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Three Americans Seric
Aboard Channel S
counted for in Fr
WILSON TO AD
Miss Baldwin, of Baltimore, Ta
Two Americans Tell of
Helping Wound
-t a brck ii
'ited Statc, 'tI rimany ha, bi
alleged opil tah o pa-seng<C
Cabl1 rcports froi the Ame
Ia, re4civcd % csterdai. indicate ti
attacke! b-, a 'uiniari e. It i Iv
tlcir licv. but tilcc werc seriou!
acc' ltnte-l fjr 1,y dipinatic and
Englan !.
State Department afcliak dic
i\c; on the Sus-ex, and the alle
!came,,r I:n qmn n hc fol
: likely ti force a ttinal reckoiing
Break Likeli If Torpedoed.
,; r .....m T a. Iion will tepen-l
n wt hl r It, s-N was torpedoed ,r
nnned T tord It l', thought c'r
I :1 somethin t in he done t. holi Ge
trany to a roantar'iitV. as. Fo far as is
Ino n, ,mI % ;eriman suba rines tav
o,-erato;i in tii war zon' around
If ith t s'.- thb Sun-mX wi tor
p+. d1. si w las t 1 m highest au
r,. a b-. ak in diplomatir
ir-lati :s with IIIoun - probably wouhlIi
f. !c-,
it ass - ated, howevr. that
I.,Te t, kin, I "I ,It-ps ioward s-eer
in:; ilat:o. thi Pr, sident will advise
l''.ngr.ss m,( i int-rtion. and a -hangr
': is plans may result.
The Slat. rtme;eatt.nt :. esteiday re
c. .ed an extended repo:t from Aimbas
sailor Page at london transnmitting the
joint a[I da Iit of E-dan- I Ht. liuxley
V: ,F;n E. )rak".. of Nw York,
v" iiot,- an '4 ,mr. if the Brit'.h ship
T at re,. -il nd ths- as st:tting that the
calIain ..f the Sm, . reportel hating
-on th- Nake of tih- torpedo.
Miss Baldswin Foa.ud I neonscion.
Tie Pag- r port said liat three Ame:i
"r 1 - -e a%1 . - u1s y i : Jred. Thev wers
Mti-s Eli-z beth Habl' , in. of ialtItmore.
tk TIi unensei on a r.scuing boat an
h ,' ft-l r the - xplosion.
1,-i Peutliel. f liadson. Wis.,
i Rho ' holar at r i ,r.
'i-ore lerbet ir,-oker. jr. of Fi*h
I . Mass .*,n rout. to Eurt'e to join
a -sm ifal , oris.
Nn, .r r-pst f-rt Ambiandr Shrp
: 'a' -. i Iu ii.. Anerian cins tr
a;-4 t a' I pli .. ranP e. as tatinL; that
III Muss-- w. :-ryde. Ambassador
Sharp al-o sa. a repot as to jinfortma
ihum f,.rnish.-'i him by Sanuel Benmis, a
IlarvarI "ad hoat., wh' mad- a sworn
mtemetwi 'f 'lie fi -s conce-nin; the
Torpe-do'- Wakle Plaia.
jismo s ut'd in a catItld interview
ii "aing h. 'saw- a torpedo coming
toward th- steamer: tihe wake was plain
t.. an't untistakaly isibe."
Siata' I -t;artmn it onicials said the
li-nis a atiba% it wats not received with
Amtbassador Sharps message today. It
lIw ii-tats in a sworn affidavit what he
'aid In intrviews officials ad
titted it viii go far toward establishing
ioof of tr;cdo attack.
The department gave out the text of
ith afdavit sworn to before a secretary
of the Ameri-an Etmbasy in London by
liuxley and Drake, and forwarded to the
depar tment by American Ambassador
Page. It follow,,:
'At five minutes past three when we
w-re about an hour and a halt from
Folkstone we were seated on the deck
talking, a little l-s than half way back
emn the starboard pide. Without the
slightest warning th.-re occurred a loud
roaring explosion. Wreckage and tons
of water were thrown into the air higher
inan the masts, and the water came
down on the boat as far back as the
stern. WVe weat forward and saw the
entire forward part of the ship Includ
ing part of the bridge and the forward
mast gone. Some men and women Jump.
ed overboard at once, and we threw over
rafts and seats to them. We then went
to help the women Into the life boats and
afterward to help the wounded out of
the debris.
