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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-11
200 MEXICANS CROSS
BORDER, KILL RANCHER.

Bisbcc. ARR. March 10.
An American ranchcr
was killed tonight, when a
band of approximately 700
Mexican bandits crossed the
border southeast of Osborne
Junction. Ariz., according TO
reports reaching here to-
night.
Many head OF livestock
were killed or driven of by
the bandits, it was stated.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-11
"Villa Dead or AhDe," Wilson's Order to Army;
Troops Mass on Border; Ready for Dash To-Day
CARRANZA REGRETS u. S. INVASION.

Douglas. Arz March lo-According 10 information from
reliable received here tonight General Caanza re-
follows telegram TO him by General T. tras
Gales Military Sonora asking the First Chet OF
the de cto Mexican government for expression OF opinion
on the act Wilson in ordering punitive eXped
tor Mexico 0 capture Villa:
very sorry that conditions such that the ented
States deems il of which have ad
me
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-11
Colony of Americans
at CaSas GrandeS i'm
Grave Danger.
1900 CARRANZA
MEN ON WATCH
Advices to Columbus AS
sert Trap Is Being
Set for Villa.

Columbus. y. ". March 10
Francisco Villa. with the Mexican
bandit army whose raid on Columbus
was beaten of by the 18th United
States Cavalry with severe losses
last Thursday. is now reported by
various American scouts TO be mov-
ing rapidly westward toward the
Cases Grandes River. with the Oh
iect Of massscreing the colony oi
500 American Mormons at Casa
Graudes, Chihuahua.
Villa is believed mere to have let'
the Mormons unmolested on his
northward expedition to allay sus-
picionS as to his plans.
Small hope is felt that General
Bertani will be able TO bring help 70
the Mormons, as the cavalry force oi
800 he commands is stationed at Pa
lcmas. 100 miles distant over a
broken. roadless country. Ten train;,
containing 1000 men, left Chi
huahua City this afternoon to act L
railway patrols and train guards,
General Gavira said.
American military authorities are
impatient for orders to cross the bor-
der and assail the bandit leader be
fore he has time to retreat further
INTO the interior of Chihuahua. Win
plenty of cavalrymen available 20
night. Colonel Slocum and his officers
were convinced an order to cross tn,
line now would mean a quick disposi-
tion of Villa.
In response TO the urgent request
Of Colonel II. J. Slocum, late to-day,
three companies of the lst Battali1n
Of the 20th Infantry we're ordered +"
Columbus from Victoria. y. H..
thirty-two miles west. The batttl-
ION only arrived in Victoria from Ei
Paso at dawn to-day under command
Of Major William Sample. One COM
pany remains AT Victoria.
Carranza Troops on Scene.
Twelve hundred Carranza troops, Hy-
ing black and white flag TO distin-
euish them so that American soldiers
would not mistake them for bandits.
reached Palomas. six miles south Of
the border from Columbus, late to-day.
II is believed to be their intention 70
assist the American troops in the pur-
suit Of Villa.
The disposition Of the troops Of the
Carranzs government in the states ol
Chihuahua and Sonora within the last
twenty-four hours indicates that con-
certed effort had been started 10 corner
Villa in Northwest Chihuahua.
General Gales. at Aqua Prieta. said
he had disposed his forces along The
railroad from Nsco@all ~ buAi" WV
mountain passes through which villa
and his forces might be expected 10
pass westward into Sonora.
Trap Closing on Bandits.
General Gales, with 200 mounted
men. moved eastward from Aqua Prieta
aiming TO secure that side OF the trap
which is being laid 70 capture the out
lawed chieftain to the east. Two dc
tachmen,s Of mounted men from the
forces OF General Gabriel Gavirla at
Juarez are reported moving IN con-
junction with Calles's troops TO com
plete the eastern side OF the me-. The
forces % General Gutierrez. of Chihus-
hua. we're guarding against south
Continurd on page ,. column
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-11
vauI Assaults Costly.

