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WILSON SENDS TROOPS INTO MEXICO; 5,000 WILL INVADE, SATS FUSION ORDERS ARE TO TAKE VILLA BANDITS DEAD OR ALIVE IS NOT INTERVENTION —■« feMMt Meeting Decide* Villa Mont to Captured and Bend* PunltlVe toped ill on Across IVorder to Catch Attitude Is Not Kaown. President Wilson Friday ordered American troops over the Mexican border to capture or kill the Villa bandits who raided Columbus, N. M. Major General Hcott, chief of -staff of the army, announced that the expedition would consist of not } less than live thousand men all of' which are available on the border mider Major General Funston. It was decided at Friday's cabinet masting that Villa and hts bandits most be caught. In its present stage, tbs president’s order does not mean armed intervention in Mexico. It provides for a punitive expedition to deal with lawless forces over which tbs Carranza government has no con trol. The following statement was at the White House; M Aa adequate force will be sent at oace In pursuit of Villa with the stogie object of capturiag him aad putt lag a stop-to his forays. “This raa be done aad will be tome la eutirely friendly aid of the eoastltnted authorities lu Mex ico aad with scrupulous reaper! for of that republic.” explained at the White or alive • will bo aegtonedtox carry out object. r ^ It wee declared, however, thel Ike foiled States will not consider tho expedition as aa Invasion of Mssico and will continue to deal with the Oarrmasa government _ 11m A In Is Imperilled by Use | —MiHI11 ef Villa. The cabinet waa unanimous In de- eld tag that Villa must to caught feeretary Haber left the White House le eoefar with Major General Hugh U. Scott. chief of Naff, aad othor ty officers to decide Jeat how ty troops woeld to needed to fol low Villa. It was sold thst tho pursuit of V1IU will to undertaksu In n com prohsnslvu wny end orgnnlsed plene will be leld for his eaptsre offl- received (he word with u seUafaction. i'aMaet men Ihemeelvea aa greatly I. Army officers voiced uaaal- gmn approval. A general feeling of relief that the edm In let ration had An ally decided to take the step was ap- it Hie prcaideat himself la Armly soavtaccd of the aereasKy of eUmiaatlag Villa from the Mext- eaa situation. He la repreaeutesi aa Just aa determined to get rid of Villa aa he wee to oast Huerta. The announcement of the inten tion of the president to tend troops Into Mexico was accompanied by scenes not equalled at the White Houee since the determination to send the Atlantic fleet to Vera Crus la 1114. Fains were taken by officials to point out their hope that Gen. Car- nmaa would realise the spirit in which the American troops were be- lug sent after Villa. Carranza will be notifled immediately -that • the United States has no Intention of tak ing any Mexican territory whatever and respects fully the sovereignty of that nation. American officials realize that Carranza may have difficulty in con senting to the presence of American soldiers on Mexican soil, because of popular feeling In his country. Car ranza himself, however, is believed to be so eager for Villa’s capture that he may co-operate with the Ameri can troops. At the cabinet meeting the discus sion of the situation was brief and to the point. The cabinet unanimously agreed that the only thing to do was to send troops. President Wilson took the same position and at once instructed Sec retary Baker to issue the necessary orders and told Secretary Lansing to Inform Gen. Carranza of the attitude of the American government. > Leaders of both houses of con gress immediately were notifled from the White House of the presi dent's action. They approved ids course. Before deciding finally to send the troops after Villa, the president con*- ferred over the telephone with Chair- mnn Stone of Ihe Senate foxeign re lations committee, who told him he believed the sentiment of congress would solidly support his action. It was considered possible that within a few days President Wilson might go before congress to recite the series of acts by Villa-which led up to the ordering of troops. It was sajd at the White Houee that the president bad not yet decided to do so. The president desires to move with the entire co-operation of cdhgress and decided to send the troops be cause be bad been informed by 1< 'era'Olat such a cdurse would meet with the approval of both houses. Maj. Qea. Foastoa. la aa overnight dispatch, argent!y recommends that to to authorised to saad Americas IToops ever the herder to ftastty eat the haadit gaag will pass ea FURTHER BANDIT RAIDS FEARED DY BORDER FOLK United States Troopers Rushed to In ternational line—Villa’s Lost About Two Hundred. Approximately two hundred Mexi cans were killed in the battle