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ESTABLISHED 1871—Vol. 45, No. 86.
FIVE CENTS THE COPY
SUSSEX
SCORES
MEXICAN
HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF.
CASE
RUMOR
POLICY IS
SPLITS
‘ *
SE
MONGERS CRITICIZED
FORCES
Influences Are
at Work.
Congress.
i
Warns People Against Officers On Border Send
Long East Front
Official
Statement
report from the
ntion a i
Government's announcement
Majors Melvin
Rowell and
Brier-
region our forces at some
Ben Harris, a
ty, a
hrist.
ie expedition
that object is
Bank Are Arrested
democrats will meet.
General J J Pershing started tods;
>y
DALL.AS,
to make a two-da
inspection of al
State Democratic executive committee
"h
Involvii
ing
the
eM62
Russians Pound
German Line On
Alarmist Reports
From Border.
the troops In the
been no clashes I
West
reach-
unday
prayer
The secretary ad<led that the depart,
ment had not asked for the report.
Officials were impressed by General
FREE APARTMENT
HOUSE FOR GIRLS
IS HIS REQUEST
solidated the ground won ai
tinuing the advance.
territory as soon
accomplished.
dorado
Kerns,
Lord a
rstian
servica
• from
mmu-
pel oq
g Park
nts in
Encouraging News
Saturday.
Ferguson Has No
Appeal for Troops
VILLA LEADER IS
REPORTED TAKEN
AND THEN EXECUTED
Aeroplane Mail
Service to Front
FUNSTON IMPATIENT
TO GET PERMISSION
TO USE RAILROAD
unday
y eve-
tool is
eet at
Itreet;
at 10
ng) at
a. and
Study
iesday
rsday
p. m.
publlo
Reported the Bandit
Has Outwitted His
Pursuers.
40 a.
Young
rayer
lpec lai
hurch,
; Rev.
orsh I p
orning
' Cre-
Is es-
lelleve
No Battle Fought
at El Oso, He Says
War Department
Asks $9,000,000
pens."
The Governor also said that no ad-
ditional Rangers had been detailed to
El Paso.
AUSTIN, TEXAS, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 26,1916.—THIRTY-TWO PAGES.
corner
rvices
lusical
Lord
W. G.
»tl
authenticity of every
border and called attei
BANDITS PURSUE
TRAIN CARRYING
AMERICAN WOMEN
3prit"
scopal
:30 a.
Morn-
'clock.
p. m.
after-
:k the
logy,"
stian-
'hura-
lebra-
d ad-
Chris-
Forecast:
East Texas:
Monday fair, Mali
West Texas: 1
Dur-
s the
r will
I Am.’
olemn
TRY TO FORCE
INTERVENTION
Americans Sight
Party of Bandits
ANOTHER NOTE
IS IN PROSPECT
BOUND FOR THE
TRACKLESS HILLS
, East
Sun-
. Bun-
I, All
nvited
, Mrs.
’y So-
er and
reach-
Curry,
perin-
■gain to the
it that the
WILSON SCORES
“ALARMIST NEWS”
American Cavalry is
Close On His
Heela
“State Department Con-
siders Case With
Open Mind.”
yeteran acout who i.
4eelared today that it
Superiority
Of Th. Statesman’a local
news account, largely for the
fact that it is the popular Homa
Paper in Austin.
rental at all shall he charged to the
occupants of the^partment.”
Sutsy“dagepigsdi
hopeless on,.
be given that interpretation and to re-
frain from publishing unverified ru-
Major Melvin W. Rowell (top) and
Major Robert L. Howse.
I feel that
press upon
the people
ry da,
rough«r
i prea
ie pri-
lepart+
i. Tne
uested
liberal
Mions.
Worth.
ly last
u. and
p. m.;,
Prayer
7:15
and objects of our Government itself.
Such concerns, it must be said, are
not unnatural because- the main If not
the only source of information for the
people on both sides of the border is
the public proas of ths Unite States.
Explained to Press.
