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THIRTY-THIRD YEA!
■ COHD
MOVEMENT FOR
PLAYGROUNDS
Pastors’ Association and Moth-
ers' Congress Adopt Reso-
lutions Urging Action.
JAMES J. CORBETT'S VIEWS
Great Exponent of Physical
Culture Explains Need of
Training Children.
From every quarter comes earnest
endorsement of the movement to give
to the children of San Antonio the
playgrounds to which they In com-
mon with the youth of every large
eity are entitled.
Recognising that In the past this
Community has been remiss in com-
parison with other municipalities in
JAMES J. CORBETT
Physical Culture Expert Who Urges
Nwd of Playgrounds In San
Antonio.
fostering and enceuraging this much-
needed institution the Pastors' asso-
ciation today at its meeting at the
Travis Park Methodist church adopt-
ed resolutions endorsing and support-
ing the playground as a worthy enter-
prise and one greatly to be desired in
the social life of San Antonio.
Commended by the Molliers.
The Mothers' Congress at its last
meeting passed resolutions commend-
ing The Light for lending its columns
to publicity in behalf of the move-
ment and hoping that the impetus
created will not ceaseuntil every ward
in the city has its individual play-
ground where the young may gather
for recreattion. freed from the irregu-
lar Influences of the street.
James J. Corbett once champion of
the fistic art and an ardent believer
In physical training now appearing
at the Plaza theater in an interview
Impresses upon the citizens of San
Antonio the vital necessity of con-
serving the health and bodily welfare
of the children through the medium
of free exercise with the pharapher-
nalla installed in playgrounds and
earnestly advises that no time be lost
in providing the means therefor.
Pastors Adopt Resolutions.
The resolutions adopted by the Pas-
tors' association are as follows:
"Whereas the provlsioq for a play-
ground for the children in cities seems
to be a necessity of our modern life
and
“Whereas an enterprise of this sort
has been undertaken In the city of
San Antonio and has been carried on
for sometime with advantage in the
locality in which it is situated and.
"Whereas we learti that tile direc-
tors of the Playground association are
in immediate need of funds to enable
them to continue this praiseworthy
enterprise now therefore be it
• "Resolved That we commend them
and the good work they are doing to
the public and bespeak for them the
generous sympathy and contributions
of all of our people.
"S. H. C. BURGIN
“V. A. GODBEY
“J. A. PHILLIPS."
Corbett On Playground Training.
"Give me the kid who is raised out
of doors. The kid who has red blood
in his veins. The kid who is able to
take care of himself because of a
good physical development achieved
in early life and I'll show you the
coming man who will be of benefit
to his fellows and a credit to his race
in after years.”
That is the way James J. Corbett
former champion heavyweight of the
world and an expert on physical cul-
ture sums up the need for athletic
training in the playground for boys
and girls today.
One of Mr. Corbett's hobbles is the
subject of public playgrounds and
his travels about this and other
countries where the playground idea
has been developed or where it needs
to be inaugurated have given him the
right of an expert to comment on the
problem.
Need Exists Here.
"There is not in my mind any doubt
that San Antonio needs and will be
benefited by public playgrounds" he
said this afternoon. "I have ridden
over your city and I have seen many
youngsters whose condition might be
entirely remedied by the influences
and advantages of public playgrounds.
It seems to me to be a shame that
the opportunity to develop healthy
bodies and. so. active minds is denied
so many kiddies in San Antonio.
“To be sure the tenement problem
such as exists in larger cities of the
north has not affected San Antonio
as yet. However there is nothing to
THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT
Xo. 120.
HELP THE PLAYGROUND
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indicate that within a comparatively
few years this metropolis of Texas
will not have a tenement problem of
Ite own to combat. Tenements mean
shriveled children but public play-
grounds mean tnat the little shriveled
bodies may be called back to an active
useful life and physiques and minds
made. Indeed valuable to their own-
ers and society in general.
“I am convinced that the need here
for public playgrounds. Is pertinent
and Immediate. There'are plenty of
open space* which I have observed
here which might be devoted to play-
ground use* The municipal authori-
tle* the private Interests and the
public generally should awake to the
needs this city presents.
