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SECOND
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TROOPS AT
CHIHUAHUA
JOIN VILLA
Unconfirmed Report States That
General Hcircrn ami 2000 Men at
Chihuahua Have Declared War on
United States and Support of Villa
Pershing Close to Villa and His
Dantlits-Aviator Willis Safe-
Railroad Problem Bothers Invad
ers.
KI. I'AHO. Tex., Mtuch 22.--An
unconfirmed rumor ranched licit1 to
day 1 lint 2000 CniTttiir.it troow unr
risniiiiiK Cliiliunliini luivo pMiiiscd
the enue or Villu. The ir-pott ciimo
from two sources, lint mi official huro
would any tluit Hit1 ndvic.es had jiono
beyond tlio rumor slake. II waa
pointed mil, however, f lint more (linn
liiilf I lit CliiliiinliHii ttitrtimui wo
COIIipn-ICll of I'firilHT fill III WJ'lN III'
Villu. It Wits conceded tluit xiicli ail
addition to his rnvM miclit Imw .hi
immediate el'foet upon (he cniiiiiii
plllllH.
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SAN' ANTONIO, Tex., .Man-It 22.
General Horrern, commander fit Chi-
iliuiilitin, ik reported to have revolted
nLTiinst tlu ('arm 11211 "overnniunl. dc-
claiiiit; himself at wur npiinst t In
Hinted Slides nml promising lii mip
poit to Villa, ucenrdinjc to inl'onnn
tion received hi re t'toin a source re
garded iih reliable, llcrrpru's
strength in tlui oily of CliiliiialiiHi
wax placed nl 2000 men. lie linil
Jiooit relieved of eoniniund liy Cnr
rnuxu nucording to information. here,
his revolt oeourring alter he hud hceii
ndiefed.
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Pershing N'cm-s Villa
WASHINGTON, lnnh 22. Lat
est otlieinl advices from I lie Ameri
can expedition in .Mexico say that
(lOiicral I 'entiling nml hi men are
clone to Villa nml hi bandits. All
dI(-HitchcH told of the cn-oieraiio.ii
of the Cnrntnan soldiers in the hnu
dit chase.
)epite unofficial ivMirtn of un
settled conditions in the interior of
Mexico anil almig tit? holder, Secio
fnry linker Knid that, although llio
situation, was fraught with many
poihilities, (o dale there lied been
no unfavorable dcvcflopnienK.
In response to n repict I'roiu Gen
eral r'iiulon, additioaul troos are
(Contlnu6uon lt nno)
EAST NASHVILLE
TENNESSEE AFIRE;
NAKI1VII.LK, Trim . M.irdi 2-'. A
fire which started In a mii.iII dwell
ing near the corner of Sixth and .Main
street thU afternoon, driven by a
high wind, is sweeping southeast
through liast N'unhvlllo. Hoiitog for
two bloekn r on fire.
The fire deiMitinants havo not been
aulo to control it. .'
ISaat Niwhrlllii U Inrioly n roil
donce tertioR and ninny of the hornet
there are frame. Over hrlok and
frame ueuaea aiiko, however, the
flamea awept like an avalanche. The
home of the Utile Staters of the Poor,
an inatitutlon for the aged, waa one
of the flrat building to go. The oc
ouiHinti were gotten out without in
jury. Aid ha been nuked of other
el t Jos. The wind la blowing a gale.
At four o'clock the fire had burn
oil a atrip three block wide and a
mile long. UuihIwmIi of families are
bomeleae. TJk local Heather station
held out no hope for an abatement
or the gale that waa d riving the
flames forward In tbelr course of de
struction. The Indications are the
fire will not be stopped unlit It
reaches the Cumberland river. Kverr
available wagoit and automobile has
been aent to tin- n.inHiiorliood to ht-lp
famlller ",. Hi. n ytupert) to places
of eafei
A battalion of militia kg beon
ordered o,ut to peoteet property aid
the polic :r.2T'.--r fc" -" ,fc
Vultiutti'i s to aait.
