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JVAXAHACHIE DAILY Vgfj;ME XX*V ^ WAXAHACHIE, TEXAS. THI RSDAY. \TRII. 6. 1916,_NO ! , „ CONSPIRATORS ARE 'ilKl.ru* VT EL PASO AND ,M AREZ. cl Villa. I>l«* a»»d Orosco Pl,l(lin4. insurrection in Juarez (ia»i'k',n—Vllln Has His ai>|iear<ad. ... p\-o. Texas, April 6.—With in El Paso, besides ! . . ! arrests in Juarez, of ,the plot to start an in the Juarez garrison has id broken up. of Felix niaz. Villa and an- . inong the prisoners. So lit,n none of the conspira , tali.., Juarez have been ex“ : . inu: sqund as was threat si. tapparently disappeared. . ,nd American officers here j, tat none of the soldiers of , , .a, eruments seeking the 1(i:- |,. ,.|e; have seen Villa since ., umled in the uuerrero ,,a;_ .■ .lays ago. While he is i he nearing Parral in ih liliualuia this information L -:.,m civilian sources, which i unsatisfactory owing ^ar or friendship for Villa. •!(■■ >i pursuit is believed to in:: 01 arily halted south of Guer i m (o the danger of extend t line of communication much 1 ,;a.h without adequate rail-, ;.,i!i;v However, five hun 1 cavalrymen under Colonel Dodd have dashed to Satevo where t lust reported several days (■ late r information estimates ; Villa inis with him 250 men. k;c previously reported as being < n . wagon attended by a k1 :ful of followers, i- a!'";, officials, who insist that -perately wounded, predict cr!y cad to his flight either by Hr- or capture. 1HT TO 10SSJWT10 RIMC H\KI) THAT hi: will an [iv.vn: <xm>ii>acy pkksi IdiVTI XL NOMINATION. i,,k tv Kind of Program the lliicnno Convention Must Adopt li tie Is Nomi nated. f'V VOUK, April 6.—That i Rim •vr-it's hat is in the ring n that is about to be F;,,i to tid for him the republi r"':!-1' ia 1 nomination is the t ''tii.n placed on the Colonel's t"’ defining the kind of a pro Cnango convention must 1: it nominates him. * f *‘‘!iy announcement of his :■ for the republican presi “ n"ni tuition is expected. MU FACES M ACUTE SITUATION Ll 'lid \ V M., April <5.—With f " '' transportation facilities rj11’ ;|iili*ary men here today ll‘ r ll»e situation would it General Pershing's ■"•Ginre ininh farther to the !il motor trucks now in “i'i l"‘ unable to supply the torate and food sup flfl itiifi PISTE pw jmiicmif won April 6.—With Kfeat armor plate a won preparations to move forward e federal manutac l es, increased facil ifacture of smok*’ ?d warship build t :■» for torpedoes. "i ammunition 1advocates for gives the news. ...: ♦ ONTARIO. <’al .. April M ♦ ♦ Etienne. Frenchm. n, ,pi0(1 * ♦ ■ Made la • • « ^ r.'.zor his harbor vva using e ♦ "Vive I.a Fran* •" And Ktl ♦ ♦ enne smashed th" t irber chair ♦ ♦ "Alias les Roche; - and a table ♦ ♦ was shattered. Vice le Jeanne ♦ ♦ d Arc. vive Joffre!"~a + ♦ crumbled into ruins, the «wo ♦ ♦ became debris, a mirror hi . r- ♦ ♦ ed ami the chandelier swung. ♦ ♦ The neutral police came in + ♦ ♦ ttttttttttttt* ♦♦♦ "*■ - ■■ _a 1 HELD ARTILLERY WILL NOT RE S ENT TO R \ N A M \ .. WASHINGTON. April fi The war department, acting upon the request | of General Funston, ha counter- j mr.nded orders for a battery of the i Fourth field artillery to go from I Brownsville to Panama. Funston' thought it should be retained in its j piesent position. I I j THK BRITISH LIXKR ZKXT IS TORJ’KDOKD WITHOl T WARNING. The Captain and Ten Members of the (’retv Who Were Saved Said Ship Began Sinking Soon as Torpedoed. LONDON, April 6.