"The need here for public play-
grounds where the youngsters may
play ball. Indulge In outdor athletic
exercises and In this program I In-
clude the girls as well as the boy*
seems to me to be an Immediate one.
The coat of establishing public play-
grounds on an Intelligent basis Is
comparatively small. The cost of In-
stalling such apparatus as would be
necessary Is so slight as to be neglig-
ible When considered In the light of
the certain advantages to secure.
"However one necessity exists and
that is the intelligent supervision of
the public playgrounds by experts
who know the needs of children their
physical limitations and the individual
needs of each child. This seems to
be a pretty big contract to assume in
conducting a playground but in other
cities not larger and in some Instances
not so large as Ssn Antonio this prob-
lem has been worked out in a most
satisfactory manner.
"Too many far too many of the
youth of this country are being rais-
ed as hothouse plants and this does
not apply solely to those whom for-
tune or circumstance of birth have
favored. Even In the tenements of
large cities are grown hothouse plants
largely because of environment pro-
duced by economic necessity and these
plants must be set out intg the open
to regain their full vigor and growth.
"The responsive body means the re-
sponsive mind. It is not slwsys the
msn with the greatest amount or
muscle who wins in an athletic en-
counter: it is nbt always the massive
build of the massed strength which
Is victorious. Rather is It the lithe
quick flexible muscle which conquers.
And the lithe quick flexible-muscled
youth of this country will prove the
winners whether In future athletic or
business events in which they com-
pete for the quick muscle the lithe
and flexible body is accompanied al-
ways by a similar active quick and
certain mind status.
"In my opinion there is no Krea-ter
movement that will make the upbuild-
ing of San Antonio or of any other
American city for that matter more
certain In its beneficial results than
that Inaugurated under the plan of
public playgrounds.”
May 1»
3pm 84 3a. m 65
4p.m 85 s.m 65
5 p. 8« m **
6 p. m 85 «<
7p. m 82 7a. m 63
8 p. tn 80 8 a. m 6.
9p. m 77 9a. m ±2
10 p. m 73 10 a. m <5
lip. 71 am <8
12 Midnight. . .63 12 m 81
May 20' »’P m
la. 67 2 p.m. 83
For San Antonio and vicinity: To-
night and Tuesday increasing cloudi-
ness. .
HOME WEATHER FOR TOURISIS
(Observations made at 8 a. m.)
ST. LOUIS: Temperature. 68: clear:
12 mile wind from the south; Tuesday
probably fair; lowest temperature In
last 24 hours 66.
CHICAGO: Temperature. 60; 18
mile wind from the south; cloudy;
Tuesday probably fair; lowest tem-
perature in last 24 hours 44.
MILWAUKEE: Temperature 42;
cloudy; 12 mile wind from the north-
east: possibly rain Tuesday; lowest
temperature in last 24 hours. 38.
ST. PAUL: Temperature 44; cloudy;
4 mile Wind from the .northeast;
cloudy Tuesday; lowest‘temperature
In last 24 hours. 42.
KANSAS CITY: Temperature. 70;
clear; 10 mile wind from tlie south-
west; Increasing cloudiness Tuesday;
lowest temperature in last 24 hours
68.
NEW YORK: Temperature 58;
partlv cloudy: 16 mile wind from the
southeast; Tuesday probably fair;
lowest temperature in last 24 hours
54.
BOSTON: Temperature 52; cloudy:
18 mile wind from the east: cloudy
Tuesday; lowest temperature in last
24 hours. 50.
WASHINGTON: Temperature 68;
clear; 4 mile wind from the north;
Tuesday fair: lowest temperature In
last 24 hours. 56.
Any *tatem*nt emanating from any
source whatever to the effect that the
clay leased wired of the Associated Press
Into Ren Antonio Is carried tn whois or
In part by any newspaper other than the
Antonio I.lght Is unfounded and
without basis In faet
Must Be Supervised.
WEATHER
temperatures.
. LOCAL FORECAST.
SAN ANTONIO TEXAS. MONDAY MAY 20. 1912.
STANDING OF
DEPUTIES 15
BEING FIXED
Judge Seeligson Called Upon
to Decide Whether Tobin
May Name Many.
RIGHT. IS CHALLENGED
Police Claim Sheriff Has Right
to Appoint Only Three Who
Carry Pistols.