Launched Six Bests.
"We saw at least fIfteen severly
wounded and helped with five ourselves.
Among these were Dr. Penfieid and Min.
Baldwin. Altogether six boats were
launched. One of these capsized with its
passengers. We suoposeed t.Menty-five or
thirty people were tost in this boat. We
lowered one boat ourselves. Of the re
maining fIve boats, three were fIlled with
passngers and standing off 100 yeards.
Of the other two, one was' nearly full
of water and contained -only five anen.
We did not see the sixth boat.
'We know of only three Americans who
got into the life-boats. Mr. and Mrse
Baldwin and Mism Baldwin. After ten
minhutt of watching we decided that as
OOIeNsieme 011 Iaamm TmWn
GERMANY
,HE SUSSEX
BY TORPEDO
usly Injured and Others
tearner Still Unac
ance or England.
VISE CONGRESS
iken Unconscious from Vessel.
Launching Lifeboats and
ed After Crash.
I diploniatic relations between the
-en revived as the result of recent
r vessels.
rican .\nhassadlors at London and
at the Channel steamer Sussex was
it vet certain that Americans lost
injured and several have not been
consular agents in France and
izsed the jeopardizing of American
ged torpedo' attack on the British
ir Americans were reported killed,
with Gernman.
19 AMERICANS
ARE LOCATED
Embassy in London Expresses
Fear that Six Others May
Have Lost Lives.
THREE ON LIST, HOWEVER,
REPORTED HERE AS SAFE
Official Figures Place Total Death Toll
on Torpedoed Sussex at 100.
Three Die in Hospital.
s-3a ( al k to '1. Washington Hraild.
London. March 2-The United States
Embassy tonight gave out a statement
which sas that of the twenty-five
.\mericans aboard the Sussex. thirteen
have been located in Paris, three In
[Soer andl three In London.
The following six are unaecounted for:
James Mark Baldwin. of Baltimore.
Mrs. James Mark Baldwin (his wife).
Miss Elizabeth Baldwin (their daugh
ter).
In other dispatches it was stated the
Baldwin farmily was safe.
Mrs. Caliope Anastasia Fennell, New
York.
Joshua D. Armitage. New York.
Miss Edna Hale. New York.
It is stated that there Is a chance that
Miss lial also is in Paris. although her
name is not included in the French of
ri(ial list of survivors.
It is feared that the remaining five lost
their lives.
Doverf March X--Official figures re
garding the losses aboard the French
steamship Sussex, sank in the English
Channel, place the 'missing tonight at
ilnety-seven. This does not include
three Belgians who died In a hospital.
G. 11. Crocker and W. C. Penfleld.
Americans, are still In the hospital here.
The former is unconscious, but the lat
ter today regained consciousness. Pen
field is suffering from a fractured leg
In addition to Injuries to the head.
3 More British
Ships Torpedoed
Atlantic Transport Liner Min
neapolis Goes to Bottom
in Mediterranean.
Special Cable to The Washinston Heald.
London, March 26.-The 13,543-ton At
lantic Transport liner Minneapolis. which
had been taken Into the government ser
Ice, was torpedoed and sunk In the Medi
terranean on March 22, according to In
formation obtained here tonight She was
the third British ship reported sunk dur
ing the day. The other. were the Fenay
Bridge. of 3,838 tons, and the St. Cecia,
of 2,866 tons gross burden.
News of the destruction of the Mfnnea
polis Is contained In a dispatch from Mar
sells. where It was brought by Capt.
Bibby, of the Brtish steamer Leicerster
shire, just in from Rangoon. The crew.
of both the Fenay Bridge and St. Cefilia
were rescued.
Finds Indian Relics.
Calico Rock, Ark., March 26.-Cal
Branscum, of Cotten, a lineman for the
Arkanlsas-Mlssouri- Telephone Company,
has arrived here loaded down with In
dIan arrow heads, which he feund on a
little knoll in a small field a mile north
of this place.
