New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 24, 1916, Page 1

{ HERALD BEST OF ALL LOCAL NEWSPAPERS NEW BRITAIT HERALDI HERALD “ADS” BETTER BUSI PRICE THREE CENTS. ESTABLISHED' NEW BRITAIN CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 1916 —SIXTEEN PAGES. - DOUGLAS IN FEAR OF MEXICANTROOPS | - NASSED ON BORDER Gavalry, Infantry and Artiller Reported in Close Proximity to City on Arizona Line COULD EASILY REPEAT GAG RULE ON THE i SUBMARINE ISSUE “You May Not Proceed On That Sub- Jjeet,” Member of Reichst Is Told. 23, | | % | Berlin, March via London, 24, i {12:25 p. m.—Tt is understood that the | Reichstag will take a recess on Friday or Saturday until some date aear the end of April, for the purpose of giv- | ing committees opportunity to discu :LhL‘ budget and tax bills. This ad- Jjournment will postpone the expected speech of Chancellor Von Bethmann- Hollweg on the nation’s foreign policy. It also means, in all probability, the | sidetracking altogether of the debate MASSACRE AT COLUMBUS Despite Denials of United States Con suls Thousands of Mexican Sol- diers Are Said to ave Entrenched | Against American Side Behind Wire f ¥ voit of General Herrera. hington, March s of the massing of Carran repor +» troops on the border continued reach here teday. American consuls in no the state de; the troop lco under orders of to Investigate reported that they found ment ments, Conflictin Mex- tanglements—Ofiicials Deny Re- | to | t- move- | | no | + of troops in the northern sec- | A of cived today from D. tor Lurst Arizona, hov T Doug! zeneral with 3,000 pieces of artillery had rived at a point over the border nc ore than a mile from the of the city Carranza cavalry were six miles sout of the border. Richardson telegraphed stationed miles from Douglas were inade- nd that | that the American two quate to.meet the situation there were fears of attack. Could Repeat Columbus Massacre. Richardson’s telegram sent night, follows: roops pieces of artillery and from center of Douglas. sand cav las. We have only eighteen nundre. infantry, three hundred cavalry an four pieces of artillers stationed Am reliably informed that it woul ke one hour for our troops to react Ou Douglas in case of night attac army forbidden by from making any active defense prep arations for fear Mexicans might mis construe such preparation. Mex fcans have entrenched against Amer fcan side and have barbed wire en tanglements. We have no entrench ment Mexican troops could repeat Columbus massacre in Dougla on much larger scale and return t Mexico with small loss. All of thes statements can be verified by ou army officers here. Help us if yo can before it is too late.” Senator Ashurst said he knew Rich ardson and regarded his informatio as authoritative. . “T am giving this telegram for pub- lication,” said Senator Ashurst, “an swill not even submit it to the senat hecause it would be usele: T tired of trying to get anything done. Consul Denies Herrera Revolt. Letcher reported there was n American Consul huahua today truth in Thihuahua. Although Gen..Funston and Bell on the border have ports confirming the story of the r volt, which they believe to be tru the despatch from Consul Letche who is on the ground quarters at the volt w said to have taken by *the statements of that no such revolt Consul that Gen occurred, Carranza officia has occurred. Herrera “loyal to Gen. Carranza.” His report regarded as remo ing onc of the most menacing fe: tures of the Mexican situation. May Call Out National Guard. The problem of meeting any Gen. Funston might make fi forcements i Carranza’s arms; ration here today ican forces were seriously 1t regarded likely avaiiable troops from e would be rushed to the support #hc advancing columns, and these troops would be replaced quickly as possible by guardsmen In order not to leave ed. of S vy was under co! that t rranza to ths request be permitted | e the Mexican Northwestern rail- | to- | +h- | American troops ccted er report pointed out th had reached 2 Jocal Mexican Direct word momentarily sai@ Gen. Pers ing a pertion iepartment it was possible lim railway officials. from the Tampico d tr where anti-American strations have been ported, were awalted at the navy d today from the on her way d the gunboat (Continucd On v Machias ifteenth Page.) Rich- | 1s a telegram saying | lr ar- center | and that 7,000 additional last “Mexican general has v three Jthousand cavalry stationed ten blocks Seven thou- | Iry six miles south of Doug- two miles east of Douglas. administration easily at Chi- the reported revolt of Gen. Herrera and the Carranza garrison at Gen. received re- and has head- place where the re- officials here as confirming Letcher's despatch reportcd was in command of the de facto troops there and was re- ocvent of a rcbellion If the Amer- attacked, atl | border | national officia demon- unofficially re- i ot | h d da Our troop! 