THE 8EMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
TOMKEBOK
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE WILL
TOUR COUNTY FAIRS
REDUCED SHIPS EXPENSES
Hemt of General Interest Gathered
from Reliable Sources Around
the State House.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Two exhibit tonts of tho collage of
agriculture will mnko tho rounds of
county fairs In tho stnto this fair sea
eon ho far us possible. They will con
tuln Information on Nebruska ngrl
culture and the work that Is holng
done at the collego and tho experi
ment station.
Tho following Is a list of tho towns
nt which fairs will bo held,1 together
with the duto: Osceola, August 20 to
September 1; Stalo Fair at Lincoln,
Soptembor 4 to 8; Loxlngton, Septem
ber 12 to 15; Kearney, Soptombor 21
to 23; North Platte, Soptembor 26 to
29; Ogallala, October 3 to 4, und Kim
ball, providing proper dates can bo ar
ranged for; Stanton, August 29 to Sep
tember 1; Harrison, September 7, 8,
I); Chadron, Soptembor 12 to 16;
Trl-Stato District fair, at Crawford,
September 20, 21, and 22; Madison,
Soptembor 26 to 2D; Wallhlll, October
4 to 6.
Tho county fair exhibit was first put
out three years ago Uils fall. County
latrs nuiKing application this year
and not receiving tho exhibit, tho com-
raltteo says, will bo given prcforenco
noxt season.
Reduced State's Expenditures.
It was worth $130,000 to tho stato
Ktt. -1... ... t
ui mouiuuhu uut iu rnive u lutsiuiuiui u
in session during tho past winter and
early spring. Tho stato saved that
sum of money by getting along this
year without a gathering of tho law
makers. Its oxpudituros for tho first
Hour months of 1910 aggregated $1,
698,658, as compared with $1,830,238
a year ago, when tho legislature was
sitting.
Tho outgo during April this year
wus smaller than in any procedlng
month of tho -annum, amounting to
rr-h AB. ',m..'a m,.
$278,977.
drew warrants rir a total equal to
ran to $389,207; in Fobruary, whon
tho stato school funds wore oppor-
innmi rn ,,r, . t7ji ouo )
Tho stnto treasury usually has just
about tlrao to recover from ono ses
sion of tho logislaturo whon tho noxt
ono comes along and begins piling up
tho expenses agalu. Dcsldos tho $130,
000 of extra cost for tho first four
months In 1015. whlnh wnnt fnr Inc.
fnlntlvn nnlnrloo nml nirnonanq ihn ,in.
. r ... ...... --n i
proprlations which wcro made over
nnH n,nn ti,n m.) nf mninn(nin
stato Institutions and departments
amounted to several hundred thou-
Band dollars, most of which had to
bo paid out In 1915.
Stato Auditor Smith, who makes up
a financial statement at tho ond of
every month, Is watching tho bnlanco
on hand in each appropriation, with
a vlow to seeing that no doflctcnclcs
aro incurred for .tho noxt logislaturo
to mako good, Ho believes that each
department should stay within its ap
propriation, and unless somo extraor
dinary cmorgenoy should arlso, ho will
not O. K. any claims of that kind
which may bo filed.
Cash for Soldiers' Homes.
Tho stnto of NobraBka has rocolvod
a quarterly contribution of $8,590 from
tho goneral government for tho care
of intoatoB of soldiers' homos which
oro maintained by tho stato. Tho gov
ernment pays tho stato at tho ruto of
$100 a year for tho support of each
member of stato homos for soldiers,
This pays nbout one-half tho cost of
maintaining each member. Tho pay-
mcnt by tho government was rocolvod
by Governor Morehond and will bo
turned Into tho Btato general fund
and bo spent to pay tho current ox-
ponBos of tho state Instead of being
oxpcndod directly in support of sol
dlors' homos. Tho paymont Is mado
up of $2,725 for 109 members of tho
Milford homo for soldiers and $5,875
for 235 members of th.o homo at Grnnd
Island. Tho moinberslilp of tho homes
is made up of veterans of tho civil
war and their wlvoa nnd soldlors of
tho Spanlsh-Amorlcan war.
