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HOPEFUL OVER THE
OUTLOOK ifJ MEXICO
American Troops Have Not
Yet Encountered Any of
Villa's Followers.
BRUSH EXPECTED
.' . IN NEAR FUTURE
Conditions at Tampico and
' ; Elsewhere are Said to
, J5e Reassuring.
, WASHINGTON, March 18. Reas
suring advices come to the state and
war departments today froni Mexico.
The official reports Indicated that the
American troops thus far hau en
countered fxo Villa followers, though It
was indicated t a brush with them
might be expected soon; and consular
, dispatches told of quiet conditions
lae where throughout Mexicd,'
.v' The , state . department's advices
which Included a dispatch saying con
ditions were Improving about Tam
plco, were laid before President Wil
son tonight by Acting Secretary Polk.
Mr. Polk also- conferred with Eleslo
(Arredondo, General Carranza's am
jbasaador designate, but neither official
would discuss their talk except to say
that reference had been made to a
ehlpment of munitions the de facto
government Is anxious to get to
Vera Crua from New Tori. -Troop
Transportation.
A request by General Funston that
the American forces be permitted to
use Mexican railways for troop
transporation was forwarded later to-
date by Consular Agent Rogers for
presentation to General Carranza at
Queretaro. Officials here closely as
sociated with the de facto govern
ment are understood to believe that
Carranza will C.-e strongly advised by
many of his followers against grant
ing the request on the ground that to
do so might arouse pu&Ko sentiment
aglnst the de facto government se
riously affecting the oontrol It has es
tablished over the native popula
tion. ,
Thu report of better Conditions at
Tamplco and in the adjacent oil fields,
where the situation for several days
past has 'been cause of some concern,
brought the Information that previous
apprehension had been caused by the
failure of the military authorities to
receive from the de facto government
an understanding of why American
troops had crossed the border. It
was said that as soon as accurate In
formation reached Tamplco Improve
ment In general conditions was ap
parent. ,
A development regarded In Mexi
can quarters here as likely to do. much
toward assuring continued co-opera-
AMERICANS REACH
SECOND PHASE OF
HUNT FOR VILLA
Newspaper Correspondents, Under Na
tional Defense Act, Forbidden to Send
Dispatches to Their Papers Mexican
Cities Will Not Be Occupied.
(Continued on "age Two.)
UST OF FAMOUS ALLEN
CLAN SHOT to DEATH BY
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EL PASO, Texas, March 18. The first phase of the
American expedition into Mexico the rush along Villa's
dim trail to the endangered Mormon colonies, was an ac
complished fact tonightcompleted, according to reports
reaching the Columbus, base, without the firing of a hostile
shot by the Americans. . .
. .The second phase already was beginning, it was indi
cat'ed here, as the Americans turned somewhere from
Casas Grandes to resume their night marches toward the
rough mountain slopes where it is known Villa already has
preceded them with more than one hundred miles start.
Fighting Ahead? .
. Warning that this second act in the chase might no
pass without fighting against bandits was implied in a new
and more stringent censorship imposed at Columbus. Fur
ther leakage of news of military movements, the censor
said frankly to the American press, would be likely to cost
soldiers' lives. . An order was issued! holding newspaper
correspondents accountable for dispatches unde the na
tional defense act.
There was brief excitement today at Columbus. From
across the Mexican border, two soldiers on stretchers were
brought into the American camp. Both were cavalrymen.
Excitement passed when it was learned that one had been
thrown from his horse, injuring his leg, while the other,
who at first was said to have been shot in the abdomen,
was found to be suffering from stomach ache.
Menace Removed, ''';
When Washington announced that the American col
umns did not intend to occupy cities, a menace to Mexican
national pride was removed. t The Carranza . garrisons,
whieh have been passed by the inarching Americans, and
which therefore' are now in the Americans rear on. their
flanks, continued tranquil, so reports to El Paso indicated.
General Gabriel Gavira at Juarez, commanding the
territory through which for three days the Americans have
been penetrating, himself announced that for a time the
situation as reported to him had.been delicate and even se-
v , wv n - "e i " i 1 A ' V 1 Jl .t . t 1
nous, vvitn evident renei.ne saia ine crisis naa passed.
