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V. TJL C. A.- WILMiraGTOKI- TJ3HST WIN Y. IUJ. A.- 1200 THE WEATHER. Showers and warmer Wednesday; Thursday showers. - HOME HUNTERS, r Opportunity hunters, . Servant hunters hunters of all the "things of daily life" can find them through the Business Io cals. EO.U.NDED 1200 imiegarr--i reams? ; TOIi. XC1V NO. 8. ADMINISTRATION WINS SWEEPING Handsome Majority of Eighty-Six Votes Piled Up in Favor of Repeal When Ballot Taken Friends of Bill Expected a Majority of Seventy-Five at the Most Equally Confident of Speedy Passage in Senate. CLARK NOT Speaker of House Makes Final, Speech for Opposition Has No 111 Feeling for President Wilson, and Believes That He is Sincere in His Wish for Repeal of the Tolls Provision Speaker Washington, March 31. The Na tional House of Representatives , to night, after oneof the most spectacu lar legislative struggles in the history . of the nation, voted to repeal the pro vi sion of the Panama Canal act exempting- American vessels from the payment of tolls. The vote onthe re ' peal bill was 247 to 161 a majority of ' S6 votes, in support of the personal pi 3a of Wood row Wilson, President of the United States. This verdict on the issue which has al sorbed Congress for many weeks came at the close of a stirring day, made memorable in the annals of the House by a party division which found Speaker Champ Clark, Majority; Lead er Underwood and other Democratic chieftains lined up in open opposition to the President on an issue which, the latter had declared vital to his con diet of the nation's foreign policy.; Today's result was the first -struggle within the party ince pemciri i teoV control of the government' a year ao. Tomorrow tfierhni goes tb th Senate where the figM';wtn,"l. tene;-' ed with all the vigor and determina tion that attended it in the lower House. ' -v , V ' " ;-' ' "v '! On the final vote 220 Democrats in the House stood by the President,- giv ing him in "ungrudging measure" what he had asked "for the honor of. the . nation" in its foreign relations. Tv,'errt'y-lve Republicans and two Pro gressives also voted to sustain the President. Fifty-two Democrats fol lowed Speaker Clark and Leader Un derwood to defeat. . Nothing Coug'd Turn Tide. Nothing, it seemed, could stem the tide of administration success. Speak er Clark, for nearly 22 years a mem ber of the House, made the speech of his life to forestall what he term ed "unquestionable degradation" of the nation. In this he failed, but he did smooth over the. party breach with kindly words for his adversaries, praise for President Wilson, and an unqualified denial of any vaulting am bition on his own behalf. , President . Wilson was at , dinner Then the result of the vote was an nounced. He was gratified, but made no comment. . . . - In the Senate the bill will be re f erred to the committee on ' inter oceanic canals, of which Senator. O'Gorman, of New York,. -a-vigorous opponent of the measure, is chairman. Senator O'Gorman has said he would call a meeting of the committee imme diately to consider the bill. That there will be a fight in committee is certain. Senator Owen is leading the fight for the President there. ; 4 The committee will havemany pro posals before it, several in the nature of compromises, some resembling a motion of the House minority to re commit the repeal bill and to repeal the exemption clause with a declara tion that the United States should have complete sovereignty over the canal. This motion in the House was defeated, by a vote of 232 to 176. It w ill be the aim or administration Sen ators to have the repeal reach its final vote within two or three weeks. Unrivalled Scenes. The scene in the House chamber when Speaker Clark yielded the gavel to Representative Underwood ,the ma jority leader, to defend his course in the great controversy, probably was unrivalled in the history of American legislation. Never before, within the recollection of the oldest member, had the galleries been so packed with in terested spectators. Outside the'. -galleries the corridors were jammed with disappointed hundreds. On the floor nearly every member was in his seat; Even the Senate had adjourned and scores of Senators occupied -seats, on the floor. It was a rare political stage setting thit this throng witnessed; Standing before them, while Republican and U'.mocratic members cheered him to ' vy5 echo was the : sturdy big-framed.