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ssacre Sixteen Amerans at Columbus Stirs Cavalry and Manhattan Limited, West Bound, Crashed Into Wreck of Freight Trains One Mile East of Port Royal at 10.38 Last Night Bandits Are Pursued Fifteen Miles Into Mexican Territory Thifieenth in the Fracas OOTIQ Killed -was Seven Soldiers Are Killed and Six Fireman Shope Crushed Under Engine and Engineer Trout, of This City, Bad. Scalded Two Passenge rs Badly Hu rt Wounded Mexicans Lose 100 Dead and Many Hurt Attack in the Darkness rilling Tales of Escape From Tragic Death and Word Pictures of Brutal Murder oaiE m. y. WOU'NDED SERVIANS BEING CARRIED ACROSS A TEMPORARY WOuutN BRiuGE. Columbus.

N. March 9. Francisco -Villa, outlawed Mexi- In bandit, raided United States territory today. With 500 fe attacked Columbus, killed at least sixteen Americans and fired any buildings before he as driven cacK across me nutrnuiona.i War Portugal brder. 1 At least 250 troopers of the Thirteenth United btates cavalry llowed the Villa band into Mexico.

Reports to Colonel H. J. ocum, commanamg- unitea siaxes troops una yuuu, uutj tu- Germany's Declaration Issued Because of Breaches of Neutrality by the Little Nation t. Violtn Made in 1645 and Owned by Altoonan May Be Worth Small Fortune An old violin, bearing the name of the maker and the date, 1645, when it was supposed to have been made, will be taken to Philadelphia next Monday by the owner, Budd Grimes, of 107 Washington avenue, who will consult an expert to determine the value of the instrument, which was willed to him some time ago. Three years ago, Grimes, who Is a barber at the shop of W.

Seward, on Sixteenth street, was informed that the violin had been bequeathed tQ hirn by, Ijottig Mi- aged Gar', residing 'in Buffialo, Nl Y. He eventually received the instrument, laid it away and paid It little attention until recently. Through the opening in the sounding can be seen a piece of ancient paper pasted to the bottom of the instrument. It bears the inscription, Stainer, in Abfam, prose Oenioopatun, 1645." The violin is In good condition and is likely to be a valuable one, the owner believes. Kritz, whom Grimes once befriended, died at the age of 82 and owned the violin fifty-eight it having been passed down to him from, his father.

stated that Villa had made a stand nrteen miies soum or ine Tder where spirited fighting ensued. In this engagement an un-med private killed and Captain George Williams, adjutant the Thirteenth cavalry, was wounded. The. small detacftment. of troopers undef Major Frank Tofnp- One man was instantly killed, another was badly injured and two passengers were hurt at 10:38 o'clock last night when Manhattan Limited, No, 23, westbound, crashed into the wreck of two freight trains, one mile east of Port Royal on the Pennsy's Middle division, causing one of the most serious wrecks in several years.

Ten cars of one freight train and several In another, as well as five Pullmans of the limited were derailed. Two engines were thrown from the tracks, all of which were blocked and the passenger locomotive fell partly over an embankment, after breaking loose from the tender. The engineman was pinned beneath. The dead: S. T.

Shope, aged 35, 522 Seventh ave-' nue, this city, fireman of passenger engine; killed instantly. The injured: Trout, "ged; SevJ" enth- street; of the, badly" scalded1 -about. body, lacerations and -contusions i legs; not immediately serious. J. E.

Kenweg, of 120 Broadway, New York city; slight lacerations and contusions of body; not serious; brought to Altoona and continued west C. B. Varcehoehm, of Bankok, India; minor cuts and bruises of body and hands; brought to this city, continued to No cause for the wreck had been assigned by' officials at early hour this morning, an investigation begun at midnight, having not been completed. A relief train of three coaches was sent from this city-at 11:40 o'clock to the scene of the wreck. On board were General Superintendent Creighton, Superintendent of the Middle Division Pas-, senger Trainmaster- Brooke1 Acting Division Engineer Heap, Signal' Supervisor fitters', and Captain of Police G.

