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*r, v. if ,U I 1 mm II S iim EVENING EDITION VOL. 11, NO. 85. ... •.'•• •,' Parral. ntHKVU V* CAVALRY SOON MAY Bf BEYOND REACH Of COMMISSARY LARGHt PORa ABSOIUTQY NEOSSARY Must Either have More Soldiers or Make Some Rearrange ment of Line of Communication—Villa Believed to Have Passed Parral—Other Bandits May Join Him Antonio, Texas, April 10^-Army officers at Funeton's bead. quarters are almost convinced thai by the end of the week, the work of the- punitive expedition in Mexico will have reached a critical stage. No reports from General Pershing ware reoedved last night or early to day* tint those that have readied General Funston Indicate without qaetOop that be Is driving Ms cavalry farther and farther Into Mexico tnepltt Increasing danger that they may soon he beyond the ABIE TO MAKE ffW POINTS Fuller Account of Excite ment Which Prevailed in Reichstag. London. April. 10.—A fuller account received from Berlin of the attempt of Dr. Karl Liebkneoht, socialist, to disquas the submarine question In the reichstag on Friday shows, aoeordlng to Router's Amsterdam correspond ent, that, although he was frequently Interrupted by tha vkepresident and finally prevented frtan proceeding by a vote of the members^ he succeeded in bringing out- aome of his points. "Admiral dwell* (the new head of tha German admiralty) entered ©f floe," Dr. Iisbknecht la quoted aa sar tilg, "under the oircumstanees which made it appear a if with blm a new regime had been Inaugurated in the naval administration, and which seemed to indicate a milder form of warfare and a greater inclination of the government. toward peace.- It was made to appear as if Admiral CapeQe did not wish reckless subma rine warfare as did Admiral von Tlr pits. !'As a matter of. faot, each a differ anoe never exlated ae was shown by the debate. Admiral Capelle got into oflda on. a/ question of war. policy which apparently was decided against Admiral von Tirpttk" Dr. Liebknecht attempted to discuss other phafees of iubniarine warfare, blit Vloe Pireeldent Paasche decided that ehanges in high offlces could not b# lliewM, the oorrespondent adds, aa secretarlee of atate were appointed by (he emperor. TcmW. .dday,. lthe Ja. ,.o DEMONSTRATION IN BBHAtF QF ARMENIA „—10.-—An-Imposing bioh Qf the commtsnnry department and out of toocfa with adequate PERSHING SAYS BANDIT MAKES GOOD TIME. Berthing appeared convinced, when he sent his last report, Vll|a Is moving forward only two or three days' march ahead of the American advance columns and making good time, notwithstanding his reported wounded leg. Unofficial reports that Canute Reyes* move northward in the region about Torreon imttead of surrendering to the Carransa govern ment created some uneasiness at headquarters, where it is realised that Reyes* Juncture with villa would provide a formidable front to tbe little cavalry force feeling Its way along the trails In the neighbor hood at MORE TROOPS ARE NEEDED. 1V reinforce the head of Pershing's column Is impossible, officers here declared, unless mroe troops are sent into Mexico, or some rear rangement of the long, thin line of communication is authorized. Ra mon that the Carransa government is becoming Impatient at the con tinuation of the man hunt have reached here, but headquarters offi cials profess not to believe thein on the contrary, declaring .Oar nana will give his consent for the use of the railroads south of Juaaca to potato nearer the field of operation*. VTMjA BELIEVED BEYOND PARRAL. El Paso, Tax., April 10.—In his flight from tbe American oavalry, VEDa is believed to nave passed Parral with Ms band, said to-number S00 mm, and Is reported beading for Durango City. Detachments of the lift cavalry are bard on Vlua's full day ahead, of his j,. MAY Gin REaNFOROBMENTB. IjBtf.ppsftlll'T of capture by the Americana, banting fonssert the br PresldMi^Wilaona^l Camga^ bej|oi^ whtoli :vte flatty denled b?'^^ fSttm ttimrymo Hfftft of the American pnirirt hW been agreed up... government, lAEnomirEB OABRT BBPATCHES. WKh MUng at Front Below Nautfquipa, April 10.