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:- MEXICO SITUATION
ncoarged By Absence ofUfc
- ficial Confirmation ;". Her
7 -rer Rerolt -
' CONSULS INSTRUCTED
i' i TO SEND REPORTS
.New of The Day Generally St-
" W actory j No Reply - Yet
jFnan General Carrara Aa
t "UorMexIcinNorth
western Railroad For The
Transportation of Supplies
x iiniii rwss.)
Waabingtoa, March 13, Tanxioa over
th Maxieaa H nation relaxed her to
day ia th abene of official eonflrma
tioa of th report that ,000 Cuiua
troop at Chihuahua under Luis Her
rra had Joined Villa. Conflicting n a offi
cial advice from th bordr. however,
anted th 8tat Department to tele
graph America consuls for immediate
reports a to the aitnatioa. Blow wire
communication may delay the replie.
Official were perplexed by diepatebea
froat the border saying Gem. Bell hae
aotlfled Oea. Fuaatoa the report of Her
rera'a revolt waa confirmed. When the
War Department closed for the night at
11 o'clock Secretary Baker etated that
: Sea. Funston Lad not advised the de
aprtment of Oca. Bell's report, and that
all information reaching him indicated
that Herrera waa loyal to Car mat.
Major General Scott, Chief of Stmt,
declared a.phatieaUy he did sot bo
, Here ta report: '
Some offieiaia, however, were prepared
- ' Id belter that Herrera had deeerted
Carrsnxa, though they doubted that he
"had joined ViUav
Secretary Baker's report oa the day'i
event oa the border were before Prcsl-
' dent Wileoa whoa he returned tonight
from a day'f trip to Philadelphia. They
. were of a reaaauring nature, although
they eontaiaed aothlag poeitiv aa to the
reported revolt.
The accumulation of denial! of the
, Herrera, report daring the day j the aafe
arrival of the army motor troche with
the expeditionary fereei; the reetoratiea
of radio communication with Ueral
Perehing'e force and the eaHafaetoTy
progrena of diplomatic wegotiationa with
the de facto goreraawat relieved a
ecmowhat oflicial anxiety.,
A denial from the Carraaxa author
it ira at Joarea that Herrera had re
volted vrai feeoated to aecretary Lam
aiag by Eliaeo Arredoado, amtaaeador
deaignato of fho de facto govern meat,
who called to eoatinoe the conference
with Counsellor Polk oa the proposed
protocol between the two governments
covering the operations . of American
troops now In Mexico.
No Reply On Railway Revest. -No
reply hat ye tome frees Go.
Carranza to the request that American
troops be permitted to nae the Mexican
Northwestern Railway. Reports from
the border said Oen. Funstos already
was making nse of part of the line.
War department advice did not men
tion this. Officials, howsver, said it
was possible Oen. Perilling bad reach
ed a limited agreement with local Mex
ican offieiaia.
The tension produced by the reported
rerolt In favor of Villa was mnnifeeted
la Congress. Leaders, however, exerted
efforts to cheek discussion. Senator
Stone, chairman of the Foreign Rela
tions Committee, objected to the read
ing of a telegram offering the services
f 400 volunteer presented by Senstor
Johnson, of Booth Dakota. He said
nothing should be done that might tend
to nuke more acute an already acute
situation. Senator Bhermaa made no
effort to call up his resolution introduc
ed yesterday to authorize a call for 60,
000 volunteers. .
GERMANS STILL SHELL
NORTHWEST OF YERDUN
in? the
London, March 13. The Germans
northwest of Verdua are rontinoing
their violent shelling of the Malnacourt
sector and ajraia lave trained their
guns .on ths French froat of Bethia
sourt. La Mori Homme and Com teres,
prehebly preparatory t fresh Infantry
attarb ia an and vor to break through
' the list when the moment seems pro
pRiooa. , Excrfe fa treat "new Oomeeeort
" and th Betk ana-La Hssses road, whero
tsa British gained torn advaatage ia
-ighta against th Germans, a Infantry
gsgTiT-T V-t taieu place along th
lias la Frame aad Belgium. Heavy
flghtiag, wowTr, eoatiaaea between the
German aad Russians oa the eastera
treat from th region of Riga soath-
ward.
