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Ccpper River Ice Fields Vis-
v. ited By Presidential Party
; All Are Enthralled By
.spectacle
HENDERSON SAILS ON:
' WILL STOP FOR SITKA
Departure Froni Cordova
Made Shortly After Re
. turn Frorn Side Trip
, , CORDOVA, Alaska, Jolj 20.
: By the Associated Press)
SUndlng beside the Copper Riyer,
President Harding today saw one
: of the grandest sights of Alaska.
i; A quarter mile away; on the
opposiu shore, towered the mas
Its Ice cliffs of Child Glacier.
. resplendent In their whiteness and
In their delicate tints of blue
and emerald, f
;4 Mote iWpresslTe than the glac
iers' colore, howerer. were the
manifestations of iu aetlrity and
mysterious power, as huge por
tions of it. some weighing hund
reds of tons, broke away with a
roar like that of heayy thunder,
and plunred Into the rlTer , soon
4 to be dlesolred Into, water again
after hundreds of years in a fros
' en 'state. .
Childs Glacier, is one of the
largest lire glaciers In Alaska
for Chat matter In the world
and although the members of the
i president's party hare seen scores
of glaciers, the one they . beheld
today excelled all others.
T I Railroad Company Host
i 1 ,The . president and the other
members of the parf, except Mrs.
Harding, jjho. remained aboard
the transport Henderson, made
the 50-mile trip to the glacier as
guests of the Copper Rhrer and
Northwestern railway. Departing
from here at fen In the morning
and arrlring at a famous million
-. I dollar bridge which the railroad
built across the turbulent Copper
river, the party left the train and
walked, along a toot path a half
mile until they could look direct
ly across the stream to the face of
the: glacier. ' ':'.-',:'- .o ,.,' ,
-( Seyeral minutes before they
reached this spot , the travellers
' heard, the sound of breaking Ice
like the roll of thunder. Imme-
, dlately after they had taken their
' itaad before the glacier a large
mass slid Into the rlrer with a
roar that echoed and reechoed
from fhe distant . mountains and
fronrthe other side of the stream.
Speaks at Cordova- ,
! For nearly three quarters of an
hour i the president viewed the
ight enthralled. Told that a
tunshot would usually - cause
treat masses of Ice to break off,
he ordered one of the, secret ser
: vice men to fire at the glacier
-1 with his pistol. Buf the distance
i was too great. A pistol bullet
1 would afreet the walls of that
glacier about as much as a small
I boy's popgun would the side of
a elephant.
"One of fhe' most Impressive
lights to be 'seen In Alaska," was
the way the president described
the glacier as he boarded the
train for the return to Cordova.
Back In Cordova the president
and Mrs. Harding were taken for
& ride about the town, which Is
the southern terminal of the rail-f
road. The road was built by the
Comnhelm interests In 1907 for
the transportation of ore from the
rich Kennecott. mines, l :
; Before returning to the Hen
dersoa, which departed late today
for Bitka, the president made a
trlef address to the citizens of
Cordova, ' ' ,
THE WEATHER
OREGON: Fair and continued
warm Saturday.
LOCAL! WEATHER
(Friday)
Maximum temperature. 85.
Mlnloium temperature. '50.
River, normal; falling.
Atmosphere, clear.
Rainfall, none. '
lowest. 7v: I A
rhn Tiut
RE
MIM JIM
Tno vr.PT po t..i..
Canal had been closed by a landslide, were contained m uiatiQns today by commis-
radio messages received here tonight from the tankers De sioncr Blair or tho internal rev
Roche and Imlay, on the way from Lbs Angeles harbor to the enue bureau, but persons who
east coast; asking their agents for advices anq instructions
according to the Los Angeles
AoiTio. V,o nr
avvva va a sw vuv n- y
from the tanker Hughoton,
statement "slide in canal."
FEDERATED CLUBS
. TD HOLD PICNIC
Annual Event of County Or
ganizations Is Set for
Tuesday, July 31
Tuesday afternoon and evening
July 31. is the time set for the
annual picnic of the Marlon Coun
ty Federated clubs. The picnic is
to be held at the state fair
grounds, and the whole member
ship of the 24 community clubs
affiliated with the organization is
eligible to attend. Last year, the
meeting was held at Spong's land
ing. with only about 150 attend
ing. This year it is hoped there
will be anywhere from two to five
times as many guests. .
