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No. JiMIHT r WASHINGTON, D. ., FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 1916.-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. *? ONE CENT.
GERMANS CAPTURE!
ERENCU TRENCHES!
I
Two Lines Taken in Vicinity;
of Haucourt. Near Verdun.
Berlin Claims.
FRENCH GUNS HEAVILY
SHELLING THE ENEMY
Evidently Striving to Prevent De- !
bouch From Cover of Maianconrt
Wood.
1 .*?N I m >N. March 2Further sucrrsscs
ha v< been won l\v the 'iprmans J \
In the vicinity oi 1 laucourt. northwest i
of Verdun. German a t iny headquarters ,
announced today. two additional ;
i lynches having I t ? occupied. I
The French guns have been encr- t
gem-ally cannonading the German position
it, the Malancourt wood on the i
dge c?f th?- Argonne. northwest of j 1
Verdun. according to Paris. Tim in-J
rem ion apparetitlx is to break up an J I
anticipated attempt of the Germans top
* cfel,??uch from this cover and make j i
further efforts to advance southward''
tow a I'll the main line Paris-Verdun rail-j '
v. >, some four and one-half miles}5
* distant.
Fast of the Meuse the German bom ardment
appear to have diminished in
ntensity. according 10 Paris. onl> inter
:"tent firing being reported in the vi
mit\ of Pouaumprit and E'amloup and'
i the Woevre region.
French Statement.
Tie text of the French official statement
follows : j
in the Argonne district our na.ter:es|
-t night cannonaded with energy the |
lien y positions in the wood of Maian- !
court Near hill No. 2S."? we caused the
p'osion of a mine and occupied the re- j i
- ist.ng crater. ;
' West of the River Meuse the night
i -ed quietly. Kast of the river there ,
' is intermittent bombarding in the vi- ,
nity ?.f Itouaumont arid Damloup.
"In the YVoevre district there ha\o ^
been Mime outbursts of artillery fire in j
: ..e sectors of Moulsinville and Kparges. j
both sides taking part.
There has been no other development
f importance on the rest of the front." j
British Official Report.
The British official statement issued
t night on the campaign in France t
'I Belgium reads: I
our troops carried out two success- r
raid- against the enemy trenches <
out Gommecourt and the Bethune-!av*e
road. One prisoner was cap- *v
ed and three dugouts filled with r
rtiians were bombed and blow ri in. s
The enemy sprang a small mine to f
north <>f Arras and two mines
ntheast of Neuve ("hapelle. causing r
gh? damage to our trenches. A gren- 1
!c attack to the north of Arras was,
pulsed.
There has been artillery activity
' out Frlcourt. Gommecourt. Siouehez.
llohenzollern redoubt and Ypres. c
\> one place our artillery fire caused
big explosion in the enemy lines."
Berlin Communication. I
The text of today's official statement 1 '
by German army headquarters is as ! T
lollows:
" The violence of the artillery duels ]increased
considerably at times in the j
Champagne. on the ?omme-Py-Souain ; t
high road, and in the Argonne, and in l1
the Meuse district as far as the Mo-I 1
lie. |
"'Following up our successes of ! 1
Wednesday. we occupied another
? <>uple of trenches west of Ham ourt. ' '
< 'ii (.ma urraMun tne nurno?T or pris- i j
ori^rs increased to thirty-two officers j '
and 875 men. ' i
Germans Say Pauses ';
Are Not Indicative of !j
I 1
Waning Verdun Effort
HKKI.iN. March 21 A'tfrnpis in j
. . ; countries t?? ji.lerpret the vari- '
O'.s pa u*e> us the <Ierman opera i ions
. i Verdun as indicatiw ??f lit*' waning
i.' tin- offensive or the exhaustion of
ieiman troops denote failure to com- j
piehend <ierrnan strategy, according to
the tenor of the discussion in military!
? i!? ;? s here, officers say these pauses
are only a part of the general scheme,
..f operations, and are designed to !
prepare for the successive stages of the
loiward tnovernent. ;
The method has heen to make preparation
for every attack so thoroughly j
as to guarantee success with minimum
losse-. ?ieru.an commanders haw* pur- ,
posel> n voided simultaneous attack
on the whole Verdun front arid have'
hVU'^hr lo< a 1 successes In one section'
after another.
Would Hasten End of War.
Neither ?io These officers admit the.'
i m;tn> aie flvrhtiui; to revive the I
-j? 1 ritof tl? people ;it home with only'
a forlorn hope of vi?*toi\. I: is said
oje i a' ions are intended to lead
to the capture <>f Verdun and hasten j
. termination of the wa*
Tii?* <omparat:ve slowness <.f the
nio'o-nients is based on deliberate il
f..I. e ?.f th.e last imthod of ao-i.m - 'j
c" f shtna tlie . r,k sought fteports that
;ie <>i iiirtii losses iiav been indulv . '
l,. ;r, ' 1!, Vl?-W of results aehiev.j ^
. ::. 1 no onfirrnai ?o i here Instead of
sen-Jin ii men into battle in close for- '
3ft ion 'or mai'hitit - .ns t<? mow '
t i do : . as i s i presented :: the '
. SS OS t . : e . , f ! , |.--- < ierrna It ?
