Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 219, Ed. 1 Friday, March 27, 1914 Page: 1 of 4
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REBELS ARE ESTABLISHED IN
POSSESSION OF GOMEZ PALACIO
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Holding Important Subuib of Torreon After Four
Days Fighting Among Rooky Hills And Mesquite
Brush—Amid Scenes of Most Intense Suffering
They Fought Valiantly.
VILLA STILL CONFIDENT OF TAKING TORREON
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Clad Like Scout Rebel General Leads His Men In
Fight Instead of Directing Campaign Through A
Field Glass-Declares Torreon Will Be Seat Of
Constitutionalist Military Goverment.
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(Uft Antoriainl 1‘ttsM).
( Headquarters above
Torreou. Man h : .’b. 11 ••■lao’il by ••eii'or i
After four days of almost mu ss.mt
fighting during which victory second
first with on* siile and then with the
other (tcncrall Villa and the rebel army
Mytlpifd (b>iiie/. l'alacios today.
Losses have l»een heavy on both side*
The rebels made three assaults before
achieving permanent smtrss The tight
Jug has lieeu des|M*iate and many bril
limit charges distinguished the action.
At times the battle extended into the
leading street of tin* city of Torreou prop
er.
tlenersil Villa now confidently pie
diet* that he will have taken Torreou lo
Saturday or Sunday.
^ A pitiable feature of the battle lo
which tinnier l'alacios was won was the
fearful suffering of the wounded Main
died crying for lack of water and it was
lack of water as milch as bullets that
•causal their death
Heuerul Villas |icrsoiinl activity en
conraged his men to the most valiant cf
forts. Wealing a dusty torn suit slouch
hat and a red handkerchief about lr>
neck as in his haiidk days lie discarded
the conventional notion that a command
ing general should direct the campaign
througli field gla and instead
rlimlted over b«l>' lulls and among the j
mesquite brush along with his famish
iug troops. Ilis activity was that of a
scout blit Ills presence never failed to
arouse and itispite his soldiers.
$ Tile Teltels fouglll alliid scenes of in
tense suffering. Water was near r. Is
iug supplied only from tanks hauled on
freight ears at the rear. Rations hoi
Im*cuiiu nn.i\ail.tide after the first day's
lighting for tile battle xx.is tint coiitin
inuis to |m*i in11 ilie men to retire for food.
With nothing In-IiiimI them but a desert
and before them only the enemy the
r« In-|s fought oil furiously entirely tin
a I fee tod by the heaps of dead and
xxoiindol.
VII.I.A FON'FIMKXT OF VHTOKY.
hnring the pauses in tin- firing lien
era I V ill.i talked i-onfideiitlv of the fall
of Torreoii. lie did not plate himself
hoxxoxer. among those xx ho Ih-|iexe the
eapture of Torreoii xxolild sp«-|l the eid
lapse of the II n-rta regime but iutiniat
ed ratlu-r that he ex|iectcd Huerta to
light oil. until possibly the re lie! forte*
hall surround Mexico Fity.
•W hen xxe lake Torreon. which we will
do." said (tem-ral Villa mopping I hr
diist from hi* f.oe a' lie sat oil his horse
"xxe will establish otir military base
there or inoxentents eastward ami south
ward. Fhihuahiia. with ib-neral Far
ran/..i tlu-re. xx ill Ims-oiiu- tin- pntvisional
capital but Hu- military government will
be In-re and it xxill In* a moving govern
liienl.
"Om* fore xxill In* sent south to at
lack Zaielas and llu-n folow up the Na-
tional railroad to Aguas Falieiites. An
other forie will start cast to pursue the
b*dcrals at Saltillo atld Monterrey.
"Tin* fall of Monterrey will give us
hall tin* republic.” concluded the reliel
commander. its lie da'hed off to cneotir
age alid lead his uieli on to further ac
fixity against tin* f«N*.
FIRST DIRECT NEWS
FROM GENERAL VILLA
CLAIMS VICTORY AT LKItlMk
A FTKII TKX IIOI US FlUHTINU
LAST XlCJlIT WANTS MONO
FLANK.
