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PERSHING'S TROOPS ARE WITHDRAWING FINAL CHAPTER IN THE OCCUPA. AION OF MEXICO BEING WRITTEN. BAKER ISSUES STATEMENT Border Militia Questiob and Sending of Fletcher to Mexico Ca'pital Now Hold interest.--Villa and Carranza Are Pusy. Washington.-The final act in the entrance into Mexico of 12,000 Amer ican. soldiers as a result of the Villa massacre of 17 Americans at Colum bus, N. M., on March 9, 1916, was writ. ten with official announcement by the War Department that General Persh ing had been ordered, and actually had started to bring his troops back to the United States, Secretary Baker issued the follow ing announcement: "General Pershing has been ordered to bring his troops cut of Mexico. The movement is to be an immediate one, and probably is already under way. Later advices to the department said that the troops already had begun the evacuation of Colonia Dublan, 110 miles from the border, where they had been concentrating during the past few weeks. The last American soldier is expected to recross the bor der in about a week." No official information is at hand as to whether Villa or Carranza troops will occupy the territory left. vacant by the Americans, but the belief is strong here that the bandit, who is credited with, at least, 8,000 well-arm ed men who is now, at least, four times as strong as when the American troops went across the border, will make a desperate effort to take the territory, particularly for its moral effect. The two other phases of the Mexican problem on which interest centers now, are the disposition of the more than 50,000 militia still on the border, and the sending of Ambassa dor Fletcher to his post at lexico City. Officials say no (decision has been rcached in either of theset (111e tions, but that both are depen(lent on the turn of events in Mexico. SENATORS WORK OVERTIME TO CLEAN UP MUCH WORK. Less Than Thirty Days to Solve Con Jested Legislation. Washington.-With less than :0 w-arking days remaining in the life Of th't Sixty-Fourth Congress, the Demo erktic Steering Commit tee of tle Senl ate decided to hold. daily ,eislons of the Senate from 11 o'clock in the motgling until 10 o'clock at night, be ginrjng Thursday. February 1. Overtime axertions were (leternined upon as the first move in an effort to solve the congested legislation situna tion, the decision being to drive away as hard and fast as possible on es. sential appropriations and the revenue bill, and to undertake the big general Administration measu-es one by one as time permits. Whether any of the Administration bills over which there is so much dispute couldl bo passed, none of the Democratic leaders would predict. The general understanding is that the railroad labor hills wiul he c-onsid eredl as soon as the India a1lpropria. tion) bill is out of the way. p~rovidled the Interstate Commerce Committee d!oes not ultimately decidle to await action on this matter is he I louse. In vIew of the fact that lIepresentative Admason is preparing to rush a sel) irate bill on the subject tlhrough the House, the Senate c-omnittee may decide to wait. In that case, the cor. ri1pt proctice bill or the mineral land leasing measure may be given a try out. BIG BRITISH CRUISER MINED OR TORPEDOED. li ndnn.-T-lhe litishb auxiliary cruis er Laur-entic of 14,802 tons gross, has been sunk lby a submarine os as a re sult of striking a mine, accordling to an official statement issued by the British Admiralty. Twelve off icers and 109 men were saved. PITTSBURGH SUFFERS LOSS OF MILLIONS IN BIG BLAZE. Pittsburgh, P'a.--Fir-e which swept through a section of the retail busi ness district here destroyed the Frank and Sedar Department Store, the Grand Opera House, the Hilton Cloth ing Company and a dozen or more smaller buildings with a loss estimated att from $2,000,000 to $3,000,000. Four firemen were seriously hurt and a (loz. en or more so badly injured that they were removed to hospital. Frozen hydrants handicapped the firemen. ENGLISH HAVE EXTENDED DAfNGER' ZONE IN NORTH SEA, Washington.--Warnihg of a consid-. erable extension of the North Sea zone designated as "dangerous to shipping" was received at the State Department from the American Em bassy at Londoni. At the State De. partment it was said that what signifi cance the enilarging of the British mine field may have waW not known, but in other quarters it was'pointed out that henew extension formed a cordon of fnins around the German coast. RIYERS HARBORS BILPASSES HOUSE CARRIES AN APPROPRIATION OF $38,000,000, OF WHICH $10,000,. 