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Pill THE WEAIMER. 10 Pages Today Local rains Wednesday. Thursday probably fair. ONE SECTION vol. xcynrNo. 27. MORE THAN $100,000,000 A YEAR FOR FIVE YEARS 'NA VAL H EPAREDNESS' Official Estimate oft I f! fy's Part in Administratis v Defense Program J A PROPOSED BY DANIELS ior New Ships and Aircraft and Huge Reserve of Am munition and Guns. To Recommend Addition of 1 1 ,500 to Navy Peiso nnel. Washington, October 19. Offi cial estimates of the navy's part in the administration's billion dollar national defense programme were made public tonight by Secretafry Daniels. They show that within five years it is proposed to spend $502,482, 214 on construction of new ships, development of aircraft, and cre ation of a' huge reserve of ammu nition and guns. The five-year building programme contem plates construction of 10 dread- naughts. 6 battle cruisers, 10 scout cruisers. 50 destroyers, 15 seago ing submarines, 85 coast defense submarines, four gunboats, one hospital ship, two ammunition . ships, two fuel oil ships and one repair ship. The last of these ves sels will be in commission late in 1921. ' -. On navlvieiprpd to expend $6,000,000 "during the five years and on reserve muni tions $25,000,000. Besides Ships Now Building. With the addition of $48,518,127 for completion of ships already authorized, a total of more than half a billion dol lars will be expended upon the navy in addition to the regular budget which approximated 5100,000,000 a year. Secretary Daniels will recommend this winter- the addition to the navai personnel of 7,500 blue jackets, 2,500 apprentices and 1,500 marines, a totai of 11.500 men. u ith this addition, it is estimated that all battleships not more than 15 years old, destroyers and submarines built within 12 years, half of the cruis ers and all of the gunboats and neces sary fleet auxiliaries can be manned, and an adequate reserve be maintained for Vessels cm tho rpcpruo lint Tn nffi- cer the additional force of marines, the Secretary will recommend appointment of one additional brigadier general, ; tw0 colonels, two lieutenant colonels, six majors, one colonel and assistant quartermaster. 14 captains, 14 first lieu tenants, 13 second lieutenants and 22 Warrant officers. Additional naval ofHcers would be obtained by increasing the number of Midshipmen at the Naval Academy by not less than 25Q men. For the aviation corps, Secretary Daniels will recommend establishment a special service to which civilian aviators can be appointed. The 1917 naval estimates to be pre Sented to Congress this winter will to tal $217,652,173 an increase of $67,990, 0g over last year's appropriation. Of the increase $57,003,000 will be for new construction, $8,000,000 for munitions reserve, $2,000,000 for aviation and' the balance of the total appropriation go toward continuing departmental expen ses. Five-Year Building: Program. The building programme to be recom mended for the nve-year perior is as tOliows; for 1917 (authorized in 1916): Two tireacinaughts, $15,560,000; two battle cruisers. 511,158,000; three scout cruis es, 5,joo,ooO; 15 destroyers, .$10,500, 5r'; five fleet submarines, . $4,428,000; twenty-five coast submarines, $5,750, M0; two gunboats, $760,000; one hospi j3 ship, Sl.250,000; one fuel oil ship, f.f-o.fioo. Total, $57,003,000. (Only part 2f total cost of vessels appointed the fir?' year). ..Fr 1918; Two dreadnanughts, $26, :oo;; continuing work on two bat tiecnnsers, $11,921,000; one scout cruis r Uoo.ooo; ten destroyers, $16,900, tour tieet submarines, $5,577,500; rrer. coast submarines, $13,950,000; r:e s-unboat, $1,140,000; continue work on nospital ship, $1,200,000; continuing pr on fuel ship, $65,250. Total, $84.--'3.750. t"p one battle cruiser, $17,500,000; K'0 scout cruisers, $8,650,000; ten de stroyer $10,100,000; two fleet subma rtS, 55.4X7.snft- flftn mint mihma- rire;. S0.74nn nn. fnmnla trio- triinhnatx i5 ''"i nTteii sqn 77 snn Frr 192ft- Twr. riroaHnaiKrVitc $37- 0r.rio. two battle cruisers, $17,118,500; out cruisers. $8,650,000? tnft'de- ryers, ?lo,300,000; two fleet subma Jfes $4,L'i5,000; fifteen coast subma t'fts, S3.750.000; one ammunition ship, '7J.o87: one fuel oil ship, $700,000. $89,133,087. onnL19Z1: 'Two dreadnaught8, $37, Ju,'J00; one battle cruiser, $23,460,500; (Continued on Page Two.) ' BRITISH QUESTIONS STILL UNANSWERED Asquith 111, Expected Storm Fails to Materialize. IN HOUSE