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DAILY EDITION "VOL. VI., No. 103. ' OIWNT8 1ASH. JOSKI'HI.VB COl'NTV, OUEOOX, -TUESDAY MARCH 28, 1016. WHOLE Xl'MBER KM. ' No Other Town in tho World the Sizcpf Grants pass Has a Paper ,With Full Leased Wi re Telegra'ph Service. : ' ASK KAISER WKQ SUNK SUSSEX . 'famous "Your King and Country i T LI P xmi You" appwil of. Great Britain, otate Department tables oer-'appeared u wu in an parts or son many an Inqniry Regard.";,.,.. . illS ReSDOnsibilit? (Or the,1"'1? Springfield!" it tried from the . t l "signboard. Placid folks, going to Toroedoing ot Liners m n bought of . r . 'suddenly confronted with "ENLI3T ," """ jAre You Gams?" . "Washington, Mar. 28. The stats J From tences and posts the printed department today cabtod to Berlin an I word went out: "JBualnesa men can Inquiry asking whether a Gorman h?' y ow mossing the i , . . . , . alkali deserts and jungles of Mex- ubmarlne torpedoed the steamers ,co 0ld Glory invite, your service?' Sussex and Englishman. (The posters asked for 600 enlist- Berlin wss notified by the state de- niont applicants a day. partment that evidence now In pos-1 Thirty men dally are Joining the sesalon of the United States Indlcsted lor th Market street office, that submarines were responsible. call has been Issued for civil, The Inquiry probably will not ar- mechanical, mining and electrical en rive In Berlin before tomorrow or Slneors to co-operate with army and Thursday, owing to the usual cable 'mllltla authorities In raising a na dolays In all mstters trsnsmltted to'Uonal guard engineer corpe of 1,000 the Gorman capital. ( men. Companies are to be organised t t In 8an Francisco, Oakland, Los An- "Washlngton, Mar. 28. President ele Sacramento at once, and TVIlson and his cabinet today decided cltl later.. The men will to ask Oermany for Information l d'1"" trenches, build- bout the explosion which damaged pontoon bridges, placing barbed the steamer Sussex In the English wlr entsnglements, constructing ar .channel, with severe loss ot life. . r tUlery. shelters and making military It Is still apparent that the state highways. department and the White House ar ! disposed to domand something more than a mere disavowal If it is shown that a German submarine was re sponsible. ' ' It Is not believed that a severance of diplomatic relations would be too drastic. The cabinet decided to In terrogate Germany after Secretary Lansing had presented his official re ports of the disaster. The cabinet believes these reports hlpmenl8 over tne California St Ore Insufflclent to determine that a Ger- man submarine torpedoed the chan- on CoMt r,lroad' company has nel steamer, with ls cargo of pas- perfected an arrangement with sengers, and that the, torpedo was Agent Isham ot the Southern Pactnc hurled without warning. whereby freight will be handled me inquiry is npocieu i ior- warded soon. Washington, Mar. 28.-Whether America, oh receipt of proof that Ger- n submarine, torpedoed the steam- ... a...a.A tfntrl afcmn mlthrtilt 2I ounnrA fsu v MHftiim'"s """ M . . .ii ,i..t warning, win miuw uiiuuuim j in imTi Us course or sever diplomatic rcla- tlons with Germany. Immediately was discussed at today's cabinet meeting and At a conforenoe botwoen rreai- dent Wilson and Senator Stono, Both the cabinet and the aei Both the cabinet and the senator were expected to toll the president (Continued on page t). UUUjl New York, Mar.. 28. Positive con firmation, of the reported $10,000,- '000 motion picture morgor was ob tained tdday. Mont of the large pro ducing corporations will Join forces to eliminate' unnecessary exponse. Formal announcement of the move Is expeotod soon, Tho companies to', bo Included In this stop are tho Paramount; Mutual, Universal,' Vltagrajih, Lubln, Sollg, EBBanny and Metro. Mary Plckford and Chnrlos Chap lin will be tho principal stars! ' Mary Plckford has alrendy signed a throo-yonr contract which, It is es- " timated, will bring her, f 000,000 an nually. 'Chnpllns contract calls for 1070,000 n year. All expenses of unnecessary dupli cation will bo dono awsy with when the merger Is placed on a worklnuc basis. Every film will be sent out from a single distributing center. It Is rumored that the Atnerlenn ., Tobacco company, and possibly the ' Standard Oil, are financing the mer- r 'ger. '.