The right of Police Chief Frank
Newnam to arrest legally appointed
deputy sheriffs on charges of gun-
toting aa well as the question of how
many deputies Sheriff Tobin is
authorised by the law to appoint is
being threshed out tn the Fifty-
seventh District court where writs of
habeas corpus ware sued out this
morning by Robert Henry and Joe
Elli* two negro deputy sheriffs who
had been arrested Saturday night by
the police. The police claim that too
many deputy sheriffs have been ap-
pointed and that the lavy only allows
the sheriff to appoint three.
During the hearing which is be-
ing continued thia afternoon. Judge
Seeligson made the statement that the
question was one of paramount in-
terest not alone to Bexar but to every
other county in the state. He said it
ought to be settled by the court of
last resort and he hoped some way
would be found to take It there one
difficulty lies in the fact that the
state has no appeal and if the case is
decided adversely to Police Chief
Newnam ne has no remedy by appea..
By the same reasoning the ueienu-
ants if discharged at the hearing
would have no occasion for an appeal.
Question Court's Jurisdiction.
At the outset. C. M. Chambers rep-
resenting Police Chief Newnam pre-
sented a motion to Judge Seeligson
asking that the applications tor ha-
beas corpus be dismissed on the
ground that Judge Seellgson's court
had no juriadlction. It was set up
that the defendanta are charged with
misdemeanors to-wit carrying pistols
and application for habeas corpus
ought to have been filed in the county
court over which Judge Phil Shook
presides.
Mr. Chambers argued that the cus-
tom Is to file'for writs of habeas cor-
pus in misdemeanor cases in the
county court where such court exists.
It the county judge he said was ab-
sent sick or disqualified then the
application might properly be filed in
a district court.
Judge Seeligson settled this phase
by asserting that he had jurisdiction
it being conferred by the constitution
of Texas.
Charge In County Court.
It developed from statements by
counsel that after Police Chief New-
nam had been served with writs this
morning bearing the fiat of District
Judge Seeligson and . commanding
him to produce the two defendants
and show cause why he was restrain-
ing them that complaints were filed
In the county court and the defendants
turned over to the county authorities
thus creating the situation of Sheriff
Tobin having two or his deputies in
jail.
Argument was made on whether 1
or not if after the testimony had
been heard by Judge Seeligson ho
should order the discharge of the two
defendants they could be given their
liberty in view of the complaints that
had been filed In the county court
after the writs of habeas corpus had
been sued out. D. A. McAskill and
T. H. Ridgeway representing the de-
fendants argued that the court
could order an immediate release.
This was opposed by Mr. Chambers
and Sum Eldridge representing Po-
lice Chief Newnam. the court holding
the latter attorneys that the
county court complaint precluded a
discharge of the defendants.
Released On Recognizance.
Attorneys for the defendants made
a statement that the two had been
arrested Saturday and had been in
Jail since. They wanted the court to
fix a nominal bond. Opposition to this
developed from the other side Mr.
Chambers saying that the two were
now in the custody of Sheriff Tobin
and he.eould release them himself on
any sort of bond he desired. Later
they were liberated on their own
recognizance.
During the afternoon authority for
appointing deputy sheriffs was ad-
vanced. as was counter-authority for
appointing no morn than three.
Opinions from the attorney general
were offered substantiating claims
and much law was read. It Is be-
lieved that some sort of decision will
be rendered which will allow an ap-
peal to the court of criminal appeals
in order to get the question settled.
DOG’S BITE KILLS CHILD
Little Walton Crossley Dies at Austin
Pasteur Institute.
Walton. 5-year-old son of Mrs. I. M.
Crossley residing on the Mission loop
died yesterday afternoon at Austin as
the result of having been bitten by a
pet dog two weeks ago while playins
with the animal at the home of his
grandparents. The child was taken to
the Pasteur Institute at Austin for
treatment.
The dog bit the child in the face
teeth penetrating the eye. Fearing
complications might arise the parents
at once went to Austin that the child
might be given proper attention. All
efforts however were in vain. The
body accompanied by the parents is
expected to arrive in the city this aft-
ernoon and Interment will be made in
a local cemetery.