- FIVE CARRANZA FORCES
ADVANCING ON VILLA
rnrms IsiHwITnsI
El En so, Texas, March tS. General
Gar Ira of th Juare gnrrison received
ward today that ta th battle between
Fraaeiaeo Villa aad Col. Case soar
KaaUqulpa mat Monday th Villa troops
were ranted aad fled toward Namiqulpa
aad that force of Gen Lai Gutaorraa
treat la parcait.
. According to telegram Oea. Gavlra
ay ha reeelvod th battle which took
plain severai kilometer south of Naxni
ulp hut ad eTsral boar. Villa, s
erding U th telegram, ia bow ta th
leinKy of Kanjilquira.
rorco ar adraaenig wpoa vuia ta
eommnnd f Col. Cane from La Cm
.res; Col. Bala tram. Bsbicom; CeL
Heraaades fren, Tcpah oases; Gen.
Qaraa from Santa Clara, aad Oea. Cava
ao from ' Tempoaaei th telegram
added.
End Long Sea Life
Without doubt, th moat remarkable
sea record sixty-three year of con
tinuous service - practically ia one or
ganisation is that of Thomas Kiasey,
the acknowledged deaa of traan-Atlaa-tie
pursers. Mr. Kinsey is now on hi
way back tf- England aboard the Amer
ican 11ns steamship St. Paul, aad upon
his arrival oa ths other side will have
completed hin 1,100th crossing of the
Atlantic. He will then retire to s quirt
life. According to the marine statis
ticians, Mr. Kinsey has traveled more
tbaa four million nautical miles. That
ever all this vast cruising he has never
been exposed to serious danger speaks
volumes for the safaty of oceaa travel.
The whole gnunlct of experience in
storm and sunshine has been his, and
ths vetcrsn purser haa witaessed maay
a thrilling rescue.
AS
PEACEJSIITIITE
Dr. George J. Ramsey Will
Sever Connection With
School July 1st
HAS SERVED FOUR YEARS
Announcement Ia sUatff Uy, Dr.
Ramsey To Faculty Meeting
When He Reads Letter of
Resignation To Trustees and
Executive Committees Ac
ceptance Dr. George J. Ramsey, for nearly
four years president of Peace Institute,
called the members of ths faculty of
the school about hun last night and an
nounced hia resignation frees the presi
dency to take effect July 1st. Dr. Ram
sey read to his coworkers his letter to
this end written to the board of trus
tee on March SO aad the reply from
the executive committee of the board
regretfully accepting it.
Expressing his moat cordial feeling
for the students of the institution, for
the faculty and the Txard of trustees,
Dr. Ramsey placed reason for his resig-
nation purely upon the ground of hi
physical condition. New complications
resulting from the financial stringency
of the past few years have brought in
creased snxiety. Dr. Ramsey finds him
self physically unable to endure the
(CUnsie Fas grraau)
RESIGNS
ARTHUR WARREN WA1TE, NEW YORK
DENTIST, LOCKED UP ON CHARGE OF
HAVING POISONED FATHER-IN-LAW
District Attorney's Office Believes It Has Uncovered What Will
Prove One of The Most Sensational Cases in Many Years
Autopsy On Body of Deceased Relative Showed Strong
Symptoms of Poisoning
n th ImiUhiI mm )
Xew York, March 23. Ia a stupor
front self-admiaistered drugs. Dr. Ar
thur Warren Waits, a dentist aad weU
known aa a tennis player, waa ia th
custody of detectives tonight aad will
be charged with "the murder here ba
March IS ef hli father-In law, John E.
Pack, a millionaire drug manufacturer
of Grand Sap Ida, Mica. With th ar
rest of Dr. Wait the district attor
aey office believe it haa uncovered
what will prove en of the most sensa
tional eases ia many years.
