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WORLD'S EVENTS IN SHORT BEST OF THE NEWS BOILED DOW N TO LIMIT. ARRANGED FORBUSY PEOPLE Notes Covering Most Important Hap penings of the World Compiled in Briefest and Most Succinct Form for Quick Consumption. European War News The French official statement, is sued, at Paris, announces that the French succeeded in driving the Ger mans from the greater part of the Cor beaux wood. The report admits, how ever, that tho Germans have reoccu pied the Hardamount redoubt. The capture of 58 French officers and 3,277 men and 10 cannon were reported at Berlin. The Russians found only 16 Ar menians alive in Erzerum out of the usual Armenian population of 40,000, according to information received 1 Petrograd The German fleet, composed of at least fifty big war cVait, which was re ported out in the North sea, returned to its base at Kiel, says Reuter's Ymuiden correspondent. Russian troops have captured the town of Riza (Riah) on the Black sea, 35 miles east of Trebizond, ac cording to an official report from Petrograd. The Russians also have occupied the town of Senna Twenty German dreadnaughts have left Kiel, ^according to information re ceived at Rome, Italy. The Australian cruisers Australia and Sydney, with Japanese cruisers Chitoso and Tokiwa, are hunting the Pacific for a German commerce raider, according to reports from Honolulu, Hawaii. The capture by the Russians of the Persian city of Cola, 27 miles west of Kermanshah, is announced in an offi cial statement issued by the Petrograd war office, Italian aeroplanes made a raid on the city of Laibacu and 800 Austrian soldiers were killed or wbunded in barracks. The raid was made Feb ruary 19. The Russians, under cover of the fire of their fleet, at last have been able to make a landing on the Black sea coast east of Trebizond, captur ing the towns of Athia and iMaprava, says a dispatch to London. Domestic The senate of the Kentucky legisla ture passed the woman suffrage bill, 15 to 8. Nine dead, eleven probably fatally burned and a score injured was the toll of an explosion and fire at the jail in El Paso, Tex. The name of one American is included in the list of dead. A flash of flames burst from tanks in which prisoners, including many Mexicans, were being given dis infecting baths. William H. Orpet, University of Wis consin student, was indicted for the murder of Marian Frances Lambert, the Lako'Forest hijih school girl whose body was found in Helm's woods. IiiGictments were returned by the Mahoning county grand jury at Youngstown, O, against the Yotfhgs town Sheet and Tube company, the Republic Steel company, the Brier Hill Steel company, he Youngs.town Steel company, the Carnegie Steel company, the United States Steel com pany fend E. H. Gary. The defendants are charged with havnv formed a trust to fix the wages of common la bor in violation of the laws of Ohio. Congressman John A M. Adair, Democrat, of Portland, and James P. Goodrich, Republican of Winchester, were selected in the Indiana state wide preferential primary to run for governor next fall Opponents of Goodrich and Adair conceded their nomination. Goodrich's majority is 18,628. Adair's race was an easy one. apparently. The contest for the Re publican nomination for United States senator is undecided. Elbert H. Gary, chairman of the board of directors of the United States Steel corporation, said a new tube plant, to cost $25,000,000, is to be erected at Gary. Ind. The WOIA will start as sooa as the details can be prepared. Fire following several explosions, virtually destroyed the plant of the Niagara Electro-Chemical company at Niagara Falls, N. Y., causing the death of one workman, the injury of several others and property loss estimated at $200,000. Senator Martine, Democrat, of New Jersey, announced at Washington his determination not to be a candidate for delegate at large to the Democrat ic national convention because of his decision to be a candidate for the sen ate. Wage increases that may annvaliy approximate $8,000,000 or more in fcho soft coal fields of western Petuisyl vania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois were agreed upon by the subcommittee of bituminous operators and miners lor those states who are in New York ne gotiating a new contract to go into ef fect April 1. Four soldiers of the Fourteenth United States infantry were burned to death in the fire that destroyed the barracks at Fort Osborn, /laska. Local option won over prohibition in Vermont by a margin of 14,366 votes. The state voted for direct pri mary elections by a majority of 3,700. At Tcrre Haute, Ind., there was a shooting affray on primary day in which Ad Rogers was probably fatally wounded and Sylvester and Seymour Jordan were arrested, charged with the snooting. Nine more victims of a disinfection bath explosion, which burned forty four prisoners in the jail at El Paso, Tex., are dead. These deaths bring the list of fatalities up to eighteen A school girl was killed and her teacher, Miss Sarah Hillingworth, was