with United States soldiers at Columbus, N. M., Thursday, in which sixteen American civilian and soldiers lost their lives, according to estimates of army officials Friday. Major Frank Tompkins, of the Thirteenth Cavalry, in command of the troops that drove Francisco Villa and his bandits across the border, said that Villa’s losses w^re fully one hundred. Seventy-five Mexican dead found on the Mexican side -®ere either burned or burled.' F'ederal troops in increased num bers patrolled the Mexican bonier near Columbus ns a precaution against further Invasions of Ameri can territory by Francisco Villa's bandit army. ' . Villa, at the head of the main body of bandits, was reported early Friday fifteen miles south of the interna tional line where he halted after a running fight with pursuing United States troopers. The possibility of further bandit raids wss admitted by army officers and armed civilians and state militia men and cowboys are co-operating with the federal authorities. The first reinforcements arrived early Friday, when the first battalion of Twentieth Infantry, two hundred and fifty men, under Maj. William R. Sample, arrived from F'ort IUIm on a special train. The battalion after receiving n fresh supply of ammuni tion. were dispatched by Col. H. J* Slocum, commanding tho troops at Columbus, to Victoria, thirty-two miles west. 400,000 BRAVE SUBS Passengers Travel Between Ameri can and Kuropton Ports. Despite the perils of .sabmarlne warfare, four hundred thousand per sons crossed the Atlantic between American and European ports as pas sengers last year. Figures assembled in the bureau of navigation show that two hundred and fifty thousand [ of them travelled on vessels owned by the belligerents. One hundred and fifty thousand took passage- on neu tral ships. Passengers carried by belligerent ships are divided as follows; Italian ships, one hundred and thirteen thousand; British, eighty-nine thou sand; French, forty-three thousand; Russian, six thousand; Belgian, one thousand. Those on neutral ships were: American, fifty-one thousand; Greek, twenty-eight thousand; Dan ish, twenty-seven thousand; Dutch, twenty-three thousand; Norwegian, fifteen thousand; Spanish, four thou sand. SLAT AMERICANS * . 500 MEN SHOOT UP COLllMBUS UNDER COVER OF DARKNESS WILSON FOR PEACE FOUR MILLION SHELLS FIRED IN FIRST 4 DAYS ■ ♦ FVmcti Artillery Officer* VMimmtr Number of Projrrtitaw—Bwrw- lag UqwM Shooters Card French artlllsry offtewra who look part la tha battle of Vardaa estimate that during tha I ret four days of the struggle the Germans discharged two mlllloa sheila, moat of thorn of boavy calibre The aambor of pro Joel ilea fired by tho Froach probably waa aa groat. Notbtag like each as expenditure of mualtloas has bsoa kaown before, iarea la tha ('hampecae attack. The • hole theory of operations ass to pa I vertxe defeases at long range, drive oat or kill defenileva, and then orrepjr the ground by massed rwehm of infantry. The prise I pie of the dm freer wee to search out heavy pieces of the adversary with r>|ually heavy shells, withdraw from demol- I sited first line works, and liven, when those deserted trench weha were a|*- proarhrd by attacking force on the ran. to Caleb them w'ilh multiplied enfilading artillery and machine gun fire. At times this fire was suddenly mpapmdod, and the attackers were Agaged In hand-to-hand Infantry clashes. Tho Germans In their assaults are nslng several eorta of burning liquid projectors. One of these Is In the form of a small tank, which le cur ried on the back, filled with s coni position liquid which aedma to be mostly kerosene. Attached to the nozzle U an Igniting apparatus. The liquid Is projected by means of a hand pump. The radius of action of the oil depends upon the skill and the physical effort of the man who projects it, but it Is ordinarily from sixty to ninety.feet. Some French soldiers have been burned to a crisp by the flaming liquid. Other chemi cal weapons used by the Germans in this battle include asphyxiating shells, vapors which Irritate the eyes and Incendiary shells. Stone Says President Has Not Chang ed His Desire. Senator Stone of Missouri, chair man of the foreign relations com mittee, declared In the Senate Wed nesday: “Last night I had another very frank talk with the president. I am sure I will not offend If 1 say that so far from the president de siring to Involve this country in this disastrous Fluropean war, his su preme wish is to avoid that calamity. “I may not be in accord with some of his views, but It should be impos sible for any senator to believe that the president has so changed the at titude he has so long maintained as an advocate of peace as to wish now to make thla country a party to this conflict.” USE UNDERSEA MINE