/ederal forces
■LOSE 11,000 MEN
Captures Zacatecas And
j Stores Of Arms Along With
* 5,000 Prisoners.
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^United Press Dispatch.
/.Juarez, Mexico, June 25. —
A remnant of the Federal com
mand of Gen. Barran is fleeing
\ ^toward Aguas Calientes leav
ing two thousand killed and
Jiour thousand wounded at Za-;
^■catecas, according to despatch
fra % Villa, whose army Tuesday j
night captured Zacatecas and
five thousand prisoners, six
thousand rifles, twelve cannon, ;
nine complete trains including
three carloads of shrapnel and j
small arms, ammunition and j
enormous quantity of provisions
!- and other munitions.
; Five generals are accompany- j
w ing Barran to Aguas, Calientes ;
where it is believed the Federals
k are preparing for another strug- j
gle„ It is reported that the Fed
erals have evacuated 43an Luis >
• Potosi and are hurrying toward
Aguas Calientes
General Villa has also lost
500 killed and 800 wounded j
% losses being this heavy on
account of lack of artillery, forc
ing him to rush the city’s breast- ,
works.
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SAN LUIS POTOSI FALLS.
United Press Dispatch,
k , T^rreon, Mexico, June 25. —
Luis Potosi was captured by
*th| Constitutionalists under
General Torres according to a
brief dispatch received at rebel
headquarters, which states that
tnfc Federal losses were heavy,
and that the remnant of the
Federal army was retreating in
thefdirection of Aguas
llulhoUand Chosen President.
*4[Jbited Press Dispatch.
Houston, Texas, June 25.—
Frank L. Mulholland of Toledo,
gL w^s today elected president of
W International Rotary Con
, vention, which opened here
Sunday.
iHfre voting was done by the j
Australian balloti system and j
rqal boxes are being used for
the .first time in the history of
th%-organization. The newly e- ;
lected officers will be formally
installed tonight when the annu
al banquet will be held at Rice’s j
Hotel. Following the installa- j
tiiifMxf officers the and i
I t Ttt * .delegates will make their '
I farewell speeches.
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CaU Sam Denty about the Va- .
cuiun Cleaner, the only sanitary
Telephone 117. 304dtf j
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From the poem of Robert!
Broyming—a pretty picture es
pecirily good for children.
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Etks Win From Woiff-Goldman.
The Elks ball team continues
to enjoy and boast of being the
champs of all local amateurs,
having taken the Wolff-Gold
man team into camp Wednesday
afternoon to the tune of 8 to 5.
The oppressive heat tamed
both crews in 3 innings, when
the game was called by Umpire
Whitten. Managers Vaughn and
Wolff pulled every run across
the home plate there was ever
a chance of landing and made
splendid coaches on the side
lines.
Eugene Hirsch was doing the
heaving for the Elks and Worel
for the Big Store and each was
far more effective than the
score would indicate. Stallings
and Parks did the receiving
The antlered tribe opened the
affair with five runs in the first
inning and added three more to
the final, while the merchants
put 4 across in the second and 1
in the third inning.
The biggest stunt in the game
was performed by Joe Weis
burg, who to his own and
athers' surprise, pulled down a
riot liner with his ungloved hand
and received several hands of
applause.
Report Eight Bodies Found.
I'r.ited Press Dispatch •
Tulsa, Okla., June 25. — An
unconfirmed report that eight
human bodies were found hidden
in the trash of a pile of cush
ions in the oil field has shocked
the police into sudden activity.
Chief of Police Towne of Cush
ing, denied ,but attaches of his
tifice confirmed the story. An
til man who came to Tulsa from
Cushing said the bodies were
found in a manure pile by a par
ty of government officers search
ing for concealed liquor.
Cushing was the scene of a
wild oil boom recently and much
lawlessness reigned there.
Captures A Big Catfish.
Mountain Home, June 24. —
Ed Kasinger, a young farmer
onthe North Fork, caught a 20:
pound catfish with his hands on
the Nottle Bottom shoal on the
North Fork Monday. He was
on the bank and saw the fish
splashing, making its way into
a deep pool above. He went
in after it barehanded. The
water was about eight inches
deep and very swiit, and oeiore
the fish had time to turn and gc
back downstream Kasinger was
struggling with it. He finally
managed to get it out on the
bank. •"
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Favor Stock Exchange Regula
tion.