000 IS NEW WORK. PARTY LINES NOT DRAWN President Wilson's Approval Express ed as to Existing Projects Concern ed.--Vote Was 221 to 131.-Bill Now Goes to Senate. WashIngton.-The annual rivers and harbors appropriation bill, carry ii g $38,000,000, including more than $10,000,000 for new projects was passed by the House by a vote of 221 to 131. It now goes to the Senate. The -louse increased the appropria tion for Norfolk harbor from $270, 000 to $360,000 and retained as a con tinuing project $1,425,000 for deepen ing the channels leading to the harbor at Tampa, Fla., to 27 feet, $300,000 of the amount being made available in this bill. The President, although opposing the proposed public buildings bill now awaiting action in the Senate, has ex pressed his approval of tile river and harbors measure in So far as appro priat!ons for existing projects is con cerned. The louse st rticc out a provision to create a commission of Cabinet officers and members of the Senate and 1louse committees to investigate river and harbor improvements, drain ag ', reclamation, irrigation and flood control problems, with a view to rec omnmending to Congress next Decen ber plans for co-ordinating all sich activities. This plan, favored by tile President, was eliminated onl a point of order after a lively parliamentary light, but another Ilood control bill is pending in Ihe louse. The vote by which the bill passed was not along party lines. PUBLISHING BUSINESS IS IN HAZARDOUS POSITION DUE TO COST OF PAPER. Declare Publishers, Who Say Remedy Must Be Found at Once. Chicago. -- Newspaper publishers and iiews print paper ianufacturers at a conference here voted to appoint committees to meet immedliately after delivery to Congress this week of the Federal Trade Conimission's report oil tle print paper situation to see if knowledge gained fron tile report points tile way to an adjustment of the paper problem. tblishers, representing the Amer Ian Newspaper Publishers' Associa tion, agreed that the present high price of paper has placed the news paper publishing business in a posi tion so hazardous and menacing that a remedy must be found without de. lay. On the other hand, representa tives of the Print Paper Manufac turers' Association asserted thast the increased cost of production justified piresent prices. Many of tile publishers i vored an agreement by3 both sides to abidie by anly price the Federal Trade Commis sionl may net. This would have to be a genltlemnen's agreement, as the comn mlission 11as power only to inevsti mission has power- only to investi gate. Those active in the meeting includ edi for the publishers Frank P. Gilass, of Birmingham, chlairmian of tile print paper committee of thle Pulblisheirs' Asociation; F0. B. Stahilman, Nashl yulle, and Victor- Lawsonl, of Chiceago. Prominen t manufacturer's present were P. T. Dodge. president of the Initernational Paper Company; Alex anderci Smith, maniaginlg dlirector of the Abitibi (Canada) Paper Comn pany, and 3. A. Bothwell and F. A. Sabbattan, Canadian manufacturers. COMMITTEE APPROVES FEDERAL RESERVE ACT. Washington.--An amendment to the Federal reserve act, proposed by tho reserve board to make Immediately ef fective the provision requiring all re serves of member banks to be kept in Federal reserve banks, wvas aiproved by tile House Blanking and Currency Committee. MODERN ATTIRE OF WOMEN IS DECRIED BY SCEY Wiilington, N. C.---The North Caro lina WVomnen's Missionary Society of the Methodist Churchl in session hlere adloptedl resolutionis decrying the im modest atAire of the model-I womnav, the low standard of moving pictuire shows, enforc-ement of lawas reguilat ing sale of habit-forming drugs, urged enforcemuent of laws abolishing liquor tra ffic, urged dIiscouragemenat of thie use of coco-cola and favored a single standar clef morality. MEXICAN TROOPERS IN 1-lGHT WITH COWBOYS. Tuscon. Ariz.--According to tele 11ho10ne avices from Arivaca, Ariz., about 14 miles south of here, fIghting has been in progress all day at a place called Stonehouse between Mexico troopers and American cow boys. Whoa tile cowboys attempted to drive their cattle from the boundary line, the Mexicans opened fire and re ports said the Americans retreatell and were reinforced by a part of troop B. Utah Cavalry, whit retuned~ fire NEW ~ BAM VAE1RTOP AW. OJA FEDERICO, EIGHTY MILES NORTH OF COLONIA DUBLAN IN CHIHUAHUA. Column Will Enlarge at Columbus, -De Facto Troops Occupy Evucat ed Territory.