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PITTSBURGH STAR OUT.
Louis McMaster, Captain of Track
Team, Has Appendicitis.

PITTSBURGH, March 24-Louis Nc
Master. captain and leading point win
ner of the track team at the University
of Pittsburgh, is confined in a local
hospital following an operation for APP
pendicitis performed yesterday. Physi-
clans said the operation was a success,
but he Will be out of athletics the rest
of the season.
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Coyotes Make Night Hideous.

The coyotes, attracted in throngs by
the camp. make the nights noisy with
their cries and provide interest for the
outpostS hidden in the tall volunteer
wheat and bunch grass covering the
valley of the river. one of Gen. Per-
shiAg'S first acts on arriving at the
camp was to make inquiry concerning
the Mormon families of the colonies of
Dublan and Juarcz. who refused to
abandon their homes and property
when the United States government is
sued its last warning to get out of
Mexico, following the massacre of the
Watson party of mining men at Santa
fsabel. last January. 1t had been re-
ported that Villa in his retreat south
ward had entered the colonies, robbed
the homes of the colonists and killed
Il number. Bishop a. p. Call. in charge
of the Co1onia Dublan. confirmed re-
ports of extensive looting, but said no
lives had been lost.
In the old. 'battered. shot ma rk ed
Mormon church of the colony, a praise
service was held last Sunday. "A spe-
cial providence guards us" said Bishop
Cail.
The bishop said that since Villa re-
treat III Sonora and his defeat at Aqua
Prieta last November. Mormon resi-
dents in thes vicinity of CasaS 'Grandes
had been subjected to all sorts of inn
positions For twenty-five days sub
sequent to December %, 900 men had
been quartered on tlpSm
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is POUNDS OF BLOOD

is the usual quantity in healthy
adult, but it is the quality that
determines our strength to resist
sickness. With weak blood we
have cold hands and chilly feet; in
children an aversion to study, and
in adults rheumatic tendencies.
To enrich blood get abundant
fresh air and take SCOTS Emulsion
after meals, because SCOTS Emul-
sion is rich blood-food to improve
the quality while it warns the body
and helps carry off the impurities.
Multitudes of people are to-day
taking SCOTS Emulsion and are
} giving it to their children to avert
colds and winter sickness. Try
SCOTS, it will surely do you good.
Scott & Bovine, Bloomfield. n ]. 1925
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TOLEDO GETS SWEENEY.
Big Ed Is Corraled by Manager
| Roger Bresnahan.

TOLEDO, March 24-Eig Ed Sweeney
the last of the old guard of Yankees
has been corraled by Roger Bresnahan
as backstop on his recently purchased
Toledo club Sweeney will be the high
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Exactly four years to the day after
the death of her husband. Herman II.
Nonderheide. formerly a shoe manu-
1acturer of Baltimore. Mrs. Marguerite
Nonderhelde died in that city. She was
born In Hanover. Germany. seventy
three years ago.
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Forced Into Single File.

The hardest part of the march was
through the pass just west of here
known as Puerto San Vicente This
defile is so narrow that the column
had to move for several miles in sin
gle file, the horses now climbing rocky
sleeps and now slipping with stiff
fened forelegs down into ravines, at
the bottom of which ran tiny streams
of alkali water, tinted green by the
copper impregnated rocks.
Officers experienced difficulty in pre-
venting the famished men and their
mounts from drinking the poisonous
water. Discipline prevailed however
Up to today the Hospitals Corps have
had only two cases to handle, one of
them soldier accidentally shot at Car
RIO. and who later died, and Lieut. r.
S Bowen. the aviator officer Injured
Monday when his biplane was caught
by whirlinS wind, turned upon its
nose and plunged to the ground
From the irrigation plant the troons
after a night of refreshing sleep de-
spite the almost freezing temperature
were moved Saturday to the Casas
Grandes river, which skirts the Nor
mon colony of Dublan
Gen. Pershing and Col. George A.
Dodd, commanding the I'd Cavalry Brig
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Other Odors Are Added.

