Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 22, 1916, Page 1

-~ -l f\ \ufternoon ' the. HEN AWAY FROM HOME e Bee is the Paper Jou ask for; if you plan to be Absent moro than a few days, have The Eee mailed to you. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. e 238. VOL. XLV FUNSTON ASKS B ~ FOR MORE MEN ~ TO HUNT VILLA nts Additional Troops to Protect s Line of Communication, Already Over Hundred Miles Long. DOES NOT SAY HOW MANY NO. dequate Force of Infantry and Cavalry Needed, Says His Report to Capital. 0 MORE NEWS OF PERSHING SAN ANTONIO, Tex., March 21.— | General Funston today asked the‘_ War department for uddlflonll‘ troops to be used in the campaign | against Villa. He did not state the number, but explained he wanted an adequate force of infantry and cav- alry to protect the line of communi- cation already more than 100 miles long. He received no further news from General Pershing. The request for more troops came eimply because General Pershing has | found it necessary to stretch his line ; of communications so thin that, un- less reinforced soon, operations must | be restricted to a limited area. | Why it is Made Necesanry. | Sending out detachments of cavairy in | different directions gouth of Casas Grandes has made advisable the station- ing of troops along those lines to sup- | port the mobile forces sweeping the trails | to Babfcora, Namaguipa and Carmen. When Babicora is reached the advanced troops of the expeditionary forces will 'be almost 200 miles from the border, Lack of news from General Pershing nd the absence of any unofficial reports indicating developments south of Casas Grandes sinoe yesterday caused General | Funston to scan eagerly all reports brought to his desk, but had no bearing on his request for additional troops, he #ald. The cutting of wires south of Kl Paso had not been reported to his offi- clally. BAN ANTONIO, Tex., March 21.—Gen- eral Funston today asked the War de- partment for additional troops to be used in the campaign against Villa. He did not state the number, but explained he wanted an adequate force of infantry and cavalry to protect' the line of communi- cation already more than 100 miles long. He received no further news from Gen- eral Pershing. Fallure to hear from General Pershing sharpened the interest.of those at Gen- eral Funston's headquarters today, but did not aroule any anxiety. 1€ was pointed out that the cavalry detachments last night, reported moving along three trails south of Casas Grandes, were out of com- ‘ontinued on Page Two, Column Four.) Heavy Fighting is in Progress Along ‘Italian Frontier BERLIN, March 21.—(Wireless to Say- ville.)—Heavy fighting continues on the Austro-Ttallan front. The officlal Aus- trian statement of yesterday says that Italian attacks have broke down before the Austrian fire. The announcement fol- 8t “On the Gorizla bridgehead, Austro- Hungarians yesterday morning set fire to a postion of the enemy beffre the southern part of Podgora height. In the Austro-Hungarian artillery #helled heavy the enemy's front before d. During the night they efected the enemy from a trench before Bevma. “Fighting continued at the Tolmino bridgehead as a result of the enemy’'s efforts to conguer positions firmly in | Austro-Hungarian hands. The number of Itallans captured reached 92 and the number of machine. guns taken was in- creased to seven. Several attacks by the enemy against Mrslivch and Krn broke down. At Romson the Austro. Hungarfans captured a position and took 145 Ttallans and two machine guns. “Lively fighting continues on the Carin thian front. In the Tyrol frontier dis- trict the enemy held the Col Di Lana sec- tion and some points south of the front under his artillery fire."” The Weather f Wednesday and Vicinity Forecast till 7 p. m For Omaha, Council Bluffs - . colder. R eratarcs at Omaha Hours. b & m. Yesterday. N e 1 T L ] ECOTTTTIRFRRS $p.m...... 3 Comparative Local Reecord, 1918 1917 1914 ) 8 32 2 " 2 Highest today Lowest today Mean temperature I Precipit 00 T k 3 ‘Temperature and precipitation depar- tures from the norma Normal temperature . 