St. Louis Post-Dispatch
July 6, 1916

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PRICE Formal Reply Agreeing to Direct Exchanges Will Be Sent From Washington, Probably in Day or Two at the Most. - Tension Regarded as Being Easier, but No Prediction. Is Ventured as to Outcome of Discussions. ä President Will Refuse to Have Attempts at an drawal of Troops From WASHINGTON, July 6.—Formal ac- ceptance of Gen. Cararnza's proposal that differences betweén the United States and the de facto Government of Mexico be settled by direct negotiations willl be dispatched soon to Mexico City. This was decided by President Wilson today at a conference with Secretary Lansing. The Mexican note, delivered yesterday, said the de facto Government had ac- cepted in principle Latin-American of- fers of mediation, but was awaiting in- formation as to whether the United States believed the desired results could be accomplished by direct exchanges between the two Governments. Secretary Lansing will depart tomor- row for a month’s vacation. It was not stated whether he would first prepare the reply to Mexico, but indications are that it will go forward within a day or two at most. Lansing to Be Within Reach. The Secretary will be in direct touch by telegraph and telephone with the White House and State Department during his absence, but informal con- versati * 5 8 idor-designate, which it is will develop a solution of the 8 along the Mexican border, be conducted by Counselor Polk, acting as Secretary. While Gen. Carranza's amicable re- joinder to the last two American notes has. greatly eased tension, no official was willing. today to predict the, final Sutcome of the forthcoming negotia- tions, It was made plain, however, that no change in policy is contemplated by the ‘Washington Government, and that immediate withdrawal of Gen. Persh- ing’s expeditionary forces from Mexico for along the border is worked out. Washington officials take the position that only the preliminary step has been taken by Gen. Carranza toward ' friendly the adjustment he now appears to Demonstration of his ability to carry out the promises expressed and “implied in his note is still lacking. Pres- ‘Ment Wilson, it is pointed out, has been ready to withdraw American troops from Mexico at any time the de the Bish adequate military protection for the border. N Vis Reported in Field Again, The efficiency of Mexican police mea- sures may be put soon to a severe test, @ccording to rumors transmitted from _ the border today to the State Depart- ment. These state that Francisco Vil- la has recovéred from his wounds and Ws personally leading a force northward from the region just south of Parral. to be operating and the advanced camps dr Gen. Pershing’s forces are consider- ade forces of Carranza troops. paign Against Villa Bandits. Ramos was killed in a fight 15 miles southwest of between a small force of de troops and several regiments of Villa dandits. Rather than retire to mines without carrying out his orders, Which were not to ret ag | d bour to the death in his entrench- unless he were to report su Gen. Ramos Carranza troops were attacked at daybreak and for 12 hours out against repeated attacks, hop- for reinforcements, At nightfall, Ramos had been killed and the part of the command killed or the survivors retired to Jimi- Other troops had been ordered to junction with Gen. Ramos at for a general offensive against ‘a followers, but were delayed by a 1 After the Corral clash the garrison at , Rosalia was sent to hold Jimines, © 20 troops, including the. brigade “Domingo Arrieta, were sent to at- : FAIR TONIGHT, CLOUDY SKIES FOR TOMORROW THE TEMPERATURES. babs een 10 . O11 a. m 12 (noon) Official forecast for St. Louis and vicinity: Fair tonight; tomor- row increasing cloudiness, Missouri—Fair in north portion, increasing cloudiness in south portion, tomorrow in- creasing cloudi- ness in north portion; rain nd cooler in south portion. Illinois — Fair in northern and central portions; increasing cloudiness ip extreme south portion tonight. Increasing cloudi- ness in north and central portions a and cooler in extreme south por- on. CONVICT ORCHESTRA PLAYS AT JEFFERSON CITY COUNTRY CLUB State Prisoners Are Taken 4 Miles in Auto to Dance Which Gov. Major Attends. JEFFERSON CITY, July 6.