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r ESCAPES XICAN TROOPS JIT LEADER HAD NO TROU LEIN LICKING CARRANZA'S ". " TROOPS. VALRY IN PURSUIT ..V - " y THREE AMERICANS REPORTED KILLED TWO WOMEN AND ONE MAN VIC TIMS OF MEXICAN RAIDERS IN NEW MEXICO. U.S. TROOPS 60 IN PURSUIT n S Handicapped 250 Miles Wut and Hunt In Moun l Ulna la Difficult. l'. tt Antonio, Texas. Francisco VII i escaped from the Mexican ops that had checked him near unaulpa and three columns of Amer an cavalry are pursuing him. already they are almost 250 ml!os in of the border and unless Mex I forces bring the elusive bandit , a ttand, this distance will be great- Increased by the close of the week. VHla'sauAraa In extricating him " llngrous position Into ha had been driven by the lean punitive force was related detailed report by General Per Jtaat reached General Funston. Ill Funston forwarded the re- I Washington without making ny but the essential features. lei Dndd la commanding the ad- I columns thai are riding hard lla and hla men and General t ig has divided his forces so as 1 Bids supporting columns alon s ihly stretched lines of comm J tram hla mnit arivanrari j "alle. From El Valle jf" . . i . . i . ...... lainuunea uw jsKwut nmunlcallon f la maintained. Gen klmeelf Is somewhere Orandes directing the f together his forces and ir aa possible the opera let Dodd. Cavalry Is be rg the lines uommunl- fl Valle where a detaeh iry la stationed. planes are at El Valle Jtsed In scouting as soon ff winds thait have heen it part of Mexico for al subside. These winds, General Pershing, have le assistance by the aero- lalbla. Of the eight ma (vent Into Mexico two are mmission. the operations about that concluded with the lla were not revealed, but la reason to believe that ly whipped or even weak fighting directed against le facto government troops. J NT WITH CARRANZA. Jrantlng Use of Railroads la Not Plaaalng. Tdrlio, Tex. Carranta'a delay . iiulttlng the movement Into Mex- o over the Mexican Northwestern nil way of supplies for the American oops has created Impatience at army adqnrtere that waa hardly disguised e quartermaster department has ut' (d El Paso a quantity of stores for mediate shipment and officers here 1 not credit an unofficial report that naral Obregon had declared that no mission for use of the Una would ;lven. . illure to send supplies over the road would not atop the cam -n. It waa said, but It waa admit It , would materially retard ershlng's activities. Al- y tha change In the position of United States forces,- observers e pointed out, would make the line , National Railways of Mexico, which oes -straight from Juarex to Chlsua i,ua,ha logical one to use. Whether General Funston requests the government to get permission to use tha National, however, fin de pend upon the answer to the request already made, ha said. iralT'i Another Grand-Daughter For Wilson. Philadelphia. A daughter was born to Mr: and Mrs. Francis Bowes Sayre here. 8he Is the aecond grand-daughter of President Wilson and will be named Eleanor Axson Sayre, tor Mrs. Payee's, mother. . Mother and child Vt reported to be doing well. V Jest Wlllard la Still Champion. New York.-Jess Wlllard la still the heavyweight pugilistic champion of the world. In 10 rounds of fast fight ing he defeatel Frank Moran of Pitts burg here on points. A' crowd of about 13,000 persons paid approximate ly $1(0,000 to see the fight and went away 1 apparently satisfied with the re cult., It was the greatest gathering ' H rob Square Garden had ever seen. -4 broke his rlgjit hand In the "d Jbnt blows from his fight '" t j. distance. - Band of Mexican Bandits Cross Border to Gibson Ranch Whers the Three Were Killed. Douglas, Ariz. Three Americans, .wo women and one man. were killed near Gibson's Line ranch on the New Mexico-Mexico boundary, eight mile west of Columbus, N. M., respumably by Mexicans, according to the story brought here by a party of five Doug las people, who said tliey arrived on the scene shortly after the bodies bail been removed by soldiers. A command of United States sol diers stationed at the Gibson ranch was said to have crossed the II pursuit of the slayers. Samuel Collins, autom Mr. and Mrs. Hussell Lottie