-.' -.. ;- $40,300,000 MERER CONFIRMED CULLS Oil YOUTH .S. Sun Francisco, Mar. 28. I'rlntod In vivid colon, n army recruiting poHler rivaling In appearance the RAILROADS AGREE OM TRAFFIC PLAfi To obviate the disadvantage to shippers In handling their freight tllrough the 3, Pi tfttlon without transfer. Under this traffic arrange- nt " L n l r Wj over the C ft O C. lll bo handled through the QiMilhavn TAlfln ft a I irhr at at Inn Pacific station, uvuhsvsm a...w irniu wiucn mey m uv . t.t.t. i U ...111 I. handled - without chsrgo for transfer. Freight h n IIn M0" 00 Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays " " ... . m livered to tho S. P. station by four "- - No irnnHivr win vv rt'iiunvu mr nuunju shipments, thus reducing the expense of sending freight over the new road by the usual 25-ceut transfer charge There will be no changes In the sche dule of trains, , snd passengers will be received Snd discharged at the usual plaoo, the arrangement with tho Southern Pacific affecting only (the handling ot the freight. 3. P. switching engines will set the freight cars over to the new line. ,'. : I ' Y SUPPLIES TO TROOPS IH- MEXICO San Antonio,' Mar. 88. Supply trains carrying munitions and pro visions from Columbus o the Ameri can base of operations In Mexico are being speeded up today as tho prob lem , of maintaining lines ot com munication . becomes more Bovore. Numbers of trulhs, ench composed of 27 motors, are being rushed to Col timbUB for Immediate use. , Major-General Funston derided tho report of a bandit raid on the Kelly ranch near Ml Puso. He snld: "Wp have no reports of any such action or of trouble anywhere. All we can do Is wait and hope that our line of suuuU.es will not be broken." T PAY HIT IN 110 - - ' Deficiency BUI, Cairying $8, 6C0,0C0 to Cover Cost of Expedition After Villa, Is Passed by House and Senate Washington, Mar. 28. The senate this afternoon unanimously passed tho army deficiency bill providing funds for the American expeditionary force In Mexico. It then placed Sen ator Chamberlain's army bill on the calendar tor tomorrow. Washington. Mar. 28 VoGng 878 to one, the bouse today passed the army deficiency bill appropriating f 8,- 600,000 to cover the cost of the American expedition Into Mexico and enable the war department to recruit the army to full strength, buy aero planes, motor trucks and equipment. Congressman London, socialist, of New York, was the only member cast ing a negative rote. The house's ac tion Is taken as congressional en dorsement ot the move against Fran cisco Villa. The bill provides for eight aero planes and. It necessary, for 24, and appropriates 8500,000 for them. - "There are only eight aeroplanes In Mexico," said Congressman Mann today. "There ought to be 80 there." According to Congressman Fltsger aid. the army has not Invested In aeroplanes because of the difficulty of getting good engines. He said: "The alllea buy American planes, but they always substitute their own engines." A few hours after the house passed the deficiency bill, the senate finance committee strongly recommended that the uppVr house also adopt It The expectation Is that it will pass the senate before night Mlso Jessie Mastln returned this morning from a business visit at Portland. ' TO Spokano, Mar. 28. The problems of good 'roads and preparedness were linked today In the Northwest Pre paredness conference when E. P. Mathewson, president of the Good Roads association and the Automo bile Association ot Montana, empha sised the Importance ot a permanent network of highways for military purposes. "Permanont Highways and Good Roads as a Part of Preparedness,!' was tho topic to which he was as signed. As general manager ot the Anaconda Copper Mining company's reduction works, Mathewson has In duced that company to match dollar for dollar with several counties In Montnua to build permanent roads. The notion of tho war department In ordering army officers not o par ticipate actively In the contoronco had little . effect today. Lleutouant- Colouel Poker, though ho spoke as a private rttlsen, was thought to have voiced the sentiments of army officers In general when ho spoke yesterday. Ills utterances had tlmo to sink deep into tho minds of tho 150 or moro delegates before the telegram arrived from' Washington excluding officers from the conference. Many offircrs were In attendance today, but none participated In the J speaking.' ' , The conference will end tonight. DISCUSS ill PBEP1ISS WFIitf ? 