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NINE MORE AMEKICANS KILLED
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jwtaj He. had been shot tritough th
Body
'Irhe rent nature of tho forar now be
"esirne B,tprertl, but most of the Amerl
tan remained coo), hoping to escape la
some wny or nnother.
"', AUr the shooting of renfee several of
tin Americans were rodshly selied by
Mexicans, who began to drae them toward
,;fh doors of tho coach.
'" However, no resistance win offered.
'Come oh. you grlnicos, set offl" was the
titxt command of the leader.
A the Americans left tho train they
were surrounded by the armed Imnd and
held prisoners.
Annarontltf ttin Americans did not move
fast enoiifth to satisfy the Mexican bnn
dlt, for there was a volley of allots In the
car and the cries of pain Which followed
showed that some had been hit.
IV. J. Wallace wns Just descending the
Rtepa Of the car when a. bullet struck him
In the back of hi head And ho fell
fprawllns In n pool of blood. A Mexican
"dropped his rifle, kicked the body out pf
the way and then started to rummage In
the pockets of his clothing.
Mexicans fe.ll upon the other bodies like
wild animals, clawing at the facts with
their hands nnd tcnrlng off the clothing.
Four or Ave of the Americans were
killed In the coach or us they were
Jeavlng It. ....
The Americans died bravely. Not ono
of them begged for mercy. Those who
had left the coach stood white-faced,
but erect, as they waited their turn. It
hud been Been that escape wns Impossi
ble as C. ft, Watson, leader of the party,
had been killed while trying to make his
way to safety In n small ravine.
WATSON'S IU3AD SBVEHBD.
Watson, ngnlnst whom the bitterest
hatred of the Mexicans was directed, wns
among tho first to leavo tho car. As ho
dropped to tho ground on the cast side of
the train, ho started to run. The Mexi
cans raised their rllles nnd fired n vol
ley, but Watson did not fall. Another
salvo of shots rang out and Watson fell
to his face, his body sliding nlong tha
ground for 10 or 12 feet. He had been
wounded three times. Severnl Mexicans
ran up to the body nnd one, believing tho
American still alive, slashed at the neck
with the bayonet of his rifle until tha
head was severed.
J. W. Woon tried to take advantage of
tho opportunity while t o Mexicans were
nrlng at Watson nnd he started to run.
H hadn't gone ICO yards before ho fell
with four bullets In, his body. The Mex
icans profanely congratulated each other
on their marksmanship.
Tho next to bo killed was M. B. llomero.
With ghostly humor the Mexicans pro
tended to glvo him a chanco to escape.
He fell with his body riddled.
Four bullets were then fired Into the
body of It. P. Jlctlntton.
The other Amcrlcnns, dazed by the orgy
of murder Hint they wcio witnessing, wero
then lined up ngalnst the car. Some of
tho victims wero shot after they had
fallen from the first volley of the llrlnff
squad.
In the train the other passengers
crouched on tho floor nnd somo Mexicans
were shooting wildly by this time and
bullets wore flying In every direction,
splintering tho woodwork of the coaches
and smashing through tho windows.
Tho bodies of the Americans wero
stripped of their clothing for tho most
part. Every garment wns ransacked. If
a Mexican secured less toll from n corpso
than satisfied his greed ho Jabbed his
bayonet Into tho unoffending corpse.
When word wns tnken to Chihuahua
City of tho massacre tho Americans nt
onco formed a rescue squad of heavily
armed men, which set out posthaste for
the scene.
Tho corpses of Wntson. Itomero, Mc
Hattor) and Woon lay whero they had
fallen, apparently, fourteen other bodies
were found In a little gulley about four
feet from the railway tracks, whero they
had' been dumped by the bandits. It is
believed from stories told by passengers
on the "massacre train" that nono of
those killed carried any weapons. If the
victims had revolvers In their suitcases
they had no time to get them out for self
defense. In additional to the personal belonging?
of tho victims, tho bandits secured $10,000
which was being tnken to the plnnt of the
Cusi Mining Cor.ipnny to pay off the
hands.
HOLMES MAKES ESCAPE.
riiomaa I). Holmes, tho only one of the
Intended victims to mnke his escape.
fwps his life to the efforts of Watson nnd
Voon to save themselves. In the con
ttisfon attending the shooting of Wntson
and Woon. Holmes made his wny toward
yho rear of tho train and, although fired
on. cnlned the shelter of n small ravine,
.Mexicans mirsued him. but he mnraged
19 hide beneath some brush and ulti
mately mac, his way to Chihuahua City.