seriously injured when a tornado struck a schoolhouse six miles east of Danville, Ind. Seven members of the family of Dan Okane, a farmer, were found mur dered in their home near Lavvton, Okla. Rev. Henry Jajeski, pastor of St. Casimir's Polish Catholic church at St Paul, Minn., was shot and instantly killed by a woman, said to be Mrs. Amlela Dudek, wife of a laborer of Minneapolis and said to have ten children. Police Surgeon Dohm said she is insane. A $100,000 endowment with /hic to pension aged Methodist ministers was startec" at the southwest Kansas con ference of Meth&dist ministers held at W'chita, Kan Personal Maud Allan, famous dancer, enter tained and admired by kings and em perors, is in a most critical condition in the German hospital at New York following an operation for appendicitis. There is little hope of her recovery. Washington The commission on car shortage of the American Railway association at Washington notified eastern railroads that it would impose penalties upon such of tham as continued to disre gard the commission's suggestions foi delivering box cars to western roads to ameliorate the present car short age in the West The German government expresses a willingness to operate its submarines in accordance with international law prevailing prior to the war, provided Great Britain dees not violate the same laws. Count von Bernstorff, on instructions from his government, handed to Secretary Lansing at Wash ington a long memorandum explaining in detail the German position in re gard to armed merchant ships The house of representatives at Washington declared itself opposed to interference at this time with the pol icy pursued by President Wilson in the submarine controversy w.th Ger many. By a vote oi 276 to 142 the house tabled the McLemore lesolu tion requiring the president tr warn Americans tr shun armed merchant- Without a dissenting voice the sen ate at Washington confirmed tho ap pointment of Newton Diehl Baker, former mayor of Cleveland, to be sec retard of war. Henry Morgenthau. United States ambassador to Turkey, is about to ten der his resignation to President Wil son, according to a report current in official circles at Washington. Most of the seventeen leading food articles in the United States are slight ly cheaper than a year ago, according to the department of labor at Wash ington. The street car stiikers at Washing ton agreed to return to work at once and take up adjustment of their griev ances with the local rat companies while the systems are be"ing operated. Newton Baker, former mavor of Cleveland, has been selected by Presi dent Wilfon as secretary of war to succeed Lindley M. Garrison, it was announced at Washington. Mr. Taker was a follower of Mayor Tom Johnson of Cleveland. He was subsequently elected mayor himself. Mr. Baker was a Wilson supporter in the Democratic convention at Baltimore Mr Baker is forty-four years old and was born at Martinsburg, W Va. The American consulate at Trebi zond, the greajt Turkish Black sea port was wrecked by shells when Russian warships bombarded the city on March 1, according to a cablegram received at the state department at Washing ton. The senate at Washington after four weeks of detate passed the Shields bill to provide for development ot water power in navigable waters hy private capital. The vote was 46 to 22. Conservation champions failed to amend the measure. BANDITS NUMBERING FROM 500 TO 1,000 ATTACK COLUMBUS, SET FIRE TO BUILDINGS AND SHOOT AMERICANS. "DEATH TO AMERICANS" IS MEXICAN BATTLE CRY Outlaws Are Under Personal Com mand of Francisco VillaAre Told Killing of "Gringoes" is Just Losses May Be Hundred Two Ranchmen Hanged. El Paso, Texas, March 11.Francis- co Villa is reported to have been bad ly wounded in a running fight with United States troops following the raid on Columbus, New Mexico. The engagement in which the northern leader is reported to have been wound ed, occurred on Mexican soil. Columbus, N M., March 10.A band of Mexican bandits, numbering from r0 to 1,000, supposedly under the personal command ot Fruncisco Villa, raided United States teiritory early Thursday. They attacked Columbus, killed nine American civilians who ex posed themselves, and six U. S. troop eis, and set fire to several buildings. For nearly two houis fighling contin ued in the streets. Colonel H. J. Slo cum speedily brought the Thirteenth cavalry into action and shortly after 6 o'clock drove the raiders across the border 50 to 100 Villistas Killed. Fifty to one hundred Villistas were killed in the invasion, according to the report of Colonel Slocum. He stated that there were 500 mounted Villista troops in the attacking party and that the entire action lasted trom 4"30 a. m. to 6:45. Eight hundred Mexican bandits passed Mimbies, N. M., the first sta tion west of Columbus, N. M., and were headed west toward Hachita, N. M according to a message received at Douglas, Ariz., from the dispatcher of the El Paso and Southwestern rail road at Mimbres. Villa in Command. Information that Francisco Villa and