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TOPEKA, KANSAS, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 11, 1916 -ITWKNTY PAG LS

THIS EDITION 2 CENTS

ARE U. S. TROOPS WELL

ROSS THE BORDER NOW?

Last Organization of Troops at Fort Riley, Kan., Ordered to the Front From Chicago This Afternoon

FUNSTON

INTO MEX

TODAY IS

PROGRAM

Fnnston Ordered to (iet l$an

dits Dead or Alive.

Armed Force May Now Be on,

Way After Villa.

HOPE CARFUNZI 1 WON'T OBJECT

Hut

V. S. Not Losing Time

Awaiting Permission.

Details of Campaign Being Left

to Gen. Funston.

Washington, March 11. Ma

jor General Frederick Funston,

in command of the American

troops along the border, has or

ders from President Wilson to

day to send an armed force into

Mexico to take Francisco Villa,

and his outlaws, dead or alive,

and the Washington government

expects him to execute them.

Actual details of carrying out the

president's instructions are to be

left to General Funston who was

expected to have American

troops moving into Mexico be

fore nightfall.

Genoral instructions werp .sent to

General Funston last night after l

lon conference between officers o

Ole general staff at the war depart

merit when plans for troop movement

acroBrf tbe border were formulated.

The memorandum on the sur.-jeet was

later submitted to President Wilson by

Secretary Baker.

Keep Plans Secret.

The strictest secrecy was being: ob

served by war departm tnt officials !

today rcrarding the army's plar.s fori !

the capture of th bandits. This is in i Grand Lodge Must Make Full Fate of Verdun Stronarhold De

accordance with '.he urgent request of

Gnrai Funston, the ot.ject being to Insurance Payment. pends on Day's Battle.

(Continued on Page 2.)

AMERICANS ON IT

Seven U. S. Citizens on Ship

Torpedoed by U-Boat.

Sunk Without Warning, Is Re

port; American Injured,

Washington, March 11. Consul Os

borne at Havre reported today that

when the Norwegian hark. Silius from

New York to Havre was torpedne i

without warning in Havre roads "on

the night March 9, seven American.!

aboard were rescued. The loss of the

Silius was firFt reported last night

from London. Three members of the

crew wtp reported lost

Paris, March 11. Seven of the crew

of the Norwegian bark Silius. whicli

was t orpr'doed and stink yesterday,

were Americans. The 'Silius left New

York February 4 for Havre.

Th- Petit Parifit nays that one of

the Americans on the Silius was in

jured seriously in his leers and was tak

en to the Pasteur hospital. He is John

Ifnrtm.'in, If vears old.

FATAL SHOT A MISTAKE

Thought Burglar Was- at lor and

Fired: Killed 7-Vowr-old Daughter.

Washington. March 1 1 . Thinking

he heard turglars entering the house

and tampering wth his bedroom door,

Arthur Gray, weather forecaster, liv

ing in a village three miles from here,

grabbed a rifle and fired through the

door. A pitiful little moan followed

the shct

ASKS $50,000 REWARD

FOR VILLA CAPTURE

Washington, March II- Speaker

Clark made (bis comment today on

the Mexican policy of the adminis

tration :

"The president i- doing exactly

right in chasing: Villa. I hope he

catches the bandit."

Representative Aswell. of Louis

iana, asked the steaker for recog

nition to offer from the floor a

resolution proMs:ng a government

reward of $.o.OOO for the capture

Of Villa dead or ullvc. Sieakcr

Clark suggest ed that the president

Im' Icfi free to handle the situation

without any action in congress at

this time. Representative Asm ell

refrained.

BULLETIN!

Washington, March 11. Despite the fact that high depart

ment officials late this afternoon said they did not believe the

expedition into Mexico had started. Chairman Hay of the house

military committee said, after leaving a conference with Secre

tary of War Baker, "I believe our troops are now well across

the border on their way to run down Villa and his bandits."

Send Kansas Troops.