LAYERS Parte Reports New IMrtee la Uee by the A current story in Paris Is to the affect that Prlaca voa Burtow re cently admitted In HwlUeriand that the acrouata of tha huge numbers and alia of the new German subma rines wera untrue, that tha eub- msriae war aa euch was a failure, but that tbe Germans aow were buildlag undersea mlae layers with which it waa propoaed to strew the Englleh chaanel. the Mediterranean, at-d tha Atlantic with floating con tact ml nee. Irroopertlv# of neutral protest-i. aa the future of Germany was at slake. WILL HUNT DOWN VILLA RUSSIAN SHIPS ACTIvF Bombard Turkish Ports on the Black Sea FVont. Russians warships are particularly active in the Black Sea bombarding the coast towns, and the continued progress of the Russian forces is evi denced by the capture of the town of Riza,. which lies about twenty-five miles each of Treblzond, one of the Important objectives of the Russian army. In Persia also the Russians are forcing their advance at a lively pace and have captured the town of Senha, to the north qf Kermanshah. that ”80 long as the border is a shel ter for them they will continue to harrass our ranches and towns to our chagrin.” Gen. Pershing reported that the Mexican consul at El Paso thinks there should be no objection to American troops entering Mexico in pursuit of. Villa, and that he would wire his government reconi- mendiTig' co-pperatidh. Col. 'TSlocum telegraphed the war. department a brief report on the pur suit by the American troops. A re quest for further information has beemdispatched by Gen. Scott at the order of Secretary Baker. The only Information on that point at the war department early Friday was a re port from Col. Slocum as follows: "I sent three troops under Maj. Tompkins across the border. They pursued Villa about five miles, driv ing him Into rough country where he •acaltacad after making owe final stand which-stopped Tompkfns’ ad vance These threa troope ret urn* 1 to Columbus again In about three hoar*. Loat one corporal. Troop 0.” Govern raae to be Palieat. "My government elacerely regrets this sffslr sad ssks the American people to be patient.” said Marrelmo Davsloe, foreign minister of the Car ranza cabinet. In a statement at Mex ico City Thursday. ‘‘The government inks the Ameri can people to remember that Villa la a common enemy,” he continued, "and an outlaw to he hunted down by all men. The Mexican govern ment will aas tha moat vigorous means to ran this man to earth and avenge his horrible acta.” “DEATH TO AMERICANS” Villa lUatoes . Them for Conditions in Mexico. A Mexican fugitive said that Villa addressed his men Jrst before order ing an advance on Columbus and de clared the watchword would be “Death to Americans,” adding that the "killing of Amerlcans^was Just because citizens of the United States were responsible for the wretched conditions In Mexico.” "The United States Intends to swallow Mexico,” Villa shouted, said the fugitive. “Let us do what we can to make It stick In their throats.” TO ACT SLOWLY Administration in no Hurry to Act on German Note. The latest memorandum was sub mitted to President Wilson shortly after Its receipt. It will be consid ered, together with other documents from the German government, in de termining what shall be the next step of the United States In the sub marine negotiations. There was every indication tlmt the administration would be In no hurry to announce a stand as to the new policy of the central ppwers or to pass finally upbn Germatiy s latest proposal for a set tlement of the Lusitania case. USED 300,000 MEN Paris Says Germans Set Aside Huge -r—?*Fbrce for Verdun Attack* ■Jb Palis .Wednesday says it it known that the Germans set aside three liundred thousand men to capture Verdua. Only two hundred thousand having heen employed it Is a ques tion whether the remaining one hun dred thousand would lie used to make a sudden descent on some other part of the F’renrh fine In developing the offensive against the fortress. The heavy attack west of tha river Tues day. however, leaves the queatlon no lO he'iaHUfi - T - ' Stood by WIlAoa. On evVry one of three roll ealla In the House, the South Carolina dala- gatlon voted solidly with the admin istration Every aaa was present on each nr rag! on. Tto aaaa thing was trws of tto North Carolina taelsdt** tto latlva Britt CITIZENS ARE MURDERED Mexicans Slip up on Town, Post Sharpshooters, Apply Torch to Building* and Assassinate People as They Rush From Flaming Homes—Villa Loses 100 Killed. Five hundred Mexican bandits led by F'rancisco Villa, crossed the Mexican border under cover of darkness early Thursday and at tacked Columbus, N. M„ killing a dozen or more American men and women, including at least six United States soldiers. When the bandits fled