United Press Dispatch.
Washington, D. C., June 25—
A favorable report on the Ow
ens Stock Exchange regulatior
bill was made but ordered bad
by the Senate Banking Commit
tee.
Machine Plunged Over Ocean
Cliff.
United Press Dispatch.
San Pedro, California, June 25
—A fisherman found the bodiei
of three women and a man ii
the surf at White’s Point an<
another fatally injured. Th<
party were autoing, when th<
machine plunged over the clif
into the ocean.
Little Miss Virgie Allen o
Beebe was here this mornini
between trains going to Bates
ville to visit her grandmothei
Mrs M. B. Umsted.
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[WILSON ENCOURAGED
PROTOCOL SIGNED
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Constitutionalists May Not Me
diate, However, Since Villa’s
Capture of Zacatecas.
United Press Dispatch
Washington, D. C., June 25.—
Encouraged by the signing of -
the proposed protocol, the ad
ministrations’ attention has |
been turned to the problem of
ia repudiation of the Constitu
tionalists here of the bellicose
| utterances attributed to Car-1
ranza.
It is expected that the Consti- j
jtutionalists’ representatives will ^
proceed to Buffalo and take up
[informally the Huertistas’ ques
tion of a provisional govern
ment. An effort is being made |
to expedite an agreement as ,
both the army and navy of the
United States are suffering
j through retention in Mexico, be- j
cause of the per centage of sick- :
■ ness increasing. The army has j
[suggested that Vera Cruz lines
1 be extended so that the troops
I might be on high ground, but
I the President has vetoed the (
[proposition on the ground that j
lit might cause hostilities.
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PEACE FAR FROM ASSUR
ED
United Press Dispatch
Niagara Falls, June 25. —
Peace is still far from assured
for the mediators have appar
ently merely shifted the burden.
The agreement reached provides
that they get together as soon
as the Huertistas and Constitu
tionalists make a settlement of
international problems. j
It is feared that Carranza will !
stick to his declaration that in-,
ternational affairs are not a
subject of mediation and refuse ,
negotiations now that General ,
Villa has captured Zacatecas. If '
Carranza does not/ send dele
gates here it is tne belief that
the mediators will never re
sume conference and the prob
lem thus prove unsolvable.
Pending word from Carranza all
mediation efforts are halted.
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Chautauqua Closes Engagement.
The Redpath-Vawter Chau
tauqua closed its five days' en
gagement here Wednesday, to
jthe largest crowd of the week.
The splendid Hungarian Orches
tra with the two grand opera
singers was a grand and fitting
climax to the week of music and
| entertainment. The Hungarian
Orchestra was excellent and the
| continuous encore received by
| the two singers proved the im
jmense hit they made with the
audience.
Rollin M. Pease has a wonder
fully rich voice, that even in
j French and Italian opera, met
with a responsive appreciation
: from the large audience.
Ferrante is a genius, both upon
the violin and in his maslei’ly
direction of a most talented or
chestra. The strings of his in
strument touch the strings of
the heart, and the beautiful mu
. sic of which he is capable is an
i inspiration to all lovers of melo
i dy.
I A contract signed by fifty of
; our business and professional
; men, was arranged by Manager
? Rohde, for a return of the Chau
tauqua next spring.
f Editor Harry Lee Williams,
l who has been quite ill since Sun
- day, is very much better today,
, having been clear of fever since
last night.
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C ROP CON Dll IONS
CROWING WORSE
Under Continued Drouth—Corn
Suffering and Cotton Stand
ing Still.
The condition of crops in this,
one of the banner agricultural
counties of the state, is no less
than alarming. With no rain
since the first week in May, it
is a tribute to the intelligence
and energy of our farmers that
improved methods and persist
ence in cultivation through shal
low plowing have confined the
effects of this record drouth for
this season of the year to the in
juries sustained.
But now corn, and particular
ly that planted early, is being
ruined for lack of moisture,
while cotton has made absolute
ly no progress for the past week
While it is holding up in good
color, some cotton is blooming
that is only a few inches high,
showing a stunted growth and
indicating a very small crop.
