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THEWEATHER. Fair Tonight and Saturday, Slightly Colder, Saturday, VOLUME TWEIOl PRICE FIVE CENTS: MR A NDTT i PHTFF VTT T A y fl" n ft fl Flfll 171 II" n I TK'fl TROOP iii wmmmoi mm 1 Be Taken Dead or Alive, Declares Wilson 5,000 SOLDIERS PLUNGE INTO THE FIGHT? j AMERICAN TROOPS GETTING No Armed Intervention Contemtfatedj: and Carranza May Co-operate WffefJ the united states g I i iit,i ttv it - c i ed With EnthUSiaSm. i Washington, March 10. President Wilson today ordered American troops over the Mexican border to capture or kill Villa and his band that yesterday raided Columbus, New Mex ico. Major-General Scott, chief ed that the expedition would consist of riot less than 5,000 men, all of which afe available on the border, under Major-General Funston. ... - : In its present stage the President's .order does not mean armed intervention in Mexico. It provides for a punitive ex pedition to deal with the lawless forces, Oyer which the Car ranza government Kks no control. The following statement was issued at the White House: ' An adequate force will be sent at. pnee in pursuit .of Villa, with the signgle object of c to a stop. , .- . ,v 1 ms can one and will ot the constituted authorities in respect for the sovereignty of that republic." It was said at the White House that the American govern ment wants Villa dead or alive and no step will be neglected to :arry out that object. It was declared, however, that the United States will not consider the expedition as an invasion of Mexico and will continue to deal with the Carranza government. The American government is still opposed to armed inter vention, but has decided that the peace of Mexico and the Unit ed States will be impaired by the continued activity of Villa. The cabinet was unanimous in deciding that Villa must be caught. Secretary Baker left,the White House to confer with Major-General Scott and other army officers as to just how many trdops will be needed to follow Villa. General Scot1 said today that it will be necessary to provide even a stronger force on the border than they now have, while American troops are operating in Mexico, as it would necessitate using some troop3 now there for the punitive expedition. They probably will be ordered frorrT other coasts. No plans have been made so far as known for use of the National Guard. - - No orders had been issued to the navy this afternoon, but it was considered probable that some of the Atlantic fleet might be placed in Mexican waters to be near if Americans in coast towns were endangered by anti-American demonstrations. The government is reluctant to make any naval deirionstration tnat might be construed as against General Carranza. It was said that the pursuit of Villa would be under taken Jn a comprehensive way and organized plans laid for his ap prehension. Officials received word of the decision to go after Villa with troops with undisguised satisfaction. Cabinet mem tars expressed themselves as pleased, army officers voiced unanimous approval and a general feeling of relief that the ad ministration had finally decided to take the step. The" Presi dent himself is firmly convinced of the necessity of eliminating Villa from the Mexican situation- He is represented as iust s determined to get rid of Villa announcement of the intention of the President to send troops Y;i Mexico was accompanied by scenes not equalled at the White House since the determination to send the Atlantic fleet t0 Vera Cruz in 1914. I Carranza will be notified' immediately that the United States as no intention bf taking any Mexican territory whatever and ...11 r will tn Ur vo v 4.! : - jr n-opcti 111c suvcicigiuy ui uiai udiiun, as mncui-au nicials realize that Carranza may have difficulty in consenting the presence nf Arrieririan soTrlies nn . IVfia-vifsin ripraiiSP the popular feeling in his country. Carranza himself may jeeaWi-tn i i. j ":ii ! a- w-upcrdic as nc waius North Carolina Troops Ready Raleigh, N. C, March 10. Adjutant General Young said today rhe North Carolina National Guard on a peace basis of j men to the company now has 225 officers and 3,026 enlist ed men, fully equipped.' He declared they could bring the organization to a war basis of 1 50 men to the company in tendays. - . . r - ' - . s 0 READY TO Decision Keceiv- of staff of the army, announc be done in entirely men Mexico arid with scrupulous as he was to oust Huerta. The 1... : 1.: . A 10 gci na oi vnia. FiiO ; " '-to ; iuem utsuiues oinerwise. a pre- r t iueui aeciaes oinerwise. a pre : w uuui. mm plans are being rapidly made and supplies gathered. MR. SAM BEAR . irn mm i TO CHARITY . 