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THE SUN, FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 1916.
Ri precaution agalnat local out
breaks, cold water was thrown on ths
suggestion that such a step would be
Approved hy tho Administration. Her
ngnln tho Department appeared con
cerned over the sensitiveness of the
Mexicans, who, It was pointed out, might
misunderstand the move,
More Aeroplane! Asked,
Urn. Funston forwarded to the. War
Tirpattment to-tilifht a request for eight
more aeroplanes, four to be uiicd at
Columbus, N. M., and tho remainder to
be held In reserve At Fort H.im Houston.
Whether the plunes to go to Columbus
will bo rent Into Mexico or used In con
nection with tho border was not Indl
ciited.
Acting on the request, Secretary Baker
ordered eight army aeroptams sent from
thn army aviation school at San Diego,
Pal. The aeroplanes at this sehool have
been severely criticised by Senator Hob
Inson of Arkansas, who recently read In
I lie Scnnto corlcspondenco brought out
In tho Ooodhler court-martial oa Show
ing them to lx- dangerous to handle.
Wireless communication between Per
shing's base at Casas Orandes and
Columbus has been restored, according
to1 unnoiincenieut to-day by Secretary
II a leer, but telegraphic communication,
he nddrd, has been Interrupted, due to
"cut" wires. The Secretary also re
celved it report that the first section of
tho nrmy automobile trucks sent to
Pershing with supplies had returned to
Columbus safely.
Tho division of mllltla affairs of the
War Department Is holding Itself In
readiness to moblllxo the National Uuard
at tho i-arllest possible moment If the
Administration decides to utilize th
mllltla In tho Mexican campaign.
Secretary of War Maker to-day would
not discuss the probability that the.
mllltla, organizations will bo called out
for patrol duty, that the regular troops
now guarding the border may b re
leased for service with tho expeditionary
nrmy. Start olllccrs admit, however, the
question of calling out the National
Guard has been under serious considera
tion. o Orders to Qaards.
CoL G. W. Mclver, acting chief of the
division of mllltla affairs, said to-day
that as yet no orders had gone to the
sdjutant-f-crerals of the State National
Guard companies to be In readiness for
a call. Such orders were not necessary,
i said, as tho mllltla waa presumed to
be ready at nil times.
It will take from a week to a month
sfter the guard companies are called out
to moblllro In full strength on the border,
oriiciais sain.
Ouardsmen In the three States on tha
border would be the first available. They
total but 3.012 at full strength. Texus
has 2,23rt. New Mexico SI I and Arizona
7J5.
Other States near the border would
uu u.ui.j more men. Tliey are ArKan- ported this week
ss with l.f.32. Louisiana 1.111. Mlasls-'P ' . . , . ., . ..
slppl l.:n5 il Oklahoma 1.094. All. A reporl nre -day dla
these States coulil furnish only S.005 ' '""I personally succeeded In escaping
men If all their men rcponded. War from the Mexican and American troops
iTrlVn'l;'1;1" d? ".t'.r10 n(1 "'"l no aPPared to-day near
than sn to (in per cent, of the National ... , . , . ,
Guard to tespond If called. i Moctezuma, midway between Juarez and
Tho total strcm-th of the NatlonaJ ' Chihuahua on the Mexican Central Hall
Guard on July l, 1:13. the last figures! road. This was discredited here, how
obtained, was 120..19S. Right Northern ,.,.
States furnish M.170 of this total and I,"
four State 3:.TS. The four States are Developments relative to the use of
New York t!.t;n!. 1cnnslvanla 11.025. the Mexico Northwestern Itallro.id out of
Massachufetts ii.ii;ti, Illinois B.o;:. Mls-'jiurex for suppl.Mng Gvn. Pershing's
KK' 3'68?' ,owa 3'30S. force with food and ammunition are ex
Most of tlirM'aro' skeleton forces not, pftttd ,n "l'xt tenty-fou hours,
recrutieit to run strength. For service
... .1
in ......ivi me gaps wouia nave to pei
niiea, wiucn woulil occasion delay.
READY IN TWO HOURS.
Xrrr York l III tin Head? for Call
at Any Time.
Tho eiitlro tnr nf ,v,. v. v ..i. v. "en. rerKhltig. ci.it'.m.uullng the Aniert
Tiie entire force of the Now lork Na- i forr,H rfjtarjing tlio euppoted Hcr-
.uiiui viu.nu, rom me nan anu iine ;
officers down, Is ready for a call at any
hour, according to officers of the mllltla.
I.leuL-Col. James C. McLeer of the First
Cavalry, who Is a member of thi Mllltla
Council Hoard of the State, said early
Oils morning when he was told of the
report that President Wilson may de
cide to-day to call out parts of the State
mllltla:
"The New York militia, can be gath
ered at the armories within two hours
If any call comes at any hour. Tach
officer Is responsible for collecting the
officers and men immediately under his
command.
"We could start Immediately, If neces
sary. All the equipment is at hand
and there Is nothing to prevent Imme
diate entralumeiit except the providing
of transportation and the food supply.
This would depenl on how much food
supplies It might bo necetsary to carry
along. Naturally, ft would take longer
to gather five days rations than one
day's, and it Is a matter that cannot be
provided for ahead of time. Kvery
thing else Is In shape for a call If It
i omes."
CRITICISES AIR CORPS.
neantor lloliliison Cull I. sJ. Array
Kqulpitil-llt Inadequate.
Washington, March 13. Senator
P.oblnson, author of the resolution for a
Congressional Inquiry Into the aerial ser
vice of the fulled States army, sug
gested to-day that "rickety" aeroplanes
may bo responsible for the Injury of one
aviator and the loss of another.
"I sincerely hope this Is not true," said
Mr. itobltiwin. "Hut considering the
small number of men and machines
which nro In use nivl the deplorable con
dition of the machine, the clrcumst-cnces
uppear significant,
"I seo by newspaper rcporta that no
mechanicians or observers accompanied
tho three men. This In Itself demon
strated the uiuatlbf.ictory condition of
the service as now organized. It la well
known that Its equipment is totally In
adequate. "If wo had an aviation service with
pate machines of the most modern type
quipped with telephonic, and telogmphlo
devices and had enough mechanicians
nnd trained oh.-ervers their value in the
working out of the Mexican difficulty
would bo very great."