Millnowsk man, all of moblllsts w lug. le dealer; ChilderB, Miss and Edward Free glaa, were the auto- o told of the alleged kill- names of the persons said to ve been killed were not learned. According to the story told by the party, the four motorists had been to El Paso on a pleasure trip. They de cided to visit Columbus to view the ruins left by the raid of Villa's men. Instead of returning here through Iteming and Lordsburg, N. M. After leaving Columbus they were stepped at Hermanas by the railroad section foreman, they said, who warn' ed them that something waa wrong at the Gibson ranch, a few miles farther or. He said that he had been watching through a pair of binoculars and had seen a mounted band of 100 or more men, supposedly Mexican bandits. cress the border near the ranch and ride to a water hole a mile and a half north. After watering their horses, they rode back across the line. He added that within a short time a number of troopers of the Twelfth Cavalry had come to the ranch house and moved about In an excited manner. HEAVY FIGHTING CONTINUE8. Germane and French Keep up Vigorous : Bombardment. London. H Is still In the French and Russian war theaters that the heaviest battles are In progress, but fighting aleo is continuing In the Aus- tro-ltalian xone, In Serbia near the Greek frontier and In Asiatic Turkey. The French are keeping up their vigorous bombardment of the woods of Malancourt and Avocourt, north west of Verdun, which are held by the Germane, and also are hammering away with their guns at German lines of communication In the eastern fringes of the Argonne forest. To the north and east of Verdun an Intermittent bombardment by the Germans of French second line post tlona la still going on with the French replying energetically. All along the Russian front from the region of Friedrichstadt to the district around Vina the Russians and Germane are hard at grips. Petro grad saya that near Widsy, between Dvlnsk and Vilna, the Russian forced all the German lines and barricades and repulsed a vigorous German counter-attack. Berlin, however, says that here the Russian attacks failed with heavy losses before the , German entangle ments. Telia of Navy'a Needs. Washington. Rear Admiral Bradley A. Flake declared before the house naval committee that regardless of how many ships were built, It would be Impossible to carry out the general board's plan for making the American navy equal to any afloat by 1925. be cause It would take ten years longer to develop and train the personnel! necessary' to man the navy In first rank. Agree on Speed-Up Plan. Washington. House Democrats ad opted a resolution outlining a plan for speeding up the administration legis lative program with a view to adjourn ment before the national political con ventions in June aa urged by Presi dent Wilson. They pledged them selves to co-operation In earlier daily meetings and to such Ight sessions as may seem advisable. The plan is to handle at sight sessions the business of all special days In the week except the so-called calendar Wednesday. MOUNTAIN HERALD, KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. 0. SWAT SEASON OPENS HERRERA JOINS VILLA CARRANZA COMMANDER IN CHI HUAHUA WITH 2,000 MEN SIDES WITH BANDIT. Probable That He Will Interupt Wire Service With Pershing and the Border. San Antonio, Tex. Reports that Gen. LuIb Herrera, commanding 2,000 men at ChihutJiua, had aligned him self with Franuisco Villa against the United States, were received with grave concern by General Funston and his staff. Officially and unofficially the opinion waa that with Herrera Joining forces with Villa the Interna tional situation might easily be made so complex that by comparison the pursuit of Villa would be regarded as incidental. The long Intervals between reports from the field commander of the American expedition already had key ed the tension a bit, although General Funston and bis chief-ot-staff contin ued to profess the belief that all was well with the troops below Casas Orandes, but the report from Chihau hua made insignificant any anxiety they might have felt concerning Gen eral Pershing's operations. T. R. Beltran, Mexican Consui here, said that he had not received