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LOCAL WEATHER' FORECAST CLOUDY; PROBABLY LOCAL RAINS. Tjo Sinn THE POST RECEIVES IN ITS OFFICE DAILY LEASED WIRE REPORTS OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. NEWS SOURCES ARE NOT EXCELLED BY ANY NEWS PAPER IN NORTH CAROLINA. SPEAK OUTJ LET POST WANT ADS ACT AS YOUR SPOKES MAN WHEN YOU WANT HELP. WANT TO SELL, OR WANT TO r. TUEY CO HOME. F VOL 12. NO. 5.1. ' SALISBURY. NORTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY, MARCH 10, ISIfi. PRId TWO GENTS. . 1 - 'N ' ' ' ' ' t ' ' - - , A PIIATI T01E Troops On Will Also Be Increased United States Officials Have Determined to Take Villa, Dead or Alive Strong Force to Be Maintained on Border While Others Scour Northern Mexico Navy May Co-operate. Washington, March 10. The United States ifovernment has ordered troops arrows the Mexican border. Washington, March 10. President Wilson has ordered American troops over the Mexican border to capture or kill the Villa bandits who yesterday raided Columbus, New Mexico. Washington, March 10. Major General Hugh L. Scott, chief of staff of the army, announced today that the first expedition lo Mex ico would consist of not less than 5,000 men, all of which are avail able on the border, under Major General Funston. Washington, March 10. In its present state the President's or der sending American troops over the Mexican border does not mean armed intrevention in Mexico. It provides for a punative expedition to deal with the lawless forces over which the Carranza government has no control. Closed Incident With War Office. (By Associated Press.) Washington, March 10. -After an early hou conferences 'between Sec retary of War Baiker and Major Gen eral Hugh Scott,-chief of staff, it was announced that the Columbus, New Mexico, massacre, was a closed inci dent pp far as the war department is concerned. General Scott said that unless, it igft decided to have American itroops cross the border again there is w i likelihood of change in present plans. I General Funston in an overnight ;dispatch urgently recommends that 'he be- authorized to send American troop " across the border for a final clean up of the bandit gang. The ntaje department will be asked to pass on this request. General Funston added in his dis patch that "so long as the "jo -dflr is a a shelter for them they will continue to harrass our ranches arid our men to our chagrin," General Pershing re ported that the Mexican consul at El Paso thinks his government would notf-oibjek:t to this and he is wiring General Carranza recommending this co-operation wheih wouie permit the Americans to pursue Villa and hia bandits. j At the' State Department it was maintained that while the incident is closed so far as the war department is concerned it 1 far from closed so far as. the .government is concerned, and that negotiations wkh General Carranza will .go forward, to end that the Vila bandit gang be cleaned up. Additional Troops Patrol the Border. (Rumbus, Mexico, March 10. Fed eral stroops are today increased alcmg the border patrol neaj Columbus as a precaution, against farther invasion by Yilfa and his band of band'ts which 'yesferday moruing made a sur prise attack on this city,, killing 16 ,4Lerica.n citizen's and. soldiers, junding many, bunrng business houses and looting stores before they were driven off and into the Interior of Mexico. ' More than one- hundred of Villa forces were killed and two hundred were wounded. The main body of the .Villa forces with Villa at their head, islreported 15 miles South of the in ternational line : today where, they halted, after a running fight Vith United States troop on yesterday. Signal fires aeensljong the border BUU 111 11 CI O Ml 4. 11 b 1 W WUCTCU to have 'been placed' by bandits and the report that a raid was reported to be planned on Mascheta, New Mexico, led to the rushing of troops in additional number to the protection of the border. . . i VE EXPEDI10N OF 5,000 SENT INTO MEXICO BY THE Border White House Issues Statement. Washington, March 10. The fol lowing statement was issued at the White House this afternoon: "An adequate force will be sent at omce in pursuit of Villa with the sin gle object of capturing him and put ting a stop to his forays. "This can ibe done and w'll be done in entirely .friendly aid of the consti tuted authority of Mexico and with 8Crupui0US respect for the sovereign ty 0f that republic." It was explained at the White House that the American government wants Villa, dead or alive, and that Mexico, announced that he had pre no steps will he neglected to carry pared a resolution to authorize re out that object. cruiting of an army of 500,000 to It was declared, however, that the intervene in Mexica and aid the ex United States will not Consider the isting authorities in stamping out expedition as an invasion of Mexico and will continue to deal with the Carranza government. ' , The American government is still Opposed to armed intervention but has decided that the 'peace of Mexico j and the United States is imperilled by the continued activity of Villa. The cabinet was unanimous in de claring that Villa must he caught. Secretary of War Baker left the White House to confer with Major General Hugh L. Scott, chief of staff of the army, and other army officers to , decide? just how many troops would be needed to follow Villa. General Scott said today that there was necessity of providing even a stronger force on the border than is there at present, and while the Am erican troops are operating in Mexi co, and that this would necessitate the using of some troops not now there for the punative expedition. They wiU probabiy be ordered from other posts. 