-Silver-haired speaker with resolution peaniinp; on his countenance, his thin hps clenched tightly, his face pale and stern. Behind him, pounding for or er, was Mr. Underwood. There they were awaiting the climax of the long Oeba.tp thooa tvan loartafc nf the Ttam. orratic party heading the first revolt m the party ranks since Democracy Put Wood row Wilson in the White 11 ouse. Even those Democrats who for the first time had turned their, backs on their immediate leaders and stood resolutely by . the President throughout the fight were impressed at the scene.- M V" " The interest was tense as Speaker J-iark began to speak, and his first ut terance, breathing a spirit of harmony as a Brain fit- HAni4 oraCTlr?rCT- th VICTORY TOLLS REPEAL A CANDIDATE is Cheered Often. larly the Democratic side of the House, a feeling o f relief. Olark Still In Form. At the. outset the speaker read his address but soon he got into his old time oratorical swing and was ham mering home with sweeping gestures his deliberately delivered words. When he praised the patriotic motives of President - Wilson he was interrupted by applause. His emphatic declara tion that with those who charged him with attempting to disrupt the party "the wish was father to the thought was applauded by every member on the floor. -The speaker minced no words as he attacked newspapers which he declar ed had assailed him in this fight, and in referring to the charge that he was, "bolting the President," he ex dcii in 6(1 "Merciful Cod! What ' an idiotic phrase." ' Throughout the -speech there was not a dull moment. Repeatedly he was cheered and the echoes of the plaudits rang through the reverbrating halls of the capitol in frequent waves. The speaker talked calmly when he deferred to the Baltimore convention. and when he told his colleagues ne ,waaiiaafuli'of the fet that hi?, .s'lrsfi in this crises mightfmen the en j oi his public career, there was' ho evi dence; of regret or of, alarm in his voice or demeanor. " The speaker aid he had no harsh word to speak of any of. his colleagues who had criticised him but he refer red to some Of them Representative Henry, of Texas, who led tne fignt tor the cloture rule on the repeal bill ; Representative Sherley and Represen tative Hardwick who had aided in that fight. The House was moved to up roarous . laughter when the speaker said." referring to Mr. Hardwick: , "So far as the gentleman from Geor gia is concerned I say,1 'Shoo! Fly TVrn't Rother Me: Shoo! Fly Don't Bother Me!" Mnneo Listened Attentively The House listened attentively to the speaker's argument against the tolls repeal, his assertion that he be lieved the President was mistaken, his that the Canadian, Pacific TJaiirrmH and the Tehuantepec Na tional Railway would most profit by the toll exemption, ana ms eiuquem inst vieldine anything to .Holding the interest to the end, the snpaker remained a commanding fig- .. fnfomintod l-i v anniause as ne proceeded. - Almost prayerfully he Irvwerine his voice to say; concluded, "Now may the Gad of "our fathers who nerved .j.uudu s uauKwuyuo Americans to fling their, gage of battle fna nf thfv miffhtiest monarch in the: world, who guided the hand of tv . 5r mritins' the charter ot liberty who sustained Washington and 1,5c irrVrrrt gnt starvine army amid the awful horrors at Valley Forge and who gave them, complete . victory xm the blooa-stamea neigui ui ui ,r,.r u0 Iqqh mpmhers to vote so as to prevent this stupendous f011-1.1! unquestionaoie aegreuauuu American Republic." onovor niarir iad finished. As ne .' frnm Viia nlar.fi. the House arose en masse Democrats, Republi cans and Progressives alike and cheer ed him. When order could be restor ed Representative Adamson took the floor to close the long debate. : , Representative Adamson .devoted himself largely to a denunciation of toll exemption as an economic policy, charlcterizing it a-; 'mock subsidy to ttt1 Tr-Ktate and foreign necial interests wuiuu yucu commerce committee of the, House for seven years." . . . ., : - . . Calls for Vote. .. When he concluded, Representative Artarnson called for a vote. A hush crowdedrandthe pack ed galleries as. p-. - . .rr nounced a vote on lth "ill - a ?oU call anf the' first record vote Onhebili was rced i the third reading by a. vote ot za w i"?