“In order to avoid the creation of
We Invite Comparison
With all papers that you may
see how fresh the afternoon pa-
per is; hew much of the morn-
ing paper ie merely repetition.
points con-
nd are con-
southeastern portion;
ing temperature.
both our own people and
of Mexico the fact that the
region south of Livenhof there also was
~ ‘ " On the front of the Ovinsk
Wilson Declares Sinister Storm Is Expected to
T-f Break Soon in
The alarmists on ths border were
unusually quiet tgday. Threats made
ky the local authorities that persons
eaught spreading faise and alarming
reports would be summarily dealt with
appeared to have its effect and there
are fewer wild stories than usual being
circulated in tbs haunta of ths "ru-
mor istas.”
Fort Blisa Is Active.
At Fort Bliss activity was redoubled
today t<> perfect arrangeimenta for the
moving of supplies and equipment to
Juarea, where they will be sent south
on the Mexico Northwestern Railroad
after permisnlon to use the rallroa has
been granted. t-
The using of the Mexican Ines by
the Americans is expected to be tho
forces of General Carranza in remov-
ing his cauee of irritation to both gov-
ernments and to retire from Mexicaw
ing torn)
Runday
f mun
. ut 8
nolle),
le, up.
encK,
rian) ,
Mer-
for a
osier),
landt
1, “God
ixion)
y, or-
r the
e fol-
illegro
aant);
rayer"
dajor"
LARFDO, Texas, March 25.-- A merl-
cans arriving here tonight from Tor-
reon said their train was fired into by
500 bandits supposedly Villa follow-
ore, near Viesca, between Torreon and
Saltilio.
The passenger traln waa followed and
preceded by a Carranza troop train.
When the rear military train drew up,
the Carranza troops fought the bandits
— - ----- will meet in Dallas next Friday morn-
-- American ing to choose the place of meeting of
troops since the start of the expedition the State convention May 21. which
and quiet prevails throughout the dis- will select the national convention dele-
trict occupied. according to reports to gates Dallas is making a bid for the
military headquarters here today. State convention.
lliday.
en of
Hear
War-
an 1st;
iperature.
fair, cooler in
onday fair, ria.
supreme test as to whether friction
"th the Mexican people is to bo avert,
ed and real co-operation between the
Carranza forces and the United States
expedition established. If this isst it
safely passed. It is believed much of the
menace In the present situation will
have been eliminated.
dor are not one-tenth as bad an have Mi 1, -
been reported. The public will be kept Ihree ( ashiers 01
Informed in the event anything hap-
MONTEREY, Mexico, March M —A
special train from Torreon bringing
women and children from the American
< olony there passed through here to-
night The women were seated on the
Robert L. Howse, of the 11th U. S.
cavalry, formerly on detail at tha
Army War College, Washington,
have boon ordered to Columbus, New
Mexico. They will remain on the
broder until after the return of the
American troops now in Mexico.
floor of a box car protected by a bar- w
rier of trunks. The guard on the train "d
History repeated itself Saturday night when hundreds of
citizens of Austin and surrounding towns received from The
Statesman, through the Associated Press the first news of the
outcome of the prize fight between Willard and Moran, as well
-as the details of the fight itself.
While those depending upon other news and wire services
were hearing of the outcome of the sixth round of the fight,
The Statesman at 9:35 had given the public the result of the
fight as well as the details of all ten rounds. And at some time
after 10 o’clock—probably about 10:15—those who were depend-
ing upon other news services were given an opportunity to pur-
chase extra editions showing the result of six rounds of the prize
fight only after The Statesman had dispensed the service for
the entire fight free of charge more than thirty minutes before.
It was merely a repetition of past events. Those who want
the news first must depend upon The Statesman and the Asso-
ciated Press. Ask those who have watched the Willard-Moran
or Willard-Johnson fights.
engaged in a running fight with a larg
number of bandita who rode alongaide
for several miles from Prevenei to
Santo Nino. Wires were cut on both
aide® and attempts made to burn the
bridges. ___
Obregon's statement telegraphed to the
State Department today. The Carran-
za war minister and military chief said
there wan no friction between the two
governments, that adequate Mexican
forces were co-operating with General
Pershing, but that more would be sent
if necessary.
