New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 13, 1916, Page 1

HERALD BEST OF ALL LOCAL NEWSPAPERS NEW BRITAIN HERALD HERALD “ADS” Mi BETTER BUSIN o PRICE THREE CENTS. ESTABLISHED NEW BRITAIN CONNECTICUT, MONDAY, MARCH 13, 1916 —TWELVE PAGES. CAPT. GILHAM DIES IN MATATUA FIRE U. 3. AND MEXICAN TROOPS AT BORDER INCREASE RAPIDLY Cavalry, Artillery and Militia Hasten to Line From American Side to Swell Thousands There } | Flames Break Out Anew Following Explosions and Vessel Is Sunk to Prevent Destruction. 5t. John, N. B, March 13.—The British steamer Matatua after being on fire for more than 24 hours, was sunk at her dock today soon after commander and designer, Capt, L. B. Gilham was killed. Capt. Gilham's body was recovered. It is expected that the hull of the vessel may be raised and refitted. The cargo which SRR was destined for W Zealand was dun Section—Berlin Says Four i LUMBUS MAY BE BASE OF probably destroyed. GO Fire was discovered in the fore- cmy Acroplanes Were Destroyed— | hold earl yesterday while the o By ater ie THE PUNATIVE EXPEDITION | Matatua was in the stream ready to| “UMKam Theater is Quiet. sail. She was towed back to her| Taris, March 13, 2:32 p. m.—There e dock where three tugs and the local | has been mno infa e : = . .. | department apparently subdued the | .o . el Loty Rnehin o Cal nza Troops Near Scene of Villa's flames. Several hours later, How. night in the region to the north of ever, there were a number of explo- | sions, thought to have started from a quantity of calcium carbide. Capt. Gilham was in his stateroom at the time and his means of escape was cut off. His body Wwas found close to the door. The second fire which followed the | explosions burned so fiercely that the | sedacocks of the vessel were opened | and she was allowed to sink. AT CHRISTENING MELEE ve Police Seeking Man Who| Raid Brought up to 2,000 By Ar- rival of Reinforcements—Regular- ity and Calm Feature Preparation for Movement Into Mexican Terri- tory—Bandit Chief Continues Flight Columbus, N- M., March 13.—Ac- tual concentration of United States troops for an expedition into Mexico : 1 here today. rom the heavy troop movement to Columbus, it would seem, accord- ing tc officers or station here, that this point is to be made a base of operations, It was believed here’ that Brig: Gen/ John J. Pershing, com- manding the Eighth Brigade, would be designated to take charge of the Sent Gulli to the Hos- expeditionary force and would make Columbus his headquarters. | Carranza Force Increases| The force of General Pablo Bor- tani, commanding the Carranza gar- son at Palomas on the Mexican side of the border south of here, was in- creased today by the arival of pital. Larazzo Gulll, an Ttalian, is at the New Britain General hospital suffer- ing from a knife wound in his left 800 [lung received during a fight at 136 men bringing his force to a t tal of | Winter street early last evening. His 2,000.. By tonight or tomorrow it is |assailant made good his escape and sected that the American garrison |the police are making every effort to here of 1,100 men will be augmented |locate him, by the arrival at El Paso of two regi- | Details concerning the melee which ments of infantry, a signal company, |resulted in the stabbing affray are a hospital detachment and some [ieager. At 9 o’clock the police got mountain artillery from Fort Bliss, | word that there was a fight at 136 | lery from Nogales, Ariz. Two squad- | Winter street and went therc. They | and a battery of Sixth Field Artil- | found Gulli bleeding from a wound in rons of the Twelfth Cavalry from |the chest and took him to the hospi- Fort Robinson, Neb., are expected |12l after Dr. Idward S. Grace had later. All save the cavalry from Fort | ¢ressed the wound. The fight oc- Robinson, which is to go on station |curred following a christening cele- Dbration. a | series of explosions during which her | HEAVY GUNS BOOM Artillery Activity Along Entire Verdun Front Is Continued AIRMEN ~ SHELL RAILROAD Paris Reports Lull in Charges in Ver Verdun, ment on made by afternoon. There has been, however, a con- tinuance of the artillery activity along all this front. according the the to the of