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Arizona republican., 1916-03-22
Although Rapid Progress Is Made In House It Is Found Impossible to Vote Before Adjourn ment
MEASURE MAY
 BE PASSED TO-DAY
In Senate Chairman Cham berlain of Military Com mittee Plans to Call Up His Army Bill Sometime Today
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WASHINGTON, March 21-Although rapid progress was made in the house today with the Hay army increase bill it was found impossible to reach a vote before adjournment. It may be passed tomorrow "calendar Wednesday" hay ing been set aside to permit it's unin terrupted consideration.
 In the senate Chairman Chamberlain of the military committee, now plans to call up his army bill tomorrow He had expected the house bill to be com pleted today and was waiting for it, but concluded tonight that they would be saved by attempting to take up the senate measure at once.
 Several important amendments were made to the Hay bill during the day. With one exception, they were approved by Chairman Hay of the military com mittee. After defeating a proposal by Representative Kahn, ranking minority member of the committee, to permit eff ficient regular soldiers be discharged into the reserve in one year on recom- mendation of their commanders or in two years on their own motion, the house reversed it's action and put through a similar amendment by Rep resentative Gardner, republican of Mas sachusetts, over Representative Hays opposition. The senate bill contains such provision
 The most important amendment was . the insertion of the reserve officers training scheme proposed by Repre- sentative Gard, of Ohio. democrat. which has been increased in the sen- ate bill It provides that military in structors be supplied by the war de- partment to any civil educational in- stitution with an available student body of 100 or more and where a mil itary course satisfactory to the war de- partment is established. A sufficient number of graduates would be desig mated for six months additional train ing were the regular army to main tain corps of fifty thousand reserve officers.
 Another amendment accepted, offer ed by Representative Kahn would per init the president to order out the reg ular army reserve without going to con- gress for authority. The contemplated strength of the reserve is 60,000 and a: the bill now stands, the president coulC increase the regular army from its peace strength of 10000 to a strength of 235 900 by executive order if wal seemed imminent.
 The last amendment adopted wa:
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Arizona republican., 1916-03-22
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NEW YORK. March 21-Charges of collision between agents of the inter- nal revenue department and manufac- turers of cigars and cigarettes who are alleged to have been evading the law have been brought to the attention of government officials, it became known tonight, in connection with the whole sale arrests here of manufacturers ac- cused of misusing or failing to use in- ternal revenue stamps
 Officials of the department of inter- nal revenue and of the department of justice asserted that violations of the law had been going on for years, and declared the government had been de- frauded of millions of dollars in fees Ninety warrants had been issued up to tonight and forty y-seven persons had been arrested, each of whom was held in $500 bail for the federal grand jury.
 The charges of collision have come principally from the accused manu- lecturers, some of whom are said to
 have declared they had been paying from $1 to S10 a week to revenue agents for protection" against prose- cution.
 Not only the government, but the consumers, have been defrauded. ac- cording to l.. C. Nott, collector of in ternal revenue. At some of the fac tories raided boxes were found. he said, which originally had contained eX- pensive imported cigars, but which had l been refified with an inferior imita~ | ton made on the East Side of New | York. These cigars, he said. were sold 1 over the counter as the genuine i'm l ported product. Most of them bore
Arizona republican., 1916-03-22
PERSH|NG SAYS HIS TROOPS ARE
 NEAR VILLA AND OUTLAW BAND
TW0 U. s. Aiy2ueM Ave Lost iu
 Mexican Desert Foothills
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COLUMBUS, N. M., March 21.-Two liutenants of the First Aero Squadron are lost somewhere in the desert foot hills of the Sierra Madre with about three days rations and two small can teens of water between them and star vation, it was officially made known at military headquarters here tonight. Army officers do not credit reports in Columbus that the two lieutenants may have fallen victims of snipers.
 Radio advices to Major w. R. Sam pie, commandant here, received today from Captain B. D. Foulos at Casas Grandes. commanding the Aero Corps, reported that Lieutenant Robert H. Willis and Lieutenant Edgar $, Gorrel. who ,left here last Sunday afternoon each on army aeroplanes, had failed to arrive at the advanced base and that no reports of the missing men or their biplanes had been received.
