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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1916
Page
9
Reports say Villa leaders were seized and executed in Chihuahua after the massacre of 18 Americans at Santa Ysabel. Carranza authorities pledge pursuit of bandits and promise to punish them, while U S officials seek evidence of punishment and protection for citizens.
General P. Elias Calles plans to deploy five thousand cavalry from Sonora to pursue Villa forces in western Chihuahua. Mobilization centers at Tonichi with columns moving toward Juarez Chihuahua City and Torreon. Sonora contingent to reach the field within a week after telegraphic talks with Carranza officials.
Eliseo Arredondo, Carranza's ambassador, told Secretary Lansing the government deplores the Villa assault that killed 16 Americans near Chihuahua. He promised swift justice, steps to remedy Durango, and that troops are pursuing the murderers with orders to capture or kill.
Washington January 13 Secretary Lansing issued a further warning to Americans in Mexico advising them to depart any district experiencing revolutionary trouble.
Secretary Lansing said Carranza authorities must show punishments for the bandits who killed Americans near Chihuahua and that failure to act could trigger a US-Carranza dispute. He noted the State Department seeks clear responsibility and cited a Mexican warning to Americans about danger. President Wilson and Lansing later discussed obtaining accurate information on the attacks.
Confirmation of the deaths of George F. Parsons Bart Kramer and Peter Keane at the hands of Mexican bandits in Chihuahua was received in El Paso. Parsons was prospecting near Barbicora ranch in western Chihuahua where Keane was executed weeks earlier. Kramer was in the Guerrero district.
Miguel Diaz Lombardo minister of foreign affairs for the Villa organization was arrested in El Paso and held on $1000 bail on a vagrancy charge. General Jose Prieto was also arrested on vagrancy charges. A police captain vowed Villa leaders would be run out of town.
Douglas Arizona January 13 General Alberto Garcia with 100 men operates independently in the Sahuaripa district Sonora Mexico levying tribute in small towns. Joseph Ullo a Mexican mining man reports his partner I Estan Borgaro was tortured by Villa troops near Jecor Sonora three weeks ago they demanded gold and hanged him until near death before he revealed where he buried $2000 his life then was spared.
In El Paso a relief party recovered 14 bodies from a Villista massacre near Santa Ysabel. The dead were stripped to undershirts and shot at close range, with valuables looted from the Watson train. Carranza troops guarded the rescue effort and sought further troop support.
A new Sunday Post installment features the Van Loon family in a riotous episode as Pa Van Loon surrenders in a humorous clash. The scene showcases the clan’s dynamic and sets up further family hijinks for readers.
Thomas D. Edwards American consul at Juarez faced shouts of derision in a Juarez hotel lobby filled with mining men. He remained calm saying you cannot intimidate me and walked out.
Miners surround Consul Edwards in a Juarez hotel shouting he is a Villa consul and must return to Cacahuila. Edwards cites Gavira assurances that forces would protect Americans and stop bandits, but says nothing was done. He seeks protection for Madera company property and Pearson property in Chihuahua. A petition in El Paso requests his removal from office.
Governor Ferguson declares the United States is wholly unprepared for war with Mexico. He states that current army and navy strength makes pacification by force folly and urges patience until conditions improve. He warns against interfering while citizens are murdered.
Former Governor Charles Burbank denounces the Republican State committee for backing Senator Weeks. He argues the primary law aims to curb money influence and machine politics and predicts Massachusetts Republicans will oppose a pledged favorite son. He warns a legislative caucus plan to endorse Weeks faces strong opposition and could threaten the party’s agenda.
The South Boston Citizens' Association approved the electrification of the rails in metropolitan Boston introduced by Representative Daniel W. Casey. Committees were formed to push repeal of the fire hazard zone, improve local building and telephone services, and secure better postal facilities for the lower end. A committee led by President M. J. O'Leary will plan the Evacuation Day celebration.
A telegram to Theodore Roosevelt was circulated in El Paso on January 13 asking him to pressure Congress to change U S policy abroad and protect American life and property. Mexicans with interests in Mexico were barred from signing.
Pianist Hunter Welsh debuted in Jordan Hall Boston last night playing Bach chorales and Chaconne transcribed by Busoni, Mozart A major sonata, Chopin B flat minor sonata, followed by Chopin and Liszt sets. Review notes technical accuracy but criticizes interpretation and phrasing as amateurish and lacking musicianship.
A large audience enjoyed an unusually fine Tremont Temple program featuring Fay Cord soprano Blanche Hamilton Fox contralto Arthur Hackett tenor Albert Edmund Brown baritone Heinrich Gebhard pianist and John O'Shea organist. Gebhard performed works by Rachmaninoff Chopin Wagner Mendelssohn Liszt and himself. Brown offered Wagner Storace Homer de Koven and Damrosch songs. Cord sang pieces by Richardson Lehmann Lemon Del Riego Ward Stephens. Hackett's selections included Barnscombe Chadwick Bennet Horsmann and Donizetti. Fox performed Samson and Delilah arias and songs by Huntington Woodmann Leoni Tosti and Handel. The crowd showed enthusiasm and all artists were encored.
Mrs. Carolina Paira a 27 year old woman was found dead in bed at her home on the fourth floor of 15 Charter street North End She had been dead two days physicians said Her husband found the body and later broke a window to enter the flat after discovering the door locked on his return from work Witness said the gas jet was wide open in an adjoining room indicating possible foul play or accidental exposure
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