This crisis, it is believed, reached its height last night,
when couriers dashing into Casas Grandes announced with
careless enthusiasm that the American troops would enter
that city by midnight. General Gavira wired immediate
orders to his troops not to permit this.
Villa Located.
Dawn showed the long lines of cavalry horses just
(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO.)
Men Quarreled , at Boad
House Near Virginia
. Carolina Line.
HEADED THE CLAN
ROANOKE. Va., March II. Jas
per Allen, fifty years old, of Carroll
eounty, Virginia, last of the Allen
clan, which became prominent four
years ago when they killed Judge
Thorton H. Maasle, several Jurors and
court officers at Hlllsvlfle, Va., was
snot ana killed early this morning by
Will McGraw, alleged moonshiner and
repnted "bad man," according to In
formation received here today from
Mt. Airy. N. C. The ahootlng oc
curred at a roadhouse In Carroll
eounty, near the Virginia-North Caro
lina line, where the two men had se
cured lodging for the night
. Allen. It Is said, resented a state
ment made by McGraw that Wesley
Edwards, one of the clan who Is now
rrvlng a twenty-seven-year term in
the Virginia penitentiary, "does not
have the nerve people give him
credit for."
, A fight ensued, the" men clinched,
two shots were flred in rapid succes
sion, and Allen fellwlth a bullet
through tho brain.
: The dead , man waa the father of
Friel Allen, serving fifteen years In
the Virginia penitentiary for partici
pation In the Hillrrtlle tragedy, and
brother of Floyd Allen, who died In
the elect Do chair two years ago In
expiation of his Part ra the court
honse shooting.
' Jasper Allen waa famed In the
mountains for his fearlemeae and
was said to be the "breii.s" of the
Allen clan.
McGraw fled to the mountains,
where It la believed .e Is In hiding.
"He Is wanted by federal authorities
for violations of the revenue laws, .
DANGER OF STRIKE PASSES
WHEN RAILROADS GRANT
OF
Increase of One to Three and
Half Cents an Hour
Secured.
NO TIME LIMIT.
THE UTATITER.
WASHINGTON, March If. Fore,
east lor North. Carolina: Partly
cloudy west, probably local rains
east portion Sunday:. Monday fair.
WASHINGTON. March II. A com
plete adjustment of labor difficult!
between the machinists and allied
crafts and southeastern railroads waa
reached here today by the represents
Uvea of tho roads granting an in
crease from one to three and a halt
cents per hour and agreeing to estah
liah a minimum rate of pay In all
crafts.
The roads Included in the adjust
ment are the Southern. Atlantic Coast
line, Seaboard Air line, Norfolk and
Western. Chesapeake and Ohio, Vir
ginian, Richmond. Fredericksburg
and Potomac, Central of Georgia, New
Orleans and Northeastern, Alabama
and Vlcksburg, Vlcksburg, Bhreveport
and Pacific, Mobile and Ohio, Georgia
Southern and Florida, Cincinnati, New
Orleans nd Texas Pacific and Ala
bama Great Southern.
The crafts included are the ma
chinists, boilermakara. blacksmiths,
carmen, pipefitters. sheet - metal
workers, apprentices and helper.
. Thirty representative's of the labor
ing men aad eighteen representatives
of tho employer have been in confer
ence In Washington since January II,
seeking to adjust the differences,
which threatened to develop Into a
strike. A. O. Wharton, of St. Louis.
was chairman of the conferees repre
senting the employers.
The last adjustment remained1 In
force for three years and It la expect
ed that the present one will be opera
tive for at toast a year. . There Is no
time Omit ia the agreement Itself.
EN
HUNCRY MAN MAKES RUSH
Ti
GERMANS SLAGKEN
IN BIG OFFENSIVE
AGIST
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Big Guns on Both Sides Now
Pounding Only at
Intervals.
RUSSIANS STILL
MOVING ALONG
Austrians Claim Successful
Attack Against Italians . ..
Near the Isonxo.
HOUSE PREPAREDNESS BILL FINDS
ALMOST UNANIMOUS SUPPORT AND
IS RAPIDLY NEARING FINAL PASSAGE
No Opponent ot Measure Appeared, Except Meyer London, the Lone Socialist Representative From
New YorkSpeaker Clark Closes General Debate In the House With Approval of the
Hay Measure Kahn Says Navy Is the First Line ot Defense.