An attack shich was prepared
.gsin,, the village Of Vaux was stopped
by or artillery and could not be car
led out.
q; is confirmed that the infantry
actions the Germans directed yesterday
against the village Of Vaux and against
our trenches at the foot Of the ridge
cn which Fort Vsux is situated cost
hem hosvy saerifces.
IN the Woevre the encmy's BON
,ardment. which wss cnergeticslly re
Diisl 10 by our batteries. has been IN
tense On Dur. Ei1, Moulslnyille' VII
lsrs-Sogs-Bonchamp and Bonzee.
Further mystery is added 70 the
igh,ing about the Vaux fort BY Ber-
M admission of ~ recapture By the
freneh. Paris has never admitted
'iihef ~ loss or that Of the yillsge.
ne Berlin statement says:
The French delivered strong coun-
i'r s,,seks against our new front east
shn sDtio % the Village OF Fspz ana
r 'hs nsighborhood - the fort. The
ffftnct succeeded IN again obtaining a
~ footing IN the srroored fort ITSELF.
vMFr1iss their attacks we're repulsed
fiih heavy iossss.
Dn he western bank % the Meusc.
D''ng no clearing - CorbeauI wood
.hq enemy treDches ~ Befhincourt. ne
'si = oficsrg, g>l mon and cannon.
>, Ablsin Wood and fhe ridge Ncst o.
yys~lmont we're faken from the enemy
s,ff stubborn hRhfing. ~ the WDc"rc
'"'n - sisO pushed forward our line
'"niin1sa on nag. ., s0lomD
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-11
War Staff Gives Funston
Free Hand to Take Villa
Secretary Baker Confcrs with President on Plans Tor
Pursuit-Nay Spread Dragnet Over Northern
Mexico to Capture Bandit

and went over the situation. Little de-
tailed information as 70 the immediate
situation on the Mexican side OF the
border is available here. Such matters
are under the jurisdiction OF General
Funston. VINO has his own intelligence
officer. The committee quickly reached
the conclusion, it is understood. that
Funston must be left unhampered 70
work out the problem of pursuing The
bandit with whatever force he thinks
necessary. and at the same time 20
secure American border towns and
ranches against repetitions OF the Co
iumbus raid.
The committee also assembled facts
and figures in relation 10 a possible de-
csion 20 sweep the whole of Northern
Mexico with a military dragnet 70 catch
tho bandits. Such A plan. 1t was said,
while certain 20 end the disturbed CON
ditions along the border, would involve
the use Of troops by the tens Of thou
sands instead OF regiments. Figures as
20 tho force the committee thought
necessary for operations Of this char
acter were not revealed. lmmedi ate p
after they were submitted 20 Secretary
Baker the latter arranged his confer
encc with President Wilson and lald
the whole situation before the comman-
der-in-chief.
Villa Difficult Quarry.
Some appreciation Of the problem
confron. ng General Funston may be
Gathered from the information y pos
session IF War and State Depsi 'men.
o.iicials - 10 conditions across the
border General Funston teleg-aphcI
q conservative estimate OF Villas
forces to-day az 1000 men. Other re-
rorts indicate he has 5000. villa i5
understood. however, 10 be short of
arms and ammunition which may PROV,
on important factor in the struggle TO
come
Whether Villa will concentrate his
followers or continue 20 eyade pursuit
in scattered bands can only be guessed.
Department officials realize. however,
that the field OF operations may IN
ciude territory approximately 400
niles long and as many wide. In any
cf these 10000 square miles villa
might operate with certain knoWl
edge OF ,very trail and wsterholc
Villa always has shown preference
through his years Of outlawry for the
mountains that parallel the BOUNDARY
line Of the states Of Chihuahus AMI
Sonora when forced to retreat. There
is reason 20 believe that he g now
Continued on page :, column
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-11
War Stan Begins WORK.

Whatever additional troops may be
needed will be ordered promptly TO the
border. Officials of the department and
Secretary Baker himself worked far
into the night on details Of possible
troop movements, supplies and the like
The Secrctary's call at the White
House followed busy day at the War
Department. The machinery OF the Cen
cral STAFF was SET in motion immedi-
atcly after President Wilson's decision
to hunt down the raiders was announced
at the close Of the Cabinet meeting
The War Plans Committee assembled
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-11
Paris Admits ReCapt'
IRE of BOiS des Cor
beaux in Battle.
TROOPS HURLED
IN VAIN CHARGE
French Repulse Two AS
sauIts on DOuaumOnt
and VauX.

