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cooperation, General Gavira, COM
mandant at JuareZ, said today.
villa is the foe of Mexican liberty,
as we'll as Of United States safety. He
robbed and murdered Mexicans as
well as Americans. There is little
sympathy for Villa on this side of the
border. It Is important to Mexicos
peace that he be captured and slain"
Consul Garcia in Ell Paso made the
same promise. I'VE will do all we
can," he said. II can say officially
with full knowledge Of the fact. that
First Chief Carranza is anxious for
Villas capture and destruction. I re-
gard Villa as g. menace to Mexico's
liberty"
The two Carranza officials were bit
ter in condemning efforts to force
American Intervention. They init
mated that even foreign nations may
have entered into the campaign for in
tervention.
various Mexican rulers to Americans,
English, Germans, French ana Span
ish, the officials pointed out
Their value ran into billions. Rich
mines, great ranches and vast forests
"01O ihNNiNOl- LlS N(1il Is1S cSLl-
mated that no more than five cents
an acre was paid for lands, on the
average. With peon laborers hardly
more than slaves, millions Of dollars
were earned by the foreign interests
in Mexico within a short time
According to Carranzistas, these
powerful interests believe that con-
troll of Mexico by the United States,
even only a temporary control through
Intervention, would confirm existing
titles to mines, lands and forests, no
matter how originally secured.
The Carranzistas also declare the
antagonisms Of presidential politics
in the United States, tended toward
Intervention.
"All such efforts will fall" said Con-
sui Garcia. THE defacto government
wishes to remain at peace with the
United States"
Machine Gun Practice.
IBy H. d. Jacobs, United Press Staff
Correspondent
HEAD QUARTERS AMERICAN
ARMY NEAR DUBLAN, Mexico,
March 29.-Machine gun practice is
one of the most significant elements
in the routine in the base camp here.
BY day and by night the loud purr
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Correspondent
Ell PASO, Texas, March pa
peaceful solution of the relations be-
tween the United States and Mexico
seemed nearer today than at any time
since the Villista raid on Columbus,
n. NJ, March 9, which was followed
within week by the American punl-
tive expedition.
Failure of an organized attempt on
both sides of the border to transform
the campaign against bandits into In
tervention, pleased both American
and Carranza officials here. They lit
tie doubted that "rumor factory"
maintained in El Paso and other bor-
der points started reports OF threat
ened Mexican uprisings and racial
antagonisms to inflame both sides and
compel Intervention.
United States army officers pointed
to the very friendly reception given
the expeditionary forces in Mexico.
Villa has SO far failed to rouse the
poems against the gringoes, despite
his speeches that the American troops
were coming to massacre and burn.
He told the Mexicans that the United
States negro troops ate children.
Some Mexicans first fled in terror
at the approach Of the expeditions
vanguard, but returned when they
found the soldiers friendly and will
ing to pay good prices for supplies.
Mexican papers in border cities also
failed to inflame the poems. Practical
ly the only accessions to Villas forces
have been secured at the rifle point.
Carranza cooperation to date has
been pronounced. While some vexin z
problems remain to be settled be-
tween the two governments, principal
1y the free use Of the Mexican rail
ways by the American expedition,
both sides here today were confident
of a speedy adjustment.
The pursuit of villa was being car
ried on today behind an official sill
ehce on the part Of the authorities
here regarding his exact whereabouts.
It seemed certain that Villa reached
the mountains In southern Chihuahua
while the American troops were
forced to advance slowly on account
of danger to their line Of communica-
tions. The vanguard is now moving
over dreary mountains which offer
even greater obstacles to rapid prog
ress than the desert between Colum-
bus and Casas Grandes.
The Carranzistas will continue their
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coaches were overturned like chil-
dren's toy trains. I helped the rest
of our boys pull twenty women and
men from car windows"
This speedy work by firemen saved
many passengers from cremation.
r. D. Turner, fireman on the nrst
section OF No. Sc, said:
There was such fog that we
couldn't see sixty feet In front of US.
II don't know whether Hess (the en-
gineer of the second section) saw his
signals or not. I don't see how he
could. There was crash and the
whole train seemed to buckle up"
Frank Provost, New York salesman,
who was In q sleeper on the nrst
section. told this story:
Il was asleep when 1t happened. I
was hurled partly through the car
window. Before could realize what
had happened, the second crash came,
when the Twentieth Century, running
a few feet from US; hit our wreckage.
Men and women In night clothes,
were scrambling about, dazed. heard
cries, groans and screams. One man
prayed aloud. I yelled wildly for
everybody to get up but they were
already up-they had been tossed up
bodily"
There arc six tracks and two
switches at the point where the wreck
occurred. Traffic was blocked over
two hours.
The day coach on the first section
of train No. SO, the second last car OF
the train, was the death car" The
steel Pullman crumpled up under the
impact of the great engine pulling the
second section.
Legs and arms Of victims were
picked up in the debris. Shoes, hats,
womens apparel of All sorts were
gtrewn all about.
Undertakers said the bodies OF
some OF the dead could never be put
together.
G.. W. Kershaw, OF Summitville, N.
j., told this story:
IT was In the second coach from the
one that was smashed SO badly. 1t
was the most CHASTITY sight ever
saw AS I left the car I saw a man
pick ND leg. Another man approach
ed me, carrying a bundle done up in
a sheet What shall I do with this
bundle?' he asked a train man. What's
in it?' the train man asked. Arms
and legs was the reply. Another
survivor came in. He said the crash
hurled him through window and as
he landed, something hit him. It was
his suit case"
Other survivors who told thrilling
stories were T. NJ. Weber, of Atlanta,
Ca; A. Comensky, Pittsburgh;
Charles Harris, Chicago, and w. G.
Manley, Washingto D. c.
Remnants OF the bodies OF man
and woman were found on the pilot OF
the second section Of No. Sc.
All of the dead and injured were
passengers Of east bound train No. Sc,
which was running In two sections.
The second section, running at thirty
miles an hour, plunged into the rear
of the first section, ploughing through
two steel coaches.
One minute later, the Twentieth
Century limited, the fastest train in
the world, west bound, from New
York, running sixty miles an hour,
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gaTdins future subu1sxtns vazae
officials have made cleac-
THIS IS true despite tho decaara-
ton of one official last night thai
Germany. If guilty, must pay hand
somely." He explained that nothing
from Germany. in case OF her euff,
would be accepted short OF whot would
entirely appease tho irritation md
wrath that has swept this country as
the result OF tho latest trtfitng with
American rights and American IveAS
Attempted 10 Escape
WASHINGTON, Manch 29.-The
Ward liner Engftshman which Was
sunk few days ago. was Ehened and
torpedoed after attempting to escape.
according to affidRvits Of American
survivors cabled ths state department
from Liverpool
According TO tho anfdev1t OF the
ceptetn OF the Englishman, the vessel
attempted to escape when approached
by tho submarine. After being she'll
Cd she hose TO. and YVES torpedoed.
Torpedoed Elmer.
NEW YORK. March 29.-The PEN
ins,1lar and Oriental liner Malo1a
which sank of Dover, Feby. "a, with
the loss of about 15o lives, was tor
pedoed and did not strike mine. a
New York shipping fir1n learned today
from reliable sources In London
Divers employed bY the British ad.
n,irary investigated tho sinking two
weeks later. They reported that tho
Maaoja was torpedoed and that lying
across tho liners deck was the wreck
of a small trawler, also torpadoed
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Product of Ell Paso Rurnor Factory
is Mighty Unsatisfactory Brand