3 Excess for the day.. 1 Total excess since March 1 82 Normal precipitation ™ inch Deficlency for the day O inch Precipitation siuce March 1... o8 inch 74 inch Deficiency since March 1 Excess cor. period 1916.... . '82 inch Deficiency cor. period 10i4.. 67 inch Reports from Stations at 7 P, M. Statio d State Temp. High- Rain of Weather. Tp.m. est. fall Cheyenne, clear A 5 0 cloudy @ w0 I ashka 62 b | cloudy..... 8 00 . cloudy’ 78 [ ® North Platte, part cloudy & ™ 0 rloudy €l w 0 clear a“ w2 02 partly cloudy. 5 $ o i 2 o o? ) 0 Valentine 0 i o1 T indicates trace of precipitaiion. L. A. WELSH, Local roecaste | eriticising the Wilson administration | | pledged to United States Senator Robert s, |ernor was —pr—— - . WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH THE WEATHER. Rain SOME OF THE TROOPERS WHO HAVE GONE AFTER VILLA -Part of the Eighth cavalry, which makes up the flying column that is chasing the exican bandit and his band of outlaws to their hiding place in the Sierra Madre mountains. UNINSTRUCTED MEN SENT FROM KANSAS | Republican State Convention at Topeka Names Four Delegates- at-Large to Chicago. | ONE WOMAN AS AN ALTERNATE TOPEKA, Kan., March 21 The | republican state convention here to- day elected four delegates-at-large and four alternates to the conven- tion of the party, adopted resolutions | and favoring national prohibition, national woman suffrage, and ade- quate preparedness, and adjourned without a wrangle, after a little less | than three hours' deliberations. The four delegates, elected C. F. | Bcott, Iola; W. F. oMrgan, H\It(‘h-! inson; Alfred Williams, Columbus, and T. Davenport, Smith, Hiawatha, As alternates, E. B. Jewett, Wichita; Vern E. Tipton, Parsons; J. R. Ransom, Kansas City, and Mrs. 8id- ney Breese, Cottonwood Falls, were chosen. Not Instructed. | The delegates were not instructed as to whom they should select as national committeeman, or how to vote at the national convention. The convention went on record in reso- lutions adopted as favoring: “An army and navy kept at a high standard of efficlency, but not for an in- orease in the present establishment so enormous as to put the United States in a class of military nations and force conscription, or lay unreasonable burden upon the resources of the country. “Constitutional amendments, providing for national prohibition and for national woman suffrage, ‘Preparation for peace by the election of & republican president and congress who will enact legislation to preserve the American market for the American producer; that will provide a merchant marine; that will amend the Immigration laws to exclude undesirable Immigrants; that will reconstruct and readjust inter- state legislation, and that by mceting the demands for the development and com- munity life will keep the country in step with the. progress of the age.” Villa Cha Approved. The resolutions also contained an ar- raignment of the present national ad- ministration,” deploring the ‘‘vacillating and uncertain course of this country with Mexico and with the warring nations of Europe.” They approved the govern- ment's determination to hunt down Villa, Two Aeroplanes Lost | on Way to Front to | Sea{ch for Villa COLUMUBS, N. M., March 2.—Two aeroplanes of the first squadron have been lost in flight en route from here for the front in Mexico, Captain B. D. Foulols, In command of the squadron, to- day reported their fallure to arrive and said thelr whereabouts was not known. Six machines arrived safely, Exceedingly high winds have made army alrmen's tasks hazardous. North Dakota is Naming Delegates FARL), .N. D, March 2L.—North Da- kota voters today cast their ballots In the state presidential preference primary to elect six delegates each to the repub- lican national convention at Chicago and the democratic national convention &t Bt. Louls. A fairly representative vote was expected The Non-Partisan league, a voting or- ganization of farmers, has indorsed ten democratic candidates whom they an- nounced are pledged to no presidential candidate and ten republicans who are La Follette of Wisconsin, THIRTY-THREE FILINGS MADE IN PHELPS COUNTY HOLDREGE, Neb,, March 21.