war announce- progress hostilities French office th last night in Douaumont as well as in the Woev ir the sectors of Moulainville and Ronvaux. Our artillery showed great activity along this front. “In the wood of Le Pretre a de- tachment of our froops penetrated up the saps and, after having inflictcd some los on the enemy, they ro- turned to our lines with about twenty prisoners. “The night passed guietly on the remainder of the front. “During the course of a night fight, a group of French aviator: threw down thirty shells of large cal- ibre at the railroad station of Con- flan Flames were seen breaking out at five different points. In spite of a violent cannonade all the French aeroplanes succeeded getting bacly without suffering damage.” German Berlin, March via London, » The text of today's statem by nan army headquarters is as fol Statement. m. Ger low. “Bastern theater: The weather been favorable for observation nt has pur here, are apparently to be available S e has boch ety lven tion received at headquarters alao in- | Satisfactory this afternoon. He Is 37 |\ "5t o the front liea ety dleates that Licut. Col. B. C. Cabell o2 | 6878 old and has several children. | /1 ;"0 reased on both sides of the the ‘Ténth” Cavairy will arrive soon |T® Iakes his home at 140 Winter lnr .o as far as tho Moselle, om Douglas, Ariz, presumably to street. Apart from some patrol fightin 't as adjutant for the force to leave e i | on the Somme and the failure of Columbus BURGLAR SUSPECTS minor French attack in le Pretre Reports were received here also forest there were no events. that a squadron of tne Tenth Cavalry | “After much reconnoitering, our and a s(l-uxn(l battery of the Sixth | TAKEN FROM TR airmen attacked enemy railway sta- tions and military depots, especia Tield Artillery is on its way east from Douglas, presumably bound for Co- lumbus. Duo Arrested in Stamford Thought to It was reported, too, that all avail- ' I able forces of the Seventh Cavalry, | Have Broken Into Drug Store 400 men, are in the field in the Alamo | In Hartford Last N sht. Hueco district, between Nogales and Benson, in southern Arizonas Stamford, March 13.—Thomas J. Mountain Artillery Arrives. Coiro, 18 years old, and Domenico A battery of mountain artillery | Granegro, aged 44, both of Hartford, from Fort Bliss is equipped with | were taken from a train here today by twelve mountain guns, especially de- ®igned for the character of fighting which the punitive expedition is ex- pected to do. The troops of the Thir- teenth Cavalry, F. and H., which have been on patrol duty at Hermanas, twenty miles west of here, also have returned to camp preparatory to the the local police on suspicion of know- ing something about a burglary said to have been committed at a drug | store in Hartford during the night. The arrests were made on a descrip- tion sent out by the Hartford police. The prisoners are being held for the ‘dispatching of an expedition. Troop | authorities of that city. G, which had been doing duty at| Coiro had a revolver, “blackjack Border Gate, two and a half miles | a pocket searchlight, cigars and money | south, also was returned, being re- | on him when arrested. Grangegro | placed by a company of infan ry. on him when arrested Granegro | In striking contrast to the excite- | he met Coiro on the train, but had not | ment of the last few days, prepara- | known him previously tion for the departure of the expedi- tion progresses today with regularity %nd clam, Railroad Facilities Poor. Hartford, March 13.—Coire is ac- cused of entering the drug store of A. M. Davis, No. 487 Zlon street ana with success. “Three enemy acroplancs were des- troyed in the Champagne and one in the Meuse region. “gastern and Balkan theater: situation is unchanged.” "PLANE BOMB MAY HAVE SUNK SILIUS The Oflicer of Ship Says He Heard Noise in Air Followed by Explosion Which Destroyed Boat, 5 a. m.