Peek, who ia reputed to have left
aa estate valued at about 1,500.000,
and his wife, died within six weeks
while visiting their daughter aad her
husband at their Riverside Drive apart
ments her. By th will of Mr. Peck his
estate was equally divided between
Mrs. Waits and Percy Peek of Grand
Raplda, hia bob. Mrs. Wait aow is
srieusly ill at Grand Rapid. District
Attorney Bwaaa said today he had
Warned she had been instructed by
Wail to make a will ia b3 &ror.
Whea detective wast to th Wait
apartment today they found the young
deatirt In bed, apparently ia great pain.
Dr. A A. Moore, th physician who at
tended Pack while ha was her declared
Walt waa suffering from overdose of
nareotko. Considerable quantities of
three different drug srer found ta the
dentist's clothing, and he said h had
takea asms af each kiad, beginning yea
terday morning. Asked how much h
had takea, h replied "pleaty."
Disirie. Attorney Swaaa went to th
tCinliaail aa Fa Sues.)
HERRERA REVOLT
IS
Gen. Funston Puztled By Con
flicting Reports On Chihua
hua Leader
MANY DENIALS IN HAND
There Is Also Lacking Definite
infonaataon As5 to Progjfea,
Made By Penhing Expedi
tion; Fourth IJay fafs
Without Word From The I
J. IC1U 1
I
IbmiwaMmnl I
Ban Antonio, Texas, March M. With
a message irom Oea. Bell at El Paso
before him eonfirulng hi report of yes
terday that Oea. Lais Herrera had re
volted with 2,000 mea of th Oarranta
garrison U Chihuahua aad a collection
of evidence from unofficial soureet
denying the alleged revolt, Oea. Fun
ston was still puxsled toaight as to the
exsrt status of affairs in Mexico.
Gen. Bell did not give additional facta
concerning Herrera's reported action,
nor did he say how the report was con
firmed. -To offset Gen. Bell's statement, mes
sages from El Paso quoted Oea. Oavira,
commander at Juarei, and Andreas Gar
cia, Mexican consul at El Paso, ia de
nial. The Carranza consul at Laredo
also submitted a denial and Samuel Bel
den, counsel here for Cnrrnnra, made
public a message he said he had receiv
ed here from Gen. Herrera in Chihua
hua dated today. In this message Her
rera denied that h had revolted, ai
ding that en the contrary that he was
"ready to fight Villa as energetically as
possible." ,
Gca. Fuustnn transmitted to the war
department the mcsarig from Gen. Bell.
Oea. Funston als wns without del
site information of th progress made
br the expeditionary farces under tors
mand of Oen. Pershing. The day pass
ed without a report from the field, the
fourth since the department command
er here haa been advised of develop
ments south of Casns Grande.
Messages were sent to Gen. Pershing
during th day instructing him to re
port oftener and advising him of Her
rera's reported activities.
ACQUIRE MORE LAND
FOR NATIONAL FORESTS
By H. E. C BRTAJCT.
Washington, March 23. Additional
tracts of land have beea acquired ia
the Southern Appalachian States by the
national forest preservation commission.
In Macon aad McDowell counties, NasthJ
CaroHaa, a number of small tracts ware!
aequisad wktca, together, comprise X,
060 seres. Ia Virginia, the purchase
were saoatly ia Hbeaandoah, Amheant,!
Augusta and Rockbridge counties, where
sdditiaaal acreage araouhting to 7,J0
acres, mas acquired. Some 3,000 acres
of the new mads are situated in Folk,
Carter and Caieoa counties, Tennessee,
while ia Babuaa and Fannin counties,
Georgia, about 1,100 acres were ac
quired, and in Oconee county, South
Carolina, 300 acres.
Unless provision lk made by this Con
gress for additional funds the work of
purchasing additional areas can not be
continued. In order fo heep the ma
chinery intact and to make reasonable
progress it is essential that at least one
million dollars be available for the fiscal
year 1917, and two million dollars for
the fiscal year 1918.
