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The News .nd O'M THE WEATHER j ' Fair Monday, warmer m the northeast nwt) Tsesday fair. WATCH LABEL. a r sar. '! rMMVat . v Win xoUattoe asat mH MM U M . r erver V0L.CXLN0.131, TWELVE PAGES TODAY, -RALEIGH, N. C, MONT, X ,NC, MAY.10, 1920. TWELVE PAGES TODAY, PRICE FIVE CENTS PRESIDENT CALLS ON DEMOCRATS TO STAND Ovninr; WHOLESALE SLAUGHTER CARRIED , OUT BEFORE LEAVING CAPITAL IN THE HANDS OF REVOLUTIONISTS Jin ui a s. O'V, SQUARELY FOR TREATY asae- -'-w -: -"smnsw' SUFFRAGE FIGHT TRANSFERRED TO SOUTHERN STATES VM1V ARTIES Reject Senate's Reservations, He Tells Oregon Democratic Leaders In a Telegram PARTY HAS HONOR OF THE NATION IN HANDS, MR. WILSON DECLARES True Americanism Pnts liner ica At Front of Free Nation and Redeems Great Promises Already Made To World, He Says; To Whittle It Down Or Weaken It As Republican Leaders Propose To Do Would Be Violation of Such Promises, He Adds; Xmpera tire For Party To Stand Four Square ' Washington, D. C, May 9.-A call to thi Democratic party to (o into the t campaign standing four square ia favor , of tie treaty of Versailles and against the Senate's reservations wss issued to Bight by PresidentJ&jWrfir a telegram to Oregon Democratic leaden mad pubbe at the White Boum. Declaring that the party had "the honor of the. nation" in it hands, the President aaid that tha Lodge reserva tions were "utterly ineonaistent" with that honor a well as destructive of the role of world leadership which the United State must assume. , The only true Americanism, the Pre Ideat said, waa that which put Am erica at the front- of free nationa and redeem the great promises which we ' made to the world.' It would be vio lation of such promisee, he aaid, to at taeh reservation to the treaty which whittle it down or weaken it aa the Republican leader! of the Senate hare propoeed te do. Reject Ledge Raswrvstioae. , ' The telegram waa in response to the i following meaiage from O. E. Hamaker, of Portland, Ore., chairman of the Mul t ottoman, canty Democratic, central coin' niittee: ::?..' . -", i"' "Primary elections May twenty-firat. : Tie wwe- anther jroeviou.tdet it no ' . porta at ta nominate eandidatea pledg ed -t ratify Versailles treaty without Lodge reservation. .- . The reply of the President follow! I - "I think it imperative that the party , should at onee proclaim itself the un compromising champion of the nation's honor tnd the advocate of everything that the United States can do in. the aerviee of humanity, that it should, therefore, endorse and support the Veraaillea treaty and condemn the Lodge reservation as utterly lncoasis tent with the nation' honor and des tructive of the world leadership which it had established and which all the free peoples of the world including the srest Bowers themselves had shown themselves ready to welcome. ' KmJ Chriatiaa Priacloles. 'It ia time that the party ahould nroudlv avow that it means to try, with "out flinching or turning at any time way from the path for reasons of ex pediency, to apply moral' nd Chriatiaa principles to tne prooiems 01 m wuu. it I. trrin to accomplish social, po litical and international reforms and is not daunted by any" of the difficulties it has to contend with. Let ua prove te our late associate in the war that at any rate the great majority of the na tion, the party which expresaee the true - hope and. purposes 01 me peopio vi the eountry intend to keep faith with them ia peaee aa well as in war. They nn their treasure, their best blood mmA ararvthin that theV Valued in Of' ' der, not . merely to beat Germany, but to effect a aettlemcnt and bring about -arrangements of peace which they have now tried to -formulate in the treaty of Versailles. They are entitled to onr support ia this settlement and ia the ananeements ' for which , they have atriven. Tka H.aa Of The World. "The League of Nation i the hope of the world. As a basis lor we armi-,, tie, I was authorised by all the great fighting nation to say to the enemy that it waa our object ia proposing peace to establish a general aasoeia- tioa of nationa nnder epeeiBe cove nant for the purpose of affording mu tual bus ran tee of political independ "enee and ' terrtiorial integrity to gTeat and small states alike, and the cove- J 1 (Caatiaaed Page Two.) SECRETARY DANIELS TO v GO BEFORE COMMITTEE Will Conclude Hearing Before Senate Sub-Committee On , Kara! Inquiry