 Immediately instructions were issued to drivers of every motor truck leaving here to watch for traces of the missing men and their planes.
 The s planes started from here late Sunday for the flight over 110 miles of desert and mountains through the Casas Grandes valley to join the ex- peditionary force. Neither of the men was accompanied by a mechanician or an observer.
 Tonight army men admitted that with the two fliers AS hours overdue at Casas GrandeS there is much concern for their safety. Members of the Aero Corps cling to the hope that they may have encountered engine difficulties and had been forced to land for repairs in some unfrequented region
Arizona republican., 1916-03-22
SENATE PASSES T|LLMAN ARMOR
 FACTORY BILL
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WASHINGTON, March 21.-The Till man bill to provide for the erection or purchase by the government of an ar nor plate factory at a cost not to eX- ceed $11, ,O00, 900 was passed by the sen ate late today by vote of 58 to 23. The house naval committee has set aside tomorrow for consideration of the measure with a view to reporting it to the house promptly.
 Democratic senators supported the bill solidly, regarding it as one of the important measures included in the ma = tional preparedness program now being hastened to completion. Nine progress sive republicans joined with the ma ajor- ity in voting for the bill. They were Senators Borah, Clapp, Cummins, Gro na, Kenyon, Norris, Poindexter, Sterl- ing and Works.
 Passage of the measure in the house is regarded as assured. Administra- tiOn leaders are planning to bring it up soon after passage of the army re- organization and immigration bills.
 The bill, which has the approval of the administration and Secretary Dan- iels, was bitterly opposed by several re- publican senators. At committee hear ings on the measure officers of the Bethlehem and Midvale Steel compan- ies, two of the three concerns which furnished armor to the government, ap- peared and the threat was made that their plants would have to be disman- tied as soon as the government entered in upon the business, leaving no source of supply for the navys immediate | needs. The opposition in the senate was led by Senators Penrose, Oliver Lippitt and Lodge.
 | As general debate closed today the test vote on the issue came when Sen ator Weeks of Massachusetts offered substitute which would have author iZed the secretary of the navy to enter l if possible into five year contract witt the Bethlehem, Midvale and Carnegie companies to supply all the armor plate needed at price six per cent in excess
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Arizona republican., 1916-03-22
Anxiety in San Diego

SAN DIEGO, March 21.-United States army fliers here are awaiting with anxiety definite news from Junior Military Aviators Edgar $. Gorrel and Robert N. Willis, Jr., who are reported missing in Mexico. Both men received their training at the North Island school here, as did Lieut. Thomas S. Bowen, who was injured by fall in his machine near Casas Grandes
 Lieut.. Gorrell was one of the most popular officers attached to the North Island school Prior to being sent to Fort Sam Houston with the First Aero Squadron, he was secretary of the Sig nal corps Aviation school here He is rated as on of the cleverest and most conservative fliers in the army
 Lieutenant Willis is one of the young est aviators in the army
 All of the aeroplanes which figured in the Mexico eXpeditionary force mis- haps are 100 horsepower tractors. At the same time they were purchased for the First Aero Squadron they were con- sidered by aviation experts to De the best obtainable in this country for scouting work. With pilot and observ- CT the biplanes could attain maximum speed of S3 miles an hour and could carry sufficient fuel to last for eight hours flight at full speed.
 Army aviators declare, however, that these machines are too low powered to permit of good reconnaissance work among the swirly air conditions found III the mountains of northern Mexico.
 Lieutenants Gorrel, Willis and Bowen are pioneers in the army aviation ser vice, these three having been the first to obtain their licenses at North Island
Arizona republican., 1916-03-22
French Vigorously Contest
 Further AdvQmce 0fGermQMs

 pulsed German counter attack on positions taken at Velikoieselo.
 Petrograd says that in the capture of the Austrian bridgehead near the village of Mikhatche in Galicia most of its defenders were killed in hand to-hand fighting
 Tine Russians in the Caucasus have thrown their line several niles nearer Trebizond on the Black sea coast after further fighting with the Turks. Ispahan, Persia, is reported to hay. been taken by the Russians.
 Heavy fighting continues between the Austrians and Italians along the greater part of the Austro- Italian line. especially on the front from Ro vereto to the GoriZia heights. No inn rortant changes in positions have taken place, however.