After the -.mssnerc nnd ufter the ban
dits h;d ijitnlned all the loot they could
find, fnej .nountcd their horses nnd rode
away toward the Sierra Madre Mountains
In the west.
The train was then backed toward Chi
huahua City, arriving there about 9
o'clock Monday night.
So great was the fear of the trainmen
and passengers that they did not even
wait to pick up the corpses of the slain.
TRAIN SENT FOR BODIES.
A special train was made up by the
Northwestern Railway on Monday, con
listing of three box cars. Early Tuesday
morning It set out for the scene of the
massacre carrying 14 Americans, headed I
by Dr. J. O. Newby nnd 200 soldiers from
the Carranzista garrison in Chihuahua
City that had been put at the disposal
of the Americans by General Jacinto
Trevlno.
Two of the memb -s of the American
quad were Roland and Joseph Ander
son, father and brother of Maurice An
derson, one of the American victims of
tha bandits. The others were Fred
Stevens. W. N. Fink, E. H. McKay, D. E.
Bell, Dr. J. M. Smith, J. n. Barker, A. R.
Carson. Roy Harrell, J. M. Murray, W. L.
OUrchlll and M. J. Luna.
On Tuesday afternoon about - o'clock
the boxcar special arrived outside of
Banta Ysabel, where. Just SI hours be
fore, the lives of the little American
party had been snuffed out.
The Mexican soldiers, taking machine
guns with them, detrained to reconnolter
for some of the banc"ls who might still
be lurking, in the rri .iiborliood.
After a two-hour search no bandits
were seen and Doctor MacKay Insisted
that the work of collecting the bodies
be commenced. The commander of the
Mexican soldiers lent 10 of his men to
the American squad and supplied them
wth two machine guns, while the re-'
malnder of Mexican troops continued ta
cour the surrounding hills.
The special train began to move for
ward, but had not gone very far before
two Mexicans Magged it. and told the
Engineer that a band of Villa followers
fere lying In the brush not far away.
r-Several mounted men could be seen in
:-'' tke, dUtance watching the movements or
' train. Doctor Newby and Doctor
itcKay decided to get some more men
. Ipstere they returned to their work, so
' tie. train put back into Santa Ysabel,
where CO more Carranzista soldiers were
requisitioned from Colonel Garcia. It
waa dusk before the train again reached
.tha scene of the massacre, and in the
fitting twilight the Americans could still
se tha sentry horsemen outlined against
the. sky on a distant butte. Others ap
peared until It was estimated that there
Were about 400 men In the group.
Disregarding (be cavalrymen, the
Americans alighted and began collecting
tby corpses. While the Americans
aarched on both sides of the railway
trajeks the Carranzista soldiers were
fqyaged .about and their machine guns
wir, planted on eminences to sweep the
atiffomadins country
TJf were from two to live bullet holes
la AJf-k corpe. Every one of (be victims
. ktfbwu iliot In the head, aa though the
Lj3pftdtts. tu nuikit sure of death, had put
(jettfe lu Ike' kwain of each man before
' war tfieVr y. 'to. tftiiau f eygJuUoary
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warfare- this la known as a tiro de gracla
(Iho shot of grace).
The naked, bleeding corpses were ten
derly placed In one of the cars, and tho
boxcar special, which had now become a
funeral special, began steaming back to
ward Chihuahua City.
The Catrnnzlata troops reported that
while the Americans were engaged In
their gruesome work the mounted men
on the distant hilltops had ridden away.
The bodies arrived In Chihuahua City on
Wednesdny morning, and nt 2 o'clock
Wednesday the ride to tho border began,
tha bodies being1 guarded by 36 armed
Americans and a number' of Mexican sol
diers. In Chihuahua City the corpses had been
washed .and clothed, although no time
wns given ror emoaiming. jsignt mem
bers of the squad which had rescued the
remains accompanied them to El Paso!
the other members of the band were too
exhausted nnd overcome to make the trip.
All the way to Juarez tho door of the
car contathlng the clghieen coftlns waa
guarded by a man with an automatic
til-tot In his hand.
An nttempt to lynch General Yucz
Salazar, a former follower of CIcncral Or
.la, was frustrated here early today by
the vigllnhcc of the sheriff, who spirited
Salazar from his hotel before the mob
nrlved. Two arrests followed as a result.