-El Valle is Perman ently Abandoned'as Outpost. 101 Paso, Texas.-Ojo Federico, 80 miles north of ColonIa Dublan, Chi huahua, will be the temporary field headquarters of the American puni tive expedition during the withdrawal operations. After retirement of the American troops, Major General Pershing and his staff will proeeed to the border at Columbus, N. M., in the rear of the expeditionary column. General Pershing has perfected his plans for moving the headquarters equipment to Ojo Federico at once and it was considered probable that lie had already sent advance detach ments there to establish the head quarters camp. El Valle (San Buena Ventura) has permanently abandoned as an outpost of the American expedition at dawn when the Fifth United States Cavalry, which had been acting as a rear guard for this preliminary withdrawal move ment started northward. Juarez, Mexico.-'lwo thousand de facto troops reached Jimenez, Chihua hua, early in the (lay from Torreon, en route to Chihualuaa City to police western Chihuahua after the evacua tion of the American punitive expedi tion, an official message from Jimenez stated. These troops were sent north following the receipt of orders from General Obregon, Minister of War. PROVISION TO FORBID STRIKES STRICKEN OUT BY SENATE. Committee Again Defeats Effort to Incorporate Suggestion By PresIdent, WVashington.--For the second time since it hogan conisidleration of rail road legislation to supplement the Adamson law, the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee declined to ap pr-ove a provision suggestedl by Pres idlent Wilson forbidding a strike or lockout pending investigation of a labor controversy. The vote was ten to five, with three D~emocrats, Senator-s Underwod, Smith. of South Carolina, and Thomp son, voting with the Republicans ini the negative. On the first vote 10 days ago, the committee turned down this provis ion seven to three. A further effort may lbe made to win the committee's approval, and if this is unisuccessful, a fight will be madle for the provision, on the floor or the Senate. Chairman Ne'wlandls said1 the com nuittee was still at work on an inves tigat ion 1)i11 with this feature elimi nated. and was ( onfid ent that approval would be given a measure that wvould prevent obst ructions to interstate (ommner-ce withlout actually forbidding a strike. Thelu act ion of thle committee cnme short ly after representatives of the I four railroad brotherhoods informed P'r sident Wilson thait they desiredl to ' suggest channges to the bills now pend. r ing. The President askedl that the( suggest ions lie sublm Itted in writing, I antd promiised toi give them ('arefuil I (Onislderat ion. The brothierhoodl lead. a ers declined to make public their pr-o. ai piosauls at thIiis time, bitt it is iunder-~ I stood t hey follow the lines indiantoed n in hearings before the House Coin ' mittee and1( providle for a permanent F investigating commission composed I i partly of employers and employes, 0 without any strike prohibiting feature, a FORTIFICATIONS BILL FAVORABLY REPORTED. WVashiington.-The House fortifica tions committee reported favorably a $1,000,000 bill Providing for a compre- r hensive scheme of defense for New e York harbor, eight 1ti-inch mortars for f C~ape Henry, two 16-inch guns for the 11 Puget Sound, $4,800,000 for an elabor- 1 ate aero set vice for coast defense, anda 180,000 toi' anti-aircraft guns. 1Dm- I placements are provided also 'for I eiteean 1 eh in rane gun.' . :IM? VIELL 1 . AL- O IAP PEN T . -ava &ons' 0* fee" neaenid / 11 (M 0A.el VILLA -ZAPATA ALLIANCI REVOLUTIONARY LEADERS FORIV COMBINATION TO DOWN GEN ERAL CARRANZA. 1ecause Carranza Refused to Sigr Protocol He Has Been Left B) Rebel Leaders.-Withdrawal of U S. Troops Excite Situation. Washington. - Troop movement preliminary to withdrawal of the Am erican expedition from Mexico ar being carried out at the southern ex tromity of the American line unde War Department orders, and as door an they are complete, the main bod of the expedition probably will star north. For the first timie offidials admitted that the withdrawal . of outpostF from El Valle and other points abou Colonia Dublan had more than a lo cal significance, and was being car ried out on orders from Washington They made no announcement as te the probable time when the genera northern movement would begin, an( would not even admit that withdrawa of Pershing's