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0 | N. N f. mum we v’' 1 C MOVES HIS SOLDIERS IN WAY OF AMERICAN ADVANCE SOME HOSTILE FEELING Secretary Baker Ilaa N'othinK to 8ay .. aa to Iteqneat for Tim®—Officials Hear Ntorles Bat Do Not Think Carranza Will Opitoae March of Soldier*. While regimen tflt"''*bf Vnited 'States cavalry lieuvily supported ft>y infantry Wccinewlay awaited Gen. Pershing’* order to advance, Gen. Carranza’* troop* worked desperately to effect the capture of Villa in order to forestall an In- vanion of Mexico by American force*, according to information received Wednesday. Secretary of War Baker, when aaked Wednesday if a request had been received from Carran/a mili tary official* on the border for a delay of the American expedition ■o that Carranza force* might carry out their own plan* to cap ture Villa, said: “I have nothing to say on the subject.” From official and unofficial •ources, Gen. Funatbn received re ports of Increased activities of the de facto government troops and while part of his Information Indicated that certain forces might he getting Into position to rc*int American troop*, there was no disposition st his head- quarters tq<regard the acltivltles as s whole ss anything more than evi dence of Carranza’s determination to eo-operate with the United States government In eliminating Villa. W'hat part would be played In the approaching chase by the large bodies of troops under farranza command-' era who are gathered in the region through which the eipedltloaary force ia expected to make it way, la the question on every one's lips. Reporta have accumulated of ae«i- mmm dtaaffectlou amour the Carrauza In the uHgbbtwfcond of trt- Many of these reports have extremely circumstantial and they culminated In a story from Pre- oldto. Texas, that the Carranza garrl- sow at ojinsgs had revolted and mur- dored Ita commander. Oeo Itojaa U-S.OAVAI MaacHtrtG •v mu'tvwu. eil>* ooueozxaoOfS AtaOM&aTiiE Mexican mmvK onomrm WITH AMERICAN TROOPS ON THE BORDER READY FOR ACTION IN MEXICO INTENSE EXCITEMENT EXISTS IN THE CARRANZA GARRISONS AT STATES ARMY TOWN or THE NAME ON THE ARIZONA BORDER, AND AT PIEDRAS NEGRAS, WHICH IS ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE FROM EAGLE PASS, TEXAS. OFFICERS HAVE LOCATED ARTILLERY PLACED ON MEXICAN HElGifTS ACROSS FROM NOGALES AND ARTILLERY HAS BEEN PUT IN POSITION ON HILLS ON THE AMERICAN SIDE ——^ ■ ■ ■ « VERDIN FIGHT CONTINUES WEDNESDAY WITH VIGOR from the i The M<>rte>« brought of Mexico by •ervext to roof..no the iper—too that ieuet a ■orti.m of the Wrruaza aoldievu were dcrld- erftv hostile to the A merle aa expe dition Hefugeei told of hetug In- aulteal aad ruracd by *<4dler«. No phjatral xtolcore ua* reported. Americana who came from Ronora aad western Mexico declared rondl- tloaa la thoeo parte were quiet and that they had eaperleared ao dUplay of aaimoeity. Fifty Americana from Chihuahua City, who arrived la Kt Paao, Trxa*. Taeaday night, reported forty or (Ifty Americana left In tha cltv Moat of the others probably would follow Boon, it was said. Gen Fuaeton remained at his of fice until early Wednesday morning to recelvo nay report Goa. Perahlng might make It had been reported that by moralog the American troop* wolld ho across the boundary line but Gen Funaton hlmuelf dfB nqUk now Gen. Perahlng'a Intention HI* order* to the commander of the punitive expedition were in effect, “movo when you are all ready.” Little In the way of preparation w»* left undone Tuesday night, but there was a feeling at army head quarters that Gen. Pershing might wish to delay his advance until prac tically every poalbillty of a hitch in hia plana was eliminated. The general orders {hat have been Issued for the supp/ession of all news that might Interfere with the success of the contemplated expedition intoi Mexico, have served to keep the pub lic in'ignorance of the exact number of troops that will bo sdnt In under Gen. Pershing, hut it Is- generally known that the forec will lx* not le** than five thousand and that greater part of the available troops in the I'nited. States will lie within reach if should become necessary to use Germans Claim 1,000 Prisoners—- French General Is Confident of Final Victory. Berlin reports Wednesday: Im portant gains in the Verdun fighting west of