London. March Violent Ger
man assaults along the whole Nerdun
front have been i'm progress during
the day, but. with one exception,
Paris declares that all have been
failures. In the CorbeauX wood.
west Of the Meuse. the French state
ment admits that the Germans have
recaptured. at heavy cost. the posi-
tions they lost there on March s.
West of Douaumont and at NauX,
Paris saws. attacks were repulsed.
Berlin. on the other hand. asserts
that the Ablain wood and the ridge
west Of Douaumont were captured
and that in the Woevre the German
lines have been pushed forward
southeast Of Damloup. The town OF
yaux the Germans still claim to
mold. although they admit the re-
CAPTURE Of the fort by the French.
4 supplementary statement issued
at the Paris War Office brands the
German claims as deliberate false
hoods. At the hour when Berlin was
claiming the capture of NauX 1t as
serts that no attack had even been
launched against the fort. II also
declares that the Germans have re-
peatedly made false statements 10
cover the failure Of their operations
against Nerdun.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-11
Thompson Urges That
1t Direct All Tran
sit Construction.
FORGERY HINTED
IN BONUS CASES
Whitney Admits |. R. 7.
Put One Over" When 1t
Gave ShOntS S125,000.

Within the next two weeks the
Thompson committee will submit pre-
liminary report to the Legislature rec
ommending that the supervision OF the
building OF transit facilities be taken
from the Public Service Commission
and lodged with the city authorities.
Whether bill incorporating this idea
is submitted AZ the same time has not
vet been determined A public meet
ing to which all interested IN transi,
matters in this city are invited will be
held Friday in the Aldermanic Cham
Der. CITY Hall.
Senator Thompson announced the
committees intentions after an cxecu-
tive session yesterday afternoon. lie
said that he hoped Mayor Mitchoi
would attend the public meeting. and
if he did he would hear him first Re
plies from those who intend to appear.
he said. should be filed with the com
mittee not later than Thursday noon.
"The city" said Senator Thompson,
has been engaged in transit conStruc-
ton for some time. All this work. done
with the city's money. is under the
supervision Of the Public Service Com
mission. = body appointed Dy the Gov
ernor and over which the city has no
control. This situation the city
apending its millions and yet having
no voice in the supervision Of the work
this money is spent on is a condition
that is wrong in theory and in prac-
tice"
The Senator then outlined the three
methods the committee had under con
sideration for altering this SITUATION
One was 10 give complete control to
The Board Of Estimate. This, he OK
plaincd. would practically result IN CIV
ing every voter voice in the super
vision Of the transit work.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-11
Germans Grow Desperate.

Increasing desperation OF the at
tack is seen in Paris tonight HE'D
a, bav for eighteen days before
merely the outer defences OF tne
fortress. the Germans are now huri-
ing great masses Of troops on THESE
barriers. .,
eNotuith,tandinr losses out o' al"
proportion 20 their objective, says 'ne
Paris statement tonight, "the Germans
ror their las, attack used at least one
division and in the course Of the ngn'-
,ny ,bev we're able to OCCUPY again
p,r, Of the Bois dcs Corbeaux. "hich
We rad retslen from them on March o.
Several attacks we're repulscd sue.
esS,ivcly BIZ our artillery, infantry anu
ni.raileuse FIRE. which did consider
able execution in the oncmy's ranks
The same violence characterized tne
s,ssvl,s on the ridge west Of the VII
age Of Douaumont and the village OF
y.ux IN both cases the French artli-
lery did such terrific execution that 'he
sovsneinr column literally "i'nefeo
under its FIRE
10 the east OF the Meuse'' says
Psri.. "the enemy twice attacked our
'renches % the west Of the village o.
Dousumont. Brought TO stop by our
m,,rauieuse and our curtain fires the
,nemy VA, not able 20 reach our Inc
a, ans point.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-11
WEATHER

FAIR and colder to day and to-
morrow; moderate north
west to north winds.
Fs'i Report o. Poge iS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-11
GUARANTEE

Your Money Back
II You Want II.
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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-03-24
THE PRESIDENT FOR PEACE.

