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lt&- r4W N ik I6e Weather UNSETTLED PARIS, TEXAS, IS BY |E FIEND Millions in Damage in Holocaust Which Swept Over Defense less City. LOSS RUNS INTO ENORMOUS SUM Flames Still Raing in City, and No Power Can Stop Them Till Every Building Burns. Paris, Tex., March 21.—Fire which started in the warehouse of the Long Transportation company, in the south ern part of the city, and which quick ly spread to the Paris Cotton Com press, shortly after 5 o'clock this af ternoon had done damage estimated at almost' «2,00 up to 9 o'clock to night and was no under control at that time. Thirty blocks of residences and bus iness buildings lay in ruins with the lire raging. Sixty Percent Burned. At midnight, at least 60 percent of the residential and busiess district of Paris, Tex., thirty miles from here, had been destroyed by the rapid spread of a great wall of flames, which made almost a clean sweep of thai city in about six hours late this afternoon and tonight, according to reports here. As far as is known here, I here were no casualties in the Paris lire. This is regarded as unusual, but the theory is offered that the conflagration came at such time as would allow everyone to leave the danger zone. Fifteen Houses Standing. A hurried survey of 111sj businessi district of Paris at 10:4u tonight showed only 15 out of more than 140 business buildings still standihg and Unis far. unmolested by the lire which swept over the city late this after noon and tonight. The lire was still burning at that, hour, having passed the public, square into ihe northside residential district. Many Heavy Losses.' On the east side of the public square the Merrick hotel was gutted by the flames, and the fire v/is extend ed to (he north side of thefyiuare by the burning of this building.atNorth of the ho'el are more busincs5 °*ldings of less substantial charactc0 Probably the heaviest lose. 'he disaster is Crook, Record &,Icl ll"m large wholesale concern, whi\ It a four-story brick building and a stock of an estimated value of $400,000. Hotel Threatened. The Gibraltar hotel, a newer struc ture htan the Merrick, which cost about $300,000 was threatened early tonight. This is about two blocks east of the Merrick hotel, and has a chance, it is said, of escaping the flames. Borton-Tell Drygoods company, an other large wholesale concern, lost its plant and stock, valued at about $200, 000. The Smiley apartment in the residential district, completed last fall at a cost of $300,000, was a total loss. The palatial home of R. A. Scott, completed about three weeks ago, was completely destroyed. Large residences in the fashionable part of the city, small houses in the factory and residence districts,, and substantial buildings were razed by the fire, which was fanned by a brisk south wind. This section has been without rain for more than fifty days and the frame buildings weje quickly consumed. The Paris fire department was powerless to stop the onrushing flames. Scarcity of water was also an impdent. J. i. MOE ELECTED MAYOR OE VALLEY CITY Valley City, March 21.—The mayor alty contest came to a close here to day with much excitement, and the vote for this place despite the storm, v/as nearly normal. There was no spe cial issue on which the contest hing ed, except each of the three men was amply qualified for the place. The excitement revolved about who would get there first. The vote was: Peter Davidson 221, I. J. Moe 322 and Lee Combs 245—a total vote of 788. GLEN ULLIN COUPLE CELEBRATE GOLDEN WEDDING ANNIVERSARY Glen ITllin. N. D., March 21.—Be tween 1.0 and 40 relatives and old friends are gathered this evening at the home of Mr. and 'Mrs. E. H. Bean at Glen Ullin to help them celebrate their golden wedding anniversary. IMr. and Mrs."'Bean were married at Athens, Ohio, just 50 years ago to day and came to North Dakota nearly 30 years ago, -having made their home at Glen Ullin for marty years. 'Many relatives and friends this afternoon called to extend their congratulations, and this evening were entertained at an elaborate dinnr. Th couple have two sons, Hadley and Theodore Bean, both of Glen Ul* lin. Mr. and iMrs. James Wilson of Mandan attended the celebration, the latter being a niece of iMr. and Mrs. Bean. •~t^5W •ti\ «•$' Fire Burns a Western Ark. Town Fears Are Held That Modoc, a Nearby Place, Will Likewise Fall Before Flames. Topeka, March 21.