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VOLUME V.
AMERICANS NEED
MEXICO RAILWAYS
Mexican Lines Are Vitally Necessary To
Supply The U. S. Troops Who
Are Chasing Villa
CARRANZA WOULD FIX LIMIT
““First Chief” Not To Want
The Amer^Mfo Get Too
Far Into(Mexico
Washington.-Diplomatic and do
mestic aspects of the Mexican prob
lem oveca^d^ed its military side
here, ol’l reports from General
Funst" osing no change in the
situa. ?. <v the border. ' Congress
rushed , through an emergency appro
priation of $8,611,502 to pay for the
pursuit of the bandits and the state
department prepared to press' General
■Cahranza for permission to use Mexi
■Can railways to solve the troop sup
^jply problem.
" Senator Gallinget, Republican leader
in the senate, presented to Secretary
Baker a telegram from Senator Fall
at El Paso dealing with the railway
and border questions. It declared ship
ments of gasoline intended for the
American forces in Mexico were being
held up by Carranza officials.
The department’s dispatches, while
meager and dealing with technical
matters, indicate continued and grow
ing good will toward our expedition
in Mexico. Secretary Baker said later
in a statement: “Its object appears to
be thoroughly understood by the peo
ple of Mexico. We have no dispatches
indicating any cause for apprehen
sion."
The communication to General Car
ranza was made through Special Rep
resentative Rodgers at Queretaro, to
whom instructions went forward. The
state department officials said that
it seemed necessary to impress upon
the de facto government the need
for special consideration of the re
quest to use the lines south from the
border without awaiting the perfect
ing of the protocol under negotiation.
While there was no question but that
the expedition after Villa would press
on, it was stated, and that a suffi
cient amount of supplies could be fur
nished to the troops by motor truck
trains, general use of the lines would
greatly simplify matters.
INQUIRY TO BE MADE Itjl
REGARD TO ATTACK ON S. S.
If German Submarine Attacked Ship,
Resultant Situation Will
Be Serious
— Secretary Lansing,
" ' ,-Yoval of President Wilson,
A 1 Ambassador to
®rmany whether any of
torpedoed the British
S^Wbrner Sussex, upon which
S<ve American citizens were
A or the British horseship
Han, which went, down with
®K one American life.
Mnited States has no conclu
Hi that a submarine attacked
■ ip, hut all evidence at hand
SI that both were torpedoed
’■ «varning. Upon the response
Hrlin foreign office to Mr. Ger
■lht be construed as a demand
Hest on the American govern-
■Mon laid all the state
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NUMBER 22.
* TROOPS ARE
IN CLOSE PURSUIT
Villa Fleeing For Foothills Os The Sierras
And The Americans Are Trying
To Head Him Off
MAY BE A LONG CAMPAIGN
Mexicans Show No Disposition To Re
sist The Americans And Are
Giving Information
Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico.
—(By Wireless to Columbus, N. M.)—
Villa is flying southwest toward .he
foothills of the Sierras. Accordin ' to
army reports received here the ra
pidity of his flight is hastening the
American pursuit. All arms of the
service are being used in an attempt
to force the bandit into a comer.
The Mexican residents of this sec
tion, which has been ravaged time and
time again by Villa bandits, are free
ly giving information concerning Vil
la’s flight, supplies, armament and
strength to the American military au
thorities.
While much of this information has
been too indefinite to be of value, it
is presumed that the knowledge that
the Americans are kept informed as
to his movements has influenced the
bandit chieftain to the greatest haste
in his retreat.
Although the United States troops
are following closely in his wake, so
far, it is stated, no fighting has taken
place.
Officers who have ridden over the
various front in the state of Guer
rero, where Villa fled when the ex
pedition crossed the border, have now
found numerous indications that Villa
miscalculated completely when he pre
dicted that his Columbus raid would
cause a general uprising against the
Americans.
The status of the chase is that Vil
la is retiring continually southward,
trying to force recruits into his ranks.
His men are feeling the pinch of hun
ger, and are hoping for an early sum
mer to shield against the cold of the
mountains, where they have retreat
ed somewhere south of Namiquipa.
v For two weeks the reports along
Villa’s trail show that he has seized
young men and boys of small towns
as forced recrjiits. His custom has
been for either himself or one of his
lieutenants to line up most of the male
population for inspection. The best
physical specimens have been pulled
out of line and told roughly that they
were honored above the others be
cause they become “Villa’s men.”
In the Casas Grandes region, at
Galeana and El Valle, Villa secured
fully half a hundred men by this
method.
