bell His company is believed
to have participated in the fighting.
Detailed reports received here by
local customs authorities said that
Customs Inspector Woods, assigned to
Harris Spur, the first station east OF
Fort Hancock, received the first news
Of the presence Of the bandits on this
side of the river about A o'clock this
morning.
Woods traced the bandits to an adobe
house on the Sanchez ranch. lie then
notified the military authorities. who
sent a cavalry patrol under Lieutenant
Charles Telford, 9Th Cavalry. Woods
and Customs Inspector Beane Of Fort
Hancock acted as guides.
Cattle Thieves Pursued
General Francisco Gonzales, com
handing the de facto government
troops in Northern chihuahua, said to-
dav that while he had received no re-
ports Of the clash near Fort Hancock,
he had received dispatches indicating
that a small band OF cattle thieves
were engaged by Mexican customs
riders Saturday night in the vicinity
Of San Ignacio, on the Mexican side,
a few miles south of Fort Hancock.
His dispatches indicated. he said,
that the Mexican authorities were
pressing the outlaws and he expressed
the belief that the bandits had fled
across the river to escape the customs
authorities.
Mexican reports said also that
three of the bandits were captured in
the fight with the customs authorities
and that for several weeks the outlaws
have been raiding ranches and mining
properties just south Of the border
Six hundred goats, a number Of horses
and mules and other livestock which
had been stolen were recovered.
General Gonzales declared the live
stock would be returned to the owners
and that the captured bandits were
being brought to Juarez.
Boston. July 31.-Company c Of the
Eighth Massachusetts, Infantry regi-
ment. reported as participating in a
border clash with Mexican bandits to-
day, was recruited almost entirely
from Cambridge.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-01
WANTED THE AUTHOR.

A Shakespeare joke preceded the
Shakespeare tercentenary in New York,
says an exchange. When Herbert Tree
responded to curtain call in Henry
VIII" some one in the audience shouted (:
Author! Author"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-01
Many Named Sharpshooters.

Those making the rank of sharp
shooter by scoring over 1870 are: II. P.
Barnes. White Plains, 1876; l.. 3. Steb-
bins. 672 St Nicholas Avenue, 2O4 S.
". BLUR, Hotel Ansonia, 1877; J. B.
Black, Princeton, y. j., 1875; S. Green,
1OS Kent Street, Brooklyn, 1872; A. o.
Friel. 800 Argyle Road, Brooklyn, 1871;
VI. r. Beethoven, Irvington, 200; G..
w. Dunn, jr, 81 EdRecombe Avenue,
New York, 1875; J. II. Mallory, Yale
Club, 19l; G. A. Vondermuhll, 357
Fourth Avenue, 1913; D. Z. Coleman, 115
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-01
Chance for Lieutenants

General Organ has received word
from the War Department that second
lieutenants Of Guard troops under the
age of twenty-seven. will have an OPP
portunity to prove their fitness for COM
missions in the regular service should
the experience on the border incline
them 70 army life.
on the recommendation from their
commanding officers. such lieutenants
will be assigned TO test service with
regular troops.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-01

Boston. July 31.-Company c Of the
Eighth Massachusetts, Infantry regi-
ment. reported as participating in a
border clash with Mexican bandits to-
day, was recruited almost entirely
from Cambridge
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-06-22
Events in Economy
BY N. n. Edwards.