—Forty-eight lives were lost when the British liner Zent was torpedoed without warn ing The captain and ten survivors were landed at Queenstown this morning. They all agreed that the ship was torpedoed without warning. The Zent began sinking immediate It after the torpedo struck. In efforts to get the boats over quickly the crew became evcited and practically every boat capsized. The submarine moved away while the sailors were struggling in tin water without (attempting to aid them. A passing steamer pick ed up a part of the crew. Two bodies were landed at Queenstown today. ! Sick Instead of Drunk. NEW YORK, April 6. — Asked whether Craig Colt of the fire alarm department was on a spree, Mrs. Lot tie Stanton replied, “Yes, the gentle man's illness is mistaken for a spree.” GERMANY WILL FIGHT TO VICTORIOUS FINISH BERLIN, April <>.—The vigorous statement of Chancellor von Beth mann-Hollweg in yesterday's ad dress to the reichstag has apparent ly swept aside all factional differ ences. Leaders of all parties agree to tlie utterances. The statement invoked the greatest enthusiasm, it being declared that Germany will fight the war to a victorious finish regardless of the cost. Perhaps if you should weigh your! words the scales wouldn't break un der the weight of them. j b DO vor KNOW THAI ♦ b Sacs in roof-gutt.a a b as mosquito breeding ♦ America’s most valuabh * b is babies? b The public cigar-cuttei m a b health menace? * b The United Stales pub ^ b health service Maintains a 1 ♦ library of sere b The typhoid rat b accurately community i: ' !♦ gence? . |b Whooping cough annua |b kil!- OTM •’ld Ame * . lb cans? # lb Bad housing produces • . ^ b health? - b Rocky mounta. spotte . ^ ib ei la MMrwd t» a ..: "" " ■ WASHINGTON RECEIVED FIRST I l'OSITI\ K INFORM ITION Tolt I'FIIO SANK I.IN Fit. — f ti — Members <>l Fmhitssy \|i|Hiini(il to j Examine Pieces of Metal Pound on Sussex Declare They Were Parts of Torjiedo. WASHINGTON, April The em- j ba*.=y attaches who were appointed : to examine the pieces of metal found ! on the channel packet Sussex report j • d that the investigation shows the j pieces are parts of u German torpedo, j The finding of the attaches v.as bas ed on a comparison of the metal ! pieces to the construction of Get man torpedoes in Paris. The report of the American inves ! tigators to the state department h the first positive Information the gov- i eminent has received indicating that a German submarine attacked the Sussex The report today is said to be a preliminary to a more detailed re port. Shortly after the report was made known Secretary Panning asked for an appointment with the president. This was set for two o'clock this af ternoon. — Ht nitV THREATENED TO MAKE EAT EIGHT GLOMES. _ NEWARK. N. J., April 6.—Charg ing that her spouse threatened to make her eat the electric light bulbs, Mrs. Ella Smith of Boston is suing for seoeration. ARMY SUFFERS NO UNUSUA^ HARDSHIPS LKTTKILS WIUTTKX 1$V XlOTHKIiS OK SOLDIKltS IIKIXO SII.AKI* titlTIC'ISXL Kunston Says the Stories of Suffering Come “From a Few Weak Si— ter-" Found in Kvory .Army. SAN ANTONIO, Texas, April 6.