GERMAN LINE STORMED
BY BRITISH INFANTRY
London Announces Taking Os First
And Second Positions At St. Eloi
South Os Ypres
London.—The British and Germans
have been fighting fiercely in the re
gion of St. Eloi, just south of Ypres,
and the British, through the explo
sion of a big mine and >by infantry
charges, have captured or destroyed a
considerable portion of the German
trenches.
The British infantry stormed and
took^he first and second line trenches
along a front of six hundred yards,
London officially announces, and Ber
lin admits that German trenches in
this region were blown up, and that
“casualties were caused among the
company occupying the position.”
The bombardment has become in
tense to the northwest and north
east of Verdun..
SOUTH CAROLINA TOWN
RAVAGED BY CONFLAGRATION
Lexington, S. C. —Twenty buildings
’in thei heart of Lexington were de
stroyed by Are starting in a drug
store here. The fire swept along both
Lsides of Main street, fanned by a stiff
■freeze; then the wind shifted and
.■e progress of the flames was check
; HL The property loss is estimated at
£ one-half covered by insur-
Kjknly three business buildings
- ■k , »nding. Lexington has no
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^®^gJ:^^'eached ,hp after
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INTERVENTION PLOT CHARGED
PRESIDENT WILSON AND CABI
NET ARE INDIGNANT OVER
ALARMIST RUMORS
Alleged That Powerful Interests Seek
To Force Intervention
In Mexico
Washington.—What are regarded as
evidences of activity of powerful in
fluences to force intervention in Mex
ico through the spreading of alarmist
reports were discussed at a cabinet
meeting, and resulted in the prepa
ration of a formal statement on the
subject by Secretary Lansing.
Administration officials believe that
a definite effort is being made to
bring about a war between the Unit
ed States and Mexico.
One cabinet member expressed the
opinion following the meeting that
the attempts to force intervention
were backed by interests owning
property in northern Mexico. Well
defined steps were being taken, he
said, to stir up public opinion in Mex
ico and the United States to the point
where a general clash between the
two nations would be inevitable.
Several warnings against spreading
alarmist reports have already been
issued by administration officials, and
it was said that President Wilson
deeply resentful over the situation,
was determined that it be brought to
an end.
Legal steps to stop the spreading of
false news are understood to be un
der consideration, but officials have
rot yet decided yet what can be done.
One step suggested was the use of a
law against the publication of reports
calculated to incite “arson and riot.”
li was also understood that the ad
ministration had under consideration
tightening the censorship on Mexican
news, and warning army officers all
along the border against giving out
reports unless they have been fully
Verified.
The most persistent rumor has been
that regarding the Herrera revolt,
which was transmitted by General Bell
to General Funston, and the source
of which has not been’disclosed.
“I believe a large part of these sto
ries originate in the minds of inter
ested persons who desire interven
tion,” Secretary Lansing said. He
added that they could have no other
purpose than to inflame the minds of
the Mexican people.
Senator Stone, chairman of the for
eign relations committee, made the
same charge while endeavoring to
check debate in the senate
Three Americans Are Reported Killed
Douglas, Ariz. —Three Americans,
two women and one man, were killed
near Gibson's Line ranch, on the New
Mexico-Mexico boundary, eight miles
west of Columbus, N. M., presumably
by Mexicans, according to the story
brought here by a party of five Doug
las people, who said they arrived on
the scene shortly after the bodies had
been removed by soldiers. A command
of United States soldiers stationed at.
the Gibson ranch was said to have
crossed the line in pursuit of the
slayers.
HEAVY FIRE LOSS IN AUGUSTA
FLAMES CUT RED SWATH
THROUGH THE CENTER
OF THE CITY
Residence Section Is Razed And Thou,
sands, Homeless, Driven
On The Streets
Augusta, Ga.—Thirty blocks of Au-,
gusta two miles long and four blocks'
deep have been destroyed here by
fire.
Four business blocks, the most val
uable in the city; over twenty blocks
in the lower residential section, and
scattering spots throughout the fire
swept area, present a skelton of what
has been a large part of the city of
Augusta.
Seven millions loss in property val
ues; a million and a half loss on cot
ton stored in several of the largest
storage plants in the city—a total of
eight and a half millions—was suf
fered by Augusta.
Starting in the Dyer building, on
the corner of Broad and Jackson
streets, on the SOO block, the fire
ate its way through nearly all the
lower part of Broad street, kept in a
path two blocks wide almost the total
distance to the extreme lower end of
Augusta, except here and there, where
it broadened in spots.
There was in the city fire appara
tus from four other cities, sent here
in response to a general call for aid
made by Augusta. Waynesboro re
sponded first with all- the little city
had. Columbia next sent aid, and'
then the Macon apparatus came. in.