Disquieting Rumors Lead Citi
aena To Ask of Washington
Adequate Patrol
(Bjl
Douglas, Aris., March 13. Report
that apparently 2,000 de facto Mexican
government troops had beea seen by
United State soldiers observer! march
ing into Agua Prieta from the southeast
today, coupled with apparent verifica
tion from source in the Mexican town,
aroused apprehension her tonight.
Oea. EUas Calles, military governor
of Bonora, stated however, that no troops
had arrived; aad that in fact 250 of the
900 men stationed there had beea seat
south today.
Ia Douglas civil circles th appareat
inactivity of th military' ia patrolling
th city was th chief cause of uneasi
ness. It Is currently reported that the
American troop ar under order to
make no move which would serve to ia
dieat to th Mexican that the slightest
apprehension i felt her.
Current report credited by many says
that General Calles is assembling a
large fore at Cabullona. Calles deaies
DOUGLAS
ARIZONA
WANTS
PROTECTION
Gaaeral Calle also said that
(Panamas' aa Pa aWvea.)
GIVES ACCOUNT OF
CROSSiBORDER
Complete Narrative Cbthea In
Form of Dispatch of A P.
Man With Expedition ,
COMES BY WAGON . TRAIN
1 1
1 Endurance f Aaxepcanj Sol-J
arfakV- mtaA 1 M .. A aft. txtSH I
, - Uyt -& I "T T ai yj aajams
Pershing Drff ea Second Ct-
ipW4 Than 110 Milr
r DscSi ia 22 Hours '
" K PaaoiTaxairMareh Wspatta
from aa Assoaiatod Dree correspondent
at th front la ataxia I the first com
plete story ef th xos1ag of th border
of th punltiv xpedttka seat to
avenge th Oolumbu maasacrs. Ia part
it ia a follows! t
Beatlquarter TJaited 8tat Punitiv
Expedition. Near Ooioala Dublaa, Chi
huahua, Mexico, Marsh 21, by wagoa
traia to Coluabaa, N. March 23
Reaching her bf a, fored march that
demonstrated th. snduraooo of the Am
erican soldier aad amaxad th Mexi
can, several thousand United State
troop wer srattersd today between
this point aad th northern boundary
of the district f fiuerrer, latent on
the task of capturing or killing Fran
cisco Villa aad exterminating the ban
dit band with which he raided Colum
bus, N. M., and slaughtered nine civil
ians, j
The entry was mad Into Mexieo noon,
March IS, when th American colors
with ths standard of the thirteenth
cavalry, 200 men of which beat off (11Uj'
raiders, were carried serous the line.
Colonel Perbcrt J. Bloeum, commanding
th thirteenth, wsa the first commanding
office t eater.
Rest Dotted WKh Splee.
Thia was column No. 1, consisting of
infnntryi artillery, aad cavalry, and bun.
deaed with heavy wagoa tmlns. It
moved rather slowly and camped th
first night at Palomas, seven mile bo
low the boundary. Column No. 2, en
tered Mexieo from CulleTson's much,
fifty one miles south of llnchita, K. M.
General Pershing, who had accompanied
the first column part of the way to
Palomas, returned to Columbus th same
afternoon, raced to Culberson' in an
automobile, aad taklngfrcommand of the
second or "flying eelun," drove h more
than 110 mile aver tf desert of Chi
huahua "in 22 arar ' -actual marching
time. Official record show that spies
dotted 'the route of the first Column, Imt
the men of the second bad forged their
way fifty miles Into th eountry before
a single native was seea; and, te the
surprise of the Mexicans, reached "here
Friday night exactly HI hours after
crossing the border.
Ia this column every man waa mount
ed ami th lumbering wngon train ware
supplanted by army mule which made
the entir distance under heavy aaofcs
with the ton of only three of their
number. Battery B., of th Sixth Field
Artillery, aommanded by Captain Sdgar
H. Yule, and Lieut. Charles P. Ornirge,
farmed uait of the flying cokinsn.