Word was received In Juarez that Oenernl
Jacinto Trevlno, commander of the Car
rnnzn garrison In Chihuahua city, has
left Santa Ysabel with 300 troops to hunt
down tho Mexican bandits who nssns
slnated 17 Americans. Ocneral Trevlno
has declared ho will shoot the bandits on
sight.
WILSON'S .MEXICO POLICY
WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED
DESPITE ACTS OF IJANDITS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13-Presldent
Wilson stands squarely behind Secretary
of State Lansing In his stntcment that
Americans who entered Mexico In tho
face of warnings from this Government
did so nt their own risk. From nil ap
pearances the President's Mexican policy
will remain unchnnged.
Whllo General Carranza has been urged
to endeavor to round up the bnndlts re
sponsible for tho murder of Americans
nnd British citizens In Chlhunhtia and
punish them, it was made plain nt the
White House todny that tho President
has not deviated In the lenst from hi
policy ns regards Mexico,
It wns declared that Lansing's state
ment of yesterday concerning the blnme
attached to persons who havo gono Ino
Mexico, desplto wnrnlngs, has the In
dorsement of the President. The men In
tho party killed In Mexico had been spe
cifically warned, It was stated.
No word was received at tho State De
partment during the morning of the ro
ported massacre of eight more American
men, one American womnn and one Eng
lish woman nt Madera. At the Mexican
Embassy It was stated no word had been
received from General Carranza.
A resolution authorizing President Wil
son to use the military nnd naval forces
of tho United States In Mexico wns pre
sented In the Senate today by Senator
Lewis, of Illinois. Senator Lewis' reso
lution will give the President the same
power to use the army and navy that
"Is now being exercised In Nicaragua
ana nam ior the protection or Amer
ican citizens.
ARttEDONDO PROMISES ACTION.
Prompt action to bring tno murderers to
time was promised the United States to
day In n letter to Secretary of State
Lansing from Ellseo Arrendondo, Mex
ican Ambassador at Washington.
The letter rends:
I havo the honor to acknowledge the
receipt of your Excellency's note of
this date, relative to the murder by
5 Villa forces of 16 American gentlemen
.near tho city of Chihuahua, and of the
situation In the Stato of Xhirango,
, Your Excellency may feel assured thnt
my Government nnd myself deeply de
plore the dastardly action of tho Villa
forces, and that efficient action will be
tnken to bring the murderers to Jus
tice, and that my Government will also
take the necessary steps to remedy tho
situation In tho State of Durango.
This latter matter has already been
brought to the attention of air. Car
ranza, and, while I feel certain that
he will omit no effort to bring tho
murderers of the American gentlemen
to Justice on his own initiative. I have,
nevertheless, communicated with him
on the subject.
Renewing to your Excellency the ns
suranco of my profound rcgretH for
tho occurrence, I have tho honor to
remain, etc,
ELISEO ARREDONDO.
The State Department has virtually
decided upon the form In which It will
present all facts In the .Mexican situa
tion to Congress, as called for by Senate
resolution. Secretary .anslng today ad
mitted such a pnper Is subject of con
sideration by himself and the Mexican
division of the department, but would not
discuss It. The tlrst draft is very long
unci goes Into minute detail. It may be
completed within a week. It Is expected
the President us usual will have the
last word to say on Its final form.
The Dyer resolution In the House, ask
ing the President If "watchful waiting"
should not be displaced by Intervention,
probably will be pigeonholed, it, became
clear today. Chairman Flood sata no
action on lie resolution is planned, and
D'er himself does not Intend to press It
action on the resolution Is planned, and
Indignation over the Santa Ysabel and
Madera massacres resulted In an out
burst In the House today. Representa
tive Slayden, of Texas, In a fiery speech,
declared patience on the border was ex
hausted and that popular uprisings were
threatened.
SLAYDEN DEMANDS SECURITY.
"I have been Bllent even when I thought
serious mistakes were being made, leaving
the whole matter In the hands of the
President and the Secretary of State,"
said Slayden. "Americans have been mur
dered singly and In squads. They have
been shot on their own territory. They
have mysteriously disappeared. Mexicans
have even Invaded our territory under
military command, killing Americans and
stealing their property.
