14 MANY BIDDERS AT HIGHWAY DEPT. l?ush to Got the Contracts For Supplying Stone For the Roads of the State State Highway Commissioner Cun ningham to-day opened blda for crushed stono and for pea gravel and stone chips to be used by the State High way Department forces In main tenance work during the coming sea son. Twenty-sis bids were submitted and read for the crushed stone and thirteen for the pea gravel and stone chips. Bight bids submitted for crushed stone were rejected because of defects, as were also five bids for pea gravel and atone chips. The bids were ordered tabulated anil checked and Commissioner Cunning ham announced that awards would be made when this procedure had been completed. The bids for the crushed stone were as follows: Ther mic Coal and Supply Company, Hol lidaysburg; A. V. Purnell, Pittsburgh: Clydesdale Brick and Stone Company, Pittsburgh; Lambertville Stone Quarry Company, Philadelphia; the General (rushed Stone Company, Easton: Booth and Flinn, Ltd., Pittsburgh; .1. C. McSpadden, Uockwood: Buffalo I'ement Company, Ltd.. Buffalo, N. V.; C. H. Ziegenfuss, Ltd., Allentown; Hartley-Eicheiberger Company. York; Seaman. Irvin and Brenneman, Hones dale; George Erk, Seelyville; Belle fonte Lime Company, Bellefonte; Wa ter Street Trap Rock Company, Water Street; Interstate Stone Company: Duncansville Lime and Limestone Company, Duncansville; .Vickie Plate Gravel Company, Erie; Brcncleton Limestone Company, Mercer; Key stone Trappc Rock Company, Lancas ter; Hillside Stone Company, Pitts burgh; Birdsboro Stone Company. Philadelphia; the John T. Dyer Quarry Co., Norristown; Mclntire and Vipond, Altoona; Bessemer Limestone Com pany, Youngstown, Ohio; Delaware River Quarry and Construction Com pany, Jersey City, N. J.: Conewago Trap Rock Company, WHliamsport. The bids for pea gravel and stone chips were as follows: Henry Steers Sand and Gravel Company. Inc., New York, X. Y.; Conewago Trap Rock Company, Williamsport; Paul J. Sny der & Company, Philadelphia; the Wyoming Sand and Stone Company, Wilkes-Barre; Delaware River Quarry and Construction Company, Jersey City. X. J.: J. Joseph MeHugh, Phila delphia; Hartley-Eichelberger Com pany, York: Lamhertvllie Stone Quarry Company, Philadelphia; Mon roe Paving Company, Shamokin; Rodgers Sand Company, Pittsburgh; Pennington Trap Rock Company, (John Goll & Co.) Philadelphia; Birdsboro Stone Company, Philadel phia; the John T. Dyer Quarry Com pany, Xorristown. The following bids for crushed stone were rejected for the reason given in each instance: George W. Cum bler Estate, by C. C. Cumbler, Steel ton: no certified check accompanying bid: Kulp Lumber t'ompany, Sha mokin, asserted they were liot in a position to bid: R. 11. Johnson Com pany, Wayne, not on regular blank; McKeefrey Company, l.eetonia, Ohio, no certified check accompanying bid; chemical Lime Company, ISellefone, not on regular blank; Enterprise Liine and Ballast Company, Hyndman. not on regular blank: Campbell's Ledge Stone Company, Wilkes-Barre, no cer tified check accompanying bid; Amer ican Steel and Wire Company, Wil liamsburg. no certified check accom panying bid. The following bids for pea gravel and stone chips were rejected for the reason giien in each instance: Na tional Limestone Company,, Naginey, no certified check accompanying bid; t.nited Lime and Stone Company, Harrishurg. no certified check ac companying bid-; Sanatoga Quarry Company, Xorristown, not on regular blank; Rock _ Cut Stone Company, Syracuse. X. Y., not on regular blank; the Weneral Crushed Stone Company, Easton, no certified check accom panying bid and not on regular blank. Osborne Asks For Trial on Remaining Indictments Vorl<, March 16.—Immediately after Thomas Mott Osborne, former pardon, °J, sing Sing prison was freed of an indictment charging him with perjury yesterday his attorney asked the court for trial of the remaining Indict dlsmlssaf ' h '" Jury that was awult ' n « District Attorney Weeks flatly re fused to consider the proposition" J am not ready for trial now," lie said, and for the balance of the current month my office will be busy with accu mulated duties. But in April the case tried"' 1 ' 1 on,as Mott Osborne shall be MUMMERS HOLD SECOND ANNIVERSARY BANQUET Members of the Harrishurg Mum mers Association held their second anniversary banquet last night at the I laza Hotel. The president, R Ross seaman, was toastmaster. Plans were discussed for 1917. Those present last night were: R. Ross Seaman. Robert Buck Sr Clarence O. Backenstoss, William E! Orr, G. N. Keefer, Grover C. Whlt < omb, John Whitcomb, Grant Hoff man, George W. Connor, B. C. Mur ray, H. S. Eisenberger, Isaac Shriver. Samuel T. Kinsinger, Herbert Grund crman, Elmer E. Stacks, A. Franken- N - Stuart Tavlor and Thomas Camello. APPROVE ERIK IIOXO ISSI'E OF 928,000,000 By Associated I'rcss Trenton. X. J.. March 16.