i V Wahin;loa, Vty 9, Investigation oi the Nevy Department conduct of the wtr, begun by a Senate aub-eommittee, more thaa foar months ago, will enter lti concluding phase tomorrow when Sec retary Daniels begins his reply to the 'charge! made by Bear Admiral Sims, which precipitated the inquiry. Follow ing eroaa craminatioa of the Secretary Chairman Hale plane to recall Admiral fims ia rebuttal and dose the hearing. '' HrDanifls has prepared aa extended ' rtatemeat which he will begin to read to the committee tomorrow. It ia expected . hi will take two or three day to flnUa this; but if his eross-e lamination doe not take mora time thaa is aow eoa- .e'er! prtbablo, committee member believe that hearing may be concluded thia week and the work az drafting a report to the full naval committee - be liken up next week, . .. . t , . .n : TWO BILLS RFADY FOR LEGISLATORS One Declares For Ratification of Suffrage and Other for - State Suffrage Baton Bouge, La., May 9. A resolu tion declaring that Louisiana ratines the Federal woman auffrage amendment and another measure which will be in the nature of ' v proposed State eonti tntional amendment, providing for woman suffrage by State enactment, ill be ready for presentation when the Louisiana Legislature meets tomor row at noon. Batiflcation advocates claim they have cheeked and reeheeked their pledges and will easily carry the House They admit one vote might win for cither aid ia the Sonste. Mrs. Buffin Q. Pleasant, wife of the Governor of Louisiana, heads the "anti. Her principal lieutenant are the Mieaea Kate and Jean Gordon, Leading advocate of the State's right doctrine, bitter opponents of suffrage by Federal amendment, and aetlv backers of the State suffrage measure. that will be plaeed before the Legis lature. The follower of Mrs. Pleasant have annonneed themselves in sympsthy with Governor Pleaaant stand against rati fieation of which he aaid in a signed statement ratiaatioa by any eoa (iderable number of Southern states means the eventual adoption of laws by the Federal government that we a quiesee in the principle of the fifteenth amendment. Mrs. Lydia Wlekliffe Holmes, head of the State ratification organization, to day made a final statement appealing to legislators to make Louisiana the 36th state to -ratify, declaring! : It ha been my privilege during the paat several years to travel exten sively through the South and I feel certain that while, supremacy In ear Southern states) will hot be remotely affected by the' adoption ofti Tederal amendment. The negro cannot be forc ed into our Southern political system because he does not want to be so forced and because the white man will not permit it." , Distinguished "outsider" also are present to participate in the tight. The list includes Mis Vivian Pieree and Mrs. Anne Calvert Heeley, of Wash ington, workers for ratification, and Mrs. James B. Pinekard, of Montgomery, Ala.,' president of th Southern Woman's League for Bejectlon, and Miss Char lotte, Bowe, of New York. " J ; Mrs. Pinekard . base her objection to ratification on a race equality baaia, holding with Governor ' Pleasant that ratification by Southern state would be a virtual acceptance of racial poll tical equality. Governor Pleasant and Governor- Gleet Parker will keep 'hand off. they nave announced. A majority vote under the rule will ratify. There are 41 member in the Senate and 118 in the House. About two-third of the House are new mem ber while the old and new about equally divide in the Senate. LEGISLATURE HAS OPPORTUNITY TO WRITE SOME BI8TORY. Baton Bonge, La, May 9. Th Gen eral Assembly of Louisiana, which open tomorrow will have the opportunity to wnte history. Three question of para. mount interest will be plaeed before iti iirsfr Will Louisiana become the 38th necessary state to ratify the na tional woman auffrage amendment? . Second Will hone raeing be eon tinned in Louisiana and if so howl Third Will the 13,000,000 needed by tne etate Treasury be secured through a severance tax en national resource or by direct taxation of the citizens of the State. ,-, , , The suffrage fight oromises to be keen. Both sides are well orranized and both claim victory. The governor, John M. Parker, is for ratification and the following he has secured during the last two years is admittedly lane. But, in Louisiana, states rights are not essily forgotten and that principle will raiiy many staunch