"!'i a ha . b. spar r.,4 of the
s ?.f T ri roops
T :i < ; ' s 111 s of lb- oo? : a : ;on s at V e?-d
in thus fai in regard both s?? the po- i '
: ? sons ?.iiii?*n and the hisses sustained, s
tia.e been f J11 Ill line With e\pertal
iOllf.
I 1
In Precarious Situation. it
K .j Kos-.f eorre.-pomie: t on |(
l r.? V#>r?i nit fiom of the ! /oka 1 Anzei-j'
jl . telegraphs that the ?arinan sue- [ 1
. > -> in 111 * forests of A vocourt and P
Maiaroourt places the Kremii north- J
% stern posit .on* ?*! Ala iamourt ami j i
H< mi a precarious situation '
iM-rau ' the \ inline into the (Juinan (
. i \ posi n g the ? ' > 111 f ii nil i ca 1 ions to,4
ibtKkli k altat - i 1
Kcsjardit'x the ?;?ntian attack of j ;
A1-oida>. the 1 ento spoil tie 111 says that
? rili' arttlleiv tire prepared for the j
infantrv advance which liPKati ft 1
p mi. ami continued until 1 ? p.m . wlicti
three l-'remh lines were broken
Tin < ori espondetit sa> s the bprrnaii
]os5f? were quite moderate. He talked
vjrh 111 a 11 v Krotnii prisoners, whom he
quotes as beitip tmanimous t? saving '
that they had been completely stupiI
lied by the terrible effects of the tier
I ^ man artillery.
RUSSIANS MOID 01
DOWN. SAYS BERLIN PI
Masses of Men Advancing Wil
Against Germans Suffer
Heavily. Is Claim.
PETROGRAD CONTINUES WC
m report riirrfsq n
Gains Made Northwest of Dvinsk Add
and in Jacobstadt and Lake f
Narocz Regions.
LONDON'. March lM.? Berlin admits no
net ma ncnt successes for the Russia n ! wou
t ooi?s. hut the I'etrograd statements j a ^
ontinue to claim advantages era inert i aero
<t various points, both northwest of:'" 1"
Dvinsk, in the Jacobstadt region and I "O"
tear Lake Narocz. to tlie south. j ''
Berlin dispatches declare the German <"oni]
losses have been surprisingly small Dime
under the terrific bombardment by the
Russians. while the attacking forces j s,'rv
liave been mowed down in masses, ("on- time
Bdence is expressed in the German cap- wou
ital on the outcome of the fighting, re- 1 " 1
liance being placed upon Field Marshal most
: on Ilindenburg to take care of the
- it uation
| As
Russian Statement. : ,-oas
The latest official cornmunication J
from Russian general headquarters, is- ^tan
sued today, reads tleet
"The contest is developing in the ,:oaF
Rica region. In the Jacobstadt sector P''?a
we followed up yesterday's success. The
piercing the enemy's line. serv
"Below Dvinsk our artillery success- 1
fully dispersed Germans massing near men
Schischkovo. South of Dvinsk. as far- u!iar
:?s Lake Dreswiaty. there has been a ....
violent artillery ami rifle duel. , 1
Tn the sector of Mintzinny-La ke
Sokly and south of l^ake Dreswiaty the * a
'liemy in a counter attack took part of '
the trenches we captured the previous ni
night. hi the center of this sector ?;
there has been a violent artillerv and
l ifie fire. " meni
"On tlie Vilieta-Mo.ieika front, north- a, .
vest of Postavy. arid in the region of 1,1:11
Lakes Miadziol and Narocz. the fightng
continues. Southwest of Lake svl .
N'arocz we repulsed a. counter attack %
md again advanced under a violent
jombardrnent.
ficter
Fire Asphyxiating Shells. "' \
"On the south bank of Lake Narocz wor*
lie Germans fired asphyxiating shells. wo|,i
More to the south, as far as the region an :
>r Goiessie, there has been a lively n,ovv
cannonade at various places. i "tIi
"Galioia front ? hi the region of thejeerta
>tripa and southeast of KosiofT (south- f,ubl
ast of Romberg). we. repulsed an at- ness
ack, inflicting heavy losses. Farther [ment
outh we advanced a little and forti-jout
ied the ground gained. Ithe 1
"On the Dneister, after a Fight, we ja co
iceupied the village of Latachka-Me- I c.onv
evka." Us a
i act in
Hard Fighting Going On. Th
1 the '
BKRLIN, March 24.?The importance j a|onj
)f the struggle around Verdun nat- Ther
irallv overshadows interest in the
i eraft
ontest on the eastern front, hut the
a test dispatches show t hat hard fight- eons'
is in progress in the northern sec- rorl>:
grad
or of the Russian line. ! <r#.ai
The Russian drum fire became intense men
>n the evening of March III More than ! and
>0.000 shells, chiefly of heavy caliber. ,y ''
fell over a small section of the front I>a-V
iear I'ostavy. German wire entangc- [ _
nents and the fr^nt line trenches! ^
*ere damaged by this fire. I ,p^
At night the Russians attacked in I .