Of the machine guns may be heard.
Platoons of infantry here have be-
come expert in handling the weapon,
while among the advance cavalry col
umns after Villa are several machine
gun troops. Night practice has be-
come a fixed policy in expectation Of
attacks from or upon Villistas during
darkness. No report Of Villas posi-
ton has been announced here since
he was located ITS miles south OF
Dublan. Steady streams Of supplies
are being moved southwark for the
vanguard in the chase.
With a record of numerous success
full scouting flights and many trips to
and from Columbus carrying reports
and dispatches, the aeroplane service
was commended today by Brigadier
General Pershing. While several of
the eight machines have been put out
Of commission and Lieutenant Bowen
injured by falling in his aeroplane,
General Pershing said the value of
the aviation arm had been proven.
He praised the spirit Of the aviators
who took tremendous risks under ad-
verse conditions.
Relief of Teneion.
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, March IS
There was perceptible relief from the
tension Of last week at General Fun
ston's headquarters today following
raceipt of encouraging reports from
General Pershing's forces. All mes
sages indicated the American troops
are making good progress in the Villa
hunt.
No border raids have been reported
to headquarters.
Following authorization from the
war department yesterday to employ
a number of Indian scouts with the
expedition, orders were sent to the
Apache Indian reservation in north.
ern Arizona to send only young men
to General Pershing. Old scouts of
Geronimos time are not wanted
Using Part of Railroad.
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, March 80
General Funston announced today
that General Pershing is using part
of the Mexican Northwestern railway
line. confirming exclusive United
Press dispatches on this point week
ago.
Funston has also received a report
Of the wreck of one of Pershing's s
troop trains, resulting in the injury
of ten troopers, information carried
by the United Press several days ago.
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Twentieth Century Limited Crashed Into Ruins
of Two Lake Shore Trains Uttered
on the Track.
THICK FOG WAS CAUSE OF DISASTER
Hospitals in Two Ohio Towns are Filled With
the Wounded, While Dead Lie in
the Morgue.