'fllf EENSORSHIP 0!i IlLVU . ULnV inK nr mm (ITTI ri 1 All IlLliU Ul IIILUUU TEUTONS Campaign Opens Along a Hundred-Mile Front in At tempt to Gain Highlands Before the Spring Hoods Berlin, Mar. 28. Russian troops today are renewing ' their attacks against Field Marshal von Elnden burg's soldiers on a 100-mlle front. Hurling themselves again and again at the barbed wire entanglements ot the Germans, the Slavs are being slaughtered In great numbers. They have not suffered heavier losses since the memorable retreat from Dunajec a year ago. But they must keep on attacking or admit defeat and retreat. The spring thaw will soon set In. Then Hussion lowlands will be flood ed, and the czar's commanders most withdraw their entire line. The Germsns will suffer from floods also, but they will not be compelled to withdraw as much as the Rus sians. Therefore, the Slavs are wast ing much ammunition In desperate efforts to seise higher positions be fore spring freshets turn their trenches into muddy ditches and make' their camps Into a vast swamp. Despite the fury of repeated Rus sian charges, German officers are con fldent their line will be held Intact. One German officer wrote relatives here that Russian marksmanship was very poor. ' So strong ere the Teuton defenses that this officer wrote his battalion lost only two killed and 17 wounded when the Slavs came on behind a curtain ot terrific explosions. Formerly one Russian officer was found among every 800 privates cap tured, on the average. Now, how ever, the ratio is one officer to every 60 rankers. S AS Atl AID Ml Spokane, Mar. 28. In a paper sent to the Northwest Conference on Pre paredness, and read by the chairman today, Senator Miles Polndexter urged that the recommendation for an Increase In the navy made by the naval board be followed as far as possible. ' ' ' " ' '" i "A practical proposition, however," said the paper, "is -the most we can obtain at this session. This probably will bo the adoption of the five-year building program recommended by Presldept Wilson and Secretary of the Navy Daniels. , "It Is to be hoped that by some In ternational agreement which must be proposed and conducted by the exe cutive branch of government, we can come to some agreement with foreign nations for limitation ot naval arma ments on some basts that would leave the United States In a relatively good position, , "Without such an agreement, It Is the height of folly for the 'United Rtntes to proceed alono and without regard to Internal lonnl conditions to limit Us own naval armament on the theory that there Is to be no further use of naval power. , ' , ( "Under the circumstances," con cluded Polndextor, "unless we have requisite naval strength, we. can not maintain peace even by the surrender of our most priceless national privi leges." . ''' ,., ' IS TIMED Columbus, N. M., Mar. 28. -Tight ening of the censorship on dispatches from Casas Grandes and the activity ot troops here v preparing for some unknown movement were believed to forecast Important developments to day. The censorship will also be tightened elsewhere, It was an nounced. Another tralnload of fresh horses arrived today. All the animals were clipped Immediately. Pack trains south ot Casas Grandes are un derstood to be straining up precipi tous mountains, carrying provisions to the advancing American soldiers. Collector of Customs Riggs today auctioned' 90 Villlsta horses which were abandoned during the raid on Columbus. The proceeds will te turned over to the treasury depart ment. LAXD SEEKERS SIUST , , KEEP PLACE 1 LINE Portland, Mar. ' 28. Sixty-four weary waiters stood In line before the government land office today wait ing for the opening of Slletx Indian reservation lands on April 1, They can not leave their numbers and re claim their places when the drawing begins. Secretary ot the Interior Lane yesterday sent a message crash ing this hope. The law does not per mit it, said the secretary. ; . ' ; OPERATIOII 7lir San Francisco, ' Mar. " 28. Amid dramatio circumstances, . 