—The con- vict orchestra of the Missouri peniten- tiary, its members wearing white suits without visilbe numbers, furnished the music for the Fourth of July dance of the Jefferson City Country Club, at the clubhouse, west of town, Tuesday night. Gov. Major was one of the dancers. The musicians were carried in auto- mobiles from the prison to the club- house, a distance of nearly four miles. The State law provides that convicts Shall wear gray suits, with the prison- er's number printed on «oat or trous- ers. The prison orchestra was used June 28, at the opening of what is known as D. C. McClung Park, in the southeast part of the city. This tract bearing the name of the warden of the penitentiary, belongs to the State, and is being improved as a recreation Place. At the opening, admission tick- ets: were sold for $1 each, the money being. desired for the completion of a bathing pool. Anton Blum, president of the loca] branch of the musicians’ union, has called a meeting for Sunday morning. to discuss the use ot, the prison cru in entertainments where union mu- sicions might be employed, BABY KILLED BY FALL WHEN UNCLE CARRYING IT STUMB! ce Another Child Drops Forty Feet From Window and Ia Only Slightly Hurt. George Stemme, 6 months old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Stemme of 4172 Folsom avenue, died last night from injuries he received about 7 o'clock when his uncle, Otto Stemme, stumbled over a box on the steps leading to the basement of the Stemme home and dropped him from his arms onto the concrete stairway. The child’s skull was crushed. Pete Spanno, 5 years old, of 919 North Ninth street, fell from a _ third-story porch at his home to the brick side- walk 40 feet below and suffered only a slight cut on his head. 4, TUG WAITS WINE DAYS NORFOLK, Va., July 6.— She's com- ing, that German submarine bound for Baltimore. Her periscope hasn't been sighted yet, to be sure, but what—everybody is asking—about the my@terious actions of the tug Timmins? The Timmins of Baltimore has been cruising off Cape Henry for nine con- secutive days and has repeatedly re- fused tows of sailing craft--desiring to be brought to this city. Yet the Captain of the Timmins insists that his only object in maneuvering about Cape Henry is for the usual purpose of picking up a tow. The deduction is that he is there on business with a German submarine. | cases und others in Beacdh, CHILDREN CONTINUE TO DIE ONE AN TOUR FROM PARALYSIS More Than 150 Deaths in 10 Days in New York Epidemic. Special Bonds Authorized to Fi- nance Fight — Sunday Schools to Be Watched. NEW YORK, July 6.— The Health De- partment announced today that com- plete figures show that during the 24 hours preceding 9 o’clock this morning, 21 children died of infantile paralysis in the greater city. Of the 623 cases reported in Greater New York, 174 have resulted in death. All the children are under 7 years old. Special bonds to provide money to fight inrentile paralysis have been au- thorized and today the Health Commis- sioner is appealing for 120 additional nurses. There are 300 cases in three city hospitals. The last 48 hours has demic began. In the 24 hours ending at 10 o'clock yesterday morning 91 cases had been verified in Brooklyn, 18 in Manhattan, two on Staten Island and two in Queens. No additional cases were reported from the Bronx. This makes 113 the toll for one day, wh is the worst yet recorded. In Brooklyn 157 cases were verified in 48 houfs, and scores of others were awaiting con- firmation by the doctors. The death toll continues to be high. There were 22 deaths in the 48 hours preceding Monday noon, 26 deaths in the next 24 hours and, so far as could be learned, seven deaths from Tuesday noon to yesterday morning. This makes a total of more than 150 deaths in ap- proximately 600 cases—a mortality that far surpasses that in any past experi- ence with the disease. Reported in Other Cities. Reports came in indicating that the malady is gradually extending its rav- ages to points up the State and to the | West. In Hudson, N. V., there are six Ui and Binghamton. Several suspicious Caees were reported on Long Island, and the State Department of Health is tak- ing measures to verify them. Other points at which the disease was repur‘te:l are Newark, Newport, Boston, Cleveland and Bristol, Pa. Orders were issued to all institutioas having the care of children directing that no persons be permitted to visit the children during the continuation of the epidemic. An exception is made in the case of children in hospitals desperately ill. In such instances the relatives may see them at the discretion of the atten 1- ing physician. A shertage of monkeys is handicap- ping the work of the Rockefeller In- stitute. The Siam animal is the only one yet found which will develop the disease by inoculation. For the devel- opment of a serum it i: absolutely nec- essary t> have such animals. Dust Spreads Disease. The Health Commissioner issued in- structions today regarding dustless cleaning. He advises that before floors are swept they be dampened with tea leaves or wet sawdust. Curtains shouid be taken Zzown for dusting and wood- work cleaned with a wet rag. The commirsioner’s step was based on a series of e:.periments conducted by Dr. M. Neustaedter, neurologist, and his associate, Dr. William Throw. They gathered sweepings from a room which had held sufferers from infantile paraly- sis. The sweepings were shaken for six hours in a salt solution and strained through cotton and a Berkfield filter The solution wa then slightly evapo- ratet in a vacuum and a portion of it was injected into . monkey. Seven days afterward the monkey be- came nervous and -rembling and a day Continued on Page 3, Column 2. — — SS — — ũ ——— — Aue Excess Is shown for the Post-Dispatch when our Home-Mer- chants’ announcements for comparisons made. By a coincidence the Post-Dispatch alone beat both morning papers combined, and also both evening papers combined by the same wide margin of Twelve Columns. Post-Dispatch alone e e ae 54 Cols. Both Globe-Democrat and Republic combined. . 