the Meuse were announced Wednesday by the war office. It fft said the Germans pushed forward their lines west of Corbeaux wood and on the height of 1^ Mori Homme, capturing more than one thousand prisoners. Paris reports Wednesday: The re newal of the fighting west of the Meuse, after three days’ pause, is regarded as heralding the opening of the third phase of the battle for Ver dun, the defenders have profited by the period of relative inaction to strengthen further the weak Joints in their armor and they v awalt events with full confidence. “.Now I know where I *tand. I am certain of final »u€xr*»." said t.en. Petaia, who U la charge of the Kreorh operatioaa at Venlaa to Me«aora l-auralne and Pate, members of tho chamber of deputies, who re turned to Paris from aa inspection of tho supply arrangements at tho fort ress aad who declare tbemaelvee edi fied by ell they saw. . The Kreerb have returned to the DUNS A LONG TASK SOLDIERS DO NOT EXPECT TO CAPTURE VILLA QUICKLY RECALL OTHER CAMPAIGh Took Two Year* to Get Geronlmo In IKHO—An Kx|tedlliun Got Vtttoria in 1KKI—Experience of Aguinaldo Campaign in Philippine* Affords Interesting Comparison*. .. The orders Issued to Gen. Funston that ’‘Villa be taken, dead or alive. ’ will be extremely difficult to carry out, according to the opinions ex pressed by many military men. In cluding several officers who have Just returned from duty on the bor der W hlle none of them expressed doubt that the Mexican bandit would be returned a prisoner, yet they said the nature of tho country he was to. and the experience of the army in expeditions of similar nature, made It probaMe that the hunt for Villa would ieet a year or more. aggressive In the deeperate straggle' Lenebreke end eectua. Ynqul la in program northwest of Verdue end] rettleeeeke*." was the gen- have recaptured a part of the ground , J” 1 •*J**J**£ 0,rt P* m gained by tho Germans in the re- Md (hlhnnhnn la which the neenl of their drive west of thol “•f 1 ' TROOPS WENT INTO MEXICO AT NOON ON WEDNESDAY Government Officials at Washington Made Official Announcement Wednesday Night. Although Brig. Gen. Pershing and Col. .Dodd marched into Mexico with some five thousand men about noon Wednesday it waa not more than six hours afterwards that the official announcement came to Washington. It was received at night and Secretary Baker at once hurried to the’White House for a conference with the president. At ten o'clock the secre tary made Ihig announcement: "The department received to-night in code a message from Gen. Funston which announces that American troops crossed the border Into Mexico to-day, but does not give the hour of the crossing. I am very happy to aay that the dispatch shhwa that the military representatives of the de facto government of Mexico not ooly Interposed no obstacle, but appear to be ro-operatfng ” . NOTE FAVORABLY RECEIVED Message From Veeretoro Tell# of tiood Impression Meuse. Paris announcer Wednesday iWtored that If I Taeaday. la a tw„ and a half hour! ^ ‘ Ju ~ *dm—dtabomW*! hi. battle, the crown prince's armies, by * "T** h *»dfnl delivering massed attacks, succeedod • 10 la gaining a footing la tha French. tMia t i *■ lines nt two points between I let h In- **** *** r *** ht ■•til unn of hi* court and Dead Msa Hill, the doml-I w *« gate him ap. Baling height which to the Immediate object of the present German drlva. The state depart meat made public the following meaaage from Ita rep- reemiailte at gueretaro. where the Carranza government to now located II ''Reply of tho Vailed Blaise to de kills dkl as others facto government’s note of March CRISIS IN GERMANT KAISER BREAKS WITH VON TIR- PITZ OVER SUB WAR WANTS U. S. FRIENDSHIP Dispatch From Washington Raya Chancellor Carried Quarrel to Em peror. Who Decided Against von TtrpiU—Contest in Hclchstn*— Prussian* to Oppose Emperor. , A THspaWrh-to the Exchange Tel egraph C«*mpany from Copenhagen says the Wolff llurean, the tier- mas aemi-offirlal new* agency, an nounce* that Admiral Alfred von Ttrpltx, tierman mini*ter of the aavy, has retired, and that Ad miral von t’apelle. director of tho administration department of tho admiralty, has bee* appointed hie Tuesday night the French lauaeb- j ed heavy counter attack* aad by using the bayonet and hand grenades freely were able