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ii.hiiwmihi-is mi 0
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SECOND
EDITION
WEATHER
TffHtafti fewY wttli friey
I !. Wed. nttr, iwmiff,
inwuiiniiii M
MMiKoun ()in;no. 11 iiy. mm.mii . iwi
NO.
Mat
RD
HHff FIGHTING
ONBOTHFRONTS
Of BATTLE LINE
fljifanlry Inactive Before Verdun
Heavy Shelling West of Mctisc
ii surprise Yiems ucrman irenen
Britisli aim Russian Attacks Rc-
cwilcil Berlin Claims Failure.
I.iiN'DON. March 28. -The infon-
l .olillllUc- inactive wiim irroiiii
11,, I even tin- notable artillery fire re-
HiiKil I'm- oolite day- iii the Vnux-
BlolMUIIlnUl region Cll-t of thP Mt'llMJ
1.1- -l.lcki lied.
I.imIv lighting hit devchcd
hihiikI 1 In- miter of mines sprung
( ilu Itiili-h near St. Kloic, oiith f
pic. niiil thf notion ho spread to
nliiifi-iit lino, according to the ot-
n 'ml -tutenient of the Oeminn nrniy
icniluunrler -luff today. London
Ifuiiiouiiccd Inst night thnt the nritih
iii.l captured six hundred vnrd of
renchc in tlii region nflcr the mine
were exploded.
On l'i-l4'i 11 I'mul.
cvv mu - !' troop- hnve nuil-
il ilu- (Icrmau pu-ilmn Mi the en-l-
n limit mar ro-lnvy, unit Iliivro
ve lieen fie-h attack Hv the Ru-
nii- in the ieinlty of Alokrsyce.
jturlin n erl- I hut nil ihee el fort
iitt with Inilnre, the attacking fitree
P-il(leril)'.' Ilcnvv loc.
The (! niinn flying squadron thnt
naile :i rniil on Suloiiiki yesterday
bliul numerous bomb- oii the new
null. 'i 1111. 1 petroleum depot tint! on
I iiin f the entente force north,
l (lie city, the (jennnn iinnomieeineiit
italc-. the nttuek n III rctitliutiult
r tlie reecnt iillieil mid on the Teii-
oiiii- po-niou nenr i.aKe uoirun.
nl.'iiiki dl-pali-he- loot night gnvr
! rit-unltie- in Suloiiiki from the
iid ut eighteen eivilinn killed niiil
mmin-oiic wounded, nnd declared
uit tht (icrninn- lo-t two of the fixe
in nc I line- which tiiok pnrt.
r ' (It-rmnn nun have c-umcil n
i lirr tu the wel of I he river,
ir cr. -helling tlie trench Hne-
ilh ut Miilititeourt 111 (lie Mix-tor
eif I In- recent tlenmin drive took
e 1 mttii prince troop soutli lo
11 iil;i of the AviK'tmrt woods, fiom
tiili .1 iii'M' ntteniit lo delioneh mnv
w In' iiMrimr.
A -urpri-e attack hv the French in
in iiire-i or J'nrroy, in Immune, i
M'ilil liv Pari, n Oermau trench
uic blown up, nfter whii-h the nt-
iickin fin I-- wiiliiln-u' null Home
iribomr.
t(H KhIIhii I'hhiI.
Bitter fi-hiinu i" nsnin tnkins
iliici' iilmiv the Aii"lrii-ItHlinn front.
'lie Aiiolriini lniini-linil ni iilliii-L on
t,'iiliiceoln. t.ikiuu n treneh. but in
oiiiitii .illai-k- I In- linlinii tureen nut
mix -tieiM-i-di-d in n eiimiuerinff the
Minion, inn iiiuk Aii-iniin irenein-n.
I i' 'In if nti ii' front. ni'i'oriliiiL' In
i' I'liiii'iil Uolni' lii'iiiliiuuli'l'- re
ill. Vienna ili'i-lari'N Kiii.ii acli-
V in (i.illi ill lll -Illk('i'il, the n
" Inn iie.' nil. mpti'il mi nllaek
ani-1 llie 111 iilinv of (lelicl-lll
I: hu'.T iliirmu the lll-l uiH'k.