con firmation of the report and he was In clined to laugh at it as a "border ru mor." According to the -version here, Herrera was removed from command and Immediately took steps to alienate his garrison. That Car ran ta bas enough loyal troops In northern Mex ico to drive him from the city of Chi huahua, If he alms to bold the place, was believed by military men here. Military observers here see a possi ble connection with Herrera's report ed action In the interruption of wire service between Casas Grandee and Juarez and the wire cutting between Torreon and OJinaga, opposite Presi dio, Texas. ASKS FOR MORE TROOPS WANTS "ADEQUATE FORCE" TO PROTECT HIS LINE OF COMMUNICATIONS. CHINA CHANGES AGAIN. Monarchy Abandoned By Yuan 8hl Kal Who Reaumea Presidency. Peking. A state department man date issued announces the abandon ment of the monarchy and resumption of the Republic. The mandate says the revolution shows that the demand for a mon archal form of government is not uanlmous and that therefore Yuan Shi Kai rejects the emperorship and re sumes the presidency. MANY BIG FIRE8 REPORTED. All Powers Agree en Plan. ai A It Af. tha ITntanta sales here. Augusta, Ga. Fire which has caused damage estimated at from 16,000,000 to $8,000,000 in the heart of Augusta's business district and the adjoining residence district, still burned briskly, but was under control. No lives were lost. In the twenty-five blocks which, were swept clean were the greater por tion of Broad street and 600 resi dences. Including the moBt costly in the city. Nashville, Tenn. A small ball of yarn, lighted and thrown by a boy Into dry grass In a vacant lot, started a con flagration In Nashville which waa not under control after 36 residence blocks had been swept by the fire. The lose Spray, N. C. Fire which threatened the entire business section of the town of Floyd Hill was reported under con trol. Several buildings were destroy ed, the damage amounting to $20,000. is estimated at $1,500,000. ; Nateher, Miss. Fire of undetermin ed origin partially destroyed the plant of the Natchex Dressed Beet Company causing damage estimated at from $30,000 to $60,000. . Paris, Texaa. Every Incoming train was bringing provisions, clothing and tents to the approximately 8.000 home lees persona In Farts, rendered practl- njCMrily destiute by are. which did prop-Xdamage-eatlmated at between fl and $K "sJ Three per- Field Operations So Large Present Force Is Insufficient. Villa Troops Are Scattered. San Antonio, Tex.-General Funston aaied the war department for more troops to be sent into Mexico In pur suit of Francisco Villa. The request was made at the sug gestion of General Pershing, com mander of the expedition, who urged that another regiment be sent to him. In his message to the war department General Funston asked for what be termed an "adequate force." It was announced at General Fun ston's headquarters that the Fifth Cavalry of which one squadron Is at Fort Myer, Va., another at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., and the third at Fort Sheridan, Wyo., would be brought to the border at once and sent for ward along General Pershing's line of communication to Casas Orandes. Whether he had asked for other troops General Funston would not say. The only reason given for strength ening General Perishing's force, known to be considerably more than 4,000, was that his field of operations had become so extended that his main line of communication and the sub sidiary -lines were in need of strength ening. "Merely a precautionary move," was the way General Funston ans wered all Inquiries, He was asked if the reported movement of troops of the de facto government from garri sons in the Interior to posts on the border and reported failure of the Carranta troops in one or two In stances io show active co-operation in the pursuit of Villa had anything to do with hla decision to ask for more strength but he declined to answer. Some uneasiness was displayed for a moment at department headquar ters when It was reported that the telegraph wires between Casaa Gran des and the border bad been cut, but an official report stating that the line cut was a "buzzer" line General Persh ing had laid and that It had