1 j initiative action b the army. Will Filed For Probate Today J Major-General Funston, in an over 1 fi. d 11 r r . . ij. (night dispatch, urgently recommend Lett tJuIK Ot rortune to Mis . ij ed that he may. be "authorized to send Widow Probated. . j American,-;. troops 'jje; ..bprder. '. and x ' " , ! finally cjean-out thelaridi)t : gang it Hospital, , Catherine Kennedy Home and Temple of Israel Receive" Gifts. The will of Mr. Sam Bear. Jr., was filed for probate today by F. N. B. Close, Esq., vice president of the Bank ers Trust Co.. of New York, tli execu tor named in the will. Mr. Bear's fortune, said to be be tween $300,000 and $500,000, was left to his widow, Mrs. Fannie Bear, to near relatives and friends, and to char itable institutions. - The bulk of the estate goes to Mrs. Bear; others are to receive sums from small amounts up to $10,000, while specified institu tions are to receive gifts as follows: To the National Jewish Hospital for Consumptives, Denver, Colo. $5,0'00. This is in memory of his brother. Mor ris Bear, To the Hebrew Orphan Home, At lanta, Ga. $5,000. This is a memorial to his " brother, Isaac Bear. ' To the Temple of Israel in this city $3,000. . To the Catherine Kennedy Home in this city $10,000. This is to be known as the "Mina Bear Memorial Fund." It is to be held by the executor and the money to be paid annually io the man agers of the home. The managers are authorized to use the money for the building of further buildings if deemed wise. J To the James Walker Memorial Hos pital, of this city $10,000.' j The residium of the estate, after paying specinc legacies, is given 10 me j widow. Specific legacies are to the j following: Mrs. Hattie Harriss, a sis- a 1 . 11. ter-in-law ; Harriss and Isaac Ne w man, nephews; Mrs. Rolinda Newman, a sister-in-law; Miss Katherine Bfauer, who had been housekeeper for his fam ily for 50 years; Louis M. Bunting, con fidential secretary -and close friend; Henry James. Mayer, of New York, nephew; L.' P. Newman, Florence, SC, relative; Mrs Mamie B. Schloss, rela- itive; Henry and Isadore Bear, neph ews;' Dr. G.' G. Thomas, life-long friend. WINTER PARK TONIGHT. Musical .0 Evening at Presbyterian : Church Planned. Assembling at the new Winter Park Presbyterian church tonight, and not last, night as erroneously stated yes terday members of the church and their friends will enjoy a musical ev ening..: Mr. E.. H. Munson will pre side at, the handsome new organ at the church.; and -- Miss Warren . will ' be the vocalist of the evening. Those attending from Wilmington will! leave on the 7:15 p. m. car. i ne ex- ( ercises'will begin at 7?Aa p.'m. 'Tbe car upon' which most - of those froml the boat was f-forty-five.- -the "City -will return- will-lea1 ve Winter 'f -: : , . . " . -',1 ' I - s 'Mtv-.'-f Park 3ark at.8:56 p.m. 4 "4,: Only Way to Handle Situation, He Wires War Depart ment. THIS ACTIONiWILL LlkELE: TAKEN ! r i . - -1 i ' i i r11 i . ciing i iic, - y .eii tvxa iter io j j - rt i 1 1 wr-n ' day and ; probably Will Order American Troops to Mexico-Toy5eek! Co-ope ration of Carranza 4 nasningion inargft J.u. Alter an early conference today between Sec retary Baker . and . Major-General Scott, chief of "staff, it wal announc ed that the Columbus massacre is a closed . incident so far as the war de partment is concerned. General Scott said that- unless it s decided to have American troops ejoss the border again there is no llkeihood of further was given, to, the Stte: Department to long as the border is a shelter for them they will continue to harrass our ranches and towns - to our cha grin." j General , Pershing reported that the Mexican consul at rEl p4so thinks there should be no objection to American troops entering iMexicoin persuit of Villa and that fie would wire his 'government recommending ( co-operation. At