Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 11, 1916, Page 1

{ $ | - | | | | A M i NEWS SECTION PAGES ONE TO TEN. NO. VOL. XLV GERMANS CARRY | ABLAIN WOOD IN VERDUN BATTLE German Headquarters Announce | Success, but Admit French Gain Foothold -at Vaux Fort. | QUIET ABOUT THE MEUSE bardment on Both Banks of the Meuse Only Incident. NO MORE INFANTRY FIGHTING} BULLETIN. | BERLIN, March 10.-—Capture of | the Ablain Wood was announced to- day by German army headquarters. It was stated that the French had regained a foothold in the fort of | Vaux, PARIS, March 10.—(Via Lon-| don.)—There was no change in the situation before Verdun, either east or west of the Meuse, according to| a semi-official announcement made | here this afternoon. The announcement adds that the violent bombardment continues on both banks of the Meuse, but that| there has been no infantry attack by | the Germans, The text of the announcement given out | by the French war office this afternoon reads “In the Argonne district our artillery has bombarded certain convoys of the enemy moving along the road from Mont- | faucon to Avococourt. | ““There has been no change In the situ- ation west or east of the river Meuse. ‘The night passed without the enemy mak- ng any infantry attack against our posi- itons. The bombardment, however, has continued, both sides taking part along our front. It has been violent on the left and right banks of the Meuse river and intermittent in the Woevre district. “In Alsace our batteries have demol- ished the German trenches at Hill No. 4%, which is east of Thann. “The night passed quietly on the re- mainder of the front. “Duting the day of March 8 French air- men delivered a number of attacks, most of them over the lines of the enemy. During one of these engagements at Erlennes fifteen German airmen were | forced ‘to flee. Later ten of them were seen to ha descending vertitally in the direction of their own lines. “In addition to this information has ‘been. received that two German ; one in a Fokker machine, have been come in the Champagne district and three others vanquished in the reglon of Ver- dun. The machines of these five aviators came to the ground within the German dnes.” Gah‘anz& Consul at Columbus, N. M., Reported Missing WASHINGTON, March 10.—Dispatches to the Mexican embassy said that the Carranza consul at Columbus was among the missing and expressed the fear he had been killed. Eliseo Arredondo, Gen- eral Carranza’s -ambassador sald he had communicated with his government after his talk yesterday with Secretary Lan- wing, but had received no reply. State department dispatches from Chi- huahua éay General ‘Gutierrez the Car- ranza commander there has given orders for the capture of the bandits who raided Columbus, Dispatches from Christiana say Norway has pecognized the Carrapza government and that the’minister’ Michael Lie, is returning te his post in Mexico City. SECURITIES ON WAY TO UNITED STATES SEIZED | LIN, March 10—(By Wireless to Sayville)—Among the items given out today by the Overseas News agency was the following: ““The Dutch newspaper Handelsblad re- ports that securities are missing from the Dutch mail which was seized and later released by the British authorities The newspaper says the British officials believed that the securitles came from Germany and were being sent to the United States by way of Holland.” { The Weather | = Yesterday. | Deg. Temperatures at Om Hour . m m. . m Mooosr m.... . m . m m m n.m m m . m m m 8 p Comparative Local Record, 4 3 1916 1916 1934 1013 | Highest yesterday 4+ Lowest yesterday Mean temperat pitation Temperature an ¥ precipitation tures irom the normal: Normal temperature . Deficiency for the day depar- .13 Reports from Stations at 7 P, M. Station and State Te - - stion and St _Temp. High- Rain 4 Tp.m. est. fall Cheyenne, clear 5 o Davenport, elear F ] Denver, ciear.... . 58 0 es Molnes, clear.. ) 0 Rorth Platte “ © Omaha, _clear 3 32 o Rapid Oity, eloudy o Santa Fe. clear & & 0 Sheridan, clear TR B Sioux City, clear ™ 2 (] Valentine, ‘part clocdv. . 3 3 T indicates trace of precipitat on L. A, WELSH. Local Forecaster, Total deficiency since March 1............ Normal precipitation . dinch | deficiency for the day .08 inch Total rainfall sinee March 1.. .08 inch March 1....... .31 inch 2 . period, 1815.... 1.18 inches Deficiency for cor. period, 1914, .3 inch GENERALS IN CHARGE OF AMERI- CAN EXPEDITION INTO MEXICO. ERAL JOHN J. PERSHING. Carranza Orders Five Thousand Men To Move I}pon Villa | WASHINGTON, March 10.