WASHINGTON. March iS. With
virtually unanimous declarations for
prepared ness, the house army Increase
bill reached the amendment stage to
day after ten hours of one-sided gen
eral debate.' The house will begin dis
cussion of details in earnest Monday,
but there are indications that oppo
sition to the measure as a change In
national policy hat collapsed. No
opponent appeared during the debate
except Meyer London, the socialist
representative, from New York.
The senate's- army , hill . xtlso wfll
come up Monday with, administration
leaders urging that the senate aide
track, all other business until It is die
posed j of. .Interest .centered tonight
President Wlleeon's attitude as be
tween these twor measures which
differ essentially.
Chairman Hay, of the house mili
tary committee described the - houne
bill during debate today as "the presi
dent's own bill." Republican Leader
Mann questioned the accuracy of this
description.
'Doubtless the president favors the
best he can obtain," said Mr. Mann,
I have no doubt he favors It over ex
isting law."
Tonight President Wilson let It be
known that while he approves the
general features of the Hay bill, he
has not committed himself to Its de
tails. Administration officials are
looking to the conference commit-
tee which will adjust the house and
senate bills after passage, to produce
measure which will have the presi
dents full approval.
Clark Close.
Speak Clark closed the general de
bate In the house, expressing approval
of the Hay bill and declaring it was
satisfactory to the average American
and as good as could be expected un
der its circumstances. The natloo a
a whole, he said, wished to hold a
middle course.
"They want peace,'' , he said, "but
not peace-at-any-prlce. :. They want
peace with honor. " They believe
thoroughly that-' there are things
worth fighting for. They are not will
ing to bankrupt the country on mili
tary and naval preparations. They
are however, willing to spend all that
is necessary for the public defense.'"
Representative Mann haraetHea
the bill as Inadequate to the, nation's
seeds, f saying- it ' 'provWYor
preparedness f or peace; not for war.'
"I believe," he continued, "that It
is the duty of the United States to
prepare now an army which will add
weight to dlplomatlo suggestions we
make. The time has come when ' It
It is wise for us to consider the possi
bility, the probability of the future
and prepare now for what may come
to us. If we do not, we may regret
it to the end of our lives."
Kahn for Navy.
Representative Kahn, ranking re
publican member of the committee. In
closing the debate for the minority
side, said that after all the fttrst line
of defense was the navy, and that It
was more essential to put tho navy on
a footing where It could maintain
control of the sea against any enemy
that it was to build up an army.
While the navy controlled the sea, he
added, no Invader could reach the
American shores.
Consideration of amendments be
gan Immediately on the close of the
debate. The only change made today
was to raise the rank of the chief of
coast artillery from a brigadier gen
eral to major general. An amend
ment by Representative Gardner, re
publican, of Massachusetts to Increase
the committee's figures for additional
men In the coast artillery corps from j
the seventeen thousand to twenty-two
thousand was voted down without
division but after considerable argu
ment. N When the' house adjourned. Repre
sentative Kahn ' had pending . an
amendment proposing a total au
thorised peace strength of 200,000 for
the regular army Instead of the com
mlttse'a figure of 140,000. It will be
taken up Monday nd a test vote may
come over Its disposition,'
' neprenentaUvs Ntcholls demoorat)
of South Carolina, during the debate
la .the bouse, said the . continental
army scheme had seemed Impractical
to the, committee, but the bill substi
tuted the national guard for that pro
potsi and accomplished the same ob
Ject in a practical way.
Representative herley, chairman of
the fortifications committee said his
seven years' study of coast defenses
had convinced . him more men were
needed.' Representative Mann at
tacked the bill as being Inadequate.
"We are having a little trouble on
the border of Mexico and are send
ing a few soldiers Into that country,"
hs aald. "The time for this came af
ter we Jiad had troops on the border
four years In contemplation of that
very thing. Yet when this trouble
occurred these troops were not actual
ly sent across the border until the
home had parsed a resolution order
ing an Increase of 10,000 men to take
the place of the few soldiers who
perchance might cross.
"Never waa there a more put illus
tration than that of the fact that tho
present army and the proposed In
crease In It while sufficient In times
of actual peace would not be sufficient
In time ot war, or when any occasion
arises for even a miniature war, and
(Con'lnued on Page Two.)
Weekly Newspaper Finds
Lines of Censorship Grow
Tighter Daily.