—The Board of Public Utility Commissioners to-day mad«- an approving a bond issue by the Erie Railroad Company of $28.- oOft.OOO to be known as series "D" bonds. HOW THEY KILL A GRINGO" THURSDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG sSßft* TELEGRAPH MARCH 16. 1916. SUPERIOR COURT ENDS SESSIONS York County Turnpike Case Is Made a Supersedas by the Appellate Court | The State Superior Court adjourned ! its March sitting here to-day after 1 fixing a number of cases for Pitts- I burgh in April, among them the ap j peal of the York and Maryland Line Turnpike Co., from the decision of the Public Service Commission order ing the company to put its road into better condition. The appeal was made a supersedeas. Among the opinions handed down was one by Judge Trexler in which he reverses the SchuylkiU county court :ind holds that the county is not to be held liable for the wages of a delin quent when an order for support is made, because the title of the. act of June 12, 1913, does not clearly ex press what it requires of counties. Other decisions given were: Orlady, P. J.-—Schambelan vs. Pre ferred Accident Co., municipal court, Philadelphia,, affirmed. Henderson, J.—Socket vs. Xorris town Transit Co., cp Montgomery, af firmed; Hill vs. cp Bradford, affirmed, at cost of appellant; Zeaman vs. Phila delphia Rapid Transit Co., cp No. 1, Philadelphia,' affirmed; Common wealth vs. Abbott's Alderney Dairy, cp No. 5, Philadelphia, affirmed. Kephart, J. —Commonwealth vs. Ag&to, Q. s. Philadelphia, assignments of error overruled. | Trexler, J. —Paynter vs. Atlantic City Railroad Company, cp PhlladeV phia, affirmed. t The fact that a detainer has been lodged against an applicant for parole from a penal institution does not pre vent the Parole Board from granting i a parole is set forth in an opinion i given to Dr. Charles D. Hart, of the | State Parole Board, to-day by Dep- I uty Attorney General Hargest. The I fact that a detainer has been lodged j may influence the Board in its deter -1 mination of the application for pa role. In an opinion by Deputy Attor i ney General Kun, Commissioner of Fisheries X. R. Buller is informed that when the department closes a .stream for nursery purposes it has authority to reopen it at such time as | he may deem fit and also that the Commissioner may frame such tech nical questions to petitioners seeking I to have a stream closed as he mav [ see lit. J. Emerson Wilson, Tipton, and Si mon F. Zook, Currysville, to-day filed petitions to be candidates for Repub ; lican nominations tor the House in : the Second Blair district. 1 State Highway Commissioner Cun ningham and W. A. Wynn, engineer : of the bureau of township highways, returned to-day from a week's tour i of western counties during which tliey addressed supervisors' meeting*. Commissioner Ainey is to make the address at the Bloonisburg farm bu reau on Saturday. Warren f A. Meek, of this citv, was appointed a notary to-day. Governor Brumbaugh has appointed J. I:. Elsenhart as justice for Gregg •township. Union county. Harrisburg Rifle Association Formed The movement recently started anions Capitol Hill men and others interested in rifle shooting crystallized last evening into tlie organization of the Harrisburg lliflc Association. At t his meeting the Association elected as officers to serve for the following year are: H. A. Douglass, president: 11. B. Kirk, vice-president; G. W. Thompson, executive ofiicer; Harry Mc. Lees, treasurer, and Charles S. Landis, secretary. Among the members are an ex member of the United States Army who saw service in the Philippines; a member ol" the coast artillerv, big game hunters and others whose pres ence insures the success of the asso ciation. Owing to some of those interested being unable to be present the associa tion decided to hold open until the next meeting night. April 3, the list of those whose names shall be sent to the State Secretary of the National Rilie Association