Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 18, 1916, Page 1

e ————————— - NEWS SECTION PAGES ONE TO TEN. 235 VOL. XLV-—NO. 235. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE - OMAHA, SATURDAY SENATE APPROVES WILSON'S SENDING ARMY INTO EXIC La Follette Introduces Resolution, Which is Adopted, to Effect Body Pleased with Chase of Villa. MERELY PUNITIVE EXPEDITION Purpos¢ Not to Interfere in Any Way with Sovereignty of Southern Republic. APPRECIATED BY PRESIDENT WASHINGTON, March 17.—Sena-~ 'HITCHCOCK MAKES |ORGANIZED BOOST | MINORITY REPORT, NOW UNDER.WAY Nebraskan Says Final Draft of Sen- ate Army Bill Provides.Too | Large Force. Ne EIGHTH OF MILLION IS ENOUGH | L WASHINGTON, March 17.—Whkile | the house was debating the army bill | today the final draft of the senate| NEED IS READILY SEEN BY ALL army bill was favorably reported by | Chairman Chamberlain. | Committees Are Hard at Work and Senator McCumber, republican, ori Definite Plans Will Soon Be North Dakota, made a speech urg- | Outlined for the Effort. ing the country not to be uwnyedi at— from a middle course between war | SHOULD PROFIT BY EXPERIENCE hysteria and utter defenselessness. — N He contended the United States was| At the next meeting of the Omaha ons Are Falling Into 0 Put Their Shoulders to the Wheel for City's Progre: | MARCH 18, MORNING PERSHING, the American general who has orders to | get ‘‘Villa, dead or alive.’’ | e IA!m; W l:‘\’]'\ PAGES, THE WEATHER. t’air e e T = At Motel ote, So SINGLE = T™WO COPY CENTS. “RLYING” COLUMN CATTLEMEN OFFER AMERICAN ARMY | Two Wings Probably Will Form a | striking in a PENETRATES FAR INTO OLD MEXICO United States Cavalry Under Com- mand of Colonel Dodd Said to Be Advancing at a Rapid Rate MAIN ARMY MOVES SLOWER | Junction Somewhere Near Casas Grandes. MAY HAVE S:l'AliTED EARLIER $60,000 FOR VILLA Huge Reward for Bandit, Dead or Alive, Stirs Peons in North. ern Mexico. NEW CITY RISES AT COLUMBUS COLUMBUS, N. M., March 17. (By Messenger to Bl Paso.)-—Two half squadrons of cavalry left the expeditionary main base here today, westerly direction Whether they were intended to re- inforce the punitive columns was not known. One report indicated that they were going out to help protect the line of communications IN VILLA HAUNTS; BRIDGE IS BURNED Bandits Burn Railroad Span Di- rectly in Line of March of U. 8. Troops Who Are Now in Encmy Country. ONE COLUMN IS LOCATED Portion of Invading Force Reported Now on Outskirts of Casas Grandes Region. MUCH ACTIVITY AT COLUMBUS | EL PASO, Tex.,, March 17.——A few of that portion of the expedition S bl 43 tor La Follette, republican, today in-| in less danger of attack tham ever | Clearing House association, which is | | detinite tacts about the American ex- | under Colonel Dodd, which three PP troduced and the senate adopted | before. | to bé held in about a week, the mat- pedition into Mexico today stood out|days ago circled to the westward | i, pASO, Tox. March 17 \ without opposition, a resolution ap- proving President Wilson's course la sending a punitive expedition to Mexico and assuring the Mexican people further that the object of the sxpedition was merely punitive, Text of Mesolution. “Congress, in its growing servils| ter of the need of a new union depot ity,” he sald, “has allowed its func-| " Omaha is to be taken up. tion to be usurped by the executive The Retail Grocers’' association is until it has become the tool to con-| {180 to take the matter up at the vert presidential programs into law, | next meeting. Congress shou'd be the judge of ghe Letters from these two organiza- necessity and of the propriety of | t'ons reached the special committee | of the Associated Retallers of Omaha | with considerable clearicss, as the fifty miles from here and entered | American troops have reached Casas ‘re“ull of official published reports Mexico about the same time wl(h.ur,mdp,. according to the statement and the news brought here by Ameri- cuns who have been in touch with some portion of the American move- ment . | the main column which rectly south from here. | Troop trains over night swelled | | the Columbiis cam to what is said to | went di- | of General Gavira tonight at Juarez, EL. PASO, Tex., March 17.