Closer there was added that of I'M
washed humanity and soiled raiment,
ragged remnants of which lay strewn
cattle that had furnished feasts for
villa and his men during their brief
stop and rations for the CarranZa
troops who were there both before and
after the bandits brief sojourn in the
village.
The American troops campcd near a
series Of lakes formed by the Min bres
river. stream which, like A number of
others III the southwest, disappears in
its course through Mexico
Col. Slocum halted the column at the
border gate south of Columbus until
the colors came up. When these had
crossed the boundary into Mexico. Mai.
Tompkins, a brother of the noted Lieut..
Col. Tommy" Tompkins of the 9TH
Cavalry. spread his advance guard out.
In the form of wide fan the riders of
the guard galloped southwark. The
temper of the Mexicans was still a
matter of speculation. There were of
ficers who would not have been sur
prised to see the entry of the United
States forces opposed at the boundary.
But there were no MeXicans at the
border gate, and none was seen on the
march to Palomas. Only two bodies of
armed men were encountered by either
of the columns on the march here. At
Ascension, the mayor Ramon ii. Gomez.
had 100 CarranZa soldiers. and told
Col. Slocum he did not know whether
to fight or let the American column
peaceably pass on.
Accepts United States Version.
After an exchange of official visits.
during which he observed at the Amer
lean camp the assembly of men and
guns. he decided to accept the United
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How u. S. Troops Are Faring
In Pursuit of Villas Band
First Complete Story of the Progress of Gen.
Pershing's Little Army Since 1t Crossed
Border Into Mexico.

The following dispatch from an As
sociated Press correspondent at the
front in Mexico is the first complete
story of the crossing of the border Of
the punitive expedition sent {" av'nGe
the Columbus massacre.
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George l.. Durm, prominent demo-
cratic politician of Baltimore, died at
a hospital there from an operation for
stomach trouble. from which he had
been a sufferer for the last two years
He was thirty eight years old
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All Interested in Villa.

No, replied an equally saddle
weary comrade. he is on the way to
Mexico City and we Will get there to-
morrow.
The recruit. young and apparently
little acquainted with geography and
the vast distances in Mexico. took the
statement at face value and said. Hon
cSt?'
Every soldier had something to say
about Villa, and every one pronounced
the name not .Nee-ya." but as ii SPELL
ed in English. Many expressed the
hope that the bandit leader would soon
have the misfortune to get in front of
his rife or army automatic pistol.
Not one had a doubt but that the OBJ
ject of the expedition would be prompt
~ accomplished
IF that Villa gifts anywhere near me,
good night" was the remark of a negro
cavalryman. one who fought at San
Juan in cuba and wears service badges
of several campaigns.
Good night for you or him." cut in
a white soldier.
Good night for him" was the indig-
nant answer. NO man named Villa
viii ever put my light out"
\ sergeant expressed similar senti-
ments and added that if chance gave
him the honor of bagging the bandit,
no one Of lesser rank than a colonel
could speak to him. And even the
colonel would have to say Sir
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IIENpOI- NETEES UNITED STATES
Pr NITINE, EXPEDITION, near Coiouia
Dublan. Chihuahua. Mexico, March -.
by wagon train to Columbus, y NJ.
March 23.-Reaching here by forced
march that demonstrated the endurance
of the American soldier and obviously
amazed the MeXicans, several thousand
United States troops. cavalry. lnfan-
try and artillery. were scattered today
between this point and the northern
boundary of the district of Guerrero.
intent on the task of capturing or kill
ing Francisco Villa i'll the shortest
possible time and discriminating the
outlaw band with which he raidcd Co
iumbus. y. NJ. and slaughtered nine
civilians on March 9. Troop movements
and dispositions however. it was said,
We're shrouded in the strictest secrecy
by order of the War Department.
Colors Cross the Line.
The entry into Mexico occurred at
1907 pm, March - At that moment
the American colors with the standard
of the 18th Cavalry 200 men of which
beat off villas raiders despite the sur
prise movement of the Mexican brigands,
were carried over the boundary by the
color. guard Col. Herbert J. Slocum.
commanding the 18Th, was the first
commanding officer TO cross. He was
followed by Maj. James a. Ryan. acting
chief of staff to Gen. John j. Pershing,
who commands the punitive expedition.
This was column No. /. consisting of
infantry. artillery and cavalry and bur
dencd with heavy wagon trains. II
moved rather slowly and camped the
first night at Palomas. a filthy village
of adobe huts. seven miles below the
boundary. south of Columbus Column
No. > entered Mexico from Culhersons
ranch. fifty-one miles south of Hachita.
y. NJ. Gen. Pershing. who had accom-
panied the first column part of the way
TO Palomas, returned to Columbus the
same afternoon. raced to Culberson's in
an automobile. and taking command of
the second. or flying column drove il
more than 10 miles over the desert of
Chihuahua in twenty-five hours actual
marching time Official records show
that spies dotted the route of the first
column, but the men of the second had
forged their way fifty miles into the
country before a single native was seen:
and to the patent surprise of the Mexi-
cans reached here Friday night. exactly
forty-two hours after crossing the bor-
der, at 3:17 Thursday morning.
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sky on mountain top. These two |
were at first believed to be spies. but |
scouts reported them to he ranchers |
living in the valley. !
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MOTHERS!
Refers

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Checks-English Tweeds
Blue Serges, finest tail
oring, S5.95 up.
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Reap a Golden Harvest.