While the cavalry travetsed trails
through bad aountry of the. Sierra Mndre
mountain ski to eight thousand feet
high, ths battery encumbered by am
bulances and field wiroles equipment,
traveled the valley road, longer by eigh
teen miles. Nevertheless it reached
camp only an hour aad a half behind
the cavalry. Officers declared this ex
ploit would stand long aa a record.
The thirteenth cavalry, because of its
accomplishment in driving Villa' great
ly superior numbers out of ColumbuD,
was given first place in th first eolumu.
Muster rolls of the Villa command found
here after he psased through going
southward eight Hay sago, showed that
he made the raid on Columbus with
883 men. Raviag ia aaam aftar hia de
feat, deaertere re parte that th chief
tain hilled five of hia e Accra aad mea
aa cowards. There wer 203 ia hia com
mand a hen he retreated through Colo
nia nut. Ian. The Thirteenth accounted
for the rest.
Maj. Frank Tompkins, who took 59
men of his squadron and drove the ban
dita fifteen miles into Mexico after they
had crossed the border, commanded the
advance guard.
The whole eolnma stretched out a
length of a mile aad a half. From
Columbus, three miles north ef th boun
dary line, only a vast cloud of dust,
whipped to a great height by a high
sriad, could be seea ana twe Dears inter,
when the troops begaa making camp,
th men 'wore thickly powdered from
aaad to foot .by gruyiah. whito abating
ef pulverized lava.
Few Mexicaaa gwea.
No Mexicans were seea oa the march
to Palomas. Only two bodies of armed
mea were encountered by either of the
eolumns on the march her. At Asrea
eion the mayor, Ramon H. Gomes, had
one hundred Carranxa soldiers, aad told
Colonel Sloeum he did oot knew whether
to fight or let the America column
pass peaceably on.
After an exchange of afBeial visits,
during which he observed at th Ameri
can camp assembly of men aad gua,
he decided to accept th United Mates
army officers' statement that Carranxa
(Ceattanis sa Pas Twe.) '
VILLA DEFEATED IN
BATTLE FOUGHT NEAR
SANTA GERTRUDES
El Psaa, Tex, March IS. Aaareaa
Garcia, Mexican coaxal bar, asada pb
He tonight a telegram which be said
a had received fraaa Gca. Gsvira.
aa sax Being that th Carrsnxa fai
had defeated Villa today at Bant Gcr-
trudaa, near Namiauiaa.
According to th aaaamaeaxnsat Vil
la, after Waviag severs! dead aad
wounded la th field, abaadaaod 1
bares aad led U El Oa.
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fvir
. :
nk. GtmmaM t. ftAhtsxT
Who'laslgns Prealdewcy f Peaca In
tltate T Tab Kfect July lac.
U. S. TO STATE ITS
U-BOAT
Complete Statement of Attitude
On Submarine Warfare To
Be Published
RULES WILL BE POSITIVE
This Nation Will Stand, Unal
terably On Principles Laid
Down; Definition of Defen
sive Armament Will Have
Place in Declaration; Will
Insist On Proper Measures
lavius nywiiiirtm t
Washington, March 3 The TJaited
States soon will iasua for the inf orms
tioa ef theaations of ths world a com
plete statement of it position on the
conduct ef submarine warfar and th
arming of merchant ships. It has not
definitely determined just what form
the announcement will take, but it ia
considered not unlikely that a circular
memorandum may be addressed to ths
powers.
Whatever the form of the dwlaratioa
it will eerie to guUUta eourae ef this
govarnmeat la future aegutiatiou.
The Vnlted Htates wiU sUnd unalter
ably upon th principle already laid
down.
Coming from the most powerful of ths
neutral nationa, at a tuns when all the
other great world powers are at war,
the pronouncement may furnish the
ground work for a new international
law to be developed after th war,
which will provide for tha aa of sub
martaea ia naval warfare. The law
now de nut tak into eoaaideraUaa
the artevitlea of submarines r th pea
sibikUias f their use.