An excellentprogram of. ath
letic and social games has been
partly arranged. ; There will be
footraces, three-legged races, tug-
J of-war, baseball, baseball '. throw
for the women and other events.
It is the hope that all these events
can be staged on the track In
front of the grandstand, if : the
track : management will permit it
to interfere that much with the
horsemen who use the track every
day..- .. i ' - .'
i "Barnyard Golf," the wonder
fully fetching' game of pitching
horseshoes. Is to be' made an es
pecial feature. This will be open
for both men and women. There
are some . local women who have
been playing this game with real
ly professional ability, and they
are expected to stage a spectacu
lar exhibition. The "goff" games
will be open : to all comers, ' In
overalls or in gingham or In plain
summer togs. s No particular uni
form Is stipulated. ...
' Secretary Fred - Curry, of -J the
fair association, is expected to be
one of the , speakers for he day.
They do not plan to have much
oratory, but Curry is said to have
a message i of good cheer to the
people, in felling how he wants to
utilize the grounds for the: bene?
fit of the people pnd the- whole
state, an d the Federation wants
.everybody tp'hear him.
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TEXAS NEGRO HANGED
TEXARKANA, Tex.. July 20.
Without any sign of fear and pro
testing 1 his Innocence, Sol John
son, negro, was hanged at; 11:15
o'clock today In Bowie county
jail at Boston. His body was cut
down at 11:31. f
MU. AO! -DRAWS
IE0USMDS TO PARK
Salem folks don't have to won
der what to do these warm eve
nings. They just go to the band
concert and if they have any child
ren they take them along to see
the fountain play: otherwise they
merely say they went to hear' the
band play. Anyway, almost every
one goes just as soon as the dish
es are cleared up from the eve
ning meal. ;
From every street leading to
ward Willson park on Tuesday and
Friday evenings come father and
mother, the kids, the dog perhaps.
and baby's toys, not to mention
mother's camp stool.; Then those
who live several miles away and
so must bring out the flivver, and
those who live as far as two blocks
and must needs , bring out , the
Rolls-Royce, all come to the band
concert. ; '
Other folks in. other big. towns
may have band-concerts, but.they.
CIMLSiDE:
BY
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Examiner. . ;
n radio wm al. so received here
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at Salina Cruz, containing the
Will Makfl Strone: Bid For
' I rw Cowo
Illinois " Man
CHICAGO, July 20. New
York will make a strong bid for
the democratic national conyen
tion. George E. Brennan, Illinois
democratic, leader annnnced. here
today on his return from a con
ference at French Lick Springs
with Charles F. Murphy,- New
York leader, and Thomas Taggart
head of the party in Indiana.
"New York City has not had a
national'" convention for many
years and Mr. Murphy said a they
are going to 'fights hard j to get
the .democratic " meeting i ' next
year, said Mr. Brennan.
Brennan said be expected Kan-
sas City, St. Louis and San Fran
cisco to join in inviting the dele
gates. The meeting place usually
is decided" In January, Mr. 'Bren
nan said.
PICRKSTA6ES
CITED TO APPEAR
Must Show Cause Here Aug
ust 1 Why Permit Shquld
Not Be Cancelled
PORTLAND, July 20. An or
der wia entered today by the Ore
gon public service ' commission,
meeting In Portland, .citing offi
cers of the Pickwick. Auto stages
to appear in Sarem, August 1, and
snow, causa wny, tne cqnipany s
permit to operate in i this . state
shall not be - cancelled. ; Th4a ac
tion Is chiefly due to i a recent
crossing crash in Lynn county In
which two passengers of a Pick
wick stage lost their lives.
If was announced at the com
mission's office' that drivers of
stages and busses must observe
rule No. 73 , of the commission's
regulations requiring that drivers
of all cars carrying passengers
for hire must come to a full' stop
before crossing railroad tracks.
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lack the electric fountain, so Sa
lem Is In a class by itself. Those
who do not like music usually like
the: gleaming lights and colored
streamlets, so alt have something
to do these nice warm evenings.