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CYCLONIC GALE
DELUGES THREE
Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin Suf
fer Heavy Damaues Half a Dozen
Lives Lost, Buildings Unroofed,
Traffic Delayed Passenger Train
Is Blown Off Track.
CIIICAUO, .Mnreli 22. Northeast
gales hearing rain, fleet, hail and
snow, neeompwiiied hy froquont lirfit
nitiK flaMheH, nwrpt over canteni In
diana,' northern Illinois and soul hern
Wii-eoiiHin toilay.
The fitoim, which wit of unusual
vlnlence, coh half n down lives,
en lined many injuries and great prnn
eity'daiimne. In I.uguuMH)rt Intild
ine were unrooted nml the t'lvinif
wriwknue eauneil tho only fatality
reptfrtiNl. Sevetnl IllinoU cities stif
I'eied severely, while ('Iticngo siistnin
ed all the ill-effects of a bliward ex
cept low teniM'rnture.
Hallroad tninxjairtation wnt de
lated or held up and shade tree
upriHiled in nrioiw seetiofis of the
city.
.Marion, Iml., reorted a iwNentcf
train on the Toledo, HI. I.ouiw & We--leru
(Clover laf) railroad Idown
fioin the track near that city lut
mlit. Several perMins were injured,
hut none killed, l'our ears were
overturned ami a fifth was tilled
danucrously.
Tlirco l.ltfts Io.t
IXMAXAl'OhlS, lua., Man-It 22.
Three deathti, four hcrioux nd
mora I han fifty minor iiijuiicx and
extensive property ilumitite, resulted
from tho wind storm winch Mtcpt
northern Indiana lute la-t niuht.
Silas Williams, 71, wa killed when
hi home, near .lalnpa, Ind., col-
(Continued on laat page)
NO ILLNESS OCCURS
U. s. I
COLl'MIIL'S, X. M.. March 22
Nut a ingle ease of illness h been
reported umong the American troop-.
with (Jcneral I'ersbiuss exueditiou-
ary column in Mexico, lieutenant
Luloaei K. II. Cm, iu chaive of the
bo hoaMtal here, asserted today.
Army medical officials consider this
rfnjsrkaUe shoviug, in viw of the
temfic bent, the sand lunus of the
dfert uud the disease which has fol-b-uud
in tho wake of four years of
civil war in Mexiwo, to which the sol
diem hove bora exposed ia their
march. It was asserted that much
credit is due I be nreVeaiolive nteas-
pp l.i.H Kv tit,, idi viiuu filT
lilt- CXJxdltloji.
MDDLE STATES
OF AMERICAN IROOPS ON IHE MARCH INTO MEXICO IN PURSUIT OF GENERAL VILLA
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ill Miming attilleiy and water miuons
BILL TO DOUBLE
Cl.amlierlain Bill Acted on in Upper
House While Lower House Debates
Nationalization of State Militia
Wilson Amendment Specifying
Oaths Defeated.
WASHINGTON, March ill. The
sonata tmjay passed tho ClininljsrliUu
bill to dOHble the number of cadets
In tho West I'olnt military ncadoiuy.
M'ASIIUN'OTON. .March S2. I)e
bate on tho Hay army Increase hill
was continued In tho house today
with tho possibility of Its pnssago
during tho day. Although this was
"calendar Woditusday," the day was
sot asldo to allow uninterrupted con
sideration of the measure. Senator
Chamberlain, chairman of the sounte
military committee planuod to call tip
his army bill toilay.
The dobato In the house at onoe de
veloped opposition to the proposal to
put tho National Guard under fed
eral control, Itepresentatlva Fields,
democrat, of Kentucky, assorting
that oniirt decisions showed the guard
could not be federalized without a
constitutional amendment.
Representative Wilson, a commit'
tee member, offered an amendment
specifying outua of enllstuiout for of
II core and men of the National Guard
providing obligation to both the fed
eral and state governments, the fed
eral right to their services to precede
that of the state.