OF COMMONS Allies Mere Optimistic as to Balkans and Dardanelles, Where More Ser ious Effort Is Expected. War Theatre Reports. London, Oct. 19. Owing to the ill ness of Premier Asquith and the deli cate negotiations which ,are . proceed ing between the Allies, the enlighten ment which today's meeting of the house of commons was expected to throw on the Balkan operations, over which Sir Edward Carson is believed to have resigned from the cabinet, and on the substitution of Major General Monro for General Sir Ian Hamilton to command in the Dardanelles, was not forthcoming. There were more than a hundred questions in the house on the orders of the day, dealing chiefly with near eastern affairs, the Dardanelles and the method of raising necessary men for the army, and, while the ministers answered many of them, in no case was the information which the public was anxiously awaiting, supplied. It is generally agreed, however, that for the moment at least the contro versy over recruiting has been silenced, for the conscriptionists, or a. majority of them, have decided to give Lord Derby's new scheme a fair trial and to assist him in every way to get the men to increase the size of and fill the gaps in the army. It is understood that jthe voluntary system has received its last trial, and, despite the opposition throughout the country, those favoring national service for all will endeavor tn fnrr its dottioTvTshould "Lord Der- Dardanelles "'and 'Balkans ' V I So' far as the Dardanelles and the. J Balkans are concerned, a good deal of the pessimism which reigned a week ago has - disappeared. It is believed that instead of any idea existing of abandoning the attempt to open the sea route to Constantinople, the ap pointment of General Monro means a more strenuous effort, and that when the. right moment comes the Italian navy, if not the Italian troops, will co operate. It is known that the forces on Galli poll have not been weakened for the Balkan campaign, and, while the task is difficult, the majority of the British public are confident that It will ulti mately be accomplished. In the Balkans the Austro-Germans and Bulgarian armies continue to claim progress against the Serbians, but ex cept in the north, where the Serbians are being forced back into the moun tains, the various reports do not go far toward clarifying the situation. The Bulgarians have cut the rail road between Uskup and Nish, so It is likely that except in the extreme south, where they have the support of the Anglo-French troops landed at Salon- continued on Page Two.) VIRGINIA CITIES RATE Claim They Are Not Fighting Reduction to N. C. Points. Interstate Commerce Commission to Give Hearing on Complaint Against New Through Rates from West to Carolina. (Special Star Telegram.) Washington, D. C, Oct. 19. The In terstate Commerce Commission today decided to hear the Virginia cities case against the Chesapeake & Ohio railway in Washington, November 24. The case grows out of the recent readjust ment of the North Carolina rates from the West, which gave the State more just freight rates than she had ever enjoyed before. Virginia filed an ob jection to these rates. A Joint reply brief was filed today with tbe Commission by the Virginia cities following an intervening brief recently filed by Chairman Travis, of the State Corporation Commission. When the through rate to North Car olina points from the West were re duced, the Virginia cities say, a rela tionship that had existed for 26 years was destroyed. "The reduction of the rates from Cincinnati, O., and Louisville, Ky., to the same, destinations, of 11 cents per 100 pounds first class, tended to dis rupt that definite, fixed and establish ed relationship and adjustment. It is, therefore, more ,than a mere question of comparison, but -is a question of re lationship . and adjustment," says the Virginia attorneys. The Virginia cities disavow any de sire to take away the reduction of the through rate to North Carolina points and tate that their present action is (Continued on Page Two.) HEARING NOVEMBER 24 WELMXNGTOlSr, IS". C, DEFEAT OF WOMAN SUFFRAGEGQHGEDED Majority Against it in New , Jersey Probably 60,000 WILSON'S VOTE LOST The President's Precinct Voted Against Equal Suffrage by About 2 to 1 Returns Show 58,000 For; 80,000 Against Change. Jersey City, N. J , October 19. The defeat of woman suffrage in New Jer sey was conceded tonight by Mrs. E. F. Feickert, president of the