—Late today an expression of regret from General Casranza for the Columbus massacre was received by the Btate department. No offer of co-operution with American troops for hunting down the Villa bandits was made, but'if une dovs vome, it was. sald that it hardly could be refused. ° The Mexican embassy got a telegram from General Carranza late today saying that 5,000 troops from various garrisons to the south had been ordered to move upon the Villa bands. No mention was made of the proposal of the United States to send forces, Elislo Arredondo, General Carranza’s’ ambassador here, recelved the news of the president's decisfon with the state- ment that he could make no comment own opiniont that such action would not be resented. State department officlals said that no presence of American soldiers in Mexico. They “declared that gquestion wolld be met when it came up. MEXICO CITY, March 10.—General Car- ranza goes not care to make a statement in regard to the situation resulting from the raid on Columbus, N. M. A rigid censorship has been Imposed Newspapers are printing nothing of the raid and the public has not been advised of it. Three Thousand British Civilians Killed to Date LONDON, - March - 10.~The - number - of non-combatants killed by Great Britain's enemies since the beginning of the war aggregates 3,133, Premier Asquith: writes in reply to a request for information by Major Hunter. Forty-nine men, thirty- nine women and thirty-nine children were killed in.coast bombardments. 'Ope hun- dred and twenty-seven nen, ninety-two women and Tifty-seven children were Killed. in ‘air “raids. Approximately non-combatants lost their lives on board British merchant.and fishing vessels be- tween August 4, 1914, and March 8 19i0, | but the detalled figures are not available Captu-re of Fort Vaux is Flatly Deni(fl_by French PARIS, March 10, been issued statement An official note has categorically denying the made. in the German officlal communication of March § that “the vil- lage and armored fort of Vaux captured in a glorlous night attack by Posen reserve regiments * * * under the leadership of * von Guretsky Cornitz.’ the says, 18 note were * General This assertion, note way false. The statements con: tained In recent German officlal coramu- nications, Russians Landing ' NeaLTrebizond WASHINGTON, March 10.—Russian troops have landed on the Black Sea coast of Aslatic Turkey and the occupa- tion of in every denies other bizond is imminent, accordin to a dispateh received to day from th American embassy at ' Constantinople The State department also was advies that the American consul at Trebizon archives of ‘the Ger German consul hav had taken over the the man consulate Ing left 'PERSHING WILL LEAD EXPEDITION AGAINST - VILLISTA OUTLAWS ;Unoffie al Informatin oM ¢gh Officials_at.® ‘:“3‘ o s “0rces. TO CROSS AT TfiREE PLACES American Soldiers Will Enter Mex- ico at El Paso, Columbus | and Douglas. | e | MAY HAVE TO INVADE SONORA ANTONIO, Tex., March 10 [ Unofficial information from high of- ficers at ort Sam | said that General John J. Pershing, commanding Fort Bliss, will be in command of the punitive expedition into Mexico. Major General Frederick Funston said that as plans being worked on by himself and his staft were not completed, he would not announce | the scope of the plan of the army | movements, | Unofficially, however, it was said that the expedition against Villa |'would be on a considerably larger | scale than at first thought. Entrance to Mexico, according to this rrpor!,“ will be through three places. Wil Entrain at El Paso. A regiment of infantry, a regiment of cavalry and probably a regiment of field probably by Mexican troops sent out from Juarez and Chihvahua, will make their way south and westward to cut off Villa if he attempts to retreat®to his fastness in the San Andres country, sixty miles west of Chihuahua {Oty, At the same time a regiment of eavalry and one of | light atilrlery, will penetrate Chihuahua | southward from Columbus, entering Mex- ico two miles north of Palomas. These will pick up the trail of Villa and his men and continue the pursuit. Will Leave Eastward. From Douglas, it was stated, also un- officially, that at least a regiment and probably two regiments of cavalry will leave eastward to head off Villa if he dé- cldes ‘to: comé iInto Sonora. At the same time a battallion of infantry will be sent to the end of the Nacozari raflroad line, sixty miles south of Douglas, to prevent and the EI Tigre mine, twenty miles dis- tant. Grave féars were expressed that the In- vasion