as charter mem bers. The club has obtained the use of the Rockville Range of the National Guard and is determined to have their own as soon as circumstances per mit. The government issues free to each member of the club each year 120 rounds of ammunition and in addition permits all members to purchase rifles, ammunition and supplies at the actual cost to the government. In addition the club aims to have rifles for the use of those who do not have their own until such time as they can secure them. The Winchester Repeating Arms Co.. the Remington U. M. C. Co., the Peters Cartridge Co., the Savage Arms Co., Colt Patent Firearms Co., Smith & Wesson and U. S. Cartridge Co., and others offer wholesale or even lower than wholesale prices on rifles, am munition, revolvers and pistols. The benefit of this will be apparent to any one who must of necessity pav the present high retail prices charged in this city. The War Department oilers medals to each member of the club free who shall qualify as marksman, sharp shooter or expert. Address or phone for particulars to Charles S. Landis. secretary Harris burg Rifle Association, Automobile Dept., Highway Dept., Capitol Build | ing, Harrisburg. TO DISCI.SS PHKIM RE UN ESS At the first meeting of the Women's Preparedness Movement of Pennsylva nia, to be held in the auditorium of tile Public Library, in Walnut street, Satut day, March 18, at 8 o'clock, the speakers will be, Mrs. Margaret Tustin O'Hara and A. O. Carr. The meeting i.v under the management of Mrs. Charles E. liyder, 3215 North Front street. "HOP" OUTFIT NA i A complete "hop" outfit used by "dope" fiends, a morphine "gun", several , bottles, cans and packages of opium, morphine and other chemicals, together l with three 32-caliner revolvers and n number of cartridges, were included in i ; the haul made by the city police when they searched the trunk of William | . Phipps, 1301 Bailey street, who was arrested on Monday charged with furnish- i j ing "dope" to a number of young women of the city. I In the upper part of the picture above, is shown a long opium pipe, beside it on the right, two opium bowls. To the left of the leather case under the pipe, is a complete hypodermic outfit, consisting of the "gun," a needle, and the , small case in which both were carried. The bottom row includes a number of j bottles, a can and a package, containing opium and other chemicals. New War Secretary and Army Head in Conference vrr"<n'iii'ikm—'iii '»m i» ----- (Serf fr<J6H L- SenTT & JVBvsTort D. CC: /A/n. rrt„r*r jrc«y/cc Immediately after the two-hour Cabinet session at which it was decided in send tt fprcc to Mexico, Secretary- of War Baker left the White House and . hurried to the department, where he renewed his conference with Chief of j Stuff Scott, who was bis predecessor ad interim. Orders were at once pre j pared for the troop movement. REAL ESTATE DEMOCRATIC CLUB SELLS ITS HOUSE Peter Vanderloo to Turn South Front Street Property Into Apartments ' Peter Yanderloo. 2119 Derry street, I city, has purchased the property at 25 South Front street from the Ccn | tral Democratic Club, which recently purchased the building for a club house. While the consideration has not been made public, it is understood the Democratic Club made a hand some profit on the deal. The club ori ginally paid $13,250 for the prop erty. Mr. Yanderloo, it is understood, will transform the property into an apart ment house and has let a contract for this work to Stapf and Benfer. This is the second apartment house to go in South Front street within the past few weeks and the third to go i into the central part of the city re i cently. ST\TE BUYS ' ANOTHER PROPERTY Chief among to-day's realty transfers j was the sale of No. 400 Walnut street iiv A. Schutsfenbach to tin- State Capitol I Park Extension Commission for $23,000. Other transfers included: I American l'.uilding anil ljoan As.soda - | tion to William J. Schubauer, 2028-34 Kensington street, $1; Gettys and Gettys to (i. W. Werner, Jr., 240 Emer ald. $1; Hannah E. Peoples to J. C. 1 Brady. 