supporters. Led by the Young Men's Business League of New Orleans dosens of or ganizations throughout the State have dopted resolutions demanding either that there be a etate raeing commis sion, a short season and peri mutuel betting machine or that raeing be abol ished by Btate legislation. The ob jections seem to be raised principally against operation or Band-books in the cities and the so-called "oralites? at the tracks at Jefferson and the fair grounds. New Orleans. - ' . The severance tax legislation is not expected to cause much apposition. It puts a two per cent tss on every indus try drawing from the natural resources of the State, oil, gas, lumber, moss. salt, . smpnur, gravel, rosin, turpentine and a few. other commodities. . Alto gether It is estimated the taxes wonld total eloss to the much needed $3.000.. ooo. v . ( , ; : Union Organisers Arrested. Pittsburg, May 9-Seven omnizers for iron and steel workers were arrest ed at Duqueaae this afternoon when they attempted to hold aa open air meeting nnder the joint auspices of tha American Civil Liberties Union and the .National Committee ef Iron and- Steel Workers, affiliated with tha American federation pf Labor. :V 4 . . f .. Opening of Louisiana Legisla ture Today Brings Renewed Hope To Supporters DELAWARE OFFERS BUT FAINT HOPE FOR ACTION ma Believed To Be De laying Batiflcation Because of Fear of Women's Vote In the Learue of Nationa Ques tion In the Coining National Election . The News and Observer Buresu 003 District National Bank Bldg. By B. E. POWELL By Special Leased Wire) Washington, May 9. With the open ins: at Baton Bouge tomorrow of the fight for the ratification of the Susan B. Anthony amendment to the Federal constitution in the Louisiana legisla ture, suffrage forces will turn to the South for the 36th State and concentrate their greatest effort in Louisiana and North Carolina. Only a remnant of hope is hsld out for favorable! action in Delaware. The lcarialature in the little State has ad journed for a week and it ia. conceded by friends of suffrage that the post ponement is the "delay of death.1 It is hardly a faint hope that is held out for Connecticut and Vermont, so the situation today is one thst practically put) up to the Democratic party ia the South the opportunity of conferring upon women the right to participate ia the November elections. The bar possibility that the Dela ware legialature may ratify is interest ing chiefly for the turn it would give to the primary elections in Aorta Caro lina in June. The Secretary or state has said that if Delaware ratifies the amendment, he will proclaim It ratified by two-third of the states. Such action on his part, if flanked with the passage of the Watsoa enabling act ia Congress, would let the women participate in the primaries and make sure their partici patioa ia the' November elections. Majority rer Baft-rage The chances, however- are that the fight for the 8th State is going to be waged about the hhterie State- hease vf North Carolina with outside and inside influences on both sides employing every legitimate means to win. Of a totsl of 85 replies at auffrage headquarter! here, there are 51 pledges to vote for the rati fication by lumber of the North Caro lina Senate and House.' Thirty-five members of the House have pledged, thirteen in both houses are non-com' mittal and twenty-one members (both houses) are opposed. The replies are interesting but are not available for publication. One mem ber of the Senate write thst be will joyfully support the resolution of. rati fieation when it ia an open secret in the State that he signed a pledge before receiving his nomination to vote against all auffrage measures during his term of office.. Another member who was frequently referred to at the .last session as "t singular character" write th hesdquar ter that he i in a quandary. He ex plain that he ordered com ballot printed in order to got a test vote of his constituency at the June primarie but that some of the politicians told him the State convention bad spokea and as a Democrat he was bound by that action. "And. of course, I am a true blue Democrat," he added. Most interestmgJiowever,from the Na tional aspect of the situation is two typical answers from member of the Louisiana legislature. Yea, I will vote for it," one mem ber writes, "and I esre not if the world knows that I voted and also will fight for what I feel la