rUnited Press Leased Wire Service ]
CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 29.--
Three crack New York Central trains.
one of them the Twentieth Century
Limited. crashed together in thick
fog one mile west Of Amherst, Ohio,
today. At least fifteen persons were
killed outright and thirty persons IN
jured, some of them fatally.
All Of the dead and injured were
passengers of the first section of the
east bound train number 86, New
York Central official stated. If the
coaches had not been steel, G. S.
Goodwin. of the New York Central
stated, the loss of life would have
been much greater.
Eight identified dead bodies have
been removed from the wreckage. A..
w. Baetz, an Amherst undertaken at
sixteen dead persons carried from the
smashed coaches. Goodwin admitted
that ten or twelve passengers were
killed and that thirty were injured SO
badly they bad to be taken to hos
pitals.
According to stories told by pas
sengers, the first section of number
So, east bound, had just slowed up
ready to stop, when a block signal
was thrown against it, one mile west
of Amherst. The second section of
number Sc, bound from Detroit to
Pittsburgh, crashed into the rear OF
the first section less than two min
utes later. A brakeman had been
sent back with lantern and fuses
to warn the second section. Passen.
gers stated it was 50 dark the engi-
neer of the. trailer did not see the
warning light.
1t was also reported the first Sec
ton Of train number So had slowed
up or stopped awaiting orders be-
cause of the heavy fog, so dense that
the headlights were dimmed.
The second section crashed clear
through buffet car and day coach
on the first section, throwing the
wreckage upon the next track. In
less than minute the Twentieth Cen
tury limited was derailed, the engine
ploughing through three hundred
yards of tracks, but no passengers
on the Century were hurt.
Most Of the dead and injured were
rushed to Memorial hospital at Elyria,
five miles from the wreck at $3.50 a..
m. Ambulances. rushed from Lorain,
Amherst and Elyria, stuck in the
mud
The sound Of the crash and the
cries of the injured and dying were
heard two miles away.
Twenty-seven Killed.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, March %
Twenty-seven lives were snuffed out,
and forty-thrce persons were injured,
some fatally, when three crack New
York Central trains smashed up In
pitch darkness near Amherst, thirty
two miles west OF Cleveland, at S:15
a. m. today. Twentythree bodies
were in the morgue at Amherst, two
ct Lorafn and two at Elyria, two miles
away. Mayor e. e. Foster, Of Am
herst ordered the fire bell tolled for
half an hour to wake up every resi-
dent to aid in the relief work. G. B.
Gillette, of the fire department, told
this story:
"A great mass OF wreckage met our
eyes On that stretch OF track. Big
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WRECK Of THREE PASSENGER TRAINS
SUDDENLY ENDED SEVERAL LIVES
smashed into &hs debris thrown upon
its tracks hY tha wreck Of No SO.