to recapture por tion* of tbo treoebea tho Germans had taken. The Germans made heavy anerl fire* in attempting to cut the French line aad obtain poaae**lon of Dead Man's Hill. Paris advices declnrb. Possession of tbla height has enabled the French to sweep with their artil lery the territory over which the Ger man* were endeavoring to advance against tho fortress. It to In I reach hands, however, the French war of fice announces, allhough the German line baa advanced southward until it now takes in nearly the whole of Cumleroa wood to the east of the height. _ VILLA RECEIVED NO AID FROM KRIPPS. SAYS AGENT From their experiences m the cam paign In the Phtltppiaee. and the dif ficulty our troops had In ratrhlng Agulaaldo. It was Intimated by aev- eral officers, although ao one would any ao outright, (bat the beat cliaace of rapturing Villa waa to occupy Ihe Mexican (owns aad'administer Jus tice in them ourselves till Villa was turned up. "dead or alive.” "Foreign troops in a friendly Ba llon. when they are on a warlike mission, are in an extremely delicate and uncertain position," said an old Infantry officer, "especially when their commander to expected to avoid Involving this nation In war "On one occasion, when our troops went down to Mexico to catch one o' the Apache bandlta. the commander. Captain Crawford, was shot by regu- Ixr Mexican troops ns he was bring ing the Indiana back to this country Tho officer was standing up nt the time, trying to show the Mexican commander that he was a friend. "Much an Incident, and one i>r two other* which have haiqw-ned In the King *1 Shipped Munitions to Carransa With Knowledge of l\ 8. (iovcrnmesL —Company ia Loyal. Capt. Hans Tauscher. who ia tho 10. Columbus border situation, re ceived at five this afternoon. Per sonally preaentod this important communication orally and In writing to Foreign Secretary Acuna at thirty p. m. "He read same la my presence •ad afterwards •***! m to receive a reply of this character from tho got ernmenl of tho In I ted States It will relieve the very deli cate altuatloB that baa developed owing to the Columbus affair. 1 will Immediately traasmtt this reply to the chief esecutlve aad am of tbo opioloa that iher* will bo a reply to this courteous Dole expressing appre ciation of snma In this eveot I shall deliver It to you immediately for transmittal lo the government of t^e United BUle* * I "It was plainly evident that the I reply created a most favorable im- p reset ha." Reports are also current la Wash tagtoa that Grand Admiral von Ttr pits, who to generally supposed to embody the policy of ruthless proas cutlon of tho German submarine warfare, either had resigned or waa sboat to resign, from tho ministry *f martns la foreign circles moat liksly to know It was said that no aaeh Information had bees received bat confirmation of thto report would enuao little surprise la official qaar Ad- 1 FW over a year there has fricvloo between the Grwod mlral. reprverntlag the naval pdlrj. aad (Txaaeelfc* vna Hethmaaa H«>llw*«g, repetwewMng the more moderate policy of the ctxll goxemmrwt of Ormeay. Thto began with the A mericsa controv ersy with Gcvwxany. aad ever staoe ■ the (Txaarettor baa held tha with the (aremaa emperor. The Grand Admiral's restgaalloa. If It should route to that, would be eow*true>l aa the dedaltr triumph ef the Chaaeellor's rtews, aad the prooftrtioaale redaction of proba bilities of a rupture between the (ailed Mate* and Germany. * TILLMAN DEFENDS DANIELS 1’raises Secretary and Navy—Say* 1 New Yorkers Back Villa. United States Senator Ben Tillman of South Carolina, visiting his daugh ter, Mrs. Charles C. Moore, wife of the Prosecutor of the Atlantic Coun ty, baid Sunday night at Atlantia City. N. J. that if the country had to go to war,' that the navy would give a good account of itself and the peo ple would be proud of it. He took exception to the attacks made on Sec retary Daniels by Henry Keuterdahl. and said he believed they were in spired by naval officers who were disgruntled because Secretary Dan- ieis was running-the navy Instead of letting them do ft. Of the Mexican situation Senator Tillman said he hoped Vif a would b* hunted down and shot like the six teen Americans whom be recently murdered. "1 believe New York money tq financing Villa and backing