By reason of the drouth, cot
ton on white lands either failed
to come up or did respond with
sueh poor stands that the re
duction in acreage is estimated
at 20 to 25 per cent for this
county. Oil Trough and Big
Bottoms have probably suffered
more than any other sections.
In condition, cotton has declin
ed about 10 per cent and has
thus dropped from about 77 per
cent to 67 per cent.
Social Side Of Mediation.
"United Press Service.
Niagara Falls, Ont., June 24—
The delicate Mexican situation
and possible “International com
plications” have nipped a rising
playwright in the bud. This is
one of the tragedies of the me
diation conferences. While the
mediators have heard the argu
ments. of the Mexican and A
merican delegates in an effort
to reach an agreement for the
pacification of the Southern re
public, sons and daughters of
the principals have turned to
ward every possible sort of a
rpusement to pass the time. The
son on Ambassador Naon, of
Argentine turned playwright—
and then came the tragedy.
Romulo is 11 years old. His
companion here is George Suar
eb, son of the Chilean minister.
Having played tentnis and pool
and worn themselves out with
other amusements this youthful
pair turned to the stage. After
Romulo had completed his
manuscript and the lines had
ibeen memorized a dress rehear
; sal was held to which a favored
few were invited. The first and
.last production was on the stage
in the ball room of the hotel As
the plot unfolded newspapermen
covering the mediation confer
ence were brought forth in the
story as bandits, bartenders or
detectives. Romulo was a ban
|dit—a musical bandit. He sang
;a song of his own composition,
but the first scene of the play
was enough to cause a censor in
,the person of Ambassador to get
on the job.
The marvelous production o
pened with what was designated
las a drawing room scene, Rom
ulo and George, in the charac
ters they represented sitting
sagely upon opposite sides oi
the stage and discussing the
'Mexican situation from start tc
finish. Ambassador Naon read
i
this part of the manuscript and
promptly suppressed the produc
tion.
There are nearly a dozen men,
young and old, who are anxious
to rrvarry one of the fair daugh
ters of Emillio Rabasa, one of
the Mexican delegates to the
mediation conferences. There
are four daughters, Isabel, Con
ception, Mercedes and Ruth.
Their pictures have been pub
lished in papers throughout the
country, and now they are re
ceiving letters almost daily
Jfrom love-lorn youths as far
away as California.
Ruth is the youngest of the
four sisters. She is 16, but at
present has received more let
ters than the others. Concep
tion whose pet name in the fam
ily is Concha, and is the next
youngest, is running Ruth a
close second- One young man
writing Ruth begged that he be
given a picture. He said if
there was ^ny cost incident to
having the picture taken he
would willingly forward the
money. Ruth can understand
English, but cannot speak it.
Despite this handicap, she is a
i favorite among the American
| friends the sisters have made
while in Niagara. They are ac
complished dancers, and there
are few new steps which they
have not mastered.
An informal dance is in prog
ress at the hotel every night
from about 9 until 10:30. The
-'tire piediation colony on the
Canadian side has fallen into
the custom of the Mexicans in
dining late. Breakfast is usual
ly at about 10 o’clock for a ma
jority of the principals and
their suites; luncheon at 2; tea
at four, and dinner at 8. Dur
ing the day tennis, automobile
rides and sight-seeing trips
take up the time of the RabasA
sisters and others not engaged
in the work of peace. One of
the easiest things imaginable is
to get up an international ten
nis match on the courts near the
hotel. Within a few minutes
players may be rounded for
double with Mexico and Argen
tine represented on one side and
Brazil, the United States, France
or Chile, or Cuba or Great Brit
ian on the other. In addition to
the nations represented by
those connected with the media
tion there is a Frenchman, a
Cuban and a Great Britain a
,mong the newspapermen.
$50,000 Fire Loss.
United Press Dispatch.
Fort Smith, June 25.—Fire
; in the United Casket Plant this
; morning destroyed a block and a
half of frame buildings, with %
property loss of $50,000. The
fire was the work of incendiar
ies.
J. W. Powell and L. Hirsch
spent last night in the city, hav
ing been to Monette Tuesday to
adjust some of the losses in the
recent fire at that place. They
left Wednesday morning for
Stuttgart— Jonesboro Tribune.
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bargain, only $15. For informa
tion apply to Independent, wtf
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