4 1 h 1 | 'S o e r u n a N m o 2, T, is 1s V- a- or n- of that | he he od sgreement with | de- battleship'| to Mexican .0\’91‘ the submarine campaign. i | = | | It was evident at today’s s the conservatives were rest the agreement to avoid dis the submarine issue in open ion that under ion of ion. us Count Von Westarp said he was willing | ance of the to adhere to the agreement on condi- tion that the matter be discussed all the more thoroughly in committee. Another conservative speaker desired to mention the submarine question but met with a shout from the house | that it was against the agreement. Even then he persisted, whereupon the president remarked bluntly: “You may not proceed on that subject.” 1 an outlet ; The conservatives found for their feelings in repeated eulogies of Admiral Von Tirpi OBPEN SWITCH SENDS TRAIN INTO FREIGHT ting Wreck Today at East Hampton. New March 24—Three sengers were hurt, none seriously, however, according to a report made to the local offices of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Co., of an accident to a passenger train leaving here for Northampton 2 7:44 this morning. The engine ran into an open switch three-fourth of a mile north of Kast Ilampton, Mass., at 11:05, and col- | lided with some freight cars on the | siding. The report received here states that the three passenge hurt were attended by local physicians. Damage to rolling stock was not ex- tensive. An investigation is to disclose if possible, how ceme to be open, as, it was last train to pass t point hm'nro: the w k found the switch in proper position. | Haven, be made to the switch ted. the | e New Havenfi, March 24—Three train men were injured when a light ! engine ran- into the caboose of a | standing freight train in the Cedar Hill yards of the New Haven rail- road here early today. None of the injuries were serious and the men were sent to their homes after being given first aid treatment. All of the injured were in the caboose. The were blocked for eV IMMIGRATION BILL UP IN THE riOUSE President May Veto Measure, As Pre- decessors Have Done, If Passed by Congress ‘Washington, March 24.—The Bur- nett immigration bill with its literacy | test and terms, which provide pacific coast congressmen says complete | exclusion of Asiatic outside of certain excepted classes, was taken up today in the house. Leaders expect that the bill, the fruit of many months of con- its passage through the house. ew Haven Road Investiga- | sideration will occupy several days in | | | | the front near GERMAN ARTILLERY OMOTHERS RUSSIANS Four Divisions Assault on Eastern Front But Without Success VERDUN REPORTS DIFFER | France Says Night Was Quict While German Statement Claims Further Successes at Haucourt With Cap- ture of Two Trenches. Berlin, March 24 March 12:30 p. via London, m.-—The import- struggle around Verdun shadows interest in the contest on front, latest dispatches that fighting is in progress in the northern an line. naturally ov the eastern but the show hard sector of the Rus The Russian fire became intense on More than fifty thousand shells chiefly of heavy fell over section of the evening of March 19. calibre, a small Postavy. German trenches were damaged by this fire. At night the Russians attacked in thick The first two waves were mowed down before they reached the entanglements. The third at- tack piérced the German position on a front of less than one hundred yards and the assailants were enjected by a counter attack led in person by a regimental commander. At Russians made a fourth attack hut it was smothered in the initial stages by German artillery. waves. Four Divisions In Chargze. Four Russian divisions are have participated in these movements. aid to The Germans were compelled to sum- mon almost no reserves Their loss- as were heavier than on the two pre- ceding days of the fighting on account of the Russian drum fire, but 1t is as. serted that nevertheless they were surprisingly small. Activity of the Russians at other ative t | standing no conc IOI' a ple know A1 | Meuse the n The literacy test comes before con- been repeatedly vetoed by presidents, and the Asiatic features face the compiete disappros | averse to agitating the question at | this time. The | said to be more fz ever proposed before and met demands of the Pacific slope for what virtually amounts to complete exclu- sion. There have been indications that the president would veto the hill if it retains those feature: “NEW HAVEN” LOSES POINT Judge of Massachusctts Supremc Court Refuscs to Modify Injunction Against Stock Transfer. Boston, March 24.