CALLS U. S. AEROS WOFUL
Couldn't Last Tito Minute la a
Ileal Ilaltlr.
FSohton, Match 23. The aviation
squadron tent Into Mexico is meeting
with dllhcultle.-i because Its machines are
antiquated and not suited for war pur
poses, uncording to W. Starling Jiurgess
nt Marblehcaii, nreonaut and aeroplane
builder.
"Jn ii real battle," he said, "one of
thoso planes would not lat two minutes
against a modern lighting machine. The
United States army is away behind those
of l'uropeau countries In aeronautics. It
is so far behind that tf It were to start
catching up to-morrow It would not
teuch an equal footing for at lea&t four
ears.
"And the reason for this woful lack
of preparation h that tho United States
has not kept abreast of aeroplane de
velopment. It has not provided Its army
with n mitlU lent number of the modern
maeiiincs.
"Tho biplanes that were sent Into
.Mexico am s.ma and of the old fash
timed tractor type, with the propeller In
none to oi.iw m plane tnrough the air,
That Is not a ttm of fighting machine.
H rannot mount a gun that oould be
llred with any degree of marksmanship.
"Resides, thn machines with I'ersblnr s
nrmy havo a low horse-power and are
slow. They worn built to develop 80 or
'in horre.powcr, but now 1n their old age
they will rarely develop anywhere near
cr.se.
GEN. VILLA HURLED BACK
ON EL OSO AFTER DEFEAT
Carranzistas Pursuing Him Closely, Says Gen. Gavira
Nothing Heard From Pershing's Forces Her
rera Denies He Has Deserted.
El Paso, Tex.. March 23. Villa was
attacked and defeated lo-nlght at
Santa' Gertrudes by Cnrransit troops,
according to a despatch received by
Gen. Gavlra in Juarez.
den. (Javlra said he had received
authentic. Information that following
tho skirmish at Santa Clara earlier In
the day, where Co). Cano' command
had defeated Villa, the chieftain was
pursued and again attacked late to
night at Santa Gertrudes and again
was defeated.
Villa left geveral dead and wounded
bandlta on the field and Hen. Ciavlra
eaya 100 horses were ruptured from
him by the Carranzistas.
from Santa Gertrudes Villa fled to
ni Oso, where he was reortrd to-night
reorganizing hLs force. Santa Ger
trudes la a ranch settlement in the
Guerrero district not far from Nnml
qulpa. K. Paso, Tex.. MaMi 31.- Ctrnnza
forces aro closely pursuing Villa's band
In tho vicinity of Nutnlqulpa, at the
aouth end of the Gatean.i Valc.
Lite this afternoon Consul tl.ircU ie
celved the following message from Gen.
Pablo nertanl, at Casas Grandcs:
Cabas OruNDts. March 23. I hae
Just received news that our foicrs
have had another engagement with
Vllllstaa at Santa Clara, which makes
me believe that our forces ure pursu
ing them very closely.
1'ADI.O ltKUTANt.
This message followed reports ie
celed by the Consul that Villa had been
driven south following fighting tn-ar
XamluulDa, and was oi.viir.vlnr th.it
nlace. Santa Clara is twentv miles ast
of Namlqulpa and twenty-live tulles
aouth of IU Vallr, where Col. Dodd and
one column of American troops were te-
",,u,uu"; lu "-"".
W'lthrtii ulivtliltiir .InrttillA , l. it .-in
Without anything definite to bear out
the reports of la.t night of the defec
tion of Gen. Luis Hcrrera and hW dec
laration of war on Carian.u and the
United State, denials poured In to-day
from Carranza source. Including a mei
tagc purporting to be from Gen. Hcrrer.i
himself.
No further Information came from
rera defection.
In denial of the report last night that
Col. Cano had Joined Villa, Instead of
ttrhtlng him at Namlqulpa, the Carran
zistas offered niessages to-day from that
region showing that Cano had foucht
with and repulsed Villa, but that Villa
had succeedeil In getting south of him
and Is now holding the town of Naml
qulpa, pressed on all aides by the Cur
ranzlst:r Mayor Manuel Prleto also denied ie-
ports that he had attempted to iau-e .
a revolt In the Juarez' garrison and had I
been locked up by tjep V avira, the j
military commander, by coming to 111
raso to-clny on tPUincK-
There were no outward Indications of I
defection in the Juarez garruu dur-1
PERSHING TOLD TO
SEND MORE REPORTS!
Hon. Funston Anxion l!c
causc He Fails to Oct News
From Front.
SN Antonio, Tex, March 23 Gen.
funston became Impatient with the
tardiness of the reports from Pei-jhlng's
forces In Mexico and sent to-day to the
commander In the field a message to
report more promptly on what Is going
ou In southern Chihuahua
Declaring he had received no Inclina
tion of value from the force In Mexico
for more than twentv-four bouts. Gen.
Funston said he would not withhold
news of any engagement in which the
American troops participated, He said
he had no confirmation of any clash
between the Carranz.t and Vllllsta
forces, and that all reports about any
American soldiers or other Americans
with the army forces having been
wounded were without foundation.
Acting upon complaint of Gen. fun
ston, that the numerous amateur wire
lees stations In and about San .ctuoulo
wore greatly Interfering with military
and official aerngruns between Poit Sam
Houston and the American force in Mex
ico, twenty-live of these wiieluss sta
tions were dismantled to-day by secret
service agents. Charges had been pre
ferred against two of the young opera
tors, but finding this did not put an end
to the trouble, the War Department
declared that for military purposes the
stations be put out of business.
Several of these plants were equipped
for receiving and sending messages from
00 to 700 miles nnd proved a constant
menaco to the nrmy wireless operations.
following messages received hete pur
porting to oxme from Gen, Luis ller
rera to the Carranz.i consulate declaring
reports of his levolt unfounded und that
he was fighting against Villa, came a.
messaore to Gun, funston from Gen.
Hell at P.I Paso In which rhe latter
reiponed confirmation of tho report that
llerrera hud quit the Carranza servlco
und with a large force had declared for
Villa,
Gen. funston said his request for more
aeroplanes was net based on any In
fomVatlonthaT the1 planes now in tho
field were not doing good work, but be
cause he .believed that sixteen machines
could do more efficient work und In less
time.
nr,non,nno for German Loan.