the State Department it was made plain that while the incident was closed -for the present so far as the war department is involved it was not closed so far as the government t is concerned and that negotiations with General Carranza for permission to send troops to clean-out the bandits will go" forward. :. President Wilson and the cabinet took up today the question of whether a column of troops should bej sent into Mexico to capture Villa and! his band of bandits . There was no j apparent intention on the part of thej adminis tration to go so far as armed inter vention in Mexico, but serious con sideration was given to a plkn of dis patching a punitive expedition to round-up Villa and his followers. Ad ministration officials far from disap proving the pursuit of American troops praised their action! and ex pressed regret that Villa himself has hot been taken. The hope i express ed that Villa will be eliminated with out controversy with the 'Carranza government . . j The return of the American troops from Mexico has complicated the sit uation somewhat, because tljie United States is now confronted witjh the ne cessity of issuing an order for them to go into Mexico . Officials openly . said , they had hoped the troops pnge hav- ing a pretext to go would. regain' until vma and Jiis band were disposed of. At the same time thevl reio that the American force was. very small. Toledo, Ohio, March, 10. Four cit ies are in the first for the 1917 toura ment of the American ; Bowling Con gress, and this question' will be set tled at the meeting of the! bowling moguls which openedr here today, i New Officers will be elected. Mil- waukee is running favorite for "next year's contests, with . South Bend, Grand Rapids and Dayton also prime favorites. . - -i k- -sf ae v.- TORPEDO eOATS SUNK -v London March, 10. The Brit- 4fr ish- torpedo boat-destroyer,.; Co- quette, ; and the torpedo I boat No. II, have ben sunk by striking a mine, it was officially ankjounc juv!. i ..: : V' V, 1 ' J edthis . afternoon ( 1 The official announcement & j majtiesin inking- of w says tne ; numDer oiasuaj-ties . connection -, with the sin X-"-' v 4 -:::-4f 45- -:f ID 1 kSsM 'rnrnnii nmn rnnnn a 'W-i mummr r uiv ' V WW V " D. " ' - " - -- -- -- .i aim i f..-,.i r -rr. INFANTRY LULL IN THE BIC FIGHT TOil FRANCE But Expected to Break Out am at ny Moment GREAT GUNS KEEP UP THEIR ROAR Frenchj and German ; Claims ! Still Conflict About Vaux. j Signs of Renewal in rZast A momentary lull in the; desperate infantry fighting , about .; Verdun today from 'Paris," the was Ger- reported r of tlie' defense, indicates that the re spite probably will be brief. Where the next; German heavy blow will fall military commentators do not. at tempt to predict. 1 The receritshift ing from the region j of Bethincourt and ; Goose Hill to the battle-ground of; Douaumont and Vaux came writh seeming unexpectedness and .accord ing to Berlin achieved substantial re sults in the Vaux. An ofllcial, state ment from Paris today,. however .vjcon tradits Gfermany's claim to occupation or iiie .-i.ori. ana uinge ui vauA.t.ijUc fort was ! not even attacked, tile war office aserts, and . while the German! in- fantry did successfully enter Vadx; they were subsequently driven" outl of the village, which remains in French hands. " Simultaneously Paris a claims the greater part of Corbeauc wood where desperate fighting is taking place, remains in their hands, despite .German intimation to the contrary. , . There are signs of renewed activity on the eastern front; as spring ap proaches.; The Russians and Germans have been feeling out each -Other's line at various points- and small iso lated engagements are 'resulting:' The most important move son the northern end of the line seems to have" .been a German effort to cross the Dvina river' about Dvinsk. The considerable force engaged in this effort 'was dis pensial by Russian fire, Petrograd claims . j j ' WOMEN SPEND MORE MONEY THAN MEN " London,! March 10. j-Women usually spend more money than men and therefore 'have much greater oppor tunities for retrenchment than men, according to the arguments advanced by the government and its supporters in the general campaign for economy now being! renewed throughout Eng land. ; !: " ' . ,. ! .; '.:..