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TEN CAR EXPRESS ON
THE P. R. R. WRECKED
Signal Bridge Near New Bruins.
wick COllapSeS-LOcOmO-
tive Runs Into Debris.

NEW BprSswicK. y. j. March u
\ Pennsylvania train Of ten express cars
was wrecked between here and Me,uchen
tonight, causing a complete tieup On all
-four OF the tracks Of the line.
\ stee! signal bridge which sranrsi
the four tracks. and was equipped WIN
eight scmaphore signal arms, was ei'he-
blown down or collapsed a shor' IN.
before the express from New York To-
Philadelphia came along ahou, 10 o c'ocn
The eng n"cr did q notice the wrccksss
OH the rails until h. was too ,lose To- prs.
vent the wreck. lie was able 90 check
the speed OF the tram. however, and the
accounts for himself and his niemIn no,
being killed or injured
The engine was thrown of '1o -s.s
AVID so were we express cats lrc.'N
behind IL. These together w,'G re
wrecked bridge completely tied uO he
traffic IN both directions
Tt get trains 10 and from r' .lis'
ph.a and New lO-k - vts IL, essay 10
turn them or AZ Railway, running ~
FAR aS Jtm"Shurg Thence TO Monmouth
Junction, where tive New Work i'ysc'
tracks connect. The shif' caused q a..
lay OF from half an hour to ~ hong n
the running time Of the traHs
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TERRIBLE JOLT AHEAD
FOR u. S., TAFT FEARS
secs Danger in Belief Lord
viii Care for tOuntrI-Hr
Admits Past Aid.

Cnlc,Go. March E>'It'sident
TIft sounded a warni'g to-day when ne
told Chicago members OF the American
Red Cross society that tho United States
wouli awake with "A terrible jolt som.
day +. the attitude Of Congress and tile
p,onlc as a whole was not speedily
changed
can We arouse the American public
out of the comfortable opinion that the
Lord takes care Of children, drunken
men and tn. United states" h" asked.
II agree that the Lord has stood 10y us
tp to tins time, but unless We rouse our
selves, some day, aui that day may not
nc 'ong hence, We are going to wake up
with = terrific JOLT
"Tnat ind, fensihle position Of help
l,ssneSs in IN" face OF previous warning
is one which the American people must
fac. and correct.
The Mexican situation is a very din
chi, one. The campaign is going to he
a hard one, and J., is difficult because It
gives Nilla. Iapata and al of the uppo-
ncuts of Carran2s An opportunity To- mis-
l,prcsrnt the United States, Il is a
matter ot great dclicacl as to what will
hupurn,
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WOMAN FOUND DEAD:
HUSBAND ARRESTED
Prisoner Was a Political Assoc.
riatc Of Curly Joe
Cassidy.