Ilnli, tiinnen Untile n lleer-.fc.
I 1 .ml oil I lie Tuikl-li iiilvjiiii'itl lae
Ilu l-lliian,ili, 100 mile. eat
the 'ie eiuial, iieeoriliiej to re-!-
ir,.in Kuex, the iixiaiurn drup-
n- ioit )nib and iluiiig extenive
ani'i'.'e. i..iiulun ttmiren on dninnco
mi' -li.ppiii .iiH-e Oemimiy'tf now
ubiuaim. e iiiiiuiiifu wart beirun idiov
lilt III li - lli.in 11 iurlnialiL luxrin.
iib Mureh I... ve.el with an aic-
eanie loiin.i..'.. ,.f 70.000 have lieen
ink. oiu'-ihinl ..f this tonnnire he-
i.ii,.- l.i iu'iitr..U. Tmliiv ilu. .ink.
' ll'l Mllll-ll -Itjiluer Kliiiue-of
ijl . I i . i . . I "! :SJi (,.,, ,, lepoiteil.
Tile el. tt mi- ui .1
PLEA OF DOUBLE
i
"WASlllXiiTOV, ,, , :'s rrBl
pnt ilhon le.ogni' ' .1 plea of u
j.ni hdvliiK a double tij.i .i v and c-oni-
iit..l to six month a tvn vcar aen
gnce in i.o-sed on Marion W. Roue,
nraili(,.ut (ondnctor, of Jo,lin. Mo.,
nviu,, ol uitng li" mull ta iU.
ml l;..-c lonlenderi he as ron-'.j.
... . - ... -
WU ' '"' ' ' ' -III ion Ol .1 co-ion-
ASK GERMANY
IF RE
Siihinnrinc Crisis as Result of Sink
inn of Sussex and Englishman
Again Acute Berlin Asked If Sub
marine Sank Vessols If Torpedo
ing Admitted, Situation Is Critical.
WASIIISOTUN, .Mnnh 2S. The
t'niled Stnle hii inipiireil of fler
mnny, throtmh Amhiifindni flenird.
whether Bny of it iiibuiMiiiie tor
H'ilKil the ltiilih ehnnhel i-leniner
Siiph, iimi thf hoie whip Ennli-li-ma
n.
SeeretHiy Fiiniti nnnoimeed nftet
the enbinel meeting tinlnv thnt it Inn!
been deeiileil to make such nn impiin.
nnd Inter it wa leurned thnt the in
ipiiry hnd 1hhi innde nnd in fuel
prolinlily i nlivudv in lU'Hin.
Tlie preent htntu of the eommuni-
cation i thnt of nn inquiry it hn
not ndvuneed to the clano of it pro
tet or n dettinnd.
The deiiiin lo nmke the inquiry
nx reni'hed hv the preideiit find hi
iiihiser nt todiiy' meetint; of tho
cabinet. The iireideiit nnd enbinel
member wi-re funiUliwl with nil re
port eoneerniiitr the disaster which
hnd renehed the lnte department
fiom diphinintie nnd eonmilnr reprc--eiitntive
in I Vance nnd I'iikIiiimI.
Slliiatlnii Ci-HXe.
While eablnet meml)ra declared
the nit tint Ian Kruve they took the po
sition thnt a break with Germany
wm lint an Immediate proatteet. It
wm aald, however, thnt If nermnny
flilmltted toridoltiR tho Simaex u
altuatlon would b broimht Hliout
which would be moat nerioua.
Cabinet menthera nsreeil that the
deiMon would depend upon fler
mnn'a reidy to the American In
quiry. Should Oermany deny that
one of her uttltniarinea attacked the
Sussex the American government
would reach It conclusion from the
evidence now beinx collected by Its
diplomatic representative aliroad.
Cabinet members said the decision
tn make an Inqiiirv of Cermany was
In line with the itollcy of collecting
11 the Information before a decision
was reached.
InipiiirtlcHl to IINtingiiMi.