his chief lieutenant, Pablo Lopez, were in personal command of the raid was given Colonel Slocum by a Mexican rancher captured by the ban dits, and who escaped during the fight ing. This Mexican told of the hang ing of the American ranchers McKin ney, Corbett and O'Neil. He added that a fourth American whose name he did not know had been hanged at the same time. The Mexican said Villa attacked with from 800 to 1,000 men and a machine gun platoon. Watchword "Death to Gringoes." The Mexican fugitive said that Vil la addressed his men just before or dering advance on Columbus. Ac cording to the Mexican's account, Vil la declared the watchword would be "Death to Ameiicans," and added that the killing of Americans was just, be cause citizens of the United States were iespon3ill for the wretched condition ot Mexico. "The United States interds to swal low Mexico." Villa shouted, said the fugitive "Let us do what we can to make stick in throats." Execute Two Ranchmen. Arthur McKinney, foreman of the Palomas ranch, William Corbett and James O'Neil, captured by Villa, were hanged and their bodies burned, ac cording to information received. The hanging occurred uhen the bandits raided the cattle herd ot the Bosques Grandes ranch. Deploying his men in open order, ""Villa sent them up deep ditch run ning up from the border and parallel ing the road skiitmg the United States army camp, the custom*, house and the raiiroad station. The fi^ht began here. The families of A Riggs, custom3 officer, and that of L. Jager, station agent of the El Pat-o & South western railroad, were in the midst of It, but -io member of either was hurt. Cut Telegraph VV.res. Lieutenant Casteman, ofi'cer of the day, turned out all the men remaining In the camp. Shrieking battle yells, the Mexicans in overwhelming num bers rushed savagelv into the town north of the railroad tracks. A couri er was sent to Major Lmdsley at Gib bons ranch, 15 miles east, to bring up the troopers posted there. The first \oiley of rifles awoke the towns people Villa is said to have been seen by several Americans, urging on his men. Ho cut the telegraph wires east to El Paso to prevent any call for American troops stationed there. The tele phones also 'went out of commission. Says U. S. Machine Guns Failed. El Paso, Tex., March 10.Failure of the machine guns to work at the crucial time, when most needed at the beginning of the fight between the Villa bandits and the Thirteenth cav alry at Columbus is the cause attribut ed for the escape of the Villa forces across the border and also for the rel atively small loss of life among them, according to Private Thomas Barton of the hospital corps who. with Pri vate E. M. Johnsou, brought five wounded and one officer to El Paso. Vf-fO, tflj** THE TOMAHAWK, WHITE EARTH, MINN. VILL A RAIDS AMERICA N TOWN KILL S CIVILIANS GEN. FREDERICK FUNST0N General Funston is in command of the United States troops stationed along the Mexican border. "JAPAN AND GERMANY TQ AIO" VILLA TELLS FOLLOWERS POW- ERS WILL HELP HIM. Amrican Woman, Held Prisoner For Week, Relates Killing of Ameri can Ranchmen. El Paso, March 11. Mrs Maud Hawk Wright, an American woman who said she was held captive by Villa for nine days and was liberated in the midst of the fighting, declared that Villa announced March 1 his in tention to attack Columbus and pro ceeded north under forced marches to carry out his purpose. Villa Rules by Fear. His men, with scant supplies of wa ter and food, suffered severely, she said, and many dropped from their horses on the march to the Boca Grande. Villa, she declared, ruled them by fear, and his officers, with the flats of their swords, beat the soldiers into animation, sufficient to reach that point where they rested and prepared for the raid. Tuesday, Mrs. Wright related, Villa bandits attacked employes of the Pal omas Cattle company, engaged in rounding up cattle, killing four Ameri cans. Attack Is Planned. "From the first, I knew Villa intend ed to attack Columbus," Mrs. Wright continued. It was freely discussed by the men and officers. They told me that Villahis rage growing as he neared the boundaryhad declared he would 'make torches of every woman and child, as well as every man in Columbus.' He intended, they said, to 'lay low the whole of the United States and would be helped by Japan and Germany.' Two Believed Killed. Mrs. Wright said her husband, Ed ward John Wright, formerly of Hous ton, Texas, and Frank Halden, a youth employed at the La Booker sawmill, were taken from the Wright ranch March 1 and presumably killed. When: she was taken prisoner and forced to ride away with a detachment of Villa's men under Colonel Nicholas Ser vantes, she said a bandit ordered her to give her baby to a Mexican family. MANY AMERICANS KILLED IN MEXICO IN FEW YEARS Washington, March 11. Just how many Americans have been killed in Mexico in the last thres years cannot be stated with ac curacy. President Wilson reported to congress February 17, that 765 Americans were known to have been killed in Mexico in 1913, 