I,m,s C',re lrnur In nr..,.
county democrat. nol,rcs ne an $50,
AZ. ~ curly lao C,ssilv and , former
li~gbtweieh, nusilist wa arrcs.od lao
,ast nigh, mn , cbnr,,n Of hor,i,iIn ,f,.,
he had h,e, questioned nv his hrn,h,,
bstor,ivo b,,'o, ,u,r, 81 ,b, Nm. \o,,,
nnli,. caro- ia charged VIII hnu,iclI.
i, ,,urac,ion win IN, d,a,h y,starday
ar,,r,on, a., mic via Nrs Il, r,,r,
A. ,,,,ars, la. ,,,r,no,.s i,b,,ir,,, ~,
,.t,a, 90 .,,,,,,,o rho o.u.. a, d,,,h
n.,, ,.o,.r., L,n.r, o,,.,.J c,,ro'. 49,
ras A. ,,,ly,;s or tho co,tor,s -, ,ro
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IA ~, CO.. ,rd nj. r,i,o b.d hann
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Vhla Is reported tonight TO be
moving without rest into the Bachinava
district. from which he operated so sue
cessfully for a long period OF years as a
bandit.
.Iuarez, II was intimated that negot!a-
tions were going or between the Con-
sti'utionalists and American authorities
relative to the distance into the interior
srhich the American troops are to pene-
trate on their expedition.
George {. Carothers. special agent for
the state Department. aid to-day that
here was no special representative from
Washington making negotiations and
that so far az he knew he uas the only
person along the frontier In that capacity.
81 soc no reason for any alarm ae 70
the Mormon colonists.' said Cen. Gav.ra.
villa is now considerably southeast OF
the settlement and the garrisons IN that
vicinity are well manned n prepared
20 withstand any invasion rs bandits.
Nillistas or otherwise"
Gen. Gales wired the Mexican Com
suiate in FL Paso to-day that n villista
r had been placed under arrest al Dos
Cabezas. He is alleg. Il to have been at
oIumb on the morning of the mas
sacre. The mans name Ia stated as he
ing r. Panab!los. and upon being given
the 'thIr1 degree ne H. said 10 hav,
stated that villa had -e;reatei from
alomas to Correlitos and there assas-
slnafed seven cowboys because they
would not give hin horses.
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1898 VETS WANT TO GO.
President Assured Of old Cam
pnignrrs' Readinrss,

WASHINGTON. March l7.-Neteruus OF
'hc Spanish American war rendered tibet.
services to President, Wilson to-day
through Commander IN chief l.. g Over
Of tn" United Spanish War veterans.
Mr.. Dyer informed the President that
the Neterans stand ready - participate
IN the Mexican campaign should their
Services We needed
The United spanish War Veterans
- composed ~ men wnp mostly saw
service IN the TROPICS Commander Dyer
said. This WAS principally in cuba and
the Philippines, and they are eminently
fitted for servic" IN Mexico. a semi
tropical land. The ninth section of tn.
const. tuition - our order reads To 20
develop the order that il may be u VAL
uRble aid 10 the ariny and navy and the
Government during amy future war
"oug membership comprises veterans
OF tine army. navy and mur're corps, ai,I
where physically qualified they are
again willing TO offer their lives for their
country"
Systematic inquiry as to the humber
OF men who would he available fJl ac-
tual held service in the Spanish War
Veterans IL progressing rapidly,
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YUCATAN'S FUNDS TIED UP.
Col. ArguMedO's New York De-
pOsit BOx to Dr ndisturbcd

Col. Abel Ortiz Argumcdo, who ap-
pointed himself Governor of the State
Of Yucatan, Mexico. about n year ago
and served FOR a few days until the
soldiers OF Gen, Carranza got too near,
must pay N72, 3O5 to Yuca,an ms the
result OF the verdict OF n jury before
Supreme Court Justice Blur Yesterday.
When Col. Argumcdo left yueitnn he
took nearly $500. 900, under pretcnce OF
using the money to buy supplies in the
United States. Before he had "A chance
TO spend much of the money IL was tied
mp by varIou injunction proceedings,
and when a stable government was
finally established in Yucatan the state
was made plaintiff,
Col. ArRumedO con'endcd hefor. the
jury that he IL stlll the GovernNy and
that the Carranzistas are usurprrs. ~"
said he was retaining possession of tho
money In order to turn II over to the
State OF Yucatan as soon as real gov
eminent is established there,
As a result AZ the verdict an lnjunc-
ton was granted yesterday restraining
the WOolworth Building Safe Deposit
Company from permitting Argumedo or
his agents from removing any Of the
contents Of his safe deposit boz there,
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OLDEST PURSER'S LAST TRIP.
Tbomns kiuscy Of the -. Pant, 10
Retire Nrtrr t.tOO trOss,Ugs.

