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IRRIGATION
PLANS FOR
SEASON
Ditches Will Be Extended on
Both Sides ol the River,
and New Ditch Will Carry
Water to the South of Town
Work upon Hie enlargement and
extension of the dltchcn on both sides
of the vlly will be commenced with
in the next 10 daya, "h the an
nouncement nmde by Mauaiter Geo.
&ndr of the Public flwlee cor-
poratlon litis morning. The plana of a aaluon flitbt, John W. McGratb,
along thle line for the season In- private secrotary to Colonel Roote
ludo the extension of the North Slilo yclt. went to UUckwell'a laland today
ditch to cover all territory to the city ( for a sojourn of SO daya. "
llmlta on the wet, "d Ita enlarge- 1
went so that It win tarry amine
water for all lauda that will coma
under It. The Brevity ditch on the
north able will also be extended and
placed In coinutlaalon. The moat ex
tntve work will be upon the south
aide of the river, however. A new
ditch at the 410-foot level will be;
built, from which the sugar factory,
will receive ita supply of water, Ita
requirements calling for 2,500 gal
lone minute during the sugar-
making season. Thla ditch - will i
, . 7 ' Aartn9 ,hB
carry water. for Irrigation during tnej
Hiwtni lAainn. atwV'W
body of land on the aouth aide not) "w should not criticize the of
already covered by the Fnritdale jf and men for not getting Villa
i..h ih... M-miim the bin tracta of ."'ore quickly." ha said. '.'The nation
flat landa now covered with brush
under development. It will alao cov-
ready -under development on the.wrlUn to the continental congreas
aouth aide. The Frultdale ditch will complaining about the conditions,
be Improved and served with water ,Our troopa have ever had more spirit
a aoon as the Irrigation scaaon eklll-and at tlmea their pat-
... m n a rtntlnm ha nnt hlaxn.1 Inn hrlehtlv.
opens. Tnia mien, wnn u asv-iuui,"
lift, la raid to bear the distinction of J
carrying Irrigation Vktor lifted to
ha rAntiHt nlAvktlon nf any lrrlua
tlon ayatcm In the world. The lift
In the uresent North Side ditch la
158 feet.
Engineer Dodge, of the Public Ser.
rlee corporation, la now In Portland,
and upon hla return active survey and
construction work will progresa up-
on all of these dltchea. .
.
ANOTHER INQUIRY HEXT
BY U( LK HAM TO KAlSEIi
Wash naton. war. -AmoaRB
rtor Gerard at Berlin was Instructed
by the state department today to In
quire If Oormany had any Informa
tion about the sinking of the British
Manehoatcr EiiKlneer, reported torpe
doed without warning.
f.f.'AVIM.K HAH i 100.0(H)
IXSH IX FIRH TODAY war equipment, but not all of It, In
1. .the opinion of Frankllng D. Roobo-
Loadvllle. Colo., Mar. 29.Flre assistant secrotary of. the navy,
which started In the clty hall at 5 .expressed at a meeting of the house
m. m. today from an unknown cause naval committee today. He also de
destroyed 18 buildings on the north bribed America's rulnerable points
wide of East Sixth street. The loRSitt
Is 1100,000, At one time the- blazo
threatened tho whole town.
T
TRIED TO ESCAPE
Washington, Mar. 29. Tho nrit
Ish steamer Englllihinn was shelled
and torpodoed by a' submarine lifter
Itliad attempted to esrapo, accord
ing to affidavits of American sur
vivors cabled to the state department
from (Liverpool today. The vesaol
ank. , . . . ,
The . Englishman's commander
made affidavit that he attempted to
ftacape, but halted when the submar
ine shelled him. When "he stopped
bis vessel It was torpedoed,
ORPE
DOED
SHIP
ALLIES TO FORCE
I
TO EARLY CLOSE
London, Mar. 29. In July the al
lies will Htrlko almultanoouiily, every
where attempting to force the kaiser
to hl knees and end the war by next
Christmas, It iu reported hero to
day. The story wan to the effect that the
allied war council which ended In
Part last night decided on that plan
of action.
The, Germans, however, may anti
cipate them. It waa rumored ' the
Germans had taken advantage of the
lull at Verdun to ihlft their forces
tor an offensive eliewhere.
PRIVATE MKt'lltiTAIti' TO
TEDDY (iOVA TO JAIL
New York, Mar. 29. As a result
E
Washington, Mar. 29 "We are
trying to organize an army that wont
have to delay four or five daya be-
faro tackling little border trouble,"
declared Senator Chamberlain today
in opening the debate on hie army
, , , ( ;1
waa not ready. Our army la hlstor
Ically Inefficient. Even George Vaah-
lngton had to spend houra and days
- -.