HhltMN, via Loudon, March '.'3 A
subscription of 370.oon.noo murks it!)?,
500,000) to the fourth German war
loan has been made by the llhenlsh
Province Bank and the savings banks
associated with It, and a subscription
of 20,000,000 marks ( l.'.OOO.OOfl) hy thn
PueseWorf Savings Hank, according to
an announcement of the Oversea News
Attncy.
Ing the day. Consul Garcia made his
usual Hips to aud fro. No continuation
came, of any mullnlcs or revolts any
where along the border. Messages from
Torreon reported other happenings, but
no mutiny nor any talk of mutiny.
Ilrrrera Denies llrporl.
The telegram from Gen, llerrera
shown by Consul Garcia was dated Chi
huahua city, and follows:
Your telcgiam of yesterday. Deny
In my name emphatically tho rumor
that the reactionaries have circulated
In San Antonio, Tex., baying that I
have gone over to Villa. On tho con
trary, I am ready to light him as enet
gctlially aa possible.
Luis Henr.r.nA.
Ygnacln Knriqucz, civil Governor of trouble not to the avlatois themselves
the State of Chihuahua, sent a telegram , or ,0 ny pool. workmanship In the
to Gen. Gavlra, declaring that Gen. Her- ;,, , , . ,,.. , ,, ...
teia was still loyal to the Mrt Chic! "'allnes but to the policy of the Ad
and not to credit tepoits of hhi defec- ministration, which, they declared, has
Hon to Villa. Gen. Galr.i made public Impaired the elllclency of thn Hying ser-
this afternoon bin mcesuKo from Gov
l:nrliUez, which reads ,
Your message, Prcm teporls about
Gen. Lull llerrera disavowing our
(lovernment and Joining VIlU consti
tute thn greatest alwurd'ty ever pub
lished by the papers of that city. If
thete haJ beui any basis for the report
I would have previously communicate.!
with you. Please don't give any
ueuenc to ei ow press riporis. i i ,, ... i, .. . .
have just talked with Gen. llerrera fording to Henry nodhouse. governor
and he Is ns always on the side of the I of the Aero Club and proprietor of
legalist. YuNACIo KNHly I .ino and .trrml .tur.
Governor of Chihuahua.
Only "contlnn llni-hliirs.
Cnl. Liino In the I'leld.
, , They ate only small scouting m.i-
"I have no know edge of drfet-'ion on . . , . . .,.-., ,.,,.
the part of Carraiwl.tu troo,w an-. iMur- hr M- 'The worl. that the-,
where In Mexico," said Consul Garcia. e being sent on now may be compared
"Col." Cano Is In the field operating 1 to sending a snull runabout on work
against the Vllllstas and the last report I wl)ll.h require,, a UMVy aut truck. Tlw
orreK"drgW.,.1oyaUy?'',a,,e " i - " "d
JU-port Ing on the Namlqu'.pt battle of I money on proper equipment, but has
Monday, Consul Gavlra said ! pursued Its policy of 'playing cheap' at
'The Vllllstas were defeated and ! t, expense of elllclency. Tho machines,
driven southward. The Cat ranilsu forces , mv powered, worn by the dally grind of
hud come out from Namlqulpa and en- , training army aviators, cannot be ex
gaged the Vllllstas. but the Vllllstas I peeled to do the work requited of high
managed to get south of them and get j jKiAered air crulseie."
into Namlqulpa. For this reason It took .lan It. Ilawley, president of the
the Carr-inr-i forces some time to des-1 .,.ro Club, wa of the same opinion,
patch a mesengcr to the neatest tele- j "Congress al.ine Is too blame." he
graph tow and report to Junrex." , f;n( "There hn never been enough
He UHsericil. however, tnal ma is
completely lumineii m at .-.umiquipa.
I'orccs are advancing on Villa. It was
stated, under Col. Cano from Las Cruces,
under Col. Galas from llablcora, under
Col. Hernandez ftom Tepehuancs. wrier
Gen, Garza ftom San Clara and under
Gen. Cavazc.t from Temosachlc.
The Juarez nfflclalt- made no report of
the whereabouts of American forces In
the vicinity of V!lln. declaring that the
Americans would have to report their
o-.c n u hereabout-.
CoutlrPMtorv of fie Cirrinn rep'rt
that llerrera l rot in revolt was the J
statement to-day from Krnest n. com
ner. German Consul nt chihuahua, who
arrived here early thli morning.
"I left Chihuahua yesterday morning
at I" o'clock." uld Mr. Goldner. "and
up to that time tin-re was nothing what
ever to ludlcatu an trouble. On Tues
day 1 saw Gen. LuW llerrera and there
was iiollnng Pi his conversation or bis
actions to Indlrate anything but desire
to ear.'y out the Instructions of the l-'tr.it
Chief
"I do not know anything about the
garrison at Chihuahua, r.or d- I place
any rtedinee In the leport of the large
nunil" r of men that are reported to be
stationed there now, 1 have l-een under
the impre-slou that the major rtion
of tin- Chihuahua garrison is now In the
field c.peiatlrg against Villa. You may
state po-dilwly tor me that the rumur
of trouble of an Insurrectionary or revo
lutlon.iry character In Chihuahua Is
without foundation "
Mr. GoMner was the only member of
the foreign colony to come to the border
cm the train. He said that the for-
elgners there are safo and aside from
the urph-.i'.intness or rumors from time
tc time things are moving evenly and 1
without discomfort to the fords
dents of interior c't;es.
CARRANZA MASSES
FORGES ON BORDER
.'.(100 Tl'OOIlS ni'Ollirlll V'rilH. The discussion at the .ero Club yes
' m terday brought out the fact that Im-
J'l'ictll. Opposite I)H-'-. i mediately after Villa's raid on Columbu
I the club wired an offer to hupp'. an
lllS, ScOlltS ltPpnl'l. adequite numlK-r of aviators and 1-111-
, i-ient machines from a lis, it lias pre-
Pot iims. Ariz., March J.l Cnlted
States nrm scouts iemtted to-day that
:,noa i'iri.inz.1 troops have been massed
in Agiin Prlrtii, Just across tho border
fiom this dtv. The troops in rived to
day from the south.
Iteeldento heie are alarmed, as only n
small force puatds the main section of
tho elty.