—According to re ports reaching Ness City, the town of Utica, in western Arkansas, has been destroyed by fire. Telephone wires are down. Scott City has received reports that the town of Modoc, west of Utica, has also been destroyed by fire. Dodge City has been enveloped all day in a cloud of smoke, and the lo cal fire department was stationed at the edge of the city to contest the ap proach of prairie fires, which were burning in a great' quarter circle In four counties to the north and west of here. The extreme mild weather of the last few days, coupled with a high wind, has made the prairies like tin der. Many local citizens have assist ed in checking the conflagration. JAMES A. BROWN Lalo Tuesday afternoon Governor L. 13. ilanna appointed James A. Drown, Uolla, Itolletlc county, vo tho board of control to fill out tho unex pired term of the. late Frod Brewster. This uppoiuinienL is one that has been awaited fpr.s^me dpg and maity: .eyes have been coVe'tOHSly turned toward tho eapitol by those desiring the ap pointment. Well Known in Northern Section. James A. Brown came to North Da kota many years ago and has always been engaged in agriculture until elected to the position of county audi tor of Itoilette county. In that place he has served for six consecutivc terms. Recently he has been boomed for the office of state auditor. Comparatively Young Man. He is only 4^ years of age, married, arid has four children, three boys and one girl. He was at one time engaged in school teaching and also proved up on a homestead in Rollette county. Was In City. Mr. Brown, who has been in the city for a few days, has accepted the appointment and as soon as his resig nation is accepted to the auditor's po sition, he will come to Bismarck and make this his home. He left for home yesterday. WANT DAILY SERVICE Dun Center, N. D„ March 21.—A petition for the establishment of an exclusive passenger service on this branch of the Northern Pacific has been presented to the state rail com mission. The petition is liberally signed by residents of the section, who main tain the present mixed service is in adequate. T.«^..l. 5jtM s» if ARMY BILL I Governor Hanna Selects Rollette County Man for Late Mr. Brewster's Place. NEW APPOINTEE IS AN N. D. PIONEER FAMOUS BANDIT OF CIVIL WAR DAYS, DEAD IN MISSOURI HONE Lees Summit, Mo., March 21.—Cole Younger, famous outlaw of border days, but of late years a devout church attendant and good citizen, died tonight on the farm where ,he was born, 71 years ago. For several weeks he had been hovering between life and death and the end came to night. Younger had been out of prison 13 years, after serving a quarter of a century behind the bars of the Min nesota penitentiary for the 'Xorthfield bank robbery in 1876. His brother, iEob, died in the prison. Thomas Coleman Younger, to give his full name, became an outlaw be cause this father was killed as a re sult. of his opposition to the war. He joined Quantrell's band of guerillas and was present in the memorable raid on Lawrence, Kan., in which its garrison of federal troops was put to death by the guerillas. The depredations of the James boys were attracting attention about the time the war ended and as feel ing against the Youngers was still running high as a result of their ac tivities, they were blamed for many of the acts of the James' gang. Prior to this time, ihowever, neighbors had started a story that the Youngers had been implicated in an Iowa bank rob bery. Cole Younger went to Florida and lived under an assumed name, in order to get away from a reputa tion he had not earned. Unable to obtain amnesty for what he had done during the war, Cole Younger finally conceived the robbery of the North field, Minn., bank as a means of oh- Senate Passed Tillman Munitions Measure and Voted $11,000,- 000 for Plants. VOTED ON FORMER MEASURE TODAY Many Ammendments Made to the Matter Which Is Up for Consideration. Washington, March 21.