- nn applause i. jiA a nra nil lit 1 1 1 IpnresenSt&e t Omaughnessy, . ot the bili, prepare learsoppo- egerva. tions of the right of the United States to Sonfrol Mai CaMlyi anU-repeal forces polled heir largest vote The motion' was defeated 21 1 J vote. .si tir leaders, Speaker Clark and lenUtiyejrjn rwrt r.arried 61 of their Demo crat c colleagues with them on mis irrtto ' All 'DUt XO Ol y VMO i'vj. ; VOI.e. K1 y ... ja in,. Prni . WIIiMEST&TON, N. IN SQUABBLE NEGRO WOW IS LYNCHED Oklahoma Mob Overpower Jailer and Hang Woman Who Killed Wrlite Man Investigation. Muskogee, Ola., March 31. Marie Scott, a negro woman who killed Lem uel Peace, a young white man Sunday, by driving a knife into his heart, was taken out of the Wagoner county jail early today and hanged to a telephone pole. The mob overpowered the jail er, threw a rope over the woman's head and dragged her out of the jail. A knock at the jail door aroused the sleeping jailer, alone in the office. A voice outside said an officer was there with prisoners. The jailer opened the door and faced twelve revolvers. He was bound quickly and his keys tak en. The mob pulled the screaming wo man from her cell, tied a rope about her neck and dragged her to a tele phone pole, a block from the jail, and an hour later the sheriff cut down the dead body. The county attorney has started an investigation of the lynching. of the anti-repeal forces. The last roll call was on the final passage of the bill. It was taken with the House in disorder and general confusion pre vailed. As announced by the speaker the result was ayes, 248; nays, 162, but a recapitulation of the vote show ed ayes, 247; nays, 161. On this vote 220 Democrats deserted their chosen leaders to answer the personal plea of - President Wilson, With them were 25 Republicans and two Progressives. With Speaker Clark and Leader Underwood 52 Democrats voted against the hill, 92 Republicans and 17 Progressives, -making up the 161 negative votes. Three Questions Involved. Republican Leader Mann told the House three questions were involved in a repeal of the : Panama tolls ex emption treaty rights, moral rights apart from" treaty construction, and the economic policy Involved. I The eSjhoHiit: -question": might -iee :chaug$i! kt any time,- he skid, hiit a decision on treaty rights must be a lasting one. He maintained that no construction of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty com pelled the United States to charge the" same tolls on its own ships or those of Panama as were , levied on those of other nations.; "A reading of the rules to be ob served by nations to receive equal treatment," he said, "plainly disclos es that they are not applicable to the United States or Panama." England's attempt to , secure, her construction of the treaty, at this time is not for its present effect. It is for the long distant future. If we con strue the treaty according to the Eng lish claims, it is sure to rise and em barrass us whenever we hae war with other countries. War is not de sirable, but it is inevitable. We can not always maintain peace. "If we agree now to the English construction, it is certain that in the future when we have a war with Jap an or China, or some other country questions will arise in reference to their use and our use of the canal es pecially to war .vessels . and in that time ot stress we win be met witn tne contention by England, present ally of Japan, or by some other 'country, 'that we cannot protect the. canal without bringing a protest from England or other countries which will embarrass, if not defeat 'us, in the war. "I want to treat England fairly, but I believe that under the construction of the 'treaty we have the right to do as we please in this matter, and that It is an unfriendly act of England now, at this late date, to insist upon any other construction. Clark Closed Debate Speaker Clark, closing debate against the repeal, disappointed those who expected