thick waves. The first two waves were ; hitri
mowed down before they reached the ; the
entanglements. The third attack i give
pierced the German position on a front j
r>f less than 100 yards and the assail- ? H
ants were ejected by a counter attack j naut
led in person by a regimental com- Go
nander. At dawn the Russians inade a I niPn
'ourth attack, bu it was smothered in i
he initial stages by German artillery. . ^
Four Russian divisions are said to ; men
lave participated in these movements. Aine
Summon No Reserves.
>' com i
Tl;c Germans were compelled to sum- ; S? ? r
noil almost no reserves. Their losses Trea
a ere heavier than on the two preced- ' juri?
?.t' <1j? v ? fif the fiirhfinir on jicfouni />f i ,
he Russian drum fire, but it is assert- ! Cluh
d that nevertheless they were sur- ,
jrisingly small. with
\ctivity of the Russians at other : man
mints of Field Marshal von Ilinden- I Kuai
burg's front is less marked. Compara- . gani
live quiet prevailed March 19 along ! an :
he sector between Wixzniew and Nar- , guai
k'Z lakes, except for a strong night at- j the
ark on the Russians, which was re- "T
mlsed. , worl
The losses sustained by the Russ'ans ougl
these encounters are said to have , espe
een very heavy. Notwithstanding the j the
*e\erity of tin- actions, no concern is , twe?
vident here. The state of public feelnc
was expressed by a correspondent, , ''
irko Skid: ]f?1]
"The people have no anxiety, because !
!: know. Mimienburg is there." I")''1
i the
German View of Fighting. < <>a>;
"While during the day tlie Russians ' Anie
ollected their forces only for a strong
idvance against the bridgehead at !,v,',u
la<-obstadt east of Buschhof, they un- fuln
iertook during the night repeated at- *V :
lighl
arks north of the Mita u-Jarobst adt ,
ailway arid an attempt to take us by 1 ness
?urp; is?- south of Hvinsk, and exhaust-!'*"'1.!
<i tiit-mselv*-s iri uninterrupted, fierce j .v.
norm attacks against our front north!*1 .T.'
.( \Vidsa>. All their attacks broke'
iown, w ith li'-avy losses :u men ' ai>ro
ACT UPON ALL EMBARGOES. ^
'in i
Railway Subcommittee Named on
I IZOII
Suggestion of I. C. Commissioner. ' 111
.... - ,, I t he <
NKW ^ Okk, Marili t i'pon t lie and
. iggestion of Interstate <'onnnen ?: of t
oMirni?sionet Ihlgar K dark, a sub- ,Sh
omrnittee has been appointed by Presi- ]\u[\
lent A H Smith of the New York Gen- erfu
rai raiiruiiu. ""i"man or Hie eastern;1.11
freight accumulation ( onf? rent-e. with
full authority lo act upon all cm- " V"
taiROcs issued by the eastern railroads, s
as v\ *11 as requests for relief, either
from the railroads or shippers.
The subcommittee will be composed )\r
,f Commissioner Clark. Vice President ,
"ampbell of th# New York. New Haven 1 " 1
mid Hartford. hikI M H. Casey of the de\
L'clnu are. Lu ka \\ an iiti and Western, naui
not ii
Lincoln Bridesmaid. 98. Dies.
VIlllSAII.I.ES. K> . March -'4 ? Aim. '"j"
\!ar> S. Wood row. ninet v-eijfht yea's su 1
>f ;?k**. a eousin of Mr s. Abraham fain- ''
coin, has died at her home here. Mrs. oipa
Wooilrow was bridesmaid at tlie wed- corp
ii n sr of Abraham Lincoln and her pllsl
.ousin. Mary Todd. . wirt
LL IN PREPARATION I
.ANS AERIAL CORPS
j
I Provide U. S. wTjth Many!
Airships and Efficient
Aeronauts.
IULD EXPAND GREATLY I
OAST GUARD EFFICIENCY
Is Number of Officers to Personnel
ind Creates the Grade of Aeronautical
Machinist.
< cuari! aeriiil corps, which ;
Id provide the United States with ;
eet of many airships and efficient j
nauts. will be created if a bill now '
reparation gains t lie expected sane- i
of ?"ongress.
ie aerial corps would operate as a \
ponent part of the coast guard. Jn j
of peace it would be utilized in
work of the coast guard in con- i
i n g life" and property at sea. In j
<?f war. with the coast guard, it i
!?l become an auxiliary of the j
ed States Navy and provide a 1
efficient arm of coast defense.
