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SMSES BANDITS « ■ * 499 o. s. iioois sarra UMEST VILLA MMMANI BEILIN IEVIEWS FliffFINI ON THE RUSSIAN FRONT 60 VILLISTAS KILLED 4hL Dodd hemda Soldier* U vuu Omtfi Smrprlses Them and duuea Ffwinc Group* for Fire Houn— American Lom Total Four Slight Wawada—Pursuit Continue*. American forces on Wednesday had their first battle with Villistas ■ear the town of Guerrero, although ■ewa of the fight was not published ■atil Saturday. OoL George A. Dodd, galloping at the head of a ‘‘flying column” ef fonr hundred American soV- dlase, fell upon the main body of Paaeho Villa's bandits, consisting W Are hundred men, at Gaerrero, acnttarlng them la many directions, aMer a running fight of ten miles, and driving the bandit chief, wesmded and crippled, to seek a hiding place la the mountains to the northeast. ■" ▼ilia, however, has disappeared In a way which, considering the relent- 1 seen see of the American pursuit, seems mysterious. The American woes* have not encountered any na tives who will even admit they have seen Tills. livery gorge, canyon trail, and watering place In the mountainous passes la this vicinity la being waerhed by American air eeonts •r searched by cavalrymen la the ' heps of discovering the bandit's hiding place. Ths aviators also are keeping the eetema Informed as to the move ments of the scattered remnants of the band. Hope is expressed that eae of these, at leeat. may attempt te rejoin their chief end thus lead the American forces to hts hiding plaee Pnleas Villa I* definitely located within the neit day or two. it la be lieved that Oen. Pershing will begin a eaarah of tha mountains west end eeeth of Guerrero Since the defeat •f ▼ills'* forces March >• In and near Oeerrern. lightly equipped detach meats of cavalry hav* been sweeping In whirlwind fashion through ths district shout the headquarters of the Seats Maria river In efforts to kv- eets the elusive bandit reported to have gone In that direction after be ing desperately wounded KM tag mercilessly, foer haedred Americas troopers as rice CW. ( A. I ►odd are Bisk lag drapers! ha saptere nr wipe net the aervivura ef Freertsm Villa's Large mead, which they defeated at Haa Oeroalmo raach several days aerordlng to ths meagre reports sweeping across the border. The speed end the relent lease aae with which the pursuit In being made Lt Indicated, according to army mae. by ths fart that Oen. Pershing, who. lest reports said, was speeding frem Namlqulpe across desert trails sad through mountain passes, to the seeae of action, has not even taken time to make a detailed report of the ea inurement. ▼Ilia’s lose In dead at tha battle with Americans at Guerrero Wed- eeeday wak placed at sixty by Oen Pershing In a report to Gan Fun- etoe Bodlaa were found In honaea In ^eerreco and ecattered In tb# under- brnah for miles along the rotates -taken by the fleeing Mexicans. ▼Ilia himself was believed to be eortheast of Guerrero, but Oen. Per shing expressed the opinion that there was little chance of hts escape. Brief meenages told of the con- tiaantlon of the chase by Col. Dodd'e .vmlry that so effectually whipped ve hundred Mexicans at Guerrero Wednesday and by supporting forces that Oen Pershing had sent for ward. but the results of the opera tions since Thursday are not known. Army men on the border were con siderably disturbed Sunday by the ■ amerous warnings from conflden- tfai sources that adherents of Fran- eiaco Villa were gathering in the Chl- haahua desert, both north and south ■wf Ascenclon and near the motor trail leading from Columbus to Casas Orendes, for the purpose of attempt ing to cut the line of communication wf the American punitive expedition ia Mexico. ^ An extra heavy guard of infantry men was placed on a truck train which left for the front. Isolated camps of soldiers' guarding the line were ordered to. watch closely for Signs of hostile force®. ” Little information filters over the herder arid nothing definite comes from official sources. There were persistent reports that the forces of Col. Dodd had captured the bandit leader, but because of the difficulty ia communication he had been un able to report. Late advices from the camp of Gen. Pershing stated that the track of a vehicle believed te be a carriage carrying Villa In his flight hgd been discovered. The four American troopers wounded In.the same, battle, It was ■aid, suffered Injuries which were ■of serious enough to necessitate their being brought to the border and probably would be taken to the field hoepltah-at Casas Grandee. Thinks Offensive Was PsMgasil to . ' Help AlHew—Losses Amount. to 140,000. ' Berlin reports: "It appears that the Russian storming attacks direct ed against the very wlda sector of the army group of Field Marshal von Hlndenburg and carried out with thirty divisions totaling more