of not only a part of Chihuahua, but th whole of Sonora, would become necessary, since thousands Villa's sympa- thigers are known to be still in that state ostensibly under the banner of Carranza. ‘These are thought likely to break out in revolution” against the American forces at any moment, it was stated. In that case the strategic points of and would at once notify General Car-*| entry would be Naco, Douglas, Nogales ranza. Yesterday he declared it was his | and Cumpas. Ariz. Aero Squadron to Go. Unofficlally it was stated that probably the entire first aerd squad, United Statés other troops. has been moved to Victoria, Tex., from Bl Paso. A Dbattalion of the Eleventh infantry has Leen moved from Douglas, Ariz, to| Hachita, M., 100 mles east. | |Villa Asked Zapata b1t oin_in Invasion COLUMBUS, N. M., March 10.—An in- vitation to General Emiliano Zapata to march north and join In an attack on the-United States was sent by Francisco Villa in January, according to a copy of a letter found among Villa's captured papers. The letter was dated San Gero- nimo, Chihuahua, January 6, 1916, “I shall not expend another shell on brother asfexicans,” Villa wrote in the tack the Americans on their own soil and let them know that Mexico is a land of the free and the tomb of thornless crowns and traitors.” Villa proposed that the joint movement ‘wnn Zapata against the United States Zapata so far as known made no move to accept and this may have been re- sponsible for Villa's decision to march on Columbus alone. | WVilla in the letter attributed his defeat at Agua Prieta last November to permitting Carranza military authorities to send over American territory reinfo: ments for the Mexican town opposite Douglas, Ariz, and declared that act an invasion of the soverelgnty of Mexico and an insult to the people “At that time,’ Villa told Zapata, restrained, but with the greatest diffi- ulty, the impulse of my troops to at tack the city of Douglas.” Carranza, he also stated in the letter, had sold Mexico to the United States, \greeing to lease Magdalena bay for \inety-nine years and giving over con- trol of the Mexican National railroad |HOGS PASS TEN-DOLLAR | CHICAGO, March 10.—Owing to scarcity of supplies the hog market today jumped up % cents to §10.06 a hundred pounds | This is $3.55 above the low point of De- ember 22 and s & cents over the price f a week ago. Only 18,000 hogs were re- elved here today. The comparative exhaustion of the hog upply is explained by the unprecedented lemand for pork, induced largely by the | ‘remendous call from warring Buropean wations | #ince January 1 more than 0,000 hogs n excess of the total for the correspond- ng period of 1916 have been marketed in Chicago. Houston tonight | artillery will, it was stated, entrain at El Paso for Casas Grandes, over the | Mexican Northwestern rallroad. Casas Grandes was raided by Villa two weeks ago, and is the place from which he marched on Colunibus. From Casas Grandes the American forces, assisted Villa_reaching ahd attacking that place - | letter, “but will prepare and organize to | uld occur six months from January 6. | the | action of the United States government in | MARK AT CHICAGO YARDS | MORNING, MARCI ' OF VILLA BANDITS | Detachment that Followed Villa Into Mexico Thursday is Doing Patrol Duty. COLUMBUS, N. M,, March 10.— Army border patrols and armed civ- {lians early today maintained a close watch for the reappearance of Mex- |ican bandits along the border. A ! report that armed Mexicans had ap- peared opposite Gibson's ranch, fif- teen miles west, was being investi- | gated by military authorities. Im- medfately upon reecipt of this re- port a considerable body of armed clvillans left here in automobiles. Unconfirmed reports of the appear- ance of Mexicans near Victoria also were racely Boidlers-and citizens divided attention to the vigll along the international bound- ary with the work of clearing yesterday’ battlefield of Mexican dead. Barly today approximately saventy-five Mexican dead had been found on the American side and either burned or buried. This was to by Anierican officlals as an evidence of the effectiveness pf the fire of Amer- ican troopers. MHundréd Megleans K Major Frank Tompkins, who yesterday afterward, returned to Columbus with troopers that followed Villa into Mexido, estimated the Mexican déad in the battle with Villa's rear guard at fully 100. Several wounded Mexicans who had lain decision had been reached as to what | army, stationed here, would be dispatched 2 g e out all night were found in the