The Wilson amendment was reject
ed without a division. Those who
opposed It insisted that the bill al
ready accomplished everything the
amendment sought
CONGRESS CALLED
WASHINGTON, March a -After
a conference with the ways and
means committee democrats toilay,
Majority Leader KUchln arranged for
a democrats caucus next Krlday
night to consider hurrying the gen
eral legislative program.
"If we will make all possible haslo
w should be able to adjourn by June
1," said. Representative Italney of
Illinois, ranking democrat of the
committee.
The speaker expressed surprise
orer ba selection as a delegate to
tho democratic national eonventton
daeplte his opts letter declaring ho
imhiM not aorro. He sold he had not
tho eitfhtoat MUm that ho would bo
bio i got avey from congress to
attend the convention.
AM
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CAUCUS TO
PEED
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liavc liirneil lliclc liail. to (lie Inltcil
BtCKE OF REVOLT'
PKK1NG, .March 22.--A
fitnto department mandate U
mtod tonight nnnounood tho
abandonment ofjlho monarchy
-and ro8ttiHptlonof the 'repub
lic. Tho mandate says tho rev
olution shows that the de
mand for a inouarchlal form
of government Is not unani
mous nnd that tlterofore Yuan
Shi Knl rejects the emperor
ship and resume the presi
dency. i
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BILL CALLS FOR
TO
WAKIIINCTOY Ma i ill 2.'. Sena
tor Sheiiunti ( Jllium- tod.iv nitio
iluceil a resolution in aulhoiise mid
diivct the pn-idiiil at oucu to cull
for oU.OOO volunteers fur wrviee in
Mexico. Under the iiile, it lies on
the table until tomorrow.
''I am afprehcnire that conitress
does not fully appieeilj conditions
on the Mexican bonier and iu Mex
ico," kiiul Senutor Shenoun. "We
huvs a few thousand Aiuericuii sol
diers with their ol fleer in Mexico, I
They soon will he hundreds of miles
trom our houmlury. The .railways of
Mexico are demoralised in service anil
eiuinent. Truck- and bridges are
easily detroyed. The tomiininica
tions of the forces in pursuit of Villa
may be out at unv hour. In eue of
an emergency what lallitarv strength
ui lw mobiliaed promptly and mass
cd tor the supMrt or protection of
our fur distant line advmiciujr into
unknown territory I
"I wih now lo warn those in au
thority in the executive department
that we are trifling with the lives of
men, with the safety of our border
states ami with our national honor
more than some cew lo appreciate.
"If it he Heglected, the delay then
in a eriis will he a blunder and the
kind of bluuder Unit is worse than a
enme. I he ih'kI method of
ing ourselves from disaster
prepared before the disaetcr arrive.
That is the pui-0 of this ivsolu
tion." GEORGE W. BATES, BANKER
OF PORTLAND, DEAD
I'OKTLAN'D, 0., March 22. Oeo.
W. lisle, president of the Lumber
men's National bank ami prominently
knowa in aorthweattfrn nnnnr-rtl t-ir-
ele, died here todor. aced hi. !!
had iiecid ror a ioag tune and re-
50.000 VOLUNTEERS
FIGHT
MEXffiO
i iitl uu'li-rwiut, iiu operutiou.
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Stales ami face ttie Ncclnu I'amllt, I'anrlio Villa anil Kivat ailvcntiiret
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PARIS.TEXASF1RE
Three Known Dead Arc Mission, as
Result of Blaze That Destroys Bus
iness and residence sections df
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Paris Dvnamltc Used Freely to
Destroy Menacing. Ruins.
