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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-04-17
FOR
JUNIOR BROWN
WAS Twp PRESSIVE
FINE TRIBUTES PAID
TO LATE CONGRESSMAN
Hundreds Pack The House
Galleries And Are Moved
To Tears
TRIBUTE NATION WIDE

special Dispatch to tho futsIIrsrrer
NASHlNGTON. - c.. April Is
A. impressive in its significance as
iho cuioEies delivered in the house OF
rcprcSentafiso- today to the memory
or the late William Gay Brown. Dr.
Of the Second West Virginia district.
was the size ~ the audience in the
galleries. Only are such large audi
enccs pre- cnf at ceremonies Of this
kind which commemorate lives and
work Of members who were great na-
foual characters and whose services
were most disfiurui he'd and lengthy.
u was AN unmistakahlo proof ~ the
great popularity Of Mr Brown in the
national capital. and there was pres.
cnt nearly 1000 people who gathered
in tho galleries af the inConyenient
hour Of noon
Representative NceIy ~ Fa.rmont
had been designated bv Speaker Clark
to preside. hc rciinquishing tho ga,el
to Representative Lltflepagc when ho
took tho floor fo deliver an address
that wa-. in respect to composition
and delivery. pronounced master.
piece Both ConCrcs man.at Large
sutherland and Adam ~ LitUcpaEe
made splendid addresses upon fhe life
and achievements ~ their iafr col
league CorFressm8n Cooper was to
have spoken also. but was called out
tconunuea on Page rweivsJ
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mined The same is true % the Mcxi
can cue uon. although congress al
ready uuder-H Hrl and .n Gar fhe ma
J'rI't approve. fhr drferm nation of
fhe executive tu Keep American frooDf
on The trail in NrNIro while nceotia
lions arc undertaken with Carrauza
rcElrlluc hIa suggestion f0r their with
draHnI from Mexican territory re
p1h.irlus pretty Generally oppose The
withdrawing OF fh. troops af This
time and .nu. Democrat. arc AGAINST
recalling are soldiers until there la
some more definite Information ro.
EarI.rC fha f.fr of Villa
To Pass Army Bill
Tho Senate now Dr. Hr...rrstinr dis.
CusaIOn uf tIr army Irorrhr.rafion
h.' which Ia fo hr passed TUESDAY. in
all probability Or A.. possible that DE-
bate under fhr 0vrm.rufe rule NAV
extend ffo discussion arother dav. but
in any event tho wea sure viii BE-
p1esUd before thr trI ~ the veek.
and because ~ radical differences be-.
tween Che Senate and House bills. a
protrarfni conference fa cvr,cfed
When The bin is dispo led ~ tho SEN
Coonunusd on P4s. Eissal
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-04-17
BOWERS NOMINATED
IN SECOND DISTRICT
ca DIsDatch to No InteiiIrencer.

Special Dispatch to tho Inteiilgencer
BERKELEY SRINGS. W. Va. Aprr
l6.-iepublican. OF the Second con
gressional district. in harmonious
convention held here yesterday. nomi.
mated George VI. Bowers OF Martins.
burg. former United States commits
Noner Of fisheries. as the Republican
nominee for congress 10 All out the
term OF the late VIM G. Brown OF King
wood. Three names were presented
before the convention Bowers. L. J
Forman of Grant county and Henry
Wentz of Barbour Bowers was nomi
mated before the first roll call was
completed
Several candidates delivered ad
dresses. including Judge Ira 2. Rob
inson. Attorney General 4. a. Lilly
W. p Hite. Congressman Howard
Sutherland. Colonel Mike King. r. l.
Long. J. $ Darst and others.
Mr.. Bowers Democratic opponent
az the special election on May . IA for
mer state Senator sam V. Woods
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CRITIC IS ROUGHLY
HANDLED BY A MOB