justly due the good women of our free country. From another comes this paradox t I have worked for woman auffnss for thirty-five or forty years but will not violate my oath, betray my State and stain my hands in the blood of the Fathers to get it. Will do all I can to change my State constitution but will not vote to ratifiy any measure that will make my State a subjugated province." Leniaiaaa Solidly Democratic interesting ' thing, politically. about the Louisiana situation is that the State legislature is solidly Demo cratic. The biggest argument that will be offered there is that it will ative the Democratie party all the glory for mak ing ratification possible and it is hinted about suffrage headquarters tht Dela ware and Louisiana may run a little race. Delaware may be satisfied with having beaten Mississippi in a eels' brated raee aad willing to let the Mara thon slide- '...4- . lined np on the side of ratification is a majority of the Louisiana conrrer sional delegation, although both Sena tors are against it Governor Parker aad Mayor. Behrman, of New Orleans, leaders ef opposing Democratic faetioas. are backing the ratification movement as well as ether prominint state official. The partial preliminary poll made by the lobby bureau of the woman's party looks good. :' ,.''- .'.. '1 -. , ' Suffrage workers here today were re minded that the Georgia -legialature meets in June in regular session but they were also reminded of the ever whelming defeat which the' Resolution ef ratification received there a year ago. If Delaware and Loniaiana turn the amendment back, a fight will be made in Georgia, where Clark Howell, National committeeman and his Atlanta Constitution are booked on the aide ef tne susraglata. , - s Not enough hope la held out ia Genrrt. to minimize in tha slightest North Car-' (Continued ea Fag Fear.), INFIthfflCHES ; .in (' ... Socialists Plunge Into Active Political Warfare In 1920 Campaign URGE PEACEFUL MEANS TO BRING ffEW ORDER Eugene Debs I Proclaimed Party's Hominee By Morris Hillquit, KewTork Lawyer, In Address In which Ee De Bounces the Administration Along With the Bepublicans Nw York, May The Socialist party of America today plunged into the active political warfare of the 1920 Presidential campaign with broedaide after broadaide fired by it "big gun' at th National convention maaa meet ing in Madison Sonar Garden. nseoaeed ia this - fortress, which was surrounded by a strong cordon of New. York police te guard against "anti-Radical" 1' dessoastratioas, th meeting bailed F-ngeaa V. Debs, aow serving ten years in the Atlanta Fed eral prison for violation ef the eapioB' age act, as tha Socialist candidate for the Presidency. Ovation after ovation greeted characterisation ef Debs as our only candidate. International Socialist, te be gained by peaceful mesas through the inforeement ef political aetiea by in dustrial action' declared by speechee of Hocta'lrt leader ta signify the "gen eral itruce was declared the ai of the party amid tha cheer of aa audience ef 5,000 persons. Exclude Radieal The signing ef the ' International, ths Hymn of Free Bassia, aad the Mar seillaise, 'marked the entry iat the garden of party leaders, but great care was exercised te exclude agents ef the Industrial Workers of the World and Communist aympathiaera who attempted te distribute propaganda, at th meet-" ing. - ...-f - ' Deb was proclaimed ' the party s Presidential nominee by Morris Hill- quit ia aa address : In which he de nounced the admiastration at Washing ton and both rn-niacrxti and Keonbii- earn ptrtle licaHy rrvalarWary in contrast 10 the Boctaiist party, th eaiy eonaervaurev lore in American politics. rv v . - Seymour Aedman, ef Chicago, general eounsel of th Socialist parly, outlined its lvzg campaign as . already ' eoa eeived by the National executive eon mittee. He advocated a international Peaee Congress elected by the voters of the nations of th world, cessation ef the exploitation of Poland,. as mesas to attack Soviet Russia, aad the independence ef Ireland, India and Egypt. Reinforcement ef political ae- party s list of domestic - issues, ac cording to Mr. Stedman, who declared also for public ownership of railroads aad release of political prisoners ai among principal party demands. Attacks Beth rartlea. Mr. Hillquit ia attacking the admin iatratioa declared it had employed force and violence in revolutionary tactic a. The Democratic administration" he aaid, "has forcibly overthrown the cornerstone of the republic, th free dom of the pre, cpeeea aad aesem bilge, and has substituted for it the rule ef the club and the jail. It has turned our democracy tat a virtual autocracy and has revolution ised all departments 'of the Fedoral government in fset if not name. It haa abolished the Department of State aad created a department of BroDacaada la xavor or every reactionary cause aad movement abroad, with a bareaa-of in ternment instead of the former bureau of passports. 