New Jersey State Woman Suffrage Association. Her admission was borne out by un official early returns from every sec tion of the state, which indicated that the majority against suffrage was de cisive. Indications based on unofficial re turns even before midnight were that woman suffrage would be defeated in New Jersey by from 50,000 to 60,000. A majority of 23,671 was recorded on un official returns from 804 of the State's 1,891 districts, the vote being 56,676 for and 80,347 against the amendment. Four hundred and ninety-four of the state's 1,891 voting precincts gave a majority of 12,514 against adoption of the constitutional amendment to en franchise women. The figures were: For, 34,610; against, 47,124. These re turns came from suffrage workers in every county of the state, but were mostly from the large cities. Hudson and Essex counties, where theffight centered, apparently had giv en decisive majorities against the amendment at an early hour. Passaic county apparently was close, with unofficial returns from 54 of the 117 election districts giving 4,707 votes for the amendment and 4,896 against it. The city of- Trenton and Mercer coun ty early returns indicated voted against adoption of the amendment by a large majority. Wilson's Precinct Against. President Wilson's own precinct, the Seventh election district, of Princeton boroughj voted against suffrage by a majority of more than 2 to 1, the fig ures being: For, 64; against, 150. The only one of the 21 counties In, the state which aooeared to be certain T6rj lift r" a g' was CaiTe " May." . Early re turns indicated that the majority of the amendment there would approxi mate 300. Burlington county was- claimed for suffrage by the women leaders. In some sections of the state early returns indicated that the vote against suffrage was more than 2 to 1. Where suffrage triumphed the unofficial re turns showed - the majorities to be small. Returns came in much more rapidly than had been anticipated. The tide was all one way against woman suffrage. Leaders at the head quarters of the Suffrage Association realized early in the evening that only a landslide in the rural sections could save the day for them. Late returns showed that instead of the hoped-for landslide the country communities had, in many cases, voted against the amendment. This was notably true in Essex county, where nine of Newark's suburbs arrayed themselves solidly against suffrage. Will Renew Fight. Although defeated, the suffrage workers have not given up the fight. Coupled with admission of defeat, Mrs. (Continued on Page Two.) BRITAIN ISSUES LAST CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS Lord Derby Outlines His Plan to Meet the Situation. "Suggests" That Every Man Who Rec ognizes That the State Has a RiSTht to Bis Services En list at Once. London, Oct. 19. Lord Derby, whom the government has entrusted with the task of solving the recruiting problem, in addressing a mass meeting at the Mansion House today, gave the gist of the plan with which he hopes to meet the situation. "I suggest," he said, I "that every man who recognizes that the state has a right to call 'on his services for her protection should en list at once. All those found physical ly fit and wishing to join the colors at once could do so and the remainder continue at their usual vocations, sub ject to call when neeaed." Unmarried and married men, Lord Derby explained, would be put into respective groups, and the bachelors called first. Married men would be called later, according to age. Lord Derby said that a fortnight would be allowed men who were called, j to adjust their private affairs. He hop ed that with a proper response it would be unnecessary to call the older married men; in any event, these older men would so far as practicable be placed in the medical and transport units. "This is an honest attempt," declar ed Lord Derby, "to give every man a chance to do-his duty a last effort in behalf of voluntary service. I believe yet that the voluntary system can be made an unqualified success but there is no time to lose." ' WEDNESDAY MORKISTG, OCTOBER 20, 1915 NINE SQVERNMENTS GIVE RECOGNITION TO GEN. GARRANZA United States Soon to Accredit an Ambassador to Mexi can Republic LANSING SIGNS LETTER Will Bring About Early Re Establishment of Peace, Says Arredondo. Washington, Oct. 19. Venustiaho Carranza was formally recognized to day as the chief executive of the re public of Mexico