It ia coaeiaVered mprobhbt ia oflleial
aad (Uplaausti circle that th aa
aouacaateBt will be made bufor the
political aitaatioa in Oeriiiany resalt-
ing f lata the retirement of Admiral
on Tirpitx baa beea claraoed. it u Box
liclieved that the aduiinistration would
be willing to issue a statement defining
its position at a time when such aa
action might be used in a political way
by factions in a nation with which it
is negotiating.
That a definition of defensive arma
uicnt will occupy n prominent position
in the declaration, is virtually certain.
Limitations may lie described. There
have been various iudirations in official
quarters that the United Htates might
decide to reduce the present limit which
provides that merchant ships uiay carry
guns at the stern of not more than 6
inches in caliber and still be definitely
armed. There has U-rn no suggestion
that the L'nited States would decide
that si) srinsmont is offensive nrinaincut.
lust ructions given to the rommsudcrs
of armed merchantmen also probably
will be considered in the pronounce
mcnt. The safety of passengers and
crews of steamships stopped by sub
marines will be touched upon. The Uni
ted States will insist upon proper pre
cnutionary measure being taken and
may define what those measures
shoald be.
The right wf a ansrehant ship to fire
at a sabmarae which warna it will oc
cupy a aretionl Tl Uaited Htates kas
contended that 'a Vnerchant ship has a
right wdesadr HStfr hut that ta ass
meat defense or light starts the Vessels
lone all that' immunity from attach t
which she waa twtiiledV r
Th subject of contraband aad noa
eontrbnd and cargo both ia neutral
and ia bUigerat ships, may b dis
enssed, atoag with varioua ether details.
CULBERSON DESIRES
COTTON FACTS GLEANED
Br H. 1 C BRYA.NT.
WaahiagtoB, March 23. Neaater Cnl
bersoa taday proposed aa aaaaadxseat to
the lagialattTT approprvstiea bill provid
ing for means to collect statiatira of pro
ductioa and consumption of cotton aad
cotton goods in foreign countries. The
amendment was referred to the commit
tee on appropriations, which is consid
ering the new legislation. It waa said
taat such statistics would he of great
benefit to tha eottou industry of the
South. .
Missing Aviator Found.
Columbus, N. M-. March 23. Lieut.
Edgar 8. Uorrell, of the United State
Aero Corps, miming sine last Sunday,
wns found, today three mile south of
ascension wy a 2Hh infantry motor
truck trata; according to reporta to
nic ht to-a)ilitary headquarters. Qor-
roll wa train jared but waa out of gaso
line and Mat his way.
Th cither missing aviator was fouad
yesterday.
POSIT QN
ARMY INCREASE BILL PASSES ?
HOUSE ADDINfsCAflO TROOPS
TO FORCES OF
T
Citjr Cares For 3,000 Homeless
Without Aid From Outside
World
RAISING FUND OF $50,000
Six Business Block and More
Than Six Hundred Dwellings
Burned; Money Loss Not
Felt More Than Loss of
Many Historical Buildings.
Newspapers Burned Out
Augusta, Oa, March S3. With six
business blocks leveled by fir and mora
than 900 houses destroyed, Augusta to
night waa feeding and housing Its three
thousand homeless without aid from
the outside world.
Ths flames which, driven by a high
wind, swept along Broad street, wiped
out part of "Cotton Row," where" thous
ands of bale of cotton wer stored, and
lespsd into th residentinl section last
night, hardly had been controlled after
a nine hour battle early today before a
edU seas' committee met and rained a
S79 relief fund. Tonight the aum
had been increased to S13.000 and It was
announced that SflO.000 would be rais
ed. Mayor J. B. Littleton declared a
moratorium today to aid fir sufferers,
aad It may extend through several days.
Estimate of the fire loss remained
at SS.O0O.0O0 tonight, hut citixen ex
pressed the view that the loss was aot
felt more thau was th destruction of
many historic buildings. Pi. rani's Kpis-
tCsattaae sa Paae Ssiaa.)