hini to attack1 President Wilson. He disclaimed any personal issue with the President, declared he believed Mr. Wilson was actuated by the highest patriotic motives, and that there was no breech in the Dem ocratic . party. He argued at length against tne President s contention and declared that "the amazing re quest of the President for a repeal, like the peace of God, passeth all un derstandings" He added that if the President had reasons "which are not utterly un tenable i and which compel , him to make this Request," he had not given them to the House. He dinered with the President's statement that toll ex emption was "a mistaken economic policy;",.. but admitting dispute on that point, proposed that the exemption be suspended two years. He contend ed that the President was mistaken in view that the exemption was re pugnant to the Hay-Pauncefote trea- ty. ' ' "; .'V. " ' : fvv'': We "want war witn no nation, said the- speaker, "but rather than surren der our Tight to complete sovereignty over 'every square- foot of our ; globe encircling domain, we will cheerfully and courageously face a world in arms," He .attacked the attitude of House , Democrats who have led the President's fight for the toll r exemp tion repeal. Referring to published declarations that his opposition to the President" was the opening gun of his fight for the nomination in 1916" the sDeaker declared he nad told all to whom he had spoken about the 1916 situation that if the President's vad- ministration was a success Mr. Wil son would be re-elected and if it was a failure Vthe nomination would not be worth having." As to his own fu ture the sneaker insisted he could be happy .without "the Presidency or the speakership. ' ' No Issue Between Them. ''There is no personal issue between the - President' or the . United States and myself," began Speaker-Clark. ""1 C, WEDNESDAY MOENING, APRIL, I, 1914. COURT INQUIRY WILL BE ORDERED Secretary Daniels Makes an Announcement. RESULT OF'.HUFF TRIAL E. R. Pollock, Counsel for Huff, Made Statement That His Loyalty to " Government Was Costly to Shipbuilding o. Washington, March 31. Secretary Daniels announced tonight that at the request of officials of the Newport News, Va., Shipbuilding Company to day he probably would order .a court of inquiry to Investigate a statement hy Commancter IS. R Pollock, as coun sel for Lieutenant Commander. Charles P. Huff, that Httf"iJ'oyalty to the gov ernment in his inspection of materia.1 for the battleship Texas cost the ship building company $3,000 a day. The statement was made during the receat trial of Huff by court martial for as saulting J; P. KeisecKer, an-employee of the shipyard, with an intimation that the naval officer's close attention to duty might have some connection with the difficulty. Mr. Daniels made public a letter from Commander Pollocfc explaining tnat ne was Jot in possession of any tacts which directly connect .the alleg ed assault with, Huff's duties as in spector" and that in making this state ment during the trial, he followed his client's line of thought. He said Huff did not question ti e integrity of the company, or ot its general manager. In his letter - - Commander Pollock said his statement -was made in a re view of Lieutenant Commander Huff record to show that Huff -was "inde- pendant and feari&.3$ in the perform anee of nis duties. He added : Tais-- statement also suggests the line oi' thought which Mr. Huff informed -me Le had; i. e., that certain employees in the Newport News Shipbuilding Company may have considered it to in At jintrests to give puDiicity to Mr. -j t s, personal attair with Mr. Klee -r. j as this would probably result ; V . Huff s detach tnat his offense was exaggerated and given publicity by these employees who, by reason of his vigilance, might pay the penalty of their negligence by losing their, positions, as the company was losing neaviiy by reason of hi. adverse reports. Mr. Huff informed me that he. did not question the integ rity oi tne company or Mr. Ferguson the manager. No action has been taken by the Secretary, upon the findings of the court martial, sentencing Huff to lose five numbers in grade and to receive a reprimand. ALABAMA CONGRESSMAN DEAD William