"The people of .he border do not want
war with Mexico, but they do want se
curity for their lives and property,"
The temper of the House regarding the
massacre was shown in liberal applause
given Slayden. particularly when he de
clared only "punishment of the murderers
would satisfy the American people.
Marked growth of Intervention senti
ment In Congress Is admitted by even
Administration leaders. Privately, a num
ber of Democrats, high In Administration
councils, are leaning toward Intervention.
On the other hand, Congressional lead
ers are attempting to allay the present
storm by pointing out the certain results
of American soldiers crossing the border.
These leaders believe Intervention would
unite all Mexican factions against the
"grlngoes." Months and probably years
of guerrilla warfare would follow, they
say, with loss of American life In battle
and by disease, and with thousands of
soldiers engaged.
So far as the suggestion is concerned
that Joint intervention by the United
States and the leading South American
republics Is the only way to set up a
stable government in Mexico, South and
Central American diplomatic circles here
today declared such a scheme Impossible.
The three leading South American coun
tries, Argentina, Brazil and Chill, In
dorsed Carranza. But In doing so it was
made very plain by their highest officials
that they were "not Interfering with the
Internal affairs" of their sister Repub
lic. Mexico should settle her own trou
ble!, these nations Insisted, and their
responsible officials made it emphatic
ally plain in a series of public statements
that under no circumstances could their
countries be parties to any armed move
ment - h savored of coercion. It U
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DR. AND MRS. JOSEPH T.
MURPHY
Who were married Wednesday nt
St. Thomas' Catholic Church, Gal
veston, Tex., by the Rev. F. P.
GnfTenoy. They were principals
in n romance of the Philadelphia
Hospital. They met here n year
nj;o, when the bride, who was
Miss Snllio Morris, wns in charge
of the men's surgical ward, and
the bridegroom was a resident
Shyslclan. ihoy will arrive here
anuary 20 nnd make their homo
in Mt. Cnrmol.
ernments hero that there has been no
change In public sentiment "at home"
since these statements were Issued. This
mnken It certain that should Interven
tion eventually come the United States
will have to play a "lone hand."
Carranza previously linn warned this
Government that he would oppose Inter
vention with his utmost force. Recog
nized ns the de facto President, ofllclols
believe, he could not avoid being drnwn
Into armed opposition If American troops
should cross the boundary.
VILLA NEAR SCENE OF MURDER.
Collector of Customs Cobb, nt El Paso,
wired the Stato Department today that
General Villa was recently seen near Chi
huahua and close to the scone of tho
massacre of the 17 Americans nnd one
Canadian on Monday. Cobb did not state
who saw the rebel leader. Ofllclals here
took this news to Indicate that Villa
himself Is In close touch with the opera
tions of tho bandits.
Another dispatch to the department
from Cobb stated that n report had been
received at EI Paso thnt Bart Kramer,
an American, had been slain by Mexican
bandits nt Kramer's Ranch, CO miles west
of Santa Ysabel.
Cobb reported further that Colonel
Pablo Lopez. Colonel Bertam and General
Reynn'wero In command of the bnndlts
who murdered the Americans. He said
that when tho Americans wer" tnken off
the train C00 soldiers stood lined up along
side of the tracks, but did no take part
In the killings.
BHEPPARD CALLS ON WILSON.
Senator Morris .Sheppard, of Texas,
called nt the White 'IIoiiko nnd laid be
fore tho President a telegram ho had re
ceived from Dr. C. C. Young, of El Paso,
urging that this Government Intervene
In Mexico.
Doctor Yoiing staled in his telegram
that General Obre'gon, Carranzn com
mander, had authorized his ofllclals to
guarantee the protection of Americans,
it Is understood that President Wilson
told Senator Sheppard thut despite, tho
assurances from Carranza ofllclals the
Americans who had been killed had
been warned by representatives of this
Government to stay out of Mexico.
After his conference with the Presi
dent, Senator Sheppard stated that he
believed the Administration will rely
upon Carranza to capture and punish
those guilty of murdering the Americans.
He said there was no Indication that this
Government would tuke any other steps
at his lme.
In some official circles here It Is be
lieved that the massacres of Americans
have been ordered by Villa In a last, des
perate nttempt to discredit Carranza and
force American Intervention.