— Letters from the mothers of Ameri can soldiers accompanying tiio puni tive expedition in Mexico received by General Funston have brought a sharp criticism from the post com mander, who declared that the stories of extreme suffering being endur ed by the soldiers come only "from a few weak sisters” who are to be found in every army. He declared that notwithstanding a somewhat de ficient supply of forage and food the American troops in Mexico have un dergone no unusual hardships. ONE PERSON KILLED IN IDEIISTZEPPELIN RAID LONDON, April 6.—One |»erw»n was killed and eight injured In laM night's Zepjieliu raid on England, the fifth of the |»ast week, the war office announced this afternoon. One of three Zeppelins tliut raided th. north ciMist counties last night was reported to have lieen hit. The raiders dropped »H lionibs. killing one person, a child, and injuring eight, five of whom were children and one woman. The British report of one of the Zepfieliu* being hit is contradicted by the statement of the (terman ad* mirult) which announced that all the Zeppelins returned to their base un damaged. The Herman admiralty de clared that the Zeppelins destroy<sl the big Iron works, glass furnaces ,nd extensive establishments at Whitby, four hundred miles north of London. ENbluE GREW HURLED /5 FEEL WHENJOiLER EXPLODES BEDFORD, Ind., April 6 —When the engine boiler on a Monon train, enroute from Chicago to Louixvtlle. exploded at the top of & heavy grade he engine crew was thrown seventy ,‘, e feet and seriously injured \utomatic safety device* brought the | train to a stop ♦ ♦ ♦ l»A\ t I 1*111 MAM*. v. IHMIl. ♦ ♦ HO Wtl> M » I* I l\ 111. • ♦ - ♦ ♦ PHH.AHKI.PHI \ \ , *; ♦ ♦ So many school k..t ♦ ♦ have s en rapt' ** | !\ f>ati ♦ ♦ Cupid since laM -un ’ -i th ■' • ♦ the !■< ird of • • ♦ ♦ !.p ■ :al examination to fill the ♦ ♦ ranks Manx nun i-o- fo' .« # ♦ ; d the clt sing of tb garden • ♦ last summer : ml ■ rihh ♦ ♦ !Nt w .1 virtual’ c « ’ mi tod ♦ ♦ ♦ i Ml*.*. jam: \1»DAMs TOO III. TO ITTKMi l*t «< » Ml I T. I NEW YORK. April Ml- .Jnne Addams. noted so< ial worker and 1 delegate to the Ford peace tribunal at Stockholm. Is undegoing treatment \ for tuberculosis of the kidney and diahetlg c° mi dicat ions, according to j Miss Emily flreene Hatcher. who sailed today as M!*s Addama’ alter nite. ____ - FOR DEFENSE KIGGKHT COAST III I KNsK \i' PIIOPKIATIOV lill.l. IN HIS. TOM INTROIM i Ell. sherleyIsauthor The Kill Carries \>m i> IMiU.O'l for Coast Fort if leaf ions— \u lliori/es Kuililiitg of Mail) Iliu Guns. __ WASHINGTON, April The bit gest appropriation bill for coast de fenses and fortifications in the hij tory of the country was introduced in the house today by Representative Sherley of Kentucky, chairman of the house committee on fortifier Hons. The measure carries actual appropriations of nearly >2 2,000,000 for fortifications, submarine mim«. field artillery and ammunition and in addition authorizes contracts ag gregating more than >12,000,000. The direct appropriation is ap proximately >16,000,000 larger than lust year. Having adhered generally to th • program of tho war department hoa'.d of review which recently studied th< defenses end recommended the ulti mate expenditure of >06,000,000 11.