—(Special.) | Thirty-three filings for state and county offices were made in Phelps county. The | fillng fee for C, K. Harman for gov- paid into the office the | treasurer last Saturday The greatest contest s for the office of county superintendent, two and four democrats having filed. Three republicans and two democrats have filed for sheriff. SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED IN FEAR OF MEXICAN RAID| ot county CLINT, Tex., March 2 Mexicans might make an unexpected rald resulted in the closing of the school to day at Fabens, a bhorder town opposite Fears that the Mexican village of Gaudalupe, Cap tain Moses, in ¢ mand of a United States company of infantry here, advised Dr. Ricker that as a matter of preea tion he should remove his family from the border. The school teacher, hearing Captain Moses' advice, promptly ¢ the school | man hands,” GERMANS RENEW RAIDS ON VERDUN . | French Official Report Says Violent Assaults in Sector West of Meuse Repulsed. GAIN IS MADE AT ONE POINT PARIS, March 21.—German forces again made violent attacks in the Verdun sector west of the Meuse last night The war office announced today that the Germans had gained no success except that they obtained o slight footing goutheast of Malan- court wood, Fast of the Meuse the night was calm. For Women Specially The Bee's exclusive fea- tures relating to house~ hold topics, current fashions, social entertain~ | ing and the personal prob- /| lems of the eternal fem-~ inine are unexcelled. Read Our Woman's Pages. WILL NOT SELECT CHAIRHAN NOW The text of the statement followa: Republican Sub-Committee Post- In Belgium an enemy reconnoissance i 3 : along our lnes north of Point Boesing | Pones Action Until Meeting to wag at once driven back by attack, “In the Argonne our artillery has been very active along the southern boun- dary of the Cheppy wood. “West of the Meuse the Germans sev: eral times last night renewed their at- tacks against our front extending from Avocourt to Malancourf, where the bom- bardment by shells of large caliber con- tinued without interruption. The attacks were accompanied by throwing of flam- ing liquid by detachments of men carry- ing special machines for this purpose. “In spite of the heavy losses inflicted by our fire the enemy was able to take possession after hand-to-hand fighting of the. southeastern part of Malancourt wood, known as the Avocourt wood, which we occupied. All the efforts of the Germans to march out from the Avocourt wood resulted In failure, ‘“Ine night passed quietly on other sectors in the Verdun region.” Germans Take Two Positions. BERLIN, March 2.-{Via London.)— French positions northeast of Avocourt were cal red by the Germans, who took ‘2500 prisoners, the war office announced today. The unqualified assertion that the Ger- mans are in possession of Dead Man's hill, northwest of Verdun, is reiterated by the correspondent of the Tages Zel- tung at the Verdun front. “Not only hill No. 265, callea Dead Mans hill, but also the enemy Pposi- tions on hill No. 206, inciuded under the designation Lead Man's hill, are in Ger- he says. ‘“The French neither hold nor command the position. German advanced posts are south of the summit of hill No. 265." According to German reports the French, whose maps designate hill No. 265 as Dead Man's hill, began to give this designation to hill No. 295 when they were driven from hill No. 265, Sinn Fein Rioters Fire On Policemen in King's County LONDON, March 21.—Sinn Fein rioters a counter Be Held in April, FIVE MEN ARE CONSIDERED /CHICAGO, March 21.—The sub- committee on arrangements of the republican national committee ad- journed today without taking action on the selection of a temporary chairman for the national conven- tion here next June. The sub- committee will meet again at the call of the chair about the middle of April, y - Five men mentioned most prominently as candidates for temporary chairma: were: Representative James A. Mann of Illi- nois, Senator Warren G. Harding of Ohlo, P. C. Knox ot Pennsylvania, Her- bert 2. Hadley, former governor of Mis souri, and Nicholas Murray Butler, pres dent of Columbla university. None of the five was belleved to have the support of all of the committes when ‘the session began. Barly in the