647 Verbeke street. $1,2. p .O: 1, M. ' Neiffer to S. C. and C. F. Swiegart, Sus- I qnehanna township, $2,200. TO HUII.O NEW I>\VEM.I\G ! Weaver and Stewart to-day took out i a permit to build a new three-story ' dwelling at 106 State street. It w.l! Cos. $4,500. Three Are Charged With Swindling Lumber Mills Out of Half Million Special to the Telegraph Philadelphia, March 16. Charged ' with having swindled lumber mills I in all sections of the country out of more than $500,000 duringf the last three years, by organizing fifteen fake lumber companies, George Hull Dalrymple, James N. Holloway and ; Thomas G. Wescott, were arrested by postal inspectors yesterday in New York. Besides their Philadelphia offices, I the alleged swindlers also mainst&ined offices in New York. Newark, Jersey i City and Baltimore. <»I 'TO >IET RISTS HA\ (| IET | Members of Harrisburg Association of Optometrists held their first annual ;! banquet at The Senate Hotel last night. I The speakers were: Otto G. Iliiussniann land John 11. Flanagan, Philadelphia; jW. L Looser, It. D. Pratt and W. F. Kendal, Harrisburg, and Markus Roth | childs and L. Goldsmith. Philadelphia. The out-of-town guests included: R. S. Qoodhart, Walter J. Mays. William A. ! Weidner. E. .1. Faust, D. A. Sanderled. c. F. Long S. E. Felgey, H. Thomas, O. H. Watts. W. H. Uinkle. B. T. Lupfer, I). B. Klinetop, H. L. Kliiletop, R, l>. ! Nezerling, M. D. Staley, W. 11. Podesta, | W. W. Fisher. R. H. Sehlhorst, P. W. j Kattenbach. G. W. Christman, G. H. I Gehring, G. M. Webster, C. G. Rhoails. I I). Cook. X. R. Beatty, C. A. llilbert , ami li. G. M« inell. COLEMAN l>I" I'ONT IS NOT SEEKING PRESIDENC Y Special to the Teit&raph Wilmington, Del., March 16. Though General T. Coleman Du Pont has not formally announced himself ! a.s a candidate for the Republican i nomination for President of the United States, it is generally accepted that he will do so and he will have the .support of Delaware, in a statement made in New York he says: "I am fiot seeking the place. I have no political ambitions and have not con | sented to the use of my name in con nection with the Presidency." SEES TROUBLE FOR U. S. IF MEXICAN FACTIONS UNITE Dr. Monsen Says Volunteer Army Would Be Necessary; i Villa Once Mis Guide "If by any chance the various fac tions in Mexico should be lined up j agninst the troops of the United States | going in after Villa, we should have lo 1 raise n volunteer army to win the war I that would ensue." said Dr. Frederick t | Monsen, artist and explorer, to a Teie ! graph representative following his lec ture on Mexico and the American j i deserts under the auspices of the ■ j Natural History Society at the Tech- | j nical high Bchool last evening. I "Four years along the border and the | | army unprepared for the task that was j i inevitable tells the story of our na tional defense." continued Dr. Monsen. J who is .iust home from Texas and will ' return to follow the troops into Mexico i jin a week or two. Dr. Monsen once I employed Villa as his guide and has ! been with the Villa force in Mexico. | , He says Villa is the strongest man I below the Rio Grande and pronounces , Carranza a weakling. He condemns j the government for having interfered ' with Huerta after other governments 1 had recognized him and believes that eventually the United States will have j to lake over the country south to the Isthmus of Panama. "What was Villa's motive In com mitting the Columbus outrage?" he was asked. "Retaliation. Pancho was given some promises, as he thinks, that have not been fulfilled. Villa was ex pecting to be recognized instead of Carranza. and lias struck this blow to retaliate." "Will the troops crossing the border be able to capture Villa?" "No." said he emphatically. "With a week's start, be will retreat, to bis j mountain fastnesses, and. divided into j small guerilla bands, will be able to defy the United States for years. The barren condition of the country, where j no food can be obtained, and where | very little water is obtainable, will I work hardships against our troops, j Water is secured at distances from sixty to eighty miles, and Villa and the Mexicans will poison these after they determine that the Americans are in pursuit." RKV. SANDERSON TO TEACH AT V. M. C. A. The class for Sunday school teach-1 i ers and Christian workers held tinder the auspices of the Young Men's j Christian Association. Second and Lo-1 cust streets, will meet Friday evening at 8 o'clock in the assembly room. The leader of the class, the Kev. Wil iliain Sanderson will conduct the study of the International Sunday ' school lesson for next Sunday. 