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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-14

! troops in Mexico so as 10 save the
| face Of the administration.
Second, that II CapranxA insists ne-
! fore the adjournment of the Cabinet
| meeting tomorrow on the Withdrawn
! OF the American troops, General Per
| shinr should al once seize the Mex
/ lean Central and the Mexican North
! western Railway, so as TO prevent
Carranza from throwing BODY OF
I troops between Pershings most
! southern forces and those scattered
! along the line from Casas Grandes
; to parrHl
Would Mean intervention.
Third. this government knows that
If il should now order the national
guard or the $4,000 coast artillery
troops to the border, Carranza would
he justified in accepting the order as
an act of war against him.
The officers say the situation re-
sembles that when Germany declared
war on Russia because of the lat
ter's mobilization on her western
frontier. They say it would be OBJ
vious to Carranza that III a large body
of troops were sent now to the Mex
lean frontier 1t would mean nothing
else than preparation for inter
vention in Mexico.
Some army officers believe that 1t
has already occurred to General Per-
shing that in order to save himself
IN case of further attacks he must
plan to take possession of the Mexi-
can Northwestern Railway.
STAFF officers OF the army tonight ex-
pressed tho Eravest concern over the
plight in which General Pershing's
troops will find themselves IL Car
ranza's forces give UP their attitude
Of passiveness and resist the enorts or
the army TO ca pture villa
Could Cut on Pershing's Troops.
Reports have reached Washington
that from $4,000 TO 10000 Carranza
troops can he thrown between General
PershinE's base and the American
border
General Pershing has not more than
12 600 men. mostly infantry, 20 guard
tho line of communications. There
are hut four regiments OF cavalry to
carry on the real pursuit Of villa.
Pershlng has very little artillery in
Mexico.
There are 10000 troops guarding
the border. Aside from this force
there are only 1000 line troops left In
the United states that are not on the
border This IL exclusive Of the a.
GOO coast artillery.
Secretary Baker said that 80 far the
War Department had taken no steps
IN call out the militia He said the
department had not inquired how long
n would take TO mobilize the militia
staff officers said that no immediate
helm could be expected from tho Ma
fNonal Guard In the first place they
said the militia could not, under the
Constitution be calle dout for any
purpose but 10 repel invasion, nor
could Il he ordered into Mexico under
present conditions.
The militia could not be used Tor
anv other purpose than patroiting the
border, these officsrs said, unless the
President called for volunteers and
the militia organization were incor-
norated into the volunteer forces.
Rven then It would take from three
10 four weeks to mobilize the militia
on the Mexican border. Past eH-
perience proved this, the army officers
pointed ont There are less than 5000
men in the militia organizations or
the States adjoining the border, the
bulk Of the militia Is in the four
states of New York. Pennsyiwan'a
Massachusetts, and Illinois.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-14
PAPER SOLICITOR HAS NO
LICENSES rs ARRESTED

]. J. Maioney was arrested yester-
day on a charge of soliciting subscrib-
ers for the Southern Ruralist," a pa
per which 1t Is said. has no license to
solicit in the State.
It was stated that Maloney operated
around the Main-street station, and
that he conferred his efforts on getting
the country people who came In on the
trains For the price of 800. which.
IL is said. would entitle the subscriber
to the paper for full year, a razor
was given as a premium. Sergeants
Johnson and Jordan made the arrest.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-14

