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PERSHINo MO!E FURTHER SOUTh\ LEADS GREATEST PART OF FORCES DEYOND CASES GRANDES. REACHES VILLA TERRITORY Details of Pursuit Are Withheld But All Reports indicate That Bandit is Not Very Far Ahead. San Antonio. Texas. - General l'ersh iug led the greatest part of his force beyond Cases (randes and personally began the direction of operations that it is hoped at heatdquarters would ter initate in tIhe apture of Francisco Villa. acol-ding to arly headcnuiers lite. All ithe evidence secured indi eated that Villa was not muany miles aw'ay but whother he intended to con tinue his flight or stop and tight still rontainted unknown to the Americans. G'eneral Funston withhehl all infor niation as Io the details for the active pursuit of Villa. Two troops of the Twelfth Cavalry at rired at Columbus and 'have been se-nt forward to patrol this line along which detachments of infantry also have been stationed. From Columbus to Cases Grandes supplies will be moved by automobile trucks and wag. Ons. ar~d. If permission is secured, that nins of transpottation will be supplemented by shipments over the MCIican Northwestern Railway from FEl Paso. The negotiations looking to the uses of the railroad as far south as Casas Grandes had not been tremi nated. according to General Funston who pointed out what great assistance the permission to make shipments bv rail would be. General Pershing's wireless equip. ment was operated to better advant. age. Trouble in coniniunicating bv that means had been experienced blt messages are now arriving at general headquarters with less delay and great. er frequency. None of General Funston's infor nr.tlon indicated the exact where abouts of Villa but there was a dis Position at his headquarters to regard as perhaps true the reports coming from official Mexican sources that he had reached BRabicora in the district of Guerrero, near his boyhood home. CONGRESS MAY END EARLY. Administration Leaders Hopeful of Speed Action on Measures. Washington.-Evidence of co-opera tion between President Wilson and adjournment at the capitol is seen by administration officials jr, the action of# the senate and house in advancing pre paredness legislation ahead of others bills and practically removing the Eu ropean and Mexican questions from the fiel of debate through votes sup. 'perting the president. Although some congressional lead ers, notably Speaker Clark, say Con gross will be in session until Fall, ad mninistration officials predict confident. ly that adjournment would conme late in June or early in July. A great legIslative program still awaits action. It includes the army and navy bills, a tariff commissioni bIll, the Philippine bill, rut-al credit legislation, several appropriationi and revenue bills, shippIng legislation. rev enue measures and the Iimmigratio~n bill. Comparatively little loss of time is looked for, however, over any of those measures except the shipping and revenue b)ills. One Killed in Southern Wreck. Greensboro. -Southern Passenger train No. 43 wias wrecked at James town, 10 miles south of this city, a fewv minutes before 8 o'clock, Oneo woman was dead at mIdnight andl other pas sengers of the train were reported in serIous conditIon. A list of 13 persons who were of the worst hurt was avail able early. Others loss Injured were numerous. The'passenger was crush ed by derailed freight cara of regular freIght train 74 whIch was speeding northward on a parallel tracik The Daqieonger was pulling away from the station, hardly having gained motion, The dead: Mrs. M. 8. Hiatt of High Point, wife of a rural mail carrier, The list of injured followa: Miss' Mary Green, Thomasville; Frank Norris, Spencer; Louis Payne and small daughter, of High Point:; SCarolina Biggers, Thomaaville; J. A. son, of Spencer; Louis Norris, of Spen. cer; T. H., Cornell, Oak 111l1, Va. Charlie -Mae Criddlebaughi, of 1ligli Wpl2nt; 9arland Chapel, Ilighr Point; SA. ?d. Ketter, of Charlotte, Russians Start Offensive, Leondon.-Withr the slackening of the ~ghting aroptnd Verdun, the Russians have started a Lig ofrensive movement Against the Germans on the 19astern ~'front .-A raid by. German seaplanes Ion the east coast of Englanid and by Frenoh airmen on Mets anld other Gler man towns, tlie sinking of a French torpedo-boat 'by a submarine in the r{aic and tite reported torpedoing dtfpt AustrSi hospital ship by an ~A ente. -iw wboat are recorded tie~fcial ommnidta. 1BRIG. GEN. JOHN J. PEWING Bridagled General Pershing who is now in Mexico leading in the hunt for Villa and Bandits. CROSS BORDER fOR VILLA GENERAL PERSHING BEGINS PUR SUIT OF VILLA ON MEXICAN SOIL. General Bertaini's Men Eager to En gage With U. S. Troops-Exact? Whereabouts of Villa Unknown. Many Watch Soldiers Cross Border Line to Begin Hunt. Sall Antonio. Texas.