toward Mexico some hours later they were pursued by Unitet^; States troops, who are said to have crossed the border. A large numt>cr of Mexi can <lead were left lying in the streets of Columbus and at the bonier the Mexicans were subject ed to a flank attack by American tnnips and eighteen more of their number killed. Not less than 250 trooper^ of the Thirteenth United States cavalry fol lowed the Villa band Into Mexico Reports to Col. Slocum, commanding American troops, stated that Villa had made a stand fifteen miles south of the border, where spirited fighting was in progress. In this engagement a private was killed and Capt. George Williams, adjutant of {he Thirteenth cavalry, was wounded. Tbe small detachment of troopers •mder Ma). Frank Tompkins and Capt. FRmer Lindsey, fighting dis mounted. made a determined stand »galnst the renewed Villa attack, and at last reports wars tmiiiiag thair r round. The raid on American territory I roved costly to tbe bendlt chieftain Tbe bodies of eighteen bendlts, in tluding Pablo Lopez, second In com roa r .d. had been gathered and hum id before noon and trooper* report id an undetermined number of deed •till In the wrueh. Led to the attack under the slogan. “Death to the Americans,**.Vllla’a followers fought with desperation The attack waa a complete ear ■ rise Villa deceiving all the autbori- *.ee by dispatching a telegram to Xachita. N M. Wednesday night raying that he waa at the Nogalee ranch la Chihuahua, near the border el least forty-four miles from awey Tha Villa men wera aald to have ‘•eea Joined by Carrania soldiers efter they crossed the border A *teep ditch parallels tha United States army camfi. the cuatoma houae and • he railroad station. Through thla rultv the bandlta approached un- : otlced. After porting talper* at advaa- •agvnwa |Hiint• tl.e ImumIII* set fire to building* Inrlwtliag the railway • tatloa ami hotels. As people ru*h- rd from their liome* they were shot down. C!«!liaa« anneal tharwarlve* xml together with t altraf State* •oi lier* fought a hail tie of artrral boars with the baadita. Col. Slosums revolver waa ahot from hla hand aa he left hla quarters. Fome of the bandits by speaking English lured housefolk to the Mreets and ahot thim. From burn ing hotela and other structures per son* who sought to escape were kill ed Jr wounded. Tbe baadits first attacked the amp o2 tha TtUrtaaolh Cavalry. - A number of American aoldlera were killed and wounded and a number of ilie cavalry lioraea taken by the Mexi cans an they fled hack toward Mexico after daylight. Carranza customs guards at thi border gates three miles south of Columbus, had dug a few rifle pits tor the fifty Carranza soldiers who fled Palomas vhen Villa appeared in the vicinity several days ago. Villa's men apparently came over the.liqe at this point and the Car- lanza soldiers were reported to have joined them, deploying In open order. Villa sent them up a deep ditch run ning up from the border and paral leling the road skirting the United States army camp, the customs house and the railroad station. Snipers posted in .front of frame buildings which had been set on fire rhot at the American Inmates as they dashed from the burning structure. These Mexican snipers moved delib erately in* the dark. The lighting of ■ amps by householders and hotel meets startled out of sound sleep by the rifle fusillade, promptly brought a shower of bullets. Flvery house in town and nearly tvery window appeared to have been hit. Civilians armed themselves and irom vantage points within the homes answered the shots. Some of the bandits sought to entice Ameri cans into the streets by speaking tnglish. J. S. Dean was caught in this way. A Mexican, who spoke ex cellent English, called to him. Dean emerged from a doorway and his re- ;ly in English betrayed him to be an American, and brought his death. The first volley htought Amer-ic&B troopers info aTfhost Instant action While a portion of the raiders en gaged the cavalrymen others began applying the torch and shooting American civilians who ventured rrom the buildings. Lights in hemes and public build .ngs immediately became targets for -riipers posted at Villa's direction Other bandits r creeping close to American homes, enticed a number of eSvIliins Into the open with Eng lish-spoken Invitations. A number ot f.ullll.. m attributed 1* Uil. SENDS LETTER TO QREG0RY ABOUT INSURANCE AFFAIR Tillman Asks Attorney General .1 _ Whether Action is a Conspiracy in Restraint of Trade. Senator Tillman has invited the attention of the United States de partment of Justice to tho threaten ed withdrawaLof fire insurance com panies from South Carolina. He has sent the following letter to Attorney General Gregory, inclosing a com munication from Insurance