With this statement and General
Funston's report high army offlcals
were satisfied that the end of the pur-
suit was near. It was known that there
asked the several news services to be
good enough to assist the administra-
tion In keeping this view of the expe-
dition constantly before the people of
this country and the distressed and
sensitive people of Mexico who a re vary
that Villa's forces are being ctosely
pressed and that the Mexican troops
are tightening the ring around them
each day. Troops under General Ser-
rano are working in ths neighboring
state of Sonora and rounding up the
rear 11 one Has and ^bandits.
Bandits Fired at
Passenger Train
mors of unrest in Mexico.
It is most desirable to Im
'•» sage to General Gavira, made publlo
here tonight by Consul Garcia, Thu
Runday fair, colder; mensage said the bandits were now
off. There were no American casual-
ties.
Fair and (’older
Forecast for Texas
BL PASO, Texas, March 25-The
Villa forces who were reported two
days ago to be engaged la battle with
Colonel Cano at El Ono, five milea
south of Namiquipa, escaped without
any real fighting, according to a mes-
tral European powers.
American Consul Reporta
The most important dispatch regard-
Inc the Sussex came from the Ameri-
can ambassador at Paris. He reported
that the American consular agent at
Dieppe had informed him the Sussex
was torpedoed about six miles off the
French coast while carrying 181 pas-
sengers and a crew of fifty-five and
that sixty to eighty passengers had
been wounded or killed.
Ambassador Sharp quoted Samuel
Bemis, an American, as saying that he
had seen several persons killed in the
explosion. R,
Ambassador Page at London Report -
ed that the British governmenhas in-
formed him of the isaster/nd sup-
plied the names of the twenty-e pas.
sengers.
The recent numerous occasions in
which ships carrying American citizens
have met with disaster or been the
object of alleged attacks have been the
source of much concern In high admin-
Cstration circles, but the State Depart-
ment is considering the cases with an
open mind and will not determine upon J
a course until all possible information
has been secured. The possibility that
mines may have been responsible for
the explosion has not by any means
teen dismissed from consideration.
Must Get Facts First.
In case It is not definitely established
just what destroyed the Englishman
and damaged the Bussex, the State De-
partment probably will not make in-
quiries of Germany as to whether its
submarines were concerned Secretaty
Lansing made it clear tonight that the
reporta so far received could not in
ply sense be considered conclusive.
It is possible all the cases of un-
explained chipping disasters now un-
der consideration may be incorporated
It a single general note and inquiry on
eral Pershing in strengthening his
lines of communication.
THE AUSTIN STATESMAN
Ad TRIBUNE
ONLY DAILY PAPER PUBLISHED -sinfAR:: THE COMPLETE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT
March 25.- The
PETROGRAD, March 25.—Via Lon-
don—11:55 p. m.—The official state-
ment today follows:
“On the Rige front there have been
exchanges of artillery and rifle fire. In
the Jacobstadt section our troops con-
tinue to follow up their successes
southeast of Augustinhof and after a
fierce conflict reached the fortified
ground around Lepuyn, They were
subjected to furious German counter
attacks.
“On the left wing in the Jacobstadt
Governor Ferguson Saturday night
said he had not received any telegram
from Sherf Pevton Edwards request-
ing that H ‛ troops be detailed to aid
in protect -e the border in El Paso
County.
“If such a telegram had been sent
me," said the Governor, “I would cer-
tinly have received it. 8 have reliable
information that conditions on the bor.
ield. There have
honorable men are in control of this
Government, but very serlots condi-
tions may be created, unnecessury
bloodshed may result and the relations
between the two republics may be very
much embarrassed. The people of the
United States should know the sinister
and unscrupuloun influences that are
afoot and should be on their guard
at Ran Geronimo, a ranch some miles
south of El Oso and that five columns
of American troope were co-operating
with the troops oGenerai carranza.
are 35,000 carranza troops in Sonora
shutting off all escape for Villa to
the wert.