Steps to collect n flno of $3,718
against County Troasuror William
Uro, of Douglas county, will bo taken
by Stato Troasuror Hall and tho stato
legal department. The flno la levied
uimur r Hiiuuio naviiig io uo wiui tnc
payment of moneys duo tho atato by
counties wnonovor tho atato treasurer
shall roqutro Jt. Treasurer Hall aBk-
od for monthly remittances. Trcns-
uror uro refused to pay monthly Tho
atato supremo court recently decided
in Hall's bohalf and now ho proposes
io maKO Mr. uro pay tho legal 10 por
coin line.
mu nnu in minimi uum pruuueurs
day at tho aKrlcultural exnerimnnt
Hon at Lincoln will bo hold Wodnoa-
day, May 17. Tho dlfferont lots of
cattlo which lmvo been on experiment.
al rations will bo on exhibit ut that
tlmo. Tho oxnorlmont which has boon
conducted this year, takes ud 'amonirJ
other Jntero8tlng problems, the use
of cottonseed meal and Tarkio
molasses feed for finishing fattonlnc
Btoers. Further experimentation has
been dono In regard to tho value of
corn Hllacrn In n rut Inn nf wninnil.
cal beef production
MISLEADING STATEMENTS.
8tate Banking Board Puts Ban on
South Dakota Pamphlet.
Secretary K Hoyso, of tho state
banking board, is notifying statu
banks that they cunnot under tho law
circulate an advertisement In tho form
of a pmaphlot copyrighted by W. It.
Uonald. Tho pamphlot Is printed by
a publishing compnny of Mitchell, S
D. It Is offered for sale to Nebras
ka bankers, and Is entitled "Guar
anteed Doposlts What They Mean to
You." Mr. Hoyso has ruled against
tho pamphlot becauso It contains
statements not permitted by tho guar
anty law to be used .on advertise
ments. Ho has ruled that somo of
tho statements nro contrary to the
law, which pnrmlts banks to uso a
statement that "deposits nro protect
ed by the, depositors' guarantee' fund."
Auditor's Monthly Report.
' Tho monthly roport of Stato Auditor
W. II. Smith shows that his olllco is
sued stnto warrants amounting to
$278,977.00 In April, making a total
Of $1,098,058.22 spent by tho Btato In
four months, Tho following is a list
of tho stato warrants Issued on tho
different stato funds In April:
General $149,844.45
University 22,514.30
UnlvorHlty cash 14,707.78"
Morrill
100.00
U. S. Experiment Station..
032.02
141.50
52.37
340.08
7C4.6C
Stato library
Pom normal school library
Wnyno normal school li
brary
Kearney normal school li
brary
Chadron normal school II
urary
4.00
Stato aid bridge
812.44
944.44
Smith-Lever
Flro commission 1,338.74
University income 3,842.17
Special motor vehicle regis
tration
1 (110 t1)
,,(,ln)nn rna,, no.n'av
I" .
TJormnl untinnl
39,184.18
32,496.08
Special university building
Total $ 2,78,977.06
Issued In Marti 389,206.98
issued in Fobruary 741,981.51
Issued in January 288,492.67
Total four months. . .$1,098,658.22
Protest Was Overruled.
Tho Btato insuranco board lias re-
'used to coiisldor n protest filed by D.
J: !nnn,"K ? Bn,"st tho "cTln,,f .V.10
-mpany. The board has issued .a new
,,W"""V . i ' i .
nnt is tho son of Chapman S. Manning
contractor who Installed plumbing in
ho Lincoln high school. .Tho workman
was injured and tho guaranty com
pany which had Insured tho workmen
under tho workmen's compensation
,aw VaU MnnlnB benefits for several
"'" "" cuubqu io pay mm nuar no
.-,1 1 ir mi
lolu lu Iul" 1 u Blu"
(n,rnC6 bottrd nol,ls thnt ,tl,e Protest
of a private matter and should bo
ot ied..i,,r,vfttlL L " Crt:.un t
"" "l l"u
board can tako cognlznnco.
Range Finders for National Guards.
Two of tho latest model rnngo find
ers for military purposes have boon
received from tho wnr department by
Adjutant Gonr-ral Hull lind will bo as
signed to tho two roglmqnts of the Ne
braska national guard. Tho Instru
ments aro reflecting telescopes
mounted on trlppds and delicately ad
justed so that distances of remoto
buildings or topographical points can
bo calculatod by applying the princi-
nlcs of trlaniuilation. ltnnirn flmlnra
of this typo hnvo boon In constant
uso in tho Kuropcan war. It is duo
largoly to thorn that armies hnvo
found It necessary to llvo undor
ground and conceal their heavy ar-
tlllory under screens of trpo boughs
Summer Cnmp for Nebraskans.