—Judge Carroll pf the motion made by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad com- pany for a modification of the injunc- tion restraining gny transfer of stock keld by former directors who are de- fendants in a suit brought by minority stockholders for the recovery | £102,000,000 The company w share claimed that unle, s given authority to transfer 22 standing in the name of g off | 1. A. Manice & Co., would be linble for damages. of | gress again with the record of having | won by the different | of exclusion | army headquarters announced tods of the administration, which is much | Asiatic features are | attac aching than any | nortl the | both i | | | preme court today refused a | 87 i | Heaton Robertson, of Connecticut, {o | north of New York, it | broke down, with night was sians has been around | couple of trenches west of Haucou points of Tield Marshal Von Hinden burg's front is less marked. Compar- quiet prevailed on AMarch 19 the sector hetween Wiszeniew Narocz lakes, except for a stronz attack of the RRussians, which repulsed. The los in have nlong ind sustained by these encounters been very heavy. Notwith- the severity of the actions ™m vident here. The state public feeling was expressed by correspondent who said Phe have no anxiety, because Hindenburg there. the Rus are said o is peo they Quict in Verds March 24, 11: change in the Verdun since v cording to the office announce- ment of this afternoon. West of the ght was calm. East of the river there were bombardments. The text of the “In the Argonne district our bat- teries last night cannonaded energy the enemy positions in wood of Malancourt. r Hill 285 we caused the explosion of mine and occupied the resulting ci ter. ““West of the night passed quietlv. Fast of the river there was intermittent bom- barding in the vicinty of Douaumont and Damloup. “In the Woevre district there have been some outhursts of artillery in the sections of Moulainville Eparges, both sides taking par ‘There has been ments of importance the front:™ r Region. m—Tt situation Paris, 15 a. no erday, nc- war the No. River Meuse the and on the rest Germans Claim G March 24, Further success: in the of 1 London 3 hav Berlin, v . m.— vieinit Haucourt, northwest two additional trenches ha been cccupied. On the ving front the vicious on erman lines in sector have been continue northwest und scuth of Dvinsk. All the assaults broke down, the statement declares. The text of tod official by German army headquart follow stern tl Russian e 1s stato- ater: The violence of artillers duels increased siderably ot times in the Champagne, on the Somme-Py—Souain high roazd 2nd in the Argonne, and in Meuse district as far as the Moselle. “Following up our successes o Wednesday., we occupied another ‘he number of 32 officers and On this occasion the prisoners increased to men. tastern theater: While during the the Russians collected their only for a strong advance st the bridgehead at- Jacob east of Buschhof they under- during the night repeated at- north of the Mitau-Jacobstad vilw nd an attempt to take by surprise south of Dvinsk. and hausted themselves in uninterrupted, fierce storm attacks inst our front of Widsy. All their attaci heavy iosses day force agai adt took tacks us i en wire entanglements and the front line | dawn the | | tion of the batterie: | vpon | fet intermittent | statement follows: | with | fire | VILLA BEING FURNISHED PROVISIONS AND MONEY ‘Washington March 24.—Senator Lewis, democrat, declared in a resolution introduced today that American authorities had knowl- cdge of supplies and money being furnished to Villa from foreign countries and from the United States. His resolution proposed to brand Americans who give such aid as “Guilty of actual treason.” At the request of Senator Borah, republican, the resolution was read twice and then Senator Lewi: asked that it lie over and gave no- [ tice that he would speak upon it { | at an early opportunity. i Some of the border | | read telegrams from c s i | pressing apprehension for the safe- } ty of American interests along the | | Mexican line and Senator Stonc rc- I newed his appeal to senators not | i | | i s to agitate the situation. The di on died without action. SITUATION IS SERIOUS, SAYS ADJT. GEN. COLE But Denies State Militia Has Been Ordered to Be Ready. New Haven, March 24.—Reports were current today, not only in Haven but in other places where com- panies of the National Guard have armories, that orders of some kind had come through from Washington which would be intended to prepare the militia for a call to do service on the Mexican border. So far as could be learned from officers who would have. had early information, there have been no orders of any kind re- ceived. Tt is thought probable here that the yesterday Adjutant General George M. Cole made his customary inspec- of light artillery ration' for the of the same in the state in preps regular inspection toda These in- regulations no bearing the Mexican the United States army. spections followed the and, it is stated, have conditions on border. Adjutant General Cole York last night and reached ford this morning on his return Hartford, where he was seen. While waiting for a train he that the Mexican situation looked sorious. He \voas asked if the Connecticut National Cuard