Whrn tho American liner st raul
sails for ENGLAND to-day she win tacc
toward his native land lursol Thomas
|I>ius.,. wiz ON his arrival in Liverpool
viii have crossed III" Atlantic Loo
times. In an his Vovagiug since ~"
started sailing in 1898 aboard the steam
shin city of Manchester h" has travelled
moro than A,0oo.o 600 miles,
lie went to India IN u troop ship Ia
1857 and also to hhNssinia. Then he
resumed his sailing with III" old lumau
Lime, subsequently absorbed by the
American i.iuc, In the spanish Amor
can Wal Mr., kiusc, was payIutstcr on
tn. auxiliary cruiser - Louis.
ON his arrival IN lnGland Mr., KIN
sey viii go 10 his home in Southampton.
lie il the oldest purscr in s~oryirc--Just
how old he declines 10 tell, but 1t is said
ne has celebrated his ~cigh,ieth birthday.
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AMERICAN pRess assn.

the sovereignty o. Mckee or d.N.lop
M" Intervention ~ any kind there.
fore Ice I
Resoirtd. BY ~. senate. tn. House
al Representatives concuirng. tina, the
use OF the armed forces of the Tinted
states FOR the sol. purpose u. apnr.-
"eHi'ie and Furnishing the lawless
pInd q. armed Uen whn entered IN.
in'ied states from Mexico on IN.
ninth daS OF March. 1916. committed
"utrages on American soil and fled .i,o
Ai"Nl,o, Is hereby approved and that
the 'oiRFeSs also extends lis assur-
th'es 10 th' de facto Government ~
Mexico and TO the Mexican people thai
the pursuit OF the sad law less band of
armed men across the international
boundary line int Mexico is for the
single purpose OF arrcst,ng and pur-
!shirg the fugitive band ~ outlaws
'hat the Congress. In approving the
MS" OF the armed forces o. Ia. United
states for the pa pose announced. DIN
with the President in declaring that
such military expedition shall! no, hc
r'rnItied 10 .nCroach ia any degree
upon the srNere guty OF Mexico cor to
interfere in any name with thc do
'nest'c affairs OF the Mexican people.
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SAYS PARIS MARQUIS
WAS A GERMAN VALET
French Paper Declares Rich
"Eskens de FrenOys" an.
.Advcnturcr, Now in l. $.
sy,c,ai 'ahi. D,spa'rh 10 Tpv sp>


rArIs. March ia Ia known all
over Paris before the war. especially in
the theatrical and financial worlds, a.
the Marquis d'Eskcas de Frsnoys, or
Marquis d. f'renoyS. ~ not a belgian
nobleman at all, according to the Rendis-
s1urr. hui is n German Of no title and
doubtful history. He is said TO he living
in Philadelphia az the present time. the
Temps states.
His name is simply Franz Eskens, ac-
cording TO the renaissance.
He was a subscriber and stochholder
in tho Opera and was a member Of the
Automobile and Travellers clubs He as
serted that he was a Belgian. but in
reality, the paper says, he was born In
PRUSSIA. where he married and became
the fa;her o! a little girl. whom he
abandoned when forced to flee from the
country through fear Of police prose-
cutipn.
lie. went to America. wller" he becln"
a valet and later a butler IN n wealthy
family. He married q widow. the paOcr
states. who was much older h he. lie
then became a marquis according to
the Renaissance. and came To Paris.
where hr was persona Srata at the Ger
many l:inhassy.
lie subscribed zoo. 0oN francs $50
600 toward the expenses of producing
'Parsifal." and lived AT 100 Avenue de~
Champs Elysecs. lie disappeared after
the outbreak Of the war,
Another account states that he was
born In London of Belgian parents. His
name was never entered in tho list Of
reople who were stranded AT III" Pre-
lecture, possibly because he subscribed
handsome sums to police charities.
His first wife. II Is said, died in misery,
after becoming a vegetable seller on
the streets. and his second wife died a
few months aso In Philadelphia.
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THINKS WIFE WAS SLAIN.
(lrrk Asks police ~ InXcs
tivate Her Death,

william j, Philips, a postal clerk. re-
ported yesterday to the detective bureau
that lie wished AN investigation mad, OF
tn" sudden death Of his wife, Anna
Philips, ON Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. Philips. who lived at i33 Third
avenue, was alone when. nclghhors say,
two men called IT, collect an INSTRUMENT
chine company afterward said they had
sen, no collectors,
Az the room In which Mrs. philips
was found was much upset and the pho
nograph missing, her husband SUSPECTS
that she may have been murdered,
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CARRANZA IS SATISFIED,
First chief Plans to Go "a Nrxtco
ttts Next Week.,