TOUGH ON SCRIBES
col,umbus. jr. W.. March 1J.
factory mechanics, who arrlwed today
from Racine, Wis., to prepare the
trucks for field use, caused excite
ment, when after being aboard the
train several hours without food they
Jumped to the ground and with a
shout started for the leading restau
rant Columbus forthwith became so
excited that the military patrol was
hurried to the spot.
Additional evidence of the tirhf.n.
ing or me censorship was contained
In the failure of the local weekly pa
per to print anything today, lta rem.
lar press day, except specla, notices.
There was nothing else which the
proprietor considered he had a right
to print .
The local telephone comnanv aim
waa warned that only officers or men
of the army whose names were In
cluded In a list nrovlded shnnM k.
permitted to, om the long distance
lines. The only civilians Permitted
to use the toll lines are resident, of
Columbus or persons well known to
the telephone operators, newspaper
correspondents being barred.
The arrival of the trainload of
motor trucks made It certain that the
American forces In the field will be
amply supplied wherever they may
go.
GEN. GAVIRA HAS FAITH IN
MEXICO AND ITS PEOPLE
Says That Carranza Govern
ment is Fully Co-operating
With U.S.
Eli PASO, Texas, March It. Gen
eral Gavira, today Issued ' a formal
statement to the Associated Press at
his headquarters at Juares, In which
he Interpreted the cast that no resist
ance had been offered to the American
forces crossing the border as proof
of the Mexican people in Carranza.
The statement follows:
"The constitutionalist army, has
shown Its force to the world by break
ing the reactionary efforts of Diaz,
Huerta and Villa.
"Now, American troops have Just
crossed to our side of the line without
protest or difficulties. To what, then,
is to be attributed that the Mexican
public, so scrupulous and extremely
sensitive in all that concerns its sov
ereignty, has not protested In the vig
orous form it knows well how to
make.
"It is because the people of Mexico
NEW YORK LAWYER SHOT
AND KILLED BY HIS WIFE
evassassHMssMM
Tragedy Said to Be Outcome
of Quarrel She Claims
Self-Defense.
It became known today that the
American expeditionary force Is taking
every precaetloa egalnst - disease
which has followed four long years
of dvtl warfare la Northern Mexico.
FREDERICK. Md., March II.
Mrs. Eloise Young English shot and
killed her husband, Arthur E. Eng
lish, a lawyer of New York, at their
home near here today. The shooting
was done In the presence of their
six-year-old daughter and Is said to
have occurred during a. quarrel. Eng
lish was the son of Thomas Dunn
English, a former congressman from
New Jersey, and the author of the
song "Ben Bolt
Mra English clsims that she shot
in self-defense, when her husband. In
a fit. of anger, pointed a revolver at
her. An examination of the body of
English showed that a bullet had
gone through the heart and that four
other bullets had taken effect The
furniture In the room la which the
body waa found was in great disorder
indicating that a struggle had taken
place.
After the shooting Mrs. English
have faith in us, because they know . - . , ,, .,. i.,,
w---a esw -mivwpiu w-.aw-(s vr.
honor of the first chief, and of the
higher of fleers, military and civil who
ars'ln control. They know that such
men would aot barter away the fath
erland. ' Could the American people
VILLA BOASTED THAT HE
,S.
LONDON, March 18. The Oermam
offensive) at Verdun, now nearing tha-f
end of Its fourth week, has again
slackened decidedly, both Paria and
Berlin reporting the continued absenoe
of Infantry operations by either side.
The big guns in the vicinity of the
fortress are Intermittently pounding
opposing positions, but the chief ac
tivity seems to be by the airmen.
Numerous raids by French aviators
are reported by Paris, the points bom-
barded including the Conflana and
Mets railroad stations.
The showers of heavy shells drop.'
ped are .declared to have caused num
erous explosions and fires. I ' 1
Elsewhere on the western front the
artillery is the only military arm that
has been occupied. In Russia there
are signs of preparations for move
ments of Importance, . particularly
along the northern line.
The Austrians have turned on the
Italians along the Isonso. Vienna an
nounces a successful attack north of. .
the Tolmlno brigdehead In whloh Ital
ian positions were captured, together ;
with nearly Ave hundred prisoners'
and three machine funs.;
In Arabia, the British report a de.
feat for a Turkish . fore, which at-' .
tacked an outpost near Aden.