discussion it was rlpol‘nd that opinion was tending toward Senator Harding. Franklin Murpby, who yesterday sald the "wisest leaders of the party seem to think that Colonel Roosevelt could not be elected if he were nominated,” de- clared today that “‘recentletters written by Colonel Roosevelt indicate that he is very much a candidate. He has several admirable qualities, He sticks to his triends.” Willam ¥. Stone of Baltimore was elected sergeant-at-arms for the June convention. This will be the fourth re- publican national convention in which Mr. Stone erved in that capaeity. Plot to Make Bogus Bills Originated In Penitentiary WASHINGTON, March 21.—Secret serv- ice officials here sald today the recently dis¢overed plot to counterfeit the $6 fed- eral reserve note of the San Francisco federal reserve bank originated in the x ht. Three of foes ‘:‘l'l‘c_"‘;.‘r’:':';‘:;;:d""‘ ® | Washington state penitentiary at Walla the. rioting occurred at Tullamore, | Walla. Nine men, all of them inmates ot King's county, Ireland, A police sergeant was wounded seriously and a county in- spector and a district mspector recelved slight wounds. the penitentiary at the ;:me time, are reported under arrest in Seattle and San Francisco in connection with the plot. Britain Bars Autos, Tullamore, a town of 60w ‘nhabitants, is fifty-elght miles west of Dubiin. There have been intimations of dis- turbed conditions in parts of Ireland in X N several recent dispatches. On March M| | o oy w070 e iher restrie the petice o8 vk salded the ',""m";'.“;" tion on the importation of luxurles were of the principal officlals of the Sinn Fein | (P8 B0 8 TR g of the privy party and seized arms and documents. [ MPOIEE SEERE G0 BLNET R T el Yont eok sald the g ,l:::\“l:"::‘l"'l'r,",u:d '\T:L erlous on se.| mation prohibiting the bringiog in of count of the activity of the Sinn Fein automobl! motoreycles, various musi Rociets. T aiented & \'“““m.’(_"mpm‘" cal Instruments, such as player planos against recrulting was being carried out|2nd l""‘”"lli!l'l\!‘v‘uud apirits m:? mn.; without serfous hindrance in the west and | #rong drink with the exception ¢ south and that several persons had been|brandy and rum indicted and tried, ted but had been acquit- HOLDREGE DRYS NAME CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR forces with Zapata, the rebel leader, oper- Ating in the southern part of Mexico, ae- | cording to an opinfon expressed today by EW PROTOCOL FOR DEFENSE BILLS PURSUIT OF VILLA PLACED IN FRONT N | President Decides to Accept Pro- Preparedness Measures Di-pl-ce\I posal of Carranza for Agree- Water Power Bill, Now Before ment Covering Case. the Senate. | ARMY BILL I8 UP IN HOUSE| WILL BE SIGNED IN FEW DAYS WASHINGTON, March 21.--Presi- dent Wilson and his cabinet today de- crded to accept a proposal for a proto- | col between the United State and the de facto government of Mexico for co-operation in the pursuit of Gen- | eral Villa and his outlaws. | General Carranza's ambassador | bere and State department officials will discuss the protocol further. It WASHINGTON, March 21.-—A de- cision to push pendng national de- fense measures ahead of the water | power bill now before the senate| | was reached at a conference today between President Wilson and Sen- | ators Walsh, Kern, Martin, Swan- | | son, James, Myers and Stone. It was | | agreed that water power legislation | should be passed by thig congress, | but that it should not interfere with | | M., Booze and Pianos| Covemment Def};xuded ;f M illidns 18 expected it would be put in final | form in a few days and signed. It also was decided at today's cabinet meeting that word should be sent late today to General Carransa that the re- quest of the United States to use the Mexioan rallroads does not Include the Baker explained to the cabinet over- night dispatches and the situation grow. ing out of the request for use of the rallroads, Mr. Polk sald In reply to the request that Carranza had asked whether it was planned to transport American troops as well as supplies. The president and the cabinet werq disposed to meet any rea- sonable requ It ‘'was indicated that the proposed protocol would be so com- prehensive as to include all aquestions which might arise in connection with the Joint pursuit of Villa by the American and Carranza foroes. Acting Secretary Polk, Secretary Dan- " . “An conference With the president after m other eabinet members had left. They not disclose the subject of the confer- ence. Lieutenant Bowen, | Army Aviator, is Injured by Fall COLUMBUS, N. M., March 21.