Gen. Callex, military governor of
Sonoia, stated, however, that no troops
bad nrtlved ; that, on the other hand, l!5n
of the COfi nien stationed thero had been
sent to-day to Cabullona, eighteen miles
south.
However, the smeltets. city water
plant mid other puhlle utilities are
guarded by Infantry detnchmenls. Camp
Harry f. Jones. In which the American
soldiers me- quartet cd, about a mllu east
of the city, Is not Intrenched.
Current report says that Gen. Cnlles
is assembling a lurge force at Cabul
lona. Calles denies this. In a state
ment to-day he said that Cabullona is
merelv a small ramp, and not a enu
renti.itlon point. He declared there
were no inoto thnn eight hundred men
theie at piescut.
Gen. Cnlles also said thnt Hrlg.-Geu.
Gomez, his second In command, Is now
en route from Heimosillo to Moctezuma
with 4,000 men to reenforcci the troops
along I he Sonnta.ClilliUHhu.i border,
phu'i-d theie to guard against a possi
ble western movement "f Vlllu.
Tito military governor Is quoted as
saying also that M. M. Pleguez, com
mander of the de facto forces 111 their
operations against the Ynqul Indians,
has started for Queretaro, having heen
summoned there for a conference by
Carranza. Gen. Serrano, who was ills-
placed by Piegucz, iigieiu Is said to have
''-''V' ,,' MW"";" -""Pf
Sixty thousand rounds of ammunition
for Gen Cnlles arrived la-io hy express
to-day. It proliably will not bo sent
across to Agua, Prlelu for delivery until
to-morrow ,
Tho feeling of apprehension In Doug
las w ns made evident late In. day. A
tiunils r of telegrams addressed to Seii.i
torn Henry f Ashurst and Marcus A,
Smith and Congressman Carl llaydeu
weie sent b local n.cn, urging that War
Department oDIclals bo Interviewed nt
once and representations bo m.ido to
Iheni that onlern should be Issued to the
troops stationed hero so they could ade
quately i -trol Douglas and afford pro
lection to the elvtllant.
EXPERTS GALL VILLA
AIR HUNT U.S. FIASCO
tncffii-ioncy of Machines
It li it t iti c ltiiwlit' Bliinipd
on Conprfiss.
COUPS OITKK UKJKCTKI)
f'ongresj Is responsible not only for
the Inetllcleney of the American aviation
corps accompanying Gen. Perilling In his
hunt for Villa's bandits but for the lives
of many American troopers and fliers
which will bo needlessly sacrificed be
rauc of conditions In tho present Mexi
can ttouhtc, according to aviation experts
of this city who yesterday commented
on the reports of trouble- In the small
Hying detachment.
The experts unanimously laid the
vi; sltico Its inauguaratlon. It was
, openly charged that this policy has re
' stilted In the death of ormy and navy
aviators in tialulng. and has made the
I rorp unlit for the strenuous eervlco of
' war scouting ami bombarding.
The machines row across the border
1 wete never capable of war service, ac-
n10nev allowed even to give an aero
I lane" fur i b aviator in the service,
whereas n Kur ne each aviator Is nl. I
lowed three machines, i-ongres-, led by I
P.epresetitnt.ve Hay of Vlig'nla, h is er-'
slsted In allowing less than was abso
lutely m-et-piry to replace aeroplanes
worn out in senb-e. Hence Congress is
responsible not only for the pre-nt piti
ful plight of what thero Is of the avla-t.o-'
service but It s responsible for the
d'.ith of some of the oflicers who have
lost their lives while training.
"We who ate close to aviation have
felt -o exasperated that we have been
on the point of calling on President Wil
son to stop all efforts to organize an
aeroplane corps until sulhVlent funds nn
b.- as'jred to provide necessary equip
ment The forces In Mexico should have at
least lftt) aviators with three machines
ea.h l.'ach aviator s orth 1,000 men.
the present war has shown, and the
equipment of an aviator Is the best 'n
cestmeii; that can 1-e made. I under-s-imd
Com-rc's h.i taken no action to
provide equipment for army tilers for
the Melc.in campaign Without aero
pUr.es our army is utterly unprotected,
and there will bo dead men and many
of them. We know It. the country knows
It only Congress Is blind."
Asks If n) Will I. earn.
tl. Pouglas W.irdrop. editor of Arrinl
.toe, spoke on ai-rtal waifare to the stu
dents of the College of the City of New
York e"terda morning.
"The arm has already learned a les
son In Mexico." he said "Will the navy
wait until It gets n slap In the face be.
fore It wakes up nbo" if we hud ten
ethVlent machine- on the Mexican lmnier
ln-.:ead of eight useless one. there would
have t-een no necessity for ie pimltl.o
expedition Tin- li.lots would have
, qti..-kl ended the tliKht of Villa.
"I feel confident that before this affair
lis over it will Is- nesar for civilian
pilots cqtilpned with high iowered tll.i
.1 - ej! -o ui to .Mevuo ami do what our
Iaimv filers have failed to do, n it thtoiigh
l.lek of iib.lltv. but tlllnugh the
rrmlnul negligence of army oillnaN
land of Congtets !n not giving them the
kind of machine that i.iodetn warfare
i demand'
pared of volunteer tilers. This offer
was ifjii-ted, it was said, the reply being
that "no larger aviation section was
needed Inasmuch as tiie Mexican trouble
would onlj last a short while"
COL. REBER BREAKS TWO RIBS.
i llrail
of I .
lulls
s. e lotion secilnn
Hon n stair.
W'AsitiNUTON. Match ;'.1 - Lieut -Col
-amuel Iteber. In chaise of the aviation
section of tint fiilttd tStaten iiruiv, whm
seriously Injuted to-day by a fall down-
stalls at his residence In Jefferson place
He was taken to the Wiiltir Heed llwpl.
tnl sufficing from two broken ribs and
severe contusion. Col. Heher wat on dutj
at the- War Department earlier III the da v
but complained of feeling badly ami suf
fered two attacks of vertigo. He has
been worried lately, It is said, owing to
illness in Ills family
URGE $50,000 VILLA REWARD.