4 No plans have bi-en made so far as is known for the use of he National Guard. No orders had been issued to the navy this afternoon but it is consid ered probable that some of the ships of the Atlantic fleet might be placed :n Mexican waters to be near ' if "Americans in coist towns wqre en dangered by demonstrations. - May Be Other Attack. Columbus, N. M March 10 The possibility'' of farther bandit ' raids was admitted by army officers! today and armed civilians, State militia men and cowboys are co-operating with the Federal authorities in main taining a border patrol. S S The pursuit of Villa and his men by 250 cavsJarymen ended whfn the villa forces made a determined stand after reaching a aeries of hills 15 miles south of the border. The casualties . to . the American atrol 1 VNWVWNSWWNVNVS .force during th's battle consisted of j the death of one corporal, whose I name had not been learned, and the wounding of Captain George ,Wii-1 Hums, who sustained a ibullet wound in thwsharul. The Mexican casualties in this engagement wei not reported. Of th 16 Americans Wiled eight were soldiers. N. C. NATIONAL GUARD. AdjutaC Genreal Young Can Have Ifis Department on War Basis in Ten Days. ( By Associated Press.) Raleigh, March 10. Adjutant Gen- j eral Young said today that the North I Carolina National Guard, on a peace basis of 66 men per company, now has 225 officers and 8,026 men enlist ed, iuy equipped. He declared that he could bring the organization up to a war basis of 150 men pei com pany in te days. FALL ASKS FOR' 500,000 TROOPS TO INVADE REPUBLIC OF MEXICO Washington, , March 9. The Mex ican question broke out in Congress -today. Senator Fall, of New brigandage, while in' the house Rep resentative Mondell, Republican, of Wyoming, started debate with a speech attacking the administration's Mexican policy. Formal request for permission to send American troops across the border' to hunt down Villa and his bandits who raided Columbus, N. M., early today, has been made to General Carranza by Brigadier Gen eral Pershing at El Paso through Andres Garcia, Carranza consul there. While a reply from Carranza is awaited, five troops of the 13th cav alry are across the border under rdes from their "mmander', Colonel Slocum, not to go more than two miles into the interior. THE ROGERS COMPANY. A i First" Classy Company at the Com ' munity 'Building For the Benefit of the Salisbury Band. t (By the Prees Agent.) A targe crowd greeted the perform ers of the Harry Rogers company at the Community building and enjoyed a pleasant evening's entertainment. The play was a pretty comic opera taken from k'La' Mascot. ' The Dixie Trio carried off the . honors of the evening, i; They arefine .singers and were called back 'five times. The big surprise was Fontonia who dresses like a girl, works, like a sjlrl, looks like a girl, but really is a- boy. The froniedians 'are really funny. Kiss Peggy Rogers who played' The Mas cot is a pretty little girl and ' rery clever. The company wjl give an en tin change of programUonightAlso tw shows, T:15 and 9 , ' Miss Mary Hicki,;,who H attending; Elon College, arrived, ttf Spencer this afternoon to spend Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Hick. MOMENTARY LET-UP IN DESPERATE RIGHT The Indications Are That the Re spite Will Probably Be of Brief Duration. WHERE WILL GERMANY MAKE NEXT STRIKE? French Steamer Sunk Off French , Coast By a German Submarine No Lives Lost. (By Associated Press.) London, March 10. The Hritah torpedo boat destroyer Coquette and torpedo boat No. 11 have been sunk by striking mines. The official announcement wat; made this afternoon. The announce ment says that the number of casualties on account of (he sinking of the ship was 4!, A momentary letup in the desper ate infantry fighting about Verdun is reported today from Paris. The Germans have not again at- tacked on either bank of the Meuse, it is announced, but the violent bom bardment of the defenses continue and indicate that tK respite probably iti to 'be brief. Where the next German heavy blow will -fall military commentators, do not attempt to predict. There are signs of renewed activ ity on' the east front as the spring approaches. The Russians and Germans have been feeling out each other's lines at j various points, small