'It has eoaverted tha poetofBee de partment into an index expurgatorioas. it nss. remodeled the Department of Labor by substituting a bo ream of Jail ing and injunction for the bureau of mediation and eoseiliatioa, and v bur eau of deportation for the - bureau of immigration. It ha abolished the De partment of Justiee in chares of an Attorney General and haa created ft de partment of panic aad hysteria in charge of an alarmist general. Nor is ths Republican party ' lesa revolutionary than its Democratic ri val. . It ia the party ef Leonard Wood, who haa set aside the .bill ef rights and run on th enligteaed and humane platforms of ship or shoot, the parry 01 Tnaddeus u. tsweet, wno nn. dertook to abolish the ballot: , the party of Clayton B. Lusk, who eoneiev- ed the novel idea of penalizing educa tion. , . - ; , Predicts Oral if ef New Order. . fBut the most vital advantage . aver our opponents is our. certainty ef vic tory. We cannot lose. Th eld parties cannot win. - From th larger point of view of historic importance . aad true social values bow pitifully insignificant Is the choice ef a president at the United State at thia time. Whether Mr. Wood, Mr, Hoover, ar Mr. Palmer or somebody else will grace the White House in the next four years Is a nat ter of utter indifference in th daily live and struggles ef ths millions ef America workers aad their children. But the quortioa whether aad when they are to be freed from th system that oppresses aad grinds -them ia an ef vital concern to all of them, aad every step in the onward march of Socialism mesas an hour nearer to toe day. of their eventual salvation. 1 . ; , The Beimblicaa aad the Democratic parties represent sa antiquated decay ing order. With all . their appearaaee of strength, they are waging a losing battle against ths forces of the new so cial order to come. Their spokesmen (CenUnac ea Fsge FwJ-Vjjv J 7tro etafmy mv ? atjmima, roy 1 . ' t 7 Presideat Carraasa, who has led fresa . , arrested, while presamably , . , , , capital ta iNERAL REFUGEE IN TEXAS Corarnancler of Federal Forces ' Escapes In Automobile , nitiftfirllefeat'' latredo, Texas, May P. General R cy anide Garsa, commander of Federal fore in the Kueve Laredo military dis trict, tonight is a refugee on American soil.' Following defeat of his troops and capture of Nnevo Laredo by Bevolu tioniata early today,' the Carranaa offi cer arrived in Laredo tonight and took refuge ia the Mexicsn eonaulate. General Garsa, who ordered his troops te make a determined etand against th rebel attack on Nuevo Laredo at dawn, saw hi defense crumpled after a abort fight and with hi aon escaped in an au tomobile. Pursued by the rebels the General eventually made a ford of the Bio Oraade five mile west of Nuevo Laredo and arrived an American eoil with hi aatomobil perforated by bul let. '.:--: ,. 1 i ... ' v VILLA TURNS OVER HIS' TROOPS TO REVOLUTIONIST Juares. May 9. Franciaco .Villa, the bandit and revolutionary leader, has laid dewa his srms and turned his force of mea over to Gea. Ignaeie Enriques, rev. elutionary eommaader of the Chlhuhua City district, it waa announced here to night by Gen. J. U. Escobar. , villa, it la said, would be given a military command, under the new rev olutionary regiment. . It was believed here arrangements had been made where Villa 'would retire from .Mexican poll tics aad affairs. i ' ' ,' - 1 - General Escobar . (aid Villa had notifl. d the Mexican railway that 'guards of, soldiers for trsins would ' not ' be necessary in the future, s; ,!