OF CURRENT WEEK REVOLUTION GERMANY’S FLEET BREWING IN MEXICO ATTACKS ENGLAND Brief Resume of Genera! News from All Around the Earth. Coast City Is Bombarded By Kaiser’s Warships. UNIVERSAL HAPPENINGS IN A NUTSHEU ENRfE BHIISH BAITUStlirS DAMAGED WORLD'S DOINGS I” T Æ w T *m * F R E S H London — Sir Roger Casement has been captured from a German ship which attempted to land arms in Ire­ New Movement, Presumably by Felix Diaz, Gives Deep land and was sunk. This official an­ Concern to Washington Cabinet Discusses Situa­ nouncement was made Tuesday as fol- I low s: tion, but Awaits Report o f Générai Scott. "D u rin g the period between the a f­ ternoon o f April 20 and the afternoon Washington, D. C .- While immedi­ bus, N. M., the Gth Cavalry from the o f April 21 an attempt to land arms ate interest centers naturally in the Brownsville district, the 17th Infantry and ammunition in Ireland was made situation as to the troops in Mexico, from Eagle Pass, the first battalion of by a vessel under the guise o f a neu­ there were renewed indications about the 24th Infantry from Eagle Pass and tral merchant ship, but which in real­ the State department Saturday that a Troop I, from the 10th cavalry, Fort ity was a German auxiliary, in con­ wholly different aspect o f the Mexican Apache. problem was causing concern. That is It may l»e that the War department Live News Items of All Nations and junction with a German submarine. I the movement sup|x>sedly headed by may have to authorize the sending of j Two Men, One Woman and Child "T h e auxiliary was sunk and a num­ Felix Diaz, nephew o f the former the few remaining troops in the Unit­ Are Killed Material Damage Pacific Northwest Condensed ber o f prisoners were made, amongst Mexican dictator, for a new revolution ed States into this diqiartment, or it 1 whom was Sir Roger Casement." against the de facto government. may be that filling o f the vacant |x>*t* Light— Attackers Retreat. for Our Busy Readers. The news o f the capture o f Sir None o f the information upon which along the border may be left to the Roger was received with satisfaction, the uneasiness rests has been disclosed. government o f Texas, which may send mingled with regret, at the termina­ It is known, however, that several j the militia. London German battle cruisers ap- The British steamship Parisiana, of tion o f what previous to his«alleged Mexicans in the United States are be- cioie|y watched aMtl it ^ m s poesi- 4763 tons press, has been sunk. The a ctm ties w.th the Germans had been j |>eared off Iam eatoft Tuesday. It naval forcea engaged the raiders, an Washington, l). C. — The administra­ That he feelln in chihuahua state, which has Parisiana left Newport, England, A pril mamty and his own country did also British light cruisers. The should have engaged in such a madcap met the t ; villa, may be tion is w aiting on further re|>orts from 20, bound fo r Norfolk. enterprise as the British official com- German warships retreated in 20 min­ j American officers in Mexico before de- The French Line steamshpi Rocham- muincation gives as the reason for his attributed to this movement. The l)iaz government, it is said, has whether the ex|>edition seeking utes. beau arrives in New York from Bor­ seizure is considered as lending color the backing o f various elements of The German warships opened fire on deaux with a gun mounted on her to the view held by his old friends here V illa shall be withdrawn or reinforced Mexicans, both in Mexico and this the eoast before departing. Two men, stern. She is the first passenger ship that he is mentally unbalanced. country. As viewed by the State de­ for further operations. Indications at to reach this port thus armed. L ittle had been heard o f Sir Roger the War department bore out press re­ one woman and a child were killed. partment, it is understood the ac President Wilson has received the in this country for many months. Last ties o f these persons are the more ports from the front that the pursut of The material damage apparently was third eagle sent him in two months. October a returned Irish prisoner re­ dangerous because the\ are wealthy, Vila was tein|KirariIy at a standstill, small. It came from John Scheels, o f Port ported that Sir Roger had visited the while the de facto government is in- although there has been no change in In the engagement two British light Jarvis, N. Y ., who said it was caught pnson camp at Limburg and vainly volv^ , in a snarl o f flnancial comp|j. policy. cruisers and a destroyer were hit, but President Wilson and his cabinet in Sussex county. New Jersey. The t r , « l to induce Dish prisoners to join CBtioni which would b* haid to over- none of them was sunk. an Irish brigade he was said to be come even in time8 o f compleU. ,*.aci.. discussed the Mexican situation Tues­ eagle was sent to the zoo. The following official announcement day in the light o f a reviuw o f its mil­ raising in Germany to fight against _________ was made: Sharp rises in food prices in Den­ England. itary a»|>ects submitted by Gen. Fun­ It was reported " A t about 4:30 o’clock this morn­ Funston Sends More Troops. mark have alarmed the people, who time ago that Sir Roger had \pyJied ston. It was announced later that the ing, the German battle cruiser squad­ fear further increases i f the war con­ for citizenship in Bavaria, Later San Antonio, Tex. — General Fun- situation was unchanged and the ad­ tinues. Foods and every-day necessi­ came a report from a neutral country ston issued orders Tuesday that will ministration's policy unaltered. One ron, accompanied by light cruisers and ties are