MEXICAN CLASH
Sincere in Position That U. S.
Has No Quarrel With Masses
of Southern Republic
By H. B. C BRYANT.
Washington, March S3. The Mexican
situation is becoming Interesting if not
alarming. There is resl apprehension
here that snmo mishap m.ty befall tha
Caitsd State troops who have wnae
after Panrho Villa. Congress stands
ready to bach Bay demaad that may b
made by the President for troops or
anything else. The real danger Is that
something mny occur to force this eoun
try to go to Mexieo for a finish fight and
that would be deplored by almost every
saa person In ths nation. President
Wilson does not want n elssh with the
Mexican government or the Mexican
people. He ia sincere in his position
that this country ha no controversy
with th masses In that unfortunate
country.
Tha North Carolina Congressmen are
Intensely concerned sbout the conditions
In Mexico. Henstor Himmons said todsy
that the time for talk in Congress has
passed and Henators and Representa
tives should stand rendy to grant what
ever Is asked by the War Department.
Dlaeuiuiifln only serves to make trouble.
(Caotfaaa sa Pa Oersw.)
THE DAY IN CONGRESS
SENATE.
Met at noon.
Debate was resumed on the Indian
Appropriation bill.
Pinaace committee considered 'he
House resolution repealing froc sugar
tariff provisions.
Kara amendment to bank law to per
mit hank directors to serve a directors
in other banks wsa favorably re
ported. Adjourned at S p. m. to noon Friday.
BOISE.
Met at It a. m.
Delate oa army renrgx titration hill
continued.
Ways aad Means committee Demo
crats met to perfect the administration
tariff commission legislation. Naval
committee continued national defrnae
hearings.
Passed, 402 to Z, Hay army reorgani
sation bill.
Way and Means committee Demo
crat agreed on tariff com mission bill
aad to consider dyestuffs tariff.
Rule committee gave notice It would
report a rule tomorrow to immediately
bring up the immigration bilL
Adjourned at 8:05 p. m. to 11 a m.
Friday.
CAROLINA DEMOCRATS
SUPPORT ARMY BILL
By B. i. C BRYAN.
Washington. March W. All of th
North Carolina Democrats ia the House
voted for the Hsy srmy bill today. Rap
rr atativ Britt, Sepuhlicaa. ia in th
Stat
-5k Tar Bee's supisarted the prop
sJtsaw tar a kiln-yea plant for fertilizer
lr tin. of i-race and explosives ia ease
ef war. but it was defeated.
AUGUS
A S DAMAGE
Y FIRES5
UN AVERSE TO
STATES
Also Contemplates Building Up
Federalized National Guard
of 425,000
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OFFICERS' RESERVE CORPS
OF 50,000 PROVIDED.
First of President WilsoVa
Great Preparedness Meas
ures To Pass Either House.
Only Two Congressmen
Voted ''ln''KeutiTe.'ThaJr;.
Reasons Differing Widely t
(Br a astMUM Pimar
Waahlagtaa, March tS-Tha Hay
army lacr bill prwvldiag far a rag.
lar array Bases strssgth f 14 at
fighting snea laataad of th present !
SSS, passed Us He late taday by a
vat ef 41 ta S. It gas ta th Baa.
ate for Immediate eaaalderatl vir.
taally aa drafted by th Hoass coax i
mitts.
The negative votes were east by j
Representative Britten, Republican, of !.
Illinois, and Representative London, 8o-
ciallst, of New York. f
Mr. Britten opposed the bill beea us
ha favored a still further increase ia :
th army, and London because he fa- i
vured bo increase.
Farthers Wimsa Prsgrsm.