Shortly before midnight apparatus
from Atlanta arrived.
600 HOUSES BURNED WHEN
FLAMES SWEEP NASHVILLE
Three Thousand People Homeless,
And Loss Is Million And
Half Dollars
Nashville, Tenn. —A small ball of
yarn, lighted and thrown by a boy
into dry grass in a vacant lot, started
a conflagration in East Nashville that
was not under control until after 35
residence blocks had been swept away
by the fire. The loss is estimated at
a- million and a half dollars.
A twisting, coiling wind, driving at
50 miles an hour, fanned the burning
grass into a-*torrent of flames, which
quickly caught a planing mill, and
leaped from building to building until
at least 600 residences had been de
stroyed, the East Nashville sub-post
office burned down.
New Bird Found By Col. Roosevelt
New York. —Col. Theodore Roose
velt returned from the West Indies si
lent on politics and the Mexican situ
ation, but announcing the discovery
in Trinidad of what was to him a new
variety of bird. The bird. Colonel
Roosevelt said, was about as big as a
barn owl. It lives in caves, is noc
turnal in Its habits and eats nuts. Its
native name, he added, was the “gua
charo." Asked if the bird “barked
like a dog," Colonel Roosevelt ex
claimed: "Now, no nature faking,
sir."
VILLA ELUDES TRE
CARRANZA FORCES
General Pershing Tells Os The Escape
Os The Bandit In a Report To
General Funston
AMERICANS ARE IN PURSUIT
If Villa Gets Into The Mountains His
Capture Wil! Be Very
Difficult
San Antonio. —Francisco Villa has
escaued from the Mexican troops that
had checked him near Namiquipa and
three columns of American cavalry
are pursuing him. Already they are
almost 250 miles south of the border,
and unless the elusive bandit is soon
brought to another stand this distance
will be greatly increased by the
close of another week.
Villa's success in extricating him
self from the dangerous position into
which he had been driven by the
American punitive force was related
in a detailed report of General Per
shing that reached General Funston.
General Funston forwarded the re
port to Washington without making
public any but the essential features.
Colonel Dodd is commanding the
advance columns that are riding hard
after Villa and his men, and General
Pershing has divided his forces so as
to provide supporting columns along
the thinly stretched lines of communi
cations from his most advanced base
at El Valle. From El Valle another
line is being maintained pack, to Casas
Grandes from where communication
with the border is maintained. Gen
eral Pershing himself is somewhere
south of Casas Grandes directing the
work of holding together his forces
and directing so far as possible the
operations of Colonel Dodd. Cavalry
। is being used along the lines of com
munication with El Valle, where a de
tachment of infantry is stationed.
Three aeroplanes are at El Valle and
will be used in scouting as' soon as
the high winds-that have been sweep
ing that part of Mexico subside • and
w'hich, according to General Pershing,
have made effective assistance by
them impossible. .
Details of the operation about Nami
quipa that concluded with the es
cape ol'yilla were not revealed, but
• there is little reason to believe he was
> bhdly whipped or even weakened by
I the fighting directed against him by
. the de facto government troops.
Villa now appears to be heading for
, the mountains of the Guerrero district.
Once there, it is conceded hjs cap
ture will be difficult and should he
choose to pass through the district
on into the. south, there are trails
■ over which, he might move his little
army until a juncture is made, with
one or more of his roving organiza
tions in southern Chihuahua.
If Villa moves into the district fur
ther south, military men realize that
the problem of capturing him will be
come many times more complex. More
troops will be necessary and their pro
visioning byway of country roads will
become practically an impossibility.
UNITED STATES PROBING
LINER SUSSEX TRAGEDY
Information Being Gathered By-U. S.
Consular Representatives From
Every Available Source
Washington.—Official information
upon .which President Wilson will de
cide whether the sinking of the'steam
ship Englishman and the damaging by
an explosion hf the"channel steamer
•Sussex were the result of acts in
violation of international law is be
ing gathered from every available
source by consular representatives of
the J. T nite<i ? St^tes l in England and in
France.
Dispatches, received indicate' that
several Americans were injured or kill
ed in the Sussex disaster.
Only one dispatch of importance con
cerning the explosion which damaged
the Sussex was received by the state
department. This contained an affi
davit made in London at the Ameri
can embassy by two American surviv
ors. Both swore that the explosion
occurred “without the slightest warn
ing,” and they credited the command
er of the Sussex as saying that he
saw the wake of a torpedo before it
struck his vessel.