-':: One of their best arguments is to point to the recent statement of a great English economist, who decried the -changing' fashions during-the; war. "In the middle of the big ar," he; de clared,' "the whole wopaankind, of our country got out of tight skirts into full skirts' at enormous expense in the twinkling of an eye. It does not' cost as much 1 tr change ten clerks - from civilian attire to khaki as it cqsts to change the! outward semblance of one fashionable; woman," j -:''; Women are urged to j wear one-color suits which will give the ance of .being smartly j dressed and which ' will 'bear - critical ihspect(bh for f a longer period . t , New- Yopk,., March 10. A meeting of the Municipal -; Art Commission and x officials ;of the Postbffit Department will ha h A h ere 'tomorow. with i the - object-of. considering a-new 4es.ign I for . mail boxes It is believed? -I that ,'the Jadoptidn of the design 'which the Art iConuhission "has. apiproYed: will rei JmnvAnp. of the obstacles whlclLliave : of mail boxes tn'New.TorkJ ' - I Presumably Torpedoed By Submarine Off Coast of France Last Night NO III VES WERE LOJST; REPORT SAYS No Passengers Were Aboard 7 For Many Years Engaged In Trans-Atlantic Trade ' Paris, March 10. A Havas dispatch from tlavre says the French' Line i steamer, Lottsiane, sank last night at ,11 O'clock . All , the' crew . were saved. 1 T- XJ '-it ! ' : -i it tj m i;n passengers -were aooara . 11 is presumed the i vessel was sunk by the same submarine that has been operating along' the coast between Bou j logne and Havre and wiiich jorpedoed the Hermatrice. jThe Lousiane had arrived from. New Orleans, which port she left on Feb ruary : 1, entering Newport News Feb- ruary 17 and leaving on the following .day. t She was.of 5,i09.t6ns gross, Avas 378 feet long and 47 feet beam.. She had for many years been engaged in the Trans-Atlantic f passenger service, mostly to port of the Gulf of Mexico. Ijfo . further details of the Joss of; the ship jiaVe'- lin-oHt' Counsel For Condemned Man Sedks Hearing For March 20th From Governor. Raleigh, N. C, March 10. Fred M. Parrish, attorney for Samuel Chris ty, has made . request of Governor 9? that hearing for a commutation of the death sentence imposed on his client ! 38 held on March 20, the same day se1; aside f or that of Mrs . Ida Ball Warren . Both! are sentenced to be electrocuted March 31 for th& murder of the woman's husband, E . ' J . .War ren, at Winston-Salem in 1914 . j Although Mrs . Warren and Christy sjtill are in jail at Winston-Salem they no longer are Forsyth county prison ers. The fact that they have not been delivered to the State penitentiary has been a I source of much comment. The Forsyth authorities, it 'is said, assert that they have; no orders to deliver the prisoners to the penitentiary. i State-officials are aid to have stat ed thaij such an; order from the State authorities is unnecessary, as the sen tence automatically, makes them State prisoners and, under the Iawr they should !be delivered to the State with out formal order o do sn.j - j Float New Baseball Federation. I Cinci anati, March. 10 . The meeting ot- proi ainent sporting men from va rious c: ties of the Mlddie ; West, to or ganize the new; . National ..Amateur Baseball Federation,- opened today with a display of enthusiasm. Love of s baseball for 'its own sake' and not for the filthy lucre is the spirit of the meetingt Many; big cities are missing from the line-up,- preferring to wait until the new platform is written. The old organization of amateur baseball clubs will continue, despite the breach that resulted in the new federation. Some amateurs charge that the split is ' the ijesult of ; sporting - goods . men mixing the amateur organization. CARRANZA READY ' TO CO-OPERATE Columbus, New , - Mexico, Mar, 10 The Carranza authorities, ac -K- cording to an oKciar report from Juarez, will not object to the en try of American troops into Mex- ico to attack Villa. - . ; : A message has been received :A- here t tetattog that Carranza, cav- airy : left Guzman to attack: the chieftain in the rear, ;with, vf "the expectation ithat the Ameri-; can trjoops, .whom . they . already &ui)pofed had. crossed