Of Eleventh Street was concufrea y
without a dissenting vote
II was explained that the ofoInshe'
gives the government the risht
construct a driveway along tnat po
t,nr - tba street. and that the citI
must he held harmless from dahi
ages during the course OF cohstru1
tion IL the government does not us
the land for the purpose lndlcateS
II reverts to the city.
President Coleman Worshan, 10.
mer President Reed and Manager w
r. Dabney. of the Chamber OF eoH
merce. were on hand to see the con
pletion of their efforts. iheE iel
very much pleased ut the actlon
Council. The ordinance no" goes 7
the Mayor. .,..
There was no debate on the resoiu
lion directing the city attorney TO az
auire property for a stable TOT II
Howitzers, adjoining the armofy oS
the north on Seventh street ana
resolution was also concurred m an
goes to the Mayor.
Those present, all of whom Notct
for the three propositions peIore w
body. were: Messrs. Peters, batkins
Butler English. FERGUSON. Haddr /
Jones. Iadd, Moore. Pitcher, row
Powers, Rogers. Seaton, Sullivan a.
Welsh.
The provisions Of the bond Issu' #
adopted last night are; n
Provisions of Bond ISSUE A
Public school buildings and site
ready acquired of constructed, sos III
Binford school enlargement So
colored normal school site, S23."oe'
ter works--mains, $10s,0o0; consi u
ton Of sewers, 100000 Shockoe n
and tributaries, 100000; North 8
Street waterway improvements,
coo: purchase of Feitig property, IN
00o; purchase of Phillips prop M
$4,000: city storehouseI S35,ooo'
ond Police Station building: gas IN
mains and improvements. Sloa III
electric plant improvements and ext
sions. $4,000; sidewalk construct
$50. 900; Improvement of Marshall Pa
81 Q, 600: Improvement of Shields If IL
byrd Park), including direct WI
supply line to lake. $4,000; annexati' +
fund. S25. eco, other permanent pubs
building and permanent improveme M
s237,275. Total, 100000.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-14
Seven Months of "Rooze. /"

Harrisonburg. Va. April 13.-Five
saloons in Harrisonburg have been
granted q renewal of liquor license by
Judge T. n. Haas, of the Circuit
Court Harrisonburg Is the only
wet" town In the Valley, and these
FIVE men will have to close down on
November /, when the new prohibi-
ton law goes into effect They will
have seven months to close out their
stock of goods The FIVE were required
to pay $500. half of the annual IL
cenSe
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-14
COMMON COUNCIL
Continued From First PaSe).
amended so as to change the wis
"Philhps Site to "a site"

amended so as to change the Wis
Phillips site to "a site"
Otherwise the ordinance appeared
acceptable to the entire body. The
passage of the ordinance required a
two thirds vote, or fourteen MEM
bers. There were but sixteen MEM
bers present, while the entire Jeffer-
son Ward delegation of four mem
bers sat stolidly in their seats.
Wanted Larger Park.
They were prepared for bear. They
wanted the body to amend, so that
with a nucleus of $4,000. there might
be a chance of more later They did
not want a park of little over six
acres. when there were prospects of
a greater area. A
Councilman Rogers started the ex-
element. After some discussion had
been INDUCED In. and explanations of
the ordinance had been made by Sub
Chairman Seaton, of the Finance
Committee. as we'll as by Councilman
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-14
wiIaon reIl. an ,rrip.

Washington. April 13.--In view of the
pressing nature of the situation with
Germany. and Mexico. President Wilson
today abandoned his plans to go to
New York morrow night and can
ocled his engRgement to speak. before
the Young Mems Democratic Club there
Saturday, "u
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-14

~ Of the occurrence"
n = xcnervus Go say that
11nnanfer 81 War Ohrcgon was
& m6E91S ina<curasc In his state
mZnt, ~ the reports received from
4 TT American mining interests Mt
Inrrn1 are correct
531xAxEN SEEMED DESERTED.
The cavalry detachment was
mt only without warning OF tie
a3tAci<, hut to all appearances the
1bWia was deserted when they en-
T1oeed by the wide street or road
WAx. The troops WIRE merely
Following the same route they
1ad traversesi on The march south
efncc last Sunday.
The detachment broke camp
sncnse twenty miles south of Im-
rNl nj daylight on "Wednesday.
Their plan to rcturn and establish
Communication with General
1Acrehing mt Sateso Is believed To
have been carried ahead Nv hcct
\ couricrs who had followed ihe
command on Monday and Tuesday
~ spies.
These Mexicsns reached peTrsl
Tally two hours ahead of the
cavalry column. with the infor-
NATION they brought, the sniperG
hid themselves along stretch OF
the roadway for quarter Of u
uafle. T1se natives of the town
uere ordered of the street by the
sc4vfl authorities.
So little time interviewed Tor
these preparations II is not madN
clear lust when the mass meeting
81 protest, 60 which Obregon Iuadc
reference could have been held
Whether or not the American
Force has esia btished commuuiCs-
ton with General Persbine and
how the wounded were cared Cor
! = not known.
ANXIETY is FELT.
Anxiety has been expressed
here that unless General Pers'ting
gets rcinforccmc1its tn h'Ie dctach-
naent engaged in the light, The
Sfllistas NAV trap them.
The entire country s7lrToundi"'
sarral Is said to he infested with FOL
cwers of the bandit leader who him
elf is still hiding in tho piatcr
onntr.y near Guadalupe IfidalSo.
Nilla 8 forces are known 60 be n
si1ar De ConChas, "a 'o%n of 40"
thirtv-fNe mues cast %
,arrai. other hands are located q
q Pueblita- FL Vale de Allende am
4 Santa Cruz de Herrera These ar
part Of the Nilltsta force which
aided and looted tho town Of Jimine
week ago.
An interesting story was told her
oday Of how the depredation Of tn
sillistas were brought ~ halt ny tn
Ilvarado Mining and smelling Com
ANY This Is an American conCer
nth hea dduarters at la Foquiila
-7sey own the power plant at Boquill
nd the line of transmission whic'
onnecfs with Parral For sevcra
reeks both Carranzistas and Villista
ave occupied themselves profitahly +
uftinE the copper wire and shtppin
10 the border.
Yesterday the manager OF the n7we
liant. without wa rning to the marau
ers. threw a switch which sent : no
otis of electricity over the wires O
ne of the branch lines which had jus
cen attacked Seven Mexicans wer
llied outright. and Information re
elyed here Is that four Of the numbs
~ere CarranZisfas,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-14
British Fear Air and Naval Attack.