Chal Port. -is and Elmer Lindsley, -fighting- dismounted, made a determined ind agamsflhe renewed Villa 'and at last reports were-)lding their ground. he raid orr" American territory proved cosuy io me. Danan eio i ifttNTin. ,1 he Domes ot eisniccn -odnuus, iuuuuuie rauiu lujw, cond in 'command, had been gathered and burned before noon Day of Reverses for Germans French Repulse Their Attacks ori Vaux and Take Almost All the Corbeaux Woody Westiof Meuse Russians Still Pursuing the Turks troopers reported -an unaeiermmea numuer or ueau sun iymg the brush.

Led -to the attack tinder" the slogan: "Death to the i- ii. ..1.1 fnencans, vuia's lonowers xougm wmt ucapciduuu. STORY OF THE RAID Dust before the dawn, they crept Eng ditches skirting the! United ktes cavalry camp and rushed the VILLA TROOPS HAV enins town, firing heavily. -me nrst Hey brought American troopers into aost instant While a portion -STOPPED PURSUERS the raiders engaged the cavalry-n, others began applying the torch a shooting American civilians wno btured from the buildings. Lights hpmes and public buildings im-diately became targets for snipers Germany has declared war on Por- of Verdun around Douaumoftt, the 'Vil-tugal.

Thus thirteen countries now lage of Vaux and Fort Vaux, but-ac are engaged, in the International cording to Paris, they went to naught, struggle. The Germans were thrown in solid "The declaration of war was made formations against of the by Germany chiefly on account of the French. -bordering -the of the recent seizure of German merchant- ridge dominating. Vatix, which men interned in Portuguese ports and the latest German reports said the Portugals' refusal to rescind this ac Germans had captured, but the tion and once more place the ships French drove back the attacking under the German flag. A long se- forces with "enormous losses." ries of alleged breaches of neutral- Northeast of the.

fort: the Germans ity by the Portuguese government essayed -an assault against the vll- San Antonio, Texas, March 9. Frank Tompkins, commanding the BANDITS EXECUTING CARRANZA SOLDIER feted at--Villa's- direction. Other Edits creeping close to American detachment of American troops which pursued General Villa and his band enticed a numoer oi civilians the French have continued the offensive in' the Corbeaux wood and are officially reported 'to have driven the Germans from almost all of that salient, RUSSIANS MEET TEUTONS. In eastern theatre1 the Russians at various points have taken the offensive against German advanced positions, but Berlin declared they nowhere met with success. TURKS STILU IN RETREAT.

The Russians on the Black Sea coast continue to press on toward Turkey's principal port, Trebizond, and also are making progress against the Ottomans in the Persian sector. NO SIGN OF PEACE, The Russian foreign office catego rically denies that Turkey has made peace, proposals of any kind, the open with English epoken in ations. A number of fatalities ars ributed to this ruse. tores were looted, oil was poured Extra freight No. 1475, in charge of J.

Scheli and Conductor J. S. Walker; had loaded cars derailed at "10: 38. o'clock through some unknown cause. Anoth- er crew was placing a number of" stored cars on No.

3 track at the scene of the accident. Several of these were derailed at the same time. Before the limited train could be flagged, it crashed into the 'debris while running at high speed and the two accidents occurred almost bn frame structures, and the match blied by still other bandits. The' its into Mexico after the attack early today on Columbus, N. has returned to the border after engaging in three running fights with the Mexicans, who finally made a stand which stopped the advance of the American soldiers.

This information was conveyed tonight to Major General Frederick Funston, commanding the southern departments United States army in an official report on the situation from Colonel H. JSlocum, in command at Columbus. office was raided, furniture March 9. Thirty or' more Carrana soldiers, including a number of officers, were executed by bandits three days ago near Torreon according to authentic Information received here -The. bandits also were contributing factors.

lage from which -they pre-. GERMAN viously had been driven by tn Fighting between the French and French, but here also they were re-the Germans northwest and north of pulsed with heavy casualties. has in no wise slackened. FRENCH TAKE WOOD. Particularly violent have been tha To the west of the Meuse, midway attacks of the Germans to the north between Bethincourt and the 1 river, xfcM i -j rr iii-ih-ii-i- i-ii -ii- ashed, but the looters secured on- one small registered pacuage.

lanv civilians barricaded them- ves in their homes and fired at the were reported to be adherents of Gen xicans as they darted through the eral Villa and; commanded' by Colonel set The fighting in the town ena- TURKS TO AID GERMANY BENJAMIN almost as suddenly as it began. than two hours after the first Chacon. 1 The men lieutenant, col oneV two majors, several minor offi Dauphin, Butler, Perry, Luzerne, Erie, Elk, Columbia -Adams' counties. W. I.