—Two wMcfa flew from here to Ohfhnahwa City, returned Sunday, to General Pershing reports that the Oonatttntlonal authori ties tn GMttnabaa are co-operating cordially with the American force* in the pursult of Villa. The planes canted dispatches to the authorities, which Perghtng describedae important. dem- in bebalf' Qf Armenia. took Jrt fte Sorbenne yesterday. Paul iMUWt who nrealded,. ..dellv»red principal addreas. He. recalled Surope, at the congreas of Ber —'—"iteed the seourity of Ar iripany wfca~ Mgnatory jtant, AHA the weaker de «-had violated it in allowing to torture Armenians. -nl Palnleve and -Anatole other speakere. Jh^al it* was repreaented ait the .im attended bfc ,i0«0—apft- awft the Serblan miR- that toll, but Villa apparently has a If TWa aoooeeds In reaching Durango City, be proftaMy will1 be it|'bribe fowoeeof the Arrleta brothera who command 1,000 men. •mttaaea*r«tu-ibat*d to ltari«n CMnl OtKh, that vtlla tana ndw Minneapolis Companies Ask Commission to Set Aside Grain Tariff, Washington, April 10.—Minneapolis milling companies petitioned the in terstate commerce commission to set aside the Increase of approximately live per cent, effective Nov. 10, 1914, In rates on grain from Iowa, Minne sota and North and South Dakota to points In the middle wast. The increase applied to grain milled in transit at Minneapolis, and is attacked as unwarranted.- Reparation is asked for the alleged excessive charges paid. PEACE MEETING IS BROKEN UP London, April -10.—An attempt to hold a non-conscription and peaoe meeting in Trafalgar Square yester day was unceremoniously broken up by thousands of pemons who eharged and dispersed.the procession and tore up the banners and flags. Various peace sodeQea had organ ised the demonstration.. gylvla Pank hurst,' the militant suffragette, was prominent among, tho,promoters. Aft inaastoii KaJ er the procession bad' been dispersed leaders In the CM movement mounted the plinth of the Nelson column and endeavored to make speechea. but the crowd pelted'tiMtm With flour. The speakers faced the ordeal for five minutes and then beat a haaty retreat ARTISTS HI HELP IN Offer Servides Oc!vertmcat to draw CMoona-aMI'-Pletnno'Vor--. :ti-v f. Oounttywide -I)^-^. ,., ^New York, Mkjrch number of leading artists and cartoonists, at a" dinner here last night, proffered their services to the government, free of cdet, in drawlng po»oerj and cartoons for bill boards, fllnis and general pub lication to a/waken the country to the need of the lftdirarlal" preparedness. OWhers of bill' baord concessions, it was said, had agre-i tfuriilsh spaoe gratis for, 'a naUan-wMe display of the pictures. 1 .One of tbera said ibat in the svcnt .war, 10,000 $*ttefes owing the wMintcir. to' otaM (urouW .Howard -Bi 6n Kelshlro Mat bo liitt on ]btll boards in jntr state union wl^lntwe^-murhours. tffta. chalnhaa of the dunrtal preparedness ill whoso w-Trtve^announc- ef Ole Wavy Dan |*,4#0-'--dlKsetc^s li| Sf 'i:^3r''v ,V-f«c. z% GRAND FORKS, N. NEW CONGRESSMAN IS YALE GRADUATE W Jamee William Husted. fames William Husted, new re publican member of congress from reekeklll, New York. Is a Yale, grad uate and lawyer who la exp«rlenced In local politics. He married his sec ond wife shortly before, he'took his seat lii the house last fall. TO BE .men- Washington, April 10.—Secretary Lansing announced that Ambassador Gerard had cabled that the German foreign office informed l}im that it would hand him a i)6te on the Sussex case, probably- today. Coont von Bernstorff, the German anibassador, will confer with Lansing this after noon. The ambassador made the ap pointment. The preliminary statement handed to Gerard by the Berlin foreign office, is understood to be on its way to the state department by cable. Other In formation in the nature of evidence, gathered by the American embassy in Paris, is on the liner St. Paul, which is expected to dock in- New York Thursday. Efforts will be made to have it here for the' FYiday meeting of the cabinet. SHIP TORPEDOED NINE ARE KILLED Malta, via London. April 10.—One engineer and eight Lascars of the crew of. the steamer Chantala were killed when the vessel was sunk by a submarine. Ninety-two survivors were rescued and landed :here. They de clare they had no warning of the im pending attack. The sinking of thp Chantala, a ves sel of 4,049 tons gross, .which sailed from London. March 10, for-Calcutta, was reported yesterday in a dispatch received by Lloyds at London. Federal Trade Commission Submits Date on Gaso line Quef&onu Washington, April Ik—The federal trade commission presented to' eon. gress a preliminary -rOport on Its In vestigation 'of the rise lnr the price of gasoline. The report carttei a mass of statistics on production, and prices, but draws no conclusion aa to the cause of the Increase of prices. Mp- ^'r15^? £Vs ^lA-'icT^ -f Vjr-'i$5 A S C* #Vj.» /*?i 1 .VwWlMf Gerard to Receive Answer From Foreign Office Evidence On Way. »©r? £$» Ti v**t IIKrai IREAIIIT MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 10, 1916. One Hundired Million Tons Awaiting at Head of Lake Ports for Transportation. TRAFFIC WILL NOT QFf£N TILL MAY 1 Ice Still Ifitact—Thousands of Sailors Return—Old iBoats Repaired. Cleveland. O., April 10.