—-—One of the American columns in Mexico It seemed certain that of the two| be nearly the size of the original ex- | w.o difinitely located tonight on the The text of the resolution follows changing our historical attitude.” columns which are “somewhere in|pedition. Heavy construction work | outekirts of the Casas Grandes re- “Resolved by the scuate (the house of | Senator Hitchcock; democrat, submitted | Yesterday. - These are the result of a | | Mexico,” one was constituted for of many varieties was under Way to- | gion hetween the towns of Janos representatives concurring) that the uu;|<Tlv‘;nrll3;kr;::\|rl,:"“r|l'\ld o:n, a4 number of letters sent to the various speed, while the other apparently | night and a new city was rising with | o, 4 Ascension, in a statement fssued T N s m;imue..;-:; on the r'rommo‘nd:flnn‘lhn{ | business organizations of the city by | | yras moving more slowly. The swift-| almost visible progress to become a | v General Gavira, Carranza com- 1 and | © | | Y ’ ”:“::": ';'r":’:’:;":: :::;e::':ndrmn‘lflmcn the standing army be increased 78 per | h® Special depot committee of the | | footed column was the auxiliary |large permanent base. mander at Juarez. Simultaneously ho entered the United States from Mex- | cent.” M. Hitchcock stated, “even | Associated Retailers asking that the | BRIG-GEN. JOMN M. PERSHING. |mimy, scemingly mostly cavalry, | March s Quiet. came the first indication of activity T T . 1018, committed outrages | though that increase bo distributed over | various bodies appoint (-ommxm-.ui T T " |which went into Mexico fifty miles| The report that several men on outbost | o\ ype part of the Villistas and of o five vears. In my opinion the increase - 15w . y had b | on American soll and fled Into Mexico, 1a [ FVe VERrS. | T Y OB AR e ICEENRE | to co-operate with the retailers in | west of the main army of General J. :}:‘llfnfl:‘ll:v l.:'l‘pe::l::.'“::‘ peen con: | thetr intention to resist the Ameri- hersby approved; and that congTese A% |1t would give us an army of 00 men | the demand for a new depot. J. Pershing when his forces croased | ¢irmeq here. | cans expeditions in news received extends its assurance to 4 government of Mexico and to the Mexi- can people that the pursuit of said law- when enlisted to full strength.” An effort With the Bullders' exchange already In line with a committee ready to work with the retaflers; with the Real Estate ex- to pass a bill practically | doubling the number of cadets at the BORDER IS GROWING at Columbus, N. M. The secrecy which has surrounded the It s sighificant that the soldiers about camp who come into com- munioation with® returning relays of | that Villa's followers had burned a raflroad bridge on the Northwestern loss band of armed men across the inter- | b F ol T So T boint was | change preparing to discuss the matter movements of the main column has been lr;;\-:"l" "'fl‘x"' "‘:'1‘:- "l':""'“‘::;uum.a of Mexlco between Sum- natfonal boundary line Into Mexico 18 for | plocked by Senator Jones, republican. |t an early meeting: and with the Com- | slight compared with the record of this "”"fl_m""‘q;m s ar Ve the marh| qmitt and San Pedro, Chihuahua. the single purpose of arresting and Pun-| who objected to its immediate considera- [ mercial'club handling the matter through | Many United States Citizens in Mex- | western force. There is reason to belleve, | e, g ation pre- Ishing the fugitive band of outlaws; that | tjon its public affairs committee; the two new y 2xcept for this occastonal gossip and | General Gavira's inform P the congress in approving the use of ‘the armed forces of the United States for the purposes announced joins with the president in declaring that such military expedition shall not be permitted to en- croaeh In any degree upon the sov: ereignty of Mexico or to interfere in any manner with the domestic affairs of the Moxican people.” Wilson Appreciates It, Word of the senate’s action was sent to the White House and President W' son directsd that his appreciation be con- veyed to Senator La Follette. Senator Fall of New Mexico, con- sistent critic of the government's Mexican policy, who was absent when the La Follette resolution passed, attacked the measure late today. “I apologize to the American people for not being here to oppose:the reselution,” b ffl."