■ > committee inserted In this bill the following items: The construction of six 16-inch guns, two of which are to be locut-d on Rocky Reach defending New York city, and four at Cape Henry. Mounting seven 12 inch guns on barbette carriages •with a high angle of fire, hitting a range of 30,000 yards. These guns are to be placed in New York, Huston and either Port land. Oregon or K;.n Kranclwo. Emplacement of fifty-four 3-Inch anti-air guns to be distributed at various fortified positions. HANK ItOlHIKKK >I\KK MAUL OF *1.1,000. PITTSBURGH, Pa.. April «. Masked auto bandit* this afternoon entered the First National batik at Houston, Pa., held up the cashier and escaped with fl'i.ooO. The robbers are being pursuer by a posse. IDS Min MM Clin TO DEITH W. H. HI'MI’HKI VS SLAIN IN Ills LITTLK STOICK %T LISBON LAST NILHT. Ills Pawtlitrr, Mrs. |». |t. Trower, Probably Fatally Injured—It-*»> tier) Motive lor I rime. DA LAS, Te.as April I—W. I! Humphreys, aged 7 7. was clubbed to death and his daughter, Mr- J> H. Trower, aged 45, a widow, was prob ably fatally injured In their home at Lisbon. seven mite* from belt-, last night. Humphreys conducted a country itor»- tail hi and Lis da •shier itv ■ i In rear rooms. The crime was discovered early this morning by Humphrey's son who iiv eg a unle distant. Robbery is believed to have bee the motive. TROOPS HAVE FINISHED TASK ttiN-xl I t.\IUI\ I UOIIS UITII Kit t\\ \ I \M» 'III W 1 HOOK'* HM»M >1». \ O. Tin' i nrr rum iHilrlnl Iki Urrx lli • in ilii'.ikin;; \ ilin'i Sirrnglh tho I xi'i ilit ion \\ .in a '■niirxx. \n 1 i-narr \»* nli-il. _____ I I. I*\'»t>, Trx.ix. \|>rII it.— ' »H'»I Kanin, rhiri Innnn/i of < >.«l ilmia tin- In.rili r. ili'i I.ik’<I liinioolf Inin) In famr nf I Ik* l nitiil *t«irv wltlulmv. ina from Mi xlrn. T in'll' Ii no llotllit hill dial t.arx'i. 'i x., iv. trill 1 tli. xfi>x.i. m ilu i .nr.iii.t aiivi'tiinxi rxl. “Tin- \ uu’rii;!l> r\|iiililion ll.li ;li'hit xml ils purpnir nf lir'.ihllni tl,' \ ilin'i if rir»|£lli a in I •Mitti’nil lii» lolloxxm," stilil t.urii.t. ‘'Ii ii not i»-i. uni t to i'.'|iiurt* \ lllit to tnr»!*.«• tli t'V|H'ilitioa ii sirt'i i It xx< 'll I In* um'Ii'h to iiuvr a thou nn<l nn-n imi’Mlina film for xvlmt inn) Ito nn in rlefinlti* tilin'.” Cmit inuiiu* t onstil (.mill -■«i*I "Villa ran In' mitts* in*II> captiir »sl It) idleting :■ hij( ri'Hitnl. flicw* is mi in i-sslty, in ini nphtiin, fur tin* Vmollomi lii>o|i- , in iilnt, lil"i an) fui Iher. Tin* withdrawal of (In* Initial Stairs furors m mil I not mean that so ti 11 Im*ll l !• . ii hit. Villa lull lie clmiutcd. Villa - pi.m r |ia > I'n'll oinnplotol) broken amt lit M* ilran people non ran I Hr that hr Is defeat* nl, hut llu* fmthor |int|*»a*ss of tin Virerleatts into tin* interior of Mcvi* t o mluht pret ii'itati* Irotlblr. I he llrvo they Hhouhl Ik withdrawn.** VVIIITK HOI *sl W II I. NOT DISCI **S (i.vnci v HI f.tiliSTION WASHINGTON, V tifil ii.— III. VVhito Huns', war ami state depart ment* refused to d I semes tbi* sump*** tion of Consul On tola that American trtMi|is ho withdrawn front Motion, further than to mii that thro* have hoen ii.• chances m the plans for the rampaiKn. < onstil Itoilycrr* at ytli'irljiro ad vised the stall- department that he hail placed Itofore the Carranza K‘>* ernntriit this government'* request f<*r permission to use Mnlr.ui rail way* while tin* agreement affecting tin- operations in Motion is |>riMlln'i. IDE TEUTONS SUET FOIKJIT Klllll <;i:rm\n sou)it its till now mk« INT. M\ss» |»o\ HI ST li\NK Ol TIIK Mi l SK. New Regiment* tie lb lug Throw'1 Into th< l ighting at tuux. Stripping Otln-r Line*. LONDON. April « -Dispatches re ceived here from i'aris today report ed heavy concentration of German troops on the west hank of the* Meuse and the resumption of the bombardment on the east bank Tne German are stripping their line from ISsoisoncK eastward and aie throwing fresh troop* into the ba tic. Now regiments that did not tak' part in the earlier fighting at Verdun are being hurled again*! the iFrench at Vaux HOLLAND HTOI’S I HI. I EXPORT VI ION o| I «M*I>. LONDON, April <5.