{Hu A HMnrttlti #/ \
•luarer. Moxlro. Mareb *J7. A Ion hour
fight l»etween the r* tn l .not federal* .it
Lerdo last night faile«l to dislodge tin
relN'Is. and the town still Irmallied III
Cieueral Villa* possession anording lo
a telegram signed by \ ill.* whieli w.i'
reeeivisl here today Tins telegram w.i*
dab-d t tollies Fulaeio. It hrought tin*
first news din* t from the n*l"-l nun
mander «-onee ruing the progress of his
eampaign against Tortt-on hi nearly
three day*.
The only prevmns telegram mi-i\n|
♦ from CSeneral X ilia witlmi thro days wns
a brief order to rush the military mono
plane to him and al*.i to send him all
the railroad «*i|iiipmont .nailable. These
orders ate taken to indo ate that \ ilia
had eiH'ouuternl greater nb*ta«le* than
he had antieipateil. and was preparing
to rush greater supplies to Ins army. It
was not possible to send the monopinni
immediately a* it has not yet Ih« ii re
paired.
CUT TELEGRAPH WIRES
KKliF.I. FoKCKS I.IJK AK WlIJi:
C OM MFMt ATlON III IT " F I N
MONTKliKY AXI» NFKNO I.AKI IH•
Laredo. Texas. Mareh .7 IMn-I fonvs
* last night eiit the telegraph wires at se\
en.l pla«t-s lietween Nuevo Laredo ami
Monterey and a re|M.rt is eurrent th.it
the ••onstitutioiialtsts are assembling ;i
larg«- totn- not many miles from Xm-n
Laredo. for a mar h in the direeinm o|
Monterrey or Nneio Fared..
Following their vletory at Cim-rren
over the fore s of tleneral Unatdiol*. tin
general l**-li«*f is that another alt o l
will In* made oil Nuevo Laredo bv til
rebel* within a very short time.
.
FEDERALS STILL
CLAIM VICTORY
MKXHAN FoKKIGN MINISTKK
WIKKS KF.rKSKNTATIVK AT
WASHINGTON THAT VILLA WAS
DKFKATKD AT ToKKKON.
REINFORCEMENTS SENT
SAII» TO HAVE LKFT SAL
III.I.o l\ FLANKING MoVKMKNT
To AIM HKKKAUFKKKD FKDKKAL
l oi:n: at tokki.on.
I
l Hu 1 .sM'H int> d Prrsjt).
Washington. D t\. March 27. That
the reliels hate suffered a severe defeat
is still claimed by the dispatches re
o-ited al the Mexican federal euibasst
here.
So far m* «>ttKt.il confirmation ha*
Ih*«*h r«-ceived «»t the victor.' which wn>
claimed 11»i* General X ilia ami the situa
lion i' still urapixd in dould.
A tutss.i^e from the Mexican foreign
office to the federal representative here
t«*day elamis the complete defeat of Villa
at Tot reon.
FKDKKAL KKINFOIP KMKNTS.
I It;/ .1 mmih iah >1 Pi * **. |
Washington- l». t'.. March 27. Kein-
foreemetits numlicriiig fite tioMisand are
re|mrteil. ill a dispatch received from Kl
Paso I*y tin* Mexican federal embassy
here tn hate left Saltillo iii a flanking
movement t• * aid t!»«■ Is sieged federal
for«v* at Torreon. General Mattrr is
said to U- hi command of tin* reinforce
meiits.
N» W Kl'KAL KOl'TKS oKDKKKD.
w mhingtiM II. t . March 27 Bcpre
seiit.itivi* .l ime* 1 Slaydeii pt k tinsl t• •
dat the establishment <*t a rural mail
t*«*ni«■ out to Thelma I*♦ ras count'. am
a rural route out of Owen* county butl
efteetite Mat |.
Kepre'sentative .lolin N. Garner hat
lia.l a rural mail route ordered eael
f40* l\ni|»t»a Fvtihle eounty. ami Tift
San Patricio county effective Al#»y L
Astor's Yacht Norma Being Fitted
With a $200000 "Trousseau."