TORONTO. ont. April ia mob
composed of a few soldiers and about
.N' mfu women aud children resi-.
dents of Ttluurlru la.f rigft al.
tackled fho home off Robert I1fsIfon.
0f fHHf VILLAGE. author Of letter fo
Senator tfuUuHffr. casting reflections
un f|n men crH.Hrr in Toronto
HHrI'on wHa dragged 0uf % tho
rDr.. and placed Iu nn imrrovispd
coffin II. spHuE out and with his
back fO fhc WALL drfrd tho mob 4
county constable Inferfrrcd and was
taking Hal'fon toward tho city when
ho was of'rrow'rcd and UazcI'on
thrown into H pool ~ uuddy water
Before tho crowd could rereaf Tho sf
tack quad ~ CITY policemen came
20 tho rescue aided b. is soldiers
who had been spectators ITagcIfon
was fhon taken to tho police station.
whore Do spent tho night
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Ell PASo. Texas, April 10. -
villa is dead and his body. dis
inferred some days after burial,
is in possession Of carrsnzs troops.
according TO a series Of telegraph
&c messages received in Juarez to-
day by the Mexican officials.
For more than a week re ports
that Villa had died from wounds
have been current both here and
IN Jusrez. Today's accounts were
the most circumstsntial, and ap-
parently most reliable, yet receiv-
ed. They were accepted with re-
serve by American officials, in.
cluoine General Goebel, but the
Mexican officials expressed conf
denee in their reliability. The
messages, In the order in which
they were received. were as fol-
lows:
The dispatcher Of the Mexican
Northwestern railroad at Juarez
reported to General Gavira. Car.
rama Commander at Jusrez. that
he had heard a conversation over
the telegraph wires to the effect
thst Villas body was In the hands
Of the Carranza troops
General Gavira notified Consul
Garcia here. who rushed messages
TO the telegraph operators at Ma
oera md Cusihuiriachie asking for
confirmation.
The MADEIRA and Cusihuiriachic
(Continued on Page Eight)
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REPORT COMES FROM
DIFFERENT SOURCES
But All Agree That Remains
Found Are Those Of
Bandit Chief
OFFICIALS SKEPTICAL

MEXICO ciTY,ApriI 16.-viIia's
dead body has been dug up out OF
OF a two weeks old grave by Csrlis
Carranza, nephew Of General Car
rsnza. the first chief Of the consti.
tutionalists. and is now being
brought by him and an escort Of 1;
OF soldiers to the city Of chihau-
hua.
This information was contained
m a telegram received by the war
department late this afternoon.
According to the dispatches thus
far reeeiVed. Villas death was due
TO the amputation OF one Of his
legs made necessary by wounds
received by him in the fighting
around the Guerrero district in the
state Of chihuahua. After BEING
desperately wounded he was car.
ried by his followers TO tire town
OF Temosaohic. where the OPERA
ton % amputation was performed
by village doctor.
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TWENTIETH CENTURY
LIMITED SIDESWIPED

CLEVELAND o.. April 1G-Liy.s
of the passengers on the Twentieth
Century Limited. the New York Cen
trails crack train. were iu peril for tho
second time in three weeks tonight.
when the train was sides wiped by two
empty tank cars near the drawbridge
over the Cuyahoga river. a short dis.
lance outside the Union station
Steel plates were wrenched from tho
sides of the ears and the train stop.
ped with q jerk which tossed pa-s.u-
gers about buf only few were sIIart
.y wounded. The crash was heard Cor
many blocks
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HIT BY A PITCHED
BALL PROVES FATAL

srecisi Dispatch O. the Intsiirereer
ELklNS. W Va. April 1G-Struck
over the heart by a baseball pitched
by j + Slaughter a. Harding. this az
itTnoon AZ five o'clock. Shirley Phil
lips. sixteen. son OF y. G.. Phillips. was
almost instantly killed The accident
occurred In the third inning Of a game
between Weaver and Harding. two
mining towns. Slaurhtor. who is
twcnty-six and married. was tonight
eNonorated by coroncrs jury.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-04-17
MAJOR TOMPKINS SO
REPORTS TO FUNSTON
Commander AT Parral Lost
Control Over Mexican
Garrison
WAS RUNNING FIGHT