Fort Riley, Kan., March 11. Orders were received this aft

ernoon from headquarters of the central division in Chicago

for troop I, Thirteenth cavalry, to be in readiness to start for

the border in the event orders to move are received from the

war department at Washington. Troop I is the only line organ

ization now at Fort Riley, the remainder of the troops being

on the border.

Kill 3 More Mexicans.

Torreon, Mex., March 11. Ten Villa generals in command

of only 100 men recently raided San Juan Gaudalupe in Zacate

cas and captured a German named Weiner, whom they held

for ransom at 10,000 pesos. His compatriots here raised the

money and he was released. As soon as Weiner was freed, Gen

eral Gonzale, in command of the Carranza troops sent a bri

gade under General Elizondo in pursuit. Three Villa men were

killed in a running fight. All trains arriving here are protect

ed by military escorts.

Reports on Villa.

El Paso, March 11. Reports indicate that Villa is still in

the neighborhood of Ascension, within easy striking distance

of the railway over which the refugees must pass on their way

to the American frontier. General Gavira received word that

General Gutierrez, in command at Chihuahua City, disposed

forces from 300 to 900 men at San Geronimo, Santa Clara,

Guerrero and Laguna, in order to block Villa's progress at

those points, reserving a mobile force of 500 from which the

escort for the Mormon train will be taken. General Bertani is

holding his force intact at Palomas near the northern frontier,

as it is not large enough to risk division. He will protect Amer

ican interests there.

Troop Ships Leave.

Galveston, Texas, March 11. The United States army

transport Kilpatrick sailed this afternoon for Cristobalwith

about 500 men of the Fourth field artil'ery. their animal.--'and

equipment on board.

: WORKMEN BY-LAW

NOT RECOGNIZED '

SUPREME COURT

Compromise After Age of 75 Is Germans Wasting Lives Reek

A gainst the Law. lessly to Hold Woods.

MANY DECISIONS DOWN TODAY

Refusal of Increase Gas Rat

Despite Ordinances.

Passengers Not Supposed to

Look for Switch Engines,

The supreme court today upheld the

decision of the Allen county district

court when it refused to recognize a

by-law of the Grand Lodp of the

Ancient Order of l'nited Workmen,

providing for the compromise of life

insurance policies with policy holders

who had passed the age of 7C years.

The supreme court declared that the

insurance company could not dis

charge its obligations except on pay

ment on the death of the member, of

the amount provided in the certificate.

Action to annul the provisions of

the workmen's special by-law, was

brought in the Allen county district

court by S. M. Brewster as attorney

general. It was declared by Brewster

that the new rule of the lodge was in

violation of the general statutes of the

state and sought to evade the general

i Continued on Page

TOMPKINS TO FTTrILEY

But 1 1 en

of Columbus

Wants to Fight.

Columbus, N. M.. March 11. Major

Frank Tompkins, who, with four

skeleton troops chased Villa several

miles into Mexico, is to be transferred

to Fort Riley and has asked to be al

lowed to go with the expedition in pur

suit of Villa. In a highly commenda

tory telegram. Colonel Slocum urged

the war department to grant the re

quest. He told how Tompkins's force

broke up every formation Villa made

to check the pursuit and particularly

how Tompkins, with 35 men, under

Captain Rudolph Simper, out in ad

vance, drove in a Mexican rear guard

of more than 300 men. before Villa or

dered out an overwhelming force and

checked the American advance.

Villa left Boca Grande ranch some

time last night with his entire force

and proceeded, according to reports

received today, southward and east

ward, following the course of the Boca

Grande river.

VICTORY HINGES

ON FIERCE DRIVE

INTO C0R8EAU

LOST 5,000 THERE WEEK AGO

Driven Out and Back Again j

With Territic Force.

German -Plane Fleet Attacks

Russian Warships.