--. v ( N Revolutionary agents nere express. sd ' hsppineas over the ' reported ellm iaatioa of Villa. He was considered ths greatest menace. . . STEPS OFF ONE TRAIN TO BE KILLED BY ANOTHER Greensboro, t May SL David 8idnoy Jones, of Chapel Hill, aad formerly of Pinnacle, N. O, was instantly killed this afternoon whea he stepped off the At- laatia aad 'Yadkin tram from eantord directly in front of the eastbounl Southern , train No. 2 at the atitloa here. Hi body w eruahed by the en gine," Mr. Jones wn about 40 year old aid represented the Jefferson Life In surance Company. Mrs. Jones arrived tonight from Chapel Hill, where sLo is housekeeper in ehsrge of the University dining hall.' .Th body will probably be taken to Wilke county for burial. , PROVES BK WAS AGENT AND THERBY CETS WJ a Washington. Msy The case of A. A. Paul agaiatt ' Burton - Brother , was triad before suDerior court Tuesday and Wedaeeday and a verdict was returned by the iury yesterday evening giving Mr, Paul" 2,800 in settlement for his claim.. Th plaintiff, wa asking 15,000. Tha iult, was brought. about through rnnninc aa advertisement .in the local paper ea May SO, 1917, in which Mr. Paul atated that he waa the authorised agent .of Burton Brothers. . The follow ing dsy Burton Borther inserted sn sd vertisement,' saying that Mr. Paul had no connection with- the company. Mr. Paul in court proved his connection. - Three Burned - Death. New York. Aay Three person were burned to death and one other probably will die aa the reaalt of a fire isT an East Sid tcnemest house early tpdsy. The Are,, the origin of which is knowB, aUrted in hallway on the ground floor. r.rai6E jia ( r rr ':,:" Mexlea City, Is reported as having been ea rent from the Mexican Vera Cms. ' Washington Receives r Official Confirmation of Occupa- 4ion ol Mexico City ' Waahington, D. Cy May t).-Offlcial eonflmation of the oeedpation ef Mex Ico City rebelforee at noon on Friday, May 7, was received today by the State Department from the' American Km baasy. There waa no disorder and no foreigners were interferred with, the message 'said. Communication was reopened with the -American 'embassy and the Infor nation received up to 7:00 o'clock to night indicated there had been no dis order in connection with ths taking over the city nor was there anything of a disquieting naturs regarding the safety of Ameriesn or other foreign era. ' The State Doparament'e announce ment said. 'No refsrenco was mad to President Carrsnza. The Embassy reported troops con stituting th advance contingent of Pablo Gonzales took control of . the Mexican capital May 7. This advanee guard waa under the direct command of General Jacinto Trevino who upon effecting possession of the city issued a formal assurance of complete guar antees. In thia announcement lie ad vised commerce and industry . and banks aad other institution' to con tinue their normal opera ''ns and threatened drastie punishment of spec ulators in articles of necessity, A new eicf of police and a military coraman der for. Mexico City were appointed. General Obrcgon was on his way In to Mexico City. from the West while Oonxales was entering from the South. He sent assurance to the embassy on May J that there would be no die ordcre at Mexico City.' "An official telegram from V era Lru dated early today aaid that a wireless message received- there from Mexico City had stated that President Carranaa had left Mexieo City and that General Obregon was In possession of th city It said among other things that Preal dent Carranza waa accompanied out of the city by some of his adherents. . "The American consul at Vera Cms reported order being maintained in the State of Vera Crux. "General Obregon' wlfo, who is at Negate,, received a wirolea yesterday from "a member of General Obregon's command la a suburb of . Mexico City stating that the General was receiving congratulations and that a large Mex ican flag was floating over the Obregon home in Mexico City, and the streets of ths cirr'were thronged and that a ball in honor of the event waa being ar ranged. ,v: ' - t " " ' "Information also was received today thst Tampiro is ia the hands of Revo lutionists. The Federal General Orozeo haa taken refuge on the Mexican Fed eral Gunboat Jalisco snd the revolution- ary ' authorities at Tampico had given assurances of guarantee there. . Th Department' advices also told of the capture by revolutionists ef Tor- reon and Monclova ia the' State of Coa- huila. and' of Agues Calientes ia tha State of that name. Telegraph commu nication has been restored between Chi huahua aad Torreon and Agua Calien tes, the 'message said. - Actor Killed In Alt Accident ' Cumberland. Md May 9 .Frank Car ter, of New York, and ac"t6r, was killed early ioday ..when hi