Establishment of u business men's
military training camp similar to tho
Plattsburg camp, which was operated
with Biich signal benefit last year In
New York, will bo poaslblo nt Fort
Crook, If plans now under headway
aro given approval of tho war depart-
mont. Goneral Hall went to Omaha
and talked ovor tho matter with Colo
nol Gould Dlotz nnd other members of
tho boosting bodies thoro. Ho has
boon assured of amplo Omaha support
and has been given tho word of J.
G. Mahor nnd Socrotary Whltton, of
tho Commercial club at Lincoln, thnt
Lincoln men will Join with their
brethren of tho metropolis In making
the affair a success.
Members of tho board uf examiners
for pharmaceutical certificates In No-
braska will again dlvldo up tho big
amount of monoy which Vhoy collect
ovory yonr In tho form ot fees from
registered poarmncisia nnu porsons
who tako tho examination In order
to got into that class. Tho stato
board of pharmacy, consisting of tho
etato auditor, troasuror, attorney gen-
ernl, secretary of stato nnd land com-
missloner, hnvo voted to let the ox-
amlnors draw this monoy when thoy
havo tiled vouchers showing how
much tlmo thoy havo nut In.
I Kjntlnnnl run.ri. o,w n.ji.. s.-. i
Notlon Guar,s 8ay aad Seated.
Kaw treatment ot tho national
Bwd by high officials of tha regular
J aTmV n,l ' regular army officers
connected with tho wur department
threatens to work n hardship upon
guard and to ond In its virtual
disruption in many, if not nil of tho
statca. Tho matter hns bocomo eo
1 nc"to thnt the Nobraskn stato mill-
tnry bourd had it under ndvlaomont
nntl although no o'll-lal word has been
given out hy that body it is known
j that tho guard officers uro up in anus
HEADS OF REVOLT DIE
LAST SIGNERS OF IRISH REPUB
LIC PROCLAMATION HAVE
BEEN EXECUTED.
HEAD OF ARMY FACES SQUAD
Commander of the Rebel Forces Pays
Penalty Two Others ttiain Pre
mier Asqulth of England Views
Ruins at Dublin.
Dublin. Mny 15.--U was oflMally
announced on Friday that all tho tlgn-
or.s of tho Irish republic proclamation
have boon executed.
The Inst three, tihat yesterday, were:
James CounolJy, commander of
rebel army; S. MasDlarmnd (McDor-
rnott); C. Coannt.
Those previously shot:
Peter Pcarso, president of Irlnh re
public; Thomas CJaiko. Joseph Plunk
ett, Thomas MacDonagh.
The official Btatomcnt spoke only of
the shooting of Connolly and Mnc-
Dlarmad, hut tho announcement that
all tho slgnors wcro dead Indicates
thnt rcannt was a third victim o(
tho firing squad. Connolly was wound
ed in tho lighting and afror the rebels'
surrender wns taken to a hospital. As
soon art ho had recovered ho was court-
martialed.
Tho roport of yesterday's executions
caused great hltternewi, ns It was bo
Moved that tho arrival of Promler As
qulth in Dublin would halt all kill
ings. Apparently the shootings wore
with his consent, ns ho would be tho
ranking governmental officer Immedi
ately upon his stopping onto Irish soil.
Premier Asqulth arrived here In tho
morning to investigate for hlmsolt:
conditions in Ireland follo-wlng tho re
cent revolt. As a result of his visit
it Is oxpectod that martial law will
soon bo ended nnd civil administration
restored.
Tho premier drove through soveral
streots lined by wrecked buildings
nnd also viowed tho damago dono to
tho viceregal lodge.
At a long conference with General
Maxwell, commander of tho military
forces In Ireland, tho premier received
complete official roport on tho course
thnt the rebellion had taken and the
present situation.
NEW RAID ON THE BORDER
Americans Flee In Autos When Ban
dits Attack Polaris Troops Ar
rive Too Late.
Tucboii. Ariz., May 15. Mexican
ljandlts on Friday raided Polaris, a
mining camp soven miles below Loch
iel, ; on the border, driving out tho
Americans, who escaped to Nogales in
automobiles
Colonel Sage, commanding at No-
gales, Bent a company of infantry and
twenty cavalrymen to euard Lochiol.
Washington Camp and other towns on
the American sldo.
A tolophono messago received hero
from Washington , Camp stated that
American soldiers had crossed tho lino
nnd visited Polaris camp, but found
tho bandits had tied.