troops after 10 months in Mexico was at hand. Officials ate interested. but apparently little !on corned over growing evidences that a determined struggle for possession of the territory evacuated by Pershing may be in progress soon between Car ranza troops and revolutionists. Villa and Zapata. Official dispatches said that Villa and Zapata, the two most conspicu ous revolutionary leaders, had allied themnselve: for operations against the de facto armies, and that 8,000 men had been concentrated near Chihua hua for a Villa campaign in the north Sinco Carranza declined to accept the Atlantic City protbcol, officials here have indicated that such problems as the one developing about Chihuahua not only would be left to the first chief for settlement, but that he would be hefd responsible by the United States Government for their settlement in such a way as to protect American interests. GREAT BRITAIN ELECTRIFIED BY PRESIDENT WILSON'S SPEECH Press Gives HIs Utterances an Un friendly Reception. London.-President Wilson's ad dress to the United States Senate has furnishied the British Government and public with a surprise as electrifying na his mediatory note to the bellig. erents. With the exception or Thue Manchester Guardian and The Daily News, which are the only papers. in Gireat Britain tlat can be classifled as pacificatory !n policy, the press gives he Presi'lent's utterances an umn ~riendlly reception and engages in much speculation over tho meanings 'hich it is considered, maly be con ~ealed behind certain passages. Public men interviewvd began with ourteous tributes to the President's uodl intentions andi onded b~y support nig Great Britain's measures. it is already foreshadowed by mom ers of the Commons that a discussion vil be insisted upon when Parlia lent re-assembles, and speeches from Ilemb~ers of the present and the late 'abinet are expected. Possible action y the American Congress on com liting the Nation to membership in n internaitic nal league for peace is waited with great interest. Both aivid Lloyd-George in his historic aiden speech as Prime Minister and 'iscount Grey, while Minister for oreign Affairs, stated strongly that embership in such a league without bligations to force its decrees -by rms would be useless. RITISH AND GERMAN BOATS, CLASH IN NORTH SEA. Two small naval engagements have eon fought in the North Sea be ween British light cruisers and tor edo-boat destroyers and German de troyers, the first time the naval orces of the two belligerent powers ave met in combat since last Octo per. Unofficial advices from Holland ay that from two to seven German hips were sunk and others badly lamiaged, and that one' of the -tatter vas towed into Yniuideli. l.ANSING PROTESTS TO MEXICAN CHIEF SOMMUNICATION REGARDS CER TAIN PROVISIONS PROPOSED IN NEW CONSTITUTION. RELATING TO FOREIGNERS Objects Because Chief Executive May Expel Anyone Without Recourse to Appeal.-Not in Accord With Other Nations. Mexico City.--Secretary of State Lansing has sent to General Carranza, through Charles B. Parker, American t Charge d'Affairs here, a communica- t tion in regard to certain provisions t which it had been proposed to include in the new Mexican constitution. The E communication calls attention to ar- 1 ticles vesting the Executive with pow- e er to expropriate property without n judicial recourse, and also the article providing that civil commercial com- e panies canno't own properties of a ] greater area than is necessary to ac- c complish the purpose for which they p are formed, and placing the power to determine what area is necessary in the hands of the Executive. The communication says that if the t latter provision were made retroac- r tive, it might be confiscatory as no e provision is made for compensation. 1 Attention in called to the article pro- C viding that there be no exemption from taxa.on. If this were given a retroactive effect, says Secretary Lan sing's communication, it would impair |contracts of many foreign corporations E now operating under agreements pro - viding periods of exemption by the - federal or strAe governmenta. - Regarding article 33, dealing with d the expulsion of obnoxious foreigners, c) objection is made because the pro posed article permits the executive to sl expel anyone, without recourse to ap- (I peal, whose presence is deemed ind- 0o visable by him. The letter states that this is not in accord with the usual practice of nations that cause be clearly. shown. cl FIGHTING UNABATED