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1 The Weather SHOWERS FROI MEXICO Administration Waiting for Fur ther Details on Villa Pur suit. WASHINGTON RELUCTANT TO FORCE MATTERS Main Purpose of Expedition Is Regarded as Accomp lished. Washington, April 18.—Tile admin istration is waiting on further reports from American officers '"n Mexico be tcre c.eciding whether the expedpcm seeking Villa shal' be withdrawn or reinforced for further operations. Indications at the war department bore out press reports from the front, that the pursuit of Villa was tempor arily at a standstill. No Decision'Reached. President Wilson and his cabinet' discussed the Mexican situation brief ly today in the light of a review of its military aspects submitted by Gen Funston. It was announced later that the situation was unchanged, and the administration's policy unaltered. One member of the cabinet admitted, how ever, that no flnjfl decision had been reached as to the withdrawal of the troops. Officials would reveal no word of the report submitted by Gen. Funston. It was apparent, however, that it out lined a situation which required ac tion in Washington. Refuse Details. Secretary Baker arranged to take additional advices to the White House as they came. lie conferred with Sec retary., Lansing during the Utle at'iw liftoh. -N^UhW'wJKld conference. It was thought probable though no official would talk about this phase of the question, that the German situa tion would have some bearing upon the impending decision. If a break In diplomatic relations with Germany is foreseen py the administration, it is virtually certain that the troops will be recalled from Mexico immediately ... .European Eventualities. They would be needed at' home as mililary prudence would require that steps be taken to prepare for eventu alities in Europe. The report of Villa's death has not. been cleared up as yet. Doubt as to its truth steadily increases, however, and dispatches from Consul Letcher at Chihuahua, received today charac terized the report as a mere rumor, without any foundation that he could ascertain. The Washington government, as nearly as I he attitude of the cabinet can be learned, is in no mood to force matters in Mexico. Already the main purpose of the ex pedition protection of the border is regarded as accomplished. Secretary Baker conferred with President Wilson at the White House tonight and later spent some time at the war department.-'He said there were no new developments aside from troops movements, which had been ordered by Gen, Funston without in structions' from Washington. MOM At Spring School Election in Fargo Loomis Ticket Won at Polls. Fargo, N. D., April 18.—The regular, or Loomis ticket, won in today's school election in Fargo, routing the so-called Elliot ticket, by a vote of about 2 to I. School construction plans maintained during the last few years, which included the construction of an elaborate set of grade school buildings, are approved by today's el ection. The newly elected directors also are pledged to support the new city sup erintendent of schools, recently nam ed. The directors elected are: M. J. Moen, Dr. William C. Nichols, Mat thew F. Steele, Mrs. Thomas J. Gra ham and Herbert L. Loomis. SUPPLY OF CRUDE OIL VERY SHORT Washington, April 18.—Little hope for a reduction in gasoline prices is seen by experts of the bureau ofmines, which issued a statement today de claring that at the present rate of production, the country's supply of crude oil will be exhausted in 27 years. Relief can come, the statement says, only through development of process es for obtaining a larger quantity of gasoline from crude oil. GOES TO MEXICO AS MILITARY ATTACHE Rending placed at W* Capt. Louis J. Van Schaick. Capt. Louis J. Van Schaick, medal of honor man and one of the most distinguished line officers in the army, is to be military attache to the American embassy that is to be re established in the City of Mexico. He was given his medal of honor for an act of exceptional gallantry in the Philippines in 1901. E Chances of Getting' Villa Are ^slde^crvcry Re- mote. PURSUIT OF BANDIT 1 COMES TO A HALT San Antonio, Aril 10.