Richardson, Seventy-four Years of Age, Passes at At lantic City, N. J. Atlantic City, N. J., March 31. Representative in Congress William Richardson, of Aiabama. died here to day from general debility. He was 74 years old. ' Mr. Richardson came to Atlantic City from Washington about ten days ago, hoping a change m climate would benefit his health, which had been failing for abouta year. ' Mr. Richardson, who was a former judge, succeeded General Joseph Wheeler, as Representative- in Con gress from the Eighth Alabama Dis trict m 1898. The body probably will oe sent to Huntsville, Ala., his 5 for mer home for burial. Huntsville, Ala., March 31. Judge William Richardson, Congressman irom tne Kighth Alabama District, who died in Atlantic City today, had been in failing health several years. He was a Confederate veteran and was severely wounded at the battle of Chickamauga. He succeeded Gen eral Joe Wheeler as. Congressman from this district in the 56th Congress and had been successively re-elected ever since. Judge Richardson was not a candidate for re-election in the pri mary which will be held Monday. OUTL INES Congress passed the tolls repeal bill by an 86 -majority vote late yes terday afternoon. Speaker Clark made the closing speech for the oppo sition taking that occasion ) to declare that he was not a candidate for the Presidency in 1916. He was often cheered to the echo' by members of all political factions. A negro woman in Oklahoma who stabbed a .white boy to death last Sunday was taken from jail by a- small but determined mob and hung to a .telegraph pole. The sheriff has started an investigation. v i A report that reached Juarez. -Mex ico, that Consul Letcher, at. Chihua hua has wired Secretary Bryan that Villa had captured Torreon threw that town and El Paso into a fever of ex citement. Investigation proved that the" report was not official and later Secretary-Bryan stated at Washing ton ; that he had received no message from Letcher. . Dispatches to a London paper from Cairo stated that James Gordon Ben nett, proprietor of the New York Her ald, was rapidly growing worse. , rsiew . York markets: Money on cau steady, 1.5-8 tq 2 per cent; ruling rate ey tuusuig x t-o, iu ; ii me loans wean 13.50 ;t middling gulf 13.75; no sales.- - . ' -:M RENEW DEBATE ON E RULE BILL England Seems to on Blunders Thrive UNIONISTS ALARMED At Spectre Raised by Carsonites of Election Waged on Platform of "The Parliament Versus the Army." ' : London, March 31. A parliamenta ry writer observed a few days ago; "This amazing government seems to thrive on its blunders," and the net result of a crisis without parallel in modern times has been that the. de bate on the second reading onr the home rule was resumed today in an atmosphere of unexpected calm, with aparently a, better prospect of being carried by consent than ever before, The Unionists are clearly alarmed at the spectre which Carsonite meth- ods have raised of an election fought H'uiwixu vi j ui xnc i ii iidiiiBiiL versus the armv " F!ron th mno. rate Liberals are anxious to avoid such a struggle, which it is foreseen let loose a flood of passion ex- agitation to abolish the veto nower of the House of Lords. nZn ae ProPosal ?f fir Edward Affairs to the House of Commons to day ot a Federal system of govern ment tor the British Isles as a solu tion of the difficulty which he put iorwara in concilia torv sneech has been received on both sides of the House with great sympathy and it believed will lead to' a renewal of'ne for the arrangement of an acceptable compromise. Opinion, both inside and outside Parliament. sumoOrts a settlement mi the Federal basis and a meeting of about 50 members of the House rep- resenting both parties, was held to- HUM da&;disCUT?,rS question.- ,., Letcher, United States consul at Chi Viscount Morley s decision not to i. , . ," A ... . . - T - ,. resign as Lord President of the Coun- huahua, . had transmitted to W. J en pleases the Liberals, as at his adrjrya11. secretary, or tate, a. report vaneed age it would have- meant vhls r trTri ndtirri- mwvt naW. ViocrvTiaii'f: permanent retirement from politics ano tne party would regret to see the vctciau statessiiian. retire unaer a. cloud Cargo of Riflesi Copenhagen, Denmark. March 31. A mysterious cargo of 300 tons of ri fles supposed to be intended for Ire land disappeared from the vicinitv of tne uanisn island of JLangeJand dur i . . -'r . I LUUXUCUIB LUC BUCCW lCO.Vii.ilS .J wile ins last nieht after an embareo hadUninm.nv, -r o a v. benpld ?5 y theauthpnties. toh f 't" l,.,, pKe- xuiivi uuixi liomuuig Uli UUiUU it' ilgUl.