by the governments of the United States, Brazil, Chile, Ar gentine, Guatemala, Bolivia. Uruguay, Colombia and Nicaragua. Diplomatic representatives of the first six Latin American countries, selected in the or der of their rank here, were parties to the Pan-American conference on Mexi can affairs, but the. action of Colombia and Nicaragua indicates that all the other republics of the western hemi sphere will follow the lead of. their sis ter nations in extending recognition. Each of the governments sent a letter to iflliseo Arredondo, personal repre tative here of Mr. Carranza. All were couched 'in the sarne form, and that of the United States added a formal expression of'an intention soon to accredit an ambassador to Mexico. Henry rather Fletcher, at present American ambassador to Chile, practi cally has been decided upon for the post. Although a Kepublican in poli tics, he was elevated from the rank of minister to ambassador by President Wilson after a long and successful rec ord in the diplomatic service. Lansing's Letter. Secretary Lansing's letter of recog nition referred only to the intention to accredit an Ambassador soon. Its text was as follows: "Liseo Arredondo, Esq., "Washington, D. C, October 19, 1915. "My dear Mr. Arredondo: " jtiroy flemtyevtr lrrfurnT'ywi "that the President of the United States takes this opportunity of extending recogni tion to the de facto government of Mex ico, of which General Venustiano Car ranza is .the chief executive. "The government of the United States will be pleased to receive formal ly in Washington a diplomatic repre sentative of the de facto government as soon as it shall please General Car ranza to designate and appoint such representatives; and, reciprocally, the government of the United States will accredit to the de facto government a diplomatic representative as soon as the .President has had opportunity to designate such representative. I should appreciate it if you could find it possible to communicate this infor mation to Cieneral Carranza at your earliest convenience. "Very sincerely yours, "ROBERT LANSING, "Secretary of State." Delivered Without Ceremony. This document the goal of Mexican revolutionary elements for nearly three years was delivered without ceremony by a State Department messenger at noon to Mr. Arredondo at the Mexican embassy building. Thursday, Mr. Ar redondo leaves here for Saltillo to de liver in person the letters of recogni tion. Several diplomats, among them the Argentine ambassador, the Bolivian and Guatemalan ministers, and John R. Sil- liman, personal representative of Pres ident Wilson in Mexico, called at the Mexican embassy during the afternoon and many felicitations came by tele gram or messenger. Arredondo's Statement. Mr. Arredondo tonight issued a for mal statement saying: "Recognition of the government of Mr. Carranza is a triumph of Pan American policy and without doubt will bring about very soon the re-establishment of peace and normal conditions in Mexico. "For this her sister republics and their worthy representatives here de serve sincere and fraternal felicitation, as this act of justice has been done for one of the republics which has been and shall contluue to be an integral part of the international American con cert. "Foreigners have and will continue to have the protection to which they are entitled by international law and existing treaties in accordance with in ternational amnity. Foreign capital will be welcomed and very soon a de cree of amnesty which Mr. Carranza is preparing will be issued that will per mit the Mexicans whose presence in Mexico will not constitute a vital men continued on Page Two.) .I..I..I..I..I..I,.I..II..I..I..I.4H. TWO CABJNET MEETINGS IN SAME DAY IN LONDON London, Oct. 19. A committee of the cabinet, known as the war . committee, met Tuesday after- noon and was joined by Alexan- clre Miller and French Minister of War Paul Cambon, French am- bassador to , Great Britain and M. Millerand's secretary. The . . committee sat for an hour and a half after which another cabinet council was held at the House of Commons. Nothing was made public regarding the circumstan ces . calling for two cabinet 4 meetings in the same day as well as the conference of the war com- JL mittee with the French war min- Ji. 4 ister, but it may be assured that JL S a. -i -i i nrfft. 