Fie of One Fiaily in "ha."
Twin Falls, Idaho, March 3.--ive
members of one family, Inelnding the
father, mother, two sons and a stepson.
were taken to the aeitentiary to serve
ters. of six months to fifteen years for
haa-r and resanibe states gsoa.
France Expects Quick I
Action Here on Sussex I
Spedal Ca. to 'Ihe Washagte. Nerald.
Paris, March 26.-Paris ex
pects quick action by Presi
dent Wilson on the torpedoing
of the steamship Sussex.
The Temps says:
"President Wilson is not
likely to accept a repetition of,
the dilatory methods adopted
by Germany after the Lusi
tania crime. We do not pro
fess to be able to judge
whether lie is likely to declare
war.
Trhe Journal des Debats says:
"After the sinking of the
Stssex w hich was unarimed
and carried no contraband,
none will need longer doubt
Geriany's intention to wage
I pitiless submarine warfare."
BRITISH MAKE
BIG AIR RAID
Seaplanes Launch Attack on
German Airship Sheds at
Schleswig-Holstein.
THREE OF ATTACKING CRAFT
ARE REPORTED MISSING
Berlin Declares Planes Were Brought
Down and Officers Captured.
Deny Success of Venture.
serei Cabl io T, ie washinn Herald.
London, March 26-The Admiralty re
ports an attak by British seaplanes
yesterday morning on the German air
ship sheds at Schleswig-llostein, east
of the Island of Sylt. The report con
tinues:
"Our seaplanes were convoyed to a
rendezvous close to the German coast
by an escorting force of light cruisers
and destroyers under Commodore Tyr
whitt.
-Three of the seaplanes are missing.
The British destroyer Medusa was in
collision with the destroyer Laverock.
It is feared that in the stormy weather
which prevaled last night the Medusa
was lost. No misgiving are felt for the
safety of her crew.
"Two German armed patrol vessels
were sunk by our destroyers.
"No detailed report has yet been re
ceived, but from the Danish press it
would appear that the operation which
was carried out within the enemy's wa
ters achieved .its object."
Berlir., March 26.-Five English hydro
planes, from two ships, which were ac
companied by a cruiser squadron and
a flotilla of destroyers, yesterday morn
ing attempted to attack the German air
ship sheds in Northern Schleswig. Three
of them, including one battleplane, were
brought down on or near the Island of
Sylt. The occupants, four English offi
cers and one non-commissioned officer,
were made prisoners. The only bombs
they were able to drop fell in the neigh
borhood of the Joyer Water Gate. No
damage was done.
Six Lose Lives
When Club Burns
Prominent Texans Meet Death
Near San Antonio-Three
Victims Women.
Special to The Washinston Emid.
San Antonio, March 26.-Six persons
lost their lives early today when the
Country Club was destroyed by fire.
The dead:
J. D. Walthall, former attorney gen
eral, wife and maid. Ellen Cockrell.
Homer Jones. San Antonio, vice presi
dent of the Stewart Title Guaranty Com
pany.
Mrs. Mary Stewart. Galveston, wife of
guaranty company President.
Judge J. E. Webb, San Antonio.
BIPLANE8 STIML NOT WORKING.
Windsterms Also Comtiame to Has
per Wireless Commumieation.
San Antonio, March K-Early in the
day telegraphic word was received from
Col. George H. Cabell, chief of staff for
Gen. Pershing, giving the news that two
tilplanes were stilt Out of service and that
the windstorms had interfered with the
use of thore in commission and with the
wireless, -
Everything possible has been advanced
to explain the lack of efmcient wireless
communication-static high wind, even
"presence of large mineral deposits,"
That efmicent wireless, field planes and
biplanes work well in the European scrap
does not seem to be a fit comparison,
Find Flate 3uried in 1743
Pierre, 5., D., March 26-The State
Historical Seeiety has come into pos
session of the leaden plate which was
buried by the Verendrys brothers,
French explorers, at the present loca
ten of Wort Pierre in 110, and which
was diseevered by school children in
February. 1913, 172 years allorward4.