'Dr. ' Carl Werner won his freedom from an Australian internment camp by oper atlng on a wounded British officer and proving he was a surgeon. Phy sicians are Immune from Internment Telling the story today, Dr. Wera er, who arrived on the liner Sierra, said he was Incarcerated for 11 months. Having lost his papers he was unable to prove his profession until the officer arrived from Galll- poll, so seriously injured that only a most delicate operation would save him. V Dr. Werner got permission from the camp authorities and performed the operation which other surgeons and his guards watched critically. The operation was successful and Dr. Werner, his wife and "child were per mitted to depart. " ' ANOTHER BRITISH STEAMER SrXK R SUBMARINE London, Mar. 28. All hands were saved when the British steamer Em press ot. Midland was sunk, presum ably by a submarine or mine, an nouncement said today.' The vessel was ot 2,224 tons, all steel. .' , Berlin, Mar. 28. -Fighting around St. Elot, where the British attacked and destroyed German trenches, may develop into a strong enemy offensive, the war office announced today. I British troops are continuing their pounding of the German lines, al though no Important gains have been made. Improved weather has brought out many British aeroplanes, which fill the air over the battlefield. It was suggOBted that this extensive aviation, the good weather and the heavy attacks Indicate that tho Drlt Ish are beglnlng a drive to relieve pressure on Verdun.' The situation, however, Is reported unchanged. ' - Tho Russians continued their at tacks during the night In the Post way region without result. GERMANS FREEDOM T DESTROY TRENCHES sofiii IHIEIO Hunted Outlaw Has Escaped Pursuers, and It- Is Be lieved That His Band Is Splitting Into Small Parties El . Paso, Mar. 28. Francisco. Villa's exact whereabouts wera un known to officials this afternoon. Gen eral Gavlra, believing he was march ing south west toward Minaca. said ' Indications were he was splitting np his band, probably Intending to re unite it at some selected place. General Bertanl wired from Madera that the situation In the Casaa Grandes district was quiet Garira would not discuss reports that' Amer ican officers had not been permitted to use the Mexico Northwestern tele graph lines to the'border for personal messages to their -wives and sweethearts.- - j. i- . FRAGMENTS OF METAL CAME FROM TORPEDO London, Mar. 27. Fragments ot bronze metal which British naval efficerif1 picked ;uj aboard the Sussex' are pieces of a torpedo, it was au thoritatively stated today. The splin ters were found when the vessel, ar rived at Boulougne after having been damaged by an explosion which kill ed 8 cores and Injured several Ameri cans. The British admiralty has not yet issued its official statement George Crocker, American, is in a critical condition at Dover, and may not recover. He sustained a frac tured skull and other injuries. Dur ing the night Crocker suffered a re lapse.. Other wounded Americans are recovering, 4 ; Many, however, lost all their be longings and several were obliged to cable home for funds. The captain of the Sussex declares he saw the flash ot a torpedo as the explosion shattered the Sussex amidships. RY London, Mar. 28. Rammed by the British cruiser Cleopatra, a German destroyer was sunk In the North sea last Sunday night, after a battle be tween a British squadron and a flo tilla ot Teuton destroyers, It was an nounced by the admiralty today. The destroyer's crew drowned. .... Alf British ships engaged In recent operations off the German coast re turned safely, except the destroyer Medusa, previously reported lost In a collision. The Medusa crew was saved. Twenty prisoners from the two German armed trawlers sunk by British destroyers were brought back to port w ith the victorious squadron. The engagement probably followed tho clash off the north Frisian coast Saturday In which two German armed patrol boats , wero sunk. Germany then admitted that a destroyer had not returned from the fight. XO AXTI-AMERICAV . , ; , OUTBREAK AT TAMPICO . Galveston, Mar. 2S. Wlrolees mes sages front Tamplco today said there had been no . antl-Amerlcan ' out breaks there, but fear of thorn per sists. The Gulf Refining company's yacht left for Port Arthur with the wives and children of Tamptco oil men who were afraid to remain long er among the Mexicans. V' 1 GERMAN DESTROYER RAMMED BRITISH