The ojitos Mcxicans reaped golden
harvest among the hungry soldiers.
F'rijolcs tortillas and chill sauce
were in great demand. and in contrast
to the CasaS G;raudes MeXicans, who
doubled and trebled prices on bread
and every other edible. their prices
were what YOU like to give"
The senoras of the ranch household
cooked half the night. their daughters
delivered or served the food and the
husbands and fathers gathered the
money At Ojitos the intelligence ot
partment of the flying column rece,Hto
the first definite word coh4erh.hs
la The Mexicans there reported ne had
passed the ranch saturday. March l.
Two DAYS after the Columbus rad. Win
an escort of only ten men iheH 49,
stated that reports had been re'e'etu
at the ranch that villa ma" XII" =
Mcxicans at corralito:. an Nmcfitft!
ranch to the south. because they were
vorkiu. for the hated 'GrinG"eS.
Although the march Of sixty mllcS
had retired some tender f"ct 70 ~
aInhulpucos and made partial WrccNS
Of the softer men among tee "in'c ;
and soldiers, the column was again III
the saddle shortly after daylight.
Suffer Severely From Thirst.
The line of march took the trails
through the mountains from here ana
those who forgot to fill canteehS
suffered for the day was torrld. the
dust thick and the road hard GolnS
up and down hill it crowned preci-
pices and skirted ravines and creVaS-
SEES
The next water was found at Casa dc
Ianos, a ranch about fifteen hlicS
south OF ojitos. whore running
stream. fringcd by groves of cotton
wood some of the few trees seen aiohS
the march. was found. Hero Cen fer
shing allowed hvc-mnute rest,
Horses were watered and men plunged
their heads into the stream to drink
and 10 wash off layers of dust. Ihch
the drive was resumed.
''rrot ten miles. walk ten. was the
marching order. And cavalry trot
to any one unaccustomed to the earring
and joltng is anything but easy.
Gen Pershing, tall. slender, ascetc
and grown much 9rayer since the IRE
at the Preside of San Francisco which
bcrcaved him Of wife and three dauGh-
ters already had become known to the
men as the "old man. and throughout
the march comments ran through the
ranks on his tendency to speed up to
the utmost limit
The old man must expect to get
Villa tonight" said one tired recruit.
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Men Suffer in Sandstorms.

seen no MeXicanS. with the exception
of few old men at Ascension.
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Infantry Guards Communications

Infantrymen were posted all along
the route from the border of Colonia
Dublan to guard the line of commune
cations. engineers maintaining the road
for wagon trains and motor trucks.
Col. SlocumS column made Boca
Grande from Palomas March 16. This
was the point from which Villa started
on his raid on Columbus. 1t was near
Boca Grande that Villa captured and
murdered Arthur Kinney. roundup
boss for the Palomas Land and Cattle
COMPANY, and three other Americans
lust before the raid.
American soldiers found the body OF
one of the victims, battered and mutt
lated and in such q condition that IT
could not be recognized. An officer
also picked up in the abandoned Villa
encampment an expense note book of
C. r. aWtson, leader of the party of
eighteen employees of the Cusihuiria-
chic Mining Company, who We're
slaughtered by Pablo Lopez, Villa
lieutenant. at Santa Ysabel.
Men and officers of these columns
were not permitted to drink water that
had not been previously tested. They
We're forbidden to enter Mexican
houses for fear of typhus. The result
was that all are healthy and in good
commanding general provided also
that no towns should be occupied. For
that reason the temporary base here
was established two miles outside of
Colonia Dublan and four miles from
Nueva Casas Grandes. where the Car
rama authorities maintain a small
garrison
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Real Chase Under Way.

Regiments of cavalry were moved
southwark with orders 10 get after the
bandit leader as quickly rs possible
and remain on his trail until he is
captured or killed. AS fast as new
troops reached headquarters reinforce
ments were dispatched to the south
ward to carry out the plan of the cam
pal Part of these troops left yester-
day and last night
Col. Dodd. although siXty-four years
old and a leader in the remarkable
march of the flying column from the
border. abandoned the comparative
comforts of the camp and took the held
with these troops yesterday afternoon.
Wagon trains which arrived at the
same time brought the first tents 10 be
erected in the camp.
Previously the cottonwoods that
frinGed tho river provided tn" only
shelter from the ardent sun. During
til" nights. ALWAYS frigid in this alti-
tudc of 5000 feet. the ShlNerinG men
supplemented mcagcr equipments OF
blankets with hay piled beneath and
on top of them. High winds have pre-
vailed almost continuously. There are
wild duck and cottontail rabbits to be
had for the shooting
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Fridays March Grueling.