Commis sioner McMaster; “Dear Mr. Gregory: • I am send ing herewith a letter which explains Itself, and as thp matter is very im portant, I ask that you will as early as ilosslble, give me an answer so I can tell our South Carolina people Just what the status is about fire in surance. Mr. McMaster, the insur ance commissioner, has given all the facts in his letter to me, and I am sending it to you for a suggestion as to the remedy. “Is there anything of a conspiracy in restrain of trade? There is evi dence of a conspiracy, but Is It of a ch&racter which will warrant prose cution? The Insurance companies by agreement have been extorting ex cess premiums for many years. We have known it all along, but have never been able to do anything with them. The legislature passed the bill in question for the purpose of re storing competition and that effort is to be made nugatory by this new move to withdraw. "If there is any way ,to punish them, or prevent it, I want to know It. Very sincerely yours, -r, _ "B. R. Tillman.’’ WHY I’M RIGHT-WILS0N Germans Kay He's I’ro-English sod FinKlish Say He's Dro-Germaa. Henry Bernstein, the author and editor, gave out a statement regard- 1 - D< *° > . nt<,rv wUh.Pml- dent Wilson some tima ago. and quot ing Mr. WUeon on hi* policy of neu trality. "I had occasion to sea President Wilson some time before my racent trip to F:urope.“ aald Mr. Bernatela. "and from what he eald to ma 1 faal quite certain that ha did not express to Henry Ford his sympathy for either aide of tha natlona Involved In the war. and surnly did not tell him that ‘tha Alllea muat win and Ger many be rrushed ' . •'President Wilson, speaking of Ameriea'a policy of neutrality, said to me ” 'When I am regarded In England as pro-German and In Germany as pro-Ragllsh. I know I am pursuing the right course of American neu trality * ” LET UP IN VERDIN FIGHT Yise . Stores were looted, oil whs poured upon frame structures and the mate! pplled by sL.I other bandits. Th» post office was raided, hut tto loot «rs got only oao small registered .adkaga. Many elvlliana hefrteadad them rs'ves la ttotr homes aad trad at tto aa ttop Tto F'reweh Oewy trrrmaa (lai mof F'ort aad Village Taken. A momentary let-up In the despqy- ate Infantry fighting about Verdun Is reported Friday from Paris. Tbe Gar-1 mans have not again attacked on ^ either bank of the Meuse. It Is an- j nounred. but violent bombardment of tha defenses roatlnues. Indicating ! that the reeplte probably Is to be I brief. Where the next German blow wlllj fall military commentators do not at tempt to predict. The recent ahlft- Ing of attack from the region of Rethincourt and Goose Hill to the scarred battle grounds of Douau- mont and Vaux came with seeming unexpectedness and according to Ber lin. achieved sulmintUT TPimtiTn the Vaux. An official statement from Paris Friday, however, emphatically con tradicts the German claim to the cap ture of the fort and vlUag» of Vaux. The fort waa not even attacked, the war office asserts, and while German infantry did succeed In entering Vaux. they were subsequently driven out, the village remaining In French handa. Similarly Paris declares the great er part of Corbeaux wood, where des perate fighting has been taking place, remains for the greater part in French hands, despite the German intimation to the contrary. CAPTURE TWO TOWNS Germans Move Toward Verdun on Monday and Tuesday. After having vigorously shelled the region between Bethincourt and the Meuse on Monday, the Germans in a strong Infantry attack captured the village of Forges, about nine miles northwest of Verdun. Not sat isfied with the gain, they several times essayed to debouch from the village against the Cote de TOie, but the French in counter attacks forced them back into the village and held them there. ." Driving hard against the French line northwest and southeast of Ver dun but with extremely heavy cas ualties, according to Paris. Hill 265, to the southeast," and a portion of Corbeaux wood, directly south of Forges,, have been, occupied by the Germans through strong infantry at tacks that were preceded by extreme ly heavy bombardments. The town of Fresnes also has been captured. 1 WHIRL OF TIMOR AMERICANS AND THEIR tQs*" FLED FOR THEIR SAFE^ , HOW SOME OF THEM m Bandits Shot upr Homew-—Haskaacl Taken From Wife and Btot Especial Attention Paid to Oftoers of U. S.