“x want to register my com- i isapproval of the sentiment ex- pressed u;? 'on the floor. 4 .uph-vm:“l th-, ; ma, ‘has taken, & " ‘has ana T dl:rn with him altogether ounce that I would in his dealings with a man whe has dealt with him in utter defiance of the comstitutional provisions of his own sountry.” s Kanawha Goes Down Off South Carolina NBW YORK, March 17.~News was ros celved in this city late today that the stéamship Kanawha, bound from New York for Rio Janeiro by way of Nor- folk, Va., had sunk at sea. A boatload of sallors from the. Kanawha was picked 1p by the steamer Santa Marta. A wireleas ¥ sank last night off coast and that the Santa Marta had cued twénty-one members of the crew. Amnother boatload of the Kanawha sail- ors, consisting of the third officer and seven mén, was still missing when the Santa Marta reported, but it was stated that the steamer is continuing the search for the missing men. —_— e GENERAL W0O0DS W SOLDIERS’ HOME BOARD Kay LEAVENWORTE, March 17— The clection of General George H. Woods of Dayton, O., to the presidency of the National So'diers Home board of man- agers te succeed Colonel Fred J. Close of Kansas City, was announced here today, ill health was given by Colonel Close as his reason for retirement. iRev. Mr. Fleharty, " Retired Methodist Minist_er. Is Dead Rev. J. Q. A. Fleharty died in Omaha | Thursday night, aged 7 years and months, He is survived by wife, Anna | Stafford Fleharty, and a twin brother, | Henry C. Fleharty, who resides with his son, Harry B. Fleharty, in Omaha Rey. Mr. Fleharty was born in Spring- promises by the bankers and the grocers to take hold of the matter, are looked upen as indicating increas- ing interest in thy - AlL A Here are some .re pressed on the streets: George T. Morton, Chairman of the City Planning Board—Omaha wants the best depot and terminal facilities obtainable and warranted by the present business and certain growth. Easy communication and close touch with the surrounding territory is a fundamental requirement for any city and especlally for Omaha, the “market town.” Our whole railroad 3 "w‘hl- ox- fieid, Ill. September 15, 1582. He was a retired Methodist minister. His last charges were_Albright and East Omaha. He entéred the work ip Nebraska in 1874, being recelved on trial and appointment to Iron Bluffs that year. The mext year he had all Polk -ounty, and with his Bible, hymn book and few clothes stowed away in a pair of saddle bags, spent most ‘of his timesfr-the snddle. He built the first. church at Wesley chapel ment, and held a revival at Osceola, at which time more than 100 persons were convested: ' i Among those converted &t this time were the county judge, sheriff and con- stable, and J. H. Mickey, later governor of Nebraska. North Bend, Harvard, Madison and Omkdale were among the charges he liter served. He bullt a parsonage at Madison. At the time of his death Rev. Mr. Fle- harty was a_superannuated member of the North Nebraska Methodist .confer- ence. ! Swedish Foreign Minister Receives I‘ord_P_epmtion LONDON, March 17.«The Swedlsh min- | ister of forelgn affairs, Dr. K. A. Wallen- from the Ford peace misgion. The dele- gates presented an ‘‘address to the neu- tral governments” king that steps be taken by them for mediation with & view to ending the war. ‘The minister replied: “We are as cagerly desirous of peace a8 yourselves, but we can only offer mediation provided the belligerents for-| mally desire it. If such desire is expressed | and if it becomes clear to us that we cah do anything to bring about peace, we shall not fail to do all that is possible, At present we must confine our service | to humanity, to assisting to.the best of our power the unfortunate victims of the war.,"" Railroads Ordered | terminal systems must be studied and a plan worked out on sclentific lines by able engineers for the city and co-opera- ico on Way Out or Preparing to Start. MANY ' DISQUIETING STORIES EL PASO, Tex., March 17.