—Although rapid progress was made in the house today with the Hay army increases bill, it was found impossible to reach a vote before adjournment. It may be passed tomorrow, it having been set on Wednesday's calendar for un interrupted consideration. In the senate, Chairman Chamber lain of the military committee, now plans to call up his army bill tomor row. He had expected the house bill to be completed today, and was wati ing for it, but concluded tonight' that time would be saved by attempting to take up the senate measure at once. Several Important Amendments. Several important amendments were made to the Hay bill during the day. With one exception, they were approved by Chairman Hay of the mil itary committee. After defeating a proposal by Representative Kahn, ranking minority member of the com mittee, to permit eflicienl, regular sol diers to be discharged into the re serves in one year on recommenda tion of their commanders or in two years on their own mot ion, the house reversed its action and put through a similar amendment by Representative Gardner of Massachusetts, over Repro sentative Hay's opposition. Reserve Officers Training. The most important amendment •was th«, tns^rllMt bt the frserve. bffl cers' training scheme, proposed by Representative (lard of Ohio, demo crat, which already has been included in the senate bill. It provides 1hat military instructors be supplied by the war department to any civil educa tional institution, with an able stud cnt body of 100 or more and, where a military course, satisfactory to the war department is established. A suf ficient number of graduates would be designated for six months' additional training with the regular army to maintain a corps of 50,000 reserve ofli cers. The provision wan approved by the Association of Military Colleges and Schools.. Give President Gre?t Power. Another amendment accepted which was offered by Representative Kahn, would permit the president to order out the regular army reserves without going to congress for author ity. The contemplated strength of the reserve is 60,000, and as the bill now stands, the president could increase the regular army from its peace strength of 140,000 to a strength of 235,000 by executive order, if war seemed imminent. The last amend ment adopted as offered by Repre sentative of Kentucky, a member of the committee. It would authorize the war department to have constructed all the tools and fixtures necessary to convert private munition plants for (Continued on Page Two) Cole Younger. taining the money he sorely needed. The robbery failed and three of the Youngers' gang were taken alive. Th§ other six met death. Younger never would admit, the other crimes charged to him, although there is ev idence he participated in many of the famous raids of those days. .1. 'i: 1% \r"3 v?1~-" •'-•-.i'-'.'-i ,--t"j --j.sU 3 H!u" THIRTY-SIXTH YEAR, NO. 70 (NEWS OF THE WORLD) BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 22, 1916. (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) mm Anxiety Prevails Here for the .. Punitive Expedition Now Far in Mexico. FUNSTON ASKS, FOR "AN ADEQUATE FORCE" Wires Laid by Advancing Column Have Been Pestvoyed. Wire less Failed at Six Last Night. Antonio, March 21.—General Fred erick Funston asked the war depart ment today for more troops to send in to Mexico, only after long considera tion of the advisability of continuing the operation against Francasco Villa with the forces now commanded by General Pershing General Pershing yesterday suggested that another reg iment be sent to him. and today Gen eral Funston asked the department for what he characterized as an ade quate force. Wants More Troops. It was announced at. General Funs ton's headquarters that the Fifth cav alry, of which one-squadron-is at Ft. Jlyer, Va., and another at Ft. Leaven worth, and the third at. Sheridan would be brought to the border at once and bruoght to General Per shing's line of communication. Whether he had asked for more troops, General Funston would not say. Gave As Reason "Lines Weakened." The only reason given for strength ening General Pershing's force, which is known by the public generally, to be considerably more than 4.IHI0, was that his field of operation had become so extended that his main line of com munication and I lie subsidiary lines were much weaker than they should be. A Precautionary Move. "Merely a prec/iink-nary move," was tli»r\va,y"tiuiiT0ra)i tt'rl suggestions to his motives, other than that it