—(By Wireless from Field Army.)—An aero- plane, one of six to arrive today, was partially wrecked in a fifty-foot fall. The pllot, Lieutenant T. £. Bowen sustained a broken nose and other slight injuries. Lisutenant Bowen was attempting to take the alr under difficulties, The wind was high and showed a tendency to whirl, Several attempts of the aviators to fly had been frustrated previously by the wind conditions. Finslly Bowen went up, but when fifty feet in the air his plane took & dip and plunged almost straight to the ground. Lieutenant Bowen's nose was broken, his right eye was slightly injured, but otherwise he appeared unhurt. The six machines which arrived here were of the first meroplant squadron, which last fall made a successful flight from Fort Bill, Okl, to S8an Antonio in three days, much of which was done by the compass, Lieu- tenant Bowen was one of the aviators | 2 in that flight. His home is in Franklin, Ky. A cavalry unit and additional artillery has arrived at this base; a regiment of |infantry is enroute, another regiment of | cavairy also 1s on the way. | Villa was today reported defeated by | Carranza forces at Cruces, just south of El Valle American troops have been dispatched to the vicinity where Villa was reported as fighting with the constitutionalists. The Americans went In separate flying column, It is understood here that con- stitutionalist troops have been dispatched to the same neighborhood to co-operate in attempting to trap Villa THREE INDICTMENTS AGAINST JEAN CRONES Vlna Hopes to HOLDREGHE, Neb., March 2L—(Specfal) | CHICAGO, Mareh 2L—Three indiot- | . . Willlam Nelson of this city has been |ments charging assault with intent to J01n POI‘GeS Wlth nominated by the temperance party for [kill and murder were returned today _ the office of mayor. No other party will | against Jean Crones, accused of attempt- Zapata 1n South have candidates for city offices this year. | Ing to poison 100 gues‘s at a banquet ten- Mr. Nelson is at present n member of the | dered Archbishop Mundelein here March . e sducation and president of the | 1. Bonds were fixed at §75,00. Crones BILLINGS, Mont., March 2L—Villa is ,n.:,::,r,‘",'::.:."‘_",,, 75 | stil 18 at large trying. to reach and cross the Slerra ! Madre mountains in an effort to join - - - . Dr. 8. ¢. ArnoM, chief surgeon for Villa . * d C' ottce oL i, i hae arves nere o |t 1 axes On Cigars and Cigarettes Mazatlan | Dr. Armold safd Villa would find | 2 AT 40,000 men under Zapata. In the event he | WASHINGPON, March 21.—Treasury of- ment intends to bring civil proceedings | succeeded in getting into southern Mex- | o\ aeclare that arrests of cigar and|t0 Eet back every cent possible and to lico, Dr. Arnold asserted, Un States | " ke e Jormey | MPTISON such offenders an can be forces could get at the bandit only | Cl¥8rette manufacturers in New Jere¥| reqoneq {oahoatlg s i B yesterday on charge of defrauding the| 'Most of the Jeaders of the alleged con- | s government of internal revenue taxes,| spiracy are said to be under survelllance GERMAN EXCHANGE DROPS | only scratched the surface of vlmlum’nrnt and more arrests are expected | practices which have extended from| Under the law cigars are taxed from 75 [ YO NEW LOW RECORD| manutacturers ‘1o’ vetallers and oven ta]cents 1o 8 & 1000 and. ciserettes frum Sy ¢ v > S consumers all over the country $1.25 to $3.00 & 1,00, Fallure to use proper | NEW YORK, March 21.