 A successful night attack by Aus trian aviators has been carried out against the port and barracks of Av- lona Albania, according to Vienna
 Torpedoed Without Warning
 LONDON, March 21.-The Danish steamer Skodsborg from Norfolk, for
Arizona republican., 1916-03-22
General Pershing Suggests That Another Regiment Be Sent and General Funston Immediately Re quests Adequate Force
IS EXTENDING
 FIELD OPERATIONS
Merely Precautionary Move Is Way General Funston Asks All Questions As to Reason for Increasing U. $. EXpeditionary Force
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 SAN ANTONIO, March 21-General Frederick Funston asked the war de- partment today for more troops to send into Mexico, only after long con sderation of the advisability of con tinuing the operations against Fran cisco Villa with the forces now com manded by General Pershing. Cen eral Pershing suggested yesterday that another regiment be sent to him and today General Funston asked the department for what he character ized as an adequate force.
 It was announced at General Fun ston's headquarters that the Fifth cavalry, of which one squadron is at Fort Meyer, Va, another at Fort Leavenworth, Kas., and the third at Fort Sheridan, H., would be brought to the border at once and sent for ward along General Pershings line of communication to. CasaS Grandes The only reason given for strength enng General Pershing's forces known by the public generally to be considerably more than 4,000, was that
 
 extended that his main line of com munication and the subsidiary lines were much weaker than they should be.
 Merely a precautionary measure, was the way General Funston an swered all questions
 Some uneasiness was displayed fol moment at his headquarters today when it was reported that the tele- graph wires between Casas Grande: and the border had been cut. but an official report stating that the line cut was a "buzzer" line General Per shing had laid and that it had beer broken accidentally by some of the l American forces crossing it, allayeG apprehension.
 l It is not believed here that Genera Funston is worried to any great eX- | tent by reports of alleged growing antagOnism among CarranZa troops although he is carefully studying al
 reports, official and unofficial, or
 that phase of the situation.
 | It has not been forgotten at his headquarters, however, that Villa hal many more troops SOmeWneTe II
 northern Mexico than the few hun
 dred said to be riding with him ol his flight before the pursuing troop!
 of the two countries. Realizing th
 mobile character of Villas bands, i was not considered wise to expose to- much of General Pershing's lines. Lake Babricora, towards which on of his columns was reported yester lday to be moving, is almost 200 mile from the border, and by the tim lthe columns directed towards Garner land Namiquipa arrive at their destin lations they also will be almost as ia lsouth. South of Casas Grandes tn lcavalry attachments that are follow ing the trails into the heart of tn lcount:y where Villa is known to hay
 gone are operating in a triangle c approximately 5000 square miles are:
 The chase for Villa has assumed tn proportions of a campaign and it wa lpointed out that if it became neces cary to extend the ope. ations muc more, it might be necessary to mov into the field almost all the remainin lavailable forces of the regular arm! At the same time it would be neces (COntinued on Page Three)
Arizona republican., 1916-03-22
Republican A. p. Leased Wlre]

BOWMAN, Tex, March 21-At least sixty per cent of the residential and business district of Paris. Tex, 30 midnight tonight by the fire which started late this afternoon, according to reports here. No casualties have been reported.
 The fire which started shortly after o'clock in the extreme southern DOT tion of the city, has left a funnel shaped wake of destruction, two blocks wide at the start and from eight to ten blOks wide where the fire was raging at mid night.
 The suffering in Paris is great, ac cording to reports from there. The de- struction of practically every mercan- tile establishment has cut off the food supply and unless food and clothing is sent in from outside points there will be keen distress.
 Paris has a population of about 10000 of which forty percent are negroes. It was estimated that at least 5000 per sons were without shelter or food.
 Residents have been so busy in con- batting the flames, according to word here, that they have given little thought to SuccOrng the homeless and desti- ute. The damage is estimated at be- tween $1,750,000 and $2,000.000.
 Every able bodied citizen was at work tonight in fireman's role, either participating in bucket brigades with a none too plentiful water supply, or as sisting in manning fire fighting appar- atus rushed there from Dallas, Honey Grove and Bonham, Tex, and Hugo. Okla.