him in an effort to embroil this count in war with Mexico. I don't want mention name* put could probab do ao." ha asld On tho political situation Senator TUlBian said he hoped Colonel Itooow veil would be nominated by the Ke pabllcans. "ftir that would draw tbo question down (o Kooaevelt for war and YVihton for pears." and waa con fident Wilson and ponce would win. fine ditch Reamer lost n| v h i -Once already the Chancellor and i the Minister of Marine have carried' their differences to tha highest' authority for adjustment. Thl* was when the American rrlsia with Ger- St«.rm Warnings Displayed oa Coast mhRr »as at it* height, and the COLD WAVE AT HAND VTom Florida to Maine. Cold Weather for the South Wed nesday night with a cold wave In MSfe Bu » k ? •" I North Carolina and frost as far as (Sited Mate* realize soberly that In cent ral Florida If the weather clear*, a < ainpHicn to eat< h kills our men predicted by the weather bureau IS as** SSBSt I.** *«L- ASS A A., t ..t ■ - 1 _ 1 I are embarked on a mi—ion which quire* the most careful combination Wednesday. The middle west Storm has or u»e diplomat * Gloved hand with I reat . hed southern Virginia and North the soldier * iron Bst. Carolina with some increased inten- There have be£n two occasions on sity and with further development of , , . . „ which, with the permission of the the cold high area to the northward. representative in this country or t a Mexican*, our soldiers have crossed i Storm warnings art displayed on Krupp Ammunition " ofj 1 * in, ° Mexico. The first was in the the coast from Jacksonville, Fla., to of the active agents of the Bridge- cage of vittorla in 1884 and the sec- port Projectile Company, has denied. ond that of oeronlmo in 188fi. Both that any one connected in the remot- r ug |, ives werc Apache Indians, est way with Germany has supplied arms or ammunition to the Villa sol- trains continue to carry cav- Infantry to the.district along the boundary lina of Mexico and New Mexico butHhe concentration of men and supplies ^^practically completed. dters In Mexico. “Statements have been made that German Interests are In back of Villa," Capt. Tauscher said. "These ^sserLlbns are lies. I am fully in formed of all the shipments that The Gcronimo campaign, whUh army officer* mention whenever they talk alNtut the present expedition to catch Villa, lasted more than two years, and at least two-thirds’ of the American army took part in It at one time or another. Gen. Wood, at present the Senior Major General in . , , . . i . » nryA * aVI Cl J W A VlVUCtai I li have been made from this port arni y g 0t j lis baptism of fire in VILLA HAS Inhabitants of Itural Favorable to Him. rict are One of the difficulties in catchtn ’ilia; as pointed out by American Yamillar with Mexican conditions is -J the superiority of the horses his men ride over the other mounts available in ijofthern Mexico. Villa horses wqre described a» "r?ice horses." The fugitive has made a practice of seiz ing hr buying outright the finest horses available. “ Another problem lay ra Offc fact that through fear or ignorance the Mexicans residing in country regions of Chihuahua give considerable alle giance to Villa. In the cities they consider the Carranza sentiment dominant but said that Villa was free so Is the United States government. “There is no secret in the fact that I personally have shipped a large quantity of arms and ammunition to Carranza. Since the embargo was lifted I have sent munitions by the Ward Line ships to the recognized head of the Mexican government. “As to the Bridgeport Projectile Works, if the United States were to to war to-morrow with any coun- they w’ould find that company prepared to turn out for their guns the sTtxd and shell, needed in such an emergen’ CARRANZA ACTIVE 10,000 First Chief Concentrates Troops in Villa's District. While the border waited ihvkeen expectancy .Tuesday for word That United States soldiers had cross}*!, the International line, reports flow- to travel without danger in rural re- e d in from Mexican sources that giona unless he came Into actual coo- 1 tact with tha Carranza troop*; Mexico's most notorious bandit Al ready had been surrounded by Car- ranza troops. The first chief appar- Flghtlag In West Egypt. ently was making strenuous efforts The British have