Th hill is the first of President WU
son's great aatioaal preparedness meas
ures to pass either llouse, although va- T
riom related measun hav beea ap
proved, j
It was finally adopted only after Bep- ,
reaentatlve Kakn, ranking Bepublicaia
member of the military committed,
again had met defeat thia time 213 t
101 In his effort to laereaa the aa- '
thorixed strength of th regular ta
itto.wio. r
During the debate Chairman Hay f
the committee that drew the bill re
ferred to it as "the President's owa
bill," It was explained at th Whit '"
House, however, that while th Prei- i
dent approved th grouad plan of th
measure, ha was aot sora milted ta Ma c
details. Th confercne n th Senata '
aad House plsas, t m after tha :
Saaau aets is expected by admlnistra
tioa officials ot produca a bill which ' ",
will hav the President's full support, '
The messurs went to th Scaat ta- .'
night and the nay kas been cleared for
consideration of it to begin there next
Monday. .
For Urge Natieaal Gaard.
Bi-sides providing for 140,000 enlistedl
men aa the peace strength of th stand
ing army, exclusivs of officers, hospital ,
and quartermaster corps and misalign
ed recruits, ths bill as passed by th
House provides for the building up of
a force of 425,000 frderalixed national
guardsmen within five yeaxa. It pro
videa for aa officer reserve corps of
30,000, for a complete Industrial reserv.
and for asw recruiting system for both
the regular army and th national
guard. It also contain aa authorisa
tion for summer training camps, front
which b third fare of fedoral volua- '
eers is expected to grow, and provide
that national guardsniea who will ra- -ccive
the benefit ef the militia pay
feature of the bill shall be subjected
to immediate draft Into the federal ser
vice in war tlm.
During the process of amendment ia
the House, the bill was brought appre
ciably closer to ths measure prepared
by the Benats committee in several re
spects. Important among the was th
Insertion of the Senate bill's provision
as to the regular army snlUtincut
whinli are eipeeted to produce rapidly
the desired reservists. On this section.
Chairman Hay of the Military Com
mittee, the bill's sponsor, waa defeated.
The only other important amendment
carried by a vote of KM to 180 despit
hia opposition waa that striking out th
entire section which proposed -to hav .
tho government embark into a nitrogsa
manufacture project which aroused
opposition on tho ground that It In
volved immense expenditures in con
junction with private enterprise.
VETERAN HOTEL KEEPER
OF MORGANTON IS DEAD
vkU1 w Tfc, Mot aa Otmnm I
Morgantou. March 13. J. T. Waltoa,
veteran hotel keeper, ef Morganton, died
ittW suddunly at his bum her ye- .
terday afternoon. He had beea sick
for several day, suffsring with some
thing liks neuralgia, but tha aaiioune-.
ment of hi death waa a shock to hia
friends and relative. Possibly ao mat
in Morganton waa known to a wider
circle of acquaintances and friends over
the Htate than "Jink" Walton, as h
was fnmiliarly hnown. A hotel keeper
for over a quarter of a century he waa
in a position to know nearly everybody
who cams to Morganton during that
time. Hecanso of his sge (he wa TS
at the time nf his death) he hsd beea ,
retired from rrgilar hotel business for
several year
Surviving him ars his wife, who waa
a Miss McDowell, of Florida, and aix
rhildren, two sons, Jalno Waltoa, of
iAiiiir, and McDowell Waltoa, f Mor
gnuton, and four daughters, Mr Leixk
Cordon, of Morganton; Mrs. Jarvia Gor- .
don, of Hiciory; Mr. N. T. Maagunx, .
of Oastouia, aad Mr. Hallis Madden,
of Morganton. " u
Flr.d Freight Rataa Uatuaasaabl. - '
IB, Ik, Uwlalrf rnm ) i
Washlngt'in, Mtrch 83. Carload rata '
oa Inmbr from Bsdra, Oa ta Colnra.
hia, a C and frsrs Bbara, Oa, to Aa--dersoa,
& wer fouad uarcssosabl .
todsy by th Iaterstat Commsres Coan- T
misvioa inKifar aa thy xede4 tha
rates from Badsa to Cavannah Bad .:
Bhors to Augnata rPUrly.
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