---Brigadier en ertal Pershing wit'h more than 4.000 troops began the pursuit in Mexico of Francisco Villa, whose raid across the border last week caused Presidett Wil son and his cabinet to decide to use the United States army to run him down. (leneral Pershing's report that he and his command had crossed the in ternational boundary line just south of Columbus. N. M.. have reached Maj. Gen. Frederick Funston. in charge here of general operations. Reports of the progress in the country where search has been begun will be made by Gen. Pershing to Gen. Funston. but it is not anticipated that these will be frequent or deal with any but the more impor tant developments. How far into Mexico the column had reached was not known here, nor did General Funston appear greatly con cerned. General Pershing's course for the next two days is known at head Quarters and not until after several days are sharp developments expected. Col. George J. Dodd. heading a smaller column that entered Mexico some distance west of Columbus. also is moving in a southerly direction and these two forces should be within touch of each other soon. By that time it is expected an infantry sup-. port will hold the lines of communica tion along which motortrucks for the transportation of ammunition and sup plies will ,be operated. The censorship imposed by General Punston was relaxed but efforts still were made to keep secret'the details of the plan of camp~aign. the exact number of men engager'! and their ac tual locations. General Pershing's report of his en trance into Mexico served to dispel to a great extent tears In some quarters that resistance would be of fered by troops of the de facto govern ment. Colonel Blertaini, the command cer of the Carranza garrison at Palo mas, on the south side of the dividing line, promptly joined General Pershing. Ills force was only some 400 meni. but they were repor-tedl to have displayed willingness and eveni eagerness to join in the chase. As a body the Mexican troops wIll remain under their own commandler, hut a number of them are being employed as scouts by General Po'rshin1g. General Pershing has gone into Mexico with ordlers to overtake and wiipe out Villa and his organizationi. Unless orders to the contrary are re ceivedl from those higher in authori ty thant General Funston, the cami lpaign that wias begun will continue tmtil Villa is captuired or killed. No limits have been placed on the fild of operations. After the campaign is well under way, it was poInted out, circumlstanecns may cause restrictions, but juat now the troops are prepared to go anywhere to carry out the presi (dent's orders. There are now available in this do partment for operations in Mexico more than 20.000 troop~s and plans for recruitinig the companies to full strength are expected to increase the number quickly. Cavalry posts have been relieved by infantry in most cases in order to fturnish a more me bile force for the pursuit of Villa, al though in the expedItion that wvent in today there is a consider'able force of artillery which can be reinforced at alny time by several mocre batteries now held on the American side within easy distancen of the border. Bandst affiliated wvith Villa in' the north have not Indicated tht ir inten tions, but br'isk activity con th elir part will not surpriiso American army of. ficera. It Is antIcipated that in chas ing Villa these bands will have to be met from time to time And enlgagod. NothIng in the day's reports indi euated that the dlefectionl of the small Carransa garr-ison at Ojinaga hadh beenl rollowed by other Mexican government troops and .action of Col. Dortaini's trocops in johinng the Americall cxpedi. tion;Atapported beliof that most of Qa . sa#va tcirees would elttf him i ~ ti160 091d11 'CONGRS FAVORS RILITARY BILl MEYER LONDON, SOCIALIST PRON NEW YORK ONLY OPPONENT TO THE DILL. POLICY MET NO OBJECTION Some Think Bill Does Not Go Far Enough, But Generally There Is No Opposition. Washington.-Natonal dleise leg islation overshadowed every other leg islative issue in both houses of Con. gress. The fact standing out most Mharply from a whole day of deba(e and discussion was that only one voice had been raised against military pre. palredness as a national policy; that of Moyer, London of New York, the only Socialist member of congress. The house completed more than halt of its set schedule of 10 hours general debate on the army increase bill. 'More than two score members ex pressed their views. The great ma jority favored the committee bill, which is the most sweeping military ilmeasure ever considered in the coun try in peace times. Many amend ments to be offered were announced, however, which will delay voting on the bill. In the senate. Chairman Chamber laIin announced that he would seek to have the military committee's perfect ed army bill taken up tit once. The water-power bill must be displaced to permit this. President Wilson's ap peal for haste on preparediless meas ures. it was thought would induce the power bill advocates to yield their place without a struggle. The failure of any organized oppo sition to the purposes of the army bill to show itself on the house floor led Representative llay, chairman of the house committee, to abandon the night session provide( for under the special rule which gives the bill right of way. The amendments cannot be taken up until the 10-hour general debate is end ed. After that the flve-ininute speech rule will apply, so it was regarded as useless to hold night sessions. MEXICO GENERALLY QUIET. Some Disorder Along Border at Tam pico and Torreon. Washington.