—The Norwegian bark Paris, March 13, first officer of the Silius is quoted by the Paris Herald ssing the opinion that the have been struck by aeroplane, instead of by a torpedo, as previously reported. The first officer was on watch at the time and heard a noise which he as ve expr el may bomb from an a on the Clermont-Verdun railway line, | INFANTRY RESTS AS | French Statement. The text of the announcement fol- lows: “There was no infantry fighting | the region to the north of Verdun. The bombardment cen- | tinued, however, during the night at Dethincourt and in the vicinity of trench of the enemy at a point neor Croix Des Carmes along a front of | about 200 yards. The men cleaned | | stealin in nni 5.50 in | thought was made by an aeroplane, It is not expected here that the ex- | o =nl0E flwo et are *;;,;:CO;:‘ although he could see none. Then pedition to enter Mexico, at least from .54 bag and some other tmn“' there came a terrific explosion at this point, will be started for several (mhe gtore was robbed about 2:15 this |&bout the middle of the ship on the & because of the poor railroad fa- | porning. i " |port side. A huge wave swept over cilities with which to concentrate the Coiro was seen to take the 3:30 |the vessel, drenching the men to the ; troops train for New York. He was ar- |SKin- | Meanwhile Francisco Villa with a | rested in Stamford about two hours | THC €rew got into boats with great | small body of men, it is reported | later, according to local police, Much |¢/Miculty and cleared the Silius just | here, is fleeing further from the |of the allegzed stolen property was |% @ mast fell. The men rowed ! United States border daily and into | found on him. Granegro disclaims |2r0Und the sinking ship and pic ked | he mountains which parallel the bor- | acqualntance with Corio, saying he |UP SiX others from the water. A | ders of Chihuahua and Sonora toward | met him on the train. Tracks in the |French torpedo boat took all en | Guerrero, where his days as an out- | snow at the drug store show two per. rd. The officers of the torpedo law hegan and where, to almost every |sons concerned in the robbery, De. t came to the conclusion that the | peon, “Pancho” Villa is a hero. Army |tective Sergeant Brazel has been sent | S/1iUS. on which there were several | Wen here point out that once back in | to Stamford for them, Americans, had been struck by a tor- the mountains among his friends, the E —— vedo from a submarine. | pursuit of Villa is apt to resemble a T T z . | ——— { game of hide and seek. Some cflicers out !):LQ‘,‘” e ! WA T SE | matter of months. Mayor's Petitio e | A battery of ‘the Sixth Tield Artil- Pt A e o | | lery, consisting of 132 men, equipped e Rutherford campaign manager | Residents of Asia Minor Alarmed By with four 3-inch field gu s and twelve | for Mayor G. A. Quigley, announced s Gt i v Success of Allies Anxious for Tar- (LG’:'»i“\'xvr,r(,‘:xl:rl'dsu““n" Nogales, Arlz. | thig afternoon that E. W. Schultz and : arge stores of supplies for field ser- e 3 key to Quit War. Bhed AT v faceivea: Howard M. Steele have come out in 5 . The second section of the Fourth | f2VOT of the mayor’s renomination, London, March 13, 9:50 a. m.—An Field Artillery from Fort Bliss, with | POth having signed His Honor's prini- | yipony despatch to Iteuter's 1 400 men under command of Col, L, | ary petition. 1 e e G. Berry, with six mountain guns, also Messrs Steel and Humphrey were | 8Tam company says that, according | i e both opponents of the mayor ftwo | to information received there by . years ago when Quigley was nominat. | letter from Constantinople, the popu- e ed in the big caucus at the Arch strect | lations of Brussa, Konieh and other > et Armory. Until recently Mr. Stecle | cities of Asia Minor have addressed Rome, Mo 12, 10:13 was considered a pc le candidate | memorials to Prince Vahid Paris, March 13, 1:40 a. | for mayor but this announcement dis- | the Turkish heir apparent, e quake shocks, lasting from ten to | pells that idea completely. Mayor |him to urge upon the sultan the twenty seconds, were felt in the region | @uigley, it Is announced, will begin [ sity of changing the present goiern- | represented by @ trianzle with sides | M8 campaign next week with a series [ment, in order to prepare e way § rinning between YV, Ancona and | of talks in various for the conclusion of a separate pesce Florence. city. halls about rh(l by Turkey with the entente powers. IMMEDIATE CRC XICAN LINE EXPECTED ! IN SPITE OF