U. OF P. PHYSICAL DIRECTOR
URGES ATHLETIC EVENTS IN
PLACE OF "BOWL FIGHTS"
W. J. Cromle, acting physical director
at the University Gymnasium during the
absence of Dr. R. Talt MacKenzle, who
Is serving In the British Army as an
examiner of recruits, today said that he
would recommend field sports between
the freshmen and sophomore classes as a
substitute for the discontinued bowl
fights.
"I would recommend push balLl' he
said, "but that was tried several years
ago and the students said It was too
tame. Another thing they might take up
Is the pentathlon, the contests in Ave
sports, broad Jump, wrestling, swimming,-,
mile run and vertlcle rope climbing, be
tween picked teams. Perhaps the best
Idea would be to have a general field day.
"This might bring Into action every
member of each class In all the regular
track events that we have In the Inter
colleglates. Each student would bet
credited with the points he made, and
when all these points were added up ac-;
cording to classes, we could tell whether
the freshmen or the sophomores had won1
the annual 'fight.' Only there would be
no fight Involved, but real sport,"
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Continued from Pure One
the freshmen charged the sophmores, who
stood surrounding their bowl, with the
object of getting as many hands on the
goal as possible, arf every "hand on the
bowl" ' after the scrimmage meant a
point In the score.
WENT DOWN "TOO SOON."
Tho 300 freshmen rushed at the 250 wait
ing sophomores. Llfson was In the first
rank of tho charging class.- The crush
of men behind him drove him through
the lines "until he slipped on the rain
drenched turf nnd went down; he thought
he could get his hands on the edge of the
wooden bowl.
At the time Llfson went down there
were four minutes still to, go. Qny those
nearest to him knew of his dangerous
position. He was being trampled under
tho feet of the fighters, and while It wns
certainly the object to gel, "hands on tha
bowl." this was not usually' ntiemnted
by freshmen until they had. beaten off
enough sophs to make U comparatively
safo to pile up on the bowl. Llfson,, ns
It was explained, ''went down too soon,"
and his face was buried In the mud for
three or four minutes, suffocation re
sulting. "I'M BEING KILLED,"
Before Llfson waa silenced by the
smothering, sweating bodies that piled
upon him, he realized his danger. Two
of those closest to him krlew he had
fallen. They are D. O. Thomas, a fresh
man, from Wllkes-Barre, and John Wal
ker, of Chester, also a freshman. As
they snw that Llfson was being trampled
tinder the feet of the groaning and
squirming mob, 'they shouted Warnings,
hut their voices wero lost In the tumult.
Llfson himself cried, feebly, !My God,
I'm being killed!"
Those nearest to him pushed back, but
n new charge toppled them over, too,
nnd In the overwhelmlnt, weight of scores
of young men It was Impossible to do any
thing hut wait. The remaining minute
wns Interminable for the few men who
khew Lirson'a position. At last tno
whistle of tlto referee blew and tho 30 men
on top of Llfson were drngged off,
PULMOTOR, USED IN VAIN.
Llfson w'ns unconscious. He was purple'
In the face. A pnsslng truck was called
and ho was rushed out Spruce street two
squares to tho University Hospital. Dr.
John Piper, chief resident physician, said
that the student was dead when he
reached the Institution. The stethoscope
wna applied, but no pulse could be de
tected. The pulmotor was put Into use as
a last resort to restore respiration, but to
no nvnll.
Llfson's elder brother, Edwnrd Llfson,
a senior In tho Wharton School, had
watched the fight from the sidelines nnd
linil remarked that he thought It wns a
clean battle nnd better thnn It hnd been
In former years. He went to a classroom
beforo It wns over nnd did not know his
brother had been killed until Dean Qulnn
had him called from class and told htm
of tho tragedy.
WILL BE NO AUTOPSY.
He rushed to tho hospital, watched the
physlclnns try to revive his brother nnd
then went to the Provost's ofllce. His
father, Albert Llfson, a wealthy furniture
dealer, of 205 Grand street, Elizabeth, N.
J., was called by long-dlstanco telephone,
nnd Irving Fleldmnn. the dead oy's
brother-in-law. of 6H3 Jefferson street,
also was notified.
Mr. Llfson started at once for Philadel
phia nnd arrived at 8 o'clock. Ho tried to
withhold the news of the tragedy from
his wife, but It reached her ears and she
accompanied him to this city.
The parents of Llfson visited the hos
pltal last night, nnd todny Edwnrd Llfson
took his mother back to Elizabeth. Mr.