SAN ANTONIO. Texas. April 16.-|
II was "A force of Carranza soldiers|
who engaged the little detachment oil
American cavalry az Parral Wednes-|
day. in a regularly organized action.
according TO detailed report wrltten|
by Major Frank Tompkins and for
warded to General Funston by General
Pershing.
Forty of the Mexican soldiers. in
cluding one major and one civilian
were killed by the retreating Ameri-|
cans. The American casualties were
two killed and six wounded. including
Major Tompkins. His wound was
slight
Major Tompkins' account OF the ac
tion was received at General Funs-
tons headquarters tonight and served
10 clarity General Pershing's report|
received yesterday that the identity oil
the attacking force was not stated and|
In which he left the inference that he
cavalry was under Colonel W. e.
Brown.
The Americans now are north and|
west of Parral. reinforced by a squad.
ron OF the Tenth. under Major Young.
accompanied by Colonel w. {. Brown
and picked squadron under Major
Robert l. Howzee. Fear for their
safety has been dispelled by this re-
port and by troop dispositions thse
General Pershing has ordered but ane
character of which General Funston
did not wish 10 reveal.
Lacked Control.
Major Tompkins' story OF the fight
indicates lack OF control over the
troops by the commanding officer ofI
the Parral garrison. General Lozapo
and bitter antagonism by the public
and troops. The fighting took place
outside of Parral and was continued
over route OF eight miles to SAINT.
Cruz. station eight miles northeast
of Parral or tie railroad.
General Funston said tonight that
While Major Tompkins undoubtedly
acted In accordance with his beSt
judgment in retreating he regretls ed
that he had not made a stand on az.
count Of the III effect the story OF h,,
retreat would have upon the Mexican
people. who will naturally regard the
incident as an American defeat.
Major Tompkins arrived outside Par
tContinued on Page sevenJ
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REMAINS SAID To BE IN CHARGE
Of A CARRANzA ARMY OFFICIAL
British Troops Going To
Relief Of kut-EI-Amara
Gain Ground Over Turks

LONDON. April 16 1922 y. m.-The
British troops going to the relief Of
kut-el-Amara have gained further
ground against the Turks who are bar
ring their way along the Tigris river.
Pushing steadily ahead. the British
have driven in the Turks from their
advanced lines on the right bank Of
the river and occupied the lines. kill
ing many Turks and taking consider
able number OF prisoners
The Turks have also met with an
other defeat at the hands Of the Rus
SLAMS in the Black Sea littoral Petro-
grad reports that the Russians have
driven the Ottomans from "A strongly
organized position fifteen miles east
Of Trebizond. and are pursuing them
energetically.
The Douaumont-VauX sector north
east Of Nerdun has been the scene Of
another hard fought infantry engage
ment but the Paris and Berlin officiat
reports are at variance as regards the
result Paris reports that south OF
Douaumont the French troops in an
attack captured sections of German
trenches and took two hundred priso-
ners. Berlin asserts that I'm the fight
ing which extended from Fort Douau-
mont to the NauN ravine and in which
the French attacked with heavy effec-
tives. the French We're repulsed with
sanguinary casualties and in addition
lost two hundred men taken prisoners.
Heavy Bombsrdment
The Germans are heavily lombard
ing French positions in the Avocourt
Wood and on Hin 3Oi and considerable
artillery activity also is being dis
played around Douaumont and m the
Woevre about Moulainyille. Hauimont
and Les Eparges
The British report the raiding Of a
German trench south OF the Bethune.
La BasseC road. while Berlin records
the destruction of a British position
about sixty metres in length In mining
operations near Nermellcs.
Artillery bombardment continues az
various places on the northern Rus
sian line. Farther south. near Smor-
son- the Germans started an offensive.
but were repulsed. while south OF the
Olyk station the Russians az several
places have bade advances.
In the Sugana Valley and Carso sec
tors OF the Austro-Italian zone. tho
italians have taken Austrian trenches
The Austrians evidently are .ght.nE
hard 70 regain the Sugana Valley posi-
tions as Rome reports that they are
being maintained under a curtain OF
fire.
Turkey Admits
Turkey admits that one Of her sub
marines recently sank the Russian
hospital ship Portucd in the Black
Sea. The Acknowledgement say. the
hospital ship was heavily laden and
was towing boats in which were mum.
orous persons. toward shore and that
The submarine Officers were justified
in believing the ship was a transport
about To- land troops. and supplies.
In order that the government may
have free hand To- deal with the *
tremely complicated situation. he
Greek chamber OF deputies has ID
iOurned 10 May 3
Three British naval aeroplanos
have raided Constantinoplc. dropping
bombs on a powder factory and aero
plane hangers, Another machine drop
ped bombs on the Adrianople railway
station. Cous'antinople reports that
no damage was done
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RUSSIAN HOSPITAL
SHIP T0RPEDOED BY
A TURK SUBMARINE