--The main American expeditonary force fin Mexico had en countered none of Villa's outlaws, ac cording to reports received by the War Department in field wirelss ies sages relayed by telegraph from a point along the international border. Officials took this to mean that Villa and his bandits were fleeing be fore the American advance and doubt edI that they would attempt to make a stand. Army officers thought the campaign would develop quickly into a guerrilla warfare, if any opposition at all was encountered. The War De partment had no confirmation of bor der reports that snipers had fired on the American troops. In the senate a concurrent resolu tion by Senator LaFollette declaring that congress approved the use of the army to pursue Villa and giving fur ther assurances that thue sovereignty of Mexico was not to be encroached upon by the punitive expedition was unanimously adopted wvithout debate. Reports to the State and War De partments indicated that condlitions generally in the intorior- of Mexico were fairly quiet. General Funiston reported in 0one dispatch that there was some excitement at various points along the frontier. Amerleans Reach Cases Grandes. 101 Paso. Tex.--One of the American columns in Mexico was definitely lo cated on the outskir-ts of the Casses Grandes region between the towns of Jainos and Ascenclon in a statement issued by General Gav-ira. Carranba commander at Juarez. Simultaneously came the fir-st indication of activity on the part of Villaista forces and of their intention to resist the American expeditions, ini news received that Villa's followers had burned a railway bridge on the Northwestern~ Railroad of Mexico between Summit and San Pedr-o. Chihuahua. Soldier Made Good Shot. Columbus, N. M.----lt was learned that the shot which killed Colonel L~ope, Villa's first chief, during the raid, was fired by an American trooper a'. 1,200) yard(s. Lopez fell at the first shuot. Much of the other shooting was at distances of 600 and 800 yardls. InvestIgate SInkIng of Turbantla. WVashilngton.---Amican(~j1 consuils in I lollanid havo been instructed to In vesfligibe tho sinkig of tho Dutch lline-rTuhanitia with Americans aboard. salid to have boon torpedoed. Storm lnterferoe WIth DIaz Plane. ilrownsv-ille. Tox.--The schooner La 1 P~rovideninii port of origin unknown undl with a Mexican crew, is agroumd )iid Is being lashed by the high seas< aff the Mexican coast south of the mouth of the Rio Grandoe RIver, ae- 1 Tording to a report to the local UnIted states euatonms house here. It was re iorted that the veuael carried 800 f 'ifieo, and a quantity of ahfmunitlon mid~hat four members of the crew had a >eonl arrested by Mexicant sodlers anid 11 gore being brought to I'atatote,.op. i1 i0#hto hora - c MRS. HU L$ ZXA Mrs. Hugh L. Scott Is the wife of the Chief of Staff of the United States Army. ADD 20,000 MEN TO ARMY CONGRESS AUTHORIZES RECRUIT ING MOBILE ARMY TO ITS FULL STRENGTH. Official Dispatches Indicate That Car ranza is Determined to Capture Villa and Bandits. Washington .-While there were in dications In official dispatches from Mexico that the do facto government was making a supreme effort to cap ture Villa and his bandits with its own forces, there was no sign that General F'unston's orders to proceed on the same errand had been modified in any way. Word that American troops had crossed the border was still lacking the war department itself not having been advised as to when the movement would begin. Congress took active notice of the border situation for the first time. The house passed a joint resolution authorizing the recruiting of the mo. bile regular army to full strength. This means the addition of approxi. mately 20,000 fighting men to the in. fantry, cavalry and field artillery. The step was suggested by the army general staff. Ever since the patrol of the border began the army has been greatly handicapped by the skeleton organization of ,regimentis, companies, troops and batteries. The force that occupied Vera Cruz had similar difficulties, some of the com panies there being less than 40 men strong. Secretary Baker conferred with Sen. ator Chamberlain and Representative Hay, chairman of the congressional military committees. The resolutions was Introduced by Representative Hay immediately upon his return to the capitol. Its consideration was expe dited by unanimous consent and its passage followed with only Representa tive London, Socialist, voting against it. The state department has forwarded by cable, telegraph, radio and mail full statements of all that has trans pired since the raid upon Columbus and of the attitude of the United States government and its reciprocal agreement with the Carranza govern ment to consuls and state department agents throughout the Southern Re public. It is expected these officials will correct immediately and author itatively any misstatements or mis apprehensions In their districts. Excitement at Torreon Subsides. Torreon, Mexico. - Excitement of Mexicans over entry of American, troops into Mexico had subsided con siderably. Forty Americans left here for the United States and their train was reported safely past Ilipolito, which put it beyond the district where bandit attacks had been feared. Crossing Witnessed by Hundreds. El Paso, Texas.