Should neriuan.v admit the attack
but claim the submarine commander
exceeded his orders, officials be
lieved that would be regarded as evi
dence that it was Impracticable for
submarine commanders to attempt to
distinguish between armed and un
armed tossels.
The possibility that the attack on
the Sussex might lead to a general
clearing up of tho submarine issue
was dlseusaed at the cabinet me. t
ing.
The member of the enlunet -.ml
evidence in im c-ion of the I'iiuci!
Ktntc Wit not i'iielii-ie enoiiyh tu
w n iriini it dcei-ion at Uii- time. For
tbio i ca -i hi it w decided to make in-
ipiuie- of derma ny. A mnjoritv of
the c.i binet memliei', however, he
lie mi I (ireliinintiry report clearly in
dicatcil the Ruex wn torpcdoiil.
'I'lllllU W-! 'ri)I'lH)fMNl,
Althoiich the majoiilv of the cab
inet member- pn-int tlmuvht the
Su-ex had been loitK-ilocd, iome
agreed that the Mi-itioii ol the I'nitcd
State- Kimlil be -uiioiiinleil with dif
ficult v mill tlie Milking uf the ves
sel wu iiduiittcd, or iinle-i. ocr
whelmiiivr eviiieiiec -bmild be obtained,
flue cabinet in." '"-r thought the -bio
had been -link b a mine. See ret a iv
Iin-iui; refncd to di-eus I lie nue
tiuii us he i titer, it Hi, cabinet room,
Se.ietaiie- Lane ,u . c.iuo welc
Hot ii. -. nt.
E
Sill T III. Ml. ..-b., M.ii.b .'
- .Il.tle M.i 1 lull l. KsJicrt, until 1. -eltl
Imlli. r of t'lulll iblle i.ttlCC-,
ille.l here In-t liluhl. a'i .1 7.' ciil-.
I 'nt il a para I Mic -iroke tnic.-.l In- re
tirement ntarl a year ago, be ered
If .... x - , . ''' tha
I,.... ;...!.,.. r i vi,i. J.
f - ..1 - (MP,., - al,.,,(1llll. '. '.-..-
li..,i ,.( ,ti-l"li-. In '..I l.lte-
1
FOR A
IW YORK HAS JEKYL-HYDE? POLICE IN
Z IL 0 " afi Mh1P
QUARTER
M
m
NEEDED
M
NAVY IN WAR HE
WASIIIVUTOX. Mai-,, -.s. A
iiiinv with about a ipinrtei of a mil-
lion men would be needed by the ,
Vnited State in time of war, Ai-t-,
nnt heeretnrv Koo-evelt aal loilny
to the limine naval committee.- I'.ng- I
land'- naval lone had been trebled .
since the war, he -aid. a ml ml. led that ,
the In it ed States would pr.ibablx
need n- la lite an inerene in
.!.... n...t
war. He gave it n hi opini
the 1'niled Stnte- navy wa not -uf-
fieient to cope with H fii-t-.ln--;
power if the American policy hcu to
protect all it emil nnd hwc--hiii-
and relation with I'nn-Am. an'
count ric-. ,
The Atlantic fleet mobilisation in
101'J. under Former Kecretnry Meyer,
he ehariieterii(iil as a "juke." i
Mr. l'oostvel( declined lo ilieu ,
tuiliev mie-liioiH nn the around llnil '
the miliev i oIelv within tht iui-iM-
iliclion of .Secretary Daniel. lie j accused of murdering hts father-ln-piai-cd
the pci'Minnei board'H recom- law, .lohii K. Peek, mHltiumlre drug-
mendntioii to ru-e the niemlH'rhii.
On the neeil for more men in the mix v
Secretnrv lMi-exelt mid:
"Fully to man all the -hip- in r.
...!.... .. I.S..I. -, ......l ... ....
....-,..,... .,...,... - .,. - .,. -
-iiitable for war purpose, would take
L'.i.ooii more men than we hnve now.