BERLIN. April 16. Cby wireless to
Tuckerton. y. JD-An announcement
Is made by the Turkish government
that the Russian hospital ship Portu-
gal. sunk in the Black Sea last month.
was torpedOed by Turkish subma-
rine. The statement was given out
today BY the Overseas News Agency
as follows:
The Turkish government publishes
the following report of the Turkish
commander of the submarine which
sunk the Portugal:
The ship was sighted on the night
OF March 1880. IL was steering to-
wards landing place. When day
break came. | was certain that the
ship was laden heavily and that 1t was
towing several heavily loaded punts,
with numerous occupants. The com
mander was justified in believing the
ship was transport which was on the
way 10 land troops and supplies. The
ship was painted grey. with small
red line and flew the Russian merch.
ant Tag. No red cross was flying and
the name of the ship was invisible.
The first torpedo did not hit Aft
er the explosion of the second torpedo
Il
lent explosion occurred within the
snip. This explosion undoubtedly was
due 10 large quantities of explosives
stored in the ship. Immediately after
this destroyer attacked the subma-
rinc.
The Russian affirmation that The
ship was struck by two torpedoes is
untrue. The Turkish governmet re-
grets II persons exclusively in the Red
Cross service perished. but the re-
sponsibility rests on the Russian gov
eminent, which transported these per-
sons on vessel which was being usid
Tor war purposes against the Turks.
provisions Of the conventions
adopted at The Hague stipulate that
hospital ships must be painted white.
wf1h green or red stripe one and one
halls metres long. and also must fly
the Red Cross flag"
The Portugal had 273 persons on
board, of whom llj were drowned.
The Russian government sent to all
neutral governments a note protest
ing against the torpedoing OF the hos
pital ship. II was asserted the Portu.
cal bore all the distinctive signs pre-
scribed by the special agreement
signed at The Hague in 1yOe
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THE WEATHER

WAsHIHGToE. April l6-Foreoaut;
West virginia. Ohio. western Penn.
sylvania--partly CLOUDY and cooler Mon.
day; Tuesday fair
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TO WITHDRAW
ARMY At ONCE
FROM MEXICO
If REPORTED DEATH
OF VILLA IS VERIFIED
Remains Now On Way To Chi
huahua Can Be Identified
By Letcher
WOULD END TANCLE