—German ex-| go far the investization has not shown| revenue stamps, or to use any at all chiange decltned to & new low record to- | just when the conspiracy began, but It| gave an opportunity for large profits, {day, the rate for demand bills to Berlin | {s belleved that it may be traced back| Reports that the frauds had been made being quoted at 717-16 for the equivalent | as far as twenty-five years. Some esti-' possible or inspired generally by govern- of 4 marks, as agalnst the previous low | mates of the amount out of which the [ ment employes in collusion with conspira- |of Ti% Today's quotation was almost | government has been defrauded run up | tors were denled. A few specific instances [ nominal, however, as offerings of ex-|to $10,000,000. Only a small part of the| where officials suspect collusion are un- chmnge were light | amount can be recovered, but the govern. | der investigation » | transportation of troops, but only the | | shipment of supplles to the American troops in Mexico. Acting Secretary Polk and Secretary | progress of the army bill. The form of the water power bill Was | | discuased exhaustively at the conference. | | Opposition has been expressed to some | features of the Myers bill, now pending {In the senate, providing for the leasing of water power sites on public lands. Some senators thought the bill gives too | much authority to the federal govern- | ment, | The president has expressed deep In- terest In the water bill, { Army Bill Up in Ho | The house today continued work on the Hay army reorganization bill with about two-thirds of the measure remain- ing to be disposed of. Among the mec- tions awalting consideration were those relating to the Natlonal guard, the indus- trial reserve, ln\d providing for a nitrate plant. The first action of the house today VILLA IN SECOND CONFLICT WITH DE FACTO TROOPS | Wireless Report Tells of Battle Be- tween Bandits and Carranza Foroes Near Los Cruces. AMERICANS RUSHED TO wn_n Indications th-i Cordon Around the Elusive Outlaw is Being Drawn Closer. _ | BANDIT BEATEN AT NAMAQUIPA EL PASO, Tex.,, March 21, Fran- clsco Villa and his band of outlaws have been forced into another battle with the Carranza troops near Las Cruces. This information came as & report by wireless today to the United States army station at Columbus, N. and it was further sald that American troops had be.n dispatched to Las Cruces to ald in the fighting. The fighting at Las Cruces, follow- iog the engagement at Namaquipa yesterday, indicates that the Car- ranza troops are pressing Villa hard in his flight northward along the Banta Maria river, and that the out- law may soon be forced to stand and glve battle to the American troops now moving southward. The American and de facto government troops are drawing the cordon closer around the elusive Villa and within a few days army officers hero belleve it will be known whether Villa is to meet his fate in battle or baffle his pursuers by &' successful escape into the Sierra + Madre. A series of running fights is an- ticipated ; Telegraph Wires Cut. The telekraph wires were cut some Where north of Casas Grandes today and Carransa officials here were without de- tails of the Namaquipa battle, in which | Colonel Cano whipped the outlav's. A roving band of bandits that scattered from the main Villa command on fts fllght south after the massacre of Co- lumbus, are belleved to have cut the wire communication. Communication may Bot be restored for some time and in- formation of Villa's movements will have to come by wireless to the United States army base at Columbus to be transmitted to Major General Funston, the depart- was to adopt without debate an amend- ment to give the president absolute con- Chalrman mym ofders of the secretary to any point when the call to the colors goem out. ' The amendment is the most im; addition to the bill yet made. As the measure now stands the president would have authority without consulting ocon- greas, to Increase the army from 140,000 tighting troops to 176,000 and also to sum- mofi to the colors the 60,000 reservists which the bill contemplates will be pro- vided within four years, Anthony Amendment Rejected. The house rejected a proposal by Rep- resentative Anthony, republican, of Kaen- #ag, to recruit an additional infantry regiment In Porto Rico for service in the Panama Canal zone or elsewhere, Mr, Kahn then proposed as an amend- ment a provision in the senate bill that while the enlistment period should re- main fixed at three years with the colors and four years in