OFFICIALS ARE SCOM
FOR BOIIER EXPLOSION
Report of Interstate Commerce Com-
mlMlon Mieaka of "Disregard
of Law.”
officials of the Southern Pacific
railroad are taken severely to taak in
the report of the interstate commerce
commission on the boiler explosion at
the N. P. shop jards here March 18. In
which 30 Utes were ioat.
"Disregard of the law" and "laxity"
In obeying the rules governing the in-
spection of locomotive boilers are
mentioned in the report which says
in part:
"The exldenee shows that the law
and the rule* governing the Inspect lon
of locomotive boiler* were disregard-
ed by the railway company's inspector
and the officials in charge of such
work at thia point In the matter of
making and properly certifying to the
reporta required by law. A report
stating that the safety valve* had been
set was sworn to on March IS. 1912.
by the railway company's Inspector
and the roundhouse foreman who
signed it as the officer In charge of
such work. The evidence show* con-
clusively that the safety valve* had
not been set at that time and as a
nditter of fact it was while thia work
was being done on March 18 that the
explosion occurred. The evidence also
shows that the inspector failed to wit-
ness the testing of the steam gauge
and that the injectors had not been
tested at the time this report was
made out notwithstanding which
fact* he certified under oath that
this work had been done.
"The opinion was expressed at the
investigation that nitroglycerin or
some other high explosive was used
but nothing was found to support such
an assertion.
"The question ha* been raised by
those who suggested this theory as to
whether excessive steam pressure
could cause- such complete destruction
of a boiler. The most violent ex-
plosion* on record have been caused
by excessive steam pressure. The de-
structive effects of boiler explosions
is not caused by the steam alone
which is contained In the steam apace
at the Instant the initial rupture oc-
curs but is due to the enormous quan-
tity of steam which is Instantly gen-
erated from the water contained In the
boiler.
"The railroad company was at
fault In requiring or permitting In-
spections and reports to be made in
the matter which was not In accord-
ance with the law and in allowing
such important and responsible work
as setting safety valves to be per-
formed by an employe of whose ex-
perience and judgment the testimony
shows they knew practically nothing
and In keeping a boiler In service tor
which the factor- of safety a* show n
by test was below the recognized
standard."
CONTRACTOR IS KILLED
AND WOMAN WOUNDED
William C. Hamer Dice From Buck-
shot Wounds and Mrs. Zara Mar-
ilu Is Hit In Amt. >
William C. Hamer a contractor
was killed and Mrs. Zara Martin was
painfully wounded In the left grin as
the result of a duel fought lit 10
o'clock last night seven miles south
of the Medina dam site between Ha-
mer and Phil Farrel the latter a
foreman employed by Hamer on the
construction of the west canal leading
from the main dam. Ten shots were
fired Hamer emptying a revolver
while Farrel operated an automatic
shotgun loaded with buckshot.
Hamer was engaged In a conversa-
tion with Mrs. Martin when Farrel is
said to have approached and the
shooting began several persons wit-
nessing the exchange of shots. Mrs.
Martin was struck Immediately after
the shooting began a buckshot pass-
ing through the arm near the elbow.
Hamer fell mortally wounded expir-
ing at 2:45 o'clock this morning.
Farrel disappeared Immediately
after the shooting according to Claude
Gilliam a constable of Medina county
who brought the body of Mr. Hamer
to San Antonio today. Hamer was
34 years old. single and a native of
Alabama. The body Is being held at
the Riebe Undertaking company pend-
ing the arrival of a sister from New
Mexico. The remains accompanied
by the father F. H. Ijamer and the
sister will be taken to Dardanelle
Ark. for burial.
RICHESON IS READY
TO DIE- IN CHAIR
Execution of Boston Minister Will
Probably Take Ptace Soon
After Mldnitrht.
(BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESB.)
BOSTON Mass. May 20.—A desire
that the last hour of his earthly
existence might come speedily appar-
ently was the dominating thought in
the mind of Clarence V. T. Richeson
as he rose from his prison bed today.
The young Virginian who shortly’ aft-
er midnight tonight will probably pay
his penalty for the murder of Avis
Linnell has become reconciled to his
fate ahd courageously faces the fu-
ture.