smashed into ths debris thrown upon
It's tracks by the wreck Of No. SO.
Twenty coaches and baggage cars
were overturned like ch1ldren's play
trains. Two OF the three great en-
g1nes turned over. The boiler Of the
engine on section two of No. SO ex-
ploded. The water Quenched a fire
that started in the telescoped day
coach OF the first se~tion of No. 86. All
coaches of the three trains were Of
steel. Two coaches we're crumpled
into junk. Only three of the eight
cars of the Twentieth Century limited
remained on the track. Both sections
of No. sc were bound from Chicago
to Pittsburgh.
The crumpled day coach of the first
section Of No. s6 was the death car.
The engine of the second division Of
No. SO ploughed through buffet car,
day coach and part OF sleeper on the
tail of the first section.
The exact cause of the wreck Is IN
known. The first section OF No. SO
slowed up or stopped quarter Of a
mile west of a track tower because Of
binding fog, awaiting orders. The
second section Of No. SO, shot forward
at undiminished speed, although It
was running only couple OF miles
back of the first section.
Three Trains In Smash.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 29.-The
Twentieth Century Limited west
bound and two Lake Shore trains.
east bound. collided early today at
Amherst, Ohio, thfrty-seven miles
west OF Cleveland.
According to a statement issued by
the New York Central at o'clock,
four persons are known to be dead
and two persons, a mail clerk and
porter, are injured. Unofficial re-
ports said sixteen bodies had been
taken from the wreckage and that the
injured numbered two score.
The wreck occurred in a thick fog.
The rear section Of train number Sc,
east bound, ran into the frst section.
A few minutes later the Twentieth
Century Limited. going west, ploughed
through the two wrecked trains.
Three cars were totally demolished,
and all the cars thrown from the track.
One engine which stayed on the
track managed to clear with one car,
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Now Council Limo Up.

IUnoted Press Leased Wire Service ]
DIES MONIES, Iowa, March 29.-In-
dications today are that the new city
council will be reorganized with Budd
in charge Of streets. Fairweather
finance, Woolgar public safety and
Erase parks. Although the liberals
won a victory, Woolgar is not a lib
eral and his selection would probably
m can law enforcement.
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Every Able Bodied Citizen
Fighting Blaze Which
Threatens City.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
LEADVILIIE, Colo. March 29.-
FIRE threatened today to destroy most
or the city's business section. Dyna-
mite is being used in an effort to
check the further spread Of flames.
Several OF Lead<ille.s leading busi-
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Bank Examiner Reslcns,

Bank Examiner Resigns.
CUnoted Press Leased Wire Servtce.1
DES MONIES, Iowa, March 29.-
E. B. Wilson, state bank examiner
announces his resignation to take ef-
feet April 1. He will be succeeded
by Charles A. Mains Of Cedar Rapids,
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Oh, What Fall
Alton Democrat: Fortune is f1chle
jade. Some two years ago she ac-
claimed one Villa as a great general.
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tain and plateau regions, and heavy
pnow Is falling at Bismarck, N. d.
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Meln CBLIIpf5ISSL4AS-, .sIai+NIk DO, IE.
Highest, SO.
Lowest, SS.
Lowest last night, 41.
FRED T. GOSEWTSCH,
Observer.
Subscribe for The Gate City.
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River Bulletin.

The river VIII r1se TON heohuh
southward at rate OF 1 foot per day
during the next 4S bours, and not SO
rapidly north OF Keohue unless tha
rainfall Is heavy.
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THE WEATHER.
70. s. Department OF Agriculture,
Weather Bureau.J

70. s. Department OF Agriculture,
Weather Bnreau.1
For Keolcuk and vicinity: Rain and
colder tonight. Thursday probably
rain or snow and colder.
For Iowa: Rain tonight Colder
west portion. Wednesday unsettled
and colder. Probably rain or snow
south portion.
For Missouri: Rain tonight. Cold.
er northwest and warmer southeast
portions. Thursday rain or snow and
colder.
For Illinois: Unsettled weather
with rain Thursday and west and
south portions tonight. Warmer south
east portion tonight Colder Thurs
day.
Weather Conditions.
The center OF the disturbance which
appeared in the southwest yesterday,
has reached Oklahoma this morning,
and the weather is unsettled from tho
Rockies to the central valleys.
The temperature was high in the
plains states yesterday, and cooler
weather Is following this morning aft
er rain or snow in the northern noun
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USING DYNAMITE TO CHECK
PROGRESS OF THE FLAMES