M-otl Introduces ItesoliiHon In
House to S,,.,., Capture,
Wv SIMM-ton, March Jt reward of
fr.O.OOO for the "delivery of tin- body
of fianclsco Villa into the bauds of the
constituted mllltarv iintlioiitlis of the
fulled States" is ptoposo.1 In a resolu
tion lllt'oilllred to-day l,y Ji pi esentil tlve
Scott of I'eiinsvlv.iin.i Tim incisure
proposes that this sum be placed at the
disposal of the President, to be used as
he sees Hi f.ii the pm-pos,. statnl
Mr. Scott declared the offer of a sub
stantial lew.'iid will do much to bring
the chase to mi end Villa's own people,
Mr. Scott said, will lie tempted to cap
ture him, or at least prevent hlin finm.
finding a hiding place In the mount, iIiik.
"Kvery day," Mr. Scott lidded, "that our
Fublhis aie across the Mexican border
the Mexican populace- will become mom
lesllc-SM 'mil excited, with the result that
nil attempt may be made to revc-ugn the
fancied Invasion."
49,500 BRITISH WAR WIDOWS.
Oflic'lnl Announcement of Vlnrrleil
Men Killed Is Made,
tiONPitK. Mnrch S.1.s-f P to date 1 1,500
wlilnw.s of lliillhh soldiers killed during "Pisunien cotiini ssion com-
,. us, ,,,,, ,1 of Sutures llusuinaiitr. Icir.u-.i
the present war have i .-purled lo the , ,-110,f, , Mut Mm how settle
Army Couinil, invordlng lo .in aiiiiotiius-. iin- lalm. of ! ind'udders In tin Ports
inent In the House of Commons to-day Improvement 'oiup.ev . Inasmuch ,ih
by William II. fisher, parliamentary Senur l-'errar.-i was one .if the leading
M-.-r.lary of the Un-al Government llgures In the company and Scnor lltist.i
Hoard, niiinte is attorney for the fngllsli owned
In addition to these there are s,000 ' Cuban railroads. It Is assured that the
widows of sailors. This makes a total . bonds, of which Kngllsh Investors hold
of 4 9,600. widows officially known, ; ,nou,ooo woith, will be provided for.
LOST AIRMAN FOUND,
IS NEAR STARVATION
Lieut, (lorrell, Missing Since
Sunday, rickcii Up by
' Scouts.
FORCED TO LAND C II A FT
Cot.UMnrs, N. M March 23. r.lotit.
Kdgur S. Gorrell, thn nrmy aviator
who has been missing for live days,
was found to-day, nearly overcome by
starvation.
Gorrell was -slowly mnklng Ills way
on foot In the direction he thought the
American camp lay, when l.leut.
Parkinson of Gen. Pershing'.- force
with a squad sent out to hunt for the
mlsMng aviator came upon him.
Lieut. Gortell was taken Into camp,
where ho suld he ran out of gasolene,
when Hying over Casus Grandes and
was conipelltd to Innd. He brought
his aeroplane to the ground far off the
toad and could not llnd his wuy. lie
lived on what rations he had with him,
carefully husbanding his food and
water. He was entirely out of t-oth
when found and was weak front lack
of nourishment.
Lleuts. Gorrell and Willis started
out on .Sunday from Columbus to fly
liver the Casas Grundes district to re
port conditions for the army. They
were last seen flying ut a low altitude
over Mexico.
On Tuesday It was announced that
nothing had been heard from the two
aviators by Gc t Pershing, who feared
that the two men had been forced to
land and had fallen victims to the
bandits.
Gen, Pershing sent out .-.routing
parties after the two men and yester
day Lieut. Willis was found. He had
been forced to alight. Hopes were
raised that Lieut. Gorrell might bo In
tho same predicament and the scout
ing parties were Increased. Then
Lieut. Parkinson came upjn the lost
aviator to-day.
Aviators and hi my officers penerally
would not be surprised If acclde-its of
serious nature should occur in the
region where the American army Is now
operating
The further Chihuahua Is penetrated
and lhe higher the peaks the more
tl-.e aviators encounter tne uiretled cut
rents of air, telling both upon thn lungs
of the operator and the stability of the
machine. An expert aviator In dis
cussing the fllfferenca In tho altitude
to which the aviators are nceustomed
to climb and the unusual altitude that
must be reached for any observation
work in the Sierra Mndrex raid:
"The aviators are not accustomed to
such thin air. There ure treacherous
currents and air iockets to be em-oun-teied
that were not calculated on be
fore. Not only must the aviators them
selves become accustome-il to the change.)
conditions, and this by tryouts, but their
machines will have to be adjusted to
meet the unuxual conditions of a high
altitude.
"A man not used to mounting upward
of 5,000 nnd ,.i00 feet, and in the
Sierra Madrc-s he mill have to climb
even higher to train anything of the
topograjjh) or tho whereabouts of the
enemy. Is In danger of wrecking his
heart by the sudden change and the
lifting of the blood pleasure.
I.onr Altllartra Abroad.
"We know that nlr machines aie
working remarkably In the European
war, but the altitudes In which they
operate are always slightly above the
sea level. Wo have no record of Htiro.
peati operations where the air planes
have leen operating at such a height,
save for spee'aculnr und not practical
purposes. Air planes sent tip in the Al
pine Mountains have never returned. The
tall ie,iks and deep canyons rau-e un
eioitei eddies and lr currents which
the aviators are unable to contend with "
The effect the different altitudes have
on the air plane was demonstrated In
fl Pa-o a few years iiso, when Charles
Hamilton came here from the Paelfle
i-ons; to tly. The plane th-U he hail used
wits success ill along tho Coast Allied
him completed here until he added more
i-anvas to h's "wings" , his engine also
had to U- readjusted for the higher al
titude. Atltomoblll'ts are well aware of the
manner ,n which altitude effects a gaso
lene engine. Automobile- going from a
low t. a mountainous altitude have to
readjust their carburetors to n-.ike the
trip successfully. The greater difference
In altltuden In the high mountains of
Mexico affects the englms of the air
plains In the aame way.
CATRON SEES NO EL PASO PERIL
Vlevlesiis Too nnlllnu to llraee
Hell's Trnnpt, Miyi -eiiiitnr.
WsSitt.MlTON, March 1.1- f-enatot Cat
run of New Mexico does not fear a Mex
ican Invasion of HI Paso He said to.
daj that the people of 111 Paso have been
III Midi clo--e touch with the troubles on
the border that they are naturally not.
vous and likely to be apprehensive, and
In- Is prrpaied to hear of ilots In the
rltv, he asserted.