1914 and 1915. He added that 47 were known to have been kill ed there in the three years pre ceding this. In addition, 20 Am erican civilians have been killed on American soil by bullets from across the border, and 16 soldiers in like manner. Dies at California Home. Minneapolis, March 10.Thomas Ed ward Yerxa, Minneapolis grocer is dead at his home in Sierra Madra, Cal. Indictments Leave "Sore Spot." Washington, March 10.Recommen- dation that tho federal trade commis sion study the economic side of coal mining with a view to taking steps to prevent waste and put the industry on a basis giving maximum safety and maximum steady employment is made in the report of President Wilson's special Colorado coal strike commis sion. The commission says the fact that of 400 indictments returned in Colorado in connection with strike troublas all were against strikers has left a "sore" on public opinion. LANSING NOTIFIES MINISTER OF CARRANZA THAT CHIEFTAIN OF MEXICO MUST "KEEP HANDS OFF." STATE OF WAR VIRTUALLY EXISTS, VIEW AT CAPITAL News of Raid on New Mexico Town Spreads Rapidly Over Washington and Another Outburst in Con- gress Is AnticipatedInter- vention Is Discussed. Washington, March 11.Washington is stirred by the startling develop ments in the Mexican situation. Amer ican troops have crossed the border in hot pursuit of Villa, with orders to crush him, and Secretary Lansing has notified Eliseo Arrendondo, resident minister here of Carranza, that the recognized chieftain of Mexico, is to keep his hands off. This is virtual war, although the constitutional provision which places declarations of war in- the hands of Congress is to be evaded by this war fare on Villa and not on Mexico. In spite of determined efforts to the contrary, in spite of decisions to al low the Mexican people to fight their troubles out, a state of war exists from now on and no man can tell whither it will lead The situation in Mexico will un doubtedly come up before Congress at once, and in view of the fact that only about 19,000 men are on the border, the President may issue a call for vol unteers. Expects Outburst in Senate. Washington, March 11. Secretary Baker transmitted to the president reports about the attack on Columbus, N. M., as quickly as they were re ceived at the war department. It was said at the White House that vigorous .steps would be taken to punish the bandits. The president directed Sec retary Baker to do everything possi ble to protect Americans. The news of the raid spread over the capitol with startling effect. Sen ator Stone, chairman of the foreign relations committee, at once got into communication with the state depart ment and asked Senator Fall for a confer sr-ce. Senator Stone said he expected the affair might precipitate another out burst in the senate, but that he pro posed *o await official reports and of ficial action by executive departments of the government. "That Means Intervention." Senator Robinson of Arkansas, Dem ocrat, said: "That means intervention. I don't see what else can be done." Senator Tillman declared the news was almost incredible. "There never has been a president who tried so hard to keep out of war as President Wilson," he said, "but if this is true it looks as if General Funston would have to get busy at once." After the president and Mr. Baker had discussed the reports briefly the president decided that the new secre tary of war should take office at once. He signed Mr. Baker's commission and the new secretary went to his new office to be s\vorn in. Precedents for sending troops into Mexico to pursue the bandits are found in the state department ar chives. When Mexican Indians were pillag ing in Texas in 1871, the American minister in Mexico City was instruct ed to sav it might become the duty of the United States "at least to weigh the expediency of pursuing the hos tile Inaians into Mexico, without the consent of that government, if it shall not adopt measures to check the rob beries referred to." CARS INTO MEXICO HALTED Service Between El Paso and Juarez Stopned to Guard Against Pos sible Attack. El Paso, Tex., March 10.Street car traffic between El Paso and Juarez has be^n stopped at the suggestion of General Pershing, who has taken ad ditional military precautions here against the possibility of an attack by. Villa. Raids on American Towns. Brownsville, Texas, March 10. Raids of Mexicans on American1 towns along the border have been numerous during the last few years, but none of them has equalled the massacre at Columbus, N. M., in scope of daring. United States troops entered Mexico as a result of attacks on Americans by Mexican revolutionists once before but the leader of the extra territorial expedition now is preparing to defend himself before a court-martial. Only 16 Armenians Found Alive. London, March 10.The Russian troops found only sixteen Armenians alive in Erzerum out of the usual Armenian population of 40,000, accord ing to information which has just been received in Petrograd. 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