Berlin, March 11. Capture of

French position t.WO yards wide

and about two-thirds of a mile

deep south of Ville-Aux-Bois near

Rhoims was announced today by

the war office.

london, March 11. The crown

prince's sudden 1 hrust ir.to the Cor

beaux wood, nerthwest of Verdun, has

imperiled French positions on a five-

mile front west of the Meuse, accord- j

ingto dispatches received hr re today. ' urouRht in reports that Villa

The Germans are wanting lives wag a, iOC.a Grande, 25 miles south of

I recklessly in an attempt to press for- 1 here. Other advices stated that a

! ward a mile to the Fcrges-Cumieres I large number of Carranza troops had

I road. Their success would force the j fched Palomas. supposedly to assist

. - i in the pursuit of ilia.

French to evacuate the strongly for-, Ajnong the Mexicans arrested for

tiffed Goose hill position and compel j spyinc was Pablo Gonzales. When

the surrender of Bethinci urt village, 'taken he w -re overalls over a military

five miles west of the Meuse. uniform. Civil authorities continue

m. . , , . . . . plans to bring charges of murder

The latest official dispatches from against captured Mexicans in con

; Paris admit the German gain, but the J nectior with the raid on Columbus

, pTench are counter attacking heavily Thursday.

and are attempting to drive out the tn

' vaders. The Germans are under a ter

i rific crossfire f re m Dead Man's hill

to the west and Goose hill to the east.

This deadly artillery fire early in the

; week forced the Germans to relinquish

the forest after they had suffered a

: loss estimated at 5,000 men.

Seize American Steamer.

Washington. March 11. The Amer

ican steamer Edna, formerly the Mex

ican steamer Mazatlan, now owned by

an American firm, has been captured

by a Britifh cruiser and taken to Port

Stanley. Falkland Islands.

Air Attack on Warships.

Berlin, March 11. German hydro

planes attacked a Russian squadron

consisting .of one battleship, five de

stroyers and several merchantmen in

the Black sea yesterday, it was offi

cially announced today. Hits were

observed on the destroyers1.

Says Bombs Missed.

Athens, March 11. On Wednesday

a German atroplane coming from the

coast of Asia Minor, flew over the , raid on Columbus Thursday, was re

lsland of samos. which lies 4 miles j ported as being in a critical condition

to the southwest of Smyrna, and threw today. Her wounds, however, are not

(Continued on Fage flight.)

,

MOST

BREAK

CAR!

Wilson Realizes That Agree

ment Must Be Reached.

: Mexican Leader Asks That His :

Troops Enter 1'. !S.

DELUGED WITH VOLUNTEERS

Individuals and Organizations

Wire Washington.

No

Need at This Time for n !

( all to the Colors.

Washington, March 1 1. While

American troops are preparing tc

move across the Mexican border to ex- j

terminate tiie VHla bandits. General j

Carranza in an official communication i

delivered through Consul Sillim-'.n has j

asked the United States for ptrmis- I

sion to send his troops into American

territory if necessary in pursuit of out- t

laws. Administration officials regard i

General Carranza's proposal as favor

able. It.sems to indicate thst he will

not protest against American troops on ;

Mexican soil.

Practically, such a reciprocal ar

rangement proba bl y neve i w o v 1 d re

sult it- a single Carranza soldier cross

ing the line, as the possibility of ban

dits taking refuge in American, terri

tory is considered remote.

It is realized that such an arrange

ment, however, would go far to sat

isfy General Caxr'inza and permit hirn j

to comply 'vith popular sentiment rty

Mexico. There w:.s no indication carl

today how he proposal would be reJ

ceived. but it is known that the ad- j

ministration realizes the necessity of f

avoiding a breach with Carranza if

the Mexican situation is rot to grow j

into intervention,

A "Defensive'' Invasion.

Secretary Baker today referred to

the American expedition as a "de- ,

fensive" one. This was rtgaided as a I

significant indication of the adminis-

tration'.s policy t make it clear that

it is proceeding with scrupulous re

gard foi the sovereignty of Mexico

and entirely in aid of the constituted

authorities.

Up to noon today no America n

troops actually had crossed so far as

was known here and it was believed

none would start moving before night.