London announces the torpedoing1
of the. Dutch steamer Palembang,
bound from Rotterdam to Java, off the
Galloper light In the Thames estuary,
Saturday morning.' The crew was re-
POrUd WV,L'
PETRQORAD-Via lattdont MarcH
1..) After three weeks of suspended
activity the main Russian forces be- ,
yond Erserum, : which 5 have been
awaiting for the development of oper-
atlons on the Blaok sea and the Lake '
Van, region to make their position
secure against possible flank attacks
by the Turks, have again resumed'
their westward march toward divas,
. Although , the Russian advance Is
yielding a constantly growing number'
(Continued on Page Two.)
PLANS MAY BE CHANCED
IF VILLA DOES NOT MAKE
t
Gen. Pershing's Movements,
- However, Will Be En- '
shrouded in Secrecy.
NOTHING CERTAIN
American Mining Man
Makes Statement to That
Effect at El Paso.
wleh a better proof of the power ot
the constitutionalist army that has
been constituted by the men of the
revolution?"
the story of the tragedy. She tele
phoned to a physician la Frederick
to hurry to the side of her husband
whom she aald she had shot She
then called police headquarters la
Frederick and asked that a warrant
be sworn out for her husband who
she stated bad threatened to take her
life. She also told the police that
Vahe had shot her husband.
EX. PASO, March IS. Villa boast
ed three months ago that he would
force Intervention by the United
fatatea. according to Harry Williams,
of Chihuahua, an American mining
man. Williams asserted that he had
heard Villa make the boast on De
cember II last, when he was a pris
oner of the bandit
"I was one of thirty-nine Ameri
cana employed on the mining prop
erty of the Madera company," said
Williams. "We were all arrested be
cause the pay f the Mexicans work
ing under us had not arrived from
Chihuahua. - It amounted to $17,000,
and the company was afraid to send
it because they were certain it would
be confllscated.
"Villa brought us to Chihuahua and
f have never seen him In an uglier
mood. We did not know whether we
were going to be shot or not. but
we were not by any means too optl
mbrtlo. - He told us: - 1 am going to
force Intervention by the United
States. The United States has recog
nised Carransa and most pay for It'
"He demanded 111,000 from the
company. I do not know whether It
was paid or not. but wa were released
the n eft day. after being warned to
keep off the streets. .
"I planned to leave oa the train
that waa made up to take out the snea
of the Cusihnlrtachh Mining com
pany. Fortunately I felt sick aad
could not go. The next day I heard
of the massacre of the eighteen Amer
icans oa the train at Santa TsabeL"
flAN ANTONIO, Texas, March' !.
Failure of Francisca Villa to make a
stand and fight before the end of next
week will radically alter the methods
employed by the commander of the
United States punitive expedition.
What General Pershing's plan Is,
however, has not been revealed and
will not be If General Funston can
prevent it Every effort wtll be made
to keep secret the movements of the
troops If it becomes necessary to
abandon the direct line of pursuit with
the units of the little army practically
Intact
' When General Persuing led the ex
peditionary force into Mexico, the
Juncture of troops near Casas Grandes
was planned with little expectation
that Villa would be sighted before
this time. It was realised that the
only chance to catch him at that stage
was that be would resist the advance.
Not only did he not do that, but ac
cording to General Funston'a reports,
not a shot was fired at the Invaders.
General Pershing's scouts may have i
brought him Information as to Villa's
location, but such information as has '
been received at the general head
quarters here makes an assertion on ..
the subject little better than a guess.
There Is reason to believe that Villa
Is somewhere In the Galeana district
south of Casas Grandes (n the en
virons of which a cavalry force under
Colonel Dodd rested today. Informa
tion from Chihuahua Indicated that
h was at Colonta Oraoiaa, but most
of those reporting contented them-'
selves by placing him "In the moun-
tains from sixty to one handred miles
sooth ef Cases Grandes." ...
To force Villa to fight or to trap .
him in one of his many hiding places .
now has become the object of General
Pershing. '
Unofficial reports that General
Pershing did not Insist npon sending
his advance eavmlry force to Casas
Orandes, after General Gavira had in- -
timated such entry weald meet .re
sistance, lowered the tension at Gea -
eral Funs em's headquarters.-, .