captured tho port' to antlripate the Americana and was Of Solium. In Wool Egypt, from the reported from several source* to Senuasi tribesmen led by Turkish of-j have centered mote than ten thou- fleors. with ooly alight resistance | aaad troops at different points along Afterward they purtoed officers, man tho Casas Grande* region in Chi huahua. wfcera Villa to su from aw to fie* dollar* to Aad M coaxa^aotl^ this, campaign, and under Captain Lawton of the Fourth Cavalry-re ceived a medal of honor for “gallant ami meritorious services.” Captain Lawton, later General, was killed in the Philippines.at the head of his old regiment. The de tachment wli'oh Lawton commanded in the Geronimo campaign consisted of a troop of the Fourth. Cavalry, two companies of.the Eighth Infan try, and a troop of Indian scouts. General Wood was the medical offi cer with the command, and on ac count of a scarcity of. officers served with distinction several times as a commander of troops. These troops took up the chase of the Indian chief after it had been prosecuted for a year and a half with meagre results. At one timeVbefore this Captain Crawford of tho Third Cavalry had VftnfcJiJ up with Geron imo in Mexico aud persuaded the Indians to return to this country. On their way hack the Americans were surrounded by an overwhelm- lug number of Mexican* and ordered to glxwjup^thelr pri-oncr*. Captain Craw ford arose and held up hi* hand, find the Mexican*, thinking It-a *lg- J nal. shot him dead. Hia qeeond in rommand. Lieutenant Mau* t after a Eastport. Maine. CARRANZA COLONEL KILLED Chanrellor and Admiral von Tlrplts traveled to the eastern front to dis cuss the aituatlon with the Kaiser at his army headquarters The rasxilt waa favorable to the Chancellor, and a moderate reply was returned to tb* ' me^tran note then pending. Emperor kklllinm's determina tion not to provoke a break with the I'nited State* in the new *uh- marine eanipalgn. even though it involve* a factional eonte*t In the German Itelrhstag, having already brought about the downfall of Grand Admiral von Tlrpitz, him self. is indicated in Berlin dis patches. Throe Aboard HeUeve W as Bab k krUiB. Amsterdam, via. leaden. Friday The newest and finest steamship salt- tag nader tha Dutch flag, tha Tub- aatia. of tho Mol land-Lloyd Ha*, was struck shortly before dawn Thursday thirty miles off tb* Dutch coast. Although It to not poaltlvrty eotah Itshed whether tho slnhlag *as doe to a mine or a torpedo, thorn to n singular unanimity on the part ol thoee who were on heard Is nitrihsk- ing It lo a submarine * act Tha crew has# their belief la thto regard chloi- ly on the Intros# violence of tho on- ploeioa and on tbo fact that It on- enrred amidships Thn vessel waa outward honnd from Amsterdam lo South American porta carrying a crew of two hundred and ninety-four and elghty-two pas senger*. tho latter mostly neutrals, including. It to aald. three Americana The ship horn thn usual identification marks of her neutral iharacter. in cluding an Illuminated name and flag The disaster has created a pro found sensation throughout Holland where the ship waa a groat popnlar favorite owing to Ita size and lux urious apartments. The tone of those dispatches from w 1 _ the German capital, although guard- Shot in f’rofeiilZ'ig Attack Upon l. 8. e d an d veiled. Is taken In Washing ton to provide the supremacy of the Drunken Men. ilie reported death of Col. Rojas. Carranza commander at Ojlnaga, at the hands of his own men who at tempted to mutiny Tuesday night, was confirmed by telephone advices received at Marfa, Texas, Wednes day. , - ' . Emperor. Chancellor von Bethmann Hollweg, Foreign Minister von Jagow and the army, which has been oppos ing the plan’of Admiral von Tirpltz and the navy party to carry the sub marine campaign to a> merciless de struction of all neutral shipping to enemy ports. Showing the -decision of the Em- NO FIGHT ON FRIDAY OB Rojas was trying to control his peror and his supporters to reject a nroeress men, who were drinking and threat- submarine policy practically certain American Soldier* to I*rocce<l Route by Night Marche*. The American expeditionary force has had no casualties or no ,tashe with Yillistas to date, according t reports received Friday at Fort Sa Houston. There has beejv no in stance of