Decision Is Favorable.
ornclals todsy welcomed the report
NEW YORK, March 25.-A rent-
free Apartment house for unmarried
Working women is provided for In the
will of Charles B. Webster, a dry goods
merchant who died March 18. leaving
an estate worth 11.000.000. The will,
which was admitted to probate here
today, directs that the apartment house
be built out of the residuary estate
which totals 8400,000. The establish-
ment is to be known as the Webster
apartments and will contain a restau-
rant and library and be conducted
without profit.
WASHINGTON, March II.—While
Administration officials described the
military situation in Mexico as serene
tonight, the day’s eevelopments in
Washington forecast a political strug-
gle here next week with the Admin-
istration's Mexican policy as the storm
center.
President Wilson issued a warning to
the people not to be influenced by
the alarmist reports regarding (he sit-
uation, which, he said, were being dis-
seminated by "sinister and unscrupu-
lous influences*' and In the interest of
“certain American owners of Mexican
properties.”
As he wrote the President had be-
fore him the moot reassuring reports
received from the border since the
American troops began their pursuit
of Villa. They were sent by General
Funston and satisfied army officials
that the Carranza government was do-
ing all in its power to aid the pursuit.
At the Capitol Renato Republleans
were called Into conference by their
leader, Senator Gallinger, to iscuss
the border situation. They will moot
again Monday, but it was admitted by
those present today that the sense of
the mooting wa that stops should be
taken to compel the sending of addi-
tional troops to guard the border
states.
Regulars All st Front.
In effect that would mean the call-
ing out of the National Guard, as al-
most all the mobile regulars now are
on the border or in Mexico.
Several Republican Senators assert-
handed by General Carranza by James
L. Rodgers, American special repre-
sentative.
Indications are that General Funston
will be able to employ the Mexican
roads. perhaps tomorrow. in supplying
his far stretching linen, thus relieving
an increasingly serious problem.
Reassuring official reports from
the theory that the evidence ie cumu-
itive. The State Department now has
ready for transmission to the Austrian
government another note regarding ths
attack by an Austrian submarine on
the American tank steamer Petrolite.
It reiterates ♦he demands for indem-
nity and punishment of the submarine
commander. It probably will be dis-
ratebed Monday. ^ (
WASHINGTON, March 15.— The
channel steamer Sussex, damaged yes-
terday in the English Channel, and the
British steamer Englishman, destroyed
by an explosion, both carrying Ameri-
can citizens, were torpedoed, according
to consular reports received by the
State Department today. Flat state-
ments that torpeoes were responsible
were made in both cases, but the con-
suls did not give the source of their
information.
Twenty-five Americans were on the
Sussex. Whether any of them lost their
lives or were injured was not estab-
e lished by the official reports, though
news dispatches indicated that Ameri-
cans might have been lost. Four Amer-
icans employed as horse handlers wers
aboard the Englishman. None was
among the rescued landed at a British
port.
Coming at a time when the State
Department was awaiting the result of
an investigation of the sinking of the
in check th, Carraza troop, in tbo
neighoorhood or Namqulpa, wili. ho
bimiseit nt the hwd ,r a Dlek Fro:
U trying to break through th* Om* of
hi, en.miM mouth of Madera, ootordlng
to information brought here today hr
Amerieana Vrl’"X trom Pearion »ni
Canee Srandem Thin intormation r:
doubled th, interest with which word
■ awaited trom denefai f«hln« that
Anerican troop, bar, elaahod with
th, villa followera. Accoraing to r
ports from usually reliable sources, cou.
pled with what I* officially known an
tothepr oxressot the punive eolumn,,
Amerean qavairy raach-d Madera and
should bo clom on the heeis of the fu«i.
uve bandit today.
On HIc Own Road.
