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HOUSE VOTES TO
RAISE THE ARMY
T0 120,000 MEN
Popular Chamber, with But One
Dissenting Voice Passes Reso
lution to Bring Force to
Full Strength.
ADDS NEAR TWENTY THOUSAND
Number of Troops at Border Will
Be About Twenty-Seven
Thousand. '
TO THE SENATE TODAY
WASHINGTON, March 17. A.
joint .resolution, authorizing the
president to bring the regular army
up to full strength by adding 19,447
men to existing organizations, was
passed In the house late today with
out objection or debate and with
only one dissenting vote. This would
bring the strength of the regular
army up to 120,000 men.
Representative Hay, chairman of
the military committee, had asked
for Immediate consideration of the
resolution, saying the step was
necessary on account of demands of
c.Itlsens. along the border -for addi
tional protection during the march
of the punitive expedition into Mex
ico. ' Socialist in Negative.
There wat no objection and the resolu
tion was passed In five minutes. On the
vivi voce vote one "nay" was heard.
Minority Leader Mann demanded a rising
vote, whch resulted 238 to 1, Representa
tive London, socialist, or New xorK,
otlng in the negative.
Representative Hay told the house the
administration had recommended this
J plan rather than call for the militia or
volunteers. The president wanted to
allay any suspicion, he said, that the
government sought to accomplish nothing
in the Mexican expedition except the pur
suit of Villa,
The resolution will be called in the sen
ate tomorrow.
How It Afreets Border.
Senators who were consulted by house
leaders and War department officials as
serted late today that tha Increase to be
authorized by the house resolution would
add approximately 8,000 or 9,000 men to
the regiments now on the Mexican border,-
bringing that force up to a total of
about 27,000 men.
-While the War , department has the
cower to raise the men without congres
sional action, Secretary Baker desired to
obtain the agreement of support from
leader at both parties Tn order to" be
assured that a point of order would not
be raised When the resolution cams Up
for passage.
The present strength of the army Is
about 87.003 men. The additional troops
are desired to fill the place of men who
may bo withdrawn from their present
locattops for service In Mexico.
To Co Over Situation.
Representative Kahn said Secretary
Baker went over the entire situation
with Chairman Hay and himself and
atisfted them that the men were needed.
The secretary said that no new develop
ments had come in the Mexican situation
hlclt would cause the department to de
Ira to Increase the standing force, but
that army officials were convinced it
would be beat at this time to fill the
places of soldiers leaving this country.
Secretary Baker later explained thit
it wee proponed to Increase all reglmeuts
of the mobile army to full strength which
would bring the total strength of the
regular up to approximately 120,000 men,
Including the quartermaster's corps, med
ical corps and other auxiliary troopa.
The strength of the mobile army would
be raised from 33,000 to 50,000. which would
be the number available for border duty.
Lous than SSO.WO are now on duty on the
Mexican border.
As the various arms of the service are
now distrlouted as to personnel the order
would add 16,000 enlisted men in the In
fantry 1,100 to the field artillery and 2.AI0
to the calvalry.
The Weather
Forecast till 7 p. m. Wednesday:
For Omaha. Council Bluffs and Vicin
ity Kalr: colder.
Trmneratarra at Omaha Yesterday.
Hours.
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Comparative) koeal Record.
1916 191" 1914 1911
Hlffhest yesterday 39 37 61 4S
l.owcat yesterday 33 2S 40 20
Mean temiterature...- 34 82 PI 34
I'recipltatlun 00 .00 .00 .58
Temperature and precipitation depar
tures from the normal:
Normal temperature ,
Kxcess for the day
Total excess sinco March 1
Normal precipitation ,
flWiriency for the day ,
Total rainfall sine March 1...
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Reports from Stations at T P. M.
Station and State
of Weather.
Cheyenne, clear
Javenport, cloudy....
Ienvei, clear
les Moines, snow
LodKe City, clear.
Temp. High- Raln-
- 7 p. m. axt. Jail.
30 34 T
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38 40 .00
sa as t
40 1:1 .02
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28 40 T
1-an.ler, clear
North Platte, clear...
Oninha. cloudy
I'urblu, clear
lUpid City, clear
talt I-ake City, clear.