Court street ' was quiet as
church last night, and the busi
nesslike-looking "man .from head
quarters" was . not kept so ' busy,
apparently but that he enjoyed the
concert. Those who came to listen
fnHa tnnili .at In tholi a a rn
RADIOS
7eB T51BE
Court street or found seats on the "aen".nea woman late this at
grass part, way down In the north- rnoo,n attempted suicide by
west 'part of the park. Those who throw,j5f the Yakima
came -to promenade and see who fTf'" he i
else was there wandered around rKjIopolIce-, reports. .tftB
up near the band stand and the WW Is in ihe hospital here un
fountain. Those who went up conscious , and, wRh her skull
near the stand with the; Idea of "U6llea a l,h u34
hiring the music were dlsap- VfW ,the rl r bottojp.
pointed and felt that those near
(Continued, parage ilxl a
FRUIT JUICES
MANUFACTURE
IS PERMITTED
Elimination of Possibility of
-Kick" in Cider Ordered
By New Ruling
WASHINGTON, July 20i
Manufacture of cider and other
non-intoxicating fruit juices Is au-
monzea wiiooai me iormamy oi
make them must add preserves to
prevent -rurtner alcoholic rer-
mentation." Fruit juices may not
be lawfully used, the regulations
stipulate, for beverage purposes
after becoming intoxicating.
Under a. ruling superceded by;
the new , : regulations manufac
turers of fruit juices have -not
been held responsible for any nat
ural reaction of tho liquid.
The new regulations define
"preserved sweet cider" as that in
which: alcohol fermentation has
been prevented by the . addition,
"Immediately upon pressing" ben
ate of soda in the proportion ot
not less than four to four one-halt
ounces to each barrel of 50 gal
Ions, or by immdiatasteriliza
tion. Thpfe&ence of 4; per cent
of acetic acid worild be consider
ed as changing the cider to au
thentic vinegar.
Work on Motor "May Take
Month Says Mecbanic-
Water Also Leaked
ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo.. July 20
Further flight in the airplane
piloted by Russell L. Maughan,
army aviator .until he was fore
ed down here yesterday on the
fourth leg of his proposed ocean
to ocean daylight flight, is impos
sible in its present condition and
to repair the motor would require
an indefinite' period. Lieutenant
Maughan announced here tonight.
Reporting the condition of the
machine to the- army air service
officers at, Washington, Lieuten
ant Maughan declared in his re
port that the investigation show
ed that not only was his oil cool
er leaking when he was' forced
to abandon his flight," but that
water was flowing freely from the
cylinders and was mixing with
tho oil. .. ;
More than an inch and a half
of the fluid had flown into the
cockpit beneath his seat When he
turned the plane around 20 miles
west of Rock Springs' and nosed
her back toward the - air mail
field here. Lieutenant Maughan
pointed out that either the water
leak or the oil leak would have
been sufficient to cause him to be
forced down had he continued the
flight. ' ! I
Expert mechanics who investi
gated the plane expressed great
surprise" tonight that Lieutenant
Maughan ever succeeded in reach
Ing Rock Springs with the plane
in the. condition that It la. .
Water was pouring out of the
cracked water Jackets at the ter
miqation of the flight. The
water jackets were of aluminum
castings, it was said by Lair mail
officials and could not be replac
ed at any point west of the Miss
issippi river. -: '
SUICIDE EFFORT
Unidentified Woman Now in
Yakima Hpspital; Recov- i
ery Is Doubted
i YAKIMA, Wash., July 20.
Stripping herself of clothing, an
Physicians hold out little hope for
her recovery. She Is about 30
?eara oldj and or jnedium size.
MAU6H1
FORCED
0 WAIT REPAIR
MWiEDIN
- - ... &
FDR WHEAT IS
Better Prices Would Be 0b-
1!j1 V: O Hi:UJ..il
tamed By Withdrawal
From Market, Declares
Farm Bureau President
WOULD CLASSIFY BINS '
AS BONDED WAREHOUSE
Receipts Enables Grower tO
Loan Under Credit Act,
Says Bradfute
CHICAGO. July 20.-A plan to
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withdraw 200,000,000 bushela
wheat from the market and store
it on farms until prices advance
was announced today by O. E.
Bradfute, president of the Ameri
can Farm Bureau federation.!