—The con gestion, of freight waiting to be mov 'ed. In the. Great TjHkes has brought about a situation Unparalelled in in land- water blstory, says a statement Issued by tJu^Lake Carriers associa tion headquarters here. The volume of freight Mndej»CjDntract, says the state ment, has now reached the great total bf .100,000,090-. ,ton* of iron ore and grain. 4 The freights congestion has been caused partly bfecause of the great in crease in the Remand and partly bv the delay in the opening of the navf gation season, The weather continues cold enough to keep the ice at upper lake points.intact, and it probably will be -May 1 befote navigation rea.lly is under way. The delay in opening the season means that when activities do begin every ship available will be pressed into^ service on the lakes this year. Even those that have been idle for several years, are being hurriedly gotten in condition to enter the trade again. Thousands of sailors are re turning to work on the lakes, many of whom" have been idle for many years. ILLINOIS ELECTION TO BE HELDTUESDAY Chicago, April 10. —Delegates to the republican .and democratic nation al ceAVeiitlons will be elected at a state-wide primary tomorrow The delegate*/chosen .at. the election will elect, th^.natioiuil committeeman but state comraitt«eti|en will be one of the propositions in the ballot for the voters to decide.: jControl of the state copnm}ttee will clrry with It domin ance. of the slate making on state offices .next' fall. Another Issue for the voter, is the- selection of precinct committeemen throughout -the state Outside wiiintKj Ohocs** gresslonal tmen grlpiaqr- tg^itatijS^ These jSg&Rtltute the in turn tKKjtigfe ana crin Jone. eighty to vote at V." Whlrih the ballot one-of U»%.»ev ted ght which they 4cal ptroposittona hi»e: the -legal rle«it? to exprem thsm Oetves. Senator Lawrence Y. SheT' -man's name is tf»e only republican oner listed-and- President Wilson's is the only democratic name on the bal lot. CANCELLED BY RUSSIA Gti^ernment Cancels all Permits— tiaid' to be Out6omle"of Recent Oonfevenoe-tn Paris. BerHn, April 10—"The Russian gov ernment has cancelled all permits for exports to Rumania, according to a dispatch from Bucharest," says the Overseas News agency. "This measure ia considered an out come, of the recent Paris conference of the entente, and aa having been taken in order to put pressure upon neutrals' and multiply the difficulties of relations with the central powers, with whom Rumania's commercial re lations have recently been drawn clos er." GERMAN SEAPLANES ATTACK RUSSIANS Berlin. April 10., via London.—A successful attack by- four German seaplanes on' a Rtisslan aviation sta tion on Oesel island, at the entrance to the- Gulf of Riga, is announced in an official statement by the chief of the admiralty staff. The statement says: "On April 8 four naval planes at tacked the Russian aerodrome at Pap pensholm, near Kielkond, on Oesel island Twenty bombs were dropped. Two of four enemy aeroplanes which rose were forced to descend. In spite of heavy anti-aircraft Are our aero planes returned safely." SELLS HORSES AND THEN KILLS SELF Watford. K. D., April 10.—Eli Sig nal,. a' farmer living, at Tobacco Gar den, commuted suicide by shooting himself through the head. His body was found 4 tew hours later by his brother-in-law, J. P. Bergeron. A party of neighboring friends had gathered at the Bergeron home. Mr. Signal' was present throughout the ev ening and Joined in tbe gajreties, showing no aign of morosenesa The gueets departed and the members of the family sought their beds. He went to his fiouae and retired, but got up again and smoked his pipe. A short time' later the boy heard him moving about and asked what be-was doing. "I fm going to feed the hureeo." he said. No sound waa beard after this by'any members of the fam 11*. 'After the body was discovered, a aearch was started to And aome rea son for the rash act, and in the pock et,of the vest was found a note to his sifter which read: ."I am heartbroken •Iniee I sold my horses. Bury me on the old homestead." TWO KILLED WHEN CAR STRIKES AUTO JMMgvllle, wis:, April 1».