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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
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(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
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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:
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■I Hatters, Men's Furnishers ij
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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.