The. farm bureau plan provides
for financing the project under
the new Intermediate credit act;
by which Mr. Bradfute estimated
$660,000,000 could be made avail
ing "their, surpluses." President
Bradfute estimated that $150,
000.000 would be ample to store
200,000,000 bushels of wheat and
thereby remove, it from the below
a dollar market. ,
President Bradfute s declared
that farm wheat bins under the
intermediate credit act might be
designated as government bonded
warehousea'! for. which bonded
warehouse receipts could be Is
sued against wheat stored on . the
farm. In this manner, he assert
ed, . the grower would be enabled
to borrow through the intermediate-
credit , system up to : three
fourths of . the market value ot
his wheat with the warehouse re
celpt as '.collateral, enabling him
at the same' time to hold his
wheat until prices, advanced and
it became advisable to sell.
' Expect Immediate Effect
The farm' bureau federation,
President Bradfute said, expected
to advance its plan through its 46 !
state farm bureaus including 1,-1
500,000 members in cooperation
with the commodity marketing as
sociations and the country banks.
The Wichita, Kas., Intermediate
Credit banki he declared is al
ready advancing $100,000 a day
to growers under his plan, with
prospects for applications total-
... .a at A a v y AAA
ling a daily peak of $2,000 000
the money being loaned at 6 1-2
the money being
per cent.
The withdrawal oi ZOO.ooo.oou
hnshels of wheat from the market
and tho locking of It up under
government seal in farm ware
houses. President Bradfute said.
will have an immediate effect on
prices. .; A-
Wheat selling below one dol
lar a bushel Is a national trag
edy 4n America" his statement
said. "It is tragedy not only to
the farmer who grows the wheat
at a loss. but. also to the consum
er the business man ana me la
borer who must ultimately de
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pend on that farmer s wheat tloi
lar for their continued prosperity
and happiness. ' ;
Solves NjtkBl Problem
The American farm bureau
federation believes that coopera
tive' marketing is the ultimate so
lution to the national wheat price j
problem., We are now at wora
on a national cooperan .
M " ,, kic rmni-
marketing policy, being formula-
ted upon instructions! from our
members. " Under this plan tne
growers of theJ,nat!onal , will. In j
effect, place their grain in a com
mon bin and will merchandise it
in an orderly way over the con
sumptive period, instead of dump
ing it on i an already, overwaoea
market during the four months
following harvest. T Cooperative
marketing of wheat will unques-
., v..- th. nrirA nroblem
11UUAUI - OVI v ar- - . a"
to the benefit of both producer
and consumer." ,4
i The plan, except In ja few sec
tions. Is not ready to function as I
yet.' he said, adding that the new I
Intprnjeaiary cregu law was iu pi- j
tecu. nowevpr, ana, urging I
cetary of agriculture to designate I
mark
wheat in an orderly manner and 1
still be provided with sufficient J
capita, -to carryn-bU-business.
warehouses on farms as KOTem-jtcp, today as tao result ot a stride
meiil, irted" wareljopsea iojal-j bf telegraphers pn the line, from
inw"ti rarmr ;fo market ""his 1 P fed ras Nle"cras to Mexico Citv.
GIRLS' SCHOOL
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FOUNDER HELD
FOR MANN ACT
Illegal Transportation of One
of 57 Adopted Daughters
Brings Arrest j
LOS ANGELES. July 20. Dr.
H. B. Allen, said to b th fonnd-
hi."? "pmtendent ot a gins-
I ul oauuv, was arrested
Li his Hollywood residence today
I on an Indictment charging him
wth Tlolat,on of the Mann act in
irnBsyonins one oi nig ov aaopt
ed daughters frm Sabot to Pifts-
. j Department - of justice agents
0 arrested Dr. Allen also took
mio.cusioay a woman who said
she Is his housekeeper and two
I were his adopted daughters. The
former,' was held as a material
witness and the latter, who gave
their ages as 19 and 17 were
placed in juvenile hall.
i AL'corninr in iphpthi nriinmr
A SI A . mm m
Allen founded a school for
oflgjri8 in North Carolina fourteen
I yars ago and ' later moved the
I institution to Sabot, legally adopt
ing tne gins in nis care, when
Indicted, they allegej, Allen fled
west and his .wife departed for
New York with seven of the girls.