The plate was purchased by William
0'Riley through a fund raised by subs
scriptions, aided by the State historical
espease funds avaiable ter sUe par
pesb
GERMANS HOLD
JUBILEE OVER
LOAN SUCCESS
Announcement that I Q,600,
000000 Marks Have Been
Subscribed Causes Joy.
NATION TAKES DAY OFF
Makes Total of 36,600,000,
000 from People Since
Start of War.
BANKERS PROUD OF RECORD
Minister of Finance Tells Reichstag
Result Shows Teutons Are Prepared
to Fight to the Bitter End.
fly .4UGUMTUN~ F. UPEtCll.
Smui Caine to 'te Washinsinn Hetral.
Berlin, March 23. %ia London. Matrch 56
(delayedi.-The German people through
out the empire today celebrated in semil
holiday spirit the remarkable success
of the fourth German war loan and the
dedication of the people themselves to
continued prosecution of the war.
Today's celebration made doubly posi
tive the answer of the people given in
the Reichstag yesterday to the claim
that they are tired of the war and wished
peace. In the most enthusiastic session
of the ]Reichstag recently held. Dr.
Hellffrieh, the minister of finance, an
nounced that the fourth war loan
amounted to 10.600.00.000 marks, or 60.
000,00 marks mvore than the credit orig
Inally asked for.
Nation Takes Day Off.
Today, while the schools were cloped
in celebration of the event and the na
tion was taking a day off in honor of the
occasion, one high officiul told me that
the amount stated by 1r. lelliffrich as
having being subscribed probably would
be considerably exceeded when a more
complete count ha been made.
In his address to the Iteichstng Dr.
Helliffrich, after announcing, amid stormy
applause, the result of the loan, said:
"Gerrmny has again peoved herself the
only belligerent country Ulat can cover
all its war expenses by a long term loan.
Just as I was able to say last Septem
ber, I am now again able to affirm that
the war Is financed for another six
months.
"No words of mine can express what it
means to a nation of nearly 70,0j,0j peo
ple to be cut off from the outside world
by acts of violence which are contrary
to the law of nations; but the remark
able thing is that this nation, which for
twenty months has borne the heavy bur
den of war, now in its twenty-first month,
once more offers to the country more
than 10,000,0,00O marks."
Shows Determination.
Dr. Siegfried Heksches, of the commit
tee on foreign relations in the Reichstag,
said to me today:
"This will show to the world that Ger
many is determined to fight to the end.
I will venture to predict that the fifth
war loan will be as readily granted."
ILater Herr Havenstein, president of the
Reichbank. said to me:
"The result of the fourth war loan was
a pleasant surprise. It far surpasses all
our hopes. It must be regarded as due
to the unconquerable will of the Ger
man people, rich and poor, to carry the
war to a victorious end, and to give
their gold and blood to achieve their
purpose.
"It should be emphasized that only
half a year has pessd since the third
loan was subscribed after a great effort.
"In this third loan it was perhaps ad
visable we thought then to give the
money market longer opportunity to re
cover, but we were anxious to catch the
turn of the fiscal quarter in order to
reach the great incomes. Thus a rela
tively short term separated the two
loans, which makes the present success
more remarkable.
Poorer Classes. Subscribes,
"Our efforts this time were largely di
rected toward people of small incomes
in the cities and in the country. That
we succeeded is proved by the fact that
the Credit-Genoasenschaften (Credit As
sociation), whose clientele is made up
of small savers, was among the great
est subscribers. It is also a sign of the
intensive work of our industries, com
merce and agriculture, that the small
subscribers are as numerous as the large
ones. Of course, this to a great extent
is due to the blockade Which compelled
us to work with doubled intensity to
make up for the former imports from
foreign countries, The fourth loan is
just between the second and the third,
The first loan gave us four and onie
half billions; th, second, nine billions;
the third, twelve billions, and the fourth,
ten and one-half billions.
"This makes the grand total thirty
six and a half billions, all from the
German people themselves, without any
foreign assistance, to sustain our armies
and navy in the combat,
"Unlike our enemies, we have been
able to censolidate all our war expenses
in long term loans, As a result, the
market is not only open to ibort term
credit, but we still have spe money.
for the next loan.