said to be up 30 per cent, with that he had been arrested in Germany place at the disposal o f General Per- member o f the cabinet admitted, how­ destroyers, ap|>earcd off I»w e s to ft. The local naval forces engaged it ami the rate o f increase growing. i shing 2300 more troops. ever, that no decision had been reach­ on an unspecified charge. — j He has ordered to proceed to Colum- ed as to the withdrawal of the troops. in about 20 minutes it returned to Ger­ Fred Cozzens, an importer o f New many, chased by our light cruisers and York, asserted on his arrival here destroyers. aboard the French Line steamship "O n shore two men, one woman and Roehambeau, that he had witnessed a child were killed. The material the entraining at Marseilles two weeks 1 damage seems to have been insignifi­ — ago o f a force o f Japanese soldiers, cant, so far as is known at present. San Antonio, Tex. — Reports from | 200 strong. Tw o British light cruisers and a de­ General Pershing Tuesday indicated | stroyer were hit, but none was sunk." To test the new state law o f Florida that Francisco V illa had been located i making it illegal for white persons to again, this time west o f Parral, in the | teach negroes, three nuns from St. mountains o f Western Chihuahua. He Joseph’s convent at St. Augustine was last reported at Nonoava, 85 miles were placed under technical arrest. from Satevo. The report also in d i-; They were released on their own re­ cated that V illa was wounded, but only j cognizance. slightly, and that he was far from be- j Washington, I). C. — President W il­ W hile 4699 men have enlisted in the ing incapacitated. son Wednesday, on the anniversary o f army since March 15, when congress General Funston regarded the infor- ' the battle o f iA-xington, told congress, authorized an increase o f 20,000, army mation that General Pershing had se­ assembled in joint session shortly officials estimated that the actual net cured as authentic. N o troops have after 1 o’ clock, he had given Germany gain has been something over 2000. been sent out. It was realized th a t, irrevocable notification that the Unit­ A rm y efficials say the present recruit­ pursuit o f V illa in the locality he had ed States w ill break off diplomatic re­ ing is satisfactory and above normal. chosen could be successfully conducted lations i f her illegal submarine cam­ only after many more troops had been paign is continued. The government’s case against sent into Mexico. A note, Am erica’s last word, prac­ Franz von Rintelen and those associ-1 Unofficial reports indicated that Car­ tically an ultimatum, and demanding ated with him in the labor troubles ranza had sent gradually into the north 1 an immediate reply, without setting among the munitions plants o f this an army much larger than that o f the ' an arbitrary time limit, presumably country is declared to have been American force, and a great part o f was in the Berlin foreign office as the strengthened by the discovery o f cer­ the Mexican force is in a position to : President was speaking. It was dis­ tain documents relating to payments conduct a pursuit o f V illa and his patched Tuesday night, in accordance made to von Rintelen. scattered organizations that would be with the President's plan to have it The senate considers the long-pend­ more effective than would be a contin­ before the German government at the ing rural credits bill to establish farm uation o f the American campaign i f same moment he was addressing the loan banks. The bill creates a farm conducted along the present lines. American conrgess. - loan board to control a system o f 12 or The President asked no action what­ more land banks, which would make ever o f congress. He simply in­ loans to farmers on mortgages, and formed it o f the accumulation o f facta also a series o f farm loan associations, proving that Germany’s assurances to which would represent the farmers in Washington, D. C.— A draft o f the the United States are being violated dealing with the banks. naval appropriation bill, the second o f ! and that the submarine campaign, de­ spite the earnest protests o f the Unit­ It is learned that the number of the administration’s great prepared- i ed States, is being conducted with re­ Japanese settlers on Panama territory ness measures, was reported by a sub- 1 newed vigor in contravention o f all the has been made the subject o f a report committee Tuesday to the house naval ' laws o f nations and humanity, and that by United States Consul General Alban committee, which Thursday tiegins, he means to sever relations unless it is G. Snyder to the State deparmtent at consideration o f the construction sec- | brought within the law. Diplomatic Washington. It is said that within tion. Present indications are that the pro- 1 history o f the world shows that such a the past year more than 100 Japanese course is almost certain to be followed have come to Panama and entered vari- i P08^ five-year building program w ill by war. ous occupations, especially that o f fish be approved, but that the first year’s allotment o f new ships w ill be increas- ! The President said: ermen. ed from two dreadnaughts and two " I have deemed it my duty, there­ A large Russian force has been land­ battle cruisers, as proposed by Secre- ' fore, to say to the Imperial German ed in France. tary Daniels, to two dreadnaughts and General Pershing’ s force o f 12,000, government that i f it is still its pur­ men in Mexico— since Carranza has j pose to prosecute relentless and indis­ A tornado in Eastern Kansas and four battle cruisers. The measure as submitted by the ap- not premitted