than five hundred thousand and with an unprecedented amount of munitions such has never before been used on the eastern front and which lasted from the eighteenth to the twenty- eighth of March, now have ceased. ‘‘Thanks to the bravery and stub born resistance of our troops, the enemy achieved no succees whatever. ‘The great object Which It was in tended should be attained by this attack Is apparent from the follow ing order Issued by the high com mand to the armies on ths western front under date of March 17 and bearing the number 617: '* ‘Russians on the western front: For the past alx mouths greatly weakened, with only a email supply of arms and ammunition, yon held up the advance of tha enemy and after having held him back in ths vicinity of a break in ths line near Molodechna, you took up your pres ent position. " ‘His majesty and the country now await from you another heroic deed—the ejection of the enemy from within the frontiers of the country. When to-morrow you un der take the glorious task, I have faith In your courage and your deep devotion to the ctar and your warm love for your native country, and am thereby convinced you will fulfill your eacred duty by freeing your brothers from the yoke. Ood aid ns In our aarred endeavors. [Signed) •• ’Ewart, . “ ‘Adjutant General’ “To say one who knows the cir cumstances, it is certainly astounding that such an undertaking should have been commenced at such a time of the year, seeing that Its accom plishment presented such critical dif ficulties from one day to another owing to the thawing of the froten country. Choice of the time decided upon was due much lees to the will of the Kusslen command than to the enforced requirements of a needy ally. If the present cessation of at tack la attrlbutad by Russia official ly to ths sudden change In the weather that It only a half truth. “The looses suffered on the re pulses have been carefully calculated and estimated at one hundred end forty thousand men. The enemy would be more correct If It said that the great offensive ay to now was not only stifled la the swamps bat la ^wamps and blood." GERMANS Gt'l.N 1,000 YARDS French Lears TWO prisoners and a ft*. FRENCH MAKE GAIN - Paris Kay* Teuton* Have Deea Push ed Hack Near Yaux. IMMIGRATION BILL PASSER; RETAINS LITERARY TEST ' f . • , O’ * * ' » House Votes 308 to 87 Upon Burnett Immigration Measure—Party Lines Not Followed. The Burnett immigration bill, with its literacy test and Asiatic exclusion provisions unchanged, passed the House Thursday, 308 to 87. It now goes to the Senate, where favorable action is regarded as assured. The literacy test about which the fight against the bill had centred wag sustained, 284 to 107. This pro vision brought votes of similar Immi gration bills by Presidents r Cleveland, Taft and Wilson. Representative Burnett, chairman of the immigrd.-. tlon committee, predicted there was sufficient strength to 'repass th^ bill over another veto. The president has not indicated his purpose to the House leaders. Both record votes on the literacy test and on the passage of the bill were without i regard to party lines. Majority Leader Kitchin voted for the literacy test and for the bill. Minority Leader Mann voted against the literacy test and then for the bill. The Humphrey reciprocal exclu sion amendment aimed at retaliation on British Colombia because of Its exclusion of skilled and unskilled labor from this and other foreign countries was modified on discovery that It operated against Russian im migration. It was made applicable only to a "contiguous' foreign coun try. The literacy test as adopted would exclude all aliens over sixteen physi cally capable of reading, who can not read English or some other lan guage, except certain relatives of persons already In this country and certain classes of religious refugees. Asiatic exclusion provisions speci fically bar Hindus. Pacific coast members were satisfied with thess provisions which also give legislative recognition to the existing so-called ‘‘gentleman's agreen eot with Japan for the exclualdb of Japan laborers.” SHIPPERHIARHED BL0CKABE H TENSION WILL BE SERIOUS TRARE OBSTACLE HITS NEUTRAL COMMERCE ZEPPELINS KILL 59 IN BIO RAID ON ENGLAND G Is Testoak Heads. Ths Germans still ara carry lag on strong offenalrs operations north east and northwest of Vsrdun. About four and one-half mll-a northeast of the fortress they penetrated ths Cel lists wood. Just outside Fort Itoaau- mont. after a violent bombardment. Hertia reports: "la addition to tha poaitlos taken March SO Frsach trenches northeast of Hascourt ex tending over about on* tboui yards have been r'.earsd of the enemy. ‘ On the eastern bank of the Meuse our troops, March St, after careful preparation, took poseeaalon of the enemy defense and flanking works northwest and west of ths vil lage of Vaux. ‘‘Saturday