brush and the dttitude of the United States would |in one o two*days, perhaps tomorrow, |taken m“(ha ":"y hospital. be if General Carranza objected to_the | for Bl Paso, there to co-operate with the Lack of field telegraph and telephone equipment, it was. learned, was respons A battalion of the Twentieth Infantry |ble for the delay In the arrival at Colum- | | bus of two troops of cavairy from the station at the Gibson ranch. Word of the Columbus fightlrig was not received there until 8 o'clock. Althdugh Major Lindsley started immediately, it was almost two hours later before he reached Columbus with his two troops. Hachita Reported Quiet, El Paso and Southwestern train No. § eastward bound, with most of the pas- sengers and crew heavily armed, reached (Continued on Page Two, Column Two.) Missouri is Again Rising at Yankton YANKTON, D., March 10.—(Special Telegram.)~The Misscurl river is again on flood stage and is slowly.rising after a seven-inch drop. Hundreds of homes are now deserted, for most part with household goods still in them. All miss- ing people are accounted for and safe. Rescus work was continued all day Thursday and the situation is well in | hand 1f no further rise comes. No train service to the east.is likely for a weeck. Garrison Will Help During Emergency farch 10. | WASHINGTO) Former Sec- | retary Garrison came to Washington to- | day and called at the War department for conference with his successor, Sec- retary Baker. Mr, Garrison offered his | services to the administration fin the emergency and is expected to remain to assist Mr. Haker for the present, at least '—Villa Began lslanfifng Raid : | Into United States in October COLUMBUS | founa the N M battlefie March 10, opposite Papers on here yesterday revealed that Francisco Villa | decided last October to wage warfare against Americans. This step, accord- g to Villa'’s personal documents, was taken immediately following recognition by the United States of the Carranza de facto government and began with the in- stitution of Villa'’s campaign in Sonora, which ended disastrously at Agua Prieta on November 2. Among the papers found was what purported to be an agreement between \illa and Mexican residents of Colonia Morelos, near El Algre, Sonora, pledging mutual support fn an effort to oust Mormons and other Americans, con- tiscate their droperty and operate their mines and farms. onted | CALIFORNIA GIRLS DO BAREFOOT DANCE IN SNOW IN CENTRAL PARK—S8ix graceful little dancers from Los Angeles astonished New Yorkers on last Wednesday by doing a classic dance, garbed in classic costume, in the snow in Central Park. The photo- graph indicates they enjoyed it. WATCH FORRETURN |FUNSTON ASKS FOR |TROOPS ANXIOUS IMMEDIATE ACTION Genera] in Command at Border Urges No Time Be Lost in Mov- ing Against Bandits. HUNDRED MEXICANS KILLED WANTS THINGS KEPT SECRET | WASHINGTON, March 10.-—In a |report late this afternoon General | Funston told the War department he had accurate information that Villa had 3,000 troops with him, that Car- ranza troops in his vicinity had fled | and that he advised against “fritter- | ing away the time of the army guard- ing small towns,” while Villa might ;hlve an opportunity to escape. He | advised that.the plans of the army. |for Villa’s capture be surrounded with secrecy for the sake of their success. Mown n Batteries Avallable. Approximately 12,000 troops, with forty-elght mountain batteries and field guns, are on the border be- tween Douglas, Ariz.,, and Hl Paso, Tex. A little more than one-third of that force is cavalry and all could be assembled at any point-between | the two towns within two days. cavalry and a battalion of mountain artillery with twelve mountain guns, especially designed for the character of fighting which the punitive ex- pedition will wage, could be assem- | bled within twenty-four hours, | Search May He Difficult. The Thirteenth, Seventh, Eighth and Tenth cavalry are scattered along the border between Douglas and El Paso, The Eleventh, Elghteenth and Twenty- second infantry, the Sixth fleld artillery and a battalion of the Fourth mountain artillery are at Douglas. At El Paso, about sixty miles from Columbus, are four regiments of infantry, the Sixth, Seventh, Sixteenth and Twentieth. The | Twelfth infantry is at Nogales between | Columbus and Douglas. | The administration realizes that the | search for Villa may be long and diffi- cult. Major General Funston, however, who probably will direct the expedition, it he does not actually lead it, estab- | lished himself as a