All arrangements are being left in the

hands of Major General Funston.

The ambassadors from Chile and

Continued from page Two.

SPIES ARE FOUND

U. S. Arrests Mexicans Scouting

for Villa.

Man Had Overalls Over

His Uniform.

One

Columbus, Mai ch 11. Wholesale

r rrnct tf Ait di npct lrl it Kf

ing spies was made here today as

l'nited States army officers completed

preparations for the pursuit of Fran

cisco Villa xnd his bandits. The

American soldiers, officers and men

displaved an eagerness for the receipt

of the order that would start them

into .Mexico.

Kariy in the night a Mexican re

fused to obey the command of an

American

sentry lo halt and Was.

CQNTINUERAIDING

Eighteen Mexicans at Ameri

can's Home Near Columbus.

Family of Four Escapes; Band

Returns to Border.

Columbus, March 1 1. Eighteen

mounted Mexicans are reported last

night to have raided he home of H.

A. Blankenship, a section foreman at

Malpias, IS miles east of Columbus.

The family, including two children,

escaped and crawled to cover in he

darkness, where they lay in the bus'-.es

most of the cold night. The raiders

ure said to have passed south nto

j Mexico.

Mr t T Alnnm won mHpH in Vij

i thought to be fataL

AVOID

WITH

.

AMERICAN INTERVENTION V.'OULD MAKE MEXICO ONE OF EARTH'S

FAIREST GARDEN SPOTS DECLARES OKLAHOMA COXFORErsMAN

Top,

typical scene near Vera Cruz,

Bottom, typical Mexican country homes and their tenants.

Congressman William H. Murrav of Oklahoma, ortnne American intervention in Mavi.. in. 1 n hI . "T. l.

one of the earth's richest storehouses. If once we intervened Americans

hundreds of thousands.

They would

BANDITS TO TRIAL

Hold Seven Wounded Villistas

i

on Charge of Murder.

Two Are Villa Officers; One

12-Year-Old Boy.

FOR SLAYING U. S. SOLDIERS

Also Have Signal Spy Prisoner

at Columbus,

Expected to Make "Human

Torches" of Residents.

i i

aso. March 11. The train

.whi'h was to carry out the Mormon

from their olony near Casas Grandes

has not started and will not start until

a sufficient escort arrives from the

garrison at Chihuahua My. accord

ing to General Gavira, commanding;

at Juarez, today.

Columbus. X. M., March 11. Seven

wounded Villa soldiers captured by

Col. H. J. Slocum's troopers of the

Thirteenth United States cavalry in

Thursday's- battle hero will be charged

with murder for the killing of seven

American soldiers slain in the fight,

according to announcement today by

E. B. Stone. special agent of the

United States department of justice.

The prisoners include a boy 12 years

old and two officers.

Stone said he would confer today

. with Summers Burkhart. United States

district attorney in N'ew Mexico, an

' that the charges probably would name

Francisco Villa, the bandit chief who

led the raid on Columbus.

Stone added that it was probable

that some chargr s of murder would

be filed against the prisoners in the

state courts of New Mexico in connec

tion with the killing of nine civilians

by the bandit raiders.

Spy Wore Overalls.

Pablo Sanchez. arrested while

signalling Mexicans across the border

, yesterday and held as a spy. will be

rhareed with aiding an enemy while

on the soil of the United States. The

murder charges1 pgainst the Villa sol

; diers. Stone declared, would be base

, on the fact that the raid was carried

' out, not by recopv.ized belligerents.

I but by bandits whose leader wap a

man who had been proscribed by the

i de facto government oT a country with

: which the United States was not at

i war. The men against whom the mur

der charges are to be filed are:

Two VUla Officers.

Pablo Garcia, a captain who has

, fought in Villa's army for three years;

Lieut. Yzabel Chavez, with two years'

service under the insurgents chie

, Leno Riz, Juan Sanchez, Elias Heras

' and Antonio Morandas, privates'. The

boy is Jesus Raycs, who with his

, (Continued oo F&e 2.)