Stinemanof South Fork, filed a petition to be a candidate for Re-, publican nomination for senator to Cambria county. It was heard, Villa's buglers sound- cers and twenty-four privates, were the retreat and the raiders began MR. STINEMAN IN RING FROM CAMBRIA taken from a tram- en route from Tor Kisordered flight, closely followed reon to-Monterey, it was said, and American troops. The casualties the Thirteenth cavalry in tne ngnt- SPAIN SEIZES GRAIN Odessa, via? London, March 9. It Is reported here that Germany has given formal assurance to Turkey that she' will not make peace without compensation to Turkey, and that Turkey has consented to send Turkish troops to assist the Germans on the western front.

Several engineering regiments have been withdrawn from Asia Minor to Constantinople. at Coiumbus were seven killed six were shot by the side of the car. Oth er passengers were not English Author Dead. London, March 9. Freh Jane, wide rilla's losses in.

the day's ting were estimated in excess of Young' Man Hurt in Shops Sue eufttfes to Injuries at HosDital ly known naval author and journalist, died suddenly yesterday at South: Sea, killed and twice as many wound-The American pursuit into Mex-- which endd about 2 o'clock, was Five of the seven cars of the limited were thrown from the rails in the collision and the sixth Pullman, "Pi- -qua," was badly damaged, while "Odenton," the last car, remained on the rails. Engine 61 hauling the limited, rebounded' from' the-piled-up freight cars, and was tonr loose from the train. It swerved across the track and slid partly down 1 a steep embankment, where forty feet below flows the Juniata river. Shope's body: was caught in the of the engine- and was pinned beneath the machine, also. No members of the freight crews were was stated at local offices early today, 1 Had Eighty-Three Passengers.

Eighty-three passengers, occupied, the seven, cars of, the. Those" In the forward cars were tossed 'about, but suffered no serious injury, It is said. In the last car, the occupants were hardly aware of the wreck, it' was reported: Four cars, "Elkview," "Greentree," "Felton" and carried-- pas- sengers for Chicago from New York, Madrid, Spain, March 9. The government has ordered the seizure of all the wheat stocks in Spain and the resale of the grain at fair prices, as a measure to allay disorders due to. the rising cost of Regulations also have been put into effect in regard to the importation of.

wheat and. freight charges, to lessen the cost ot" England. He was 45 years old. Harrisburg, March 9. Senator, Charles A.

Snyder, of Pottsville, today fied a petition to be a candidate, for the Republican nomination for auditor general. He is the first candidate for a state office to enter papers. The petitions filed contained many signers and were from Schuylkill, orted to have accounted for more a seventy-five Mexicans killed and unded. be American losses on tha Mexi- BROAD TOP ft LHAVEA GION side'was one corporal slain when a threw out a heavy guard to en- the pursuing American troopers. the eight American civilians MB USINESS IN SPRING DISASTER IN MONTH uewut ivtmer, ot uqueraue, and Dr." H.

Harti ot Paso, were in-the- that. destroyed th6 Commercial- ho- Special to- the Tribune. SLOPE Huntingdon, March 9. The Broad body of Walton- Walker, a Sun- and the "Lovington" and "Piqua" were scnooi convention aiegaie, irom yas, N. who was shot to death W.

T. Richie, proprietor of the el, "also was incinerated. 'he Mexicans set the i hotel on Benjamin Grove, aged 21, of 220 Beech avenue, the Pennsy laborer fatally injured at the East Altoona round house Tuesday morning, when he was crushed between engines, died at the Altoona hospital at 11:56 last Grove Bad been employed la this city for several months. He sustained severe injuries in the accident Tuesday while cleaning an engine. He was taken to' th hospital.