I'.MtlS, Texas, March 2!. Throe
: persons are known dead and one Is
: nilssiux and Is bellovod to hare per-
mmm
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r.isiiM in the tiro winch destroyed allV" puuncation or storiua that AinbaH-
! tho business suction and a greator
I part of tho residential dlstrlot of
I I'arls last night. A statement Is-
isiied hy .Mayor .McCulstlon placed tho
loss at between JS.OOO.OOO mid 10,
! noo.ooo. It Is ostlmiitod that S000
pnopln are homoless. Tho dead:
1 JOHN gTltAl'll, burned In his
home.
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MltS. W. J. UAH. in, SO years old,
died from frlKht
Cnldentirioil negro, found btiruod
In his home.
Missing: Mrs. A. G. I'mil, an aged
woman, whoso homo was htirnod, and
who has not been seen slnuo bufuro
the fire. i
Only Tlilisl or Clly Left
The firo wilted nut about the entire
business district, destroyed from I r00
to 1000 homes ami can sod a loss
estimated at from two and a half to
three and a half million dollars.
(About one-third of the city was uh-
touched by the flames. Confirm-
tlon was Impossible of rumors that
from ten to thirty persona had lost
their lives.
Klres were still burning Iu some
sections st daybrnak.
llrk-k walls, blaekeued by heavy
smoke, and extending Into the air
fire and six stories, were btiing raxed
by dynamite, with a sarety tone roped
off, that passorsby might not he en
dangered by falling walls.
The work of dynamiting the build
ings commenced early today. One by
one the buildings which cost from
1100,000 to 1100,000 already gut
toil by the flames, tumbled with a
rosr to add to the debris in the
streets
Iu the business section thero are
(Contluued on last psge)
HSOCIALISI LEADS IN
is to be i
.MI1.W Al'lvKK, Mareb 22. Dauiel
P. Hoau, social democratic candidate,
leads Mayor Gerhard A. liadlug, non-
partisan, for the mayoralty Honilna -
tlon In yesterdays primary by 6ST
votes, aoeodlng to Nearly complete J
rrttii-ns u4v Their two . aiidldatso
ul11 PP- wthn iu tn eioetlon
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EFFORT DENIED
BY PRESIDENT
Publication That Ambassador Had
Reported That Germany Was About
to Make a Move for Peace Augers
Wilson Story Officially Branded
as False.
WASHINGTON, March JJ. 1'roe-
ldont Wilson was tepreeentod at thq
( white house today as being resentful'
wdor Qerard liad report (Ml Germany
t wns about to make a wov for ponco.
Tho publlshod roports woro oharao-
terlxed as being based on Inferences,
Tills statement was Issued:
"'resident Wilson, 'through Sacra
tnry Tumulty, today authorized n do
Dial of stories appearing In papers
to the effect that tho purpose of Am
basandor Gerard's remaining In llor-
: ii ii was to await (lermsny proposal
for pea oo. Thero Is no Justification
fur that liiforonco being drawn."
J'lihlic IKmlal Issued
Yostorday the stato department
took notlre of the publication by de
nying that Germany had Intimated
to the ''tilled States that the tltno
was ripe for the United States as tho
largest neutral to renew Its friendly
"'flees for peace or that the United
'States had been Informed that Mr.
I Gerard had been requested to post-
1" his vacation because of neudliig
peace negotiations.
Unofficial reports reaching here
'd today that the ambassador c
tually has postponed his vacation but
gave no reason.
The state department today again
took cognisance of the report and the
following statement was issued:
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PRAIRIES ABLAZE
TOPBK.V, Ksii , Murrh 22. --Prairie
fires were burning in a doseu
western ICausos counties early today.
Although no loes of life has been ra
IKirted many bouses have beeu
caught In the fast moving flames
and pasture lands have betm reduced
to vast reaches of black stubble.
JJodge City maintained a fire guard
all last night on the edge- of the oity
to check the flames which threatened
from tho northwest. Six counties
were afire lo the north and west of
that place. Jlsrton county reported
s small blaso.
Volunteer fire fighter, worked all
night ploughing- rire gusid furrows,
oarry'nK water and ulng nt-ry other
Possible method to stoM tho advance
'of the flumes.