-—Rap- idly growing uneasiness among Americans throughout Mexico, espe- cially in the north and west, was evi- denced today by reports from various sections that United States citizens were either on their way to the bor- der or were preparing to leave, At practically every point of en- tr¥ along the northern and north- | army . rringt i Brcaday gy western frontier Americans arrived on with e rallroads lore tell what thinks need to be done first, | (0487 from the: interlor, but in the and where. Ornate depot buildings are | Majority of instances they said they ot the migat Important nor the first fea- | Were 1eAYVIng Mexico as a matter of ture of the pro The simplest me precaution and mot because’ of any of faoilitating’ travel should be our wim. | oo oo o nee ot m‘n& LE) Am:ummmm facliites. - us. “present s i M’L‘t"" e viog “consul advised that his wite J. W, Giamble, Bresjdent of the Stand- | *nd child be semt out of the country. 3 y " 'his followed closély on the arfival Jast ard Chemical Company—1'd like to see a | T new union depof, of course, but I supposs | MEht O ‘the border of the Ame if T should advocate it I would again be | cON#ul from Torreon with a large num- orfticised a8 1 have been in the past. |ber ‘of Americans. When I wih working hard with the M| Américans arriving - hére brought nu- sourl river navigation committee getting | merous disquieting stories about the at- river trahsportation started here, certain | titude of the Mexicans in the interjor, pergons. criticised me, and said that if | espectally in Chihushua, Durango. and we would cut out. the navigdtion talk | Coahuila, but invariably they told these and give thé rallroads some united sup- | stories ' privi , and when asked ‘o port, we mikht stand e chance of getting | make any’ nt for publication in- & unioft depot sometime. ¢ sisted that everything was quiet in the Bénerit by Experience. section from which they came. They ex- M. J. Greevy, Ploneer, Publicist and | plained the contradiction by saying that Politician—We are going to have a new | they expected to return to Mexlco when union depot. That much js certaln, The | things before more settled and they did vital feature seems (o be the location. [ not wish to say anything which might Thirty years ago I urged a site between | arouse resentment of the Mexicans. An Seventeenth and Twentieth streets, fac- | American who arrived today from the ing north on Hurney stréet, and 4 belleve | city of Chihuahua reported that all was today this same site would be ideal. It quiet there yesterday. may be that Leavenworth street would | The Mexican consulate here received be just as desirable. The @epot should be | , tglegram today from General Calles, closs to the center of the city This | military governor of Sonora, would ‘neceasitate underground tracks | . yiste spy, R. Panobllos, into the terminal. It is a’ matter whioh | o oiieq 0t Dos Cabezas, 1t is alleged will call for some serlous thinking. The |y this man was In Cohunbus on the new depot site should be selected With . iy of the raid. When questioned he & view of the city's growth for many sald that Villa had fled after the raid years hence. We should benefit by the to Corralitos, where he murdered sev- experience of other cities in matters of | 10 “OFE TEh B R N umber of 1 Sten: horses. He then started for Galeana by Sh&nms way of Puerto Choco. Idea for Army; Gun Reports Increased In Every Home in U.S. Activity in Russian “'AHHIN(ZTOV'—MAYPH 17.="The bil}," And Italian Arenas T | oy iad said Representative bhl]"fl:lh‘fihrger. dmo- | miiN! March 17.