Mexican bandits who shot and killed
Curtis Ilaylcs, an American, near Mor-
cedoB, Tex., havo escaped Into Mex
ico, according to Lieut. F. L. Van Horn.
who rotumod to Fort Ilrown aftor
chasing tho Mexicans to tho Rio
Urando.
Thoro wcro three of tho bandits,
Lloutonnnt Vnn Horn stated, and they
woro trailed to tho river by a dotach
mont of American soldlors. No at
tempt wob mado to cross into Mexico
to follow them.
RAILROAD PRESIDENT IS DEAD
William A. Gardner of the Northwest
ern Passes Away at Cape
Cod, Mass.
Capo Cod, Mass., Mny 15. William
A. Gardner, president of tho Chicago
nnd Northwostorn railroad, died at
his suramor homo horo on Friday. Ho
was fifty-seven years old, and for somo
tlmo had been in falling hoalth. It
was because of his health that Mr.
Gardner came here with his family a
Bhort tlmo ago. Tho body, It was said
will bo taken to Evanstou, 111., for
burial.
AUSTRIAN LINER TORPEDOED
Steamer Dubrovnlk Sunk Without
Warning, Berlin Announces Ves
scl Was Unarmed.
Borlln (by wireless), May 15. Tho
Austro-Hutigarlan passenger stoamor
Dubrovnlk has boon torpodood and
sunk by n hostile submarine In tho
Adriatic sen, It waB announced on Frl
day. Tho official roport of tho ves
sol's destruction stated that tho steam
or wns torpedoed without warning.
Three High School Girls Drown
Hnwnrdcu, la., May 15, Tho Hlg
Sioux river is being searched for bod
los of three high school girls Nova
Johnson, Marjorlo Falrbrothher and
Edna liorninii who wcro drowned
whonthoir boat was swept ovor u dam
Sandusky Has $500,000 Fire.
Sandusky, May 15. Subsiding of a
high wind probably was all that saved
tho buslnoBB district of this city from
destruction by lire. Tho flro wrecked
a score cf stores. Tho Iobs Is cstlmat
cd at $500,000.
THE FICKLE
MUST GO
U.S. ARplY
CAN STAY
U.S. ARMY
MUST GO J
U.S. ARMY
STAY
AfcW YORK.
ADMITS SHIP ATTACK
GERMAN NOTE SAYS SUBMARINE
TORPED.OED STEAMER SUSSEX.
Berlin Declares Kaiser's Assurances
Were Violated Accepts Full Re
sponsibility Officer Punished.
Washington, May 12. Germany no-
titled tho Unltod States on Wednesday
sho would accept full responsibility for
the torpedoing of tho Sussex and that
tho submarine commander already had
been punished for falling to oxerclso
proper Judgment. Tho commander,
says tho Gorman noto, thought ho was
attacking an auxiliary wureliip.
U. S. TROOPS KILL MEXICANS
Outlaws Slain Across Rio Grande
Rangers Wipe Out Band Seven
Americans Escape.
Marathon, Tex., May 11. Captain
Fox of tho Texas HangorB reported
to Colonel Sibley that soven American
soldiers and posso men had engaged
a small band of Villa bnndlts across
tho Rio Grando and killed several of
thorn. Thoro wcro no American losses.
Eight armed Mexicans aro reported
to havo boon killed Monday on this
sldo of tho Rio Grando by Texas
Ilangors. ThlB news was brought horo
by Lloyd Wade, a ranchman. Four
other Mexicans escaped.
Overpowering their guards, tho
eight Amorlcans, seven of whom wero
employoes of tho Porto Rico do Do
qulllas mlnos, captured by a body of
Vllllstas last Saturday, escaped and
aro now on American soli. Drt Homer
Powers of San Antonio, Tox., was
among those who escaped.
44 DIE ON AMERICAN SHIP
Steamer Roanoke Destroyed by Explo
sion 100 Miles From Frisco Vessel
on Way to Valparaiso,
San Francisco, May 12. Tho steam
ship Roanoke, which loft San Fran
co last Monday lor Valparaiso, loaded
with explosives and a general cargo,
sank or was Mown up 300 miles south
of San Francisco.
A disconnected story of tho tragedy
was told by threo survivors who woro
picked up In n lifeboat near tho Port
San Luis broakwator. FIvo doad men
woro in tho boat. Tho Roanoko car
rled a crow of 46 nion.