The object of the srueling march of
Friday was TO reach Colonia Dublan by
night, and il was done. The mountain
route reduced the distance to fifty
miles, while the artillery and hospital
wagons in the valley were doing Sixty
eight. BY O'Clock Friday night camp
was made beside an Irrigation plant
The last ten miles was almost tor
ture. 1t was hot High winds swirled
the clouds Of dust kicked up by the
horses into the eyes and mouths of the
men. Water at dollar ii swallow
could not be bought anywhere along
the line. Every Canteen had been emp
tied. many tongues were swollen. Eyes,
mouths aud nostrilS were merely black
ened orlfices in every face, but there
was no complaint.
God. ! wish had drink my
mouth is full of mud" was the nearest
TO complaint that was heard.
Twenty miles northwest of here
where the table lands grow narrow,
outguards were thrown out on the
TANKS and two troops of cavalry sent
in pursuit of some horsemen reported
TO Pershing as having been seen Turk
ing in canyon The horsemen turned
out to be riderIess rangehorses
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ade. stablished headquarters on the
right bank of the river ana held them
there for day. The commanding gem
eral allowed the tired troops OF the
flying column full day OF rest. but
at ; o'clock Sunday morning the ac-
tual pursuit of Villa and his diminished
band of hrieands was begun
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States Army officers statement that
Carranza had agreed to the entry of
the troops unopposcd
The other body of troops was cncoun-
| tered here Saturday. March IS. Mai.
E.liSaldo Reyes. who said h" was pro-
cccdiug TO taSaS Grandes from MADEIRA.
after scouting for Villa. WAS startled
to 500 American troops in this vicinity.
HIS men referred to them rs yellow
Jackets" lie stopped one Of tho guides
of the column and asked to be taken
to the american commander. to assure
him that his force. consisting of thirty =
SIN men. were not "NillistaS and IN
turn he assured they would not he fired
upon.
Mai. Tompkins' advance guard. with
riders at intervals of twenty yards.
<wept the country between the border
and Palomas and stirred nothing but
, Jack rabbits.
Mai James A. Ryan of the 18th Cav
airy, acting chief of staff to Cen Per
shing. found at Palomas just two hui
man beings. a crippled Mexican. de-
scribed by the American guides as the
most cunning horse thief along the
border. and his wife. The only other
living things were a few stray dogs.
" hich nightly fought the coyotes for
the remains of cattle slaughtered by
the Carranza garrison and the Villa
tToOpS.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-10-10
ADAMSON BILL OF ATTAINDER

doubtodly right His position is pre-
cisely the one which Daniel Webster
maintained in the Dartmouth College
case. in which the validity OF law
abrogatlng property rights was in
volved. And. since there is the
same issue in the present contro-
versy. the argument OF Mr.. Webster
applies as well to the point in this
case as in that. Explaining the
meaning OF the expression law of
the land, due process of law, etc,
which are found In our American
constitutions. state and federal. that
great lawyer said by the law of
the land is most clearly intended the
general law; law which hears be-
fore IL condemns; which proceeds I'M
on inquiry, and renders Judgment
only after investigation. The mean
ing is that every citizen shall hold
his life. liberty. property, and i'm
munities under the nrotection of the
general rules which govern society.
u this were not so, acts of attainder.
bills of pains and penalties, acts of
nonfiscation. acts reversing iudr-
ments, acts directly transferring one
mans estate TO another. legislative
Judgments. DEGREES. and forfeltures,
In all possible forms. would be the
lay Of the land. Such strange con-
struction would render constitutional
provisions OF the highest importance
completely imperative and void. II
would tend directly to establish the
union of all powers In the legislature.
There would be no general, perma-
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-10-10

nent law for courts to administer, or
for men to live under. Judges would
sit to execute legislative Judgments
and DEGREES, not to declare the law,
or administer the justice oR,the coun-
try" (see Dartmouth College VS..
Woodward, 4 Wheaton, 51s.)
1t was such reasoning as this
which operated upon the mind OF
Mr. Hughes, in determining what
stand he should take respecting the
Adamson bill, and which Mr.. Olney
seems to have rejected. and Mr.. VII
son to have despised as too legal
istic", in the present discussion. Yet
this view has been taken, not only
by the Supreme Court OF the United
States. but by all the courts OF our
country. No man who ID familiar
with the history Of our system OF
Jurisprudence can honestly take any
other View.
Those provisions OF the American
constitutions which withheld from
the legislatures the power to pass
any bill Of attaInder or any other
act depriying any person of life, lib
erty, or property without due pro-
cess Of law. were fully examined by
the supreme court OF Maine in the
case Of Eames VS.. Savage on Maine,
2l2); and in the course OF fits opin-
lon that court used this language:
English political history is fun
of the strife between the crown and
tho people; the crown seeking to on
largo Its irresponsible prerogative,