—Gen. I"unf ton is to Gen. Pershing more than 2,00(1 additional troops and I hero in reason to believe even more the will be disposal of Gen. Per shing, if tin.' capaign against Krancis co Villa is continued. The I mops which have been ordered to Persh ing's base at Columbus are now on duty along the border. The troops selected for Gen. Per shing are tiie Sixth cavalry from the Brownsville district, the Seventeenth infantry from Eagle Pass, Troop "L" of the Tenth cavalry from Tt. Apa cliee, Ariz., and one lmtallion of (he Twenty-fourth infantry, one company of which is at El Paso, one at Maria and another at Fabas. Maria is a town north of Ojanaga near I he fron tier. In addition to these troops, total ing 2,300, Gen. Pershing now has in his base guard at Columbus, $04) men, but the necessity of maintaining at least' that many there is recognized. Staff officers here were convinced some days ago that unless Villa is taken before he gets beyond a point south of Satevo, the chances of get ting him were remote. That point has been reached and Villa remains at large—or dead—and to that situa tion is added an undisguised hostility of various Carranza organizations that army officers here declare makes necessary the strengthening of Gen. Pershing's force. Additional troops are being sent to Gen. Porshing as much for protection of those already in Mexico along the lines of communi cation as to strengthen the mobile forces whipping the region south of Satevo. Marked hostility lias been displayed along the line of communication by Villa's men, and indications have been numerous that not all the Cafranza element, both military and civil, were friendly. Scouts are continuing their work of locating Carranza troops in that vicinity. Little actual work in the chase of Villa has been done since the Ameri can troops were forced into a fight at Parral. Says Villa is De^d. The reports of Villa's death were indirectly confirmed here today by an American mining man who controls large interests in the Guerrero dis trict. This man is in close touch with the American military author ities and has forwarded his informa tion to Washington, he said. "I know beyond any question that Villa was wounded at. Guerrero. I have received my account of the af fair from one in whom I have the fullest confidence. He tells me that Villa was shot through the right knee, the bullet killing* liis horse, which fell, pinning the bandit under it and injuringh is left leg. This was on March 29. After that, I re ceived daily reports about Villa's movements nn to April 5. when he (Continued on Page Four) j&at A Wj. Is the Most Important Turkish Point on the Black Sea. CONTINUE DRIVE AGAINST TURKS Inclement Weather Halts Unim portant Action on French Line. London, April 18.—Pressing their attacks vigorously by land and sea, the Russians have captured Turkey's most important port on the Black sea, Trebizond. That the joint attack by the land and naval forces was sharp, quick and decisive, was indicated by the fact that a Russian qfflcial com munication has just announced that the Russian land forces at the village ol' Dronna, seven miles east of Trebi zond, when a new announcement of the fall of the town was made. The Russians also are continuing their drive against the Turks in the region of the Raiburt, to the south east, the capture of which town would result in the joining of the forces which recently captured Erzerum anil those now at Trebizond, and give the Russians a line for a solid advance work. This is part of the plan for the isolation of the Turkish forces in Mesopotamia. On the front in France, inclement weather has impeded the activity of the troops around Verdun, in all sec tors of which there have lieen oiJy in- bc^laraflioitt1^.'^ui'Fh»»^4pitiyr infantry attacks in France or Belgium have taken place along Ihe British end of the line, where at several points the British have entered Ger man trenches or shaken off German allempted attacks. MOTORISTS TO BE Unless They Heed It, Will Be Arrested for Exceeding Speed Limits Complaint lias been made to the authorities thaL some of Ihe auto drivers are exceeding the speed lim it in such flagrant, ways that action will be taken to see that the man dates of the city shall be obeyed Commissioner Kirk was instructed at the commission meeting .Monday to look into the matter and take such action as he deemed necessary, even if it were necessary to employ a motorcycle policeman to care for the traffic ordinance violators. Cutting Corners. Each one of the commissioners and several of the spectators expressed themselves quite distinctly upon this matter of cutting corners by motor ists instead of running out far enough past the corner, so as to allow a ma chine on a cross street to safely slow and turn in the opposite direction. Let Contracts. The contract for the construction of sidewalks was awarded to J. O. Varney and the crosswalks went to Andrew Pierson. Mr. Varney's bid called for, cement walks, 12 cents per square foot excavations, 32 cents per cubic yard filling. 