"No foimldable force .mild form in
Mexico to move on 11 P.iiO," said M .
Catron. "Gen. Hell has a forcn of ap
proximately 2,000 Inf.intr) and artillery
there. With that form he ould go
through twice as m.iuj Mexicans The
Mexicans will not fotni in any large hos
tile force To do so would lit once diaw
O'l them the flitted States troops. ,ini'
they are far too cunning foi that '
The Senator expressed the opinion that
all stories of the capture of border towns
In the fulled States by the Mexicans
-otild be discounted.
TO GIVE CEMETERY TO FRANCE.
Huston VInn I'Ihiis lo Hue
i"t
lien- Ills son fell.
I'ciiih, M.tnli 23 WTII.un fains
w oi Hi of iosoii Is uegotia'iiu through
Chillies Prince of Paris for Hie pui -chase
of a hitle tt.n-t near the i,,i-
Sulsit in Champagne, where inuir than
COO soldleis of lhe Pretuii foielgn
U-glon fell in battle Sept.inihcr '.'V I'.ilfi
Among the soldleis burled theie Is .Mr
l-'ariisworth's only son, llenrv. a gradu
ate of Harvard f diversity and a num
ber of the legion.
The spot where the legion soldiers fell
s now under shell Hie. As soon as It Is
feasible Mr. fainswortll will have a
i suitable enclosure made, will erect n
! monument and will present the cemetery
to i no I'Ti-nin liovernmcnt as a mu
luorlul lo his sou.
Settle Porta Ciiniinii claims.
.CiKciif f uMr fifjimfri to Tin- Si
I IIvNa. March 23. -Pieslder
Piesldenl M.-iio-
FIRST STORY OF PERSHING'S
RECORD MARCH FOR VILLA
L'oiifhtMCcf from First I'apc.
them, They told us ho was walling for
Iheni yonder In the hills. May the Virgin
give ou power lo llnd hltnl lto la the
curso of Mexico."
Hy daybreak on Friday Hit column
was once more under way. Gen. Pershing-
divided his foices In two com
mands. Ted Haughton, Jr., was guiding
the cavalry column.
Ilefoie leaving OJltos Gen. Pershing
despatched Hoy Stevenson, another civil
ian guide, to go overland from that place
to Ascension and deliver a message to
the liouu-las column, which reached there
that night,
Ten miles acioss the plains from OJltos
Gen. Pcishlng's command, which t ac
companied, turned Into the hills. It was
a tugged, uninviting sky line that the
column fured In the blistering glare of
the sun. It was the hardest kind of
travelling for tho animals.
Tucked In an elbow- of the lillls and
fringed with the sharp green of the cot
totiwoods, the water hole of Caas De
Janos was a welcome sight, Tho sun
rays deltected from the cool, clear sur
face of the mirrorlike pool made It ap
pear to the approaching column like a
diamond placed In a setting of emeralds.
Ili-llrf at Water Hole.
An hour after sighting the water hole
men and animals wero grolfdlly quench
ing their thirst around the 200 yard cir
cumference of the pond. The men dipped
their sweat und dust grimed faces In the
ronllng water, played with It and let It
run down their necks. The horses ufter
noisily sucking their fill tossed their
dripping muxzles In the air and snorted
and pawed the water with their feet
"Prepnre to mount" and "Mount"
came nil too quick at the end of an
Incalculably short live minutes, and we
were off again, first through the cooling
shade of the trees bordering the dry
bed of the water hole overflow and
then out again Into the dust furnace
blast of tho swelling Llano plain.
The men had to stop their horses
whenever they wanted to drink from the
canteens. Their Hps were swollen and'
bleeding from the heat and the alkali,
and tho slightest Jar of the metal tops
against thorn brought more blood and
pain. Many of the men pasted cigarette
papers over their cracked Hps to stop
the bleeding and relieve o soreness.
The offlcors resorteel to camphor Ice or
cold cream If they happened to have It
In their saddle bairs.
In tho middle of the afternoon two
vertical columns of smoke were ob
served far across the plain at about
twenty miles to tho left of the col
umn. There was much speculation aa
to their significance. Field glasses
trained to that quarter produced enlight
enment ns to the sources of the smoke,
which was located beyond a rise In the
ground Some of the observers were
Inclined to look upon the smoke col
umns as signals, but the general be
lief was that the smoke came from a
spontaneous fire In the dry bunch grass
which made the plain a veritable tinder
box.
slnicle J-lle Thronah RorLr Pass.
The sun rays had lost some of their
glaring directness when the column
reached a point where the rolling plain
narrow pel Into an apex of the bordering
mountains.
The column slowed down as the horse
men took single tile and entered the
Puertn de Sun Vecente, the rocky pass
by which It Is iKjssible to cross the range
and enter the San Miguel Valley. The
narrow trail clung tennciously to the
dc-filvl'.ous sides of the gorge.
Zigzagging upward the path crossed
and recrevssesl the onyx and granite
groove that Is the bed of n mountain
torrent In the wet sr.isoiv. but Is dry
now save for a few stagnant pools of
green ncutmned .Water. Whot water re
mained In the rock crevices and fliures
I was brackish and sulphurous and un
palatable to the thirsty p-ack animals.
I which, mindless of the cracking lashes
I nnd curses of the muleteers, mopped to
bury their dusty, clogged mtiiiles In the
l.qllld
i Coming down out of the Ihier.a d
. San Vecente the crags gave way to more
, or tin- porous volcanic rock and then a
dlffetent country opened to view. The
, bunch grass of the plains was supple
' mented by the horny mrsqulte and cacti
growths that picked tho horses' legs nnd
tore at the tough khnkl ef the men.
At the bottom of the hills the trail
widened Into a toad that led past three
double houses ill which there were tlve
or six old Mexican men nnd two or three
boys. The mudplts nnd well with Its
primitive sucep ndlcated that these
peons were makers of adobe bricks, n
fact further proved b- jards of brick
dtying .it a field further on.
II en eh Corralllos Itnaeh.
With dry", unsmiling stoicism the peons
watched the American column pass.