Measure of Preparedness.
a measure of preparedness the
t guard aerial corps would meet
general demand that the United !
j
es be equipped with an efficient
of airships for guarding the
t and spying out an enemy apching
by sea or through the air.
work of the aerial corps in coning
life and property at sea would
lie proper expansion and developt
of the efficiency of the coast f
.1.
ie operation of the aerial corps in
n;. weather, to bring aid to strand- !
nd wrecked ships ami men iniper- i
by angry seas, ami in navigating !
ir. out of sight of land, in search
istant derelicts i: the path of navi- ,
mi, would be a battle with the ele1
s that would provide a training
result in an efficiency for war duty
could not be obtained by any ma- ?
ers, experimentation or practice
the purely military purpose in 1
t
so. the project has the virtue of <
oeing a dead charge tn military ef- 1
icy. like the navy: but could be
<ed off the book*' as an expense ?
preparedness in view of the. great >
v and tremendous saving of prop- <
effected by the coast guard, which 1
id be augmented and furthered by 1
icria) corps, an economy that is ( 1
man\ times the cost of maintain- jf
i rul operating the coast guard.
ese features of the plan, it seems | <
1 in, will appeal to <'ongrcss? with ,
i<- opinion clamoring for prepared- ,
ami legislation impeded by the Ire- 1
? ^.-../.nriiturfs involved, with
return other than security. That,
fiumane arid utilitarian services of j
ast guard aerial corps could be
erted to war purposes is regarded ,
strong card in favor of t ho enent
of the desired legislation,
e bill as in preparation proposes
establishment of aeronautic stations
? the coasts of the United States,
e is to be at least one elaborate
ir shop, where seriously injured air- I
may he made over. ;
number of officers are added to the
t guard personnel, to provide the
s of aeronautical navigators. The 1
e of aeronautical machinist is j '
led. with authorization to designate j
to such posts. Tlie pay of officers !
men attached to the aerial corps
i be 2f? per cent additional to the
of their grade.
I
Cask for Secretary of Trasury.
e Secretary of the Treasury is
isted with the task of bringing
aerial corps into being, and is
n wide discretion in the matter
electing the points where the aero- <
ic stations should be established. '
ntempiation of the plan has been '<
Honed heretofore in the press, and ji
resulted in an unsolicited indorse- 't
t of the plan b> the Aero Club of ;t
ri?a, the great factor in advancing j
nautic.s iti the United States. The .?
iminicat ion is addressed to Acting ;
e t a i y Hymn It. N'ewton of the j-4
isur> Department, under whose I
^ii' tion as assistant sect clary {<
e.s the coast guard,
nry VVoodhouse, governor. Aero :
? of America, signs the indorsement .
ie plan, which reads:
y Dear .Mr. Newton: I have noted-'
great interest that you and Com- !'
dant E. 1'. Bertholf of the coast } '
d are perfecting a plan for the or- j
zation of an aeroplane corps as
tdjunct to the United States coast i
d in saving life and property along j
American coast iine
he us'* of the aeroplane in this j
k. wliile new and novel, is thor- j
ify practical, and .it would prove ;
ciallN efficient in patrol work and !,
keeping up of communication he- |.
n isolated lighthouses and the ; ,
i base of supplies.
|eas>* advise us regarding- the;
her details of this plan,
ssuring you of our heartiest coa
t ion in any way possible toward!
development of an efficient aerial j
i patrol, 1 remain," etc.,
Wnndhouse of the Aero <"lul> of *
rica in this communication sug- ]
s tlie use of aircraft to carry supto
isolated lighthouses; this '
Id be a new appli?*ation of the usei'Ss
of the airship in a direction '
re it is much needed, for many
I houses are cut off for months from i
iiuiik ation. liut the great usefulof
the aerial corps would l?e di-d
to an expansion of the ordinary
>. of conserving life and property I
yiup in storm to carr\ lines to j
els in peril. off shore?-and aircraft J '
nov. flown in high wind?would j '
uei.t the work of shore guns which i 1
ften fail to reach a mark through l?
1 resistance to the line they shoot. I
muting for derelicts the greater j
(1 of aircraft, ami the greater hor- j
appearing at the height at which j
es, expands tlie search capacity of !
roast guard cutter, slower of speed 'I
limited to a vision from the bridge I)
he five-mile circle of the horizon. .
ouId the aircraft be required, like
coast guard cutters, to do cruising
during a period of the year, pow- m
1 searchlights would be part of r
r equipment. At night these searchts
would seek out the danger spots
g the coast for any stranded ves- I
or other peril of the sea.
Field for Intrepid Airmen.