morning after the French fire had reached Ita highest Intensity In thlo region, the expected counter attack which took place broke down completely onder the lire of our machine guns and the curtain of fire of our arilllery. Apart from the sanguinary losses sustained dur ing our attack March 31 the enemy left In our hands unwot^nded pris oners amonntlng to eleven officers and T20 men and five machine guns. ' Rig 8hlp* Prop HoriIm Friday and Ratarday I'pn* Kaglish Cities. Many Lives are IjosC With tb* asraptios of tb* big air raid of January 31, when ths cassal- ties wer* atxty-ssvsn parsons killed and 117 Injured, ths Zappallu raids of Friday nod Saturday nights upon the English coast caused greater loss of life than any prerlous aerial at tack this year. Tha total casualties for Friday and 8mturday nights, according to nn of ficial report, wer* fifty-nlae killed and one hundred and alxty-slx wounded For lb# first Urns sines ths lacsp- tloa of this method of warfare on the British coast, not only has on* raiding Zeppelin been brought down and Ita crew takfn prisoner*, but the official report recounts nn exciting aerial fight between n Zeppelin and a British airman. Lieut. Brandon, who. monntlng to a height of nine thousand feet, flew over the raider and dropped several bomba on It with effect. The machine of Lieut. Brandon was hit several time* by machine gun bullets from the Zeppelin. It la still unknown whether the Zeppelin la thla fight waa the L-1S, which waa brought down off the Thame* estuary, or another craft, which la believed to have dropped Its machine gun, pertol tank and other parts. Head of Scandinavian Trade Board r . Tells How British Activities Have Stopped Many Adventures—Swed ish Consumers Cut off Frost Com modities by Order. The latest British order in coun cil providing th:*.t vessels and cargoes shall not be immune from capture for breach of blockade upon the sole ground that they were et the moment on their way to a non-blockaded port has raised apprehensions in shipping and exporting circles that new obsta cles were to be thrown in the way of n utrai trade in general. The belief Is expreMsed Ghat a strict enforcement of the new order would seriously hinder commerce between the I'nJted State*, Holland and the Scandinavian eountrtee. Come pre- fessod to see a rupture in relations between Sweden and Great Britain should the new rule be put lato operation. John Yokranta, general manager of the Swedish Chamber of Com merce of the United States, de nounced the order In council as »■ unwarranted Interfer. nee with the rights of neutrals "This announcement of Great Britain." said Mr. Lokranta. "means further upset tn neutral trading, which already haa suffered enormous losses on account of seizures, deten tions. and other act* not ooonten anred by International law. "The latest jnove I* undoubtedly an attempt by Great Britain to seek data regarding the Identity of ship pers. those to whom goods are con signed. and If possible ths ultimate disposition of merchubdlM shipped to and from neutral countries It would seem as If trading under p ent conditions was not difficult enough wlthoi t adding 'mors bur dens to neutral commerce" Mr Lokranta referred to a report on the subject of British Isterfse- enre with trade betweeq this country and Sweden recently completed for the Bwedlnh Chamber of Commerce. The report said "Trad# hetweea the f sited Mates aad KbiMtes haw osely hampered by of Great Itriiaia Is to prevent g<«>ds of which Is her*action la aad rumpelllag A dacers aad n porters goads to foreign com modi ties. Is this way A. caa merrhaste k dependent spos proval of their bayeve. VILLA AND AMER CANS ABOUT TO BAVE BATTLE United States Troops Moving la Two Division* to Head Ban dit Off. Francisco Villa has crossed the great continentaJ divide and is head ing southeast to his old headquarters at San Andres, according to the most reliable information gt El Paso Fri day. • Keen interest in the chase has been aroused once more by the re newed possibility that the bandit may Ixi trapixxl before he can swing to the south of the pursuing squads. American troops sweeping down from the north; on the eastern side of the divide should be within strik ing distance of the San Geronimo ranch where the quarry was last known to be. This ranch is at the head of the Santa Maria valley. Another detachment of Gen. Per shing's cavalry Is believed to have swung southeast' from Madera, pass ing well south of Guerrero, where Villa Is said to have massacred one hundred and seventy-two Carranza troops and to be striking for Cerro Prieto and Cusihuiriachlc In the hope of cutting off the brigand from the south. The east is probably closed by the several thousand men whom Gen. Gutierrez Is said to have in the district around Chihuahua City NO NEWS FROM IERMANY; REASONS FOR THE DELAY Situation Admitted