HiaBiBnn -w.* m wnwrvo . t wwi jaa—WJtr- —jcx^- itj
j Photos by American Press Association.
f Vincent Asf<«r. son of Colonel John Jacob As tor the Titanic victim who
I will lie married on April Soto Miss Helen Idiismorc IliintiiuMon. whom he
/ has known nil his life. Is -in n.lin^ nearly $”'hj.iss» repalrih;; Ins private yacht
Noma which he inherlt»sl from his father The Aston* will leave on the
yacht riyht after the weMinf; fora year’s honeymoon trip roost of which will
Is- s|s-iit on the ship. The Noma when reedy for the trip will Is- the only
ocean jtoiufc private yacht with two funnels she had one heretofore as show n
in the top picture. Lower view show’s her having; her “trousseau” prepared.
« 4 4 4 4 « t M « m « » 4 4 ) 4 •
J I
* tom llAU. cmi. •
* I'» the friends all I supporters of •
* tin* lion. Thomas M. Hall: •
* In ac-ordain-c with iht* . ill in ole •
^ by the lion. \. \\ Walker manager •
* ol I lie I hoiiiUs II. 15.ill < i in pa gn for •
* Mou rn..r. um are r«s|H . t full v re •
* .plesletl lo meet at I In ..Hill ..•
* in lirttwiisville. Slim.Ia\. March J>. •
* 1 -• 11- al - o eltN'k |» iu for lli pur •
* (Mine of organising t ’antrr.. •
* t\ Tom 11 111 .-Ini. and e|e. ling a •
* county Hi.imu.in. i Signed > S K •
* llallam. II. I* tJay. a. T. Searle. •
* A into IS it'll .!. T. Va hales. W |<’ •
* Mendenhall. K. A. MHiarv .1. T. •
* t'raig. .'L .1. Slatlcrv. •
ADMINISTRATION
WONFIRSTBATTLE
hoi si: \ oti;m to MisroNTivri:
Mist f ssion M il It'll lil.ALIA
NOl'fillT TO TALK MOWN Till.
tolls llplal hill.
VOTE WAS 207 TO 176
MlSfl SSION WAS AOAIN'ST pj;o
I’OSEII LI u: \\|| 1*111 SI Ml XI S
HOLM 'Y. IXSTKAM OP mi:asili.
l -NULi: consimli; \ i ion.
ftlift .4 /*rr*M.)
Washington. M t\. March J7. The
Mouse ibis afternoon passed the IwctiM
hour rule lo a vt»!e o| Lint t«. |;*j. |j.p
lY*eutatiu* ITidcrw.iod |«-<J ibe fight
against ibis rule and Shaker t’lark
iis.tl bis moral influence against it.
Washington. M. f .. March J7. Tin- ad
ministration won it> first l.attle in th
fight for tile repeal of the ai t exempt n-
A merit-ail coastwise ships from tin
Panama canal tolls today win n tin.
House u.te.1 'Jo7 lo 17t. u-t to <->iii tn
discussion on tin- prop. s«-d rule to limit
debate on tk< re|N*al bill.
This discussion h-nl Ims-ti limited to
fifty five minutes and various powerful
leader* hi the lions.- had trie-1 to pro
long it. as part of their fight against tin
r»-|s-a| measure. Tin* discussion has bet n
dir.* ted chiefly against the repeal bill
itself and the President’s foreign jm-Ih-v
together with the right of th-* ITiit.-d
States government t«• ..trol th.
Panama canal earn.* iu f<M- eonsiderablv
more attention than the proposed ruh
to limit the debate.
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The first eleetrie plant within the Are
! tie circle will In* erectml at a mission at
Point llo|ie Alaska the power being sup
i plied by a wind mill.
RECORDS BROKEN
SAN BENITO LEADS
s.\x r.i:\rro iikkaks kegokh rmi
\AlOl NT OK GABBAGK SIIIITkil
FliOAl THK VALLEY To XoKTII
KILN AlAliKETS.