IN er MARSHES NORTH OF RIGA. With Germans Having the Advantage -Cold Weather Halts Operations In Rumania. The big hattle between the Germans and Russians over the frozen Tirul ti marsh, southwest of Riga, continues Jt unabated. Further progress for the (i Germans along both sides of the Aa w River is reported by Berlin, which l< claims an advance over a ront of about six miles and the capture of Russian fort positions together with 14 officers and 1,714 men and 13 ma- b< chine guns. Petrograd admits the southeast of the river, the Russians have had to yt fall back a third of a mile, but says the attacks by the Germans on the marsh we.e repulsed. Aside from this battle, the fighting in the various other theaters con- dla tinues to be carried out mainly by the artiller-y and small reconnoitering and raiding parties. In Rumania, the Y, extermely cold weather has virtually lei put an end to the operations for the' moment. Lively fighting has taken place on the famous Dead Man 1Hill, in the Ver- i dun region of France, but no details pe of it have been madec public. Recip- fr< rocal artillery duels, which have reachedl considerable proportions at hi several points, are being fought from the Swiss frontier to the North Sea. The British Treasury, under the de fense of the Realm act, will shortly a requisition such foreign securitiesu pc held in (ireat Britain, as may h~e re qiui-ed to strengthen the country's tn financial position. n INDIANA LOWER HOUSE PASSES PROHIBITION BILL. lndianapolis, Ind-By a vote of 70 Aa to 28, the lower- branch of the State Legislature passed a bill prohibiting the sale, manufacture, distribution orha adlvertiseiT-ent of liquor in th6 state ~ after January 1, 1918. The bill now goes to the senate. Fifty-two Repub- g licans and 18 Democrats opposed it. PERSHING'S BAGGAGE 'REACHES COLUMBUS.J El Paso, Tex-Part of the field headquarters equipment and baggage reached Columbus, N. M., from Colonia s Dublan together with quatities of sup plies and munitions, passengers from there said. Arrangements continue to p be made in Columbus for receiving the a expeditionary troops. After a brief rest there it was said the plan wasd to move the troops to El Paso, Doug las and other border points where cantonments will be pr'ovided. a GIANT SUPERDREADNAUGHT a MISSISSIPPI IS LAUNCHED. C Newport News, Va-The great red coated hull of tha.t suterdreadnaught Mississippi was moored to a pier at ,C4 the plant of the Newport News Ship- q building & Drydock Co., where hun dreds of workmen began the work of preparing her to take .first rank in the Nation's sea forces, The battleship, the third American man-'o-war to bear her name, was launched here before - distinguished company. IS CHILD CROSS, FEVERISH, SICK Look, Mother! If tongue is coated, give "California Syrup of Figs." 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We all seek happiness so eagerly limt iII the pllrsiuit we oftenl lose that >yous sense of exisence, ani those 1L et ai tily pleasiures, the viliuie of hieh our pride alone prevents us from :knowledging.-Sir Arthur Ielps. Shutting Him Off. Newpop- lhave a three-year-old .y that is untisuiaty smart. Nagshy-Yes, so I have been tol(. Newpop (flaitlered)-Ah, who told am? Niigsby-Youm did(-a muomnent ago. Still on the Job. Hlyker--My wife's mother has been 'ig for. the last five years. I'yteir-And she isn't dlead yet?-9-. Ilyker-No, s-le's v-ery muclh alive. - mn secc, when her- hunsband cr-oaked he rt her his dy,ehious-e. Translation. "What on earth d1i lhat fellow mneana ben hie said. he wats a per-egrinating destr iian, ('ast igatinig his itinerary oma the classic Athens (if Amner'i a" "He meiat lhe was a tramiiip heaitinog s way from Bost on." its Lead. "I see flhat your' wiomana recporter has "'I guess t hiit Is hie'giau~'sie shilts 0o inuc-ih powder- on her' nose for Not an Occasion for Praise. Tn doing what we ought we dieserv'e >pr-aise, because it is our duty.-St. ugustine. You can't always judIge the dinner , the price. efore starting the youngsters school give them a piping ot cup of nstant Postum chool teachers, doctors and+ >Od experts agree on two oints--that the child needs hot drink, and that the rink shouldn't be coffee. ostum fills the need admir bly and its very extensive use '+ mon~g thoughtful parents, rupled with the child's fond ess for this flavory, nourish ag food-drink, show how amnpletely it meets the re- - Izrement, "There's a Reason" e to change in price, quality, or aiza e ~akae