GERARD'S AID BRINGS NEWS
Secretary of American Embassy at
Berlin to Tell Wilson of Delib
erations With Kaiser.
London, Mny 11. Tho Morning Post
Amsterdam correspondent says that
Socrotary Grow of tho American om
bussy at Ilorlln has loft for tho United
States via Copenhagen. Mr. Grew will
report to tho Washington government
on tho confidential deliberations that
took place botwoon Amhnssador Go
rard and the German emperor, and
the Imporlnl chancellor on tho subject
of tho Amorlcan noto regarding sub
mnrino policy.
Boy-Ed Decorated.
Copenhagen, May 15. Captain Hoy
Ed, former Gorman naval attacho and
whona recall was demanded by tho
United Statos, has rocolvod tho Order
ot tho Red Eagle, third class, accord
lng to a dispatch from Berlin.
Dutch Sailors In Mutiny.
Amsterdam, May 15. Mutiny has
broken out on board three Dutch bat
tleshlps at Java, according to dls
patches from Datavla to tho Tolograaf,
Threo hundred sailors doserted tho
ships. Sixty men punished.
1
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GREASER
MILITIA ORDERED OUT
NATIONAL GUARD OF THREE
STATES SENT TO BORDER.
Outbreak In tho Big Bend District
Causes Wilson to Take
Drastic Action.
Washington, May 11. Tho flist stop
toward complete intervention in Mex
ico should Carranza fore a break was
taken on Tuesday. President Wilson
Issued an order calling into actlvo
sorvlco "for duty as a border guard"
tho National Guards of Texa,), Now
Moxlco and Arizona. In an official
statemont issued with tho announce
ment thnt tho militia liol been called
on for active service, Secretary of War
Dakor stated that tho outbreak in tho
Dig Bend' district of thn Rio Orando
and tho danger of other outbreaks
mado It Imperative that moro troops
be called into service.
Simultaneous with tho order send
ing tho militia to the border, tho war
department orderod to thfi front practi
cally all of the Infantry remaining in
tho United States. The militia forces
of the threo stateg mentioned will add
4,000 men to Funuton's obmmantl and
in addition ho will got somo 3,000 reg
ulars, as follows:
Tho Thirteenth Infantry from Platts
burg, N. Y.
Tho Third infantry from Madison
barracks and Osv.ego, N. Y.
Two battalions of the Twenty-first
Infantry from Vur.couvor barracks and
Snn Diego.
Two battalions of tho fourteenth in-
fnntry from Fort Lawton, Wash.
U. S. FLYER KALLS 300 FEET
Lieut. C. G. Chapman Escapes Inlury
When Machine Plunges to Ground
on the Border.
Columbus. N. M.. May 11. With a
cracked propeller blado, Iout. C. G
Chapman of tho army aero corps sturt
ed to mako a reconnoissance fight ovor
tho border. Tho aviator know of tho
condition of his nyichlne, but Insistent
rumors of trouble along tho American
lino of communication demanded tn
vostlgatlon. Ho had flown only about
two miles toward tho Moxltan border
whon tho propeller blado broko, forc
ing him to volplane 300 feet to earth
Ho sustained no Injuries.
SPARKS FROM
THE WIRE
Columbus, Miss., May 13. Harris
Johnston, ono hundred and ono, tho
oldest gcnernl In tho United States, la
dead hero.
Copenhagen, May 13. Tho German
naval and military forces aro prepar
ing for a combined laud acd sea at
tack against tho Russian port of Riga
according to roport current hore.
Niagara Falls, N. Y May 11. Ru
mor said to havo originated at Hall
fax, that a transport carrying Cana
dian troops to England had boon sunk
is persistently circulated here. It
lacked confirmation from Any source,
Rebels Proclaim PreMdent.
Poking. May 13. LI Yuf.n Sung has
boon proclaimed president of tho
southern provisional government
formou by tho Chlnoso rebels. A wur
cabinet hnB also boon formed with
Tang Chi Yno chairman.
Dies Whllo CranklMg Motor.
AHentown, Pa., May 13. Rov. Irwin
R. Rlttor. president of tho AHentown
conference of tho Lutheran church
died as tho result ot a stroko of par
alysis suffered whllo cranking his au
tomobllo.
IMS RAID 11 S.