From Madera nout •» Tutu,
aca, a dintange ot about thirty milen,
a mountain trail wind. through the
Slerra Madrea. At Tutuaen it Bens
nharply to the moutheast uatu tt ie loot
in te wild ana barren couty Math
or Mlnece. Thia trull wee known tor
4• "Fhh«bue read- it We pop-
Wlar!y bettered to have bean beam by
the baadlt and Ita intrleacte are known
to tew but him
WASIIINGTON, March t!.— Seere-
tary or War Baker. Major General
Scott, chief of staff and othsr army
officers, explained to the House ap-
propriations committee the necessity
for a majority approprfation of nearly
$9,000,000 to pay for recruiting the
Army to full strength for the extraor-
d’nary expenses of the Mexican situa-
tion. Secretary Baker said no one can
tell as yet what might be required in
connection with the campalgn.
Is simply a necessary punitive meas-
ure, aimed solely at the elimination
of the marauders who raided Column-
bus and who infest an unprotected
district near the border, which Chey
use as a base in making attacks upon
risons at Mexican border towns since
the ilven and property ot our- 10, the day after the Columbun
within our own territory. It is the naum
purpose of our commanders to co-op-
erate in every possible way with the
QUERETARO. Mex , March 21.—The
war department officially denied today
the persistent rumors that General Lauis
Herrera had gone over to Villa. The
report of this and alleged other defec-
tions of the arm yIs to be the work of
the reactionarles for the purpose of
complicating the situation.
The pursuit and punishment of Ville
handits are becoming more rigorous
Generg) Lu le Gutierres today reported
the capture and execution of Baldomer
Hantana, a general attached to Villa's
forces and enid to have been one of a
party of 1,500 who remained on the
Mexican side of the border when Co-
lumbus was raided. The execution took
place at Jiminez, Chihunhua.
General Gutierres' reports represent
were playing politics.
“If we can not get anything done
ourselves," one Senator sald, “we can
at lease by unanimous action arouse
such public sentiment as to force aetion
by the majority."
grSpnatpTaGrrm. 13r"wn» . “ng t h«
nrhiswayunnyn:ceaupon."areXt fnternattonai Un, M to th, exact gtt-
erA s:” rv. Touutraine uhtoncanathnreanone or,"hasalarm
thia,expedtklon. tha or ofnwarantocxPr,a. hn r-pll— Wiu he eoere
"nabhalitayopeoparationopwneysmigh at the conference Mndny.
--------- .. - ed that the minority members en-
nunceptiple indecd to tmpresslons re: dorsed th, sending of the expedition-
ceivea nom the American pre,, and ary force after vla ana wimhed only
alno very ready lo belleve that thoneto co-operate with Fresident Wiison
Imprezntons proceed- from th, ylowe guardin the border staten They re-
puaiate any wuggestions that they
B $‛ /
WashingtS. V rs
Facts Abott st
Sea Disasters.
“It is my duty to warn the people of
the United States that there are per-
sons all along the border who are ac-
tively engaged in originating and giv-
ing as wide ' y as they oan tn
rumors of the most sensational and
disturbing sort which are wholly un-
justified by the facts. •
Traffio In Falsehood
“The object of this traffic in false
hood is obvious it is to create Intol-
ernble friction between the Government
COLONIA DUBLAN, Chihuahua.
Mexico, March 25.—(By Aeroplane to
Columbus, N. M.) -An aeroplane mall
and dispatch service was established
today between the border and the ad-
vanced baas of the American expedi-
tionary force.
of ths United States and the de facto Officlals today weicomed ths report
government of Mexico, for the purpose from Queretaro, the vresent eeet of
of bringing about intervention in the'government In Mexico, that a favorable
interest of certain American owners of decision the proposed protocol had been
Mexican properties. This object can
not be obtained so long as sane and
many parts of Mexico continued to
reach the State Department today.
Among theee were telegrams from
Piedras Negras reporting continued
quiet The settlement of the railroad
strike waa reported from Eagle Paes.