isolated en gagements resulting. The most im portant move on the northern end of the lines seems to have been a Ger man effort to cross the Dvina river about Dvinsik. The considerable force ..... engaged in this effort was dispersed by Russian fire. Petrograd clj'ms. The sinking of the French line steamer Louisiane of 5,109 tons, pre sumably by a German submarine op erating off the French coast, is an nounced from Paris. No lives were lost. CH A R LOTTE-PI XEHiU.RST HIGHWAY NOW ASSURED. Meeting at Albemarle Results in Per manent Organization to Put Propo sition Through.. Albemarle, March 9. The meeting here today of the boosters for the Charlotte-Pinehurst-Raleigh highway was a complete success, with lartr delegations from' Mecklenburg, Ca barrus and Montgomery Counties. Sneeches were made by a number of gentlemen in addition to the regular program which was' as follox'j: Ad dress of welcome,? R. L. Smith, re sponse, J. F. Hurley, Solisbury; "The Importance of CrossJCbuntrv High ways," J. A. Parker, Charlotte; "The j Country's Highways," or. Josph Hvte Pratt, Chapel Hill; "How to Build Cross-Country Highway." W. H,. SDoon, Washington. D. C: "F nin cial Methods of Road Building," H. B.Varner, Lexington. " .'. After the speeches organisation was effected to 'be . known th Charlotte-Pineurst-Raleith Highway Commission with Capt J. A. Parker of Charlotte, president; O. C. Bru ton. Mount Gilead, vice president; W. L. Mann, Albemarle, secretary; M. J. Harris,' Albemarle, treasurer. An executive committee consisting of one member from each county through which the proposed road passes, was elected, consisting of the following: J. A. Groves, Albemarle, Stanly County; Barna Allen, Troy, , Mont gomery county; J. , McQueen, Pine hurst, MooreCounty; J. F. Cannon, Concord, Cabarrus .county; A. Morris McDonald, Charlotte,' 'Mecklenburg county. This organization is to se cure the services of a State engineer and. locate the highway, and procure the promise of, the, commissioners of the counties through' which the pro posed road passes, to start to work and finish the road at once. A man has got to be pretty high up to be above suspicion and above reproach. MEN U.S. A, dfeT'Vi ! ROAD HI TO Albemarle-Salisbury Road to Be Pushed Without Delay, Or ganization Being Perfected. i ALL INTERESTED This Committee Will Meet in Al bemarle on Wednesday the 15th and Plan for Road. The highway connecting Salisbury with Albemarle and Badin will be pushed rapidly to a completion. The interest along the line for this Toad is keen and this interest has assum ed a most definite and determined shape for immediate attention. At the good roads rally in Albe marle on Thursday the friends of this highway met and decided to form an organization for promoting the roud, and this committee will meet again in Albemarle on Wednesday the 15th of March to discuss plans for getting ! the tn best of condition I lls committee is enposed of cit izens of Albemarle, Harris tewnship in Stanly county and the 'city of Sal isbury. It is made up of the fol lowing J. A. Groves, J. E. Ewing, A. L. Patterson, of Albemarle, W. M. Ivey, of New London, Dr. J. A. llen and Mr. J. A. Ritchie, of Richfield and U u. feeler, H. A. Router and J. F. Hurley of Salisbury. The situation relative to this road stands thus The- Rowan road is in good form, only a matter of maintain- j mg it. The little Cabarrus end, lit tle over one mile, is being graded and will soon be made fine. The Harris township road from the Rowan line to New London is provided for, leav- 'between two and three miles from xr- t j a. .i . - New London to the Albemarle town ship to be done. The three miles from the township line into Albe marle will be taken care of by Albe marle township. The most important stretch is that from New London to the Albemarle townsh'tp line, about two and a half miles. The Harris township people are alive to this road and are co-operating fully to get it in fine shape. . The committee here named is to meet in Albemarle on next Wednes day and plan for getting the road through and in the best of condition. $30,000 SENT TO "CONSCIENCE FUND." Washington, March 10 A package containing in currency was received at the Treasury today for the Gov. enrment "conscience fund," the larg est contribution of the kind ever re ceived. The letter accompanying the money follows: Hon- w- G- MAdoo, Secretary of the Treasury, Washington. Dear Sir: In a separate package I am sending you $30,000 to Ibe add ed to the conscience fund. This makes a sum aggregating $80,000 which I have sent the United States, or four times the , amount I stole years ago. - I have hesitated about sending all this money, because I think it does not really belong, to, the Government, but conscience has given me no rest until I have consummated the four fold return, like ZaccheuS, the publi can of old. May every, thief under stand the awfulness of the sin of stealing, is the sincere wish of the penitent. P. S. Let no one claim any of this amount on any pretext. ' ' Although the letter which accompa nied the . package 'containing the money .was dated at Philadelphia, both the letter and. paidkage were mailed from . New York at 10:30 o'clock last night. - In the package were eleven $1,000 notes, twenty-one $500.