Serious But Noth ing CViticsl Expected Immediate . ’ / ly—Walt for Lnformatlos. After Friday's cabinet meeting of ficials said evidence had not been re ceived in the cases of vessels carry ing Americans attacked mecently, that no action would be taken until such facts had been received and that no action leading to serious conse quences would be taken at all unless conclusive evidence was established that an attack had been made by a German submarine contrary to in ternational law. Government officials admitted that they are puzzled over Ambassa dor Gerard's failure to respond to In structions sent him four days ago to inquire of the German government whether any of its submarines at tacked the steamer Sussex and sev eral other merchant ships carrying American citizens. It is assumed that Germany Jg withholding any statement pending reports from its submarine com manders. High officials In Wash ington, however, reflect the anxiety which grows hourly as no word la received from Germany. Aside from the slawnees of com munication between Washington and Berlin, It was pointed out Friday that Gen. Funston Friday 'at El Paso ‘t* 6 American ambassador may not awaited news that fighting between American troops and a Villa force .had begun along the Northwestern railway between Madera and Chi huahua. information that he styled unofficial" has reached headquar ters since Thursday that a consider able force of Villa's men had concen trated In that region and that the American cavalry was moving for ward In strength. Carranza's troops also were re ported preparing to resist Villa’s men, who were said to be assuming the offensive. The exact position of the three organizations wee not given, but Vflla'a outpost farthest from the Atnerlacn lines waa said to have been within fifty miles of Chi huahua. SOLDIERS AND FIREMEN BOLD BACK A MAD MOB VlrglaAa JwAI Around TO STAY NEUTRAL DANIELS BEFORE HOUSE Secretary of the Navy Comes Before House Naval Committee. v ~ 'i * A final review of the administra tion’s navy plans was i given the House Naval Committee Thursday by Secretary Daniels, who added in sev eral respects to the program he had mapped out in estimates previously subrhitted. Secretary Daniels recommended a government plant to manufacture navy projectiles: raised' the estimate for tho proposed research laboratory from one million to one million five hundred thousand dollars, asked for about fifteen thousand additional men instead of ten thousand and propefted that civilian educators be placed at the head of the non-mili tary departments of the naval acad emy to release line officers for active service. ^ "Requesting that all provision for air service be stridden out of the five yq'ar building program, Mr. .Daniels urged an appropriation of two million dollars for air craft this year. He explained that there was no way of determining what expenditure would be necessary In the future. Holland Takes Step to Allay Public Excitement Over Offensive. The Associated Press correspond ent In Holland is again authoritative ly Informed that all apprehensions re garding any impending embroilment of Holland with any foreign powers are wholly unfounded. A considerable section of the ( pub- •“llc, however, persists In believing that the expected coming offensive by the Allies, supposedly planned at the Paris conference, holds the possi bility of danger to Holland's neu trality. The Dutch minister of foreign af fairs, when asked by the Associated Press representative what his views were on the situation, replied, "Opti mistic, of course. There is nothing to worry about." TEUTONS TAP OIL FIELDS Heavy masse* of troops are stllj be ing hurled by the Germai.s against the defence* of Verduni which are' fcetag tested to the Bmlt at vital points The French are offering Use cl os* resistance and. according to Paris Moaday. bar* succeeded Ip P hack the era an prince's bataaea Vast aad Do eae ■ eat. i aledga-bammac h ews had bad ly daatad tha Frag eh tir es ' Announce Completion of Forty-Mile Pipe Line In Galicia. c- Completion of -the construction of a pipe line about forty miles in length hetweea Drohobycx and Chy- row In Galicia fa aanonaced from Vienna. The line, which ia intended for the tarrying of kerosene sgd was belli by tb* army admialatrattaa. will be pat lata use shortly Tho Be# will admit of tho morossoat ef ■boat seven hundred taa* #f (11 dally, thereby relieving tho mitre*da ef a "Further, tha action *f Baglaad la aoltlag reblsa and lot tars baa cre ated conditions of noeartalnty. fol lowed by unwllllagnsss on tb# pari of American bousea to andartak* new business propositions It has happened that many buslnsaa trans actions. through correapondoaea. bar* been developed to tha point of acceptance by tha buyer. "Tha seller has made arraaga- ments, sometimes at (onsidomble ex pense. only to have the aeroplanes