—Many Have Narrow Escapes. The fight between the ICgxlaau bandits and American citizens, wha heroically resisted the attack in Iso- .ated groups, began in town, and tha families of A. L. Riggs, customs offi cer, and L. Jager, station agent of •he El Paso and Southwestern rail- toad, were in the midst of it, bnt no member of either was hurt. M. *'uche, a merchant, was shot through the hand. —*• Riggs, his wife add two children, in the living quarters of the customs l.Quse, barricaded Themselves be tween mattresses on the floor. L. Jager and his wife, and two children cl. the second floor of the railroad station, did the same. In a section house nearby. Foreman S. H. MeCul- och, his wife and their four children .ought safety on the floor. Bnllets flew over thetr heads. C. C. Miller was shot dead as he dashed from the orug store to the Hoover hotel aeroee the street. A woman dragging a lit tle girl by the hand was wontoed t.nd stumbled over his body. Walter Walker, who was shot at the Central Hotel with the pro} *- tor. W. T Richie. \ as a delcg/ •he New Mexico state convent*^ / j Sunday schools. His body waa x X." *d in the ruins of the hotel. Mrs. Rachel Walker, also .a dele gate to the convention from Playma. N. M . waa saved by "Jolly” Garner and hla partner. Ben AfOTre. TTatiad Siatec custom* border riders, who lied sheets to her arms and lovarto Ler front a window Walker was taken fro mtha arms of his wife by one of tho bandlta who invaded the hotel. Despite bar ertea and appeals for merry, tha haadit old her he wanted her husband U> go downstairs and shahs handa with his captain. A moment latar Mrs Wslker heard the shots that hilled Ler husband and the hotel proprietor Shortly afterward oil waa thrown < a the bnl'dlng aad a match applied An ths flames spread Garaar Agulra reached Mrs Walker's rescued her and escaped A bandit also Invaded the Hoover hotel and shots flew tbroach tto jalle. Throaghout tho raid tha pro prietor. W C. Hoover, aad hla wile aad two children, who were on the ground floor, aacaped the baadita un noticed. ' Mrs M. James was shot and killed ■n the doorway of another hotel front %hi’h she wss running with her sis ter Mrs. James fell dying over tbe bod/ of C. C. Miller, who had been nrlvra from nTs drug store across the street Her sister, s child not yaC In ler teens, escaped ths fusillade Mrs .'sines’ husband was wounded. Mrs 8 T. F. Hymn, wife of the explain of Troon KA and Capt Rt dolph Smvser of Troop I! with Mrs Layser and her little children had r arrow escapes from the bandits. The Ryan house fronts regimental hand quarters and the ditch up along which Villa's troops came. It was riddled with bullets. Mr. Ryan was in bed In line with a front window facing the ditch la which Villa opened thf attack. BnL . ets snsltered fBe glass and strack through her clothing arranged on a chair near the bed. Fred Griffin, private of Troop E- was on sentry duty in front of the headquarters and opened fire op a party of Mexicans attacking the Q|sc lers of Lieut. John P. Lucas, m i mandlng the machine gun troofto^ •he Thirteenth cavalry. Griffin felt mortally wounded under a volley of bullets, but killed two Mexicans and hen crawled to the side of the Ryan liome. Mrs. Ryan, arising, ran around the side of the house under fire yf the Mexicans to an abode gar age. A party of bandits was stand ing about Griffin., She opened the garage when a Mexican grasped her arm and de manded where she was going. She answered calmly that she was going into the building to get a motor car. The Mexicans let her go and during ♦ he fighting in the camp she remain ed la the automobile unhurt. Every piece of furniture in the Ryan home was riddled The Sytnser home north of the irack was surrounded on front and 1 oth sides by bandits before a shot was fired. Capt. Bymser heard some one tell tho bandits that an Ameri can army officer and his family lived there. Gathering his wife aind chil dren he emerged from the back door and reached the barn just as the bandits broke in the door. The bandits looted the house and were preparing to set fire to the barn when the American forces opened fire, leaving Mrs. Smyser nothing^ut the night gown in which she escaped. Capt. Symijer manrigo(i_|jx'4oin his roops fn time to participate in the battle in which the Mexicans finally were driven from the town. sjtded.almost ns suddenly ns ^Fbe- * an Less than two hours after the first shot was heard Villa's buglers :ounded the retreat and the raiders •egan a disordered flight, closely fol- ’ow •'d by American troopers. The casualties of the Thirteenth cavalry In the fighting at Columbus .1 fir i mkml. htlltol aad Villa’s total loases In the day’s fight lag were estimated la etreas of «to hundred hilled end ahowt as man? woaaded. The Aasertrmn por- aiktoto Mesteo was reported le have NO SEA BATTLE Humor From Home Presages Impor tant Naval Battle. Despite the report irom Rome th*r twenty German dreadnoughts hto come into the North Sea from tit t Vel, ind wthserepents whfra I te presage the imminence of a naval battle, nothing definite kaa come through to otow that Ofinua •wnhlpn are ont manoeuvring er •tokiag battle ^ t