“1 will be ready when you want me
warden” he said to Warden Bridges
late last night when that official
paid him a brief visit. He added:
“Do not worry I shall not break
down."
No relative of the former minister
will console him in his last hours or
pay him a farewell visit. His aged
father in Virginia is too feeble to
' stand the journey and the strain. His
sister in New York state stated it was
her desire to not have her last thought
of her brother In his condemned cell.
His brother. Douglas Richeson. of Chi-
cago. although in the city today de-'
dared last night that he would not go
to the prison today. 1
LOU USE
IS NOW lIP FOR
FINAL ACTION
Illinois Senator Upheld by Ma-
jority of the Committee
on Investigation.
NO NEW EVIDENCE FOUND
li. Minority Report Ten Votes
Are Alleged to Have
Been Corrupt.
(BV THE ASSOCIATED PRESS)
WASHINGTON. D. C„ May 20.—
The case of Senator Lorimer of Illi-
nois. whose election was alleged to
have been brought about through cor-
ruption today was placed before the
senate for final action.
The majority of the special Inves-
tigating committee reported that all
WILLIAM LORIMER
the rules of law. judicial procedure
and justice required that the senate a
former judgment In Senator Lorimer’s
favor he held final and conclusive
and that there was absolutely no new
and substantial evidence discovered
on this reinvestlgittlon. his election
being tbe "logical result of existing
political conditions In Illinois."
Th.- minority reported that the evi-
dence at the second investigation was
"broader and more far-reaching than
the previous inquiry brdught out and
that it conclusively established that at
least ten of the votes caat for Lorimer
were corrupt and that his election
therefore was invalid."
The minority report was signed by
Senators Kern and Lea democrats
and Kenyon republican.
The Majority Report.
Why Senator Lorimer should ho
permitted to retain his seat in the sen-
ate was set forth by the majority of
the s/nate special Lorimer committee
in their report to the senate It was
submitted by Chairman Dillingham
and had the approval of Senators
Gamble and Jones republicans nnd
Fletcher and Johnson of Alabama
democrats.
It holds that the senate having once
"solemnly and deliberately" passed
upon the charges against Senator
Lorimer-ho should be permitted to
retain his seat unless new and con-
vincing evidence had been produced
establishing corruption in his election.
Absolutely no "new and substantial
evidence" had been produced at the
reinvestigation the majority said.
The report also reviewed the legal
authorities to show that the first in-
vestigation of the senate should be
taken as final.
Funk's Charge Rejected.
The majority rejected the version.
Clarence S. Funk general manager of
the International Harvester company
gave of a conversation he held with
Edward Hines the Chicago lumber-
man in the Union League club at Chi-
cago Just after Senator Lorimer’s elec-
tion. It was during this conversation
that Funk claims Hines asked for a
810000 contribution to a B’looOOo
Lorimer fund. The majority said Mr.
Funk’s testimony stood uncorrobor-
ated either by other witnesses or by
any circumstances.
In discussing Mr. Funk’s testimony
that he heard reports of Mr. Hines’
activities at Springfield the majority
declared that "such ‘reports' must
have had birth In Mr. Funk's imagina-
tion.”
Version Known to Several.
Comment was passed on the fact
that for many months H. H. Kohjsaat.
editor of the Chicago Record-Herald:
James Keeley editor of the Chicago
Tribune; Victor F. Lawson owner of
the Chicago News and Col. Theodore
Roosevelt knew of Mr. Funk's version
and none saw fit to bring the Informa-
tion to the attention of any person
connected with any investigation. Mr.
Hines' sense of importance of the
matter. It was said was also greatly
enhanced when he knew that Mr
Lorimer's candidacy would not be ob-
jectionable to President Taft.
The corfimittee held that the testi-
mony of William M. Burgess of Du-
luth Minn. to the effect that C. F.
Wiehe had stated in a smoking room
of a sleeping car out of Duluth last
March that he had contributed 810.-
TEN PAGES TODAY
000 to a Lorimer election fund »hould
be discarded.
Call 11 "a Pure Fabrication.”
Th* aenaatlonal account by former
Flat* Representative Charles A. White
of receiving 1-orlmer election money
wa* pronounced "aa a pure fabrication
■o far a* it relate* to the election of
Senator Lorimer."