New York. April lathe Danish
steamer Frederick VIII. arrived today
without 59T sacks OF mail with which
she started from Copenhagen, Chris
tiania and Christiansand. The mail
was removed by the British authorities
at Kirkwall for inspection. Passengers
said that at Kirkwall the British were
anticipating a combined aerial and
naval attack along the Scottish coast.
For that reason the ships departure
was FASTENED,
While in the North Sea, passengers
said, a fleet OF ten British warships was
sighted about two miles distant NOV
Ing north. -
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-14
IN CONGRESS

sFNATST-T'he Senate indicated its
enpraciation of the gravity OF the
Mexican situation caused by Car
ranza's demand for the withdrawal or
tho American expeditionary force
against villa by remaining for the
most part silent, Republican senators
who have been advocating interven=
ton decided to. refrain from speaking
on the Carranza note because OF fear
that their utterances might intensity
the situation and increase the peril to
the American troops. Only once did
the Mexican issne cosT1s TO the surface
In the Senate debate. Senator Stone
chairman of the Foreign Relations
Committee, was asked by Senator
Warren, of wyoming. II. in the event
of war with Carranza, the military
establishment would he adequate to
cope with the situation Stone ad-
rnitted It would not be large enough
but said the necessary troops could be
procured.
Senator Stone attacked the navy
estabiishrn ent OF England and the
Inilitarfam Of Germany as being equal
w guilty OF offense against the peace
and welfare OF the world. He urged
a strong navy. but a small army.
The Senate spent nearly tho whole
day debating the government nitrate
plant section OF the army bill. Senator
Jones, of Washington. declared Presi-
dent Wilson had become "eDcited and
nervous over preparedness and was
trying TO make the rest OF the country
excited and nervous with him"
HOUsE-in spite of the fiifSuster
against 1t led by Representative Har-
rison. Of Mississippi. the House today
passed the bill granting a Federal
charter to the Society OF Arts and let
ters, Incorporating the so-called i'm
mortals" numbering about ffty.
hmm ediately after this vote, which
was carried over from yesterday the
house resumed general debate on the
agricultural bill An hour or two of
general debate will be necessary to-
morrow before the bill is taken up by
paragraphs.
The minority report on the Tillman
bill appropriating s11,00o.o0o for
government armor plate factory was
presented today II predicted that the
naval bin will exceed 1900, 900, 900 and
stated that the sl1.000.ooo for specu
lation instead of for building the pro-
posed plant Six Republican members
Of the House Naval Affairs Committee
signed the report--Representa
Butler. Browning. Roberts. Farr
Kelley and Mudd.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-14
Waxiaia and Rohhea.

n. NJ. wendiinger 32s West Cary
Street, complained TO the police yes
terday that he had been waylaid near
the New Pumphouse by a gang of boys,
who knocked him down and relieved
him of watch and SO Giants 10 cur
Sency.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-14