"I think we haeve a right to be proud
of this financial feat, which I doubt
a=y ether mattes em earth aunas .uaL"
PISON PROBE
WMENING OUT
SAYS OFFICIAL
At Least One Other Person
Now Suspected with Dr.
Waite in Plot.
WOMEN ARE QUESTIONED
Revelation of New Trend in
Case Comes After Mrs. Pal
jnenberg Testifies. -
MRS. HORTON GIVES DETAILS
Companion of Dentist at Plaza "Stu
dio" Says She Was Promised Hand
some Jewels by Accused.
New York. March 26.-At least one
other person is suspected of having been
implicated with I r. Arthur Warren
Waite in the "million dollar poison plot"
thdt resulted in the deaths of John 1.
Peek, the dentist's father-in-law, and
the latter-a wife.
This was the startling tack that the
dietrict attorney's investigation took to
dag. Very guardedly-and at the mo
melk when members of the Waite and
Peck families were seeking to have the
defendant "eome through" with a com
plete confession--officials of the district
attorney's omce and detectives hinted
that others were cognizant of Waite's
schemes to murder for noney.
The sinister revelation came after Mrs.
Dorothy Palemberg, living in West Se
enty-second tr-pt, had been closeted
with Assistant District Attorneys
Brothers and Dooling for four hours.
Friend of Mrs. Herten.
Mrs. Paimenburg is "next friend" to
Margaret Weaver Horton, she of the
velvet eyes and the dove-like disposition,
who shared a "studio" room with Waite
at the Hotel Plaza under the name of
"Mrs. A. W. Walters." The exarnina
tion of the two women haa practieally
absorbed the entire energy of the dis
trict attornes oice for two days.
"Is anybody else implicated with
Waite"7 Dooling was askcd when Mrs.
Palmentburg had flounced with a show
of anger out of his office.
"The evidence we have is sumeent in
the case of Waite alone." was the meas
ured and significant reply of the assist
ant prosecutor.
"You mean that certain phases of your
investigation now point to one or more
others being implicated with Waite"T"
"Yes," replied Mr. Dooling.
"Who else knew of the murder scheme
beside Waite himself?"
"This is so big a point," answered Mr.
Dooling, after a pause, "that I don't
feel that I should say anything about it
at this time."
Wants to Go to "Chair."
Waite today moaned out a desire to
be taken to the electric chair at once.
He expressed a desire to walve all legal
formalities.
"Why don't they take me out and have
it over with?" he cried at one period of
the day.
Waite early in the day begged that
Mrs. Horton be sent to him.
He made the re guest through Ray
mond Schindler, a private detective.
through whom he sought to make an
offer of 11,000 to Dora Hillier, the negro
maid, to perjure herself.
"Walte is playing a crafty game," said
Schindler tonight.
"I don't know whether he has hopes
to have Mrs. Horton tell a story that
will aid him in some way. I told him he
might see Mrs. Horton tomorrow if she
and the district attorney offer no ob
jection."
Mrs. Horton said tonight that she was
"through with Waite."
Husband Continues Loyal.
With her was tier husband. Harry Mack
Horton, who says he is an engineer. Hor
ton asserted his utmost legalty to iis
pretty wife. Husband and wife said they
had intended leaving town for the week
end. but the district attorney wishes them
to remain.
"Is Mrs. Horton under guard?" Assis
tant District Attorney Dooling was asked
after his interview. "She can't leave,"
was the reply.
"Is she watched?" -
"I won't say.' responded Dooling. "She
Is under a continuing subpoena calling
for her appearance during a certain
period of time."
In his guarded statement Mr. Dooling
gave hints indicating that Waite. during
the period when he was planning and sue
essfully accomplishing the murder of Mr.
and Mrs. Peck for their rmoney, was him
self the victim of a certain coterie.
Spent Money Lavishly.
Waite spent money on a lavish scale.
He always seemed to he well supplied
with cash. Mrs. Horton. Dooling re
vealed today, says that Waite offered
to buy her expensive jewelry at Fifth
avenue shops.