--American troops were on Mexican soil 60 miles west of [ere, the vanguard of an expedition Kathered in less than a week, but one :>f the most powerful forces assembled by this country since the Spanish American War. They were out on the d[entical hills where one week ago Pancho Villa led 1,200 of his bandits ;tealthily up to the American border. o make an early morning rush upon he sleeping American city of Colum ins, N. M., and murdered 17 Amern anls. eight of them soldiers, and one I woman. The elements of the armament of his force. its numbers and the diree ion or direstions In which its various 'olumns headed after they passed the titer national line wvas a secret hell >y the military consorship. The more important fact that the mericans had gone into Mexico tai, w-as an event witnessed by hun reds of spectators who crowded into 'olhims. They saw the troops move ff toward the boundary line, until lthen the men crossed they were tiny, ut distinct brown lines in the dis anice in the clear western lar. As ho troops passed farther into the low 't ravel hills, clouds of white dust hid he men and their further movements I S effectually as the Censorship. B~e- E lnd the troops who mnoved- forward. I ew- regimenta rapid)? -Alle4 the -va- e atet CMinne InD sm a '~'~ '~L F.SECRECI SURoDN rRPS EVEN WASHINGTON DOES NOT 'KNOW WHEREABOUTS OF PERSHING'S MEN. TROOPS MOVE SOUTHWARD Villa Is Far in South and it Will Re. quire Several Days For U. S. Sol diers to Reach Territory. Wiashington.-An impenetrable wall of secrecy surrounded the movements of Amerienn troops beyond the Mexi cin border. So far as official Wash ington was advised the coluins vir tulily might have vanished into thin air when they crossed the interna tivnal boundary in pursuit of Villu. E.ven the conimadder-in-chief, Preai dlit Wilson, did not know where Gen eral Pershing's men wore. Secretary Daker received virtually no reports from General Funston deal. ing with events beyond the border. lie said he did not know whether the troops had proceeded southward fromx their first bivouac on Mexican soil. Not a single dispatch from the border was made public during the day except one reporting the death of Lieutenant Zell, Ileventh Cavalry, at the Colum bus hospital where he took his own life in a ;it of despondency. Army officials were convinced that 1)0 Important developments were to be expected for several days yet. It seemed plain from the day's accu mlulation of rumors that Villa was far to the south of his American pur suers. The War Department would not divulge any details of the num ber of troops across the border or of the regiments sent. Press advices, however, showed that infantry accom panied the cavalry and artillery out of Columbus in the main column. That means slow progress across the desert. It will take days, it is said, to cover the distance to Galena, the last town where Villa was reported unofficially to have been seen. American consuls in Mexico so far have been able to give little aid to the troops, although all are on the watch for information that might in dicate the bandit's movements. Con sular advices continued to report gen erally quiet conditions. Officials dis played some concern over the situa tion in the Tampico district, hbwever, where there are signs of unrest. The battleship Kentucky was ordered back to Vera Cruz from New Orleans, Sec retary Daniels explaining that navy vessels now on the Mexican coast did not have radio equipment powerful enough to insure uninterrupted com munication with WVashington. GERMANS BEATEN BACK. French Repulse infantry Attack at Le Mort Homme. London.--Repulse at the hands of the French again has been the net re suit of a German infantry attack laune suIt of a German infantry attack launched with huge effectiveness after a heavy bombardment against French position at Le0 Mort H-omme. north west of Verdun. The Germans, w-ho attacked in serried masses, were dIvy en eastward toward the Bois des Cor' beaux, where the French guns inflicted heavy casualties on them. The attack at Le Mom: Hlommie con sttuted the only infantry maneuver along the entire French front, but from Belgium to the Vosges. the artillery on both sides has bee)) activ-e at nunm erous points. Around Douamount and the village of Vaux the big guns are Operating with redoubled violence, while south ward in the Woevere the artillery duel ward in the Woevre. the artillery duels in the Meuse hills continue. Left Mexico In Box Cars. Laredo, Tex.-Traveling the entires distance in box cars. C. A. Williams. United States consul, and 45 other Americans arrived here from Torreon. Mexico. Their departure, they said, was not caused by any overt acts on the part of Mexicans or failures on the part of de facto government of. ficlals to offer protection. Vote to Retain Sugar Tariff. Washington.