The committee advanced the theory
that instead of Senator Daniel W.
Ilolstlaw having been paid 82500 for
having coted for Lorimer It might
have been paid by liquor lntere»te to
defray hla election expense* although
posing as a "dry."
Taken altogether the committee
said the testimony Indicated to it that
Mr. Lorimer a election was the result
of political conditions and not attribu-
table to the corrupt uae of money. It
dwelt on the statement that not a
single witness had reflected upon
Senator Ixjrlmer personally end that
no testimony existed a* to a single in-
discreet remark or improper action on
hl* part.
BASEBALL STRIKE .
IS DECLARED OFF
Detroit Tigers will Ptay In Washing-
ton Tomorrow Without Cobu
in the Game.
(RY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.)
P*. May 20.—
The baseball strike Inaugurated by
the Detroit team of the American
league last Saturday came to an end
at 3:35 p. m. today when President
Navin of the club announced that the
team would play In Washington to-
morrow without the service* of "Ty"
Cobb who still stands suspended for
his attack on a spectator In New York
last week.
Mr. Navin informed the players that
he would do his utmost to have the
Mispcnslon of Cobb lifted at the earl-
iest moment and that he would take
care of all fines inflicted upon the
players for their strike.
The player* have consented to re-
turn on thia promise because they
feel that Mr. Navin was the innocent
sufferer in thia extraordinary affair.
The players say they desire it dis-
tinctly understood that the principle
Involved upon which they struck will
b< taken up and fought to a finish.
CAMPAIGN IN OHIO
WILL BE CLOSED TODAY
Taft Make* Sharp Answer to Roose*
volt'* Uhmrce He Wad AbolMicd
lm|KMtant
(RY THE ASSOC'ATKD
HAMILTON. 0.. May 18.—President
Taft on the irat day of his campaign
tour of Ohio made hot answer to Col-
onel Roosevelt’s charge that he had
abolished many Important "commis-
sions” appointed in the last adminis-
tration by making the counter charge
that these commisalons frequently had
been unlawfully appointed.
The preaident'a attack on Roosevelt
began with a discussion of the mining
bureau bill.
“Mr. Roosevelt says that I am to
blame for not yielding to the bosses
because 1 did not continue many of
the commiasiona which had been un-
lawfully created” said President Taft.
“Well I could not do it because of
the express prohibition of the law
which was passed before I got into
office and which he himself signed.
“That Is an instance of his Inac-
curacy of matters. He applies that to
the country life commission the min-
ing commlMion and to every commit-
slon that hia lively imagination
thought it would be well to appoint. It
is easy enough to appoint a commit-
tee to devise ways and means but it Is
a good deal harder to get a statute
through these days except advertising
the administration.”
lAFI SfK «
FOR RHILROAO MEH
President Interests Himself In Behalf
of Men Thrown Out of Employ-
ment In Mexico.
(BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.)
WASHINGTON May 20.—President
Taft has directed the state department
to endeavor to find work for the
American locomotive engineers and
conductors who are out of employ-
ment because of the strike of the Na-
tional railways of Mexico.
The department has sent letters to
the heads of 150 railways in the Unit-
ed States asking work for 80 engineers
and 83 conductors now idle >n_ tpe
border towns of Texas. C. E. Webb
representing the engineers of San An-
tonio Texas and D. F. Anderson
representing the conductors at Lare-
do Tex. are in touch with the depart-
ment in the negotiations. American
consuls in Mexico are trying to find
any other engineers and conductors
out of work and still in Mexico.
ATLANTA IS CHOSEN
Northern
Southeastern Metropolis.
(Bl THE ASSOCIATED ?RESB. >
LOUISVILLE. Ky.. May 20.—At-
lanta. Ga. was selected as host for
the 1913 general assembly of the
Northern Presbyterian church today.
Rochester and Atlantic City which
were contenders withdrew. Atlanta
plans to entertain thousands of mem-
bers of each branch of the Presby-
terian church in 1913.