DENIALS. Kl Paso, Tex., March spite of official denials, repos sisted here today that Amer cavalry on the Arizona state line had gathered for immediate cross- ing of the Mexican border and that they might go across ag any mo- ment toda An advance guard of scveral cavalry troops was col- lected on that border two days ago with the prospect that it might be the first force into Mexico. The | I where the cavalry expedition | is reported gathering to enter Mex- ico from the Arizona boundary is near San Bernardino, Mexico. i | | | | | | | | | | FIREMEN HELPLESS Plot Seen in Building at Monterey, Shortly After Troops Leave For Border. Monterey, Cal, March 13.—The headquarters building of the Mcnterey Presidio was totally destroyed b: early today, about sixty hours being vacated by troops of Cavalry Who left for the Mexican bo der. iremen attempte:dl to extin- guish the flames found that the water supply had been shut off at scuzce, An investigation was started mediately. Monterey was the Spanis| and Mexican capitai of California, and the Presidio occupios the site of the ancient military headquarters. post consisted of old wooden barracks sufficient to accomodate regiment. These were of the type common at the Presidio of San Francisco, where sev- eral persons including the wife and three daughters of B Gen, John J. Persaing were burned to death. The headquarters safe and the con- tents of the post office were save all other records were destroyed. Major James G. Harbord, in charge of the post, refused to discuss the origin .of. the fire until he had made his own investigation. The 1 Much weight was given by military | authorities, it became known, owing to the fact that the fire started.in the headquarters building. PORTUGAL ENTERS WAR AT ENGLAND'S REQUEST Action Was in Fulfillment of Obligations of Year 1373. Washington, March 13, Portugal entered the war. the Portugues e lega- tion announced today, 3ritain requested her to do so, in ful- fillment of treaty obligations datin back to 1373. DPortugal did not enter the war before the Portuguese min- ister announced, because Great Brit- ain had not called on her to do so. A statement outlining Portugal's position issued by Viscount De Alte, | the Portuguese minister, reads as fol- lows “Portugal is drawn into the w: a result of her long standing alliar with England, an alliance that has withstood unbroken the strain of 500 Year: Che first treaty of alliance between the two countries was concluded June 16, 1373, by Ferdinand of Portugal and Edward II1 of England. Subs quent treaties have affirmed the liance and defined its scope. It re: on a secure and permanent found tion. The foreign policies and the interests of the countries have almost invariably proved to be identical and the ideals of their people have never clashed."” OSBORNE ON TRIAL ON PERJURY CHARGE Jury to Former Head of Sing Sing on Completed Shortly After Noom in Supreme Court. White Plains, N. Y., March 13— Thomas Mott Oshorne appeared in the supreme court here today as de- before Justice Ar- indictment wy in con- itions into of Sing trial fompkins, on an charging him with perj nection with two inve: his administration as warden rison one by Dr. Rudolph Died- fendant in thur Sing ling, a4 state prison commissioner, last October, and the other by a Westchester grand jury in December Osborne is alleged to have sworn knowledge of certain in Sing Sing fied to by othe that he had no immoral conditions which had been tes! including prison inmates. Another indictment, charging neglect of duty 2d immorality, Is pending against the defendant. The selection of a jury was com- pleted shortly fter noon tod e e e WEATHER. Hartford, Hartford d colder tonitht: ably unsettled. Marc vie Tuesday LANDERS LOSER IN | Destruction of Presidio | !ing because Great | SUIT FOR $70,000 iGharged Libel on Nine Counts Against New York Man 'SEEKS VERDICT SET ASIDE | Counsel for Senator Lande Main- ! tains Jury Was Misled and That Conspiracy Charges Were Ridicu- lous--New Britain Man Not Damaged | Ex-Semator Goerge M. Landers of | | this city is the loser in a suit for $70,~ | 000 brought in court of | New York against Ragland Momand, former vice president of the ;‘ Pressure Lighting Company | Yor of which Mr. | president. The cas charges alleged collu the supreme for libel of New Landers was of grew out on by Mr. Lan- ders with high officials of the United Gas Improvement Company, the hold- | concern, which controls most of | the large lighting cofnpan in the | United States. Counsel for Senator | Landers has ked Justice Dugro of the supreme court to set the verdict side on the ground that the jury was influenced by improper state- | ments and assumptions injected into I'the trial by Momand and his counsel. Jury Was Misled, Is Claim. following the unfavorable verdict, *h it has been moved to set aside, | | | CARRANZA TROOPS WILL BE PERMITTED TO CROSS BOUNDARY LINE INTO Funston Continued Preparation for Lau Expedition Without Regard to Feelings Constitutionalist Chief or His Army PRESIDENT FAVORS PERMITTING MEXICAN SOLDIERS ON U. S. C Large Forces of American Troops and | Acceptance of Carranza’s N Quantities of Munitions Being Pre- Ma Relieve - Sitnation—F pared For March Across L - May Lay Whole Question Cannon Found Pointed At Amcerican Congress—Secretary Baker H Territory—Villa Generals and Sym- to Learn of Any Troops| s Border Into pathizers Taken Into Custody. Moved Acr El Paso, March 13.—Daylight today Washington, March 13—The revealed the beginnings of the expe- | States this afternoon accepted ditionary force which the United | eral Carranza's proposal for States army is gathering along the | ciprocal arrangement by which border west of here for the pursuit of | of his troops or American troog Francisco Villa, Six mountain guns, | pursue bandits on either sided unloaded during the night, were in | border. A note of acceptang readiness Columbus, N. BL, the |%eBt forwnmed by Carranss M, scene of Villa’s rald and the | first | “iiare was no indication that negotiation ngement had in @ situation on theé armed camp to develop evidences that it has been selected as one of ihe starting points for a pursuit column. department ciprocal arr altered the Mr. Landers today received the fol- | Fifty-seven carloads of battery mules | pPublication of Carranza's | lowing telegram ocncerning the case | and transport animais, also arrivals | geclaring that armed invasion from his counsel, H. M. Earle in |©of the nighl, gave evidence that more [jeo in pursuit of Villa would § | New Yor guns were coming. Illeven hundred | tolerated except on a recipro “Story published today features | Men were in the Colimbus camp this | apparently has not resulted % Momand’s accusation against Wil. | morning. Adong two hundred miles | change of Gen. Funston's inst ums, his usual attack on' officials | Of the border west of here troop trains | ¢, proceed with the pursuit @ Who refuse contract with him or ac- | Were reported passing varicus points | iy his own way and at such @l cept his views. Not necessar during the night, the result of orders | o ihought best. i papers here. Momand's released Friday by _H‘qn' war = de n.;n‘ Merely ‘o Palitical. Dogtl | conspiracy charge not proven. Jury | Ment. What points except Columbus i b influenced by improper statements | Might be used to assemble pursuit coi- Army official who studied thl and assumptions injected into ftrial | WMNE were not developed, but consid- | ranza manifesto were convin i by Momand and his counsel. Owing | er2ble activity noted on the Anz- | it was not intended as a CONy | Landers position jury thought not! ©na border n og ind also in | cation (o the United States i | damaged by Momand's libels. No | the vicinity of a small Mexican settle- | sense. £ The head of the @i | proot whatever sustaining Momand's | Mment called San Bernardine. In that | governnient, they pointed oufy positive statements against Landers, | TCZION several troops of cavalry Wwe A delicate political position, fol | Court reserved decision to set aside | FePOrted in readiness for actiox A | satisfy conflicting elements amiol verdict because of improper state. | COMmn entering Mexico from one of | own adherents in whateveing ments Momand and his counsel.” Arizona border points would | pursue Tt was admitted, W a fairly direct route to the moun- | that if Carranza enforced t Momand’s