—(By Wireless to crat of Nebraska in the debate on the | g, . o) Increased activity on the Rus- increase bill, “provides in my |°® n front is reported in the official Aus- opinion 8a reasonable and efficient an |’ - trian communication of yestgrday, as re from the officlal announcements, that the western column may have gone into Mexico earlier than the main body. Every report arriving here from the border as serts that the western wing has traveled the farther. By these same reporta, the tvo columns will form a junction near the throatened American Mormon eol- onles, possibly in the Casas Grandes region. Sniping Reports Unveritied. Reports that snipers had shot at the troops remained unverified today. How- over, sniping and even the possl kil ing or wounding of a fow American sol- diers by these long range markemen was not regarded here as an indication that the American army's march up to date was otherwise than a ceful expedition, S0’ far as the majority of the Mexican people are concerned. vent individuals of this type, tirely on their own initiative, Ing onto some hill and sending bullets at a distant column of treops. Problem 6f Dcupation of Citles. 1= s punnlt' would have 5 occupy any Mexi- can cittes and the effect of such oocupa- tion 1ipon Méxican publlc sentiment. . The Carrnga offjcérs havo frankly expressed the hope that the . garrisoning of the cities can be left to their own . troops. The American army’s cholee of the Chi- huahua desert as its place of entry pre- cludes for the present such a problem a8 city garrison duty, It s estimated here that the cost of the Villa pursuit At present is upward of $40,00 per day. There is one soldler in the Carransa garrizon in Juares who is frankly anti- Carranza. e is a 13-year-old boy who was captured with the Villa garrison at Juarez and whose life was spared on the condition that he turn Carrensista. Hig name he said today fcrmerly was “Little Panche Villa.' “And now, ranza.’ “Whom do you like best? asked. “Pancho Villa," was the reply. Trench Rumor s Explained. Water was running today in the irriga- tion ditches back of the Juarez race track and thereby was explained a sen- sational report widely published early this added, “it s Little Car- he was | week that the Juarez garrison was dig- #ing military trenches. Sunday Amerle at the races saw brown-clad men who seemed to be dig- ing on ditches and the trench mtory spread. They were workmen cleaning rub- bish out of irrigation ditches so that the the secret dispatches coming over the wire the men of the expedition out some- where in northern Chihuahua are com- pletely out of communication of any sort with even their comrades at this base. The body of First Lieutenant Edward M. Zell of the KEleventh cavalry, who killed himselt here yvesterday, was today sent to Baltimore for burial. One of tha chaplains, who was on intimate terms with Zell, sald that he had worried for foar his troop was mot up to standard in discipline. Lioutenant Zell's troop was sald by brother officers to be among the best, When Lieutenant Zell alighted from a sumably refers fo the force made up the Seventh and Tenth cavalry, which crossed the border near Hachita, N. M., and is said to be ad- vancing by forced marches to pro- Dublin, Directly in Line of Mareh, The two towns mentioned, Janos aud Ancension are between sixty and sixty- five miles directly south of Hachita on the Janos river. Janos, the most south- erly of the two, Is about twenty miies from Corralitos, near where the rallroad bridge was burned. ‘The burned bridge troop trein in Columbus and had gased | was on the Northwestern rallroad be- for a moment over the gray, desert-like | tween Summitt and San Pedro and di- GT:I thik Columbus, New Mexico?" yractice marches tduoh of physical condition ing organizations, Here at least the border has lost all thought of apprehension that the Car- ransa party in Mexiop will cause trouble, The feeling of security more on the army’ than on any ing acrosy the | ever, that n! into the base teering much ton about the will march th en0 Mexicans sy that they belleve litical facti xfl%- except m% . ol . They cans now desire i peace %o long as their independence is not threatened. Rogard for Horses, The troopers’ respect for a horse was shown here today when it became neces- worthless mounts, which had been cap- tured from the Villistas. The ritle squad put thees animals out of their misery, | but before that the cavalrymen led the emaciated beasts to the American stables, peted them, commiserated with them on |a final satisfying. feed befors deaths, their their “Bard luck, old boy," and gave them | wastea about town, he exclaimed, “Great | rectly in the line of advance of the #hain it : : through the glamot of his b BH H Americans who know country in which be has taken are equally confident that he will attempt to eheck his pursuers by & guerrila cam- No Clash Yet, SAN ANTONIO, Tex., March 17.