1. .1 , m mey naa to to me uevei- opment of the military situation JL in the Near East. J. .I..I..I..I..I..Il.I..I..I..;..I.H ELLEN TO BEGIN HIS STORY T Expected to Describe in Detail Forming of Monopoly. .-. BATTS ENDS ADDRESS Recital of Mellen's Own Activities In New Haven Affairs Furnished Warp and Woof of Attorney's Address Yesterday. New York, Oct. 19. Charles S. Mel len, former president of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Com pany, will take the stand tomorrow as a witness for the government in the trial of William Rockefeller, Lewis Cass Ledyard, Edward D. Robbins and eight other defendants charged as di rectors of the road with monopolizing New England transportation traffic by unlawful methods. Through Mr. Mellen the government expects to prove a large majority of the alleged unlawful acts committed by the New Haven directors which Robert L. Batts, attorney for the gov ernment, has for two days been de scribing to the jury. Mr. Batts com pleted his address today. The former president of the New Haven, whose testimony before the. Federal grand jury and the Interstate Commerce Commission gained him immunity in the case, is prepared without reserve, the government attorneys believe, to disclose publicly for the first time the full story of the numerous transac tions by which the alleged monopoly was effected, in so far as they came to his knowledge. The recital of Mr. Mellen's own ac tivities in New Haven affairs virtually formed the warp and woof of Mr. Batts' address. He was mentioned to day as having gone to President Roose velt in 1907 to learn whether there would be any Federal activity against tire New Haven in connection with its ownership of steamship lines and of having fruitlessly advised the New Haven directors to sell them to Charles W. Morse rather than risk the chance of their being declared ' unlawfully held. Carried Cash In Pockets. Mellen, said the Federal attorney, carried ready cash around in his pock ets to pay due bills to persons Who were procurd seeretly- to- -aotfultfeor the New Haven stock of the New York & Port Chester Railroad Company at the time when that company was threatening to use its right-of-way to build a line out of New York that might be connected with trolley lines to Bos ton in competition with the New Haven. "And Mellen never asked the name of the persons he paid the money," continued the attorney. "The New Haven," he added, "not only did ille gal acts itself, but encouraged others to do them." "We will show you how Mr. Mellen reported that he was having trouble in buying up this stock on 14th street," said the attorney, referring to the New York City thoroughfare on which Tammany Hall is located. New Phase Brought Out. Another phase of New Haven affairs which the government expects to prove "by Mr. Mellen, one that has never been brought out in previous proceedings, was mentioned today by Mr. Batts in stating that the New Haven was se cretly purchasing Boston & Maine stock from Kidder, Peabody & Compa ny, Boston bankers, at a time when it had informed the Massachusetts au thorities that it had disposed of its (Continued on Page Two) ALL EXPORT BUSINESS ES Total for Week Ending Octo ber 16 Greatest Ever. Business Through Port of New York for Two Weeks Broke All Records. Two-Thirds of Volume was War Materials. Washington, Oct. 19. A record ex port business is shown by foreign trade figures for the week ended Oc tober 16, made public today by the bu reau of foreign and domestic com merce. Exports for the week were $73,694,653, as against $67,744,921 the week before. Imports were $29,782,055 giving a favorable trade balance of $43,912,598 for the week. New York, Oct. 19. Exports from the port of New York during the first two weeks of October reached the rec ord breaking total of $76,184,169, of which virtually two-thirds represented war munitions and supplies, according to figures made public today. During the first week goods valued at $34,215,760, of which $21,306,182 were for direct use in the war, were shipped, virtually all of them going to England, France, Russia or Italy. The following week showed $41,698,409, said by customs officers to be a record for seven days. Of the first week's total, $4,183,295 was for explosives; $3,535,865 for shells, cartridges and weapons; $2,367, 918 for automobiles, trucks arii trac tors, and $2,743,709 for copper, brass, iron and steel manufactures. The figures show that a wide range of goods and materials intended for purposes other than military use also Show a decided