Llfson went to see Provost Smith In his
office todny. Ho said ho did not want nn
autopsy performed upon the body of his
son. Ho was satisfied that death had
been, caused by suffocation nnd that no
further Investigation of the circumstances
..would. make any dlffercnco In the facts
lo-occiaccu.
Provost Smith Immediately called up
the Coroner and asked that no autopsy
be performed, and the Coroner replied
that he was willing to abandon It but
that he had already sent Dr. Wndswo'rth.
Coroner's physician, to the hospital, and
he told the Provost to get Into touch
with h)m.
Dr. Wadsworth agreed with the physi
cians nt the hospital and with the Provost
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that an autopsy was not .necessary, and
It was said thnt the tody brobnbly would
be taken to Elizabeth today.
PROVOST TO TESTIFY.
Coroner Knight said today that be
would call upon. Provost Smith to testify
at the Inquest. The Coroner made this
comment:
"This I Indeed a most unfortunate
affair. However, It Is probably an acci
dent which could have ' happened in a
football .game or .some similar form of
sport. 1 made a personal Investigation
of this matter myself and havo come to
tho conclusion from the Information I
hAve at hand at the present time that It
would be well for the University to. dis
continue this form of sport in the future.
"Tho ground yesterday on which the
game was played was very muddy, a fac.
borne out by the cpndltloit of Llfson's
Douy wnen ne was carried into me re
ceiving ward of the University Hospital.
Ho was rnvorod with mud. If the ground
had been dry he might have had a-fight
ing chance for his lire, it appears id
he was smothered to death. At the In
quest, for which no date has been set,
I will request the provost -of the Univer
sity to describe In detail the character of
this contest."
CLASSES HOLD MEETINGS.
The sophomores held a meeting last
night and adopted resolutions "calling
off" the bowl fight In tho future. These
resolutions were Rent to tho Provost. At
12:30 o'clock this afternoon the three other
classes held meetings, the Juniors and
freshmen In College Hall and tho seniors
In the chnpel. All recommended tho dis
continuance of the custom and tho Pro
vost confirmed the action of nil four
Classes -simultaneously.
PROVOST ADDRESSES SENIORS.
(Provost Smith addressed tho Seniors at
chnpel exercises In tho HoiiBton- Hnll
nudltorlum before their meeting this
afternoon. Vlco Provost Pennlman sat
on the platform with him nnd with
Gordon A. Harwlck, president of tho
class, but did not speak. The Provost
said:
"Boys, I .can't talk to you today at any
length. These Visitations rest heavily
upon me. During the Christmas vacation
four students died. Now comes this ter
rible misfortune of yesterday. Only ono
thought I want to leavo with you, and
that Is that oven the young may die. Wo
never know who will bo colled next, nnd
so make nil things right whllo you cnn.
"Your president has cnllcd n special
meeting. Wo feel that he boivl tight and
such other forms of class lights have out
lived their usefulness and that because
of tho Increasing number of students they
have becomo dangrous;"
Tho seniors then adopted unanimously
this resolution: "The senior class goes on
record art favoring tho abolishing of tho
bowl fight nnd nil underclass fights."
OTHER CLASSES CONCUR.
The Juniors, nt their meeting, adopted'
a resolution In regard to "the S2d annual
celebration of tho bowl fight," and ex
pressed unanimous disapproval of the
continuance of nil clnsa fights. Tho
freshmen, of whom tho dend student was
one, adopted resolutions of sympathy for
his family nnd another resolution urging
the abolition of class fights.
Tho classes adopted resolutions of
sympathy with the family of Llfson.
These resolutions were more wirmly felt
than tho usual resolutions of his kind,
becauso of the manly way In which Mr.
Llfson had taken his great loss and tho
magnanimous attitude toward tho stu
dents. "I do not want .any ono punished for
my Bon's death," ho said. "They tell me
the fights nro to bo stopped: If that Is
so, let that sufllco as n warning ngalnst
too much recklessness of thls'klnd In the
future. Certainly I should have no pleas
ure In any one's, being taken 'to task
personally for ths It would be too ter
rible a regret for him to caVry through
life."
. Provost Smith seemed overcome by tho
tragedy. ,He,had difficulty In controlling
Ills- emotion when ho "met .thec father of
the dead boy.