32 cents a yard, "and relaying tile walk, 33 cents per square yard. Ordered in Two Lights. The matter of street lights for Twelfth and Bowen streets, and Av enue and Eleventh street, petition ed for at the last meeting, was taken up and on recommendation of the committee was accepted. The lights will be placed at the points indicat ed. The meeting came to a close by the selection of S3 jurors for the next term of the petit jury. They follow: E. A. Hughes, W. E. Cannon. F. Jaszkowiak John Pollock, Geo. Will, J. C. Winslow, Frayne Baker, G. Door ley, N. A. Freeborg, Louis Larson, Thos. Amundson. W. Laist, Ben Ben son, A. C. -Hinckley, W. L. Gross, Nick Yokum, G'. T. Wynkoop, I. Caru fel, C. H. Crockard, W. Cook, A. P. Lenhart, I. W. Griffin, John Homan. W. F. Cashing, Pat Casey, K. H. How elL H. Engen, Cecil Burton, H. T. 'Murphy, ,B. E. Jones, Chas. Kupitz, G. G. Beithon, J. P. Jackson. GALE~IN GOTHAM. New York. April 18.—A 72-mile-an hour gale, which swept down on this city and vicinity today, is believed to have caufted at least two deaths be sides much damage to property. •v 1 v^m tj -,pr ^syrwy THIRTY-SIXTH TEAR, NO. 94 (NEWS OF THE WORLD)1 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 19, 1916. (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) nvi CENTS MAY SEVER RELATIONS WITH GERMANY ARE RAY TO FICHT FOR President Wilson" Has Outlined Justifiable ji«ftso»s for W*r. REMARKS HAVE A SIGNIFICANCE NOW "Are You Ready for the Test?" Is His Favorite Ap peal. Washington, Anlifl IS.—President Wilson's determination io lay the sub marine issue tomorrow recalls some of his recent publiq -utterances on his conception of American duty to hu manity. They werp made while the president was preparing his final word on the submarine crisis, and while his words were not connected with any particular phase of the for eign affair, they are regarded as high ly significant' now. "Are you ready -for the test," the president asked ^liis hearers last Thursday night at a Jefferson day cel ebration. "God forbid that choosing and that do we should ever become directly, or indirectly, embroiled in quarrels not of our own not we feel responsible, to defend, but if we should ever be-drawn in, are you ready to go in, only where the inter ests of America arc coincident, with the interests of inattkind, and to draw out the moment the interest centers in America and is narrowed from the wide circle of humanity? "Are you ready J!$r the test? Have you the courage tiJui in.? Have, you acconifn jr -r?r the balances disturbed are readjusted for the interests of humanity?" Yesterday before the Daughters of the American ItcvoluHon, Ihe presi dent declared: "America, will have Inij.-ollcn her traditions whenever upon any occa sion she fignls merely for herself un der such oireuiiislaiices lliat will show she has forgotten io lighl for all man kind, and the onlv excuse America can ever have fur the assertion of her physical force is that she asserts il in behalf of the interests of human ity." The presiden' made the laller re mark al a. meeiiii:', Io which he went directly from work. HEALTH MICE Scores Tribune for Its Criticism of Local Milk Inspec tion. Dr. L. D. Bristol, state bacteriol ogist, appeared before the Burleigh County Medical asociation last even ing at the Commercial club, and de fended the sub-laboratory here and the health work generally carried on by the University of North Dakota. He scored the Tribune for its crit icisms of the feeble health adminis tration of the local laboratory and of the university health department. He was forced to admit, however, that the administration of the health affairs of the state from three head quarters was not exactly efficiency in the modern sense that term is used. Defending the work of the city bac teriologist, he scored the Tribune for not printing a long-winded academic letter upholding the health adminis tration of the university, although the substance of the letter was given in a recent article exposing the present inefficient health administration and urging a cocentration of the health laboratory at Fargo, under Dr. Ladd, who has a national reputation. In order to check up the efficiency of the local bacteriologist, a sample was sent to the St. Paul city chem ist, a well known expert. !His analy sis and that of the local bacteriolo gist were so different that the phy sicians were stumped. After threatening to have the let ter sent to the Tribune printed in an other paper, the general discussion of the Tribune's expose of milk condi tions and the poor service of the lo cal health laboratory were discussed. Several papers were read on medi cal subjects and several out of town doctors were present. WANTS $108,222~~BACK SALARY. New York, April 18.—George Mel len, former president of the New York, New Haven and Hartford rail road. filed suit in the supreme court today here against the company for $108,222, with interest, in his effort to enforce the payment of a salary of $30,000 a year, on a contract for five years, as adviser of the railroad. ®ritmue. Assail Report of Dr. Blue on BleachedFlour Washington, April IS.