— Until further notice the Dutch government has for j bidden the exportation of,food, ac cording to dispatches from The Darftue Ships preparing to leave port with food supplies have been i ordered to discharge their cargoes. ANOTHER DAlllS MAN ATTACKED HI THUGS DALLAS. Texas. April 6 J. U : Bowling *a» beaten and robbed last ! night by a negro highwayman. His i condition is critical. Bowling 1* at Parkland howpita! suffering from a fractured skull. The police have arrested Frank Wilson who «M later identified by I Howling a* bis assailant. ♦ * + su 1*1 k i i ir*»** ♦ ♦ ih*ni»i in ini hii *«.t* • • ♦ • » I \Ht i \ • Vv ♦ • • 0 II'-1 ; •'*!';«' e t > 'i ♦ ♦ ■ ’ • ♦ - • , * < ♦ ♦ II- a:I! !>• hi l*lll V ♦ • v ■ ♦ • Vnr ft . n«. > %i i'll '3. • ♦ HI- I In ’ ; l \ t>rl I i • + | i ! \ . t I •% • 1 t -' In ** 4 l • i i . I i ♦ 1 I in.I min \I*PI Mm !(•»: Ill I (.1 \ N IJl I.II I I I Nil AI’STIX, Texan. April Hover I Or KerRU-en toilav Invit'd .in i»Pl *' H 1 to the people of Texii . to re*pond to ] t)>f* reijuertl of the Heist in relu*f fnmmlMlnn for rontrlli'illatii to b" inllerttNl April N. u hi ell in., been dnlinatril 8* "Sitlmul flnit and ta t'ny." ME St IS (HE HE I FOB HE T\\ K\T>-TWO ■*« ol l- tKIttVIlt VI t i HI Mill * Klim I oil f III \ II.I I MINI W III < ><ivt Hi*' lli'dlrr lint IPirl fot I'rohiRK'* Henilquai tc, * til Onu— \ii< Men IIunti l *, COM Mill S, N M . \prll *1 Twenty two A|mchi< IikIImu scouts arrived In t’olutubo* today on a special car from Fort Apache. Vjt at- na A* s mi as their pottle* are unleaded they "III start to General Pershing's headquarters to lead the hunt for Villa. “If thesm men got oo Villa's trail they will bring him back," wnld tie Interpreter who accompanied the warriors. "They ate man hunter*. They painted up ami got all ready for service the day orders reached them at the reservation i Fourteen ol lit** hand wen mem her* of the Gwrenimo raid of iSHti and fought again t the 1'nfted States Midlers. ITTIHIET GENEflllL WILL NOT ATTEND MEETING AI'ST IN, Texas. April « No re,., teseniutlve of the attorney general' department will im present tomorrow at 11 111* boro at the meeting of the slate democratic executive commit tee to consider the matter of a see end primary for th** selection of a i tilted States enator A(t .iiie-. General l*ooney said adhere* his former opinion that the law stand* nnd was not vitiated by the supreme ct urt decision in the Mnrrast case. Governor Ferguson will attend tho \ HMlSboro meeting. SLAUGHTER TO GU ON TRIAL FOR BANG WRECKING IMKBLO, Colo.. April *1 'V H. Slaughter of Dallas l.