ness establishments have already
been destroyed. Every able bodied
citizen was summoned to aid the
city's half dozen regular f1remen.
Is Under Control.
LEADVIIIJE, Colo, March 29.-Fire
which once threatened the city's bust-
ness section was brought under con-
troll with the aid of dynamite after
every able bodied citizen fought the
flames for several hours today. The
property loss was estimated at $780,
000.. The flames levelled the north
side of East Sixth street, consuming
ten Of Leadvile,s leading buildings.
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The Prescott daily news., 1916-04-25
ERRONEOUS IDEA AL
 ExANDER ROAD LAW
Believed by Many That Statute Has Been Declared Invalid by Supreme COurt-Must Secure Plans from Highway Dept.

Little Rock, April 25.-A very erroneous idea has become prevalent in the state about the recent decision of the Arkansas Supreme Court in the Alexander Road law The statute has not been declared invalid as many seem to believe, and as is indicated by the following paragraph from an exchanges:
 Bonds issued and sold by road dis tricts organized under the Alexander Road law were held invalid by the Supreme Court Monday The next Legislature is looked to to amend the law so as to make it stick"
 This and similar statements leave wrong impression. The constituy tionality of the statute has never been passed upon, and the opinion in the Craighead county case rather strengthens than weakens the act IL is held that in this particular case, the organization of the district was not in accordance with the provisions of the law, and it was therefore void. The same conditions apply to six out of twenty other districts.
 The court held that those interest ed in the organization of the district must first get from the State High way Department surveys, plans and estimates of the proposed improve ment, previous to circulating the peti- tion, as a matter of information to the property holders No district or ganized under the law as construed by the Supreme Court need have any fear of invalidation of its bonds.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-04-25
SEEK MARKET FOR THREE
 THOUSAND BUSHELS PEAS

Little Rock, April 25.-The Farm CTS Union Mercantile Company of Nashville writes Commissioner of Agriculture John H. Page that diver siication prevailed in that section of the state last year; that the cotton acreage was reduced, and that the farmers gave heed to the campaign for diversifcation and grew crops to meet the farm needs As a result, they have accumulated and have for sale about three thousand bushels of COW peas, for which they are seeking a market at $125 per bushel They ask the assistance of the Department and the Board of Commerce in finding a market for this product.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-04-25
VILLA GIVEN MORE
 TIME FOR FLIGHT
Head of United States Army Will Remain Longer on BOr- der Under Orders From His Superiors at Washington.

Washington, April 24.-Further de- velopment in the pursuit of Villa and the relations between the United States and the de facto government of Merico now await personal discus sion of these subjects by senior mili- tary advisers of the two governments. A conference between Major General Scott, chief of staff, and General Ob- regon, minister of war of the de facto government, was arranged late to- day, to take place probably in Juarez. General Scott is now in San An tonic and General Obregon is thought to be on his way north from Mexico City. Announcement that General Carranza had agreed to the confer ence was made by vliseo Arredondo, Mexican ambassador designate, who paid a second visit to Secretary Lam sing today to communicate the fact. Secretary Baker was promptly in- formed and the information trans mitted to General Scott.
 Mir Arredondo called at the state department to say that his govern ment asked some reply to the request of the Mexican government that the troops be withdrawn. The ambassa- dor was informed that no reply could be made at present. Secretary Lan- sing is understood to have made it plain that the Washington govern ment was anxious that General Scott be given a chance to talk the situa- tion over with Obregon before a final answer was prepared. On his return to the embassy MT. Arredondo found message stating that General Obre- gon would go to the border.
 Details of the meeting were left to General Scott. At the Mexican em- bassy, however, it was said no word had come that General Obregon was on his way to the border. There was no reason to believe he had yet left Mexico City.
 The meeting was suggested first after General Scott had started to the border, which resulted in the author izaton of the redisposition of the American troops in Mexico. The plan was favored by both war and state department officials. The subje/ apparently provoked considerable dis cussion in Mexico City before it was decided General Obregon should go to the border.
 The arrangement of neutral zone