THIRTY SEVEN CARS
LAKOKST SINGLE MAYS SHIP
Al ENT SINGE OPENING o| Kin
GKAXOK VALLEY 5<m TO
gals .moke.
IS ft* tial to 1 lit thralft ».
San lU niio. Texas. March 27. —All re«
• •n|s for cabbage .shipment from this city
Lire Wii>» btoLen this mi k. TinIju iliir
jiv seven cats vent out hilled to no them
market setting a record for a single
«ia. s l.ii'iiiess from am shipping
since ihe t|s*ning up of the lower Km
Grand! valley the previous record lie-
mg twenty six carloads also li«*l«l t»v lilts
illy. Yesterday seventy live rgr* wer
loaded out from all Valley points s>r
shipment requiring three trains to han
db- it. while tonight indieatioiis are that
11 here will l»e one liundred carloads for
warded.
Gomparative figures of the iimnlier of
cars iced by the St. lamis Brownsville
and .Mexico railroad to date tliis sei>on
and for tin same |*eriod last year are
sign'(leant in forming an estimate a« to
the I uik of lie* present truck crop. Eor
this eorn‘s|Mui«liug |«riod last year .1*7
ears were iced as against 527 ears for
i tIn* pr«‘si nt '■••asi>ii to date this latter
amount Iteing more than the entire iniiu
ls-r inti last year for which exact fig
arcs arc not obtainable. These figures
of coin sc. do no| represent the total shi|i
intent of truck from the Valiev this wca
son as • I tic to the cool weather it has no|
ittru licet >sary to ice more than forty
11" r cent of the shipment*. However all
under refrigeration.
1 The bulk of tile cabbage ill this see
It ion is nil usually late this Henson ami i»
jonly now reaching its maximum ship
incut. It is variously* estimated that
iher* w ill from 5uo to ?<•** ears shippet
from this |M»iut Indore the close of th*
pr* sent season. Prices are rcutaininj
very pnnl.
SUSPENDED CAR
CARRIES ELEVEN
| DOWN TO DEATH
* ftu .4 too iof*«/ Frrnt. >
Brunsliuete. Germ any. March 27 1
*iis|M*usioii cable car. rarrying elevet
vvolklueli f*-l 1 into the |ih k at the Kie
canal this morning. Every one of th
ckrvcu was drowned.
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GULF COAST PRESS
j IN CONVENTION
assignation* oi*i:\i:i» two hays
MEETINO TIMS AITKIINOON VT
> W BENITO. W ITH M<W l I S
j t Ol KAtilNti ATTEXHAXt E.
KKPREH1 XTIXll E\ RR1 II UHXll
TOWN A\l» NEWSPAPER I'KoM
REI VILLI 1*0 BROW \>\ lilt
SAN BENITO ENTERTAINS.
I fifM i itlI Ini I'llnhi In I In //«r«l/f/. |
San Itrnito Texas. March -7. The
dniNtl convention <>| the liull t'oast
Press association was o|tcned here at -
o<-|ock this afternoon. The session was
ih voted chiefly to business various mein
Iters making talks on the plans anti pros
|m1s as well as the work ucoomplis|i«*tl
by the association during it' existence
of one brief year. The convention will I
mntmile tomorrow when offieers for the
ensuing year will In- clecletl ami tin*
place of holding t he lieX| convention will
In* decided n]toil.
The meeting i* representative of every
|ta|M-r ami town of importanee in the
till It ('oast section from Bee\i!le to
Brow ns\ i||e. Those present ami actively
iwirtiripaling are John \\ Station ot
the t’orpus < hristi t aller. W. E. Page
and .Mrs. W. E Page of the Pharr t’lar
; ion. John R. Lunsford of Bishop. V. F.
Joins of the Riviera Review R. J Meek
I in of the Kingsville Reenril. R. W.