Santa Ke. clear
Mierllan. cloudy
r'iiu t'ity. irnow
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T iiiiIU mIi K ' '"f nre ll.C'itiun
L. A. WELSH. Local Koie uster.
THE COUNTESS CIPPICO,
formerly Rita Jolivet, the
actress. It has just been
learned that the English
actress, who was saved when
the Lusitania was torpedoed,
was married in January and
has been enjoying a honey
moon on Broadway.
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"BINDING BANDIT"
IS CAUGHT IN ACT
Adam Moore, Captured After Day
light Holdup, Confesses to
Nineteen Jobs. x
CAPTURED AFTER A PURSUIT
Adam Moore, aged 28 years, ap
prehended yesterday after a pur
suit following an unsuccessful at
tempt to bind and rob L. Ravi tz, 2723
Finney street, confessed, to nineteen.
robberies accomplished since Decem
ber 18- "' ,"" "V "v"-; v.- .
Moore entered the - Rav'tx store
about 7:30 o'clock a. m. and bought
n box of . matches. Later he applied
for gasoline, saying that he desired
it. for his auto which had stalled sev
eral blocka away. ' -
Ravltz asserted that he had no
can for the fluid and after a few mo
ments hesitation, Moore asked for 10
cents worth of cookies.
As Ravltz was filling a paper bag,
bo was startled by the business end
of a revolver thrust against his chest
and the command "Up with your
mitts!"
Forced Into Bark Room.
Complying', he was forced to back Into
a rear room, where Moore prepared to
bind him to a chair. As the binding was
taking place John Berg, 2908 North Twenty-eighth,
came Into the store.
The bandit hastily concealed the rope
(Continued on Page. Two. Column four.)
Morehead Too Late
to File in Ohio
COLUMBUS. O.. March 14. The time
for filing declarations for 'candidacy for
national offices is past In Ohio, Secretary
of State HUdebrant today informed C. K.
Herman of Lincoln, Neb. Harman tele
graphed . Secretary HUdebrant asking
what procedure would be necessary to get
the name of Governor John H. More
head of Nebraska before the people of
Ohio as a candidate for nomination of
vice president on the democratic ticket.
Premier Asquith
is Reported 111
LONDON. March 14. An official bulle
tin has been Issued stating that II. II.
Asquith, the British premier. Is suffer
ing from bronchial catarrh.
Navy Soft Snap for Officers Who
Are Socially Ambitious, Says Sims
WASHINGTON, March 14. President
Wilson urged Chairman Padgett of the
house naval committee today to hurry
the navy's bill. Mr. Padgett told the
president that the hearings probably
would be ended In two weeks.
Thomas A. Kdlaon will be heard by the
naval committee tomorrow. Mr. Edison,
with other experts, will urge the neces
sity of a great laboratcry here for work
ing out naval problems.
Captain W. S. 81ms of the battleship
Nevada told the committee today of the
need of Immediate construction of eight
or nine battle cruisers to meet Germany's
battle cruiser strength. He also told of
the prime necessity of a policy of pro
motion by selection for the grades of
lieutenant, lieutenant commander, com
mander and captain, so as to put younger
men In command of ships.
Captain Sims pointed out that In the
Hrltltih navy offiiers may attain a cap
tain's rank at 35 years and become rear
admiral at 4"v The prenent commander-in-chii-f
of the l.iitixh nuvy, Admiral Jcl-
ITALIANS MAKE
MIGHTY ATTACK
Oil ENEMY LINE
Vienna Reports that -'";,
sire IT v
SAYS ASSAULTS REPULSED
Austrian Official Statement De
clares Efforts of the Invaders
Everywhere Fail.
STORM SEVEN TIMES IN PLACE
BERLIN. March 1 4. (Wireless
to Sarville.) The Italians have de
veloped a strong offensive against
hte Austrinns on the Isonzo front,
according to the Austrian headquar
ters' report today. They have mad
attacks with lnrge forces on the Aus
trian lines, and in each case were re
pulsed. It is declared.
The offficiul statement says:
"Great combats are developing on
the Isonzo front. The Italians have
attacked with strong forces, being
repulsed everywhere.
"At the Tolmlno bridgehead the
enemy's activity was limited to
lively fire. In the plava section the
enemy's attempts tb destroy our ob
stacles failed.
' "At the Oorizia bridgehead, two
attacks against the Doberdo posi
tion and one attack against the en
trenched bridge of Lucimlco failed,
as ""did likewise several attacks
against the Doberdo plateau.