"ThoM have been two other fatalities
of this kind since I became provost,"
he said, "one at Leland Stanford andi one
;at Princeton. I shall advise that tho
Biuaenis aoancion an mo events mat are
known as 'fights' and replace them with
harmless Interclass sports'
Ho received a telegram from Edwin
E. Sparks, president of State College,
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which said. "Pennsylvania State College
sends sympathy."
FIUT MOUItNS LtPSON.
The flag over the Phi Kpsllon PI fra
ternity house nt ' 3S10 Locust street,
where Llfson lived, s at half-staff. The
Provost ordered all the flags of all the
University buildings In West Philadelphia
lowered.
Detective CAIIahan, of the murder
squad, said there would be no arrests.
"We'd have to arrest every student who
tobk part If we arrested one," he said.
"Llfson's death was nccldentat; he was
not singled out for punishment! there
was no malice. There were no marks of
violence on the body. He was simply
suffocated, his nose and mouth having
been covered Up In the press."
PROVOST FKAP.ED. ACCIDENT.
The Provost said that lie hnd been dis
cussing tho approaching bowl fight yester
day morning with Vice I ovost Pennlmnn,
who hail expressed surprise that no fa
talities had occurred In the annual fights.
The provost 'remarked that, while no seri
ous accidents had taken place In tho past,
the Increasing slso of the classes was
making the contest more nnd more dan
gerous. John C. Pell, of tho board of trustees,
srild: "I am Inexpressibly aorry. Un
doubtedly , Provost Smith, after Investi
gating the matter, will recommend that
the ancient custom be abolished. That Is
all I earn to say In tho matter now."
Dr. J. William White, who Is III nt tho
University Hospltnl, said: "It Is deplor
able. Hut It Is the first tlmo such a thing
ever happened, mid, although thero was
n strong" spirit of rivalry, there was no
malice of nny kind."
Isaac S. Smyth, of 6123 Greene street,
father of Gordon S. C. Smyth, ono of the
Injured students, said ho Was sure thnt
tho University authorities would do what
wns expected of them and end tho unfor
tunate custom,
"It, Is nlwnys carried to excess," ho said,
"I regret vory much that my son was hurt
nnd feel that lio has not won enough
honor to warrant nnUs'ual notorloty."
.Guy. Kevins, president of tho sophomore
class, said:
"Wo are nil broken up nbout this ter
rible affair. I dont' know whether tho
fight will be abolished In the future or not.
That Is tip to thn provost and tho faculty,
but I am sure thnt nobody will oppose
nny attempt to do nwny with It. Wo do
not want any more men kilted."
Eugcno Southall, cdltosMn-chlcf of the
Pennsylvnhlun, 'tho student dally news
paper, snfd he' did not think that the
fight was riny"'f1ercc'r yesterday than In
previous years,
MbrrlB L. Clothier, Wharton Parker and
Samuel V. Houston, members of tho Uni
versity board of trustees, all deplored
tho occurrence, deeply. Mr. Houston said
thnt tho (iiicstlon of oowt fights was one
which had not como up beforo tho board
for diecuasion In past years.
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Mrs. Hugh V. Munro, 17,17 North B?
street,, .known as. "The Mother of k3
slngton,"' Is Just as strong In her fi
tmuuii 01 mo irngcoy at the Unlviri,
"It Is dlsgrnceful, criminal, for hiOT
to go Into such things," she said., iip?ll
eaten in her voce. "And h ..iT-l
about It Is that mothers have n6thln:
nay at all. When boys T?el to th, J!'
thnt they go away to college they rin tUSi
ns they please. Their mother are bev
erlcss. I don't see that a bowl fleMl.vf
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In boys. I, personally, nm in f&torS
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necessary. It Is simply brute force." 3ml
Mrs. Imogen Oakley, of the Oladittiilpll
said Bhe would never allow n boy of ben
to go to a college where such conlSJ
us 1110 uuwi ngni lire inauigea 10,
"I have a boV who was nrrtrlnoi. lul'li
some years ago," sho said, "but At IhC
tlmo the bowl fight wns held In a phJJ.
nble mnnner. with nn lnlurl! Abw"Kjiitr
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would hesitate to send her son to u.'W
lego where such .a contest as the beXll
light has como to be Staged.' .
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tho Philadelphia public schools, proph.y
sled that tho day would como when'thi'S
Jill-uin u lliv VUHVhH juuin, uoiorea of eu
training In the public schools, would n
permit buoIi a contest as the bowl fl.ki'
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