>th aeroplanes and dirigibles, in !
r use in the Kuropean war, have j
loped the science of oversea aero- '
ice In :t niiint vvhfrp it c- c.- ?!,.,< !
iriK is impossible to the intrepid
skilled aeronaut. Machines are !
g made that carry a fuel supply
cient for several hundred miles of
el in air.
ic aircraft that will be the prin1
vehicle of the coast guard aerial
is. if its establishment is aeeoni!ied,
will be a seaplane, fitted with
les&and a > r?. ope compass. The
1
' * *
*l\\\\\ V \ \\ \?r*?
v wv\
\\ \ 1
^'-XOVi W&OT Y \ >*v"
*. Jw v N>:, v
y 1??^ No
-c?^ ^
v ire less will hp intended for rommuni- ?
at.ion with shorp stations and with i j -pi
oast guard cutters and will have a j
-adius of fifty miles or more. \
A coast patrol by airships would j
teem a natural function of the coast |
cuard The coast guard is regarded I
tlso as offering the host facilities and ] j
laving the hest machinery for *<;<
nairitcnance and operation of a fled j
?f airships for coast duty and oversea ! j jj.
light. Navigation is one ??f the quali- J j
ications required hy the sky pilot on- ! j ))
lei these < 'unlit ions: ofiieers of the | j
oast guard, who will he the operators j | n
?f the airships, are learning naviga- : j
ion as part of their sea duties.
* VI
HONOR FOR BARON HARDINGE.
si
ro Be Made Knight of the Garter on ol
Retiring as Viceroy of India. 1>
kONUON. March 24.? It is announced ai
that Baron llarditige will be appointed a
knight of the garter on his retirement
is viceroy of India. Z<
Announcement was made (he middle j ^
?f January I hat Baron < hehnsford. for- j
mer Governor of Queensland and of New ;
South Wales, had been appointed vice- !
roy of India in su? cession to Baron !
Hardingc. I
# I
WILL BE GUESTS OF CHILE. f'
I l;i
National Hospitality to Be Extended ; y?
to Secretary McAdoo. t>:
SANTIAGO, Chile. Marih t\.?William j J'
McAdoo, American Secretary of the
rreasury, will be officially a guest of j
'hile during his visit here with the other j
rienibers of the American delegation to' ,
he international trade conference after | *
he session of that body at Buenos Aires. I h;
\ declaration ?o that effect has lieen is- '
uicd hy the government, which has named :
i commission to attend him during his I l<
t;iv. '
S
S750.COO fc- Teutonic War Victims. ?
\'|.'U Vlll.'l-v" \Iur.-l. 14 \ K-.T-.or- r^.
Ji?- benefit of the Teutouie war suffer*rs,
which began thirteen days ago, has RI A
nded, with receipts estimated at ' lull
i:r,0,000. i Mm
Col. Felix Rosenberg Dies. f
<-|.i;VKr,AND. Ohio, March 24.?Col. j I
Kelix Rosenberg, veteran of the civil and '
Spanish-American wars and newspaper \
writer, has died here, after a short ill- ; vrft
ness. He was a member of the Ancient i
ind Honorable Artillery of Boston and '
the Army and Navy Club. J
Kansas Progressives Meet.
K.MPORiA. Kan.. .March 24. The stale
ornmittee of the progressive party '
onvened here today to prepare a call Huar<
For a state convention to name dele- ^or s
;ates to tlie national progressive con- today
mention. William Allen White, state cided
hairman. called the meeting to order. tjol, .
? Th?
D'Annunzio Is Decorated. s;nt!'
stant]
ROMK. Italy. March -4. via Paris, ()f
l:0."? a.m.? Gabriele d'Arinunzio. the Hen,iii
>oet, whose right eye was injured re- pjacir
ently in an aeroplane accident, lias
>een decorated with a silver medal in
ecognition of his services as military
Aeroplane observer. j Ala
i asket
Dr. Frank J. Lutz Dies. Lihi"''.
ST. HOC IS. March L'4.? Dr. Frank ,1. tr0op
.utz. a widely known surgeon, died of ca|?in
leart disease at his home here today. f??are
|e was sixty years old. He was a form- WOuh
r president of the National Association
,f Railway Surgeons. Mexu
_ Amer
dang?
r\ C. nml r? Slppf innc troop
V/ MVVUViW quest
Next Sunday
Ihc Comics lust last
Sunday by the railroad Tribi
turned up today, and
Spec ill
both Conuc Supple- me
menis will be issued ! VJt'c
with next Sunday's Star. !Annu
| Episc
folio'
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- % M i
EAUTIFUL PICTURES
IN STAR SUPPLEMENT
Next Sunday's Star will
mtaiii another planogravrc
supplement illustrated
y beautiful plu ilographic
pn iductions. :
I lie first page will be dc- j
itcd entirely to a group ot
lbjects from the colleetion
f drawings in pencil, etc..