automobile wa overturned near here, ,t Carter bad started from Wheeling forr Philadelphia in the hope of joining hia wife, Meri lynn Miller, star of the Zicgfield Follie, this evening. Instnd, she arrived here lata today to claim hi body. .;. REBELS CAPTURE CAPITAL FRIDAY MEXICO CITY III HANDS OF REBELS; RE! United States From Key WestToTampico f AR JT CARRANZA NO DISORDER REPORTED V aat a iiu riaBa-tat4 awij in ANT. MtAlUAN UNI, Seizure of Capital and Tampico By Revolutionists Without Opposition; No Details of Occupation and Report of Arrest of Carranza Not Tet Confirmed ' ,1 1 . t El Paso, Tex., May . Gen. Francisco Murguia, Carranza military commander at Mexieo City, before leaving the eapU tal, which now is in complete posses sion of revolutionary forces, carried out a wholesale slaughter of political pris oners st Santiago, the military prison, secordlng to a bulletin issued at rove lufionary headquarter her tonight.. -I Fifteen Mexican general were among) this reported slaughtered. ' "The city was. shocked over thi : bloody epilogue for th Carranza regime, the bulletin aaid. There were no detail of th oceupa' tion. The report that President Car-i ranr had been arrested at Esperanza, State of Vera Croc, while fleeing from ' the capital city to vera urns, remained unconfirmed. The' report aaid hia cap ture had been effected by Gen. Guide. lupeSanehes. , , " - rv!i ' NAYY DEPARTMENT ORDERS "1 . DESTROYERS TO TAMPICO.: Washington, May 8. Coincident with . patchee of the capture of Mexieo City by Revolutionists, th Navy Department announced that the destroyer Flotilla had been ordered from Key West to Timpieo, also in rebel hands. No dis order waa reported' either in Mexico City or Tampico, and In both place assurances were given of protection to foreigners. , The embassy meaaage made no men tion of Prealdent Carranza. Other re " ports to the Department, said he had left the capital with a group of si- berents, presumably for Vera Crus, but gave no information., as to his present whereabouts. While all reports sgreed thst the seizure of the capital and Tampico had been without opposition and that ordi'r had been maintained, the presence at. Tampico of at least one Mexicsn gun boat, it was said tonight, might hare prompted the sending of destroyer to that point. No official reason for their movement waa aasigned either by Navy or the State Department. According to the State Department's advices, General Orozeo, Carranza commander at Tam pico, took refuge on the gunboat Jalisco when the rebel entered the city. State Denartment re porta and me ago to rebel agent aere.it old of the occupation of several: of ber towns, prompt assurances being given by the revolutionists in several cases that pro tection would be given Americana and other foreigners, . FOUfTDESTROYERS LEAVE " FOR DUTY IN TAMPICO Washington, May 9. Four destroyer left Key West today for Tampico, Mex ico, the Navy Department annonneed ton ilght. ' The remaining two destroyere of the six sent South from New York last week will also proceed to Tampico as soon as minor repair are completed. The depaitment made no explanation of its decision to . rush the ship to Mexican water. Those en route are the Liherwood, Putnam, Dale and Una. The Beid and Flusser are at Key West. It was indicated the Tender Black Hawk, ... with Capt. Long, senior officer of th flotilla, aboard alao would proceed to Tampico. V . . REVOLUTIONISTS ENTER . VERA CRUZ ON SATURDAY, ; . Galveston, Texaa, May 9. Unofficial reports reached here today, that the , revolutionists entered' Vera Crua last night and today were occupying the city. President Carranza, the advices said, was hiding ia Vera Crus and his arrest . wss momeutarily expected. The report, which cam from what . . . is resa riled as a reliable source, said the revolutionary forces entered Vera Crus late last night, then retreated bp cause ef Jthe presence in the harbor ef Mexican 'gun boats, but Inter today re entered tho city and began its occu pation. "".','' ',- - " ' .: ' POLISH FORCES HARD BEHIND THE BOLSHEVIKI . ' - ' I Warsaw, May 9. (By tha Associated Pre.) Polish cavalry entered the city of Kiev thi (Saturday) morning on th heels of th retreating Bolshevik). The eity has been evacuated by the Bolshevik!. The Polish infantry kept ud its advanee toward Kiev, during the day, cavalry detachments keeping contact with the infantry forces, there V, a, JUtUo lighting I -