"
of i
"The present bill haa the approval
every export who has examined
it. It contains the beat parts of a
jgrcat number of plana. .While the
committee waa drafting this, It had
the provlalona of the Hay bill before
It. The Hay bill waa inadequate."
Chamberlain's moasuro la a com
plete aubatltute for other bills with
the tame object, and the opposition
.Is expected to consist principally on
'amendments and attempts to re-
)'form thft Proposed law's details.
Ther ro no organized' padf Iclsta In
the senate. Senator Kenyon may de-
mand
ahnlltlnn nt "nnlltlrnl ' armv
poata.",
HAYS I. S. SHOULD MAKE
. PAItT OP WAli EQUIPMENT
Washington, Mar. 29. It would be
wlae for the United States govern
ment to manufacture a portion of Its
nu,,,B0 " i"B iro1" wu,,:" "T
tacks could bo hurled against this
country.
"The government would find It ad
vantageous to manufacture some
things, but not nil," ho said. "We
altoud not undertake to make sub
'marine engines. Development of the
best engines will come through com
petition between private manufac
turers and tho government.
"We aro more vulnerbnle In the
West Indloa than along the Atlantic
No enemy navy could make Its base
of operations In Europe and success
fully asnnll us. There are only three
possible, enemy naval bases: Canada,
the nermudtts and tho Went Indloa,
Newfoundland Is too tar. north and
Nova Seotla and Halifax would not
sorve the purpose. '
"Bermuda belongs to England. Any
other enemy must turn toward the
West Indies, and It Is up to us to be
weir prepared there."
ElllilU'EM
CHAMB
RLAIN
WANTS
ARMY
ED
27 KILLED IN CRASH OF
3 PASSENGER TRAINS
Early Morning Wreck in Ohio Sees Two Sections o! Lake
Shore train and the Twentieth Century limited of the
New York Central Railroad Piled Up With Many Dead
and Injured in the Morgue and Hospitals
Cleveland. 0., Mar. 2?, With a
craah audlblo two miles away, three
trains plied up near Amherst. Ohio,
before dawn today, killing at least
27 persons and injuring more than
40. " '"
Most of the caaualttea occurred In
the flrat section of eaatbound Lake
Shore train No. 86, which waa pro
ceeding slowly through a dense fo?
when the second section dashed Into
It. The shock threw both trains
from their own rails to the wentboun 1
track, and a moment later the Twen
tieth Century limited ploughed into
the wreckage.
People fully two miles distant from
the scene say they could distinctly
hear the terrible noises of the horror.
the shrieks of dying and mangleS vic
tims,' the roar of escaping steam and
the shouts of trainmen. In the atill-
neaa of early morning the sounds car
rled far through the mist
It waa so dark that the engineer
of the second section did not see the
red lantern which a brakeman, sent
back to warn him, awung frantical
ly before his eyes as the locomotive
(lashed by and rushed on toward the
doomed train and Ita sleeping passen
gers. Ambulances from Loralne, Am
herst and Elyrla attempted to apeed
through the dense fog and bring suc
cor to the injured, but all stuck In
the mud. The Injured lay on the
ground more than two hours, Most
of them were taken to Elyrla at 6:30
a. m. on a special train.
G. B. Gillette, of the Amherst fire
department, said:
"Masses of wreckage, piled In ev
ery direction, met my eyes when we
arrived. Coaches had been overturn
ed like toys. The firemen pulled 20
victims, Including a number of wo
men, from the windows. We prob
ably aaved them from cremation."
It. D. Turner, fireman of the loco
mottve on the flrat section, declares
the fog was almost Impenetrable.
"There waa such a fog , that we
could not aee 60 feet," he aald. "I
do not see how' Hess, the engineer
of the second section, could have seen
the algnal to stop." '
A vivid description of the collision
was given by Frank PrevoBt, of New
York, who was In a sleeper of the
first section. ,
"I was asleep," he said. "The
shock hurled me out of the window.
Washington, Mar. 29. Not only a
complete disavowal and punishment
of the offending submarine .command
er, but absolute abrogation of the
kaiser's decree against armed enemy
merchant ships will be demnndod by
the United States It Germany admits
that a Teuton submarine torpodoed
tho nrltlsh channel steamer Sussex
without warning. The alternative
will be severance ot diplomatic rela
tions, if It Is proved that a submar
ine was reaponHlblo, even If Berlin
refuses to admit It, tho sumo action
will be taken. This will be the Amor
lean attitude In tho latest submarine
davebpmentn, It was dotlarod today.