"She has not yet admitted that Walt.
bought anything for her." aid DooR
ing, "but we are eliciting new and
more imsportanlt informations from her
at every inter~iew.
"She now admits that Waite was
paying for her tuition at a dramatic
school. She -was registefed here as
c)m.i .... .
Ihd GraadCd Bwo
to Presidet Wilm
Special to 7%e wAihlgtas truld.
Philadelphia, March 26.-A
third grandchild, a girl, has
been born to President Wilsbn.
The child is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Bowes
Sayre, of Williamstown, Mass.,
and was born in the Jefferson
Hospital early this morning.
The baby, it is said, will be
named Eleanor Axson Sayre,
after her grandmother, the first
Mrs. Wilson.
VERDUN AGAIN
IS BOMBARDEDI
Continuous Firing Along the
Entire Front Reported
from Paris.
MALANCOURT SECTOR HIT
HARDEST IN GUN DUEL
Infantrymen Meet in Two Sharp
Clashes in Caillette Wood,
South of Douaumont.
Spesal Cable to Te Walaington Heraid.
London. March 26-A continuous bom
bardment on the entire front north of
Verdun, which attaired its greatest in
tensity on the Malancourt sector, marked
the day, according to the midnight of
ficial statement from Parts. During the
night sharp infantry actions at two
points punctuated the big gun fire by
which the Germans apparently are pre
paring for a new drive.
Foot troops of the two irmies met in
sharp clashes in the Caillette W'ood.
south of Douaumont, the Berlin head
quarters report tody states. The action,
minor in character. resulted in some
slight success for the Germans.
In the Bots le Pretre, during the night.
the French broke up German surprise
attacks near Croixdes Charmes.
The Verdun battle front is rapidly ex
tending and a general battle on the en
tire line from the Argoone to the Vosges
promises to develop, according to mill
tary critics. Sharp artillery firing and
slme activity of sappers occurred dur
ing the night in the Vosges.
The French artillery in keeping up a
violent reply to the Germans and severe
damage has been done behind the Ger
amn lines at some points, according to
the Paris midnight statement.
Farmer Ends Life
Near Alexandria
Hangs Self from Tree While
Family Wait Dinner
on Him.
Alexandria. Va., March 36-George
Travers, 3 missed by his wife when she
summoned members of the household to
the Sabbath dinner, was found hanging
by his suspenders from the limb of an
apple tree, ninety yards below the house,
today. Life was extinct.
Travers and his wife lived on the farm
of Daniel Hall, near Springfield, Fairfaa
County, fourteen miles south of Alexan
dria. Word of the suicide reached here
late today.
A sister and brother of Mrs. Travers
were at the home for theSabbath. They
were to have had dinner at 1 o'clock.
Shortly before that. Travers, apparently
calm and unemotional, said "good-bye"
to his wife and left the house.
Later, with dinner on the table, his
absence alarmed the household and
search was Instituted. His lifeless bod?
was found in the orchard.
No motive for the suicide was given.
Travers was in good health, it is under
stood. Travers had three brothers and
three sisters living here and also is
survived by his mother. There were no
children.
Students to Dig Trenches.
Durham, N. H., March 2s.--Military
trenches, the counterpart, as far as pos
sible, of those In use in Europe. are to
be dug and fitted up by the student
cadet regiment of New Hampshire Col
lege as part of their training for field
service, according to an announcement
by Lieut. Sutherland, an army ocer in
charge of the training.
*Collie Bests a Bull.
St. Louis, March 26.--Fannie, a Scotch
collie, saved the life of John C. Shafer.
a farmer and the dog's owner, and John
Shafer, father of the dog's owner, ",a
two different occasions last week, when
the men were attacked by an infuriated
bull, according to a story told in Marine,
Ill.
Aged Woima Bets Divorce.
Jackson, Tenne.. March 2M.-Mrs. Iaura
Payne, 74 years old, has bee, granted a
divorce from W. W. Payne, 82, on atle
gations of cruel and inhuman treatinenst.
The couple had been married forty-two
years, hut have no ebhldre.
Old Xan Cave Dweller.'