was likely called and he rcplied that he not know. He certain that it was called it woudl prove to an efficient com- mand. was said to be dia if be General Cole informed a Herald re- jorter over the telephone this after- | noon that no orders have been given the Connecticut Natlonal Guard to held itself in preparation for a call to arms despite rumors to this effect. WILL EXECUTE AMERIGAN Carranza Gives Former Vilin Officer Thirty Days in Which to Arrange Earthly Affai Hibbing, Minn Milner, a former r is i il at some point along the Mex- dent of Hibbing, ican horder, awaiting execution by or- der of Carranza authorities, according to a letter received from him by B. Connors, postmaster here, tod: been | Verdun, | con- | | Milner, a former cavalry oflicer in | the Villa army, has been giveu thirty ! da no other develop- | ol | in which to arrange his The name of the town in which he imprisoned was stricken from the let- ter, but he asked to be addressed as “Captain Hastings, in care of At- | torney Hughes, Tucson, 120 HUNT BRIDE }ifi GROOM Sheriff, Halts T Their Escape. March are pursuing Paul Hadley s bride, charged with Lkilling lacob Giles of Beaumont, T ain near Checotah, OXkla., Muskogee, Okla., to- day. Hadley was being taken to Beau- mont to answer a murder chay he shot Gil: Hadley compelled conductor to stop the train and, with his wife, fled to the hills. They are said to be arme: NEUTRAL STEAMER NK. I.ondon, March 24, 4:25 p. m.—An- other Danish steamship has been sunk—the Christianssund, 1,107 tons. Her entire crew .of 22 was saved. The British steamship Fulmar, 1,- 120 tons, also has been sunk. Eight- een of her crew were T ued. in N WEATHER, Hartford, March Hartford and vicinity ing cloudiness tonig lowed by unsettled with rain on Satard ing temperatur it weather ay. Ris- } and New | | books taken from Dr. Waite's | containing marked roports were based upon the fact that | | to Detroit, where it 3 ; 2 { afternoon of the day | commands by an inspecting officer of | | tered | Mrs | closea | timate, | she to | 4o | here state of coma Dr, Waite became talk- | ative, according to reports made by { man with whom he lived at a hotel as i Dr. and | quoted as saying. March 24.—Edward | Jo | M. Yatter Being Taken to Prison, Shoots | ain and Pair Make it was | druggist's record At AGCUSED MURDERER DEFENDS. AFFINITY Give Up “Other Woman” 'WAS STUDENT OF POISONS | | Marked Passages in Medical Books In- dicate Dentist Was Interested in BEf- | | fect of Arsenic—Fully Recovers | T'rom Self Administered Drug. ! New York, March 24.—District At- | | torney Swann said today that he would | arraign Dr. Arthur Warren Waite for | ! the murder of his father-in-law, John | of | millionaire druggist Mich., soon as | Waite's physical condition would per- | mit bringing him to court. The young dentist is under arrest at bhis apart- | ment and so far recovered from the effects of narcotics taken Wednesday terday that the district attor- hoped to produce him in court 5. Peck, a Grand Rapid ney E before the end of the day. i Investigation of the deaths of John | Peck and his wife, in Dr. Waite's | under circum- | 1] Riverside Drive home, stances which led the authorities to Dbelicve they were the victims of pois- | on, continued today. The grand jury heard further evidence. Mr. and Mrs, Warren Waite, father and mother of the man who is accused of administer- ing poison to Mr. Peck, are expected to arrive here today. It is possible they will.be examined tomorrow Marked Books on Poisons, Among the exhibits upon which the authorities are working are medical library passages describ- | ing the effect of poison such as that al- legad to have caused the death of Mr. | One of the undertakers who pre- | pared Mrs. Peck’s body for shipment was cremated, re- called today that they were compelled | to make great haste to place the body | on board the train leaving here on the of her death. identoity of the woman who, : to Dr. Waite's admission to Attorney Swann was reg him at a hotel as Dr. and A. G. Walters, has not been dis- | by the authorities. They in- however, that it is not likely knew of the alleged murder. It The accordir District with | witn VILLA FORCE IS REPORTED! ROUTED IN FIGHT AGAINS U. S. AND MEXICAN TRO No Report From Pershing Although Fus Believes Story is True--Loss of Horse is Said to Hit Villa Hard CONTRADICTORY INFORMATION FROM THE! INTERIOR KEEPS BORDER IN CONF Pershing Expected to Report After | Officials and Army Men Puo Five Days of Silence in Desert Statements Regarding Re Waste—Army Mules Replace Heavy Herrera and 2,000 Troops 1 Auto Trucks as Soldiers Reach eral Bell Insists Such Is thel tion — Arizona Re- Preparing Foothills in Chihuahua—Spics Eventualities at Sonora. ported Working at Columbus. El Paso, Tex., March 24.—Ti ican situation was more conf 24.