11,000 CONVICTS IM'.TITION l'Olt FKOIIIBITIO.V IN .V Y. Special to the Telegraph I Albany, N. Y„ March 10. Petitions signed by 1,000 inmates of Sing Sins, Auburn and Dannempro State prisons were filed with legislative committees ! yesterday by an ex-convict, who ap ; peared in support of the Wilson-Full* ager State-wide prohibition bill. HI.KS HAXHI'KT APIUIi IS The annual installation banquet of HarrisburK bodge. No. 12. Benevolent and Protective Older of Elks, wil be ! held at the home. 21G North Second street, Monday night, April 12. The committee in charge of arrangements include: Percy U Grubb, chairman; James Lutz, Simon Hirsh. Clarence 11. Sigler. Charles Detweller. Joseph Weaver, Bertram Shelley and Charles ' Splcei". | CUNNINGHAM TO ADDRESS ROYS | Plans for the boys' meeting to be held Sunday, March 19, at 3.30 o'clock ,in Falinestock Hall are maturing. 1 The speaker, J. K. B. Cunningham, will lake for Ills subject, "The Roy of I Galilee." W. D. Dvis will sing. Doors will open at 3 o'clock. Steel Trust Chief Indicted I i rT- " " jfr v ' : '' : -■ ' 'f' * ' W&k ■ .Wm7 % ; v fill ;< V i i j#; j Sip JUDGI3 ELBIiUT H. GARY Chairman of the Board of the Steel Trust Judge Klbert H. Gary, chairman of the executive committee of the United States Steel Corporation, has been in dicted by the grand jury at Youngs | town, Ohio. He Is charged, as the | ruling official of steel companies there, j with having conspired to fix wages of ]his workmen in violation of the Ohio Uaws. ANOTHER RAID ON AMERICAN SOIL [Continued Prom First Page.] out of which it. was almost impossible to pick whatever grains of truth might < exist. Hostile to Americans There seemed no question that a 1 considerable portion of the Mexican I soldiers and civilians in the north of j the republic were bitterly hostile to; the action of the United Slates. The, higher civil and military authorities' of the Carranza government showed j every desire to prevent friction but it remains doubtful whether they can | control the masses of the population ' in the northern district, who are be coming very restless due to the j sedulous propaganda against Amer-1 ioans which is being carried on among them from unknown sources. Cananea and Ojinaga are the storm i centers. It was reported to-day from 'Douglas that 500 picked men had been I rushed to the former town by Gen eral Califs owing to alarming ac , counts of the situation there which j ' reached him. Ojinaga has been the 1 target of the most sensational rumors i [ for two days. Persistent reports con- j | tinue that the garrison there has re- ; i volted and murdered Colonel Rojas, I the commander and Carranza officials | at Juarez admit that tliey have failed' 1 to establish any satisfactory connnuni- 1 cation with that point. As far as El Paso and Juarez are; concerned, absolute quiet prevails but J i the feeling on both sides of the border is tense. Strict precautions are being taken by the authorities in the two : cities to avert any excuse for an out- j | break. Carranza Forces Are Co-operating With Troops in Mexico After Villa By Associated Press 1 Washington, March 16.—President Wilson and officials of the War De- ! partment turned expectantly toward j , Mexico to-day for news of develop ments of American troops across the I international boundary line yesterday in purusit of Villa and his bandits, j Word of an actual clash between two forces, however, was not expected for I several days at least. Official word that American forces had crossed the border was flashed to the War Department last night. It came from Major-General Funs , ton, commanding the border troops and although the exact hour of the | 'entry was not stated, it is understood !to have been shortly before noon. 1m- I mediately afterward Secretary Baker (hastened over to the White House and ! after conferring with President Wilson announced the receipt of the Funston dispatch. He said that the dispatch showed that the Carranza forces not only did not oppose the movement but apparently were co-operating. Meager Xews I Prospects to-day were that the Am erican public will have to content j itself with only meager news bulletins ; concerning the movements of troops \in Mexico. What is probably one of i the most complete consorshlps in the I nation's history is in full force. Under it. no news dispatches that would be i of value to the enemy will be allowed to puss over the lines of communica tion, nor will details which might interfere with Funston's plans for j I secrecy be