"Near San Martlano the Italians
stormed seven times. They were re
pulsed with heavy losses by Infantry
regiment No. 46."
Ammunition and
Rifles Are Seized
at El Paso, Texas
EL PASO. Tex.. March H. Five thou
sand rounds of rifle ammunition and a
few old rifles were seised by the police
here today in a house in the Mexican
quarter. No arrests were made. The
ammunition was discovered during a
search for spies or other suspicious per
sons.. '',""
Bill Posters Called
Trust by Landis
CHICAGO, March 14.-The Associated
Rill Posters of the United 'tSates and
Canada was held to be a combination In
restraint of trade by Federal Judge Lan
dis today.
The ruling was given in the govern
ment suit asktnz dissolution of the asso
ciation filed In August, 1912. ,
"The rule of 'reasonable restraint has
no application here," said Judge Landis,
"for the reason that this Is not a can
of mere restraint, but of total exclu
sion." The court ruled that. th injunction
ssked by the government to restrain
the ' bill posters from carrying on their
business as an organisation would not
go into affect for sixty days to permit
an appeal to the supreme court.
The complaint charged that ever since
Ha organization in 1X91 the . A ssoclated
Bill Posters had sought to crush com
petition. It was alleged in support of
the dissolution suit that ' membership In
the organization was limited to one mem
ber In each town; that Ita members were
barred from accepting work from any ad
vert leer who furnished business to non-
members; that a schedule of Prices was
adopted for all parts of tha country; that
competitors were bought off and that
members were prohibited from accepting
work from solicitors not licensed by tha
organization.
Secretary Lansing
Takes Vacation
WASHINGTON, March 11-Secretary
Lansing was on his way to Plnehurst,
N. C, today for a week's vacation. For
many weeks the secretary has been
working steadily In a heavy preasure of
diplomatic affairs and feels the need of
a rest. Taking a vacation at this time
waa regarded here as indicative of how
completely the State department regards
the Mexican situation In the hands of
the army and that the understanding
with General Carransa is complete.
llco, he said, la about 44. American naval
officers under the present system are
close to SO when thy become rear ad
mirals. "The navy Is a soft snap to those whe
are not ambitious," ha said, "but deadly
to the ambitious ones. As a military
proposition this age situation la abso
lutely rotten; from a social standpoint it
la excellent, and as a soft snap It's a
peach."
Captain Sims said Secretary Daniels
waa the first secretary of the navy upon
whom those favoring promotion by se
lection had made any Impression.
"If he puts It across," said the captain,
"he will stand out above all other secre
taries of the navy, for it will mean a tre
mendous Increase In naal efficiency."
The witness referred to what he called
frightful mistakes In the turret designs
of the Kentucky and other predread
nauKhts whose sloping turret designs
mado them partirulaily vulnerable to
Ions range fire under the changed gun
fire con1ilion.i of recent cars.
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NORTH SEA BATTLE EXPECTED German torpedo boat flotilla, from a photograph
just received from Germany. According to reports from Amsterdam, a German cruiser
squadron is back at Kiel after & successful reconnoissance in the North Sea. This move is
taken to mean that the Germans intend an attempt to break the British blockade or was
made to cover the dash of another commerce raider such as the Moewe.
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MANY ANXIOUS
TO GO JO MEXICO
Possibility of Long Strife There
Brings Forward Numerous
Offers.
NEBRASKA 1 MEN IN SERVICE
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, March 14. (Spe
cial Telegram.) Possibility of a
"continued session" in Mexico has
awakened an Americanism that is
positively reassuring. Members of
congress from Nebraska have been
receiving letters and telegrams from
constituents acknowledging a sin
cere desire to .get Into a scrap should
such be pulled for the glory of the
nation.
An offer by Colonel John O. Maher of
Lincoln, personally filed In the. War de
partment today by Judge Klnkald of the
Sixth district, for consideration In the
event of a call for volunteers, leaves no
doubt as to where his sympathies are In
the Mexican situation. If the punitive
expedition now. on its way Into Mexico
is to augmented by volunteers and vol?
unteer officers are to be designated Ro
wants consideration., and be, unhesitat
ingly rferv to tha adjutant general of
-tfrwffatlonal CJttard of Nebraska for enr
doraemenf, to ssy nothing of hi achieve
ments during the Ppanlsh-Amarlcait war.