—Miss niiheira and .Charl«i Oarr were 'Kt:«og1h: JaaeeeIHe ytstsrday autemobile In *Wth they driving waa ftruok by a' Rock fQtrd and JanMvKly tnteirurban car. "The^b0diea were herriMy mangled and A: The boatod consists of three avia tion officers, Capgt virglfiiu* .Clark. Went. B. Q. Jones and Lieut. Thomas De W. Milling, "niey-are not "swivel chair pilots," as certain of the angry flying men referred to Lieut. Col. Heber. former active head of the areo corps, who now is convalescing from a fall. They are skilled aviators, trained in practlce.and in theory. Mill ing and Clark ranking as the best fly ing men in America and in no way inferior to the best of Europe, while Jones has been completing his theoretical training by a special course in aero-dynamics and other sciences concerned with aerial navigation. The board is under the control of GUAIARAB INMSTRESS Brazilian Steamer in Colli sion—Fruit Steamer Standing By. Norfolk, Va.. April 10.—The Bra. ailian steamer Guajara with passen gers from Rio was loaf 300 miles south of Scotland light, disabled and in tow of the United Fruiter Sixoala. with which she is supposed to have been in collision. The Sixoala is towing the Guajara toward Norfolk and is ex pected to take her passengers when the sea moderates. Wireless picked up last night from the Sixoala indicated that the Guajara was in distress off Hatteras, and that the fruit steamer was. standing by. The -coast guard cutter Onondaga is at sea cruising toward the ships. WISCONSIN CAN COp TAX Supreme Court Upholds the Right to Assess Estate of George Bullen. Washington. April 10 —The right of tha state of Wlstonsin to collect an in heritance tax of $0,000 on the two million dollar estate left by George Bullen, who died neaf Oconomowoc. Wis., in 1*08,- was sustained by the su preme court. None of the property, which 'consisted of stocks and bonds, ever yas ln Wisconsin. AMERICANS ARE KILLED IN WAR Ottawa, &t, April lfc—Alfred St Uwr*nMof Wincnendon, Mass., was listed as havtttf been killed In action And Jamw MoCIelland af LowelL Masa. waa ss havlng died of w.oundg jtti.vreported ,'i^a made puh ltc iaat, the daughter of one^oftk*MMUMt -f*& A "SWIVEL CHAIR PILOTS" REPLACED BY EXPERTS IN U. S. ARMY AERIAL WORK DISLODS DEFENDERS Of VBtDUN yd Lieut. Thomas D. Milling (top left,), Lieut. Col. George O. Squier (bottom left), and Lieu t. Col. Beber. Washington, April 10.—Following the rather, unfortunate experiences of the aeroplane squad with General Pershing's expeditionary force into Mexico. Secretary of War Baker has announced that the. army aeroplane service is to be reorganized. The first •ten has been taken ift the appoint ment-of aj^ aero bdjtrd. V' Capt. William Mitchell, temporarily, at least, in Got. Reber's place. The reports, however, probably will be made directly to the army war col lege, to .the secretary of. war. and to Gen. Striven, chiefof- signal corps, who proposed the-" board and othr~ reforjris as'the only cure to*a/gf*"'" which every active ar.my recognised as-intolerable man has What wW-bf outcot lone- ifevoBttggiiijp or^e€.1n.. a (fain rem tin# unkn own.' ..Secretary Baker is spending all' the time not required by Mexican affairs'in read Ing the long report of the investiga tion commission, made up of the president of.the war college, the judge advocate general, and the adjutant general, as a result of which every one expects at least, one court-martial. Lieut. Col. George O. Squier is re turning from assignment in .Europe and it Is thought highly probable he will immediately be assigned to suc ceed Col. Reber, with Capt. Mltcheil remaining as an important figure in aviation headquarters. MAY ENDORSE CANDIDATES Enforcement League Execu tive Committee Meets at Fargo Tonight. (Herald Special Service.) Fargo, N. D.. April 10.—Candidates for several state offices, probablv at torney general in particular, wi'll be endorsed by the legislative committee' of the Enforcement League, the Total Abstinence society and the \V. C*. T. U. at a meeting here tonight. It is also likely these committees will consider at length some action in connection with several counties, with the prob ability that both endorsements and condemnations will be handed out. FARMER FOUND DEAD IN BED Dickey, NT. D.. April 10.—John Hirth, living ten miles southwest of here, was found dead in bed in his house. He is supposed to have been dead for two days. Mr. Hirth had a hired man .who came to the Hirth farm one evening, but finding the house door locked he sup posed Mr. Hirth was away and made a bed in the bam. The next morning finding the door locked the hired man went to the house of a neighbor and inquired if he knew where Mr. Hirth was. The neighbor went to the hduse with the hired man. They broke the door in and found Mr. Hirth dead in bed. Mr. Hirth was a resident of Rue sell township and one of its most pros perous farmers. FOOD VMWK AXED BY GERMANS and Amount of Meat to be Allowod to be Deter mined at Meeting Today., Berlin, April 10, via London.