WASHINGTON. April Is. - Ameri-
can troops will be withdrawn from
Mexico Immediately If Francisco villa
is dead. Administration officials made
this unqualified statement tonight, in
commenting on reports from Mexican
sources that the bandits body had
been discovered and was being taken
from Husi TO Chihuahua City by spe-
cial train.
Neither the state or war department
had any confirmatory advices on the
subject from American sources. Re
ports reaching IL Paso and other Dor
der points were forwarded for infor-
nation. but neither consuls or officials
in Mexico were heard from
There was no attempt here to dis
guise their eager interest in the re-
ported killing of the bandit Every
message received was closely scruti-
niZed al the state department and sent
TO the White House. In some quar-
ters there was a disposition to credit
them despite the fact that border re
ports generally have been viewed with
so much suspicion since the pursuit
began.
Officials would not discuss what
proof they would deem necessary TO
eSianIiHN iNe tdci Inaf lne bolN men
toned i'm these reports Is that of villa
II Is certain. however. that every ef-
fort will be made To obtain so com
plcte an Identification as 10 make sure
beyond reasonable decbt that the man
who waged war with few hundred
bandits against the United States and
the De facto government of Mexico 81
multaneously has paid the penalty.
Consul Letcher AT Chihuahua should
be able 20 make the Identification.
Cobb Gets Report.
Customs Collector Cobb n n Paso
informed the state department late to
DAY that Mexican customs officials at
Juarcz had told him the body of the
bandit had been found and would be
taken tonight to Chihuahua city.
The Mexican embassy earlier had
received this message from Mexican
Consu! Garcia a. RI Paso.
The telegraph operators a. Cusi
and MADEIRA have Informed m" that
they have found the body Of Francis
co villa, and that it will be- conducted
20 Chihuahua
Another message from the consul
saws.
"Up To- this momer, ] have not re-
,r.r.t,vca %, p,ga Seven
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CARRANzA SOLDIERS ATTACKED
AMERICAN TROOPS At PARRAL
Official Report On Fight
ing At ParraI In Hands
Of War Department

WASHINGTON. ID. C.. April 16.-
First official news OF the attack on
American soldiers at Parral last Wed
nesday reached the War Department
tonight in a relayed report from Brig
adler General Pershing. telling how
Carranza soldiers Joined civilians Of
the Mexican town in an unprovoked
assault upon two troops of the Thir-
teenth Cavalry. under Major Frank
Tompkins, killing two and wounding
six of the troopers. The message said
II was reported privately that forty
Mexican soldiers. including major.
We're killed and one civilian wounded.
General Pershing also gave the first
report on a series of skirmishes with
Villa outlaws near San Borja and Bal
leza, in which Major r. l.. Howzee.
with detachments Of the Eleventh
Cavalry. had one killed and two
wounded
Secretary Baker made the report
public without comment, further than
To say IL spoke for itself. II differed
entirely from unofficial versions of
the incident. and from the information
furnished by General Carranza, who
said the attack was made by civilians
in spite OF efforts by Mexican soldiers
TO maintain order.
In addition 10 the two men killed
Major Tompkins reported one miss
ing. II is thought probable here that
the missing man was the courier. who.
according 70 a message to the Mexi-
can embassy to-day from General
Obregon. was sent forward 10 notify
the Parral authorities Of the approach
or the American troops. and who
failed to arrive
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Fears Relieved.

Fears that the little command might
have been massacred near Parral We're
relieved by General Pershing's an
nouncement that Colonel Brown and
Major Young had Joined Major Tomp-
kins with sufficient forces TO make a
further attack improbable. General
Pershing commended Major Tompkins
for his forebearance in retreating be
fore tho MeXicans. Army officials
here apparently regretted that such a
course had 10 be followed. although
II was admitted that the majors con-
duct probably was the only thing that
prevented the affair assuming such
proportions that an open break ba.
tween the United States and Carranza
would BE- well night inevitable.
General Pershing's report follows:
My telegram OF yesterday confirm.
cd. Full report from Colonel W. &
Brown. Tenth Cavalry. and Major
Frank Tompkins. Thirteenth Cavalry.
Frank Tompkins column Troop X and
Troop NJ, Thirteenth Cavalry. entered
Parral II a. m. 18th instant Tomp-
kins. proceeding was cordially re-
ceived by high civic and military Off.
cials Military commander. General
Continued on Page 6eveuA
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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-02-26

Prominent gentlemen from different sections
of the parish will address the meeting III behalf
of the man who led the ticket IN the first
primary
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