Among1 the officers of the first troops
available on the Mexican border and or
dered from El Paso to be In readlneaa to
Join the expedition into Mexico in pur
suit of Villa' and his band are tb fol
lowing: From Nebraska Captain William S.
Mapcs, First Lieutenants Austin M. Par
dee and Hugh D. tScliulls. Twentieth in
fantry; Captain Amos Frank, rtrst cav
alry; Captain Charles C. Pullls, Sixth
field artillery; First Lieutenant Charles
C. Culver and Second L-ieutcnant Max
well Klrby, Third cavalry; -Second Lieu
tenant Herbert K. Taylor, Sixth cavalry.
From Iowa Major George P. White,
First Lieutenant Joseph C. King, Seventh
cavalry; Major. Alomo Gray, Fourteenth
cavalry; Major Hanson. E. Ely, Captains
George W. Stuart and Carl C. Jones.
Seventh Infantry; Captain Fred Goedecke,
Second Lieutenant Vernon E. Prlchard,
Seventeenth infantry; Captain Charles S.
Franks, Nineteenth Infantry; Major
Palmer C. Pierce,. ' Captains George
(Continued on Page Three, Column One.)
Two Auto Bandits
Arrested by Police
And Are Identified
Ed Nolan, 1148 North Sixteenth street,
and Wllliom Hull. 1K Chicago street.
were arrested by Detectives Dolan and
Walker on auspicious of being the auto
mobile bandits who conducted a numtier
of hlgway robbery campaigns In Omaha
by stealing automobiles - and making
rush raids through the' city. Nolan an J
Hull were identified by five recent 'vic
tims as the men who heldup and robbed
them. . Police . believe , that . through tha
arrest of Nolan and Hull the third mem
ber of the automobile-bandit crew will hi
arrested shortly. . ,
Men in Armour
Plant at Sioux City
Are StiU at Work
FIOT'X flTY. Ia.. March 14. The 1.000
men employed at the Armour packing
plant here, who, it was 'expected, would
join the Cudahy strikers, were still at
work this afternoon. The strike leaders
still are working to Induce them to go
out tomorrow morning.
If you want anything
Go right after it.
This is a rule that has few
if any exceptions. The
only way Omaha will ever
get a new depot, for ex
ample, is to go after it
strong. The only way for
a merchant to get the
business is to go after it
with persistent advertis
ing. Bee ads produce Results
PROMPT ACTION IN
SINKINGJF SILIUS
Germany Will Make Full Amends if
it ii Shown Vessel Wat Hit
by Torpedo.
NORWAY ASKS INFORMATION
WASHINGTON, March 14. Unof
ficial advices received here today In
dicate that Germany will make com
plete amends to the United States If
it is found that a German submarine
torpedoed the Norwegian bark
Sillus, f rd which seven . Americana
were rescued In Havre Roads.
The German government is represented
here cj believing that a torpedo wes not
retponsible for the loss of tn bark, and
that any commander who attacks a
neutral ship such ss the Stilus without
warning would be exceeding his instruc
tions. The sinking of the Sillus has been tha
(suae of much concern here because
American Consul Osborne at Havre re
ported that the ship was torpedoed with
out warning. His report was based on
statements of American, survivors. Of
ficials arc Inclined to entertain -the possi
bility that tha ship might have been
Struck by a mine, but the esse Is being
Investigated further..'
; Today tha Rate department' -rwtrr
another report from ' Consul . Osborne
which made no mention of the rauSe of
tha sinking, merely saying that tke vesssl
waa unarmed, carried a C"-i'go of grain
and no passengers. Of the crew of seven
teen members only three perished. Among
the victims was the captain,, a. Nor
wegian. '
Norway A ska ' laforaatlos.
LONDON. March H.-A Ileuter Cis
patch from Chrlstlania says it Is re
ported there that tha Norwegian govern
ment has asked Germany whether a Ger
man submarine torpedoed tha Norwegian
bark Stilus, which, with seven Americans
on board, waa sunk last week off the
French coast. If the Sillus was thus tor
pedoed, the dispatch says, sn explanation
of the conditions under which tha st
tack was made is requested.