cable seized by England. The seller has waited In rain, and In the mean time the market advanced and the whole transection fell throagk Many times delay or mtaara of cables, especially cable remittances, caused much trouble and dJbturb-7N ance between the Swedish buyers and the American aellera." ' The report attacked the Rrlttsh action In practically compelHag the shipping line* to refuse to traaeport certain commodities urgently needed by Swedish consumers. This, It was said, caused much dissatisfaction, aggravated by the fact that as the report puts It. "the English authori ties do not seem to trust their own representatives In ths United States charged with supervision of these matters.” The report charged that la many cases goods accepted for shipment by British representatives In the United States had been seized when a ship reached an English port. * Conditions of this kind. It was charged, were depressing and hindered the develop ment of trade between American and Sweden. j EXPLAINS LOSS OF SHIPS WILL GIVE FACTS French Hay Hub Barriers Hava Been Damaged by Weather. M •_ , Paris unofficially explains the re cent submarine activity as follows: "During four months there was no torpedoing In the channel, but In the last three weeks enemy submarines have shown activity In this sea. This activity has succeeded owing to the fact that bad weather damaged the Allies barriers, caused mines to drift and make entrance to the channel easier. "The enemy doubtless possesses a large number of submarines and can Simultaneously attack In the North £«a and in the Mediterranean. Meas ures have been taken In concert with Great Britain to bar more effectively Pas de Calais and to multiply the troll*" Ambassador Gerard Kays Germany Has Promised Prompt Ileply. American Ambassador Gerard at Berlin cabled Monday that, the Ger man government had promised him a prompt reply to his Inquiry regarding destruction of the British- steamer Sussex and other vessels on which Americans were endangered. The Berlin office. Ambassador Gerard stated, had referred his inquiry to the Germain admiralty. While no definite time was given by the German of-licialsy within which a response would be made. Mr. Gerard stated he had assurances It it Officers Protect Negro for HU Trial. The state mtlttie rad tha city fir* department w*rs railed oat at Pat arabarg. Va.. Ilaaday night la aa *f fort to dispora* a mob of ooo tboa aaad poraoos mad# up Urgoty of cttl- sons of Dtnawtddl and Nottoway couatlsa. who oarrouadod tho city Jail, wbor* jobs Wllltama. a asgro. la bold, after bU arraot oa a eharg* of bavtag attaebod a ~*n~l~za yisr old wblta woman at hor boms aoar Blaekstooo Thursday. Williams was eaptarwd Immodlato- ty ostaldo Pstorsburg la tbs aftsr- aooa. Bhorlff BulUvaa with a yo bad b*so chaalag him sloes two hours aftor tbo erimo waa rommlttod The negro waa rushed to tho Petora- barg Jail, whora a crowd began form- lag Immediately. Ths crowd con tinned to lacroaao antll streets lead lag to tho Jail woro densely packed Tho local militia was ordered oat and the firs department waa !aatrad ed to tarn tbo boos on tho crowd Thlo was dona, bat tbo crowd re turned aa rapidly aa tho hose waa turned tn another direction Many arraatn wore m*d*. Sunday night tb* military patrolled tha vicinity of tho Jail. Beyond thooo limit* tho ■troete wore thronged. VILLA HAS ESCAPED Bead it Again Becomes Man of Mys tery—.Hade HU Escape. Francisco Villa has again become the man of mystery. Almost within the grasp of the American' cavalry after the battle of Guerrero, the ban dlt was reported Monday to have ■lipped throagh the net closing about him and to have covered the trail of his flight. Mexican officials In Ju&res sought Information of the brigand's whereabouts, but the tele graph wires brought no definite word. While tho bandit's main command was scattered by the battle of Guer rero, It Is believed here that Villa has several other large bodlei^ffle- posed at convenient positions on the continental divide, and that Col Dodd may come in contact with then at any time. While the search for Villa continues Col. Dodd will seek ti destroy armed bodies of Villa forces which are a constant menace to the line of American communications. JUDGMENT SUSPENDED Nothing Positive About 8 use ex Walt for German Sub. Official Judgment Is stfll euspend ed in the case of the British channel steamer Sussex and other merchant ships, which, while carrying Ameri can citizens recently have met with disaster In the war zone. Secretary lAnslng says no additional Infonna- has been wou!d be forthcoming a. soon as pos| tl0 ^ h “ ge b ^ f n that the S'**** »>* absolutely Austrian* and Italian* Clash. Strong forces of Austrians and Italians are at grip* la tha Gorlzto sector On the hejahta of Sells spirited fighting U taking place Else where hlong the Au-tro-lt*ltaa front