Lawrence Hiatt and family Of Foun-
tain City visited O. L. Hiatt Sunday
afternoon . Mr.. and Mrs. Marion
Russell and children and Arthur Clev-
enger were here Sunday calling on
friends Rev. Ray Ballard and fam
lily and Misses Louise Manning and
Marcella Cain were guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jones Jackson and daughter at
dinner Sunday. Mr.. and Mrs. Harlie
Lontz and daughter Mildred of Ha-
gerstown were guests of the Fenni-
more family Sunday. Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Frazier and grand children,
Harry Lacey and Thelma Edwards Wis
tied relatives at Carlos City Sunday.
;. Mrs. Alice Conley who has arrived
home from Muncie, was given sur
prise as it was her sixty-seventh birth
day anniversary. Those present were
Mr.. and Mrs. Park Davis. Mr.. and Mrs.
Archie Powell of Muncie, Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Conley and three children, Paul,
Clarence and Mary, of Richmond, Mr..
and Mrs. Will Howell of Modoc, Mr..
and Mrs. Garfield Cox and daughters,
of Carlos city, Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Mar
shall and children, Alice and Lewis,
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Conley and two
children, Mrs. Hannah Kimball and
daughter Mae, James Schel!to and Mr..
and Mrs. Orrison Morrison and chill
dren. A big dinner was served.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-06-22
BESSIE FOREMAN
Will ENTERTAIN
LOYAL DAUGHTERS

FOUNTAIN CITY. Ind, June ga
Misses Lucy and Dorothy Will ms.
Of west Of town. are visiting In Hasers-
town, where they will be for about
two weeks. -. Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Edgar
Williams are visiting Mrs. Addie Hiatt
and family The monthly business
meeting of the Loyal Daughters class
of the Christian church, to be held at
the home Of Bessie Foreman. last
Saturday was postponed until next
Saturday, June "a. The Y. P. c. A.
Of Hopewell. north of Fountain City.
about four miles. held their meeting
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Lester
Wright Tuesday evening. .Children's
Methodist church next Sunday night.
-. Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Alexander
visited Nye Snyder and family near
Lynn Sunday. :. Mr.. and Mrs. c. E.
Keever are at Battle Creek, Michigan,
where they were called to the bedside
of their son, Claude S. Keever of Rich
mond, who has been taking treatment
at a sanitorium there Mr. Keever is
in very critical condition . The
monthly business meeting Of the
Christian Endeavor Society was held
at the home Of Inez Swain Tuesday
evening. The report of the nominal
ing committee was read giving the
names Of the officers for the ensuing
six months.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-06-22
STUDENTS RETURN
HOME FROM SCHOOLS

FOUNTAIN CITY, Ind, June o.
Mrs. Phoebe Paddock is visiting her
brother, VIII Bond and wife.
Monthly meeting was observed at the
Friends church last Saturday. Ada
Mae Drath is visiting her sister near
Lynn. Miss Elma Alexander is
home from Butler College, to spend
summer vacation. Miss Alexander Is
graduate from Butler this spring.
Lacey Visits Home.
Cecil Lacey who has been taking
training at the Reid Memorial hos
pital at Richmond, is spending short
vacation with relatives Of this place
49,. Master Richard Fulghum has been
visiting his grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs
Levi Fulghum at Chester. y. Mr.. and
Mrs. G. B. Keene entertained at their
home north of town Friday the follow
ing guests, Mrs. C. N. Hatfield and
children Lettie, James and Willard,
Mrs. Frank Hunt, Mrs. Will Davis.
Visitor from Cambridge.
Clayton Dougherty Of near Cam
bridge City, called at the home of NJ.
c. Harrison Friday.
Miss Lettie Hatfield, who has been
attending Butler college, has returned
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-06-22
AUTO VICTIMS
WILL RECOVER

LIBERTY, Ind, June 22.-Misses
Catharine Morris, Dess Stevens, Eliz-
abeth Drapier, Vivian Douthit and
Mary Rebecca Pigman left Wednes-
day to attend the Delta Theta Tau
sorority convention which is being
held in Muncie Miss Nell Harrell
is spending this week in Indianapolis
. Miss Emma Gilmore left Monday
for Cincinnati for few days VISIT.
Mrs. Ben Ostencamp and Misses
Daise Farr and Essis Hamilton, who
automobile driven by Miss FAIR
struck a post east of town, are recov-
ering rapidly. Miss Hamilton has
been removed to her home and Mrs.