been broken accidentally by some of the American forces crossing it allayed apprehension. It Is not believed bere that Gen eral Funston Is worried by reports of alleged growing antagonise: among certain Carranza troops although he is carefully ' studying that phase of the situation. HAY ARMY BILL PASSED BY HOUSE ONLY TWO MEMBERS' VOTED AGAINST NATIONAL PREPAR EDNESS MEASURE. PEACE STRENGTH OF 140.000 Britten of Illinois Opposed Bill Be cause he Favored Greater Increase; London Favored No Increase. Washington The Hay army in crease bill providing fr.i a regular army peace strength of MO.nm fighting men I Instead of the j resent 1 (',('00 passed the house by a lote n( 4P2 to 2. It goes to the senate for immediate con sideration virtually as drafted by the house committee. The negative votes were cast by Representative Britten. Republican of Illinois, and London, Soiiallt of New York. Mr. Britten opposed the bill because he favored a still further Increase In the army and London because he fa vored no increase. The bill Is the first of President Wilson's great national preparedness measures to pass either house, al though various related measures have been approved. It was finally adopted only after Representative Kahn, rank ing Republican member of the mili tary committee again had met defeat this time 2i:i to 191 in his effort to Increase the authorized strength of the regulars to 220.000. During the debate Chairman Hay of the committee that drew the hill re ferred to it as "the President's own bill." It was explained al the White House, however, that while the presi dent approved the ground plan of the measure, he was not committed to Kb details. The conference on the senate and house plans, to come after the senate acts, is eipected by administra tion officials to produce a bill which will have the president's full support. TILLMAN BILL PASSE8. Provides For Government Armor Plate Factory. Cost $11,000,000. Washington. The Tillman bill to provide for the erection or purchase by the government of an armor-plate factory at a cost of not to exceed $11, 000,000 was passed by the senate by a vote of 68 to 23. Democratic Senators supported the bill solidly, regarding It as one of the Important measures included In the national preparedness program now being hastened to completion. Nine Progressive Republicans Joined with the majority In voting for the bill. They were Senators Borah, Clapp. Cummins, Gronna, Kenyon, Norris. Polndexter, Sterling and Works. HEAVY FIGHTING IN EA8T. Masses of Russlana Are Pressing Germans From Riga District. London. Except on the front near Gomecourt and the Bethune-LaBaseee road, where the British gained some advantages In fights against the Ger mans, no Infantry engagements have taken place along the line in France and Belgium. Heavy fighting, how ever, continues between the Germans and Russians on the Eastern front from the region of Riga southward. The Germans northwest of Verdun are continuing their violent shelling of the Malancourt sector and again have trained their guns on the French front of Bethlncourt, Le Mort Homme and Cumierea probably preparatory to fresh Infantry attacks in an effort to break through the line, when the moment seems propitous. The French have not slackened their bombardment of the Malancourt wood from positions in the Argonne forest, and also are shelling heavily German positions and the roads and railways held by the Germans in the eastern part of the Argonne. The bombardment to the northeast of Verdun, as well as In the Wowre region, to the east of the fortress, has increased In Intensity. Heavy masses of Russians are pressing the Germans from the Riga district southward for a distance of 70 miles. While they have gained some advantages, the Russian War Office admits that south of Lake Dreswalty the Germans recaptured trenches that the Russians had taken the previous night. , Villa' Captured Nothing. San Rntonlo, Texas. General sten requested newspaper corresp ents to deny that Villa's men hi tured machine guns at Colum anything else at Columbus o march south of the border. Kills Himself and Grensboro, N. C D. prominently connect city, murdered their beds and co uoed the full ro volver In klllli if- lthe vil .this ran In Hie. He s-shot re- en and ra ils own life. Portly before re the father. 