One lung was 1 punctured, several ribs on each side broken ana both collarbones fractured. It was believed, he haa 'a for was conscious until thirty minutes before he died. His mother and an uncle, Patrolman Grove, of the city police force, were with: him when death came. Grove was "born in Huntingdon county and is survived Si parents and several brothers and titters, residing at Entriken. The remains were turned-over to Funeral Directors Lafferty Tobias and.

will be taken' to Entriken this m6raicg at 11:35 o'clock for interment Coroner Blackburn will be notified this' morning. An investigation Uf the accident was started oa-Tueeday by Pennsy officials together with a numfeer of other the Cleveland and Akron, cars. Vice President jA -Pennsylvania lines and; paMy, were traveling in' the -last and were en route fromi Phila-' delphia to None-of theparty were Doctors Scene. When "local offices -were -notified of the the relief train prepared at once. Two physicians from dings and nested -snipers to nick iAmericans as they fled.

Irs. M. James was shot and killed the doorway of another hotel as Top region, extending for the most part through Huntingdon and Bed-f i rd counties, is on the verge of a large commercial and industrial boom, according to announcement just Made by Joseph.E. Thropp, the Everett capitalist, who within the next two months spend $75,000 in fitting up the old Saxton blast' furnaces iu pieparation for' their' re-opening in the early summer. Saxton furnaces, just ever the Huntingdon county line in" Bedford have not been operated to any extent since 'the general depression which followed the panic of.

1907. aaxton, a town of 2,000 inhabitants, has never known such Simultaneous, with the announcement of. his proposed expenditure for the re-opening of the Saxton furnaces, Thropp' states he is making preparations for the opening of a new mine a Kearney, five 'miles from Saxton. The new mine will be equipped modern electrical mining machinery, and will give employment- to several hundred Coal will be from the new; mine to the -Sexton' furnaces, where it will be manufactured into the Thropp ovens, which adjoin the thropp furnaces. Ore for, ther furnaces will be hauled from the Great Lake The reopening of the-' Thropp furnaces will not prove a boon for Saxtotf but will serve as an important stimu-.

las to' Huntingdon Broad Top's shipping Thropp furnaces at Everett are now running full blast, and there Is a constant Remand for. pig. Iron. was running with her sister. Mrs kes fell, over the.

body of 'WUkes-Barre, Pa March 9. Six mine workers are believed to have been suffocated and one mine foreman was seriously injured in a fire in a slope of the HOllenback colliery of the L6high Wilkes-Barre Coal company-in this city, which was discovered at 1:30 this afternoon and which had not been conquered at midnight. But one body of the half dozen men known to be in the mine had been recovered up to midnight as the sm6ke kept the rescue corps from reaching the victims. No list of the names' of-the six victims had been issued bv company officials tonight, but word was sent ouat midnight that bodies wouldi probably, be reached wjthlij an hour. Thomas Evans, foreman "and leader of one'of "the.res- cue corps received bums about -the hands to the back while endeavoring to reach the men who are believed to have been suffocated by Company officials 'tonight said that their investigation indicated, that no explosion of gas had -occurred, but said that the slope was a.

particularly gaseous one in' none but safety lamps was permitted. 'This is the second 'disaster in --a' colliery the. Lehigh Wilkes-Barre company-in this region within the past 'month, seven men having been- killed and to Injured in an explosion of gas in the Lance colliery at Plymouth on -February 8. State mine inspectors are in the workings' with' the 'rescue corps an investigation. Mexico, near the three from C.

Miller, who had been driven ha his drug store across tne street. Mifflin and five from Huntingdon were lespatchsd to the scene. Later the. a'child not yet in her teens, aped the' fusillade- witnout a Huntingdon doctors were recalled, Mrs. James' husband was laded.

when it was learned the list of injured was not large. Wreck crews from Huntingdon, rs. S. T. F.

wife of the prosperity as now looms just ahead. tain of troop E. and Captain Ru- Mifflin and Enola were call6d as, all It is estimated that upwards of50o men will be eaployed when the fur- iContiaued on- Page-1) puttt-Jun blast. (Continued -on Page-8.).