Villa Used Dum-Dums
Made in U. S. in His
Raid On Columbus
CHICAGO. March 14. American made
dum-dum bullets and American made
guns were used by tha Villa forces In
their raid on Columbus, N. M., according
to Private Stephen Wlecsorklewlcs of the
Seventh United States Infantry, who
helped In repulsing the raiders and took
part in their pursuit across the border.
He made this statement while passing
through Chicago on his way to his home
in Toledo, O. He exhibited soft nosed
bullets of the dum-dum type and asserted
they were taken from the belts of dead
Mexican bandits by members of the Thir
teenth cavalry at Columbus.
Dr. Frederick Cook
Appears Before
House Committee
WASHINGTON. March 11 Dr. Fred
erick A. Cook sppeared today before till
house education committee in support of
the Helgesen snd Smith bills for a con
gresslonal Inquiry to determine whether
he or Hoar Admiral E. Peary discovered
the north pole. Dr. Cook said he was
the man,. The committee too no actlm
other than to tell Dr. Cook that he might
be given a chance to prove his claims.
M rs. J. J. Moore Describes the
Murder of Her Husband by Villa
CHICAGO, III., March 14.-Passengers
arriving here on a train that passed
through Columbus, N.' M., shortly after
the Villa raid i that town, told tales
today of the happenings during and Im
mediately after the bandit raid.
J. I Ranuulph of Chicago said:
"A woman waa brought on the train
with wounda through both legs. She
said her name was Mrs. J. J. Moor
and that her husband's body was In the
baggage car. She asked me If I would
look after her as far as El Paso, where
she waa going, and on the way she told
me her story.
" 'We had a ranch In Mexico, about
six miles from Columbus,' she said, 'and
there my husband long ago became ac
quainted with Panrho Villa. About the
IIIR
FUNSTON CLAPS ON
LID ATCOLUMBDS
Pershing Ordered to Take Charge, of
Telegraph and Telephone Lines
and Auto Routes.
MAY PROCLAIM MARTIAL LAW
SAN ANTONIO. Tex., March 14.
A rigid censorship was ordered es
tablished at Columbus, N. M. today
b) Major General Frederick Funston.
He Instructed Brigadier General
John J. Pershing, commanding; there,
tr take charge of the telegraph of
fice, watch all automobile routes,
acd guard telephone wires out of
town.
Oeneral Funston said that newspaper
reports from New Mexico had been re
vealing every movement of troops, the
disposition of the various forces and the
amount of their equipment.
"There was no use trying to conceal
our plana here while there wss a leak at
the border," ha explained. "We had to
act." '
It was indlmated that if the censorship
ordered 'today was ' evaded, martial law
might be the next step in controlling the
hews situation at Columbus.
Bell Ordered tw k Tmm:
It was. announced tod that Brigadier
General Hell, jrg commander of the
Fifth brigade, with headquarters at San
Antonio, had been ordered to El Paso to
take command, of 1 tha ' troops mere, te
lleving General Pershing, now at Colum
bus. . .. f . . , . . .
General Bell will not be under General
Pershing, but will have charge of tha
border situation when General Tershing's
advance Into Mexico begins. He will
operate under the . orders of General
Funston. s
No orders for a movement across the
border were Usued from Fort Sam
Houston this morning snd none are likely
today. General Funston said from now
on ha would refuse to answer questions
concerning the Imminence of the expedl
tornary force's departure.
Break of Spillway
Causes Damage
at Sioux Falls
SIOUX FA1AJ. 8. D., March 14.-Thou-sands
of dollars of damage has been
done and mora is feared as tha result of
the breaking of the concrete spillway
north of the city, which carries overflow
water from tha Sioux river through the
hill to tha river below tha city. The
swift current has eaten Its way half-way
up the hill, leaving a gorge several hun
dred feet wide and nearly 100 feet deep
and constantly . growing. Several farm
buildings and the bridge, providing the
only road Into the city from the north
are endangered. ,
Forces of men have been sent to the
head of the spillway In an attempt to
dum and rapid current.
Avalanche Buries
Many Houses in
Northern Italy
HOME, March IS.-(Vla Paris. Murch
14.) A great avalanche baa interrupted
traffic cn the railway between Cuneo and
Tenda, which, next to Mont Cenls, fur
nishes the best Alpine . communication
with France,,
In the provinces of Bergamo, Vlcenxa
and Belluno-many houses have been bur
led by avalanches. " fcixteen' bodies have
been taken from the ruins.
time of tha raid, however, we were liv
ing in Columbus not far from the army
camp. We were in bed when Villa him
self entered with several of his bandits.