Q~rErFTNRo. Mexico. March l;-Gen
Ncrustlano Carran2a is apparently salts.
'"d with the entry OF the American army
INTO Mexico after Villa He is planning
To- ,"dv" here about March % Tor Mexico
city, IL Nts learned. At present he -
busy with the details of his new cah!re,
There L. ~ excitement here. hut tho
American INVASION Is oul, known In Off
ci1l circles. All papers have been for
h.ddcn Ia print anything atol, =.
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HIGH BALL LINER IN PORT.
Brings u scotch Cargo to Cheer
Thiraty broadway Folk.

The British steamship Roanoke Of the
High Rail Line, In yesterday from I.elth
and Dundee with n big cargo of Scotch
whiskcy, consigned to various hotels and
liquor dealers OF HIS city. was held up
In Pentiand Firth by a British torpedo
boa and a young Lieutenant boarded
her, ordering her to Kirkwall. But she
did not get there.
The reason was shat the Roauokc's
skipper convinced the young Lieutenant
that he had been properly clear red ty the
authorities of Dundee. that his cargo
was not ~contraband and that the Lieu
tenant might take a few bottles to splice
the main brace, which needed rspairA
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ZAPATA FIGHTS HARD
FOR MOUNTAIN FORTS
Gen. Gonzales Going to AjuSco
tn Take Personal Charge
of Campaign.

MGNiCo CITY. March lT--tieu. Con
zaIes VIII cave Tomorrow for .AjusCo
TO inspect the Ines uf his forces which
are facing the Iapatistes. preparatory to
~inatigutat!ng the southern campaign.
Fighting has been constant through
out the .\jusco region lately. the CARA
t'~'as con;es,ine every inch of the noun.
IAN wildernessss as the Constitutional
!sts slowly extend their lines.
several thousand Indians rom Noe
h!lnIi'co. lxtapsIapa and other surround
ing towns pataded the principal streets
or this city .h.s evening. celebrating the
settlement % The bus in"id INT.
Tn. parade WAS picturesque. quaint
bands playing. IN. Indians in character
!s'i" white peasant costume, with hug.
hats and sandals.
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>trR mshtp IL Transferred.

Judge Tough signed an order yss'..
day allowing Receiver Frdrk'" .; ~
International Mercantil. Marie -
transfer To the international Ns' ION
COMPANY. Ltd. a British corporation
tho steamship R~clEcnlard, '-'"s
finished At Belfast. The Gc'cc1'dri
$40 feet long, was orig ,rtlly dc sr'd
Tor the Societe Au"nymc a. ". gate
BclGe-An"riCaue. a suhsid'ar' - 81"
International Mercantile Marc
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Oh ON Western Government.