Barry of the Beeville Bee. J. N |tigs|nv
o| the Kingsville Record- Raymond Will
frv»y of the l.y fold 4'tnirant. \. E. Sleph
enson ami 1'idor Mori17. of the San Be
nito Light. Mr ami Mrs. II. A tiihbs ol
tin* Harlingen tSar. L. T llovt o| the
Mer *e«|es Tribune ami M. J. Slattery ttf
I the Brownsville tlcrahl. I*. I.ehniaii
of Sail Antonio. 4’. E. Kendall id Hallas
|aml t’. W. Peter* of Houston not news
pa|M-r melt 4* warily. but closely allied to
the interest* of the fraternity in one
I way or another are also present.
Most of the meiiiliers were here this
morning ami the morning hours were
s|ient in \|sjting the various sights of in
tejest in ami nboiit San Benito. This
afternoon the ass«H*iation will enjoy an
auto ritle a> guests of the |*coplc of San
Benitti.
WILL PROTECT
ONION GROWER
MKKTINti ill* HKOWKIiS AT LAK
KI»U FAVORS SALK OV TRACK
POLICY. OPIttSKh ONLY ItY MIN
It ITY’ OF FA KM Fits.
CARRY NEWS TO VALLEY
t _
KOI. ALKA IIKYWooli KKPKKSK.NT
l \«. LOW l.i: \ \ LLI \ \l i*> i N
MOVK TO |IKA<'KKIST IHSKONKST
COMMISSION MKN.
I S/H l itll In Tk* lit mill K
Laredo Tf.\;i)i. Manli 1*7. The meet
iiig li<h| |»v South Texa** onion growers
at Laredo yesterday lias art omplished
for tin1 protection of the onion interests
of the Kio tirande Valiev As <'oloiiel
Alt*;* Heywttod o| Salt lleiiito. all active
parheipant in the meeting stable to
day. this meeting has accoinpli»h*-d mon-
fur tin- protection «»f the price of onions
than the meeting In-Id hi the interest of
raldtuge at Mission rnrcntly anstni
plish«s| for that ini|Hirtant product.
The rc|M rt uf the <stiuiuilt«s- on resolu
(tons favors a sales on track policy. A
minority of farmers was all that |s-
vented it from ls-ing absolutely for rash
on tr.nk and no roiisigitmeiit.
Colonel A Ilia lleywissl ttsla.v tele
graplu*d to the tiuit Coast Press A'sis i
at ion in convention at Laredo urging
the iim*IIiInts to tell tin- Valley secretar
i#-s t ogive publicity of this decision to
the on ion growers of tin* valley and urge
that they stum! with the Laredo agents.
Colonel Hey wood* also strongly favored
blacklisting the rniuniis'ioii men nho r*
|s.rt shipment a received "in lt.nl order”
falsely.
. "Our Valley move has put the *•«» in
r <ss»|ieratiou.” tleclared tht- colonel Italay
MAY RETURN HORSES
Aiftin. Texas. March 1*7. Adjutant
<•cm-r.il llenry Unit lungs has returned
fr>-hi Laredo and Kagle Pass .where In
nas Is en in connection with the return
from Mexican authorities of tin- ln»r»-«
alleged to have las*n stolen from Vcrga
ra precis ling lus death. It is utnlerstomj
arrangements have Is-cti perfected foi
tin* return of the horses. He also pre
senteil extradiliou pa|s-rs to the Mexn-ai
1 military authorities for tin* return o
parties to Texas. Implicated in the her*
stealng. He hat! lM*l*;tg to adil to tIn
' vt.itement made public yesterday by to-u
Jeral Colquitt.
TO ORGANIZE
TOM BALL CLUB
FAMKKoN foKXTY srmHJTKKX
OK THOMAS II. HAIX To START
V AIX K \ FAMPAltiN MKKT AT
foi n r iiorsK satkhi* \y.
WILL ELECT CHAIRMAN
Wil l. FIHHISK FIIAICMAY \T TO
MfHiKnW S MKKTINti \1X M'l’
PoRTKRS o|* HAH. AUK l l.MJKO
TO ATI KM*
_____ i
liver* in F.iineron county win*
is interested in tin* election of Th-unu*
II. Wall t«» tin* office of tiovcriior of
Texas is urged io atteinl tin- meting to
Ik* In-lil tomorrow afternoon at flu- court
liiOUM*. Fiiemls of Hall in lirow us* illi*
have for the |*asf several days beea ae
liveh urging a large attendance at the
meeting to lie held Saltird.l*
The Hall sup|M»rters lire anxious to
|s-rfi*et a county orgaiiiSiituHi in order
that tin- interests of Hall may not Is*
neglected m this part of the Stale It
is planned at Saturday's meeting to or
gaiii/e a Fann-rou Fount* Tom Hall rluli
and to t-his*se a chairman to manage lh*
'umpaigu in this eouuty.