Another proposal for a call for vol-
unteers found It sway Into Congress
today. A joint resolution directing tbs
Fresident to immediately call 100,000
volunteers for service until peace la
sufficiently restored in Mexico to guar-
antee protection tJ American life and
property vas introuced by Represen-
tative Dyer of Missouri Mr. Dyer
is the head of the Spanish War Vet-
erane* national organization and the
resolution provides that preference
shall be given In hie volunteer enlist-
■tent to the militia end the United
Bpanlsh War Veterans.
Dutch liner Tubantla and considerins
affidavits regarding an alleged subma-
rine attack upon the French ship Pa-
tria, the destruction of the Englishman
and the damaging of the Sussex raised region S0
again the possibility of complicationl fighting
between the United States ard the cen-
From Petrograd Re-
ports Advances at
Several Different
“In ths region of WI y our troopn
attacked an enemy position in the sec-
tor northwest of Iake dekly. Not-
withstanding heavy fire from the en-
emy troops successfully broke through
several obstacles planted In their way
by the Germans. The Germans em-
ployed exploeive bullets. Northwest
of the position we stopped by the well-
timed fire of our batteries enemy at-
tempts to repair under cover of a
snowstorm, damage done to hie works
by our bombardments.
"Further south as far as the RokItno
marshes and the region of RokItno it-
self there was an exchange of fire. In
certain sections the artillery duel was
heavy. In Galicia the aituatlon is un-
changed
"In the Black Rea our torpedo boats
destroped sixteen sailing vessels on
the Anatolian coast.
"On the Catcasan front our prog-
ress continuee"
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ua B;
e, su-
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Sip.
ue at
perIn-
» m.;
ng or
“Having been engaged for many
yeara in the business known as a de-
partment store in the city of New
York,” the will reeds, “and having em-
ployed a large number of unmarried
women in that bustness I have realised
that the domestic environment of many
of them hae not been conducive to their
morals or health, and I have concluded
to endeavor to Improve the condition
of some of them by giving them the
opportunity to live In a clean, well ven-
tilated and comfortable apartment
- with good moral surroundings. No
General Funston’s Message.
General Funston’a massage was a
comprehensive review of the altuation
on the border and in the region where
General Pershing’s columns are be-
lieved to be closing in on the bandita
Secretary Baker announced that le
stated positively as a matter of mili-
tary Infor motion that there had been
no strengthening of the Carranza gar-
WASHINGTON, March M.—Presi-
dent Wilson tonight issued a warning
that “sinister and unscrupulous in-
fluences” are spreading alarmist re-
ports about the Mexican situation with
the object of forcing intervention by
the United States "in the Interoat of
certain American owners of Mexican
properties."
In a formal statement tho President
told the people of the United States
to be on their guard and not to credit
such stories. He urged those who dis-
seminate news to test the source and
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Stuhr,
FORT SMITH, Ark , March 25 —P A.
Ball, cashier of the American National
Bank here, which waa closed this morn-
ing, and two assistant cashiers were
arrested tonight on Federal warrants
! charging embezzlement and misappro-
prtation of funds of the bank. Mr Rall
and the Other two men, E. Mayo Dick-
inson and Andrew R. Dowd, were re-
f $25,000 each to awalt
preliminary hearing April 11.
The warrante wero issuod by a Unit-
ed States commisstoner on application
of Government bank examiners No
details of the allegattons against the
three cashiers were made public
The American National Rank waa one
of the largest barks in Arkansas with
a capital of 1200,000 and deposits to-
talling 1445,000.
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, March 25.-
Carranzas delay in permitting the
movement Into Mexico over the North-
weetern Railway of supplies for the
American troops has created an impa-
tience at army headquarters that today
was hardly disguised. The quarter-
master department has proceeded on
the assumption that finally Carranza
will authorise the unae of the railroad
and has sent to El Paso a quantity of
stores for immediate shipment. Otfi-
corp here did not credit the unofficial
report taht General Alvarro Obregon,
Carranza’s secretary of war, had said
that no permission for use of the line
would be given.
Wouldn’t Stop Campaign.
Failure to send supplies through
Juarez over the railroad into the coun-
try where the troops now are operating
would not atop the campaign, but it
waa admitted that it would materially
retard General Pershing’s activities.