- er, which anchored off the island. A snort time afterward the Norwegian steamer anny drew up alongside and proceeded to take the arms on board. Danish authorities then seized the papers of the lighter and the steam er whose commanders were ordered to await further instructions. Today ine- two vessels nan vanished. ROBBERS GET MORE THAN $1,000 WORTH OF JEWEURY. Wh'.:.e, Elizabeth City Family Is At-1 tending Church. Elizabeth City, N. C, March 31.- Burglars robbed the home of Mrs Jessie Skinner in Mam street. Sundav night of more than a .thousand dol- lars in jewelry, while the members of the family were attending church ser- V1CGS. . When Mrs. Skinner and other mem- Ders ot tne tamny returned about 10 p clock, they discovered as soon as iuW cuicicu mc uuuae wim. it. nau 1 . l. 1 3 J? 11.' It .1 I ijeeil IOlUU lUr bVervmmg- Was PlieQ I up in confusion. Every room had been lon do rtlr Afl -Tr-vr-rr n - 1 htwihnti 'nnAM I x auuav-ivcu, cvcij u mi ti. uiuivcil ul'Cll I arnd every bureau drawer torn out. Valuable diamond rings, watches and other jewelry and also a valuable col-1 lection of .rare coins which had been xu.",,-xl r"1 uaiiu, me xaits - . vx. ottiiiei, -weitj ijt ril J vi.ji.A,.wJ. I cSSrmvZl anS were 'put on the scent ot the.-burglars, y 'iraiied them to tneNorfoik southbound train had jaBTS .aS the dogs could not doanything more, l mT : Z X. l- m.K l-x aw 1 li L"J? J .. "'g,,1. Xlu"?!? months. Jewelry and money seem to ho'tho nn v thino- tho hnrtrlars nrfi Pit- I tpr a thpv take nnthinff'else In each ter as tney take nothing -eise.. eacn the burglars in committing these hnnrKriM hmnjr nommittpd hv . ,3 4-1 nni; hAlintrn thnt thA I r Fortunately tor Mrs. SKinner sne i cnrra f v,flr finaef i0w. elry and she had several other nieces explained that the previous messages ujjI i,i.t. n,! aa rlwere "Dremature and unreliable. It T I 11UU. I a i ada km a rncDMDD i& EXONERATED OF CHARGE. I i i...... criWc- Krx ftmnnrfe fnr Ac sertions ot i-acy. 1 m - I ir X.. A 1 -. 1Inili Inv. investisrated ' public charges maae against him hy Theo Lacy, formerly - . t h stota nnnviot d. xu umiai vi r- IV, partment and now under sentenceaor embezzlement of the department's funds. The grand jury's report, pre- cctirori in .Tnrie-fi AmRtpa.ri Brown, was ; , -( I rn. -sii W hars tn retinrt Iftf-1 t. ?Tr0etio-atin thov nr t unable i to 1 iir; Eii exxx vx 1x1 .t w .- v f r Pft fns- Gover. I norlflmmet, u JNeai, wixn ine xjacy- ut i falcaUon." J!" - , . ;- ; - r The erand iUry ! investigation wast TORREON IS REPORTED CAPTURED BY REBELS Jaurez and El Paso Thrown Supposed Telegram From Consul Letcher to Secretary Bryan Telling of the Fall of Federal Stronghold Secretary Declares No Message Received. Juarez, Mex., March 31. General Carranza stated positively at 8 P. M. tonight that while there was , every reason to hope for the early capture of Torreon, the town had not fallen, and that the position of the troops had not changed materially, in the last '24 hours. This information was given ouit through Roberto V. Pesquiera, confi dential agent of the Constitutionalists, and Aldredo Brezeda, secretary to Carranza. They also traced to its ori gin the report today that the city had I fallen. The town burst into wild excite- jment when a rebel official exhibited to two Americans a telegram sent yes J terday by Theodore Hamm, American consul at Durango, to Secretary of State Bryan. It said he had been in- fnrmorl that Tnrronn Karl foil en lormed mat iorreon naa raiien "The situation in a nutshell," Senor Pesqueira said, "is that the capture of Torreon seems certain, but no one can predict when. I This city was thrown into a state of high excitement late today when it I was rumored that Torreon had 'fallen, j but the report failed of verification or denial. No Answer to Message. Rebel officials telegraphed to Gomez isjPalacio asking General