Fuiton, Mo., March M.,.H. B. Bode,
deputy State highway commlisier,
haa discovered tha Callaway Osnty has
a cave dweller ia one of the bluffs la the
binl. marthwest af Vt'mn City.
si U. S. TRO
REPORTED
BY MEN
Carranza Soldiers Decla
Unexpected Attack a
Greasers Killed in F
MORMON SCOU
qo Official Report of Fighting
Americans Said to H
to Colonia
Be . -.I. ST.
peial #. The Ve
El Paso, March 26.-A detaclt
-cported to have been attacked unc
o have been aided by Carranza sold
niericans were reported wounded.
MORMON SCOUT GIl
'The fire wa- said to have been
,ral Mexicans were reported killed at
The report of the engagement
ifficial of the Mexican Northwestern
;aturday morning. lie received hi
Mormon scout, who led Col. Georg
-olonia Dublan.
No official report of the tighti
dffort to get official confirmation has
VILLA ESCAPE
IS CONFIRMED'
Wireless from Pershing Makes
Official Announcement of
Bandit's Success.
U.SO DECLARES THERE
A BEEN NO niGHTING
9othing Heard from Headquarters Re
garding Use #f Mexican Central Rail
road for Transporting Supplies.
By OTHEMAN STEVEN S
Anecu to he Wsahmsto R-sWd
San Antonio. Tex.. Marit --Vilia
las escaped the cordon that was sut
,osed to encircle him. The campaign
will now bonme an endeavor to find hir
whereabout"
That is the substance of the facts 'or
publication givcn out from a wireles'
message from Gen. Pershing reeived
it headquarters this afternoon
That there has been no fighting by the
'ershing force. that it Is heading for the
headera district. that three columns of
:valry are operatij: south of Nami
lpipa, and that the three columns are
supported by three other columns of
!avalry. Aere the only further definite
acts given to the corrtspoindents.
Territory Explored.
Gen. Pershing has plseibly made a
horough exploration of the territory in
il directions for tactical purposes and
tas returned to his headquarters ut
:asas Grandes. The advanced base at
El Valle is being suppotted by tao com-i
panies of infantry.
And the "co-oeration" from Carran
iista commands continues as it has been
from the start. to be "passive."
Nothing has been herd from Wash
ngton reittive to the use of the North
western or Mexican Central raflroaWge,
'or shipment of supplies. That Villa will
ot long be able to maintain a supply of
tmmunition is the belief here.
Look to Rewards
To Defeat Villa
View Held on Border Is that
Bandit May Be Slain by
Peons for Money.
peal to 'n e Whba~tn HeiaM.
San Antonio. March 2.-Among those
vho know the country and the people and
heir temperament the greatest hope held
or the accomnpllshment of the mission of
he "puntive'' column is that the rewa%s
teld out for Villas head will cause some
it his disruntjed men to betray him.
mt off hie head. tie It to a saddle and
tring it to camp.
That reward of SlU.01 for VII,. which
n bema variously anntouned. would, in
Taransa monney, amoeunt to I.00SOW.
Aknoet any peon there with a gun might
ieeiep the idea that haenuld live fairity
otmforta~e, as long as he was permitted
o live. om $p0.!0.
Clook 110 Years Old.
Helena, xlo., March 26-Mrs. Ciarims
Iurgason, of this place, ha. a etekI
whch sbe says Is 110 y ears old. The
lock wasn first purchased by a Mr.. Tm
miaod of Greenville, Pa.. and after it hal
been In the Tunniamn femity aMgtytM
rears Mrs. Fairwgon bought It. In .m
It as been In Mrs. Furgeson's geed
for forty-eIght years. It liS tBr
DPERS
WOUNDED
ICAN PEONS
Lred to Have Aided in
t El Valle-Several
ight, It Is A lleged.
r SENDS NEWS
Yet Made Puble-Wounded
ave Been Returned
Dublan.