—Re- Villa Mex- Nami- San Antonio, Tex., March ports from Mexican sources th: Americ uncertain today than at any tigs the pursuit of Francisco Villa Virtually the only news receive had been defeated by n troops at Tl quipa, were accepted today by Gen. Funston true, though no confirmation by Gen. Per- shing had been received. Improvement in the working of the wireless made it appear likely that Gen. Pershing would break his f th day of silence regarding operations outh of Casas Grandes by rendering an account of the engagement at El 0Oso. Here it was believed that the Amer- icans would not allow Villa to get out of their sight again and that his cap ture or death appeared more liikely to- day than at any other time. Gen. Pershing, it was beiieved, would concentrate as many of his men sible in the pursuing force, re lieving those who have been riding the country south of Casas Grand ican Oso near Major the interior was from Mexican' this a direc tradictory as probably al- was of such that | and nature it was sible to separate the true frof false. 4 Early today Andreas Garoif displayed he said he had r from General Bertani at Casas des announcing that Villa wi rounded at El Oso a ranch fivel south of Namaquipa, by the American and Carranza troopsl that a decisive battle was imms General Bell, commanding thel ed States troops here receivedd report in silence. His only com was that he would wait until he directly from Gen. Pershing W leading the punitive expedition | Gen. Funston before making statement the situation. was frank skepticism among | United States army officers, alt | it was admitted that advance def ments of the American troops M easily have reached Namaquip thig time if they had maintained thing like a speed with which! had made the first hundred mil Carranza consul here, grams which Mules Replace Auto Trucks. Columbus N. M., March 24.—The American campaign to capture ¥ran- cisco Villa has reached the point in the foothills of Chihuah where it has been found nece: ry to dispense heavy motor truc as transport facilitics and to depend entirely upon the army pack mule, it was learned here today. It is known- that the on stated that after Dr. Waite re turned from Grand Rapids after tak ing Mr. Peck's body to that city, he directed the woman to leave the ho- tel and she not bheen seen sine Dr, Waite's prominence as a sports- | man and tennis player has increased | the interest in the case here. He won | the Metropolitan indoor championship | early in the season and figured . in the national indoor champlonship when he was defeated by R. Lindley | Murray, who won the title. | Will “Stick” to Woman. i Having recovered today from hi has there | his | guards to the district attorney and nnounced that he would keep his lips ealed to the identity of the wo- | as M “Ana 1 A. W. Walter will stick to her,” he was “I will not give her e The grand jury meanwhile resumed consideration of the case with Dr. A. A. Moore, the physjcian who has been attending Waite, under summons to appear as a witness, Poison is Traced. Soon after Dr. the charge to Swann announc tained a vouche signed with purchase of a quantity March 9, three days death. Dr. Waite to Assistant Distric F. Brothers, who hi apartment on where he lay in bed the cffects of strong took yesterday. Dr,” Waitg admitted, Brothers, that he into Peck’s soup some time | to his death, but declared that | medicine and that Dr. A. the phycisian who attend | Guring his illness, had instruct- ed him to employ this method (M’" giving the patient medicine because Peck had compained that it was bitter and had refused o take it. | Mr. Brothers announced that Waite would removed to Bellevue hos- pital, a prisoner, latter in the d His condition was not yet such n: to permit his removal to the Tomt prison, where it was originally plar ned to incarcerate him tods District Attorfney Swann said the showed that Waite Lad purchased enough arsenic to kill several me Dr. Waite's Statement, Waite's statement, as Tepeated | Assistant District Attorney was substanitally as fol- Waite, riet vd denied Attorney had ol druggis me for the of ‘arsenic on | before Peck's made his deni: Attorney Geo: examined him ¢ Riverside Drive, | recovering from drugs which he according had put some | to | thing ior Moore, Peck be Dr, by Brothers, lows: “tI is true into Mr. Peck cine. 1 was advised to do Moore. ned on a prescription by Dr. Moore and contained a quanitiy of quinine My, Peck refused to take it bec: ted bitter I told this to Moore and he suggested that I put | the medicine in his soup that he | would not know that he taking { i that 1 put something | soup, but it was medi- | his by | The medicine was ob- | use Dr. 0 was rived, i indic | being held pending an investigatiton. | tigate on théir march. The report was received by Me3 consul Andres Garcia. The Villa outlaws were said hemmed in at El Oso, about five ff south of Namiquipa, where Villa fleq after a conflict with Can férces at Santa Gertrudes. Villa, cording to a despatch from Gen. tani, Car nza commander