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WESTERN
KANSAS
AUSTRIANS
ABANDON
CZERNOWITZ
Russian Offensive Causes Evacuation
of Gallclan Capital and Abandon
ment by Turks of Erzlnjan Artil
lery Pounding Away at Verdun,
Preparing for Fresh Infantry At
tacksRussian Warships Active in
Black Sea.
LONDON, Mni&li 22. Abandon
nipul or CzemowilK, capital of Hnlr
owina, ly the Atisttinns is reported
in an unoffii-inl wireless difipntuli re
ceived here todny front Ifotnu.
LONDON, March 22. A Dnolinrost
ilispttteh forwarded from AniHttmlnm
by tho int ml Now snys tho TttrkK
havo ovnenntPil Krzinjun, n forlrc.
"f Asia Minor, J20 miles west ot
I'r.eruni.
J'otiith Week of IJaltlo
LONDON, March 22. Tho bnttlo
for Verdun, now well iu Ha fourth
week, continues with intetiHlty, but nt
present the infiiutrv is held "in lnli
while the hijc ium prepare for fur
ther (INhUllltS.
The powerful (leruinii thrust west
of the Meuse, which developed early
this Week, halted when it rinh.l Din
sinitlierii edo of Avoeotirt wqod. lint
the activity or tho Clornian nrtillory
iu this sector, which Paris reports to
ilay particularly violent, Indicates
that the German Intention probably
is to make further determined at
tempt to advnneo thin Important
luiiKiiiar operation.
The situation on the ixistiini html
of the Meuso is niieliniijoul, but here,
too, tho artillery fire eoiitlnueu in
lenxw, pnrtieiilnily.nour Vnu.x nml
Dnmlnup.
I'ranrli Stittcniciit
PAItlK. March 'lli No lnfnntrv
attacks were mado on tho -Vcrduii
front last night, the wur qffioo nn
noiHiewl this nfteinoon. Tho Ger
mans bombarded Miilniieoutl ltwivily
and thero were nrtillory oxchniii'iw of.
less intensity ea-t of tho Muiihe.
The Htateiuent follows;
"West f iu. Mimihc, Iho nrtillory
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RUSSIAN DRIVE
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I'l'TIKMIUAD. March 22. Tho
Knsijian oierntioni on the northern
front promise to develop into the most
serious movement undertaken . by
either side ia this theater of wnr
since Field Mondial Von Illiulon
burg'B cuiiiigu against Uvinsk luat
Autumn.
Takiug ndvuutuue of the Oonnim
pre-occupation of Venltm, tho Hub
sian staff decided to aiitjuipiito pos
sible Oennaii plans for mi offouslvo
m the Dvinek region by ggrios oC
maneuvers which, if aueoooaftil, will
not only make it iuipuaothlo for them
to institute the udvanao they appar
ently intended, but will forco thom
out of the iHisitiuipt now hold.
The Hitiou of the German forces
tuke- the rorm of mi are, ejctQudlne
into Kukiaii territori-, This ulign
ment mukes the lino paitlenlnrly sus
ceptible to rtankinsr nttiioks north mid
south of Dvink. These, as offiolnfty
uiiuouiiesil, have Instil),
In the regiou of Lake N'nrooz, tho
Ku.siaiw advuueud along a tuil-niilo
front threntciiiuir the Vllnn railroad
and (ieruian eouiinunieHtiou8 with
Dvmsk. It is uiiofliciullv reported
unit itiu movement wiw neeompnn
eil hv maneuvers aeainst the nnrili.
eru (lennuii lluuk in the neighborhood
of r'ncdrii-hstadt.
The cHi-i-t of those two attacks, if
sin-f.sfidlv executed, would bo to
-Mu. .. the Oermans from thylv e,v
tciidid Mititiou beforo Dviiiik nml
. onveii th prt-ent nro into n
straight line from Frlodrialistudt to
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