Dr. Allen today declared the
lndIetmenf was the result of spite
work and said fie was willing to
return to the east to fight the
jc,arge
PIERCE PARDONS
Dallas Man Convicted ; of
Prohibition Law j Viola
! tion Is Freed
DALLAS, Or., July 20. (Spe-
cl
al'to The Statesman.) Ralph
Wagner ; of Salem, who recently
completed serving out a 90-day
jail sentence for driving a car
while intoxicated has been releas
ed from the county jail upon a
conditional pardon granted by
Governor Pierce. I
The condition upon which the
governor-granted the pardon was
that Wagner pay his $350 fine as
rapidly as he can earn the money.
Wagner was arrested with Paul
Tragllo, a prominent Salem man
in the Traglio car in which two
bottles of booze was found sever
al months ago and assessed a, fine
and jail sentence. Traglio's case
so far has never been tried al
I ao 11V v Va UU V ICU fti"
thou JugUce Coad-took the po
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oiiiuu luai vaoo against UI izj
should be tried.
COETZ ELECTED
Klamath Falls Man Succeeds
Youel as Superintendent
of Schools
SILVERTON, Or., July 20.
(Special to The Statesman.)
Rft Goetx of Klamath Falls
has been, elected by the Silverton
i - - -
school board to succeed Superin-
tendent B. T. Youel as head of the
sljTertott 8chools. Mr. Goetz has
. . , - . . . , .
been principal of the Klamath
-
Flls high school for the past four
years and prior to that he was
superintendent of the North Bend
schools. He comes to Silverton
wfth a salary of $2500 a year.
The Silverton teaching personnel
Is j composed of 31 instructors.
B. T. Youel has gone to Santa
"r V""
f w
not sure where he would locate
W tne coming year.
TELEGRAPHERS STRIKE
EAGLE PASS, Tex.. July 20
Both passenger and1 freight traf-
iic. wasita- sianasuii on ne in-
lernauqnai raiiruaa wiween .ri-
dras Niegras and Saltillp, Mex-
The telegraphers strike Is said to
be a protest of the nomination of
Superlntcnden Palmer.
RALPH WACER
HON
ion
yilLA'SiSMSSlKS
DISCOVEffiPffilM'
IY: FEDERAt mm
General Martinez and petachnient of Soldiers D I: cc vcr
I Part of Outlaw Ganr Near Parral, States Dirpilcu
to Juarez Military Headquarters; InTestiSLtxra cf
Shooting. Affair is Ordered by President Oiri
EL PASO, Tex., July 20. (By Associated Press.)
Three members of the band of bandits responsible for tha
death of General Francisco Villa, his secretary, Miguel Trillo,
and two body guards, were captured late today by a detach
ment of federal soldiers under command of General '1Z.
Martinez, a short distance froni parral, according to informa
tion received at Juarez military headquarters tonight.
AVAILABLE TEXAS
Filling Station Rate War
diasnes rrices ior com
modity at Dallas
: DALLAS, Tex., July 20 Eleven
cents.- the lowest retail price for
gasoline in Dallas in years, was
reached at noon today in the thick
Of a local, gasoline rate war, wherj
one filling station, supplied by the
Humble Oil and Refining company
hung out the sign'Eleven Cents."
.In 1913 it was recalled, this eve
ning "a coupon" price 'of 9 cents
a gallon was posted here. , ;
For several days the fining .sta
tion where, the new cut was made
today'bas been selling gasoline at
13 cents a gallon", "in an effort to
meet competition," according to
the manager. --'V .' I
POLK PRUITREES
ED
Alarm of Early Spring Van
ishes Limbs Heintorced
With Lumber
DALLAS, Ore., July' 20.
(Special to The , Statesman)
Prune growers In this vicinity who
a short time ago were predicting
that- the shortest prune , crop4 in
v oik , county's history would be
harvested this year are now
changing - their opinion and . are
wondering just how the dryers
in the vicinity will take care of
the bumper crop.