--With 13 Democrats Ind the one Socialist member oppos ing, the house by a vote of 346 to 14 passed the administration bill to retain the present tariff of one cent a pound n shgar instead of permitting the free ylause of the Underwood..nmons ta '1ff act to go into effect May 1. The ueasure now goes to the senate. Do ate on the measure aroused little en husiasm until late in the day when Miajority Leader Kitchin took the floor e close the argument. Dutch Steamer Lost in North Sea. London.-The Iolland Lloyd pas enger steamer Tubantia sank off the ~cordlhinder Lightship as the result if striking a mine or an attack by a ubmnarine. All the passengers, among rhomi are said to have been) sevoral tmlericans, and the members of the0 rew, are believed to have been res aed. The steamer carried between I) and 90 passengers and a crew of 6'0. She was a vessel of 15,003 tons. 'he first flashen frotu the liner said he had been torpedoed and was sink. ' mE. A - .....i ERUNA protects the fanl againist ,coughs, cold catarrh brorchitis, catarrh of the stomiin liver and kidneys. It is jun a sure to relieve a case of cathtrrh of the bowels as it is a case of cai:nvrik of the head. Anyone suffering from a severe or mild, acute or chronic, il any organ 6r part of the huImax body, should at once get a botde o f PERUNA. As soon as the value of p A. a is fully appreciated in every, house. hold, both as a preventive :trte a relief from catarrhal affetions tens of thousands of. lives will b saved and hundreds of thousands of chronic lingering cases will be prevented. PEAUNA, indeed, is a household safeguard.. A course of PERUNA never fails to brin relief in such cases, since there is no remedy like it, as thousands of people have testified. reruna, Tablets are now avalsa lei In corvenoent tins. aEasy to takee Two Deluded Souls. Bix-I wonder if Doctor Cook really thought he discovered the North pole? Dix-Possibly I We all make mis, takes., Why, when I marrie(I my wife I thought I had discovered paradise. MOTHERI LOOK AT CHILD'S TONGUE If cross, feverish, constipated, give "California Syrup of Figs." A laxative today saves a sick child tomorrow. Children simply will not take the time from play to empty their bowels, which become clogged up with waste, liver gets sluggish; stomach sour. Look at the tongue, mother! If coat ed, or your child is listless, cross, fev erish, breath bad, restless, doesn't eat heartily, full of cold or has sore throat or any other children's ailment, give a teaspoonful of "California, Syrup of Figs," then don't worry, because it is perfectly harmless, and in a few hours all this constipation poison, sodr bile and fermenting waste will gently move out of the bowels, and you have a well, playful child again. A thor ough "inside cleansing" is ofttimes all that is necessary. It should be the first treatment given in any sickness. Beware of counterfeit fig syrups. Ask at the store for a 60-cent bottle of "California Syrup of Figs," which has full-directions for babies, children of all ages and for grown-ups plainly printed on the bottle. Adv. - Probably./ Wife--I don't know what makes Aliss Crankleighi so positive about everything. Hub-Probably her sex, my dear. THICK GLOSSY HAIR FREE FROMIANDRUFF Girls! Beautify Your Hairi Make it Soft, Fluffy and Luxuriant-Try the Moist Cloth. Try as you will, after an application of Danderine, you cannot find a single trace of dandruff or falling hair and your scalp will not itch, but what will please you most, will be after a few weekg' use, when you see new hair, line and downy at first--yes-but real ly new hair-growing all over the scalp. A little Danderine immediately dou bles the beauty of your hair. No differ ence how dull, faded, brittle and scraggy, just moisten a cloth with Danderine and carefully draw it through your hair, taking one small strand at a time. The effect is im mediate and amazing--your hair will be light, fluffy and wavy, and have an appearance of abundance; an incom parable luster, softness and luxuri ance, the beauty and shimmer of true hair health. Get a 25 cent bottle of Knowlton's Danderine from any store and prove that your hair is as pretty and soft as any-that it has been neglected or Injured by careless treatment--t4hat's all. Adv. Cruel Comment. "Mr. Smithers says he would die for "lHe can't. He's too bald." HOW WONDERFULLY RESINOL SOOTHES ITCHING SKINS! If you have eczema, ringworm or >ther itching, burning, sleep-destroy ng skin-eruption, try Rosinol Oint nent and Rlesinol Soap and see how luickly the itching stops and the trou >le disappears. Reuinol Ointment is leo an excellent household remedy or dandruff, sores, burns, wounds, hafihngs and for a score of othor uses rhere a soothing, healing application needed. Rlesinol conitains nothing of a harsh r injurious nature and- ean be used -eely even on the most Irritated sur ice. Every druggist sells Rlesinol intmient and Resinol Soap-Ad,. The death rate in the United States r 1914 was 18.6 a 1.000, te lowest