—The milling interests of I ho northwest, today as sailed and asked for the withdrawal of the recent report of Dr. Rupert Blue, surgeon general of the United States Public Health service, declar ing that highly milled bleached flour in common use is deprived in milling of elements of nutrition and often is deficient in essential food substances. Today the Northwestern Millers Association of Minneapolis sent a long telegram to Ihe treasury depart ment', asserting the conclusions were unwarranted and untrue. VON PAPEN NOTES 10 BE RETURNED TO BERi OFFICE Germany Also Secures Release of Wolfe Von Eigel, Held by Federal Authorities. BLOW TO CASE affect what OF GOVERNMENT Washington, April 18.—The German embassy today demanded of the' slate department the immediate return of papers and documents seized by agents of the department of justice in New York from the office formely oc cupied by Captain Franz .von Papen, l'e embassy. At the sanle tlnle, the em bassy requested the release of'Wolfe von Eigel, Von Pa pen's former secre tary, arrested by the authorities in New York on an indictment charging conspiracy |o 'blow up the Wellaml canal. Consul Polk of Ihe stale department Io whom the representations were made, at oniv advised .the department of justice to return the papers and free Von Eigel unless the offense was committed before lie became a mem ber of Ihe embassy's slalT. Prinz llat/.feldl, counselor of Ihe embassy, who made representations, demanded llial the papers and docii nienls be sealed and restored without being photographed or copied. The action was based upon the ground I hat Ihe office in which lite seizure oc curred, in reality is a branch of Ihe embassy. It was id al the embassy thai the. contents of the papers were unknown I here, and ihat *'ie demand for their restoration was made after Von Kigel had communicated over the long dis tance telephone from New Vork. Teutonic officials appeared to be surprised on being informed of the re lease of Von Eigel which had been conditionally ordered. They indicated Ihat they liad been informed the In structions for Hie release of the pris oners would be unconditional. A lengthy report on the affair was un derstood to have been forwarded to night to the Berlin foreign office. FATALITIES HAVE HMD with tlie FIVE Bradford, P.. I., April 18.—The total deaths by the rear-end collision of trains on the New York, New Hamp trains on the New York, New Hav en and Hartford railroad here last night', remained at five tonight, a search of the ruins having failed to disclose more bodies. All the injured are expected to recover. Various inquiries into the cause of the accident were started during the day, but none reached a definite con clusion and it was said tonight no findings would be returned probably until an investigation be begun tomor row in New Haven under the direc tion of the interstate commerce com mission was complete. WILL PROTEST AGAINST CENSOR SHIP. Minneapolis, April 18.—Officials of the local naval recruiting station stat ed that' they would call to the atten tion of the Washington government the action of the Canadian officials censoring mail enclosed in a depart ment envelope and addressed to the Minneapolis branch of the depart ment. This envelope did not contain the name of the station at which it was opened. The letter was from Mrs. Adeline Clement, Donalda, Alta., Can., and contained information regarding her son's application for enlistment in the United States navy. GREENLEAF HERE. D. C. Greenleaf. a former mayor of Minot, was in the city yesterday on legal business. m^K'" rh PRESIDENT WILSON CALLS TOR JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS TO Contents of Communication Is Guarded Prom News Sources Notations Made by Chief Executive Are Known Only to the Author. SENATE, SCENTING DANGER, RUSHES ARMY MEASURtS. ARRESTED AS SPYS Savannah, Ga., April 18.—Three men, s&id to be Ger mans, but whose names were not given by officials, were arrested today at Hardeeville, S. C., at the request of Lieutenant Cronkhite, U. S. Engineer Corps, who suspect ed them of espionage. A search of the prisoners, it was said, revealed they were in possession of maps, giving minute details of fortifications along this section of the coast, and carried an elaborate photographic outfit. A charge of vargrancy on which the men were taken into custody was changed to a charge of "being suspi cious characters," when each of the three producecd $3,* 000 to disprove the vagrant charges. Washington, April IS.