The pm|M>M-d • Ini* will In* oigallixtsl
imle|ifmlriitl* o| ettln-r local part* as
IoeiiI polities are not ail issue and Hall
has man* Mip|s»rters in Iwith the lH'lUO
* iat ami Imh-|s mient parties.
Tin* meeting tor loinorrow' was ra lied
afternoon at 2 oYlo* k in the district
i-ourt room.
Tin* meeting for t onion* w was failed
III a plilili'lietl |M*||tioii sigtie diiV the fol-
low iug eilixeus: Amos l!i< It I*. I*. Oar
V T S« arte. .1. T. Fa miles. S K Hal
I ii in. W l\ Mendenhall- K. A. Mrdarr
.1. T i raig. M. .1. Slattery.
GRANDDAUGHTER^
PRESIDENT TYLER
IM.KAHS W ITH PliKMI HINT W II.-
so\ i«h: in ri:ntI**\ op ittsi-
Tlt»N OK l‘f *STM ISTHKSS. II KR
SOIX MKANS OK SI |*|*«HIT.
I Hu | o lint'il Pr*s.n. |
Washington I* C.. March 27. Miss
Mattie I.V Tyler agisl T<*. a gramldaugh
i»-r of former President Tyler called at
the While House today to plead with
l*n*siih*nl Wilson f• •»- the reli-nttou of
tin* position o! pi.simaster at Four!land.
Yirgiiiin. whi«h jiosiiiou she has lu-ld
for a iiiuiilsr of vi*ars# President Wil
soil was | is i tills* to sis- the |N*t it iotu-r
today - Imt iiiforimsl her that In- would
gi*e her an amln-mv as s<..n as |**Ssihle
Miss Tyler drrlnr*** tin * her salary of
lisifi as |s*^tmis|ri-ss is iIn* only support
of herself ami sis|i*r. Whin ln-r term
as posiniasli-r expired last turn*. Miss
Tyler went Is-forr Pn-siik-nt Ifmmevelt
with a similar plea ami was successful
in holding the |M»sitioii( although the
post oft in- de part tin* nt at that time
| wished to have her repined
Ml
CREW DROWNED
WHEN STEAMTR
STRIKES ROCKS
Ia»mhoi. ling.. March 27. F.nghtern
inemUr- of the w* «*t th»' -teamer St.
Paul drowned todui w hi u the steamer
'truck a rot k ami -auk. The eota-trophe
liHturr- tl m ar Itri-lianr. A u-t r.ili.i.
Man condemned To
Hann Starts Huntfer
Strike in Tampa Jail
Tumpa. Fla.. March 27 Ihiitnienl
to Ih* h.iiigcil April 17. M iHiaiii lie*** to
<la> col Hina lieeil a huiiget -trike hi the
>‘onnty jail lu re. Sheriff Sportier ItM
ordered Ih.ll he la- fore I III I fell tltilewN he
eoli-eilt- to e.iI total within the licit
twelve hour*.
The condemned man wav convicted of
an of feu »e a gal u»t hi- Wvearold daojjh
ter.
-V.
$295000 TO CHARITY
Cincinnati Ohio March 27.- The miiiii
of -L"C».non i- left to eharitiew ami church
1 e- l».» the will of Mr*. Franfi-r* X. taint
hie. philanthropist filed here today for
1 probate.
The Iwiard of foreign nu —am. the MU*
• Kiouary Society the Woman** Foreign
• Mi — ioliar> Soeiefv of the MclhodUt
• church ».f the Jtfcthodi*t church eorpnc*
gallon are included 111 the lie«pic-u. 4
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