the artillery duels roetlaae. dispatch Indicated that instead of waiting for, the German submarine commander* to report the admiralty office would send out Inquiries to the submarine base*. Htgw* in*. . Cow Manning haa signed re prwvtd eg far a«whly days In the •ills ef the State nine ware tad the saw aotp-1 by the urn Fighting at KaraanrichL Greater activity than usual haa been displayed la tha fighting be tween the German* aad Russia as la theeegioa ef Baranovichi. Booth west ef Minsk Fine*hare aa the Raaataa Croat tha sttwafton t* unchanged Three British and sure of .its ground, administration officials believe that the government should hot thin any action which might affect relations with.Germany unless .the evidence I* absolutely con elusive Some official* think the American government will be able.to do nothing unless Germany admit* •inking on* or more of tha vessel* have carried his request to the for eign office while It was engaged in the delicate situation Hi the German relchstag over the submarine policy, which has been likened to the situa tion in th* American congress over the armed sciip controversy. Count von Bernstorff, the German ambassador, delayed presenting a communication to the state depart ment for two days while the admin istration was engaged In a fight with congress, and It waa suggested Fri day that Mr. Gerard, confronted by a similar situation, may have taken that course. As the cabinet assembled It was plain that while all tbs members re garded tha submarine situation as grave, they did not regard that eeri- out consequences were Imminent. All the secretaries except McAdoo. I^ane and Daniels were present. No one of thoee who attended wer* In clined to view th* eltaatloa aa criti cal. NEW PHASE AT VERDUN Faria Sage iaching With A'aae Fwccaa. A new phase of th* hattl* of Ver- dtaa ban begaa. says Part* Moaday, and tha belief prevail* that th* vto- leoca of tha latest attacks fo owe anotber-attsmpt by th* i to rash tha fort rase with vast foreaa Saw baturiaa of large calibre hav* bee* moved up closer to tho Fraach front and tha Ooraua Is fas try haa bevo mated aad reorganised, Sunday fight lag waa act unfavor able to the Froach. It la authorita tively elated Tho object of tho Gor mans waa to cloar tho approach** la Fort Doaesmoat aad fifteen thaa- naad me* wer* thrown forward oa the mile aad a half Haa botweaa Doeanmoet fort aad tho village of Vast. Th* mucking fore* crooned a Uttl* ravin* which hitherto had stop ped thorn aad entered tho CalUott* wood. Farther east they dislodged tho Ifreoch from the last raised hoasaa of the village of Vaax. bat th* Freach position were no placed as to make R practically Impossible for the Ger man* to debouch from tho village. Vigorous French coaster attacks drove them back to tho upper Mag* of Catllett* wood. Ths total result of tho vary for midable effor tthey had put forth waa a gain for the Germans of about five hundred yards of terrtaln, more thaa offset. It It affirmed, by vary heavy losses. West of tho river tho Ger mans attacked the Avocourt block house, but again met with complete failure, the observers declare. TELL MANY TALES Villa •Exploit*” Bead Like Fiction Rut Prove Untrue. The most reliable Information about Villa puts him somewhere In the fastnesses of the great continen tal divide, many miles south of Nsml- qulpa and fleeing in an easterly direction with Parra 1 as his objec tive. So far as the actual pursuit of Villa Is concerned the absence for several days of any definite news haa given new birth to wild rumors and fantastic stories. The bandit chief has been reported In almost every conceivable place on the map and In .a number that are utterly Inconceiv able. If all the stories current on the border are to be believed he has fought in the last few days more battles than Alexander the Great and has had more hairbreath escapee than Jesse James. One tale was promptly nailed by ‘the police when the/ arrested Edu ardo Perez, father of the yarn, as a vagrant. Perez had told a marvelous story of his adventures which includ ed an account of how Villa himself was desperately woui ded in the raid on Columbus and now waFln hiding on a ranch three miles from the bor der. He confessed the fabrication when confronted with letters receiv ed by him at San Antonio during the very period he claimed to have been throwing dice with death In Mexico. FIRED ON RESCUER — fb-rlie Say* K**s Attach Over. Berlin **y* tb* big Russian off Mi- rive la tb* Poetsvy region ben rese ed. wed (bat tb* Reerisas ate* hav. give* sp tbetr etterbs ereeed Lab* Nermte Artillery dm j^b'pefiBfi *a ereeed J earth mt TAday Report Kay* Beb libelled Destroyer For th* Information of the state department 1 American Ambassador Png* at London has forwarded a re port that the British devtroyer which elded la rmrnDng ewnrlvor* ef tta fired epee twice bp