—^Max Iraum prices' and tba amount of meat to be allowed, daily in the future to each Indivlduiu and the manner of distribution Will ba sgtesfl upon, today when representatives of ill the great er Berlin municipalities assemble to discuss the food problem. A dectrion, however, may have to be oantlngpgtt on a general census of the existing Uveetoek in the ehlchn^KWMiSt TheosaspsaMU frtwn EVENING SIXTEEN PAGES—PRICE FIVE CENTS. If -'SU .-Jtap CROWN PRINCE CHANGES HIS mrnrn Notwithstanding Weight of Masses, Germans Untable to Take French Trench ORDER TO RETIRE HAS TO BE GIVEN At End of Day, French hold Same Positions They Started Out With. Paris, April 10.—Abandoning tbe new- formations and also the lately established practice of night at tack?. the Germans Sunday engaged two army corps in dense masses against the French positions north west of Verdun,'between Avooourt and Cuuiicres. Forces, numbering at least a division and a half, charged the line between Avooourt and Belhincourt. They were ap proaching within 100 yards of the. French trenches and seemed In sensible to the fact that hundreds of their men were falling tyy tbe way, but notwithstanding their courage and the weight of their masses, they were stopped. There was a dead line beyond which they could not pass. When the attack ink columns were thinned out bg artillery and machine gun ftre. ao thtt reformation became nnoasaary. •'to'setttW waajtiva». they were-obliged-to nil iti iflp ljlj» in -their ranks^ buc none of Uielr three onslaughts shook the.. .Vjii,w}»» whichL.1 of Bechincourt. DEAD MAN'S HKD ~ATTAGK3B&. By the withdrawal of forces from the daagenmsljr expoeed salient to a commanding position behind tbe village, two fresb divi sions attacked Dead Man's H^ljU wlille the assault was in progreas on the Bethincourt line, the otber forces at the same time trying, to slip tlirougb the ravine near Cum teres. To aid the maneuver, an attack was simnltaneously made on the east bank of the Mease in the region of ChanHneuvllle. a*d Vacherauville. The few hundred men who had succeeded in .pene trating the ravine were left on tbe field after the action proved un successful. A third attack at the same time was delivered on the po sition strongly organised by the French northeast of Avooourt, the object seemingly being to drive in the French line far enough to tarn Hill 404. which lies 800 yards south and constitutes what Is character ized as the Gibraltar in the Frenc] lines in that district. This attack met Mitli more success than the oth ers. but after the Germans had succeeded in getting a footing at some points in the first trenches, the French made a counter-attack, and the net, result for the Germans was an increase In their losses from French bayonets. GERMAN* IjOSSKS TERRIFIC. It is stated authoritatively that at the. close of the terrific day, the French held exactly the same posi tions aa at- the beginning of the at tack. German losses again are said to have been on the basis of fifty per cent of the effective engaged. These include a considerable por tion of German reserves. Sunday night, tbe Gentians eon tinned their attacks In the Verdun region over a front thirteen miles long, from hill 304 to Fort Dona mount. Tlteee night assanlta ac complished no appreciable results. TEACHERS HAVE GREAT MEETING Ellendale. N. D.. April 10——The Cen tral Education association which met here was in several respects a remark able gathering. It waa only organis ed last year, and this second annual meeting waa Its first birthday, and yet though so young, and only represent ing a few counties—five counties hav ing actual membership, and four oth er counties which were invited—It ia almost up with the work of the great state Educational association of a years ago. LAFOLLETTE GIVEN 14 DELEGATES Milwaukee, Wis.. April 10 With. complete but unofficial returns from sixty of the aeventy-onei counties and practically complete returns-from tha remainder, the result of Yaeeday'e primary shows that La Ftoflett* wQl be represented by fourteen of twenty-six delegates from at the republican national Tbe district delegation !t between the Follette termed the regular reput while Governor Ph."" delegate at large Me lara