".Judging hv the experience of 1 '.up
land, who-e nn x al force have in
creased three time wince the war be
gan," -nid Mr. Itoo-evcll, "we -hoiild
lieen j'l.tHiii men in cap or war
with n fir-t-cln Miwer. That
would Im the oiit-ide figure fur n
while, for the l'ir-t six moiitb-, de
(icndiiig mi the number of -hip- we
VMiuld build and lake into the service
for eiiii-t plolcetioii. We -lloillll
have to improvi-e ,i yic.it inanx -hips,
if vxe could -. i!',im, niiil that would
take in.inx men "
FLOODS MENACE
III I IU il'l. Mi. I,. M.ii.h JS.
Southern ,Jt, bi'.-ait todav wa menac
ed by -erioii- flood cinulltioiis. A
two day-' raiii coming innncdntflv nf
ter a twclxc-iiicb -now I nil -en I river-
and creeks out of tluir bunk in
practically the whole -tale south of
the Straits o Mackinac.
The -dual ion in the Rngiunw river
valley probiihU wa- the mo-t duiiger-
oii loiliiy. Itax t'lt.s al the month of
the river, ami Snginaw, about fifteen
mile- iip-treain, were threatened with
further iniiiidution by the flood water-
(wining into the Kagmuw from n
doxcu tnbutane-.
In Liin-ing, the Grand river wu
-premling out and crippling imln-lriiil
plant-. At fiiaml i;.'iiiL the (Iraiid
nvcr .i- iienriitr tlooi t . . with a
leeuld tlooil CI. -I lep.nti.1 lion,
tnu li- ip the liv. , .
HOUSE PASSES U
. EMERGENCY BLILi
WAslllM.lnS. M i. .'-. An
emei'iii'-v .ippi .i.i ... 1 1, i. .. rh.'.ll,-
")(lll to p.l tnl the ,1.1. led -tl.llV'lll of
the aimv and the punitive expedition
into Mexico wa- pu-ed
today.:' Keprc-i'iiiativc
Xi v Y.'lk. the li.ii. ...
n the hou-e
liiid.m of
ll-t lll.i lie!
M.
.11
1IN
VALLEYS
I ,
.sagajgHBg
V- H.AN .JfeflBBBBBaW
PR AK rnu w vVAlT E-
irULL
MADE BY WAITE
i
NHW YORK. March .'- The c.me
! nmlnt Dr,
Arthur Uarieii Unite,
kM ot lhRMl juplds. Mich., by d-
ministering poison to him, la ex
pected to virtually completed
when District Attorney Swann goe
' .... ...
, pUevUe l.OHPIti.1 to receive me ,
confession
whlrlt Frank
VVallo.
bo her of the .cussed man tod
brother of the accussed nan. ioiu ,
the d strict attorne today the voung
, . .
man waa ready and willing to make
The proaecutor annonnceil that be
would go to the hoxpltsl late lod.o
go to the lioHpltal late tod.o
SS-t
a ceo m pa
Frank
brother declared, w.is pi ij
make a clean breast of eveivthlni;
ll-riesiiicle- (lejirwl t'p.
In that ease, the district attoinev
ssld, he hoped certs In dlsrrcpuneif
In the evidence thus fur collected
would he cleared up.
"Il wm ue recaiieu. ne saiu, inni
the negro maid swore that she saw
Dr. Wolle pour liquid from a bottle
...... . .,X
Into Mr. Peek's soup. We know that
the poison from which he died was
given In powder form we know a,is (
that all the iMtixon of that kind thut
Dr Unite houglit wa in the form
of powder and that the virulent dis
ease germ were In ll.pild form con
tained in bottles."
It became known today that the
district attorney's office already bad
begun to accumulate evidence to com
bat the Insanity idea which Dr. Walte
Is expected to make.
Investigation Indicates Wulte led
g double life. In one he was a den
tist practicing among wealthy resi
dents of New York, the husband of
an helress-to-be, and a polished g en- (
tlemnn who moved In socletv circles.
!! ptmble Ul'e.
In another phase ot his life thi-.v
say, he maintained apartments for a
woman other than Ida wire and
planned wax a by which he uuld
amass a fortune
Feck died in Wttlle's New Yoik
apartments March C', Juki mx weeks
after the dialli of Ins wife ill the
same room, ucoi.lnm to the police.