\ eminent French artists,
ud presented to the people
i the United States by eiti *ns
of the French republic,
he originals of these ptcires
are in the National
allery.
' )thcr pages w ill contain
lapshots of men who legiste
for the nation, .and
mug lady devotees of the
ridle paths in Rock Creek
ark. And they will be as
ood as photographs.
"Here and There With
le Camera Man" will also
ave a good representation.
This supplement can be
iuihI only in The Sunday
tar.
riAiin nuinn mi
1IUNAL liUAKU UALL
)ISCUSSED BY CABINET
Present Necessity for Such a
Step Is the Conclusion
Reached.
question of calling the National
ri for border duty to release regulars
ervice in Mexico was discussed at
"s cabinet meeting, but it was dethere
was no prospect of such ac\t
this time.
: cabinet was told that there was
nent in Congress to protect the cony
lengthening line of communication
e American punitive expedition bv
tig- more regulars into Mexico and
iR guardsmen along the border.
No Request From Funston,
j. ("leu. Funstoii. however, bad not
1 for additional troops, it was said
. and War Department officials
tot believe mobilization of state
s was now necessary. After the
et meeting officials showed they
(1 a mobilization of guardsmen
j have a disquieting effect in
o. They expressed confidence that
ican troops in Mexico were in no
er.
>uld large bodies of Carratiza
s go over to Villa, however, the
ion of calling out the guard will
msidered.
SHOP CRANSTON IN TEARS,
ites Paid to Him at Session of
Washington Conference.
I iMspatcli to The Star.
HMOND, Va.. March 24 ? Hislmn
Cranston was moved to teats at
rday's session of the Washington
al Conference of the Metliodiat
:opal Church, in progress here,
living tributes paid him by Dr. D.
4.'
m
W. Havs, district superintendent of th*
! Baltimore district.
i I'oports were heard from Itev. K.
j Hodges superintendent of the Alexi
andria district: Rev. C. t'unimins of
I the Annapolis district. I >r. Hays of the
| Baltimore district and Itev. R. W. ,S.
Thomas of the < 'iimbcrland district.
STEAMER !S TORPEDOED
WITHOUT AMY WARNING
! 1IAVKK. March "4.?The Norwegian
' steamer Koinig has been torpedoed
| without warning in the channel, ac;
cording to a report received here. The
crew was saved. Available shipping
1 record a show no at cm met* Koino*
! The Danish bark Claudia has been
! sunk, according: to a dispatch to the
! Kxfhanue Telegraph from Copenhagen.
Her crew was rescued. The Claudia
; was a vessel of 367 tons gross. She
'sailed from Jacksonville February 36
! for Fleetwood. England.
COMING TO BOOST TRADE.
Delegation of Russian Business Men
1 Expected in Washington Soon.
A delegation of Russian financiers
! and commercial men which arrived in
New York recently to tell American
manufacturers of the opportunities of;
fered in Russia for the extension of
i the foreign trade of the United States
i will come to Washington soon for con:
ferences with the foreign trade adI
visers of the State Department.
: It is understood that the Russians
i hope to pave the way for a great increase
in the commerce helweert their
j country and th<* United States when
the industrial rehabilitation of Russia
j begins after the war.
i Consider Sugar Duty Increase.
j Serious consideration was given by
jthe Senate finance committee today to
ja proposal not. only to repeal the free
i sugar clause of the tariff, but to increase
the present tariff by half a
I cent a pound and levy a production
; lex of one cent a pound on all sugar
i produced in the United States, to raise
emergency revenue.
Heads Missionary Conference.
j NEW YORK, March 24.?Rev. James
' L. Barton of Boston has been elected
chairman of the executive committee
of the foreign missionary conference
of North America, succeeding- Rev. Arthur
J. Brown of New York. This committee.
it was said, disburses more
than $18,000,000 annually for mission
work in foreign fields.
Three Times This Week.
Three out of lour days this
week The Star lias printed
more display advertising tor
the W ashington merchants
than the other three newspapers
combined.
U, v r< mreiitrntmo" ?rt_
I ~ ~~~~Y .-J> v " *" *1
vertising in The Star Washington
mercliants tind that
tltey can sell the most goods
at the least expense.
YESTERDAYS FIGURES
Local Display.
Irfnaa.
The Evening Star....20,716
2d Newspaper 7,007
3d Newspaper 6,210
4th Newspaper 4,151
17.368
Excess over other three
combined?3,348 lines.
The Star, with its circula
lion ot over bo.ooo. is a
regular visitor to nine out
of ten homes in Washington
and nearby suburbs.
FUNSTON B1
U. S. AND (
TROOPS 1
j
CONSULS DISCOUNT
MASSING OFTROOPS
Report No Important Move!
ment of Carranzistas Along i
Mexican Border.
j ORDERS GIVEN TO WATCH
| AMMUNITION SHIPMENTS
; State Department Says None Will :
Be Sent De Facto Government
Forces of Doubtful Loyalty.
| kepiirt- "t tlu- allowed ma--inu,
Mil' Carranza troop- mi the border'
I continued t<> reach the State 1 >e -j
|>artincnt today.