—Cal-. culations about army headquarters here today indicated that General Pershing soon will be In position to redivide his forces, and from near the heart of the reglon where Villa has been operating begin a systematic search for him. Offi- clal reports to General Funston gave as- surances that there had been no clash between Americans and any band of Mexicans and that the routine of the march had not, been disturbed. It was estimated that Colonel Dodd, who crossed the interndtional boundary i To File Copies of the | | increase as 15 demanded to perform every water might enter, line at 1 o'clock Thuraday morning, forty- The statement fol- The Y!qatfiér» Forecast till F p. m, Friday: Council Bluffs and Vicinity Temperatures at Omaha Yestorday. Hour, De" - or Henese-EEBenqen, SETERERIREEeR ERTEuRRANERREY! s p Comparative Local Record, 1916 1915 1914 1912 61 9 ¢4 B 2% % 3% Highest yeaterday. Lowest yesterday Mean temperatur ecipitation ... Temperature and tures from the normal ormal - precipitation . Jeficlency for the day Total rainfall since March 1.. Deflciency since March 1 for cor. period, 191 ney for cor. period, 18i4.. .65 inch tT P np. High- Raine P.m. eat. fall. Cheyenn 0w Kl Davenport, clear... Y “w i o “ * Rap cloudy Sants Fe, bt. cloudy . cloudy 3 cloudy .. 0 00 ] trace of precipitati - tio WELSH, Local Forecaster M T @ precipitation depar- Rules About Boxcars| NEW. YORK, March 17.—Notice was served today by the Interstate Commerce commission on all of the rallroads of the United States to file as promptly as possible coples of all rules and regu- lations governing the distribution of cars and coples of all embargo notices in force on this date. This is & part of the commission's plan to aid the car- rviers in relieving freight congestion at castern terminals and the shortage of cars in the we: British Forces on | the Tigris Begin | Gengrg.l Retreat BERLIN, March 17.—(Wireless to Say- ville.)—~The British forces on the Tigris below Kut-El-Amara began a general re- treat after their defeat near Felshie on March 8, with the T t, ae-| cording to today's headquarters report from Constantinople received here OMAHA 31EN WILLING T0 GO TO MEX FRONT (From a Staft Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, March iT.—«Svecial | | Telegram.)—Congressman Lobeck is re- | celving & number of letters from Omaha men, w' o have done army service, want- ing to velunteer for military positions in the Mexican situation. function demanded of the army in times of peace. Mr. Shallenberger said history showed that the fate of nations always had hung upon the common soldier, the man with & gun in his hands fighting for his home and hearth. “If I had my way," he added, “T would place & gun, the finest military Pifle, bo- hind the door of every home. I would have father and son taught to use it, | and depend on that force to defend the country.” Representative Kinkaid, republican of Nobfaska, said he was glad the bill pro- vided for an Increased National Guard rather than a great standing army. Repreeentative Hull, republican «f lowa. s2id the National Guard now lagkened the | nation-wide unity which the Hay bill would provide. He advocated govern ment manufacture of aeroplanes, they could be made at the Rock Island arsenal | for ome-tenth of their present cost of construction. Webster of Chicago Files for President L1.. .OLN, March 17.(Special Telegram.)