made public here. Open Recruiting Odices Disposition of Villa, in event, of his : capture, was being informally discuss-| ied here to-day. ft is believed that if! {taken alive he will be turned over to! jthe Carranza authorities for prompt | execution. | President Wilson was expected to j (sign to-day the joint resolution of Con-1 gross authorizing him to recruit the I regular army up to approximately I 120,000 men. War Department offi ! cials. without waiting for the Presi dent to sign the measure, went ahead 1 with th e reopening of recruiting offices throughout the country, f The campaign to enroll approxi mately 20.000 recruits for the regular army in the shortest time possible was in full swing to-day. By orders issued yesterday, 170 auxiliary recruiting sta tions were reopened after having been closed more than a year. Americans licav ins- State Department dispatches to-day said Americans in Mexico, particularly In the interior states, were leaving in large numbers for the United States or the large coast ports, where better j protection was provided by the Car ' ranza troops. Reports front Mexico City, Nacozari, Torreon and points in Sonora said Americans were leaving. A report from Mexican sources said that General Calles, military governor of Sonora, had placed 5,000 troops in northeast Sonora for the suppression of border raids. Gen. Funston Expresses Satisfaction With Advance of Expedition After Villa By Associated Press San Antonio, Tex., March 16. Brigadier General Pershing's auspici ous start into Mexico without opposi tion from Mexican forces and appar ently without serious disturbance along the border was the topic of con versation to-day at. Fort Sam Houston, headquarters of Major-General Funs ton. Ever since he began planning the expeditionary movement to punish Francisco Villa, General Funston lias paid close attention to the attitude of J General Carranza and his followers. When General Pershing wired yester day that he had crossed the border and had been joined by the Carranza force stationed at Palomas, the major general evinced great satisfaction. This was heightened to-day when early reports indicated that the only violence, along the border occurred 'near Kingsville, Texas, where a small detachment of troops guarding the | Barredo bridge on the St. Louis, i Brownsville and Mexico railway was fired on about midnight. | Xot more than five shots were fired, ; none taking effect. For fear that an | other attack might follow reinforce ments were sent from San Benito in automobiles to help guard the bridge. Censorship an Kx|M'iiim-nt Keen interest was taken In the suc cessful working of the censorship im i posed by General Funston after it was decided to catch and punish Villa. While the primary purpose of the censorship ordered was to puzzle the I bandit leader if is known that it also 1 was in the nature of a military ex periment. partly to determine the atti ! tude of the American newspapers and people toward such methods. That i it met without any sort of objection, | and in many cases was endorsed by | newspapers was a surprise to General Funston who had said when he an nounced the secrecy plans: "1 suppose they'll haul me into court for this." General Funston to-day voiced his satisfaction that after the public fully understood the situation there had been no expressions of impatience at the. failure of the expeditionary force ! to make an earlier start. | It was generally f'.lt in army circles that in consuming only a week in preparing for tlic s arch for Villa and at the same time for the defense of i the border, the southern department I had done fast work. There was a [shortage of rolling stock in many sec. '• \T While McFall'a as- j! '• ±\QXJQ semblage of Spring !j \ Hats is at their % j best, is the time to ? £ buy tltat Spring % 5 1 Tat. Styles were J i never so beautiful / J as this season— J i and we show many •' 5 styles not to be \ J found elsewhere. Jj :j $2 to $5 j: •I OPKX EVENINGS I; \ McFall's I; ■I Hatters, Men's Furnishers ij I" and Shirt Makers J •; Third and Market !; • V.V.VJ".%SV.WAS%W.