Clarence Dunn. white. twenty three
years old, was arrested last night on
a charge OF being drunk and disorder
ly in the Lyric Theater Sergeant Jor-
dan and A. w. Smith took the man In
custody.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-14

Hugh McDonough. white, was ar
rested in sc nth Richmond yesterday on
a charge OF shooting at Fred Jones.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-14


had already organized manifesto
'tlon against the American forces.
which had penetrated into the city
without permission of any authori-
ties. The civil authorities did every
thing TO avoid a conflict. but their
efforts were not sufficient and TN the
Incident an American soldier was
Killed and some of the people were
wounded The de facto authorities.
together with some military officials
and troops. were fortunate enough
10 quiet the people and prevented the
incident from taking on greater pro-
pnrtione 1*TTa 4 rgerirAg forces RI
4ssred from the city.
tSignedD A%EtEAS GARCIA.
Renorts Of the attack on American
troops at Fatral urged the admins
tration TO take immediate action to
: obtain further details The only re-
ports available today were those from
carranza officials to the Mexican en-
bassy here Officials were not in
I clfned to accept them without official
verification. In addition TO a tele-
gram sent 10 General Funston by the
War Department. asking immediate
Investigation, the State Department
teiegra phed consular officers at Chi
huahua and other points In Mexico
for Information Regardless or the
4 fact that ORDERS had been given Cen
-eral Funston that troops should not
sccupy any Mexican towns in their
pursuit of villa. the fact that an IN
4 provoked attack was made upon the
:. american forces and that at least one
ss.American soldier wss killed angered
~sslw
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-14

Officer Sweet yesterday arrested Jack
Harris, eighteen years white, on a
charge of contributing to the moral de-
linquency of Ethel Thomas.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-14

+
This was the third consecutive in
.ridefit giving evidence that the Car
RAMA authorities were not only Co
operating with thu american eXpedi-
ton against VILLA, but were openly
hostile.
The other were CarranIa's refusal
to the request for the use OF the rail-
roads and his order to Arrendondo to
break of negotiations over the pro-
focol In the message delivered today
. in which he demanded withdrawal of
troops There was grave misgivings
today over reports that Carranza
troops are uassing General Pershing
base and the American border II
war with Carranza results from the
Parral incident and the refusal of the
President to order the withdrawal OF
American troops, If such refusal Is de-
eided upon, ii is realized that the
!. American troops will be In Il serious
u. II wa. said in hiqh~S,uarters to-day
that President Wilson while strongly
rstnclined to keep the troops in Mexico,
IL DESTROYS OF taking every diplomatic
step possible 10 avert rupture with
Carranza.
ss- One plan the President and his
cabinet will consider tomorrow. n is
said. lis a proposition 10 Carranza,
which win be In the nature Of a COM
4 promise that Will prevent an armed
clash between the Am erican and Car
RAMA forces
To Ask Thirty DAYS Longer.
T3fe essential feature OF this plan Is
Maid 10 call for a suggestion 10 Car
rama that this government must have
~ least thirty days longer IN which
to disperse or capture Villas band.
The troops went into Mexico March
LIZ, and have been there less than
thirty days. Army officials believe
sthey can capture Villa within thirty
tdAya unless they are openly opposed
~ carranza-
.. Army officers Of experience and
II Judgment elId tonight that tho fight,
mr. at Parral shows that holding the
@trOops in Mexico without consent oil
& fArrnnza means continual fghtina
4 that will eventually force the United
wNtMxes 20 intervene in force in Mexico
The opinion OF these offfcere- may
A 10 summarized as follows:
First. that the President must find
~ Hnne means 10 get q new arrange
Mexs<s with Carranza limiting the stay
- operations OF the American
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-14
CARRANzA BlAMtS
Carranza Says Many Are Dead.

CONTINUED From First Page,)
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-14
To Try To AVOID

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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-05-07
honeymoon by Motor Car.