\NS IR RY,
shinglo. Heald.
licilt of UTite ! Stt:c 1-p" was
xpectcdfly by% '.1eucan -w- ,aid
ier. at El \ al . It IT- i.' Si'
TEN AS AUTHORIY.
returned b% tihe A-cr-,.: Sc% -
id eight wonnt1<(
wa> br,,u,'t he, ta h an
Railroad. n ho le' C-, Grande,
infornation som <,: Taalr. th
e A. Doddl rescul' e \pchtiTon 1
ng has heei :madc -'!blhc and ali
been unadaililg.
Woumded Back at l--adeuasrere.
The woundedc mrr, - e n d t,
have b-cn h, t. 1..<3 a
lan. G n > . . . . .
1,g the nght ,f ;
91 V':. .
ifles outheap' cf --
same auth,,rtv "tr!t, tha t- te
olored tr'o -rF a , , In T alroa,
accident betW.-. ,i ' and 'h.., a
tIon Last T.r-, Si of IA .
tho Ca rrtza .', .\ 'w h.a
aft'r th, a .: ;'.'. :,a:, ,- a ld
t, 1.,e insed C'! mi 'train en
rot' for Ibm ri D lin Th injure-I
me-n asked p ermipn-j, t ,,,r-an7,
ol arto riue L-1k t" Ib, I-: e -ple : ,~p
which %as deni,,l th-.
Fr~om kast a, ....m.iw t,, mn : I . -
rn. aft tr aue rine th e ir : 4 th- -
in addition to pm '. .. 1.,.,
v em rIache-d 1y an 'o-.. . :
rescu- deta'hr.n- a"4
Colortia Dublan
Locatiss-ei f Tr-.r
Th eeatn \,, tIa.
ranza and \illa
t-legram r. Cen
mornuing fro.n', 1 -
;raid, F
\illa is t p
of Bahi ,ra I.
houts to a poit -.x
'.ra and Sat1a
\'ia gen a! .. ..
rtanta * -laa er.:.
night. hno na,
gulch. lIe Ii 1 * r. r
east of te lII-,
19 about hall in - . -
; Ieren nd ,
place is o , .
miles South of Juna,
The Carranzi fn
concentratej at
and Crtu, r and Juan 7
xplained, but ,s ,,.
the milta- au ! - - , . .1 a
rison has beet r. ._
Vira's force r-pr- a n I t - -
of the total num. --
in the stat.- f
The oily pa., a u
made of t ute l'. .- a . . '
remain Foutih .r the. -- -
resist Ith tak - a :
Thne 4 Uericam i amep..
The A-ne-,an or., t
canp. a ',-am Grnd -
In. E- \ ali' NIi . nd
Aith a smiall .b rII m the Icr,
of Ballot. ti. . -. 'in ed along
the ine of comm mti ..-. , + ..
11 miles l-i 1 ;-. I . la
by the ricK nT-i dI - 4, o 'd
hospital tell that I' .. I . me
are faring betict ' rrI--tm
They are. howvi < " tn! -n ga.
against surli-i- : : f-i nd,
or unfriend in: , ..-. b' Wte
ck~aaaificattion wt
The ratesad a ' v n is ;,t 'y
at a stansltill I' ,! bat-nding lh. I
perative need of - -I. food. armi
tioni and hoit.! *- to ihe tropa
in the field. Genu IH. o comitmaid a.
F'ort Ble.. has es,- detai'e ngedi
with regard to re.-n-n. i and r' lig
Rtock, but ais ti:-' 'edI tim'wI -ae
beacs of the .puttlharZs:i onh- pa.i of
Carransa over the' I-tocol
Casmum Lestamg F-fenda.
the Americans, eithI'- nvar or oiic
by retadng to facittae the opeat-ane
of the Pershii exp3e~a .nt in the out.
at Taiway transpttat .' it a~ -Inmel
@et that the Northw.et Is not ow ned
by the Miexican gose-rnment as ate many
of the othera line. The -E1ciala of the.
as are morie than . ihng that it shall
be utilzed.
Gem. Bell aa.:.a ni. a -''enatic art WdIl
be ad to send aupplis over the rail
kende a. rnerchandise or general fiih
tE the present. i leaves the base
af awmes at Casas Graandlee wholl, de
pemient upon the miotort trucks hic-h
M alemady gr'ound ithe desert traina
~t Iianaalt l....a. tare of ann and