~Willlam CGrant Webster of Chicago. by a petition signea mostly by | Omaha republicans, became a candidate for president on the . Nebraska presi- dential preference ballot today. Other filings this afternooy were R B. Howell of Omaha for national repub- lican committeeman and N. P. Dodge and C. A. Epperson for delegates-a large to the national republican conven- tion. | WILSON WEARS SHAMROCK celved here today. lows “On the fronts of the armies of Gen- erals Pflanser, Baltin and Boehm-Er- molli, there was increased activity by the artillery on both wides, Russian at- tacks northeast of Kozlov, on the Stripa, ‘were repulsed. “Italian attacks on the Isenzo front de- creased in violence. Two sttempts to ad- vance against the Podgors position by strong Itulian forces were impeded by ar- | tillery fire. An Italian attack on the | northern slope of Ban Michele was re- | pulsed with sanguinary logpes for the as sallants, “At many places there were artillery duels during the night On the Corin- thian frort there was artillery fire in the Fella sector. Turkey Trying for Separate Peace LONDON, March 17.~The Rome corre- spondent of the Exol Telegraph company sends the following: “A message from BHerne says that Naby Bey, formar Turkish ambassador at Rome, 1s reported to be endeavoring to negotiate a 'separate peace for Turkey with the allies.” Daniel Hurst, son of Bishop P. H. Hurst of the Mormon church, who reached here yesterday from the Mormon colonies (Continued on Page Two, Column Two.) Stolen Ten Thousand- Dollar Gold Note is Found at Madrid NEW YORK, March 17.-A United Btates government §10,000 gold note, one of twenty of the same denomination stolen from the mall in September, 1912, while on the way to New York from Havana, Cubs, was recelved by a bank in this city today from Madrid, Spain. It was sent by registered mail by the American Bank of Spaln, with the re- quest that it be placed to the credit of that institution, It was the ninth of the stolen notes to reappear since the theft. Na, information was available as to how the note reached the Madrid bank. A ca message was t explaining the situation. As the notes appear they are given to the insurance company which paid insurance covering the amount of the theft to the National Bank of Cuba Wilson Signs Joint Army Increase Bill SENT BY JOHN REDMOND WASHINGTON, March 17.—President — Wilson celebrated St. Patrick’s day to- | WASHINGTON, March 17.—President day by wearing a green necktie and a | Wilson today slgned the joint congres- sprig of shamrock sent him by John'|sional! resolution suthorising the increase Redmond, the Irish nationalist leader in |of the standing army to its full strength the Britsh Parllament. lot epproximately 120,000 men. From their appearance these animals nad been ridden mercilessly by the Villa band. Their hides had been worn through in.some places. It was learned today the shot, which killed Colonel Lopes, Villa's first chief, @uring the rald, was fired by an Amer- lean trooper at 1,200 yards. Lopes fell at the first shot. Much of the other shoot- ing during thet fight was done st dis- tances of 600 and %0 yards, rémarkably §ood marksmanship, sccording to the American officers. ‘Fatal Auto Upset at Ell_{ Point, 8. D, | SIOUX CITY, la, March 17.~fn an automoblle accident which occurred last night on the Vermillion road about ome- half mile west of Elk Point, 8. D,, Louls D. Albers, 8 years ald, an auto livery- man of Vermillion, 8. D., was killed and Andrey Anderson, 25 years old, of Spirit Mount, 8. D, was probsbly fatally in- Jured. CAR OF HAND GRENADES | EXPLODES AT MONTEREY | LAREDO, Tex., Murch 17,—Fourteen | Carranza soldiers and ten clvilians were | | killed in an explosion of a carload of | grenades and artillery ammunition in the yards of National Rallway lines at ‘Mon- terey, Mex., lust Tu . according to passcngers reaching here today from Montepey. The news was suppressed by the Carranaa authorities because of the tension existing between the United States and Mexioay five miles from Hachita, N. M., was to- night olose by, it not actually in touch with the heavier and slower column led {Continued on Page Five, Column Qne.) Do the Right Thing You people who have real estate for sale or rent— how do you expect to find a buyer or a renter if you don’t keep an ad in the Great Real Estate and Rental Guide of Omaha-The Bee’s Classified Section? Phone that ad } in now, TYLER 1000,