Villa if the ! news were true. The operator there re.plied he was under ord.ers to trans" mit no messages of any kind. General Carranza said he regretted that he .x. xr. 7 "l , Z 1 ' officials had the same, reply, The first renbrt was .that Marion wh haa hti nt thh fmnr with Villa.. that Torreon - was captured at 1:30 nvwin th offomnnn On the heels ofthis, some rebel -of ficial telephoned to the officers of the Mexico and Northwestern railroad here that the capitulation of the Fed erals was officially announced. Th& rumors spread "rapidly and in a' 'few moments the streets leading to the international bridge there was a stream of interested persons , pouring in from EJ Paso, and orders were is sued that all be searched for, weap ons. The saloons, wmcn were allow ed to reopen last night, were again closed That something was wrong with the news began to be suspected when reo el officials were "observed among the seekers for information. Singly and in groups, they returned ifrom General Carranza's office, shaking their heads, and went to the telegrapsh onice Here. tod. verification was lacking, and finally Frederico Gonzalez Garza telegraphed directly to General Villa, Only to be informed by the operator that ms message couio not -oe nanu led. The whole incident left the im pression that something of importance . . . - . -w i 1. 1. JS was taking place m the boutn, and. it was hoped that official announcement of victory merely was being delayed wt,.d .vmim nnur n viiio a telegram from Villa to General fninann"i on f Vl i a ' m VI i ri cr QTlH & V. hf0 attomnnT, foiiitnt Par. gaid th,at Villa hoped to. announce the onl..0nHoi hf Tnrrsnn in a. fow hours. OMi 1 V" A,Q tolao-ram mirnnrtinp- tn Lrtmp frrim villa aid h was meetine ' t. ,,,,-f t, Hocnoi-ata rooistanno In attBinflt. L to tae the general barracks, the i, " ?5 w u iWaia , . i, ,,' H.HirHncra 1". '3 his artillery. RPU3n nMn' fit Mesao. lid lSadT-dr v aomiifsi-vu, xxtx vn vj.. pwxvu. f- th"Tn nf TnrrAnn and that Vant news from Mexico had A? the State department during - .,?Ql tolotr1Tri(l wora ranoiv. X. XXX Zi V1X1VAUi1 hVXIx n iim v -w. . ed at the State Deuartment tonight Consul Hamm. American diplo- tetlcLrH S SSfinhS x - u, wnum6 x f Torreon by General Villa's forces, , , Arinhera. offi- cials expressed the opinion that Tor 1 CUill llfl." 11UL UCCU Uliivii The first two messages were dated yesterday, and reported that the Fed c -" i ; j'-, third telegram, however, dated today, added that large Federal reinforce ; I..; i T l.rvi meiiis were aruvwg ai lunwu iivm tne nast. it was expiamea. tuai Biroag - j?eueia.i iduwi wiucuvo ii iorreon ieit aiuno. ssaturuay luormug anu .were scueuuieu tu -aixivc? di iui- 1, , "CC, "r tit? ill . 1.11C UC1&UUU1UUVU Vl. J. o,xil4vv is m tluc vcuii;c. aVXAII UlUFi l-vr it" trs today from naral olllcera. Ad- "ir.i'?'Tc.u.l'"ulu r"" a. report by Admiral Mayo awampico, statins that the Federal gunboat Vera - J iJ J -i-rr- yru. was euga6eu ,1,11. ""f& into ine country weyonu wjna ewua, where the presence ofthe vanguard of the , Constitutionalist attacking j. -. J 4 X, 1 Two hundred troops were loaded on the Mexican gunboat Zaragosa yester - . day "at Vera Cruz, and dispatched to x nxuipix, w. hkhulvi x- cuciu. nson mere. - - ; . - ounxenening-ivinney. , .t WHOLE NUMBER 13,590; ; : Into State of Excitement By!j irre, iSlecretary of the Treasury of the Carranza cabinet, who instructed Con stitutionalist officials in Agua Prietd'j to transmit them to all insurgent of-1 ficials in Sonora. 3 The principal reason for the orders S was said to be the issuance by coutt-J terfeiters of bogus "Villa" bills I amounting to $1,000,000 pesos. I SOnora people are 'being assured that the "Villa" currency now in. their j . hands will be redeemed by a newj Constitutionalist issue which will beL' shipped from New York within two!-" weeks. s ' v ; Federal Reinforcements Beaten. Eagle Pass, Texas, March 31. j. Ampripan rilnplimcn arririno- rioro n. a it day from the interior reported that the Constitutionalist force under Gen.- Murgia has repulsed Federal rein- if J 1 1 J . 