(Continued on page two.)
SUNK BY TORPEDO1
I.) i.VI MiV, M.i. h . Miiku.;
.1
the Itriti-b -luvp.- , . Kii.pii-- "I
Midland i- report ed n. a Id uier di--
CONFESSION
A
HIS BROTHER
pat Il irom Aiii-leiil ini. Tin- -team- ( New Mei . .m.l I.
ship t 'rower, from l.'iidon, mnvedbo wer r. ,
lust night Irom Ma-Ii. M"" " '"i "
with all t lit crew ol' lite Kuiprc oj iLawioii in IHHU.
Ml
POISON CASE SAY SO
.'.mm-
MnvRtrs
PIN HClRCSS
1MSTRICT WTV rtHM
OR WAITC 1M STUPOR.
BRITISH CRUISER
OF RAIDER GRIEF
I l.tiMuiN. Maieli JS. The llnti-h
jcuiiMlleil crill-cr An.le- get- the
I credit lor -inkina the (lennaii rnider
Ureif, in the North ea, Fehniarv 'Jil,
in additioniil detail- of the buttle
piibli-hcd (imIuv.
Alter the Biilih nrmed mendinnt
mini Alciiiitniii hnd eimaind the (Ireif
ami had liccii rendered helnle by n
-hell which shiitlered her rudder, one
..I her consort, the Andes, npiieiired
nnd made il iniMiiible fur the Oreif
to c-enpe.
Shells -wept the deel. of the (ler
m. in raiiler, driving tint men from
-nine of her gun-. T'fie raider fired
-cMi'iil toiH'doc which the Andes
c-e.iped through -killl'ul luindliiig.
While thii- engnged, u third Hritish
I xi el of the light eriu-er t'c, nt-
'tinele.l by the sound of filing, np-
1HlltV) ,, die -eene. Although at n
, great ill-lance, the cruiser alrendy
had joined m the action, htr gunner
Mndiug I he rnnge and hitting the
Oi-eif with niuiirkuhlc picci-ion.
Hut the Andes hud the (rreif afire
fori nnd aft and the raider blew up
with u terrific e.plo-ion, tho theory
being thnt she curried cargo of
. - ... .... ., ... ,
I" -..".. ." -
,,'' ,,"' T, """ (
,.,.,.,.,. ,...tl!Iriitiiliili'tl the Andes
B . ,.,i:...r
and j.iu- In i the .n.lit lot -ink inv
,,,, """
DIVORCE NULLIFIED:
A
;i
SAI.KM. ore. M.inb ." A ill-
, yori(, 0U,., i,, p. ) llimue from
. K Hague, who were married
J, 1H9H HM(, who nnv . p,huim.
was declared invalid dx Hie Oregon
supreme court here toila Hague,
wha recently man led aauin, finds
uj,Hgef j,y today's decree the un-
iHwrul husband of another woman.
According to the opinion, the par
ties were married In New York. Aft
er bringing suit against his wife In
Klamath nnd Multnomah counties,
only to have them bio. ked uy her
appearance on the siene, Hague fi
nally obtained a divorce in Clackamas
county liy publications of summons
Whou Mrs. Hague beard of the de
cree she had the case reopened, hut
the circuit court ruled against her.
Hague alleged desertion, but the su
,., eo,irti , tt,,,0 l0 holding
,, , ,,, nation of summons was
Insufficient held tli.n the husband
had de-erted hi win It was
lirnutt lit out tliai II.ikik i.i.ntly has
ui.irilid LI, i la IM I. -,i in Illinois.