Allegations. New York: papers today give con- siderable space to the case. Momand | beside hein vice president of the Pressur Lighting Company is also a 15 expert and inventor of gas lamps, f \ quarrel arose between him and My Landers as the result of letters wr Momand to the New Britain In one he charged Mr, ders with allying himself with rival concern, the United Gas provement company for the purpose { of crushing his own concern. Tn ‘l)ls complaint, charging libel, Mr. Landers filed nine distinct charges. ] How Quarrel Began, In relation to the case th- New | York Times today tells the following story: K In October, 1913, the Pressure Com- | pany had contracts for lighting the | streets of Indianapolis and a part of | those in Brooklyn. These contracts were obtained by competirion with the subsidiaries of the United Company, Tt was about this time, it was said, that Mr. Momand learned that his associ- | ate, Mr. Landers, had taken a wrip abroad in August and September, with Morris R. Bockius, of the iirm of Mor- gan, Lew Bochivs, general coun- sel for the United Company. Further by man 3 Lan- the Tm- | information said to have been ob- tained by Mr. Momand was to the ef- fect that Mr. Landers wos on intim- ate terms with the United Compnny, and that he was working against the | Pressure Company. The inicrest of Mr. Landers, Mr. Momand helieved, was confined mainly to the Welshach | concern, whicih had a contract then lighting a part of Brooklyn, It admitted during the trial that the Welsbach Company was one of th subsidiaries of the United Compan Mr, Momand decided to demand an | explanaton from Mr. Landers and sent pany for a renewal of a contract held tain passes—ia--Sonera—through which apprehension has been experesscd that Villa might escape from the ¢ 'hibua- hua territory into which he has /re- treated. Cannon Face American Line. ments expressed in his manifés | pursuit of Villa might be hai seriously. # Discussion of the possible of Carranza or of the greatd of the Mexican people is acades | Nogales reported that a_few cannon | far as war department official had been discovered’/in the Mexican | concerned. That phase of the hills facing the American houndar tion rests wholly with the pi and the state department. Official Washington was pense early today awaiting offi near there, but elsewhere along the line where the American troovs were zathering no signs of dicquieting @ tivity along the Mexican side were re- | nouncement that merican ported. Reports here that army ofii- | were over the Mexican borde cers at Columbus were puzzled ut the | pursuit of Francisco Villa ands attitude of Carranza troops few | followers concerned in the mi miles across the bounda were flat- [at Columbus, M. ly denied upon investigation, The ar- Secretary of War, Baker had pf my information was that 200 Carranza |ised that messages from Gen. Bl troops. had gathered at Palom announcing the expeditionary about twelve miles across the line |were on their way would be pi from Columbus, and tha’ the conduct | ed immediately upon their e of these troops weré exemplary. These | There was no assurance, ho Palomas troops were part of a great | that Gen. Funston would advise ring which Carranza officors at Mata- | department before his men were] moras say are drawing about the des- |on the march south. ert and mountain refugees of Villa. Wilson Back On The Job. i Q"‘(’":‘e""_‘::’"‘f." “§ e eon by | President Wilson reached yoars 10 Do Gatner NN & DOSLLON 1O |early ‘toxuy: frdpns aiiu make it rest between Villa and the as- | S37V 1O08Y XTOTR, 6 WICTTECS sembling American columns on the | S k: ] American side of the Lorder. Reliable | ¢ the MEDUS ';“'_‘;"f df:’:;‘;:’:‘:t information has been received from | s American mources that the western | velopmentiin thelattustian SN side of the ring has been mu e oy steamed up the Potomac last ni . specially in the direc- o strengthened, especially in nother questicn. cumEEbRINE tion of the five hundred American . " Mormon colonists near Casas Grand “‘”*23“ g ‘l‘lfl'f"( lfi.