While thus the struggle had gone
oa between tn. sovereign and his sub
jeyts over the quota ~ personal rights
and liberties to be granted. the rights
Of ;h- subjects have attained c.idual
d"N elopmunt til i has produced the rep
tos"utativr form OF modern government
watch allows thu sovereign only To- reign
without at all ruling the actual Affairs
-! the Government The political ideas
Of the West having been largely infu-
-nced by the principle Uf the 'sr.ateai
happiness of the greatest lumber. tA-
pounded by Benthain, II sometimes hap
p.ued that the welfare Of the minority
MAS indircGentiy sacrificed to the bene-
fl OF the majority. bringing about 1t
condition Of politics spoken of by the
public.s,s as IN. tyranny Of the ma
joritN.'
lin our own country. Oh t.Ns other
hand. the Emperor and his subjects are
bound by the ties OF intimate affection
and generous sentiment instead Of legal
rights and duties The state l. a large,
compact family. the Emperor grdc.ousiy
making 1t a matter OF ms unique concern
to- realize III. happiness not Of the ma
jori,y but of all the jnempers, whom he
loves az his own children. In Japan the
Emperor is the Emperor OF all genera
tons. oc all classes. If all III" people. for
whose benefit he r"lgns and rules. he
thinks for the majority without forget
ting the minority.
is not this the ideal state OF democ-
rtcy" The Emperor thinks he lives for
his subjects. while the subjects Al" ready
at a moments call TO lay down their
lives for their imperial master. Il there
for. presents a doubl" phenomenon Of
imperial democracy and popular mon
ar,hN. This Is the fundamental rrin-
ciple underlying our national Constitu-
'iun. and /, finds no parallel in the his
tory Of the world.
90 time the sovereignty remained IN the
hand Of the court mobiles and the war
rior class. hu, even then IN" faith and
love of all the Japanese pcoli" alwaNs
centred about the Emperor who then
rcigned. without actually managing the
details Of government. When the class
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From Corr altos the spy said villa had
gone through Chocolate Pass on his way
30 Galeana. He also said that Col Pablo
Lopez, said TO have been killed on the
battlefield AT Columbus. was alive with
villa. hut had been shot through both
legs.
Villas wounded from Columbus we're
being hauled in ten wagons AS h, made
his forced march southeast into the
Buena Ventura district. cattlemcn COM
M from western Chihuahua r. ported to-
day.
MANY Of Villas men who were wound, Il
at Columbus and in the running fight
across the desert with the Thirteenth
Cavalry had died from thelr injuries in
the long march from the border t. Cor
ralitOs. and more were dying az the
column of 300 or 400 Nillistas marched
into the Galeana district.
The Nill.stas have burned "A rui!road
bridge, $50 feet in length. near corral!-
tos. in the path OF the American ad-
,ance. This Information was received
here to-day from sources believed re.
Liable, According TO the information,
the bridge was built on low ~trestles and
spanned q wide gu.ch cross ed BY the
Mexico North western Railroad. The
place - in the immediate n~eighborhood
Of the ranch where villa is declar red by
American refugees to have shot Mexican
ranchers last Sunday and seized their
horses.
An interesting development In the sit.
uatlon to-day Was the sending OF notifi-
cation so the cOnsulates for Mexico along
the border by Leod Walker, editor Of
~ Fro0rcso. at Laredo. Tex, that Ger
man spies ave operating on the frontier
and are in communication with the VII.
iistaS in the hope OF diverting the at
,ention OF Americans and American mu-
n!tions from the European war.
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TOXIC, Feb. I0.-Count Okuna. the
aged Premier. contributes the following
article on the japanese constitution TO
the magazine slim Nippon:
The relation that exists between the
japanese Emperor and the Japanese
subjects finds no parallel in the world
the sovereign looking upon his people
with the same sentiments as a fa,hcr
looks upon his children. " l. not tue
good OF the majority. but OF all. "iih-
out Il single exception. that the Emperor
makes his object of concern. such n
spirit had been more than one evinced
by many an emperor of ancient times
From the Emperor Nintoku. VINO
exempted the people from TAXATION f"E
SIN successive years when convinced OF
the prevalence OF poverty by the scau'i-
ness OF smoke from the Kitchen chin