successtul catcher of | outlaws in the Philippines when he took Aguinaldo single-handed There s little expectation that Villa and | his bandits will fight In the open. Guer- | lla’ warfare 1s almoést certain to result, | but the American soldiers will have or- | ders to follow Villa no matter where he goes. The text of the dispatch from General naton follows | “It is the opinion of Colonels Dodd and Slocum, in which 1 concur, that unless Villa is relentlessly pursued and his forces scattered he will continue raids. As troops,of the Mexican government | are accomplishing nothing and as he can consequently minke his preparations and concentrations without - being disturbed, he can strike at any point on the border, | we being unable to obtaln advance in- | formation as to his whereabouts Time ia Valuable, | “If we tritter away the whole command | guarding towns, ranches and railroads it = | will accomplish nothing, if he can find safe refuge ncross the line after every raid. Although probably not more than a thousand took part in the Columbus {Continued on Page ) Two, Column Thre. The citizens, according to the alleged | agreement, promised to take up arms with Villa to gain this end. Villa was to furnish the Mexicans of the district with live stock, to be dellvered by April, 196, “after he had overcome Carranza a.nd established himselt as supreme chief in Mexico.” Another of the papers acknowledged re- ceipt of $25,000 in gold from the Consoll- dated Cananea Copper company at Naco, Sonora, shortly after Villa's retreat from Agun Prieta. The receipt credited the money to export dutles on copper ores from Cananea, but a notation showed that the money really was pald for the lives of three Americans held as prisoners have been marked for execution, News Stands, eto, fo 10 BEGIN PURSUIT | Indications that Carranza Forces Have Made Preparations to Stop Retreat of Bandits. FORCES POSTED NEAR BORDER COLUMBUS, N. M., March 10.— Civil and military authorities along the border here today gave unani- mous expression In favor of imme- diate pursuit of Villa by American troops when the contents of Villa's correspondence beécame known. Carranza authorities, according to | officials from Juarez, would not ob- Ject to the entry of American troops in Mexico to attack Villa. In fact messages have been re- ceived here stating that Carransza cavalry had left Guzman to take the bandit c¢hiet ‘n the rear with the I3 atfon that American troops, whom they suppobed to have alréady crossed the border, would attack him. ‘The Carranza troops, It was stated, car- ried & black and white flag to notify the Amerfoan troops of their ldentity. Gen- { (Continued on Page Two, Column Two.) Private Taylor Dies of Wounds Received at Columbus Battle EL PASO, March 10—Private Jesse F'. Taylor of Troop F, Thirteenth cavalry, died at the post hospital at Fort Bliss today as the result of an abdominal wound received in the fight with the Villistas at Columbus, CHICAGO, March 10.~Isadore Barmazal tonight recelved a telegram from Lieu- tenant Lucas, saying that Corporal Mich- ael armazal of Machine Gun Troop A of the First cavalry, wounded yesterday in the raid on Columbus, N, died to- cay. lsadore sald today, the body of his brother would be brough here for burial Michael, he said, enlisted four years ago next fall and was assigned at once to the cavalry. Last fall he returned here to spend the Jewish holldays with | his family, members of which sought to dissuade him from enlistment. He liked army life, Isadore sald, and would not heed the family entreaties. NORFOLK VOTES $50,000 | PAVING BONDS FOR YEAR | NORFOLK, Neb., March 10.—(Speclal | Telegram.)—By- & vote of 660 to 176, Nor- folk today voted $0,00 bonds for paving street intersections. This means. about | six miles of paving in Norfolk this sum- | mer Webater City Bowlers Lead. | | WEBSTER CITY, Ia., March 10.~(8pe- clal Telegram.)—At the second day of the Elks' bowling tournament here today | the Towa Kiks' Bowling association was | formed, with N. M, O'Connor of this city as‘president. In singles, doubles and five- men events today Webster City bowlers | tion will be pushed to succe THE WEATHER. Cloudy on Trane s motl SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. AMERICAN ARMY CROSSES MEXICO BOUNDARY TODAY United States Government Orders Funston to Move Troops Across Line and Get Villa Alive or Dead. SOLDIERS MOVE BEFORE NIGHT Size of Expedition and Length it Will Go Depends on Neces- sities of Case. CARRANZA TOVSEND 5,000 MEN BISBEE, Ariz,, March 10.