« to hold his fugitive ton, Conley Hlaugh ter, responsible for wrecking the Mercantile National bank when In goes on trial here tomorrow The *>lder Slaughter will be defended by former Senator J \V Hailey of Tex | as and IV. 11 Atwell of Dallas I m* wulplni;- |i. t orn I’lauliiisi. ENLOK, Delta County, Tex., April t>. —A great many farmers of tht.c station are using sulpiiur with their corn planting The object I* to pre vent Insects. One planter tried it last exoou and says that he could toil to a row- a* gathering time where he had u»*’d the sulphur, the yield being almost twice as much. **♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦♦*♦♦♦ « \| \T< II 1*110 I -• SllUIIMi ♦ ♦ o\ x< rot NT OI w \lt. e I g • ! |'\ I. Mis. V ' • ♦ g Rubbing sticks again may be- + g come the world's way of making ♦ g ' • r< "j ■: * I i- of !! t -teg g ♦ ♦ r a pen ? ♦ g , ■ : T! . w - tr.o ♦ g l■' si [' I I ■ ■ • r g e • ♦ g g call »-< ! ;;t u i f- ( rr * ♦ g t >tu ♦ + fur i a’i;* -i , '*• at ♦ g mJ tan “t be s-»t en ♦ m \i \i. »» \--foN m t-. >m iip:. « I It ' It V%uKI» I'RIIM 1*1 l\ .. I> TWO l» h. itidh itlim* Are That I nli * \N <r IV p.-irtm* III V'inl« Mire Tnm|« to Mexico \ Mil U til Mat >• <#* >>d III* I' M SAN ANTONIO, April f.,— Not ft vs (.id ha* been received at arms h«aili|uorters here from tho front in the ln»t Iwrrtj foat hour*, (tenoral Kunston, however. I* firm in (ho belief that the u*-xf t*o days m or t|. n to r.■ ■, i r tilt leader's * hereabout* and Indicate tht> possible effectiveness of the ex pedition . Stuff officer* intimated that the successful prtMeentton of • h* pur mtit depends on the arrival of retn forrwnt* and improved tram put ration facilities They expreawed con fidence that proper aid would tie giv en. The complete absence of informa tion Indicate* to to* officials that the bulk of the expeditionary force it *dill combiriK the tluerrero «l> tint, that Mncrtcao soldier* have been utterly unable to find trace of th«> bandit chief, and that no mc»v« ment southward is yet under w vv huv*' perhaps on the part of a few small detachments of cavalry. ARM! WILL SIA! IN MEXICO LONG TIME I’M U I" IKK I'HI nil rio\ <H OK I li KKH \f t.KMiUAI. PI IISH ! M. . HI \liyt \li 1 I K* Tl»»' <llijcrt of the expedition I* litr from Hell •; liiiiwplhhwt— Vo 11 • of Itomiii V Ilia. AMKRICAN ARMY HKUiyt'AK TKRH, vi;t Aern.lane to t'naax Grander and \VIre!«■•».t to Coiombus. April 8 The object of the Atneri can expedition In Mexico Is still far from accomplishment I’nlesa an unexpected atroke p|a< < 8 Villa In the band* of ih*> American or t irrarii.i force* a lorm stay in Mexico u pr» » <1 tried by atniv officers at (Jenci I Pershing's field headquarters. FORO IS FAVORITE SON DF MICHISAN REPUBLICANS DETROIT, Mich., April S ins Sbngtoi Smith by nearly 3,5 i'» vote* on th* face of practically coal piste return*, Henry Kurd i* con ceded to have be* r>, elected the fa vorite son of Michigan republican*. Ford declared that h<* would 11*4*0 no u»** of the thirty Michigan vote* to the Chicago convention. GERMANS HAVE TAKEN VILLAGE OF HAHOOURT • IIKKLI.N, April *5 tinman troop* have captured th* village of tiau c.iurt, ten juih- north west of V c ’ dun. and the French positions of support west of the village. the war office announced this afternoon. TU*< Herman* took 513 prisoners. -IS WTONIO. Texas, «.— ”t can't iriul the mi in S of the uirn In II ashiiigton." Tilts a as tiic sharp resjioime of | < .corral I no -too today when asked if there w<o anv truth in the report c l |»rrhabi!it> of lire withdrawal of the expeditionary forces fr*Ui Mexico with jlw object unaccomplished. t nk now n St earner souk. i HAVRE. April ti.—An unnatn* i j.Norwegian steamer ha* been sunk in ‘he Eagltnh channel with the loss oi | our Uvcs, Fourteen of the me | were saved. ^ The Daily Light gives ihe neea. a