President Wllaon desires a com
plete oettlement of the undersea boat
iHsue, Including the Lusltanla Inci
dent. Ho will demond that the of
fending commander be punished the
'aame as any other sailor would be
for disobeying imperial orders. Re-
ffill 1ST ABROGATE DECREE
FOR ATTACKS Oil MERCHANTMEN
Before I realized what had happened,
!the Twentieth Century Umlted struck
the wreckage. Men and women in
their night' clothes wore scrambling
about. I heard cries, screams and
groans. . One man waa praying."
"It was a most ghastly eight," de
clared O. W. Hershaw, passenger In
the second coach, which was smashed
to kindling. "As I left the car, I
saw a man pick up a severed, leg. An
other man was carrying a bundle
wrapped in sheets and asked train
man. 'What shall I do with tnlsT'
The trainman asked, "What's in it?'
Whereupon the man replied, 'Anns
and legs.'
Legs and arms .were picked up
among the debris, lying mingled with
torn wearing apparel. It was impos
sible to piece together some bodies.
The remnants of a man and a woman
were found driven Into the steel bars
of the second locomotive's pilot
Conservative estimates said the
total killed would be 28 to SO. More
than 40 were injured. Fifteen of
the dead hare been identified and
there are nine unidentified. Several
more bodies' may be -pieced togetheHfested when the contents tf ihe gov-
from fragments In the wreckage.
A. S. Ingalls, general superintend
ent of the New York Central, ea,ld to
day that a sleepy towerman probably
was responsible for the horror.
One towerman's wife gs-ve birth to
a child Sunday, and the man, assert
ed Ingalls. had gone without sleep
for several nights. He was on duty,
It is said, when the second section of
a Lake Shore train, with Engineer
Hess at the throttle, boring through
the dense fog at CO miles an hour.
flashed past two light signals show
ing "all clear" and crashed Into the
first section, which waa moving slow
ly. , , ... .
Many were killed as they slept.
The terrific impact made the locomo
tive spear its way through the mist.
Then both trains jumped the rails
and tumbled on to the westbound
track, where the Twentieth Century
limited plunged Into the debris.
The dead were torn limb from
limb and many of the Injured were
mangled beyond description. Their
cries were audible at a distance of
two miles.
Mrs. Alice Rodgers came In from
Wolf Creek this afternoon.
.paratlon for all property damage will
be asked.' Compensation as far as
possible for the loss of life will be
requested, and the kaiser will be ask
ed for a final conclusive agreement
to abide by International law and re
tract his orders directing submarines
to attack armed enemy merchant ves
sel without warning. ; ' '; '
It Is known that the administration
Is prepared to go to the length of
breaking oft relations, not angrily,
but for the purpose of. obtaining posi
tive assurances with regard to fur
ther submarine operations.
"Germany must pay handsomely If
guilty,': said one official today. He
explained that if Germany were guil
ty, nothing would be accepted from
the Imperial government unless it
would "entirely appease the Irritation
and wrath which has swept the coun
try as a' result ot this latest trifling
with American lives.'
I
T.
Paris, Mar. 2 9. French troops
have conquered 200 yards of trenches
at the southern end of Avocourt, It
waa officially announced today. They
also seized an Important fortified
work. The Germans called up fresh
men and sent them against' the
French in a counter-attack, but they
were repulsed heavily. Fifty who
failed to get back to their defenses
when a withering French fire shat
tered their ranks, dropped their rifles
and surrendered.
German big guns rained sheila on
Bethlncourt, . Dead Man's hill and
positions in the Cumieres woods.
East of the Meuse there were artil
lery duels near Vanx, Dooaumont and
Moulalnvllle.
FORD EMPLOYES
HOT AT JOHr
Los Angeles, Mar. 29. Bitter feel
Ing was apparent here today at the
local Ford assembling plant, where
four hundred men are employed, as
a result of Governor Johnson's pro
clamation that the Ford Motor com
pany be compelled to quit business In
this stata for failure to pay f 2 4,0 00
state corporation tax. - '
"There was a meeting of our boys
last night," said B. L. Graves, local
manager. - "Bitter feeling was man!
ernor's mandate were made known.