 Prospects of getting the fire under control before early morning were con- sidered slight at midnight.
 By regular channels of communica- tion, Paris was entirely isolated to- night except for one railroad telegraph wire.
 The structures of two national and one state bank, the Paris pOstoffice, the Lamar county court house, the Paris high school building three churches, the two Paris newspapers nd other business buildings were added to the list of destroyed buildings late tonight.
Arizona republican., 1916-03-22
TEXAS TOWN STRICKEN BY FIRE AND MORE THAN
 5000 ARE HOMELESS
WOMAN SLAMS MILkMAN
 ORDERED RELEASED

LOS ANGELES, March 21.- Mrs. l.. A. Lawson was released from custody late today after an investigation by the district at torneys office of facts surround ing the killing of F. c. Elfering, a milkman, shot to death early today by Mrs. Lawson when FL fering attacked Mrs. " c. Macy, a grocer, during quarrel over business matters. The district at torneys investigation disclosed the fact that Elfering was beating Mrs Macy on the head with a milk bottle when Mrs. Lawson, who had been summoned by Hilda Macy, Is years old, fired one shot from a revolver which the girl thrust into her hands.
Arizona republican., 1916-03-22
ND ELECTRIC CHAIR FUR WOMAN SLAYER
 IN NORTH CAROLINA
TRepubIican A. P. Leased Wlre1

RALEIGH, N. C., March 21.-The death sentence imposed upon Mrs. Ida Bell Warren, the first woman ever sen fenced in North Carolina to die in the electric chair, was commuted to life i'm prisonment today by Governor Craig.
 The governor also commuted to life Imprisonment the sentence of Samuel Preston Christy, convicted with Mrs. Warren for the murder of her husband in 1914.
 The death of Edith Cavell at the hands of a German firing squad was cited by Governor Craig in the com mutation order.
 There is no escape" said the gov ernor, from the conclusion that Ida Bell Warren is guilty of murder, de- liEerate and premeditated. Germany executed the woman spy; England did not. The action of the military gov ernor of Belgium was condemned by the conscience of the world. The kill ing of this woman would send shiver through North Carolina"
Arizona republican., 1916-03-22
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In their attempts to flank Verdun on the west the Germans, having succeeded in working their way through the Malancourt and Avocourt woods have begun a heavy lombard ment of the village of Esnes, about eight miles northwest of Verdun and Hill BOA which lies about a mile and a half north of Esnes.
 The French, however, are vigorous lv contesting further advance which not alone would bring the German line nearer the fortress, but spreading fanlike northeastward, would put in jeoparlv the French in the region Of Le Mort Homme.
 So great has been the counter of fensive of the French guns that after deboHching from the woods, the Ger mans were unable to launch an fn- fantry attack and presumably are be- ing held hard to their newly gained lines.
 To the north and east of Verdun the cannonading has been only inter mittent. In the Argonne forest, in Lorraine and in Upper Alsace the French guns have been active against German positions and marching columns. On the river Somme the Germans entered a British trench but were imediately driven out.
 There has been lively fighting be- tween the Russians and the Germans west of Jacobstadt, along the Dvina river and in the lake region between Dvinsk and Wilma with the Russians generally on the offensive.
 While Berlin reports these attacks as having been repulsed with heavy losses. the admission is made that a German salient near Lake Narocz was withdrawn in order to~escape the en- circling fire of the Russians.
 Near Butzitisczki, midway between Dvinsk and Wilma, the Russians have captured advanced German trenches and just south of Dvinsk. in the re- zion of Novo Alexandrovsk, have re-
Arizona republican., 1916-03-22
 IT THE FAILURE
 0F. RECRUITING
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LONDON, March 22.-In a long article in which he emphasizes the necessity for the immediate calling up of all available soldiers, the Times military correspondent says:
 The gravity of the recruiting fail ure has not been explained to the country by government speakers and unless the consequences of this fail ure are faithfully explained the min !sters are not likely to obtain that strong public support which they must surely desire for the drastic measures that are needed to secure victory.