Phillpp ne veterans among the troonets
Haunt. -.1 their island Spanish in phrases
I of - Kiin ve-evie, hombraj and "t'onil-
lay mi Ann-ego." but received only non
committal and not over enthusiastic nods
in leply.
five miles further across a gentle
sloping plain of uu-squlte the brad of the
col-mill in rived under rover of claiktiess
at the pumphoiise of Tres A'umns, it
1 .irvesllng corner of the Corralitrs
ram h. A small stteam of water was
tlovving from lhe artesian well pipe and
partially tilling the banked up earthen
leservolr
The Seventh Regiment, leading, swung
into Hue behind the pumphousn and
wearily slipped out of their saddles,
whi.e the horses shook their lathered
Hanks and manes to the accompanying
rattle of iici-outreinc-nts. The men dropped
to the ground and slipped off the heavy
bandoliers and belts of ammunition by
whii h they bad been loaded down, with
an unusually large number of rounds of
ammunition. The rest came at the end
of Jin miles of foiced marching, in an
actual marching time of twenty-two
hours and an elapsed time of forty-two
hours
' Two llecorrt Marches.
Litet that night as we lay In our
blankets another marching feat which
in onuses to stand us a record was
achieved, dpt. lalgar II Yule and
I. leut Charles P. George of Hattery II
of the Sixth field Artillery arrived
w-th the ambulances, wagon trains and
wireless outfit, which had taken the
more level valley route that was elgh
tee i l lli-s longer than that taken by
the cavalry.
Saturday morning the entire flying
i oil on moved enmp to the edge of the
liver, and from this place Gen. Persh
ing lii-giii making the disposition of his
t-oops for the active pursuit of Villa
He was assisted by Major .lames A
II. van, acting ns chief of stuff, ,-iml now
Intelligence otHecr In charge of spies
and scouts gathering Information being
used in tho bandit hunt.
The arrival hero of Gen. Pershing
mill his t!mg column came as a stir-,
pilse to tin- garrison of Nueva Casus
Gl.indcs, which had been aware only i
of the column entering l l.as fulom.-is.
The garrison was not nxpectlng a second
force from another qiwiter.
Mormon lllahop Visits Camp,
llishop A K. fall, head of the Mor
mons at Coloul.v Ihiblan, hikI the master
nf 2nd meii.'bei-.s of t ho colony, visit. d
..... I'ti.ii.il sii.,t,,K e.ivnn. nlileli Im n,-, !,.
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The llishop declined that the Mormons
hcllevid tlinlr deliverance from death at
tho hands of Villa was an act or Provi
dence In which tho United States arm
was an agent of God's will. On Sunday
tiie Mormons held religious senices In
their i-huroh.
While Gen. rcrshtng has been dtrect-
Ing the entltc puisult from this place,
which Is now established as the Held
headquarters of the expeditionary forces,
the tody of the first column that crossed
the border opposite Columbus has been
slowly pushing Its way toward this
point, This column marched across the
international line shortly after noon
Wednesday, March IS.
The crossing of tho line was Impres
sive. The honor of the first crossing
went to the Thirteenth Cavalry, In rec
ognition of Its right for vengeance for
the Columbus raid.
It was Just seven minutes after noon
Wednesday a week ngo when Col. Her
bert .1. Slocum, commander of the Thir
teenth, with color sergeants bearing the
American and regimental flags beside
him, stepped oul of the United States
nnd Into the republic of Mexico. The
Colonel was followed by Major J. A.
Itvatt. There was a halt of three min
utes while Major frank Tompkins
formed his advance scouts, and then the
order to march was given.
Arrival at Boca Grande.
Hefore dark tho flnt column, com
posed of Infantry, artillery, fcospltal
wagons, pack trains and tho heavier
Impediments, was In camp at Las Palo
mas, near the Lakes of the Mlmbrcs
Hlver. a disappearing desert stream.
Thursday night brought the column
Into the little town of Iloca Grande, n
distance of twenty-four miles, and at
daylight the next morning- the Infantry
was on the march again, reaching the
little town of Kspla for the third night's
camp.
At Boca Grande the soldiers found the
body of one of four Americans whom
v Ula had murdered nt that place as ho
l-aesed through In flight. Tho body was
unrecognizable. At this place the troops
olso found the nolo book of C. It. Wat
son, the leader of the eighteen Amerl
cans who wero murdered January II at
Santa Ysabel by Pablo Lope.
At the end of the fourth doy's march
tol. Slocum. at the head of his cavalrv,
wus met outside of the town of Ascen
don by the town's Alcalde, or Mayor.
Haynion C. Gomez, who seemed to be In
a quandary as to whether he should wei
come the American forces or attemm to
oppose them with his garrison of 100
Carranzistas.
In Camp After 1BO .lilies.
Col. Slocum called on the Atcado In
uio lown and convinced him that he wus
following out the agreement which had
been made between the Cnlted States
and the Carranxa Government with re-
garu to tne pursuit of Villa.
The fifth day's march bronchi the
cavulry advance to Corralltos raneh. and
on Monday, the sixth day arie-r crossing
the border. Col. Slocum led his men Into
this camp after a match of 1.10 miles.
The infantry, which Is bringing up
the rear of the column. Is accompanied,
besides artillery, by corps of engineers,
who are making extensive repairs on the
roads between heie and the liotder, so
that inside of n few days It Is believed
that the motor lorries with supplies will
be able to make dally trips between heie,
and tho base of operations at Columbus.
ALAMO AGAIN CALLS FOR HELP.
Matlnry l.ldrr Nrnds Sireond Appeal
for Alii.
Norfolk, Va., March 23. With a
broken rudder and disabled machinery
the Mallory Line steam-r Alamo ap
pealed for assistance to-night, the sec
ond time In four days.
The Alamo on Monday asked for help
when sixty miles south of Hntt.-i.-is. She
reported having a broken rudder. Ttie
wrecking tug He-wue went to aid her.
but failed to rind her and returned to
port, nrrivlng here to-night.
When the Alamo again asked for help
to-night the Coast Guard cutters Onon
daga and Seminole went out and will
probably reach her early to-morrow
morning, The Seminole started out
from Wilmington and the Onondag-a
from Norfolk
The Alamo cariles passengers and
freight. She Is bound to New York
from Mobile and other gulf ports.