42 cols. Both Times and Star combined. Foreign advertisers also, more space in th e . Post-Dispatch alone, viz: 35 Cols. than they did in 3 out of all 4 of the other St. Louis viz 24 cols. they concentrated to the extent of 11 Post-Dispatch alone than they did in Louis pape a © 2 words cols, more in the 3 of the other St. Here’s the "CIRCULATION avenge for the first six months of 1916: ** „ „ „ „ „ ee Sunday Wednesday are added and 42 cols. as is their custom, bought rs all added together. See oper fo — —, MORE NURSES ASKED 2 75 been the worst period since the epi- {found two miles distant from b * — e 9 — ae BODIES OF NINE SLAIN AT CARRIZAL REACH EL PASO Only Those of Capt. Boyd, Lieut. Adair and One Pri- vate Identified. CROWD SEES CORTEGE Dead Escorted Through Street by Cavalry Regiment, Funeral Service Held. EL PASO, Tex., July 6—The “odies of Capt. Charles T. Boyd, Lieut. Henry Adair and seven troopers of the Tenth Cavalry, killed at Carrizal. were brought to El Paso today at $:30 a. m. Only the two officers and Private Dewitt Rucker have been identified. Eight of the Americans were ex- humed from a single grave, according to the undertakers who brought back the bodies. The dead had been gath- ered from the field of battle and cagt into a ditca, which was then filled up. Capt Boyd, Lieut. Adair and six troopers, stripped of their uniforms, were found together in the ditch. The body of the ninth trooper was the others. He had been wounded and ap- parently had dragged himself away from the scene of the fight. — Delivery Earlier an Bxpected. Gen. Bell had not expected the bodies to be delivered so early in the morning and the Eighth Cavairy, which had been detailed from Fort Bliss to act as an escort, was not on hand. An im- promptu guard was formed, however, from soldiers of the Seventh Infantry encamped near the bridge. Part of these marched beside the car, while the remainder stood at attention as it rolled off the bridge, upon American soil. Word was immediately sent to Fort Bliss and the Eighth Cavalry was started cityward. By the time the Eighth reached the death car at 10:3 a. m., thousands of persons had gathered along the streets. The cavalry drew up at attention while 24 negro troopers, survivors of the Car- rizal engagement, took a station at the car’s entrance, directly behind Gen. Bell “Tits Staff. , = 5 Reha The caskets wen taken from the car, 1 covered with flags and placed in ambu- lances, while the mounted band of the Eighth Cavalry played “Nearer, My God, to Thee.“ A squadron of cavalry led a march to undertaking rooms, where it has been decided to hold the bodies for the present. The band played the Chopin Funeral March. Squads of dismounted men fell in beside the ambulances, behind each of which a riderless horse was led. Two of the horses were Carrizal survivors. The officers and men followed and the cortege moved off between lanes of peo- ple who bared their heads as it passed. At the chapel of the undertaking es tablishment a brief funeral service was read by Chaplain W. W. Brander of the Eighth Cavalry. It was announced that the identified bodies would be rned over to the rel- atives and tnat the others probably would be sent to Arlington Cemetery, Washington, for burial. Although the members of the under- taking force that made the trip to Car- rizal were shown every courtesy by the Mexican officials, they said the populace in the vicinity of Villa Ahumada showed considerable enmity. They were not hindered in their work, however, they said. One of them, O. J. Wilson, recounted the story of the trip as follows: “We arrived in Villa Ahumada Tues- day afternoon, having with us metallic caskets and wooden covers for 14 men. These were loaded upon a motor truck and we immediately set out for Car- rizal. We did not begin work until wednes- day morning, but our task. although disagreeable, was not hard. We found eight bodies in a single grave and the other two miles distant. Tho ditch which held Capt. Boyd, Lieut. Adair and six of the troopers was on the scene of the battle. Their bodies had been stripped and piled on top ot each other. Although the es were badly de- composed, it was plain there had been no mutilation. Only one bore an iden- tification tag—that of De „itt Rucker of K Troop. We recognized Boyd and Adair by their color. The others bore nothing that would give a clue to their identity, although three saddles and a tin cup found in the grave may help later. The tin cup bore the inscription ‘No. 61, K ? Wo placed the bodies