was to strengthen the line. He was asked if tlie reported movement of troops of the defaclo government of the garrison in the interior to posts on the border and the failure of Car ranza troops in one or two instances to show active co-operation in the pursuit'of Villa had anything to with his decision to ask for more strength, but he declined to answer. "Wire Cut" Is Report. Some little uneasiness was display ed for a moment, at' his headquarters today, when it was reported that the telegraph wires between Casas Gran des and the border had been cut, but an official report stating that the line cut' was a "buzzer" line, General Per shing had laid that it had been brok en accidentally by some of the Amer ican forces crossing it allayed appre pension. It is not believed here that General Funston is worried to any extent by reports of alleged growing antagon ism among Carranza troops, although he is carefully studying all reports un official and official on that phase of the situation. -Communication Cut. Reports emanating from Columbus, N. M., state wire communication be tween the United States and General Pershing's punitive expedition in nor thern Chihuahua was at a standstill tonight, it was announced from mili tary quarters. It was asserted that the army wireless station at Casas Grandes failed shortly before 6 o'clock the only remaining line of communi cation into Mexico being by an army field telegraph wire, which has been practically useless for several days be cause it has been cut in a number of places between Columbus and its ter minus, thirty miles south of the bor der. -El Paso reports state Mexican offi cials at Juarez practically conceded tonight that the cutting of the tele phone and telegraph wires between Juarez and Casas Grandes was the re sult of a raid by Villa bandits on the Mexican Northwestern railroad. The extent of the raid and the amount of damage done was not learned. Only Conjecture. In the absence of any news from either General Pershing or General Gavira, there was nothing left but conjecture as to the result of the fighting between Villa and the Carran za troops, said to have occurred near Namiquipa. There was a strong be lief that. Villa was not personally in volved in whatever fighting had oc curred. It seemed reasonably certain that the bandit chief could not have been at. Namiquipa and at the various places at which lie was located in ad vices to General Gavira during tho last week. Villa Defeated? If it is true that. Villa had clashed at Namiquipa with Carranza troops in a general battle in which he had been defeated, it appears highly prob able that bv this time his followers have come in contact with the Ameri can columns. The advance guard of the Americans was reported yester day at Valle. only 35 miles from Cam iquipa. It is not believed, however, that Villa would risk an open fight ("Continued on Page Three) 'V kj v. rr ©ritmn*. Organize Motor Truck Companies Two New Units to Be Sent to the Mexican Border for Use With Army. Chicago, March 121.—Col. A. D. Knis kern, quartermaster of the Central de partment of the army, received orders from "Washington today to send men to Kanawha to supervise the organi zation of two more motor truck com panies which are to be in El Paso by Thursday. The first two of such com panies were organized last week and are already in service, having reached the border in record time. Delegate Ticket of Republican State Central Committee Wins Easily. C. B. LITTLE LEADS IN ALL THE WARDS Bismarck registered a light vote yesterday, in whiqli H. D. Estabrook was the preference for president, Guilder Olson for national committee man and the ticket named by the re publican state central committee won out easily. On the democratic side (here was no opposition to Wilson, but interest centered on the fight .between Brueg ger.and Perry for national committee man. There were less than 40 demo cratic votes cast in the city. Hrueg gcr received 22, .Perry !), and William Olson 7. 'file totjfl vole in the city lor'pres ident on the republican ticket was. LaFollette 7S, lOstabrook 3113, national committeeman, Olson 372, Lemke 37. C. B. Little lead the ticket easily among the delegates with a vote of 402. There were only 4I1 republican votes cast throughout the city. A re sume of the city vote complete fol lows: BISMARCK~CITY COMPLETE. President. LaFollette, .11 78 Estabrook, II 333 •Wilson, S-l LeSueur, S 1 Cummins 1 National Committeeman. William Lemke, 3 Gunder Olson, Democrats. Fred 'Bartholomew, Grand Forks .. 