10
w.s.iii;tu. i i h j- ihe
Ill.lliHl l.l.ll- Mil'. l 1 li. I I.I ' .ll'l
1-lllUL' .11. Ih 'I ! ,1'W .UK'
inl who loilVfht Willi tier
I'liuiio, the Apache chief, wlm-i
lli.'hl lulu M vie., l.il l the la-t ex
l ilitioii aci" - tin In i.lir h Amen
.-an trimps, 'III. i' ,. -it. 'Nil old
ariior- at li
i ,n Iii ugeucv,
"ii M' lie, Aria.,
" - I ... i icl Slid
I . Ueiierul
I (iei.i nil -. nit i-
.. illll.il Ullll III l V
mi -i.n.ilh
. ' Mi. in ,i id
in
Ihii)
ANOES
DESIROYER
SPOUSE
mm
CUE
SI
PERSHNG
- ASK CARRANZA :
TdDCDVADflllT
RAILROAD USE
Memorandum to First Chief Requests
Immediate Answer to Proposal for
Use of Traffic Systems Problem
of Supplying Troops Proves a
Pressing One.
WASHINGTON. March IS. A
memorandum to Oeneral CmnrnU, W ,iUtlin. ((.vo,Ments
asking for an Immediate reply to the
leiiuust for portttlssltm to use the
Mexican railways to supply Ameri
can t roups In pursuit of VIIIh was
prepared today at the stale depart
ment. Il will be forwarded to Queretaro
probably late today and bo delivered
liy Special Representative Rodgers to
lleneral, Carranaa Mini Cleneral Obre
gon. The memorandum paints out that
the problem of supplying troupe, now
.more than 300 miles from I he hor
der, is a preaslng one and naod not
Iv delayed for the protocol covering
the general altuatlon.
Protocol SiiKttemtluti-.
General Carrauaa's suggestions as
to modification and ait (lit Ions to the
draft of the protocol are attll under
consideration by the state depart
ment. As considerable Hiiih may be
riHiiired to bring the agreement Into
effect, the American government wilt
urge that the ImmeUlate use uf Mex
ican North western rail lines be con
sidered at once.
Stale department advices from all
parts of Mexico todiiy gave renewed
evidence of unlet acitulescence In the
pursuit uf Villa by American troops.
The governor of Chihuahua has Is
sued a provUttitatlou sett lug forth the
good relations with the fttHed States
and explaining the American expedi
tion after the bandits. It urges that
no uneasiness lie felt by the Mexi
cans ay to the good faith of the
1'nlted Statea and counsels loalty to
the Carr. gorernment.
!.. r iikIIix-U Soiwlil
i -' oi iikiiiiwu-mmikiii.
Neither the statu nor the war
.nner me siaie nor in ear
partment received any messages
de-
re-
Kardlng the use of Mexican railways.
No answer to the request to be per
muted to ship stores over the Mexi
can Northwestern railway was re
.lived from lleneral Carransa. It
wu thought probable that Secret a ry
Lansing would urge an early answer.
The war department la proceeding
with arrangements to buy additional
aeroplanes.
A doaen Indian chiefs from Art
sons are to lie enllated as gulden
and wonts for the American columns
In Mexico.
Major-Uenerat Funston had asked
for the services or the warriors and
Msjor-tlenerat Scott, chief of ntsTf,
today authorised their employment.
The Indian rhlers are familiar with
the M evh an .oiiiiin ilirouuli which
the Vim i ic, hi liooi- are inil-tllm:
Villa.
STEEL INDICTMENTS
BY
I
Vol N(iSTN. .. Mai-b -'h. -Judge
W. S, And. I -mi toilax .united
the motion to iiia-b the lli.lletincnls
recent Ix ret u inc. I hue agaiu-t live
-teel companie-, cbarKilig them Willi
con-piriiig to tix Ihe price ut labor!
ami -led producU. The indictment
again-t the I'luteil Ktnte. Kteel col
li.. ration uud K. 11. (Jury, head of Ihe
ctH. nil ion, till -laud, u Ihe motion
to ipiu-h did not include tbc-e two
.1. leiiiliinls, iikiii whom ' service has
nut been secured. The steel couiMU.v
.ilt.irne.v- attacked the mdietmeiil as
being too iiult'tjuile and uiicerlain,
di pin ing the ileleiidai'it- ol the eoll--tltiitloli.il
I'lj hl-
at i fast Rfi nnrii . 'vVu.v.7 tri.!.r
nl LLnul UU,UUU:di..i ii.ou-.in.i ,i..ii, i.