in the metallic caskets and a tinsmith sealed them. The next morning we started them over to Villa Ahumada, 10 miles away. ; Facorted by Mexicans. Lol. Urbano Rivera of the Carranza forces there met us at the town with an escort and took us to the railway sta- tion. We loaded the caskets aboard on special train and last evening started back to Juarez, arriving late at night.” Wilson said Mexican soldiers at Car- rizal told him admiring stories of the bravery of Lieut. Adair. According to the Mexicans, Adair. after being wound- ed, used his pistol. When he had emptied it he grabbed another and kept on fight- ing until he was killed.” Free Band Concerts Tonight Fischer's Band at Forest Park, with Pageant Chora! Society in Shakespearean songs, 7 to 98:30 o'clock. Bauver’s Band, at Dakota Park, 7 to 9:30 o'clock. Want work? Reach the employers of St. Louis and suburbs through POST- DISPATCH went Sr. LOUIS, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 6, 191624 PAGES. COL, K. fi, R. GREEN, MRS, GREEN'S SON AND DAUGHTER Gt! HER VAST WEALTH She Bequeaths on Only Few “Tokens of Esteem“ Otherwise. BELLOWS FALLS, Vt., July 6.—The will of Mrs. Hetty Green, long known as the wealthiest woman in America, leaves the bulk of her estate to her son, Col. E. H. R. Green, and her daughter, Mrs. Matthew Astor Wilks. The re- mainder is distributed in smaller be- quests to old friends of Mrs. Green. No estimate of the total value of the estate is contained in the will, and the closing clause provides that the son and daughter shall not be required to fle in inventory or appraisement or give bonds and “shall not be required to account tn or to be subject to the jurisdiction orf the Probate Court.“ The will. filed after the funeral of Mrs. Green here yesterday, is dated March . 1911. After directing that all expenses incurred,through Mrs. Green's iliness and funeral shall be paid prompt- ly, the following ‘token= of esteem” are bequeathed: Mrs. Herbert P. Bancroft of New York, a friend of Mrs. Green, 95000: Amory A. Lawrence of Boston, $10,000; Ruth Lawrence, New York, $5000. and Matthew Astor Wilks, husband of Mrs. Green’s daughter, $5000 as “an ap- preciation of having made an ante-nup- tial relinquishment of any claim on bis wife’s property.” The will disposes of the estate of Mrs. Green’s husband as directed tn his will This property goes to the son and daugh- ter. All jewelry, household furniture, por- e .... — — — — * MRS, MATTHEW ASTOR WILKS, EL SEG: RN RAMEE RS REL SOI ESE | ¥ ’ —Photo by Bain. : } 8 GUTTER SENDS MEN FOR STORM. NEWS Wireless Towers in City Down, Vessel in Harbor Reports; Damage Not Determined. NEW ORLEANS, July 6.—The Unit- ed Fruit Co.'s radio station here was in brief communication with .the coast guard cutter Tallapoosa in Mobile Har- bor. by wireless, shortly before noon today. The Tallapoosa’s message stated the wireless. towers in Mobile were down, but gave no indication of damage or possipie loss of life. The cutter was preparing’ to send a boat ashore for information regarding conditions in Mobile. The center of the hurricane apparently struck Mobile, Ala., and Pensacola, Fla., and the section between those points yesterday and last night, accord- ing to local Weather Bureau officials today. The storm moved inland in a northwesterly direction from the Gulf of Mexico at an estimated velocity of about §% miles an hour. The Weather Bureau issued a bulletin at 8:30 o’clock this morning stating the center of the hurricane appeared at that time to be moving northwest be- tween Jackson and Meridian, Miss., at a velocity of about miles an hour and apparently lessening in intensity. Two Trains on Mississippi Guif Line Not Heard From. JACKSON, Miss., July 6.—Efforts to- day to get direct advices as to extent of the tropical hurricane that swept the Mississippi! coast yesterday are un- availing. All telegraph and telephone lines are down and train service on the Gulf & Ship Island road suspended. The passenger train leaving Gulfport at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon has not reached here and the location of the southbound train leaving here at 4 p. m. Wednesday is not known. There is no telephone communication south of Mendenhall. That there has been a very heavy ONE CENT FRENCH AND BRITISH ADVANCES ON SOMME. ADMITTED BY BERL 0 * « — Wi "= here = y „ 5 7 4 1 7 2 Ge 7 8 A ete Sep = tex, a Pe Se the morning to recapture the Damioup Hill battery. ae In the fighting in the region of Thiau- mont Work we took on Tuesday . ders were killed.“ French Advance to Outskirts 3 of Peron ne; 76 Guns Taken fort to cut the German commu! * Sor mont firm, taken By the French ‘s 2 r : : — joins its suburban houses. The impor- tance which the Germans attach point is shown in their fierce attack last night when they French lines back to the village of loy-en-Santerre, which t f keit i hey featu of the | 2 b a, Ce. SEs ey oie BAe eg r (ß r saat? = ba pe RW ae > 8 2 * — ; 205 2 ea or 8 OER 2