3,000 Homeless In Augusta, Augusta, Ga. With alx 1 blocks levelled by fire and mo 600 houses destroyed, Augusi feeding and housing Its 3, less, without aid from th world. JftoHo Estimates of the flrse Ufens who at $6,000,000 tonight, biAeased the discussed the dlsaste business view mat the loss r' man waa houses was not Iff0 historical the destruction buildings. rder Dlsnatehaa. Perplexer 'Oclala were perplex- Washin 1 "on the border aay- ed by 6f J" nouned General Ing 0 ' 1,19 "Port of Herrera's Funs' -onnrmed. When the war i ciosed for the nlghf at n cretary Baker stated that Funston had not advlatui ment of General Ball1. . T .fh.t .11 D1BH ( ! ""urmaun reaching him Seated that Herrera was loi . of staff, declared emphatically he did not believe the report, i ' u,a THE EUROPEAN WAR A YEAR AGO THIS WEEK March 27, 1016. French captured summit of Hart mannsweilerkopf. Violent fighting In the Carpa thians. Austrlans made galna In Buko wlna. U. 8. battleship Alabama tant to Norfolk to keep Prlnx Eltel Fried rich from leaving. German aviators dropped bomba on Calais and Dunkirk. March 28, 1916. Russians broke Into Hungary and attacked Lupkow and Uszok passes. British liner Falaba sunk by Ger man submarine; 110 lost. British steamer Agulla torpedoed by Germans; 26 lost. Russians bombarded Bosporus forts and allies shelled Dardanelles forts. More air bombs dropped on Calais. March 29, 1915. French pressed Germans hard in Champagns. Germane again shelled Raima. Austrlans made gains at aeveral points. Dutch steamer Amstel blown up by mine. Attsck on Bosporus and Darda nelles continued. German Baltic fleet out March 30, 1915. Russlana stormed mountain -rests In Carpathians. Austrlans began big drive across Jukowlna. Turkish sesplans dropped bombs on British warship near Darda nelles. Turkish government promised to protect Christians at Urumlah. March 31, 1915. Germans bombarded Llbau. Russians fought way down alope of Carpathlana Into Hungary. German army corpa cut to pieces in North Poland. British steamers Flamlnlan and Crown of Castile sunk by subma rines. German soldiers near Thourout, Belgium, killed by bomba from aero planes. German airmen raided Ostrolen ka, Russia. King George gave up liquor In royal household. April 1, 1915, French occupied Fey-en Haye. Russlana began lively offensive in Central Poland, but ware re pulsed by Auatrlana near Inowlodz on the Plllca. Germane ehacked Russians Rawka river. British took Aua. fiil T J Africa. British veaaala and alra 'helled Zeebrugge and Hobol German submarln""1" Brl Ish and a French rT 30 ot. Heavy the Mi Ruasl tire ' 1915. fightlna hat! moseiie. offensive along en rebela occupied Fez and submarines destrnv.rf i vessels. Allied aviators made num...... on Germans on west h... VAErCn,."nlt",y "P" "'a o fight typhus In Serbia. Douglas Uneasy. Douglas, ArIi.-Report that an. proximately J.0OO de facto govmm.f troops nad been seen bv Unit. oiaces soioier observers marching Into ,!! MBta from thB "outheaat, cou pled with apparent verification from sources in tha Mexican town . .. apprehension here. ' : . i : " i Gen. P Ellas Callea, military gor " ora, stated, however, that ' " that In fact : INTERESTING BITS New discoveries of petroleum have been made In Argentina. In Sumatra the horn eroa la esteemed a. . ..7' T no0' London's export to the tTnii $14,674,000, as against less than lt 000,000 for October. " ,1V Oold-mlnlng companies In South Africa are experimenting with blast ing by electricity with . 7i: tolsin, Uje fin. dust, which is Vegart n,th9 . of claim five acres of land from the gov! SET" ,W,hvCh " om " chaims of debt, . ifhlllldeIphU ur8n combat, mg diseases peculiar tn . by transfusing to bat lent, ma . : members of other races that w uio uuuaaies. A miner lowered Into a subterra. nean cavern opened by a miner's blast at Volcano, Nev, soma time ago, was unable to discover the ends of ajsurs. stone, dropped through t opening could be heart h,.-," Indicating that thev Mhi .v. 7 torn. Sparkling stalactite, on th. sloe. - t cavern weV. n.it i ,..Z - w "cms openinjr.
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