Mexico. Pineapples in foreirround.

make the country even more glorious

vui?EXPects

Aid from Japs

and Germany

Washington, March 1 1. Re

ports have reached Washington

that Villa has boasted that he

would have the support of Ger

many and Japan in a military

c tmpaign against the United

States.

Th.se reports revived stories

that have been in circulation for

some time that Germany and Ja

pan have encouraged anti-American

movements in Mexico. The

charges of alleged German back

ing of Mexican revolutionary

movement.: were brought to light

during the grand jury investiga

tions at New York. Japan's ef

f f rt s to ob tain a na val base o n

Magdalena bay were recalled to-

RAISTTf "SHOPS

Santa Fe (wives Increase

Wages to All Machinists

of!

Nearly 2,000 Men in

Alone Are Affected

Notice was posted at the shops of

the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe in

Topeka at noon today that all ma

chinists would be given an average in

crease of 2 cents an hour. The order

becomes effective immediately and

will affect nearly 2.000 men in this

city. The change will add $10,800 to

the monihly payroll in Topeka.

The increase is made all over the

Santa Fe system. Thirteen thousand

men will be given the privileges of the

wage raise.

The increase in Topeka, po.st.ed by

Superintendent Drury, in clashes of

machinists, follows:

Per Hour.

Rlarhsmiths 2c

Boilermakers 2c

Machine : .

Krecting ma-hinlt(i

Tiuners. i-oppersmltbs ,

Ioomotive -.-arpenters

Patternmakers

Coach carpenters

'nbinet makers

Freight car carpenters ,

NtJ-el passenger ar repairers. . . . .

Steel freight i-ar repairers

'ar inspectors -

Coach repairers

Wkw1 machinists

Freight car repairers

Air brake repairers

2c '

2c

2c

2r

Ittc

lc !

lc j

II...-

Oil Ixs at Caney $75,000.

Caney, Kan., March 11. r"ire which

started from a boiler boiling over at

the Kanotex refinery here today, des

troyed eleven tanks of oil with an es

timated loss of $75,000.

iuneie and mountain karkrnunrf

would flock intn th ,,mtni v k-

than our Pacific coast."

CARRANZAEVADES

His Long1 Note Doesn't Answer

U. !S. Inquiry.

Asks, Can I Cross Border

Pursuit of Villa.'

in

REVIVES 30-YEAR-OLD TREATY

Mexicans llae Suffered by

8. Indian Invasions.

Attitude Friendly, but Doesn't

Grant Permission.

Washington. Marrh II. t,cr

eral Carranza. through Consul Sil

liman. lias askc tile American

government for permission to

semi Mexican troops across the

border and into the l'nited States

in pursuit of bandits.

Washington. March 11. Mexican

Consul Silliman transmitted the ofl

lowing communication dated at

t Guadulajara, March 10., which was

i handed to him by Jesus Acuna, Car

J Opeka ranza's minister of foreign affair.

it is a reply to tb American government's-

representations for perm is

sion to pursue the Villa bandits with

American forces:

"In due reply to your courteous

note, dated yesterday and transmits

today through Mr. John W. Belt Sil

llman'B secretary) I have the honor to

inform you that having brought th

above note to the attention of the first

chief of the constitutionalist army

and depository of the executive power

of Mexico, hp has directed me to say

to you. to the end that you may in

turn, transmit it to the department of

state of the American government

that he learned with ; gret of the la

mentable incident which occurred in

the town of Columbus, N M., on ac

count of the assault it suffered yester

dav from the bandit? led by Francisco

Villa.

Iofa4to Force Adequate. .

"That although there has been a

competent number of forces in the

state of Chihuahua to re-establish or

der and afford protection to nationals

and foreigners, ever since Francisco

Villa appeared in the mountains of the

above state at the request of the gov

ernor of the state and of the con

stitutional consul in El Paso, Texas,

the first chief ordered the timely de

parture of 2.500 men commanded b

General L.uis Gutierrez with instruc

tion? actively to pursue the bandits

who had just crossed the line into

American territory, which they un

doubtedly were compiled to do by the

tenacious pursuit of the above men

tioned forces.