export increase over Aimilar periods before the war. R S MASHED TEN MEXICAN OUTLA WS PAY WITH THEIR LIVES FOR ATROCIOUS CRIME j ROSSIOND ITALY TO Country Characterized as Be trayer of "Slav Cause" SUMMARY OF WAR NEWS Manifesto Issued at Petrograd Ger mans Take French First Line Trenches In West Allied Forces In Balkans. An imperial manifesto issued at Pe trograd characterizes Bulgaria as the betrayer of the "Slav cause" and an nounces that Russia draws the sword against her. Italy has declared war on Bulgaria and an Italian squadron has left Brindisi for the Near East, pre sumably to participate in the blockade of the Bulgarian coast, on the Aegean sea. These ships also might be util ized in assisting the British and French in covering the landing of more troops at Enos and possibly in reducing the Bulgarian port of Dedeaghatch. Whether the Allies who landed at Enos are intended to enter the Serbian campaign or .will combat any attempts by the Turks to move westward into the new zone of fighting or whether they will be started eastward to men ace the head of the Gallipoli peninsula r the road to Constantinople has not been permitted to become known. . Despite l the fact that the Bulgars have cut at Vranya the railroad run ning north from Saloniki to Nish, which necessarily will impede the movement of - allied forces by that route, Anglo-French troops are still landing at Saloniki to go to the aid of the Serbians and Greece has been .offi cially notified by the allied powers that there will Be no . "cessation, in the de barkation of men-there. -. .. ; has .-been '."put ashort .at" the Greek port that it "has been impossible to send the men promptly by rail across the Serb ian frontier and some are proceeding by forced marches in the theatre of the war. Besides cutting the railway at Vran ya the Bulgarians farther north are operating westward across their bor der toward the fortess of Pipt which commands the Orient Express railway line between Nish and Sofia. Up in the north and northwest the Germans and Austrians are slowly gaining ground over the Serbs. A big-offensive movement by the Germans to the east of ' Rheims on a front of six miles, which was preceded by a heavy bombardment and the Use of asphyxiating shells and clouds of chlorine gas, was successful in gaining for the Teutons some of the French first line trenches. Counter attacks, however, resulted in the Germans be ing forced back to their former posi tions with heavy losses, according to Paris. A further gain for the Germans to the south of Riga and the repulse of a Russian attack northwest of Jacob stadt are the only engagements of note in the eastern theatre mentioned in the latest German official communiaction. SYCHEY J. WHEN HI' FELL FIRED So One Witness Before Coro ner's Jury Testifies Inquest Continued Last Night In a Vain Effort to Complete Hearing. Testimony Was Vague as to Actual Facts.. Charleston, S. C, Oct. 19. After an examination today and tonight of 24 witnesses, the coroner's inquest into the shooting here last Friday of Sidney J. Cohen, a newspaper reporter, in the rooms of the city Democratic execu tive committee, was adjourned until tomorrow. Testimony tonight tended to place the blame for Cohen's death upon Edward R. McDonald, a former police man, held on charges of "conspiracy to commit murder, assault and battery with intent to kill." Only one witness, J. W. Dunn, Jr., directly placed upon McDonald the blame for Cohen's death. Henry J. Brown, another former po liceman, held on charges of murder in connection with the shooting,! fired the shot that wounded William E. Win gate, according to Dunn. Wingate was one of four men wounded at the time Cohen was killed. "The shot that killed Cohen was fired at J. A. Black," testified George Lunz, a witness, tonight. Lunz, however, said he was unable to identify the man who fired this shot. Black is chairman of the executive committee, which had met to decide the result of a municipal primary in which the present mayor, John P. Grace, and Tristram T. Hyde, were seeking the Democratic nomina tion for mayor. There also was testimony to the ef fect that several policemen fired their pistols during the disorder that fol (Continued on Page Two.) FIGHT BULGARIA com DONALD WHOLE DUMBER :39f357 Wrecked Passenger Train and Killed, Four Americans at Brownsville. OTHERS BEING PURSUED Bandits Fired on Passengers, and Robbed Them of Mo ney and Valuables. Band of 75 Organized on the American Side, is Belief. Brownsville, Texas, October 19. Ten Mexicans today paid with their lives for alleged complicity in last night's wrecking of a St. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico passenger train on the out skirts of Brownsville, the killing of three Americans and the wounding of four others. Peace officers said to night they had clues to other Mexicans connected with the robberies. No se cret was made that more would be killed, if civilian posses catch them. Several hundred civilians, county peace officers and "United States troops tonight continued in pursuit of other members of the band. After wrecking the train last night, the outlaws, said to number about 75 men, fired on the passengers and rob bed them of their money and valu ables. The passengers killed were: Corporal McBee, Third United States cavalry, shot. Engineer H. H. Kendall, pinned be neath engine. . Dr. E. S. McCain, deputy state health officer at Brownsville. The injured were: Harry J. Wallis, qf Brownsville, shot in arm; R. Wood hall, fireman, scalded and bruised; Claude J. Brishear, Troop A, Sixth cav alry. Shot, in' the jaw;-C. H.- Lay . Troop D, Third cavalry, shot in neck and leg. Reports Are Meagre. Only meagre reports of the killing of the Mexicans today were available tonight. One of the men was a passen ger aboard the train, and is said to have revealed the hiding place of Dr. E. S. McCain. When the physician re fused to leave the compartment in which he had taken refuge the bandits opened fire through the door, mortally wounding him. Sheriff Vann today de nied that the Mexican was killed, but it developed later that he was shot to death after the sheriff left the scene of the wreck. Four other Mexicans were hanged to trees at various points during the day, and the others were shot. One man captured by United State troops was turned over to the civil au thorities tonight. Five other suspects were placed in . the Brownsville jail today. Planned on American Side. Military officers here tonight ex pressed the opinion that the raid was organized on the American side of the Rio Grande. The scene of the robbery was three miles from the river. The Mexicans as they fired at the train crew and passengers shouted "Viva Pi zano; Viva Carranza!" Pizano was a co-leader with De La Rosa. The bandits removed the spikes from a rail and, lying concealed in the near by brush, jerked this rail from under t,he nose of the engine with a' long, heavy wire. The engine, baggage and mail and express cats, left the track. The coach and smoking car re mained on the rails. No pullmans were carried and few passengers were aboard. John W. Sword, of Pinesville, Ky., a former United States soldier, said he and thre'e soldiers occupied a comes seat in the front of the smoking car. The other three, McBee, Brishear and Laymon, were in uniform. Sword was not. First Shots at U. S. Soldiers. He said there was a lurch and all four of them pitched forward. The train stopped. Five or six Mexicans crowded in a the rear end ?f the coach and came forward firing revolvers. The first firing was directed at the United States army uniforms worn by Sword' companies. Two or the soldiers were shot at the first fire, and Laymon was hit as he fled for the front door. The soldiers were regular passengers without their arms. The Mexicans, as they entered, seemed nervous, but grew bold and noisy when the passengers failed to shoot. ' In the smoking compartment, in addition to Sword and the three sol diers, were Dr. McCain, Wallis, District Attorney John I. Kleiber, of Browns ville; R. Wright, a traveling man. of Houston", and P. W. Sauer, a traveling man, of San Antonio. McCain and Wallis managed to hide in the lavatory without being observed. Kleiber fell, as if shot, while Wright and Sauer hid under seats. Passenger Works Ruse. In the meantime, Sword sat quiet, but took $90 in bills from his pocket and hid the money under his seat. The bandits came up and asked him if he had any money. He said "Sure," reach ed in his trousers pocket and. fished out 40 cents, saying: "Take, that, and bust yourself." He then stood up and told the Mexican near him that a woman was badly frightened in the other coach and he must attend to her. He brushed aside a bandidt's arm and entered the first class coach, which he passed through without being stopped. Dropping off at (Continued on Page Two.) e1- j, 1" h n ; I if i. a it 5 i 5