In an address to delegation Of Seandinavians Pres
dent Wilson said:
anything the United
When the American government ceases to stand for
these things will be false to its IDEALS and ecrean to
what have always liked to think of the nation
mission The American people do not desire if it
be honoraby avoided Nor do they believe that the adj
mnstraton has, its successful efforts to keep the
try out Of sacrificed the national honor The great
need Of the world at the present time not but
peace, and peace based on "real understandings and
friendships and fair dealings" No man. surely, can
quarrel with that program The only question is to
whether it be carried out. Our people are, be-
eve prepared to 90 far in the effort to realize it, We
have hotheads it is true but they do not reflect pub
lie opinion.
That opinion is reflected in the words spoken by the
president There is nothing them to indicate any will
ngness his part to surrender American rights Nor is
there any ignoring of the dangers that still threaten 1t
IS much that have for year and half been free from
the scOurge Of might not have been had other
counses prevailed That much to the good Under
other leadership might easily have been by this time
up to necks in slaughter and bloodshed What the
future has in store for knows But do know
that the president will do everything in his power to keep
far from us, everything that IS short of comproms
ing American rights honor. He is for peace and per-
mahent peaceif it can be had We may not be able to-
command it but strive for it, try to think in
terms Of peace and refuse any counenance to those who
trying to make trouble-of whom fortunately there
not many
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-03-24
NEGRO PROGRESS.

A few days before he died Booker T. Washington
wrote to the editor Of the Forum magazine suggesting the
printing of article dealing with s'the definite indis
putabe facts relating to the negros progress
He ncosed what he called rough outline of such
ticle, which, of course was never completed What he
wrote is presented in its unfinished state in the current
issue Of the magazine.
First he presented striking figures to show negro
progress toward teracy On emerging from slavery, he
wrote, the negro not than per cent terate
The of 1910 shows that the negro had reduced his
teracy from 50 per cent to 304 Contrasting the per-
centage of teracy among negroes with that of other
people, Mr. Washington wrote that IF the negro had
done good than lead Greece and Italy in the mat
ter of teracy his showing would have been profoundly
significant His figures show the comparative percent
age of teracy follows: Negroes 304; Bulgaria 655;
Greece So; Hungary 400; Italy, 49,; Poland 593;
Portugal 734 Russia, 10; Serbia 1885, Spain, ST.; Chile
1919; Cuba 568; Mexico, 1853; Porto Rico, 1876; India
925; Philippine islands, 500, Cape of Good Hope, $685.
Egypt, 927
Figures not available for all of the negros wealth.
but the bureau gave the value of the negros farm
property alone 142 100000 $1620 for each negro
of the wealth of nations Mr. Washington said that with
the exception of Argentina whose money wealth $135
per capita the negros per capita wealth is than
twice that Of any nation earth. Negroes he wrote
operated 893370 farms in 1910 having acreage Of 49,
2795l0 and the value of these farms increased 1884 per
cent during the period Of 190O-1910 alone.
AS against estimated value of about 100000 of
the $50 negro churches owned in 1863 lie set the value Of
$5663659 Of buildings alone of the 36421 churches and
halls owned IN 1906 This he held indicated not only
economic progress but continuing and increasing de-
Yoon t. religious life Starting in 1868 with about 1000
business enterprises the negro has developed n
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-03-24
Letters From the People
Boise as Dry Territory.

Evening Capital News-About three
months have elapsed since Boise went
t1iry and the police department of thia
city started out to enforce the liquor
Flaw. and ! desire to say that at this
time the situation here is far better
and more promising than ] anticipated
It would be in view Of all the facts in
the case and as from the time OF it's
inception this city had until Jan. 4,
last, been wet territory In other
words. considering the size Of Boise
and other matters bearing upon the
case, there has been a remarkably
small number of Bookkeeping cases and
cases of drunkenness here to date, ana
| 1t has not been necessary to make
wholesale raids" on business houses
or private homes in our efforts to put
a stop to traffic in intoxicating liquors
In fact what might be termed a tyaid''
| has never been made here since the
! city went dry, the agitators to the cbn-
trary notwithstanding. nor has a single
] private home in Boise been entered or
molested in any way. Several public
rooming and lodging houses, stores and
restaurants have been quietly inspect
! ed and searched for liquors, but no
i grandstand plays have ever been pulled
of by the police department in con-
nection with the enforcement OF the
prohibition statute. The said depart
] mart has invariably endeavored to
conduct a quiet. sane campaign
against bootlegging and drunkenness
i here and nothing OF the sensational has
ever been attempted in any case at
any time. Under past administrations
for years, it is understood, police Of
hcers went through public places at
will. but 1t seems that their conduct
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-03-24