sniping reported. Night marches probably will be made by Gen. John J. Pershing's -expedition ary forces In their search for Fran cisco Villa, it was indicated at Fort Sam Houston Friday. Night marches would help to mys tify Villa as to the movements of the American columns and^would be easy of accomplishment,\t is said, because there is sufficient licrht for the purpose. Also they would keep the men and horses fresher. Days could he used for reconnoitering. . Daylight marches make, it impos sible to hide troop movements. Lionels of dust indicate the marclieraL * when he was sh< t from the crowd, to | )r jng about a'broak in relations Herr von-Jarow and Prm P iian according to the report. . w lth the United Stales, if not actual-! ^ Sf rstaff Ld ut brfievod ly war, the development Is regarded Troop of the Fourth Cavalry. Geron- ns « potent augury for a peaceful imo was caught again two hundred solution of the situation with Gcr- mifes south of the border, and Law- many. ton and his men got him back. Once By some it is regarded as the most tht^ xvere threatened by a largo body irnpor(ant development toward the of Mexican cavalry, who ordered the continuai , ce of B00 d relations be prisoner given up, hut on Lawtons twppn thp roiin trie S that has com, threat that both Indians and Amen ta an afiwtrohto tratt hut wt*he«t tho *af*ey rtlv* o4 , • wken aur J>»C*A are turned h> roe* Fort mtrlev. mceoeded In rettlnT] an< ) dir* hi* rifle fronTT“pot*t permission to take the Indiana bark to the United State*, hot Just after they were over the line Geronimo escaped and ran bark into Mexico. l-awten’s men followed CernVmo for 4av* a- 4 finatty' the tnfantrv »e**d that they wee* nnsUe to cans would make common cause against interference, the Mexican* allowed them to proceed. — In the^ti^suit of the Filipino, Aguinaldo'who was caught after the Americans had occupied the entire country, Funston succeeded only by getting native scouts serving In live United States army to pretend to enlist with the rebels. “It will be simply a case of mak ing a prospective bandit out of a most peaceful-lookinr Meglrnn far mer." said one officer. "When tween the countries that has come al?out in a year. The passngp of the Berlin that Admiral von Tirnitz himself was called in. The diSCJlssion !timed on subifiatine warfare generally ‘and particularly upon the attitude of the i’nited Ptatps. Rubsequenfevents in the American congress were forecast with remarkable auuraey. The general understanding xvas that it uas the Emperor himself who riia.! * ,,at every effott should l»e patches by thpj.prman censor is re-' w ‘ garded a« showing the'dealre of fhe * . abort of^nhandonlng German foreign olfice to prepare the Ameriran peopV for such a eontest in the Reichstag as was rerently seen in congress between two factions over the armed ship question It is believed that the eontest will, result upon the man government itself by tho yon Tlrpifk element aid for that revs-m m> principle* InvMving th< m ii.u ,.r .he German na’lon. The result was the rejection of the proposed exten sion of submarine warfare to affret neutral nations. Vcn Tirpitz's re tirement fo’lowed naturally the re in prbbab’r harsh attacks i ,e< ' I * ,0 I n 0f 'll 6 pUn! ' h# h *' ,, ie United States and the Ger- „ ' ■" Washington that come np then .he Is a frier*!. but ? ?f!r!a,, . * n .1 d, r'omat* readier be- tween the line* see an intention to „ weparo-the Fatted #tet#* for «hat t» patch and la a soldier one# more to develop »* a result of the j No. I don’t fancy the Job w* have Fn at>«ror » dec a:oa fiot lo offend before to. unless by anv chance Vijln ***• »untry . rt9m ^ |W pr% attemix* to make a stand and trust About m fortnight nr® M la nrdor- »‘«w tAat ta tkiTsauV* " * Berlin I* notv to witBCs* a conflict W.-«„ re'n ti e FmMoro* and a powerful element In the Retrtistag. wrought op to a hlah pitch of indignation a»*r the eondetnnation of thn von Tirplt plana Tho Berlin dtopatehen that Herr Jogow spanned tho adverse rritt- to the Emperor to numbers W'tl b-e*k him for Mood a rooforroco nan hold to Bor moy fed h»mne4f ’.- .V- rood and all If he Aron that But ho tin pre^dod osnr by tho Emperor *# HL.ro WOOT fw- *ee aad thoroU ho a loog htmae'f aad otteodod ea»ro« orhoro ftro wT!laMriv, domtao^ tooriag • (oo« chooo* M