UKKI.1N, March '-'. I(u--iuu ea
ualties in tbe pre-eiit ulfeuive
aguin-t Field Mar-bal ..n I linden -In
il;'- .mm,- ur. '-tun. in , I in nn
( l , l-l ,, . S. u - ,IL. I , I I, Ml I III to
.1 i I.. I, . , in , l, , . , ' ,i Ml.
E
IKE
AGIST VILLA
Body of Picked Cavalrymen Concen
trated South of Namliiiiipn to
Make an Extended Dash After Ban'
dit Quiet Prevails at Front Lack
of Train Service Hampers Troops.
Jl'AltKZ, Met.. March 2S. There
in the pursuit of I 'audio Villa, ac
cording lo h telegram reeeivo.il hero
today by flenernl fin vim, Cumuixu.
commander nt .Inures. A message
from nenernl lVertnni nt Mmlcrfi slat
ed that nothing had occurred at
t'niin flrnnde, l'earon, Dolores,
Xiihiierachic, ltnhricorn and Jladern.
flenernl Itertnni wo without fur
ther infonnalion from nny iwrt of tho
Mexican front.
I'HOt.D HICADQirAltTNItC. Amer
ican fCxpedlt lottery Korco, Colonlu
Dnblan, Chihuahua, Marsh 18. (
lty Wireless to Columbus. N. M.)
I'repamtlons for closing In on Krnn
clsco Villa In a quick, thoroughly
preparwl cavalry drive worn being
pitahml forward rapidly today at the
field headquarters of llrlgntllor flen
ernl J. J. Pershing, expeditionary
commander.
A body of picked cavalrynton has
been concentrated and now Is In re
serve at the front eoitiexvhore south
of NiiiIiiiIim on tho uorthenHtorn
edge of the Guerrero district. Theso
men are pmpareil to make n (Irish of
Indefinite duration aa sonn as tho
banditclileftHlg Is located.
Cnvnlryiiieii Clioseiij
It Is known that Amorlenn tut II -tary
leaders look to the tgVHlry for
the actual capture of Villa.
With the establishment of the new
American advance base. 110 mile
south of Cases (irandea. and with de
velopments apparently Imminent, It
Is believed that the field headitinr
ters may he moved shortly from Co
Ionia Dublan lo a point Mearer the
front so that (ieneral Pershing mav
be In closer communication with the
troops In the American vanguard.
American reports Indicated today
that quiet continued to prevail along
the American line and that there bad
been no engagement In which Amer
ican troops had a part.
Ml, I'AHO. Tex.. March 28. Tho
pursuit of I'liueho Villa may he ham
pered, if not actually halted, nnle
the Mexican railroads are made
available a the main line of ootn
miinientioii with the American army
now advancing into .Mexico over U0I)
mile from the border. Military men
expressed thnt view today after
-t inlying dispatches from the front
that Villa wa- -till in full flight
-oiithwurd ami nicetiiiir vvith little, if
mix, oim-it inn
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WASH I Nt III iy, March -'. The
-ub-committce compli'ied the Culi-fnriiia-tlregiiu
laud grant bill fur
-ubiin--ioii to the public lunds com
mit lee. The change front the I'Vr-ris-t
haiiibcrlaiii bill include the
method of laud chisifiintioH, plans
for the -ale ot timber, dipoitiuu of
ihe proctiedn of the -ule of limber
nnd lauds, nnd the settlement o the
claim- under the executory ooniraet.
I'uder the sub-cunnittee plftH, tlie
-tutus of the executory contracts xvUl
be determined in the courts; the pro
ceed of the grant lands will be di
vided with counties getting -10 P
cent, the stale -chools &, the n-elft-inntion
fund IU, uud ike general gov
erunieiil. III nr cent.
Tbe lauds protecting the eily water-beds
are withheld from disposi
tion fur two year-, aud the na)wid
be imid immediately
ury. One hun-
apprupriut-
ed im 1I.1--HM11- tbe Ignde.
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PITTMAN OF NEVADA
ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
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