18 Karl Bichler, Selz 7 James E. E'rady, Jud 12 Jakob Brandvig, Harwood 5 Martin M. tBradvold, Devils Lake .'. 5 W. E. Byerly, Velva 10 Scott Cameron, Linton 12 Tobias D. Casey, Dickinson 23 John L. Cashel, Grafton 19 Joseph Cleary, Williston 14 John S. Gogin, Osnabrock 8 J. G. Hagelbarger, Alpin 4 Halvor L. -Halvorson. Minot 18 Frank O. Hellstrom, Bismarck ... 20 M. H. Jefferson, Beach 6 J. Nelson Kelly, Grand Forks 15 •T. C. il^eum, Mayville fi Denis M. Lynch, Fargo 16 Joseph Mann, Washburn 24 .1. F. T. O'Connor, Grand Forks.. 20 Tim O'Connor, New. Rockfoyd ...,. .16 Jens Pederson, iMilnor 5 W. P. Porterfield, Fargo 11 William Purcell, Wahpeton 24 Wm. F. Robertson, Rolette 17 P. A. Schunskie, Lisbon 5 L. L. Stair, Newberg 3 J. J. Weeks, Bottineau 11 FIRSTWARD. President. LaFollette, R- 14 'Estabrook, 36 Wilson, 6 LeSueur, S 0 'National Committeeman. William Lemke, !R 5 "Gunder Olson, JR. 4-9 John Bruegger, .D 4 (Continued on Page Four) LAFOLLETTE OUT III Perry Has Lead Over Bruegger in Scattering Returns Over State. Fargo, N. D„ March 21.—Cando, Perry 21, Bruegger 16 Dickinson, Perry 94, Bruegger 14 Williston, Perry 15, Bruegger 174 Casselton, Perry 41, Bruegger 21 Kenmare, Perry 72, Bruegger 57 Minto, Perry 49, Bruegger 27 Valley City, Perry 39, Bruegger 52 Page, Perry 2, Brueg ger 9: Wahpeton, Perry 59, Bruegger 33 Fargo, Perry 67, Bruegger 73, Ol son i23 Fessenden, 15 majority for Perry Dickey county gave 300 major ity for Perry. Total for Fargo—LaF-ollette 351, Estabrook 137. OF Tentative Draft of New Measure Is Being Prepared by DeFacto Officials. CONFISCATION IS :372 John Bruegger, 22 William Olson. 7 H. H. 'Perry, 9 Delegates to National Convention. Republicans. E. A. Bowman, LaMoure 69 H. W. Braathlein, Williston 18 James A. Buchanan, Buchanan .. 100 O. R. Burtness, Grand Forks ... 76 C. C. Converse, Schafer 65 H. P. Halverson, Sheyenne 94 1-1. C. Harty, E'ottineau 61 George P. Homnes, Crosby 272 M. P. Johnson, Tolley 73 Robert Kee, Sanborn 47 P. T. Kretschmar, Venturia 322 C. B. Little, 'Bismarck 402 .las. McCormick, Churchs Ferry.. 279 John E. Paulson, iHillsboro 262 E. Smith-Petersen. Park River .. 311 M. Tschida, Glen Ullin 55 Robert M. Pollock, Fargo 95 Claude C. Turner, Gladstone .... 319 August Usselniann, Mandan .... 312 Luther L. Walton, Carrington ... 309 Albert Weber, Towner 296 GENERAL BELIEF Douglas, Ariz., March 21.—Slate-ofli* ciills of Sonora w«r« itrepariag at, niosillo today with the assistance of J. luis, tho new attorney general of the de facto state government, a draft of the decree ordered yesterday by General P. Elias Calles to revoke all state concessions. Until the draft is iinally completed and accepted by the military gover nor, the full extent to which it will affect many of the mining corpora tions and other concerns operating in Sonora will not be known. It Is Confiscation. Izesg Levier, consul of the Carran za government, and officers of Monte zuma, Cananea and other mining com panies stated, however, that the de cree would not act as a confiscation of the large copper and gold mines in the state, as the mines and also the rail roads leading to the United States border were held under grants of the federal Mexican governments. Meth ods of operation, taxes paid by the companies and other laws regulating the employment of men and condi tons in general will be changed, they said. Will Not Go to Mines. Plans made by the Montezuma Cop per company to return a number of American workmen to the mines south of Sonora were changed today and the men were informed they would not be needed probably for sev eral days. At the office here of the company, however, it was stated that no intima tion of trouble had been received, but that those in charge of the mines de sired to wait a few days to watch the trend of events in Chihuahua before taking any action. The American employees of the mines in Montezuma region were brought to the border last week after United States troops had been order ed into Mexico to capture Francisco Villa and his bandits. The mines con tinued operating with Mexican em ployees. G. FLINT DEFEATS KELLEY AT Jamestown, March 21.