‘:‘nf_p;:('“ about 175 miles south of the border “1‘ Sy }1‘*: ROgL ':dflrl’ ©co B‘dlerm where Villa’s maneuvers have raised [time. The president s SHaees have been inclined to do so im the fear that he intended to attack the American: diately after the cabinet meeting Friday, when it was determined - The Carranza authorities have not i Vil s n pur: a. reported any movement of their ring f8end troops:in purSULs of of his advisers, however, have that the action might be miscon: ed in Mexico and the expedition pursue the bandits be magnified i the dvance guard of & movemy to draw inward to enclose Villa, but have pointed out that the lack of rail- road facilities hampers them in more speedy action. Reports about Villa ha but Corralitos him a letter, on which one count in | act . were Jihe oox Epln | S i e e e within striking distance of the rail- I:.'(‘, toron 2 Dolios: st “;‘;;‘h;;“ul:‘ B AN d Ok ed Duty s “'\, ‘:‘,:‘:c{'v,(,;"‘.“‘{‘"“n::‘\-m ’::\i;}):‘li,' 'a | ministration officials of the purely: | Mr. Landers made no response to | Guof & 5%t trom which he had been | Peditionary character a; ttl?eb - | this letter. Then he was accused of | qosinitely reported. that to be sent beyom e bo trying to put through a resolution at z While General Funston yas IR et tinrof tthe [sxecutiva cotimittas Prominent Villa Men Arrestéd. sembling his expedition “soraewd of the Pressure Company to remove Aiding the military, viner branches |on the border” three regiments § | Mr. Momand from the concern On | of the government service were active | cavalry and one of infantry | October 24 M nders locked the | throughout the night on ramiiications | moving to his support today | door of the office of the company at | of wcisco Villa's tr The drag | widely scattered points in the Unl 129 Water street and put men on [ for Villa sympathi in 151 Paso last | States. Cavalr s ordered out: guard to prevent Mr, Momand from | night resulted in the arrest of four | his request Satur night some i entering. The latter began injunction | generals, one generals-sect a [{he south. The 23rd Infantry R proceedings to prevent intevference | physician, and an American. The | ment, now at Iveston, will | with him in his duties as an officer of | generals, all former Villa command- | g] o and then be . ! the cmpany. He won {he suit. ors, were Manuel Medi once | eral Funston to border duty i On Dec. 30 Mr. Landers caused a [ chief of staff; Julio I umuel | ecretary Baker explained | 1id to be filed by the Pressurc com- | Rodriguez aund Juan Podrigu The | movement of the 23rd by saying American gave his name to the police | great apprehension was felt in by the company in Brooklyn at $12 [ us B. A. Talbot. The paysician, DI | horder towns that the Columbus i a lamp, the same pri s the c Villareal, was formerly an active Vii- [ might be repeated. It is proposedd rent contract. The New York Glohe | la worker. General Medinaveitia Was | give Gen, Funston ample force Gas Light company, one of the cov-| the man whom Villa sent to Juurez {for the expedition and to protect cerns of the United company, bid to execute General Tomas Ornclas, | ger residents. » cents a lamp lower. Thereupon '.ln:\rwz commander whom Villa sus- While strictest secrecy was | Momand wrote to Commissioner Wil- | pected of treachery. Ornelas ascaped | tained by the war department a8 liams that the bid of the Pressure | but a short time ago. Villa caught him | {he force Gen wton had del company was collusive, and that ne | on a railroad in Mexico and fulfilled |nited to pursue Villa, informl ! ought to reject the bid of the Globe | his own orders. from the border pointed toward | company. i he uneasin which prevailed at | porce of cavalry, mounted artilles | In June 1914, Mr. Landers began | Deming, N. M. afier the Columbus | and engincers which would total B | his suit for libel afnd caused the raid, has been relieved by G rrival [ tween 5,000 and 6,000 men rest of My, Momand, who had to fur- | there of two companies of G Twen- | o nish $5.000 I The arrest was ore [ ticth United States infantry from Bordoe- ol dered after pants of & court = recond | IFort Bliss Washington. March 13 W [ were introduced showing (hat A Murs, G, Parks of Columbus, the {0 iment was still without advies (Continued On Eleventh Page.) (Continued On Eleventh Page.) ; (Coniiinen OxATovonts EuA