 The state of the army in regard to the numbers is critical, leaving aside the colonial contingents, We have seventy divisions at home and abroad. In order to complete these divisions and maintain them in the Held our need at the beginning of the year was 1,4O0,000 men,
 These 1.400,000 men must be found as soon as possible because the operations will reach the maximum of violence during the summer and early autumn. The minimum of four months is needed for training. so We
Arizona republican., 1916-03-22
Commander of American Expedition Forces In Mexico Reports to War Department Is Approach ing Object of His Quest
SAYS CARRANZA
 IS COOPERATING
Makes It Clear That de Facto Troops Are Aid In Bandit Hunt and That Villa May Now Be Trapped
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 WASHINGTON, March 21.-
 General Pershing, leading the
 American expeditionary forces in
 Mexico, reported to the war de-
 partment today that he had
 reached a point near Villa and
 his outlaws. 1t was made clear
 in the dispatch that General
 Pershing believed the troops of
 the de facto government were CO.,
 operating in the bandit hunt and
 that it is quite possible Villa may
 be trapped. Officials continued to
 assert today that all dispatches
 to the war and state departments
 told of cooperation between the
 American and Carranza forces,
 and of generally favorable condi-
 tions in the interior of Mexico and
 along the border.
 Unofficial dispatches which pie
 tured a very different situation
 were brought to the attention of
 Secretary Baker, who said that
 while the situation was fraught
 with many possibilities, so far
 there had been no unfortunate de-
 veIopments.
 One of General Pershings reports tonight said the attitude of the na- tives continued friendly. Mr. Baker, in referring to this, explained that the department had no information to indicate that single hostile shot had been fired against or by the the American troops since they entered Mexico.
 While acting Secretary Polk of the state department and Eliseo Arredon- do, Mexican ambassador designate, were conferring during the day over the terms of the protocol proposed by General CarranZa to govern the joint pursuit of Villa, the war depart ment was ordering additional troops to the border in response to a reques. from General Funston. The Fifth cavalry. the squadrons of which are stationed at Fort Myer, Va; Fort Sheridan. H., and Fort Leavenworth, Kas., and the Twenty fourth infantry at Fort D. A. Russell, Wyo.. were or dered to entrain immediately. The point to which the troops will move was not disclosed.
 A squadron of the Second cavalry at Fort Ethan Allen, Vermont, will he sent to Fort Myer to supplement the garrison there.
 MT. ArredondO conferred at length with Mir. Polk after President Wilson and his cabinet had decided to accept the proposal for a protocol. Later it was said that the terms of the pro posed convention virtually had been agreed upon and that it was quite probable it would be in force within a few days.
 IL is understood that it is proposed to have the agreement cover questions as to how many American troops shall enter Mexico, how far into the country they shall penetrate, methods of cooperation and the use of rail roads for military purposes Mir Ar redondo is understood to have been given complete instructions by his government and for that reason it is probable the protocol will go into ef- feet as soon as he and MT. Polk havG definitely agreed on all the points.
 Today the state department sent tC
Arizona republican., 1916-03-22
To Bring British Refugees
 Fy0m Mexic0 im Box Cdy

dynamite
 The dynamite was seized some days ago in raid by the bandits on a fac tory in Dinamita
 Another defeat for the Villistas un- der Reyes was reported by General Gomez. who advanced from San Pedro and repulsed body of the enemy who had seized Villesca and were advanc- ing on Torreon. After their defeat the Nllllstas fell back on Villesca, where they are said to have beat Charles Helmen. Finn, because he was un- apie to pay ransom of S1000 Hel- men, 1t was said. had previously saved the lives of two Frenchmen by per suading the Villistas that they were Germans.
Arizona republican., 1916-03-22

HelsingbOrg, which was sunk yester day. was tOrpedoed without warning, according to a statement made by the captain of the steamer This infor nation is contained in a Copenhagen dispatch to ;he Exchange Telegraph company. Three of the crew were lost.
 "The German emperor wont wait and the war office cannot wait, or they might be able to consider and even concede some of your demands .
 This was the gist of a brief reply given today by the Earl of Derby to a deputatiOn of married men who had attested and who demanded the enrolment of every unmarried man before calling up the others. The deputation also urged the substitution of general military service as an all ternative to the existing system.
 Lord Derby added:
 No matter whether married or single, every man should be prepared to defend his country"
 The directors of recruiting ex-