Orchards where shortly after
the blooming "season', ft looked
like there would be no fruit on
the trees at all are now carrying
about as much fruit as the trees
will stand without breaking down
and those, orchards where there
was a promising show for a, crop
early in the season, are in ' great
danger of being seriously damaged
by broken limbs unless the. Aug
ust drop diminishes the heavy
load now on the trees. Many of
the orchardists are hauling thous
ands of feet of lumber Into; the
orchards, propping up the trees
to keep the limbs from-breaking
off, and unless the drop Is heavy
next month, hand' pruning of the
fruit -will : be necessary to keep
the trees from being .ruined. '-l
Although there are a large num
ber of prune. dryers In this com
munity, those growers who : have
been delaying the contracting ; of
their fruit to dryers are having
hard times trying to get sufficient
dryers to handle their crops. A
number of new dryers have been
erected this season and several
more are either in the course , of
construction or being contemplat
ed and even with these : added
drying facilities the prospect for
those who have not as yet made
arrangements for drying- their
their fruit Is anything but bright
So far no f ruif has been bought
by packing, concerns In. this part
of the county but growers expect
that contracting may begin at any
time. There still remain about
two and , one-quarter ; million
pounds ot frulf in this district of
ast year's crop unsold and when
this amount . is disposed ot the
buying Is expected Co begin with
m svisi9t ' .
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MEXICO CITY, July 20. (By
the .Associated Press.) General
Francisco "Villa, one-time notel
bandit leader and his chief of staff
Colonel Miguel . Trillo, ' and three
members of'. Villa's escort, were
assassinated In an ambuscade early
this- morning on the outskirts of
Parral, in the state of Chihaohua.
About a half doxen men com
prised the band of assassins. They
fired on Villa and bis men' f rein
a' house they were passing and are
reported to. have escaped rom
the scene.
Villa was driving an automobile
on the way to; Guanajuato. As
soon as the news;of the assassin
ation' .reached here, orders were
sent to search the-countryside ad
jacent to the ambuscade in fin en
deavor to "round: up the guilty f r-
sons. , The body of Villa I3 ly! ?
in the city hall at Parral, taa
thousands of persons have viewed
it.' President Obregon has order
ed! an investigation Into: the as
sassination. Lara Blake Report
. Major: General' Egenio Ilartlnex
at Cblhaahua, City has sent tr
General Francisco Serrano, cecre
tary of war, an official report he
received from CoL J. Felix Lara,
commander of the garrison at Par
ral in connection with the killins
of the former noted rebel leader.
The report follows:
"Villa, Trillo and three nen
bers of their escort were killed
shortly before 8 o'clock this mem-'
lag with premeditation while Villa
and hia companions were drivf r z
in an automobile,. which Villa per
sonally Was piloting toward Guan
ajuato, a-suburb' .of. this city. The
6hots were fired -by six or ssvca
men posted in a house on the read-
way. :';. . ' : - .
"I j immediately ordered an in
vestigation rn cooperation with the
civil authorities. I had learned
that these men, armed with. 3 0-2 3
rifles, fled from - the house r :
horseback In the direction of -
ta Clara through the hills.
H Early Reports Contradict rl
"I had no cavalry and could r zl
pursue them.' The most J could
do was to order the various, de
tachments In this sector to be on
the outlook for the assassins. Th9
city authorities have ordered a de
tachment of rurales to begin Pur
suit." -...-'
Geheral Marine reported that
military detachments had left Jim- "
Inez and Valle de Allende on th
trail of the murderers. He added
that he personally was leaving for
Parral. ' f - . .. '
The report of Colonel- Lara
seems tos. indicate that early, un
official 1 reports of Villa having
been killed by hia own followers
were without foundation. Like
wise It disposed of one report that
the shooting had occurred while
Villa was leaving a train.
Francisco : ( ("Pancho"- Vina,
guerrilla chieftain and ' bandit
leader in f Mexico for more than
1 0 ' years, declared that ; he had
ended his career of outlawry in
August, 1920, when, at the head
of 900 followers, the remnant of
what had d nee been hie army of
3S.000 men. he entered San Ped-
ro, Coahulla, 'and, amid the cheers
of the populace, announced the in
tention of himself and men of ac
cepting amnesty and settling
down as farmers. - r
One of the most notable esca
pades of Villa was bis raid on
Columbus, N. M.r on March 6.
1916 in which he and his follow
ers killed 17 Americans.- It re
sulted in a punitive American mil
itary expedition " under General
Pershing crossing the border and
maintaining a "dead or alive"
pursuit of Villa which lasted more
than nine ' months and cost tho
United States government, accord-