- note, and eighty-five $100 notes, mostly ', gold certificates. -. '. .: -. :. ' Mrs. Jackson Nails and son Syd ney, have returned . from Warren where they visited relatives for a few days.' . ' i PUSH ROAD 4sr&r- L ARE REPRESENTED. V'-O ;'H'V I ' 'll French Commander at Verdun wm itfar. . . a " v j, si . si. L , , j u , j,,, nr'-i, r-i . i i -itt General The youngest Frenoh general com manding an army in the field Gen eral Humbert is having the chance at Verdun of gambling for the high est stakes of military renown, an op portunity to be envied by all his fel low commanders. He was appointsd to take charge of the forces in the Argonne early last fall, succeeding: General Sarrail, who had. come Into conflict: with General Joffre and Gen eral Millerand, then secretary of war. DEBATE MONDAY AI Speakers to be Selected to Repre sent Spencer School in Tri angle Contest. BASKET BALL TEAM GOES TO HICKORY The Board of Aldermen to Meet to Pass on Important Matters Personal and Otherwise. iSpencer, March 10. A preliminary debate will be held Monday nignt at the Spancer Graded School to select speaker to represent Spencer in the triangle debate between Lexington, .Ashboro and Spencer. The speakers for Monday night will be for the af firmative, Misses Jessie Young and Lillie Green, and for the negative, Ira Swtnk, Will Powell and Miss; Gladys Young, .pie public is cordially in vited. The,-triangle debate takes place Match slst throughout the State, and, the finals at Chapel Hill in'April. '.", Basket (Ball Team to Hickory. '. The Spencer Basket Ball team will go tp Hickory one day ne)ft week to play the ftnal'anif closing game far the season! with the team at that place.. The final .was M have been played at Spencer tonight but had to be postponed .for the- reason 'thit Hickory could not come to Spencer to day. The local team has made a fine record for the year andexpects to win the last game. ' ? Spencer Alderiaen Meet ' The board of aldermen of Spencer will meet tonight at 7:3p.to past upon some important matters, this being the regular monthly, gathering'for the body. - .:Y"r':- - Revival ia Progress. " ' .. The revival be jun at the . Spencer Baptist church ' Wednesday -with Evangelist L R, Dean, f Toronto, doing the preathimj, ia' gaining in in terest ani nurrrt-rs.. Good eongregs Vene'are attending each" Uight Ser vices are also held, at & p. m.dily. Assisting the pastor. Rev. E. T. Car ter, is also Evangelist Sam Ilarril, SPENCER V' ' ' ...' -.. ! Humbert." ,. ' . ' 1 I General Sarrail was sent to Saloni- I ca and Humbert was chosen to op pose the attacks which the German crown prince has been ! making against the forttess at Verdun at in tervals for a year and a half.' General Humbert was only a major when the war began, and hia rapil promotion has been due to hia ability to carry out the. plans ,of General Joffrt,, who Is now at Verdun direct ipg the defense. ,',; " 1 A Asks Governor for Rearingr on Same Date as That Set for, Hearing' in Warrea Case. . CONDEMNED PAIR ARE ' NOW STATE PRISONERS iuesuon iwtiseu as tu wuui vuv ernor Craig Will Do if They Remain in Forsyth. ' , Raleigh, March 10. Fred M. Par rish, attorney for; Sam. Christy, has requested of Governor Craig that the hearing for commutation 'of the death sentence upon hia client be held on March 20th, the same day as that set aside for the hearing in the case of Mrs.-Ida Ball Warren; Both are sen tenced to be electrocuted on March 31st for the murder of the wofnan'n husband, G. J. Warren at Winston- Salem in 1914. Although Mrs. Warren and Chris ty are still in jail at Winston-Salem, they are, ho longer Forsyth coiinty prisoners. ,..,The fact that they have not" been delivered to the Statr peni tentiary has been the source of much comment The Forsyth county auth- 1 rrities, it is said, assert that they hkve had no orders to : deliver 'the prisoners to he penitentiary ' State officials .Sr Said to have a'tat- authorities is Unnecessary as the Sen tence automatically makes them State prisoners and it is . understood' they .'hould.be delivered to the State -authorities without formal order to do ; o. ''"-V-'' :-V "V-'-vV'V; ". '. ' '-The question (now has been raisod whether the Governor will consent to hold the hearing for commutation if et the time set the prisoners are still in the custody of he Forsyth author- . itiea.; ;..:':- -' S 'X;- r ::: ' ' ' of Texas, who is conducting the sing in; -vV"v; i"-':' - ' ' ' ' : f Personal Mention. ; Miss lone Shaw, of Lexington, vis ited Miss Gertrude Bobbitt in Spen cer this week.- ----- " ' Miss Rath Hooehins, of Winston Salem, is visiting Mise Ellii Hoh m" n Fourth street, f fencer. CHRISTY'SATTORNEY IKES REQUEST
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