neys of the capital, down TO the En-
pctor Daigo. who stripped himself OF
his clothes on a winter night that he
might share the suffering OF has i'oOi.
how many there are VINO furnish IT,"
iucontrpNcItibl" violence OF the broad
aud deep love that animated our ancient
,mi,trors'
I'm IN. Lnc.rut western counties, In"
sovereign wa IA most cases the ,oH-
qucror Of the people. The people ana
'ne territory became property, a. II were.
to he disposed Of at 'he free viii OF
the sovereign. For example. spain was
born IL the mairmse OF Ferdinand and
isabella. Again. queen Elizabeth, hav-
l.L no heir of her OWI. llst1l.tifn,u Ltl
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The passengers learned that the
American army had overtaken some ~
Villas Ill fed. starving abandoned
horses and had mcrcifully shot them on
tho advance. The Americans discovered
IN the first day OF the march a number
~ dead villtetas, killed BY American
cavalry during the retreat from Colum.
aus. according to returning couriers.
Gen. Gavira announced in Juarez to-
night when he ave the information re-
garding the Whereabouts OF Villa and
the American troops that this was the
last word to the American press. He
asserted that he has been made ridicu-
lous In the eyes of his people and called
~ traitor by many as a result Of things
put into his mouth by certain American
papers and that TO avoid such things In
the future he would refuse to receive
American correspondents.
IL Ia believed that he merely gave this
~ an excuse and that he is putting on
a. censorship at the request Of American
military officials,
Gavira. it IA limited. fears assassina.
ton at the hands ~ his own troops ~ he
~ further quoted as showing too kindly
g feeling toward the American people.
and particularly the American troops on
the MeXiciE SOIL.
Many Wild stories were in circulation
Tonight regarding the fate Of American
troops in Mexico II they penetrate much
further. One report heard In arms
circles was that several thousand Car
rama troops. ex-Villistas. are waiting in
a valley west OF Casas Grandes and
north of San Buena Venture ready TO
attack the American forces.
mother report said that the Car
RAMA garrison at Cananea. home Of the
s'ananea Copper Company. an American
concern. is ready To revolt against Car
rama II burn the town ana smel,ers
and destroy the mines the minute they
hear the Americans have crossed the
line into Mexico. when an American,
who arrived here to-day. left Cananea
on Wednesday the troops there had no,
heard OF an invasion. but they were say
ing what they would do IL i. occurred.
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had been heard from the cavalry and
artillery Of the column taken into
Mexico south VI Hachita by Col. q. A.
Dodd. The Eleventh Cavalry was
among the regiments that left Column
bus to-day for the front"
IL was generally credited in Column
bus to-day. The passengers said. that
Col. IL. j. Slocum. Thirteenth Cavalry.
who was In command In Columbus the
siight villa raided the town, has offered
a cash reward Of $4,000 for the cap
ture Of villa, dead or alive by Mexi-
cans or Americans. Col. Slocum is n
nephew Of Mrs. Russell SAGE. Mrs.
Slocum returned to-day to Columbus.
after spending a week in FL Paso fol-
lowing the raid on the place.
Passengers said as many troops are
now in Columbus as before the departure
Of the pershing expedition. and that
thess. are expected to follow him south
rapidly. Cavalry. artillery and avia-
ton corps men are at work at Column
bus drilling n preparing for active
duty.
Work is in progress on the erection of
a big temporary hospital and other
frame buildings to serve the base a. a
store house. headquarters. machine
shops. &c.
Seven aeroplanes are sale to he oper-
sting now with ~Pershing's forces. The
sviators are observing the country in
the foothills around Ascension.
The aviators have accurate maps and
Information as to the various routes
villa must take to reach his haunts in
tho mountains OF chihuahua and 60
nora. 1t IS presumed that they are
aided by wireless apparatus by which
they may communicate their Informal
ton at once to the forces in the field.
The aeroplane scouts are not pro-
Sided with any Weapons Of offence.
They have revolvers and rifles for use
IN case they should be forced to descend
and are attacked.
The body OF Lieut.. f. NJ Zc,i. Eiev-
enth Cavalry. who ended hLs life at
yesterday. was shipped from
there to-day. through FL raso, TO Bal
t'more. his home.