theBpMer; ; wOuldUattackr him mmmmm ym BE HEARD SAME DAY " - '- ' wfduring the ceremonies, - ; Chased Bandit 5 arid En Him Iti Battle On Mexi can Soil. t MADE RALLY IN SERIES OF HI 5K Quiet So "Far Today bus, The Scene of v Yester day's Massacre- Border Pa trol Has Been Greatly In-crea8ed- -American i f Deatlv List Stands at Sixteen. . Columbus New; Mexico, March 10 f Federal troops in increased numbers patrol the Mexican border hear Colum i bus, as a precaution j against; further . invasion of American territory by Vil4 la's bandit army, which yesterday, In a surprise attack on the town, killed:: sixteen American citizens and soldiers wounded many burned buildings ' and ; looted stores before being driven back ' into Mexico by American troops. More than one hundred "jpf the bandit) army were killed and about two hun dred wounded ; , ' j ' ' . - : , V Villa, at the head of the main body of bandits, was reported early today fifteen miles south of the International; line, .where ,he halted (after a running -fight yesterday with pursuing United; States troops. Signal fires "seen along the border south of jhere last night ', were believed, however, to havebeenK placed by( bandits and Report that arm-v: ed raiders were in the vicinity df jHachitaew-Mex authorities to rush reinforcements to the ; border patrol ; there ft; The- .P0sst-i'M:-bility; of f ufth6rv bandit iraids was aUftft initted army officers Land armed' 'iU- Hilians" State mUitiamen - and cow- boys ar cooperating -tsrith theederalSIli maintai patrols ;: The pursuit of Villa and his men by 250 American cavelrymeri ended when the VI ined stand la forces made a deterin after reaching a j series of hills, fifteen miles: south . of the border. The cost to the American forces during this bajttle consisted of the- death of a corporal, .whose name beet learned, and the has not yet wounding of Captain; George Williams. who sustained a bullet' wound .in the hand . The Mexican casualties in this- engagement were r not reported . Of the - sixteen Americans'' killed, eight were , civilians and eight sol-1 diers. In addition to- those killed by Villa's men in Columbus several others are believed'jto have been executed by the bandit chieftain before the' Ameri- can invasionL QuieJt. prevailed here early today Trains which, arrived over-night were held until daylights J '' Approximately 200 Mexicans wdre killed in the battle with United States -soldiers here yesterday, in which six teepi American civilians and soldiers lost their lives, according to estimated of army officers today.' - Major Frank Tompkins of the 13th, cavalry in command of the troops that drove Villa jaud ihis bandits across the' border, said Villa s loss was ful ly one hundred, i Early today 75 Mexicans dead were found on the Am-'' erican side and either ed. I burned, or.buri- T SUGGESTS WOMEN CURATES BE CREATED London," March 'W. Women curates -f are being Suggested because so many . clergymen : have gone o, the trenches and because theological students who ; have , not already enlisted will jSe ab sorbed under the Compulsion Act u'n- ; less rthey,;are j physically unfit. . ; 4 For ten years before! the war there 1 was a steady decrease in the applica tions for ordination, owing in some measure,; to the modern' recognition of the fact that a young" man of what is known as j"good family may engage in commerce without any social dis- : advantages. Genteel starvation is no longer preferrable to setting a good living outside "the pref errions" and the candidates for r the - Church have " gradually been narrowing down to those who feel .an ' earnest; call - to preach or to' undertake; the move ' ex acting forms of Christian work. ; The war apparently has but hastened' the process. v . Eulogize Minunesota Statesman Washington, - March, 1 0. The con cluding ceremony incidental, to the presentation to the 'federal govern ment of the statue of 1 Henry Mower Rice, . first Senator Afrom - Minnesota, will take t- place tomorrow . in the House of Representatives.xThe mem bers; from Minnesota will pay tribute to "'the sterling character of " the first senator from 'their state, and the oth ermember of .Congress will ,be guest- n - . V
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