" 'My husband spoke to Villa and then,
seeing that he was in no mood to talk,
tried to resist. Villa promptly shot him
four times through the body. ' As he
was writhing on the ground Villa snarled,
'Uop your kicking; that's all you ever
did, anyway." Then b grabbed a rifle
from one of his men nd plunged the
bayonet through my husband's body.'
'.' 'I bent over my husband's body anft
pleaded with Villa to kill me, too. A
soldier shot me through the legs and as
I lay on the floor Villa himself pulled
the rings off my hands. Then they went
out and left m,' "
PERSUING LEAVES
EL PASO TO TAKE
ACTIVE COMMAND
Since His Departure the -Military
Authorities Refuse All Infor
mation Regarding1 His
Movements.
MORE RUMORS ABOUT VILLA
Report Bandit Chieftain Changed
Plan and Will Try to Hold
OJitos Pass.
MUCH EXCITEMENT AT NAC0
ni'i.t-KTi.
EL PASO. Teaag, March 14 It
Is believed that the crossing of the
advance guard of the American ex
peditionary force into Mexico now
Is but a matter of hours. Tha main
force may not start for two or three
days.
"I hope we shall soon take Villa
alive with the help of the United '
commander at Juares, said tonight.
EL PA80. Tex.. March 14.- Brlfa
d:er Oeneral John J. Pershing, com
manding the American expeditionary
force Into Mexico, left her on a
west bound train last night and since
Ms departure military authorities
have refused all Information about
him. , . . ' ,
Oeneral Pershing's train was said
here to be going to Columbus, N. M.,
where today some 4,000 men of tha
f'rst expeditionary force are In readi
ness for tha dash after Villa. Some
hours after Oeneral Perehlng left, .
however, It became evident that mili
tary authorities In' thla section in
tended that no Information should
leak out about his further move
ments. In expectation of the generaFa depar
ture last nlsht from El Paae a crowd
of photographers and moving picture
men had gathered at a railway atatlon
platform, riles of - military equipment
and bulky army wsgons were scattered
about the train. General Pershing. In
stead of walking down tha lane which
the photographers hsd formed, stepped
behind an army wagon and thence to
the opposite side of the car. Tha train
was about to pull out when tha farewell
crowd discovered that the general hsd
out-maneuvered them.. .
Vtlla May Make .' ' '
A circumstantial story reached here
today from Mexican sources to tha effect
that , Villa, had oniva moa , changed his '
plans and Intended making g stand
against the American punitive expedi
tion at Ujitos pass, tha narrow gap in
the western Chihuahua Sierras, through
which he made his murderous dash at
Columbus. ,
Americans familiar with the country
assert that OJitos pass is admirably
adapted for a successful defense It Villa
really , Intends to risk an open engage
ment with the American troopa -and docs
not Intend to try and evade tha end by
guerilla tactlca.
All night long reports of the most
sensational character poured , Into this
city from varloua points along tha bor
der, but nearly all lacked confirmative
details. Tha most definite came from
Naco, Arts. For soma days reports have
reached here from the border near Naco,
of heavy movements of Carransa. troops
under Uencral Calles. Early today it
was asserted that a considerable number
of these troops were showing Increasing
hostility toward Americans and might
even espouse tha eauae of Villa, The
United States military authorities were '
sufficiently aroused to these stories to
rush reinforcements to the garrison at
Naco.
VI H Aarala Active.
Stories of the activity ef Villa agwnU
have poured Into Fort Bliss and have been
received in large number by the civil
authorities. Several arrests her already
been made and others are expected to
follow. One such story Is to the effect
that the Villa sympathisers are using
doga to send messages and Information
across the border. The man who brought
thla story Is an American living on tha
border close to this city. II said he had
seen one dog with a roll of paper tied
around his neck running across tha
border. He fired several bullets at tha
animal, but failed to hit It.
In the meatime trains loaded with all
kinds of military supplies continue to
arrive her on pass through on their way
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little work if
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mighty little
effort to write
and insert a
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in THE BEE.
The cost is
only a fraction
of the profit
you stand a
chance to make.