Already there has been so much change
in the mobile forces dispatched from
Casas Grandes that the logical railroad
to use for getting suppllea to a part
of them would be the National, which
goes straight from Juarez to Chihua-
hua instead of making the wide swing
to the west that the Northwestern does.
The Northwestern is the logical line
for supplying troops near Casas
Granden, but since many of them now
are more than a hundred miles fur-
ther south General Funston believes
that time could be saved by routing
the stores over the National, especially
since many repairs would have to be
made on the Northwestern south of
Casas Grandes.
Need Direct Route.
Whether General Funston requests
the Government to get permission to
use the National, however, will depend
upon the answer to the request already
made, he sald. He admitted the de-
elrability of using the direct route,
but recognised also the inadvisability
of compounding his request.
The utilizntion of the flying corps for
transmission of reports from the field
was regarded at headquarters with
keen satisfaction The wireless has
not been s success and in the absence
of telegraph wires Geenral Perching
has been unable to render detailed re-
ports and for days at a time no report
of any character.
Funston Wanted News.
The uneasiness occasloned by the
lack of news from cavalry columns was
evident today at General Funston’s
headquarters although he displayed an
optimistic confidence in General Persh-
ing’s campaign methods. His longing
for more news, however, was uncon-
cealed Monday General Pershing re-
ported dispatch of three cavalry col-
umns southward from Casas Grandes
Friday he reported that two of them
were In the vicinity of Namaquipa.
That is the net amount of official in-
formatlon that has reached headquar.
ters. Unofficially stories of a fight
near Namaquipa and of another im-
pending at El Oso near there have
been received.
The greeter part of the Fifth Cav-
alry should have reached Columbus
hv Monday and soon nfterwards the
Twenty-fourth Infantry is expected.
These two bodies with the exception
of one bnttallon will be sent forward
immediately and will be used by Gen-
“ VILLA
sole object of the punitive expedition
now in Mexico was to punish Villa and
his followers.
The news services supplying news-
papers had been asked, the President
said, to assist in keeping this view
constantly before the Mexican people
and American people to the end that
the expedition should dot be given ths
color of war.
The President’s statement follows:
"As has already been announced the
expedition Into Mexico was orored
under an agreement with the da faoto
government of Mexico for the single
purpose of taking the bandit Yilla,
whose foroeq had 0 ually invade tha
territory of the United States and to
in no sehse Intended as an invasion of
that republic or as an infringement of
its sovereignty. I have therefore
HEADQUARTERS OF THE AMER-
ICAN PUNITIVE EXPEDITION, CO.
INIA DUBLAN, CHIHUAHUA. Mex-
ico, March 11, via Wirelees to Colum-
bus. N. M.—A struggling band of VI-
Mistas were sighted about fifty miles
south of here today by American forces
engaged in the punitive expedition Into
Mexico to capture Francisco Villa, tha
outlawed Mexloan bandit It waa evi-
dent. however, that Villa himself was
not in the party, which consisted only
of a few men and no engagement re-
sulted
Reports of a battle between Carranza
troops and Villistas at Namiquipa, ap-
pvoximately seventy five miles south of
here, were recelved today. The reports
asserted that the battle took place yes-
terday, but there waa no indication of
the number of men engaged or of the
result Villa is believed to have only
a few men with him. eome reports in-
dicating that his total foree approxi-
mates only about 300 men. Army men
expressed their gratification today at
the manner in which troops under the
direction of Carranza are co-operating
with the American column.
Bandstorms, which have caused in-
cram «in« discomfort to the Americana
for the last few day* continued today,
with no signs of abatement. Despite
the handicaps, however, both men and
animals are bearing up well. Because
of the heavy demand upon the wireleng
for army business, orders were issued
here today greatly limited the amount
filed by newspaper correspondents.
; sgalnst crediting any story coming
from the border, and thone who dis-
seminate the news should make it a
matter of patriotism and of conscfence
to test the source and authenticity of
every report they receive from that
quarter.
"WOODROW WIISON."
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