"The above lamentable incident is

similar to the incursions which were

made in the state of Sonora and Chi-

(ConUoued

on Page SEJ

U. S. ARMY

WILL HUNT

VILLA WITH

AEROPLANES

First Engagement of Air Craft

by U. S. In History.

Be Used to Locate M on n tarn

Hiding Places of Bandits.

CARRANZA TO CO-OPERATE

400

De Facto Soldiers

Columbus to Help.

Near

Villa Horde Dispersing:

300 Now FaithfaL

Only

Washington. March 1 1.

pnU'hc-s to tin war department to

day reported Franolaco Vina,

moving sooth east with not more

than ClOO men. lakst nigit's re

port gave his force as 3.0O0 bat

that is believed to Include sym

pathizers in his territory. By hta

movement souths1 it was

t bought a threatened attack on

the American Mormon colony at

'asa- Grandcs had passed for the

present.

San Antonio, Tex., March 11.

The full aero squadron of the

United States army has been or-

dered to the Mexico border and

jfor the first time in the history

I of United States warfare, the

', army will eng-age aeroplanes.

That the 'planes will be of mark

ed advantage in seeking" out the

bandit bands is due to the inac

cessible hiding- places in the

I mountains to which the bandits

j probably will be pursued before

caught, and likewise the desert

wastes which offer terrible resis

tance to infantry or cavalry

forces.

The aeroplanes will serve principal

ly as scouts, seeking out the hiding

places of the bandit hordes, reporting

hack to the armed detachment of sol

dires and directing their progress.

Villistas nlspersing.

That the Villistas following is being

demoralized by fear of encounter with

the United Statee army, is indicated

by the reports gathered today, statins;

that but 300 fathful now accompany

Villa, while a few days ajco his co

horts were declared to number 3,000.

Major General Frederick Funston

announced here today that while he

will have direction of military affairs

along the Mexican border, the expedi

tion into Mexico to capture Francisco

Villa will be in charge of a brijradier

general. General Funston said tha

name of the commanding officer

would be given out at Washington. The

full aero squadron stationed here will

be dispatched with the expedition.

IMan of Attack Secret.

f irganization of the expedition will

not be completed for two or three

days. General Funston a.id. as troops

'"(Continued on Piigc Blphr.)

SPRING TAS ARRIVED

Weather Bureau Promises

Day Tomorrow.

a n na

Flocks of automobiles will be onjt

tomorrow for the first fine Sunday of

the spring. The roads are in good

shape and the weather promises to ba

clear and warm. The temperatura

was a few cfegrees below freezing thla

morning, but the wind is in the south

and the mercury will climb rapidly.

Indications of spring are everywhere

in evidence, the buds swelling on tha

trees and the boys are out with their

marbles.

The forecast calls for fair and

warmer weather tonight and Sunday.

The temperature a. Topeka tonight

will be above freezing. Temperatures

of 25 degrees are indicated for 36

hour shipments north and west by tha

shippers forecast; east and south,

above freezing.

The lowest temperature this morn

ing was 26 degrees at 7 o'clock. This

is 3 degrees below normal and brought

a light freeze. The highest tempera

ture on record for this date is 80 da

gres, established in 1900. The low

record, 8 degrees, occurred in 1884.

The Kaw river is stationary for tha

first time in K-veral weeks, the stage

today being r feet, the same as Fri

day's stage.

Temperatures today averaged one

degree above normal. The wind blew

at the rate of 1 4 miles an hour from

the south. Following are hourly tern

perat u re read i n for today :

7 o'clock 26 11 o'clock 41

8 o'clock 27 12 o'clock 4

9 o'clock ::2 1 o'clock 4t

10 o'clock 36 2 o'clock St

Weather Forecast for Kansas.

Fair and warmer tonight and ui

day.