Amcriean cott-uls in northern ;
Mexico, under order- oi the State i
! Department to investigate the
I troop niovements. reported that!
i the\ found no mat-sing of troopin
the northern section-.
All Quiet in Durango.
St ate Depnrlmeiii tlispa tehes from)
j Durango. .Sao Luis I'otosi. Nogales and
[other points reported quiet. Ameri- !
[cans were leaving the Durango re- !
jgion. hut there was no anti-American I
i ma h t'O'i\ mcrir-a ti (*oi is ti la r A cent I
i Williams at Torreon, who 1ft his post,
j was ordered out by the American Rub- J
! ber Company. which employed him. He i
r i is not in the regular consular service, j
; ! The Navy Department had no reports I
. ! from Tampion despite efforts to reach '
" the battleship Kentucky by radio. The ,
gunboat Machias at Tampicu also failed
. to respond. Radio officers thought at - j
inospherio oondttions aiong the gulf
i coast probably prevented eommunica- j
J t ion last night.
i Border agents have been instructed1
j to watch ammunition shipments into
j Mexico with care. At the State DepartI
ment it was said that the orders meant
that no ammunition would be permitted
; to reach Carranza forces whose loyalty
, to the de facto government was in
j doubt.
Herrera Disloyalty Denied.
j Maj. Gen. Funston sent this telegram I
J to the War Department:
! Jen. Herrera in a telegram to deti.
Gavira strongly denies all reports that !
lie has gone over to Villa. Gen. Gutierrez,
governor of Chihuahua, in a letter
to Gen. Gavira, also strongly denies r
that Gen. Herrera has gone oxer to j
Villa."
Consul Letcher dispatched a report '
that Gen. Herrera was in command
i of the do facto troops there and was ::
"loyal to Gen. Carranza."
| His report is regarded as removing"
one of the most menacing features of j
j the Mexican situation.
i Letcher Report Has Weight. j
Although Gen. Funston and Gen. Bell '
on the border have received reports ;
confirming the. story of the revolt,
; which they believe to be true, the disJ
patch from Consul Letcher, who is on !|
i the ground and has headquarters at the !(
place where the revolt was .said to
j have occurred, is taken by officials here h
I as confirming the statements of Car-.'
I ranza officials that no such revolt has
j occurred.
The problem of meeting any request '
j Gen. Funston might make for rein-I*
forcements 111 event of a rebellion of i
Carranza's army was under considera- I
tion, how ever. If the American forces']
were seriously attacked, it was regarded
as likely that all available troops:
from the border would be rushed to the i '
support of the advancing columns, and i*
that these troops w ould be replaced as ;;
quickly as possible, in' order not to
leave the border towns unguarded.
Only the National Guard, it is said. !
couid be relied on to do the latter 4
work. | ,
Reply from Gen. Carranza to the request
that American troops be per- {
mitted to use the Mexican Northwest-]
(ern railway w as expected momentarily
! today. Border reports said Gen. I'er- '
jshing already was using a portion of}'
'the line and department officials point- '
led out it was possible In* had reached!,
a limited agreement with local Mexican j 1
railway officials. Details of the pro- ! ]
posed protocol w ere being worked out
today, although a general outline of the 1
document has been agreed to and for- j !
warded to Gen. Carranza. 1
One bhttalion of the L'lst Infantry 1 1
was ordered today from the Vancouver !
barracks to K1 Centre, Cal., to rein- j '
force the border patrol. The order was . '
issued at the request of Maj. Gen. Bell. J !
commanding th<t Western Department, j J
STATEMENT ON SUBMARINES, j>
a
U. S. to Outline Its Position on New 1
Method of Warfare. i i!
I Jt is announced thai ihe United States "
soon will make, tor the information of *
the nations of the world, a clear state- t
inent of its position in regard to the 11
conduct of submarine warfare and the 11
arming of merchant ships for defensive
purposes.
Whatever the form of the declaration
] proposed after careful consideration to u
} all the claims made by both sets of ^
! European belligerents, it will serve to w
show the course of this government tj
in future negotiations, and may furnish
the groundwork for a new international
law, to be developed after ?
the war, which will provide for the <1
use of submarines in naval warfare.
The law does not take into considerstion
the activities of submarines. a
e
| Minister Van Dyke on Duty Again.
THE HAGUE. March 'J4. via koitdon.?
Dr. Henry Van Dyke, American nun- (.
ister to the Netherlands, arrived here tt
last evening after spending a brief va- w
cation in the United States. He was a npassenger
on the steamer Rotterdam. di
>
*4
EL1EVES
lARRANZA
SEAT VILLA
NO CONFIRMATION
YET FROM HELD
Report on Battle Expected
Hourly at San Antonio
From Gen. Pershing.