OUTLAWS ATTACK CIVILIANS AND
TROOPS FOUR MILES FROM
- BOQUILLA8, TEX. v
ROUTED AFTER SHORT FIGHT
Parley Between Scott and Obregorv
Ends In Failure Carranza and Wil
son Must Settle Dispute More Sol
diers Chase Bandits.
Mnrathon, Tex., May 13. Moxicait '
bandits again crossed into American,
territory on Thursday and nttacked
civilluns and Boldlors. Tho raid was
mado four miles north fo Doqulllas at
an oro tcrmlnnl station and directly 1
behind Colonel Langhorne's column,
which up to that tlmo had not crossed
Into Moxlco. Aftor a short skirmish
tho bandits fled.
El Paso, May 13. Tho Obrcgon
Scott conferences ovor the Mexican
situation ended In, a disagreement on
Thursday. All future diplomatic nego
tiations if thero nro any will bo be
tween tho secretary of state and Mexi
can Ambassador Arrodondo.
At tho conclusion of tho final ses
sion tho following statement, signed
by tho conferees, was given to tho cor
respondents: "After soveral conferences, marked
throughout with conspicuous courtesy
and good will, In which conferences
mutunl impressions wero exchanged
and information was collected upon
the military situation on tho frontier.
It was agreed upon by tho conferees
to suspend the conforences and report
back to tholr govornmonta In order
that theso may bo able through tholr
respoctlvo foreign departments to con
clude this matter. The ending of theso
conferences does not mean, In any
way, a rupture of the good relations ot
friendship between the conferees nor
between tho respective governments.
"A. OBREGON,
"H. L. SCOTT,
"FREDERICK FUNSTON."
Goneral Obregon further announced
that he had Informed Goneral Scott
that several Mexican diplomats wero
now on their way to Washington from
Mexico City with instructions from
General Carranza regarding tho repre
sentations for withdrawal mado to tho
state department by Ambassador Ar-
redondo.
Marathon, Tex., May 13. Major
Langhorne and his two troops of tho
Eighth cavalry havo crossed the Rio
Grando into Mexico and aro making
their way southward rapidly.
Colonel Sibley's command of tho
Fourteenth cavalry reached tho river
on Thursday and crossed Immediately.
General Funston naid ho was con
sidering a proposition to calling upon
tho First cavalry or the Illinois Na
tional Guard for patrol work along
tho Rio Grando.
ASQUITH TO PACIFY IRELAND
Leaves for Dublin After Attack In
Commons 14 Loaders of Revolt
Were Executed.
London, May 13. Premier Asqulth
left tho Euston station on Thursday
on board tho Irish mall train on his
way to Dublin.
After a bitter debato on tho Irish
question in the house of commons in
which tho executions of rebels and the
maintenance of martial law In Ireland
woro vigorously condemned, Premier
Asqulth announced that ho was leav
ing immediately for Dublin.
Mr. Asqulth said his trip would not
bo mado with tho intontlon of super
seding tho executive authority in Ire
land, but for tho purpose of consulting
the civil nnd military authorities at
first hand and arriving at some ar
rangement for tho futuro which would
commend ltsolt to Irishmen ot all par
ties and ta parliament.
Under Secretary for War Tennant
announced in the houso of commons
thnt 14 persons had been executed for
tho rovolt in Ireland, 73 had been sen
tenced to penal servitudo and six con
demned to hard labor.
Those deported from Ireland totaled
1,700, Tonnant added.
TEXAS MILITIA REACHES CAMP
One Thousand Men Arrive at Fort
Sam Houston Entire Force Ex
pected Soon.
San Antonio, Tex., May 13. Moro
than 1,000 men of tho Texas National
Guard arrived hero on Thursday and
wont Into tho mobilization camp at
Fort Sam Houston. Tho physical ex
amination ot tho men will be begun at
onco. Tho men who pass will ho sworn
and mustered Into tho United States
sorvlco. Tholr terma of enlistment
will bo for tho period of their enlist
ment in the National Guard or until
tho Mexican oxpcdltion ends. It Is ex
pected all of tho 3,500 Texas Guards
men will bo in camp soon.
May Enlist In Militia.
Now York, May 15. Tho critical
situation in Mexico and threatened
troubles wjth other nations havo sont
enlistments In tho National Guard soar
ing, nccordlng to a statement of tho
recruiting committee.
Army Surgeons to Border.
Washington, May 15. Twelvo army
surgoons stationed In Washington and
on loavo hero received orders on Fri
day to be prepared to leave Washing
ton nt once, presumably for tho Mexi
can border.