fifty years 43 600 business concerns with an annual
volume off business Of about 81 O000O0OO0 Fifty
banks operated by coored people with capitaza-
ton Of $1600000 and annual business of about $780,
100000 Among indications of progress in the standard
of living Mr. Washington cited the increase in the south
states alone Of the percentage Of homes owned free
from ncumbrance from 20 per cent in 1900 to 224 per
cent in 1910 Another indication of the rising standard
of living cited is the recent widespread legislation pre-
vent negroes from buying property in desirable localities
Progress in health is indicated in death rate Of $50 per
cent in ten years III registration embracing 1877
per cent of the negro population Mr. Washington also
quoted figures to show increased percentage Of
negroes entering skilled industries. In general he
gued that when it considered that the progress made
in the last fifty years by the American negro had been
largely in the face Of obstacles it great progres
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-03-24
was not objected to by the DIRECTORS.

was not objected to by the objectors
There have only been 10 cases fled
for having intoxicated liquors and IA
for drunkenness in Boise since the first
OF the year, certainly very creditable
record when the size of the city is TAX
en- into account, and Boise should feel
proud OF the showing made, a showing
which clearly proves that our people
generally are law abiding citizens.
Conditions here are not much like con
ditions reported from a number OF
other cities In the intermountain re
gion l might mention, not as large as
Boise, where the liquor law has been
more or less ignored and where many
times as many cases as have been filed
here have been picked up by their
peace officers. Yet the agitators in
this neck Of the woods shout from the
house tops that the people of Boise are
suffering under intolerable conditions
and are subject, to- wholesale indignf-
ties Notwithstanding their claim to
the contrary, in not one case where a
search warrant has been used by the
police department Of this city has it
ever been necessary to break a lock.
door, trunk, grip or box In looking for
liquors, nor has anyone been intimidat-
ed or abused in the remotest degree. IN
only one case was there any appre-
ciahle resistance or failure to respond
to the request of the officers to open d
door or anything else in making a
search. In that ease Chinaman had
locked himself in a room containing
several gallons of liquor and was adj
vised that officers were at the door o.
the place with warrant and desired
admission. He refused or failed to
open the door after having been told
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-03-24
Dhkey:s Joke

DIcKEY looked sleepy-there could be
no doubt Of that. And he certainly
did not approve OF folks coming into
his room when he was ready to go to
sleep.
He peeked out from behind the
bars OF his pretty little brass cage
and blinked sleepily at the intruders,
as much as to say. Cant you let a
canary sleep when night comes2
I've been singing my best all day;
! think you might keep still and let
me go to sleep now"
But nobody paid the slightest at
tention to his protest.
The children started playing a
game in the corner: one of the girls
played on the piano and all the 9TH
ers talked at once.
mo hope" sighed Dicl1ey, and he
pulled his foot out from his feathers
reluctantly and set 1t beside the
other foot on his perch. eff l have
to wake up, might as well stand
comfortably"
But dear me! He was sleepy And
though lie blinked HIS eyes and tried
his best to make them stay open, he
epulun mhhS nAMnSl want " W
awake
so stupid OF them! So very
atupid!" he sighed miserably. This
house is full of roems, that are dark
in the evening. Why can't they put
me in one OF those? Then / could
sleep in peace and they could make
all the silly noise they wished with
out disturbing me-
And then he thought of something.
why not sing so loud that they
would have to take him away?
Just the thingi
So he set to work TO wake himself
up. He took two or three bites OF
seed; he hoped around in his cage
10 stir up his enthusiasm and then he
began to sing.
And how he did singi
He stood quietly on his middle
perch and Just let that song come
out OF his throat! The children over
in their corner stopped playing-be-
cause they couldn't hear what each
other said anyway. The girl at the