DIRECT CHASE IS LIKELY
UNTIL BANDIT IS CAUGHT
Officials Think It Unlikely Americans
Will Let Outlaw Get
Out of Trap.
IMIM.I.trif... r.-h .4
I*. KliHN I nlle*. military Kotrrnor of
*onora. m-rhrd n irlrRrnm today
from l.fn. l-lnri?|uer. iiillifnry ito*~
ernor of I hihiiiihua. Htaling; that
lite eo I until* of I a rran en troopa
werr rloniiiK Hi on ilia and hla
htindil* nrar \nmi?|ulpn. and thai
?vifli lite aid of I be Imrriraaa If
wmn lirlifird Ihat \ ilia would aot
be able lo eweape.
( in. Knriqiirr. nlwo teles ra plied
I ha I I lie reporlM roncerning the revolt
of I.en. Ilerrern were falwe and
were made by I he radieala** to
enu?e trouble brlitfen the < arranra
sovrrnnirnl and Hie I nifed Mtatew.
SAX \.\K >.\l< >. I ex., March
_>4.? Report- from Mexican
sources that \ ilia bad been defeated
l>\ American and Mexican
troops at I'd Oso, near Naniiquipa.
were accepted by (Jen. I'ltnstoii
todav a- probably true, although
no confirmation by <icn.
I 'crsliitijj bad been received.
improvement in uie working
of ilic wirelcs- made it appear
likely that < n il. iVr-hing wonid
break bi> tilth da\ of silence regarding
operations south of L;i>a>
Gramles by rendering an account
of the engagement at K1 O?o.
Direct Chase Now Probable.
Until now the operations against
Villa have been nothing more than a
campaign <?f location. Three cavalry
detachments have been working southward
along widely separated trails, but
(li< opportunity for dire?-t ? hase now is
offered, it was indicated by staff officers
u iio have followed the details of
the pursuit.
Nothing new was learned here ol ih?
reported uprising of den Luis Herrera.
Wants More Signal Corps Men.
A request from Gen. Pershing for adlitional
Signal Corps men for service
ilong his main line of eonitnunicatlon
ivas received today at Gen. Funston's
leadquarters. but no direct report came
f his operations south of Pasas tlraub
s. Pompaiiy 1 of tin- Signal Corps
las been sent (nmi LI Paso tor scrvsoin
b of i 'olutnbus.
Evident r? 1 i f was manifest at Gen.
Funston's In-adquif-icrs when it Was
learned that Gmisul lml< In r at I'hihuaiua
had s?-nl ;? d'-niai ->. m- itpuiicd
iefection of Gen. Ib-rrera.
No Confirmation at El Paso.
KIj PASO. Tex., March 24.?-No word
tad come to military headquarters here
early today to confirm a report that
American troops and the Carranza
irmy had surrounded Villa and his men
ind that a battle was imminent.
Early today Andres Garcia, the Carranza
consul here, displayed telegrams
vvnicn in* sain ???: u??u ICCCIVCU num
Lien. Hertani at Casus Crandes an*
nouncing that Villa was surrounded at
Ml (?sn. a ranch five miles south of
Naniiijuipa. b\ the joint American and
['airanzs troops, ami that a decisive
battle was imminent.
(leu. Hell, coniinumlinti the I'nited
States troops here, received this report
in silem e. His only < oinment was
[hat he would wait until he heard directly
from tlen. Pershing, who is lead.
n the punitive expedition of ?Jen.
Fu list on before making any statement
>11 the situation. There was frank
skepticism among other I'nited States
nmy oflicers, although it was admitted
hat advance detachments of the Amercaii
troops might easily have reached
^'amiiiuipa by this time if they had
naintamed anything like the speed
,vith which they had mmie the first
iundred miles of their march.
The American crew ol a train winch
rrived at .1 uarez earl\ today from
"asas < ".ramies reported that all was
liiiet at" the latter town when the*
eft there. They said that there weie
nanv American soldiers in town from
camp nearby, and that the native*
eerneil pleased at their presence, an
hey spent more real silver money than
ad been seen in t.'asas Crandes for
ian> months.
Cannot Explain Wile Cutting.
The trainmen could throw no light
pon the cutting of the wires at fhs
lexican Northwestern railroad, which
us renorlt d some days airo bv tie a.
iavira. They said the trip was un>
ventful, and tiiat they saw no sign*
f Villa's followers or any other banits.
Nothing was known at Casus
randes when they left there yesterday
s to any fighting at Namiquipa or
1 sew he re.
Two Mormon colonists who arrived
n the train confirmed the statements
f the crew. They said that the Casaa
randes natives were very respectful
> the American white soldiers, but
ere most impressed by a colored regilent
which left for the south yesteray.
The Mormofea said that many uar
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