reserve, commanding officers might discharge pecullarly effi- clent men into the reserve after one year of training and that any well trained man could go into the reserve on his own application at the end of two years' ac- tive mervice, The amendment was defeated, 113 to 108, ‘The question will come up again in the conference committee, as the senate bill is almost certain to retain its provision. First Defeat tor Hay. Encouraged by the narrow margin which defeated the Kahn amendment, Representative Gardner re-offered the first proposition of that amendment in new language, It was carried, 128 to 117, ‘lm-lnu the first defeal for Chairman Hay during the consideration of the bill, The amendment as agreed to provides soldlers may be discharged into the {reserve at the end of one year's service with the colors on approval of their | commanding officers. Chairman Hay argued that the effect of the provision was to reduce the term of enlistment with tho colors to such a degree that the efficlency of the army |as a whole would be Impaired. Repre sentative Gardner contended that it would encourage eulistment and tend to bulld up quickly a well trained reserve, since no man discharged into the reserve under the provision could re-enlist in the army until he had completed six years' service in the reserve Dutch Not Satisfied with Disclaimer in Tl}bgntia Case THE HAC Netherlands, Mareh 20 ~(Via London, March 2L)—The official German declaration that no German sub- marine was responsible for the sinking of the Dutch steamer Tubantia has failed to satisfy the Dutch people and press, whose resentment has Increased to bitter anger since receipt of the news that other ships have been sunk, sup- posedly by torpedoes. Under the heading “Intolerable At- tacks,” the Amsterdam Handelsblad as- serts that President Wilson should take the lead to protect civilization against the new form of submarine warfare. The ministers of the interior, marine, trade and forelgn affairs conferred for nearly two hours at The Hague today, with representatives of the principal ship- ping companies. The conference ad journed without a decision. The confer- ences will be continued tomorrow (Tues- day) w“lmu‘gm ment commander at San Antonlo, Mountatns Only Refuge, With the Carransistas pushing steadil U. 8. Armor Facto Passes the Senate WASHINGTON, March 2L—The Til- man bill to provide for the erection or purchase by the government of an armor plate factory at a cest not to exceed $11,000000 was passed by the ssnate late today by & vote of 58 to 8. The house naval committes has set aside tomorrow for consideration of the measure with a view to reporting it to the house promptly. Democratic senators supported the bill solidly, regarding it as one of the impor- tant measures included in the national preparedness program now being has- tened to completion. Nine progressive republicans joined with the majority in voting for the bill. They were Senators Borah, Clapp, Cummins, Gronna, Kenyon, Norris, Poindexter, Sterling and Works. Passage of the measure in the house is regarded as assured. Administration leaders are arranging to bring it up soon after passage of the army reorganization and immigration bills, Texas Town is Fa Destruction by Fire DALLAS, Tex., March 21,—Reports from Paris, ninety miles north of here, early tonight indicated that the town, which has a population of 20,000, was threatened with destruction by fire. Long distance telephone communication was tmpossible. One company reported their local ex- change in flames, the operators having fled from their posts Acute Dilation of Heart Kills Boxer PHILADELFPHIA, March 2L.—Acute dilation of the heart caused the death of Andrew Crowley, the local featherweight boxer who collapsed in the third round of a bout with Michael Malone here last Friday night and died a few minutes later, according to the verdict of the coroner’s jury at the inquest today, | Malone was exonerated and discharged. 'The Only Pictures You will find in reading the classified columns, are those [ created in your | mind after a real study of those ads offering rare buying opportunities. | There are lots of | them every day, ' too—take a look. i