%VA • tions; there was no large force avail able at any particular point, supplies bad to be transported and mounts for the cavalry bad to be added. Powerful Army Units Forming to Fill Gaps Along Mexican Line By Associated Press HI Paso. Texas, March 16. —New and powerful army units wore rapidly forming to-day alone the Mexican border to fill the Raps left yesterday when the first expeditionary entered Mexico from two points on tbe New Mexican line. In El Paso, Brigadier-General George Bell, .Jr.. moving in here on the lieels of Brigadier-General J. J. Pershing who led the first force into Mexico, was busy gathering a new or ganlzatlon and attending to the sup ply problem, and communications for more than 4,000 men who to-day were out on a virtual desert rapidly Ret ting farther from their bases. The Twenty-third infantry from Galveston was pitching its tents at' Fort Bliss here. At Columbus. X. >l., the 11th cavalry from Fort Oglethorpe arriving during the night, was ready to move in after the first army, but it was not known here when the | Kiev ith would go or in which direc i tion. Columbus was to-day the imme diate base for Brigadier-General Per i siting's army. From a hill overlooking the six j square miles where the army was still encamped at 11 o'clock yesterday j forenoon the military organization ap- _ ! pea red to civilian spectators like a ! vast confused swarm of men anil ! horses, gray cannon, wagons, mule j team and ambulances. I Jut at 11:40 la. m. when the word was given to ] form for the pursuit of Villa, the ap parent confusion disappeared. In a very few minutes each organi zation of cavalry, infantry and artil lery, ambulances, signal corps and the cooks' wagons, grouped and dove tailed into a rapidly lengthening col umn. At the van the red and white guideons of the Thirteenth cavalry snapped in the breeze. These cavalry men Included the troopers who a week ago to-day outnumbered 5 to 1, drove Villa back into Mexico and took a toll of lives from his men equal to one Villista. for every two Americans on the firing line. The Woman's Part A few women whose husbands were going to the front, watched the de parture. smiling while their husbands were still in sight, and then breaking into tears. One officer's wife, laugh ing, patted her husband's pistol into place. It was almost noon when the first of the cavalry men trotted across the line. While the troops were going out. three automobile loads of Mexican prisoners appeared. They were sus pects held in connection with Villa's raid. Some of them were bandaged from wounds. There was no demon stration of any sort among the spec tators over these prisoners. Some wounded Mexicans were j picked up yesterday in the country ad jacent to Columbus. They apparently had been in hiding for several days. Some of them probably were hit dur ing fights with posses which scoured the Columbus country for several days after the raid. Soldiers Sweep Forward With Shouts When Order to Advance Is Given By Associated Press Columbus, X. M., March 16 (via mail to El Paso).—The American ex pedition which entered Mexico yester day spent an uneventful night camped but a short distance across the Ameri can line. Brigadier-General John J. Pershing, commander of the expedition, accom panied the force as far as the border and then returned, and with another part of the troops ordered to Mexico to the flank of the main army. Despite rigorous censorship, which dosed all telephone and telegraph wires to military movements, it be came known that the number which entered Mexico is about 5,000. Aero planes in motor trucks are believed to have passed, iriylng conditions, owing to the clearness of the atmosphere, aro ideal. When General Pershing save the or der to march at 10 o'clock yesterday morntnc the soldiers swept forward with a shout. Cowboys off the ranges, enrolled as scouts and cavalry, led the way. Two Infantry regiments, some field artillery and a wagon train followed. Business-like Departure The departure was as business-like as a practice march. A long, liazy lino of dust, standing out against the dull white of the plains and the blaz ing light of the sun, marked their progress toward the border. Colonel Siocutn met Colonel Davlla. of the Mexican forces, who promised that no resistance would lie made to grossing the border. The entire Mex ican population, soldiers and civilians, with one exception c leared a way when the Americans passed through the town. HH.HWA VMKX'S VICTIM DIES By Associated Press ; Philadelphia. March IS.—Walter ' ilaupt, the clerk employed at the Ger j mania worsted mill in this city, who j was shot by highwaymen last week, Jdied to-day.
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