LOCAL OPTION BILLS KILLED.
Assembly Kxrlae Committee He-
feats sll Kxi-rpt One.
Ai.haS'T, March "3. The local option
hills, except one. mere killed In Aseetn
blv Kxcise Committee by the close vote
of 7 to t!. This was due principally
to lhe change of attitude of Assembly
mai Lterett of St. Lawrence county,
who introduced the "underworld" bills
ednounled by Police Commissioner Wood
Hverett had been counted for local op-
lion, inn voieu against tne Dills.
The measures defeated pro vide. I for
Statewide prohibition, Statewldo local
option referendum, third ii.ie city local
'Vtlnii tererenuum and the so-called 10
per cent, bill legalizing only the sale
oi neer. -s. special mu permitting a
local option referendum In Klmlra was
approved.
Two bills Indorsed by the liquor In
terests were reKirted favorably by the
committee. One widely favored by hotel
keepers permits a referendum In dry
territory on a one .-ar license for a
peclflc place and poison, provided a
majority of the cttliens sign the peti
tion. Another lepoited bill raises to
'.'1 years the age of a person to whom
liquor may be sold, but relieves the seller
of responsibility for determining the
uge of the customer.
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WE COURT DISASTER
WARNS SHERMAN
Senator Trios in Vnin lo Of
Action on ..ill for .10.000
Volunteers.
WILT, HKNKW KKFOUTS
Wasiiinotom, March 23. Again volt.
Ing a warning that the action of a,
United States In sending tin exredltlo-.
nry forco Into Mexico may lead to gran
consequences, Senator Sherman of l!i,
nols attempted to get action In tV Sen.
ate to-day on his resolution ca.ling (01
60,000 volunteers to serve In Mexico in
the event of an emergency.
Mr. Sherman announced that he woilj
Insist upon action on his resolution t!
tho first favorable opportunity. Th
legislative situation In the Senate u
stieh that Senator Sherman was not
in a position to forco a vote during th
day.
"The personal responsibility for f.
ure to act In tho matter Is oni whlOi
1 do not wish to carry longer." mi
Senator Sherman.
When Mr, Sherman Indicated his n.
tentlou to call up the resolution st tht
earliest opisirtunlty Senator Smith (
Georgia suggested that he would hv
to get It up by a vote of a majority
of the Senate, Senator Stono also dis
npproved action on the resolution to.
day, or consideration of any qunt'oj
that would lead to discussion of ajf.ln
with Mexico.
"Tho situation In Mexico Is ruti ti
every ono knows," saAd Senator Ktor.t,
"and I regard anything that might -nt
to the situation better left unsaid."
Our ron-es "I'ltlf oily WeaW."
In a statement regarding the Mnlc4.i
situation Mr. Sherman declared ttmi tht
American land forces In Mexlai an
"pitifully weal: and unablo to meet even
a moderate emergency, much bsj i
crisis In MexUo, or protect our bordt:
States." Ho es.ntlnucd:
"The provinces of northern Moxlcoati
uncertain. Tfiu temper of their peo-j'i
is unreliable. No ono knows to whe.n
their sympathies will Anally gtaviutf
' They are accustomed to arms, to a I U
I -,r violence. They nro native to the ell-
inatic hardships of that country. Trarj.
portatlon Is dllllcult, roads aro bad, tf
heat Is Intense, and to a Northern man
the hardships, before be Is accl.nuitd
nr.- very severe.
"If the nulthern States of Mext-n
should prove unfriendly Gen. l'ir?h-
and his forces are In danger of timi.rt
a hostile country In his rear and -.
communication with our cuintry It , i
bo dllllcalt lo reach him with either s-jf
plies of provisions or umuimltlon. W.Ui
our present available mllltarv tori' '
a general uprising should is-eiir, we t
powerless to deliver our strength at tl-.
tiolnt needed for his relief.
"It is not now- ie question of our ii
mate strength. It Is one of tmined.it
available force of the kind that ecu ti
Instantly pushed across tho lsirdcr Into
tin- interior to relievo any hostile demon
stration In the rear of Gen, Pirhu;
fore-s.
"If not a man of the r.ii.eai) mlu . !.
Is actually needed. P- fa t '"
force c-ltl he massed for tl"' will have i
tremendous moral iiillueinc on a i
who understand force ls-tter thin ''
do moral suasion. The call for tb-se vo'
linteers and u lull rcnso will sa'o i.fe
guarantee satety and shorten tl:'- 'a
we face of restoring older 111 r. 'tt.."
Mexb-o as a means of protecting o tr n
tiorder,
"If It be said that the forces ' "ifrtj
operating against Villa, especla'l. f (
of Carrnna. ure friendly to u. 1" h
borne In mind that this Is mu h ' I
boped, but yet little known. W1. "
the lives of men n slender t't .
which may snap any hour'1 n- .
thus to play with potential ileal!'"
"Aro we to gamble with the f.i""
tho disposition of a people that I ffi
many In authority In this capita. !r n
ftillv understand? mice the ti- .ves-.-becomes
general in northern Met - a-'
It will be too late to save our turn '
over the border, whose loe of n--munlcation
Is vulnerable, ami wn "
he beset front, rear and HmK win '
enemv lighting In familiar .oun'v
"We are courtli-c disaster We
trusting to luck Wc aie thrust ng
men Into known dancer without y
guarding them against probable fst.i t
which can be guiranteed by "rnTft
preparation. We have no assurance i'
this time that wc have not sent en
forces Into Interior Mexico to trie't tr.-'
death before wo can reach them wits
rceuforcements.
"It s against this possihlltty that nt
resolution would provide. If the b.
of our soldleis hereafter cry to u frcm
the sands and alkali ilesei--s n: .n rea
let It be remembered that the cotnplaceri!
self-assurance of those charged with
prlmarv responsibility hindered or
laved the action contemplated by ts-
resolution."
Studied TwHlBht Sleep InAVsr !
Or. II. o, Seiners of the Vnttfd f'p'
Geodetic Survey, who had been nt 1 r
burg studvlng thn twilight sleep tru''
pent since fehruary. l!la, rettKU'd
terdav on the ScandinaUn-r.itrie'
liner f nltcd States lie ssld there ,ia
been four raids hy neroplaues o. t-'
Allies over the city during lus rrMr.
and that four children were k i