—'President Wilson will lay vine crisis before congress tomorrow. In the hall ii.t one o'clock in Ihe afternoon,'with congress seated in joint session, the president, will seek the last word of Slates to (iernuuiy in the grave situation, which has nations on the brink of a break ance are expected to follow for An ultimatum to (ierniany and even the severance TO CONFER WITH STONB At 10 o'clock lomoiTow morning, the president at (lie White Mouse, Chairman Stone and Flood of the coiiiinilIces dealing with foreign, affairs, and Senators Cooper, Ihe ranking republican members. The ofl re tea led statement from the White House ministration ol'licials, tliiil before breaking olV diplomatic willi Ierniany, I lie president would fully advise the (Foreign AlVairs committees was recalled tonight in Soon after announcement of Ihe meeting, and it was garded as the forerunner of a development of utmost, WASHINGTON PEARS WORST Tonight, all official Washington is fearing the worst and hop ing for the best, and is practically in ignorance of the details of the president's plans. 1101m T" Last Edition today, .just after the cabinet, 1 he Io for joint session nf Ihe house ami senate at one president summoned Secretary Tumulty. He to the capitol at 4 rM o'clock—and not before—and afternoon. The president did not state his purpose tary and instructed him specifically to inform the no knowledge of the president's designs, further portant. alVairs were to be communicated to congress. Tumulty Makes Arrangement. Promptly at the hour named, his secretary went to the president's room in. the capitol and sent for IN VI TRIAL Wealthy Minneapolis Jobber Smiles as She Tells of Experiences. TESTIMONY RESEMBLES "KID" SKULLY CASE Minneapolis, April 18.—The com plaining witness, a 17-year-old girl, took the stand for the state in the prosecution of Joseph W. Bragdon, wealthy Minneapolis clubman, who is accused of offenses against young girls. The trial of Bragdon comes as the result of investigation into the vice conditions here. The girl testified that she, with oth er girls, had been taken by the de fendant to resorts and lonely spots near Minneapolis, where offenses have been committed. The story told by the girl was of the same sordid nature as that told at the trial of ivid" Skully, who is now serving a sentence at Stillwater. At the opening of the trial this morning, Bragdon appeared confident and smiled to his friends and attor neys while chatting with them. During the statements of the girl witness, his confident did not ap pear to be shaken. THE WEATHER irfrfiif?TiinT -T^ft'iiiiiiiiii'Wfirr- North Dakota: Showers Wed nesday. with cooler in west por- «8» tion: Thursday fair. Iff the subma* of representative# before him the United kept the two nearly a year Developments yet undisclosed and of the most solemn connection everywhere re gravitv. had departed, instructed him 1 1 import quickly. 7 of diploV vitalities'* •»»»,«,. will receive Congressional Lodge and and ad relations heads of the arrange o'clock tomorrow to his secre leaders he had than, that im Chairman Stone and Floor Leader Kern. After a hurried conference, they went to the house side and talk ed with Majority Leader Kitchip. A few minutes later, a resolution for a joint session was introduced "Does the gentleman from North Carolina desire immediate action on this?" asked Representative Mondell, acting as republican leader in the ab sence of Representative iMann. "Yes," responded the democratic leader, "I understand the president has some very important communica tion to make." Pass Resolution. Without debate or opposition, the house at once passed the resolution and the clerk carried it over to the senate. Up to the moment the clerk entered, a majority of the senators still were ignorant of the develop ment. Senator Kern, at a point in the di viding aisle of the senate, and be fore the vice president's desk, await ed the clerk's report of the house resolution and at once asked for its immediate adoption. A sense of its meaning electrified the chamber, although the senators were in Ignorance of its full purposes and in a tense silence it was passed. Congress ImprcaMd. Secretary Tumulty returned to the White House,' and congress, as the possibility of the president's action dawned upon it, was galvanised with a realization of its significance. The senate, which has settled down to a night session on the army Mil* listened attentively while Senator Williams spoke of the ne#d of nap tional defense, and then in quick suc cession adopted amendments, which, in effect, would evetually create a fighting force of 1,000,000 men. (Rush Measures Through. The reorganization ot the national guard, the creation ot a volunteer army, military training in schools. (Continued on Pace FOar) 1