in the of operations, made a stand. in Santa Clara canyon near Santa trudes but was driven out with ‘& of several men killed and one dred horses captured. The loss of the horses was a blow to Villa, it said, as he pends on the high quality of mounts his to execute moves Information r ing battle at EIl awaited today by Consul Gen. Ct at Juarez. Bell at Bliss | trucks have encountered many diffi- culties in the sandy region through | which the troops have passed. Motor trains probably will be used, however, for transport purposes between lumbus and the advanced Casas Grandes, The American advance into Chi huahua is proving a hard march both for animals and men, according to reports brought here today by J. C. Marlowe, of Douglas. Marlowe, who is the first of the civilians who started cight days ago with the expeditionary force to reach the horder, asserted that the army is more and more realizing its utter dependency on the knowledge of the country shown by the civilian scouts. Arriving on a motor truck train after a thirty hour ride over a rough | dust-filled road, from near Ca Grandes, Marlowe was a vivid ex- ample of the physical difficulties of the march. His face was gaunt, | Lurned and blistered by the glare of | m arding the desert sun. A week’s growth of | forces, whose heard was caked with alkali dust, his | Chihuahua district clothing marked by many encounters | in strict silence with cactus and mesquite, or several days Gen, Pershing All Trucks Accounted for. made no report regarding md Lieutenant J. L. Parkinson of Salt | ments to his superiors iLake City, Utah, who was in charge An American crew of a train v, 02 the trucks on which Marlowe ar- | arrived at Juarez early today fi 1id that all of the American as Grandes rted that all s and drivers have been ac- | duiet at the town when ccunted for, and that American troops | 1€ft there. said there have not clashed with any Mexican | Many Americe teree since crossing the border. g Scarpane On the trip down to s Grandes, | Seemed Lieutenant Parkinson that he | they spent had seen no Mexicans, with the ex- |than had been seen ception of a few oid men at Ascen- many months. cion. All of the men arriving today The trainmen could no Ii told stories of sand storms that filled | o0 the cutting the wires at the eyes and noses of the men and | Mexican Northwestern Railr animals with sand and drove it under | Whi reported /some days their clothing and their saddles. | by Gen, Gavira. They said the That the storms were continuing was | Was eventful. Nothing was kno ted in a radio messs trom | at Ci indes when they left thi General Perehin vesterday fighting at Naaf A train load infantry recruits | quipa or elsewhere rived in Columbus last night from Columbus barracks, Ohio. It was said that they would be used to fill the gaps in regiments in the Mexican feld. Co- base at was of nen T arding the 080 v impk expectal wrela, Brig. 4 was without in Gen. Pershi tegic moves in have been clo as = his rer latter They n soldiers in town rby and that the naf pleased at their presencel more real silver mol in Casas Gram truc, W id for throw h was et as to any of Colored Troops Two Mormon ho rived on the train confirmed the stal ments of the crew. They £ | the Casas Grandes natives ve respectful the American whi soldiers but were most impres<ed: by colored regiment, which left for o south yesterday. The Mormons sd that many of Casas Gran were convinced t Villa could escape the negro trooper: In the absence of positive inform tion regarding the pursuit of Villa # main interest along the centered on the interfractional in Mexico. The reports the desertion of Carranz Herrera were attempt to ¢ hopeles {in support of had revolted was Bell, who that to that effect came he was satisfied rera is known | American | 1o Are Idolized, colonists aid \lleged Spy Arrested. it Numbers of report the camp that Mes erving operations at the base. These werc hased on the fact that two strange Mexicans arrived yester- day and that one of them spent most his time watching the loading of trucks preparing to depart for the field. Later the man w arrested upon orders from the provost and is to were prevalent ican spies were natives of o border cri respect Ge that e w cvident Herref hy el confirma from sources ti were correct. e bitter any understog resentment depriving hin He refused bim by militar; o answer questions put to authorities. by conflictir between t! s0 T WILL EXPUNGE SP March cide he the ECH. 24—Speaker weightiest belief that supplied Washington, Clark by decision of the house toduy committee of to and report on expunging the Congressional Record a Texas politics inserted leave to print privilege by R Several members complained the was indecent, vituperarivo and in any publication thic named a five inve said his from speech the | Davis here he under as a ). and is o cherish Carranza fc speech r libellous but Record. (Continued On Rifteenth