The borderland route that parallels
the Mexican boundary line was the
honeymoon trail of II. A. Riemers
and his bride, who made the trip
from New orleans to Los Angeles in
twenty-nine days in the middle of
winter They allotted their Haynes
Light Six the whole of February
to make the leap year trip, and on the
twenty-ninth day the last leg of the
journey brought them down Pico ave
nue. in Los Angeles.
The wedding took place in the
Crescent City on the morning of Feb
ruary first. Bundling their baggage
into the compartments of the motor
car, they Immediately pointed the
long, black hood of their Haynes
roadster westward, with more than
half the breadth of the continent in
front of them.
They were forced to ship their cars
through the flooded regions of west
ern Louisiana. and after crossing this
territory, which was impossible to
all travel except railroad trains, they
then drove through Texas, New Mex
leo, Arizona and California over
what the southwest calls the border
land route.
"lt was a long, hard trip said
Mrs. Riemer, but | should like to
do it over again tomorrow. We en-
joyed every minute of it, even the
time when both of us had to pile out
in the mud and put a tarpaulin under
the wheels to get traction.
81 did not think there was as much
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-05-07
JOIN THE A. M. A. IF YOU WANT
TO REALLY ENJOY YOUR CAR.
AUTO RACE COIN
BEATS PICkFORD

To spend $4,000 before you find
out whether your car can compete in
the race is not what one would call
an economical sport. One New York
millionaire says: 81 realize it is an
extravagant sport, but it is in my
blood. | am trying to get young
driver from Europe and a European
car" If this New Yorker succeeds
it will cost him more than $4,000,
just because "it is in his blood" Two
years ago this same sportsman bought
a car, paid all the preparatory eX-
penses that required months of hard
work, which entailed cost greater
than the salary of the president Of
the United States, and then sat on
an upturned oil can for six hours
in the boiling sun and was sufficient
ly repaid to see has car cross the
tape-the winner for 500 miles rae
ing. Such is the cost and the sports
manship of the men who participate
in this sport for kings. incidentally
the drivers, those who survive and
win in their gamble of shaking dice
with death, make the Wall Street
gamblers pale by comparison.
Take one Dario Resta, who came
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-05-07

! to this country last year from Eu-
rope. His earnings in four months
! totaled $4,000. To annex this much
of perfectly good made in U. S. A.
! Figuring Resta drove at the rate of
so to 100 miles an hour, every mile
that he Travelled was worth s2294
! to him. He has received $1,746 an
hour, or about $29.10 minute.
Glancing over our shoulder at what,
historically speaking, was only yes
terday, the first automobile race in
the world was held, in 1895, in Chi
cago. Spectators strolled leisurely
alongside the competing cars, joking,
encouraging or ridiculing the drivers.
Today, the largest paid admission TO
any sporting event in the history Of
the world has been to a speedway
race. Needless to say, not one of
these spectators could have been
bribed to step upon the track where
the roaring steel mounts were at
their devilish play.
In 1908, four indianapolis business
men were having a midnight lunch
under the spreading naples at the
Indiana State Fair grounds. Before
them on a mile dirt track a car was
putting and struggling along in des-
perate efforts to negotiate a twenty
four-hour endurance race. That night
these four men dreamed a dream. At
sunup they rode to the outskirts of
the city, where the Hoosier farmers
were starting their days plowing.
Told in tabloid, they bought these
peaceful cornfields, braved the criti-
cism of their friends, defied fate, and
invested hundreds of thousands of
dollars in perfectly good, fertile fields
and metamorphosed said fields into
Americas finest speedway in time
for Americas first speedway race
in 1909. Even then to think of 70
miles an hour was to be classed as
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-05-07
JOIN THE A. M. A. IF you WANT
TO REALLY ENJOY YOUR CAR.
KEEN BUYERS TO
THE OLD MAKES

In reviewing what the automobile
shows brought forth, Russell Huff,
chief engineer of Dodge Brothers,
says:
zone of the impressive facts as
revealed by an analysis of the in
quiries received from automobile
show visitors is the growing respect
of the public for the established
models of motor cars.
New types naturally have their
attraction, but the serious-minded per-
son looking for real investment,
and who cannot afford to play with
an experiment, wants a model which
has proven its reliability and estab-
lished its worth by long use in the
hands of thousands of owners.
"The keen buyer Of today is fully
aware of the fact that proper motor
car values are established and pro
longed; first, by giving the public
car designed along sound engin
eering lines and built of high-grade
materials: and second, by sustaining
this model year after year and add
ing perfected details from time to
time as dictated by continuous en-
gineering study and manufacturing
evolution"