1 t lorceiiienis unaer joi. Acosia, trying t to enter Torreon. Col. Acosta is said I to have commanded about 900 men. The fight with Murgia's troops occur-" red at Hipoloto, midway between J Monterey and Torreon, and resulted ( in the withdrawal of the Federal force i toward Saltillo. Three Federal soldiers from the Federal garrison at Piedras Negras attempted to desert today by swim- ming the Rio Grande." They succeed- ; ed in crossing the river, but, sighting a patrol of American soldiers attempt- ed to swim back across the river. One 1 of them was drowned and the other $ x j i 1 Tn . .1 i x x .'1 iwo capiurea uy a r euerai outpost. 4 . Shortage of Oil. I Mexico City, March 31. A shortage of fuel oil, caused by inability to re- 1 open the line between Tampico and I . Sanguis Potosi, has resulted in the ( : suspension of freight traffic on all j' National lines except that between the capital and Vera Cruz. Not even T ; foodstuffs are accepted, the railway ' : management conserving the oil' for f; the movement of passenger and mili- ( tary trains. The capital still is with-, 5 1 out news from Torreon. 1 Found Not Guilty. Brownsville, Texas, March 31. w Bernardo Calero, brother of the for- mer Mexican ambassador to the UniK":. ed '.States, Manuel Calero, was found 'A livi ftuiii, vi uciu jCVi.Kiy iu mg cin-i ploy of the Huerta; government byVai, Constitutionalist court martial in.' Matamoras today. , Gen. Pablo Gon- i zales will review the verdict before VUivivr o x vjvuuv xo vi v x vx uuu 10 wxk --i -w pecteLto Kive Calero the freedom. of a the city without the privilege of leac ing Matamoras. Calero was arrested M last January. DIDN'T KNOW OF DISSOLUTIONvlSDlT. i When He Became President of Xmefr J lean Sugar Refining Company. ' : ' ' i New York, March 31. Atttorneyg - i for the government expressed belief " today that Charles H. Alleu. the new1, president of the American Sugar Re- ; fining Company, joined tru corpora- . tion in ignorance of the fact that it f was under indictment for violating the anti-trust law. For- this reason, J dismissed Mr. Allen from the witness stand today. Mr. Allen said that when he became president of the company in 1910 he believed the directors were remiss In not ; showing more Interest in the af fairs of the beet sugar company; in which the corporation held stock. ' t Later, he learned the government, had' j UC6UU xia uisauiuiiuu ouil anu 111c tui" -I poration was trying to dispose .of . enough' of its beet sugar holdings to1 ..7 make its operation- legal under the Sherman law. ' "The record of . the corporation shows," he said, "that an earnest and consistent effort was made by it to iviiijJij' wiLii iuc law. MILLION DOLLARS MORF - FOR RESEARCH WORK. SA Rockefeller Institute to Study Animal Diseases with others. feller institute for Medical Research announced tonight that John D. Rock efeller had added $1,000,000 to the general endowment fund of the insti tution, to be devoted to the study of animal diseases and that James J. Hill had pledged $50,000 to be used specifically for the investigation of hog cholera. The Rockefeller Insti tute," the announcement reads, "here tofore confined its Investigations to the fi11 of human diseases. Animal diseases "are as important because of their close., relationship to human di seases. In the history of medical sci ence work of Pasteur on anthrax and more recent observations in this country on Texas fever in cattle, which opened the door to present knowledge concerning insect carriers of diseases, are conspicuous illustra tions of the value of studies on ani mal diseasesV' - . COMMITTEE INVESTIGATING . : CHARGES 'AGAINST JUDGE. Representative Park, of Georgia, Makes Charges Against Wright. Washington. March 31. Charges made m the House by Representative Park, of Georgia, against Justice Dan iel Thew Wright, of the District of Columbia Supreme Court, were con sidered today by the House Judiciary committee. Mr. Park spoke in Support of his resolution authorizing the committee to begin a formal investigation of the charges. He suomitted affidavits and prepared several minor amendments to his original resolution. The com mittee deferred the question until April 10th. - , Salisbury, N. C, March 31. Mr. J. xv-trice,: a young wnue mau ui asuc-j Tille, was killed at uaroers toaar while attempting to board a rreigr" I 1 ii" 'v v.1 4 t.