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NAVAL BATTLE FOUGHT
IN THE NORTH SEA
London.—Dispatches from Eshjerg,
Denmark, to the Berlingske Tidende,
says Reuter's Copenhagen correspond
ent, report a great naval battle be
tween the German and British, fleets
some three miles off the Graadyb light
ship. The dispatch adds that Ton
dern. in SchleSwig-Holstein, has been
bbmhaxfied by five aeroplanes. The
German armed trawlers sunk by the
British outside Sylt harbor were the
Braunschweigh and Otto Rudolf,
S 1.00 A YEAR
LITTLE HEMS OF
STATE INTEREST
Jackson.—The dates of the Butts
county fair are October 24 to 27, in
clusive, this matter having been de
cided at a meeting of the fair asso
ciation.
Brunswick. —A new company with
considerable foreign capital, together
with a number of local business men,
has been organized for the purpose of
going into the gasoline business here.
Athens.—Athens’ mayor and coun
cil have called an election for April
29 to determine whether an issue of
$4^0,000 worth of bonds shall be is
sued to improve the waterworks sys
tem.
Thomasville. — The Watermelon
Growers’ association of Thomas coun
ty was organized here at a meeting
held at the Commercial Club and at
tepded by the prominent melon grow
ers of the county.
-Columbus.—Columbus is planning
to have a merchants’ convention when
| the merchants of this trade territory
are to meet here as the guests of Co
lumbus jobbers and wholesalers.
About one thousand are expected.
Cartersville.—Capt. R. R. Hargis,
| for forty years a popular conductor
on the Western and Atlantic railroad,
i died here. He was a gallant Cbnfed
• erate soldier and was several times
। a member of the Governor’s Horse
I Guard.
Columbus. —A package containing
' $5,000 in bills, a part of a shipment
j of $25,000 in currency from the Third
i National bank in Columbus to the
Citizens' and Southern bank of Sa
vannah, was stolen from the express
company.
[ Ringgold.—Judge A. W. Fite took
action in another court house wran-
i gif here when he granted a tempo
i rary injunction restraining the com
, missioners of Walker county from
i building the proposed new courthouse
at Lafayette.
Douglas.—Twenty thousand dollars
in improvements, consisting of two
2-story brick buildings, are to be. made
in a business block in a few months
by the recent purchasers. The lower
stpries will be used for merchandise,
and the upper for offices.
Valdosta.—D. S. Ashley, B. P. Jones
and A. T. Woodward of Valdosta were
appointed by Judge W. R. Thomas
commissioners to sell the Valdosta,
Moultrie and Western railroad. The
road has been in receivers’ hands for
over two years.
Atlanta. —Four of the most notori
ous and desperate characters of the
state prison farm escaped from the- ',
convict camp of Jasper county, where
they were assigned for road work, ac
cording to word received by the state
prison commission.
Cornelia. —The board of health of
the' state has accepted the Franklin
Springs, in northeast Georgia, as a
state sanitarium for the treatment of
drug addicts, under the recently en
acted law providing for the establish-^
ment of such institutions.
Thomasville. —Grady is ahead of
most of the counties in this section
in the number of boys from there who
are helping Uncle Sam out in his mili
tary operations just now. With the
army on the Mexican border are four
young men from here.
Monroe. —At a meeting of the Wal
ton Guards, the local military com
pany, thirty-three of the thirty-six en
listed men and the three officers sig
nified their willingness to shoulder
their arms and cross the border into
Mexico, should such a necessity ever
arise.
Sandersville. —Representative 'Vin
son secured the approval of the treas
ury department for a public building
here to cost $55,000. A site costing
$5,000 has already been secured. San
dersville has $8,500 annual postal re
ceipts and handles 15,000 pieces of
mail daily.
Americus. —Forty-five Sumter coun
ty boys have been presented with a
pig each by prominent people through
County Demonstrator J. G. Oliver. The
boys will raise the thoroughbred Du
roc pigs and turn a portion of the
profit to the man who presented the
hog.
Perry.—The peach crop in Houston
this year will be a normal crop. Peach
growers and experts are of the opin
ion that not more than 60 per cent of
the buds were killed in the recent
cold snaps and that the ci-op this
year will be about the same as pro
duced last year.
Metter. —Many municipal improve- '
meats have taken place here since
Candler county was created. Dwell
ings of much cost are now under con
struction and many have already been
completed. There will be an election
held on the 30th for the purpose of
voting bonds for improvements on
school and streets.
Brunswick. —Local steamship com
panies are now refusing to accept any
freight for points in New England.
The companies announced that this
embargo has been placed on freight
destined for any of the New England
states because of the congestion of
the wharves in New York,