—An American rancher was killed by a band of 200 Mexican bandits who crossed the border near Osborne Junction, Ariz., tonight. WASHINGTON, March 10.—Amer- ican troops were ordered across the Mexican border today by President Wilson to take Francisco Villa and his bandits, dead or alive. Under the direction, if not actually the leadership of Major General Funston, who ended the Philippine insurrection by taking Agninadlo single-handed, Amerncan columns are expected to be moving into Mexico before tomorrow night. They g0 to meet about 3,000 guerrila troops in a mountainous region, from which Carranza troops have fled. No less than 5,000 men, probably more, will comprise the American expedi- tion. Whether this long-deferred armed action, which begins purely as a punitive emasure to clear northern Mexico of menacing bandit bands over which Genearl Carranza has no control, shall grow into a general armed Intervention or occupation in Mexico depends in a large measure upon General Carranza and the Mexican people. Wilson's Statement. It begins with President Wilson's declaration that it is entirely to aid the Carranza Government and with- out thought of aggression. This state- ment, prepared by th epresident, himself, was given out at the White House: zlll & Vs, An adequate force, sent at once in pursuit with the single turing him and pu to his forays, This can be done, and will be done, in entirely friendly and ald of the constituted author ities in Mexico, and with serupu- lous respect for the sovereignty of that republic. President Wilson's decision to de- part from the policy of watchful walting, hastened by the Columbus massacre yesterday, was announced today after it had been unanimously approved by the cabinet and admin- istration leaders in congress, Ponit Explained. The president's position was explained fully to the latter, who agreed that he should not be embarrassed at this time by discussions of & minority which might arouse trouble in Mexico. After a brief cabinet meeting, at which the president was described as being de- termined to eliminate Villa as he was to eliminate Huerta, Secretary Baker hur- ried to the War department and as his first act in office sent orders to the bor- der troops. Soon afterward the army general staff asembled and conferred over the plans, long drawn and perfected since the Mexican situation loomed up as a disturber to the peace of the United Jokt | States. General Funston telegraphed urging ut- most secrecy of the army plans. The border is honeycombed with Mexican spies, and it was agreed that the expidi- by keeping Villa and his men ignorant of its move- ments. It is possible that no corespond- ents will be permitted to accompany the columns. At any rate a strict censorehip will be imposed. arrison Offers Services. Former Secretary Garrison, familiar with the army’s Mexican plans by his assoclation with the crisis two years ago, cAme to Washington and offered his serv- ices to ald his successor. They were at once accepted, and Mr. Garrison went into gonference with Secretary Baker at the War department General Carranza, in a telegram to the Continued on Page Two, Column One.) were leading. It was voted to hold the 1917 meeting in Dubuque Department Orde WASHINGTON, March _ 10.—(8pecial Telegram.)—Pensfon granted% Nancy M Hale, Omaha, $12, Rural carriers Meser appointed: loway Charles B, Betts: Buffalo Cen. ¥, Forbes; C{ncinnati, Clar Rice: Webster City route 4, Berryhill. Bouth Dakota, Irene, ¥d- | Clemteen. Nebraska postotfices discontinued: Rita ’ | Park, Cherry county; mail to | Muekerville, Custer county; mail to Oconto. The First National bank of Whiting, Te., has made abplication for a charter, with a capital $25,000. | Application has ben recefved at the | department to convert the tional bank of Easin, Wyo., cap. 000, into the Ploneer Trust and | Savings bank of Basin | “Buy-a-Yard-of-Cloth' NEW YORK, March 10.—"Buy a of cloth days have been designates | | | | ¥ | Days. | ard | by | more than fifty governors and mayors | throughout the eountry in the last week to ald state committees of the commis- slon for relief in Belglum in their «"cr:n n ‘or the destitute to obtain elothing 1 northern France, it was um nounced here [ | tonight v SANTA ROSA, Cal, Mareh 10.—Lut! Burbank, the well ":)nufimnor:kun: it was repo recovering from an |liness which ¥u‘ caused his nds Krave dety. He contract 3 27 cold, & ened to develop into still confined his Everybody can phone their Want- Ads to THE BEE. NOW is a con- venient time to put in your ad—do it. TELEPHONE Tyler 1000