use o f the railroads for ; criminate warfare against vessels o f Western Missouri is believed to have propriations subcommittee carries a , supplies— is now menaced on a line killed at least 20. commerce by the use o f submarines total o f $ 217 , 652,174 for the coming some 400 mlies long, reaching from notwithstanding the now demonstrated The editor of a German paper in year, on a basis of the secretary’s rec- Columbus, N. M., to Parral, where impossibility o f conducting that war­ Chicago declares this country is in for ommendations o f four capital ships. Major Tompkins has clashed with a fare in accordance with what the gov­ a ‘ ‘ cleaning up.” mob. This line, over which automo- ernment o f the United StateH must The capture o f Trebizond by Rus­ ■ bile trucks have carried provisions for consider the sacred and indisputable sians makes possible a direct attack his soldiers, reached from Columbus rules o f international law and the uni­ on Constantinople. through Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, and versally recognized dictates o f human­ London— Three Zeppeilns visited the i Satevo. Whether or not supply autos ity, the government o f the United President and Mrs. Wilson received eastern counties Monday night. are on their way to Parral to help 1200; at Juarez, General Gavira with States is at last forced to the conclu­ several thousand members o f the They dropped incendiary bombs, ac­ Major Tompkins is not known. j 1800; at Madera General Bartani with sion that there is but one course it can Daughters o f the American Revolu­ cording to an official announcement. Carranza has many thousand soldiers 800; at Namaquipa, General Cano pursue, and that unless the Imperial tion, assembled for their annual con­ The conditions were ideal for the Zep- scattered through this territory, They j with 800; at Guerrero, General Cavas- German government should now im­ gress, and also o f the Children o f the pelin raiders. The night was dark and would be used at once against Ameri- son with 500, and at Casas Grandes, mediately declare and effect an aban­ American Revolution the atmosphere clear. can troops i f the clash came. They General Davilla with 1200, A t Tor­ donment o f its present methods o f The raiders appeared about the j r are \ distributed as xohowb follows: . A t Chi- I f a friend sends for liquor under a V 7 * ' j at 3 v,m- reón, southeast o f Parral, General warfare against passenger and freight permit and has it shipped to you in ,rustomary hour aPd a httle uLn' huahua, General Gutierrez with 5,000; Trevino has 4000. The A rrieta broth­ carriny vessels, this government can as the at Pa" Parra' north­ trust for him, and you are caught with Cer‘ * ln “ to . theiJ J ° cat,0tn’ aH the at “ ’ 500; at Jiminez 500; — h- ers are operating in Durango with have no choice but to sever diplomatic this liquor and some o f your early rePortfl showed that onIy incen- ern Sonora, General Calles with 12,- about 3000 men and then there are the relations with the government o f the German empire altogether." 000; at Satevo, General Herrera with V illa bandits. are guilty o f having an ovenuppl’/ t n |diary bomba were being dropped your possession, according to the de­ Lisbon Expels Germans. Air Fleet Raids Germans, lowa Swept by Tornado. Chinese Revolt Gains. cision rendered by a police judge of Paris— As a result o f the entrance Aberdeen, Wash. Paris— Three more raids by squad- Mason City, Mo.— A tornado swept San Francisco — Independence o f of Portugal into the war, Germans in rons o f French aeroplanes on German through North Central Iowa and Yuan Shi Kai has been declared by Seven Villistas were found guily of that country have been notified to de­ positions near the Greek border are re­ Southern Minnesota late Thursday, de­ Fort Kiang Yin, o f Tu Tung, both murder in the first degree at Deming, 1 part within five days, a Lisbon dis­ ported in a Havas dispatch from Sa­ stroyed a number o f farm houses, in­ near Nankin, in the province o f Kiang- N . M., as the result o f the raid upon patch to the Temps says. lonika French areoplanes bombarded jured probably a score o f persons and su, on the Yang-tse-Kiang, according Columbus. A ll were wounded and only This order applies to all Germans the German camps at Negotin, Serbia killed several head o f livestock. A t to Shanghai advices to the Chinese Re­ tw o could stand up when the indict- ; except men o f m ilitary age and fitness, and Podgoritz, Montenegro; the bar­ Bricelyn, Minn., seven persons were public association here. It indicates ment was read. One was brought into who are to be inter-¿d on Terciera racks at Gieveli, the German hangars injured, some seriously. that the revolution against Yuan Shi the courtroom lying on a cot. The Island, one o f the Azores, where a at Negotin, the supply station at Stru- Tw o farm houses at Belmont, Minn., Kai has spread into Kiangsu province, penalty fo r the crime for which the | state o f siege has been declared. A ll mitsa and the camp at Padagasi. were blown down and dwellings in which, i f it declares its independence, Mexicans were convicted is death by commercial transactions with Germans, The dispatch says many bombs were Kleister, Minn., were damaged, ac­ would make the ninth province in hanging. the Temps says, are declared void. effective. cording to reports received here. China dominated by the revolutionists. Villa Reported Alive, Wounded, American Line of Communications Being Menaced and Again Located in Mountains PRESIDENT SENDS GERMANY ULTI­ MATUM ON SUBMARINE WARFARE Six Battleships Proposed. Three Zeppelins Raid in Ingland. I