"We will give Hiram Johnson
run for his mpney that be will never
forget," be added. "We will keep
on .fighting until the highest courts
in the land say he Is right and we are
wrong. If that happens, we will then,
but not until then, shut up shop and
quit the state. V " '
JACK LOXDOX DESERTS , (
THE SOCIALIST PARTY
New York, Mar. 29. Jack Lon
don Is no longer a socialist today. He
resigned because he said the party
lacked fire and flghL ,
AMERICAX TROOPER
DIES IX MEXICO
Washington, Mar. 29. George
Hudnelt, saddler of Troop B, 10th
cavalry, died March 24 from injuries i
rpjolvrw1 In a rail mud vrnelr In Mat-I
lco. the war department announced
today, confirming rumors ot his
death. His home was at Fort Hua-
chuca, Arts.
TPST VTSW AEItOPIiAXE
EXGIXR IX MEXICO
Columbus, N. M., Mar. 29. In an
army aeroplane propelled by a new
engine, the most powerful yet used
by the American expedition, Lieut.
Joseph Carberry flew from Colum
bus tpday, carrying despatches to the
new base of operations tar south of
Casas Grandes. , Aviators were much
interested in comparing this motor
with engines which failed in thin
air of mountain altitudes, causing
narrow escapes from bad falls. '
S
Washington, Mar. 29. The British
steamer Eagle Point has been torpe
doed without warning, the American
consul at Queenstown cabled today.
All on board, Including one Ameri
can, were saved.
London, Mar. 29. The British
steamers KUbrldge, 3,700 tons, and
Westoll, 8,100 tons, have been sunk,
according to announcement by the
ladmiralty today. The crews of both
'ships were tared.'. . .
SKIP
SOU
WARNING
WHEN
STEAMER
WA
OF 1 10
FOR ARillY
Carranza Permits Shirments
cl Supplies, and Tentative
ArrfM-f live Poen J
fcr l!oYCcct cf Trccps
Washington, Max. 29. Message
from Consul Rogers, at Quoretaro,
stated it was positively known aa
agreement bad been reached for ths
sending of military supplies over
Mexican railroads, ' the state depart
ment announced this afternoon. .
Washington, Mar. 29. There waa
a growing belief here this afternoon
that General Carranza would soon
formally announce permission for
American troops to use Mexican rail
roads. 1 Officials would not discuss
the question, but they admitted a ten
tative agreement for the move bad
existed tor several days. The formal
announcement Is being withheld for
fear of Mexican criticism. '
San Antonio, Mar. 29. American
soldiers are pursuing Villa and his
brigands in the Santa Maria valley.
General Pershing officially reported
today. The United States troops are
more than 250 miles south of the bor
der.' " ' V;,
. ' General Funstbn pointed out the
many advantages to be derived from
use of the Mexican railroads.
Villa appears to be heading toward
Chihuahua City. r Troops ' may be
rushed there Via the Mexican Cen
tral railroad It use ot It Is permitted.
El Paso, Mar. 29. Colonel Dodd'a
"flying cavalry" Is reported to bare
reached Madera today, developing a
new phase of the hunt for Francisco
Villa. Dodd Is ' understood to have
shifted, bis headquarters from. El
Valle to Madera. Co-operating with.
the.Carrazuistas, Dodd will throw out
detachments to form a ring around
the territory In which Villa is sup
posed to be hiding. This ring will be
gradually ' made" smaller, until the
bandit" chieftain Is ' forced to come
out and fight ' ' -s
Reports that General Pershing Is
,a8,n aInS Mlco Northwestern
railroad south of Casas Grandes was
'an Indication of the rapid'movements
which are being made In furtherance
of the plan to surround Villa.
Madera may be the new advanced
, 0888 1110 expeuiuon.
Cloaked In
i full authority, Pershing Is believed
to be acting without referring bis
plans to army headquarters at San
Antonio. ' ; a
That Major General Funston Is giv
ing htm all the aid in bis power was
demonstrated by the arrival of many
trucks with supplies en route to the
front. The Indication Is that Fun
ston intends to keep Pershing sup
plied with necessities by motor
truck, mule drawn army wagons and
old-fashioned pack train if permis
sion to use the Mexican railroads is
not obtained. ' ' : ' .
FLOODS CLAIM LIVES
. IX MISSOURI BASIX
Bismarck, N. D., Mar. 29. Three
persons were known to be dead .today
from floods which swept away many
homes In the Missouri basin. The
rain and snow are continuing, mak
ing conditions worse. .
FIRE TORPEDOES AT
SUSSEX RESCUE SHIP
London, Mar. 89. A submarine
fired two porpedoes at a British de
stroyer which was rescuing survivors
after the Sussex explosion, it was
learned on the highest authority to
day. Both torpedoes missed. :
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