The Southern Presbyterian genera!
assembly Ht Bristol. Tenn. voted last
week to meet next year in Atlanta
with the partial understanding that
the Northern Presbyterians would also
select the Georgia city. Atlanta now-
plans to entertain tn 1913 four
branches of the Presbyterlcn church
the Northern the Southern. United
and the Associate Reformed the event
to be known as the pan-Presbyterian
Pentecostal union.
-PRICE: FIVE
GUADALUPEi
FALLS TO
FEDERAL
*■
Town 30 Miles South of Juai
Attacked by 200 Madera
Troops. ' J
DEFENDED BY SMALL FORi
Reinforcements Sent by Reb
to Arrive in Time for
Fight.
JUAREZ EXPECTS ATTA
——
.Today's Activity of Gove
; ment Forces Indicates
Movement on Juarez.
(SPECIAL TO THE LIGHT.)
EL PASO. Tex.. May 20.—Th* to*
of Guadalupe. 30 miles south |
Juarez which is garrisoned by
rebel soldiers fell into the hand*
the federal* this morning when it w
attacked by the force of 200 *M
was reported marching upon Ju*r«*
Reinforcements were sent fr«
Juarez this morning to Guadalupa. Il
they did not reach there before-t
attack.
The fight at Guadalupe confirm* t
report of federal activity in the dl
trict below Juarez and indicate* th
Juarez is the objective point of tl
federal*. '
Presidents I-Tcee to Juarea.
News of the taking of Guadata
was brought to Juarez by M
Navarro presldente of Guedahd
who fled when the federals march
| into the town.
Navarro eaid the attack began al
o'clock this morning. The..
[ started Into the town under a stM
fire and the garrison wa* able to 1
up but small resistance. The rebel* :
treated leaving th> town In fad*
hand*
Send Troops to Retake Town.
Juarez la greatly excited over 1
incident and all of the available rei
troops In the city hare oeen aent
Guadalupe to retake the town. It.
feared the federals will push on
Juarez during the afternoon and
battle of considerable proportion*
expected. .
President Navarro said hia hot
seemed to be the principal point
federal attack and he thought it W
to get out.
HUERTA’S MEN ADVANCE AFO4
Trains Are Utilized tn Haul Wal
and Provision*
(BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.]
MEXICO CITY May 20.—The ft
eral army under General Huerta h
reached Zavala yesterday nine mil
south of Escalon the rebel strop
hold. Telegrams trom the fro
reaching here last night indlcat
that no further hostilities had c
curred. General Huerta was carryt
with him 25000 gallons of water I
trains being utilized for this purpe
and the transporting of provislo
and artillery. His soldiers are pt
ceeding on foot making slow progre
over tne hot desert and repair!
bridges as they go.
A party ol rebels blew out
bridge on the Central south of Tc
reon Saturday night near Jimult
cutting off communication for t
time being over the .direct line to t
capital. The rebels are believed
have been a portion of those recen!
operating about Pedrlcena and Vela
dena.
Zaculpam a mining camp in t
western limits of the state of MeXk
is believed to have fallen into tl
hands of rebel bands. Mail adVlc
from there dated several days a;
were to the effect that the place w
surrounded an<l could not hold oi
There are said to be some twenty-fi
Americans there.
To a group of Oaxacans who a
pealed to the president yesterdayf
troops assurance was given that 2'
rurales would be sent at once to tl
relief of the capital of Oaxaca.
Cuernavaca capital of Morelc
was isolated again both railway at
wire communication being cut. Flgh
Ing was reported to have occurred
El Parque a few miles from the clt
SAN TONA IS RELEASED.
Ammunition Aboard Consigned to tl
Mexican Government.
(BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.'
NEW ORLEANS. La.. May SO.-
The British steamer San Tona. whit
was seized Saturday night by the Uni
ed Stales revenue cutler Davey b
cause of the presence aboard of
shipment of arms and ammunition fi
Campeche. Mex.. was released yeste
day afternoon on telegraphic lnstru<
tions from Washington.
The Montes Steamship compan
charterers of the San Tona. product
consular Invoices bills of lading an
other documentary evidence to *u|
port their claim that no attempt h:
been made to conceal the Mhipmei
and showed that the war suupll
were for the governor of the state ।
Campeche. Mex.. and not for revol'
tionists. as the special agent of tl
department of jugtic* had boa* |
formed.
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