—In the mayor alty contest in this city, which has raged for several days between H. •Flint and J. F. Kelley, and which has resulted in some of the old time cam paign excitement, came to a close to day with the vole standing. Flint 493. Kelley 290. Mr. Kelley is the present mayor and when the alderman voted to cut off the salary of the mayor and make the pay depend upon the meet ings attended, Mr. Kelley vetoed the ordinance and from that time on there has been a warm campaign for the position. THE WEATHER.. NorMi Dakota: Unsettled wea ther Wednesdov. nrobablv snow colder in southern Dortions un settled Thursday -nd not so cold. ii&s-bis" S. -I yrhm^i, LAFOLLETTE LEADS ESTABROOK ON FACE OF MEACER RETURNS CUNOER OLSON AND PERRY WIN WMbmsm /t-r Last E'dMon%«m: j, '-m COIIITTEE SUTE FOB DELEGATES IS Showing Made by New York At* torney Is a Surprise to Many. SMALL VOTE DUE TO BIG SNOW STORM Grand Forks County Only One Turning Out a Big Vote. HOW THE CITIES WENT. LaFollette Estabrook' Bismarck .. 78 333 Farflo 351 137 Valley City. 294 79 Grand Forks -568 376 Totals .... 1,291 92S North Dakota's second presidential primary ran into a regulation blizzard yesterday that rendered it impossible to get anything like complete re turns. They are so meagre that to base even a guess is mere specula* tion. Out of the scattered returns, however, LaFollette is leading Esta brook in the valley, while on the Mis souri river slope the New York at torney is running strong. v. Split Ticket. Harry Tucker at Valley City lest evening was claiming the Btate for LaFollette, but admitted that the del egation of the Progressive Republi can league would not land entirely. The best he would venture was a split -Committee Ticket 'Liadlrt(^ Returns indicate, however, tnat the delegate ticket nominated by fehe re publican state central committee is running strong, with the best chances for its ultimate victory. Gunder Olson Winner. 'Gunder Olson of Grafton defeated. William (Lemke in Cass, Barnes and other sections. His election as na* tional committeeman is assured. H. H. Perry Leads Demos. H. H. Perry is running away "with Bruegger in the valley and on tho Slope. His election seems assured over the Williston man. The Germans in Stark county turned on Bruegger and went to Perry—that is, the ones who did not leave the democratic primaries and vote as republicans. Stark For Estabrook by 150. In Dickinson, for instance, the Ger mans on the South Side voted almost solidly with the republicans, as a pro* test against Wilson's foreign policy. Estabrook will carry iStark county byi 150, or more. All over the Slope it was impossi ble to get returns because of the storm. In the northern tier of coun ties a fierce storm is raging and it was reported from IMinot that in a large number of precincts not a vote was polled. It is estimated that hardly a 25 per cent vote was cast by the republicans. Estabrook managers last evening refused to concede the state to La Follette. But the story is best told by the following scattering returns that filtered in: i50 precincts in Cass county give: President LaFollette, 1247 Estabrook, WO Wilson, 339 National Committeeman. John Bruegger, 787 William Olson, 1£7 H. H. Perry 1358 CITY OF FARGO. Delegates to National 'Convention* Republicans. E. A. Bowman, LaMoure 217 H. W. Braathlein, Williston ...... 84 James Buchanan, Buchanan .. 262 O. B. iEurtness, Grand Forks .... 245 C. Converse, Schafer 167 H. P. Htelverson, Sheyenne 233 H. C. Harty, Bottineau ... ........ 183 George P. Homnes, Crosby ...... 157 M. P. Johnson, Tolley 197 Robert Kee, Sanborn 189 P. T. Kretschmar, Venturia 1®' C. B. Little, Bismarck .... 214 Jas. McCormick, Churchs (Ferry. 205 John E. Paulson, Hillsboro 22S E. Smith-Petersen, Park RiVer .. 167 IM. Tschida, Glen Ullin 141 Robert M. Pollock, Fargo 367 Claude C. Turner, Gladstone .... 219 August Usselmann, 'Mandan 136 Luther L. Walton, Carrington ... 190 Albert Weber, Towner 170 GRAND FORKS. President. No returns were ,iijg -•./y.i 'ft '•iUfcfl*? 4'Jjst LaFollette, Estabrook, National Committeeman. William Lemke, 459 Gunder Olson, 732 John Bruegger, S82 William Olson, 114 H. H. Perry, .• 29S 6w r..s? received 'la fkm F5jnW) (Continued